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A Deadly Face-To-Face In A Fjord
Farmer's Weekly|November 20, 2020
On 10 April 1940, a fierce naval battle took place in a Norwegian fjord between the Royal Navy and the German Kriegsmarine. A South African-born naval officer, Lieutenant Lindsay de Villiers, was amongst the many men who perished in the encounter.
Graham Jooste
In March 1940, the German Navy, the Kriegsmarine, sent the battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, escorted by 10 destroyers, as the spearhead of Operation Weserübung, the invasion of Norway. The Royal Navy tried to engage the invaders, but were largely unsuccessful.
A few days later, however, the destroyer HMS Glowworm achieved legendary status when she attacked the heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper and two destroyers. Before she was lost, she slammed into the hull of the Hipper and damaged the engine room.
Later still, HMS Renown exchanged salvos with the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, which were screening the German destroyers on their way to the strategically important port of Narvik in the Ofotfjord. Both the Renown and the Gneisenau were hit. It was now that the Admiralty decided to assemble as many as possible of the Class H destroyers close at hand and despatch them into the fjords to deal with the German invaders. This class had a displacement of just under 2 000t and carried a complement of 146. The ships had a length of 98,5m and a beam of 10,1m. Their draft was only 3,8m and they could reach a speed of up to 36 knots (67km/h).
Each was armed with four 4,7- inch (120mm) guns, machine guns, torpedo tubes and depth charges. The flotilla, under the command of Commander Bernard Warburton-Lee, consisted of HMS Hardy (his flagship), and the Hotspur, Havock, Hunter and Hostile.
LINDSAY DE VILLIERS
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U groups organize walkout for immigrants' rights, against war
La Raza Student Cultural Center is organizing the April 28 walkout with two other groups.
Elizabeth Giorgi
Immigrants' rights issues have been a hot topic as activists rallied against national legislation in major cities across the country in the past month.
La Raza Student Cultural Center hopes to bring some of the immigration issues to light this week by hosting Immigrant Rights Week.
Monday's and Tuesday's events included a workshop titled "Racism in Minnesota" and "Recognizing our Privilege," which examined the role racism has in government and effective ways for nonwhite students to be involved in making change in their communities.
Speakers also discussed the closing of the General College, the Dream Act and HR4437, which is legislation passed in the U.S. House that would affect how the country handles illegal immigration.
Today La Raza will organize the April 28 walkout with the Anti-War Organizing League and Youth Against War and Racism to bring attention to the issues of the ongoing war, military recruitment in schools, immigrant rights and the closing of the General College.
La Raza board member Sylvia Gonzalez-Castro said the group wants to inform the student body about the current anti-immigration bills that have been passed in the U.S. House of Representatives.
"We want to make it apparent to the students at the 'U' that although they may not be directly affected by it, their friends, relatives, co-workers and people around them are," she said.
La Raza also is supporting and organizing the national "A Day Without an Immigrant" walkout May 1, she said. For the event, the group is proposing that the whole second floor of Coffman Union should shut down and three centers have confirmed that they are shutting down for the day, she said.
"As a nation, we need to reflect our past immigrant stories, as the majority of us have ties to other countries," Gonzalez-Castro said.
Department of Chicano studies director Louis Mendoza said students should remind themselves they are affected because the United States is a nation of immigrants.
"It is understandable why this might seem like an invisible issue," he said. "Anybody who is knowledgeable about these issues knows that what happens now will have a huge impact on our future."
Entrepreneurial management sophomore Keith Ischer said bringing attention to the issue with events on campus is important for people to gain understanding.
Ischer said illegal immigration indirectly affects everyone.
"It is kind of a dead cylinder on our economy," he said.
Many illegal immigrants work in this country and send the money back to their home countries, which doesn't contribute to the U.S. economy, he said.
First-year theater major and Anti-War Organizing League member Kathryn Wodtke said the walkout is important to bring attention to the issues.
The focus of the walkout is to protest the war in Iraq, but La Raza is endorsing it because the issues affect immigrants as well, she said.
"The fact is that this war has been going on for so long and young immigrants are being targeted with the whole free college tuition recruitment campaign; it appeals to low-income people like immigrants," she said.
Wodtke said it is important for students to walk out to support issues such as ending the war, military recruitment and immigration legislation because it affects everyone.
"The immigrant rights issue is really strong right now and sets a good example," she said.


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Altoona's new junior high school, built to consolidate the city's two middle schools, is a 292,066 square foot project covering two city blocks. The four-story academic and fine arts building includes classrooms, two cafeterias, a library, and auditorium. The physical education building houses two gymnasiums, a wrestling room, four locker rooms, and an indoor running track. As the lead contractor, Leonard S. Fiore, Inc. successfully coordinated the seven prime contracts on the two-year, $48 million project to complete the project on-schedule for the 2008 spring semester.
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Leonard S. Fiore, Inc is a general contracting and construction management company headquartered in Altoona, Pennsylvania, and operates throughout Pennsylvania and the mid-Atlantic region including; Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Virginia, and West Virginia.


The Honor View20 is set to become the first smartphone in India with a 48MP camera and a front camera cutout. The company has announced a partnership with Amazon for the launch. The device, which is essentially the Honor V20, is set to go on sale in China tomorrow, i.e. December 28. Amazon has put up a Notify Me page and will be selling the product as an Amazon exclusive, although, it will be interesting to see how that pans out, given that the Government of India has recently announced new rules for e-commerce, barring exclusive tie-ups. Here, read all about the device, and the price tag we expect it to carry.
Until now, if you wanted a superb camera phone with new-age technology, you had two options: the Huawei P20 Pro and Huawei Mate 20 Pro. Both of them get triple-rear cameras, with the primary sensor being 40MP. Now, the same company's sub-brand Honor will launch the new device in India, with a dual-rear camera that gets a 48MP primary sensor. So, it is quite clear that Huawei, with its sub-brand Honor, is winning the camera phone game in India. On Amazon, you can now enter your email ID to get notified about the launch date and pricing details of the Honor View20, and also check out some of the best features of this device. Click here if you want to check out the Notify Me page for Honor View20.
The features of Honor View20 detailed on Amazon correspond with the features of Honor V20 as unveiled in China. The device has a 25MP front camera, which Honor is calling 'in-screen' camera, and flaunts a 6.4-inch LCD 'all-view display'. There is a very thin bezel running around the screen and it develops into a narrow chin, but casually the phone can be called bezel-free, although, that would be technically incorrect. The in-screen camera is on the top left corner of the display, so you have no notch or bezel on the top. There is a small grill on the top-centre of the front panel serves as the speaker for calling. With a 91 percent screen-to-body ratio, the device joins a motley club of smartphones such as the Oppo Find X and Vivo NEX.
The device is powered by Huawei's newest flagship chipset, the HiSilicon Kirin 980 that is made using the 7nm process. In China, the phone gets one 6GB RAM and two 8GB RAM variants, but we will have to wait to see which ones make it to India. The battery is massive too, a 4000mAh unit that gets 20W Super Charge technology. Honor claims that 30 minutes of charging the device will give it enough power for a full day. As mentioned earlier, the rear camera has two sensors, the primary being 48MP and the secondary being a Time of Flight (ToF) 3D sensor.
The standard model of the Honor View20 is priced CNY 2,999 in the brand's home market. It comes with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage, and is more likely to make it to our country. There are two 8GB RAM variants too, one with 128GB storage, priced at CNY 3,499, and a special Moschino Edition with 256GB of storage priced at CNY 3,999. The Indian equivalent of these price tags would approximately be INR 30,500, INR 35,500, and INR 40,500 respectively. Usually, Chinese brands keep exclusive editions for home market, so we in India might get the two 128GB storage variants only.


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Our government-created financial crisis
WALTER E. WILLIAMS | Syndicated columnist
Suppose you saw a building on fire. Would you seek counsel from the arsonist who set it ablaze for advice on how to put it out? You say, "Williams, you'd have to be a lunatic to do that!" But that's precisely what we've done: turned to the people who created our fiscal crisis to fix it. I have never read a better account of our doing just that than in John A. Allison's new book, "The Financial Crisis and the Free Market Cure."
Allison is the former CEO of Branch Banking and Trust, the nation's 10th largest bank. He assembles evidence that shows that our financial crisis, followed by the Great Recession, was caused by Congress, the Federal Reserve, Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae and was helped along by the Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama White Houses.
The Federal Reserve, under the chairmanship of Alan Greenspan, created the massive housing bubble by over-expanding the money supply. President Bush and members of Congress, through the Community Reinvestment Act, intimidated banks and other financial institutions into making home loans to people ineligible for loans under traditional lending criteria. They became subprime lenders. Lending institutions made these loans, now often demeaned as predator loans, because they knew they'd be sold to government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) Freddie and Fannie.
The GSEs had no problem taking this risky path, because they knew that Congress would force taxpayers to bail them out. Current Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke is following in the footsteps of his predecessor by massively expanding the money supply by purchasing Treasury debt. He is creating prime conditions for a calamity by the end of this decade.
Then there were the crony capitalists, among whom are Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, Countrywide, Bear Stearns, JPMorgan Chase, General Motors and Chrysler. These and many other companies, through the thousands of Washington lobbyists they hire, are able to get Congress to shortcut market forces. Free market capitalism is unforgiving. In order to earn a profit and stay in business, producers must please customers and wisely use resources to do so. If they fail to do this, they face losses or go bankrupt.
It's this market discipline of profits and losses that many businesses seek to avoid. That's why they descend upon Washington calling for government bailouts, subsidies and special privileges. Many businessmen wish not to be held strictly accountable to consumers and stockholders, who hold little sympathy for economic blunders and will give them the ax on a moment's notice. With a campaign contribution here and a gift there, they get Congress and the White House to act against the best interests of consumers and investors. Allison suggests that if our country had a separation of "business and state" as it does a separation of "church and state," crony capitalism or crony socialism could not exist.
Allison says that crony capitalism should not be our only concern. The foundation for economic collapse 20 to 25 years from now has already been set. Social Security and Medicare deficits, unfunded state and local pension liabilities, government operating deficits, baby boomer retirement and a failed K-12 education system have eaten out our substance.
What I take away from Allison's highly readable book is that our biggest problem lies in the Federal Reserve's ability to manipulate our monetary system to accommodate big government and use inflation to rob Americans. That's why politicians and government leaders everywhere hate a monetary system based on gold. They can manipulate the quantity of paper money, but they can't manipulate the quantity of gold.
Here's a tidbit of information about John Allison, now president of the Washington-based Cato Institute, that speaks to this man's morality as BB&T's CEO, which can't be praised highly enough. His company refused to lend money to developers who acquired land by having the government take it from private owners, euphemistically called eminent domain. That's putting his money where his mouth is, not sacrificing principle for the sake of earnings.
Walter E. Williams is a professor of economics at George Mason University.


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Die Top 12 2011/12 war die zehnte französische Mannschaftsmeisterschaft im Schach der Frauen.

Meister wurde der Club de Vandœuvre-Echecs, während sich der Titelverteidiger Évry Grand Roque mit dem dritten Platz begnügen musste. Aus der Nationale I waren der C.E. de Bois-Colombes, der Club de Lutèce Echecs, der Club d'Echecs d'Annemasse und der Club de Marseille Echecs aufgestiegen. Während Annemasse und Bois-Colombes den Klassenerhalt erreichten, musste Lutèce und Marseille zusammen mit dem Club de Les Tours de Haute Picardie und der Association Cannes-Echecs direkt wieder absteigen.
Zu den gemeldeten Mannschaftskadern siehe Mannschaftskader der Top 12 (Frauen) 2011/12.

Spieltermine

Die Vorrunde fand statt vom 20. bis 22. Januar 2012; die Wettkämpfe der Groupe A wurden zentral in Évry ausgerichtet, die Wettkämpfe der Groupe B in Montpellier. Die Finalrunde wurde am 23. und 24. Juni in Saint-Quentin gespielt.

Modus

Die zwölf teilnehmenden Vereine wurden in zwei Sechsergruppen (Groupe A und Groupe B) eingeteilt und spielten in diesen ein einfaches Rundenturnier. Über die Platzierung entschied zunächst die Anzahl der Mannschaftspunkte (3 Punkte für einen Sieg, 2 Punkte für ein Unentschieden, 1 Punkt für eine Niederlage, 0 Punkte für eine kampflose Niederlage), anschließend der direkte Vergleich, danach die Differenz zwischen Gewinn- und Verlustpartien und letztendlich die Zahl der Gewinnpartien. Die beiden Letzten jeder Gruppe stiegen in die Nationale I ab, während sich die beiden Ersten jeder Gruppe für die Finalrunde qualifizierten. Diese wurde im k.-o.-System ausgetragen, wobei auch der dritte Platz ausgespielt wurde.

Vorrunde

Gruppeneinteilung

Die 12 Mannschaften wurden wie folgt in die zwei Vorrunden eingeteilt:

Anmerkung: Die Vorjahresplatzierung sowie die zugehörige Gruppe wird eingeklammert angegeben. Bei den vier Halbfinalisten ist die genaue Platzierung (zwischen 1 und 4) angegeben, bei den Aufsteigern "N".

Groupe A

Vor der letzten Runde hatte sich Évry bereits den Einzug ins Halbfinale gesichert, während alle übrigen Entscheidungen noch offen waren. Letztendlich sicherte sich Naujac den zweiten Platz dank der besseren Brettpunkte gegenüber Bischwiller, während Bois-Colombes mit einem Unentschieden gegen Haute Picardie den Klassenerhalt erreichte.

Abschlusstabelle

Entscheidungen

Kreuztabelle

Groupe B

Während die beiden Absteiger schon vor der letzten Runde feststanden, fielen die Entscheidungen über die beiden Halbfinalteilnehmer erst in zwei direkten Vergleichen der letzten Runde. Annemasse sicherte sich durch einen Sieg gegen Mulhouse den Gruppensieg, während Vandœvre durch ein Unentschieden gegen Montpellier den zweiten Platz behauptete.

Abschlusstabelle

Entscheidungen

Kreuztabelle

Endrunde

Übersicht

Entscheidungen

Halbfinale

In beiden Halbfinalwettkämpfen gab es enge Entscheidungen. Der Titelverteidiger Évry scheiterte trotz eines Sieges am Spitzenbrett an Vandœuvre, während der Wettkampf zwischen Annemasse und Naujac unentschieden endete, Annemasse aber durch den Sieg am Spitzenbrett das Finale erreichte.

Finale und Spiel um Platz 3

Im Finale nahm Vandœuvre erfolgreich Revanche für die Vorrundenniederlage gegen Annemasse, während im Spiel um Platz 3 Naujac gegen die favorisierte Mannschaft aus Évry ein Unentschieden erreichte, dieser aber dennoch den dritten Platz überlassen musste, da Évry bei einem Remis am Spitzenbrett am zweiten Brett siegte.

Die Meistermannschaft

Weblinks
 Ergebnisse und Termine der Groupe A bei der Fédération Française des Échecs (französisch)
 Ergebnisse und Termine der Groupe B bei der Fédération Française des Échecs (französisch)
 Ergebnisse und Termine des Halbfinals bei der Fédération Française des Échecs (französisch)
 Ergebnisse und Termine des Spiels um Platz 3 bei der Fédération Française des Échecs (französisch)
 Ergebnisse und Termine des Finales bei der Fédération Française des Échecs (französisch)

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Sportveranstaltung in Frankreich
Schachveranstaltung 2011
Schachveranstaltung 2012

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There are plenty of opportunities to get dressed up and head out for a night that you will remember around Brighton this year. What about a Masked Ball, or a black tie event? You could enjoy a 5 Course Dinner midnight champagne at Stanmer House New Year's Eve Party themed 'Moulin Rouge'.
Whatever your musical tastes, there is something happening to start your year in musical heaven. From the ultimate Soul and Motown night out at Coral Brighton Hove Greyhound Stadium with 'New Year's Eve with The Soul Survivors', to The New Year's Eve Viennese Gala at the Brighton Dome bringing you an extravaganza of Strauss classical perfection, and everything in between.
If you want to club the night away all of the top clubs have their New Year offerings, including Pump Up The Jam NYE at The Tempest Inn. A wonderful setting to celebrate everything 90's music, with a great atmosphere, and you can even dance your way through until 8am at the Treatment NYE All Nighter at The Arch, with a whole night of top House DJ's.
If theatre is more your style, you could head out to see Richard O'Brien's cult rock 'n' roll musical comedy….The Rocky Horror Show at the Theatre Royal Brighton. Of if you are on a family break, Jack & The Beanstalk – Christmas Panto! Is on at the Ropetackle Arts Centre…..oh yes it is!
If you want to laugh your way into the next year, head to the Brighton Dome for some satirical stand up comedy at Treason Show Christmas Special: That Was The Year That Was 15. Or, if you want to go all out, you could head to Viva Las Vegas! At the Grosvenor Casino Brighton for a night of cabaret, burlesque, show girls, and maybe some winning!
If you are looking for a more refined evening, you may want to head to one of the amazing restaurants in the area, to eat truly wonderful dishes whilst enjoying their celebrations. If you want the experience of fine dining, but don't want to leave your holiday accommodation, you could even order food in.
Or you may be coming to have an early night ready to hit the shopping sales as soon as they begin, wanting to grab a bargain from the wonderful boutiques in the area.
There's plenty for children to do as well, with skating at the Royal Pavillion Ice Rink, and fun exhibitions such as 'Exotic Creatures' again at The Royal Pavilion showing animals in the Royal Collection, menageries and early zoos. Sure to keep everyone happy. You'll be back for another stay in no time!


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Adam Hatzidakis
The first person to perform a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt procedure (TIPS) in Greece, Adam Hatzidakis discusses his career-long love affair with the hepato-biliary-pancreatic system, and describes the delights and difficulties of being a trailblazer in the interventional radiology (IR) space. Speaking seven months after the SARS-CoV-2 virus first caused multiple governments to impose national lockdowns and resulted in widespread international travel bans, Hatzidakis also hopes that the shift to digital conferences is here to stay, at least in part, "so that more colleagues may benefit from the international educational opportunities on offer".
What initially attracted you to interventional radiology (IR)?
I was initially attracted to radiology because I loved imaging and trying to find the "pathological hidden in the physiological". Then I discovered interventional radiology, where I had the possibility to "clean" the physiological from the pathological.
Have you had important mentors for you throughout your career?
Yes, several. To start, my first professor, Nicholas Gourtsoyiannis, in Heraklion, Crete. He taught us the importance of becoming clinical radiologists, and how to have a presence on the international stage. Together with my tutor and friend Spyros Karampekios, we performed the first IR procedures in Heraklion, back in 1993.
Next, my IR teacher, Panos Galis, at the AirForce Hospital in Athens, Greece. He was a Greek pioneer in vascular IR, and I learned many tricks from his experience.
Another three titans of IR who have been personally important: Plinio Rossi from Rome, Italy; Rolf Guenther from Aachen, Germany; and Andreas "Andy" Adam from London, UK. Beside great IR teaching, in London I learned how to manage, in Aachen how to organise, and in Rome how to improvise. All experiences were of great value.
Why are you specifically drawn to the hepato-bilio-pancreatic system? What do we still have to learn about treatment in this system?
In the era of magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP), endoscopists have fewer possibilities to practice so many endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatographies (ERCPs), with the result that new doctors are less well trained. So, radiologists usually have more to do. Biliary IR is delicate work, offering you a lot of challenging cases. Performing malignant cases is good training for tough benign cases.
In 1996, you performed the first transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt procedure (TIPS) in Greece. How did this come about?
That was my passport to the future. The case went well, although the patient was not able to survive for a long time. Performing this case helped to create a lot of respect for my work and IR more generally, but the expectations others have from you can become a very heavy burden. I learned that I had to constantly perform at a high level, and try to be involved in novel procedures, so that everybody could benefit from this. I think one can feel that they have to fulfil the obligation to continue working at a high scientific level in order to show the younger generation of interventional radiologists their way to the top.
In 1998, you were one of the first interventional radiologists in Greece to perform percutaneous liver tumour ablation. What are the most exciting and the most intimidating aspects of working at the vanguard?
This is the reason why I like working in University Hospitals. Patients and other medical specialties can trust you more easily when it comes to new methods and techniques. Of course, you have to perform the procedures well and safely, with nice results to keep a good and trustful name. Sometimes this is not enough, because other specialties do not want to move to new methods and lose control of their patients, or stop performing what is common practice to them in favour of IR methods. The same happened in the old days with oncologists who did not want to stop chemotherapy protocols and send patients to radiofrequency ablation (RFA) in order to calculate total survival rates. The same thing still happens now with other IR techniques such as vertebroplasty, varicocele and fibroid embolization, and I am afraid it will also happen with prostatic artery embolization.
Could you describe a particularly memorable case?
Yes, definitely the first TIPS procedure done in Greece. I was still a last year radiology resident and I was asked to try to performed it. There were five university professors outside the angiography suite, and I needed five hours to complete the case. I would of course never have managed it without their trust and the good help of two senior radiologists who were my teachers and the backbone of our department.
As deputy chair of the Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe (CIRSE) programme committee 2019–2021, and upcoming chair of the same committee, what are your goals for scientific education over the next two years?
Providing medical education has become difficult due to travelling restrictions. But this problem has convinced international medical societies to transition to a digital education format. Our last CIRSE Summit (12–15 September, virtual) is such an example. The set-up we managed to create in such a short time and the transformation of the programme from a live event to a digital one was a big challenge.
I am confident that this shift to online learning has come to stay. The future will be full of hybrid congresses with both live and distant participation. I hope during the next two years that we will be able to go back to face-to-face events, as these are very important for communication between doctors and industry, but also maintain some remote-learning capabilities, so that more colleagues may benefit from the international educational opportunities on offer.
How has the COVID-19 pandemic impacted IR this year, and do you foresee a lasting change to the discipline?
It was a hard time for everybody. Our University Hospital in Thessaloniki closed for almost every other activity. We were asked to perform only emergency cases. But due to the fact that the surgical departments also decreased their activities, we managed to keep a decreased but adequate number of cases to continue our clinical work. I am confident that the role of IR departments will come out of this crisis more powerful than before, because we provide minimally invasive solutions without need for intensive care unit (ICU) beds.
On a personal level, what are the central preoccupations when treating patients during a global pandemic?
Be aware of COVID-positive patients, treat them carefully, and keep your staff safe.
In your opinion, what is the most interesting research coming out of Greece in the IR space right now?
Greek interventional radiologists try hard to maintain a high level of medical services, and to convince patients and other physicians about the possibilities our treatments can offer. Research has always been a tough task in our country, usually due to a lack of financial resources. Nevertheless, there are Centres of Excellence like in Patras, where a lot of research work is conducted in the peripheral vascular disease space and in arteriovenous fistula creation. Athens also has a couple of centres working on interventional oncology therapies in the thorax, abdomen, and musculoskeletal systems. We in Thessaloniki are trying to create a Centre of Excellence for primary and secondary liver tumours, in good cooperation with a local transplant centre. I am pretty confident that this cooperation will be fruitful in the future.
What are the main challenges when treating HCC patients via IR techniques? How and why is interdisciplinary collaboration important?
HCC patients are quite complex. Experienced hepatologists, together with surgical oncology and transplant colleagues, are needed to decide how to treat every case. The cooperation of hospital tumour boards demonstrates the importance of being a clinical radiologist; being treated as an equal is the best reward for your work.
What are your hobbies and interests outside of medicine?
I love traveling and learning about other cultures. I am a big fan of various sports, especially soccer, basketball, and tennis, which I also played myself. I enjoy good company with my beautiful family and many good friends, which I am blessed to have. Hatzidakis Hatzidakis Hatzidakis Hatzidakis Hatzidakis Hatzidakis Hatzidakis
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Pokemon GO has only been released for a week and it's already become the most popular mobile game of all time. Even in Europe, where it hasn't been released, it's extremely popular and you can see lots of people playing it. If you haven't got hold of it yet, here's an installation/starter guide. Despite its popularity, it has quite a few features missing and even more annoyances that are preventing players from enjoying it to its full potential. Here's 10 things that would make Pokemon GO the perfect game!
Being able to trade your unwanted Pokemon for Pokemon you need is crucial to completing the Pokedex, it's sorely missed right now as plenty of Pokemon GO players are looking for specific Pokemon. It also brings players together, if trading was to be introduced, imagine the scenes as trainers congregate to socialise and trade with each-other. The developers (Niantic) have already mentioned that this will be introduced at some point, lets hope it's sooner rather than later!
Right now, the only way you can use your Pokemon to battle is to challenge a gym. While this is fun, battling other players (particularly enemy team members) would be a great addition to Pokemon GO. The banter between teams is already going strong so the stage is set for us to go at each-others throats. It'll also be really useful to be able to battle your friends, both for practice and bragging rights.
NPCs really bring the Pokemon world to life, they provide interactions and stories that no real player could produce. Whether it's in the form of quests, info sharing or for battling, they would add more depth and more opportunities for growth. Players should definitely be the focus point but NPCs have a lot to offer.
At the start of your Pokemon GO journey, catching Pokemon is relatively simple and easy. However, it becomes a lot more difficult as you level up. There's no real way to practice throwing techniques other than wasting your precious Pokeballs which, for a lot of people, is frustrating. If the developers could include some kind of practice mechanic, something along the lines of a dummy Pokeball and a dummy Pokemon, it'd give the players a lot more leeway when it comes to catching that 320 CP Pidgey.
The community is begging for rural areas to be provided with Pokestops and Gyms. Many players are forced to travel up to hours to visit a single Pokestop. It makes sense that the more densely populated areas are provided with the most resources but Pokemon fans are everywhere and this is a big let down. Hopefully Niantic allow players to submit Pokestop/Gym locations themselves.
The method behind figuring out where Pokemon are most likely to appear is dependent on how much each area is used by Pokemon GO players. If the system sees that plenty of people are visiting parks or town centers, that's where Pokemon will spawn. A lot of players have ventured out to various countryside landmarks and found nothing. It'd be great if Pokemon were more specific to their habitats, so if you want Caterpie, you'll have to visit a vegetated area rather than in an alley or train station. This would make the exploration aspect even greater and edit the distribution of Pokemon to be more realistic and more fun.
The only Pokemon available for players are the original 150, this isn't a problem right now but eventually people will get bored and start completing Pokedexes. A cycle of say 6 months between releases of generations would be a great addition and keep players interested. The large majority of young players are not overly familiar with the original 150 and some may feel like they're alienated from conversations. Pokemon GO will be so much more awesome when the entirety of the roster are available!
The addition of affection in Pokemon X and Y was a great one and is something that should return. Being able to really connect with your Pokemon was a great feature for many players. Presently, most Pokemon GO players don't really care for their Pokemon, which is quite a shame. A big contributory factor to Pokemon's success was the ability to create your own team, your own friends who could accompany you on your journey. If this aspect was added, a lot of players would be happy!
You can catch Pokemon, you can battle gyms, you can try and complete your Pokedex but there needs to be some relatively end game features for players. Elite Four would be a good option, each town has one location which is home to the Elite Four. There are no champions, if you defeat them then you get to replace one of them. The Elite Four are a very iconic group of elite trainers so there must be a way of incorporating it into Pokemon GO.


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Editor, Quadrant Online
Readers of the Sunday Fairfax papers would have been shocked to learn that Senator Cory Bernardi, a Liberal, has financial ties with big tobacco, is linked to America's National Rifle Association and has "apparently breached strict rules by failing to declare" those associations. After the initial report, two further stories quoted political enemies as saying the South Australian was "unfit to chair" the senators' interests committee.
One of the named organisations, the Heartland Institute, has now released a stinging rebuttal, which is published below. If the Fairfax in-house sleuths follow the same path that has so far produced no result in the case of Richard Ackland's recent travesty of column, we might see a response in a week or two.
Why are the mistakes of a diminished newspaper important?
Well, there is an election coming and while the SMH and sister publications are free to take any editorial position they wish, what they are not supposed to do is abandon professional standards of accuracy and fact-checking, as the Heartland Institute charges.
Here is Heartland's rebuttal:
"Ms. Jessica Wright, a 'political correspondent' for Australia's The Sunday Age and the Sun-Herald, mentions The Heartland Institute several times in a piece titled "Abbott's man under fire over extreme right lobbying" in the January 27 edition of the Sydney Morning Herald.
"The article mostly attacks Australian Senator Cory Bernardi for being a member of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), which Ms. Wright mischaracterizes as a 'right-wing, pro-tobacco group.' ALEC is in fact a bipartisan and highly respected organization of state elected officials in the U.S. Ms. Wright's criticism simply parrots attacks on the group by left-liberal groups in the U.S. and has no validity.
"Ms. Wright refers to The Heartland Institute as 'a sister pro-tobacco lobbying organisation and corporate member of ALEC.' We are not 'pro-tobacco,' though Heartland spokespersons frequently question whether sound science and economics justify sky-high taxes and punitive smoking bans. For accurate information about The Heartland Institute's work on tobacco control policy, please visit our Web site page about 'Smoker's Rights.'
"The Heartland Institute also is not a lobbying organization, but rather an independent nonprofit research organization or 'think tank.' We address a wide range of issues and, like ALEC, focus on being a resource for state elected officials in the U.S. We are a nonprofit member of ALEC and our staff serves on several ALEC task forces.
"Ms. Wright reports that we paid for Senator Bernardi's 'accommodation and travel to the US on four separate occasions in 2010 and 2011.' Our records show Sen. Bernardi attended two of our International Conferences on Climate Change, one in the U.S. and one in Sydney, and spoke at both of them. The Heartland Institute routinely reimburses travel expenses for elected officials and speakers at its conferences.
"Ms. Wright claims The Heartland Institute 'recently ran a two-day conference in the US entitled "Can Tobacco Make You Healthier?" ' This is bizarre, inaccurate, and plainly intended to defame The Heartland Institute. The event she apparently is referring to was a 75-minute workshop titled 'Can Tobacco Cure Smoking?' which Heartland helped organize at ALEC's annual meeting in Salt Lake City last year.
"The speaker, Prof. Brad Rodu, is one of the country's (indeed, the world's) leading authorities on the use of smokeless tobacco products to encourage smokers to smoke less or stop altogether. Given that message, it would be more accurate to say that Heartland sponsored a seminar on 'how to stop smoking.'
"There are many important issues that would benefit from lively and informed debate. It's regrettable that Ms. Wright chose instead to devote an article to muddying the water with false and misleading claims."
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METALS-Copper falls after 2 days of gains, China's growth concerns weigh
SINGAPORE, Feb 6 (Reuters) - London copper prices edged lower on Wednesday, falling for the first time in three sessions on concerns over slowing factory activity in China - the world's biggest industrial metals consumer.
* Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange slid 0.1 percent to $6,229.50 a tonne by 0149 GMT.
* China's factory activity shrank by the most in almost three years in January as new orders slumped further and output fell, a private survey showed, reinforcing fears that a slowdown in the world's second-largest economy is deepening.
* Senior U.S. and Chinese officials are poised to start another round of trade talks in Beijing next week to push for a deal to protect American intellectual property and avert a March 2 increase in U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods, two people familiar with the plans said on Tuesday.
* Trump was expected to challenge Democrats to approve funding for his long-sought border wall but stopped short of declaring a national emergency over it, at least for now. The speech starts at 2100 ET (0200 GMT).
* Brazilian miner Vale SA on Tuesday declared force majeure on some iron ore contracts after a court-ordered halt to a mine responsible for nearly 9 percent of its output following a dam burst which likely killed more than 300 people.
* The force majeure on some iron ore and pellets sales contracts came after a court on Monday ordered it to stop using eight tailings dams, including one affecting production of about 30 million tonnes of iron ore output per year.
* Asian shares started cautiously on Wednesday as investors waited to see if U.S. President Donald Trump drops any hints of progress on tariffs in his State of the Union speech.
DATA/EVENTS (GMT) 0700 Germany Industrial Orders Dec 1330 US International Trade Nov
Reporting by Naveen Thukral; Editing by Shreejay Sinha


Any study is based on the interaction in the system of doctor-unit-patient, and its quality is determined by all three components of the system.
Ultrasonography of the abdomen and blood vessels, kidneys, adrenal glands..
At present, the usual preparation of the patient to the investigation of the abdominal cavity and retroperitoneal space includes a survey on an empty stomach with food restriction before, ie 1-2 days prior to the survey, exclude from the diet foods that cause bloating (black bread, beans, fresh vegetables, fruits, milk, juices, soft drinks), easily dine on the eve of the study, no later than 19.00 and in the morning on an empty stomach, and go to the doctor. If the study is scheduled in the 2nd half of the day, allowed a light breakfast in the morning no later than 6-8 hours before the test. However, these measures do not always lead to the desired result, and in some cases can trigger flatulence in the intestine. For the treatment of flatulence syndrome are used means normalizing bowel movements and accelerate the evacuation of gas from it. Therefore, for high-quality training to the investigation, also recommended the use of activated carbon, Espumizan, effectiveness of which has been proven in several studies (V.V.Mitkov, "Ultrasound examination of the abdominal cavity: the effect of patient's training on the quality of the received information").
It is carried out in two ways: transabdominal and transvaginal.
For transabdominal study (through the abdominal wall) the bladder must be filled. That is why 2 hours prior to the study the patient should drink at least 1 liter of non-carbonated liquid or unable to urinate for 3-4 hours.
To investigate the transvaginal probe, do not forget rules for the preparation of the visit to the gynecologist.
It is carried out at the filled bladder. That is why 2 hours prior to the study the patient should drink at least 1 liter of non-carbonated liquid or unable to urinate for 3-4 hours.
Carried out the first phase of the menstrual cycle - at 7-10 days after the onset of menstruation. Up to 40 years performed as a baseline study, after 40 years - in addition to X-ray mammography when indicated.
Ultrasound of the thyroid gland, joints, soft tissue, thymus, peripheral lymph nodes.
It does not require the prior preparation.
Neurosonography does not require prior preparation. It is carried out to children of 1st year of life on the open fontanelle.
US of the pyloric part of the stomach in the newborn is held on an empty stomach in 3-3.5 hours from the last feeding.


Based in the heart of England and surrounded by beautiful countryside in an area traditionally associated with English China manufacturing, Lynton specialises in the design, production and hand decoration of English Fine Bone China. Each item we make is an individual piece of visual art and our extensive collection includes a vast array of exquisite tableware and ornaments.
All of our beautifully decorated items are made to order for our discerning clients. We do not mass produce. Royal families, heads of states and corporate clients world-wide commission our unique and sumptuously decorated china, not only as heirlooms and investments but for the personal satisfaction and enjoyment that comes from owning something of timeless elegance and beauty.
We are particularly noted for our hand painted items that are richly embellished with hand raised gilding in 23.5 carat gold and other precious metals. Every aspect of design, manufacturing and decoration is generated entirely within our factory in Derby, starting with the modeling of white-ware and moving through the process to the finished painted and gilded product.
Many of the skills practiced by our staff are no longer in use anywhere else worldwide, for example, hand raised paste work, which requires patience, dedication and natural talent to produce the intricate detailed designs we insist on. Indeed, the time and training needed to produce such works of art are not considered profitable by the larger manufacturers who dominate our market today.
We are continually adding new and exciting decorating techniques. The current portfolio offers a choice of pattern, colour and subject matter on over 150 pieces. In addition to this, our in-house design and craft capabilities mean that we can also work to our clients own ambitious project designs in shape and finish. If you can picture it, we can create it.


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Travel writing classics: The Road to Oxiana
The Road to Oxiana,
by Robert Byron (1937)
There's a poignancy about reading Robert Byron's account of his journey through the Middle East to Oxiana, on the border with Afghanistan and the former Soviet Union.
Written between the wars, it is a quite astounding marriage of travel adventure, architectural description and stylistic flair as Byron searches for the origins of Islamic art and culture. As a reader, you are filled with joy by his passionate and intricate prose which really do make the time, people and places he travels through spring to life. But then there's the knowledge that just a few years afterward the world was at war, and Byron himself was dead, killed in a U-Boat attack.
Its influence on the genre can not be overstated; Paul Fussell said that The Road to Oxiana is to travel writing what "Ulysses is to the novel between the wars, and what The Waste Land is to poetry." It changed everything - launching a new form where a journey - and an author - evolve and can even be seen to merge over the course of the narrative. Yes, it can perhaps feel a little impenetrable at times for the modern reader - but it's more than worth your persistence. You will never read a travel book like it, and indeed will never read a travel book in the same way again.


1 How to get Endeavour Mod Menu for GTA V?
1.0.1 What Is Endeavour Mod Menu?
How to get Endeavour Mod Menu for GTA V?
What Is Endeavour Mod Menu?
Endeavour Mod Menu has Recently released a mod for GTA 5. This Mod Allows users to get Cheats and mods while playing the game. If gamers use this mod then they will get a menu list of the mods. It will help us very much while gaming. While playing GTA V, we can easily type cheats, change weapons and get other mods too. That's all about Endeavour Mod Menu.
In order to load as plugins you need to have ASI Loader installed, you can download it separately or use the latest version that comes with this dsound.dll.
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This completely renovated hacienda on the East End of Ojai is rich with old world charm. From its extraordinary mountain views to its 1920's wrought iron gate, every detail of this property celebrates the Ojai lifestyle.
An open floor plan, wood beam vaulted ceilings, hand hewn maple floors and large hearth fireplace make this home warm and inviting. The kitchen is completely updated with stainless steel appliances and granite counter tops. Indoor/outdoor living adds the incentive to enjoy the beautiful natural surroundings. This wonderful family compound has a newly constructed studio with full bath.


Shutting the gender pay gap, improving women's representation in political life, parental leave for fathers and trafficking of women and children are some of the issues that PES activists and other Yourspace users suggest the PES to deal with at the European level.
What do readers of this blog think? When considering the Europe we want for the future – do you agree that it's essential to solve the problems above?


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Q: Batch- issue with changing variables I'm making a video game in Batch and need a cheat code system. My code is here:
:Cheats
cls
echo Enter a valid cheat code.
echo Type back to return home.
echo.
set /p pass="Enter:"
if %pass%==back goto Home
if %pass%==gimmedaloot set /a gld=%gld%+1000 && set %name%=Cheater
if %pass%==iamironman set /a hp=%hp%+100 && set %name%=Cheater
if %pass%==thatsitiquit goto End && set %name%=Cheater
if %pass%==duncanwashere goto Debug && set %name%=Cheater
pause
goto Home

The issue is that it will not set the %name% variable to Cheater. It just leaves it as it was before. Help?

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HomeEthiopian NewsEthiopian embassy to sue Saudi media for defaming its nationals
Ethiopian embassy to sue Saudi media for defaming its nationals
Source : Xinhua
RIYADH, The Ethiopian embassy in Saudi Arabia is considering suing individuals and the media for defaming members of Ethiopian community, according to Al Hayat newspaper Wednesday.
The legal cases will be filed after negotiation with the Saudi foreign ministry due to the negative viewpoints on Ethiopian from many segments in Saudi Arabia, the Ethiopian Ambassador Mohammed Hassan told the newspaper.
"African infiltrators who commit criminal acts in the country have no documents showing their identifications and nationalities, so there is no evidence that they are Ethiopians," he explained, while highlighting that the local media always refer to the infiltrators as people from Ethiopian community.
"The negative campaigns against my people harm members of the Ethiopian community in the country who are law-abiding and came to Saudi Arabia legally for better job opportunities. Many Ethiopians have to deal with bad remarks and hostility from citizens here because of unbalanced media reports," he said.
Many TV programs have reported Ethiopians as members with armed gangs in Saudi Arabia who live in remote area and involve in armed robberies and other illegal activities.


Chopsticks | Not all who wander are aimless...mais ils se perdent parfois.
"There once was a highly developed Buddhist guru who had the ability to transport himself to any place in the universe. He decided to investigate Hell. Upon arrival he found a lush green valley with perfect moderate temperatures, beautiful flowers, clear sparkling water, and snow-covered mountains. In the middle of the valley there was a large table with every known delicious food available. But the people at the table were moaning and screaming in agony. All they had to eat with were six-foot chopsticks, and no matter how hard they tried, no matter what technique they used, they couldn't get the food into their mouths and it was driving them insane.
This story is told in The Wisdom of Crocodiles.
I took the quote from Michael J.'s Notio.
~ by Stéphanie K. on January 25, 2009.


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Joe Bonamassa Announces Four "Up Close and Personal" Shows for 2013
Following the May 21st release of Joe Bonamassa's critically acclaimed 13th solo album 'Driving Towards The Daylight', which is currently Number Two in the UK's Official Album Chart, the renowned guitarist will perform a series of four significant London concerts that chronicles his rise from playing the intimate Borderline to the prestigious Royal Albert Hall. Tickets for Joe Bonamassa are onsale this Friday at 9am.
Blues rock fans will be able to purchase tickets to see Joe perform at four different London venues including The Borderline on March 26th, 02 Shepherd's Bush Empire on March 27th, HMV Hammersmith Apollo on March 28th and the Royal Albert Hall on March 30th. All tickets are on sale from Friday 1st June. A special 48-hour ticket pre-sale on Planet Rock radio will start from Wednesday May 30th, two days before tickets go on sale to the general public.
For those fans that purchase a special VIP ticket, this will enable them to attend all four concerts, including admission to see Bonamassa perform at the Borderline in London on Tuesday 26th March 2013. The Borderline concert is restricted to a limited run of 200 tickets, and will showcase Joe's atmospheric rise to the top of the guitar world, in an intimate and a reduced capacity setting of this famous London West End venue where it all began for the critically acclaimed blues rock guitarist.
Now's your chance to get up close and personal in London with Joe Bonamassa at what is being hailed as "The Guitar Event of the Year."
Joe Bonamassa 2012 UK Live Dates are as follows:
Mar 26th - London Borderline
Mar 27th - London Shepherds Bush Empire
Mar 28th - London Hammersmith Apollo
Mar 30th - London Royal Albert Hall
Joe Bonamassa Tickets are on sale from 9am on Friday 1st June.
JOE BONAMASSA ANNOUNCES ROYAL ALBERT HALL CONCERTS
Joe Bonamassa launches "Redemption" music video
JOE BONAMASSA PLAYS HAMPTON COURT PALACE FESTIVAL TUESDAY 12 JUNE 2018
Joe Bonamassa Returns To The UK In October 2018 For Three Concerts
JOE BONAMASSA CONFIRMED FOR HAMPTON COURT PALACE FESTIVAL 2018
Listen: Walter Trout Calls on Joe Bonamassa to Feature on Title Track of New Album
Joe Bonamassa to Release 'Live At Carnegie Hall - An Acoustic Evening' in June
Joe Bonamassa - The Blues and Beyond


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Q: Extracting pixels from a raster based on specific value of another raster using R I imported two rasters (raster A and B)in R using the raster function.
I would like to extract the pixels of A where B equals 1 into a data frame.
I am trying the following, however, all the pixels I obtain have the same values, although they are various in the original dataset.
The two rasters have the same dimensions (ncols, nrows, ncell, resolution, extent, projection).
library(raster)
library(rgdal)

# import inputs
A <- raster('/pat/to/rasterA.tif')
B <- raster('/pat/to/rasterB.tif')

# extract raster values from A over raster B where B == 1
mydata <- data.frame(A[B[B == 1]])

EDIT 1
Might be that when I do A[B[B == 1]], the class of object A and B from RasterLayer becomes numeric, and this creates problems? I discovered this by doing class(A[B[B == 1]]), which gives numeric.
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Ok, this is weird. I tried to do mydata <- data.frame(A[B]) and now the output has the original A only at B == 1 locations. Trying this before it extracted all the pixels from A (as I would expect). I can coinfirm it is right by counting the number of ones in B and the number of elements in mydata, which is the same. It's like if the indexing has skipped all the zeros in B. Can anyone explain this?

A: Example data:
library(raster)
r <- raster(nrow=5, ncol=5, xmn=0, xmx=1, ymn=0, ymx=1)
set.seed(1010)
A <- setValues(r, sample(0:5, ncell(r), replace=TRUE))
B <- setValues(r, sample(0:2, ncell(r), replace=TRUE))

Now you can do:
s <- stack(A,B)
v <- as.data.frame(s)
v[v[,2] == 1, 1]

Alternatively:
A[B==1]

Or:
D <- overlay(A, B, fun=function(x,y){ x[y!=0] <- NA; x})
na.omit(values(D))

Or:
xy <- rasterToPoints(B, function(x) x == 1)
extract(A, xy[,1:2])

Or:
A[B!=1] <- NA
rasterToPoints(A)[, 3]

etc...
Now why does this: A[B[B == 1]] not work? Unpack it:
B[B == 1]
# [1] 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

The cell values of B where B==1 are, of course, 1. A[B[B == 1]] thus becomes A[c(1,1,1,..)], and returns the value of the first cell many times.
A[B] is equivalent to A[B!=0] as B is considered a logical statement in this case, and 0 == FALSE and all other values are TRUE

A: this should work for the 1 values:
A[B == 1]

as well as this, for the 0 values
A[B == 0]


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Ayisha Davies Personal Information, Career, Husband and Net Worth
Ayisha Davies's Net Worth as of January 2023 is $2 Million
Quick Facts of Ayisha Davies
Ayisha Davies is an Australian actress-film producer who works with Ultra Films. Prior to her big-screen debut, she worked as a television actress and a production assistant. So let us learn everything we can about her.
About Ayisha Davies
Source: Legendsbio
Ayisha Davies was born in Australia, and as a result of her birthright, she possesses an Australian birth citizenship certificate. Her racial background is white. Her exact birth date has not yet been revealed. As a result, we don't know what her true birthday is or how old she is. Furthermore, Davies has worked as a production secretary in the television industry.
Ayisha Davies's Professional Career
She began her career as a production secretary for the Australian television show Halifax. She started to work with men like David Lightfoot after becoming a literary manager. Following that, she worked as a production manager and even as a producer on the short film, The Bloody Sweet Hit.
The film succeeded well and was shown at several festivals, including the St. Kilda International Film Festival, and many more. In Rogue, she also served as David's devoted assistant and second-in-command production manager.
Ayisha Davies's family
Because he is an introvert, the Australian actress has always worked behind the camera. She likes to maintain a modest profile, keeping her family and siblings out of the spotlight. She also served as a literary manager for David Lightfoot.
Is Ayisha Davies a married woman?
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In terms of her marital status, Ayisha Davies is a happily married woman. She is married to her long-term love, Robert Taylor. On July 12, 2017, the couple walked down the aisle and were confirmed as husband and wife. The couple's adorable daughter, Scarlett Taylor, was also born to them.
Their wedding was celebrated in front of family and close friends. Before marrying in 2017, the couple had been together for over 17 years. Ayisha's husband, Robert Taylor, is an Australian actor who has appeared in a number of Australian films and television series.
The couple has been married for more than four years. Their love and passion for one another is only growing stronger with the passage of time.
Ayisha Davies's Body Measurements: Height and Weight
Ayisha Davies has a height of 5 feet 7 inches (170 cm) and body weight of 67 kg (147 lbs). Ayisha appears to have a pale complexion and a thin physical structure. She also has a set of brown eyes and lengthy light brown hair.
Ayisha Davies's Net Worth
Ayisha Davies has amassed a net worth of $2 million. Her major source of income is from her employment as a film producer. Her yearly income is expected to be in the thousands of dollars. Her net worth will surely rise as she creates additional films and television series in the coming months. Nonetheless, Davies leads a happy and carefree life in Australia with her husband and children in their gorgeous house.
Ayisha Davies's Social Media
She does not use social media. As you may know, she is an introverted person who avoids the media and the spotlight. She seemed to love her life away from the public spotlight.
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Mr DIXON (Nepean) (14:51:33) — If you look at a map of Victoria and you draw a line along the southern boundary of the electorate of Frankston, there are three state electorates underneath it — Mornington, Nepean and Hastings — and between all three of us we actually got nothing in the budget. Unfortunately that has been the sorry story for my constituents and my communities — it is a very consistent story and a tale of woe — over successive Labor budgets. Labor have been in government in Victoria for 15 out of the last 19 years and the Mornington Peninsula has got very, very little to show from their governments. Even in 2002 when Nepean was the most marginal seat in the state there was still no money; we were just neglected. You might think, 'Yes, for one or two terms this might be the way it goes, this is the way politics is', but we are looking at decades now of total neglect and very, very little money being spent — in my last term representing the people of Nepean there has been absolutely nothing in the budget for all those vital services my community is missing out on.
There is a misconception about my community. People think of it as a place full of rich holidaymakers and superannuants and retirees rolling in money, but that is just not the case. In fact I have the oldest age profile electorate in the state by a long shot — 27 per cent of my electorate is aged above 65; the next nearest electorate is 20 per cent — and I have I think about the fifth poorest electorate in terms of income. That is the reality of my electorate. Even though there might be a high degree of home ownership, most of those home owners are pensioners — they are surviving on pensions or they are, as self‑funded retirees, not earning very much on their investments at all. So there is very, very little disposable income in my electorate, hence that very, very low socio‑economic ranking that we have. That is the everyday reality, and we are just not getting the services that state governments should provide to a community like that.
I want to run through some of those needs — for example, public transport. Public transport is very, very important to the people of the Mornington Peninsula. We have got a large elderly population and because of that many of my constituents do not drive. Many are of the generation where females did not drive; the husbands tended to do that. Obviously many wives outlive their husbands, and they are therefore stranded. With that incredibly high level of disadvantage that we have in the electorate as well, many people cannot afford to run a car. Because of the geography of the Mornington Peninsula, there is only one way to go to access services, and that is up the peninsula to the Frankston area for a lot of the services that are required, whether they be medical or shopping or a whole range of other services that people require. Training, education, further education — the only way to get there if you do not have a car and cannot afford a car is the route 788 bus.
If you want to go to Melbourne, it takes longer to get from Rosebud to Melbourne than if you were travelling from Traralgon to Melbourne or Ballarat to Melbourne or Bendigo to Melbourne or Geelong to Melbourne. It takes longer by public transport if you get the bus and because the bus is so crowded it often just drives past bus stops. In fact a couple of families have mentioned to me recently that their schoolchildren have been left behind and have been late for school because the bus was too full and they were not allowed on. I recently referenced a Public Transport Victoria (PTV) document in this place which actually makes recommendations that the service should be improved. It says the bus is dangerous and dangerously overcrowded, and that is the reality. So we need more services. We need them to be brought up to the level of a city electorate. The bus goes to the Frankston railway station. If you get to Frankston station and you want to go to Frankston Hospital or to the medical precinct or to Monash University, you actually then have to catch another bus to get to those areas, which are only a matter of 1 or 2 kilometres away but are obviously unwalkable, especially for elderly residents.
For the bus to go past Frankston station and finish at Monash University via the Frankston Hospital and medical precinct I think would be a very good suggestion. That was put forward to the government as an option, as was having some express services because it actually takes an hour and a half to go from Rosebud to Frankston. If you drive, it takes about 35 minutes in a car. To relieve some of that congestion of cars on the freeway but also to relieve some of those overcrowded buses, it would be important to have some express services from the southern peninsula right through to Frankston, especially in the morning and afternoon in the peak times. Again, these are all options that have been given to the government, and consistently they have been ignored. When you see a report to PTV that says they are worried about the dangers and the safety issues on our buses, let alone the lack of service to a very poor electorate that needs that service because it is its only service, that is an indictment of this government.
Moving onto roads, after the construction of the Peninsula Link more traffic is coming down to the Mornington Peninsula. The Mornington Peninsula Freeway is the only freeway in Victoria running through a built‑up area that has no sound barriers. As you can imagine the traffic has increased. The population has increased over the last 10 to 15 years, and now we have houses abutting the freeway with residents living in them — not holiday houses, but people living in those houses right up against the freeway. The noise levels are just incredible. In fact, VicRoads has tested the Mornington Peninsula Freeway, and the noise levels from Rosebud right through to Safety Beach and just about all of those areas are above the acceptable decibel level and actually qualify for sound barriers.
My constituents have seen — and we have seen right across the state, especially in Melbourne and some suburbs of Melbourne, probably some electorates of Melbourne — some retrofitting has gone on. Even walls have been made larger or higher to protect residents from noise. In my electorate we do not even have walls. The government just refuses, even though VicRoads has said that the decibel levels are too high. It is totally refusing to make the money available for those sound barriers.
My constituents are just livid at the moment because they are getting wire rope barriers. This has been going on for 12 months. Residents and locals have had massive traffic hold‑ups for 12 months. The project was meant to be done in nine months and it is only, at best, two‑thirds done so we have got all that going on at the same time. In parts of the Mornington Peninsula Freeway there are a lot of trees in the median strip; there are trees on the edge of the freeway, which actually are a sound and light buffer of some sort, at least, for the residents. So what VicRoads has decided to do for the wire barriers is to pull out the large majority of those trees. It is worth noting that when they were mulching those trees they forgot that because the trees have been there so long, there is a whole habitat of birds and possums living in the middle of the freeway and on the side of the freeway. When the mulcher came through, instead of just mulching the trees it mulched up all sorts of wildlife — birds and possums were all mulched up. It was just unbelievable. It was actually quite distressing for the workers, when you talk to them about what happened there, and at the same time the residents have lost what little buffer they had.
As far as my constituents are concerned and as far as I am concerned VicRoads have just turned around and given the one‑finger salute to my constituents, saying, 'Well, we know there is a noise problem here. We admit that there is a noise problem here and we are going to make it worse. We are going to knock down those trees and we are going to make it worse for you'. God knows when those trees might regrow. With all that traffic hold‑up it would have been a golden opportunity to actually start construction of those noise barriers. VicRoads knows where they are needed; as I said their testing showed that it was needed, and they could have done it at the same time.
I must read a letter I received from a constituent. There was a public meeting about this issue and there were a number of protests. I am trying to talk my locals out of a massive public order protest on Friday because with the long weekend there will be thousands of extra people coming down, and many of my constituents are talking about blockading the freeway which will, I think, be a major safety issue and is going to cause massive congestion as those tens of thousands of people come down for the long weekend.
I attended a meeting last Wednesday night. So many people just like me, just trying to get some sleep.
I think you were invited but maybe you decided to reduce the traffic noise and stay off the freeway, possibly out of consideration to help reduce the noise levels, or maybe you were just not available.
The traffic was pretty busy last night. Not much sleep to be had, pretty noisy now also and only a few hours till the morning peak hour traffic gets underway.
I was reading the other day that it's recommended we get more sleep on the weekend. Not much chance of that around here.
Anyhow, could you please update me again on the progress of the funding and plans for reducing the noise outside my home?
Please feel free to visit me and see for yourself what I'm talking about.
So it is a bit tongue‑in‑cheek, but the reality is that people are having health issues, either due to the fumes or because they cannot sleep. Night after night, the traffic is going till all hours of the night and starts again at five in the morning — people are not getting the sleep that they need. It is just a continuous rumble and it is an incredible issue that needs to be addressed. It is a really good example of the neglect and the lack of funding that we have actually had with regard to roads and road infrastructure on the Mornington Peninsula, especially in the seat of Nepean.
Also we have an issue where the freeway finishes at Jetty Road in Rosebud where there are actually three roundabouts within about 500 metres. At the same time we have two large schools in the area, so you have all this traffic coming off the freeway and you have schoolchildren on bikes and on foot trying to cross those three roundabouts. It is just an absolute recipe for disaster, and has been identified by VicRoads as the number two priority to relieve congestion on the Mornington Peninsula. So those are a couple of the road issues.
My schools do not ask for much. Red Hill Consolidated School, which I know the minister knows about, is a school that was built, I think, in the 1940s or 50s and has never, ever received a capital grant. It is a school that raises a lot of money through hard work from its parents and that money, more and more over the years now, is just going into maintenance. It is a school that is not on mains water, it is not on mains sewage, it is in a bushfire‑prone area and it is an area that rains a lot, up there at the top of Arthurs Seat.
They have a great school with a great program, but unfortunately all that extra money that the school is raising is just going into maintenance. You can imagine a school of that age and that size that has not had capital works. They proudly want to maintain the school themselves but at this stage, 60 years later, there is an absence of capital funding, so that is the major education issue.
Rosebud Secondary College now has a few hundred thousand dollars of commitments and in‑kind support to build a wellness centre because there is a whole range of mental health issues and youth suicide in the area. Again, we have a very poor, low socio‑economic constituency that goes to that school. The social needs are very high and they are after only a couple of hundred thousand dollars so that they can actually start construction of this wellness centre. They have gone out into the community, they have done the work themselves and what they need is just a hand up from this government. But as I said, beyond that line under Frankston absolutely nothing came down to the Mornington Peninsula for any services.
There are obviously issues with health services, including mental health services, planning, water and the future of Point Nepean. The last thing I will mention, because I went past it on the ferry last night, is Portsea beach, which no longer exists. The government has now said that Portsea beach will no longer exist and that it is going to put a pile of rocks on it so that the Portsea pub does not get washed into the bay. That is very nice for some people, but now that the local beach has now gone the local businesses have become bankrupt and it is an absolute blight because the cheap and nasty option has been taken. Because of the erosion, which it has now been established came from the channel deepening 10 years ago, Portsea beach is no longer there. The only money has been spent on rocks to ruin the beach. I think that is pretty indicative of the contempt in which my electorate has been held by this government.


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New Orleans contemporary and paranormal romance author Dawn Chartier summed up her chosen genres during a Jefferson Parish Public Library panel last month. Chartier was a guest author on the panel promoting her upcoming appearance at UndeadCon of New Orleans in October. Dawn was also kind enough to agree to an interview with atombash.com New Orleans Literature. "Everything about New Orleans is paranormal to me," said the bubbly and charming Chartier.
During the library panel, Dawn mentioned that it was Katrina that gave her "the wake-up call" to seriously begin writing. Chartier's Vieux Carré Witch Sister series is set in a post-Katrina Crescent City. Center stage is NOMA, the New Orleans Museum of Art. The series opens with first book Bewitching the Enemy. A family of grown sisters find out that annually appeasing their mother by gathering around a special painting in NOMA isn't quite as ordinary as they suspected growing up. Rebuilding New Orleans as part of their construction business, each sister is more lovely than the next. Their lives change in a flash of magic when a world of witches, shape-shifters, paladin warlock hunters, danger, and seduction is revealed to them.
The novel's main protagonist, Storm Morgeaux, finds magic in the worst way, when her mother loses consciousness in the museum. A trip to the hospital lands her in the sights of a handsome doctor she soon finds she cannot seem to stop focusing her attentions on, and there is more to the equally-attentive doctor than good looks. Danger intervenes, family secrets are revealed, choices must be made, steamy encounters ensue, and a raccoon steals the show.
The 'bewitching' title is more a play on words than a sinister forewarning of the novel's contents. If anything, the writing is conversational and fun, the characters are warm and lovably human in their flaws. Chartier keeps the reader enchanted with pieces to pick up along the way in this enjoyably puzzling twist of adventure and romance. Dawn's first Witch Sisters book impressed one famous author enough to receive a very special endorsement.
His Wicked Desire, the second book in the Vieux Carré Witch Sister series, is due for release on August 24. and it is already generating a buzz with early readers. Yet another New York Times bestselling author has some high praise.
Chartier will be appearing as a guest author of Anne Rice's Vampire Lestat Fan Club (ARVLFC) during UndeadCon this October in New Orleans. UndeadCon is a writers' conference marked by a series of panels and horror-themed events that culminate in the gala event of the season. Dawn's very first experience with UndeadCon was when her idol, author Sherrilyn Kenyon, was guest of honor at the annual Anne Rice Ball in New Orleans. Each year, the famous ball held every Halloween Friday is themed after Rice's books. That year, 2012, it was the Wolf Gift Ball, and Dawn purchased a ticket to attend. This year, Dawn is a guest author of the annual event, and the 2015 theme is the Gathering of the Ancients Ball.
If you would like to see Dawn Chartier before October, she will be a featured guest author of the Writers for New Orleans conference hosted by New York Times beststelling author Heather Graham.
If you'd like to meet Dawn but can't attend the entire event, on Sunday, September 6, from 12 pm to 2 pm, the conference is offering a free book signing event open to the public at the Hotel Monteleone in the French Quarter.
Additional books by Chartier are Masquerading with the CEO, Diamonds [Stilleto Millionaire Club 1], and Not an Angel.
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Total Recall and Acapella Bourgeois, who are among the entries for the Timico Gold Cup at Cheltenham in March, feature among an entry of six horses made by Willie Mullins this afternoon for the Goffs Thyestes Handicap Chase at Gowran Park on Thursday, January 25.
The champion trainer has also entered Pleasant Company, Polidam, Arbre De Vie and Isleofhopendreams as he bids to win the race for the seventh time and his first since Djakadam prevailed under top-weight in 2015.
In all, there are 37 horses entered for the €100,000 event and Gordon Elliott is responsible for 13 as he chases his first win in the race.
Third in the race in 2016 and runner-up to Champagne West last year, Ucello Conti heads Elliott's battalion which includes the novices Sutton Manor, a winner at Down Royal on St Stephen's Day, the recent Limerick Grade 2 McMahons Builders Novice Chase winner Dounikos and Monbeg Notorious, successful at Punchestown on New Year's Eve.
Noel Meade has put four horses in the race including Bonny Kate, third last year, while Mouse Morris has made three entries headed by Alpha Des Obeaux which took sixth place behind Road To Respect in the Grade 1 Leopardstown Christmas Chase last month.
Set to top the weights is last year's hero Champagne West, the sole entry from trainer Henry De Bromhead.
Liam Burke triumphed with My Murphy in 2016 and he could rely on Sumos Novios while other notable entries include the Pat Kelly-trained Mall Dini, Stuart Crawford's Fine Rightly and Joseph O'Brien's French import Vieux Morvan which was having his first run in Ireland when fifth in the Paddy Power Chase at Leopardstown over Christmas.
The entries with weights for the Goffs Thyestes Handicap Chase will be revealed on Monday (2pm).
Eddie Scally, General Manager of Gowran Park, said: "We are really looking forward to this year's renewal of the time honoured Goffs Thyestes Chase. Entries are again high in class and number and it bodes well for another thrilling race.