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It's just two and a half years since the Square Circular first started to take shape (ouch!). About time for a re-think as regards content, style and presentation. So, let's begin at the end (a logical place for a Square Circular to start) and draw your attention to the Faxback Questionnaire on the back page of this Issue. Your input would be appreciated.
Next, an apology; this Issue of Square Circular was scheduled for January and we've kept you waiting while we concentrated on other deadlines. Mind you, we were flattered to have people asking when the next Square Circular was going to press and had they missed one. It does mean that we've got to tell you and remind you about a bit more than usual. You'll find a few "don't forget" notes after this Issue's main topic of pensions.
SIMPLICITY, SECURITY AND CHOICE:
WORKING AND SAVING FOR RETIREMENT
That's the title of the Government's Green Paper on pensions issued on 17 December 2002 with a view to introducing new legislation in Finance Bill 2004. The consultation period ends on 11 April 2003. It will probably take you until then to read the Green Paper, unless you're a fast reader or take the soft option of reading only a summary of the Paper.
The proposals include:
• abolition of the different (currently 8) sets of tax rules in use for pensions;
• introduction of a single unified set of rules. Whilst pension rights built up before reform is implemented will be respected, pension saving after implementation will follow a single uniform system;
• there will be a single lifetime limit on the level of the pension pot (including contributions and investment growth) of £1.4million. Whilst this limit may be set too high to affect most taxpayers it will certainly affect some;
• there will be an annual limit on inflows to an individual's pension fund, intended to be set at £200,000 for 2004 and indexed thereafter;
• flexible retirement allowing, in some cases, drawing pension benefits while continuing to work;
• single set of rules on pensions in payment which will include setting the tax-free lump sum at 25% of the value of the pension fund;
• more flexible annuities.
At a time of poor investment returns and poor annuity rates it is not clear how the new rules are meant to encourage pension saving. What does seem clear is that the tax efficiency of pensions for high earners is being eroded. Having said that the Green Paper is a Paper of proposals only and there is still a long way to go in the consultation and negotiation process.
WHAT ABOUT FURBS?
Interesting to conjecture how FURBS may be affected.
A FURBS is a Funded Unapproved Retirement Benefit Scheme. FURBS have been described as "promises" in lieu of salary from an employer to an employee, which do not enjoy the same tax reliefs as qualifying pension arrangements which have Inland Revenue approval. However, since they are unapproved and do not enjoy the same tax reliefs on approved arrangements they –
• do not subject the employee to a cap on pensionable earnings restricting contributions;
• can provide benefits in excess of those permitted by approved schemes;
• can pay benefits wholly in the form of a tax-free lump sum;
• have greater flexibility as regards permitted investments. All that is required is for the trustees of the FURBS to operate the scheme in the best interests of the beneficiaries.
Contributions made to FURBS by an employer are taxed as a benefit in kind on the employee and perhaps the heyday of the FURBS finished about five years or so ago when National Insurance Contributions were applied to the benefit. Even so, whilst there may be no difference in tax terms between making contributions to FURBS and giving additional remuneration to the individual who then invests the funds himself to provide additional retirement income there are still tax advantages to investing the funds through a FURBS –
• no higher rate of income tax. The individual's top rate of 40% can be restricted to 10% or 20% or 22% depending on the type of income;
• CGT rate is 34% and not potentially higher rate of 40% (admittedly the annual exemption is only half that of an individual);
• no inheritance tax if established under a discretionary trust.
In the past a FURBS has provided a useful means for directors of owner managed companies to build up a sizeable pension pot very quickly and future restrictions on contributions to approved schemes may entice contributions into FURBS. For further information call Simon Topperman or your usual contact partner on 0161 832 4841.
DON'T FORGET …..
Unfortunately, provision sometimes has to be made for circumstances other than a healthy and ripe old age. Expressions such as life assurance, income protection, key person insurance spring to mind.
If we're touching a nerve or ringing a bell call us on 0161 832 4841.
National Insurance Contributions increase in April. That's for everybody; employed and self-employed.
There are ways of mitigating the extra burden ….. depending on your circumstances. We're sure we can help you. What was that number again – oh yes, 0161 832 4841.
If you are a small trading enterprise and are currently able to claim 100% first year capital allowances on Information and Communications Technology equipment don't forget that this particular little privilege ends on 31 March 2003.
Conditions for being small are:
• turnover below £2.8 million;
• assets below £1.4 million.;
• 50 or fewer employees.
If you fulfil two of these three conditions you're small and you may want to treat yourself to that new computer in March rather than April.
DON'T FORGET
To claim Capital Gains Tax holdover relief on a gift of company shares your company has to be "wholly or mainly" trading. If you are contemplating making a gift of shares to family members other than your spouse and your company has mixed activities bear in mind that the qualifications for being wholly or mainly trading become more stringent after 6 April 2003.
Perhaps you should make the gift sooner rather than later, but after calling 0161 832 4841.
Last September we told you about an inheritance tax "loophole" following a decision of the High Court against the Inland Revenue (the Eversden case). It concerned the use of a Defeasible Life Interest Trust.
The Inland Revenue are appealing (perhaps we should re-phrase that) and, as yet, we don't know how successful such schemes will be. Just a reminder that the opportunity is still there.
Year end tax planning. Just a few weeks to go. Maximise income tax, capital gains and inheritance tax reliefs, exemptions and allowances.
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Mo Al-Bakara lost all the animals in his zoo during the bombing of Gaza in 2009. By far the greatest draw, were the two zebras. Both died and Mo did not have the financial resources to replace them. So he painted a couple of donkeys instead. This is the story of how one man's spirit won over Hamas, the Israeli Government and some reluctant jihads in an attempt to reopen his embattled zoo and turn Gaza into a tourist hot spot.
THE JACKET
A failed accountant comes across a magic jacket, which continually provides him with money. But soon he begins to realise that each sum is connected to a crime.
As the money escalates, so do the crimes, which creep ever closer to his own doorstep. He loves his new lifestyle, the cars, the girls, the suits, the holidays, but at what cost? And whose?
WE KILL WHO WE LIKE
A man falls from a window. Not just any man, but a prominent scientist in charge of covert chemical warfare experiments for the US military. Years later the man's son, unconvinced by the 'suicide' verdict, reopens the case with the help of District Attorney Joseph Meyer.
As a cold case, Meyer appreciates most of the witnesses would have expired. Less easy to explain is why the remaining few are dropping like flies. As ex ex-Black Ops veteran, Meyer knows how the CIA works. First they'll ruin his credit, then his reputation. Soon his friends will start to disappear and he will be the chief suspect. But he's prepared. He's also gripped by the investigation. Obsessive.
He has a hunger to expose a Government he believes is out of control. But can he do so before orders are issued for his own
involuntary suicide.
When recently graduated architectural student Matt Harper decides to rejuvenate a dilapidated lighthouse, he omits to tell his girlfriend that all the previous owners, and even those who tried to buy it, died in mysterious circumstances. Not wishing her boyfriend to lose his shirt, Martha joins him in the isolated north coast of Wales where the tide is in twenty hours a day - cutting off the lighthouse completely.
Martha tries not to listen to stories from the locals, which tell of gruesome deaths in the lighthouse and ghouls from a 17th Century shipwreck who haunt the beaches. But it soon becomes clear that the lighthouse wants Matt as its new keeper. And Martha is surplus to requirements.


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PM calls for more united effort
September 19, 2010 webmaster National, Normal
By GABRIEL FITO
PRIME Minister Sir Michael Somare has challenged Papua New Guineans to reflect on their achievements in the last 35 years and work even harder in the next 35 years.
Speaking at the country's 35th independence anniversary in Wewak last Thursday, Sir Michael said PNG had achieved a lot in terms of infrastructure and natural resources development, agriculture and education in the last 30 years.
He encouraged parents to be committed to the education of their children so that they return to help develop the country.
With the introduction of free education for all primary and secondary schools next year, "our children must make every effort to go to school so that they become leaders who will change our country in the years ahead".
The prime minister said in order for the country to change, everyone from the gardener to those holding top positions in high places should do their share of work.
He told hundreds of people at the Wewak sports stadium that he would bring in more development projects to East Sepik, but urged the people to take ownership of them. The Wewak market and jetty projects are currently under construction.
Sir Michael opened the sports stadium last Thursday afternoon.
He also hinted on plans for a new Wewak hospital and museum.
A colourful celebration, commemorating PNG's 35th independence anniversary, started in the morning with floats by members of the disciplinary forces, various schools in Wewak, the ex-servicemen and St John Ambulance.
Cultural singsing, displays and games continued throughout the day until 4pm when Sir Michael officially opened the K19 million Wewak sports stadium.
No bribery at lands, workers told
LLG president jailed for stealing K8,000


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import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.ListView;

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import com.pony.epidroid.adapter.ProjectListAdapter;
import com.pony.epidroid.api.Api;
import com.pony.epidroid.api.data.ProjectEntry;
import com.pony.epidroid.api.listeners.data.ProjectsListener;
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Now that Apple's A12 Bionic and Huawei's Kirin 980 have been released, all eyes are on Qualcomm, with chipset manufacturer's executives expected to be present at an even a little late this year. According to a tipster, there are just a few more days left to go before the Snapdragon 8150 is officially unveiled.
According to the well-known leakster Ice Universe, the Snapdragon 8150 chipset will be announced on December 4 in Hawaii during the Qualcomm Technology Summit. Apparently, invitations have already been sent out to the Chinese media, with the company is also expected to provide briefings of the 5G standard.
Like the A12 Bionic and Kirin 980 launched this year, the Snapdragon 8150 will be made using TSMC's 7nm FinFET process. The SoC might follow in the footsteps of the Kirin 980, meaning that it will feature an octa-core CPU, but with a different configuration. The Snapdragon 8150 will reportedly feature two very high-performance Kryo Gold Plus cores, followed by Gold cores, and then the efficient Silver ones.
The Gold Plus cores will allegedly provide clock speeds up to 3.0GHz, and since the Snapdragon 845's performance cores are running at 2.80GHz (2.96GHz on the ASUS ROG Phone thanks to its superior cooling solution), Qualcomm should not experience difficulties reaching the aforementioned clock speed. The Gold ones are expected to run at a lower frequency. However, these speeds might be of a prototype or earlier version and the real speeds might be higher than what we previously reported. Lastly, the chipset will also feature a new neural processing unit.
The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8150 chipset is expected to power a number of flagships next year, some of which are expected to arrive in March after being announced during the MWC 2019 trade show in February. The performance of Qualcomm's upcoming chip is expected to be similar to that of Huawei's Kirin 980.
The performance differences between the Snapdragon 835 and Snapdragon 845 weren't that extensive, so Qualcomm is expected to launch something worthwhile in the coming months. If you want to check out our previous coverage of the Snapdragon 8150, don't forget to check out the links below.


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13th World Congress of Accounting Educators and Researchers
November 8-10, 2018 | Sydney, Australia
Sydney is the premier destination for art, culture, beautiful beaches and majestic scenery. With iconic cityscapes and a glorious harbour you will be able to explore everything from the natural beauty of Bondi Beach to our most renowned landmarks - the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Sydney Opera House.
Australia's first university, founded in 1850, boasts 2 main campuses, Darlington and Camperdown, and many satellite campuses including the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Notable alumni included the current Prime Minister of Australia, Malcolm Turnbull, and five other PMs including John Howard and Gough Whitlam.
We are ranked in the top 10 of the world's most beautiful universities, with buildings modelled on architecture seen the universities of Cambridge and Oxford. The Quadrangle is the most prominent of these sandstone structures and it forms the centre of the neo-Gothic aesthetic of the Camperdown campus.
We are lucky to have The Great Hall and MacLaurin Hall feature in the World Congress program, with welcome drinks and the Gala Dinner being held in these spaces respectively.
The Abercrombie Business School building is one of the latest architectural feats of the last few years and will proudly host the majority of the session held at the World Congress. It offers students and staff more than 9,100 square metres of teaching and learning spaces, across 6 levels, and is the thriving centre of the Sydney Business School.
Located only 14 minutes' walk from the closest train station, guests can alight at Redfern Station and walk along Abercrombie Street to reach the ABS building. Multiple bus services run along City Road, Darlington.
Fares and payments for most bus, train, light rail and ferry services can be made using an Opal card. For more information on trip planning and service timetables please visit https://transportnsw.info/
Google maps for Abercrombie Building
Kingsford Smith Airport
Fortunately Sydney's airport is located only 20 minutes from the University of Sydney. Transfers can be pre-arranged by visitors or you can use the Airport Link or catch a taxi to your hotel.
Airport Link
You can catch Sydney's Airport Train from the airport to the city, and city to the airport. Both Domestic and International terminals are serviced by the Airport Link. For network maps and timetables please visit the Airport Link webpage.
Arguably the most famous harbour in the world, Darling Harbour offers a stunning cityscape of Sydney, with sweeping views of the city skyline from Harbourside. Darling Harbour offers waterfront dining, the Chinese Garden of Friendship, SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium and the Australian National Maritime Museum.
Pyrmont, King Street Wharf and Cockle Bay offer even more opportunities to eat, drink and shop.
A short walk over Pyrmont Bridge will take you to The Star, one of Sydney's premier destinations for shopping, dining and 5 star accommodation.
Darling Harbour is only a 15 minute taxi or uber ride from Abercrombie Business School.
The closest train from darling Harbour is Town Hall.
Map of Darling Harbour
"It stands by itself as one of the indisputable masterpieces of human creativity, not only in the 20th century but in the history of humankind." Expert evaluation report to the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, 2007.
The Sydney Opera House is one of the most striking architectural sculptures of the world and is Australia's number one tourist destination, welcoming more than 8.2 million visitors a year. Make sure to visit the famous steps and take in the surrounds of the equally famous Sydney Harbour Bridge and Circular Quay. You can even take a Sydney Opera House tour, which run daily from 9am – 5pm and are available in English, French, German, Mandarin, Japanese and Korean.
The largest steel arch bridge in the world, this iconic landmark is fondly nicknamed the Coathanger by Sydneysiders. It links the CBD to North Sydney, and you can walk, drive, cycle, bus or train it over the bridge.
You can hire bicycles in the city or join Sydney Bike Tours, Bonza Bike Tours, Bikebuffs or BlueBananas for guided tours.
If you are feeling adventurous you can scale the summit of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, whether it be day, night, dawn or twilight; a spectacular experience any which way. Bridge Climb is on Cumberland Street in the historic Rocksdistrict, a stroll from either Circular Quay or Wynyard train stations.
Affectionately known by locals as "The Quay", it is Sydney's main ferry terminus. At the wharves, you can hop on a ferry to Taronga Zoo, Manly and Watson's Bay, to name a few. On weekends it is a hive of activity, with thousands of tourists and locals flocking to the waterfront, with stunning views both day and night.
The Quay is a 20 minute taxi or uber from Abercrombie.
There is a train station at Circular Quay, which is the easiest way of visiting the Quay, with multiple bus routes also servicing Circular Quay from the University of Sydney.
The Rocks is steeped in a rich history of heritage and culture. Two different pubs in The Rocks claim to be Sydney's oldest surviving pubs – the Fortune of War and the Lord Nelson. Making your way along the cobblestones takes you back over the decades, where buildings of the 18th, 19th and early 20th century still live on.
Generally every weekend The Rocks Markets is thriving with tourists and locals strolling up and down the cobblestoned lanes discovering the many gems that can be found amongst the many artists, artisans and stall holders of the markets.
There are over 50 cafes and restaurants in the vicinity, some of which have been part of the landscape for many years, including Munich Brauhaus, the Australian Heritage Hotel and the Argyle.
There may be no other beach in the world more famous than Sydney's Bondi Beach. This beautiful sandy beach is perfect for a casual walk, surfing, or taking in a glorious sunrise. Professional lifeguards patrol Bondi Beach every day of the year, with Bondi Icebergs claiming Australia's oldest swimming clubs.
Visitors and local's alike love to take in the scenery while making the trek from Bondi Beach to Coogee Beach on the Coastal Walk. Make sure you take your sunscreen and a hat as the summery conditions will be on full show in November.
Sydney Tower Eye
The Sydney Tower Eye, often referred to Centrepoint Tower, has been a striking feature of Sydney's cityscape for over 30 years, and remains the tallest structure in Sydney. Guests can enjoy views from the Sydney Tower Eye Observation Deck, and for those more daring, an outdoor SkyWalk Tour.
Another one of Sydney's stunning beaches is Manly, situated among the Northern Beaches of Sydney. The best way to get there is to hop on the famous Manly Ferry from Circular Quay.
Mrs. Macquarie's Chair
Mrs. Macquarie's Chair is a gorgeous vantage point, directly east of the Sydney Opera House, on the eastern edge of the Royal Botanic Gardens, that offers the most breathtaking view across Sydney Harbour. Admission is free
Circular Quay is the closest train station. Buses also stop at the Art Gallery of NSW.
Art Gallery of NSW
The Art Gallery was established in 1871, and takes pride in offering fine international and Australian art in one of the most beautiful art museums in the world. Located next to the Royal Botanic Gardens, and a short stroll from Mrs Macquarie's Chair, and with free admission there is no excuse not to visit.
Royal Botanic Gardens
Escape the city and dive into the fascinating history of the plants and people associated with Australia's oldest botanic garden. You can explore at your own pace, or enjoy a free Royal Botanic Garden Sydney tour. These free guided walks leave from the Information Centre at 10:30am, 7 days a week.
The MCA is Australia's leading museum dedicated to exhibiting, collecting and interpreting the work of today's artists. The MCA Collection contains over 4000 works by Australian artists that have been acquired since 1989. The MCA is a not-for-profit, charitable organisation. Each year, they raise 70% of their income from non-government sources such as donations, corporate sponsorship, venue hire, ticketed exhibitions and events.
Located at Milson's Point, Luna Park is a vibrant home to many attractions and rides. Luna Park's smiling face is the famous gateway entrance to the Park. Seeing the huge face lit up at night is a sight to be seen.
Hop on and Hop Off Buses
The best way to take in all the sights of the city is to jump on (and off) the Big Bus tour bus or the City Sightseeing tour bus. Please visit their respective webpages to view their routes, ticket pass options and prices.
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On the naming of bridges
Andrew Green • April 6, 2018 • 3 Comments
Unsurprisingly the announcement this week by Alun Cairns, Secretary of State for Wales, that the Second Severn Crossing is to be renamed the 'Prince of Wales Bridge' has caused uproar.
Perhaps it was intended to. Some have even suggested that the move is a dry run for the future announcement of a Welsh investiture of the next Prince of Wales. An even more unkind suggestion was that Mr Cairns has his eye on a future knighthood. It's arguable that he has few claims on one otherwise: the list of his achievements on behalf of his country is a very short one, while his failings, including the absence of rail electrification and the Swansea tidal lagoon, are many.
Two things about the decision have angered people.
First, Cairns took it without public consultation. It appears he had a conversation with the Welsh Government, which strangely 'raised no objection' to the renaming: it's difficult to imagine the Scottish Government rubber-stamping a similar decision in such a supine way. And speaking of Scotland, contrast the new Forth bridge opened in 2017. Everyone in the country had a chance to offer their views and vote on names beforehand (the winner was the neutral 'Queensferry Crossing'). Cairns's diktat is consistent with a worrying trend by the UK government to make unilateral decisions without considering the views of people in Wales – another is the attempted 'power grab' by Westminster of EU powers affecting devolved areas – and I suspect we can look forward, after Brexit, to more muscle-flexing from a neo-imperial British state.
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Second, the new name itself. Those of us who think that a hereditary monarchy is a morbid symptom of popular servility and immature democracy can hardly welcome a 'royal' bridge. (Republicans were flippantly dismissed by Cairns in a television interview as beneath contempt.) The Prince of Wales cannot really be the 'Prince of Wales', if you believe, as many do, that the last Prince of Wales died in 1282. And finally, Charles Windsor may not be a very appropriate figure to have his name attached to a major bridge if you accept even a fraction of the damning portrait of him in Tom Bower's recent biography, where he appears as petulant, vain, cold, remote, cruel and extravagant.
No doubt something had to be done. 'Second Severn Crossing' must always have been a working, interim name, to be replaced in time by something shorter and less prosaic. The transfer of the bridge to public ownership later this year is a suitable time for a new name. Plenty of names are available.
Historically, naming bridges is rarely a contentious matter, for a good reason: the usual source of the name is the bridge's geographical location – over which there is generally little debate. Problems arise, though, when authorities insist that a bridge should take the name of a person, whether alive or dead.
Eugene Talmadge Bridge, Savannah, Ga.
Last year Andrew Cuomo, the Governor of New York, attempted to have a bridge over the Hudson River north of the city renamed after his late father and also Governor of New York, the 'Gov. Mario M. Cuomo Bridge'. 100,000 online signatures were collected in three weeks in protest against changing the bridge's original name, the Tappen Zee, which had the advantage of commemorating both the native Americans and the Dutch inhabitants of the area.
Division over 'personal name' bridges can persist for decades. One of the main bridges in Savannah, Georgia, built in 1953 and rebuilt in 1991, was named after Governor Eugene Talmadge (1884-1946), a notorious and extreme segregationist. Savannah residents have never ceased to press for the bridge to be renamed. The fact that they haven't yet succeeded is revealing about Georgia's continuing problem with race. Campaigns to rename the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama – Pettus was a racist and leader of the Ku Klux Klan in the state – have also come to nothing.
Selim the Grim
Similar divisions arose in Istanbul when a new bridge across the Bosporus, opened in 2016 by the President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, was named the Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge in honour of the ninth Ottoman emperor, Selim I. He was known as Selim the Grim for his military aggression and the severity of his rule. It's easy to see why he would appeal to a man of such dictatorial tendencies as Erdogan, but his memory is not universally revered in Turkey. In particular, Selim was notorious for his massacre of the Alevis, a sect whose members today resent Turkey's increasing intolerance towards minority groups.
Walt Whitman Bridge
Even apparently safe names from the past can raise hackles. In 1954 the Walt Whitman Bridge over the Delaware River was opened, linking Pennsylvania and New Jersey. But Walt, it turned out, was not an American hero for everyone at the time, and a loud campaign tried to strip the bridge of its name. It was led by religious groups those members regarded him as a dangerous 'free thinker' and homosexual (or, worse still, 'homoerotic').
Much safer, then, to stick with bridge names that avoid the names of people, living or dead. One possibility, I'd suggest, would be Portskewett Bridge or Pont Porth Sgiwed, to commemorate the place from which the ferry once sailed across the Severn estuary. Portskewett is an ancient place, well worth visiting. It has traces of prehistoric, Roman and post-Roman settlement. In the middle ages, it was an important port, and when the railway came Sudbrook grew up next door as a village to house the workers who built and maintained the Severn Tunnel.
Another candidate, with a darker tone, would be Black Rock Bridge, or Pont Carreg Ddu. Black Rock was the exact spot in Portskewett from which boats started for the other side of the estuary. Roman coins found there date from the early years of Roman occupation and suggest that the ferry has been in use for many centuries. It's also the last place in Wales where fisherman come to practise the ancient art of lave fishing, taking advantage of the Severn's enormous tidal reach and power.
It's worth thinking about alternatives to the 'Prince of Wales Bridge', even if Mr Cairns insists his decision is 'final', because sometimes people decide to ignore official titles, if they're handed down from above and don't enjoy wide support. Some will remember that Charles Windsor himself, by renaming a planned extension to the National Gallery in London a 'Monstrous Carbuncle', ensured that the plans were never translated into a finished building.
Of course the first Severn Bridge would also need to be renamed. If the second bridge were to be named after a Welsh place, maybe, in fairness, the first bridge should be called after the nearest place on the English shore. So, maybe, the Aust Bridge, or, in Welsh, Pont Awst. Aust also has Roman origins, since its name apparently derives from the personal name Augustus. But on second thoughts, someone's sure to object on the grounds that the emperor Augustus was a ruthless despot and imperial villain, and that bridges should avoid being named after real people ….
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Rowland Morgan says:
The Monmouth Bridge would commemorate an ancient nearby town (and my mother's birthplace).
BTW, you might know my brother, Gerald Morgan, who is attached to the Library.
Rowland (Morgan)
Chris Armstrong says:
It is worth noting that as the 'Second' bridge is the default bridge, most people simply refer to is as the Severn Bridge (and would presumably differentiate, if necessary, by using 'old' or 'original'to refer the other bridge). I'm not sure it really needs a name – certainly not a new name – certainly not this new name – there must be many who simply just take the M4 into Wales.
Martin Lewis says:
It's clear in the case of the Second Severn Crossing that a non-personal name is required that will command the support of both royalists and republicans, and unite England and Wales, as does the bridge itself. "The Freedom Bridge" will celebrate the breaking of those bonds which have shackled us to the failing and corrupt EU, and bring ever closer together the two proud and increasingly indistinguishable nations of the UK which voted overwhelmingly for freedom on that historic day in June 2016.
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"Are you hungry?" my client asked.
"No, I've just had a good lunch," I replied, patting my stomach.
"Are you hungry? I inquired.
In my work as a professional organizer in Montreal, I've noticed that some of my clients forget to eat, or simply don't make the time to do so. Or, it could be that their lives—and their kitchens—are disorganized to the point that cooking is difficult, if not impossible.
If you prepare a freezable dish, consider doubling the batch and freezing a few portions. Use clear containers that stack and store well, and be sure to date and label the containers.
If you have trouble keeping track of what's in your fridge and/or pantry, keep lists of what you have. Scratch items off as they are used.
Similarly, keep a grocery list on the fridge, on your phone, or wherever is most convenient for you! Purchase frequently-used items so you never run out. If you shop at assorted places for different foods on your list, try grouping what you need at each store. For example, in our home, we have: supermarket, health food store, Akhavan, bakery, and small corner grocery store. We keep a separate list for the pharmacy.
If you have a lot of one ingredient and it will take you twelve years or more to use it up, offer some to a friend, neighbour, or food bank.
If you keep bread in the freezer and end up with assorted crusts, use them up by baking delicious croutons. Yum! I love homemade croutons!
Try experimenting with at least one meatless meal per week. It's beneficial for the planet, your budget, and your health! My daughter's Youtube cooking show has over 100 delectable vegetarian and vegan recipes. Check it out and subscribe.
Consider bringing your own water bottle and a healthy snack (like fruit, nuts, cheese, or crackers) when you're heading out for several hours. This will also benefit the environment, your pocketbook, and your health.
Allison Weigensberg, another professional organizer in Montreal, has put together a complete online course on kitchen organization and meal planning.
I hope that this post has given you a few ideas on how to become and remain organized in the kitchen. As always, your questions, comments, and suggestions are most welcome. I would be pleased to help you with kitchen and cooking ideas, decluttering, organizing, downsizing and more!
My daughter, Reveena, host of Reveena's Kitchen.


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AFP's 'Rigorous Neutrality' Prevails Over Nasser Abu Baker's 'Journalism In The Service of the Revolution'
By: Tamar Sternthal June 6, 2021
The Palestinian Journalists' Syndicate is calling for the revocation of the press credentials of the director of Agence France Presse's Ramallah bureau and also urged a boycott of the journalist following the French news agency's dismissal of long-time Palestinian reporter Nasser Abu Baker, who moonlights as a Fatah-affiliated activist, an inherent conflict that CAMERA exposed in 2016 ("'Rigorous Neutrality?' Palestinian Journalists' Syndicate's Nasser Abu Baker Moonlights for AFP").
As detailed in CAMERA's exclusive investigation at the time, Abu Baker's anti-Israel, political activity as a senior official at the Palestinian Journalists' Syndicate embodied the Palestinian Authority's ideal of "journalism in the service of the revolution." As explained by a senior Palestinian Authority official (quoted by Israeli reporter Yoni Ben-Menachem who was later the target of a threatening Fatah video against Israeli journalists):
We are in the middle of a revolution to establish a state and criticism of the regime and the leadership harms our struggle, and so we adopted the term "journalism in the service of the revolution" (Sahafat Ath-Thawra). Every journalist in the Palestinian Authority territory knows his limits and exercises self-censorship in order not to exceed the red lines. Whoever crosses them is punished.
"Journalism in the service of the revolution" cannot possibly coexist with AFP's values, which state:
Objectivity is a difficult goal to achieve. The mere unavoidable organisation of facts can influence a reader's judgement. However, this does not prevent us from pursuing our policy of rigorous neutrality. According to its remit, AFP is independent of the French government and all other economic or political interests.
Abu Baker's inherent conflict of interest was underscored by the 2016 Fatah Revolutionary Council elections in which he contended as a candidate and simultaneously covered. Following CAMERA's exposure of his multiple misdeeds, including his forbidden participation in a political race which he covered, AFP imposed a brief, week-long suspension of Abu Baker.
As CAMERA documented in 2016, Abu Baker used his position at PJS to call for a boycott of Israeli journalists, thereby endangering their safety and curtailing their activity in the Palestinian territory. His activity was a clear violation of AFP's "golden rules" to serve "truth, impartiality and plurality."
In addition, CAMERA's original 2016 investigation demonstrated how Abu Baker's position as head of the Palestinian Journalists' Syndicate compromised his reporting at AFP. CAMERA reveled that in a June 2015 article, Abu Baker falsely alleged that "[s]ome 17 journalists were killed covering the July-August [2014] Gaza war." At the time he was deputy chairman of the PJS. As CAMERA noted already in 2015, the AFP did not attribute the claim to any source. A report by the Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center (ITIC) stated:
About a week after the end of Operation Protective Edge the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate issued a list of 17 names, allegedly of journalists who had been killed in [the summer 2014 Gaza] operation. The list was published by the PA's Wafa News Agency, which received it from the Hamas-controlled Gaza office of the ministry of information.
About the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate, the ITIC explained:
The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate is a trade union established in 1979, originally located in Jerusalem. Today its main offices are in Ramallah and it has a branch in the Gaza Strip controlled, in ITIC assessment, by Hamas. Its chairman is Abd al-Nasser al-Najar, who has two deputies, Nasser Abu Bakr in Judea and Samaria and Tahsin al-Astal in the Gaza Strip (Website of the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate, February 4, 2015).
As the ITIC detailed, and as CAMERA communicated to AFP editors in 2015, eight of the 17 on the Hamas/PJS list were Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror operatives or worked for Hamas or Islamic Jihad media outfits. As a result of CAMERA's communication with AFP, the agency amended the reported, attributing the claim to Hamas-run information center and adding the information from the Meir Amit center that eight of the so-called journalists were actually Hamas or Islamic Jihad members.
In another instance of conflicting interests that CAMERA uncovered in 2016, AFP reported on the arrest of Omar Nazzal, "a member of the general secretariat of the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate," who, according to the Shin Bet security service was detained due to his "involvement in terror group activities" ("Israel detains Palestinian journalist without trial," May 2).
Nasser Abu Baker, wearing a Palestinian Authority military uniform (Source Facebook, Jan. 31, 2016)
The article stated that Israel's Shin Bet security service "said the journalist, 54, was recently appointed to a top position at Falestine al-Youm which Israel's army forcibly closed in Ramallah on accusations of incitement to violence."
The article neglected to note that Falestine al-Youm, or Palestine Today, is affiliated with Islamic Jihad, a terrorist organization according to the EU and theUS.
The article also omitted to note that the Shin Bet said that Nazzal took part in "unlawful activity" for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, also a terrorist organization according to the EU and the US.(Blogger Elder of Ziyon pointed out that Nazzal's articles appear on the PFLP site.) No byline accompanies the article. There is no way to know what role, if any, AFP's Nasser Abu Baker played in an article about the arrest of his PJS colleague for terror-related activities.
Abu Baker's March 11, 2016 Facebook post of the PSJ flier calling for a sit-in in solidarity with Palestine Today
Similarly, CAMERA's 2016 research found that in March, AFP covered Israeli raids of the Ramallah offices of Palestine Today, the Islamic-Jihad affiliated television station. While AFP was covering the raid of the Islamic Jihad outlet, Abu Baker's PJS was condemning it. By what means could AFP possibly have ensured rigorous neutrality in this case?
CAMERA's 2016 exposé was also the first to report Abu Baker's wild accusations against Israel, including his completely unfounded allegation that Israeli hospitals are treating 5000 ISIS members and his call on the Arab media: "We asked Arab media people to intensify their effort to expose the Nazi and racist crimes of the Israeli occupation against the Palestinian people and to bring back the Palestinian cause to the center of the Arab media's attention."
Despite his brief 2016 suspension, Abu Baker has remained undeterred, maintaining his political activity alongside his employment with AFP. In May, he confirmed his support of journalism in "support of the Palestinian struggle." As reported by the official WAFA news agency:
PJS president, Nasser Abu Baker, told the crowd that the Palestinian journalists were able to professionally present to the world the true picture of the Israel war on Gaza, which was the reason for the world's support for the Palestinian struggle.
In the name of presenting the "true picture," Abu Baker has falsely accused Israel of planning a "terrible massacre" of Palestinian journalists and called for Israel's exclusion from "membership to all forums concerned with freedom of expression and human rights and demanded the announcement of the formation of an international commission to investigate Israel's crimes against journalists." To that end, PJS reported: "Palestinian journalist Yousef Abu Hussein was killed in an Israeli airstrike on his home in the Gaza Strip." Journalism in the service of the revolution apparently compelled PJS to ignore the fact that "journalist" Yousef Abu Hussein worked for Hamas' Al-Aqsa Voice, and was thus a member of the propaganda wing of a terror organization. (Al Aqsa Voice has praised Palestinian terrorists for murdering civilians including Rina Schnerb, Kim Levengrund-Yehezkel and Ziv Hajbi, Eitam and Naama Henkin, Michael Mark, and Raziel Shevach, among countless others. Abdullah Naser Khalil Fahjan, an Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades terrorist operative who also apparently worked as a reporter for Hamas' Voice of Al-Aqsa Radio, was one of the eight terrorists killed in 2014 whom PJS misidentified as a journalist, according to ITIC.)
"The PJS, in cooperation with international journalists, is compiling a file about Israeli crimes against journalists to be presented to the International Criminal Court," Abu Baker was quoted.
Following the AFP's dismissal of Abu Baker, the Palestinian Journalists' Syndicate alleged that the news agency's "decision came as a result of the submission of The French News Agency in Jerusalem to the pressures of the Israeli occupation, and the successive campaigns of incitement against Nasser Abu Bakr."
In a statement emailed to journalists, AFP responded:
AFP came under no pressure from either the Palestinian or Israeli authorities in its decision to dismiss the journalist Nasser Abu Bakr. To declare that external pressure was placed on AFP is a serious and unacceptable attack on the reputation of the Agency, whose statutes guarantee its independence. AFP decided to part way with Nasser Abu Bakr exclusively for professional reasons, following several months of fruitless exchanges with him.
AFP regrets Mr. Abu Bakr's decision to launch a smear campaign against the Agency and views certain statements as unacceptable incitements to violence against its staff, punishable under Palestinian law.
Five years after AFP's minimal steps to rein in Abu Baker's wholly unprofessional and unethical calls for boycotting and threatening Israeli journalists and Palestinians who speak with them, the news agency today finds itself the target of his incitement and boycott campaigns. Albeit belatedly, AFP finally appears to be standing up resolutely against Abu Baker's bullying in the service of the revolution.
See also, "Corrupt State of Affairs at the International Federation of Journalists"?
With research by CAMERA Arabic
Updated June 14: Scientific American Removes Article Promoting BDS
In the Wake of Latest Gaza War, Rolling Stone Piles on with Anti-Israel Spin
Tamar Sternthal Tamar Sternthal is director of CAMERA's Israel Office. She monitors both U.S. publications and English-language Israeli publications, and heads up CAMERA's "Haaretz, Lost in Translation" project. Her columns have appeared in numerous American and Israeli publications, including the Times of Israel, Jerusalem Post, Ynet, Algemeiner, Philadelphia Daily News, St. Petersburg Times, and the Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles. Sternthal is interviewed on radio about the media's coverage of the Arab-Israeli conflict and regularly participates in panels about the media, hosted by universities and think tanks in Israel.
Twitter handle: http://twitter.com/TamarSternthal
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World rice supplies continuing to build
The world could have nearly 700 million metric tons of rice on hand by the time the 2019-20 marketing year crops are harvested.
Forrest Laws | Jun 10, 2019
Farmers in the world's larger rice-producing countries are expected to grow less grain this year, but carryover supplies are so burdensome the declines are expected to have little impact on world rice prices.
The world could have nearly 700 million metric tons of rice on hand by the time the 2019-20 marketing year crops are harvested, according to estimates in USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service Production, Supply and Distribution database.
Related: Weather extremes set back Louisiana rice
"A large carry-in is projected to boost global rice supplies to record high levels in 2019-20 despite the fact the crop is projected slightly down," said Dr. Nathan Childs, senior agricultural rice economist with USDA's Economic Research Service, during a University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture Food and Agribusiness webinar.
"The first projections early in the year are for a slightly smaller global production of about 498.4 million metric tons on a milled basis," he said. "That is down about 1.5 million tons from this year's (2018-19) record." (To watch the webinar, visit https://bit.ly/2wOQzKR.)
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China, India and the United States are projected to all have declines. "China and India are the largest producers, and no one else is even close," he said. "Between them they have 40 percent of global production."
World rice supplies have been building since shortfalls in production led to food riots in some countries in 2006. Since then, rice supplies have set new records almost every year as producers in different parts of the world have harvested more grain.
"Global ending stocks are projected to reach 172 million metric tons, which would be up 2.2 million from 2018-19," said Childs. "But the 1.4 percent increase is the smallest since they began rising in 2006."
Fewer U.S. acres
U.S. farmers were expected to plant fewer acres of rice in 2019, but growers have struggled with difficult planting conditions almost since the first day soils were warm enough to plant in 2019. When Childs spoke on May 30, some were still planting while others had filed for prevented planting due to the unusually wet conditions.
"When USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service issued its planting intentions survey in March, expectations were U.S. growers would plant 2.87 million acres of rice, which would have been down just 2.6 percent from 2018," Childs said. "With expectations of a very large carryout for 2018-19 and declining U.S. prices, I think almost everyone expected U.S. area to decline, but earlier expectations were for a larger decline.
USDA's latest forecasts put U.S. long-grain acres at 2.15 million, which would be up 2.1 percent from 2018-18. Combined medium and short grain acres were indicated at 674,000 acres, which would be down 4.7 percent. Most of that decline would occur in California.
"California came in about 485,000 total," he said. "It has the ability to plant in the low 500,000s so the 485,000 was somewhat low for California."
All rice plantings were indicated lower in Arkansas, California and Louisiana with Arkansas accounting for more than half of the 76,000-acre intended plantings decline. Louisiana was indicated to be down about 40,000 acres.
"Really Arkansas and Louisiana were both down about 40,000, and I think California around 23,000," Childs noted. "Plantings were indicated to be slightly higher this year in Mississippi, Missouri and Texas, but those were not big increases."
Planting progress
Planting progress has been behind last year and behind each state's five-year average most of the spring, especially in the Delta region of Mississippi, Missouri and Arkansas. "Louisiana was the only state in the South whose plantings were close to caught up although they are still a little behind.
"There is still time to catch up with the plantings, and the impact of late-planted rice on yield is hard to estimate at this time. Conditions in California have generally been favorable with reservoir levels and snowmelt above normal. While planting was slow at first, there were late-season rains and cooler than normal temperatures, and the planting pace has nearly caught up with last year. However, emergence remains well behind a normal."
The first survey of actual plantings will be released on June 28, and those will be incorporated in the July World Agricultural Supply Demand Estimates from USDA.
"If you look at it, you can see a declining trend in U.S. rice area," says Childs. "It used to be plantings in the low 3 million range were pretty common. Now it's below 3 million. In the baseline projections we made last fall, we did not see the U.S. rice area reaching 3 million over the next decade."
Rice crops are also projected to be smaller in Brazil, Ecuador, Madagascar, Mali, Paraguay, Sri Lanka, Taiwan and Venezuela, according to Childs. "Many of these countries are export-oriented, especially in southern South America, and prices are just not high enough to make rice competitive with other competing crop options. Brazil's area is probably the smallest in 60 to 70 years."
On the other hand, larger rice crops are forecast in 2019-20 for Bangladesh, Burma, Cambodia, Cote d'Ivoire, Egypt, the European Union, Guinea, Guyana, Indonesia, Iraq, Laos, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Thailand and Vietnam.
"Several major exporters, all Asian and mostly Southeast Asia are expected to produce larger crops in 2019-20, many of them records," he said. "Indonesia and Bangladesh now produce almost the same amount of rice. Ten to 15 years ago Indonesia harvested substantially more rice than Bangladesh, but Bangladesh has been increasing rice production."
For more on the University of Arkansas Food and Agribusiness webinars, visit https://www.uaex.edu/farm-ranch/economics-marketing/food-agribusiness-webinars/.
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In X-Men Origins: Wolverine, when Wolverine was getting infused with Adamantium in the Weapon X facility, the following still from the film reveals that he was strapped-on at the floor of the chamber, wearing black underpants.
(Please correct me if you think I am getting this wrong, but I think those appear to underpants and not straps. Notice the curvature of the straps around the crotch area, as opposed to the straightness of the chest strap. Also, the needles were clearly periodically arranged on the sides, so there was no reason for Wolverine to not be wearing anything in the pelvic region.)
Yet, a few seconds later, when Wolverine breaks free from the chamber, he emerges wearing his birthday suit (at 1:36 or 1:37 in the linked video). In fact, after breaking free, there is also a shot where he streaks across the field of an old couple.
So, where did Wolverine lose those underpants? Or were those merely some straps?
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Rósa held the position as a Project Manager in Prevention of Injuries at the Public Health Institute of Iceland for 4 years (2007-2011), introducing and initiating Safe Community in Iceland and also representing Iceland as WHO National Focal Point in prevention of injuries. Since 2011, Rósa holds the position as a CEO at Sun Medical AS and Sólstödur ehf, a Norwegian / Icelandic employment agency, recruiting Icelandic nurses to work in Norwegian hospitals. In addition she has had various projects working as an ICU nurse in Icelandic and Norwegian hospitals, in Nursing Homes and Home Care Nursing.
Rósa is one the founders of the European federation of Critical Care Nursing associations, EfCCNa and has held various board positions as a Meeting Secretary, Vice-President and President from 2008 - 2014. She was awarded the EfCCNa Honorary Fellowship Award in 2015.
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The Fred Hembeck Show: Episode 46
Jimmy Olsen's gh-gh-gh-ghost!
By Fred Hembeck
Updated: 17 Jun 2012 12:03 pm
Posted: 31 Jan 2006 8:55 am
Yesterday was my birthday.
I mention that not in any coy effort to garner your well wishes (or, given my ever advancing age, your pity...), but instead because it prompts me to relate a story of what happened to me on ANOTHER birthday, one that took place fourteen years ago. The truth is, the fact that the events that I'll (eventually) get around to discussing happened on such a personally gala day is almost incidental — except in several ways, they're actually not.
Whatever. In reality, today's episode is REALLY about Superman — specifically, the classic nineteen fifties television program, The Adventures of Superman, starring George Reeves.
When I first began to watch the show, back in 1960, I was a mere babe of 7 and hadn't yet jumped on the costumed comic-book character bandwagon. I wasn't even a steady viewer at that tender age, and though the actor who donned the cape had already met his still mysterious demise several years earlier — making that at least ONE trauma I didn't have to suffer through first-hand — there was plenty in those old black and white episodes to raise the hairs on the back of my neck during that more innocent era.
I can still vividly recall sitting on the rug in front of the TV one afternoon at my Grandmother's house — an old, dark and marginally creepy place in any event — an experience I recorded visually a few years back, in a sequence included in a two-page Little Freddy strip focusing on my beloved Nanny...
To quote the next panel, "A couple of years later, I FINALLY mustered up enough courage to sit through the ENTIRE episode. Guess what? That haunting phrase? Spoken by a PARROT!! AND totally incidental to the plot as well!? Sigh..."
(To read the entire strip, click here. The above snippet is the only portion relevant to today's topic, though, so you may want to save that for later, after you've plowed through the rest of what we have here.)
But aside from that little bump in the road, I soon became a loyal and devoted fan of the Superman TV show. And honestly, how could I not've? The 104 episodes (filmed between 1951 and 1957) were broadcast every weekday afternoon on WPIX, channel 11 in New York, for what seemed like decades. But more importantly, those were my formative years. Back then (along with regularly having to walk five miles to school in a blinding snowstorm), there were no VCRs, no DVDs — though we Long Islanders we were far luckier than most, because being in the outer reaches of the Big Apple's broadcast proximity, we had seven different channels available to choose from (maybe eight, if you didn't mind watching the Connecticut station through varying amounts of video snow). So, a lot of times, given that still limited palette, you'd seize upon a show, and just watch it, and watch it, and watch it some more, until you could virtually recite the dialog right along with the actors up on the screen. For me, The Adventures of Superman was most definitely one of those shows (others would be, not surprisingly, I Love Lucy, The Honeymooners, Abbott and Costello, and Dick Van Dyke, but we're straying — sorry. Back to the topic de jour...)
Of course, it was far more than sheer repetitious availability that endeared me so to the show. The Adventures of Superman was never really close to being faithful to the big guy's four-color roots, after all — I mean, they even managed to get Ma and Pa Kent's first names wrong in the origin episode! We never saw even a hint of Lex Luthor, Jimmy Olsen didn't have red hair, and if the plot called for it, Superman was blithely gifted with never-to-seen-again abilities like splitting in half and walking through walls (though, considering some of the excesses of the Weisinger era, maybe THAT wasn't so out of character — the TV folks just forgot to interject a little whiff of Red Kryptonite, is all...) — but that didn't truly matter. What mattered was, despite the severely limited budget, a dizzying overuse of stock shots, and some of the later season's more preposterous (and childish) storylines, the video version of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster's brilliant creation gave us characters we could admire, played straight and to the best of their ability by a group of deceptively talented and vastly underrated actors. Unlike the cast of the Batman show the following decade, even when cavorting with the likes of Professor Pepperwinkle's robot creation, Mr. McTavish, or the diminutive alien with low self-esteem, Mr. Zero, Reeves and company somehow managed to keep their dignity intact. This Superman may've had to endure the muddled machinations of witless gangsters (played, seemingly in rotation, by the same seven character actors), but at least no one ever asked him to do the Batusi! And for that alone, I'm eternally grateful...
Funny thing about watching the same show over and over each day when you're a kid, though — eventually, you get tired of it So you stop tuning in, maybe a year or two goes by, then you look up and realize — POOF! — it's not on any more, and you miss it! It happened to me with Superman, which quietly left the air for awhile towards the end of the sixties. And y'know, when it finally DID return, it somehow seemed all fresh and shiny again, and I was delighted to have an opportunity for another run-through with the Man of Steel and his small screen associates! But soon after, college beckoned, meaning time to squat in front of the tube became scarce, and — in my third year — I transferred away from home on up to Buffalo, where the show wasn't even being broadcast at all! Oh, the hardships of college life — spartan living conditions, meager food supplies, and no daily dose of Clark, Jimmy, Lois and Perry! How I EVER made it through those years, I'll never know!...


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Hugo Island (or Víctor Hugo) is an isolated ice-covered island  long, with several rocky islets and pinnacles off its east side, located off the west side of the Antarctic Peninsula, about  southwest of Cape Monaco, Anvers Island. It was probably discovered by C.J. Evensen, captain of the Peninsula in 1893, because an unnamed island of similar extent and location first appeared on the charts at that time. The island was charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, under Dr. J.B. Charcot, who named it for the French poet and novelist Victor Hugo, grandfather of Charcot's first wife, whose maiden name was Jeanne Hugo.

See also
 List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
 Phelps Rock

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What games does Hollywood Poker offer?
Hollywood Poker offer many different varieties of poker to cater for you needs. The standard games offered on all poker sites are available at Hollywood Poker: Hold 'Em (No Limit, Pot Limit and Limit), Omaha (Pot Limit and Limit), Omaha Hi-Lo (Pot Limit and Limit) and Seven Card Stud and Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo. Hollywood Poker also offers five card draw (No Limit, Pot Limit and Limit). Hollywood Poker has various tournaments and cash games at nearly every level you can think of.
Does Hollywood Poker have a deposit bonus for new players?
Hollywood Poker offers various deposit bonuses depending on the level you wish to play at. If you are a beginner, looking to play a little, they have a 100% bonus, up to $50. The amounts then go up through the ranks of players, right up to bonuses for professional players. The bonuses are designed to be easy to clear for the level and amount you want to play at. The maximum bonus they offer is 1,000%, matched up to $5,000. Naturally, these bonus would be incredibly difficult to clear if you weren't playing poker for a living, so something along the lines of 100% up to $250 might be more viable, as the points needed per day is only 23, as opposed to 1,112 for the professional player bonus.
Do Hollywood Poker offer monthly reload bonuses?
Hollywood Poker offers various monthly reload bonuses throughout the year. Players are notified if and when they are happening.
What is the software like at Hollywood Poker?
The software at Hollywood poker isn't near the top when it comes to poker rooms. It can be slightly glitchy at times. However, it is reasonably reliable, if somewhat slow. The poker room itself looks very attractive and pleasing to the eye.
The lobby is easy to navigate, allowing you to refine your search to find a specific game.
The features available at Hollywood Poker include the use of a four color deck and the ability to have "mini tables" so you can play several tables at once without any animation or graphics.
The software allows you to have your own animated player, but this can be turned off through the options and a more traditional view can be had of the table.
Hollywood Poker also has a Flash based client which is stripped of a lot of the features, but allows you to play at Hollywood Poker without having to download the client.
Does Hollywood Poker have a loyalty store or rewards program?
Yes, Hollywood Poker offers a loyalty store where you can spend our Poker Points on various items such as clothing for him and her, or other various Hollywood Poker branded accessories. The Hollywood Poker rewards program is known as clubHOLLYWOOD poker and has varying levels depending on how many Poker Points you earn throughout the month. Just one point gets you into the Bronze Level, where you will receive newsletters, freerolls and various cash bonuses. These levels go up to the Titanium Level, which requires you to earn 6,000 points or more in a month. The main differences are the size of the cash bonuses offered at each level.
Does Hollywood Poker have a Refer a Friend program?
Hollywood Poker does have a Refer a Friend program. You can earn $50 per person referred and you can refer up to ten players a week, allowing you to earn, potentially, $2,000 a month if your players deposit funds and clear 800 points in a month of play. Your friend will also receive a $100 Player Referral bonus.
Does Hollywood Poker have a Bad Beat Jackpot or High Hand Jackpot?
Currently, Hollywood Poker does not have a Bad Beat or High Hand Jackpot.
What countries and nationalities can play at Hollywood Poker? Can Americans play at Hollywood Poker?
Hollywood Poker have players from nearly every country in the world, as they're on a global network (OnGame) Unfortunately, however, they do not allow Americans to play at Hollywood Poker.
How do I deposit money into Hollywood Poker?
There are many ways you can deposits funds into your Hollywood Poker account. You can use Neteller, InstaCash, Firepay, Click2Pay, MoneyBookers as well as Visa and Mastercard.
How do I withdraw money from Hollywood Poker?
You can withdraw funds from Hollywood Poker using various methods. You can use Neteller, InstaCash, MoneyBookers, click2pay, or by check (regular or couriered). Your method of withdrawing is dependent on how you deposited money into your account, however.
Is Hollywood Poker trustworthy? Is my money secure at Hollywood Poker?
Hollywood Poker is and established name in poker and we wholeheartedly trust them. They are extremely open about what software they use for their Random Number Generator and invite you to analyze the statistics if you so wish. Their credit card processing is done by a third party company and, again, they are open and transparent about the company they use.
¿Qué juegos se ofrecen Hollywood Poker?
Hollywood Poker ofrece muchas variedades diferentes de poker para atender a sus necesidades. Los juegos estándar ofrecido a todos los sitios de póker están disponibles en Hollywood Poker: Hold 'Em (No Limit, Pot Limit y Límite), Omaha (Pot Limit y Límite), Omaha Hi-Lo (Límite de Bote y Límite) y Seven Card Stud y Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo. Hollywood Poker también ofrece drenaje de cinco tarjetas (No Limit, Pot Limit y Límite). Hollywood Poker tiene varios torneos y juegos de dinero en efectivo en casi todos los niveles que se pueda imaginar.
¿Tiene Hollywood Poker tiene un bono de depósito para nuevos jugadores?
Hollywood Poker ofrece bonos de depósito distintos dependiendo del nivel que desea jugar. Si usted es un principiante, que buscan jugar un poco, tienen una bonificación del 100%, hasta $ 50. Las cantidades aumentan de acuerdo al nivel de los jugadores con bonos para un nivel profesional. Los bonos están diseñados para ser fácil de pagar de acuerdo al nivel y la cantidad que desea jugar. El bono máximo que ofrecen es de 1.000%, combinado de hasta $ 5.000. Naturalmente, este bono sería increíblemente difícil de borrar si no juega al póker profesionalmente, así que bonos de 100% hasta 250 dólares podría ser más viable, ya que los puntos que se necesitan por día es sólo 23, frente a 1.112 para el bono del jugador profesional.
¿Ofrece Hollywood Poker bonos mensuales de recarga?
Hollywood Poker ofrece diferentes bonos de recarga mensual a lo largo del año. Los jugadores son notificados cuando esto sucede.
¿Cómo es el software de Hollywood Poker?
El software de Hollywood Poker no es superior cuando se trata de salas de póker. Puede ser un poco fastidioso a veces. Sin embargo, es bastante fiable, aunque algo lento. La sala de poker se ve muy atractivo y agradable a la vista.
El vestíbulo es de fácil navegación, lo que le permitirá refinar su búsqueda para encontrar un juego específico.
Las funciones disponibles en el Hollywood Poker incluyen el uso de una baraja de cuatro colores y la capacidad de tener "mesas" mini para que pueda jugar varias mesas a la vez sin ningún tipo de animación o gráficos.
El software permite que usted tenga su propio reproductor de animación, pero esto puede ser desactivado a través de las opciones que permite tener una visión más tradicional de la mesa.
Hollywood Poker también está basado en Flash y aunque tiene no tiene muchas de las características, te permite jugar en el Hollywood Poker sin tener que descargar el programa.
¿Tiene Hollywood Poker una tienda de lealtad o un programa de premios?
Sí, Hollywood Poker ofrece una tienda de lealtad puede gastar los puntos de póker en diversos artículos, como ropa para, o varios otros accesorios de marca Hollywood Poker. El programa de premios de Hollywood Poker que se conoce como clubHOLLYWOOD póker, tiene varios niveles dependiendo del número de puntos de póker que usted gana durante todo el mes. Sólo un punto y estarás dentro del nivel VIP Bronce, donde recibirás boletines informativos, freerolls y distintas bonificaciones en efectivo. Estos niveles van hasta el nivel de titanio, que requiere ganar 6.000 puntos o más en un mes. Las principales diferencias son el tamaño de los bonos en efectivo que ofrece en cada nivel.
¿Tiene Hollywood Poker un programa Refiere a un Amigo?
Hollywood Poker tiene un programa Referir a un Amigo. Usted puede ganar $50 por persona referida y puede referir hasta diez jugadores por semana, lo que le permite ganar, potencialmente, 2.000 dólares al mes si tus jugadores depositan fondos y pagan 800 puntos en un mes de juego. Su amigo también recibirá un bono de $ 100 de bono de Referencia.
¿Tiene Hollywood Poker un Bad Beat Jackpot o un High Hand Jackpot?
Actualmente, Hollywood Poker no tiene un Bad Beat Jackpot o un High Hand Jackpot.
¿Qué países y nacionalidades pueden jugar en Hollywood Poker? ¿Pueden jugar los estadounidenses en Hollywood Poker?
Hollywood Poker tiene jugadores de casi todos los países del mundo, ya que está en una red global (OnGame) Por desgracia, sin embargo, no permiten a los estadounidenses jugar en el Hollywood Poker.
¿Cómo puedo depositar dinero en Hollywood Poker?
Hay muchas maneras de depositar fondos en su cuenta de Hollywood Poker. Puede usar Neteller, InstaCash, Firepay, Click2Pay, MoneyBookers, así como Visa y Mastercard.
¿Cómo puedo retirar dinero de Hollywood Poker?
Usted puede retirar fondos de Hollywood Poker usando varios métodos. Puede usar Neteller, InstaCash, Moneybookers, Click2Pay, o por cheque (regular o por servicio courier). Su método de retiro depende de cómo deposita dinero en su cuenta.
¿Es Hollywood Poker digno de confianza? ¿Está mi dinero seguro en Hollywood Poker?
Hollywood Poker es un nombre establecido en el póker y se puede confiar en ellos. Son muy abiertos sobre el software que utilizan para su generador de números aleatorios y le invitamos a analizar las estadísticas si así lo desea. Su procesamiento de tarjetas de crédito es realizado por una tercera empresa y, de nuevo, son abiertos y transparentes sobre la compañía que utilizan.
What is HollywoodPoker's Canadian Poker Night?
Every Tuesday night HollywoodPoker is dedicated to dealing out the very best in No Limit Texas Hold'em poker. All you need to do to win big is knock out celebrities to pad your bankrool with cash and earn points to climb the Bounty Hunter Leader Board. Win $10 and earn 1 Bounty Hunter point for each celebrity you knock out. The higher you climb the Bounty Hunter Leader Board, the more cash you win!
To capture more cash in a month, stake out Celebrity players at all three Celebrity Bounty Series Tournaments and knock out as many as you can! Then combine all your points to get to the top of the Bounty Hunter Leader board. At the end of the month HollywoodPoker will reward the top five (5) Bounty Hunters with cash.


Along with the advancement of technology, dating has also evolved into something else. There are countless apps and websites that make the hook-up culture easier, providing a long list of date candidates for the singles and not-so-singles.
But they say, if you want a really meaningful and romantic relationship, it is still best to stick with the old-fashioned way.
He contacts you regularly, not necessarily every moment, but at least as much as possible.
He is genuinely interested in your life and asks about how your day went.
He takes interest in the things you are interested in, because he simply likes it when you are happy and he wants to be part of your life.
He will also bring your to his family and friends because he wants you to be part of his life as well.
He's never late because he respects you time.
He does not give excuses and make time just to be with you.
He takes you to a proper restaurant instead of a club so that you can hear each other speak.
Your number saved on his phone has your name on it because he has nothing to hide.
He strives to make a good impression by looking good and having proper manners.
He shows that he wants a second date before he leaves.


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40 Persei (40 Per / o Persei) es una estrella en la constelación de Perseo de magnitud aparente +4,98.

40 Persei es una estrella blanco-azulada de la secuencia principal de tipo espectral B0.5V.
Es muy caliente, alcanzando su temperatura efectiva los 28.700 K.
Su luminosidad es 23.600 veces superior a la luminosidad solar y una gran parte de su energía es radiada como luz ultravioleta.
Tiene un radio 6,2 veces más grande que el radio solar y su período de rotación es inferior a 10 días.
Con una masa de 14 masas solares sobrepasa el límite a partir del cual las estrellas finalizan su vida explosionando como supernovas.
Por ello, después de que 40 Persei complete su núcleo de helio, aumentará en tamaño hasta convertirse en una supergigante roja que fusionará su helio interior, a través de neón, magnesio y azufre, para formar en última instancia hierro.
Dado que la fusión nuclear no puede progresar más allá del hierro, se producirá el colapso del núcleo y la explosión en forma de supernova.
La edad actual de 40 Persei es de casi 12 millones de años.

Al igual que otras estrellas de la constelación como Menkib (ζ Persei) o X Persei, 40 Persei forma parte de la Asociación estelar Perseus OB2.
Se encuentra a 1055 ± 72 años luz de distancia del Sistema Solar.

Referencias

Estrellas
Constelación de Perseo


Video about the Noborders demonstration in Glasgow during the G8 2005 in Scotland.
Another London planning meeting on Sunday 29th June, 2(!)pm, (Pullens Centre,184 Crampton Street, Elephant and Castle, SE17). Get involved!


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In informatica con il termine Open Wi-Fi ci si riferisce a una PWLAN (Public Wireless Local Area Network) accessibile senza una password di rete (WEP o WPA).

Open Wi-Fi indica anche il processo che mira a rendere gratuito l'accesso ad internet. La questione suscita pareri contrastanti sotto aspetti che riguardano la salute, la privacy e la sicurezza in rete.

Open Wireless movement è una coalizione di avvocati, compagnie, organizzazione e ingegneri che lavorano per sviluppare nuove tecnologie wireless e per promuovere un movimento di apertura di internet.

Bruce Schneier, crittografo e saggista statunitense, considera il mantenimento di una rete aperta come "alla base di una buona istruzione"

Situazione in Italia

Per la fornitura al pubblico dell'accesso W-LAN occorre innanzitutto distinguere le imprese in base alla loro attività commerciale prevalente:

 Impresa che ha come attività commerciale la fornitura di servizi di comunicazione elettronica: Per questo tipo di esercizi commerciali si applica:
 Obbligo nel richiedere un'autorizzazione generale al Ministero dello sviluppo economico - Direzione generale servizi di comunicazione elettronica, di radiodiffusione e postale - Roma;
 Essere iscritti al Registro degli operatori di comunicazione presso l'Autorità per le garanzie nelle comunicazioni (Agcom) in modo da essere autorizzati ad agire come internet service provider;
 Identificazione degli utilizzatori del servizio non obbligatoria.
 Impresa o esercizio commerciale che non ha come attività principale la fornitura di servizi di comunicazione elettronica: In Italia, grazie alla legge di conversione N. 98/2013 del cosiddetto decreto "del fare" N. 69/2013 cade l'obbligo di identificazione da parte degli utenti e l'obbligo di richiesta di autorizzazione alla questura da parte di chi offre il servizio gratuito. Per questo tipo di esercizi commerciali si applica:
 Esonero dal richiedere licenza o autorizzazione generale;
 Identificazione degli utilizzatori del servizio non obbligatoria;
 Lavori di allacciamento dei terminali di comunicazione (es. Access Point) alle interfacce della rete pubblica (es. Modem - Router - ADSL in com. d'uso) completamente liberalizzati, anche per reti private che includono un elevato numero di punti di utilizzo finali e/o terminali.

Chiunque fornisca il libero accesso tramite una rete Wi-Fi aperta si espone ad eventuali indagini da parte della Polizia Postale nel caso in cui venga commesso un reato utilizzando la linea Internet intestata al fornitore. A seguito dell'abolizione definitiva con la legge n.98 del 9/8/2013 della cosiddetta legge Pisanu (L. n.155 del 31/7/2005), la quale imponeva l'obbligo di preventiva autenticazione degli utilizzatori di una rete libera, il titolare della rete deve permettere alle forze dell'ordine di effettuare indagini ed accertamenti, anche per mezzo di perquisizione o sequestro dei dispositivi d'accesso alla rete, ma non può essere ritenuto in alcun modo responsabile di eventuali atti illeciti commessi attraverso la rete, a meno che non sia egli stesso coinvolto nell'illecito. È quanto viene stabilito dalla sentenza della Corte di giustizia dell'Unione Europea n.484 del 15/09/2016 (McFadden) il cui oggetto fu l'utilizzo improprio da parte di terzi della rete locale wireless in gestione del sig. McFadden: nello specifico, la Sony Music chiese al fornitore della rete un risarcimento per la violazione dei diritti d'autore a seguito dello scaricamento illecito di un fonogramma della suddetta casa discografica da parte di utenti terzi. La Corte non esclude però che le autorità nazionali richiedano al gestore della rete di dotarsi (a proprie spese) di dispositivi idonei a garantire la rintracciabilità degli utenti, come anche indicato dalle indicazioni del Garante Privacy, contestualmente a dispositivi che tutelino i dati personali raccolti, come indicato da GDPR.

Il progetto più ampio in territorio nazionale è Free Italia Wi-FI: nato, a partire dal 2010, dall'esperienza di alcune amministrazioni promotrici come la Provincia di Roma, che, consapevoli dell'importanza di allargare il bacino di accesso alla rete Internet, hanno creato la propria rete per i cittadini del territorio di competenza. Il progetto realizza la prima federazione nazionale di reti WiFi, dove le reti dialogano tra di loro. Ha all'attivo 7676 hotspot, 83 reti federali connesse e riesce a connettere 2309231 utenti. Contiene tre progetti paralleli di Città Metropolitana di Roma, Comune di Venezia e di Regione Autonoma Sardegna. Fra i principi più importanti alla base di tale progetto ci sono: gratuità di utilizzo della rete Internet, gestione diretta del servizio da parte delle amministrazioni, carattere no-profit, conformità alla legislazione italiana, neutralità di rete e libertà di accesso per ogni cittadino al servizio. Questa iniziativa è stata però la base di un nuovo progetto del 2019 sottoscritto dal Ministro Di Maio, allora titolare del Ministero dello sviluppo economico: WiFi Italia, una rete nazionale di accesso gratuito ad internet. Il progetto si propone di creare una rete nazionale accessibile da tutti i cittadini fornendo finanziamenti per portare la connessione ad internet anche nelle zone che ne sono ancora prive. Per garantire l'identificazione degli utenti, l'accesso alla rete è consentito esclusivamente mediante l'apposita applicazione attraverso la quale si deve effettuare il login con la propria identità digitale (SPID), oppure con un account registrato sul portale del progetto.

Parallelamente, nel 2018 è stata avviata l'iniziativa WiFi4EU, un'analoga rete Wi-Fi gratuita che coinvolge tutti i Paesi membri dell'Unione Europea. Per perseguire quest'obiettivo, l'UE ha messo a disposizione finanziamenti destinati ai comuni in voucher dal valore di 15000 euro da utilizzare nell'adeguamento dell'infrastrutture (acquisto di ripetitori Wi-Fi e potenziamento della rete).

Rischi Open Wi-Fi

La natura aperta della rete solleva diversi problemi di sicurezza. Il fatto che chiunque può unirsi alla rete consente agli hacker di raccogliere il traffico degli utenti configurando un rogue access point o utilizzando applicazioni packet sniffer di rete. L'Open Wi-Fi consente infatti a un potenziale hacker di posizionarsi tra l'utente e l'hotspot. Utilizzando una applicazione sniffer, un qualunque utente potrà visionare i contenuti di navigazione degli altri utenti connessi. L'attacco ai dati con packet sniffing è per la sua semplicità di esecuzione uno dei più consueti.

Ciò è possibile mediante attacchi di tipo Man-In-The-Middle, in cui un intruso è in grado di leggere, inserire o modificare a proprio piacimento, dati tra due entità intente in una comunicazione senza che nessuna delle due parti sia in grado accorgersene.

Le informazioni più ricercate dagli hacker sono: dati delle carte di credito, e-mail contenenti materiale riservato, ecc.

Una volta in possesso di tali informazioni, il malintenzionato può utilizzarle allo stesso modo dell'utente che ne è proprietario.

Discorso analogo per i social media, esistono infatti estensioni dei comuni browser che consentono con pochi click di rubare l'identità di qualunque utente che accede alla medesima rete wireless: controllando i token di sessione di Facebook, per esempio, è possibile autenticarsi come un altro utente.

Visto il crescente utilizzo quotidiano di connessioni Wi-Fi tramite smartphone o altri dispositivi mobili, con esso aumentano allo stesso tempo anche i problemi di sicurezza legati. Questo non implica che usare una rete Wi-Fi pubblica non sia sicuro. Dato che la maggior parte degli hacker sceglie degli obiettivi facili e poco esperti, prendendo alcune precauzioni si può ridurre la probabilità di furto di dati.

Le più semplici precauzioni sono:

 L'uso di una VPN;
 Uso connessioni SSL (es. HTTPS);
 Installare soluzioni di difesa ai dispositivi;
 Disabilitare la condivisione di risorse in rete, soprattutto applicazioni di file sharing (es. impostare nel pannello di controllo l'utilizzo di una rete pubblica);
 Spegnere il Wi-Fi quando non viene utilizzato.

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Bibliografia

Collegamenti esterni

Wi-Fi


Aragon distinguished himself by meritorious achievement while engaged in ground support of Tactical Air Operations against an opposing armed force at Bien Hoa Air Base, Republic of Vietnam on May 16, 1965. On that day, several 500 pound bombs exploded accidentally while four B-57 aircraft were preparing to take off on a mission. In spite of the hazards of the fire, exploding ammunition and flying debris, he remained in the area assisting in removing injured comrades and clearing the flight line of equipment that at any time could be enveloped in fire. Through his actions many lives were spared.
By his heroic actions and unselfish dedication to duty, Aragon reflected great credit upon himself and the United States Air Force.


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Endicott Shoe Repair Business Closing After Six Decades
Bob Joseph
Photo: Bob Joseph/WNBF News
Hank's Shoe Service, a fixture in the village of Endicott for more than 60 years, is about to shut down.
The business at 112 South Nanticoke Avenue had been operated by William Smith for about 44 years. Smith, who lived in Newark Valley, died last April.
Debra Smith Wednesday said her husband "was dedicated to serving people." She had hoped to find someone to take over the shoe repair shop following Bill's death.
Although she interviewed three prospective buyers, none of them ultimately decided they wanted to run the shop.
Smith now is in the process of winding down operations at the shop in Endicott's Union District.
She noted her husband entered the business only after he learned that the original owner was preparing to retire. He checked into it and discovered it was exactly what he wanted to do.
Smith said "people are so sad" as they visit the store and learn of its impending closing.
Smith said Bill had worked at Victory Markets and then for a tree service before taking over Hank's Shoe Service. He had planned to retire in August. She described him as "an amazing man."
Contact WNBF News reporter Bob Joseph: bob@wnbf.com
For breaking news and updates on developing stories, follow @BinghamtonNow on Twitter.
Source: Endicott Shoe Repair Business Closing After Six Decades
Filed Under: Endicott
Categories: Articles, Local News


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Lilly Kolts Be'Soer is a women's rights activist from Papua New Guinea.

Biography
Be'Soer was born and raised in what is now Jiwaka Province in the highlands of Papua New Guinea. She founded Voice for Change, a non-governmental organisation which focuses on ending violence against women and girls. Be'Soer is a member of the United Nations Women Asia Pacific Civil Society Advisory Group and the Jiwaka Provincial Committee on Budgeting and Planning, Chair of the Family Violence Support Group in South Whagi District of Jiwaka Province and a member of the Pacific Women's Network Against Violence Against Women. Be'Soer also established a committee to address violence related to witchcraft and sorcery and she is the General-Secretary of the United Nations Women Highlands Regional Human Rights Defenders Network. She is the director of the Rural Women's Development Initiative in Papua New Guinea.

Be'Soer has also assisted with facilitating mediation in tribal conflicts and wars. In January 2012, she coordinated a peace agreement in Jiwaka Province between clans of the Kondika tribe who had been at war since 2009. The agreement included the resettlement of about 500 internally displaced families.

Recognition
In 2010 Be'Soer received the Pacific Human Rights Defenders Award.

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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Papua New Guinean women's rights activists
Papua New Guinean women activists
People from Jiwaka Province


Clemson, SC- Shastin Leathers, a senior diver for the Tigers, set a new school record on the one- meter board Friday night against South Carolina. She accumulated a score of 298.28 over her six dives to break her own mark of 271.65 set last season at the Nike Cup.
Leathers and teammate Jess Watcke (278.48) surpassed the NCAA Zone Qualifying score of 255.00 in the one-meter competition. The duo also eclipsed the mark on the three-meter board as Leathers came in fourth with a score of 278.48 and Watcke placed third with a score of 280.50.
South Carolina also made its mark on the record boards Friday night. Allison Brennan broke the women's pool record of with her score of 334.05 on the one-meter board, and Ian Bulman broke the men's pool record with his effort of 340.05, also on the one-meter board.