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Joey Essex wannabe Sam Barton asking NHS to REVERSE £50k plastic surgery
Former Sutton Coldfield barman, 23, said it is 'time to go back to a more natural look'
Andy Richardson
The life of Sam Barton
Britain's vainest man is asking the NHS to help him REVERSE plastic surgery after declaring: "I no longer want to look like Joe Essex."
Sam Barton, 23, has spent an astonishing £50,000 on procedures including teeth straightening and Botox to look like the Only Way is Essex star.
But the former Sutton Coldfield barman has already begun his transformation to a more natural look.
False hair has been removed, plastic fillers taken from his lips and his Botox has gone. He also wants pearly white veneer teeth - which cost £17,500 - replaced with more natural looking gnashers, at a cost of £10,000.
Sam, grandson of Tony Barton, Aston Villa's European Cup winning manager, also wants a nose job reversal and is set to ask the NHS to foot the bill.
The former wannabe celebrity, from Four Oaks, said: "When I was chasing my dream to look like Joe Essex I was 18. Now I'm 23 and have grown up. I want my own identity.
"I was always chasing the dream of the perfect look and to me Joe Essex was that. He was my idol. I still like Joe Essex, I've met him loads of times, but I no longer aspire to look like him. It is time to go back to a more natural look.
"When I finally got the look I craved I realised I was no happier, so now I want to go back to how I looked before. I want my own identity. I want to be Sam Barton and not Joe Essex.
Sam Barton with Joey Essex (left) The Sutton Coldfied barman has amassed jaw-dropping credit card debts of £25,000 in four years in search of the glamorous Joey Essex-look he hopes will make him a star.
"My plastic lip fillers have been taken out and I'm set to have my veneers replaced. I am having more natural looking teeth put in and I also want my nose job reversed, I want it reshaped. My false hair has been taken out and my Botox has gone.
"It is time for a more natural me."
Sam first hit the headlines after revealing he had a free nose job on the NHS. He later applied for free Botox treatment for life to combat the anxiety that his 'new-found fame' had provoked.
He later revealed he was declaring himself bankrupt after racking up debts of £35,000 living a champagne lifestyle, blowing up to £2,000 on a night out.
Sam was due to enter the Big Brother House in May but claims Channel 5 bosses vetoed the move after he had threatened to headbutt Josie Cunningham, dubbed the "queen of the scroungers" in a heated exchange on Facebook.
He has been filming for a reality show in America and still plans on having a successful TV presenting career in England.
Sam is also setting up a website business offering paparazzi services to revellers on a night out, including hen nights and students, to give them the celebrity look.
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No Hurdle Too High for Joseph
Hailing from Worcester, Western Cape, rising South African hurdles athlete Rogail Joseph has shown that it does not matter where you come from, but what matters the most is where you are headed to, as the gsport Emerging Athlete of the Year finalist has grown in leaps and bounds in her young career.
At the age of 18, Joseph has a background that many South Africans are very familiar with. Having come from a disadvantaged background and eager to give her family a better life, this is one story that many will nod their heads to as they read the statement.
Joseph went blazing into the 2018 World Championships and then this year winning the Under-20 South African and African 400m hurdles title as well as the South African university 400m hurdles championship, emerging as Africa's best 400m and 100m U20 women's athlete.
She managed to achieve all these feats in one month. However, it has never been all doom and gloom for the youngster. In the beginning she did not have proper kits and in 2016 she raced with worn-out spikes. Her achievements though have caught the attention of agents and kit sponsors who will be eager to support this growing athlete as she seeks to conquer the world stage.
Her Battles Continued but She Came Back Stronger Every Time
It was not only on the track and at home that she had battles to face as she had been diagnosed with iron deficiency. At the time with no medical insurance, she was fortunate enough to receive finance after doing a photoshoot with a German company that she was able to receive treatment and continue with her journey to becoming a stronger athlete.
Many might not know that the young lady even turned down three athletics scholarships in the United States to remain in South Africa to help her parents and three siblings.
She may have had these circumstances to endure, but Joseph has stood firm and remained focused on her future which will be a bright and fruitful one.
Photo 1 Caption: A bubbly Rogail Joseph has endured life's hardships but has been a pillar of strength for her family as she tackles the world, proving that her talent is worthy to be noticed after being named as a finalist for this year's gsport Awards in the Emerging Athlete of the Year category. Photo: Rogail Joseph
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Dr. Tim Duffy, Principal
Dr. Tim Duffy earned his Bachelor's degree in history and mathematics from Mary Washington College. He earned his Master's degree and Ph.D. in American History at the University of Virginia. There, he was a Governor's Fellow and Teaching Assistant for several years. After earning his doctorate, Dr. Duffy began his teaching career. He taught part-time in the History Department at Mary Washington College for ten years and taught full-time at Fredericksburg Academy, where he also served as College Counselor and Head of the Upper School. In 2007, he left to work in Fredericksburg City Public Schools. He served as assistant principal at Walker-Grant Middle school prior to his current position as Principal at James Monroe High School. During his tenure in City schools, Dr. Duffy has assumed many leadership positions and has earned numerous awards for his teaching.
Dr. Duffy is very active in civic affairs. He has served on the Fredericksburg City Council since his election in 2014. He also serves on the Parks and Recreation Commission, Board of Social Services, Regional Group Home Commission, and the Town and Gown Committee in addition to memberships in other area associations. Dr. Duffy came to Fredericksburg in 1981 to attend Mary Washington College, where he met his wife, Karen Duffy. Together, they raised their two children in the City, both of whom graduated from James Monroe High School.
Jay Snyder, Assistant Principal
Mr. James "Jay" Snyder earned his Bachelor's degree from Virginia Tech and his Juris Doctorate from The University of Akron School of Law. Mr. Snyder is from Albemarle County in Virginia where he attended Albemarle High School growing up. In 2001, Mr. Snyder began his teaching career with Fredericksburg City Public Schools as a social studies teacher and coach at James Monroe High School. He later served as the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program Coordinator for JMHS. After seventeen years in the classroom, Mr. Snyder became Assistant Principal in 2018.
Mr. Snyder met his wife, Rosalia Snyder, in Fredericksburg and together they are raising two children that also attend Fredericksburg City Schools.


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Mancham calls for the Re-Activation of the 'Spirit of Harambee'
In Nairobi, Kenya on Tuesday 12th April 2016, Seychelles founding President Sir James R. Mancham called upon the Kenyan Nation, the African continent and indeed the whole world to rise up to the 'Spirit of Harambee' in order to meet the challenges of tomorrow and create a better world for all.
Sir James was addressing a distinguished audience of Kenyan and African leaders, of diplomats and religious leaders who had turned at the Intercontinental Hotel in Nairobi to participate in a ceremony organised by the United Religions Initiatives (URI-Africa) working in association with Common Purpose International and the World Leadership Alliance-Le Club de Madrid to present to him the Africa Peace Prize 2016 as an integral part of a Forum on African Leadership.
The presentation ceremony was followed by a reception hosted by H.E. Ambassador Joseph Nourrice, the non-resident Ambassador of the Republic of Seychelles to Kenya, on behalf of the Government and People of Seychelles.
The Master of Ceremony for the occasion was performed by Mrs Rattan K. Channa, Trustee to the Global Council URI-Africa.
The programme kicked off with a video message from Mr Carlos Westendorp, Secretary General of the World Alliance-Le Club de Madrid which is an association of over 70 former Presidents and/or former Prime Ministers of democratic nations of which Sir James has been a member for several years.
Mr Westendorp noted that since becoming a member, Sir James has been one of the most articulated and active member of the Club and that the Club therefore fully endorsed the decision taken for him to be awarded the Africa Peace Award 2016.
"This could indeed mark the beginning of more involvement by Le Club de Madrid on the continent," concluded Mr Westendorp.
The presentation was followed by a statement by Dr. Elsbeth Dixon, Chief Executive Officer of Common Purpose Africa which has been spearheading cross boundary leadership training.
Dr. Dixon expressed her gratefulness to Sir James for accepting to deliver a keynote address on the 'Importance of leadership in Africa'.
She said that after listening to Sir James' address in the questions and answers sessions, she now knows why he so fully deserves the Africa Peace Award 2016 and would wish to assure him of the full support and commitment of Common Purpose Africa with respect to the challenges ahead.
Seychelles Ambassador to Kenya, HE Mr Joseph Nourrice, on taking the floor said that Sir James had contributed very significantly to the progress of his country Seychelles, through his policy of national reconciliation and has certainly enhanced the international standing of the Republic through his noteworthy participation in several peace-orientated international forums.
The Ambassador further noted that this point of view is fully supported by the congratulatory message that H.E. President James Alix Michel sent when it was announced that Sir James has been awarded the Africa Peace Award.
Ambassador Nourrice read the message of congratulations from President Michel which inter-alia:
"This precious award is an acknowledgement and recognition of your outstanding contribution in the promotion of peace, democracy, security, interfaith harmony, intercultural dialogue and development in Africa as well as nurturing the spirit of partnership at both continental and global levels. We are extremely proud of this achievement which not only honours your remarkable contribution at the continental level but also honours Seychelles and the Seychellois people in what they represent today in their commitments to sustainable development democracy and peace.
We share your vision and commitment for a peaceful, harmonious and loving Seychelles. We pay tribute to your statesmanship and celebrate with you this great accomplishment."
Ambassador Nourrice then expressed his appreciation to all the Ambassadors and friends of Seychelles in Kenya including three former Mayors in Nairobi who had accepted the invitation to honour the occasion.
Mr Eric Chinje, Chief Executive of the African Media Initiative took the floor to read messages of congratulation which had been received from all corners of the globe. He said that these constituted a volume which could run into several more hours than the time allocated to him. Sadly he said he would not be able to read all messages but these would be accessed on line.
However, he randomly selected a few that were read out amongst which included the message received from the Commissioner for Peace and Security of the African Union Commission (AUC), Mr Smail Chergui; the former President of Ethiopia H.E. Girma Wolde-Giorgis and Rev. Dr. Andre Karamaga, the Secretary General of All Africa Conference of Churches, whose presence that evening was acknowledged. All three in their messages had fully endorsed President Mancham's achievement and work for peace and reconciliation in Africa and many parts of the world.
The second batch of selected samples of messages read were from:
David Krieger - President, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, California, USA –
"Sir James lives and breathes peace in his daily life and through his many positive proposals for building a more peaceful and just society. He sets an outstanding example for young people and political leaders alike by his unbending dedication to and leadership for peace. Sir James is a true peace leader, and we send him most hearty congratulations on this well-deserved honour. May his work continue to blossom and bear fruit in Africa and beyond."
Glen Forbes - Principal Oceanuslive News network –
"Watching afar over a number of years, I have had the honour and great pleasure to communicate with and, in a small way act as a quasi-advocate of Sir James Mancham's work on a wide range of matters of humanitarian development and peace building. That he has been, once more, recognised for the tireless work to promote the well-being of those in a less fortunate position throughout the African continent is of no surprise. The only surprise is how Sir James' endeavours fit into 24 hours a day. Sir James is quite simply a visionary statesman whose influence is felt across state boundaries."
Nachiket Dave - Senior Advocate Supreme Court of India, New Delhi, India –
"Let me start by saying that the contributions of Sir James are truly a boon to the Mankind. Very seldom we do come across men of such high intellect and a heart full of love that they tirelessly devote their entire lives for the betterment of humanity. Sir James is one of such persons who have worked very hard every day of his life so that peace can be achieved not only in parts of Africa but the whole world. The citizens of this world owe very much to the sincere endeavours of Sir James.
A splendid quote which I have read somewhere presently comes to my mind which says, 'Let's pray for a world where the weak are safe and the strong are Just' - the same sentiments are echoed by the efforts which Sir James undertakes each day of his life."
Asaf Hajiyev - Executive Secretary of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Corporation (PABSEC), Besiktas, Istanbul, Turkey –
"I have the honour and pleasure to sincerely congratulate you on the occasion of being awarded the Africa Peace Award 2016 in appreciation and acknowledgement of your tireless effort in promoting a culture of peace, inter-religious and intercultural harmony. I remember with particular pleasure your memorable visit in March 2015 to the PABSEC International Secretariat in Istanbul where I had the privilege to exchange with you interesting ideas concerning the geopolitical challenges which we are facing not only the Indian Ocean. I recall your outstanding speech where you once again confirm your will to see peace reign all over the world.
Therefore we can certainly consider you a genuine peacemaker.
Hoping that the future will provide us with other opportunities to meet in the various international events, I would like to assure you Mr President, of my highest consideration."
Professor Negoslav Ostojic - Executive Director, European Center for Peace and Development (ECPD), Belgrade, Serbia –
"It gives me great pleasure to inform you how happy we, at the European Center for Peace and development [ECPD] in Belgrade is, with the news that you have been awarded the Africa Peace Award 2016. You have indeed worked tirelessly in the pursuit of peace and your recognition is well deserved.
We are glad to inform you that the news will be published promptly on the ECPD's website. I wish you all in Nairobi success in the ceremony of your honour."
Ben Boultbee – Director of BBI Media, Film and Television Company, Australia –
"Sir James Mancham has worked tirelessly in many capacities to bring about change in this world we live in. Peace is a glimmer of light at the end of a very dark tunnel in these times - Those striving for that light deserve to be recognised. Congratulations Sir James on this prestigious award."
Olivier Giscard d'Estaing - Chairman International Movement For Relations between States and Religions, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France –
"We have been very impressed with the writings of Sir James and the value of his wisdom. That is why our Board of Administrators has decided to invite him to become a member of the Committee of Honour of our Association. We are therefore happy to congratulate him on the Africa Peace Award which he richly deserves."
Professor Dennis Hardy - Vice Chancellor, University of Seychelles, Mahe, Seychelles –
"I was delighted to read of your latest success - many congratulations. Let us now move forward with the idea of Seychelles as a hub for Peace Studies. I look forward to discussing further."
Before presenting the peace award to Sir James, H.E. Ambassador, Mussie Hailu – Regional Director of URI-Africa and Representative of URI at the African Union Commission (AUC); Intergovernmental Authority for Development (IGAD); United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA); United Nations Office in Nairobi, Kenya and Special Envoy of Economic, Social and Cultural Council of the AU on Interfaith, Interreligious and Intercultural issues, said that as a political activist on the continent of Africa he had followed the activities of Sir James throughout the years from the time he became the Founding President of the Republic of Seychelles, through his exile in UK, an entrepreneur and as a promoter of reconciliation between and within nations and his subsequent return to Seychelles after 15 years in exile as 'an apostle of national reconciliation.'
"I have at all times been impacted by his wisdom, his sincerity, his commitment for peace for a better world and his love for humanity. These qualities of this great individual are clearly revealed further in his philosophy of peace of mind, his poetry and the books he has written," said Ambassador Hailu.
In an atmosphere of wide applause from the audience, Ambassador Mussie Hailu called Sir James to the podium to receive the prestigious Award. Sir James was first presented with a trophy in the shape of the continent of Africa, the formal recognition as the recipient of the URI trophy for Africa for the year 2016.
He was then presented with a plaque in appreciation and acknowledgement of his tireless efforts in promoting of peace, interreligious and intercultural harmony, constructive dialogues amongst civilisations, shared security, reconciliation, social justice, good governance and for his visionary and extraordinary leadership.
The final decoration came by way of the gold medal as a symbol of peace-leader of the year.
Against the background of continued applause, Sir James was called upon to make his acceptance speech.
Sir James on taking the floor spoke about his connection with the African continent when he visited for the first time in 1947 as a young boy of only 8-years-old and his parents took him and his brother on a visit to Kenya. It was then that he discovered the beauty and potential of this great country. Sir James was especially applauded when he said that it was in Nairobi that he first ate an ice cream in a restaurant called 'Polar Bear' and at that time also consumed a lot of Vimtos that was on the market several years before the arrival of Coca-Cola and Pepsi on the continent.
Against this colourful background of abundance and prosperity there was the sad reality that Kenya at that time was being ruled under the policy of colour bar, continued Sir James. He said that in this context the Europeans were at the top of the social political and economic ladder, the Indian immigrant in the second tier while the Africans were third class citizens in their own country. Not unexpectedly therefore, there was a rise of nationalism within Kenya with all tribes working together and in unity to seek independence.
"It was against this political climate that we saw the birth of the Mau Mau Movement under the leadership of Mzee Jomo Kenyatta. Much water had gone under the bridge since 1947 and it is with great honour and privileged that I returned to Kenya in 1963 to represent the Seychelles at Kenya's independence celebration under the leadership of Kenya's first President, H.E. Mzee Jomo Kenyatta. At this time, the most popular song in Kenya was 'Harambee' and I learned from my African friends that the lyrics of the song professed that now that the British have left Kenya, all Kenyans should now work together in fraternal harmony to promote and consolidate stability, peace and prosperity in the interest of all. There lies the 'spirit of Harambee', a spirit calling for national unity and national harmony which today must be made to prevail not only in Kenya but in Seychelles, the African continent and the entire world," declared Sir James.
In conclusion, Sir James took the opportunity to express his appreciation to Seychelles President James A. Michel for his congratulatory message but more importantly for moving forward towards a policy of reconciliation and national unity.
The appreciation also went to URI-Africa; Common Purpose Africa; World Alliance-Le Club de Madrid; the Embassy of the Republic of Seychelles in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and its Consulate in Nairobi, Kenya and the Honourable Jude Loveday of the Seychelles Consulate in Nairobi, Kenya – the five organisations immediately concerned with the presentation of the award ceremony – but also to other international organisations with which he has been engaged over recent years in the cause of peace and the creation of a better world order – The World Future Council (WFC) in Hamburg, Germany; The European Center for Peace and Development (ECPD) in Belgrade, Serbia; The Institute for Cultural Diplomacy (ICD) in Berlin, Germany; The Centrist Asia Pacific Democrats International (CAPDI), in Manila, Philippines; The Global Energy Parliament (GEP) in India; The Global Peace Federation (GPF) in USA; The Commonwealth; The International Chief Justices of the World Conference in India; The Ocean Exchange in Savannah, Georgia, USA; The World Entrepreneurs Forum (WEF) in France and of course his involvement as an elected member of the Committee of the Wise and Elders of Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA).
"Finally, of course, I must express my appreciation to my wife, family, friends and staffs who have encouraged and supported me over the years," said Sir James.


The Evil Forces have cast a magic spell on innocent Doozies condemning them to "Life in Bubble". While some are trapped in Silver and Golden Bubbles, many are trapped in Metal bubbles that are harder to burst. Unable to break free on their own, Doozies are hopeful that You can come to their rescue and set them free by breaking the magic spell! Arm yourself with the paddle and shoot the ball to burst the bubbles and rescue Doozies. But your mission doesn't end just there! The falling Doozies must make a safe landing on the paddle, and at the same time, you must ensure that you don't lose the ball in the process. What's more, if you're fast enough and are able to burst a Golden Bubbles within 5 seconds, you will get an extra Bubble to burst, and rescue one more Doozy! So, are you ready to burst some bubbles & rescue your pals?


On my way shopping up Moor Lane I was most surprised to see the Maidencombe road sweeper from the sixties walking along with a backpack.
It brought back memories of that now forgotten era.
It may surprise residents to know that there once was a full-time, council paid road sweeper for Maidencombe.
I have forgotten his name but he was a regular fixture around the village with his little wheeled cart and invariably smoking a pipe.
He was, on occasions accompanied by one or two dubious fellows and my little cameo recall ends somewhat dramatically.
For whatever reason, one late autumn's afternoon, the road sweeper and his two companions attempted crossing the narrow channel between Shaldon and Teignmouth in a tiny pram dinghy.
The current is very strong at this point with a severe undertow and local knowledge about the dangers here were evidently not sought by the hapless trio.
The dinghy overturned, tipping the occupants into the water. Their situation became dire as two of them were wearing heavy overcoats which became waterlogged, making it impossible to swim to safety.
I was running from Shaldon back to Maidencombe on the afternoon of the incident and vividly recall a dreadful sight that met my eyes.
A rescue helicopter had been called out and was hovering a few feet above the estuary entrance. I stopped to observe, not knowing of the dinghy capsizing earlier.
A line was suspended from the helicopter and suddenly, it was winched in. A body, with water pouring off it, emerged from the water and then the helicopter turned and flew off towards Teignmouth with the body still suspended below it.


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«На карті не значиться» — кінофільм режисера Френка Нунеза, що вийшов на екрани в 2009 році.

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Молоді хлопці вирушають на самотній острів з метою відзняти хороший матеріал та уявити себе у ролі першовідкривачів і дослідників. Їхнє бажання збувається, але не зовсім у такому вигляді — побути наодинці з природою героям не вдасться, а от небезпек і пригод на свою голову вони отримають із надлишком...

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 Режисер — Френк Нунез
 Сценарист — Джон Фуентес, Деметріус Наварро
 Продюсер — Деметріус Наварро, Джон Квон, Джон Фуентес

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Join Us and Celebrate Safer Internet Day!
Today is Safer Internet Day! We are proud to be one of the partners within the UK Safer Internet Centre. This is the 5th year we, at SWGfL alongside Childnet and the IWF have coordinate Safer Internet Day in the UK.
Along the way we have seen the day grow every year – from the number of organisations supporting the day to media coverage and the huge range of activities that take place throughout the country.
Safer Internet Day today is a global event – over 100 countries from the Insafe European network and all over the world – will celebrate the day today under the slogan 'Play your part for a better internet'. In the UK we will be calling young people, government, policy makers and industry to each play a part in making the internet better and kinder. Our messages this year will focus on raising awareness of online hate and promoting tolerance and diversity on the internet.
What are the Safer Internet Day Team up to today?
The team at SWGfL have been heavily involved in the campaign from its start and will be in all corners of the UK today to promote Safer Internet Day and represent the UK Safer Internet Centre.
We produced SID TV – which this year is part of the Education packs for schools – a collection of short films promoting kindness and tolerance online for all younger children 3-11 year olds, and for young people aged 11-18.
We will be in Scotland at two main events – in the morning an event at Craigmount High School in Edinburgh organised by Scottish Government and in the afternoon at a Microsoft event.
In Wales our teams will be leading two major events at the schools, winners of the Safer Internet Day app competition. Cornist Park school in Flintshire winners in the Primary category, will share the Safe eExplorers app created by Georgia and Lilli and available now on the Google Play store in English and Welsh.
Ysgol Y Preseli , in Pembrokeshire, will host our second Welsh event – as winners in the Secondary category. Sam and the team of Digital Leaders there created the bilingual app My Username Generator which is now available on both the Apple and Google app stores.
In Northern Ireland we will be attending the main Safer Internet Day event attended by government ministers.
The team will also be at 3 big events in England. Liverpool and Everton Football Clubs are both hosting Safer Internet Day events attended by a large number of local schools who will engage in our activities.
In London we will be taking a group of young people to Number 10 Downing Street before hosting an event at the BT Centre in London to hear young people's perspectives. Prominent speakers include Baroness Shields (Minister for Internet Safety and Security) and Edward Timpson MP (Children's Minister).
At the event, the UK Safer Internet Centre and Instagram will be hosting an InstaMeet with popular vloggers and ambassadors from The Diana Award Anti-Bullying Campaign, capturing photography with creative heart-shaped props as part of the #shareaheart social media activity. Notable young talent supporting the day includes CBBC Presenters and pop stars Molly Rainford and Harvey Cantwell. Our team will be at the event, broadcasting from the event via Periscope and behind the scenes managing the social media feeds.
Harvey Cantwell and Molly Rainford from CBBC's Friday Download interviewing our very own Police Officer Steve Shepherd for SIDTV.
So from all of us here at the SWGfL team who are working on the campaign, have a fantastic Safer Internet Day!


The two-part music with narrow intervals of the islands of the northern Adriatic, the area around Rijeka and Istria is a unique tonal system in vernacular music, on a European scale. Studying Croatian musical history, musicologists have given plenty of space to research into this manner of making music. The most copious references about the system of narrow intervals, the Istrian scale, as it is called, come to us from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries (writers such as Kuhac, Kuba, Matetic Ronjgov, Bonifacic, Karabajic, Širola, Žganec, Dobronic, Dugan, Kirigin, Zlatic and Gotovac). This two-part music is based on an untempered hexatonic system disposed in such a way that no other tone can be accommodated between the existing six tones.
In vocal performance the characteristic tone colour is achieved with a powerful forte singing, in Istria with nasality as well. It is sung with two male voices, two female voices or with a male and a female voice. A group can sing it too, but it is still two-part music. When a male and a female voice sing it, the ends are always in an octave. When two male or two female voices perform, the song ends in unison, and the melody unfolds with approximately diminished thirds. In the case of two men singing as male and female voices, then they are said to be singing thin and fat. Here there is movement of sections through motifs and phrases in the untempered sixths, with moments in an octave and the obligatory concluding octave cadence. A special way of folk singing is called tarankanje, which means the vocal imitation of the playing of the wind instrument called sopele. It is done in various ways. By the characteristic syllables (ta-na-na, ta-ra-ra), by the addition of a refrain with characteristic cheerful verses and by performance to traditional folk instruments (small sopele, bagpipe). It was to this kind of performance that they danced when no sopele players could be found.
The vernacular instrument that our islander, our northern coastal dweller and our Istrians most appreciate and love are the sopele, like an oboe, the roženicas, a larger sopele, the mih or bagpipe and the šurle, a double pipe with a single mouthpiece. Musicologists connect them with the Greek aulus and the Roman tibia, which also have a double reed and a cylindrical pipe. Others again think that their forebear is the shawm which developed at the end of the Middle Ages and disappeared from use in European musical art in around 1700, when it was replaced by the oboe. The old shawm has held its own in the Swiss Alps and in Abruzzo in Italy. I think that one should accept the statement which says the instrument sopele was inherited by our common folk from the peoples who lived in this area before. In this case, they have a very old history in this area indeed. Firmly positioned, with six holes on the big and six on the small sopela, the given sound settled down over the centuries in a special and unique untempered hexatonic system, just as in the folk singing. Sopele are played in untempered sixths, just as the first male and the second female voice sing, or like two male voices in thin and fat. In this untempered playing, in the naturalism and the spontaneity of this singing lies the great value of this ancient way of making music. This style, even today, in spite of the modernisation of society, is still hanging toughly on and has a live music tradition in the whole of the area.
For the notation, in all melographs, I have used the system of narrow intervals of the fourth Istrian scale of Ivan Matetic Ronjgov (1880–1960), which after many years of research (more than 20 years) he finally unriddled in the 1930s.
All four scales move within the framework of hexachords with a Phrygian cadence fa, mi (F, E). In the fourth the semitone is distinguished with two trichords and so we have: ½, 1, ½, 1, ½. In acoustic measurement, in which I took part personally, we arrived at very precise results for all the six tones of the Krk sopele and the Istrian roženica (measured in Hz).
For the easier teaching of children and the young in extra- curricular activities and culture associations, which I have been doing very vigorously over the last 20 years, I tabulated the notation, above and below the notes of both parts. I added to each tone a number of 0 to 5 (that is, for six tones, six numbers).
In fact, the tabulated markings of the scale of the narrow intervals of northern coastal and Istrian music created in the authors of this exhibition an emotional visual impression of the primordial forms of recording sounds. With the choice of fifteen secular and sacred songs and tunes for singing and playing on sopele from the melography of Lusmarine moj zeleni and Staroslavenska pucka misa—Dobrinj, these two young artists, with a great deal of willpower and love, have taken the primeval sound shapes of the island of Krk, their own home ground, into a new virtual world.
Since September 2009, this music has been protected and is to be found on the prestigious list of the world's intangible cultural heritage of UNESCO, and that too is a powerful impulse and occasion for it to be presented in this unique way.


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28 Play Submissions Opps w/ June Deadlines
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Francesca Primus Prize Full Length Emerging female playwrights. Must have had a fully staged, professional production of her script within the calendar year 2018. 6/1/19 San Francisco, California No Fee
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Frostburg State University max 40 mins One-act plays. New works, not previously produced. 6/1/19 Frostburg, Maryland Fee: $20
Lotus Lee Foundation Full Length New works that inspire and engage children audience. Original, unpublished plays. Must not have been professionally produced. 6/1/19 NYC No Fee
Midwest Dramatists Conference 10 mins The play must be unpublished. Previous productions or readings are ok. Any theme. 6/1/19 Kansas City, Missouri Conference registration is $220.
Orange County Arts Council 10 mins Open to anyone. 6/1/19 Goshen, New York n/a
STAGEStheatre Full Length Comedies, musicals, dramas, classics, originals. 6/1/19 Fullerton, California n/a
Warner Theatre 12-30 pages One-act plays. Int'l submissions ok. Scripts must be written in English. Previously produced scripts ok. 6/1/19 Torrington, Connecticut No Fee
BoxFest Detroit 5-50 mins Any genre. 6/3/19 Hamtramck, Michigan n/a
Gadfly Theatre Productions 25-45 mins One-act plays. Theme: "In A World." Queer playwrights especially those who are femme of center and/or non-binary, BIPOC, immigrants, and/or disabled. Plays by or for queer people only. 6/4/19 Minneapolis, Minnesota n/a
Headlands Center for the Arts Full Length Fully sponsored 4- to 10-week residencies with monthly stipend of $500. 6/7/19 Sausalito, California App Fee: $45
Third Verse Theatre Company max 30 mins Looking for artists and theatre practitioners from all backgrounds and disciplines to submit an idea or piece(s) of art based around the theme of 'Power'. 6/12/19 London n/a
American Stage Full Length Any genre: comedy, drama, musical, etc. The play must not have received more than two full-scale, professional productions. Must not have had a full production in the state of Florida. Local, national, and international playwrights are encouraged to submit. 6/15/19 St. Petersburg, Florida Prize: $250 + $250 travel stipend
Emerald Theatre Company 10 mins Theme: "The Gift of Pride." The one requirement is that a box/gift must be given to a character or "present" on stage in each vignette. 6/15/19 Memphis, Tennessee Fee: $10
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LowellArts Players 10 mins Theme: "Lost or Found." Drama or comedy. Open to any playwright 18 years and older. 6/15/19 Lowell, Michigan Fee: $20
No Frills Theatre Collective 10 mins Plays must not have been fully produced or published before. Readings are ok. Note: There is a $50 fee when your play is accepted into the festival. Playwrights must produce. 6/15/19 NYC No App Fee
SpeakEasy Stage Company See right. Proposal for an unwritten full length play. The play must be set in Boston or its surrounding areas, and take place within ten years, plus or minus, of the present day. 6/15/19 Boston, Massachusetts n/a
Native Voices at the Autry max 15 pages or 10 mins Native American, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and First Nations playwrights. Theme: "BONES, BINGO & BLACKJACK!" What has gaming done for you lately? Plays can be fun-spirited or political, funny or dramatic. 6/17/19 Los Angeles, California Prize: $1,000
Urbanite Theatre Full Length Emerging and established female and female-identifying playwrights. Plays must be unproduced and unpublished with limited development. Quality, female-identifying roles must be well-represented. 6/28/19 Sarasota, Florida No Fee
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Jewish Ensemble Theatre Full Length Plays that reflect issues of social conscience and human rights. Drama or comedy. Original work or adaptation. 6/30/19 West Bloomfield, Michigan Fee: $15
Long Beach Playhouse Full Length Unproduced, unpublished, non-musical plays. 6/30/19 Long Beach, California Fee: $15, $100 honorarium
Man Question 10-15 mins Seeking performances of all kinds, including theatre. Open to people of all gender and sexual identities. Theme: Masculinity 6/30/19 NYC n/a
Magnolia Arts Center max 10 mins Play may not have been previously published. Open to playwrights of all ages. 6/30/19 Greenville, North Carolina Fee: $7
Moondance Int'l Film Festival 1, 2 or 3-act Stage play, stage play or musical for kids, audio/radio play. See submission categories. 6/30/19 Boulder, Colorado Fee: $50
North Park Playwright Festival max 12 pages Int'l submissions ok. New works. A play that has had workshops or one or two previous productions is OK. Any subject matter. NO nudity or off color humor. 6/30/19 San Diego, California No Fee
T. Schreiber Studio & Theatre max 10 mins Int'l submissions ok. Theme: TRANSPARENCY 6/30/19 NYC Fee: $5
The Hidden River Arts Playwrighting Award Full Length Unpublished and unproduced plays. Musicals ok. Int'l submissions ok. 6/30/19 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Fee: $20
Playwrights Offering Free Feedback Full Length Full-length trade program. You must read a play and give feedback, and in return will have an opp to send a play and get feedback from other playwright. Year Round n/a n/a
Trade A Play Tuesday 10 mins Send in 10-min play and get same-day feedback. You must also read 10 pages of another playwright's work, and give thoughtful feedback. Runs every Tuesday. Year Round n/a n/a
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Online I go by Blue Kae. It has no meaning, beyond I like blue and it matches my initials. I made it up when I wanted to get online with my Xbox 360 and needed to find a gamertag. Since then I've been able to stay pretty consistent using it for Steam, Xfire, GAX, Twitter, etc. That is also the name of my primary Eve Online character. In other games I like to stick to the lore so I try to come up with whatever is consistent with Tolkien, Warhammer, etc.
My only online presence is at http://www.bluekae.com, I haven't hosted or guested on any podcasts, at least not yet.
My blog is primarily gaming related since that's what I do with my free time at the moment, but I don't intend on limiting it so I may talk about woodworking, home brewing, or anything else I get into and develop strong opinions on.
I was born in Heidelburg Germany (Dad was stationed there in the army), but I grew up in a small town called Aurora in south-eastern Indiana (think Cincinnati).
I brew my own beer, stouts of course.
I had dual-citizen ship between US and Germany until I was 18.
I have two Parker Latitude stainless steel pens that I love to write with. I keep one at home in my office and I carry the other in my laptop bag.
All of my MMO characters are male. I've tried to play female toons, but I've never been able to spend more than an hour on any of them.
I'm married and we just had our first child back in October. Being a parent is simultaneously the most fun, frightening, and frustrating thing I've ever done.
I grew up out in the country so we rode dirt bikes, played army in the woods, and swam in my above ground pool.
I had/have very little hand-eye coordination so my hobbies were music and reading.
My very first experience with pen and paper RPG's was in the boy scouts. A group of older boys were running an AD&D campaign and I remember sitting for hours and watching. It was neat because it was like getting inside a Tolkien story. I don't remember how long after that, but I got the D&D Red Box game as soon as I could.
I read quite a bit. My mom used to pay me to read books because she'd read/heard that it helped with intelligence. My reading was all books, no comics (that didn't happen until college). I used to read anything fiction I could get my hands on. I read the entire Hardy Boys series from my elementary school library. My most memorable experience with books was reading Tolkien's Hobbit and Lord of the Rings during the course of a summer when I was 10. That summer marked the point when I primarily read fantasy and science fiction. My favorite authors as a kid were: Tolkien, Alan Dean Foster, and David Eddings.
Completely. My experience with Tolkien drew me to D&D which drew me to MMO's. Computer gaming and later MMO's were a way to get into role playing games without having to find other local people to play with or coordinate schedules.
I started with a Texas Instruments 99 and besides some educational games, I used to type in game programs from magazines and save/load them from audio tape.
There was no arcade near where I grew up, but I did get some time briefly in college before they all disappeared.
The Bard's Tale on the Apple IIe, I spent hours and days playing that and creating characters complete with background stories.
Nintendo Entertainment System, PS2, Xbox, and Xbox360. I have a big console gap between Nintendo and PS2 where I solely played PC games.
My peak was probably 60 hours a week when I was a bachelor and could get away with it. Now that I'm married and a father, I'm usually in the 20 hours range with most of that on the weekends.
I play a little at night after my wife and son go to bed, but my consistent playtime is weekends from evening until whenever I drag myself to bed.
I'm a lone wolf probably 90% of the time. I group occasionally when I need to, but I'm very picky about joining guilds and I usually don't put much effort into tracking one down that would be a good fit.
Nope. Mostly being a solo player with the occasional pickup group doesn't lend itself to developing friendships online. There have been two groups of players, one in DAoC and one in CoH, that I got pretty involved with, but the friendships didn't last past my time in the game.
Depends on the game. When I log into EVE I usually always have plans, but I've found that's necessary for a sandbox game. With LoTRO, I often have no specific plan and just get on to play.
I used to limit myself to one active subscription at a time. As the genre expanded that became more difficult to do. My rule now is two at a time, but I've bent that rule a little by getting a lifetime subscription to LoTRO. I'm currently paying for EVE and CoH, which is my one serious and one nostalgia/experiment subscription. I'll drop CoH sometime soon and pickup EQ2 or something else, I had resubscribed to WoW for a month before CoH.
I play PC and console games as well. My PC tastes are mostly RTS games like Warhammer 40k Dawn of War and Sins of a Solar Empire. I play a lot of Xbox 360 games as well like Fable 2, CivRev, and RockBand 2.
Depends on the game. In EverQuest 2, I only every played my Gnome Wizard Mallon, but I LoTRO I have 6 of the 7 characters slots filled. In the original EverQuest I used to create a character, play to level 5 or 6, then create a different character and start over. In DAoC I only played my Troll Shaman Nallas. Usually I just identify too strongly with my initial character and never develop any interest in playing through the starting content again. LoTRO especially has been different because I enjoy pretty much all of the classes.
I'll often listen to podcasts while playing, although not if I'm grouping. TV, phone, and IM are too distracting, and music isn't distracting enough.
No, most of my family and friends don't play games at all let alone MMO's.
I often hear people talk about feeling bad about time they waste playing games, but the question I always like to ask is, "What would you be doing instead?" There's not much difference between playing a game, reading a book, or watching TV for an hour. Of the three, watching TV is probably the least healthy for you. The level of social acceptance of TV versus video games is something that has always bugged me, but fortunately is changing as more gamers become parents.
Absolutely. I took a break after DAoC, but that's because there was nothing new I was interested in. Since then, I haven't taken a long break from the genre, but I will occasionally take a few weeks or few months off. Usually in that time I'll be focused more on console or single-player PC games, or on another hobby like woodworking or home brewing.
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In 1934, UMM RKKA expressed the need for a light armored vehicle, with better driving characteristics than the FAI. This coincided with the end of the production of the GAZ-A commercial chassis. The task of developing the BA-20, on the chassis of the M-1, was initiated in early 1935 by the Izhorskogo plant design bureau.
The chassis choice was motivated by improved performance on rough roads and soft ground. The GAZ-M1 was mass produced from February-March 1936 at the Gorky Automobile Plant. This was a licensed copy of the U.S. Ford V8-40, coupled with the GAZ-M engine, a copy of the Ford BB engine. Izhorsky engineers, to meet the required deadlines, adapted the body of the previous FAI with only a few changes, such as armor thickness and layout. Location of doors, hatches, vision slits and spare wheel were left unchanged. However, the modified body and heavier chassis increased total weight to 2270 kg. The turret was the same as the FAI, slightly modified with an elevation of -13/+23°.
The first prototypes were ready in May 1936, and arrived in June at the NIBT proving grounds for comprehensive testing. The more powerful engine allowed a higher 95.5 km/h (59 mph) top speed, and range of 704 km (437 mi) on normal roads at cruising speed and 558 km (346) off-road. Off-road capabilities were better than the FAI, verified after a 5000 km (3100 mi) test course in July. According to the commission, only two major drawbacks were found, lack of vision at speeds above 15 km/h (9 mph) and weak armament. Proposals were formulated for a heavy machine-gun (12.7 mm/0.5 in) coupled with an extra light DT machine-gun.
Production was taken over by Vykunskiy Factory, as Izhorskiy was busy supplying armor plate to other factories. Already, in July 1936, this plant was producing the BA-20 in parallel with modified FAI-Ms. 33 BA-20s were out by December. In March and April 1937, engineers Miroshin and Suhov developed a new "elevated bulletproof" cone-shaped turret. Of the same thickness, the increased slope made it better at deflecting bullets. However, the factory was not able to deliver the ordered 300 armored vehicles in time. The absence of the new conical turrets added delays.
By October 1st, only 15 vehicles with the new turret had been delivered, the others being fitted with older turrets. There was also a shortage of bullet-proof type HA tires, produced by the "Red Triangle" factory of Yaroslavl and rubber-asbestos plant. By the end of 1937, 252 had been delivered, including 102 with the new turrets and radio horseshoe antennae. Only in the fall of 1938 did the final version come, with additional reinforcements on the front frame and rear axle springs, increased front hull and turret armor protection, and the latest DT machine gun. The upgraded chassis received the designation GAZ-MS and the model BA-20M.
The chassis and hull increase in weight (2320 kg) dictated changes on the body, leading to a decreased height and new sloped armor plates. The Spanish experience dictated the replacement of the fixed antennae by the new whip model mounted on the starboard side. The ABTU ordered, in 1939, to begin production of an upgraded version, designated BA-20M. It was produced, for a time, in parallel with the regular BA-20 (with a cylindrical tower). Only 161 were out by the end of 1939. In 1940, this figure rose to 253, with rail running kits. In July 1940, 295 vehicles had been delivered, including 44 radio-equipped, and 6 rail-modified BA-20M and 54 regular BA-20Ms. The factory also lacked ball gun mantlets, GK bulletproof tires, radios and antennas.
Many BA-20s were sent to the front with conventional pneumatic tires, no radios and an incomplete set of spare parts.
The production was discontinued until March 1942 and stopped on May, 16. Additional parts and chassis allowed for an extra batch to be completed afterwards. The total production, including modifications and conversions issued from 1936 to 1942, reached an estimated 1567 units (4800 according to WWIIVehicles).
The rail kit BA-20 Zhd : The kit was first studied in 1937. It consisted of a jack, additional steel cable ties for rail fixations, and presented at the beginning of 1938. It was found compatible with the FAI kit, and adopted for serial production. The increased weight of 2,780 kg reduced the top speed to 50 km\h (31 mph), but in 1939 these were placed on a separate conveyor. Most of the BA-20zhd were used for patrol, communication and intelligence, and some became part of the Red Army and NKVD armored trains.
Command Variants : First variants had a clothes-line antenna, common on early Soviet vehicles, but later versions, based on the BA-20M, had a whip antenna.
BA-21 : A further development of the BA-20, but based on a heavier lorry chassis. It appears as though all work was dropped, perhaps after a prototype was made, in light of new armored car projects. According to Zaloga, it was 0.7 tonnes heavier, slightly longer, featured a hull machine gun, but was much slower.
Entering service in late 1937, the BA-20 became the main type of light armored vehicle of the Red Army. First of all, these equipped motorized armored reconnaissance brigades and mechanized corps, gradually replacing the FAIs. No BA-20s were sent in Spain.
Their baptism of fire came in mid-1939, at Khalkhin Gol. The 57th Special Corps, with 173 FAIs and BA-20s, was stationed to protect the border with Manchuria, in the 7th, 8th and 9th IBRD. These were widely used for short-range reconnaissance, resupply and communication. On August 23, two companies of BT-7s supported by BA-20s armored cars destroyed Japanese fuel and ammunition dumps, then defeated an IJN Cavalry Regiment, and shot down two Japanese aircraft which landed near. Losses in May-September 1939 amounted to 17 armored cars.
During the Winter War, on November 30, the 7th and 14th Army had 53 machines of this type, the 9th Army only 2, and the 8th Army, 32. A few weeks later, 25 more arrived with the 34th Mechanized Brigade. Later on, at least 71 BA-20/20Ms were sent as replacements to cover the combat losses. According to Soviet data, losses amounted to 31 (3 by artillery fire and 28 left behind), mostly in the Karelian area.
As of June 1, 1941, some 1,424 BA-20s of all types (968 with radio) were registered in service. Most were concentrated in the Baltic, Western and Kiev Military Districts. On 23 August 1941, new tank brigades counted two light BA-20 and three BA-20M formations for recce missions. By the beginning of the Battle of Stalingrad, their numbers had dwindled significantly.
On the Trans-Baikal Front, on September 20, 1942, 86 light armored vehicles (including 12 FAI/FAI-M) still served actively. Captured BA-20s were largely used by Finland (more than 30 light armored vehicles in different conditions, including 9 BA-20s). German machines were used for intelligence purposes, and as police cars, and very few saw service with their Romanian allies.
BA-20M attached to the 20th Brigade, November 1941.
Finnish BA-20, one of the nine captured and used in combat.
Possible appearance of a Chinese BA-20M.
Vehicle of the Feldgendarmerie in Russia, summer of 1944.
Great article. Is there any documentary evidence of BA-20s armed with a flame-thrower? There are confirmations in various articles that some models were so armed but I have never seen a photo of same. Can anyone confirm yea or nay?
We're unaware of any photographic evidence of such a vehicle. However, given the many improvisations done during the war, it is not implausible that such a thing could have happened.
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Thanks for your quick reply. The flame thrower version is included in several miniature gaming rules, and I was curious if there was some definitive support for that version.


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La Reial Societat de Ciències i Humanitats d'Holanda (oficialment, en neerlandès: Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen) és la societat artística i científica més vella del país; va ser establerta el 1752, i és ubicada al costat est d l'Spaarne, al centre de Haarlem, als Països Baixos. La societat ha estat ubicada al mateix lloc, anomenat Hodshon Huis (Casa Hodshon), des de 1841. Prop de la societat s'hi troba el Museu Teylers, un museu molt relacionat també amb la història natural, fundat el 1784. El 2002 la societat va ser guardonada amb el sobrenom de "Reial", quan es va celebrar el 250è any estudiant les ciències.

Història de la societat i el museu
La societat va començar com un club de cavallers, que es reunia a l'Ajuntament de Haarlem, per discutir temes sobre ciència i per promoure l'estudi de les arts i les ciències. Van combinar els seus recursos per comprar llibres i espècimens per estudiar-los, els quals eren guardats a l'ajuntament fins que van comprar un edifici a Grote Houstraat, on vivia el restaurador de la col·lecció. Sota la direcció de Martin van Marum es va establir un museu pròpiament dit amb espècimens zoològics posats en exhibició per al públic, com a precursor de la Naturalis moderna a Leiden. Van Marum també tenia un petit jardí perquè el públic el visités a l'estiu, ple de plantes especials, ubicat a Bakkerstraat. El museu va entrar en crisi després de la mort de van Marum, així que va ser dissolt el 1866.

Casa Hodshon
La casa va ser construïda el 1794 per l'arquitecte Abraham van der Hart per a Catharina Cornelia Hodshon (1768-1829), una hereva rica i regent de Wijnbergshofje. Després de la mort de Catharina la casa va passar a mans del banquer d'Amsterdam Adriaan van der Hoop i va ser comprada per a la societat el 1841. La missió original de la societat incloïa la investigació així com l'educació. Existeixen molts premis, guardons i iniciatives de col·laboració que són mantingudes per la societat. Se n'és membre només per invitació i l'edifici històric és obert només amb cita. Avui dia l'edifici és propietat de Vereniging Hendrick de Keyser.

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Tropical storm Bonnie becomes third hurricane of season off Mexico coast
Reuters Published July 4, 2022
Tropical storm Bonnie turned into a Category 1 hurricane off the southwest coast of Mexico on Sunday evening, packing maximum sustained winds of 80 miles per hour (130 km/h) and higher gusts, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.
Bonnie, the third hurricane of the 2022 eastern north Pacific season, made landfall as a tropical storm on the Caribbean coast near the Nicaragua-Costa Rica border on Friday evening, bringing heavy rains across the region, before crossing over to the Pacific on Saturday.
In El Salvador, authorities confirmed one death due torrential rains.
13 dead as police clash with gang suspects in western Mexico
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele said on Twitter that classes would be suspended across the country on Monday.
The hurricane may reach Category 2 classification on Monday night with winds of up to 110 miles per hour (177 km/h) as it travels parallel to the coast before moving away from Mexico on Wednesday, according to Mexico's national meteorological service.
Ocean swells generated by Bonnie "are likely to cause life-threatening surf and rip current conditions," NHC said in an advisory.
The Mexican meteorological service warned that the hurricane could result in intense rains, mudslides, floods, strong wind gusts and ocean waves up to 16 feet (5 meters) along the country's southern Pacific coast.
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Hawaii law forces pro-life pregnancy help centers to promote abortion
The pregnancy centers are challenging the state law requiring them to inform women about abortion options.
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September 25, 2017 (Daily Signal) — A conservative legal organization went to court Friday in Hawaii over a law that forces pregnancy care centers to provide free advertising for abortion.
"They are requiring pregnancy centers [that] just give away diapers and baby clothes to refer women to the state, to a website that connects them with certainly abortion causing drugs, and … abortionists," Kevin Theriot, senior counsel at Alliance Defending Freedom, told The Daily Signal in a phone interview.
"This is an important case because Hawaii goes even further than California did, and they are clearly singling out pregnancy centers," Theriot said.
The Hawaii law is similar to a law passed in 2015 in California, which required "licensed medical centers that offer free, pro-life help to pregnant women to post a disclosure saying that California provides free or low-cost abortion and contraception services," according to Christian legal group Alliance Defending Freedom.
The National Institute of Family and Life Advocates and Calvary Chapel Pearl Harbor's "A Place for Women" pregnancy care center filed the lawsuit on July 12. Hawaii's law, Senate Bill 501, went into effect July 11.
The lawsuit, Calvary Chapel Pearl Harbor v. Chin, seeks that Hawaii stop the enforcement of the law and give back federal funds the state received "conditioned on the state's commitment not to force pro-life pregnancy centers to make abortion referrals," according to Alliance Defending Freedom.
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Theriot, along with Ken Connelly, a legal counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom, argued at U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii in Honolulu on Friday morning on behalf of Hawaiian pregnancy care centers.
National Institute of Family and Life Advocates founder and president Thomas Glessner said in a statement to The Daily Signal that the law is detrimental for pro-life institutions.
"Hawaii's threat to pro-life pregnancy care centers and medical clinics counts among the most egregious violations of constitutional religious and free speech rights in the nation," Glessner said.
The law, Alliance Defending Freedom said, dictates that pregnancy care centers provide funding and referrals for abortion.
It also requires pregnancy care centers to display signs or provide notices that advertise that the center provides low-cost or free family planning services, which include abortion-inducing drugs, and further requires pregnancy care centers to offer contact information for those services.
Theriot said he hopes the Supreme Court will intervene in the California case, National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra. The court is expected to consider taking the case in early October. He added:
The case has national implications. It certainly has implications for the five small pregnancy centers here in the Hawaii islands, and we're hopeful that the judge will take notice of that, and at least recognize that there is a serious threat to the rights and the ability of these pregnancy centers to survive, and go ahead and put the law on hold while we figure out exactly what is going on nationally, especially if the Supreme Court decides to take it up.
Conservative leaders hope to see the law dismantled.
"This is like the government forcing the local pacifist group to post directions to the nearest military recruiting depot," Cathy Ruse, senior legal fellow at the Family Research Council, said in a statement provided to The Daily Signal.
In the war of ideas, the government should never force one side to carry the flag of the other. It's not fair. More than that, it's government-forced speech, and that's not constitutional.
Melanie Israel, research associate for the DeVos Center for Religion and Civil Society at The Heritage Foundation, said the law is unfair to the state's pregnancy care centers.
"Pro-life pregnancy centers provide vital services, education, supplies, counseling, and compassionate options to women experiencing a touch pregnancy," Israel said, adding:
The abortion industry sees these centers as a threat, because they offer women choices beyond abortion. The state government's attempt to force these centers to promote a procedure that directly violates the core mission and purpose of their work is an affront to rights of conscience and free expression.
Kristan Hawkins, president of Students for Life of America, said in a statement provided to The Daily Signal that the law must be stopped.
"The court should immediately block the law and allow pregnancy resource centers to continue their life-saving and life-supporting work without having to go against their moral beliefs and promote the abhorrent act of abortion," Hawkins said.
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M3 Rock Fest 2014 (Day#1)
M3 ROCK FEST 2014
April 25, 2014 (Day #1)
Merriweather Post Pavilion
KIX Set List: Stop Show, Rosie, Itch, Body Talk, Top Down, Girl $$, Don't Close Your Eyes, Rock N Roll Overdose, Cold Blood, Blow My Fuse, Midnight Dynamite, Yeah Yeah Yeah
Lita Ford Set List: Bitch, Hungry, Relentless, Live Like A Runaway (w/ Cherie), Queens of Noise (w/ Cherie), American Nite (w/ Cherie), Cherry Bomb (w/ Cherie), Close My Eyes Forever, Kiss Me Deadly (w/ Robert Mason)
The weather was decent until just around show time....the clear skies turned dark and rain poured down upon the hair metal freaks; welcome to day #1 of the 2014 installment of the M3 Rock Fest!
Sadly I was stuck in traffic due to heavy rainfall which caused me to miss all of Winger's set. I arrived just as Lita Ford took the stage and little did anyone know this would be the set that offered the most surprises of the evening. During "Runaway" Lita brought out a special guest, Ms. Cherie Currie and to everyone's surprise she stayed out there for a total of 4 songs! "Cherry Bomb" was Cherie's last song with Lita and it was the one that brought the house down!
From a distance Lita looks awesome but up close there's no hiding the aging process...to her credit she still sounded great & her voice was solid. "Close My Eyes Forever" was touching and during "Kiss Me Deadly" another small surprise happened when Robert Mason from Warrant took the stage to sing with Lita!
When Lita's set ended that could have easily been the end of day #1 because that was a hard act to follow BUT up next was Extreme. Before Extreme took the stage Eddie Trunk came out wearing a white presidential robe that he said Obama gave him. Eddie should have realized that mentioning Obama in that crowd was not a smart move because he was actually booed when he mentioned Obama and then he changed his story to win back the crowd.
Extreme took the stage fast with Nuno shredding away, Pat pounding the bass & Cherone "The Bone" dancing and prancing. The very noticeable thing about Gary is that he's starting to lose his hair and has noticeable thinning spots which made me wonder why he decided to grow his fro out. Performance wise Extreme nailed it; they sounded great and Nuno's playing was spot on although Nuno did have one diva moment. Nuno's guitar rig was unplugged randomly and he had a fit onstage because as it turned out his roadie told him that someone accidentally pulled out the power chord....Nuno said in a sarcastic tone that "She better have been pretty because that was pretty damn unprofessional!"
KIX were the nights headliner and they tossed in 2 brand new songs alongside old standards. Before "Body Talk" Whiteman said the band was paid $1,000 to play that one on by a fan. The KIX show was pretty standard with a few random changes to the set list and as usual their set closed with "Yeah, Yeah, Yeah".
At one point I was watching KIX with a friend and this random woman came up to me and handed me a marker. She asked me to sign her boobs and I told her that I wasn't famous but she said she didn't care, she wanted me to sign her boobs....that random moment is a small taste of the dunken debauchery that I experienced on night #1 of the 2014 M3 Fest and it was where I chose to end the night because I wanted to be ready for day #2!


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Is Alpha Pro Tech a One-Time Coronavirus Fad?
A manufacturer of personal protective equipment including N-95 medical masks has seen demand for its products skyrocket. But can it keep the momentum going?
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Historically, during a pandemic, the demand for personal protective equipment (PPE) tends to fade rapidly after an outbreak subsides. If the coronavirus follows the same pattern, can Alpha Pro Tech 's (NYSEMKT:APT) core revenues be safeguarded?
Alpha Pro Tech is a small-cap global manufacturer of personal protective equipment including medical face masks, face shields, and infection control suits. The company's manufacturing facility is located in Salt Lake City, Utah. In its first-quarter earnings reported May 6, its revenues grew by 47.5% to $18.2 million year over year, driven by the surging demand for PPE due to the coronavirus outbreak. Indeed, the company has been landing million-dollar deals left and right for its medical masks and shields, and between 8% to 14% of its clients are content with delivery dates stretching to 2021.
In addition, Alpha Pro Tech's bottom line recorded a 300% year over year increase to $0.39 per diluted share. At an annualized rate, its earnings per share amounts to $1.56. In other words, if the current trend continues, the company's stock may be trading for as little as 8.6 times forward earnings. As a result, the company has garnered significant interest in the investment community as to whether it can lead shareholders to riches.
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The bearish side of the story
Skeptics of Alpha Pro Tech present the simple argument that once a pandemic ends, the demand for PPE tends to fall rapidly. Let's be real here, nobody really likes to wear masks unless we absolutely have to, especially during the heat of summer. When the H1N1 pandemic ended in 2010, Alpha Pro Tech's mask sales fell by 76.9%. Its share price also declined by over three quarters from its $7 peak in 2009. Hence, investors may witness the same pattern yet again when the COVID-19 subsides.
The bullish side of the story
Currently, countries around the world are scrambling to stockpile PPE, and are facing widespread supply shortages. For example, in Canada, where Alpha Pro Tech's headquarters is located, the government has ordered 333.5 million surgical-grade masks. However, by April 22, only 18 million masks had been delivered. Furthermore, the issue of quality control has become a significant problem. On May 8, CBC News reported up to 8 million out of 11 million masks ordered from China by the Canadian government were considered to be substandard.
This is is by no means a problem localized to Canada. In the U.S., the production of N95 medical masks (named for the supposed fact it blocks 95% of airborne pathogens) was supposed to be strictly regulated by the government to ensure they meet their medical standards. However, due to a massive shortage, the Food and Drug Administration approved the use of a Chinese equivalent called KN95. Recently, tests conducted by MIT indicated some KN95 masks currently circulating across the nation only blocks up to 30% of potentially viral air particles.
These quality issues aren't a problem for Alpha Pro Tech, as the company's material selection and manufacturing are 100% conducted in the U.S. Alpha Pro hasn't faced any accusations its PPE products are sub-par.
Another scenario for investors to consider is the resurgence of COVID-19 once the curve has been flattened. In previous respiratory pandemics such as the Spanish Flu and H1N1, there were second and third wave outbreaks that infected and killed significantly more people than the first wave, all within the span of one year. It is possible if this happens, then the demand for PPE worldwide may skyrocket to unprecedented levels.
As for its financials, Alpha Pro Tech has more than $17 million cash on hand, with no debt whatsoever. Its current ratio, as defined by its current assets divided by current liabilities, stands at over four times. This means the company can devote ample capital expenditures into expanding its manufacturing facilities, without worrying about lack of access to capital, which is a common theme during recessions.
So who is right?
While claims on both sides have their merits, there is one key detail that points definitively to the bullish investors' favor. The reason why the current COVID-19 outbreak has caused so much havoc is the presence of large clusters of asymptomatic carriers.
In previous epidemics, health officials were able to effectively prevent the spread of disease by quarantining those who showed symptoms, which simply isn't the case here. Between 25% to 50% of those infected with COVID-19 show no symptoms, while each individual infected with the virus has the potential to spread it to up to four other persons. One study (that has not been peer-reviewed) found 10% of asymptomatic carriers show no symptoms of the virus until after the standard 14-day self-quarantine governments around the world are imposing.
I don't think the virus will be going away even after second or third waves of infections unless it mutates into something far less contagious. It's possible there will be clustered outbreaks of COVID-19 around the world for years to come. Therefore, the fear of becoming infected by contact with individuals who appear to be healthy will no doubt be a persistent trend even as economies around the world recover, and lead to a steady stream of demand for PPE.
For brave healthcare investors who are not afraid to buy stocks after they have appreciated significantly, they may be well rewarded for adding Alpha Pro Tech to their portfolios.
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On the 9th January, Alexandre Kalache gave a tutorial to the workforce of HelpAge International at their London headquarters. HelpAge International is an international non-governmental organisation on ageing with 120 affiliates across 75 countries. Dr Kalache was a founding board member of the organization and currently serves as one of their roving ambassadors. The tutorial particularly focused on the importance of life-long learning in the context of the dual realities of increased longevity and exponential technological change.


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Sydney startup Solar Analytics raises $4.4 million to expand globally
News » Topics » Sydney startup Solar Analytics raises $4.4 million to expand globally
Liz Leigh - September 19, 2016 2 MIN READ
Sydney startup Solar Analytics has raised $4.4 million in a Series A round to globally accelerate the expansion of its smart tech products. Solar Analytics received follow-on investment from seed investor AGL Energy Limited along with new private investments from experienced energy investors David Griffin and John Clifford.
Founded in 2013, Solar Analytics is just one of many startups helping NSW to improve its uptake and investment into the renewable energy space. The startup allows homeowners to track and monitor their energy production and consumption through real-time data and analytics.
In Australia at any one time just over 50 percent of solar power systems are not performing to capacity, which means that every day more than half of residential solar systems are underperforming. Through a savings calculator, Solar Analytics empowers homeowners to actively engage with their system's power usage and detect any system that may be underperforming. These underperforming systems may go undetected within periods of warranty, meaning residents are up for higher repair and maintenance costs when a system is faulty.
Solar Analytics already provides solar monitoring services to more than 10,000 residential solar owners Australia-wide. Users of Solar Analytics receive real time data and analytics information on their system's solar performance and their overall household energy usage.
Since launch the startup reports it has experienced 10-fold growth year-on-year and now aims to expand its technology to improve the global standards for solar output. Just like the healthtech industry where startups are enabling people to self-care, cleantech startups like Solar Analytics are allowing residents to self-rely and understand their own products.
CEO of Solar Analytics, Stefan Jarnason believes that there is no shortage of investor interest in smart technology and also homegrown talent in the renewables sector.
"Australia is at the leading edge in residential solar uptake and technology deployment. As a result we're seeing huge interest from international players in the Australian market, and with this investment, Solar Analytics is well positioned to take this Australian technology internationally," he said.
Jarnason has said the startup is already putting the Series A funding towards product development and expanding its sales channels globally. New product features include energy forecasting and solar storage and monitoring to capitalise on residential battery storage in Australia.
The investment comes as the residential uptake of solar energy around Australia grows. For NSW, a region previously renowned for its coal exports, the investment into smart tech solutions gives the region the chance to become a global leader in R&D for cleantech.
Currently Newcastle's collaboration hub Eighteen04 stands alone as the only business hub Australia-wide for cleantech startups, however with the emergence of renewable energy solutions, more spaces focusing on these verticals are likely to emerge.
Following on from the investment, Solar Analytics has opened an international office in Oakland, California and has exhibited at North America's largest solar event, Intersolar in San Francisco. This past week Solar Analytics has also exhibited at the largest solar trade show, Solar Power International in Las Vegas, with the hopes of further tapping into the US renewable energy market.
Image: Valantis Vais, Renate Egan, Stefan Jarnason, John Laird. Source: Supplied.
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