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Conflict of Laws: an Iraqi Perspective
In a previous article published in the Law Update (May 2017) titled "Contract Drafting Insights from Iraq", we alluded to choice of law briefly and concluded that it is possible to allow for autonomy of the parties to deviate from the choice of Iraqi law. However, before making such a choice it is important that the parties should carefully consider the form and complexity of the chosen legal regime for practical reasons. In this Article, we will discuss the implications of such a choice of law. We will start by summarising the Iraqi conflict of law rules, then cover legal and practical considerations affecting Iraqi courts' decisions, and finally address specific sources of law relevant to international transactions.
Iraqi Conflict of Law Rules
Iraqi conflict of law rules are formal in nature. That is to say, they require courts to decide the applicable law by applying a simple formal test without going into the policy behind said law, its nature, or the intended effects of its application. Those rules can be summarised as follows:
- Iraqi law is the law used to characterise any given legal relationship;
- Real state matters are governed by the law of the state where such real state is located and this includes characterization as real state;
- Formal requirements for contract conclusion are governed by the law of the place of contract conclusion;
- Capacity is governed by the law of the state which the person is a national except that in pecuniary transactions concluded or performed in Iraq and there is a lack of capacity that is not apparent and cannot easily be detected by the other party capacity will be assumed;
- Regulation of juristic persons – companies, societies, or otherwise – is governed by the law of the state within which lies their actual head office, except that if such juristic persons have commenced their main commercial activity in Iraq, Iraqi law will apply;
- Iraqi law applies to marriage and personal status matters where one parties is an Iraqi and otherwise the law of the husband applies;
- Alimony is subject to the law of the debtor;
- Matters concerning selected guardianship, and other arrangements laid down for the protection of persons having no legal capacity or are of diminished capacity and those absent are governed by the law of the country to which such persons belong;
- Inheritance is governed by the law of the state which the deceased is a national;
- Contracts are governed by the law of the parties' common domicile or the law of the state within which the contract was concluded unless an agreement otherwise exists or where it is revealed from the circumstances that another law was intended to be applied;
- Non contractual obligations are governed by the place of events giving rise to such obligations but this does not apply to tort liability for acts outside Iraq that are legal under Iraqi law even if they are illegal under the law of the place where they were committed;
- Law of the place where a lawsuit is filed governs jurisdiction.
Legal and Practical Consideration Affecting Iraqi Courts' application of non-Iraqi Law
The first consideration affecting application of non-Iraqi law is that Iraqi courts cannot refuse to rule or dismiss a claim because the applicable legal regime provides no rule on the dispute or because the applicable law is ambiguous. The concept of denial of justice is interpreted in a way that prevents courts from dismissing non-Iraqi law simply because it is difficult to prove or ascertain. In other words, private parties do not have to prove non-Iraqi law as a fact, and in case of dispute over the existence and content of foreign law, courts will use diplomatic channels through Iraqi consulates to ascertain the applicable law. However, Iraqi courts have discretion in interpreting and applying a given legal text or concept. For example, courts may choose to elect legal experts to explain non-Iraqi law or proceed without requiring an expert report. When looking for experts to appoint, Iraqi courts can delignate this to the parties if they can reach an agreement or seek help from academic institutions and research centres inside or outside Iraq if needed. As indicated earlier, form and complexity of a given law affect the court's receptiveness to its application for practical rather than legal reasons. For example, statuary law is easier to prove using an authenticated text obtained via diplomatic channels while common law is more difficult to prove using this method, and courts can apply simple law directly after it is translated while complex law necessitates involvement of experts and makes matters more difficult for courts.
The second consideration affecting application of non-Iraqi law is that Iraqi courts will not apply such law if it is inconsistent with the public policy and morals of Iraq. As a result, there is always the difficult task of determining what is public policy and morals and whether a given legal rule infringes it or not. One way to solve this problem is to consider all Iraqi mandatory rules to be part of public policy; this would cover all instances where courts would disregard non-Iraqi law. Examples of such mandatory rules include time limitations of action, rules of jurisdiction, labour law, commercial agency registration requirements, caps on interest, and the prohibition on agreements to exempt from tort liability. However, this test of public policy, while being relatively easy to apply, representative of Iraqi courts' reasoning, and of practical use, is not always accurate. In some cases, a successful argument can be made that mandatory rules are not part of public policy and therefore can be disregarded if another legal system is applicable. For example, such an argument can be made for Iraqi mandatory rules such as the requirement to send notice before filing a claim of damages or the disregard for agreed on liability caps in case of claims of fraud or gross error.
The third consideration affecting application of non-Iraqi law is that Iraqi courts only apply substantive rules and not procedural rules. Iraqi law does not offer a clear-cut definition of what is procedural or substantive. However, this rule aims to free courts from having to follow procedures different from the ones followed in regular adjudication to avoid inconsistency or irregularity and because procedural rules are not seen as affecting the outcome of a case. For example, Iraqi evidence law will always apply regardless of the applicable legal regime.
Sources of Law Relevant to International Transactions
There are three main sources of potentially applicable legal rules beside Iraqi law, which play a role in cross border transactions. Those sources are foreign state laws, contractual instruments, and International treaties. It should be noted that, foreign state laws and international treaties may be applicable because of, or despite, party autonomy while contractual instruments such as the UCP for documentary credits, the incoterms for price-delivery terms, and FIDIC for contracts need to be agreed on to have effect. This grouping is useful for another reason because each results in different analysis if they conflict with national Iraqi law. Unlike the public policy analysis mentioned above, contractual instruments cannot change mandatory rules even if such rules are not part of public policy because they are restricted to filling in gaps and changing default rules. Another noteworthy caveat specific to the use of contractual instruments in government contracts is that the tendering regulations used by the Iraqi government contain many mandatory rules that can override, alter, or supersede said contractual instruments. The law applicable to government contracts also directs to specific contractual instruments that are an assumed part of contracts, even when they are not expressly chosen, because of mandatory language in government contracting regulations requiring government-contracting parties to choose said instruments.
International treaties can present unique challenges in Iraq. Iraqi treaty law has changed in 2015 to require ratification for all treaties to come into force unlike previous law before 2015. The new law did not address old treaties that Iraq acceded to (signed and deposited an instrument with the treaty depository) but did not ratify (pass a ratification law by the legislature) as the latter was not a condition then. Treaties in this legal status were already problematic to enforce under the old treaty law and this situation did not change. Fortunately, this only affects few treaties such as the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods.
Parties seeking to enforce an international treaty in Iraq will face another challenge if the treaty contradicts domestic Iraqi law. Here, we must note that the Iraqi constitution and treaty law is silent on the hierarchy of treaties and domestic law. The resulting analysis is slightly different from what would be expected if an express rule existed. First, courts may check if there are special rules stipulating that a given treaty or law override and supersedes any contradicting legal language. Examples of such rules can be found in the labour law, unless more rights are given in a treaty, and in some investment treaties. If no such rule can be found, statuary interpretation rules may be used to resolve the conflict because a treaty will be treated as national law by virtue of its ratification law. Examples of interpretation rules include cannons such as "more specific rules override general ones" and "later law repeals or amends earlier law".
The choice of law applicable to cross-border legal relations in Iraqi courts is subject to many legal and practical considerations. Such considerations include party choice (if any), the source of law being litigated (state law, contractual instruments, or international treaties), the legal rule itself (if it's procedural or substantive), the form and complexity of the legal argument, the presence of mandatory rules in Iraqi domestic law, and whether such mandatory rules are part of public policy or not. Drafting a good and effective choice of law clause must take into account all of these considerations as well as the nature of the transaction and intersections with the domains of certain Iraqi laws.
Al Tamimi & Company's Iraq litigation team regularly advises on international transactions and or disputes. For further information, please contact Ali Al Dabbagh (email@example.com) or Jawad Khalaf (firstname.lastname@example.com).


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Why female fertility fades as you age: Researchers uncover the chromosome defect to blame?
A chromosomal defect could be the cause behind fertility problems in older women, a new study has found.
Scientists say that in older women's eggs, a biological structure that separates chromosomes sends them all over the place instead of distributing them evenly to each egg. An egg typically has 46 chromosomes, and having more than 46 is the cause behind Down syndrome, while having too few will likely end in miscarriage.
Past studies have attributed the only reason to be that the glue keeping chromosomes together works poorly. Researchers tell Daily Mail Online that this theory is not incorrect but that there's an additional problem – the eggs don't have the right number of chromosomes to begin with. Women are born with a fixed number of eggs, which remain dormant in the ovaries until the release of a single egg per menstrual cycle. But fertility declines significantly at around age 35. When an egg has more than 46 chromosomes, it is called an aneuploid egg. Scientists previously believed that eggs were more likely to be aneuploid with age because the 'glue' that keeps the chromosomes together works poorly in older eggs.
Dr Greg FitzHarris, a professor at the Université de Montréal, told Daily Mail Online that microtubules, the biological structure that separates chromosomes, act differently in older eggs.'Instead of sending an even number to each egg in a controlled fashion, the microtubules go in all directions,' he said.
The study, conducted at the University of Montreal Hospital Research Center (CRCHUM), used both young and old mice in experiments. Researchers performed a series of micromanipulations on the eggs of mice between the ages of six- and 12-week-old mice and 60-week-old mice. They swapped the nuclei of young eggs with those of old eggs and observed problems in the old eggs containing a young nucleus. The researchers say this show that the age of the mother influences how microtubules behave.Dr FitzHarris says that these aneuploid eggs come with a few risks. 'One is that they're nonviable, which means a woman can't carry a pregnancy to term and she has a miscarriage,' he said.'The other is they are viable, which means the egg can give rise to life. But these defected eggs can cause birth defects such as Down syndrome.' While a women of any age can have a child born with Down syndrome, the age of the mother has been found in the past to increase the risk of baby born with the disorder.Dr FitzHarris says fertility treatments are still a long way off, but the ultimate goal is to find strategies in older females and try to stop eggs from having the defects. 'The things that go wrong with eggs that cause them to be defected are complicated and multi-faceted,' he said. 'It's still in its early stages but we're currently using these findings to try and devise strategies that get old eggs to behave like young eggs.'

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Renderama slave will not launch in OSX 10.13.4 !!!
rodlord posted a topic in EIAS General ForumI have 3 Mac Pros running Renderama slaves. One of them has High Sierra and has been running 3 slaves simultaneously and I really need to keep it running 24/7. I got a notification for a security update which I allowed so 10.13.4 was installed. I now find that the Renderama slaves will not launch at all. No error messages - nothing. This is now desperate ! Please can somebody tell me what is happening and what I can do to get up and running again !!! Thank you - Rod
Reduce polygon count
rodlord posted a topic in EIAS General ForumI am working with a HUGE environment in my current project and constantly struggling to keep the polygon count down. I am wondering if there is any way to reduce the polygon density and detail of a model on or after import ? My instinct tells me I cannot escape simply building a simpler, more crude model from scratch ... but just thought I would ask in case anyone knows of some magic ! Cheers Rod
use several "instances" of a textured object ?Thanks Tom, Yes - I'm fine with Master Materials and am using a few. But each face of these objects (houses, garages, etc) has its own texture map (bricks, windows, doors, roof tiles, etc). I would need to create a Master Material literally for every face of each object. Even that would be fine if I thought that only a texture or two might have to be adjusted, but more of a problem is the geometry. If I have to make a change to geometry there appears to be no way for an INSTANCE to reference or link to a model file rather than having to re-import it. That means that all the parts of the new import need to be resurfaced and then the newly imported model to be duplicated, distributed around the environment again, and then all the old versions deleted. I will look at the Northernlights Placer and see if it might do the job. Thanks for that. Cheers Rod
rodlord started following FormZ model data to EIAS 9.1 FACT ? and use several "instances" of a textured object ?
use several "instances" of a textured object ?Hi - I'm working on a project that will need to have 4 objects used several times over with various placements in an environment. The most flexible thing would be to be able to place "instances" of a textured model so that if changes and alterations to the master object are required these will be reflected in all the instances without having to plough through every one in turn making the same changes to each. In the dim and distant past in the days of Renderman it was possible to do this by including a reference to a model file in the command stream which would reference whatever the current version of that file was. I'm assuming that there is no way to achieve something similar in EIAS and that I have no choice but to literally duplicate each group of surfaces and texture placements and if changes are necessary to go through each group making the same alterations ? I'm really hoping somebody will tell me I'm wrong !! Thanks Rod
Excellent ! Thank you Tom. So the conclusion of all this is that somehow I am now getting reasonable results from a FormZ export to FACT but I don't have a clue why ! I'm not going to waste any more time worrying about it. Many thanks for your time and patience ! cheers Rod
Hi Tom I did try it but all it did was remove the FACT export option altogether ! So I re-instated the old version just to set things back to what they were. I decided to try a FACT export one more time and found that to my extreme surprise I actually got some useable geometry and with hierarchy intact. Really don't understand why this is suddenly ok as I had been struggling some time back for quite a while to get anything. But I am so rusty now that when I tried to scale the outer group x 10 and only some elements changed position but NOT scale I can't for the life of me remember why that is ! I have been searching for the way to set the inherit scale attributes but can't find that in searches of the manual or online. This is very irritating and embarrassing after all the years I've been using EI. Can you remind me please or should I start a new thread ? Thanks, Rod
Hi Tom No I didn't - not sure what I need to do. Is this the file mentioned in the FormZ message you included ? - Fact.fzp.zip I had assumed that was specifically designed to work with 8.5 and I'm on 7.3.4 If I download that and replace the one in the FormZ plugins folder I presume I can re-instate the old one if necessary ? Although there's probably not much point worrying about that as the current one is clearly useless ! I'll give it a try and let you know but I have to go out now - will try when I'm back in the studio tonight. cheers Rod
OK - I've just done a quick test from FormZ 8.5. As it won't open my current project file I just did a simple cube and a cylinder and it does appear to import into EIAS ok with hierarchy intact. HOWEVER - every updated version of FormZ I am forced to use I HATE MORE AND MORE. It's like trying to use some kind of Phsychedelic light show on speed and things just don't work as I have grown to expect over 20 years or more. I now can't even select some points and expect ALL of them within the dragged frame to be selected - and I can't select points in one window and expect them to remain active in another so that I can drag them ... etc, etc, etc ... This is of course because you are now supposed to do everything within a single perspective window - and that simply is not the way I work. So the whole logic of the enforced working methods simply do not mesh with my logic and my instincts. So I will not be upgrading - the stress will shorten my life ! I will instead stick with what I have and live with it. Thank you Tom. cheers Rod
Hi Tom Thanks for your reply. I have ordered the trial version and waiting for FormZ email. Not sure what the OS requirements situation is as I am on Mountain Lion and have no intention of upgrading as that would give me a nightmare situation with all my Adobe software. So I am stuck with whatever I can run on OSX 10.8.5. Not sure either if I can justify the additional cost as I can find no info on upgrade cost. My best route currently is to export each FormZ group to .OBJ and import each of those into EIAS in order to recreate a hierarchy manually. This is tedious but at least gives me reliable robust geometry. Once EIAS has saved its FACT versions I can then get rid of all the redundant .OBJ files. Anyway, I will give it a try as you suggest but I don't really have great expectations ! Will let you know. cheers Rod
FormZ model data to EIAS 9.1 FACT ?Hi Once upon a time in the distant past I used to be able to export reasonable FACT files from FormZ which could be imported into EIAS with hierarchy intact and geometry that was sound. No longer I'm afraid. Exports from FormZ 7.3.4 to FACT now produce insane nonsense geometry that cannot be used. So the best I can now achieve is to export to .OBJ. The geometry is robust, but all hierarchy structure is lost. Can anybody please suggest a reasonable route to get model data from FormZ into Animator ? Thank you in advance. Rod
can't stop grid snappingAfter a LONG absence doing other stuff I am having to fight Animator again ! Currently fighting the fact that in v9.1 I cant stop camera, lights, objects, snapping to the grid even when it is switched off. Even when I turn off the toggle locking grid in the tools the moment I select the camera it switches itself back on again ! Can anybody tell me please how to switch off all snapping when I don't want it ? I don't remember this ever being a problem before in v8. Many thanks in advance. Cheers - Rod Ah -ok ... after struggling with that for AGES for some reason it has suddenly stopped happening and I haven't a clue why ! I am not aware of having done anything new or different ... nor of having taken any hallucinatory substances. Sorry - just ignore my question. Cheers - Rod
Installing Psunami
rodlord replied to rodlord's topic in EIAS General ForumThanks Diego. I'm running 9.0 still - not yet got round to updating to 9.1 I only posted on here after dealing directly with Blair who sent me an installer. It was only after he told me it was puzzling as many others had had success with this that I wondered if anyone had any other advice. Thanks for taking time to help. Rod
Installing Psunami
rodlord posted a topic in EIAS General ForumHi Finally getting round to updating my Psunami plugin to run with EIAS 9.0 on Mountain Lion. Have now tried 3 times - 1 - deleted all previous related files - EI Sockets/Psunami_21.rsc - EI Sockets/Psunami_21.plm - EI Shaders/Air_Optics_21.rsc - EI Shaders/Air_Optics_21.shd - EI Shaders/Ocean_Optics_21.rsc - EI Shaders/Ocean_Optics_21.shd 2 - ran the installer just downloaded specially from Northern Lights - all seemed fine. 3 - Restart 4 - Start up EIAS 9.0 - brand new empty EIAS project and select Psunami plugin from menu .... now I get constant error boxes saying code is unavailable. As I say, I have gone through this process 3 times now and haven't a clue what to do now. Northern Lights are puzzled because apparently this has now worked fine for lots of people. Has anyone got any ideas please ? Thanks Rod
Installing Psunami
rodlord posted a topic in EIAS 9.0.0Hi Finally getting round to updating my Psunami plugin to run with EIAS 9.0 on Mountain Lion. Have now tried 3 times - 1 - deleted all previous related files - EI Sockets/Psunami_21.rsc - EI Sockets/Psunami_21.plm - EI Shaders/Air_Optics_21.rsc - EI Shaders/Air_Optics_21.shd - EI Shaders/Ocean_Optics_21.rsc - EI Shaders/Ocean_Optics_21.shd 2 - ran the installer just downloaded specially from Northern Lights - all seemed fine. 3 - Restart 4 - Start up EIAS 9.0 - brand new empty EIAS project and select Psunami plugin from menu .... now I get constant error boxes saying code is unavailable. As I say, I have gone through this process 3 times now and haven't a clue what to do now. Northern Lights are puzzled because apparently this has now worked fine for lots of people. Has anyone got any ideas please ? Thanks Rod
writing img files from Aftereffets CS6 ?
rodlord replied to rodlord's topic in EIAS General ForumThanks Aziz and Tom. I think I have found out how to uninstall the rubbish I ended up with but don't have time to tackle it right now. Tom - I'm afraid I still have some questions on this as I don't want to end up with the kind of problem I have faced before. On that occasion I upgraded QT only to find that Final Cut and DVD Studio need their own specific version of QT and what I had done without realising was screw up the proper functioning of those two. I currently have Quicktime 10.2 installed and I don't really want to go backwards to 7.6.6 as you suggest sbove. Also your advice as you specify above is relevant specifically to OS X 10.6.8 and 10.7.5 ... but I am running 10.8.2 and there is currently an update available to 10.8.3. Does your very specific version advice hold true for this too ? I think I need to have another look at what I really need in case I end up causing more problems than I solve ! cheers Rod


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In this episode we talk Tiger Cruise, the 2004 DCOM in which Disney tries their hand at tackling the events of September 11th.
I've tried typing this description about 10x and am not sure anyone actually reads these descriptions so this is the best I got. This one gets pretty serious but I think we handle it well?
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UPDATE: Danica has FINALLY gone to her forever home!
Danica is a little spitfire that has been with me for a few weeks now. She's a gorgeous himi-dwarf mix with beautiful ruby eyes (despite her fostermom's bad photography!), and her fur is so soft!
Danica has quite the personality and it's not hard to tell what she likes and what she doesn't. Danica has a bit of cage aggression still and may not be a good fit for a home with small children. She really lets you know what she's thinking with some vocals and body language. She's been making great improvements as she's become more at home, and it's pretty easy to work around with a little planning once you get to know each other. And even better, as soon as she's out, it instantly vanishes and a real sweetheart emerges who will win your heart in seconds.
Danica LOVES getting nose rubs and exercise time. She thoroughly monopolizes my living room, doing bunny-500's and binkies galore. She's always super eager to come out to play. Every morning when she gets fed she tries her darnedest to run out of that cage. She can't get enough playtime!
And when she's out, it's not just about her- she loves coming to visit you too! In between sprints, she jumps up onto my lap to check out what I'm doing. As soon as you touch her head, that nose shoots up for rubs and she presses into you with surprising force. She will not leave until she gets her fill of rubs!
Danica is a great bun who has come so far in just a few weeks. She talks to you and lets you know what she wants, loves her playtime but also seeks out attention from anyone who will give it. Does Danica sound like she might be the bun for you? Would she be a good fit for your house? If so, give the hotline a call!
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Allyson Says:
July 16th, 2009 at 2:45 pm
I love her. I think she is so incredibly beautiful. I wish I could bring her home with me today!


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We acknowledge the following members who registered to the UP Ibalon Bicol e-group in the last 7 days:
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We have been researching, exploring the possibility of merging the 2 existing alumni e-groups because we believe in one communication channel for all UP Ibalon alumni. In fact we believe in one strong UP Ibalon alumni association, to include even those non-regulars who consider themselves UP Ibalon alumni. Every single UP alumnus is too valuable to ignore. The latest word from Yahoo! is that merging 2 Yahoo! groups is just not possible. So meanwhile, we can offer the UP Ibalon Bicol weblog as a medium of communication common to all. We put in the sidebar all the links we can find to web sites that have UP Ibalon content. Anyone may also subscribe to our RSS feeds. From our long-term discussions, maybe we can arrive at a consensus on what to do on issues that affect us and where the UP Ibalon should go.
After that Feb. 02 2008 alumni reunion, our effort to establish immediate Web presence, through weblog and e-group, was a rapid response to concerns that the reunion could be another hello-goodbye affair, a perennial complaint I was told. (This author has been inactive in UP Ibalon affairs for so many years and has not been updated on several issues). Personally, I do not see it as trying to put up another alumni association. We simply liked to extract the most long-term benefits for the alumni out of Eden's expenses.
Now, we are moving. And who knows what great things we can do, considering that our membership cover a wide range of professions and areas of businesses.
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Austin, TX is home to some of the biggest household names in technology and consumer goods such as Whole Foods, Dell, and Apple. Madison Street Capital, a boutique investment banking firm, is the latest to plant its roots in the capital of Texas alongside of these firms. The city is a melting pot of robust and ambitious companies throughout a variety of sectors. This is a primary reason why it was selected for Madison Street Capital's expansion. The Madison Street Capital reputation is just as strong as their clientele. They offer primarily corporate financial advisory services to both publically and privately held institutions in the middle market.
Austin also serves as a technological hub and is often referred as the 'Silicon Valley of the Midwest'. It hosts major cultural and technological centered events such as "South by Southwest" festival. Madison Street Capital's CEO reflects on the selection of Austin, "It also happens to be where I live, so I am thrilled for this next round of growth in my own backyard." Although there has not been a selected location yet, the company is actively searching prospective offices with a target opening date early next year.
Madison Street Capital is a small, but vivacious, investment firm that was founded in 2005 in Chicago, IL. It is a leading provider in corporate finance and mergers & acquisitions. They have an experienced base of professionals who have the ability to apply and scale their knowledge to a variety of different sized projects. Every Madison Street analyst uses a critical eye and precise recommendations when assessing mediating and your unique needs. These services allow their clients to compete on a international scale, which is becoming increasingly important in today's economic climate. Regardless of the task, whether it is financial advisory or assistance in M&A initiatives, Madison Street Capital has the intellect and comprehension of how to take your business global. This is why Madison Street Capital has an array of offices in many countries to better understand their internal operations and bring these principles of business to the United States. Madison Street Capital sees emerging markets as the core factor in generating major success for our clients.
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The recycling rate for 2017/18 has been verified and recycling continues to be on the rise in Dacorum, with a new recycling rate of 52.5%, which is up on last year's 51.2%.
In 2014 Dacorum Borough Council launched their 'Recycle for Dacorum' scheme which saw the introduction of co-mingled recycling being collected in the blue-lidded bin and food waste collections for householders. The borough's recycling has been on the rise since the launch of this successful scheme.
The Council has a target of reaching a 60% recycling rate and 'behind-the-scenes' and are currently working on projects to help improve recycling from both flats and schools, as well as making information clearer for all residents about recycling at home.
Melanie Parr, Environmental Projects Lead, Environmental Services said "This is a brilliant achievement and symbolises a steady change in public attitudes and perceptions to their waste. Especially when looking back just 15 years ago when the rate of recycling in Dacorum was at around 12%."
The environmental impacts of society's behaviours are becoming clearer each day – as highlighted with the effect of litter and plastic pollution on our seas and wildlife. This means that it is more important than ever that everybody keeps check of their day-to-day actions and ensure that they are being as environmentally savvy as possible.
Portfolio Holder for Environmental Services, Councillor Janice Marshall said, "I am really pleased to hear that our residents are continuing to recycle more than they are throwing away. By using their kerbside and neighbourhood recycling facilities, they are giving the items that they are throwing away both an environmental and economic value. It is so important to give these items a new life by recycling them, rather than putting them in our grey bins. I hope that this good performance continues to grow so that together we can reach our target of a 60% recycling rate in Dacorum."
Residents can find out what goes in each recycling bin by visiting www.dacorum.gov.uk/recycling or they can email email@example.com with any specific questions about items or materials which are not listed on Dacorum Borough Council's website.


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asked the Taoiseach the number of registered unemployed people in the Dublin area as at 1 January 1982.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Dublin Area Unemployed.
The total number of persons on the live register at the six local offices in Dublin County Borough was 36,629 on 31 December 1981.
Would the Minister read the figure again?
Yes, 36,629.
Does that include part-time employment?
Because it shows a very big increase on this time last year would the Taoiseach consider making Dublin a disaster area so that special effective measures can be taken to provide employment for people living here? That is a frightful total.
The corresponding figure for 1979 was 23,340, while for 2nd January, 1981 the figure was 31,999. I do not recall any talk about a disaster area then.
The Minister should not be flippant about this matter.
Deputy Moore, please ask questions.
I am asking questions. Would the Taoiseach consider taking special measures to provide useful employment for the unemployed people in the greater Dublin area?
That is a policy question, as the Deputy is well aware, and if he will put down a question to the relevant Minister he will get a reply.
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The 57th annual WBC convention continued Tuesday at the Grand Oasis Cancun.
WBC President Mauricio Sulaiman opened the morning's assembly meeting by saying, "We have an agenda for today that will address several important subjects. The WBC has taken amateur boxing as a top priority for the last two decades."
International Secretary Jill Diamond gave a video presentation on the activity and success of amateur programs in Chicago, New York, Atlanta, and several other cities in the United States, as well as the positive effects they have on boxers of all ages and backgrounds.
Very positive reports were given on amateur boxing programs around the world. Promoter Sampson Lewkowicz reported on the successful amateur programs in Uruguay and Argentina. International Secretary Miguel de Pablos reported on Spain, Executive Committee Bismarck Morales reported on Nicaragua. Reports were also given for Poland, Germany, and Canada.
Pepe Sulaiman and Nancy Rodriguez of the WBC's Los Angeles office reported on the annual Green Belt Challenge amateur tournament and other amateur activities.
The dangers of allowing professional boxers to compete in the Olympic Games were detailed, and the WBC has already established a two-year ban from any WBC-affiliated fights for any professional boxer who competes in the Olympic Games.
Several video presentations of medical-related topics were given, including proper hydration and how to achieve it, and the effects and dangers of dehydration.
WBC Medical Advisory Board Chairman Dr. Paul Wallace reported on the medical meeting held on Monday.
A report was also given on the WBC 2020 Safe Boxing Task Force.
Trainer Abel Sanchez talked about the relationship between trainers and the boxers in the gym. Abel was also presented with an award for his contributions to the sport since 1972 by Robert Lenhardt.
President Sulaiman proposed mandatory reporting of injuries that occur in the gym to local commissions.
The Good Fellow Award was presented to WBC Promoters Representative Tom Loeffler.
Executive Committee member Will Boodhoo was awarded for his work with medical issues and weight management for boxers.
Boxrec's Dr. Marina Sheppard gave a detailed video report on several new features of their record keeping and several more that are still in progress.
President Sulaiman made a motion that every country affiliated with the WBC use Boxrec for their records and suspensions list, which was passed by the Board of Governors. Dr. Sheppard was also presented with the WBC's 2019 Lady of the Year award.
International Secretary Malte Muller-Michaelis reported on the progress of women's boxing and the 2018 WBC Female Convention held in Manila, Philippines. Plans for the 2020 Female Convention will be announced soon.
Promoter Don Majeski was presented with an award for his contributions to boxing and the WBC by Board of Governors member Mauro Betti.


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- Chelsea linked with summer move for Bayern's Robert Lewandowski.
- Blues faithful are not convinced the club are capable of signing him.
- READ MORE: Chelsea target could finally move to Stamford Bridge
Chelsea fans are not entirely convinced that Robert Lewandowski will be moving to Stamford Bridge this summer, despite reports claiming that the Blues are seriously interested in signing the Bayern Munich goal-machine this summer.
Sam Wallace wrote for the Telegraph that Chelsea are keen to press ahead with their summer transfer plans, despite Roman Abramovich's absence from England due to issues with his visa. Said plans include a move for Lewandowski, which could cost the club in excess of £100M.
Lewandowski would be an incredible signing, he's one of the best players in the world – but that's exactly why there's very little chance of it happening. Chelsea's transfer strategy in recent years has been questionable, to say the least. We've shown a real lack of ambition, it seems unlikely that we'd potentially double our club-record fee to Lewandowski.
Chelsea fans all think the same about this particular rumour. Many have took to Twitter to dismiss it in it's entirety. Have a look at this.
May 21: Chelsea interested in Robert Lewandowski
June 1: Chelsea monitoring Lewandowski
June 8: Chelsea preparing bid for Lewandowski
June 9: Real Madrid sign Robert Lewandowski
July 20: Chelsea interested in Andy Carroll
— ¹⁰ (@ClinicaIEden) 22 May 2018
Robert Lewandowski is exactly the calibre of player Chelsea should be looking at, so I'd like to welcome Salomon Rondon to Stamford Bridge
— Jamie (@JCollettCFC) 21 May 2018
'chelsea are in advanced talks with lewandowski' pic.twitter.com/61qYZ6Cq4F
— ً (@VintageEden) 21 May 2018
Grown men believe that Chelsea will sign Lewandowski lool, keep dreaming it is never happening.
— AddictedToCFC (@AddictedToCFC) 22 May 2018
Chelsea Linked with Lewandowski and Dybala to serve as a decoy for approaching Defoe and Crouch. Saw this shit way too many times over the last decade to be persuaded
— Existential Crisis FC (@malikcfc) 23 May 2018
Sarri/Jardim and Lewandowski will soon turn into Moyes/Allardyce and Andy Carroll.
— Jon Andrews (@JonAndrews84) 21 May 2018
If we get Lewandowski and Sarri, I'll tattoo a Chelsea badge on my forehead
— Kevin (@NewJerseyCFC) 21 May 2018
Just a spoiler alert for the summer
Lewandowski to Chelsea
Not happening
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Why is There Such a Large Discrepancy Between The S&P's Forward and Trailing Multiple?
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Vancouver got a sweeter this weekend when Big Sugar returned to the Commodore Ballroom on their Canadian leg of their world tour. The band has been around for an amazing 31 years, and during their musical career it has seen many changes to its members but a constant has been its lead singer Gordie Johnson. This year Big Sugar released their latest LP "Eternity Now".
On their new album Johnson applies his signature 1970s thump and otherworldly psycho-acoustic dub effects. And, for the first time, there are no co-writers outside the band and new song lyrics ring out tried and true.
- On the Scene
- Love is Alive
- Eternity Now
- Digging
- Dear M.F.
- Red Rover
- Nicotina
- Wonder Woman
- Anything is Possible
- The Better it gets
- Empty HEad
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Ricoh Imaging Americas announced its Theta S 360-degree camera and accessories are now widely available. In the US, the Theta S has been available since mid-June.
Ricoh is the pioneer in the 360-degree consumer camera category, and its pocket-sized Theta cameras allow consumers to record fully spherical images, allowing them to see the entirety of a scene in photos or videos. Its newest model, the Ricoh Theta S, captures high-resolution spherical images of nearly 14 mega-pixels and records HD video at 30fps, with a maximum recording time of 25 minutes. The spherical images captured by both the Theta S and Theta m15 can be easily uploaded to theta360.com; posted and shared via Facebook, Google+, Google Maps and YouTube; as well as shared via Twitter and Tumblr.
The Ricoh Theta series camera is the brainchild of Ricoh's Visual Revolution or VR division, an organization that is focused on developing consumer imaging technologies. The camera's combination of small size, high quality imagery and functionality are a result of Ricoh's experience in imaging and optical technologies. The company has long been a player in professional printers and copiers, and is known for its optics and optical components.
A key achievement with the Theta series is an ultra-small twin-lens folded-optical system capable of capturing two wide-angle images and then marrying them into a single spherical image.


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Set of 3D Luxury Handmade Christmas Gift Cards Pack Design 2 Poppy Kay Designs
This is a lovely set of luxury 3D handmade Christmas gift cards. There are six different designs in the pack including Xmas tree, stars, bauble, stocking and presents.
These gift cards are perfect for you and there are lots of ways to use them:
Attach them to presents
Pop them through your neighbours' doors
Put them into favour bags
Give them to people at parties
Your dinner or party hosts
Your dinner or party guests
Your colleagues
Your hairdresser
Your favourite barista
Your favourite nail technician
Your gardener
Your cleaner
Your postie
Attach them to Secret Santa gifts at work
Put them inside Santa Sacks for your children
Leave them on the desk of your secret crush!
Each gift card measures 7.5cm square and comes individually wrapped in a cellophane bag with a plain white envelope. They are all blank on the inside so that you can write your own special message.
I don't like flimsy tags on gifts, it detracts from the quality and thoughtfulness of the gift.
These 3D handmade cards are so much nicer than mass-produced machine-made tags.
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UWinnipeg's Alana Lajoie-O'Malley makes a move
Posted on: 07/18/18 | Author: Communications | Categories: All Posts, Feature Story
Often seen on her bike, Rhodes Scholar, alumna and Senior Advisor for Research and Sustainability, Alana Lajoie-O'Malley, is moving to Canada's capital to pursue an opportunity as the Manager of Outreach and Engagement for the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM). Lajoie-O'Malley will oversee implementation of FCM's member and stakeholder engagement agenda.
Lajoie-O'Malley has been part of the UWinnipeg community for 17 years. She began as a UWinnipeg Collegiate student, then became an interdisciplinary undergrad, before heading to Oxford University as a Rhode Scholar.
Between 2003 and 2006, Lajoie-O'Malley was a founding member of the student group that worked with UWinnipeg to establish a sustainability initiative and set clear GHG emission reduction targets. She played a key role in developing the concept paper that framed much of the University's approach to sustainability and community engagement in the decade that followed.
In 2009, she returned to serve her Alma mater as UWinnipeg's Sustainability Coordinator and has since left an indelible mark on the University's achievements in this area while also working to support experiential learning and research.
In September 2017, UWinnipeg unveiled its second five-year institutional Sustainability Strategy. Collaborative efforts were spearheaded by Lajoie-O'Malley and provided concrete, measurable targets for improving environmental, social, and economic sustainability on campus.
Last year, she was awarded the 50th Anniversary Sustainability Recognition Award. Her tireless efforts to minimize our campus's overall environmental impact saw the University cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 32 per cent below 1990 levels— even with the addition of five new buildings.
"Listing all the ways I have been supported, encouraged, and mentored over these years at UWinnipeg would be impossible," shared Lajoie-O'Malley. "I hope that in return, I've played some small role in making this an even better place to learn and work. I also hope I've motivated us and others to constantly do better at engaging in principled relationships with the people and ecosystems we are all inevitably connected to through our work. Universities remain critical sites for catalyzing the transformations needed for truly healthy communities and ecosystems. I'm so excited to see what new and ongoing leadership in this work will mean for the University and the broader community – there are good things coming!"
Her colleagues at UWinnipeg wish her the best of luck and know she will continue as a UWinnipeg alumna ambassador and a champion for sustainability.


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Some Venezuela coffees (Tachira, Cúcuta) resemble Colombia coffees. However, the most characteristic (Mèrida) are sweet and delicately flavored.
a republic in northern South America on the Caribbean; achieved independence from Spain in 1811; rich in oil
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The day has come! Professional soccer is back in Ottawa. Only months after the Ottawa Fury ceased to exist, Atlético Madrid has swooped in and purchased a franchise in Ottawa. Tuesday was declared Atlético Ottawa day by Mayor Jim Watson and it held two events for fans: The Official Unveiling and a Fan event later that evening.
At the event, it was officially announced that Ottawa would be joining the CPL, as it's 8th franchise, under the name Atlético Ottawa. Under the leadership of Atlético Madrid, it appears that this team is here to stay and here to win championships.
However, Ottawa fans have heard this many times before with all the former Ottawa soccer teams that have failed. The question is, what can Atlético do differently to ensure fans stick around and more importantly this team sticks around. To do this one needs to take a look at what went wrong with the Fury.
In the beginning, fans were very interested in the Ottawa Fury. The atmosphere at games was electric and the city was delighted that professional soccer was in the City. However, things changed very quickly. Jeff Hunt at the fan event on Tuesday said, "with the Redblacks and 67s, it is our job to put on a show, however with soccer it is the fans that put on a show". That is where Fury went wrong. OSEG tried applying the same strategy they used for Redblacks and 67s with the Fury and that did not work. There seemed to be a large disconnect between the fans and OSEG. For one, the supporters' section got moved 3 different times in the 6 years of existence. Each time moving further away from the rest of the crowd. Why? Well, they claimed that the vulgar chants and more adult themes weren't fit for kids and THAT is the problem. Fury seemed to focus too much on family and kids. Whether it was their Harry Potter game day or other themes they had. It seemed that the actual beautiful game of soccer was always coming second after these themes for kids. That doesn't attract soccer fans. Soccer fans want to come to the game to watch the game and be part of that culture and frankly, Fury games never had that feeling.
Now don't get me wrong, family and kids should be a big focus. However, there is a way to focus on them alongside the actual point of coming to the games (The soccer). Atlético Ottawa has already started off on the right foot by moving the Supporters Section back to Section W, something that they have been asking for years. That is what Atlético will have to do, listen to fans. They need to understand what the fans want and understand that the fans know what they are talking about. Soccer fans are very passionate and this leads to very creative ideas. Atlético needs to make sure that the fans feel heard and so far they have made it seem as if that's the main focus for them.
As for the fans, speaking personally, I saw a lot of new faces and old faces at the events on Tuesday. Although a small sample, the energy at both events was electric and I can already see the passion building. As fans, we need to make sure we keep this energy going through pre-season and throughout the whole season. We also need to make sure we understand the goals of Atlético for this season. It is clear to say that no one is expecting us to win the league and the fact that we currently have no players signed means that this might be a tough season for us. As fans, we have to keep supporting the team and shouldn't just stop because of a bad start. Keep that passion that I saw on Tuesday going and we will be the best fanbase in the league in no time.
As a fan, if you are looking to get involved there are options out there. You can join the CPL Discord Server and you can get in touch with the Bytown Boys and Stony Monday Riot to find out about fan events happening.
We have something special going on here. Both Madrid and Ottawa have said they won the lottery with each other. Ottawa has professional soccer back and this time it's in Canada's top flight. Ottawa, let's show the rest of Canada why we are not only the nation's capital but also Canada's soccer capital. As always, Allez Ottawa Allez! Vamos Atléti Vamos!
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The moving of the supporters and that sort of thing is a valid complaint, but at the same time, much of the complaints/griping/whining about Fury and OSEG is based on the assumption that it's actually super easy to get 5000 people out for soccer in Ottawa year after year. It really isn't. Sports in Ottawa is a very tough business. Ask anyone who has tried it – NHL, baseball, soccer take your pick…having Spanish billionaires who can afford to lose money even more than OSEG could afford it is truly great news, because this is and will be a tough business.
Sports really is not a hard sell in Ottawa if you look at the past 2 baseball teams they avg decent crowrds it came down to the cost of the stadium lease as many triple a team did not pay what Ottawa had been paying.
As with soccer the Fury did well top 15 in attendance as with the Dens it has more to do with how the team is being run the top level players that have been traded have left a sour tase in many people mouths.
Finally good to see an article coming out of Ottawa that gets it. I was getting worried Ottawa that it was a mostly a backwater when it comes to understanding football culture. MLS 1.0 was also about catering to soccer moms. TFC helped them move to MLS 2.0 CPL has largely been doing the right things since they started.
So, it's going to be up to the supporters to deliver. Given their background, AO management will less likely make stupid decisions like the Fury but still need to direct them when needed.


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Following in the footsteps of Julian Ware-Lane, I've decided to take a look at the books I've read in the year gone by. My memory is a little, shall we say, bad, so I've used Goodreads and this blog as a reference tool.
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Following in the footsteps of Julian Ware-Lane, I've decided to take a look at the books I've read in the year gone by. My memory is a little, shall we say, bad, so I've used Goodreads and this blog as a reference tool.
In 2014, I read:
Nothing underscores quite how behind I've gotten with my reading, as much as the new Black Static dropping onto the doormat before I've even finished with the last one. Yes, I confess my shame.
It's to do with a busy schedule, I would stress, rather than any particular flaw in this issue. My reading is apparently quite heavily reliant on the two hours daily that I spend commuting to work. A sizable chunk, in fact, of my life has been spent in the company of the pages of Black Static on trains, over the years. And it can get damn spooky on a rickety late night London Bridge to Brighton, with only cutting edge short horror for company.
A good way to make the time go quicker, at least.
Does TTA Press head honcho Andy Cox read my blog, I wonder? In the case of the reviews of Interzone and Black Static, I'd have to say yes; more than once he has shared them on Facebook and Twitter. So it was pretty clear that he'd read them — at least enough to make sure that I wasn't slandering his name.
But now I wonder if he might not have been listening a little more carefully; this is because issue #254 contains, for the first time, a pair of columns.
This is a feature which Black Static has boasted for a long while, and which regular readers (Hello to both of you! -Ed) will know that I have long said Interzone needed. And whilst Jonathan McCalmont isn't a name immediately familiar to me, Nina Allen is exactly the sort of person this job demands.
This review was originally published (in a shorter form) in issue #253 of science-fiction magazine Interzone. You can buy back issues and subscribe to future issues at their shop. My companion interview with editor of Robot Uprisings, John Joseph Adams, can be read here.
Robots are the future. Or, more accurately, the present. As far as science-fiction goes, as co-editor of "Robot Uprisings" John Joseph Adams says, it goes back to the genre's origins. Robots, and their potentially ill-will towards us, have been with us for years, into a modern day reality where we have machines for all of life's daily tasks. Including, worryingly, making war.
Appropriate, then, that this collection of seventeen stories of various robopocalyses, opens with a quote from Barrack Obama.
And this sense of closeness in time gives a not-particularly-new idea fresh life. The authors do the same. If this is a well-trodden path, this is an experienced troop of sherpas to lead the way. Seventeen writers, with seventeen tales of humanity daring to dream of godhood.
LonCon3 (the 72nd World Science Fiction Convention) finished at the start of this week. I mention this partly out of massive jealousy of anyone and everyone who was able to attend, but also because it seems to have gotten a good amount of coverage in the mainstream press.
There is also a regular part of David Lanford's Ansible Link column entitled "How others see us". Here, David cherry picks recent press articles about the SF genre and world.
Now, it might be a coincidence (It is a coincidence – Ed) but that section doesn't appear in this issue. Perhaps — just perhaps — science-fiction as a genre is starting to receive more of the mainstream acceptance that it deserves.
If it is, then we can only hope that this will extend to such organs of excellence as the short story magazines providing the lifeblood of fresh and exciting SF. Which neatly leads my into my review of the latest issue of Interzone.
(Gollancz, 320pp, pb £8.99/hb £20.00/eb £7.49)
This review was originally published in issue #252 of science-fiction magazine Interzone. You can buy back issues and subscribe to future issues at their shop.
When challenged, I usually describe myself as a lapsed fantasy fan, in much the same way as others might consider themselves lapsed Catholics. My journey into the world of genre started with the likes of J.R.R. Tolkein, C.S. Lewis and Anne McCaffrey.
A large part of what ended up putting me off fantasy was a perceived lack of imagination within the confines of the genre itself. So you can see why Den Patrick's "The Boy with the Porcelain Blade" appealed to me.
A fantasy in a renaissance-ish Italian setting, rather than the medieval western European model which has become so prevalent; it claims to offer something different. Which is a good starting point for a novel of any genre.
The shame of it, from this reader's perspective, is that it fails to capitalise on that.
Regular readers — hello to both of you! — will know that I like my horror dark, and tailor my reading habits thusly.
Recently, though, rather than fiction I sometimes feel like I could just be reading the news. Probably I'm just noticing it more than usual, but it seems to have become a never ending cavalcade of misery and suffering; new stories of murder and worse on a daily basis.
Misery, it goes without saying, is not entertainment. What is fertile ground for exploration in the hands of writers of fiction, is bleak and unremittting in the cold light of the real world, shorn of analogy.
But fiction is where we explore the world. We can bring out ideas from today and test them, analyse them, know them. All fiction is analogy, after all. So when the world is become so dark a place, where does our fiction have to go in order for us to get a handle on it? How far into the dark night must we go to flush out the real monsters behind our fears?
And on that note, the latest issue of Black Static.
A friend of mine recently expressed an interest in short stories. Seeing as it was my introduction to the modern short story, Black Static was the natural choice. And it was this freshly finished issue which I proffered.
Thirty issues have gone by since my first issue , and a lot has changed. But the fiction hasn't. My first real introduction to the cutting edge of modern horror was through those pages, and every two months the stories still snap with fresh ideas and new names.
The reason for this little spiel is this: you should buy Black Static. You should buy its SF sister magazine Interzone, too. I subscribe, which takes away the pressure of remembering to buy them every two months, and you should consider that too. If you love horror, you'll love this. If you don't love horror — well, maybe this will change your mind.
The other purpose of this little introduction is to point out that I don't currently hold in my hands the current issue — so form an orderly queue to point out corrections please!
Anyone who thinks politics and art aren't connected is wrong. That has always been my philosophy — my politics heavily informs my view of the world and thus my writing. It may not always be the "safe" option, but if you really believe in something then you can't escape that.
So serious praise is due to Andy Cox and co at Interzone. It would have been the easiest thing in the world to ignore the current controversies emerging within science-fiction. They could have breathed not a world, and not run the risk of upsetting some of their readers. It would have been easy.
But it would not have been right. So well done, as I said, for using the editorial to stand up to the forces of hatred and bigotry within our genre. Well done for believing something. I strongly urge you to read it, if not in the magazine then at least here on their website.
It does, however, present rather the challenge for the fiction to rise to.
(Amazon, 240pp, £3.21)
This review (or a shorter version) was originally published in issue #251 of science-fiction magazine Interzone. You can buy back issues and subscribe to future issues at their shop.
I'm reliably informed that this is the first self-published book which Interzone has reviewed. So no pressure then — I suppose that must be the hand of God on my shoulder, rather than Jim Steel and Andy Cox. I think I'll leave that comparison where it lies…
Tim Lees is not unknown to [Interzone's] pages. His short story "Unknown Cities of America" featured in issue #249 – of the others, three each appeared in Interzone and Black Static, and two in The Third Alternative. When he sent me the collection, Tim said that he saw e-publishing as the future, and viewed this as a sort of experiment. So at least I'm not the only one sailing boldly into the unknown here.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, "Unknown Cities of America" doesn't itself feature in this collection, but thirteen other tales do.


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Spring-like warmth heads our way for the weekend. You'll be able to enjoy the outdoors, especially, since rain is expected. Highs climb to the upper 50s and lower 60s Saturday under mostly sunny skies. Clouds increase late day and overnight as a front pushes through. A few isolated showers may pop up in the very early morning hours Sunday. Because of the cloud cover, it's a mild morning in the 40s. Clouds decrease and highs once again reach the upper 50s and lower 60s with plenty of sunshine. Winds are pleasant 5-10 mph out of the west.
Temperatures fall back for Monday into the lower and middle 50s. Still plenty of sunshine and dry weather for President's Day. Few more clouds for Tuesday and again temperatures fall back a few more degrees to the upper 40s to near 50 degrees. This is still well
above our average high of 40 degrees. A cold front swings through Wednesday and brings a few showers but not moisture is associated with the front. Mild temperatures continue in the 50s. We soar to the 60s Thursday with a mix of clouds and sunshine. A warm front gets hung up just south and west of us for Friday. This means a persistent east-southeast flow sets up keeping clouds around and temperatures back off to the middle and upper 50s.
Have a blessed day!
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Preliminary validation and Afrikaans translation of the personal well-being index – school children amongst a sample of children in Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)
The construct of subjective well-being within child well-being and quality of life research has become increasingly prominent in recent years. Central to such developments is the question of to what extent children's ...
A comparative analysis of traditional dental screening versus tele dentistry screening
(University of the Western Cape., 2016)
Background: Teledentistry is the use of information and communications technology (ICT) to provide oral health care services and enhance oral health care delivery to communities in geographically challenged areas. The ...
Nature as children's space : considerations for children's subjective well-being
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
The emerging interest in 'spaces of childhood' over the past two decades can be identified in a number of disciplines. A substantial body of research has indicated that children's active engagement within the natural ...
The effect of dental treatment on weight gain in children in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
Background: There is an increased interest in understanding the effects of severe tooth decay on the physical, anthropometric, psychosocial, functional, and oral health related quality of life (OHRQoL) among children. ...
The perceived and normative orthodontic treatment need of a group of South African children
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)
Introduction: Improvement of aesthetics is often the reason patients seek orthodontic treatment. The ability to accurately assess aesthetic treatment need from the viewpoint of the patient is necessary. The threshold for ...
Exploring digital literacy practices of 12- to 15-year-old children from Philippi and Khayelitsha townships in Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
Despite the spread of digital communication technologies and the integration of mobile phones into everyday life, young children's literacy practices are changing rapidly, and schools are struggling to address the potential ...


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SANFORD, Fla. – The murder trial for Grant Amato, who is accused of killing three family members in their Chuluota home, began Tuesday.
The 30-year-old could face the death penalty in the murders of his parents and brother, who were found slain in January.
The first witnesses began testifying Tuesday for the prosecution. When a Seminole County sheriff's deputy described the bloody scene he encountered at the family's Chuluota home Amato became emotional.
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During the trial witnesses may include Amato's family and friends, Seminole County sheriff's deputies and others.
Amato has been jailed since the deaths after prosecutors said he shot and killed his family over money that he wired to a Bulgarian cam-girl.
On Monday, more than 50 potential jurors were questioned to make sure they could be fair and impartial during the trial if chosen for the jury. This comes after a dozen other potential jurors were questioned last week.
In court Monday, Amato held his head down and appeared blank-faced at times and somewhat teary-eyed.
On Friday, Seminole County Judge Jessica Reckseidler asked each juror about their views of the death penalty and whether they were in favor, against or undecided on it.
Amato has plead not guilty in the case.
During the trial, Amato's brain scan results might be discussed and jurors could see body cam video of his arrest, cellphone records and more.
News 6 will be following the trial of Amato and will have updates on ClickOrlando.com.


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Readers of The Canada Letter were keen to highlight the contributions by their communities and provinces to Canadian cuisine after I presented my inadequate and incomplete list a couple of weeks ago.
Among your many emails, one came from Jacqueline Fobes, a reader from Pebble Beach, Calf., alerting me to a terrific book about this very topic: "Speaking in Cod Tongues." After giving it a read, I called Lenore Newman, its author and the Canada research chairwoman in food security and environment at the University of the Fraser Valley in British Columbia.
Professor Newman told me she was inspired to cross the country looking for sources of local food pride by a student "who became obsessed" with Nanaimo bars. She found some research money that, among other things, allowed the student to research whether the bars were actually from Nanaimo (they are).
"That got me into the bigger story and of the role of women in the 1950s, their lives in mill towns and the cuisine they created," Professor Newman told me.
She defines Canadian cuisine in part by what it isn't.
"We don't have a lot of recipes, and that's a function of the nature of our cuisine," she said. "It doesn't mean it's less developed. There's lots of cuisines around the world that aren't recipes.
Instead, in Professor Newman's view, Canadian cooking is "all about properties of seasonality, of incorporating wild foods, of multicultural incorporation and ingredients."
Several of you, too many to name, noted the absence of butter tarts from my list. That was a result of doubt and cowardice on my part. I planned to include butter tarts as one of Ontario's contributions until I came across other provinces making claims on them. Professor Newman, however, assured me that they are indeed from Ontario.
[Read: The Passions of the Butter Tart]
Marc LaPlante from Kingston, Ontario, and six other readers pointed out another missing item from Ontario. "Great Canucks, how can you not list the delight of the fried sweet BeaverTail from the Ottawa Valley?" Mr. LaPlante wrote.
Most commonly associated with skating on the Rideau Canal in Ottawa, the BeaverTail is essentially flattened out doughnut pastry made with whole wheat flour and deep fried. The company that owns the name claims they were first sold by its founder, Grant Hooker, in Killaloe, Ontario, in 1978. Speaking for many parents, I'm sure, I have less than fond memories of trying to convince young children that not every skating excursion on the canal involved buying them.
Ten readers brought up Calgary's very important contribution: ginger beef. In her book, Professor Newman describes it as "deep fried strips of beef in a sweet sauce with fresh ginger, garlic, and hot pepper, usually with a few carrots and onions."
While it's now a staple of most Chinese restaurants in Canada, Bill Corbett attributes its origins to the Silver Inn Restaurant.
He was also among several readers who raised Calgary's creation of the Caesar. While that's veering into beverage territory, it is an opportunity to bring up Robert Simonson's article about how Canadians define the cocktail.
[Read: It Came, It Quenched, It Conquered Canada: The Caesar]
My mention of Vancouver and its Indian pizza prompted emails about two other variations on pizza. Cara Stewart reported that pirogi pizza can be found in Saskatchewan. I won't render judgment until I've tried it next time I'm there.
Bill Weaver pointed out that Hawaiian pizza — topped with ham and tinned pineapple — came out of Chatham, Ontario. "Although the topping creates some polarized views, I believe the addition of pineapple has advanced the taste of pizzas," he wrote.
Finally, several readers, including some of my friends, suggested that the peameal bacon sandwiches found at two stands in the St. Lawrence Market are the defining food of Toronto. But it seems a stretch to claim that they are to Toronto what bagels and smoked meat are to Montreal.
Professor Newman suggested it might be impossible to find a defining food for Toronto, a city of many foods.
"I don't think there's ever going be a quintessential Toronto dish," she told me, adding that the city is "just too global and multicultural."
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Boris Johnson won a resounding victory in Britain this week in an election that, like Canada's, left the country divided politically along regional lines. The photographer Andrew Testa made a photographic portrait of the nation as it now faces Brexit.
Like their Canadian counterparts, natural gas producers in the United States are hoping that exports of liquefied natural gas might reverse falling prices caused by a global glut of gas. Clifford Krauss's reporting suggests that they both may be disappointed.
Terry de Havilland, the British maker of psychedelic shoes for stars, has died at the age of 81. "I designed most of my shoes on acid, and the opening party for my shop in the King's Road was famous for the three Cs — champagne, cocaine and caviar," Mr. de Havilland once wrote. "God knows who was there — everybody."
Paintings on an Indonesian island that are at least 43,900 years old may be the oldest known art depicting scenes from the imagination.
A native of Windsor, Ontario, Ian Austen was educated in Toronto, lives in Ottawa and has reported about Canada for The New York Times for the past 16 years. Follow him on Twitter at @ianrausten.
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Last week, I wrote about Louis Marinelli, a guy who started a FAILbook page defending straight marriage who had a change of heart, a change of stance, and DELETED FUCKING EVERYTHING, leaving the 290,000 followers wondering what happened.
Brian Brown is the president of the National Organization for Marriage, which the page eventually morphed into. He says that Marinell has violated a confidentiality agreement he signed and is threatening to sue him.
If I had to bet money, I don't think this is going to go anywhere. Technically, the Facebook page was Marinelli's. It was his initially, and he let it be branded with NOM's logo. He didn't reveal any secrets, he just deleted his own page, which he has the right to do. More to the point, there's nothing to stop Brown or someone else from starting another page and everyone just migrating to it.
I also have a little question for Brown. Everyone knows you are getting desperate. California twice has tried to ban gay marriage. The first time, there was a clear majority that favored banning when the law was struck down as unConstitutional. The second time, you only had a slim margin believing gay marriage was wrong when the state constitution was amended, and the amendment only passed because of the massive influx of cash and footsoldiers from Utah. That is a dramatic amount of change in public opinion in such a short time. And today, a poll was released that shows that a slim majority of Americans supports same sex marriage. You are running out of time to enshrine your intolerance.
So here's my question --
Why would you want someone in your organization that people can point to and use to undermine your organization? Do you really want to win so personal a war at the risk of your dying agenda?


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Travis Tooke Disrupts the World of Mixed Martial Arts with his Range of Resources
Travis Tooke is arguably one of the biggest names in the world of mixed martial arts, dedicating over two decades of his life to mastering and teaching the art of Brazilian Jiu-jitsu. The passionate martial artist is also an entrepreneur and author, with his bestseller titled "Jiu jitsu and Life: Lessons Learned On and Off the Mat" doing good numbers across the globe.
The martial arts industry has witnessed tremendous growth in recent times, with the market becoming increasingly competitive thanks to the influx of tons of studios and tutors. According to a report published by IBIS World, the martial arts industry made $5 billion in total revenue in 2019, with 80,559 businesses. The report also revealed that about 3.6 million people actively participate in martial arts in the United States every year. One name that has become a formidable force in the industry is Travis Tooke, sharing his wealth of knowledge and experience with different categories of martial arts enthusiasts.
Travis Tooke, otherwise known as Professor Travis, is the founder and head instructor at Team Tooke Mixed Martial Arts, delivering custom programs designed to mold students into athletic martial artists and confident leaders. Professor Travis has literally blown over the last ten years, starting from his father's garage with no student and growing to have more than 300 active students all training in a 9,000+ sq ft facility. Over the years, the academy has created Jiu-jitsu champions and UFC fighters while helping to build a community of highly skilled and disciplined leaders.
As an author, Travis Trooke published titled "Jiu jitsu and Life: Lessons Learned On and Off the Mat," where he revealed some of the benefits of Jiu jitsu to readers. Travis is also the host of the Tooke Talks Podcast that features different MMA topics and greats in the industry.
The comprehensiveness and quality of the content delivered by Travis Tooke have made him a household name in the industry, with accolades coming from different quarters. "Travis breaks down the trials and tribulations it takes to run not only a successful academy but an academy period. He shows that we will and will OFTEN fail, But it's relentlessness and forced habits that will keep you afloat. Truly inspiring," said Tim.
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Poundworld staff to be given free lunches as store closures loom
Poundworld managers have reportedly been told to buy their staff lunch as the stricken chain prepare to start closing stores.
The budget retailer fell into administration earlier this month, putting around 5,100 jobs at risk.
Administrators at Deloitte have so far failed to find a buyer for the business, although they are in talks with Poundworld founder Chris Edwards about selling a proportion of the retailer's stores.
It has been reported on Thursday that in move to improve morale, Deloitte told store managers that they should buy their staff lunch.
They said every store could spend £50 on lunch, at an estimated cost of £16,750 to the business.
It is widely expected that around 150 stores will close even if Mr Edwards strikes a rescue deal.
It is thought that Mr Edwards would save the outlets located on high streets in town centres, but would not pick up Poundworld's out-of-town stores.
The administrators have already made 100 people redundant at retailer's head office in Normanton, Yorkshire.
Deloitte has said the collapse of Poundworld, which was formerly owned by TPG Capital, was due to falling footfall, rising costs and weak consumer confidence.
TPG said putting the business into administration was a "difficult decision", and that the retailer was affected by a decline in the UK retail sector.