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A young Newmains rugby player has been selected to lead out the Scotland side when they take on England in the Six Nations next year.
Charlie Guinnane, who plays for the P6 Dalziel Dragons side, will represent the club at Murrayfield on February 8 next year and will get to meet the players before the Calcutta Cup showdown.
The 10-year-old's name was pulled from a hat on November 19. The opportunity came about as the Dragons are signed up to a SRU initiative which allows clubs with junior sides to pick a young player to represent them as a mascot.
His dad, Leonard, didn't appreciate just how much the chance meant to Charlie at first.
"It was the luckiest draw of his life," he said. "He was elated. He put his hands up in the air, jumped up and down and hugged his mum and I."
The St Brigid's Primary School pupil has had no problem adapting to the game, despite only taking it up in April, after a school friend recommended he give the Dragons a shot.
And he has a great grounding in the game, given that he can always call on his uncle Robert Chrystie, who is an ex-professional player, for tips and advice.
His dad added: "He was initially shy – although he's normally quite outgoing – but he just wasn't sure what he was doing. Now he has taken to it like a duck to water.
"Robert played for Melrose, Bath and Coventry and coaches at Melrose as well. He is quite happy that Charlie is playing."
And Charlie is still on cloud nine after winning his chance to see some of the best players in the world up close.
"It is his number one topic of conversation just now," Leonard said. "He isn't big-headed about it, he is just so surprised that it was him. Other boys in the team have been playing rugby there since P2 or P3. It was genuine luck.
"He's a wee boy with a big personality and he's quite fearless when it comes to tackling, he's got no problem with tackling the bigger players. I remember when I was playing sports when I was a kid and I was always worried about getting injured, but not him."
Dalziel Rugby Club's Mini Convenor, Ian Lilly, said: "We're all thrilled at Dalziel – and none more so than young Charlie.
"He's been grinning from ear-to-ear since his name was selected."


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Fr. Carlos Miguel Buela, IVE, our founder as well as the founder of the Institute of the Incarnate Word (IVE), has been recording talks, conferences, and reflections for many years.
In order to make these videos more available, we recently added a "video archive" page this website under "founder". Many recent videos can be found there, and more of the archived ones will continue to be posted shortly.
While the videos are all delivered in Spanish, a number of Fr. Buela's homilies and writings have been translated into English including those published together Youth in the Third Millennium and Catechism for Youth. Visit "libros" (books) on Fr. Buela's page so as to connect to the download options for his books in English as free PDF files. Print copies of these books in English are also available for purchase at www.ivepress.org
The most updated postings of Fr. Buela's writings and new videos can be found on his website: www.padrebuela.org
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|Igarashi, Hisaka: 2 articles (01/2013 - 10/2005)
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11/01/1993 - "7. These findings suggest that KB-2796 minimized the deficits in brain energy metabolism produced by ischemia; this agent may therefore be a valuable therapeutic drug in cerebrovascular-related disorders."
11/01/1993 - "2. KB-2796 (30 mg/kg, p.o.), administered 60 min prior to decapitation, improved the reduced respiratory activity of mitochondria obtained from rat brain 5 min after decapitative ischemia. "
03/01/1990 - "These results suggest that the protective effect of KB-2796 in cerebral hypoxia and ischemia is due in part to a mechanism independent of its effects as a cerebral vasodilator."
07/01/1989 - "The present study suggests that the calcium 2+ antagonist KB-2796 has brain-protective effects against ischemia even with its administration after induction of ischemia."
04/01/2000 - "Morphometric evaluation at 7 days after ischemia/reperfusion showed that treatment with lomerizine (0.1 and 1 mg kg(-1), i.v.) prior to ischemia and again immediately after reperfusion dose-dependently reduced the retinal damage. "
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11/01/1999 - "5. Lomerizine (2.5 and 5 mg/kg, intraduodenally) dose-dependently increased vertebral blood flow in dogs without significantly changing BP or HR. With 10 mg/kg intraduodenal lomerazine, vertebral blood flow remained elevated from 20 to 240 min after administration and BP was decreased from 20 to 120 min. 6. Thus, lomerizine had a greater effect on CBF than on BP and HR and, therefore, it may be clinically effective in conditions associated with circulatory disturbances in the brain, such as migraine, without producing systemic effects (e.g. "
01/01/2014 - "The aim of our study was to determine the impact of earthquakes on prophylactic therapy with lomerizine in patients with migraine in Tokyo. "
12/01/2011 - "The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of lomerizine, a prophylactic drug for migraine, on H(2)O(2)-induced cell death of hippocampal neurons. "
01/01/2014 - "Influence of the Tohoku-Pacific Ocean earthquake and its aftershocks on the response to prophylactic therapy with lomerizine in patients with migraine in Tokyo: a retrospective study."
01/01/2014 - "In Japan, lomerizine hydrochloride is used to prevent migraine and to selectively inhibit cerebral artery contraction. "
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01/01/2009 - "Lomerizine hydrochloride which is used as a preventive medicine for migraine, improved his headaches."
01/01/2014 - "The study included patients with migraine who were admitted to outpatient clinics in Tokyo between January 2010 and July 2010 or between January 2011 and July 2011 and who were prescribed lomerizine prophylactically for headache by specialists. "
01/01/2014 - "Patients with migraine were sensitive to exposure to the earthquake and their headaches worsened despite successful prophylactic treatment with lomerizine before the Tohoku-Pacific Ocean earthquake."
12/15/2013 - "On the basis of medical records, we investigated the involvement of clinical factors in response to lomerizine used in patients with migraine as primary headache and established a scoring system for predicting clinical responses to prophylactic therapy. "
08/01/1999 - "03 mg kg(-1)i.v., when time there was a significant increase in tissue blood velocity in the optic nerve head, was very similar to plasma concentration with healthy subjects receiving lomerizine at 10 mg (5 mgx2) day(-1), p.o., a dose that achieved a significant reduction in the frequency and mean duration of headache attacks but did not affect the blood pressure or heart rate. "
11/01/1993 - "2. KB-2796 (30 mg/kg, p.o.), administered 60 min prior to decapitation, improved the reduced respiratory activity of mitochondria obtained from rat brain 5 min after decapitative ischemia. "
03/01/1990 - "KB-2796 showed an apparent protective potency against complete ischemia induced by decapitation, normobaric hypoxia and KCN-induced death in mice. "
03/01/2009 - "Cognitive decline and cerebral hypoperfusion improved during 2-year administration of lomerizine in this CADASIL patient, and thus, lomerizine is a potential candidate for treating cognitive impairment in CADASIL patients."
03/01/2009 - "Cognitive impairment and cerebral hypoperfusion in a CADASIL patient improved during administration of lomerizine."
01/01/2014 - "Lomerizine hydrochloride might therefore be one option for the treatment of CADASIL. "
01/01/2014 - "We tried lomerizine hydrochloride, which was reported to prevent stroke in a patient with CADASIL. "
01/01/2014 - "[A case of cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL) in which lomerizine hydrochloride was suggested to prevent recurrent stroke]."
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NRAS Southend-on-Sea RA Information Evening - Wednesday 9th November
East of England
You are invited to the Southend-on-Sea rheumatoid arthritis information evening on Wednesday 9th November 2016 from 6:30pm – 8:00pm, taking place at: Saxon Hall, Aviation Way, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS2 6UN.
The Southend-on-Sea rheumatoid arthritis information evening will take place on 9th November, with the support of the National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society and rheumatology team of Southend General Hospital. The meeting is open to anyone living with rheumatoid or inflammatory arthritis as well as their family members, carers and health professionals. This is a free event and everyone is welcome to attend and you do not need to be a member of NRAS.
NRAS is encouraging people with rheumatoid or inflammatory arthritis living in the area to attend this meeting and find out more about their disease, local rheumatology services and the invaluable resources on offer from NRAS. There will be short presentations from the rheumatology team and an interactive question and answer session offering attendees the opportunity to ask questions of the expert health care professional panel.
Following this event there will continue to be regular NRAS group meetings. This local group offers mutual support, information and the opportunity to contribute to the development of long term patient care within your local NHS and have regular interaction with your health care professionals.
Please let us know if you plan to attend so we can ensure adequate seating and refreshments, or let us know if you wish us to add you to the e-mailing list for notices of future meetings if you can't attend this one – call 01628 823 524 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
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The Elgar Companion to the Chicago School of Economics
Edited by Ross B. Emmett
Chapter 11: Richard A. Posner
Steven G. Medema
Steven G. Medema* Richard A. Posner (1939–) was born on January 11, 1939 in New York City. He received his BA from Yale College (1959) and his LLD from Harvard Law School (1962), where he served as President of the Law Review. The period following his graduation was spent in Washington, DC, first clerking for Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. and then working in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. Posner was appointed Associate Professor of Law at Stanford in 1968 and it was there that he came into contact with Aaron Director, who exposed him to the economic approach to analyzing legal rules. Posner moved on to the University of Chicago law school in 1969. Since 1981, he has served as a Judge of the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, including as Chief Judge from 1993 until 2000. During his tenure on the Court, Posner has continued both to teach regularly at Chicago and to publish at a prolific rate. It would surely not be an overstatement to rank Posner among the foremost legal scholars of the second half of the twentieth century. For if, as both its advocates and critics acknowledge, the law and economics movement ranks as the most significant development in jurisprudential analysis during this period, Posner, as the leading presence in this movement in scholarship and on the bench, deserves much of the credit. His Economic Analysis of Law, now in its seventh edition, served both to develop the subject well...
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New Delhi: Taking on the Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam, who raised questions on the recently conducted surgical strikes by the Indian Army across the Line of Control (LoC), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Rameshwar Sharma raked another controversy by commenting on Kejriwal and Nirupam's parents' wedding night.
Rameshwar Sharma, a BJP MLA said, "People questioning jawans are the kind who will only believe their lineage after watching video of their parent's wedding night."
"I think people who are questioning surgical strikes, they are discouraging, disrespecting and distrusting Indian army."
"Jo Indian Army pe avishwas kar rahe hain,wo Pak ke agent ban kar bol rahe hain. Kya wo kabhi ap ne maa-baap pe sandeh vyakt karengey?" Rameshwar Sharma added.
Post the surgical strikes conducted by Indian Army across the LoC, Pakistan as always has denied and said that no such strikes were conducted by India. Thereafter, Indian political leaders across party lines, especially AAP's Arvind Kejriwal, Congress' P Chidambaram and Sanjay Nirupam questioned the government and asked for proofs of the surgical strikes.
#WATCH BJP MLA Rameshwar Sharma speaks on politics on #SurgicalStrikes; makes a comment on Kejriwal, Nirupam's parents' wedding night. pic.twitter.com/Kz9AWKB0mB
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Fallon County honored for having best large rodeo in state
By BRYCE MARTIN
Baker's PRCA rodeo is the best in the state. And it has a major award to prove it.
Each year the Montana PRCA Circuit Finals Committee gives an award to the best small, medium and large rodeos in Montana. This year, Baker got the honor of being the best large rodeo, going up against some stiff competition.
"Rodeo is a tough sport that takes a lot of time and money, not to mention the wear and tear on their bodies," said Lani DeBuhr, manager of the Fallon County Fairgrounds. "When contestants come to Fallon County they feel welcome and appreciated."
Not to mention the condition of the arena and size of the rodeo's purse shows the participants that Fallon County takes the sport seriously.
"These things combined together is why the contestants cast their vote for us versus other rodeos in our category," DeBuhr said.
The size of a town's rodeo is dependent on the size of the rodeo purse, not the size of the facility or town as one would think.
So that allowed for Fallon County's rodeo to be classified as large. Fallon County went up against other large rodeos such as ones in Billings, Helena, Great Falls and Livingston.
It's ultimately the rodeo contestants who vote on the best rodeo in each class or category with the Montana PRCA Circuit Finals Committee presenting the award at the Montana Circuit Finals each year in Great Falls.
"The Fair Board, community members and volunteers work year-round to bring the best PRCA Rodeo they can to Fallon County," DeBuhr said.
Over the last three years several things have changed to position Fallon County's rodeo at the top.
In 2015 the Fair Board made significant improvements to the arena, turning the facility into one of the best in Montana. At the same time, key players built a strong base of committed sponsors in the community who believe in the sport of rodeo. "These sponsors have made it possible for our rodeo to have a large purse that attracts top competitors and spectators of the sport," she explained.
Volunteers have also committed in helping the fairgrounds succeed by working the grounds, setting up panels, working the livestock and ensuring contestants feel welcome and appreciated when they hit Fallon County.
"Without the support of our great community, this award would not have been possible, that is for certain," she said.


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No matter how hard we try, we just can't get away from Freddie Mitchell here at MTC.
What is it this time?
Mitchell is under investigation after a package of marijuana was delivered to his barbecue joint in Florida, sources tell The Ledger (Fla.).
According to the article, a FedEx (yes, yes, we get it) package containing about seven pounds of pot was delivered to the home of Mitchell's grandmother, who is 90 years old.
She told the delivery driver that the package wasn't for her and was probably for Freddie. So the driver gave her a phone number for her grandson to call later and claim the package.
Mitchell called the number and had the package delivered to his restaurant, Brothers Bar-B-Q. As soon as he signed for it in the parking lot, "police were everywhere" Mitchell told lthe newspaper.
"This is a case of mistaken identity," Mitchell told The Ledger.
Said his lawyer John Liguori: "This was a case of celebrity hunting. They got all excited, and they jumped the gun."
Mitchell was briefly handcuffed but was not arrested.
Police would not tell The Ledger whether his name was even on the package.
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Winter 2011 Edition Selections
"Move Along, Nothing to See Here"
by Michelle Boisseau
Like a fly from the air, Christina was zapped
from a crosswalk when she was five,
Rosemary from a highway in Ohio,
Rick from a tennis court.
"All the Way to the Bone"
by Vern Rutsala
Words from the East
filter through
the leaves, whispering
news of the dead . . .
"What Comes Next"
by Ann Linde
My father did the killing and the cleaning up. In the fairy
tales he put me to sleep with, there were plenty of sweetmeats
and tigers for every journey. He shook them out of his hands,
or so I imagined.
"Blue Rain"
by Daniel Doen Silberberg
During the day, I taught English to junkie kids at Morris High, deep in the East Bronx. At night, I wrote and played music at a Soho recording studio way downtown in Manhattan. After that I would stay up late drinking cheap Scotch from sea-green bottles and watching old movies. I liked the Marx Brothers' free-floating insanity and W. C. Fields's misanthropic grace. It was both entertainment and avoidance.
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text: I remember a big old oak tree where I lived as a kid, next to an historic mansion just out of town that was used as a "boy's home" for a while (the mansion not the tree!) anyhow, I remember one day, I must have been about 7 at the time, my brother and sister and mum and I were walking to the scary old concrete swimming pool on the property and we were stopped by a photographer who asked if we'd like to be in a photograph she wanted to take under the oak tree. On further questioning it was revealed the photo was to be given to the Duke & Dutchess of Kent because his father, King George V had planted the old oak tree back in 1901. It's known as the "Federation Oak Tree". The most crazy thing about the whole experience is that my family are acutally from (and I was actually born) in Kent!


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Leaving Our Isle of Skye Base Camp!
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I was sad to leave Skye and its breathtaking landscapes and the seemingly endless number of "walks" over and through rugged terrain. I will definitely return to see the heather and thistle in blooming glory and the wind and water-chiseled granite peaks and basalt crags.
On our way off the isle on A87, we stopped briefly by a rolling stream that cut through Glen Sligachan for a photo op of the Black Cuillin. By the stream was a puddle that had iced over from the frigid temperature from last night.
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Day 3 You will be collected from your accommodation and travel south through the Cuillin Hills and back over to the mainland for stunning views over Loch Duich and the 5 Sisters of Kintail. Onto Loch Ness for lunch and the possibility of spotting "Nessie". There is a boat trip (Summer only) available here that will get you that bit closer! Heading south now through the Grampian mountains along Loch Laggan, famous now as "Monarch of the Glen Country" before passing Dalwhinnie, home to Scotland's highest whisky Distillery, and onwards past Blair Castle stopping for refreshments before heading back to Edinburgh past Perth and over the Forth Road Bridge. Arriving at 19.00 approx.
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SE Mo. Post Office Reopens After Floods
MOREHOUSE, Mo. (AP) -- Officials in the southeast Missouri town of Morehouse recently marked the reopening of the local post office that had been closed because of spring floods.
Morehouse Mayor Pete Leija said having the local facility open means a lot to the town, which has about 1000 residents. He told
The Southeast Missourian that after flooding in the region residents worried that the U.S. Postal Service wouldn't reopen the
To ensure its return, they enlisted the help of Republican Rep. Jo Ann Emerson, who said rural postal services are essential to southeast Missouri's rural communities and much more than a convenience.
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ESL Frontiers: Using Technology to Enhance Instruction for English Learners
Presenters: Heather Parris-Fitzpatrick & Lisa Estrada
This workshop will discuss the components of a digital age learning environment and the use of classroom technology tools as they relate specifically to the instructional needs of English Learners. Explore the "flipped" frontier and discover how "flipping" with digital media supports the unique language needs of English Learners through differentiated, project-based learning. Learn how to create at-home viewing assignments paired with in-class activities that will foster language development and self-directed learning. An overview of free online resources and tools for creating your own direct-instruction screencasts will be introduced.
Participants will:
1. Understand the basic components of the flipped classroom instructional model.
2. Learn how to create screencast tutorials that promote language development.
3. Create differentiated student assignments using video.
4. Design a flipped classroom lesson that incorporates project-based learning activities.
When: Friday, October 23 (time TBA)
Heather Parris is the Program Coordinator for Digital Age Teaching and Education (Model Schools) at Nassau BOCES and has over 20 years of ESL teaching experience in K-12 and University settings. Heather Parris is an adjunct professor in the Molloy College Clinically-Rich Intensive Teacher Institute.
Lisa Estrada is the Supervisor of ESL and World Languages at Hicksville Public Schools and has over 25 years of ESL and Bilingual Education teaching experience in K–12 settings. Lisa Estrada is an adjunct professor in the Molloy College Clinically-Rich Intensive Teacher Institute.
Lisa Estrada and Heather Parris are Co-founders of Estrada & Parris LLC, an educational consultant group located in Long Island, New York. They provide professional development on instructional strategies and classroom technology integration for K-12 educators. They have extensive knowledge of NYS mandates & federal regulations for the education of ELLs. Their blog www.esltechies.com is dedicated to providing free instructional resources to teachers of English Learners (ELs). Follow them on Twitter @esltechies.


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AfricaFocus Bulletin May 17, 2017 (170517) (Reposted from sources cited below)
"We, the undersigned representatives of African civil society, express our deep concern regarding efforts by the European Union and France to hijack the Africa Renewable Energy Initiative (AREI), an African-owned and African-led initiative endorsed by all 55 African Heads of State to scale up renewable energy on our continent." April 6 statement by Pan African Climate Justice Alliance and over 200 civil society networks and groups from 34 African countries.
In light of the threats to the climate coming from the new U.S. administration, it is tempting to look to other leading powers, including those in Europe and Asia, to provide positive examples of international action on climate change. Yet it is also clear that these actions fall short of what is needed. African activists are taking the lead in pointing out these inconsistencies.
This AfricaFocus Bulletin includes documents and links illustrating that point, both on the continent-side statement cited above and on current mobilization in Kenya against plans for a major new coal plant in Lamu.
For previous AfricaFocus Bulletins on energy-related issues, see http://www.africafocus.org/intro-env.php
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Proceedings of court hearings, 11–12 May 2017
deCOALonize: the anti-coal, pro-renewable, pro-community, pro-sustainable development campaign in Kenya
[Excerpts only: for full report with links and photos, see https://medium.com/@deCOAL/ – Direct URL: http://tinyurl.com/l3k9xax]
[For additional background see http://www.decoalonize.org/ and http://www.savelamu.org/]
From 11 to 12 May 2017, Kenya's National Environmental Tribunal (NET) held hearings in Lamu County to consider community groups' objections regarding the insufficiency of the proposed Lamu coal plant's Environmental and Social Impact Assessment. They visited the site and heard from witnesses pertaining to the proposed site, local community, and its ecosystem.
NET commissioners on site visit to Lamu
The objections were filed by a handful of residents, Save Lamu, and Natural Justice, in response to the granting of a license for the ESIA by the National Environmental Management Authority. Following this week's site visit, NEMA will hold a second hearing in Nairobi later this month.
Media coverage of hearings (to date)
Mainstream media coverage of the 11–12 May National Environmental Tribunal meetings has been thus far limited to a handful of articles.
A second round of allegations by the County Commissioner Kanyiri accusing anti-coal plant activists of being "used by cartels" appeared in The Star, despite citing no evidence. The Star further reported that Lamu Women Representative Shakila Abdalla pledges to take the matter to High Court (which the community groups already intend to do).
Meanwhile, the Business Daily reported on the anti-coal demonstrations, a silent march through Lamu town, and community views:
Protestors accused the Lamu County government, the National Environment and Management Authority (Nema) and the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) of trying to force the project on them. "We will continue fighting till the end. The project is harmful and that's why it has been rejected in Kitui and other places in this country. We will not allow such kind of a project unless they come up with an alternative and environmental friendly project rather than coal. We are for green energy," Ishaq Abubakar, a resident opposed to the project said.
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New coal plants in Africa are largely being paid for by China and developed countries that are turning away from the technology at home. Here's why.
By Jonathan W. Rosen
National Geographic, May 10, 2017
[Excerpts only. For full article see http://news.nationalgeographic.com – Direct URL: http://tinyurl.com/lwtqs7g]
Lamu, Kenya – Few places in the world exude a sense of timelessness as Lamu, an island off of Kenya's northern coast home to the oldest and best preserved Swahili settlement in East Africa. Lamu's old town, a UNESCO World Heritage site and an epicenter of Indian Ocean trade for centuries, is a maze of narrow winding streets that cut through neighborhoods of limestone and coral houses, past elaborately carved mahogany doors and several dozen mosques and churches. Only a handful of motor vehicles are allowed on the island; transportation is mainly the domain of donkeys or men pushing wooden carts thorough the tropical swelter.
Yet Lamu Island's 24,000 residents are faced with what many here call an existential crisis. Some 15 miles north of town, on a sparsely populated seaside area of the mainland formerly used for growing maize, cashews, and sesame, a Kenyan company known as Amu Power is preparing to erect a $2 billion coal power plant, the first of its kind in East Africa.
Financed with Chinese, South African, and Kenyan capital, and built by the stateowned Power Construction Corporation of China, the plant is intended to add 1,050 megawatts of capacity to Kenya's national grid and power operations of an adjacent 32 berth deep-water port. Both are part of an ambitious government plan to transform Kenya into a newly industrializing, middle-income country by 2030.
The project is controversial in part due to the risks it poses to Lamu's delicate marine environment, which many fear will harm its two most vital industries: fishing and tourism. Yet it is also emblematic of Africa's growing appetite for coal, the most polluting form of power generation, which until now has existed in significant quantities only in the continent's most industrialized country, South Africa.
According to data compiled by CoalSwarm, an industry watchdog, more than 100 coalgenerating units with a combined capacity of 42.5 gigawatts are in various stages of planning or development in 11 African countries outside of South Africa—more than eight times the region's existing coal capacity. Nearly all are fueled by foreign investment, and roughly half are being financed by the world's largest coal emitter: China.
This comes at a time when China and India, which accounted for 86 percent of global coal development over the last decade, are putting coal projects on hold at record rates due to existing overcapacity, the lowering cost of renewables, and crippling pollution that is thought to kill more than a million people a year in the case of China alone. Many of the world's more developed countries are also in the process of phasing out the fuel as a power source.
"So many states are now withdrawing coal because of its emissions—because of its environmental destruction," says Walid Ahmed, a member of Save Lamu, a local coalition that's trying to stop the Amu Power project. "So we don't see why they should bring it here."
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[For May 10 amd May 17 updates from Climate Change News, see http://tinyurl.com/ka63foh and http://tinyurl.com/mwktayd Notably, French environment minister Royal has moved ahead with her own plan for a replacement for the former director.]
A $10bn clean energy programme launched at the Paris climate talks "by Africa, for Africa" is in turmoil after interventions by the EU and France.
Youba Sokona saw the African Renewable Energy Initiative as a chance for Africans to take control of climate finance. In a resignation letter obtained by Climate Home, the top official of the Africa Renewable Energy Initiative (AREI), Youba Sokona, accused donors of a deliberate strategy to "railroad" Africans into rubber-stamping projects selected by Europeans.
Matters came to a head in Conakry, Guinea, on 4 March, where the board approved 19 projects worth €4.8 billion ($5.2bn). By Sokona's account, the Europeans present "managed to effectively force through" the list, overriding "a string of reservations" expressed by some African members.
"There was evident contempt for, and abandonment of, the AREI principles," he wrote.
Youba Sokona (Pic: Flickr/Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung/Stephan Röhl)When launched, the AREI was vaunted as a scheme to bring clean power to the continent, on African terms. But many of the projects chosen by European Commission representatives are neither new, renewable nor owned by Africans.
Sokona announced his resignation on the spot and leaves the post at the end of April, with no replacement lined up.
French environment minister Ségolène Royal and EU commissioner for international development Neven Mimica led the non-African delegation at the meeting. Mimica's EU officials chose the projects, but according to Sokona's letter, Royal asked him to present them to the AREI board. He refused, on the basis he had not seen the list until two days earlier.
High-level representatives from Egypt, the African Development Bank – which hosts the AREI staff – and the African Union expressed concerns at the board meeting about bypassing the AREI screening process. But the presidents of former French colonies Chad and Guinea, Idriss Déby and Alpha Condé, aligned with the Europeans in urging members to give the go-ahead, Climate Home understands.
Two officials from Royal's private office acknowledged there had been disagreement, but denied Royal had exerted undue influence. President Condé convened the meeting, they said, and Royal was there to "facilitate".
"Our minister was very keen to help him push forward quickly and efficiently. It was important for everybody to jump-start the initiative… and not have it bogged down by governance issues," said Royal's advisors.
This was an "exceptional process", they added. "The decision was made by the Africans to select the projects as soon as this meeting because they considered that the projects were ready to be moved forward – despite the fact that the governance is not fully set up and finalised."
A spokesperson confirmed that the European Commission had identified 14 of the projects, at the request of the AREI board. Five that had been first presented at UN climate talks in Marrakech were then added to the list. Minutes of the meeting have yet to be published, nearly two months later.
The incident is a fracture in the solidarity that allowed rich and poor countries to reach a climate agreement in Paris. Under the UN deal, many developing countries put forward their first ever pledges to curb greenhouse gas emissions. Those commitments hinge on financial support from the developed world. But where the money comes from and who controls where it goes remain fraught questions.
In this case, donors – which include Canada, the US and Japan as well as EU member states – pledged to "mobilise" $10 billion by 2020. This is to install 10GW of "new and additional" clean power capacity across the continent.
But while the African technical team expected this to mean new climate finance, the developed countries argued for old money to count towards meeting the 10GW goal. In their joint statement from Paris, they said the money would flow "through a variety of mechanisms", including a list of existing finance programmes.
The resulting first tranche comes from various development banks and involves only one euro of public funding to 15 of private investment. Critics say the minimal public input indicates the projects were already commercially viable. That suggests the initiative has relabelled business-as-usual, not driven the access to clean energy Africans need.
The list presented by the EU to Africans includes four large grid infrastructure projects, which support clean and dirty energy alike1. An interconnector planned for west Africa will facilitate "large-scale development" of hydropower and natural gas resources, according to the World Bank.
At least one of the initiatives – the Tendaho geothermal project in Ethiopia – got funding approval before the AREI launched.
This was all agreed by the African board, Royal's advisors stressed. "A lot of these projects, they don't come out of a bag just like that, a lot of them have been in the pipeline for a long time… If it was not for AREI, maybe these projects would still be in limbo."
Western private investors stand to benefit from the deals. For example, the privately-owned 30MW Djermaya solar plant in Chad is being developed by a group of companies headquartered in London, Paris and Toronto. Whatever the side-benefits, Chadians will pay for this clean energy and the profits end up in Westerners' pockets.
This was not the programme Sokona, a Malian with four decades' experience in energy policy and sustainable development, had in mind.
He laid much of the groundwork for AREI unpaid before being officially appointed to lead the independent delivery unit from August 2016. In a video on the AREI homepage, he explains his intention to "reverse the dynamic" whereby aid donors typically set the agenda. Under his vision, African countries would put forward proposals to be screened by African technical experts and approved by African leaders.
"It is not energy per se. It is how to change the life of the people, how to give to them better conditions, better situation and better future.1 The technology is only a pretext to do that," Sokona said in the video.
By January 2017, Sokona's team had identified a pipeline of 442 projects across Africa, but not filtered them through AREI criteria. An AREI report on the list of projects notes the "over-whelming dominance of plans for large regional projects" rather than "transformative" programmes for energy access and capacity building.
At the same time, Royal was taking matters into her own hands. She had assumed the presidency of COP21, the historic 2015 Paris climate summit, after the event. This was a chance to start putting the Paris Agreement into practice. It may also have bolstered her credentials for an (ultimately unsuccessful) bid to lead the UN development programme.
A report presented on the sidelines of the UN general assembly in September 2016 put Royal's name above the AREI logo. It includes more than 20 photos of her touring African countries and glad-handing leaders. In the foreword, she hails the "extraordinary potential" of the initiative. "We… need Africa to be able to make a real difference with its own solutions," she writes.
Yet in the end, Africans were left out of the loop. Hearing of the Conakry row, nearly 200 African civil society organisations signed an open letter objecting to the EU "hijacking" the initiative.
Tasneem Essop, founder of the Energy Democracy Initiative in South Africa, described the European players' behaviour as "absolutely shocking". "[AREI] was one of the most inspirational initiatives emerging from Africa. We were so desperate for this kind of leadership," she told Climate Home.
Far from the focus on community access to clean energy Essop hoped for, the EU list represented "business as usual". And the way it was imposed was all too reminiscent of the history of development finance being dictated by the rich. "We thought we had passed those ways, but this is such an explicit and crude grab, it is mind-boggling that this could have happened now."
Essop argued that the developed world, which bears most responsibility for causing global warming, has a duty to support Africa in clean growth. "They [donors] think it is charity. It is not charity. This is very much part of the obligations under the UN climate convention."
The civil society letter calls on the EU and France to surrender any aspiration to board membership and respect the initiative's autonomy. "AREI must be run by Africans for Africans. Interference in African governance belongs to another era," it says.
Asked how France would rebuild trust in the process, Royal's advisors said: "It is an African-led initiative and it is really for the Africans to discuss this and make sure [the process] is inclusive. What our minister can do is mention this to President Condé and she will work to that effect, as a facilitator."
Statement by African Civil Society
April 7, 2017
http://www.pacja.org – Direct URL: http://tinyurl.com/kvbysco
We, the undersigned representatives of African civil society, express our deep concern regarding efforts by the European Union and France to hijack the Africa Renewable Energy Initiative (AREI), an African-owned and African-led initiative endorsed by all 55 African Heads of State to scale up renewable energy on our continent.
AREI (http://www.arei.org) was launched by the African governments with the support of African citizens during COP21 in Paris, with the goal to provide at least 10 billion watts (10GW) of new and additional renewable energy to Africa's peoples by 2020, and put the continent on course to add at least another 300 GW and achieve universal access to energy for all Africans by 2030. It was supported by $10 billion in pledges for 2015-2020 by developed countries in Paris.
AREI as defined in its framework, principles and work plans is a unique initiative. It is aligned with our values of people-centred approaches, community rights, equity and a bold vision of Africa taking a global lead towards flourishing societies powered by clean, renewable energy.
Since Paris, an Independent Delivery Unit was set up to deliver in accordance with AREI's people-centred principles and approaches. The expectation was that a Board with Heads of State representing each African sub-region would be established, supported by a technical committee involving broad representation and participation by civil society.
AREI's integrity and promise of bringing light and energy to Africa's people is now being gravely threatened by the efforts of the European Union and France for premature, undue approval of 'their' projects and seeming attempts to co-opt the initiative to serve their ends, supported by a small handful of Africans. At a Board Meeting convened in Conakry on 4 March, we understand the European Union and France have:
All the above seems to have caused the Head of the Independent Delivery Unit, a prominent and well- respected African, to declare his resignation.
These actions have been enabled by one or two African states while the interests of the majority of States, and of Africans, have been set aside.
While we acknowledge that the EU has scaled up support for African renewables since COP21 in Paris, these most recent behaviors are completely unacceptable. Recycling existing projects as "new" ones for AREI virtually ensures it will fail to meet its goal of 10 billion watts of "new and additional renewable energy generation capacity by 2020", leaving Africans in the dark.
Listing projects in numerous African countries without their consent means these countries may miss out on genuinely new and additional resources from AREI in the future, undermining the legitimate expectations of those countries and their people.
These carefully staged interferences in Africa's institutions threaten not merely the potential of AREI to deliver new renewable energy, they call into question the independence and sanctity of African governance arrangements, including the African Union.
Based on these concerns, we call on all African States, leaders and people to demand genuinely people- centred renewable energy for Africa, building on the great model set out by AREI and endorsed by all African countries.
We demand:
We call for all partners in government, academia, faith-based, labour, gender, environmental, community-based organizations, national coalitions and regional and international networks to join us in championing a truly African-led and peoplecentred approach to renewable energy on our continent. AREI needs to succeed.
We hereby sign on to this statement:
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Pan-African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA) Kenya [Full list includes almost 200 civil society groups and networks from Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroun, Chad, Djibouti, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe
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Key excerpts from a semi-final draft of this international letter to the European Union/European Commission and France, are as follows:
"We, the undersigned organizations, are writing to express our dismay at the actions of France and the EU regarding the governance of the Africa Renewable Energy Initiative (AREI), and to show our support for the demands of African civil society to reverse these developments."
"For all these reasons, we fully support the demands of African civil society to reverse recent developments and put the AREI and its leadership and governance back on track, as outlined in their recent statement."
"The AREI is an African-led initiative that, with proper governance, has the potential to address the energy needs of African peoples and the planet's climate challenges. Only by respecting the initiative's African sovereignty, ensuring projects are aligned with AREI criteria, and providing genuine support can the EU and France help to meet these goals."
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text: I was curious as to why our union hasn't done much to help those with this condition? I lost a brother in law to suicide in February who worked long haul and read this article http://ezinearticles.com/?Depression-and-the-Long-Haul-Trucker&id=794936 If this is the case with long haul, it would stand to reason that UPS drivers might be more prone also? I know the average is 1-5 and that was in 2004. With the recession I'm sure it's more like 1-3 now. UPS is also one of the fewer companies out there that fully staffs a night shift. These people tend to have lower serotonin levels which lead to depression. They also work nights which means they tend to not have the benefit of the suns endorphins (http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080417154321AAiV4EU). I realize the the union is not supposed to get involved in management issues, however, I do have a small story about how well UPS handles depression. I've had depression since about grade 5 (so most of my life) and have not had a problem (before my brother in laws death) for at least 7 years. I took my meds and it was all good. Depression is usually due to a chemical imbalance for those who are not familiar with it (that's the basic way of explaining it). After my brother in law killed himself and my sister found the body I received a phone call at 0630 MST (it would have been around 0830 EST where my family is). My father was on the phone and told me that my brother in law had passed away. We automatically (my gf and I) assumed it was a heart attack since he was a VERY big guy. I later found out he had actually hung himself and my sister was the one that found him. This was on a Friday in December. I immediately called my supervisor and told them I couldn't come in to work because of a death in the family. My sups were AMAZING during this time and I hope if they read this that they'll know how thankful I was. Here's where the problems start. For this death, UPS treats it like any other. I had FOUR paid days off to fly home (1 day travel), go to the funeral (2 days), and try to comfort my sister (lets throw that in as 1 day). Where's my time to mourn and come to terms with the situation during this time? I also got 2 extra days off without pay (hadn't worked for a year yet so no benefits or option days). So, a grand total of about 5 days with my family (2 in travel time) and back to work. My sups were pretty understanding but I began to slip into a MAJOR depression. I was cover driving at the time and began bawling my eyes out on road since it was 1930 and all I wanted was to call my sister to make sure she was ok. Of course I couldn't because I was working. I called my sup and he had someone help me out a bit. I later went to get a note requesting only 8 hour days since anything past that added to stress which adds to depression and suicidal thoughts (again, I was not suicidal, just had the thoughts). Anyways, my depot manager asked why I needed only 8 hour days so I told him. I was then brought into the head of western canada's hr office and told I would be paid Wed, Thurs, Fri and to get paper work filled out (which I did immediately) to reinstate to work. This is where it gets cruel and heartless by the big boys in Toronto. I got the paper work filled out then was given more paperwork to fill out and on and on it went for FIVE weeks. Yes, that's 5 weeks without a pay check. I talked to my union in the area and he told me that UPS stance was that it didn't happen at work so therefore they did not need to accomdate me (which they barely did to begin with for the funeral and it was only my immediate sups who had a heart). There was ONE person who tried to have me work 8 hours a day in the depot but someone over her head over rode that. I was also told multiple times by the HR team that UPS had no protocol to follow for this. I was also told by my union guy that, off the record, UPS wanted me to just 'go away and disappear'. I'm wondering how many people in the past, with depression, have actually just 'disappeared' to make it convenient for UPS? I've read of one so far on this website. Well, after five weeks of living off my VISA (which does wonders for depression by the way when you don't have an income and are already depressed) I got my doctor to just write I was 100% fit for duty. Of course I wasn't. My sups were nice enough to give me some easy cover routes (again, they have big hearts even if they are a pain in the butt sometimes) until I completely recovered. After a month of duties I went to talk to my HR guy again who informed me someone north of the city I'm in was found driving around without a seatbelt. The situation for his depression was almost identical but since he hasn't dealt with it most of his life he was just hoping to smash into something and die. UPS termed him but then our union fought and had him reinstated with only 1 week suspension. This guy was luckly a long time driver who had benefits so was able to take advantage of them. During this time I collected EVERY doctors note and document UPS requested from me. I was taking advantage of the councelling UPS has setup as an outside source (had a note from the psychologist there saying 8 hours was ok), had a note from the head of psych ward in the emergency room stating I was NOT suicidal and was ok for 8 hours work. Had a note from multiple doctors who I had seen, all said 8 hours was ok as well as a bit of a buff in my meds. Every note also stated that being home is the worse thing for someone with depression. Well, that's the story...I just had a few questions though. 1. Why doesn't UPS have protocols to do with this? My theory is that if they acknowledge it then they have to do something about it which means they just want to ignore it to cover their butts 2. If UPS doesn't want to acknowledge it, why doesn't the teamster union acknowledge it? Especially since a lot of long haul drivers are teamsters and are a lot more prone to suffer from it. 3. Should it not be standard protocol in EVERY teamster contract to have people with this taken care of since we're more prone to it then the majority of society. After all, it can, has, and will cause death (sometimes). 4. If SOMEONE acknowledges it eventually, should it be put into the next contract? 5. If it is, what should it state? I remember reading recently a post of someone also going through the same thing I did. I couldn't find the other post though. Sorry if it was long winded, I just wanted to show how brutal it is for someone with a mental illness to try to get back to work due to beauracracy BS and the stigma attached to it. Through the whole time I kept thinking of the Simpsons episode where Mr. Burns tells Smithers to 'Unleash the lawyers' because that's exactly what UPS did.


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AraldFX Announces Grand Electrix
AraldFX announces Grand Electrix a virtual emulator of the Yamaha CP70 electroacoustic piano. Grand Electrix is a sample based virtual instrument featuring a new stream from disk custom technology (direct from disk) for very low memory and CPU usage. The samples are derived from the Hollow Sun library "Definitive CP70" which features every note, recorded with full decay over two levels of dynamics, of the classic Yamaha CP70B piano.
The Arald piano engine features direct from disk streaming of samples with adjustable buffer size for maximum performance on any system. Samples are streamed in real time from the hard disk, reducing the need for huge amounts of RAM in sample playback. Disk streaming may also be disabled for PC's with huge amounts of RAM.
Aside from the original CP70 features, GrandElectrix offers chromatic fine tuning, octave stretching, a stereo mode, full control of the MIDI response to match the dynamics of your keyboard, and a built-in chorus designed specifically for this piano sound.
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I have the Mini Bowler from this line & everything looks right on the one you posted. The inside pocket has the right zipper pull, the lining is the correct color & both the leather juicy tag & the materials tag are the same. I purchased mine at Nordstrom last year & love it. A good thing I learned from this forum is to carry a white eraser in your bag to take care of any marks or color transfer, it helps a lot!
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looks right. i saw one at Nordstrom rack today. selling for $180+tax =) (in a dusty mauve colour)
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Romantic literature is about the reality of things. With Romantic literature you will see things for what they are. In the case of the DeLacy's we do not see a family that lives in comfort and joy. What we see is a family who struggles because they are very poor. So poor, in fact, that even the monster feels sorry for them.We also know that the elder DeLacy is blind and whenever the younger DeLacys leave the house in order to, somehow make ends meet, there are plenty of tears. The nostalgic playing of old man DeLacy's guitar, the sad songs, and the pathos of the family is quite genuine. There is no "quick fix" solution for the DeLacy's: They just have to survive with what they have. This is what makes them a romantic ideal family.
They were not entirely happy. The young man and his companion often went apart, and appeared to weep. I saw no cause for their unhappiness; but I was deeply affected by it. If such lovely creatures were miserable, it was less strange that I, an imperfect and solitary being, should be wretched. Yet why were these gentle beings unhappy?
We know that the DeLacy's are also a united clan. They are united because they live in isolation, with little resources, and they are each other's main support systems.The fact that they live alone, and in what seems to be a run down place brings in the element of Gothic literature. Gothic literature is characterized by isolated settings, nostalgia, and for an ongoing problem in the lives of the characters. The DeLacy's problem is their poverty and their isolation. The addition of the creature lurking around and watching their every move adds to the macabre aspect of their lives.
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Rat pups, fed a flaxseed oil-based ketogenic diet from weaning onward – note the drop-off in ketones after 2 weeks (Likhodii et al., 2002):
What happened on day 17?
Patient history: these rats have been "low carb" their whole lives.
Side note: flaxseed oil is very ketogenic! (Likhodii et al., 2000):
Flaxseed oil-based ketogenic diet produced higher ketones than 48h fasting; the same can't be said for butter or lard. PUFAs in general are more ketogenic than saturated fats in humans, too (eg, Fuehrlein et al., 2004):
Crisco keto (adult rats) (Rho et al., 1999):
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Why does the ancient Greek definition of the word "oligarchy" appear misleading when compared with modern usage or definitions?
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Today, when we speak of an oligarchy, we tend to think of a corrupt government that is run by a very few wealthy individuals. The term is most often used today when referring to the situation in Russia where Vladimir Putin and a few very rich "oligarchs" seem to have all of the power.
In Ancient Greece, an oligarchy was not like this. It was more like a democracy in which the right to participate in politics was limited to those who had a certain amount of money. The ancient Greek poleis that were run by oligarchies were not run by a small cabal of powerful people. Instead, they were fairly democratic in that they were run by elected officials. However, only people with a fair amount of money were able to run for office or to vote.
So, our current vision of oligarchy is of a government in which power is taken corruptly and held by a very few people. A Greek oligarchy was more of a democratic system from which the poor were excluded. It was not as democratic as we are today, but it was much more democratic than we would think given our current understanding of the word "oligarchy."


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Study proves that your Facebook friends can lift up your spirits
By Alex Neil Posted Sep 08, 2016 in facebook/ social media/ Social Media News
There has been a speculation lately that social media is making people keep to themselves and overall become lonely and depressed. People stick to their Facebook accounts and scroll through a lot of stuff. They think of it as relaxing and enjoying. But unconsciously they begin to feel lonely because it's human nature to seek contact from other human beings.
To prove that social media is not the cause of this depression, there was held a study which was co-authored by a researcher at Facebook. Now, you may think that the study will be biased for obvious reasons but first, let's have a look at what the study says, shall we?
The study, which was held by Facebook researcher Moira Burke and professors of Carnegie Mellon University, does not say that people find happiness through passive scrolling of their Facebook news feeds. It also doesn't say that people can find happiness by liking every piece of content that they come across on Facebook. Rather the study brings to shine the true essence of your Facebook experience: your friends.
Genuine comments from friends can lift up your spirits like no other. The study goes as far as to say that "personal interactions on Facebook can have a major impact on a person's feelings of well-being and satisfaction with life just as much as getting married or having a baby."
"This can be a comment that's just a sentence or two," said Burke. "The important thing is that someone such as a close friend takes the time to personalize it. The content may be uplifting, and the mere act of communication reminds recipients of the meaningful relationships in their lives."
The study was established by surveying 1,910 Facebook users over 91 countries on a monthly basis. It was done anonymously and the study only focused on reading, posting and commenting habits of the selected Facebook users.
So, the next time you just scroll through your news feed without commenting on your friends' posts, think about it. You never know, maybe even two words from you could mean a lot for one of your friends.


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Patience makes the heart grow fonder, as they say. Perhaps that's why I'm longing after the Plastic Logic Reader. We first got to see a short demo of this nifty electronic reading device back in September of last year and now a few more videos of the new prototype have shown up.
These videos are from CES 2009 in Las Vegas. They give you a pretty good idea of the quality of the display screen that the Plastic Logic Reader uses and it's size.
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Robert Service Way Planning Study
Public Engagement now closed
Public engagement for the Robert Service Way Planning Study kicked off on July 27 with a booth at the Fireweed Market. The project team held "pop-up" events near the campground in late August and early September. An online survey was available to collect comments on this project.
- The survey is now closed. Check back soon for a 'what we heard' document.
The next step in this project is for the consultant to consolidate comments and prepare a draft report. There will be an opportunity to review and comment on the draft report before it is finalized. It is expected that the report will be ready for review in late October or early November.
Background Report
The Robert Service Way Planning Study Background Report is available for review:
- Background report (6 Mb PDF)
- Figure 1 - Base map
- Figure 2 - Zoning map
- Figure 3 - Development potential map
- Figure 4 - Archaeological potential map
- Figure 5 - Recreation map
The City has hired a consultant (Jane of All Trades Consulting) to undertake a planning study for the Robert Service Way area of Whitehorse. The subject area for this project generally stretches from Ear and Hobo Lakes to the Whitehorse International Airport and from the Alaska Highway to the Yukon River.
The objectives of the Robert Service Way Planning Study are to:
- Gather background information on ecology, geotechnical conditions, archeological resources, wildlife, and potential site contamination;
- Develop a vision for the future remediation and recreational use of the Ear and Hobo Lakes area;
- Explore development and servicing potential along the Alaska Highway and at the City snow dump; and
- Review the existing function and future of the ball diamond and campground area.
It is expected that a draft plan will be completed in the fall, at which time it will be available for public comment. The final reports prepared by Jane of All Trades Consulting will help inform the next OCP review, expected to begin in late 2017/early 2018.
Related Documents
Reports (by order of year completed):
- Chadburn Lake Park Management Plan (proposed final version, 2016)
- Whitehorse Sustainability Plan (2015)
- Schwatka Lake Area Plan (2015)
- Regional Parks Plan (2014)
- "Above the Airport" Trail Network Plan (2014)
- Zoning Bylaw (2012)
- Official Community Plan (2010)
- Trail Plan (2007)
- Parks and Recreation Master Plan (2007)
- Detailed Salmon Habitat Management Plan (2004)
- Water and Sewer Study (2003)
- Significant Wildlife Area Report (2000)
- Yukon River Corridor Plan (1999)
- Soil, Terrain, and Wetland Study (1997)
- South Access Area Development Scheme (1997) - only available in hardcopy
- South Access Development Plan (1991) - only available in hardcopy
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A lot of the writing about online reputation management(ORM) focuses on how to respond to negative reviews–both from regular consumers and professional reviewers. They talk about responding positively, owning up to your business' mistakes and trying to make amends, but according to website onlinereputationreviews.com, one thing that they don't tend to focus on is the huge negative effect that poor ORM can have–not just on your business, but on the consumer who left the review.
Well, Angie Orth's story is a terrible, dark pit of an example of what can happen when a business does not conduct itself professionally. Angie is a reviewer from Jacksonville, Florida whose wedding was nearly ruined because of poor communication from the hotel she had booked for the event. Ongoing construction, closed restaurants and more made her special day less special. These negative events in turn cause her to write a negative review, and with proper ORM the situation could have ended there, or even turned positive.
Proper ORM is not what happened, however. A few months after she wrote her review, Angie started receiving strange messages on Twitter from an account belonging to a member of the resort's onlne marketing team. What started as vague threats and harassment and eventually started becoming much more specific, mentioning her review and details about her guests and their spending–things that should never have been made public. Eventually, Angie was receiving upwards of 30 messages a day despite asking the account which was harassing her to stop, but it didn't even stop there. The account began harassing friends, colleagues, professional acquaintances and potential employers.
Eventually, the threats became more specific. The account would send threats which included her home address or the addresses of her friends, and if she mentioned traveling anywhere he would say that he would be there too, waiting. The specific phrase "rest in peace" was mentioned. Luckily, Orth knew the proper procedure for when something like this happens and kept logs of all of the harassment, and nothing has happened to her offline because of this, but it is still a terrifying prospect that looks terrible for the business. Whether or not the harassment was ordered on the part of the business, it serves as a reminder that ORM may be more important than it seems.


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Definition: A tube that can be inserted into a cavity, usually by means of a trocar filling its lumen; after insertion of the cannula, the trocar is withdrawn and the cannula remains as a channel for the transport of fluid or passage of instruments.
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|What fun is a visit to Grand Haven without a little retail and food therapy? Less than a mile from the City beach, downtown Grand Haven is sure to have something for everyone. From restaurants to specialty shops, these one of a kind stores and eateries will keep you entertained all day long!
Not only are the stores unique, but historic architecture along Washington Avenue will take you back to a by-gone era. You can even visit the site of Grand Haven's first post office (currently The Brew House) which was built in 1872. If you're looking for a year round destination that meets the needs of everyone in your family, make sure to visit downtown Grand Haven!
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Yeast infection is a fungal infection. It mainly occurs on the skin. Once you develop a yeast infection, you can find some common Yeast Infection Symptoms. Most common Yeast Infection Symptoms are an itching sensation in the affected area. Also, you can feel soreness in the yeast infected portion of the body. Sometimes you can also feel pain. And one important symptom is the development of white bumps, or the affected area develops a red or pink color.
There are several causes of the yeast infection. The most common problem is the health conditions. That means if you have a lower immune system, then it is possible that you can easily develop a yeast infection in the body. Nowadays medication is also a very familiar problem of the yeast infection.
Yeast infection can take place in many areas of the body. Some areas are very prone to yeast infection. The most common areas are the mouth, the penile, and the vagina. Even eyes are a very common area which is easily affected by the fungal infection.
Every human being has a normal balanced immune system. And a healthy immune system develops the proper chemical composition in the body. The yeast problem mainly occurs when the body loses its balance, and a situation of imbalance in the chemical composition develops. Also, this imbalance develops some problems in some basic bodily functions. Also, one important fact is, human body survives in a right environment, but when you can't have that environment and when the acidity level drops, then there is a chance of yeast infection in the body.
There are several areas in the human body where yeast infection can be developed:
Yeast Infection Symptoms in Mouth
This is a typical example of yeast infections in the body. Yeast infection in the mouth is called oral thrush. This infection occurs in your mouth. The Yeast Infection Symptoms in the mouth are mainly seen on the tongue. Candida albicans fungus is responsible for this infection. Now this kind of oral thrush is called oropharyngeal candidiasis.
Most of the times a small portion of the mouth is affected by this yeast infection. And it does no harm. But when the infection spreads rapidly or uncontrollably, then it causes a problem. Infants are the worst victims of this problem. This kind of yeast infection in the mouth can be treated easily. Once you use proper medicine, you can easily eliminate this fungal problem. Oral thrush creates very little complications. As stated, infants are the victims of this problem, because their immune system is weak.
When the yeast infection in the mouth develops uncontrollably, then you can find some symptoms of this problem. The most common Yeast infection symptoms in mouth are white bumps on the tongue and the gums; even you can feel pain in the affected area. Sometimes bleeding can be seen from the white bumps. If the infection affects the tonsils, then it will be difficult for you to swallow food.
Yeast Infection in the Penis
Candida balanitis is the name of the Yeast infection of the penis. It is also called balanitis thrush. Once balanitis thrush is developed in your penis, then you can start seeing the Symptoms of yeast infection in penile. The most common Symptoms of yeast infection in penile are itching around the top portion of the penis. Even you can feel a burning sensation in the affected portion of the penis.
If the infection develops rapidly, then you can feel a swelling sensation also. And the affected area develops a red color. Bumps can develop with pus in the area. And the most common problem of this infection is you will feel pain at the time of urination or while having sexual relations.
Vaginal Yeast Infection
Vaginal yeast infection is a common problem in women. This infection occurs due to the uncontrolled growth of yeast organisms in the small portion of the vagina. There can be several reasons for this problem. Weak immune system is the ultimate cause of this problem. Apart from this excessive consumption of antibiotics, high estrogen level, even women suffering from diabetes can develop a vaginal yeast infection.
The common Vaginal yeast infection symptoms are itching problems in the vagina. Also, the surrounding area develops a red color and irritation can be felt in that affected area. Feeling pain while urinating and is another very common problem.
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Yeast Infection in the Breasts
As already stated human body can develop a yeast infection in several parts of it. Yeast infection in the breast is another common problem in women. Remember, fungi are actually a single cell microbe. It is easily possible that yeast can affect any body cell or tissue. When a skin having fungal or yeast infection touches other skin, then surely the new one develops the same yeast infection.
Once a woman develops a yeast infection in the breast, there must be Yeast infection symptoms in breast. Some most familiar symptoms are feeling a burning sensation in the nipple after the baby feeding. Also, the nipples develop a red color. And feeling pain in the breast is also a very common problem of yeast infection in the breast.
Other Affected Areas
Apart from these fungal problems, you can also find yeast infection in the buttocks and eyes. And once you develop this yeast infection you can also develop a Yeast infection in buttocks symptoms.
Apart from that, you may develop Yeast infection symptoms in eyes which is truly a serious problem because eyes are one of the most essential organs of the body. So when you develop a yeast infection in the eye, it is important that you look for the cure.
The above discussion reveals some causes and symptoms of fungal infection in the body. The present lifestyle may be the cause of many of these problems in your body, for example, dresses of various materials are a cause of fungal or yeast infection. Even not maintaining a hygienic lifestyle is another cause of this problem. And the infection may develop very easily.
So, it is clear that there may be various reasons of yeast infection, but once you see the Yeast Infection Symptoms, take immediate steps to ensure that the problem is treated at the earliest possible.


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If lens flare has been ruining your shots try using a lens hood. Rather than invest in them I found a web site where you can download PDF files that will allow you to print out a lens hood for a variety of lenses. Lens hoods are intended to exclude glare and reduce hot spots. In addition, lens shades increase contrast, improve sharpness and retain color fidelity.
A lens hood helps prevent glare and lens flare. It's basically a petal-shaped plastic ring that clips onto the end of your lens. In this case, however, it's a printed piece of paper, which can accomplish the same goal. The site carries custom hoods for upwards of a hundred different lenses, including models from Canon, Nikon, Olympus and Sigma.
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