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'Nobody is healthy in London, nobody can be'
Look up as you walk along Keppel Street in Bloomsbury, and you can see gilded rats, fleas, and cobras – a backhanded compliment to pests and parasites by the architects of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Look down, and you'll see nothing out of the ordinary. But only a few feet beneath the pavement are cellars teeming with some of the creepiest crawlies in the world – bedbugs, lice, and colonies of mosquitoes dating back to the 1940s.
You might be forgiven for wanting to hear no more about this verminous Bloomsbury Set. But if this has merely whetted your appetite for all things itchy, tune in to 'The Gilded Vectors of Disease', an eight-part series for Resonance FM. Produced and presented by the LSHTM's Rebecca Tremain, each episode looks at the history, influence and ecology of each vector, with contributions from researchers, historians and writers. In the third episode I explored the twilight world of bedbugs with Dr James Logan, and Kelley Swain turned a New York hotel room upside down in a witty and deeply atmospheric performance poem.
The last episode, on the flea, goes out tonight (Tues 2 April), but you can find out more about the series on Rebecca's Mustard Club website (along with an explanation of why it's called the Mustard Club), and listen to podcasts of each episode here. Happy scratching.


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(Express) – Popocatépetl volcano, just 35 miles from Mexico City and 20 miles from Puebla sent ash and plumes of smoke more than 1.5 miles high. Mexico's National Centre for Disaster Prevention (CENAPRED) has warned people to keep away from Popocatépetl after 200 eruptions were recorded in just 24 hours. A level three yellow alert has been issued meaning the chance of volcanic activity is immediate to high. The
alert is just one away from a red alert which would force locals to prepare for evacuation.
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The noun schism, and its derivative schismatic, have two pronunciations based on the reading of the letters '-ch-', which represent the Greek letter 'chi'. The traditional academic pronunciation reduced the first sound of schism to a simple '-s-' sound. The religious poet Milton even spelled it 'scism'. Some who like to affect the ability to pronounce Greek aim to produce the sound of the Scots 'loch' or German 'ich'; for most, this results in a pronunciation beginning 'sk-'. (The second '-s-' is always pronounced as '-z-'.) LPD says: "The traditional 'siz-' is being displaced, except perhaps among clergy, by 'skiz-'", and reports that 71% of a British sample in 1988 used the '-k-' pronunciation. OED says "The pronunc. [skizm], though widely regarded as incorrect, is now freq. used for this word and its derivatives both in the U.K. and in North America."
The basic meaning of schism - the word comes, through Church Latin, from the Greek σχίσμα (schisma, a cleft), a noun from the verb σχίζειν (schizein, to split) - is 'a break (between groups)'. Its basic use in English was to mean a split between different groups of Christians over some point of faith (see further Great Schism). This has now expanded figuratively to include sub-groups of any sort of belief or ideology, for example groups that try to break away from a political party to form a sub-group.
The word schismatic may be either an adjective or a noun. As an adjective, it means 'relating to, or promoting, a schism', and as a noun, 'a person who promotes a schism or belongs to a schismatic group'.


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Disney Cruises with food allergies
As the parent of a child with food allergies, we are often nervous traveling out of our home area, where we know the locations of the nearest hospitals, grocery stores with allergen-free foods, and maybe even a few restaurants that cater to food allergies. Imagine getting on a ship and traveling out to sea for days. That can be really intimidating.
Disney World and Disneyland are the gold standard for food allergy handling. But what about Disney Cruise Lines? Do they have the same options and experience? Yes, they do, but it takes a bit more planning. In fact, the Special Diets program for Disney Cruise Lines was created by the same guy, Chef Joel Schaefer, who created the program for Disney World. Unfortunately, it's even more difficult to get details for the DCL program than it is for Disney World. Therefore, since we don't have any first-hand experience, we found someone who did!
Jennifer is from Canada and has been on many cruises with her food allergies, both Disney and other cruise lines, with a variety of experiences. She tells us that DCL is the best, by far. Read her fabulous Disney Cruise food allergy tips here. She collected them over time for DCL just as we have for Disney World.
We found Jennifer thanks to another reader and Twitter friend, Jenni Hilton, who tweets for Food Allergy Kids Atlanta and herself. She mentioned, on Twitter, that she was taking a cruise on the Disney Dream. So, we reached out to her and asked her to tell us about her experience once she returned. However, she also posted the question on the Allergic Living Talking Allergies forum, and received an extensive response from Jennifer. We asked Jennifer to provide a few tips for our website, and she delivered a very detailed list of procedures, tips and first-hand experience for taking a Disney Cruise with food allergies.
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The U.K.'s new Open Banking rules, which enable FinTechs to branch into the mainstream banking industry, are being held up as big banks delay making the changes.
According to news from Reuters, six of the nine banks that have to open up their data, so FinTechs can go after their customers with products and services, asked the regulator in the U.K for more time implementing the Open Banking rule. The deadline was Jan. 13, but the banks want an extension.
FinTech companies in U.K. told Reuters that because of the delay, they have had to put their plans on hold or remove them for good. "We have decided to postpone our Open Banking implementation until all the banks can prove they have … all the required data available," said Steve Tigar, CEO of app Money Dashboard, in an interview with Reuters.
Of the nine banks, Lloyds, Dankse Bank and Allied Irish Banks rolled out all the tech they needed to in order to enable data sharing with FinTech companies. Of the six financial institutions seeking an extension, some are hoping for a few weeks, while others want as long as a year, noted Reuters. Royal Bank of Scotland, HSBC, Barclays, Santander U.K., Bank of Ireland and Nationwide Building Society all have inquired for more time to make the necessary changes.
With concern growing that the new Open Banking regulation could hurt bigger banks — to the tune of 6 percent to 10 percent of revenues — it's not surprising that some of the banks are taking a slower approach to meeting the deadline.
"There's very little incentive for (banks) to play ball with this, because it's just a pure downside scenario," said Steve Graham, founder of FinTech firm Teller, in the Reuters report. Meanwhile Paul Rippon, co-founder and deputy CEO of Monzo, the digital bank, said his company has made a "conscious decision not to rely on open banking in the immediate term."
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UPDATE SUMMARY: Week of March 18, 2016
April 21, 2016
Record amounts of rain received over the past few days in South Texas has halted grapefruit harvest; remaining supplies will be inconsistent with more shippers finishing by the end of the week. California grapefruit is on the market; supplies are adequate. Strawberry supplies remain very tight in all areas; supply exceeds demand. Markets continue to rise as overall supplies are expected to remain tight through Mother's Day.
- Supplies out of South Texas will be inconsistent with most shippers finishing by the end of the week; California supplies are adequate
- Markets are stable but expected to rise as demand moves from Texas to California
- Quality is good
- Summer Ruby grapefruit varieties will start in early July
- Due to rain showers and heavy thunderstorms forecast through the week, Markon First Crop (MFC) shipments out of the Rio Grande Valley (southern tip of Texas) will be infrequent
- Supplies out of Mexico remain sporadic due to inconsistent weather patterns
- Storage supplies out of Idaho, Oregon, Utah, and Washington will diminish by early May; expect lower quality in storage shipments
- Full harvesting will begin in Imperial Valley, California next week; light shipments are already beginning later this week
Ready-Set-Serve (RSS) Super Slaw
- Due to limited supplies of quality Brussels sprouts, RSS Super Slaw is temporarily unavailable and packer label will be substituted for orders loading April 20 and 21
- Super Slaw packer label product will not include the Brussels sprout component of the blend
- Availability of RSS Super Slaw is expected to be sporadic over the next several weeks; packer label will be substituted as needed
- Expect limited supplies until the end of May to early June
Salinas Valley Weather
- Cloudy skies with occasional rain showers will move into the Salinas Valley on Friday, April 22; a cold front is also moving into the area, bringing temperatures down to the mid-to high 60s and gusty winds for most of next week
- Cooler weather and rain will slow growth and affect supplies and yields
- Higher prices for green leaf, iceberg, romaine, and strawberry items are expected into next week
- Supplies remain very tight this week; demand exceeds supply in all areas
- Markets are higher
- MFC Strawberries are available; Markon Best Available and packer label supplies are being substituted as needed
- Markets continue to rise as overall supplies are expected to remain tight through Mother's Day (May 8)
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An assault by Boko Haram on Sunday aimed at taking over the key northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri has been repelled, the military said, roughly 12 hours after fighting began.
"The terrorists' attack on Maiduguri in the early hours of Sunday was quickly contained. The terrorists incurred massive casualty," defence spokesman Chris Olukolade said in a text message. "The situation is calm as mopping up operation in the affected area is ongoing."
Boko Haram fighters on Sunday launched a fresh attempt to take over the strategically crucial northeastern city of Maiduguri, a brazen attack on a state capital just two weeks before national elections.
Four residents told AFP that Sunday's fighting began at roughly 3:00 am (0200 GMT) with loud explosions and gunfire, as the Islamists tried to enter the city from the south.
After heavy fighting in the Mulai area just three kilometres south of the city, troops backed by vigilantes repelled the attack, but the militants then began a separate assault to the east and gun battles were ongoing, multiple witnesses said.
"The gunmen were initially subdued in Mulai, but now they have changed strategy and are attacking through the Damboa road (to the east)," said local Bukar Mungono, in an account supported by two others. "Fighting is still going on."
The Islamist rebels tried to capture Maiduguri just a week ago, but were repelled by troops.
The military was not immediately available to comment on the latest raid.
"The whole city is in fear," said resident Adam Krenuwa. "People are afraid of what will happen if Boko Haram defeats the security forces."
Losing control of Maiduguri, capital of Borno state, would be an enormous defeat for the security forces, whose handling of the six-year Islamist uprising has been fiercely criticised.
The city's fall would also likely spark a humanitarian disaster.
Maiduguri's population is believed to have swelled above two million in recent weeks as residents from other parts of Borno have been forced to flee to the city to seek refuge from Boko Haram violence.
Resident Fannami Dalwaye said people from the Mulai area ran towards the city-centre as the violence raged earlier on Sunday.
"Some of us are in mosques praying, just waiting to hear the outcome of what happens," Krenuwa told AFP.
– Opposition stronghold –
Nigeria's National Security Advisor Sambo Dasuki last month called for elections to be postponed.
He cited difficulties in distributing voter identity cards, but experts have questioned how Nigeria can hold legitimate national elections when significant parts of the country are controlled by Islamist rebels.
Boko Haram is believed to control at least half of Borno state, as well as several areas in neighbouring Adamawa and Yobe.
The northeast is an opposition stronghold and there are fears that the credibility of the polls could be challenged if millions of voters are disenfranchised, especially if the final tally is close.
The opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) has rejected any postponement of the vote, describing it as a stalling tactic by the ruling party which is fearing defeat after 16 years in power.
But even before the latest assault on Maiduguri, election officials conceded that voting would be impossible across much of the northeast.
Foreign observers have said that they will not even attempt to monitor polling in the region because of the unrest.
President Goodluck Jonathan, who is facing a tough challenge from former military ruler Muhammadu Buhari, has repeatedly sought to assure Nigerians that Boko Haram could be contained.
But those promises have consistently proved hollow, with the violence having escalated each year under his watch.
The conflict has killed an estimated 13,000 people since 2009, while Boko Haram has been blamed for the kidnap of hundreds of children.
Buhari, a former army general who briefly led the country as a military dictator in the mid-1980s, has told voters that he will be able to curb the bloodshed but has so far not released a specific plan to deal with Boko Haram that he would implement if elected.


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I was once allowed (by somebody who wasn't allowed to allow me) to ascend the spire of my church in Exeter. Part way up you can look out onto the church roof.
Another Torii gate at Nikko national park. This one is located by a sacred spring, which tourists are not to throw coins into, but do anyway.
Nikko national park is famous for shrines and temples and such. With these come the famous Torii gateways. However, I found this one tucked away at the side of the park, somewhat set aside from its fellows.
Taken near the Imperial Palace in Central Tokyo. 'Tatemono' is the Japanese word for 'buildings'.
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My friend Jonny (aka 'J'ro') asleep on Exmouth beach. Another photograph taken without prior permission. Ah well. Also available in sepia.
Sheffield, 2008. My friend Luke washing his face in a cave.
It's Summer 2009, and my housemates and I decide to take a trip to 'Budleigh Salterton' in Devon. It's a quaint little seaside town inhabited only by octogenerians. We see these four enjoying a thermos of tea by the beach, and unbeknownst to them, I took a photograph.


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Melissa Joan Hart Isn't Into Reboots — Plus, What Does She Think About Sabrina Joining 'Riverdale?'
Don't expect to see Melissa Joan Hart as Sabrina any time soon, Archie fans.
It's been 20 years since Sabrina, the Teenage Witch graced our TVs — but it's possible we'll see her again on Riverdale. The EPs have teased the possibility of bringing in Sabrina, who originated in the Archie comics as a girl who lived in the next town over. So, what does the original Sabrina think about it? Melissa Joan Hart's fine with it — but it won't be her doing it. "I think everyone's confused that if they bring Sabrina in, that I have to play it. It's gonna be a high school girl," Melissa told HollywoodLife.com exclusively at San Diego Comic-Con, where she was promoting a new film she's directing, a reimagined version of Watcher in the Woods. When we brought up Dove Cameron, the actress that many hope will play Sabrina, Melissa looked her up. "Oh she's cute," she said. "Yeah, I could see her as Sabrina. Look wise, she's great!"
For Melissa though, she's focusing on the hear and now. "I think it's a little sad that we're not having any original thoughts," Melissa told us. "What's crazy about Watcher in the Woods is that it is hitting at this time of reboots, but at the same time, it's something we've wanted to do for 17 years. It wasn't like, 'Let's find a reboot to do.' It was, 'Let's remake that movie because it was amazing, and we want to take it a step up.' It just happened to fall at the time and generation of reboots."
She revealed that she isn't really into the reboot phase at all, because she's looking ahead, not back.
"Everybody's like 'Wanna do Sabrina? Wanna do Clarissa [Explains It All]? I kinda wanna move forward and do something different," she told us. "I wanna guest star on Timeless or Designated Survivor or Schitt's Creek. I wanna do all this fun, quirky, weird [stuff]. I want to move forward with my career and not move backwards. I also understand the nostalgia thing, but people always hate the reboots. All those reunion shows, everyone is like, 'Oh it sucked, everyone looks old.' its never what you imagine it would be. I think fan fiction is so much better than could come out of that."
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Operation Winter Hawk is the eighth mission in Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six. The multiplayer version of the level is Airport.
Several members of The Phoenix Group's Idaho operation have managed to escape to a nearby airstrip with samples of the Ebola Brahma biological agent and will flee the airstrip by plane upon detection of RAINBOW operatives. Phoenix Group members are already aware of RAINBOW's presence in Idaho, as they are aware of what occurred in their previous mission, Fire Walk. Due to this, RAINBOW members from the previous mission are the only ones that are able to go on this one.
John Clark - There's been a security breach. Someone must have tipped them off. They knew we were coming. There's no time to redeploy - you're going to have to make do with what you've got. Good luck.
Anne Lang - I knew this would happen. We've got a potential bloodbath on our hands. I'll manage the spin with the White House, but please, please, try not to make matters worse. Good Lord. If this gets out the press will eat us alive.
Catherine Winston - My God. I was watching the video feed. They were experimenting on people. It looks like they've taken all the samples with them. You have to stop them.
The airstrip is one of the largest maps in the game (Another being the dam in Blue Sky). The airstrip itself is a wide open area that is easy for human players to kill enemies before they are seen. In the middle of the airstrip is a plane, the first getaway vehicle (And the only one if played on recruit). There are 3 buildings, 2 which are large and used to house planes, and 1 which seems to be a control tower. The control tower will have 1 leader (2 if on veteran or elite) that will try to flee via the large plane on the strip. The farthest large building has a smaller plane which will be an alternate getaway vehicle for leaders within that area (Veteran or elite only).
Mission Objectives
As with Fire Walk, there will be terrorists present, but the leaders are the main target. Leaders are much more notable this time, as they are skinned as doctors with lab coats, making them stand out. On recruit, there is one, on veteran, there are two, and on elite, there are four. On elite, two planes must be guarded (A large hawker in the center of the strip and a smaller plane near the farthest structure from insertion.). On other difficulties, only the hawker needs to be watched. This mission area is wide open, the only close quarters area being the control tower. All terrorists must be eliminated, and the mission will fail if any leaders escape or if RAINBOW is killed. Upon the mission's completion, an image of two RAINBOW operatives appears by the hawker, surrounded by dead terrorists. Upon it's failure, an image of a Phoenix group member fleeing with a dead RAINBOW operative and another Phoenix terrorist alongside him will appear.
Enemy Resistance
Leaders will be aware of your presence regardless on if you are seen or heard, as someone had tipped them off. The leader(s) will begin to flee after about one minute. The number of enemies increases as the difficulty increases, meaning more areas need to be guarded. The map is extremely open, and most enemies have rifles, except the leaders. It is very easy to kill them before they can see you, but the same goes for the other way around. The radio tower harbors several terrorists, including a sniper on the 2nd floor. It will hold 1 leader on recruit and 2 on veteran. Two terrorists will be outside the tower, keeping watch. Another terrorist will be nearby the hawker. Two terrorists are also in the closest building to the insertion zone with an unusable plane. In the farthest building, there will be three terrorists (plus two leaders if on Elite). Outside this building is another getaway plane for elite mode. Despite heavy resistance, the wide open range makes this mission one of the easiest in the game.
TWIN FALLS, IDAHO (United News International) - U.S. agents raided a rural compound thirty miles outside the city of Twins Falls Sunday morning, seizing a large cache of automatic weapons and explosive devices. Shots were exchanged between federal officers and the occupants of the compound during the course of the raid, and several of the compound's defenders were killed, although their names have not been released pending positive identification, It is believed that the occupants of the compound were members of a separatist militia group and that the arms were intended to be used during a general revolt against the U.S. government. Authorities learned of the compound's existence from a European informant who had had dealings with the group in recent months. According to a government spokesman, charges will be filed against the surviving group members within the week, and further arrests may result as the investigation progresses.
- This mission is considered to be the easiest in the game, since there are no bombs or hostages and enemies can be killed before the shooter is even spotted.
- This is the only mission where the leaders use a unique skin. It is also the only mission where leaders are only equipped with pistols.
- Oddly enough, when in the mission planning screen before the game, almost all of the landmarks (Including the insertion zone) will not be named. The only named landmark in the hawker on the airstrip.
- Despite the mission's easiness for a human player, computer controlled squads will most likely be killed, since they cannot attack enemies until they are both within each other's range.
- Fire Walk and Winter Hawk are the first pair of missions that have squad restrictions, in which those who went on the former must go to the latter. The other pair of missions have the opposite penalty, in which the members that go on Lone Fox cannot be used in Black Star.
- In the Urban Operations add-on for Rogue Spear, Fire Walk is a mission, but Winter Hawk is not, despite the fact they happened practically at the same time. This is most likely because in Rogue Spear, enemies in vehicles can be killed, but there never was a new engine considering terrorists in planes.
- Although the biosuit is able to be equipped before the mission, there is no need for it, making it useless. However, if one uses the suggested plan, it will be equipped anyway. It is suggested that the player switches it out for any variant of the woodland camouflage outfits.
- Rifles are the best option for this mission. The MP5 is far to inaccurate from long range and the shotgun is only useful in the control tower.
- If grenades or flash bangs are thrown, terrorists all over the map will most likely scatter. Humorous as this is, it is also dangerous, for it may cause leaders to flee prematurely.
- The leaders are carrying briefcases in the hand that isn't holding a pistol. This feature is only for these specific leader skins, and the briefcases are purely cosmetic.
- The leader's player model for this mission is also a model for one of the hostages in Eagle Watch's first mission: Little Wing.


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The 27th annual Brian Scott Memorial API Chili Cook-off will be Saturday, February 16th from 11:00-2:00 at the Casper Events Center. There will be 45 chilis to taste at the event. All proceeds benefit over 20 Casper charities. This year's theme is COWBOY TOUGH!
BUY YOUR TICKETS IN ADVANCE at www.sinclairtix.com, any Sinclairtix outlet, or at the box office. $10.00 is the price of admission – kids ages 3 and under get in free. Strollers are not allowed on the floor due to safety.


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Kenya's Progressive Menstrual Policies Provide Example For U.S.
NPR: What Kenya Can Teach The U.S. About Menstrual Pads
"…In 40 states, plus the District of Columbia, pads and tampons are subject to sales tax. … But there's a movement to fight these taxes, and several states have eliminated them. … Meanwhile, one country is way ahead of the U.S. when it comes to understanding that pads and tampons shouldn't be taxed. … Kenya repealed its value added tax on pads and tampons in 2004 to lower the price consumers pay. And since 2011, the Kenyan government has been budgeting about $3 million per year to distribute free sanitary pads in schools in low-income communities…" (Hallett, 5/10).


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Lidia Yeibio
Lidia Yeibio (02/02/1985 / Asmara)
Biography of Lidia Yeibio
Born in Asmara, Eritrea, but was brought up in a small town 'Quiha' in Ethiopia. I was deported from Ethiopia to my country in 1998 and now I live in Asmara.
I try to write poems and have a desire to improve my self when I write more, But I will need all of you to help me do this. Thanks a lot for caring to read my poems and comment on them.
Thanks again.
Lidia Yeibio Poems
A Sheep Gave Her Heart To A Wolf
She was born to Adam and Eve Longer years she is to live. God made her heart of a humble sheep Gave her body while asleep.
Let The Wind Blow
For the last eight years of my life I was being cut with unsharpened knife Now let the time come to end the strife. Let the wind blow and whistle in my ears,
End is the place Where the road dies. End is the time Where the future cuts.
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Where the road dies.
End is the time
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End is the life
Where no more appears.
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Father's post on bullied son's pink nail polish sparks outpouring of support
Having gone out of his way to help raise his children in a gender stereotype-free household, a father from Massachusetts was appalled to discover that his five- year-old son was being bullied at kindergarten for wearing nail polish. Over 30,000 retweets and 60,000 likes later, Aaron Gouveia had not only comforted his upset son, but also used Twitter to create a full-blown social media campaign against toxic masculinity. Within hours of posting about the issue, the father and son were inundated with messages from men and boys - including a former player from the family's favorite football team the New England Patriots - sharing pictures of themselves with painted nails in solidarity. This is my son, Sam. He's 5. And today he learned how shitty and harmful #ToxicMasculinity is. My rage meter is spiking right now so excuse me if this is a little raw but there are some things I want to say about BS #gender norms (a thread) pic.twitter.com/NtoE2VHKsU October 23, 2018 Tweeting under the handle @DaddyFiles, the name of his parenting blog, Gouveia's thread began with a picture of his son wielding a fish and the words: "This is my son, Sam. He's five. And today he learned how shitty and harmful #ToxicMasculinity is. My rage meter is spiking right now so excuse me if this is a little raw but there are some things I want to say about BS #gender norms (a thread)." He continued: "Sam is my middle child & he's a terror. A 'boy's boy' as so many (not me) would say. He's rough and tumble, he's loud, he's always dirty, loves trucks, plays sports and knee drops me from the couch. But he also loves a lot of 'girl' things." Perhaps appropriately, the thread ended with Gouveia's own painted middle finger nail raised, praising his "beautiful polished boy". In response, Martellus Bennett, the former Patriots tight end, tweeted a photograph of himself painting his nails with his daughter, writing: "I rock pink nails all the time." tara strong (@tarastrong) Please tell Sam I want to come to his school & have a nail polish party, (preferably a pony polish party) & then we can have a lil chat with his classmates. Then tell him I love him & he's absolutely incredible just the way he is. ???? https://t.co/Q5fCCABll0 October 23, 2018 Gouveia, 39, who works in public relations and lives with his wife Martha, 40, and their three children in Franklin, said they have been blown away by the response. "I'm so incredibly moved by the number of people who've written to us," he told the Guardian. "Normalising this [is the goal] and just changing a handful of minds." Sam, meanwhile, said the supportive tweets had "cheered me up" and given him confidence to keep decorating his nails with pride. The gender-neutral parenting movement has gathered substantial momentum in recent years with the rise of non-gendered toys, "theybies" (parents who avoid gender pronouns altogether in an effort to avoid gender bias). Gouveia said he does not blame the children who bullied his son, saying: "At this age, it's learned. Usually this comes from the parents." But he praised the kindergarten, which he said took the situation "very seriously", using it as an opportunity to talk about acceptance with their students.
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Home » Gear Reviews » Ski & Snow » Ski Boots » Black Diamond Shiva MX 110
If you spend a majority of your time backcountry skiing with the occasional visit in-bounds and you only want to own one pair of ski boots, the Shiva MX 110 would be a smart choice. Otherwise, keep this as your touring boot and then get a traditional alpine boot for resort days.
This boot, a new addition for fall 2013, is a major upgrade from Black Diamond's previous Shiva boot. It's considerably higher performance on the downhill, and is miraculously both lighter and stiffer. Comfort didn't seem like a huge priority here—testers reported smashed toes. But that could be solved with some proper bootfitting.
VersatilityThis boot comes with both a tech sole and an alpine sole included in the price (most other boots make you pay extra for the second set), so you'll be dialed no matter what type of bindings you're using.
Liner With a fully thermoformable Direct Connect liner, you'll be able to get a custom fit right out of the box. The liner comes cut away in the back for women's wider calves.
DrawbacksIf you have a particularly small or large foot size for women, you may be out of luck: They come in a rather limited size run.


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Fairly quiet around the flashes with the main interest being c30 Teal on a regular pond, c20 Fieldfare feeding with around 200 Starling and a couple of Buzzards, both perched on farm gates, but at opposite ends of the flashes. Also in the area was a flock of around 50 Woodpigeon and a flock of at least 100 Jackdaws. A Kingfisher was heard on the reserve, and plenty of Nuthatch were calling. A Mistle Thrush and two Song Thrush were in the same tree by the canal.
A Grey Squirrel in the reserve was making a racket for quite a long time.
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I had a walk up there today with the dog and they were shooting next to the canal as there were two guys with dogs on the the canal looking for a injured duck what one of the shooting party had shot, they sent there dogs across the canal looking for it, never found it so they left it injured somewhere round there, as i got back down the top lock end as it was getting dark i heard 2 buzzards calling, near were they'd been shooting earlier, last week spotted 2 owls near each other in the tree's also on the path at the bottom of whins lane where the old blackburn rd collapsed years ago as it was getting dark, and not that much further on round the corner same time was a small owl perched in a tree could'nt make any of them out as it was getting dark.
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Nausori court finds driver guilty of occasioning death
8 November, 2018, 3:50 pm
A MAN charged with dangerous driving occasioning death has been found guilty by the Nausori Magistrates Court this morning.
Aisake Tagibola drove a motor vehicle in a manner dangerous to the public and caused the death of a child.
The incident occurred on March 14, 2014, at around 3.30pm in Nausori.
Tagibola told the court that he was driving slowly and could not avoid the accident because the deceased suddenly ran across the road.
Magistrate Shageeth Somaratne said all evidence presented showed the accused was driving on high speed in Nausori Town.
He said Tagibola was driving in a dangerous manner without considering the safety of the public on the road and caused the accident resulting in the death of a child.
Tagibola has been remanded and will be sentenced tomorrow.


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Recently Start-Up NY has been advertising heavily in Cincinnati touting New York as a great place to start a business. Cincinnati has a small but interesting start-up business. Most of the buzz has been about Cintrifuse. Although there have been some successes, no one has confused Cincinnati with the start-up meccas like Silicon Valley. Start-ups in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky largely remain a work in progress. When we look from New York's perspective the grass sure looks greener over Ohio's septic tank. The recently released United Van Lines 2013 migration study press release says that New York has the third highest ratio of traffic moving out of state. The reason for the high outbound ratio is complicated but it is hard to ignore the business climate's consistently low ratings. The 2013 version of the ALEC-Laffer State Economic Competitiveness Index has New York ranked 49th. The year before they were ranked 50th. So why would a budding start-up move from a state like Ohio who is ranked 26th to a state ranked 49th? Cincinnati may not have the cachet of Silicon Valley but it has a better business environment and a lower cost of living than New York.
New York has a difficult marketing problem and from their perspective at the back of the pack, the Cincinnati start-up market is a more appealing target to attract businesses from than Texas or California. Their plan is to create tax free zones in which "businesses can operate 100% tax-free for 10 years. No business, corporate, state or local taxes, sales and property taxes, or franchise fees." This is an interesting offer but it is restricted to areas located primarily on SUNY campuses around New York City. Their idea was to pair up high tech businesses, low taxes, and college campuses. This might eventually work with Columbia university but I am skeptical of its usefulness at the SUNY campuses. Even if this plan happens to be successful at a major university, what is going to stop Kentucky and Ohio from setting up similar plans at the University of Cincinnati, Xavier, Miami, or Northern Kentucky? In the grand scheme of job migration their plan is a nice employment solution for high tech, college students but it really does not address the much larger unemployment problem with the low education, low skill job market. They may save a few jobs for college graduates but the rest of the people are going to have to look for jobs elsewhere. To fix that problem we have to learn how to grow low and medium tech companies again. We tried to fix the problem by encouraging the growth of the service industries at the expense of manufacturing companies. Now we have learned that the service industry is not the magic bean that will grow the low education, low skill job market. "To grow middle class wealth you must be making things bigger, better, faster, or cheaper." That will take a different mindset. A mindset that made New York city great a long, long time ago.
When I think of New York City I think of this poem. From huddled masses to high tech college students, it is amazing how the vision of who we are has changed. It is hard to embrace a return to the optimistic vision of the poem when a poor business climate is undermining that vision at every turn. In a very provincial sense I feel like Samuel Gerard in "The Fugitive" who kept telling Dr. Kimble, "I don't care". I have a job to do, New York has a job to do, and it is very likely that never shall the twain meet. I hope local start-ups will look at the numbers and stick with Cincinnati. That is the smart decision. Regardless of their decision my life is unaffected. However there is a deeper issue in play. Like Samuel Gerard who finally admits that he does care, I want New York to be successful again. When I root for New York's success I am not rooting for a more optimistic future for all of us and the success of New York is part of it. I am rooting for the unbridled optimism of the poem.
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Make a Child Smile: Bike-Building Event
Wednesday, June 7, 2017 @ 4:30 pm ET
October Research, LLC and Summit sponsors Windward Consulting | Software – ResWare are proud to bring back this charity event for the 6th year.
Join fellow attendees, the Windward team and October Research staff in helping to assemble children's bicycles and big wheels for donation to a local San Antonio non-profit organization. A few minutes of your time will bring joy to local children for years to come.
This is the 6th consecutive year and so far over 150 bicycles have been built and donated to local charities where the Summit is held. Now the Summit will be providing smiles in this year's host city of San Antonio.
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Perfect for fans of Maeve Binchy' - Candis Welcome to Cedar Cove - a small town with a big heart! Rosie Cox loves her home town. But people are always interested in other people's business! Everyone knows that she and her husband, Zach, recently got a divorce, and that Judge Olivia decreed an unusual custody arrangement. Instead of the kids moving between homes, Rosie and Zach will be going back and forth. Everyone's talking about Judge Olivia, too. Will she stay with Jack, the local newspaper owner, or will she get back together with her ex-husband? Inquiring minds need to know. But the biggest gossip has to do with the mysterious man who died at the local bed-and- breakfast. Who is he? Roy McAfee, the local private investigator, is making it his business to find out... All will be revealed in Cedar Cove. Make time for friends. Make time for Debbie Macomber. The Cedar Cove series is now a hit Channel 5 TV series, appearing on UK screens on CHANNEL 5USA


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Spokane Community College (SCC) and Spokane Falls Community College (SFCC) offer affordable College Prep classes that help you get off to a good start.
If you want to go to college, but need to tune up your skills first, consider taking a College Prep course. Spokane Community College (SCC) and Spokane Falls Community College (SFCC) offer affordable College Prep classes to get you off to a good start. We even have a convenient online class.
Studies show you are more likely to stay in college and complete your educational goals if you first complete a college prep or other programs offered at SCC and SFCC. Rather than earn college credit, classes are organized like college-level credit courses, with similar amounts of homework, student expectations and increased academic difficulty.
These classes are for students with a GED® or high school diploma, and ESL students who meet entrance requirements necessary for enrollment (an SCC counselor decides if you meet entrance requirements during your enrollment meeting). College Prep courses also are great for adults who have been away from school and need to refresh their skills.
Contact the SCC Adult Education Center at 509-533-4600 and make an appointment with a counselor. If you live in Colville, Newport, Pullman or Republic, contact our off-campus center to make your enrollment appointment.
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- In anticipation of getting my Tesla Model 3, I am selling my 2013 Prius Persona, the best car that I have ever owned This could be a great second car for any Tesla owner.
- Persona was a Limited Edition Toyota that included features normally only found in top model Prius).
- Original owner.
- Fun car to drive.
- Less than 45,000 gently driven miles
- Economical - I get 40-45 mpg (your milage will depend on how you drive).
- No range anxiety because it is a gas/electric hybrid, not a plug-in.
- Hybrid battery life is not a concern (ask any Prius owner-the batteries should last longer than the car).
- Garaged when not being driven.
- Clean Title. No major accidents
- Non-smoker car.
- Body condition is flawless, barely a scratch.
- Paint is very shiny. The color is a stunning shade of burgundy that Toyota calls Black Cherry Pearl (photos do not do it justice).
- The upholstery is a special Toyota brand of faux leather in pristine condition (comfortable and easy to maintain).
- Built in Navigation System with screen.
- 17 inch special wheels.
- New Bridgestone tires all around.
- Key-less door entry and engine starting (keep key fob in your pocket or purse). COOL feature.
- Tilt Steering Wheel, Cruise Control, Adjustable Seats, etc., etc., etc.
- Hatchback with foldable rear seats (room for an 8 foot Christmas Tree or lots of groceries).
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Thousands of New Canaanites gathered at Waveny on Thursday for the annual Family Fourth picnic and fireworks show. Held on a clear, hot afternoon that gave way to a comfortable evening, the hugely popular Independence Day celebration—organized by a volunteer committee and supported by sales of entrance passes—featured the New Canaan Town Band and Mind the Gap (playing The Rolling Stones' "Jumpin' Jack Flash" in the video above) as well as a selection of gourmet food trucks, and kid-friendly activities.
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Great video Mike! We were away this year, but the Family Fourth is always fun and we were sorry to have missed it. I wonder if the organizing committee has considered launching the fireworks to music. I realize it's a different circumstance, but the annual Boston Pops concert on Nantucket ends with the Pops playing the 1812 Overture while the fireworks explode overhead. It's always an amazing experience!


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The Federal Ministry of Power, Housing and Works has published a list of its achievements from May 2015 till date to mark the 2nd year since the Buhari administration came into power. The Ministry is confident that the Power, Works and Housing sectors are key in their drive to improve infrastructure, create jobs and serve as a springboard to reflate the economy.
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Keeping the Chicken Coop Clean in the City
Keeping a chicken coop or the inner hen house clean doesn't have to be such a horrible chore if you're living in a town, but it will be if the coop and hen house isn't laid out in a way that facilitates easy maintenance and cleaning. As usual, I learned all of this the hard way with my first coop and hen house, but it gave me just the insight I needed to make sure that my future coop and hen house would be easy to manage and keep clean.
When I got my first chickens several years ago I cleared a space in the back corner of my yard that I fenced in so they would have a little bit of space to roam around when they weren't in their hen house. That was my first and biggest mistake. I didn't realize how muddy that small area of about 400 sq. ft. would get, and it basically turned into a mud pit over the winter. I dreaded going out there to get the eggs because it was so dirty and wet. The hens got dirty too, and their eggs were always dirty in the winter. I still let my chickens out to roam around the yard, but that also left areas in disarray around the garden because of all the scratching they did. I had to constantly rake stuff off my grass areas back into the flower beds. It was obvious that I not only hadn't planned my coop properly, I had too many chickens. Nine are way too many for a family of two when you live in town. Still, even if I'd only had three hens, the coop area still would have been a muddy mess because it needed to have straw over it to absorb the rain and mud. Had I done that it would have been much better. Now-a-days, I always have several bales of straw out back along the fence to mulch and cover muddy areas with. Beside, the hens love it. The worms will come out from the soil into the straw when it's wet, and the hens love to scratch around in it and find the worms and bugs.
I also didn't have the funds the first time to buy or build a really great coop, but it still worked out pretty well for the first three years. You can check out photos of the old coop and hen house in earlier chicken posts. The main thing in regards to keeping a hen house clean is to make sure that you can easily get in and out of the house so you can clean it without difficulty, and as I found out later, the best floor covering for a hen house is… SAND!
Here's my "must have & do" list for keeping a coop and hen house clean for those who don't want to learn the hard way like I did:
- Be sensible about how many hens you really need. Three are more than enough for a family of two – three in the city. Maybe one or two more if you want to give a dozen eggs to friends and relatives now and then.
- Make sure you have easy access into the hen house and a good 4 inches of sand as a floor covering. You can even lay ground cover underneath before shovelling on the sand. In the photo you can see how I have sand in and around the hen house enclosed with the 4 x 4's. The wooden edges keep the sand contained, and the sand around the perimeter makes it so that the rain that dribbles from the roof hits the sand and doesn't kick up mud. It's absolutely wonderful, especially if you're a clean freak like me.
- Any nesting areas in the hen house should be covered with straw, and lots of it. Underneath my nesting area in the roosting area I also laid a tarp so that no moisture from poop or water will touch the wood surface. This is very important to avoid damp conditions, rot, bacteria or mold growth. I also keep a large black bin close to the hen house with dry straw in it so I don't always have to walk out of the coop over to my straw bales along the fence.
- Keep a bucket with a cover near the hen house to throw poop wads in. It's so easy when you go out to collect the eggs to gather up the poop on the straw and just throw it into the bucket. It takes 5 seconds. I like to be able to gather enough poop to apply in the areas in my flower beds that I think may need more nitrogen, or just toss the bucket full of poop onto my compost pile.
- Occasionally you must go into the hen house to rake up poop. With sand it's a breeze, and you really only need to do it about once a month (if you've only got a few hens). I would suggest getting a small rake for this and a wire strainer. Rake up the poop from the sand and strain it through the wire mesh. It's perfect! Toss the poop, straw and debris onto your compost. It's that simple. When summer comes around and it's hot outside, water down the sand in the hen house. It's like the rain on the sand. It kind of rinses it out. It's amazing with sand how you can avoid the stench of chicken poop in winter and summer.
- I've read about people bleaching out their hen houses each year. I can't imagine why if you've got healthy hens and the coop is always kept clean why you would need to do this. As long as your chickens have enough area to roam and dust themselves, why would they get parasites and lice? As long as you don't bring other grown chickens into your flock who might have some disease, chances are your chickens will remain very healthy and the need to bleach down their coop would be completely unnecessary. I love the hen house I have now from chickengardener.com. It is so practical, spacious, easy to maintain and clean, and it looks great!
- The coop area itself should ideally provide some grassy areas and dirt areas, but I know that's not possible for most town dwellers. I'm lucky to have a huge double lot that is around 13,000 sq. ft. and I've set aside about 2,000 sq. ft. of it for the hens. About 1,500 sq. ft. is grassy area, and maybe around 500 sq. ft. is dirt areas where they can scratch around and hunt for more worms and bugs. When I let them roam the entire area of my 13,000 sq. ft. yard during non planting and growing months (May – September), that also gives the coop area time off.
- Raking the outer coop area should be done as well. I still go out occasionally to rake up poop and debris into piles that I throw onto the compost. I also mow that area when needed since the grass will grow really high, and I've noticed the hens prefer to eat the new tender grass shoots that grow up. In the winter the rain will disperse a lot of poop into the grass and down into the soil, but when it's drier you need to do some raking and definitely water as needed. During the summer I want my hens to have some green grass to munch on, so since they aren't allowed into the larger yard during planting and growing season, I will water back there for them. The rest of my lawn areas I let dry out. I can't justify using water to keep up a manicured lawn in this day and age when water is getting more scarce and expensive.
Hopefully this post will give the reader a good idea how to plan a coop and hen house without making a lot of the mistakes that I made. It'll make the experience of owning hens so much nicer.


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Offering an amazing opportunity for an Information Security Analyst to join an exciting company in growing their Information Security Team. Within this Information Security Analyst position you will be working as a part of a small team in a fun and progression-driven environment. You would be delivering multiple projects in their 5 year security plan in a fast paced agile manner.
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Ivan Kustura & Stephen Bitel
November 2, 2012 - January 30, 2013
Ivan Kustura
White Over Dark Lake
Stephen Bitel
Boy On A Net
Opening Reception: Sunday, November 25, 3 - 5 PM
Meet the artists and see their wonderful work.
The public is welcome, admission free.
Featuring local wines and artisan cheeses, served by the Jamesport Manor Inn.
The Jamesport Manor Inn offers a 3-course Prix Fixe dinner immediately following the reception for $35 per person.
Artspeak magazine noted the strong presence in Ivan Kustura's images that makes their special character recognizable at once. His oils dazzle with their lush color and impossibly long, broad brushstrokes especially surprising considering the subjects in this show; horses, women, roses. His work feels very contemporary with a strong foundation in modernism, cubism and surrealism. To quote Kustura, "An art work does not exist in nature itself, it is to be approached with cunning, (not unlike planning a crime) while you cultivate it, grow it. My art is a dialogue opening toward the world that surrounds me, nourishes me, offends me. I am an artist of my time." Born in Croatia, and a graduate of The Fine Arts Academy of Venice, Kustura has had been featured in group and solo shows at many prestigious gallery in the Hamptons including those of Pamela Williams and Peter Marcelle. He has also shown extensively in Manhattan, notably at Vorpal and OK Harris as well as internationally in galleries from Milan, Venice, and Switzerland to Shang Hai. Kustura lives and works in Southampton.
In this Rosalie Dimon exhibit, photographer Stephen Bitel includes a broad range of subjects from well-defined, highly textured and exquisitely lit still life's such as Door With Cups to the semi-abstract strangeness created when shooting into a reflection for Boy On A Net. Modern Building received highest honor in the category of Architecture/Interiors by the prestigious photography journal B&W + Color 2012. In the juried East End Arts Gallery's Show Music (2012), juror Terrie Sultan of The Parrish Art Museum chose Bitel's Crescendo, (almost abstract ice skaters caught in flowing motion) to receive First Place. Bitel has done photographic work in the areas of advertising, portraiture, fashion photography and photojournalism including a photographic documentation of Resurrection City during the Poor People's March on Washington in 1968. This collection is available on loan from the African American Museum Long Island, NY. According to Bitel, "My primary interest has always been in abstract images rendered through reflections as well as the colors and textures of ordinary things enhanced by the effects of unusual lighting and composition."
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You are faced with difficult conversations in your life. We all are. It might not be happening right now but it has happened in your past and will again in your future. This can leave you feeling angry, frustrated, remorseful, hurt or replaying the conversation in your head.
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Psalms 36:5 Your steadfast love, O LORD, extends to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds.
Bob asked me what I wanted for my birthday…the answer is obvious, but not something he could buy at Target or build in the garage. The only thing my heart longs for is for Charlie to heal. Well, in God's goodness, Charlie has taken a few steps forward in the last day. His bowels are behaving and moving in the right direction and he is extibated! He is becoming more alert again as we are able to wean his pain medicines. So for my birthday, I am thankful for baby steps in a good direction. I am grateful for a loving grandma who can be with Charlie while I play with my family. I am so thankful for another birthday…another year to have such a joyous calling: daughter to my King, wife, mother, sister, daughter, friend, teacher, nurturer. Thank you for continued prayers for my little warrior boy!


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Grand wool church in graveyard full of bale tombs.
This church was enlarged and remodelled in the fifteenth century but much from the twelfth and thirteenth century remains intact. The Norman west doorway is a well-preserved example with a good array of beakheads. The church did not become cruciform until the first half of the thirteenth century when longer transepts were added and the chancel lengthened. The merchant guild added a free-standing chapel close to the south west corner of the nave at this time. This was joined to the main church in the fifteenth century.
The porch is fabulous. Three storeys high, the pinnacles continue the lines of the buttresses and the narrow panel tracery and tall pedestals on which the figures stand combine to make it insistently vertical.
The glory days for the Burford wool traders were in the fifteenth century. Unsurprisingly therefore the nave was rebuilt, with a north aisle, a south chancel and a spire was added to the tower .
The eastern parts of the church are a warren of interlinked spaces with the connections between earlier and later work lie exposed to view. The rebuilding of the nave together with the addition of the north aisle and joining of the guild chapel saw the introduction of fine new arcade both to the nave and between the south aisle and the guild chapel beyond. The fifteenth century roof is studded with figurative sculpture in the form of label stops and corbels. The best examples survive on the north side.
The font is probably Norman but recut in the fourteenth century. There is also a monument to Edmund Harman and his wife – albeit they are both absent but their 16 children are carved in deep relief on the lower half of the monument. The figures above are thought to be the earliest depictions in Britain of inhabitants of the New World.
The chapel of St Peter at the east of the nave is part medieval and enclose by screens incorporating early work including from the dismantled rood screen. The chapel was restored in 1877 -78 by George Street who also designed the pulpit and incorporating fifteenth century screen work.
The Lady Chapel is the largest, which is dominated by the Sylvesters and their uniform chest tombs. The chapel of St Thomas is fences off from the south transept by rugged, part medieval screen. It is reached up a short flight of steps being raised over an underlying crypt.
The south transept was probably used as a chapel at one stage but was effectively disabled as a chapel when the massive chest tomb was added in the fifteenth century. The tomb probably lost its brasses and the identities of its high status subjects during the Civil War when Parliamentary soldiers occupied the building.
The chapels flanking the chancel have also been intruded upon by later additions such as the organ however the wall paintings include a sixteenth century text from Romans originally forming the backdrop to another now lost altar. In 1625 the north chancel became home for the Tanfield monument. This was calculated to fill the space minus just enough room for pilgrims to file past one by one. Look out for the skeleton below the recumbent effigies and the canopy above.
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Essentials of Development Economics
J Edward Taylor (Author) Travis J. Lybbert (Author)
DescriptionWritten to provide students with the critical tools used in today's development economics research and practice, Essentials of Development Economics represents an alternative approach to traditional textbooks on the subject. Compact and less expensive than other textbooks for undergraduate development economics courses, Essentials of Development Economics offers a broad overview of key topics and methods in the field. Its fourteen easy-to-read chapters introduce cutting-edge research and present best practices and state-of-the-art methods. Each chapter concludes with an embedded QR code that connects readers to ancillary audiovisual materials and supplemental readings on a website curated by the authors. By mastering the material in this book, students will have the conceptual grounding needed to move on to higher-level development economics courses.
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Interview | Painter and Muralist Tessa Moeller
Tessa Moeller is spending the month in a lift, paint brushing and rolling a mural on the fascade of the St. Petersburg College Dowtown Center and American Stage's Raymond James Theatre. Moeller took a welcomed break from painting in the afternoon sun-glare to chat with me in the building's cafe.
Eva Avenue: Have you ever done this sort of thing before?
Tessa Moeller: I've done some smaller indoor murals, but nothing remotely this scale.
What are some challenges that you've faced doing a mural to this scale?
I've never really been on a ladder, let alone a lift. So just learning how to drive and maneuver it. Also to be able to understand the scale – that's what's been the trickiest part. We got a lift that should technically be able to get to the top but with how you have to get over the trees, it doesn't get all the way to the top so all the work I've been doing is with rollers. I started at the very top where it was wobbling and I started out with the hardest thing–the face–with the rollers because cause I couldn't reach it with the brush.
Now I'm zipping along. I just approached it like I would any sort of canvas painting. I haven't actually changed anything about the way that I paint other than using rollers. I think that's what I find the most fascinating about murals. I've always wanted to do murals. That's sort of my dream because I love working large. Even my canvases – my whole life, they've been huge. I think it's much more of a humanistic approach to painting, like an emotional sort of pull.
Cause you engage your whole body when you paint large and so it feels more fulfilling?
Yeah that's why I like working big. That's what to me art is – it should be something that's emotional and sort of connecting with that piece that's been in humanity since the beginning. So the larger the scale, the better. I know a lot of people use spray paint or a projector so that they have it very delineated and precise. So when they're doing it, before they go into it….if I did it that way, I wouldn't feel as involved in the process…. I'm glad that on my first real mural to be able to be really immersed in it in the way I ideally wanted.
Do you have a favorite mural downtown or a favorite mural artist?
The Evoca piece!
The Evoca piece?
But I think he signs his work Evoca1.
The girl lying down with the dog, with the muzzle (see here)?
Oh, that's my favorite! I love how you can see some of his red sketch lines in the paint!
Yes! Whenever I would come down there, even before I moved, it was so stunning. That's the first time I had seen a painted mural. I had always wanted to do it but all the other murals you see are spray painted. I appreciate the spray painting because it's so tied into street art originally. I appreciate the authenticity of it but I love fine art. There's something so beautiful. I like the transcendence, at least with what I do and the works that I like the most. I don't like to set my pieces or images in a time, like I don't like to date my paintings into one certain time. Like with a cell phone or a specific article of clothing because I feel like it loses that overarching humanistic quality.
Can you tell me about this mural you're doing?
We cycled through a bunch of different options but this exactly ties into what we were talking about. Originally it was just one figure based on the Vitruvian Man, like the idealized image of humanity in a way. That's also tied into all of his anatomical studies and then with the golden ratio behind it. I actually met with a bunch of the student government students and we had a long discussion about it: if we wanted it to be a man, a woman, something androgynous. It felt better to have two figures. It was more balanced.
I was actually happy to have the two figures because I like painting the human form. So we already have art, obviously, and anatomy and the sciences and then the golden ratio brings in art and humanities and science, and a lot of history and mathematics. I wanted to do something that actually had connection to the fact that this is a university and that it's an academic staple in the community.
I'm going to be honest: I thought the two people in the mural were for American Stage, I was like, "How perfect for the theatre!"
I'm glad it ties in with the American Stage and that I didn't paint some guy graduating.


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[b]Norway does not back "self-rule for Tamils" as stated by the Indian magazine[/b]
Colombo, 30 March, (Asiantribune.com): Embarrassed by media reports that Norway was backing "self-rule" for the Tamils of Sri Lanka the Royal Norwegian Foreign Ministry released the written question and answer to prove that Erik Solheim who gave the interview to the Indian magazine Tehelka never made such a statement.
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Clare senator to quit FG if Aer Lingus share sold
ALREADY contentious, Shannon based Fine Gael Senator Tony Mulcahy has turned up the political heat regarding the potential sale of the State's share in Aer Lingus, as he has vowed to resign the party whip if the Government does sell to IAG. He made his comments after IAG CEO Willie Walsh addressed the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Transport and Communications. Mr Walsh told the Committee that in the event of an IAG takeover, Shannon would get a five-year guarantee of Heathrow connectivity. However, after being quizzed by Senator Mulcahy, he acknowledged that he was not offering any guarantees around the preservation of the Aer Lingus services between Shannon and the US. While Mr Walsh did say that transatlantic services from Shannon have "huge potential" and that the numbers travelling on them are likely to increase in the summertime, this didn't cut much ice with Senator Mulcahy. In a statement released shortly after the Committee sitting he said, "I cannot support …Read More »
Travel agents register concern over Aer Lingus
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Cabinet to discuss Aer Lingus takeover offer
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Heathrow slots absolutely critical for region
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About 200 refugees from North Korea have settled in Japan in recent years with most of them being Korean-Japanese who moved to North Korea from Japan some decades back.
Professor Tessa Morris-Suzuki says, "There is a every reason to believe that the number of these refugees will increase substantially in the near future, as economic collapse and foot shortages lead growing numbers to make the dangerous journey out of North Korea."
However, the Japanese government has no clear policy on the issue, and offers no assistance to the refugees as they struggle to readjust to life in Japan.
A total of 600,000 Koreans live in Japan and a substantial number of Zainichi Koreans (Koreans who have lived in Japan since the colonial period and their descendants) are critical of the South Korean government and either identified themselves more closely with North Korea, or defined themselves as nationals of a yet-to-be created reunited Korea.
"Former Zainichi Koreans are now escaping from North Korea across the border into China and seeking to go back to Japan by various routes," the professor said.
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