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Peterlee Campus Main Enrolment - Monday 24th August 2020
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So the biggest trend in WAR lately (Or atleast in Gorfang) is to accuse people of nerfed buttons.
http://www.warhammeralliance.com/forums/showpost.php?p=4750099&postcount=38 this would be me explaining to an old player returning, why everyone is so obsessed with Nerfed Buttons.
If a train leaves Chicago at 6:05 PM traveling 87 MPH and a train in Detroit leaves at 6:08 PM traveling at 92 MPH, why does the train from Chicago Make it first to New York?
Nerfed Buttons is OBVIOUSLY the answer to this particular question. However the Springfield train will jump to the Chicago train's defense because he's played with him a trillion times, and even though he's never looked at his controls there is CERTAINLY no nerfed buttons there.
On gorfang the trend seems to be... Die in Orvr 1 v 1? Well, make an @ post exclaiming your anger, and in that same post mention nerfed buttons in one way or another.
"@Klurkk, DOOD yuu killed meh because I wuz afk, stop using nerfed buttons HAXOR"
Then usually a comment about their guild comes up so on so forth.
Gorfang definitely has giant epeen wars going on, so you on badlands say you have 6 v 6 premades?
We on gorfang have 4 v 3 premades because some people count for more than one, as their epeen is as big as three people put together.
Oh right, nerfed buttons, well, A few months ago I DLed NB not to use it, but just to see what the hype was about. I'm telling you, that thing is way confusing, after 5 minutes of trying to figure it out, I was just like "Forget it" and the uninstalled it. I still have no clue EXACTLY what it does. I'm pretty sure all of gorfang had the same experience as me.
"Nerfed buttons..why's the hype, lets DL and find out, *5 minute later* this is confusing...Because it's so complicated it must be a hacking type thing!"
or something along those lines.
Forum epeens colliding are enough, but when they happen in vent... it's quite another story. (Towards the end it gets bad)
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A warmly welcome at the holiday island Lindau one of the most beautiful German holiday locations.
Our apartments are located in an ensemble monument protected manor home and directly at the island of Lindau. Distance to the lake, yacht harbor, the promenade, shopping area as well as baths places are in walking distances (app. 200-400 meters).
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The manor home has been 2012 restructured and 2015 also the apartment itself has been renovated and according Feng Shui rules new arranged.
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Its Not About The Food
Esther Kane, MSW
About the Author: Esther Kane, MSW, RCC, has an office located in Courtenay (Comox Valley), BC. She provides therapy and counseling services for the following communities on Vancouver Island: Courtenay, Comox, Campbell River, Cumberland, Nanaimo, Parksville, Qualicum Beach, Tofino, and Port Alberni, British Columbia. She grew up the inner city of Toronto and began her work there counseling and facilitating groups for women of all ages and backgrounds who were struggling with chemical dependencies and food/body image issues. After obtaining her Bachelor of Social Work at Ryerson in 1996 at the age of 25, Esther moved to British Columbia and continued her work as a therapist. In 1998, she obtained her Masters in Social Work from UBC. Her graduating research on Jewish Women and Body Image was published in the Journal of Collaborative shortly thereafter. Included in her reach for her goals and accomplishments Esther continued in completing an intense 2-year training program in Multigenerational Family Systems Therapy at Pacific Coast Family Institute in Vancouver. On a more personnel note, Esther is fond of cooking vegan delights, practicing yoga and meditation, belly-dancing, reading and gardening. She is fortunate to have a fantastic marriage, loving and supportive family and very good friends. In Esther's words, "I have experienced several major life challenges and have come out the other side of a deeper, mature, and more loving person. I truly believe that I cannot help people unless I've done my own personal work and continue to on a daily basis. I am a living example that psychotherapy works and is an invaluable tool for human growth, healing and self-acceptance."
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There are a lot of moms out there that are still breastfeeding. However, many women have completely stopped the practice and regard it as being very outdated. They use things like formulas and processed baby food to ensure that their child gets the things that they need to. A lot of individuals do not realize all the benefits that come from breastfeeding. Now, due to political reasons and public health concerns. many women are straying away from it.
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- Human breast milk contains hundreds of human milk oligosaccharides or HMOs which nourish the infant's gut. Formula companies have been trying to replicate that.
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- There is lots of debate whether adding HMOs to infant formula makes it actually better because each mother's breast milk is unique and suited to her baby.
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The AC Hotel Irvine opened March 31.
The 176-room hotel is at the Park Place retail and restaurant center near the intersection of Michelson Drive and Jamboree Road, two miles from John Wayne Airport.
An affiliate of Pacific Hospitality Group in Irvine owns the hotel and PHG runs it. Paul Maddison is general manager.
Hotel amenities that are open include the pool, fitness center, meeting space and the AC Lounge; a sit-down restaurant is under construction.
The boutique brand is part of Marriott International in Bethesda, Md.


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The Black Stars 'B' will face the Gambian national team in a friendly at the Accra Sports Stadium on Wednesday.
The Scorpions are in Accra as part of preparations for their AFCON qualifying match against Benin this weekend.
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The team played Benin last two weeks and are due to play Egypt in the coming weeks.
The local Black Stars are gearing up for the WAFU internationl tournament to be hosted here in Ghana, as well as qualifiers for next year's CAF CHAN tournament.


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Author(s): Siddhartha Mukherjee
"The Emperor of All Maladies "is a magnificent, profoundly humane "biography" of cancer--from its first documented appearances thousands of years ago through the epic battles in the twentieth century to cure, control, and conquer it to a radical new understanding of its essence. Physician, researcher, and award-winning science writer, Siddhartha Mukherjee examines cancer with a cellular biologist's precision, a historian's perspective, and a biographer's passion. The result is an astonishingly lucid and eloquent chronicle of a disease humans have lived with--and perished from--for more than five thousand years. The story of cancer is a story of human ingenuity, resilience, and perseverance, but also of hubris, paternalism, and misperception. Mukherjee recounts centuries of discoveries, setbacks, victories, and deaths, told through the eyes of his predecessors and peers, training their wits against an infinitely resourceful adversary that, just three decades ago, was thought to be easily vanquished in an all-out "war against cancer." The book reads like a literary thriller with cancer as the protagonist. From the Persian Queen Atossa, whose Greek slave cut off her malignant breast, to the nineteenth-century recipients of primitive radiation and chemotherapy to Mukherjee's own leukemia patient, Carla, "The Emperor of All Maladies "is about the people who have soldiered through fiercely demanding regimens in order to survive--and to increase our understanding of this iconic disease. Riveting, urgent, and surprising, "The Emperor of All Maladies "provides a fascinating glimpse into the future of cancer treatments. It is an illuminating book that provides hope and clarity to those seeking to demystify cancer.
Winner of Pulitzer Prize (Nonfiction) 2011 and Literary Award (Science) 2011 and Guardian First Book Award 2011 and ALA Notable Books (Nonfiction) 2012 and Books for a Better Life (First Book) 2010. Runner-up for Discover Great New Writers (Nonfiction) 2010. Commended for National Book Critics Circle Award (Nonfiction) 2010 and Lukas Prize Project (Nonfiction) 2011 and L.A. Times Book Prize (Science/Technology) 2010 and Indies Choice Book Awards (Debut Author) 2011.
Rarely have the science and poetry of illness been so elegantly braided together as they are in this erudite, engrossing, kind book. Mukherjee's clinical wisdom never erases the personal tragedies which are its occasion; indeed, he locates with meticulous clarity and profound compassion the beautiful hope buried in cancer's ravages. --Andrew Solomon, National Book Award-winning author of The Noonday Demon"


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- Beautiful Books
Not far from Book Mongers (see part 1), within the arches of the railway bridge is Beautiful Books, a christian bookshop that seems unusually tidy compared to the shanty food stalls and chaos of the market around it. It's a christian bookshop of the classical twee kind with a few platitudinous posters on the walls and lots more for sale. It's the kind that I recall we used to have in Dunstable, next to the more austere baptist church (ours was the more laid back of the two baptist churches in the town centre, but we didn't have a bookshop).
The books were all along one wall and, at a rough count, seemed to be 1/4 bibles and 1/4 bible reading guides. There was also some apologetics, quite a few biographies of missionaries (though no doubt some of these might be referred to as hagiographies) and some odd bobbins. Being reasonably familiar with the world of christian writing, one can look out for various tell-tale signs to inform you as to the kind of thought that the owners might have by looking at the topics and the authors on display. There was quite a lot of T.D. Jakes and David Pawson on display, along with almost the entire set of C.S. Lewis' theological writings (no science fiction or Narnia here). I couldn't spot a single book by a female author and there was very little that was written more than 70 years ago. There was also half a shelf on "creation/evolution" which was sadly only populated with anti-science writings.
With that kind of selection, it was going to be hard to find something I was likely to enjoy, but I did find something that had been on my wishlist for sometime, so I picked it up and took it to the counter. The proprietor was busy shuffling papers at the other end of the shop and it took a bit of rather English faux coughing to attract her attention. I was fearful that I couldn't see a card reader and that I hadn't enough cash in my wallet, but it was a relief that I could pay by card and so did, walking out not only with my purchase but also a rather curious newsletter entitled "Christ is Victor" containing short articles with the titles of "The Goodness And Beauty Of Jesus", "Oil In The Vessel Of Your Life" and "The Hot Water Bottle".
Book purchased: How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth by Gordon D. Fee and Douglas Stuart.
- Kennington Bookshop
Kennington Bookshop won't be around for long. I had a nice chat with the owner while I was there and she told me that the fixed overheads were too high and that they wouldn't be renewing the lease once it is up at the end of May.
One of the curious features about this place was that most of the books that were displayed on the tables (not including those on the shelves) had elastic bands around them. It seemed a little odd, as though they were intended to stop people from flicking through the books. It turns out this wasn't the case as the owner simply had no faith in the quality of modern binding and felt that the elastic bands would preserve them. I'm not convinced of the efficacy of this, but it was a quirky touch that rather endeared the place to me.
As with several of the bookshops I'd already visited in the weekend, there was some music playing in the background; this time it was Classic FM which rather fitted the slightly posh setting of Kennington as well the owner's accent which wouldn't have been out of place in the BBC in the 1950s. The shop was split on two floors, but unfortunately much of the downstairs hadn't been priced so was labelled as "not for sale" which was a real pity as there were some great looking volumes in there. I also spied volume 2 of Michael Foot's biography of Nye Bevan which would have been much more appealing if volume 1 had also been present.
The upstairs stock consisted of a mixture of new and 2nd hand, but was well presented and offered a reasonable choice of fiction though not a great amount of non fiction.
Book purchased: Before I Say Goodbye by Ruth Picardie.
- Foyles
I hadn't planned on going to Foyles as part of my tour. I was aiming for the Southbank Book Market which the website says happens every day, come rain or shine. Sadly, the only evidence of it was an old, lonely sign on some railings overlooking the mudflats of the Thames. It seems the market is no more. So I wandered down the south bank for a bit and stumbled across an outlet of Foyles.
It is slightly odd and it is a grey area as to whether it is truly an independent bookshop. It has all the corporate trappings of Waterstones with a very similar character which is markedly different from many an independent retailer. I wouldn't say Waterstones and Foyles are characterless, but they are two peas in a pod. They are both excellent if you know what you want, they are well laid out and you can find what you're after with very little effort. And if it's not in stock, it can easily be ordered.
[Late edit: Foyles have stated "To clear up your grey area, we ARE an indie: we're still family-owned. (Indie has nothing to do with no. of shops.)" – I would dispute the latter part. I know of other businesses that are owned either by members of a family or individuals, but where the epithet of 'independent' would be most misleading, since in business, the term has connotations of small, single (or few) places of business.]
This particular branch was quite small compared to the flagship store but still had plenty there. I loved the selection of Very Short Introductions and the Great Ideas next to each other and could quite happily have emptied the shelf. There was also on display a series of 80 booklets that Penguin published and were selling for 80p each. However, these just seemed to be extracts of books, rather than works in their own rights.
Having noted that the store is quite generic, it seemed fitting to go for a relatively generic publishing label, which led me to Vintage. However, I still wanted to pick a book that I actually wanted to read.
Book purchased: Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
- Daunt Books
When I started to research where to go on this little pilgrimage there was one name that appeared at the top of various lists over and over again. This automatically creates the risk that my expectations would be too high. As I walked in I wasn't bowled over, but neither was I disappointed. It was just nice. There were quite a few people around but it wasn't overcrowded.
The big selling point of the shop is its travel literature. Yet while it was interesting to see a bookshop organised by country, it was more than just travel writing; it was the literature of that country (all English translations). So there wasn't, for example, a poetry section. If you wanted Shakespeare you'd go upstairs to the Great Britain section, if you wanted Ovid you would stay on the ground floor and see the Greek section. I was very tempted by The Tale of Genji in the Japanese section but it was in rather poor condition.
While I was happy to browse around, it didn't feel like the kind of place I could spend all day in. That said, the whole place was just nice. I saw examples of the staff being very helpful, though the chap that served me at the checkout was a little bit surly.
Given the way the shop is organised, it only seemed right to go either for a piece of travel writing or at least a piece about a land that is foreign to me, by an author from that land but who writes with an evocative sense of place. There was quite a lot to choose from, but I eventually opted for a piece set on the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan – a place I doubt I will ever get to visit in my lifetime. One place I will probably go to again in my lifetime in Daunt Books.
Book purchased: The Shadow of the Crescent Moon by Fatima Bhutto
Tomorrow, we'll head to The British Library, Housmans, Black Gull Books and Primrose Hill Books.


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Atlético Madrid lost the second leg of their Copa del Rey clash and have been knocked out by Albacete (3-1 on aggregate).
An early goal decided the match and handed Atleti a humiliating home defeat against a club playing in the same league as our B team.
Atlético couldn't possibly have started off worse. After just twenty seconds Víctor Curto found himself in a position to shoot and the number 10 beat Asenjo with a low shot from outside the area.
Gregorio Manzano had started his strongest available eleven. Miranda replaced the suspended Domínguez, while Courtois was given the day off for personal reasons and Arda Turan was out due to a flu.
Not much changed in Atleti's game plan after the early setback, as they already knew they had to score three goals to overcome the 2-1 result of the first leg. But not for a moment did the side seem capable and willing to advance in the cup. Our chances were few and not threatening enough to worry the opponent.
Atleti's first opportunity came after twelve minutes, when Diego Godín headed just wide of the target. Some minutes later Adrián appeared all alone before Álvaro Campos, but this season's topscorer hit the sidenetting.
Los Rojiblancos were uninspired and sloppy and failed to create opportunities. Shortly before the break a shot from distance by Koke sailed wide, but that was about it. Meanwhile Alba looked to break quickly on the counterattack. In the added time of the first half Curto almost completed a brace, but he shot straight at Asenjo.
The only set of supporters that had fun during the first half were the travelling fans, who ironically sang "Manzano quédate" ("Manzano stay"), well realising that this was most likely the coach's last match in charge.
At half time Manzano brought on Pizzi for Diego, but the first big opportunity that followed was for Albacete. Víctor Curto once again found himself in a great position to score, but Asenjo beat the forward one-on-one to spare Atleti from further humiliation.
The goalkeeper was Atlético's most valuable player on the night, although it must be said he had very little competition to claim that title.
When substitute Eduardo Salvio volleyed a ball straight at Campos it was only Atleti's first real moment of danger in the second half. It was only our second shot on target of the entire match.
A corner was later headed wide by Miranda.
It took until the 87th minute of the game before Radamel Falcao finally received the ball in a goalscoring position, but the striker couldn't beat Álvaro Campos.
And so our final game of 2011 ends with a game that perfectly illustrates the entire year. The team showed no passion, no identity and no cohesion and were deservedly kicked out of the Copa del Rey at the hands of a third division side.
Line-up: Asenjo; Juanfran, Miranda, Godín, Filipe; Assunção, Gabi ("64 Salvio), Koke, Diego ("46 Pizzi); Adrián and Falcao.
Goals: 0-1 Curto ("1)


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This Modified Nerf Gun is Powered By Liquid Nitrogen
You're never too old for a Nerf war. That said, foam projectiles have evolved somewhat since you were a kid, thanks in large part to tireless efforts from a community of modders who range from the enthusiastic to the slightly dangerous.
On the more concerning (but altogether very cool) side of the spectrum is Giaco Whatever, a YouTuber who has taken apart and entirely rebuilt a standard Nerf gun to run on a somewhat unorthodox power source. While traditional Nerf guns use hand-pump power or electric motors, this gun, repainted to look significantly more intimidating, is fueled by liquid nitrogen.
See the whole process, and of course the liquid nitrogen Nerf gun in action, below:
The gun works by taking advantage of the expanding size of the liquid nitrogen when it begins to warm up to room temperature. Nitrogen has to be kept at -320 degrees Fahrenheit in order for it to stay a liquid, so once it's removed from a super-cooled environment, it turns into gas fairly quickly.
This causes the nitrogen to expand, thus taking up more space and creating pressure within the gun's barrel, which eventually bursts through a protective layer, causing a Nerf foam bullet to shoot out like a cork popped from a champagne bottle.
As complicated as this all sounds, Giaco Whatever's approach to creating the gun is somewhat makeshift - for example, the protective layer that creates pressure within the gun is made from a potato chip bag. This is a mix of low-fi technology and expensive, volatile chemicals, and this particular experiment probably shouldn't be tried at home.
What's more, the gun isn't exactly efficient. Like an old-fashioned rifle, the gun will fire off precisely one shot before it needs to be reloaded, and because of the somewhat unpredictable nature of the liquid nitrogen that's returning to a gaseous state, the gun's timing for firing is impossible to plan for. It's simply a matter of pointing the gun at a target, carefully filling it up with liquid nitrogen, and then waiting for it to fire.
So why create something this hazardous, cumbersome, and slow? Because it's cool, of course. Why else?
So no, this gun won't be winning any Nerf wars any time soon. That said, it's a genius little project that shows how far the Nerf modding community can go, and what can be accomplished when liquid nitrogen is put to good use. Now, if only Giaco Whatever could make his way to Pluto, he'd be set with an unlimited source of fuel for his gun, and the chance at the weirdest toy shooting range of all time!


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Out for an early morning run, well not too early as I've become built for comfort. Early was around 9:30 a.m.. It was beautiful. I find it difficult think of winter as beautiful although I know it is. Snow, before it becomes filthy, covers all in pure white and rounds the sharp corners of everything. It muffles harsh sounds but has the ability to enhance the churchbells as they ring on the hour. Winter draws me inward, I become pondering and reflective. Insightful writing happens in winter. Unfortunately it lasts far too long and my pondering reflection has a tendency to turn dark and morose. My antedote to entering a cave of dispair is to force myself out, move, move quickly, be warm when it's cold and defy the elements. It keeps at least one step ahead of immobilizing depression.
Today was really cold but sharp and sunny and beautiful. The wind was forgiving this morning, it stayed at my back for a good part of my run, most importantly: the early part when I'm cold and inflexible. Last night's inch of snow didn't hide too many icy spots on the sidewalk and there were barely any cars which made running on the road far less perilous.
Winter running has to be embraced if you're going to fling yourself out in the cold with thin layers of lycra and polyester. Even for one who's evolved from hard core to comfort, I need a considerable amount of bracing and inner dialogue before venturing out. I'm not training, I don't have an inconceivable mileage number to accomplish every week and what an incredible relief there's no marathon taunting me in the spring. Yes, I've become a very comfortable runner this year.
I ran a familiar route, so familiar in fact that it had become boring of late. What a pompous ass I am to make that statement! I find it boring to run along the ocean, past and through beautiful parks in a beautiful city on Boston's North Shore? I realized that as I set out in a slow shuffle and I decided to run in a different mind set–not about running but about where I was and how running was getting me around there. I didn't wear music which is a crutch (instead of focusing on the running, it gets me through the run while listening to songs I like). Music is definitely a help for training and long runs but I didn't need it or want it today.
I ran for over an hour, taking a route that I never would have set out upon if I made the time or distance my goal. It was beautiful and I loved every step. No watch, no monitor, just enjoying winter outside.
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Thursday, September 19, 2019 | 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM
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The First VA Healthcare Facility Project Under the C.H.I.P.I.N. for Veterans Act
Vice President, Senior Project Manager, Leo A Daly
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Director of Facilities Planning, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
With a co-presenter from the Veterans Administration in Chicago, this session will examine how private-healthcare design processes can influence a VA medical project. Presenters will illuminate outcomes from a trailblazing VA Ambulatory Care Center project in Omaha, Nebraska, expected to open in mid 2020. Its $86 million price tag saves taxpayers roughly $30 million by using donations from the non-profit Veterans Ambulatory Center Development Corporation (VACDC), but the donations came with conditions. The benefactor prescribed innovative delivery, which encouraged congress to pass the new law. The law's title stands for Communities Helping Invest through Property and Improvements Needed for Veterans Act of 2016. It paved the way for Veterans Administration hospitals to take advantage of the technical and economic innovations commonly used in private-sector projects, including performance specifications, modern QA/QC processes, and strategic partnerships.
Learning Objectives:
- Compare and contrast timelines and outcomes between traditional VA healthcare projects and the new VA Omaha Ambulatory Care Center
- Understand events leading congress to pass the "CHIP IN for Vets Act"
- Differentiate between what the law does and does not allow.
- Apply lessons learned when partnering with the VA and private entities on projects.


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LAKE CARROLL — Nick Kane, a resident of Lake Carroll, had an unusual visitor pass by his house last week.
Kane saw and photographed a bobcat when it was walking down the road.
"I first saw the bobcat while looking out my window facing the front of my property. It was casually walking up the street and then took a turn into my driveway. It then retreated to the woods on my property after a vehicle was heard in the distance. Just as quickly as it appeared, it disappeared," Kane wrote in an email.
He said he saw the bobcat on Feb. 20 at around 4 p.m.
According to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, bobcats are about twice the size of a common house cat. They stand 20 to 23 inches high at the shoulder and are 30 to 35 inches in length.
Weights vary from 10 to 40 pounds. Females average about one-third smaller than males.
They get their name from a short, bobbed tail that is about 5 to 6 1/2 inches in length. Small tufts of hair extend from the tips of their ears, making them look pointed.
Historically, bobcats occurred throughout Illinois but were most common in forested parts of the state.
Habitat changes and unregulated hunting caused their numbers to decline dramatically by the late 1800s. During 1977, bobcats were placed on Illinois' first official list of threatened species.
Bobcats responded well to protection and habitat restoration.
During the 1990s, a study conducted by the Cooperative Wildlife Research Laboratory at Southern Illinois University confirmed reports of bobcats in all but three counties. At that time, bobcats were common in southern Illinois and expanding northward.
Bobcats were removed from the list of state threatened species in 1999.
"Statewide, the number of bobcats sighted by archery deer hunters increased more than ten-fold from 1992 to 2012. This trend is supported by intensive studies in the southern third of the state, where the number of bobcats increased from 2,200 in 2000 to 3,200 by 2009. Today, it is estimated that as many as 5,000 bobcats occur in the state," IDNR's website said.
This isn't the first time bobcats have been spotted in the Lake Carroll area with sightings also reported in 2017.


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I never thought it was going to be easy. My beginning in photography was a stream of endless mistakes.
It was painful but I had a plan and I practised everyday.
Now I am not advocating that to succeed you have to put in eight hours a day to become a successful photographer.
The concert pianist, the world class athlete and people in many other walks of life practise constantly to succeed.
I hear a lot of people who are interested in photography say they're not very good and its mainly because they don't get the camera out too often.
Almost any one who plays guitar knows the need to practise. Talent doesn't come into it and it is the same with photography
You can put aside those excuses…. I'm not artistic, I don't have the eye for it, I"m too busy, I never get the time to go out into the countryside …just practise a little every day. It can be your backyard, the dog, the cat, drive your wife or partner crazy taking endless shots (they do get use to it after awhile). Try the kitchen. Olive Cotton did (look up her Teacup Ballet on Google).
It doesn't mean you have to produce a masterpiece every day. That is too stressful a goal and unachievable at the same time.
In my case the first image that I was prepared to show anybody took 6 months. Maybe a goal of one a week is still too unrealistic at the beginning, keeping in mind that many of the master painters of old would change or refine a work for years if necessary. Photographers can't do that.
Quite a few of those who come to my workshops find it hard to grasp the concept at first.
However apart from the technical use of a camera which anyone can learn like rote exercises at school, I have found one of the keys to reaching this goal is an understanding of the images and life of great painters and photographers.
Try researching the lives and works of some obvious photographers for a start like Henri Cartier-Bresson, Sebastiao Salgado, Joseph Karsh and Steve McCurry. Artists too like Caravaggio, Rembrandt, Johannes Vermeer and Georgia O'keefe for their mastery of light, colour and composition.
All have interesting stories and a wealth of inspiration for practising daily. There are many more and the history of those artists and photographers is endlessly fascinating.
That means discarding the gear reviews and the avalanche of photographs posted on social media everyday.
Ploughing through endless photographs on Instragram, Facebook, Flickr and the like isn't providing you with any sort of basis to make good photographs.
Build a library. Looking at printed copies of both painting and photographs in books, magazines etc. is the only way to really appreciate an image.
Look at them in depth. Work out if you like it and understand why you like it. This directly translates to your own images given time.
Getting out and walking with your camera is almost mandatory. Take a workshop. Find a mentor. Avoid competitions.
All steps to improvement, but just take photos.


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REITs are undoubtedly equity instruments with a high dividend yield that can provide a steady stream of income to investors.
This is because of tax regulations that require REITs to pay out at least 90% of their distributable income to unitholders as dividends, and the inherent income producing quality of their underlying properties.
Here's a brief run through of Lippo Malls Indo Retail Trust listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange that offers a high dividend yield of 8.2%.
Lippo Malls Indo Retail Trust
Lippo Malls Indo Retail Trust (LIMRT) has a dividend yield of 8.2% based on the closing price of S$0.43 at end of Sept.
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Lippo Malls Indo Retail Trust aims to be a premier retail REIT in Asia with all of their retail malls located in Indonesia.
With a total of 27 properties spread over Sumatra, Java, Bali and Sulawesi, LIMRT is well positioned to reap the benefits from spending by the millenial generation.
The main tenants by contribution of gross rental revenue in LIMRT are Matahari Department Store at 13.6%, Hypermart at 9.6%, Carrefour at 3.6% followed by Electronic Solution at 0.8%.
The top 3 tenants contribute 26.8% of the total revenue.
Similar to many other REITs, F&B takes up a large proportion of the REITs rental revenue at 19.3%, followed by fashion at 17.7% and Supermarket/Hypermarket at 13.8%.
Rising Revenue
Based on their 3Q2017 financial statements, gross rental income on a year to date basis has grown by 9.5% to S$124m from S$113m.
Gross rental income is higher mainly due to contributions of new acquisitions Kuta, Kendari and positive rental reversions of 2.9% for the portfolio.
Rental reversions for LMIRT has been positive every quarter since 2011 and averaging 10%.
Other revenue, comprising carpark and other rental income fell by 7.6% to S$24m on a year to date basis.
Even thought there was a decline, other revenue contributes just 16% of total gross revenue which is small compared to the REIT's main income from retail rents.
The reason other revenue fell is because of the decline in carpark revenue. According to the REIT, there were various contractual arrangements with different carpark operators in the past.
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In order to achieve cost efficiency and to benefit from the latest parking management technology, a new carpark operator was engaged to operate most of LMIR Trust's malls for one year with effect from 1 January 2017.
Under the new contractual arrangements, the carpark operator absorbs all the carpark operating costs and is entitled to a portion of the parking revenue. This has resulted in the decrease in carpark income from S$19.6 million in YTD 2016 to S$15.6 million in YTD 2017.
Correspondingly, the carpark expenses, which form part of the property operating and maintenance expenses, have reduced from S$3.4 million in YTD 2016 to S$0.5 million in YTD 2017, resulting in a reduction in net carpark income by about 6.8% from approximately S$16.2 million in YTD 2016 to approximately S$15.1 million in YTD 2017.
Together, the increase in gross rental income and decline in other revenue netted each other to result in total gross revenue rising 6.3% to S$148m on a year to date basis.
On the expense side, land rental and property management fees rose by 6.4% and 41.5% respectively.
Property operating and maintenance expenses fell 64.7% to S$2.6m on a year to date basis due to the change in carpark contractual arrangement mentioned earlier.
After deducting for property operating expenses (comprising land rental, property management fee and property operating and maintenance expenses), net property income grew 9.4% to S$139m on a year to date basis.
Overall, the growth in net property income is healthy at a high single digit range.
Savings on future financial expenses
On the financing side of the REIT, interest income is a small item while financial expenses is much larger.
On a year to date basis, financial expenses fell a healthy 11.3% because of refinancing done with perpetual securities issued in Sept 2016 and June 2017.
The decline in financial expense is due mainly to the repayment of the following two mentioned bonds.
A S$150m bond due in Oct 2016 and S$50m bond due in July 2017 were refinanced by the issues of S$140m (Sept 2016) and S$120m (June 2017) issue respectively.
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At a rate of 7% for the Sept 2016 issue and 6.6% for the June 2017 issue, the perpetual securities offered by LMIRT is higher than the rates for bonds and term loans of between 3 to 5% the REIT presently has.
This might portend a rise in financial expenses going forward due to the higher interest rate of LMIRT's new borrowings.
This is by far the largest expense item followed by Manager's management fees.
Increase in distributable income
After deducting all property, trust and finance expenses, and adding back non-cash items such as manager's fee payable in the form of units, amount reserved for distribution to perpetual securities holders, depreciation, amortization of intangible assets, unrealized loss/gain on hedging contracts and foreign exchange, the amount available to distribute to both unitholders and perpetual securities holders rose 18% to S$84m on a year to date basis.
On a year to date basis, distribution to unitholders rose 5% to S$75m while distribution to perpetual securities holders rose to S$9.6m from S$0.1 mainly due to the issuance of perpetual stock by LMIRT.
On a distribution per unit basis to unitholders, there was an increase of 4% to 2.64 SG cents per unit on a year to date basis.
Distributable income has been rising for LMIRT because of their consistent positive rental reversions, furthermore the REIT's occupancy has been consistently above 90%. In 3Q2017, occupancy was at 94.3%, higher than the industry average of 85%.
Expiry of anchor tenant leases
Though the 3Q results have been fairly positive to date, one should look out for the possible negative rental reversions for anchor tenants in 4Q2017.
Also read: 20.9% growth in results for Manulife REIT
OCBC's report points out that they were initially optimistic on rental reversions for anchor tenant leases expiring in late 2017.
These leases were signed 10 years earlier before the IPO.
However, management has recently guided that the market rate are significantly lower than the locked in rates. This is leading OCBC to guide for a -25% decline in rental reversions.
However, this decline is for 10% of LMIRT's leases. Based on their NLA of 872 sqm, this is about 87,000 sqm. Based on a total of 3,429 leases as of their 2016 annual report, this would be 342 leases which will have a decline in rental reversions.
The absolute number does look large.
[Also read: S$2xxk for a Bangkok property at Ideo Mobi Rama 4]
The history of this master lease arrangement can be found on note 31 of 2016's annual report. Essentially, the retail malls Lippo Mall Kemang, Palembang Icon, Lippo Plaza Batu, Lippo Mall Kuta and retail spaces being Depok Town Square Units, Grand Palladium Units, Java Supermall Units, Malang Town Square Units, Mall WTC Matahari Units, Metropolis Town Square Units and Plaza Madiun Units are under a Master Lease Agreement.
These master leases were signed on 18 Oct 2007 and has expired in Oct 2017.
Notably, the rental support for Kemang Mall has also expired in 3Q2017.
The 4Q2017 results will show how the rental reversion will be like.
In summary, LMIRT's 3Q results as follows
- Increase in gross rental income
- Increase in gross revenue
- Decline in expenses
- Leading to an increase in net property income
- Possible savings on financial expenses because LMIRT issued perpetual securities rather than bonds or borrowed from the bank
- Be careful with negative rental reversion for the master leased properties


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Housing has always been a problem in Bristol. Thousands of people are on the council's waiting list for homes, tenants are evicted with limited notice and struggle to find alternative accommodation that is affordable, tenants report concerns about the maintenance and upkeep of rented properties and young people and families are struggling more than ever to afford Bristol's increasing property and rent prices. We've also seen increasing numbers of street homeless, particularly in our city centre.
I want to do what I can to help improve Housing in Bristol. Not just to support the council in the building of new homes but to support Bills in Parliament that protect tenants rights to a safe home.
Housing in Bristol North West has always been the top local issue people ask for my help with. That's why I've been working hard at improving housing from the very beginning of my time as your MP.
You can read my latest Housing and Development update here: Bristol North West Transport and Housing Plan (1)
My work on housing:
- In October, Darren welcomed additional funding to speed-up building of 50 new homes in Lockleaze. Darren also visited the Lockleaze Housing Festival to hear more about the plans.
- In August 2019, I welcomed news that a community-designed housing project 'Astry Close' was progressing in Lawrence Weston and 32 new council homes had been completed in Henbury. I also commented on a new report that detailed 210,000 children were now homeless in England and my views on what needs to be done to eliminate homelessness.
- In June 2019, I called for widespread increase in the number of council homes being built. I also visited a new residential home for veterans in Bristol North West.
- In April 2019, I welcomed news of the government's intention to overhaul 'no fault' evictions under Section 21 and the ban on private tenants being charged letting fees from 1st June. I also called on the government to reinstate the £1billion per year they have cut from council homeless service budgets.
- In March 2019, I signed a joint letter calling on the government to ensure Fire Safety Regulations are updated to protect not only lives but people's homes, schools and health care facilities.
- In January 2019, I wrote to Homes England asking for a funding deadline to be extended so new 40 new homes could be built in Lawrence Weston.
- In October 2018,I met with Housing Association Curo to discuss their plans to build 185 new homes, of which 95 will affordable, in Lawerence Weston.
- In September 2018, I voted in favour of higher fines for landlords or letting agents breaching the law limiting what tenants can be charged for.
- In August 2018, I commented on the release of the government's Rough Sleeping Strategy and the much-delayed Social Housing Green Paper.
- In July 2018, I called on the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government to publish the much-delayed Social Housing Green Paper.
- In June 2018, I backed Crisis' 'Everybody in' campaign and welcomed news of £600,000 additional council funding to tackle homelessness in Bristol.
- In January 2018, I supported renters when he attended the second reading of the Homes (Fitness for Huamn Habitation and Liability for Housing Standards) Bill.
- In November 2017, I visited the team at Riverside's Jamaica Street Project which support those homeless or at high-risk of homelessness. I also shared my concerns about the growing numbers of homeless and foodbank users across Bristol.
- In October 2017, I asked the government how they were planning to support people severely affected by interest rate rises.
- In July 2017, I called on the Housing Secretary to build more council homes in Bristol.


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With the prospect of a very cold evening ahead I headed out early to the 1st CapeStance SLAMO-METER event to catch some of the action before the freeze really set in. Jason from BoostSA and I seemed to have the same idea as we both where the 1st to arrive and where summarily turned away by the security at the gate who didn't seem to know what was going on… I guess we where a little too early, LOL. At least it gave us time to pick up our chat from the last event while we waited for things to get going and get going it did. Slammed car after slammed car filed into the underground parking, some being met with the sound of scraping bumpers as they struggled to navigate the ramped entrance. It was a great turnout for such a cold evening, props to CapeStance and the die hard Cape car scene. I left just as the SLAMO-METER action was about to get underway and as I sit here typing this with a sore throat and groggy head I guess I know why my body told me to leave when it did. On my way home to the Southern Suburbs I had the "pleasure" of having to go though a roadblock, with the Ghost Squad in attendance I hope non of the Southern Suburbs slammed cars got any grief. Great stuff CapeStance… till next time
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Ways to Personalize Baby Blankets
Neil Valentine D'Silva
Mar 18, 2020
A baby is the most awaited gift for the parents. His comfort and care become their utmost and the only priority in order to nurture him well, and prevent from any kind of discomfort. Blanket is one such thing in the list. Not only does this warm piece sooth and care for his soft skin, but it also gives the baby a sense of affinity.
Know the Types!
The most common types of baby blankets are swaddling blanket, receiving, and baby quilts. The swaddling blanket is used for wrapping around the child, the receiving one is used to cover infants and the newborn babies.
Quilts are generally used as a bedding in the crib or on the floor.
Personalization really makes the gift more valuable than its money's worth. Parents love to cherish gifts personalized in their babies' names for years to come. The child too, would want to keep the gift forever, for memories' sake. For just a few dollars extra, the gift becomes a keepsake item that cannot be easily parted with.
Speaking of baby gifts, baby blankets are quite popular, for the simple reason that every baby needs a blanket. That makes the utility of this gift universal; personalizing it makes it unique. Given are some examples of how you could do it.
Baby blankets can be personalized in a variety of ways. One of the simplest methods is to embroider or monogram the name of the baby on the blanket.
It may later help the child as an association to his/her childhood memories.
A message may be included along with the monogram. For example, the blanket may have the message, ''To darling Karen, on her first birthday. From Uncle Simon and Aunt Trisha''. This makes it unique.
Sometimes, people don't like to put long messages so you may also cut it short. Also, only the name of the baby and one descriptive word could be used. It is not uncommon to find old blankets labeled 'Adorable Kristy', 'Naughty Jean', or 'Little Amanda'.
Cartoon characters are universal baby favorites. Designs like the Disney characters and Hello Kitty are most common.
The people might use the graphic of a baby with a favorite cartoon character and label them like 'Baby Justin and Minnie Mouse', or design the blanket in a particular fashion too.
The cartoons may be used to cover the entire blanket, or merely in one corner. It all depends on the ingenuity of the designers. Apart from the usual characters, you can add any animated character too.
How To Buy a Baby Blanket
There are tons of sites, from where such customized gifts can be purchased. Just select a pattern, personalize it according to your choice and then place your order. You can look for the options already available in the market too.
If you think that these blankets cost too much more than the normal ones, then you are mistaken.
Though a bit costly (sometimes), they add an extra color to your child's happy face and gives you a keepsake, to keep forever as a memory of your baby's childhood.
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A profitable 20 year old company in the Dredging and Marine Industry is for sale as the owner is relocating. Company was Incorporated under the Companies Act of 1956, The Company is engaged in providing contractual services related to various industries such as Dredging, Marine, Shipping, Mechanical, Civil Construction and Import / Export business. The Company is specialized in handling turnkey projects. The primary objective of the Company is to meet the growing needs and demands of Dredging, Marine & Shipping industries and Civil, Power and Oil sectors. With Multiple offices in various states of India and a wholly owned subsidiary company located at Ras Al Khaimah, U.A.E.
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These bloomers were inspired by the line of fabric designed by Fig Tree Quilts called Mirabelle. The fabric inspired me and I decided to embellish my bloomers with the fabric. Thus their title Mirabelle. They are embellished with the fabric as the pockets, the raw edge ruffle and the waist band. They fit up to a size 16 and are great for lounging around the house or a walk through town. The base color is tumbleweed cream.
They feature a Tina-rie Studio label.
If you have any questions feel free to convo me.
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Ship items back to me within: 21 days of delivery
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Because of the nature of these items, unless they arrive damaged or defective, I can't accept returns for:
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Reasons To Pest-Proof Your Air Conditioner
To make your home pest-free, you need to take many different steps. Rendering your home pest-free is one of the best things you can do to ensure the safety and health of your family. Home is where you may or may not be spending your entire day, but whenever you do make sure you and your family are experiencing a level of comfort you can't get anywhere else. You're likely to spend more time at home with your loved ones especially during the holiday season. Sometimes holidays can be the ideal time to get all the house chores done that you've been avoiding for most of the year. And getting your air conditioner professionally serviced is one of such major tasks – and here's why.
Did you get your cooling unit serviced this year? Undoubtedly you're spending a lot to cool down your house – but you'll end up paying much more if there are a lot of pests in your home. As you probably know, pests and insects are responsible for a number of diseases. We all love to be committed to a healthier living and a work environment. You'll depend more on air conditioners during the summer, but living in a warmer climate can be non-stop. Ask yourself if your unit is functioning correctly. If not, it's probably time to get some help from a professional.
You may be wondering why your AC unit is costing you more than you had expected. If it has not been serviced for a while, grease and dirt are likely to build up. In simple words, the breeding ground for termites and insects has already been set. Servicing it yourself can be time consuming. To your surprise, pests can be anywhere, it's just a matter of location. They love to be near your food and water and residing in your air conditioner is like discovering the perfect spot. Probably they're attracted to the cooking smells floating through the breeze around the coils and compressor while it pulls the warm air off your home. They could also be drawn to any drips or drains from the hose of the compressor. Even the slightest smell of freon is enough to lure them in. Whatever the case may be, it's important to get rid of these pests.
You'll require insecticide but make sure to get the very low level sprays. If you get the strongest spray possible, it will permeate your home, as the smell will fill the ducts and spread from room to room every time you use your air conditioner. This will severely affect the indoor air quality and is likely to make you and your family sick. A worthy solution would be to get your air ducts cleaned. It'll be a great way to prevent pests from causing nuisance.


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I have just heard from my chum at the MoS who has been trying like mad for months to get the National Rags to give us some coverage but as he says, it is not of interest to them.
What we need to do is make it of interest and the only way to do that is to thrust it into the public eye. Serious ideas are needed from you all and Barry will be back on Wednesday to sift them for possible action. It is high time we took the initiative again.


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WASHINGTON—Following the USCCB General Assembly in November 2017, a group of ecumenical and interfaith partners gathered with bishops of the Subcommittee for the Promotion and Defense of Marriage to discuss gender ideology. As a result of this discussion, faith leaders today issued an open letter entitled "Created Male and Female".
Archbishop Charles Chaput, O.F.M. Cap. of Philadelphia, chairman of the USCCB Committee on Laity, Marriage, Family Life and Youth, Bishop James Conley of Lincoln, chairman of the Subcommittee for the Promotion and Defense of Marriage, Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, chairman of the Committee for Religious Liberty, and Bishop Joseph C. Bambera of Scranton, chairman of the Committee on Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs signed the letter.
"We hope this letter communicates to the public our shared understanding of the goodness of the creation of humanity as male or female and underscores our commitment to service of this truth with both clarity and compassion," said Bishop Conley.
The religious leaders stressed the importance of acknowledging the reality of sexual identity, noting, "Children especially are harmed when they are told that they can 'change' their sex or, further, given hormones that will affect their development and possibly render them infertile as adults. Parents deserve better guidance on these important decisions, and we urge our medical institutions to honor the basic medical principle of 'first, do no harm.'"
The leaders close with a hope: "We hope for renewed appreciation of the beauty of sexual difference in our culture and for authentic support of those who experience conflict with their God-given sexual identity."
The letter is available at: http://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/marriage-and-family/marriage/promotion-and-defense-of-marriage/created-male-and-female.cfm and follows three previous open letters: "The Protection of Marriage: A Shared Commitment," issued December 6, 2010, "Marriage and Religious Freedom: Fundamental Goods That Stand or Fall Together," issued January 12, 2012, and "The Defense of Marriage and the Right of Religious Freedom: Reaffirming a Shared Witness," issued on April 23, 2015, which are available at http://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/marriage-and-family/marriage/promotion-and-defense-of-marriage/ecumenical-and-interreligious-activities.cfm.
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Indian Pesticides Market to Reach INR 316.3 Billion by 2024
According to the latest report by IMARC Group, titled "Indian Pesticides Market: Industry Trends, Share, Size, Growth, Opportunity and Forecast 2019-2024", the pesticides industry in India reached a value of INR 197 Billion in 2018, growing at a CAGR of 10% during 2011-2018. Pesticides are toxic substances designed to eliminate, reduce or control the infestation of insects, weeds, rodents, fungi and other organisms in crops or plants. These insects and pests cause severe damage to the crops and impact the overall agricultural production. Depending upon their application, different types of pesticides include avicide, herbicide, insecticide, fungicide, piscicide and rodenticide. In India, crop protection chemicals have gained immense popularity over the past few years due to increasing awareness among farmers regarding the impact of pest infestation on crop yields.
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With the rising population in India, the focus has shifted towards enhancing farm productivity and efficiently using the available arable land. Apart from this, the increasing adoption of modern agricultural approaches, such as Integrated Pest Management and contract farming, are positively influencing the India pesticides market. Moreover, there has been an increase in the number of investments made in the industry owing to a major shift towards the development of eco-friendly pesticides. However, the overall consumption of pesticides in the countries is still lower than their production, owing to which India has emerged as one of the largest pesticide exporters in the world. Looking forward, the pesticide market size in India is projected to reach INR 316 Billion by 2024, expanding at a CAGR of 8.1% during 2019-2024
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As it's the run-up to Christmas, the lovely people at Stella McCartney must be feeling generous, because they've created two nail polishes for any buyers of Stella's fragrances.
With the purchase of any 50ml STELLA fragrance, customers receive one mini STELLA nail polish, or two if they splash out any 100ml fragrance. And if you've been hiding under a rock all this time and haven't already smelt it, the STELLA fragrance is a beautiful rose scent fused with the complementing contrast of masculine amber.
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The two polishes come in dark, wintry shades of shimmering gold and deep purple, which coincidentally mirror the bottle of the original STELLA eau de parfum.
Could this foray into beauty cosmetics be a good omen for a future makeup line…? We sure do hope so, because if there's one thing you can never have enough of, it's a designer makeup range. The nail polishes are only available with purchases of STELLA at The Perfume Shop from October 15th – November 4th.
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Public-private partnership experienced by PAEPARD
AUTHORS: Alfred S., Muchiri S. and Kahane R. 9 pages
The Platform for Africa-Europe Partnership on Agricultural Research for Development (PAEPARD), designed a multi-stakeholder partnership approach to overcome existing shortcomings in agricultural research for development (ARD). Through a variety of brokerage mechanisms, PAEPARD has supported the formation of consortia made up of multi-stakeholder partners from the public and private sectors, which are intended to address priority research issues and respond to user needs.
PAEPARD played a key role in brokering the PPP that made up consortia, in particular, the Platform helped attract private sector small and mediumsized enterprises (SME) to partner with consortia, and trained a group of facilitators to strengthen partnership formation and management.
Initially, PAEPARD experienced challenges in involving the private sector in its multi-stakeholder consortia. A major constraint to the participation of SME stems from their reluctance to engage with NGO or government-driven research activities due to their limited experience and mistrust of working with such organizations. The challenges of working with smallholders in outgrower schemes also limits the private sector's interest in submitting proposals for multi-stakeholder partnerships, which require significant time and resource commitments (human and financial).
To mobilize private sector partners PAEPARD sought to create better understanding of the winwin outcomes for all partners, the constraints that private sector partners operate under (e.g. time and resources), and the required incentives for private sector participation (e.g. ownership of the research product).
During its second phase, PAEPARD increased the participation of private sector partners, including farmer organizations, in its multi-stakeholder consortia, through its users-led process (ULP), competitive research fund (CRF) and incentive fund (IF) mechanisms. Each of these mechanisms were funded by PAEPARD, providing the necessary financial incentive for private sector involvement in consortia.
to address citrus fruit damage as a result of pests and diseases. Pinora Ltd and Fruitland Ghana Ltd.
Two influential farmers' groups (Unit Six Multipurpose Cooperative and Imo State Cassava Growers Association) joined the consortium to collaborate in the production and use of cassava as a raw material for poultry feed.
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With Téga Wendé on board, the consortium activities have seen a significant expansion in the production and use of organic matter by local farmers. In fact, the Téga Wendé group has almost doubled its compost production from 45 tons in 2014 to nearly 76 tons in the first half of 2017. The revenue generated by the sale of the compost has increased four-fold over this period to €2,763 in the first half of 2017. In addition, the study tours of Téga Wendé have made it possible to replicate the processing structure used by the group to establish 12 new rural composting units in Burkina Faso.
GIE BIOPROTECT, a (joint venture) private sector company based in Burkina Faso that specializes in the supply of organic farm inputs, as well as training and advice on organic farming and good agricultural practices, is a leading partner in the Burkina Faso consortium focused on promoting the use of Trichoderma enriched compost.
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EAFF established the Kenyan Aflatoxin Innovation Platform (KAIP). KAIP provided further support to elaborate and present several project proposals to create awareness among farmers of aflatoxin control mechanisms.
Malawi and Zambia groundnut consortium
Smallholder farmers, drawn from the National Smallholder Farmers' Association of Malawi (NASFAM) and Eastern Province Farmers' Cooperatives membership base, were at the heart of the project. Farmers participated at two levels, either as lead farmers who took part in the participatory research, or farmers who received targeted extension services for improved aflatoxin mitigation practices through publications, radio broadcasts and face-to-face demonstrations.
The consortium placed farmers at the center of activities, building strong relationships with producer cooperatives for the rapid dissemination and adoption of the locally adapted seeds.
Engagement with the women processors in the consortium has enabled researchers to demystify and simplify scientific information so that it is user friendly and meets the women's needs. In 2016, the consortium also partnered with the African Agribusiness Incubation Network to set up a private sector organization, the Benin Agribusiness Incubation Hub (BAIH), to help turn research outputs into viable agribusinesses.


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Every place has a story, whether latent or apparent. Sometimes that story is revealed through the landscape, while others are subtle, only seen and understood by the most discerning eyes. But often times, the story that we're seeing and experiencing is only conveyed from one viewpoint. In a way, we're understanding a place through one lens, unable to fully know the broader impacts, characters, and events of that story.
In the past half decade the need for a clearly understood context has been brought to the forefront of a dialogue going on in homes, government chambers, and our built environments. This context and this underlying narrative can be enlightening, it can be damaging, it can be discomforting, but more than all the rest, it can be illuminating. By pulling back the curtain on a one-sided narrative, we create a broader and more complete picture. Contextualization in the landscape does not detract from the existing story, but instead seeks to bring that story into a larger space, a more informed space, and often, a more open and transparent space.
The Marquis Latimer + Halback, Inc. team has recently been involved as the design consultant assisting the City of St Augustine's Confederate Memorial Contextualization Committee with coming up with an additive intervention connected to a local Memorial to Confederate Dead.
While the main task of the committee has been to create additional narrative descriptions of the memorial and it's greater context, Marquis Latimer + Halback, Inc. has focused our efforts on creating hardscape elements that help highlight these added story elements. We've found that, even beyond the story itself, the presentation of the added elements and their relationship with the existing monument becomes a part of the story as well.
Throughout the process we've learned that being able to add to the story instead of juxtaposing a completely different story is the mark of success in contextualizing things. When we add a chapter, an epilogue, a prologue, an aside, we further educate the reader and the person experiencing the space.
While we can accept the existence of something, no longer are we allowing ourselves to accept only one viewpoint, only one voice. The story, whether we wish it to or not, will evolve and change over time, the subject and premise, sometimes becoming distorted. But stories are spread and told differently each time – they grow, just as our understanding grows.


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AUTO RACINGCastroneves� tweet about penalty costs him $30,000 fine
IndyCar officials fined Helio Castroneves $30,000 and put him on probation yesterday because of critical comments he made on Twitter.
Castroneves, a three-time Indianapolis 500 winner, complained about a penalty imposed by race director Brian Barnhart on the final lap at Japan on Sept.?17. Barnhart dropped Castroneves from seventh to 22nd place after he made a pass under yellow. The driver acknowledged his maneuver was illegal but said he should�ve received a one-spot penalty.
After the race Castroneves tweeted: �It is sad to see one person being responsible for bringing down an entire series� and �Brian Barnhart is a circus clown!�
PRO BASKETBALLNBA, players meet; talks to resume today
The ability to preserve a full NBA season may be riding on a meeting in Manhattan between the NBA and its players union, after both sides emerged from a brief but productive collective bargaining session.
No proposals have been exchanged, but one could be in the making.
�We�ve talked extensively in ideas and concepts,� union president Derek Fisher said. �These are things that, if we can get into the range or get into the zone, maybe we can put a deal together.�
Commissioner David Stern said that today�s meeting will determine how soon it�s worth sitting down again.
LEGAL FILECrittenton free on bond in Georgia murder case
A judge took the rare step of allowing former NBA player Javaris Crittenton, charged with murder, to go free on bond after hearing friends and coaches testify that he was too focused on making a comeback to squander his future on a revenge killing.
Magistrate Judge Karen Smith Woodson granted him $230,000 bond over the objections of prosecutors, who said they feared Crittenton could threaten witnesses who implicated him in the Aug. 19 shooting death of 22-year-old Julian Jones in Atlanta. The judge, though, banned Crittenton from the crime scene and ordered Paul Hewitt, who coached Crittenton at Georgia Tech, to co-sign the bond with others who spent hours testifying on his behalf yesterday.
Crittenton was arrested Aug. 30 at a southern California airport and charged with the Georgia shooting. Police said Crittenton was retaliating for being robbed of $55,000 worth of jewelry when Jones was mistakenly hit by gunfire while standing outside her house with a man who wasn�t injured, 18-year-old Trontavious Stephens.
GOLFHaas, Woods selected to Presidents Cup team
U.S. captain Fred Couples added Tiger Woods and Bill Haas, who won the Tour Championship last week, to the U.S. team for the Presidents Cup.
International captain Greg Norman took Robert Allenby and Aaron Baddeley.
The Presidents Cup is Nov. 17-20 in Melbourne, Australia.
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July 25: The Annexation of Guanacaste
Ah yes, it's that time of year again – one of the many times of year that we ask ourselves, "What's that noise?" Well, folks, today is July 25 and in Costa Rica, that means today is "Guanacaste Day" or more formally, a celebration of "la Anexión del Partido de Nicoya," aka the "Annexation of Guanacaste."
In Guanacaste province, including Tamarindo and surrounds, today is what we consider a Major Holiday. We're talking parades and bombetas (like sound-only fireworks – all the boom, none of the color), history and celebration, bombas (traditional rhymes) and food. Lots of food.
So, yes, that's that noise. But, Guanacaste Day is so much more than what you see (and hear) today.


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The photograph below is a pretty exciting one for me. It changes how I'm thinking about my potential model railway, based on the Niagara St. Catharines & Toronto Railway.
NS&T 17 at Houtby's Siding. Photographer and date unknown.
This photo is courtesy of the Niagara Railway Museum, which recently acquired a large collection of photographs. I'm grateful to Aaron White for giving me permission to share it here.
Number 17 and its short freight are in the hole at Houtby's – at Milepost 2.33 on the Port Dalhousie line. It's facing north, but it's likely waiting to back south along the west side of 12 Mile Creek to serve customer(s) at Welland Vale.
To the left of the freight motor, one can see the bridge over 12 Mile Creek and – to the left of that, up the hill – the back of the McKinnon Industries complex on Ontario Street.
1955 aerial photo showing McKinnon Industries, Welland Vale and Houtby's Siding, from the Brock University online collection.
I'm thrilled to have seen this photo because it provides me with an example of the traffic that was hauled across the creek to the west bank. I am very keen on modelling the operations along Ontario Street, but was worried that McKinnon Industries would dominate the freight movements. This photo gave me reason to explore more of the freight workings on the Port Dalhousie division – perhaps I could add Welland Vale to a layout to boost the switching opportunities?
My reprint of the 1945 Employee Time Table includes a list of tracks outside yard limits on the Port Dalhousie Division, which is helpful in determining switching opportunities on this line:
(Note the mileage is measured from Port Dalhousie in this time table, so the MP given for Houtby's is different.)
I like that the line also includes a couple of team tracks and canneries. (I wrote about the Canadian Canners spur at MP 0.86 and the Cannery Siding at MP 0.99 in an earlier post on Port Dalhousie and Lakeside Park.) Looking at the sidings chart above – and keeping in mind that the Port Dalhousie Division was a busy passenger line until about 1950 – has given me a lot more to think about.
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Ezekiel 6:8-10
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8 But I will spare some. Some of you shall escape the sword among the nations and be scattered through the countries. 9 Those of you who escape shall remember me among the nations where they are carried captive, how I was crushed by their wanton heart that turned away from me, and their wanton eyes that turned after their idols. Then they will be loathsome in their own sight for the evils that they have committed, for all their abominations. 10 And they shall know that I am the Lord; I did not threaten in vain to bring this disaster upon them.Read full chapter
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