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Colby Thorne
Senior Constable Colby Thorne (2018-)
Tim Franklin
Episodes: 6819-present
Date of Birth: 14th December 1991
Parents: Andrew & Michelle Thorne (both deceased)
Step Parent: Ross Nixon (deceased)
Sibling: Bella Nixon (half)
Marital Status: Chelsea Campbell (2018, divorced)
Occupation: Police officer
Colby made a grand entrance to Summer Bay by helping Mason on finding him in a two-on-one fight with River Boys Taz and Bluey, then announcing he was the new senior constable, sent as a replacement for the recently deceased Kat. He was soon involved with the search for Robbo, whose escape from custody had indirectly led to Kat's death, hampered by the River Boys carrying out their own search efforts. When Ash reacted aggressively to Colby questioning him about a lead, Colby arrested him. Colby let Ash go with a talking to but it failed to have any effect on him, as he ended up initiating a high speed chase with Justin, thinking Robbo was in the car, and causing a gas explosion. He arrested Ash again but was suspicious of Justin. He also ran into Willow, an old friend who was less than happy to see him. He eventually arrested Robbo after breaking up a fight between him and Ash, but in the process was reunited with another old friend, Dean, one of the River Boys. He also received a complaint from Jasmine and Leah about Jasmine's stalker David Cantrall and agreed to help out. He gave Jasmine advice on taking out an AVO and helped rescue Alf and Roo from a sink hole. He rescued Jasmine, Leah and Ryder from David, arresting him.
Colby considered leaving town and it was revealed he was once a River Boy when he was seen looking at his gang tattoos. He and Dean had been friends since they were young but Colby had let Dean be blamed for crashing a stolen car, with Dean being injured and another friend Jay killed in the crash; in fact, Colby had been driving. Roo asked him to help look into the supposed death of her mother Martha and Tori asked him to look into Robbo's memories of his family's murders. He found a record of the murder but no mention of a husband or father and showed Roo the evidence of Martha's death, suggesting a letter from her was a hoax. When Robbo was released on bail, Colby reassured the townsfolk he was safe by renting the flat above the Diner and moving Robbo in with him. He had to investigate Dean as a suspect when Willow's Triumph was stolen but managed to get him to give an alibi and learned Willow's father Russell, who had dementia, had taken it by mistake.
He tried to clear the air with Dean by inviting him to hit him, only for Dean to collapse, with Willow and Colby helping the hospital staff work out he had drunk dodgy home brew. He also arranged a lawyer for Robbo, Kurt Adams, and explained to Dean that he had left him to chase after his stepfather Ross, who was taking his mother Michelle and half-sister Bella out of town. When Willow found out about Colby's role in the accident, she told him if he didn't confess she would go to the police herself so Colby got Dean to talk her round, since he was using his position with the police to search for Bella. He had a drink with Jasmine at Salt after which they kissed but he told her nothing could happen between them because of him meeting her through work.
He then had to investigate the disappearance of Justin's daughter Ava and was questioned by locals about Robbo disappearing from his trial before sleeping with Jasmine. When Jasmine found his clippings about Bella, Colby initially threw her out but later confided in her about his search. On hearing Justin was meeting Ava's kidnapper, Colby took Constable Murray to observe the meeting but only managed to scare her off, although it did result in her being identified as Hazel Easton, the mother of Boyd who Justin and Willow had sent to jail the previous year. He convinced Justin to trust him and had officers waiting when the ransom money was handed over. However, the incident ended with Boyd driving his car at Dean and Colby shooting him. When Boyd died, Colby was suspended pending an investigation but reinstated after Dean said Colby saved his life, with the pair beginning to repair their friendship.
He then met Ebony Harding when she tried to get him to help change a tyre and had to investigate Justin's garage for negligence when she apparently had a crash right after a service. He lost his temper with Justin when he complained about the lack of progress in finding Hazel Easton, then agreed to a friends with benefits arrangement with Jasmine. He felt frustrated when Bella's birthday came round and he had achieved nothing, ending up agreeing to a drink with Ebony and spending a lot of time with her at Salt. When he heard Jasmine trying to warn her off and claiming they were a couple, he ended their arrangement. Leah found out he had been a River Boy and confronted him about it but agreed to keep quiet. However, it was soon on the front page of the paper. Colby was left making awkward explanations to the locals and to Sergeant McCarthy, blaming Jasmine for talking about it in public while relying on Ebony for support. He was ordered to stay away from the River Boys but met Dean and Willow to explain only for photos of them together to be sent to his superiors. Robbo returned to town, having been revealed as a former police officer, and tried to give Colby advice but instead Colby followed Ebony's advice and showed off his River Boy tattoos on the beach. He then got drunk with Dean and burned his police badge, being found by McCarthy who asked him to think about whether he wanted the job.
He agreed to help Justin find Hazel and printed off the police files without permission. He and Justin staked out a pub where the Eastons often recruited help and got one of their associates, Roach, to tell them Hazel was staying at a motel, but one of Roach's gang warned Hazel and they arrived to find a taunting note and Hazel gone. McCarthy then told Colby he was fired from the police but had the right to appeal. Since someone had made a false report of him brawling with Dean, he asked Murray's help to track down the phone that made the call and found Willow and Dean with it, although they insisted it had been planted. He was then surprised by the real culprit, Ebony, in reality Boyd's sister, who injected him with a muscle relaxant that paralysed him before leaving him to slowly suffocate. He was found by Willow and Dean and rushed to hospital, where he suffered an allergic reaction to the relaxant. He eventually recovered and learned Robbo had been charged with murdering Hazel, but was unable to remember anything that could help him. He realised Bella might have the same allergy that he had and wanted to look into it; Mason and Jasmine failed to stop him discharging himself so Jasmine offered to look after him at home, which led them to acknowledge they just wanted to be friends. This also resulted in Robbo getting bail by coming to live with him again. He received a message from someone claiming to be Bella and arranged to meet her only for Robbo to find evidence that it was Ebony. He went anyway only to find himself locked in a room by her. She nearly started a fire outside the door but he was saved by Robbo and Ebony was arrested.
He discovered Dean was being blackmailed by loan shark Brett Dwyer into helping with a robbery at Salt so arranged for the police to catch the robbers in the act. This wasn't a good time for his appeal tribunal but he defended his friendship with Dean while insisting it didn't affect his status as a police officer and was reinstated. He quickly asked to be allowed to look into a break-in at the surf club in which Alf was injured and recognised Willow's voice on the phone call sending an ambulance for him. He took her in for questioning but Dean interrupted to announce he had done the break-in after setting up a credit card skimmer in Salt and Willow had phoned the ambulance when he got home and told her about it. Colby removed himself from the case and Dean was charged. Colby consulted with Willow when Dean risked missing his bail check-in. He made a point of going to Ebony's sentencing. He then had to deal with Willow confessing to being Dean's accomplice.
He was thrown when a new police officer at the station turned out to be Chelsea Campbell, his ex-fiance who had broken up with him over having to keep his River Boy past secret. She felt they could give their relationship another go now the truth was out. Although Colby kissed her, he insisted things were over between them. When McCarthy learned of the relationship, he ordered them to work together, saying if they couldn't one of them would have to leave. After working on a graffiti case together, Colby suggested they car pool to work. They ended up going to an old River Boy hideout that Dean had told Ryder about, after Ryder had gone there with Raffy and Coco and they had brought an escape tunnel down. Colby had a go at Dean for causing the police to visit the hideout, infuriating Chelsea over his priorities. They slept together but she accused him of giving out mixed messages while he accused her of wanting a fantasy version of him.
When he discovered Dean's mother Karen had tried to run over John, he convinced Chelsea to delay logging the paperwork while he tried to get Karen to have a psych assessment. However, when he tried to get her to give a statement, her response was to make a pass at him. He booked her a psychiatric appointment and said he'd arrest her if she didn't attend but she skipped town. When she turned up in hospital after accidentally gassing herself and Dean, Colby convinced Dean to get her scheduled rather than arresting her, but still had to forcibly take her into medical care when she tried to do a runner. He then told Chelsea about Dean taking the blame for the car theft leaving her furious at having to keep another of his secrets. He gave her her old engagement ring and told her to do what she wanted with it.
He accompanied Dean to clear Karen's things out of their old house where they learned the identity of Dean's father and vowed never to return to Mangrove River. On his return to Summer Bay, Chelsea got Colby to propose to her so she could accept. When he learned Justin wanted Willow to stay away from Dean, he made his disapproval clear. Chelsea admitted she not only hadn't told her parents about the engagement, she hadn't told them they were back together or that he was in Summer Bay. After she left a message for her father, Neil, a senior police officer, he turned up at the station and made his disapproval clear: He and Colby had got on previously but now he knew Colby's River Boy past he wanted him to stay away from Chelsea, warning doing otherwise could hurt his career. He then told him he knew where Bella was and would tell him if he broke up with Chelsea. Colby refused, resolving to find Bella himself.
He and Chelsea began their own investigation but were short of new leads. Dean suggested hiring a private detective, Ray Holsten, and loaned Colby the money from a pay off he'd received from his father Rick. Colby learned that Dean was planning to visit Karen after Holsten found out Ross visited her a year after he disappeared, and insisted on going too. He was shocked when Karen revealed Ross had told her he'd killed Michelle but the visit led to Dean finding a dictaphone recording Michelle had left with Karen, in which Ross revealed he had killed Colby's father Andrew, a police officer. Chelsea convinced Colby to take the information to the police.
However, Colby soon began to get frustrated at the lack of developments, even considering postponing the wedding. When Neil texted Chelsea with Ross' address, Colby deleted the text and went there himself with Dean, worried the police would scare Ross off. Dean had to convince him to wait until Ross had gone before charging in, then Bella pulled a crossbow on him, having been told by Ross that he was going to hurt them. Colby tried to convince her to come away with them but Dean realised she was stalling until Ross returned, so Colby took her by force before admitting he had no idea what to do. He relied on Dean and Willow to help look after her at the old River Boy hideout and, after initially claiming to Chelsea that everything was under control, was forced to tell her the truth. Dean and Willow convinced him to play Bella the recording of Ross and he also showed her his file from looking for her, reconciling them. Chelsea told him she wouldn't report him for kidnap but ended their engagement.
He took Bella away for a while but returned to find the police had found Michelle's body and wanted to interview Bella. She lied for him, saying she'd contacted him after seeing one of his social media posts, but also realised Ross had killed Michelle after she told him of a plan to run away, prompting Colby to shut down the interview. Bella encouraged him to make things up with Chelsea but their first conversation merely resulted in her concluding they came from different worlds. With Chelsea returning to the city, Colby chased her down and convinced her to give him another go, with them deciding to go away with Bella for a bit to see if they worked as a family.
When they returned, they were making plans to move to the city together after the wedding. Maggie questioned them about Bella going back to school; Colby felt it could wait until they moved but Chelsea felt they should get her assessed straightaway, causing them to clash. Colby quickly accepted Chelsea was right but the argument scared Bella into running away. Colby tracked her down and convinced her that arguments weren't that bad and to have the assessment. Maggie offered to sort out a bridging course to bring Bella's knowledge level up to standard over the summer but things became confused when first Colby and Chelsea learned the wedding venue wasn't available for two months so decided to delay the move until then and then Chelsea was accepted into a detective course so they decided to get married the next day and move in two weeks. Dean and Willow quickly arranged a wedding at an old River Boy party house and after the ceremony Colby revealed he had arranged a honeymoon with a limousine to take them there. While Chelsea was getting ready with Bella and Willow, Colby went for a last surf with Dean.
Colby then received a phone call from Ross on Chelsea's phone, revealing he had the three women hostage. Colby went to meet him with Dean where a gun-toting Ross tried to get him to choose between Chelsea and Bella. Colby refused and ended up charging at Ross; Bella nudged Ross as he fired and Willow was hit instead. Colby and Dean chased after Ross, leaving Chelsea and Bella to look after Willow, and commandeered a car when he shot out their tyres. As Dean wrestled Ross to the ground, Colby picked up Ross' gun and, despite Dean trying to talk him down, killed him in cold blood after he tauntingly told him to think of Bella. Colby told Dean to call the police but Dean refused, convincing him to instead torch Ross' car and bury his body in a shallow grave. Colby then told Chelsea and McCarthy that he'd lost Ross.
He was left uncomfortable receiving updates on the search for Ross, especially when Bella admitted she had known Ross was in town, which he elected to keep from McCarthy. Chelsea got suspicious and he admitted he killed Ross, although he concealed Dean's involvement. Chelsea ended up moving out, finally concluding she couldn't be his wife after what he'd done and moving to the city without him, with Colby deciding to stay in Summer Bay with Bella. They felt they needed to move somewhere else but Ben suggested converting a walled over storage space into a room for Bella. Dean told Colby that he wasn't going to get back with Willow since he was an accessory to murder.
When Tori asked him to return Jasmine's engagement ring to Robbo when they broke up, he instead gave it back to Jasmine and encouraged her to fight for Robbo, also making a point of continuing to wear his wedding ring. Willow told him she knew about Ross and he had an uncomfortable time being questioned by McCarthy after Ross' burned out car was discovered. He was the only person Robbo would ring after he left town. Maggie and Simone called him into school after a get-to-know-you exercise had seen Bella admit she was worried Ross would come back and kill him. Bella ran away on finding out he'd read it and Colby admitted to Irene he wasn't sure if he could handle her. He ignored suggestions Bella should see a counsellor and resigned from the police in order to look after her, furnishing her new room. He then found she had run away again and realised she had gone back to her old house. He followed her there and, when she refused to leave, insisted on staying with her. He realised she was worried he was giving up his life to look after her and convinced her to return home, whereupon she told him to go back to the police and find Ross. He arrived in time to halt a forensics examination of the car he requisitioned by claiming that Ross' watch, which had been found in the boot, was Dean's.
He learned that Dean had been nearly blowing their cover while sleepwalking, including telling Bella he knew where Ross was, as a result of taking homemade sleeping pills. He decided to take Dean to a motel room so he could go cold turkey. There, Dean ranted at him and asked if killing Ross was worth it. He had to call Jasmine for help when Dean collapsed and took him back to the Diner flat. He left a message for Chelsea, saying he understood her decision, and told Willow he was going to turn himself in. Despite her attempts to stall him, he confessed to Bella who was furious. He delayed going until the next morning and Bella convinced him to keep quiet and stay with her.
He was concerned that Willow seemed to have feelings for Dean again and more so that Bella didn't really have any friends, so arranged for Raffy and Ryder to spend time with her. He went out clubbing with several of the other young adults, where he encouraged Willow to tell Dean how she felt about him and shared a drunken kiss with Jasmine. He was called to the school when Bella owned up to doing graffiti, then again advised Willow to pursue things with Dean, although this resulted in Willow making a fool of herself propositioning him. Colby had to tell Robbo about the kiss with Jasmine when he found out Ziggy had unknowingly photographed them, although Robbo wasn't actually interested.
Despite encouraging the friendship, Colby dragged Bella back to school in her lunch break when she wanted to meet Raffy and Ryder. Bella was promptly suspended for setting off the fire alarm so Colby brought her into work with him, threatening to put her in a cell if she didn't behave. Instead, she called Dean to come and get her and he warned Colby against using tough love on her. Colby helped Dean and Ziggy get a rally car together for a cross country charity trip and tried to deal with Bella's unhappiness about the pair spending time together. He had to follow the group into the outback on learning Bella had stowed away in the car. Bella admitted she was worried Dean wouldn't want to spend time with them but Colby encouraged Dean to pursue Ziggy. He checked himself and Bella into a motel for the night but Bella refused to go home with him and said she was going to the police station to tell them he was a murderer. He stopped her by threatening to drive off without her, then told her she couldn't threaten him to get what she wanted. He ended up taking her to the end of rally party, where he saw Dean and Ziggy kissing.
He grounded Bella on her return but she ended up having a go at Dean and Ziggy at the surf club. When Colby tried to drag her away, she hit him with a pool ball. He accepted Irene's offer for Bella to stay with her for a while, despite Bella being opposed to the idea. She came to him begging him to let her come back home but he sent her back to Irene. He was furious to hear about Bella breaking all Irene's plates during a stand-off but things were mollified somewhat when Irene and Bella made cupcakes for him together. He invited Bella to move back in but she elected to stay with Irene.
He had an awkward first meeting with new Salt owner Mackenzie Booth when he gave her a ticket for parking in the emergency vehicle area near the surf club. Willow teased him about liking Mackenzie and Bella also felt he was interested in her but he insisted he wasn't over Chelsea. With Irene going to London, Colby told Bella he was happy for her to move back in. He then learned Mackenzie was Dean's half-sister. On learning Bella was doing well at school, he bought her a laptop in anticipation of her return but to his disappointment Bella decided she wouldn't move back in. He had lunch with her and gave her the laptop anyway. He kissed Mackenzie but she refused to do anything while he was wearing a wedding ring.
After talking it over with Willow, Colby decided it was time to move on from Chelsea, throwing his wedding ring in the sea and arranging a date with Mackenzie. However, she was not convinced he was ready for a new relationship. Despite this, when Colby convinced her to open up Salt for a pre-wedding party for Robbo and Jasmine, she invited him back to her place. They spent the night together a second time after Robbo and Jasmine were taken into protective custody by the feds. He then had to investigate Ben for drug trafficking before Rick accused Mackenzie of theft, showing she had stolen $80,000 from his account. Colby managed to convince him to drop the charges and let Mackenzie repay the money. He investigated a coma patient dumped at hospital after an assault and identified him as Tommy O'Reilly after his car was found near the beach house. He was then caught in bed with Mackenzie by Dean, who refused to be caught in the middle, effectively ending their friendship. He was grabbed by Bella, who needed his help, and ended up breaking up with Mackenzie in an offhand way. Bella explained it was Irene who put Tommy in a coma after catching him trying to rape Bella. Colby took Irene's confession, then searched Tommy's house and found photos of Bella and other girls on his computer, charging him with attempted rape and child pornography.
He took Irene's statement when she reported the fact that she had been abused by her late uncle as a child. He had been hosting the in protection Robbo and Jasmine at his flat but wanted Bella to move back in so asked them to find somewhere else, then spent the day with Bella to ask her. She ultimately did move in but struggled to leave the flat so he helped convince her to go to Irene's support group. Willow tried to get him to admit he was still interested in Mackenzie as he tried to avoid her in front of Dean. He eventually cleared the air with Dean and reunited with Mackenzie. He took Bella for dinner at Salt but she left when he spent all his time chatting to Mackenzie. Next morning, he found her in Ryder's room getting dressed and accused him of taking advantage of her, but learned she had got drunk after Irene asked her to testify in her defence and told Irene she couldn't handle it. Ironically, he had to go to Ryder for help in trying to get Bella back to school and advised Bella to confide in him. He again tried to stop Bella testifying but a chat with Mackenzie saw her resolved to go through with it. Colby accompanied her to court but, when he saw her distressed on the stand, he shut her testimony down and tried to attack Tommy, being thrown out. Although his attempt to pull Bella out frustrated her, he managed to keep his cool and support her the next day.
Colby was called out to a shooting which turned out to be Robbo's colleague Scott Larkin; Jasmine had been kidnapped and Colby found himself working with Robbo to look for her. He also found himself in the position of arresting Teresa Masterson after she murdered Tommy and, when Bella pointed out he had done the same thing with Ross, struggled to convince her it had been the wrong thing to do. He took charge when Robbo barricaded himself in a hospital room with Lenny Gordon, one of the thugs who had kidnapped Jasmine, and managed to convince Lenny to let them know where she was. After handcuffing Robbo overnight to stop him going in on his own, Colby joined him in raiding a power plant and rescuing Jasmine, although they failed to apprehend the kidnappers. He then realised Robbo had gone missing. After arranging for Jasmine to stay at the safe house, he was given three days off and decided to spend them with Mackenzie. However, he then found Robbo in the flat and tried to keep him there and get answers only for Robbo to hit him. Shocked at the constant danger he seemed to be in, Mackenzie broke up with him. He proceeded to get drunk and return home incapable. After a disastrous attempt at helping Dean with a surf lesson, he went to Salt to chat to Mackenzie and things began to soften between them until Bella arrived and was furious at the idea of them reconciling. When the depth of her mistrust of "outsiders" became clear, Colby decided he needed to focus on her. However, he only saw it as a pause and arranged to meet Mackenzie in secret, telling her he wanted to get back together. Bella confronted him about it but he refused to stop seeing Mackenzie.
He made plans to spend time with Mackenzie while Bella was on a school trip but Bella felt ill. Although suspicious, Colby gave her the benefit of the doubt but Mackenzie outright accused her of faking. However, Bella then collapsed and was rushed to hospital, where it turned out she had tetanus as a result of never being immunised. Colby had a tense wait to find out she'd be all right and made no objection when Bella ordered Mackenzie out. He continued to prioritise her, cancelling plans with Mackenzie to spend time with her at Irene's when she had to stay there during her recovery (since Robbo's baby daughter Grace was staying with him at the flat). When he did try and spend time with Mackenzie, she pointed out he only did so when Bella didn't need him and refused to accept it. Realising how dependent Bella was on him, he realised it wasn't fair on Mackenzie and agreed they should end things. However, they ended up arguing during drinks to celebrate Willow getting a promotion. Afterwards, he saw Willow kissing Alex but quickly accepted them as a couple.
Dean told him that Mackenzie wanted him to stay away from Salt and he stayed with Bella when she said she felt ill. He felt she wasn't up to the intensive study programme Maggie had suggested to get her into Year 12 and began looking into having her home schooled. He filed a missing person's report on Leah. He was called to Salt when Dean caused a disturbance and ended up having to arrest him. He tried to talk to him about his break-up with Ziggy but Dean stayed silent so Colby released him. He wanted to discuss it with Mackenzie but Bella said she was ill again. Mackenzie tried to convince him she was faking but Colby didn't believe her. He was then asked to investigate reports that Jade Lennox had been stealing from Salt, only for Jade to claim Ryder was the thief and had also uploaded a sex video of her without consent. Colby found evidence to back up her story on Ryder's phone, although Ryder insisted she had been the one who used it. Colby had no choice but to charge him and advise Mackenzie against sacking Jade. He then overheard Bella telling Mackenzie she was going to get rid of her and realised Mackenzie had been right about her faking being ill. Despite this, Willow told him Mackenzie had taken Bella to hospital and Mackenzie called him to reveal a group of gunmen had taken the emergency department hostage. Colby joined the police in going to the scene and briefly spoke to Jasmine on the phone but the gunmen refused further communication. Colby caught Dean sneaking into the hospital but agreed to join him. They managed to climb down a lift shaft and speak with Alex, who told them Mason was dead and Jasmine's bodyguard Jay Myers was working with the hostage takers. Colby decided to call McCarthy and soon after joined armed police in taking the hostage takers into custody.
He learned that Bella had been in hospital because she had taken an overdose in order to convince people she was ill. He also visited Robbo when he was brought in at the same time after an apparent car accident. Robbo told him that Scott, who had been driving and had died at the scene, had been blackmailed into helping the ouroboros gang, asking him to tell the police but not Jasmine. Colby was present when Robbo died and had to break the news to Jasmine and to Robbo's parents. He accompanied Jasmine to the funeral and delivered the eulogy, but afterwards she started asking difficult questions about Scott. He delayed talking to her while collecting Bella from hospital but eventually told her the truth. Jasmine decided to move out and Colby tried to convince Bella to see a counsellor. Ryder and Nikau Parata provided him with Jade's phone, showing she had videoed and blackmailed several men, and Colby had the charges against Ryder dropped, also praising Nikau to his mother Gemma.
Although Bella's counsellor, Patricia, told him she wasn't engaging, Colby kept on booking sessions. He was informed by Roo and Maggie that someone had reactivated Leah's blog and was posting anti-feminist messages, advising Justin not to post anything that would scare them off. He helped get rid of Mackenzie's volatile ex Jason, in the process learning she'd joined a dating app. Dean asked if he could have his spare room and Colby agreed. When he learned Missing Persons had abandoned their search for Leah, convinced she had left voluntarily, Colby allowed Justin to look at the file and get details of a suspect, Douglas Maynard. After Justin had rescued Leah, Colby took a group of officers to arrest Douglas but was stabbed in the leg in the process, having to be treated for compartment syndrome. He was initially furious when he learned Bella was going to drop out of school and go to TAFE but was eventually convinced to agree on condition Bella continued to attend counselling.
He was pleased that Mackenzie had been spending time with him in hospital and also fine with Bella spending time with Nikau. However, he was furious to find Bella had gone back on her word and not attended counselling. Although Bella's main fear was that she would let slip what had happened to Ross, Colby said he was done with her. He then received his divorce papers through the post and hid them from Mackenzie, although he quickly signed them. He believed he and Mackenzie were getting back together but she turned him down. He was then frustrated to find out she was dating Ari Parata, who had a criminal record, and exchanged sharp words with them in Salt.
He received another shock when he found Bella had self-harmed after panicking about sleeping with Nikau. Although he accepted Nikau wasn't at fault, he sent him away from the hospital and had to break the news to Bella that she was being admitted for full-time psychiatric care. He took her to an equine therapy centre and saw her start to make progress looking after the horses but was concerned about leaving her there, especially since there would be no contact during her stay, needing Willow to stop him going back for Bella when she was upset at their departure. He nearly went to the centre to get news but received a phone call from the centre head Steve. He got fed up of Dean and Ziggy's mess at the flat and dumped all their things on the beach.
When his divorce certificate came through, he decided to throw a party. However, he proceeded to get drunk and kiss Jasmine, then bitterly complain about how Dean's life was good and his wasn't even though Dean was involved in Ross' death as well. Dean dismissed him as a mess and said Mackenzie was better off without him but after a pep-talk from Willow, Colby began to pull himself together and make arrangements to go back to work for the first time since his injury. He cleared the air with Jasmine but also said he was no good for her and they should stay away from each other. Willow convinced him to talk to Jasmine but this just left Jasmine upset that the two of them had been talking about her. When his attempts to smooth things over resulted in Jasmine kicking Willow out, Colby went round to confront her and convinced her to accept she wasn't coping and make up with Willow.
He was frustrated when Bella initially refused to see him when she returned from therapy but she quickly came home with him after they ran into each other. She gave him a letter she'd written while away in which she asked him to stop trying to run her life and just be a brother, which he agreed to. His first case back at work was investigating a robbery at the Diner. He attempted to take the fingerprints of everyone who had access to the till but Gemma Parata refused to give hers. He was unsure how to broach the subject of Bella's birthday but eventually presented her with a cupcake, like the ones he had bought on his own while she was missing. He became convinced the Paratas were involved in the robbery after checking Ari and Tane's history, and used Ari owning a hoodie similar to the one used by the robber as an excuse to arrange a search warrant. The search failed to turn up anything so he decided to arrange a line-up including the three Parata men. Mackenzie claimed Ari was with her at the time but Justin recalled he hadn't joined Mackenzie at Salt until after the robbery and Colby returned Mackenzie's statement unfiled.


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Ten largest racial and ethnic health disparities in the United States based on Healthy People 2010 Objectives.
Keppel, Kenneth G (2007) Ten largest racial and ethnic health disparities in the United States based on Healthy People 2010 Objectives. American journal of epidemiology, 166 (1). pp. 97-103. ISSN 0002-9262
Official URL: http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/content/166/1/97.sho...
A consistent framework has been developed for measuring health disparities and making comparisons across indicators with regard to the public health goals of Healthy People 2010. Disparities are measured as the percent difference from the best group rate, with all indicators being expressed in terms of adverse events. The 10 largest health disparities for each of five US racial and ethnic groups are identified here. There are both similarities and differences in the largest health disparities. New cases of tuberculosis and drug-induced death rates are among the largest health disparities for four of the five racial and ethnic groups. However, drug-induced death is the only indicator among the 10 largest disparities that is shared by both Black and White non-Hispanic populations.
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ethnic groups, health promotion, minority groups, public health
Health > Disparities
Health > Public Health > Chronic Illness & Diseases
Health > Public Health > Health Risk Factors

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Poll: Two-Thirds of Churches Report Sizable Giving Declines Since Coronavirus Shutdown
https://www.churchlawandtax.com/web/2020/april/churches-report-giving-declines-since-coronavirus-shutdown.html
Two-thirds of self-identified church leaders say giving to their churches has dropped significantly since the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic became widespread nationwide in March—with sizable numbers reporting sharp declines of 50 percent or more.
The results come from the State of the Plate, a nationwide constituency poll promoted April 8-20, 2020, by Church Law & Tax and several other church-serving organizations. The online poll did not use scientific methodology, but instead attempted to capture an immediate snapshot revealing how the fallout from the outbreak—and the public-gathering restrictions implemented to try and slow it—have affected congregations.
Questions pertaining to church finances and decision-making received answers from 1,091 individuals representing primarily American Protestant churches. When asked how the shutdown affected giving, about 64 percent reported declines, 27 percent said giving was stable, and 8 percent said giving increased.
Among those indicating decreases:
17 percent said giving was down 10 percent or more;
8 percent said giving was down 50 percent or more; and
9 percent said giving was down 75 percent or more.
The declines are "pretty steep," said Brian Kluth, State of the Plate's founder. When compared to a similar poll conducted in 2010 in the wake of the so-called Great Recession, "this is a much deeper, broader, and immediate fall-off-the-cliff experience," stressed Kluth.
Churches polled ten years ago split into thirds between decreases, increases, and stability. Even still, the drop-off at that time was "the worst we had seen churches experience" in decades—and perhaps ever, Kluth said. That downturn was fueled primarily by unemployment and stagnated wages.
Unemployment is rapidly becoming a major factor with the current crisis, further compounded by congregations' continued inabilities to meet physically together.
"The ripple effects throughout the economy are going to be deep and long term," Kluth said. "The economic aftershocks will continue through the summer and into the fall. There will be a significant portion of churches that will have financial challenges. You're going to see churches having to make some hard decisions."
Some "better positioned" than others
David King, the director of the Lake Institute on Faith and Giving, said certain congregations are set up better to weather the pandemic. Based on the institute's comprehensive study of congregational finances, conducted between 2014 and 2017, King said 61 percent of congregations have at least three months of operational expenses available to cover personnel and other operational costs. Additionally, many congregations are set up to handle electronic giving, and those that have done so typically report higher overall levels of giving.
With the current crisis, this suggests a majority of churches may have a greater ability to ride out stay-at-home directives and public-gathering restrictions, assuming those measures don't last too far into the summer.
King concedes larger congregations in urban and suburban settings are likelier better positioned to hold up than small, rural churches, though. In particular, the latter tend to be less adjusted to technological tools for online streaming, much less online giving. "Seventy-eight percent of all giving comes through worship services on any given weekend. If there's not a way to engage that giving, and encourage it through online formats or encourage people just to mail in checks, then congregations will struggle," he said. "There's a divide there between different types of congregations that are more equipped and ready for this."
A new survey report released on April 21, 2020, by Exponential, Leadership Network, and the Billy Graham Center's Send Institute confirms as much. Of the 1,937 respondents, most of whom represent larger-sized congregations, nearly two-thirds again report giving is down, but the size of the group indicating decreases of 50 percent or more is smaller (11 percent overall).
Update. In an April 22, 2020, report released by CPA firm Capin Crouse, it says 25 percent of churches it surveyed said there has been "no impact" on giving due to COVID-19, while 19 percent reported increased giving, and 56 percent reported decreased giving. Among those reporting decreases, 20 percent said their giving was down by 20 percent or more. The report does not disclose the number of churches that responded to the survey.
The State of the Plate poll also showed some promising signs regarding online formats, and that may help smaller congregations stabilize their giving in the weeks to come, King added. Nearly 47 percent said they're attracting anywhere from two to five times the number of online viewers than normal attendees. Many indicated greater investment in online giving platforms, with some signing up for the first time.
Responsive measures
The new poll revealed numerous other maneuvers many churches have taken throughout the past six weeks. The clear top move was to continue paying full salaries and benefits of pastors and staff members. Closing facilities and adjusting building thermostats placed second, followed by the postponement of major projects or purchases. Applying for financial help from available state and federal government programs, including the recently enacted CARES Act's Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), ranked fourth.
Those churches that receive a PPP loan, which has the potential to convert into a nontaxable grant, will get "breathing space for a couple of months," Kluth added. With economic conditions likely to remain challenging, though, many congregations will need to contemplate further action longer term.
"The budget is going to get hammered," he said. "The budget a church had in January is not going to exist in August. It's just gone away. They're going to have to come up with a new budget."
The average annual church budget is $125,000, and half of the typical budget is spent on personnel. Kluth, whose work includes helping the National Association of Evangelicals with its ongoing Bless Your Pastor campaign to assist pastors facing financial challenges, said the initiative will ramp up publicity again soon to help churches find additional ways to bless pastors and staff members beyond just money.
Budgets will need to adjust, King agreed. Past recessions have shown that any lost donations often are not recouped later. There's also the unprecedented nature of this moment that makes current and future giving difficult to predict. "Typically, giving to religion and congregations does much better in recessions than other types of charitable giving," King added. "But this is unique and different in many ways. Prohibiting the ability to meet together as a community is new. We've never had to do this before."
Beyond cutting expenses, some churches may need to take more drastic measures, such as contemplating a shift to a house church model, merging with another struggling congregation, folding into a larger church as a satellite location, or closing, Kluth said. Some will make enough cuts to stay afloat until greater economic stability returns. And some will thrive, even under the harsher conditions, he added.
"It's understanding what the new normal is, and then having to be very creative. Scarcity leads to clarity. Clarity leads to priorities. Priorities leads to creativity," Kluth said.
King echoed Kluth's optimism about the ways churches will weather through the pandemic. King noted many congregations have turned more attention toward meeting individual needs, whether inside the church or in their surrounding communities.
That some churches won't make it after the crisis subsides is a strong possibility. But new opportunities for ministry will emerge, too, King added.
"Some congregations will have to shutter their doors. Others will weather the storm in smaller versions of themselves. Some will be fine. And some will even grow," he said. "Congregations will continue to be resilient and innovative and will find ways to meet the challenge ahead, even though it will take some hard decisions and a lot more creativity about new ways to do church into the future."
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As part of the merger the current 15-strong team at Houghton Stone, which was set up in 1989 by managing partner Dickie Houghton, will move into the Milsted Langdon offices in Bristol and all staff will be retained by the merged firm, creating a business employing more than 200 people.
Dickie Houghton, founder partner of Houghton Stone, will remain with the merged business as a director as will fomer tax partner Carl Powell.
Milsted Langdon reported fee income of £1.85m in its latest Companies House filing on 30 April 2017 and has a strong base of private client and commercial practices in the south west as well as a growing national forensic and insolvency service line. The firm has 21 partners, more than 200 staff and offices in Bath, Bristol, London, Taunton and Yeovil.
Jonathan Langdon, founder and chairman of Milsted Langdon, said: 'This is an exciting opportunity which will bring significant benefits to our clients. Milsted Langdon and Houghton Stone have complementary strengths with many synergies in our vision and culture, making them a very good strategic fit.


Be it your honeymoon, wedding dress girls trip or just a weekend away. There is no shortage of guides to Melbourne you could check out this one or this one so rather then try to tell you everything you need to see we are listing the 5 Foodie places we found that are worth a visit as well as a list of recommendations that might already be on your radar (for good reason). If we missed any please let us know, we will be back!
Vietnamese seemed to be a bit of a theme on our trip and for good reason, fresh, sweet-salty goodness full of herbs and dipped in peanut sauce, what's not to love. Paperboy kitchen was a recommendation and just as well because I'm not sure we would have stopped otherwise. Unassuming from the outside but well worth a visit, fast and fresh and perfect as a break from shopping in town. Order the spring rolls or Bahn mi, its a goodtime.
We stayed in South Yarrah so Ned's happened to be our local, while the coffee leaves something to be desired (sorry, harsh but true) the pastries and fresh bread were stacked high and made on site daily. There is a strong European feeling and the wine list looked pretty impressive so if Carbs and Vino mid-afternoon are your thing this might be one to add to the list. They have a pretty impressive array of cabinet salads and sandwiches and they seem to be particularly pet-friendly, we spotted 4 dogs inside on our two visits in case that's a deciding factor for you.
We walked past this place a few times and from what we could see it seemed to be busy for breakfast lunch and Dinner. We were meeting friends and needed somewhere nice for our last night. Since booking a table can be hard in Melbourne the fact that you could ended up a deciding factor, but not one we regretted.
Put on ya nice jeans and go hungry, this is a starter main, desserts and wine to match kinda joint so save up a bit of cash and enjoy it. The menu was small but well thought out and what I would suspect you call somewhat "Modern Australian" They seem to like sous vide but managed not to be too stuffy. The perfect amount of fancy with enough vibe to ensure you order that next glass of wine.
"Serotonin integrates both a nourishing Eatery, an Exercise Centre and has an Education platform. Our ethos is based around eating a plant-based diet to ensure the body, mind and earth all function at their best"
Out in the Burbs, this one is for the health nuts although I'm confident that everyone would something to satisfy on their extensive brunch style menu. The offering is meat free but in my opinion, it's not missed, these guys were on the Buckwheat pancake, vegan nourish bowl yogi train long before it was the norm and they have done an amazing job, house-made meals using fair trade organic ingredients.


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Senses Fail – If There Is Light, It Will Find You – ALBUM REVIEW
February 28, 2018 Alyce Hunt Review
Senses Fail's seventh album, If There Is Light, It Will Find You is their most commercially successful release since 2010's The Fire. The reason why is obvious: the majority of the tracks are generic pop-punk, impossible to distinguish from the latest releases from The Story So Far, Trash Boat or Handguns.
That's not necessarily a bad thing. Vocalist Buddy Nielsen and guitarist Gavin Caswell are the only members who appeared on 2015's Pull the Thorns From Your Heart (although Caswell has switched from bass to lead guitar) and the changes have given Senses Fail a much younger – and far more relevant – sound.
This means that although the songs are structured in a standard and formulaic way, they're still enjoyable to listen to. There's nothing to complain about, but there's also nothing to celebrate.
In fact, the tracks on the album that are notable are the ones that show the band returning to their roots, combining confessional lyrics with raw emotion and understated instrumental breaks.
The first instance of this appears in First Breath, Last Breath, as Nielsen tells the tale of a woman dying in childbirth, begging the listener to tell him "How the hell am I supposed to raise a daughter on my own?". The vulnerability in his voice makes the moment extremely powerful, particularly when you consider the fact that Nielsen is drawing upon the personal experience of nearly losing his wife in childbirth. Hopefully this honesty will allow men to open up on a topic which is traditionally seen as unapproachable.
Another taboo topic is tackled in Orlando and a Miscarriage. Rather than the stripped-back sound that the title suggests, it's a fast-paced track filled with barely controlled anger. Drawing inspiration from life once again, it's impossible to resist shedding a tear as Nielsen addresses his unborn son, singing "I wish I could see your face, but life I guess had other plans".
Closer If There Is Light, It Will Find You is a six-minute epic which undoubtedly deserves to be the title track. Despite its sprawling length, every second is absorbing: Nielsen's voice is flawless, while musically it combines uplifting and melancholy aspects to sum up the shifting styles scattered throughout the record.
If you're looking for an album unlike anything you've ever heard, you'll have to keep searching. However, if you're willing to be patient, give If There Is Light, It Will Find You a try. Trudge through the generic pop-punk to discover the treasures hidden within.
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Here's How Larry David Came To Play Bernie Sanders On 'SNL'
Let me explain something.
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He's a somewhat crotchety old man that's mostly bald and culturally Jewish. He frowns a lot, waves his arms emphatically, and has incredibly strong opinions that many view as too extreme. Frankly, he might not be all that enjoyable to hang out with, but in small doses, he can be very affable.
Pick one: Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, or Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm creator Larry David. Either way, you'd be right.
If you've paid attention to either political or entertainment-related news over the past three months, you know that David has appeared a number of times on Saturday Night Live with a spot-on impression of Sanders — grumpiness, far-left ideals, gesticulation, et al. The first time was during the October 17 Tracy Morgan-hosted episode, when he came out as the last candidate to an extended applause. Check it out below at the 2:07 mark:
Obviously, it was a match destined to be. And according to a Vulture interview with SNL co–head writer Rob Klein, everyone involved realized it at the same time. Here's a snippet of the Klein's words:
"We knew Chris Kelly and Sarah Schneider were going to write the debate sketch. They write the Hillary pieces, which they do so well, and while we were watching the real debate, Sarah said, 'Larry David should really play Bernie Sanders.' At the same time, Lorne was at dinner with Tracy [Morgan], who was hosting that week. While the debate was happening, someone at dinner said to Lorne, 'Hey, you should really get Larry David to play Bernie Sanders. It's like the same guy.' Then Lorne came back from dinner and got a phone call from Larry's agent saying that Larry David wanted to play Bernie Sanders."
As for that first appearance, Klein described it as a dream come true. "From the moment he was on the stage, it was like we had already won, and then the script itself was so good that it gave it a whole extra level of intelligence," he said.
And with respect to David's work trying to mimic Sanders, Klein acknowledged that their personalities seem to overlap somewhat, which made writing the jokes easy. However, David put in the extra effort to get his mannerisms down. "He could have been lazy about it and it would have worked incredibly well, but he was all over it," praised Klein.
So there you have it. The story behind the best SNL political impression since Tina Fey as Sarah Palin during the 2008 election cycle. Look out for more Larry/Bernie this weekend, as David's hosting the upcoming episode of SNL.
Pretty, pretty, pretty good.
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Q: Python Flask app.run is not rechable, IP not showing in terminal When I run my flask with pycharm python code run well but when it come to app.run() my terminal doesnot show any ip address it directly say unreachable code. I uninstall my python and pycharm and reinstall them the problem is same.I try with visual studio code but the error is same what can i do?enter image description here

A: Your code is close but wrong. The error is because of the indentation.  You have added the debug=True to the route, it should be indented from if __name__ == '__main__' like this:
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if __name__ == '__main__':
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If you are curious about why you should bother with the addition of the if __name__ == '__main__':  line then check out this great explanation.

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NastyFunk are proud to present, Oh Yeah. 2 Lads from London, who in a short space of time have already collaborated with Fleur East, Aina Roxx, been remixed by Hot Toddy and toured with DJ Fresh amongst other exciting projects.
Their latest release, Sleep On It, features the super-soulful vocals of Joel Culpepper, another exciting young artist and a previous BBC Introducing's Act of the Year, who worked alongside Groove Armada for their hit track Call Me (Moda Black) back in October. Sleep On It, is a classy masterpiece of electronica, Joel's sublime vocals gliding through a sultry blend of melodic bliss, all anchored alongside a gentle 808 groove. 100%% neon soul-food.
House and techno don, Jef K, is first of the remixers. A genuine slice of that original deep house / garage sound, his edit invites his acclaimed sound onto the label for the first time, and oozes style and sophistication.
The final two remixes take us back to Brazil. Gabe (Suara, Get Physical) keeps true to the original, whilst notching up the tempo and feel-good vibe to create a really individual style. Volkoder (Hot Creations, Material) takes a different direction, turning the drum-dial up to 10 and blitzing the vibe into a funky affair for those underground heads.


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Q: Reauthenticate user from Google/Facebook accounts So I need to create a REST API to provide functionality to an IOS app. We allow users to sign up with just a plain account OR with Facebook/Google login.
I have been reading up on OAuth lately and I think I understand the process of how I would use OAuth in my situation (when users using Facebook/Google login) to register an account on my app:

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*I register my IOS app with various social providers (eg. FB/Google). I end up with client ID/client secret keys that I safely store in the backend.

*Now the user clicks that social login button on the app which would then redirect the user to the social website to login and give permissions for my app to use their social account.

*The social oauth provider will redirect user back to my server with an authorization code.

*Once my server has the authorization code, I will then use that, client id and secret (or whatever other specific credentials needed) to retrieve an access token from the social oauth provider.

*Now I have the user's access token and can use their social resources for some period of time (yay).

*Once I have their social access token, I then also issue a generated access token for the app to use when making requests to my REST api (the app will only communicate to my REST api from now).

My questions:

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*Is the above process a good practice?

*Let's say the user logs out from the app (not from their social account!). I still have their social access token but I destroy the other token I issued to them for using my REST api. Now the user comes back to login into my app using a social login (eg. Fb/Google). How will I re-authenticate these users? I know I would not need the user to provide permissions again but how can I know they are legitimate users of Fb/Google and also have an account on my server side? What would Fb/Google provide back to the app upon a successful login so that I can send back to my server saying: "Yep this user is a legit social user of Fb/Google.". In the above registration procedure, a social oauth provider would provide an authorization code. What would I get in in this case (subsequent logins)?

Basically, I need to find a way to reissue an access token to my REST API to the successful relogged in FB/Google user of the app.

A: To answer to your questions,

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*Is the above process a good practice?
Yes, this is indeed a good practice, why you ask?. You are not storing the client Id/Secret in the mobile end, and you are just redirecting to the social provider site of Oauth authentication, and communication happens between server to server, which is also considered secure.
Regarding the Access Token of third party provider, unless you want to access any resources on social provider later, you don't have to store any of their access token, i.e once you authenticated, you can safely discard their access token and generate your own
For the second question,
You don't have to worry about it, i.e once the user logout you just have to revoke accessToken issued by you.
Regarding the Oauth process, you just have to redirect to the oauth Flow for social provider (and not worry about whether user is logged in or not), the social provider will take care of it, you will be getting the authorization code in the end, you just have to process it as if its first time.
Hope this answers your questions!


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Yes, that is right! It is time to be excited about another Hip-Hop group that is about to rock Australia! In particular, JK Entertainment presents MFBTY, a Hip-Hop group under Feel Ghood Music who will be bringing their 'Wondaland' to Sydney. So, check out all the details below!
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Prosecutors have decided they won't pursue second-degree murder charges against Conrad Murray for Michael Jackson's death, reports Gerald Posner, and will instead seek a manslaughter indictment.
The Los Angeles District Attorney's team probing the death of Michael Jackson has decided not to pursue murder charges against the singer's doctor when it presents its case to a grand jury early next year, a source familiar with the investigation tells The Daily Beast.
Instead, the source says, the DA will likely ask for a manslaughter indictment against Conrad Murray, Jackson's in-house physician when he died. In cases like this in California, it is ultimately up to the grand jury to decide what the final charges are, but in the large majority of cases, they defer to the prosecutor's request.
What had seemed like a straightforward case has proven more difficult than many in the prosecutor's office initially envisioned.
While the DA officially has no on-the-record comment regarding the ongoing investigation, this source adds that what had seemed like a straightforward case has proven more difficult than many in the prosecutor's office initially envisioned. Charges are now expected, he says, in February "at the earliest" and "possibly even a few months more." One informal deadline is to try and have the criminal case officially under way—a preliminary hearing on the charges—before the first anniversary of Jackson's death in June.
In the immediate aftermath of Jackson's June death, the coroner ruled a homicide from "acute propofol intoxication. According to leaked affidavits, Murray reportedly admitted to police that he administered propofol, a powerful anesthesia, to Jackson only hours before the pop star's death. But the medical data under review is so complex, and the toxicology report involves a wide enough mixture of drugs, that the district attorney has had to bring in outside medical experts for what is becoming one of the office's more expensive probes. The long delay is despite the execution of broad search warrants at Murray's home and offices in Las Vegas, and storage facilities in Houston.
In trying to make its case to the investigatory grand jury currently impaneled, the district attorney has already subpoenaed Murray's girlfriend, Nicole Alvarez, the mother of his youngest child, to testify about whether she knew he was ordering propofol.
For his part, Murray has kept a low profile. In November, he appeared in a Las Vegas court to answer charges that he was behind on child support for another child, but settled the case with the mother just before the proceedings were to begin. At Thanksgiving, he reopened his medical clinic in Houston, where he tends mostly to people who otherwise could not afford medical care. At the two churches at which he's a regular, Murray was greeted with effusive and emotional support from parishioners and patients who had known him for years.


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NDMC > Media Center > News > MoF signs a USD (3) Billion Financing Agreement with Korea Trade Insurance Corporation (K-SURE)
MoF signs a USD (3) Billion Financing Agreement with Korea Trade Insurance Corporation (K-SURE)
The Ministry of Finance (MOF), represented by the National Debt Management Center (NDMC), has on 22nd December 2020 executed the signing of a long-term financing agreement with K-SURE.
The agreement was signed by His Excellency the Minister of Finance Mohammed Al-Jadaan from the Saudi side, and by the Chairman of K-SURE Mr. Lee In-ho from the South Korean side.
His Excellency Mr. Al-Jadaan, explained that the signing of the agreement comes within the framework of cooperation witnessed between two G20 members, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Republic of South Korea.
The facility was arranged through the National Debt Management Center (NDMC). Mr. Fahad A. Al-Saif, CEO (NDMC), stated that the financing provided amounts to USD 3 billion and attracted very strong interest from international banks across geographies. The transaction has been closed with 10 international banks.
The financing provided will be used for strategic government projects in line with the Kingdom's Vision 2030 program. This cooperation is expected to lead to the arrangement of meetings between service providers from South Korea and the owners of major future projects with the aim of securing financing on these projects. Mr. Al-Saif also said that this agreement is the second of its type, following the earlier signing of an Euler Hermes financing agreement in July 2020.
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Class 11th Physics || Menu
Physics Syllabus
Physics Book
Physical World
Units and Measurement
Measurement and Error Analysis
Significant Figures and Dimensions
Motion in A Straight Line
Displacement and Velocity
Graphical Representation
Kinematics of Linear Motion
Motion in Two Dimensions
Relative Motion
Laws of Motion
Newton's First Law of Motion
Impulse and Newton's Third Law
Common Forces in Mechanics
Free Body Problems
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Work, Energy and Power
Work and Energy
Conservative Forces
System of Particles and Rotational Motion
Centre of Mass
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Dynamics of Rotational Motion
Kinematics of Rotational Motion
Equilibrium of Rigid Body
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Motion of Centre of Mass
Rolling Motion
Kepler's Laws and Satellites
Gravitational Potential Energy
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Systems of Particles and Rotational Motion Class 11 Physics Chapter 7 Notes
• A rigid body is a body with a perfectly definite and unchanging shape. The distances between all pairs of particles of such a body do not change.
• Centre of Mass
For a system of particles, the centre of mass is defined as that point where the entire mass of the system is imagined to be concentrated, for consideration of its translational motion.
If all the external forces acting on the body/system of bodies were to be applied at the centre of mass, the state of rest/ motion of the body/system of bodies shall remain unaffected.
• The centre of mass of a body or a system is its balancing point. The centre of mass of a two- particle system always lies on the line joining the two particles and is somewhere in between the particles.
• Motion of centre of Mass
The centre of mass of a system of particles moves as if the entire mass of the system were concentrated at the centre of mass and all the external forces were applied at that point. Velocity of centre of mass of a system of two particles, m1 and m2 with velocity v1 and v2 is given
• If no external force acts on the body, then the centre of mass will have constant momentum. Its velocity is constant and acceleration is zero, i.e., MVcm = constant.
• Vector Product or Cross Product of two vectors
• Torque
Torque is the moment of force. Torque acting on a particle is defined as the product of the magnitude of the force acting on the particle and the perpendicular distance of the application of force from the axis of rotation of the particle.
• Angular Momentum
The angular momentum (or moment of momentum) about an axis of rotation is a vector quantity, whose magnitude is equal to the product of the magnitude of momentum and the perpendicular distance of the line of action of momentum from the axis of rotation and its direction is perpendicular to the plane containing the momentum and the perpendicular distance.
• Axis of Rotation
A rigid body is said to be rotating if every point mass that makes it up, describes a circular path of a different radius but the same angular speed. The circular paths of all the point masses have a common centre. A line passing through this common centre is the axis of rotation.
• A rigid body is said to be in equilibrium if under the action of forces/torques, the body remains in its position of rest or of uniform motion.
For translational equilibrium, the vector sum of all the forces acting on a body must be zero. For rotational equilibrium, the vector sum of torques of all the forces acting on that body about the reference point must be zero. For complete equilibrium, both these conditions must be fulfilled.
• Couple
Two equal and opposite forces acting on a body but having different lines of action, form a couple. The net force due to a couple is zero, but they exert a torque and produce rotational motion.
• Moment of Inertia
The rotational inertia of a rigid body is referred to as its moment of inertia.
The moment of inertia of a body about an axis is defined as the sum of the products of the masses of the particles constituting the body and the square of their respective perpendicular distance from the axis.
It is given by .
• Radius of Gyration
The distance of a point in a body from the axis of rotation, at which if whole of the mass of the body were supposed to be concentrated, its moment of inertia about the axis of rotation would be the same as that determined by the actual distribution of mass of the body is called radius of gyration.
If we consider that the whole mass of the body is concentrated at a distance K from the axis of rotation, then moment of inertia I can be expressed as I = MK2
• Theorem of Parallel Axes
According to this theorem, the moment of inertia I of a body about any axis is equal to its moment of inertia about a parallel axis through centre of mass, Icm, plus Ma2 where M is the mass of the body and V is the perpendicular distance between the axes, i.e.,
I = Icm + Ma2
• Theorem of Perpendicular Axes
According to this theorem, the moment of inertia I of the body about a perpendicular axis is equal to the sum of moments of inertia of the body about two axes at right angles to each other in the plane of the body and intersecting at a point where the perpendicular axis passes, i.e.,
• Rolling Motion
The combination of rotational motion and the translational motion of a rigid body is known as rolling motion.
• Law of Conservation of Angular Momentum
According to the law of conservation of angular momentum, if there is no external couple acting, the total angular momentum of a rigid body or a system of particles is conserved.
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Italy hoping for a World Championships miracle on home roads in Imola
By Stephen Farrand
Cassani includes Bettiol in final eight-rider selection
Vinceno Nibali (Italy) (Image credit: Massino Fulgenzi)
The Italian squadra has gathered in Imola, hoping that home advantage can give it an edge in the elite men's and women's road race World Championships.
Italy can count on Filippo Ganna as a likely medal winner in the men's time trial on Friday and the women's team is always competitive in the road race. However, Italy always expects a rainbow jersey in the men's road race, with the memories of Vittorio Adorni winning the world title in Imola in 1968 sparking nostalgia for when Italy was one of cycling's dominant nations and further raising expectations of success.
However, Italy has not won the elite men's road race world title since Alessandro Ballan won alone in Varese. Paolo Bettini took back to back titles in 2006 and 2007 and Mario Cipollini won on the Zolder motor racing circuit in 2002 but since then there has been 12 years of disappointment and podium places, the latest from Matteo Trentin in Yorkshire last year after he was beaten in the sprint by Mads Pedersen.
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National coach Davide Cassani has now selected 13 national squads. They have won European titles with Elia Viviani, Trentin and this year Giacomo Nizzolo but the rainbow jersey has eluded them.
Vincenzo Nibali is the natural team leader in Imola but has serious doubts about his form and ability to be competitive against likes of Tour de France winner Tadej Pogačar, Wout van Aert of Belgium and anyone else who raced the Tour de France.
Cassani is hoping that Diego Ulissi, Damiano Caruso and even 21-year-old neo-pro Andrea Bagioli, who has won two races with Deceuninck-QuickStep, can step up if Nibali falters.
Also in the squad of eight riders are Fausto Masnada, Gianluca Brambilla, with veteran Giovanni Visconti and 2019 Tour of Flanders winner Alberto Bettiol. Matteo Fabbro and Nicola Conci are the two reserves. Davide Formolo is out of action after fracturing his collarbone at the Tour de France while Giulio Ciccone is recovering from the COVID-19 virus.
The Italian men's team rode three laps of the 28km circuit on Wednesday, testing their bikes and gearing for the parcours.
"They were able to realise just how hard the circuit is," Cassani told Tuttobici after the ride.
The steep climbs and country roads reminded Alberto Bettiol of racing in Belgium.
"It's interesting… There's little chance to recover on the circuit apart from the section through Riolo Terme and the final two kilometres in the motor racing circuit. The Gallisterna climb (1.3km with an average of 10.9 per cent) reminds of the steep hills of Flanders.
"There's nowhere to catch your breath," Bagioli said. "Lap after lap it hurts your legs. Where's the best place to attack? For sure on the Gallisterna climb, perhaps not on the steep part but just after on the false flat."
There were 300,000 people that filled the Imola circuit and the Tre Monti climb to see Adorni win 1968. Cassani was seven years old at the time and seeing the race sparked his love for cycling. He went on to race as a professional and stayed in the sport, first as a television commentator and now as national coach.
Cassani would love to hear the Italian national anthem ring out across the Imola motor racing circuit yet again but is aware Italy faces an uphill task steeper than the short climbs on the Imola circuit.
"The race will be very hard, there's almost no flat roads, with 550 metres altitude each lap," he explained in an interview before the race.
"The climbs are not long but they are challenging, especially the second with its 1,300-metre steep wall. It means that in the end it will become very selective and the favourites could be riders like Julian Alaphilippe, Jakob Fuglsang and Wout van Aert.
"2020 was hard for everybody because of the COVID-19 pandemic. I hope it will never happen again.
"I'd hoped we could have had a better approach but Davide Formolo broke his collarbone and Ciccone had COVID-19, so I probably lost two riders who could be very important for the national team."
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Shao Dan (; ur. 1982) – chińska judoczka.

Startowała w Pucharze Świata w 2002. Brązowa medalistka igrzysk azjatyckich w 2002, a także mistrzostw Azji w 2005 roku.

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Chińscy judocy
Urodzeni w 1982

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Each year we cannot wait till it comes, each year it is suddenly upon us and each year we fully embrace it: the Spring!
I love the springtime, when every little bud starts coming out, when I can sew my seeds for my tiny vegetable plot and when the checkered lily comes out in its full glory.
I love one particular flower, the Fritillaria Checkered Lily Meleagris. It's so fragile and yet so powerful in its strange checkered colouring. I now have one pot of these bulbs and to my surprise they came out in great glory this year also, despite being dug up from my previous home to the pot they are all in now. I hope to plant some out in the new garden later on, so that they will spread a bit for next year!
Hope you enjoy all the Spring buds as much as I do.


Hard on the comeback trail, America' post-slacker rock anti-heroes Weezer are set to return to Japan, hand-in-hand with the release of their first new album in four years. As yet untitled, the album Weezer's third is produced by ex-Cars frontman Ric Ocasek, who also engineered the band's 1994 debut.
Based in Los Angeles, Weezer formed in 1992 when singer-songwriter Rivers Cuomo hooked up with guitarist Brian Bell, bassist Matt Sharp, and drummer Patrick Wilson. From diverse backgrounds, the four were all immigrants to Los Angeles and decided to form a band based more on this than anything else.
Weezer signed to DGC Records in 1993, scoring an unlikely million-seller with their self-named, 1994 debut. With an offbeat, humorous approach and a casual irony that linked them to outfits like Beck or They Might Be Giants, Weezer penned songs with such unlikely titles as "Undone - The Sweater Song," and "Buddy Holly," the story of a high school prom rejection.
Their goofy, garage-rock sound and incessant touring across the United States won them a solid following among the college and alternative rock crowds, as well as Japanese fans.
Weezer's second album, 1996's Pinkerton Service, didn't sell as well as their first, Weezer, but it did earn them the wrath of the Pinkerton Service security company, which promptly launched legal proceedings.
After the loss of Matt Sharp - whose falsetto harmonies were key to their sound - Weezer took time off to reassess themselves, mounting a comeback only last summer, when they participated in the cross-country Warped tour.
Encouraged by the positive response to their gigs, they decided to get serious about a comeback, and headed into the studio last Dec, before launching their current, ongoing US tour.
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Retiring Borders fiscal has new case to get his teeth into
Retiring procurator fiscal Graham Fraser receives a cookery school voucher from assistant procurator fiscal Alison Michie, based at the Crown Office in Edinburgh, watched by his family and procurator fiscal service staff at Jedburgh and Selkirk.
The Borders' legal fraternity turned out in force last Friday to bid a fond farewell to retiring procurator fiscal Graham Fraser.
Representatives of the various criminal justice partners, including law firms, police and the Crown Office joined staff from the sheriff courts at Jedburgh and Selkirk to mark the end of a distinguished career – 27 years of which were served in the Borders, as well as a lengthy period working in Edinburgh.
Rory Bannerman, senior partner at Bannerman Burke, led the tributes at the ceremony.
He told the gathering: "Graham was fairness personified. Sheriffs, clerks and solicitors all found him easy to deal with and that made our jobs so much easier.
His knowledge and hard work have been of an unparralleled nature, whether it was the most serious of crimes or a speeding offence."
Mr Bannerman added: "Graham is a leading light in the local brass band scene and, whilst never a man to blow his own trumpet, gave thousands of hours to the Jedforest band and others up and down the land, mainly to help encourage others.
"A family man, he retires to help wash the dishes and walk the dogs with a vigour only previously seen when tackling an errant witness in the pursuit of 'Jethart' justice."
Mr Bannerman concluded: "He thoroughly deserves his well-earned retirement, and the Bar hopes that he does not return to work again for his sake given the years of public service he has already given to keep the Borders safe and in order."
Mr Fraser was presented with a voucher for the Edinburgh New Town Cookery School so that he and his wife, Alison, can enrol in a French cuisine course.
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The hot Porsche 918 Spyder has been caught on video while cruising in Brazil. The hybrid sports car wears a Racing Yellow exterior finish which makes it stand out.
With a total of just 918 units to be produced, the German supercar is certainly a rare model which packs an impressive punch. As a reminder, the 918 Spyder comes with a 4.6-liter V8 engine and two electric motors for a total output of 887 horsepower and 800 Nm of torque.
With such resources, the 0-100 km/h sprint is possible in 2,8 seconds while the 0-200 km/h acceleration is done in 7,9 seconds.
The 6.8 kWh lithium-ion battery offers an electric range of 26 kilometers, the actual car being driven in zero-emission mode. If you choose the hybrid configuration, it will return just 3,3 liters / 100 km or 71,2 mpg US.
Be sure to check the video above and get a closer look at the hot Porsche 918 Spyder.