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Terzo Tempo – Il Derby della Madonnina
Today was the day many of us Interisti have been waiting for and for more than one reason. Not only was it the "Derby della Madonnina" or the Milan Derby but also it was our new/old coach Manicini's first test. Our beloved Nerazzurri entered this match in 9th place in the championship, coming off an uninspired draw with Hellas Verona, which culminated in the sacking of the unpopular Walter Mazzarri. AC Milan arrived at the Meazza in 8th, just one point up on Inter in the standings and was coming off a 2-2 draw with Sampdoria. Statistically, out of the 36 Serie A derbies between these sides AC Milan has a slight edge with 12 wins, while Inter has 11 and 13 matches have ended in a draw.
More than a few changes took place in the Inter lineup as Mancini chose to deploy a 4-3-1-2 formation. The new look back line had Nagatomo and Dodò in fullback positions with Ranocchia and Juan Jesus in between them. In midfield Inter had Obi, Guarin and Kuzmanovic and Kovacic started in the trequartista position behind the strike-duo of Icardi and Palacio. Hernanes, M'Vila and Osvaldo were only fit for the bench. Before anything is said, the Curva did an excellent job right from the start tonight. From the tifo right to the final whistle they were great.
Inter began the match with the type of urgency that was missing under much of the Mazzarri era, especially considering the slow-pace of these games last season but this was the Milan Derby and there is no excuse for lacking passion here. Inter were not holding the enough possession at the start and were looking vulnerable on the counter, while Dodò was having some issues getting back to help out. However, growing pains are to be expected after switching managers and formations this week. Inter and Milan had penalty appeals in the first few minutes as well after Mexes pulled Icardi down and Juan Jesus clattered into Essien.
Inter really should have gone up 1-0 before 10 minutes after a Muntari pass ended up on the boot of Icardi, who was alone 1 on 1 with the keeper. Icardi was unable to finish his chance and in these games you can drop points for missing a single opportunity. After 10 minutes Inter began to take more control of the match and the urgency remained but the quality of the play remained low. The passion was showing through but the ability is obviously not where it should be, especially with the number of injuries. There were some worrying moments for Inter when Muntari made a horrible tackle, driving his elbow to the face of Dodò. Dodò was left bleeding on the pitch and needed to come off for treatment but thankfully he returned to the soon after. Moreover, Mexes could have easily taken two yellows in the first half after many poor challenges but escaped to the break on a single yellow.
Joel Obi was having a rough time in the midfield and often looked one step behind the game. Obi was punished for this as well as he lost Menez in the box and the player was able to turn in an El Shaarawy cross without any competition for the ball. Inter seemed to lose a bit of momentum at this point and although they seemed to be holding the ball, they were not making the most of it and Milan would take their lead into the break.
Individually, Kovacic was not getting enough of the ball as he was forced to come out wide to receive it a lot of the time, while Palacio also seemed to be having to come deep to receive the ball and did a ton of running in the first half. Finally, Freddy Guarin is always dangerous with possession of the ball outside the box as he can punish opponents with his long-range shots. However, his most frustrating attribute has to be when he dwells on the ball. There were multiple occasions where the momentum on the counter attack was lost due to Guarin keeping possession for too long.
Inter started with more of the ball in the second half and had a series of corners that did not materialize into a definitive chance. Inter were keeping the ball in the Milan half but there was an element of creativity and quality missing that was necessary for the goal. However, seemingly out of nowhere Joel Obi burst through the middle and hit a curling shot back across goal and into the net and Inter were level 1-1. Obi certainly seemed like one of the least likely players on the pitch to have this sort of impact. At this point the formation seemed to change to a 4-3-3, which saw Kovacic moving out wide on the left, which I personally do not like to see. It seems like a waste to have such a quality player out on a wing.
Hernanes was brought on to the field for the goal scorer Obi in order to bring a bit more creativity into the game but Hernanes had a poor showing and seemed to be missing the tempo of the match, often letting the ball run too far from his feet. The crossing was also very poor. Both Nagatomo and Dodo were doing a lot of running but were unable to provide quality crosses into the box as they basically all ended up into the hands of Lopez. At both ends there were great chances to go up with El Shaarway and Icardi both putting their efforts off the bar.
Mancini brought on Osvaldo for Icardi in the 88th and then added M'Vila in injury time but it was much too late for either to really make an impact, which is unfortunate. Hopefully this is not a sign of things to come from the coach, as Inter need a decisive manager and changes earlier in the half would have been welcomed. I will give him the benefit of the doubt as he barely had any time to prepare for this match and pulled off a draw with a less than top quality squad of players. This was a game where often either team could win and either team could definitely have won this match. Inter will need to finish their chances better if they are going to make the most of the rest of this season under Mancini. Special mention should go to Juan Jesus who played with grinta and passion but should also be cautious of where that passion takes him, as he is sometimes prone to make needles fouls in bad areas of the pitch. I would have loved three points but I will take one tonight.
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Madagascar – 64 dead in shipwreck – 20 missing
At least 64 people drowned after the wreckage of a cargo ship off Madagascar on Monday, the gendarmerie said today, reviewing its account after finding 25 more bodies.
"Twenty-five bodies were collected today off the island of Saint-Marie, probably due to the currents. The death toll now stands at 64 ", confirmed the head of the gendarmerie, Zafisabatra Ravoavi.
The ship was carrying about 130 passengers, of whom 45 have been rescued. About twenty are still missing, with the search continuing.
This wooden cargo ship departed from Anceraka on Monday morning and was heading to Soanierana-Iwongo, about 100 km further south. The ship was forbidden to carry passengers, according to the port.
According to the first data of the investigation, "he had a problem with his engine", explained Adrian Fabrice Ratsimbazafi, a representative of the Seaport and River Services Authority (APMF). "He was left stranded by the waves and was on a reef," he added.
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Once they were back on CA-14 in a CID autocar, Cowan down'd a travel estimate off the Sim and winced. Sheila Fisher had lived in Palmdale, a fenced off reservation for closed circuits, and it would take them at least forty-five minutes to ride there. That meant forty-five minutes stuck in this car, with Forrester, thinking about dead people.
Streetlights flashed in a steady rhythm, highlighting asphalt below and scrub-choked hills beside the highway. Cowan sat in the autocar's dark leather seat, facing forward, and Detective Forrester sat in one of the forward seats, facing him. It was easier to talk that way, but Forrester wasn't talking. He was in the Sim, eyes closed and twitching.
Something about discovering Sheila's PBA gnawed on Cowan's nerves, but nothing clicked until his earlier redaction expired. The connection he made between what he'd known then and what he knew now was a heady rush, a breakthrough, an addiction that was difficult to shake. The CID hadn't failed to find Sheila's PBA. They'd been testing him.
"So is this the first time this happened? Or has the OMH suppressed other mass shootings?" Cowan knew the Office of Mental Health could censor any simNews story — that was their job, ensuring the public felt safe — but how far did their reach extend?
This man was keeping things from him. Cowan wanted to be annoyed at Forrester, but was that really fair? Forrester might be a senior detective, but he didn't make policy about who got to see classified information. He followed orders, and his orders probably didn't include spilling all of OneWorld's secrets to the new guy on probation.
Cowan blinked over to his headdesk and up'd a simulation request. The autocar's VI used his PBA to create an augmented reality simulacrum in the car between him and Detective Forrester, a PBA-generated image that floated in meatspace. Because Forrester's PBA was networked with Cowan's, Forrester saw that simulacrum too.
What remained of Sheila's implant was still in her corpse, headed to the morgue. Before she left, the ant swarm that scanned her body archived everything that hadn't been disintegrated. The magnified projection was a charred disc with thin wires trailing off one end, about the size of a soccer ball. Cowan looped his fingers around colored circles.
"That so?" Forrester sounded amused.
Cowan examined the ripped wires trailing off the PBA's spiral stem, highlighting and isolating the broken ends with pokes of his index finger. Those wires had linked the tiny CPU in Sheila's neck to the neural netting surrounding her augmented brain. That net covered a human brain and grew as the brain did, laced into everything.
"I did a lot of things before I applied to the CID." Cowan could be evasive too.
Forrester smirked and sat back. He didn't ask again.
Only then did Cowan process what Detective Forrester had actually said, and he played it back on his headdesk, twice, just to be sure. Installing the brains. Cowan had been right about multiple shootings, and Forrester had just told him that. Accidentally.
"No problem," Cowan said. A man like Detective Forrester wouldn't let that information drop on accident. Forrester was skirting an order. Maybe he wasn't so bad after all.
This was a distraction. Cowan welcomed distractions. He blinked back over to his headdesk and organized this morning's memories into thirty minute blocks. He sped over all he'd learned, paying particular attention to how the Cybercrimes Investigation Division stood in the corporate structure of OneWorld: the singular corporation that invented PBAs and, as of twenty years ago, ran most of the civilized world.
Cowan's particular CID office handled San Diego and many of its surrounding counties, interfacing with county police as necessary. The CID's director reported to someone at the North American Office of Mental Health, and they reported directly to OneWorld. It was a simple enough hierarchy, easy to memorize and easy to understand. Somewhere inside it was the woman he'd loved and betrayed one year ago.
Cowan couldn't think about Ellen now. He didn't dare think about Ellen right now. Thinking about her would raise his heart rate, and that might make the CID think he wasn't cut out for this job. He had a murder case to solve and a puppeteer to capture.
Solving Sheila Fisher's case was the only way to get into the CID, and he needed to get into the CID. He needed to get Ellen back, even if she wasn't Ellen anymore.
The reservation's three-story border wall loomed ahead. Hill-mounted floodlights lit its concrete bulk. Their autocar cruised to a stop behind another vehicle idling inside the tunnel checkpoint. This reinforced gateway was a concrete half-pipe sticking out on both sides of the wall, with expensive sensors lining its interior. An actual uniformed human sat behind bulletproof glass inside the tunnel, a closed circuit doing a VI's job.
Cowan shook his head. Corporate-produced PBAs had been free for over thirty years, approved for installation as early as age two, and while holdouts in the Middle East still refused to accept cyberization, the majority of the world had been online for decades.
Sheila Fisher's parents were throwbacks who claimed exemption from the Lathan-Faulkner Act on religious grounds, like the Natural Body nuts who picketed augmentation clinics. Each year, closed circuits found less exemptions to claim. The only way society could be safe was when everyone in the world finally had a PBA.
Only then would all violence stop.
Implants like Cowan's offered uninterrupted Sim access with all the benefits thereof, everything from a headdesk and emotional firewalls to weather warnings and street closings. PBAs allowed you to visit thousands of pleasureboxes recreating every world ever imagined. For those who could afford them, skills involving muscle memory or reflex training were a download away. How could anyone turn that down?
Sheila's parents could limit themselves to meatspace — that was their right — but walling off their child? That was stupid and selfish. If Sheila's parents had just simlinked her at age two, like every other newborn, she wouldn't be lying in the lobby of Ventura Ventures missing most of her head.
Forrester gripped Cowan's shoulder hard enough to make him wince, and Forrester used his prosthetic hand to do it. A hand made of plastic and metal. The tunnel gate rattled upward. The man behind the glass motioned the corvette through.
Cowan felt a rush of anger and a rush of shame, and those competed until he imagined what Ellen would say right now, the disapproving look he'd see in her eyes. Their autocar rolled into the tunnel as the gate rattled down.
Forrester sat back. "I believe you." He blinked, eyes going distant as he entered the Sim.
As they rolled into Palmdale Reservation, Ellen refused to return to the mental vault where Cowan kept her sealed away. She needed him to find her. He'd loved her and betrayed her and she might not exist, not any longer, because of his mistakes.
Cowan knew how it felt to lose someone you loved. Someone irreplaceable. What he felt now was what Sheila's parents would feel soon, a hole that opened up inside them, deep and raw and cold.
So he'd try and cut the Fishers a little slack.


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Tommy's is helping to create a model that lets medical staff practice this diagnostic test to make it safer for mother and baby.
Amniocentesis is a test that can be carried out in early pregnancy to check if a baby has any genetic problems. It is usually offered around 15-20 weeks into pregnancy. A needle is used to take a sample of amniotic fluid, which surrounds the baby in the womb. This fluid contains cells from the baby that can then be tested in a laboratory for genetic conditions. The test is usually guided by ultrasound: a scan that uses high frequency waves to create a picture of the inside of the body.
Amniocentesis is not usually offered to all expecting mothers as it involves a small risk of miscarriage – around 1%. For this reason, it is only offered to women who are at high risk – for example, if an earlier test has suggested that there may be a problem,
It is essential that the person doing the test is trained in both using ultrasound and guiding the needle so that it doesn't harm the baby or the placenta. This is even more important in obese women, where it can be difficult to place the needle.
Because of the risks, the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists recommends that anyone who carries out amniocentesis should be trained on a simulator first. However at the moment, there aren't any devices that let health carers practice in a way that really helps to prepare them.
Tommy's has teamed up with Guy's and St. Thomas' Charity to create a simulator that will let doctors practice amniocentesis in women of different weights. We already have a final model, which will be produced by the company Adam Rouilly. The model uses materials that are strong enough for using many times, but similar enough to the human body to give realistic ultrasound scans. We will now test the simulator and make any changes needed to improve it.
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Our scientists are developing new ways to use MRI scans to study the placenta, so that we can understand how it works and how its structure and function change during pregnancy. This will help us prevent complications like stillbirth and miscarriage.
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Study to develop a new test for the lining of the womb in order to identify the cause of some repeated miscarriages.
Heart problems in the growing baby are responsible for miscarriage, stillbirths and neonatal death. We want to find a way to spot these problems earlier on in pregnancy.
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Tommy's researchers have developed a way to deliver drugs directly to inflammation in the placenta.
Researchers in Tommy's London centre have developed a Patient Decision Aid to help women understand the risks and benefits of taking antidepressants while pregnant.
A new partnership between scientists, doctors and IT specialists will help researchers gather huge amounts of information on common diseases associated with pregnancy.
Tommy's is setting up a platform that will help researchers study premature birth more effectively.
Tommy's is helping to test cheap, easy-to-use ways of predicting the risk of premature birth in areas lacking healthcare resources.
Researchers supported by Tommy's are comparing three ways of treating a short cervix during pregnancy to help stop babies being born too early.
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Portugal joins global crackdown on illegal Chinese police stations
29 October, 2022 | Pranay Lad
The U.K., Spain, and the Netherlands are among the nations looking into allegations that stations are used to coerce Chinese return home.
Just as Ireland demanded that Beijing close its "overseas Chinese police service centre" in Dublin, Portugal opened an investigation into claims that China has been operating "illegal police stations" there.
According to the Attorney General's Office, Portuguese police have begun an inquiry into China's suspected overseas police "service stations."
The Chinese Embassy in Lisbon is receiving "particular attention" from the authorities as a result of Portuguese parliamentarians' worries on a Safeguard Defenders report from September, which claimed that China operates 54 "police stations" abroad, including three in Portugal.
A rising number of governments, including those in Canada, the United Kingdom, Spain, and the Netherlands, are looking into claims of Chinese police offices abroad that are allegedly intimidating foreign dissidents or pressuring them to return to China to face criminal charges.
According to a police source, there haven't been any incidents of immigrants residing in Portugal being compelled to travel to China up to this point.
Additionally, on Thursday, the so-called Fuzhou Police Service Overseas Station in Dublin's centre was ordered to close by Ireland's Department of Foreign Affairs, according to Irish media.
The office opened earlier this year, and according to Chinese officials, it provided services including driving licence renewals to Chinese nationals living in Ireland.
The Irish Foreign Ministry, however, said that Chinese authorities never requested permission to open the station in Dublin.
The Irish Times cited a foreign ministry official as saying, "The Department highlighted that activities of all foreign nations on Irish soil must be in accordance with international law and domestic law standards."
Accordingly, the Department notified the Embassy that the Capel Street office should close and stop operations.
The foreign ministry reported that the Chinese Embassy has verified the office's current closure.


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And Here We Are … in the Middle: From Big Sur to Big Sky
by Linda Sonrisa Jones
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When we spoke with the young man who drove our rental truck two thousand miles from Big Sur, California, to here, we asked him what his experience was driving large vehicles long distance. He told us stories of his expeditions to Burning Man.
Suitably impressed, we told him about Fairfield, the meditating community, the many ethnic restaurants, the farmer's market, and the 16-mile loop trail that circles the town of about 10,000 souls.
"It's like Burning Man," we said, "but for old folks!" Which got a laugh, and is somewhat true. There is a thriving bunch of active retired folks here, but Fairfield also has lots of young families with little kids, university students, artists, farmers, professional people—a real small-town demographic.
"The sky is our ocean," said a new friend. When we drive out of town, down the nearly empty highways, we see this sky-ocean, sometimes baby blue, sometimes steel gray, always changing. A huge palette in the sky, clouds painted in broad strokes by the ever-present winds.
Now, in May, the land is truly beautiful, with endless, patient crop fields not yet planted, abundant forests, gardens and hedgerows, and the expansive Skunk River, where I half-expect Huck Finn to float by on a raft.
Still, sadness lingers, ebbs away, and crashes back. Driving up to Iowa City, I asked my husband, "Where's the edge? Where's the edge?" There's no jumping off place, no escape. "There is no edge, sweetie," he said, "we're in the middle."
The middle. Swaddled in miles and miles of Mother Earth. When we would look at Google earth before our move, we'd see the golds and greens of the continent up to the Pacific Northwest, the ochre and sepia of the western deserts and mountains, then the emerald tones of the Heartland. I told myself we were moving from the ragged coast to the soft, enfolding center of the continent.
On the coast, Mother Earth dares us to maintain our balance, and keeps us on our tippy toes. Here, she holds us close, she seems more peaceful. She lulls us with endless storybook clouds, and the kind of landscape that must have inspired that childhood Rorschach—drawings of a house, a yard, a tree, the sun. Again and again, in village after village nestled between farms.
Iowa is dramatic land, too. It's dramatic in its stillness, its endless vast flatness (and rolling hills), its timeless quality. And of course, snow, which is still a novelty for me. Then, there's tornadoes. Wooooo boy. Our sweet realtors told us that Fairfield isn't really part of "tornado alley," which has occasioned a guffaw or two from folks we've met. Another part of the adventure.
Did tea-kettle topped grain silos inspire the Tin Man's hat in the Wizard of Oz? A sensational amount of corn is grown here: approximately 13 million acres of it, yielding 128 billion pounds of "field corn" (used mostly for animal feed and ethanol production) each year. Iowa grows more maíz than Mexico. The seas of soil in this hardworking land bring an agrarian sensibility to the culture. You can see this from the front porch to the farmer's market, from the county fairs to the monster silos beside the highways.
Perhaps because of the cold winters, social relating is a highly developed art form. I've found there are many storytellers here, with lots of quick, dry wit. Standing in line with my new pitchfork at the farm store, the older gent behind me said, "She's either got some digging to do, or her husband's in trouble!"
I loved learning from my neighbor that the delicate silver maple leaf pods that flutter to the ground like spinning butterflies are known as "maple squirters." When they're green, kids squeeze them, and, as you guessed, the seeds pop out.
Another passionate pastime is birdwatching. On a cold morning right before Easter I trudged through the melting snow with several women of all ages and some adorable girl scouts, looking for newly arriving birds. It felt like an Easter egg hunt, as we searched for and spotted the beauties. We saw all kinds, from red-wing blackbirds, eastern phoebes and tufted titmice to dashing scarlet cardinals and the elusive white-breasted nuthatch. Even a wood duck emerged from its box in the lagoon.
When I asked the group leader, a round lady in her later years, what kind of bird she would be, she replied immediately, "A sparrow, for its subtle beauty."
And I'd like to thank Bob Dylan, for (another) gem of wisdom. He's chosen Tulsa, Oklahoma, as the home of his just-opened Bob Dylan Center in the Tulsa arts district. When asked, why Tulsa? he replied that, while the coasts have a certain energy, he prefers, "the casual hum of the Heartland." Thanks Bob! I'm starting to like that hum, too.
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After four dry days, showers are returning to Perth and are likely each day through to the end of next week, bringing 30 to 50 millimetres of rain.
The area from Mandurah to Margaret River should be the wettest with more than 50mm for some.
The wettest days are likely to be today, Saturday and Monday as three cold fronts link up with bands of cloud from the Indian Ocean.
These days are also likely to be the windiest with potential severe gusts of 90kmh or stronger in coastal parts, south of about Perth. Winds of this strength can bring down trees. Gusts in excess of 100kmh cannot be ruled out.
July is traditionally the wettest month of the year for southwest Western Australia and this coming wet spell will take most of the region to about two-thirds of the monthly average. So far, less than half the monthly average rainfall has fallen.
Perth has had 52mm, compared to the average of 149mm.
With this rain to come, this July is still unlikely to be wetter than last year when 179mm fell.
WA gripped by Lotto fever with record $90m jackpot at stake
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Two in three West Australian adults are expected to take part in a $20 million splurge on lottery tickets in the hope of scooping Australia's record $90 million Lotto jackpot next week.
Lottery fever has gripped WA and it is estimated five times more tickets than usual will be bought in the State for Tuesday's Oz Lotto draw.
The $90 million prize pool is unprecedented in Australian lottery history and is the culmination of nine weeks of rolled-over Oz Lotto prizes.
Lotterywest chief executive Jan Stewart said lottery ticket sales in WA were up 6 per cent on last year and were expected to jump even higher for Tuesday's bumper draw.
"Our experience is that irrespective of the economic climate, people seem to continue to spend the few dollars each week they have been accustomed to spending on a Lotto or scratchie ticket and to find a little more when there is something special on like a big Oz Lotto or Powerball jackpot or a Saturday Lotto Superdraw," Ms Stewart said.
WA is a lottery-loving State, a fact which could be attributed to the ban on poker machines that has reduced gambling choices in the West.
Whether WA is luckier or just plays more, the State is full of Lotto winners. Over the past 12 months, seven of the 12 major (Division One) wins in the Oz Lotto game across Australia have gone to WA.
West Australian adults spend an average of $5.98 every week on the lottery and the clamour for tickets for Tuesday's draw has shown they are spending more than ever.
Greg Mills, of Yokine Lottery Centre, said the number of people coming in to buy Lotto tickets had soared from an average of 250 a day to 350 in the run-up to Tuesday's game.
"It's pumping. People all want a share of this $90 million. It's creating a lot of interest," Mr Mills said.
Sadly, though, the chances of winning are slim — 45 million to one.
To improve your chances, it might be worth taking note of which numbers come up most often. The number 5 has been drawn 14 times over the past 50 Oz Lotto draws, while 45, 35 and 28 have come up 13 times each.
At the other end of the scale, the number 38 has emerged only three times in the past 50 draws. Numbers 6, 14, 36 and 39 were almost as unlucky, with four appearances each.
You could also buy your ticket in one of WA's lottery hotspots. Kalgoorlie has had the most Division One wins over the past five years, with $31.7 million won by eight players.
Perth CBD is also a lucky place, with more than $26.4 million shared between 11 Division One ticket holders over the same period.
Morley has had the highest number of Division One winners with 12 tickets sharing $9.8 million.
The biggest Division One win of all time was $58.7 million, which was won in Victoria in the Powerball game in June 2008.
Oz Lotto jackpots to record $90 million next Tuesday
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EXCLUSIVE: SUPER 7s Oz Lotto has jackpotted to a staggering $90 million next week.
The new, all-time record lottery draw will take place next Tuesday after there were no first division winners in last night's $50 million draw.
A rush for tickets for last night's game saw the division one prize pool boosted to a massive $59 million.
Tattersall's Lotteries PR manager Karen Anning said next week's Super 7s Oz Lotto
draw will shatter all existing records for lotto games in Australia.
"We were expecting the game to jackpot to $60 million next week if there were no first division winners but, due to the unprecedented level of interest in last nights draw, the decision has been made to offer a minimum guaranteed jackpot level of $90 million, Ms Anning said.
"The lotto frenzy we have already experienced over the past week is expected reach epic proportions in the lead up to next Tuesday nights draw."
Minimum wage increases $12.30 a week
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The State's lowest-paid workers will get a $12.30 a week pay rise, in a move social advocates say will have them relying on community services more than ever.
The WA Industrial Relations Commission today handed down the 2.2 per cent increase, effective from October, saying the rise was in line with the Perth CPI.
It will take the minimum wage, which covers about 2.2 per cent of the state's workers, to $569.70.
Unions had argued for a $31 a week increase, while the Chamber of Commerce and Industry pleaded for none.
The State Government had submitted $19 a week as appropriate.
WA Council of Social Services chief executive Sue Ash said the commission was "out of touch" with community expectations.
"This decision means (low-paid workers) will bear the brunt of the economic downturn," she said.
"The CPI is a wholly inadequate measure of the real living cost pressures and income value of minimum wage workers as it does not reflect the basket of goods that (they) have to spend their money on."
Food prices had risen 8.6 per cent in the year to March, while housing (8.1 per cent), health services (11.9 per cent) and education (15 per cent) had far exceeded the CPI figure.
"These stark increases… mean that low income earners will be relying on community services more than ever," she said.
Premier shifting to 8pm close for shops
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Colin Barnett is on the brink of caving in to worried Liberal backbenchers and accepting an 8pm closing for weeknight shopping rather than the 9pm time he took to the election last year.
The Premier has been softening the public up for an 8pm closing time in recent days and again said yesterday that it was an acceptable alternative.
The West Australian understands that most Liberals don't want 9pm and would prefer a 7pm closing time but are prepared to accept 8pm to save the Premier the embarrassment of being rolled by his own party.
Mr Barnett has been canvassing his MPs one-on-one in recent days and knows that 9pm is beyond his reach.
The Nationals say they will not support changes to shopping hours, which they fear would deliver a crucial blow to WA producers because it would increase the market share of big supermarkets
The Government will rely on Labor to get legislation on later weeknight shopping hours through Parliament but the ALP took a position of 7pm to the election and is not guaranteed to support a later closing time. A Labor spokeswoman said yesterday that shadow Cabinet and caucus would discuss the party's position once the Government's preference was known.
Cabinet discussed the shopping hours issue last Monday and Mr Barnett is expected to take his preferred position to the party room on Tuesday, but the Upper House is not sitting, and the meeting will be only for Assembly MPs, meaning that a vote on the issue will probably be delayed a week.
Mr Barnett said yesterday that most people in the retail industry, including the unions, favoured a 9pm closing time from Monday to Friday to bring all weeknights into line with existing late-night shopping.
"That's a position I think is logical, however a number of people are saying 8pm might be better. I don't think there's a big difference between the two," he said.
"To simply extend it to 7pm would be pointless.
"So, 8pm, yeah that's OK, 9pm might be better but at least either of those would be a significant extension to weeknight shopping."
But backbenchers are under pressure from small businesses to wind back the closing time, believing that the later hour is supported only by Coles and Woolworths.
Chamber of Commerce and Industry chief James Pearson urged politicians from both sides to "stand up to vested interest groups, which are determined to deny West Australians more choice and lower prices when they shop".
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WA flu man cleared as cases top 400
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WA's only confirmed case of swine flu has been cleared after a week in quarantine, Ten News has reported, while the nation's swine flu tally has passed 400.
The man, who tested positive last week after going to hospital with mild flu symptoms, was in home quarantine with his wife and their eight children.
Australia's Eastern States has been particularly hard-hit by the flu and Victoria has recorded a massive surge in cases, most of them children.
By this afternoon the number of confirmed cases in the State had risen to 306, a rise of 94 in 24 hours.
Most of the new cases in Victoria also involved young people aged five to 18, prompting a twelfth Victorian school to be closed today.
According to Federal Health Department figures, there were 64 confirmed cases in NSW, 18 in Queensland, six in South Australia, four in the ACT, and one each in Tasmania and the Northern Territory.
However, Queensland Health officials say the State now has 22 confirmed cases, the latest being teenage girls.
Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon said the Government was assessing whether to elevate the nation's response to the disease from the contain to the sustain phase.
Victoria is already preparing to move into the sustain phase, under which quarantining is limited to those who share a home with a confirmed swine flu patient.
In the contain phase, anyone who has had contact with a swine flu patient is quarantined voluntarily and given antiviral drugs for a week.
The nation's chief medical officer, Professor Jim Bishop, said the advice to people with flu-like symptoms may change as swine flu evolved.
At present, people who come down with flu-like symptoms, especially if they have recently travelled to an affected country, are being advised to seek medical advice.
Professor Bishop said in the future, fit and healthy people may be told to stay at home and only those in at-risk groups, including those with seek medical advice and asthma, will be advised to visit their GP.
"A lot of people that have these sorts of symptoms of course will, as this thing progresses, stay at home and not necessarily seek medical advice if in their own case it is a at-risk groups— and that we expect to see more of," he said.
"As we move along in this marathon race, what we will need to do is obviously identify those people that we're concerned about.
"If there is large numbers involved, we want to make sure the system is looking after people we most want to look after."
The swine flu-affected ship Pacific Dawn docked in Sydney this morning after NSW Health authorities gave it the all-clear.
The P&O ship was forced to cut short its trip to the Barrier Reef last week when three crew tested positive for the virus.
A senior NSW Health doctor and 25 nurses boarded the ship in Brisbane on Saturday, testing all 2500 people on board during the two-day voyage to Sydney.
While disappointed the cruise didn't go to plan, passengers said they still enjoyed the journey.
David Geers, from Brisbane, joked it was the perfect place to be quarantined for seven days.
"If you had to be quarantined somewhere I couldn't have thought of a better place … because we got fed, the drinks tasted the same and the staff were fantastic," he told reporters at Darling Harbour.
More than 15,000 people in 53 countries have tested positive to swine flu, with deaths totalling 99.


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Douglas Baillie Ltd and Fast Pensions Ltd
Douglas Baillie Ltd & Fast Pensions Ltd
Under investigation 19 December 2016
Fast Pensions Ltd and five other related companies were wound up at the High Court on 30 May 2018.
In July 2018 Dalriada Trustees Ltd was formally appointed by the Pensions Regulator to act as an independent trustee to 15 pension schemes linked to Fast Pensions Ltd.
FSCS understands that a number of consumers received advice from both FCA authorised and unauthorised financial advisers to transfer their existing pension arrangements into one of 15 schemes linked to Fast Pensions.
Some consumers received cold calls offering free pension reviews, while others were told that they could get a loan if they transferred their pension savings to one of the Fast Pensions' schemes.
In some cases pension monies were invested into high risk investments, some of which have become illiquid, which means they can't currently be sold or traded.
See our investment compensation limits and their conditions on our Investments page.
Douglas Baillie Ltd is also one of the companies associated with claims regarding the British Steel Pension Scheme (BSPS).
During 2017, many British Steel workers were advised to transfer out of their defined benefit pension into a defined contribution pension, known as a Personal Pension Plan or a Self-Invested Personal Pension (SIPP).
By transferring to a private pension arrangement, they would have lost the benefits already built up in the British Steel Pension Scheme. It may not have been realistic to achieve the same level of benefits from their new plan.
The advice they received may not have been the best advice for them.
If you think that this applies to you, download our compensation claim guide, and when you're ready, click the 'Check if you can claim' button. We have already paid £2.4 million to customers who had been advised to transfer out of the British Steel Pension Scheme.
You don't need a claims company or a solicitor to make a claim with us, but if you're not good with forms, consider using a friend or family member as a personal representative.
By entering your email address above, you're allowing us to email you about this firm. To do this, we need to hold and process your data.
Further one-to-one sessions for those who transferred out of the BSPS are to be held in Swansea and Scunthorpe this month and next.
See our British Steel Pension Scheme page for more details and a link to the booking site.
September 2021 one-to-one events
We are holding one-to-one sessions for those who transferred out of the BSPS.
You will be able to book appointments with us, the Financial Ombudsman Service, the Financial Conduct Authority and/or MoneyHelper. These will provide free, in-person and confidential help. You can find out more about what the advice process should have looked like, how to make a complaint or claim, and get answers to your pension questions.
When: 28–30 September 2021, various timeslots will be available
Where: Mercure Hotel, Phoenix Way, Llansamlet, Swansea, SA7 9EG
Find out more and book sessions.
FSCS is suspending its investigation into Fast Pensions Ltd.
For FSCS to consider claims:
the firm must have failed
customers must have first exhausted any right to claim against any connected firm still trading.
Fast Pensions Ltd was not an FCA or PRA-authorised firm. But we're aware that FCA-authorised advisers may have recommended transferring pensions or investments to Fast Pensions. You can check the status of your adviser on the FCA register.
Unfortunately, we haven't found any evidence to show that FCA-authorised or regulated firms were, or should have been, aware of Fast Pension's actions regarding pension money. This means we can't establish that these firms may owe customers a civil liability regarding transfers to Fast Pensions. The result is that we're suspending our investigation into Fast Pensions Ltd.
If your advisor was not FCA regulated when moving your occupational pension to Fast Pensions, FSCS can't compensate you. This is because there is no FCA/PRA-regulated firm to make a claim against. But you may be able to make a claim directly to your previous pension provider. You'd be claiming against the quality of the checks they carried out when transferring your pension to Fast Pensions.
If your advisor was FCA-authorised, is still trading, and you believe you were misadvised to transfer your existing pension or to invest through Fast Pensions, you need to complain to them first. If they reject your complaint, you can take it to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS).
If your advisor was FCA-authorised, is no longer trading, and you believe you were misadvised to transfer your existing pension or to invest through Fast Pensions, you should submit a claim to us against your financial adviser. You'll need evidence to show that the adviser was, or should have been, aware of Fast Pension's actions regarding pension money.
We may be able to restart our investigation if we receive this evidence against an FCA-authorised adviser.
If you think you've got a claim, click the 'Check you can claim' button to start the process.
FSCS is still trying to discover if there are valid claims involving Fast Pensions Ltd and associated regulated independent financial advisors.
As reported by the trustee Dalriada and the Insolvency Service, Fast Pensions and associated companies failed to keep or maintain adequate records. So, we've not yet been able to establish how investors became aware of Fast Pensions Ltd, or how their money was invested.
We're working with the trustee and other parties, to get documentation. This will help us decide if there are valid claims. In the meantime, please look at our previous update outlining where you should submit a claim. This will vary, depending on the status of the FCA-authorised adviser you dealt with.
To consider claims against a failed firm, FSCS must be satisfied that customers have first exhausted any right to claim against any connected firms that are still trading. Fast Pensions Ltd itself was not a Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)/Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA)-regulated firm, but FSCS understands that a number of FCA-authorised advisers may have recommended transfers of existing pensions or investments to Fast Pensions Ltd.
If you believe you were mis-advised by an FCA-authorised adviser that's still trading to transfer your existing pension or to invest through Fast Pensions Limited, you need to complain to them first. If your adviser rejects your complaint, you can take your complaint to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS).
If you believe you were mis-advised by an FCA-authorised adviser that's no longer trading to transfer your existing pension into or invest through Fast Pensions Limited, you should submit a claim to FSCS against your financial adviser.
If you didn't deal with an FCA-authorised adviser when moving an occupational pension to Fast Pensions Ltd, FSCS is unlikely to be able to compensate you for any losses you've incurred. This is because there is unlikely to be a FCA/PRA-regulated firm to make a claim against. In this scenario, you may be able to make a claim directly to your previous pension provider in relation to the checks they carried out when transferring your pension to the firm.
FSCS is accepting claims involving the firm, but any claims received will not immediately be passed to our claims processing teams for assessment.
Firstly, FSCS needs to establish whether there are protected claims involving Fast Pensions Ltd. For this to happen FSCS needs to know that independent financial advisers (IFAs) owe a civil liability to customers in respect of transfers to Fast Pensions Ltd.
FSCS has been in contact with Cheshire Police to obtain further information to help with our investigation into the practices of Fast Pensions Ltdand associated IFAs. We are specifically trying to establish how investors became aware of Fast Pensions Ltd and how customers' money was invested.
FSCS is accepting claims against failed FCA authorised financial advisers, including Douglas Baillie Ltd, who gave advice to customers to transfer their pensions into one of the 15 schemes linked to Fast Pensions.
However, claims have not yet been passed to our claims teams for assessment. Firstly we need to establish whether there are protected claims against these financial advisers. For this to happen we need to know that the financial advisers who gave the advice owe a civil liability to customers that would enable them to be sued in court.
FSCS has been working with the independent trustee, Dalriada, and other parties in order to obtain firm records and other documentation that will help us to reach a view on whether there are protected claims.


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Novel 'bionic mushrooms' can produce electricity
11/08/2018 mediabest science
The study has implication for next-generation bio-hybrid applications
Scientists, including those of Indian origin, have created a bionic device that generates green power by 3D-printing clusters of cyanobacteria on an ordinary white button mushroom.
The research by the Stevens Institute of Technology in the U.S. is part of a broader effort to better improve our understanding of cells biological machinery and how to use them to fabricate new technologies and useful systems for defence, healthcare and the environment.
The researchers took an ordinary white button mushroom from a grocery store and made it bionic, supercharging it with clusters of cyanobacteria that create electricity and swirls of graphene nanoribbons that can collect the current.
"In this case, our system — this bionic mushroom — produces electricity," said Manu Mannoor, an assistant professor at Stevens.
"By integrating cyanobacteria that can produce electricity, with nanoscale materials capable of collecting the current, we were able to better access the unique properties of both, augment them, and create an entirely new functional bionic system," he said.
Cyanobacteria's ability to produce electricity is well known. However, researchers have been limited in using these microbes in bioengineered systems because cyanobacteria do not survive long on artificial bio-compatible surfaces.
"We showed for the first time that a hybrid system can incorporate an artificial collaboration, or engineered symbiosis, between two different microbiological kingdoms," said Sudeep Joshi, a postdoctoral fellow.
"With this work, we can imagine enormous opportunities for next-generation bio-hybrid applications," Mr. Mannoor said.
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Griezmann Scores As France Beat Uruguay 2 – 0, Qualify For Semi-Final khorgist July 06, 2018 Goal Highlights, sports, France are into the semi-finals of the World Cup for the first time since 2006 after seeing off Uruguay with the help of a terrible error by goalkeeper Fernando Muslera.
There seemed little danger when Griezmann let fly from the edge of the area but Muslera misjudged the flight of the ball, flapped at the shot, and saw it loop slowly over the line. It is France who march on, and they will face Brazil or Belgium in the semi-finals in St Petersburg on Tuesday. Those sides play their quarter-final later today (19:00 BST).
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Brendan Rodgers has finalised his squad for the last 32 tie against Valencia.
Celtic have submitted their squad for the Europa League tie against Valencia, with new signing Vakoun Issouf Bayo omitted from their list of players.
The Scottish champions progressed to the knockout stages by finishing as runner-up in their group, behind Red Bull Salzburg but ahead of RB Leipzig and Rosenborg. Their reward was a last-32 date with Valencia with the first leg on February 14 in Glasgow and the return match in Spain a week later.
Celtic are permitted to add three new faces to their squad for the knockout stages but signed four first team players in the January transfer window.
Oliver Burke and Timothy Weah joined on loan from West Bromwich Albion and Paris St Germain, while Vakoun Issouf Bayo was recruited from Dunajska Streda.
Right-back Jeremy Toljan was a deadline-day signing, arriving from Borussia Dortmund until the end of the season.
Bayo played in the Europa League qualifying stages for Dunajska Streda, but rule changes this season mean he is not cup-tied. However, the Ivorian forward had not played for over a month when he joined Celtic and is still working towards match fitness, so has been left out of the group.
Burke and Weah have both hit the ground running since joining the club, scoring five goals between them, while Toljan made his debut against St Johnstone on Saturday.


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THE DEAD DAISIES SIGN WORLDWIDE DEAL WITH SPINEFARM RECORDS/UMG BAND JUST FINISHED RECORDING FIFTH STUDIO ALBUM
DRAGONFORCE To Kick Off US Headlining Tour This Week
Insane Clown Posse Are Returning to the Road This Spring
HATEBREED ANNOUNCE 2020 U.S. HEADLINE TOUR DATES
THE ACACIA STRAIN RELEASE "D" SEVEN INCH + DIGITAL SINGLE
JUDAS PRIEST ANNOUNCE 50 HEAVY METAL YEARS TOUR 2020
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EGO KILL TALENT RELEASE NEW SINGLE "NOW!"
EYEHATEGOD Kicks Off European Tour With Napalm Death, Misery Index, Rotten Sound, And Bat!
Tool packs a nearly sold out Gila River Arena as the Fear Inoculum tour made it's Arizona stop.
The Bash Music & Craft Beer Festival With Rancid, Pennywise, Suicidal Tendencies & L7, Plus The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, H2O & More On Select Dates...
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CKY DEBUT "DAYS OF SELF DESTRUCTION" SINGLE EXCLUSIVELY VIA ALTERNATIVE PRESS FEAT. BRENT HINDS
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CKY DEBUT "DAYS OF SELF DESTRUCTION" SINGLE
EXCLUSIVELY VIA ALTERNATIVE PRESS
FEAT. BRENT HINDS
NEW LP THE PHOENIX DUE OUT JUNE 16, 2017
2017 VANS WARPED TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED
UK + CANADIAN TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED
May 1, 2017 — American rock act CKY (Chad I Ginsburg, Jess Margera and Matt Deis) have debuted a brand new single today titled "Days Of Self Destruction" (feat. Brent Hinds) exclusively via Alternative Press Magazine. The track is the first bit of new music from the band since 2009.
"We're stoked to get a new album out after an 8 year hiatus," says drummer Jess Margera. "'Days Of Self Destruction' was the first song we recorded at Rancho De La Luna, featuring our buddy and all-around badass Brent Hinds!"
In addition to all preorders now being live, the track is also an iTunes instant gratification track, meaning fans who pre order the album on iTunes will receive "Days Of Self Destruction" as an instant download.
The cover art for The Phoenix is also being revealed today. The band commissioned chandelier maker and artist Adam Wallacavage to create a one of a kind piece for the cover.
CKY will release The Phoenix on June 16, 2017 via eOne Music. The all new LP will be the first release since the band put out Carver City in 2009. The album was engineered and mixed at Rancho De La Luna, the highly regarded recording studio in Joshua Tree, CA.
The band have tour dates booked all summer highlighted by a return to the 2017 Vans Warped Tour. This is the band's first time returning to the Warped Tour since 2000. But first the band will head over to the UK to do thirteen show run, most of which are already sold out. This will be the first time the band has been back to the UK since 2009. CKY will then head to Canada for ten key shows from Quebec all the way to Vancouver.
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Chad I Ginsburg, the band's guitarist and singer, steps into the frontman role with charisma, charm, and bravado, confidently delivering a diverse performance as he claims a position that was clearly rightfully his to own.
He's joined in enduring partnership and musical and personal chemistry by fellow CKY cofounder, Jess Margera, the drummer whose extracurricular work in projects like The Company Band (with guys from Clutch and Fireball Ministry) expanded CKY's horizons as much as Ginsburg's solo work has as well. The duo returned to their primary project refreshed and reenergized, with bassist Matt Deis (ex-All That Remains), who first joined CKY in 2005.
Guns N' Roses, Metallica, and Deftones have all personally invited CKY on tour, cementing a legacy as a hard-charging live act. CKY built a worldwide fanbase of dedicated acolytes, friends, and supporters, lovingly dubbed the CKY Alliance, with a broader group of musicians, athletes, and other creative types in the CKY family, both literally and figuratively.
"We're grown adults now with an eagle-eye perspective on who we are, what we do, and how to do it right," Ginsburg declares, with matter-of-fact certainty. "None of us are out there in the clouds. We're pretty well-grounded people that have an honest perspective on where we're at."
CKY are: Chad I Ginsburg - Jess Margera - Matt Deis
CKY - The Phoenix Tracklist
1. Replaceable
2. Days of Self Destruction
3. Unknown Enemy
4. Head For a Breakdown
5. The Other Ones
6. Wiping Off The Dead
7. Lies From You
8. Better Than Get Even


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Donation to Larbert hospital will help save baby lives
Jill Buchanan
Babies born with heart defects will be detected earlier thanks to a charitable donation.
Charity Tiny Tickers has donated five new pulse oximetry machines to Forth Valley Royal Hospital in Larbert.
These simple monitors, that can help detect serious heart conditions soon after birth, will be used alongside the hospital's existing monitors to help improve early detection rates of congenital heart disease.
They are the first machines donated in Scotland as part of the charity's Test for Tommy campaign which aims to ensure that all newborns receive the test that could help save their life.
Robbie Duffy, NHS Forth Valley Service Manager and Senior Midwife, said: "We were already aware of Tiny Tickers because of their work and training within the field of heart defects and were delighted to accept their donation of additional oximeters for use within our local Maternity Unit."
A baby is born with a serious heart condition every two hours in the UK.
However, not all congenital heart defects can be detected during routine prenatal scanning and some babies are at risk of falling into the early stage of heart failure if their condition is not diagnosed in time. Tiny Tickers, the national charity that aims to improve early detection, diagnosis and care of babies with eart conditions, wants to change this situation in the UK.
Jon Arnold, chief executive from Tiny Tickers, said: "We are truly delighted that we are able to help in this way and hope that it supports the team to continue to provide the best possible care for babies on the unit."
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import java.io.Serializable;

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     * The policies.
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     * {@link #withPolicies(java.util.Collection)} if you want to override the
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     *         chained together.
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        if (this.policies == null) {
            setPolicies(new java.util.ArrayList<Policy>(policies.length));
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     * The marker for the next set of results, or null if there are no
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How to Make the Best No-Bake Cheesecake
Stella Parks
No-bake cheesecake is an easy and refreshing dessert that's perfect when served with some seasonal fresh fruit.
Published: July 6, 2017 Last Updated: October 30, 2019
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Easy No-Bake Cheesecake
I'm all about cheesecake in any form, whether it's Japanese-style and cotton soft or a towering slab like they serve in New York; I'd even take a scoop of cheesecake ice cream, with graham cracker bits mixed right in. So when a friend asked if I looked down on "no-bake" cheesecake, my answer was a resounding, "Hell no!"
Sure, there are times I want a classic cheesecake, but there are also times at the height of summer when you couldn't pay me to fire up the oven. Yet the middle of summer is just when I could really go for a slice of cheesecake, all tangy and cool and loaded with fresh fruit.
Beyond keeping my oven off and the temperature down, no-bake cheesecake is eggless, which gives it a super clean flavor profile—freed from the custardy yolks, the creamy dairy notes really stand out. That simplicity makes no-bake cheesecake an excellent vehicle for fresh fruit, where it takes on a real berries and cream vibe.
Most no-bake cheesecake recipes either incorporate gelatin for body, which can quickly veer into a weirdly panna cotta-like territory, or else fall back on what I call the Key lime pie method. As you might expect, this technique relies on a chemical reaction between citrus juice and sweetened condensed milk to thicken the filling. It's a great, cheesecakey twist on Key lime pie, but far too citrusy and acidic to scratch the itch when I'm craving cheesecake.
So when I'm taking a no-bake approach, I prefer a method that puts cream cheese center stage. But before diving into the details, let's talk crust. Obviously, graham crackers are a classic choice, but having just come off a month of recipe testing for homemade Biscoff, I've gotta say: they make a killer crust.
Especially in no-bake form, where crumb crusts lack the nutty, toasty flavors that develop in the oven, Biscoff cookies (whether store bought or homemade) add a welcome depth of flavor. By comparison, an unbaked graham cracker crust tastes a little blah, though I'm willing to acknowledge that may simply be a personal preference.
Wherever you land on the cookie/cracker divide, making the crust is a straightforward affair: melt some butter, mix in the crumbs, and season to taste with a pinch of salt.
From there, scatter the moistened crumbs in a 9-inch pie plate or quiche pan, and press into an even layer with a drinking glass, measuring cup, or some type of flat tool. Since there will be no baking to bind the crumbs together, it's important to really compress them to avoid, well, a crummy crust.
Pop the crust in the fridge (if you like, it can be wrapped in plastic and held for a few days in advance), then start on the filling. Full disclosure: My recipe is embarrassingly simple. I beat up a pound of cream cheese with about five ounces of sugar, a squeeze of lemon juice, a drop of vanilla, and a pinch of kosher salt in a stand mixer. Once everything's nice and creamy, I switch to a whisk attachment and whip in twelve ounces of cream.
At first, the mixture will look runny and soft, but after a few minutes of aeration it will begin to thicken.
Transfer the whipped cream cheese into the prepared crust, and spread it out in an even layer. It can be near impossible to scrape it into a perfectly smooth finish, so I embrace a more casual presentation with lots of messy swoops and swirls.
And really, messy can be very beautiful indeed.
No-bake cheesecakes may not need an oven, but they do need a refrigerator and several hours to chill before serving. When the filling is still above 50°F, it's soft, loose, and airy, something like a mousse, with a crust that crumbles a bit more readily.
No-Bake Cheesecake after 2 hours of refrigeration.
But given time to chill all the way down to 40°F, which takes about 6 hours, the filling becomes firm and dense, much more like a "real" cheesecake and far easier to slice. During that time, the filling will lend some of its moisture to the crust, making it considerably less crumbly.
So if you're just itching for a bite of something sweet on a lazy afternoon, it's okay to rush things a little, but if you'd like to cut pretty slices for a dinner party you've got to give a no-bake cheesecake plenty of time. And trust me, it's well worth the wait; compared to the airy texture it has early on, I vasty prefer the velvety density that develops only after several hours of refrigeration.
That gives no-bake cheesecake an edge as a make-ahead dessert, since you can whip it up a day or two in advance. I think it's best within the first 36 hours, as its brightness will start to dull over time, but that's admittedly a pastry chef's pickiness talking. I've been assured by my family and co-workers that their test cheesecakes were quite tasty even a week after I dropped them off.
But don't count on keeping this dessert around for long; it's light, fresh, tangy, and cold, refreshing on a summer day when other desserts can seem too heavy or rich. So when you're ready to kick back and keep cool, remember that cheesecake is beautiful in any form.
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Stella Parks is our CIA-trained baking nerd and resident pastry wizard, dubbed one of America's Best New Pastry Chefs by Food & Wine. She's also the James Beard Award–winning cookbook author of BraveTart: Iconic American Desserts, a New York Times best-seller. When not in the kitchen, Stella spends most of her time polishing Star Trek quotes, re-watching Battlestar Galactica, and playing video games.
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We continue to work on meeting the requirements in the Presidential Memorandum on Managing Government Records and have reached out to our colleagues in related professions and the general public by setting up an IdeaScale community where ideas can be submitted, voted on, and commented on. When we announced the community, we indicated that it would be open for comments until March 27. Now, we have added a public meeting about the Memorandum scheduled for that same March 27.
As a result of these activities, we have extended the deadline for the IdeaScale community until Friday, April 6. We hope that extension will increase participation in this community and encourage all of those interested in this important project to visit the site.
I had the privilege of leading NARA's Life Cycle Management Division for several years and am delighted to see the discussions going on now about improving the entire records management process in the Federal sector.
I think we need to understand that most of our current records management laws and regulations were promulgated in an environment without the FOIA, the Internet, or modern communication media such as the social networks. In an earlier time, an agency records schedule might have been the only opportunity a citizen had to learn about all of the records being created or maintained by that Federal entity. Today, there are many other (and better) opportunities for citizens to access or inquire about agencies' records and the records schedule submitted to NARA needs to serve a more limited and focused function.
We need to re-imagine the purpose of the records schedule, and focus its use on permanent records and records relating to the rights and interests of citizens. We need to delegate the management of most temporary records to the creating agencies, and stop spending costly personnel hours overseeing the masses of short-term records that are of little interest to the citizen or the historian.
Finally, we can provide necessary oversight through periodic records inspections, preceded by offering consulting services to agencies (on a fee basis) for self-inspection purposes.
The current records management system is broken. We can design something that would be more effective and cost less, as well.
Allen's comment offers insight in NARA's records management and provides needed consideration for the public and NARA's future with historical and evidential documents. I agree that NARA's main focus should be upon permanent records that supply historical and evidential purposes for the nation. However, I am a new federal employee and a recent graduate of archives and records management and I have observed instances that NARA's involvement with temporary records in the federal realm to be very important to many government agencies. These governmental agencies do not have enough funding, supplies or even space to manage their own temporary records. The lack of understanding archival procedures and purpose may prohibit these government agencies to effectively manage their own records. This is why I consider NARA's role in government record-keeping to be vital. NARA's personnel have the advantage of understanding these processes in order to keep records adequately and without a conflict of interest. More importantly in cases of inadequate record-keeping on the government's part, it is important to have an external resource.
I do agree that the management of governmental records needs to be revised. Especially when considering the creation and preservation of electronic records, but this also poses a difficult problem. Many governmental agencies continue to create physical records, which may be considered inappropriate in the 21st century. However, many of these physical records are temporary. Temporary records are created and destroyed under a specific retention schedule, which could be costly if made into an electronic record only to be later destroyed. Is this an efficient use of government money? Can these problems be reconciled? This is where it is going to take more time and effort to come up with something that is efficient and cost effective.
Thank you both for your comments. We'll make sure that they get added to our work.


This ALM will help participants improve the way they deliver preventive healthcare for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Content is based on the latest evidence in the third edition of the NACCHO/RACGP National guide to a preventive health assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, to be published early 2018.
Case examples, role play and facilitated discussion will demonstrate effective methods of prevention.
Engage with an author of a National Guide chapter as well as Aboriginal facilitators and simulated patients.
GPs will return to their practice with skills and ideas to enhance practice systems and care for their patients.