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Veggies!! For Thanksgiving? Let's talk about them.
Some people LOVE them way too much. And some people hate them. I know people who would never even touch, have never even tried them, and will never try them. And I'll say it, they can legit be pretty terrible. Like beets. Ew no. But let's talk about how they can actually be delicious.
With skin, they surprisingly have half your daily value of vitamin C and more potassium than a banana. Who knew?? They're also a good source of fiber and magnesium. But what about mashed potatoes? Don't worry! They're still good for you, and have the same benefits, maybe just a lil' less.
And if you're worried about all the butter and salt, just remember to get organic butter, AND keep thinking about how grass-fed butter (it's actually the cow, but whatevs) has Vitamin D and antioxidants, and can be an appetite suppressant. No seriously. The right butter can do all that.
Yams and Sweet Potatoes
They basically have many of the same qualities as regular potatoes- hoorah! With the addition of many more Vitamin B's, A and fiber. You're welcome.
Eat them ANY way and I'm sure you'll be happy. Plain and raw equals snack. Yum. Or throw on some ranch. Nom.
One way I love to eat them is boiled to perfection, pour out the water then add the salt and the butter. There's that butter again. (Keep thinking it has tryptophan, when increases serotonin, which makes you happy in your brain.)
Carrots are so high in Vitamin C, K and also Potassium. Don't forget the Vitamin E, and Beta Carotene which can turn into Vitamin A, and has a lot of antioxidants too.
Kale is fabulous. But with butter. I know, I know. But seriously. It's so healthy. Let me tell you how good. Wash the Kale, strip it off of the stalk, then give it a little bit of cutting, throw it in the pot with half a stick of butter ( I actually do a whole stick- not ashamed). Add a dash of salt, black pepper, a little turmeric. Let it simmer down. And that Kale will actually cook down – A LOT.
This particular dish is a staple in my home. But we don't necessarily just eat it on it's own, I also cook it with pasta. Sometimes that's just the sauce, the kale simmered with the butter. But sometimes I'll take that kale-butter-deliciousness and throw it in the red tomato sauce and WAH-BAM! It's incredible. Throw in some grilled chicken parmesan and you have yourself a five star meal. With the healthiest thing on the planet. K A L E.
Green peas
While they may have a more calories than most veggies (sorry!), they are so good for you. They have Vitamin C, A, and lots of B vitamins too like Niacin.
They also have a lot of fiber.
I also love to put these into pasta. Yum Yum. Which, yes, I know, pasta has a lot of starch in it, but one thing that's great, is you can find the right wheat pasta that's actually super good for you, and hey, then it balances out right?
Swiss Chard
Has such a high level of antioxidants. Have you ever eaten it? I actually really like it cooked or in salads. It has a very savory taste, especially when you add some salt or butter. Oh the butter!
It's actually anti viral and antibacterial. So if you're feeling sick, make something with a ton of garlic in it. But again, don't over do it. Everything in moderation. I've heard of someone getting really sick because they ate too much! So again, take it easy and do what's best for you.
Onions too!
Oh man onions are so good for you. The also are anti viral and anti bacterial. I adore them so much. Cook them into any meal and they make it better, more flavorful, and healthier. Actually if I'm about to get sick, I make this incredible French Onion-ish style Soup. It's my mother-in-laws recipe. It's mostly bone broth with a truck-ton of onions, but you can add in so many other veggies too.
Green Beans
Fiber Fiber Fiber!! All the fiber! It's got vitamins A, C, K, and B. It also has minerals like calcium, iron, potassium, and manganese. So don't feel guilty eating that green bean casserole.


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Win-Win divorces…are they even possible? Joryn Jenkins thinks so and she's changing the way the world gets divorced. Don't spend money on break-ups that take too long, cost too much money and tear your family apart. There's a better way. Find out what it is in this interview!
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While practicing law, Joryn also served for ten years as the editor-in-chief of two national magazines. She is the author of Florida Civil Practice Motions (Lexis Law Publishing), five books on the collaborative divorce process, and, more recently, From Lawyer to Law Firm, How to Manage a Successful Law Business, and From Rookie to Rainmaker, How to Grow Your Law Business, all available on Amazon.com.
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Friday, January 28, 2011
Snips and Snails and Puppy Dog Tails
However, there were lots of mommies with the same idea as me. Great minds must think alike. So instead of mindlessly watching my kids play in the the play area, I had to be in full-on referee status...making sure play was fair. For the most part, all the kiddos in attendance were running off what was left of their morning rush of energy enjoying its high before the crash of afternoon nap started to set in. Of course, the boys were all being super heroes or ultimate fighting champions or wrestlers or monsters...typical, I know. I'm not really sure what the girls were doing...I don't have any girls, so their mere existence seems mystical and foreign to me. I don't usually pay attention to what the little girls are playing.
I am much more comfortable with my kids roaring and growling and jumping off of things. I do know, however, that the cliche that little girls are full of "sugar and spice and everything nice"....isn't always true. As I was sitting by myself in my corner ( I don't really like to socialize with people so much....we'll talk about that later) I watched a little girl open a can of whoop-a** on my 2 year old son who was trying to take a turn on the lily pads. She decided otherwise and proceeded to employ a WWF smackdown on my youngest. Now, I'm not naive. I'm sure my little man was not sans guilt, and more than likely provoked the little Miss Wanna-be Boxer. However, I watched her give my son a round-house, upper-cut and a left hook before he retaliated with a shove.
Both were crying by this point so I nonchalantly rescued my little man not wanting to make it into a big deal. But Mama Sugar Ray proceeded to swoop in as if it was her child under attack. While giving me the evil eye across the play land scattered with kiddos, she proceeded to tell her daughter (in a voice loud enough for all of us to hear) how boys are naughty and that she should stay far away from him. I think my jaw hit the floor!
Normally, I don't encourage violence but I was all "oh it's on, now!" Against my better judgement....I kept my mouth shut and endured the evil glances from her and her friend as they alternated from watching my son like a hawk and shooting accusatory glances in my direction. I left feeling awful, angry, embarrassed...and a little proud that my kiddo fought back. I know it's not the lesson we are supposed to teach...but give me credit for not starting my own WWF smackdown mommy style!
8 comments:
- Unknown said...
And that is why I don't take my kids to the mall playground! lol! It isn't the other kids- it's their mamas. I can stay at home in my pjs and let the dogs judge me. :)
- January 29, 2011 at 8:54 AM
- April Westerhold said...
I give you credit. I have 2 boys and a girl and, in my opinion, they can each be terrors in their own way but I am always extra cautious that they are the nice ones on the playground/play area. I have no problems saying something to another person's kid who hits my child and if their parents want to get involve, I say BRING IT ON! Nobody messes with a Mama Tiger's cubs. LOL
- January 29, 2011 at 12:21 PM
- Jen @ Rolling Through Looneyville said...
You totally need to move near me. I parent the SAME way. That lady is doing her kid a total disservice.
(Granted, this is coming from a woman whose dad told me to punch anyone who messed with me. I never had to, but it was nice to know that defending myself was totally ok).
I swear, helicopter parents who think their precious little gems are never guilty drive me NUTS.
By the way, I have two girls. Their games are foreign to me, too :)
- January 29, 2011 at 6:36 PM
- Shay said...
Just came to visit from FTLOB and CANT BELIEVE WHAT I AM READING! I would not blame you a single bit for starting WWF smackdown right there in that mall. How rude for that mom to just assume the whole thing was ur kids fault! Some people are so naive!
- January 30, 2011 at 3:28 PM
- Heather M said...
I loved he way you told this story!!! You had me laughing the whole time! I was imagining it all in my head, in my head you little guy won!! Stinky little girl!! You handled it well I must say, Im sure it was very difficult to keep you cool!! I hope that you have had a great weekend!!! <3
- January 30, 2011 at 6:04 PM
LOL! My niece is going to be one of those rowdy girls..it is pretty rare to see it though..lol. Sounds like you had an eventful day!
- January 30, 2011 at 8:11 PM
- Vanessa said...
lol...smack down mommy style..love that!!!!
thanks for popping by my blog :-)
going to check yours out now!
p.s I am a neighbor just to the north in Canada!
- January 30, 2011 at 8:58 PM
- Claremont First Ward said...
I can't stand situations like that. My kids have fought back on more than one occasion, too. That other child's mama needs a reality check! :)
- January 31, 2011 at 7:01 AM


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The Prayer To Our Father
(BC ~ 100 AD Aramaic)
"Oh Thou, from whom the breath of life comes,
who fills all realms of sound, light and vibration.Nethkâdasch schmach
May Your light be experienced in my utmost holiest.Têtê malkuthach.
Your Heavenly Domain approaches.
Nehwê tzevjânach aikâna d'bwaschmâja af b'arha.
Let Your will come true – in the universe (all that vibrates)
just as on earth (that is material and dense).
Hawvlân lachma d'sûnkanân jaomâna.
Give us wisdom (understanding, assistance) for our daily need,
Waschboklân chaubên wachtahên aikâna
daf chnân schwoken l'chaijabên.
detach the fetters of faults that bind us, (karma)
like we let go the guilt of others.
Wela tachlân l'nesjuna
Let us not be lost in superficial things (materialism, common temptations),
ela patzân min bischa.
but let us be freed from that what keeps us off from our true purpose.
Metol dilachie malkutha wahaila wateschbuchta l'ahlâm almîn.
From You comes the all-working will, the lively strength to act,
the song that beautifies all and renews itself from age to age.
Sealed in trust, faith and truth.
(I confirm with my entire being)
( ~ there are many versions of what has become the Our Father or Lord's Prayer ~ the most accurate would be Palestine dialect aramaic ~ Ancient languages have one word that means so much more than one word)
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A variety of studies have documented substantial deficiencies in the quality of care delivered across the United States (Asch et al., 2006; Institute of Medicine [IOM], 2000, 2001, 2005; Schuster et al., 1998; Wenger et al., 2003). While there are no comparable studies of the quality of care delivered in the hospital outpatient setting, pervasive deficits across the health system suggest similar problems likely exist, particularly since a large fraction of care delivered in this setting is ambulatory care for acute and chronic conditions where deficits in quality have been amply demonstrated.
In addition to potential quality of care deficits in the hospital outpatient setting, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has observed growth in the volume of services and costs for care delivered in this setting. In 2006, care provided to Medicare beneficiaries in the hospital outpatient setting accounted for 7 percent of total Medicare program spending (excluding beneficiary cost sharing) (MedPAC, 2007a), and overall spending nearly doubled between 1996 and 2006, reaching $31.6 billion (MedPAC, 2007b).
Under Section 109 of the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 (TRHCA)1, Congress established new requirements for hospitals serving Medicare beneficiaries to report outpatient quality data to secure their full annual update to the Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) fee schedule. This new program, the Hospital Outpatient Quality Data Reporting Program (HOP QDRP), will begin in January 2008. The HOP QDRP builds on other CMS initiatives that are measuring and making transparent quality information and beginning to use incentives to promote high-quality and cost-effective care — key steps identified in the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Secretary's "four cornerstones" for building a value-driven health care system (Leavitt, 2006).
A Scan of the Hospital Outpatient Landscape
The program requirements mandated under TRHCA have created a need for performance measures that CMS could use in the HOP QDRP. To assist CMS with the task of identifying both measurement opportunities and potential measures, the DHHS Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) in partnership with CMS issued a contract to the RAND Corporation in September 2006 to conduct an initial assessment of the hospital outpatient measurement landscape. RAND was asked to determine the leading conditions treated and services/procedures provided in the outpatient setting as a function of both volume and costs, and to identify existing performance measures that may be applicable to care provided in this setting as well as measurement gaps. As part of the environmental scan, RAND:
- Conducted an analysis of 2005 Medicare facility data for services paid through the hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) to determine the leading conditions and services/procedures;
- Scanned publicly available measures being used across a variety of settings to identify those that potentially apply to the care delivered in the hospital outpatient setting and to identify gaps, and
- Held discussions with medical specialty societies and hospital associations to determine whether they were aware of existing measures either being applied or that could be applied in the hospital outpatient setting, to learn about measure development work going on (to feed the measures pipeline), and to help identify measurement gaps.
For the purposes of our environmental scan, we defined the hospital outpatient setting as visits and/or services/procedures paid for under the Medicare OPPS. This care was further categorized for analyses and discussion in this report as either rendered in: (1) the ED, or (2) any other hospital-affiliated outpatient setting that is paid under OPPS (hereafter referred to as HOPS). We first classified services/procedures that obviously occur in the ED to the ED; all other services/procedures paid under the OPPS were classified as HOPS.
Next Steps for Consideration
Due to the limited resources for this project, the work completed here should be viewed as a preliminary assessment that requires follow-on work to fully flesh out how to apply existing performance measures in this setting and where the most important measurement gaps are for guiding the use of resources in the future.
As measurement efforts in the outpatient setting move forward, CMS could consider expanding on the work of this evaluation by:
- Conducting additional analyses of the OPPS data: Additional analyses using more detailed and complete OPPS data could refine the set of conditions, services/procedures, and drugs/biologicals that were identified in this study. This analysis could also include a broad set of clinical experts to help evaluate the care provided in the hospital outpatient setting to determine what the priorities should be for performance measurement and whether and how to group services and procedures for measurement. The analyses could address the limitations and suggested modifications noted in this study.
- Conducting a detailed mapping of measures to key areas of use and costs: Once more in-depth data analysis has occurred, a detailed mapping exercise between content areas and existing measures could determine measures that are ready to be used without modifications, and those that require modification and how they could be modified for use to assess performance at the hospital outpatient facility level. Once this work is completed, the candidate measures could be submitted to NQF for their review and endorsement.
- Determining where additional gaps exist and establish priorities for filling gaps: The information gathered from the in-depth data analyses and detailed measures mapping exercise could be used to identify gaps in measures. This review could consider the prioritization of conditions, services/procedures, and drugs/biologicals for determining future measures development work.
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CIEE has expanded its portfolio of worldwide education and cultural exchange programs with the introduction of eLab, an entrepreneurship certificate program for post-graduates who are interested in learning the skills needed to develop, launch, and operate a new business.
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The 5 Most Important Things Your BusinessPlan Should ContainAdducent Oct 19, 2009 6:47 PM
The 5 Most Important Things Your Business Plan Should Contain (that investors want to read about)
1) That The Company Has Focus
The company has clearly defined its business and can state it in a single strong sentence that says it all. Yes, your plan probably will have a more expansive description in its executive summary but you need to open your plan with that one simple declaration to show the clarity of your vision for the business.
2) That The Market Has Potential
The company has a large existing market for its products and services. If your company does not have significant growth potential then it is probably not going to be of interest to many equity investors. If you are shooting for debt based capital that may not matter most to them (market stability would be though so keep that in mind if your plan is geared towards raising debt based capital); but to an equity investor growth is of paramount importance and the size of the market signifies the opportunity potential.
3) That The Company Has Specific Solutions For Their Market
The company has identified what its customers most need and has created a value proposition for them to make it a simple "buy" decision. If there is nothing unique or distinct about your company's products/services then you do not have a defensible position in your market. Defensibility of your market position is of key importance to investors and funding sources.
4) That Customer's Show A Readiness & Willingness To Buy From The Company
In an ideal situation, the company's customers have a recurring need for their products and/or services, with a reasonable sales-cycle and opportunities for premium up sell of additional products & services. If you don't have customers ready and willing to buy now ... then that does not bode well for interest from most investors and funding sources. If your market is a long-term development type of proposition then your company will need to prove that it is truly a disruptive business model that will have people flock to it once it is functional. Its not so much "if you build it will they come" but rather "if you build it will they buy?"
5) That The Company's Dynamics Are Strong
What are the main dynamics of a company? Simply put it is two components: a sellable product/service and a management team that can run the business well. Investors and funding sources want to know that the company has created unique solutions superior to their competition. And that the management team consists of smart people able to deliver products/services to their customers, control expenses and make a profit ... repeatedly.
If you create your business plan to address the above; then you are ahead of what most people end up with in their business plan.
Weaknesses (dilution) caused by putting too much of the wrong content and not enough of what matters most, kills interest in a company's plan. It's the answers to these 5 important aspects that investors and funding sources find most interesting. How well you answer them will affect the outcome of your search for capital.
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A note from the Catholic Union on the Alfie Evans case.
Category Archives: Medical Ethics
Opt-out Organ Donation
The Catholic Union, in conjunction with the Catholic Medical Association, has responded to the Department of Health's consultation on introducing "opt-out" consent for organ and tissue donation in England. To read the response please click on the link below.
Consultation on organ transplantation opt-out in England – CMA and CU 05.03.18
NICE guidelines on end of life care
Response to the NICE draft guidelines on end of life care for adults
The Medical Ethics Alliance (MEA) is a coalition of six faith and non faith based medical and nursing bodies. Our objective is to initiate discussion on ethics within healthcare professions and participate in public debate.
The MEA welcomes the opportunity to take part in this consultation on what is to replace the Liverpool Care Pathway. We do so in the understanding that the final guidelines will in all probability, influence the end of life care for most people . Following our conference in 2013 at the R S M entitled, "Natural Death is a Pathway Needed?", we were contacted by many families who had had very distressing experiences of the L C P.
In "More Care less Pathway", the Baroness Neuberger report, she says that good standard care is better than poor palliative care. We therefore recommend that good standard care be recognised more in the draft guidelines. A wider and ongoing consultation with authorities like the Royal Colleges should be encouraged. One of the problems with the
L C P was that it had developed mainly from the experience of deaths from cancer. The manner of death from say, renal failure, stroke disease. C O P B etc… varies so much that it is not possible to draw too heavily on the clinical experience of mainly cancer deaths.
At para 1.1 Anticipating the end of life;
This was one of the major problems with the L C P with some patients being deemed imminently dying when they were not. Most doctors have had experience of this error ( myself included ) but if it leads to a drug regime which is incompatible with survival, it will lead to the same problems as the L C P. Nothing but constant review and a willingness to recognise improvement will suffice. This is another reason why there needs to be a doctor in daily change who has an intimate knowledge of the patient.
Family members and people with Enduring Powers of Attorney may well wish to ask certain questions such as;
"Are you sure that death is imminent?"
"Can you be sure that the person will not experience thirst?"
"Will the drugs you give take away consciousness?"
How will drugs interact?"
"Will life be shortened?"
"If the persons condition changes for the better, what changes will you make?
At 1.2 The importance of consciousness;
Nowhere in the guidelines is there an adequate mention of the supreme importance of consciousness. It has been said "The last week of life may be the most important week of life", and this is true not only for emotional support and family communication, but also spiritual support. To rob a person of their consciousness is a grave matter which is not mentioned in the draft guidelines.
There is a welcome mention about communication with the patient and family as one of the main problems with the L C P was that patients were being put on it secretly. Relatives began to suspect this and sometimes would not leave the loved one for fear that a syringe driver would be set up, and they would lose consciousness. If this happens again with the new guidelines they will be discredited.
There is a problem with advance directives however, as they only become applicable if the foreseen condition actually arises. Thus they can only have a limited usefulness though as a measure of communication they are important. This may include a preference to die at home but the person may still need admission to relieve distressing symptoms.
At para 1.3, Who is responsible for the day to day management?
Central to our view is that care of the dying is at least as important as care of the acutely ill and that there must be a senior doctor, be it consultant or general practitioner, with clear responsibility. This is also called for in "More Care less Pathway". That doctor should also be responsible for the individual care plan as stated in the Nueberger report.
We are not sure this is clear in the draft guidelines. There is a place for multi discipline teams but these cannot take the place of the doctor with overall responsibility and an individual care plan. This doctor should also make the day to day decisions including symptom relief and prescription in the same way as they would if managing acutely ill patients. We return to our view that terminal care is as important as acute care. This may be implicit in the draft guidelines but should be clearly stated.
At para 1.4 Nutrition and hydration;
Many of the most distressing cases in the evidence to Baroness Neuberger were of horrifying situations that can only be described as patients dying of thirst. This is totally unacceptable! If the draft guidelines do not eliminate this danger, then they will also be discredited. As a doctor who has seen death from thirst twice, I can say it is something not easily forgotten . Dr Gillian Craig of the M E A is submitting her own evidence on this. Moistening the mouth does not relieve thirst. There is evidence for this in animal experimentation (Dogs with an oesophageal fistula were not relieved of thirst by drinking)
We recognise that there has been progress in the draft guidelines on hydration and this is welcome but adequate hydration, howsoever given, is a necessity for all. We do not accept that dehydration can be diagnosed from the signs in the draft guidelines. That is far too late. Fluids should be routinely given by mouth, tube or stoma if possible, or by the intravenous or subcutaneous route if necessary. We simply do not accept the view that the dying do not experience thirst. Nor do we accept that mouth hygiene relieves thirst. The draft guidelines says nothing about nutrition. Why is this? We have learnt of deaths that are caused by both dehydration and patients who have been starved over weeks.If such deaths are to be avoided , and they are all to obvious to relatives, the guidelines needs to be much more robust. Nutrition and oral hydration should be patient driven but there is a basic need for fluids.
At para 1.5 Anticipatory prescribing;
Anticipatory prescribing versus reactive prescribing was one of the major problems with the L C P. There is an urgent need to address this. The elderly may be particularly vulnerable. The draft guidelines actually mentions "4 or 5" drugs without mentioning what they are. This is unclear and potentially dangerous and likely to lead to over sedation and drug interaction. There is also the likely hood that the drug regimes would become protocols, one of the main problems with the L C P. If necessary the doctor with overall responsibility can be contacted , in the same way they would have been with a patient with acute illness .Drug regimes must be based on patient need not prognosis. A lethal regime must not be allowed to build up as happened in some cases with the
Evidence base of drug regimes;
The draft guidelines with commendable truthfulness states in a number of places that the evidence base is "low" or "very low". Interestingly, although in the section on recommended research there is a welcome recommendation for random controlled trials, but there are no recommendations on research to close these gaps. Why not? It is well know that Diazepams and Opiates poteniate each other but their metabolism will also depend on hydration and liver or renal function and the elderly are very susceptible to sedatives.
(i) The imminence of death cannot be certain, and no management should take place which could cause or hasten death.
(ii) The risk of thirst must be avoided and patient driven nutrition should be included.
(iii) A named senior doctor must be overall charge with responsibility for the individual care plan.
(iv) Consciousness should be preserved wherever possible.
(v) There should be daily reactive prescribing.
(vi) There needs to be much more research to build up a proper evidence base, especially of medication at the end of life.
(vii) We welcome greater openness in discussion with the patient and relatives. There needs to be a two way dialogue. Advance directives have a limited application.
(viii) There should be daily re assessment of the person by the responsible senior doctor so that medication or the course of management can be changed.
Dr Anthony Cole JP, F R C P E, F R C P C H
MPs VOTE FOR ACTION ON SEX-SELECTIVE ABORTION
On Tuesday 4th November 2014 MPs voted overwhelmingly in favour of a Bill seeking to clarify the law on sex-selective abortion.
The Abortion (Sex-Selection) Ten Minute Rule Bill, was approved by 181 votes to 1.
The Bill, promoted by MPs Fiona Bruce, Fiona MacTaggart, Kate Hoey, Caroline Noakes, Mary Glindon, Angela Watkinson, Tessa Munt, Sarah Teather, Sheryll Murray, Naomi Long, Pauline Latham and Rosie Cooper, was motivated by a desire to clear up an ambiguity in the law.
While the sex of the unborn child is not a ground for an abortion under the 1967 Act the British Medical Association and the British Pregnancy Advisory Service have argued that the law permits sex-selective termination in certain circumstances.
The Government has always disagreed, making clear that "abortion on the grounds of gender alone is illegal".
The Abortion (Sex-Selection) Bill was designed to clear up the confusion, confirming the Government's line and requiring the Secretary of State for Health to consider ways in which help can be offered to women who are under pressure to have sex-selective abortions.
Deciding that they wanted a vote on this issue, MPs ensured that a division was called.
The Bill's Second Reading is set for 23rd January, though it is unlikely to be given time for debate in this Parliamentary session.
A growing body of case studies have put beyond doubt that women have obtained sex-selective abortions in the UK. However, some still argue that there is no evidence for the practice.
In response to these critics, Rani Bilkhu, director of Jeena International and spokeswoman of www.stopgendercide.org said:
"Saying that there is no evidence is tantamount to saying that the women we work with are lying and that my organisation is making things up"
In the House of Commons, Fiona Bruce outlined the need for clarification and cited some case studies that have recently come to light.
Responding to the vote, Mrs Bruce said
"That we are having this discussion is testament to how liberally the Abortion Act has been interpreted. Today Parliament agreed that more legislation is needed to silence those claiming that sex-selective abortion can be legal. Never would Parliamentarians in 1967 have imagined that 47 years on, there would be dispute about whether their Act permitted abortion where the baby was the a boy or a girl. If the social clause of the Act permits sex-selective abortion, the time to revisit it is long overdue. Until then, today's vote has given a clear signal that MPs are united in working towards a time when the words "it's a girl" are met with celebration rather than despair."
The Abortion of Baby Girls, the Public Interest and an Upside Down World Worthy of Alice In Wonderland
By Lord Alton, Vice-President, September 2013
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) says it will not prosecute the two doctors who told a mother that they were willing to abort her unborn child because of its gender. The mother (in reality, a journalist) had told the abortionists that she did not want a little girl. The doctors then agreed to carry out these illegal abortions. The exchanges were recorded.
The CPS says it won't prosecute because the issue is "sensitive", "political" and "not in the public interest." The former Director of Public Prosecutions, Lord Macdonald, has rightly challenged this decision as "very dubious" saying that it is wrong to protect professionals from prosecution, "undermining the principle that everyone is equal under the law."
The CPS also made the extraordinary claim that it "is up to doctors "to interpret the law" and that they have "wide discretion." This is clearly not the case where gender abortions are concerned. This is not a legal (let alone ethical) ground for carrying out an abortion. Since when did we give doctors the right to interpret something which Parliament has expressly forbidden?
It is equally extraordinary that without recourse to Parliament an unelected official has, by fiat, effectively legalised gender abortions. If that isn't a "political" decision it is hard to imagine what is. Rightly, the Labour Shadow Attorney General, Emily Thornberry, and the Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, have challenged this.
The side-stepping of Parliament can only be rectified by Dominic Grieve QC, the Attorney General and he should do so as a matter of urgency.
As for the issue being "sensitive" – what this really means is that the routine ending of 600 British lives each and every single working day is an issue which we have put beyond the pale. We're not prepared to think about it let alone discuss in a rational way. That is because of the scale of what we have permitted. Since abortion was made legal in 1967 we have aborted close on 7 million babies – around 200,000 each year – with one in five pregnancies now ending that way. Some have had as many as eight legal abortions. Most people assume (although not the law) that to do so is merely a matter of choice.
Of course, if you accept the proposition that "it is my right to choose" there is no logical reason why you shouldn't end the life of a little girl merely because she is a girl. Gendercide is perfectly acceptable if choice trumps the very right to life itself. That the three celebratory words "it's a girl" have become a death sentence, and the three most lethal and dangerous words in the world, is neither here nor there.
If it's just down to choice and, in time, a test is discovered which reveals our likely sexual orientation, why not abort for that too? Is it just a matter of choice to take the life of a baby because it is mixed race or will be a colour which you don't care for? It is, after all legal, to abort for "social grounds" (under which 98% of all abortions are done) and on grounds of "imperfection" – we end the lives of 90% of all babies with Down's Syndrome and have aborted for things like cleft palate.
In considering all this not a lot of "sensitivity" is shown to the interests of the unborn child, some of whom will be in great pain (we allow abortion up to birth in some cases). Perhaps the CPS would consider whether that constitutes torture – but that would be "political" too and probably not in "the public interest" to have to confront something so awful.
It is also worthy of Alice in Wonderland that, on one hand, the CPS will prosecute a pensioner who shows a graphic image depicting the heart-breaking reality of what occurs in an abortion whilst, on the other hand, declines to take action against a doctor who is willing to flout the law by undertaking illegal gender abortions with the justification and sole objective of taking the life of a little girl. This is an incoherent and upside-down world which also violates a basic maxim of legal jurisprudence, that all parties should stand equal before the law. Holding different people accountable to different standards should not be the basis on which the CPS operates.
The only way that we will ever successfully contest the assertion that taking action is "not in the public interest" will be when the public – and through them, MPs – show rather more interest in a law which has taken the lives of seven million Britons – and in the end whether they are boys or girls is neither here nor there. Some of those who share these concerns have put up a Facebook page where you can register your view: https://www.facebook.com/genderselectionuk


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One hundred families have returned to their homes after the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen liberated places from the control over Iranian-backed Houthi militias.
Coalition spokesman Col. Turki Al-Maliki stated on Monday that the Yemeni National Army with the assistance of the coalition seized back areas of Saada in the north-west of the country.
Therefore, residents forcibly replaced from their farms and also homes in 12 villages in the Wadi Abu Jabara region, were permitted to give back. Al Maliki stated the coalition needed allocating a unique delegation to supervise the resettlement operation.
Al-Maliki noted that Houthi militias needed unsuccessfully attempted to affect the House of Representatives with the aid of drones. "We keep focus on the militias' drones in Sanaa," he stated.
The military spokesman added that the Houthis needed to be continued to threaten to blow up a suspended crude oil tank, an behave which might result in an environment and also a financial disaster.
In every its procedure, Al-Maliki pressured that the coalition was carrying out everything it likely could to stay away from civilian casualties.
He additionally showed the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief ) was launching a second voluntary health care procedure to perform heart surgery and catheterization for Yemeni children.
"This campaign belongs to a series of numerous voluntary promotions performed by the center in Yemen and other countries," said Al-Maliki.
A health care team delivered to the port city of Mukalla done 95 heart procedures along with a profitable pediatric catheterization procedure. Al-Maliki stated the surgery needed state of the art health care tools and also professional groups, the price of that was protected by relief.
Al-Maliki stated the total number of Houthi violations of the Swedish contract had reached 3, 811. Militias were still growing mines that threatened worldwide delivery paths in the southern Red Sea.
There were 226 ballistic missiles launched by Houthi terrorists towards Saudi Arabia between March 26, 2015, and April 29 this year.
Numerous relief ports are open for Yemen (air, sea, land), and the amount of maritime allows issued by the Combined Forces Order from June 26, 2015, to April 29, 2019, was 5, 713. Air permits for the identical period were permitted for 15, 168 passengers.
There were 1, 357 land allows during this time period. Allows and orders to obtain the movements of relief organizations inside Yemen from April 22 to 28, 2019, topped 332.
Entire Houthi weapon losses from April 15 to 29, 2019, were 200 and the number of Houthis dead was 1, 002.


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With over 101 reasons why you should own a motorcycle jack, I want to take a minute and introduce you to a great alternative to those huge shop lifts that can cost over $1000. Sure it is a smaller version, but offers some of the same great features as the big boys. The V-Lift, available from K and G Cycles (www.kandgcycles.com) works well when space and money are concerns, but you still want to get the job done. The V-Lift is available in 2 different versions depending on your needs and the bike you have.
Part # 16-1993: The smaller of the 2 is 16″ when fully extended, but shrinks to a miniscule 4″ when closed, making this lift easy to store when space is at a premium. Now the 16″ is no wimp when it comes lifting capability with an astonishing 4 Ton limit, this lift can handle a lot. Made in The U.S.A. from structural grade steel that exceeds lifting requirements, this lift utilizes a foot operated pump and release mechanism. As the saying goes. "Good things come in small packages." and the V-Lift does just that. Included as a safety feature is a "Stay Bar" that will keep the unit in its full up position when being used. Another reason to put one in your garage is these lifts are very affordable, making them great gifts too.
Part # 16-2008: The second offering from V-Lift is the 24″ tall lift that when closed also measures the same scant 4″ tall so storing it is a pretty simple task. The taller lift also benefits from a higher lifting capacity ( a whopping 6 tons of brute force) capable of lifting any bike you can throw at it. . Made from the same high strength structural grade steel in The U.S.A. the bigger lift also employs the same convenient foot pump and release, as well as the "Stay Bar" safety feature. Since we are on the topic of safety, the manufacturer recommends tie downs be used all models that have eyelets to enhance and ensure safety.
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MPs urge government to fund cladding removal
A NUMBER of MPs have called on the government to 'urgently release' funds to 'accelerate' removal of combustible cladding on 54 social housing blocks and 'dozens more' private high rises.
In January, it was revealed that only three council owned high rises were the only such buildings nationwide to be reclad, out of 160 that failed the government's fire safety tests. The government's pace of response was attacked by Labour as 'simply not good enough', with the details having emerged amid the issues regarding councils requesting government funding assistance, and the government was accused in parliament of breaking its pledge to help councils with funding.
Four were reported to be set to receive funding, after an update from Tamara Finkelstein, the director general of building safety for the ministry of housing, communities and local government, saw her tell a parliamentary select committee that the department 'has received inquiries from 36 councils about financial help', but that 'so far none have been approved'.
Following Chancellor Philip Hammond's budget last year, the only fire safety investment was £28m to help victims of the Grenfell Tower fire, though he stated that 'if any local authority cannot access funding to pay for essential fire safety work, they should contact us immediately', and that 'we will not let financial constraints get in the way of essential safety work'.
More recently, residents of the Citiscape complex in Croydon were told original developers Barratt Homes will pay for removal of flammable cladding, having previously been told they would have to pay £31,300 per flat to fund removal and replacement, and been ordered to pay after a tribunal decided against them.
Earlier this year, the New Capital Quay complex in Greenwich, found to have 'multiple' fire safety issues, saw residents concerned they would have to pay an estimated £20m to £40m bill, or around £20,000 to £40,000 per flat to resolve issues and remove cladding. Developers Galliard Homes planned to sue the National House Building Council (NHBC) over payment, while resident Cecile Langevin discovered her flat's value had fallen from £475,000 to £50,000 as a result.
It later transpired that government body Homes England 'agreed to virtually wipe out' her loan, which 'raises the prospect of multimillion-pound losses for the government scheme on any flat that goes into negative equity'. Residents of New Capital Quay are considering legal action against Galliard Homes over combustible cladding replacement costs.
In April meanwhile, residents of the Sesame apartments in Battersea were told they will have to pay individual bills of up to £40,000 to replace flammable cladding. The residents 'fear they are trapped in unsellable homes', with the freehold company claiming it was 'not responsible for the costs' as its duty was to the 'unnamed pension fund which owned the freehold and on whose behalf the firm managed the building'.
The Guardian has now reported on the MPs' call for the release of funds for cladding removal, with legal disputes over liability 'holding up works'. The 44 MPs told the new Housing Secretary James Brokenshire that 'our constituents […] need you to act now', with only seven of the 304 buildings now confirmed to have completed works. The call also builds on the new evacuation guidance launched recently on evacuation by the National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC).
The letter added that 'nearly a year after Grenfell, not enough has been done to prevent another fire. There is overwhelming public support for action to protect these people from fire. Leaseholders facing unaffordable debt, unsaleable homes and who fear for their safety need help now. You cannot leave them living in limbo for years while the courts establish legal liability.
'In the end this is about the protection of human life and the right of every family in this country to know their home is safe. We urge the government to accept responsibility for putting things right because no one else can.'


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Note: This is one of the favorite recipes of the Giobbi family, chefs Eugenia Giobbi Bone, daughter; and Edward Giobbi. The original recipe is baked in the oven, and does not have a clam and lemon juice sauce. Any white fish can be substituted.
For 4:
–cod (size of 4 decks of cards, 1 pound)
–broccoli (1 and one-half heads, fresh, florets and stems only)
–black olives (1 small can, drained, sliced
–minced garlic (1 tablespoon, bottled)
–clam juice (one-quarter cup)
–lemon juice (3 squirts, bottled)
–salt and pepper
–olive oil
–cayenne pepper (one-quarter teaspoon, bottled)
1 – Place the cod in a large, covered baking dish. Drench in lemon juice. Add the clam juice. Place broccoli florets and stems around the cod. Season the whole dish with salt, pepper, cayenne pepper, minced garlic, and olive oil.
2 – Microwave on high for 8 minutes. Cod is done when it begins to break apart.
3 – Serve the cod and broccoli hot.
–cod and broccoli adapted from Edward Giobbi and Eugenia Giobbi Bone's Italian Family Dining.


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A total of 295 veteran tennis players from 19 teams are taking part in the Baveti Indonesia Open 2019 which kicked off in Indonesia's capital Jakarta on Wednesday, head of the organizing committee Johny Lontoh said.
As many as 38 athletes are from other countries including China, the United States, India, Argentina, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Australia, Britain and Ghana, he said.
"Veteran athletes are very enthusiastic on this international tournament which offers 12,000 U.S. dollars prize in total," Johny was quoted by Antara news wire as saying, reports Xinhua news agency. Several legends of Indonesian tennis such as Yustedjo Tarik, Hadiman, Andi Mallarangeng and Samudera Sangitan are participating in the tournament.


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President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea has bestowed the Great Collar of Independence Award on President Yoweri Museveni in Malabo.
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni arrived in the Equatorial Guinea capital, Malabo, on Friday afternoon.
He is on a four-day state visit on invitation of His Excellency Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo.


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I'm formulating custom post-update reboot scripts. Each script prompts, pauses and schedules another procedure. One last piece in the process is to determine if a reboot has occurred outside of the prompt dialogue during a pause, before enforcing a reboot. Does anyone know what registry key or object Software Management polls to determine a reboot is pending?
swolfe - We use a script that checks 3 seperate registry settings, the first only checking for pending filerenames, something KAV used to look at, as far as we found out. That key is:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\PendingFileRenameOperations and you probably don't want to take this into account.
The other two point to a reboot being needed, the first associated with software installs and the second with Patch Management, so that would be the one Software Management looks at:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Component Based Servicing\RebootPending\ and the other is:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\Auto Update\RebootRequired\
We haven't looked at any new registry settings for a while, so if anyone can add something to this, we'd be glad to hear it.
@QudjesEric Thank you for the information, I will test this.
Identified the existence of these 2 registry keys reliably report a reboot is pending in my environment.
HKLM:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Component Based Servicing\RebootPending
HKLM:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Component Based Servicing\PackagesPending
This one doesn't always exist:
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- Students can purchase a water balloons to throw at the teachers on Friday! Water balloons are $5.00 for a throw, and $20 for a direct hit. All proceeds will go toward our Penny Wars totals, and will benefit the Food Bank.
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Tuesday- Life and Cells Test Review
Wednesday- Life and Cells Test
Thursday- Classification and Ecology Vocabulary
Friday- Classification Notes
Panther Math
Monday- Credit vs Debit Cards
Tuesday- Checks and Balances
Wednesday- Credit Reports
Thursday- Which Job is Best for you?
Friday- Paying for College
Thursday night we will be sending home our first homework for STAAR review. It will be due on Monday. Homeworks given during STAAR review will need to be completed every night as we go over it in class the following day. We ask for one week that all work be turned in on time. The homeworks will be on Edmodo for you to access if you are absent from school and you may work on them early. If you have any questions about STAAR review please feel free to contact me.
Panther ELA
Panther Social Studies
2 letters due for ABC book
All partner groups need to supply their own presentation board, or poster board for Culture Fest.
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Finish and turn in books and discuss ideas for project board


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The Sunchaser
The Sunchaser
The Sunchaser
- 2h 2m
- 1996
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Oscar-nominee Woody Harrelson ("Anger Management," "The People Vs. Larry Flynt") stars in this moving story about a young convicted murderer who is dying of cancer and takes his doctor hostage as he desperately attempts to flee Los Angeles for a sacred Navajo mountain in Arizona.
© 1996 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All rights reserved.
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- Genre:Drama, Thriller
- Release Date:October 25, 1996
- Languages:English
- Captions:English, Spanish
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14th April 2019
A thrilling match took place on Sunday 14th April.
Playing on neutral courts at Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire's 50s team, winners of the Midlands East League, played Worcestershire's 50s team winners of the Midlands West League, the winning team advancing to play in the National League Finals over the weekend 27/28th April at Aldersley Stadium, Wolverhampton.
The Nott's men halved their Men's matches 2-2; the ladies won all their four, resulting in a strong 6-4 lead to Nott's before the Mixed event. Then it became even more tense, surely the team could win one of the remaining four Mixed matches to secure the match win!
All four matches were on court playing side by side. Nott's 2nd and 4th Mixed won their first set, while 1st and 3rd lost theirs. Then the reverse happened in all matches - all going to a third and final set - the team did it, winning all four Mixed in three sets resulting in a 10-2 final result to Nottinghamshire. A hard fought match where the result did not reflect the final score.
All of Nott's ladies were unbeaten in the match.
The 50s now join Nott's 45s in the Finals and will represent their respective age groups in the Midlands region.
50s Team:
John Fletcher - Crusader B.C.
Kevin Langley - Southwell B.C.
Mark Attewell, Anthony O'Leary - Bingham B.C.
Loraine Buck, Karen Gleave, Jane Tarrant - Forest B.C.
Ellen Housley - Bingham B.C.
The badminton return to play roadmap - Badminton England
Notts BA - All remaining fixtures cancelled
An Invitation for your Club to apply for our New Members Initiative Grant 01/09/2019 to 30/06/2020
Message from Adrian Christy - Chief Executive of Badminton England
Badminton England - Find a Club


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Our students from 1º to 3º ESO have attended a presentation about German culture (cities, gastronomy, sports, famous people, festivals...). Anna, a German native speaker, explained in English everything about German culture. It was a very enriching experience that offered the students the possibility of widening their cultural horizons.
Paz y Bien


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Still Moving invites photographers of all levels to look at the art of photography through a choreographic lens.
Led by Siobhan Davies Dance in partnership with Morley College, the course aims to support participants to find their own approach to capturing movement, challenging how we watch the moving body. The course involves practical sessions photographing dancers in rehearsal/class and combines field trips to train the eye to observe both micro and macro movements in the world around us. Students will explore how to capture movement within a still image, and explore the relationship between the photographer and dancers. They will also gain the knowledge of how to edit their images and work with tutors to select the final images to be presented at the end of the course.
The course is led by dance photographer and artist Pari Naderi and open to adults with their own camera and some photographic experience.
Please note the course runs across three days and applicants must be available for all three dates:
This course has now closed.
Morley College
61 Westminster Bridge Road
London SE1 7HT


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Arrive in Kariba, transfer to Rhino Island in the Matusadona National Park. The schedule for the next two days includes bush walks, boating, and game drives in open 4WD vehicles. This is one of the best places in Africa to track the elusive black rhino and get within whispering distance of bull elephants.
Rhino Island Safari Lodge is the only lodge of its kind in Matusadona. It has everything; remoteness, lake views, and stunning wildlife in a fantastically abundant game area. Elephant, leopard, hippo, lion, and even rhino call Matusadona home. The lodge is simple, authentic and exciting. There are six thatched cottages, each set on a raised platform about 10 feet off the ground with en suite bathrooms.
Charter flight to Mana Pools. The afternoon is spent on a game drive along the flood plains of the Zambezi.
Early morning walks exploring the area on foot. After some basic instruction in the art of paddling and a general safety talk, board the 18 foot, 2- or 3-person canoes and meander down the mighty Zambezi past an abundance of hippos and other interesting wildlife. No previous canoeing experience is required. On your canoe safari through the Mana Pools National Park, you quietly paddle and drift with the current. These winding channels often have herds of buffalo on the banks and you may get a chance to canoe right up to elephants crossing the river.
A charter flight takes us from Mana Pools to Hwange, Zimbabwe's largest national park, located on the extreme eastern edge of the great Kalahari Desert. Hwange is remarkable for its wide variety of mammals, more, perhaps, than in any other game reserve in Africa.
The area boasts good grazing which attracts a number of different antelope species and big herds of buffalo. Elephant seasonal migration routes go through the area, and lion and leopard sightings are plentiful. Settle into your comfortable tented camp, Somalisa, a private concession in the heart of the Hwange National Park.
From Hwange, a three-hour drive to the Victoria Falls, the adrenaline capital of Africa! There are many optional activities to choose from: the " Flight of Angels" over the Falls, a relaxing sunset cruise on the Zambezi, authentic Shangaan and Mukwishi tribal dancing, or the most exciting one-day whitewater rafting trip in the world.
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We can create a customized safari itinerary to match your availability or your budget – just ask! And the safari can be done individually, with a group of friends or family and with your own Tour Leader if you'd prefer.
Two or three days to enjoy magnificent vistas of the falls, known locally as Mosi-oa-Tunya, "The Smoke that Thunders."
Optional activities here include "Flight of Angels" over the falls, a relaxing sunset cruise, a chance to watch authentic Shangaan and Mukwishi tribal dancing, or for the truly adventurous, an opportunity to join what many consider the most exciting one-day white-water rafting trip in the world. Overnight at one of Africa's finest hotels, within walking distance of the falls.
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German police downed the servers of the German Pirate Party in an operation instigated on behalf of French authorities, the Party said on Friday.
According to a statement put out by the Piratenpartei Deutschland, police "confiscated a number of servers of the German Pirate Party which are provided by AixIT in Offenbach, for a French investigation".
The Party said it would support the French authorities in their investigation while maintaining that it didn't believe it had done anything wrong. It said it was still trying to fathom out why all its servers were taken down
"The disconnection of all servers is a massive intrusion into the communications infrastructure of the sixth largest party in Germany," the Party's leaders said. "Considering the state elections taking place in Bremen in two days, this caused a severe political damage, which the Board condemns decisively."
The French investigators were apparently looking into a possible attack on the IT infrastructure of power group Électricité de France SA (EDF), which was blamed on Anonymous.
The Party says this morning that its operations are coming back online "piece by piece" as it ensures the police haven't been fiddling with its servers.


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The money-laundering scandal that struck Danske Bank last year was staggering. The Danish lender's Estonian branch is suspected of handling up to $230bn of iffy funds from former Soviet states. Aftershocks are rumbling under other European banks. Shares in Austria's Raiffeisen Bank International tumbled by more than 12% on March 5th after a complaint was filed accusing it (and, to a lesser extent, other Austrian banks) of "gross negligence or acquiescence" in connection with suspicious flows from Danske. Raiffeisen says it is investigating.
Raiffeisen is just the latest bank to be suspected of channelling dirty money from Europe's eastern fringes. Helsinki-based Nordea and Sweden's Swedbank are among those embroiled in the Danske affair. Swedbank's share price has shed 18% since it was linked to Danske last month (see chart). Some banks have been stained by a separate scheme, the "Troika Laundromat". European banks caught up in such allegations have lost €20bn ($22.6bn) or so in stockmarket value in the past six months.


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Free Wills Service
If you want to write or update your Will, then you can do so at no cost thanks to the RNLI's free Wills service. The schemes are intended for RNLI supporters and their partners. You don't have to include a gift to the RNLI as part of the Will writing service, but we do hope you'll consider supporting our work, after you've provided for your loved ones.
If you do decide to leave a gift in your Will to the RNLI, you will be helping us to continue our lifesaving work. 6 out of 10 lifeboat launches are funded by gifts in Wills. So if you do leave a gift, large or small, to the RNLI, you will be helping us save lives.
Here's how it works
There are two ways you can write or update your Will with the RNLI: face-to-face with a solicitor, or online using our partner Bequeathed.
Write your Will face-to-face with a solicitor:
- To qualify for this free Wills service, you or your partner must be 55 or over.
- If you would like to visit a solicitor, please fill in this form and tick the Free Wills Services box.
- Our partner, the National Free Wills Network, will send you the names and addresses of at least two local firms of solicitors. We pay the National Free Wills Network a special rate for a local solicitor to write a simple Will and there is no cost to you.
- However, if your Will is more complicated you may be asked to pay an additional cost. This will be agreed between you and the solicitor beforehand, so you won't suddenly face an unexpected bill.
If you are 18 or older, you can write your Will for free online:
- You can write your Will online by using our partner Bequeathed. That way you can begin writing your Will at a time that best suits you.
- The RNLI pays an annual fee to Bequeathed, so that you can write or update your Will for free.
- To begin, visit Bequeathed's website and follow the instructions.
- To start with, there's an online interview to work out what you need from your Will. If you have any questions, there is plenty of help available throughout the process. Once the process is complete, the system will generate your free Will. Then, all you have to do is download it and follow the instructions so that you can have it witnessed.
- If you need any legal advice, you can ask Bequeathed to refer you to one of their solicitor firms. You will be able to arrange a face-to-face meeting for a fee.
- If you are based in the Republic of Ireland or Scotland, we will refer you to the National Free Wills Network to write your Will.
Fill in this form and tick the free Wills services box to Contact our Gifts in Wills Team.
Why is it important to make a Will?
A Will ensures your wishes will be carried out exactly as you want. If you do not have a valid Will your estate may be distributed according to intestacy rules and this may not be what you had in mind.
If you live with a partner you're not married to, even if you have children together, you cannot inherit anything from their estate, and they cannot inherit anything from yours, unless you make your wishes known in a Will.
If you die without a Will, your estate will go to your blood relatives, and nothing to your partner. Our Free Wills Service is a good way to protect someone you love. If your circumstances change, you can also update your Will for free. This is sometimes referred to as a 'codicil to Will'. Your solicitor will explain all the steps you need to take to ensure your Will is updated correctly and legally compliant.
A lot of people include a gift in their Will to the RNLI while they are using this service. You don't have to, but we do hope you'll consider it. Remember, any gift, large or small, will help the RNLI save lives at sea.


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When I was a little girl, I always looked up to 20-year-olds and viewed them as wise and put together. Fast-forward the time to now, I am nowhere near as wise as I imagined 20-year-olds to be. As a teenager, the shift from my teen years to 20s appeared like some sort of an incredible adventure. I was excited about transitioning from a feeble teenager to a fully functioning adult.
Leaving the education system and thrown into the big wide world
Overthinking your place in life and the reliance on social comparisons
Facing rejections and confusion about the point of life
The struggle of turning into an adult and understanding yourself
Try to fill your life with positive experiences, do the things that you love instead of looking for answers to the unknown. Trying too hard to find the answers may make you blind to the wonders of the world itself. Remember, it's okay if you don't fully understand who you are as a person.
Some ways to help you embrace the crisis of your 20s:
Fill your life with positive experiences, so that when you look back to the life of your 20s, you can remember more joy than despair. It is completely normal to be filled with confusion. Keep growing, your life will fall into place in time.
I hope you have enjoyed this post. Don't forget to follow my blog for similar content. You can also follow me on Twitter or Instagram.


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Welcome to the IATM Netherlands information page.
IATM-NL is the Netherlands Region of the International Association of Tour Managers with more than 30 experienced Tour Managers (Active Members).
IATM-NL is an active region organizing lectures, excursions, international weekends, study tours with and for its members.
IATM-NL publishes a local newsletter among its members with information about the activities in our region and other local news.
IATM-NL holds an Annual General Meeting, where members can exchange views and help form regional policy.
IATM-NL has a social aspect and cooperates fully with other trade organisations.
We are the power of IATM-NL
Yvonne Hilgers
Visits to Amsterdam, Alkmaar, Zaanse Schans, Den Haag, Delft, etc..Eventually VIP, and If you want with drinks, snacks, catering.Continue reading →
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I like to share my knowledge of Dutch history, culture and heritage with my foreign guests.Continue reading →
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Working with people, inspiring them, representing Europe with all its facets and having a magic time togetherContinue reading →
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My mission is to make people happy with guiding people through Western Europe and Italy.Continue reading →
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My mission is to contribute in a holiday or excursion for our guests to give them a pleasant time with no worries.Continue reading →
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I want to create an unforgettable experience in my own country or abroad.Continue reading →
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To let people Enjoy, Relax and Discover".
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I'm specialized in cycling holidays, camping holidays, walking trips and city trips.Continue reading →


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Author Archive for Gary Nabhan
Milkweeds are as good for crop-pollinating Native Bees, as they are for Monarchs
Recently, my orchard and garden "decided" that I needed more time in the wild to see how plants and animals really worked together, so they evicted me from cultivated ground of my own making, somehow giving me a concussion and a fractured rib on my way out.
However slow I usually am to get the picture, this time, I got the message loud and clear: if I were truly interested in seeing how to design farmscapes to harbor beneficial insects such as monarch butterflies and native bees, I needed to "apprentice myself" to a wild habitat where such healthy relationships are the norm, not the exception.
How to Create a Plant Pollinator Habitat in the Era of Climate Uncertainty
There is growing evidence that many pollinators and plants are being triggered into earlier but not necessarily synchronous activity by the same temperature shifts associated with global warming. Find out what strategies you can implement in your own garden, orchard, or farm to enhance your plant pollinator habitat.
With climatic uncertainty now "the new normal," many farmers, gardeners, and orchardists in North America are desperately seeking ways to adapt how they grow food in the face of climate change…
Monarchs and Maize in Mexico: New Actions to Protect Threatened Butterflies and Corn Diversity Go Hand in Hand
How is the decline of monarch butterflies and its relation to the management of corn seen from south of the Mexican border with the U.S.? Recently, we went to the cradle of origin of maize in Oaxaca not to do our own research, but to simply listen to Mexican researchers, farmers, artists and chefs.
Because both the monarch and maize have been iconic symbols of life in Mesoamerica for millennia, we wanted to hear how Mexicans perceived issues surrounding their conservation from scientific, cultural and political perspectives.
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Monarch butterflies and farmers
Many Americans were startled to learn recently that a butterfly once found in so many people's backyards and fields is now being petitioned for federal listing as a threatened species. It will take months if not years for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to decide whether the monarchs require this form of protection.
Rather than advocating for a particular outcome, I wish to focus on how any effective protection will need to positively engage both farmers and the rest of the food supply chain.
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Honey, Don't Forget the Pollinators
Go to the produce section in any Whole Foods, AJ's, or Sprouts in the Tucson area, and at least 237 of the 453 fruits and vegetables found there were brought to you by a now-imperiled fleet of flying pollinators.
While scientists and farmers in Baja Arizona were among the first in the country to sound the alarm about pollinator declines…
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Traveling Mercies for Pollinators
Dearest Creator, please watch over all the pollinators in flight who help to bring us our daily bread from your Creation, and keep them safe from the many perils they face along the way.
I pray that we give special attention to your humble pilgrims the migratory pollinators, from imperiled monarch butterflies, to dozens of hummingbirds and nectar-feeding bats…
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The fifteen most significant initiatives positively affecting monarch butterflies since 2013's National Pollinator Week
As 2014's National Pollinator Week begins, it is time to think critically about what constitutes tangible actions and credible research on behalf of monarch conservation in the midst of a key moment in American conservation history. Many conservationists fear that green-washing and tokenism will distract the public from supporting the essential work…
Field Notes from White House: Listening to an Unprecedented Alliance of Stakeholders for Bee and Monarch Butterfly Recovery
It was a dark and stormy day in Washington DC when sixty thought leaders from the farm community, industry, government and non-profits met next to the White House grounds to discuss pollinators; we could hardly see First Lady Michelle Obama's new pollinator garden through all the pouring rain.
Nevertheless, it was cause for celebration…
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Yudian AI-516 PID temperature controller Technical Specification:
I. Technical Specification:
1. Input type : Thermocouple: K,T, E, J, N
Resistance temperature detector: Pt100
2. Instrument Input range :
K, E, J, N :0~+999°C; Pt100: 0~+800°C
3. Measurement accuracy : 0.3%FS±1°C
4. Temperature display resolution : 1 or 0.1 or 0.01
5. Control mode:
On-off control mode , or PID control with the function of parameter auto tuning.
6. Alarm function: High Alarm, Lower limit alarm,Deviation High Alarm.
7. Power supply voltage rating: 100-240VAC, -15%, +10% / 50-60Hz.
8. Power consumption: ≤2W.
9. Ambient temperature: -10~+60°C, Humidity: 0~90RH%
II. Front panel and Operation:
III. Model Code:
The ordering code of AI-516/AI-516P (V8.2) series instrument is made up of 9 parts. For example:
Part 1: AI-516 PID controller
Part 2: Dimension
Part 3: Input Type
N: no module inseted, support K,T, E, J, N, PT100
I4: support 0-20mA/4-20mA analog input
Part 4: Main Output Type
L1: RELAY output
G: SSR output
X3: 4-20mA output
K1/K3: single/ triple zero crossing trigger output
K5/K6: single phase- shifting trigger output 220VAC / 380VAC
Part 5: Alarm
N: no alarm
L0: 1 alarm
L3: 2 alarm
Part 6: Auxillary alarm/ Tansmitter output
X3: 4-20mA transmitter output
Part 7: COMM
S: RS485 communication
1) Factory with 25 years ' experience.
2) Quick delivery ( within 3~5 working days).
3) Retail/Wholesale/OEM/ODM available .
We expect to cooperate with machinery manufacturers, better price for bulk order.
4) We provide after sales service and technical assistance as per the customers
requirement and needs.
1. How long will you give me the reply?
we will contact you in 24H as soon as possible.2. Could I get samples of temperature controller ?Yes,we have products in stock ,so you can get the samples quickly.3. How about the quality of temperature controller ?We have the certificate of ISO,CE and ROSH, we could send the testing report to you if needed.4. Could I visit your factory?Of course, we warmly welcome you to visit our factory.5. If I have paid,when will you help me to produce?We will dispatch the products immediately, delivery within 3 working days after payment received by us.


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Cary Williams reported to Ravens headquarters Monday with contract talk behind him and his health on the forefront of his mind.
Williams signed his $1.972 million second-round tender this afternoon, taking the Ravens' final restricted free agent off the market.
The fifth-year cornerback had hip surgery to repair a torn labrum on Feb. 15, and has been rehabbing and waiting to see what happened with contract negotiations before returning.
Williams became a first-time starter last year, lining up opposite Lardarius Webb for all 16 games. He notched 78 tackles, 18 pass deflections and two forced fumbles.
He was playing the final seven weeks of the regular season and playoffs in pain.
Williams hurt himself during the Seattle Seahawks game on Nov. 13. He thought it might go away, but the problem persisted and would shoot pain down his right leg when he opened his hips inside.
Williams will compete with second-year cornerback Jimmy Smith to keep his starting spot. Smith earned more playing time as the season went on last year, and notched two interceptions in the regular season and another in the playoffs.


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Training is based on Australian and international research as well as the extensive experience of Carers NSW. Training will be tailored to the needs of your organisation but workshops generally include:
For more information or to discuss how we can work together, please call the Young Carer Team on (02) 9280 4744 or email [email protected]. To request a workshop, please click here.
"One of the best presentations from a government service or NGO I have ever seen/experienced."
– School Teacher, North Sydney
"Excellent – needs a whole school audience!"
– School Teacher, Far North Coast
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BARtab » Daytime
The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence celebrated Easter Sunday and their 40th anniversary on April 21 by returning to Dolores Park for a well-attended picnic-filled party of thousands.
Opening celebrations on Jan 31 for 'Two-Spirit Voices: Returning to the Circle,' the new exhibit at the GLBT History Museum, featured members of Bay Area American Indian Two Spirits (BAAITS).
The holiday season got off to a cool start at the November 7 opening day ceremonies for the Safeway Holiday Ice Rink in Union Square.
With the holidays fast approaching, consider adding some locally-made delicious cheese to your party plates or brunch menu. Sonoma and Marin artisan cheese makers Laura Chenel and Marin French Cheese recently sent us some delicious samples.
On Friday September 14, dozens of gay men will converge upon Guerneville for River Raid 2018, a weekend of partying by the Russian River. Book your rooms and tickets now, because no one wants to be stuck in the fog while all the guys are at the river.
Northern California's Pride events continue on past June. These festivals may not have the big name entertainment or famous Grand Marshalls like San Francisco, but at their cores are groups of volunteers with big dreams and even bigger hearts.
If last week wasn't rough for you -and I'm not talking about your Pride hangover- you've somehow been avoiding the news, or you are stuck in a safe little bubble, then I really have no idea why you're reading this column.
Nicole Murray-Ramirez, aka Empress Nicole the Great (center), celebrates with other Imperial Court royals, and the film's producers and director, after the Castro Theatre premiere of 50 Years of Fabulous, at Twin Peaks Tavern.
San Francisco Pride is poised to get the biggest infusion of movement, outlandish style and fabulosity, with two of the most enduring men of color in LGBTQ culture, Jose Gutierez Xtravaganza and Luis Camacho Xtravaganza.
This year's LGBT Pride celebration in Civic Center, held June 23 and 24, is more than just a gathering. Dozens of performers and DJs will bring music to the main stage and multiple themed DJ areas.
Just in time for Pride, a small bouquet of eateries has bloomed in the Castro. Whether you're a local who's not often in the gayborhood, or you've got out-of-town visitors stoked to see the sites, swing on by and bring your appetite for something new.
Get a gay jump on June celebrations! I remember the first time I marched in the San Francisco Pride Parade. It was pure magic stepping off the curb and planting my foot on Market Street. The heavy weight of not being out to everyone in my life had been