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The curtain has been drawn on the third D23 Expo and I feel safe in saying that this was their best one yet. With an expanded footprint in the Anaheim Convention Center, stronger organizational efforts, better crowd control, topped off with unforgettable experiences for every type of Disney fan, this year's event was a huge success. So much so that the fourth D23 Expo has already been announced for 2015 (exact dates will soon be announced on the D23 website). Continue reading for my top 10 list of this year's highlights, based on what I was able to attend/experience:
1) More efficient organization: Lines were clearly identified, space was used within the convention center more efficiently, and there was clear signage for lines. Also, the new StagePass feature, which works similarly to a Disney theme park FastPass, allowed guests to get a ticket for a guaranteed seat in one panel of their choice (just for the smaller stages). This was a great addition to the Expo this year, and was very easy to use.
2) The Journey into Imagineering pavilion: Marking 60 years of innovation, creativity, and design, felt as if you were walking through an interactive museum. Included here were historical gems, ideas for future plans, and a peek behind the curtain, such as: artwork by Harper Goff, Herb Ryman, and Peter Ellenshaw, early concept models of attractions, a look into the future with the re-imagined Hatbox Ghost, a sneak peek of concept designs for Avatar's Pandora, and a peek behind the curtain into the inner workings of Imagineering. The area was staffed by Imagineers, giving guests a unique opportunity to have 1:1 interactions. Find more information and several photos of the pavilion here.
3) Disney Animation: Friday's presentation showed that there is an abundance of exciting things coming out of the three animation houses (Pixar, Disney Toon Studios, and Walt Disney Animation Studios). The celebrity appearances were just the cherry on top, topped only by the finale of Idina Menzel singing "Let it Go" from the upcoming FROZEN. See a full recap of the presentation here.
4) The Richard Sherman & Alan Menken Songbook. This concert, held on Saturday night, was absolutely incredible. While I've seen each of them perform at previous D23 events, there was something even more magical about them performing in the same venue together. They both seem to genuinely love what they do, and they speak so fondly of each other. For an example, read this recap of a recent conference call with the two.
I'd also like to give an honorable mention here to Broadway & Beyond and the Disney Legends Ceremony. Unfortunately, I was not able to attend either of these myself, but I've heard nothing but raves from those that were in attendance.
5) Disney Studios: With the promise of STAR WARS EPISODE VII, several action-packed Marvel films lined up, MALEFICENT, MUPPETS MOST WANTED, the intriguing TOMORROWLAND, and the highly anticipated (by fans, anyway), SAVING MR. BANKS, there is also much to be excited about here. While it was a little disappointing that no announcements were made here, we were given sneak peeks into these projects that are already under way. Also, the celebrity appearances are always a nice touch, albeit they seemed a bit stiff this year. Not at all like the first Expo with the grand spectacle of the Muppets on the Steamboat, and Captain Jack appearing atop a pirate ship.
6) Stage 23 & 28 – The capacity for both of these areas were expanded this year, and while it was naturally impossible to be able to see everything, it was nice that panels were held in here around the same time as the big arena presentations, giving folks a choice in what they wanted to see.
7) D23 Arena Overflow Queue. While most people wouldn't want to end up in here as their first choice, it was a great opportunity that allowed guests to still take part in the action, even once the arena was full.
8) Interactivity – There was a big presence this year for Disney Infinity, and several other games, giving guests the chance to play live before the games are released to the public.
9) The shopping! There were several pop-up shops, including the Imagineering exclusive Mickey's of Glendale, the Disney Store, the Expo Dream Store, tons of different vendors in the Collectors Forum, along with a peek into Disney Consumer Products, and Sephora's Ariel collection. There were also Expo exclusives around every corner, including: luggage, bicycles, costumes, soaps, vinylmations, pins, shirts, Dooney & Bourke and Harvey's handbags, art work with plenty of artists on hand for signings, and lots, lots more.
10) Kid-friendly experiences: Following the idea that Disney is for everyone, especially families, the Expo offers quite a bit of kid-friendly entertainment. In addition to the gaming and consumer products, there is a stage dedicated to Disney Channel celebrity meet & greets – after spending 3 days walking past this stage, not once did it ever seem to slow down. There was always something happening here.
BONUS ROUND) Possibly the most important take away from the Expo, or any D23 event is the memories you make with friends. Through the various D23 events, I've made so many wonderful friends. Without them, these experiences wouldn't be anywhere near as fun, or as wonderful. It brings it to another level when you're able to share that connection with so many others.
Did you attend this year's Expo? What are your thoughts of the event? Are you already planning to attend in 2015?
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For a small racecourse, Sedgefield boasts some good quality facilities, set in the beautiful Durham countryside. It's a place that, despite recent upgrades, still possess a lot of character and charm.
The quaintly located racecourse hosts jump racing on most months, with the season starting in January and ending in December. A break occurs during the firmer ground of June and July to allow the course to recover, ensuring that it is in a good state for the other 10 months.
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Easy to tackle fences on the course mean that serious jumping ability isn't a necessity here. That said, of course having a horse that can take the obstacles quickly and accurately is an advantage. This is particularly true during the warmer months when the ground is good. On occasions when the going is soft, jumping can become a bit trickier and jockeys sometimes opt, especially in hurdles races, to travel towards the outside rail in the search of better ground.
The left handed course at Sedgefield is undulating and it includes an uphill finish. It would be wrong to assume this finish leads to a lot of position changing however. Many front runners are able to fend off challengers here, especially in hurdles races where the run-in is short.
Major Races
The Hurdle Series and the culminating Hurdle Final that usually takes place around late March is Sedgefield's highlight event over the smaller obstacles. The final showdown includes a purse of £25,000 and with it being a Class 2 affair, it's one of the course's most high quality races.
The biggest occasion is undoubtedly the Durham National however. Originally run in late April/early May, the testing three mile, six furlong race now features at the end of October or beginning of November. The Class 3 handicap has seen an increase in the standard of horse in recent years and this is something which looks set to be sustained.
While there's not a lot to do in the small town of Sedgefield, Durham is not situated too far away and there's plenty to keep you busy there either side of the racing. Equally the major cities of the North East are within striking distance too, making this a good option for a long weekend away.
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Annual badges costs £250 for the full year (£150 if you are aged between 18-25) and £180 for half a year. With Sedgefield being an ARC course, you also get free access to all other ARC courses (restrictions apply), as well as £50 worth of vouchers and four complimentary tickets for any ARC venue. Other perks include over 20 reciprocal meetings, reduced rates on hospitality packages and access to the members' car park.
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Sedgefield is located almost equidistant from Teeside, Darlington and Durham which are all about 20 minutes away by car. Driving is the most common way of getting to the course as there are few public transport links. Darlington and Durham offer the closest train stations and from here you'll need to drive or order a taxi.
Parking is available just outside the course and is free of charge.
Evidence traces racing back to Sedgefield to around 1732, although the first recorded meeting came 114 years after this date. The original course was based in the Sands Hall Estate, known as the Melton of the North. It was here that would become the headquarters of the Ralph Lambton Hunt, created in 1804, named after Ralph Lambton, an ancestor of the Earls of Durham.
In these days Sedgefield was a densely grassed course which absorbed rainfall incredibly well, meaning the turf was never known to get heavy. FJ Bayles also commented that the surface on the course was "smooth and as regular as a garden lawn." The course organised a two day fixture in March in Edwardian times and although it was still a meeting for hunting men, it was far more professional than in previous years.
Sedgefield During WWI
As with many tracks around the UK, racing at Sedgefield was abandoned in 1915 due to war but returned in 1920. It was not a happy return to racing, however, for many involved at Sedgefield, who mourned the passing of Richard Ord, owner of the Sands Hall Estate. This paved the way for a new racecourse company to be founded in 1927 and this is the date that Sedgefield considers to be the start of its modern era.
Facilities at the course were radically improved in 1977, the 'tin huts' which were previously there were replaced by new bars and dining areas. Stable facilities also received a timely upgrade ensuring they were far more comfortable for all who used them. In 1991, Sedgefield opened a new pavilion which included Tote facilities, a restaurant and seven private suites. With this not entirely satisfying the demand for corporate facilities, the Theakston Suite was built in 1995 to create more suites and an additional bar.
Frank Sotto, who had overseen all these changes since being appointed chairman of the course in 1977, died in 1996, but improvements continued in a manner he would have been proud of. Such enhancements to the course include a refurbished parade ring, a new betting ring and a modern weighing room complex.
Sedgfield may not be the biggest or best course around but for those looking for a fun, friendly day at the races without huge crowds, it still has plenty to offer.


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He came to me one night in the week and although we had a small walk it was only a pre bedtime "got to stretch my legs old man" walk where Archie was the slowest of slow breathing in EVERY smell that he came across. In fact, one day I think I shall check his dog credentials and would not be surprised to find some bloodhound in him or even more likely, some affiliation to some top-secret dog agency where he is in charge of doggy GPS (Gross Pee Smells) where they use the dogs rest stop areas to look for clues and identify any top priority escapee's or the like… 😉
So Archie's top-secret missions aside, I decided to take him for a walk or a wee donner as my dear old mother calls it so off we set and I was amazed at how good I felt, striding away without issue, mind you striding for me is 13 minutes for a kilometre, any normal sized grown person would probably be doing it in half of that time. Still, I was striding away without effort when my Map My Walk app told me I had hit 1km yet it appeared there was little or no effort so far expended and I had managed the first KM under 13 minutes which included stopping for at least 45 seconds to take a call, not bad straight out of the blocks. I decided to continue walking because it was going well and we took ourselves along a track that I don't often follow only to be met by some memories of when I was a child and the building in which I used to attend play school.
I believe it is still used as a play school or pre school or whatever they refer to them as nowadays, quite remarkable really to think that this was in use at least 44 years ago and possibly longer!
So Archie and I decided to carry on, we were heading for a nice walk and things were going well so why not, my machine telling me when I was on a km mark and my legs telling me that I was still capable of going so we went up the next lane
Then across a field
Then finally hit the bridlepath to bring us back in a complete circle
The end result was the pair of us back at home and still breathing without having hurt ourselves. I had completed the 4.7 KM in almost one hour dead so was very happy with myself considering I have only two weeks ago had major surgery and Friday I was having to take my painkillers as I was almost bed ridden due to back pain.
This is pleasing and worrying. The pleasing is that I look as though I am healing well and it is so great to get into the outdoors even if the wind was blowing a gale and the rain was nonstop. That said neither Archie or I are made from sugar so we wouldn't have melted anyway. The worrying factor is that now I have completed this first step, I shall either ache like crazy in the morning or I shall want to repeat my exertions and unfortunately the latter usually ends in me damaging myself, being unable to continue and having to take a break from all exercise 😦
Hopefully this time I shall learn by my past history and if I do go out once again, I shall only take a short walk and treat my body with respect. I also need to consider the food that I am eating at the moment is pretty much only enough to keep my body ticking over and not a good platform to burn 650 calories from but then in the same vain I suppose every little helps. I do know however, when I got home I was hungry as a little hungry person and had one of my ramekin bowls of Gobble-Gobble Pie (thats turkey mince shepherds pie for those not in the know) and amazingly enough, I could not finish it! It was a ramekin! A bloody ramekin! Babies can eat a ramekin of food! I couldn't. But I do have to say that after a night in the fridge then being put in the oven to cook it was pretty bloody lovely I can tell you! So good in fact that I think it will definitely be part of my menu from now on…!
Yesterday also saw an old school friend visit. It was great to see her and sit for an hour and a half, which went so quickly it defied simple physics. We chatted about many things but none as interesting as her take on the school reunion and it was good/strange to find yet another person who felt weird about meeting so many people she had not seen for so many years. It is honestly quite relieving to hear that more and more people have said the same to me as the days have gone by and that I am not obviously going bonkers after all!
Finally, last night saw me revive an old Sunday tea time tradition from when I was a child. I hunted around for something that I thought I could fancy to eat. Although there was Gobble-Gobble pie left, I didn't fancy yet more of the stuff so I decided to go through the cupboards only to come up empty-handed, empty-handed that is until I went to the fridge and saw some fresh eggs there and immediately decided on my old favourite of Eggs Chopped Up In A Cup (to give it its correct title…) Oh how I used to love my hard-boiled eggs to be shelled then put in a mug and chopped up finely with a knob of butter, some salt and some cracked black pepper. Well I loved them again like that last night. Perfecto and a great end to a lovely and rewarding day.
Life's pretty good with a Gastric Sleeve.
'Till tomorrow,
Stay out of the fridge.


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In this second edition, CLI takes stock of the current state and trends of using blockchain technology for climate action, including emerging success stories, bottlenecks and crunch issues regarding digitizing MRV.
An international team of authors with a diverse set of experiences and insights has produced a seminal report on blockchain/Digital Ledger Technology (DLT) for policymakers, Navigating Blockchain and Climate Action>>
The main benefits of blockchain technology are rooted in three main characteristics:
Gold Standard is part of the Sustainable Development Initiative (SDI), which aims to explore Party and other stakeholder views on options to implement the sustainable development provisions for Article 6. The recommendations put forward by the SDI draw from a series of workshops with Parties and other stakeholders held under Chatham House rules since July 2017.
This guide, "Defining A Corporate Climate Finance Commitment" focuses on the third pillar, "Finance the global transition to a zero-carbon, resilient economy." It presents the rationale and guidance for business to engage in climate finance in the era of the Paris Agreement, which builds on the market instruments many companies have used to drive decarbonisation beyond their own borders.
Gold Standard has published "Corporate Climate Stewardship: Guidelines for best practice climate action" with CDP and WWF to help companies set ambitious strategies in the era of the Paris Agreement. Four key pillars to climate stewardship are highlighted:
Geneva, Switzerland, 15 February 2018. Gold Standard and the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) Switzerland have published a report, Business and the Sustainable Development Goals: Best practices to seize opportunity and maximise credibility to help the private sector define and deliver against ambitious strategies to help the world meet the United Nations' 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
With commitments under the Paris Agreement falling short of what is needed to keep global temperature rises well below 2°C, there is a critical need for voluntary climate action to bridge the gap.
Read the full paper here>>
A new Low Carbon City Lab (LoCaL) White Paper by CDP identifies these main barriers and offers new insights into the solutions, making an important step in linking cities with investors.
Extensive research has been carried out among city representatives, investors and other stakeholders, providing a detailed outline on improving access to climate finance for cities and offering bankable climate projects to investors.
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Winter guard begins at WA
December 18, 2018
WA's fall color guard, whose baton performances are showcased at the school football games, will be transitioning into a competitive winter guard season this winter for the first time in its history. The batons, the colors, the excitement, and the performances that winter guard represents will be displayed at competitions.
Winter guard is different from the fall color guard offered at Westford Academy due to its use of an indoor space and pre-recorded music instead of a live band or orchestra. Winter guard will also be judged, unlike color guard, which just performs at Westford Academy's home football games.
Winter guard and color guard also have similarities. They both involve routines that go along with music. The members wear costumes and use props that go with the theme of the routine for both sports.
Practice for the sport started Monday, November 26. The two co-captains, Amanda Brown and Sara Lane, both current seniors at Westford Academy, were more than happy to start winter guard. They, along with former captains, had worked for years to make winter guard a sport at Westford Academy.
"I am so hyped! We have been waiting so long," Lane said.
The two co-captains were involved in getting a space for the winter guard team to practice in. With help from their coach, Becca Shepherd, Brown and Lane were able to get access to the Nabnasset gym on Monday and Friday, from 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
"We have been trying to make this happen for quite a few years now, but it has been difficult since WA has booked out the gym every day after school. Basketball has booked out most of the gyms available in Westford, so we have had to fight with administration to get winter guard a place to practice so that we could have a team," Brown said.
This year, the theme that the Westford Academy team has picked for the competitions will be based on The Greatest Showman. The team will go to competitions where they will be judged on their skills and costumes.
"This year we are doing The Greatest Showman, so we are going to have cute, [circus] costumes. We will wear breathable clothing so that we can stretch during our performances," Lane said.
The competitions for winter guard work in such a way that they will use the same routine for the most part. The team will attend a competition where their routine will be judged. After getting critiqued, the team will return back to practice where they will work on improving the routine. They will then perform the refined routine.
"We will first be judged on our routine, and then we will head back to the drawing room where we make tweaks on it, to make it better," Brown said.
The captains, along with their coach, are looking for more participants who are willing to give 100% at practice as well as at competitions. The team is looking for more participants to join the team, which is currently around twenty students. They are open to allowing students to join the team as long as they are passionate about the sport.
Lane and Brown both feel that practice is where the most improvement will happen. They feel that their teammates would benefit most if they made it to all practices.
"Show up and give it your all. You must keep a positive attitude because it can be hard for the first few weeks. You may be given a pole or something, so you must be aware that it will be hard, but after a few weeks, it just comes naturally," Lane said.
Brown feels that since this is the first year of winter guard, that everyone, no matter the age, will be learning with each other.
"I think that we all will have something to learn and that the way we approach certain things will be less structured than color guard, since it is new to a great majority of us," Brown said.
Brown, Lane, and Shepherd have high hopes for this season.
"I hope to push them to be their best and, most importantly, have fun. It's going to be the greatest show, and I'm looking forward to it," Shepherd said.
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Flourishing forests mop up missing carbon
The forests of Europe, North America and the former Soviet Union have
expanded so much in the past four decades that they are counteracting the
greenhouse effect, according to the Washington think-tank Resources for
the Future. The findings, published in the journal Ambio, could provide
ammunition for industrialised countries that are reluctant to cut their
emissions of carbon dioxide from power stations and car exhaust.
Roger Sedjo, author of the study, says that his conclusions 'while in
conflict with the conventional view of broad global deforestation, are supported
by overwhelming evidence from a variety of sources across the entire northern
Forests contain roughly four-fifths of the carbon stored above ground
and in the world's soils, around 1500 billion tonnes in all. Until now it
has been assumed that the destruction of forests – in the northern hemisphere
during the 19th century, and more recently in the tropics – was adding to
the load of carbon in the atmosphere, in the form of carbon dioxide, the
most important greenhouse gas.
But Sedjo argues that new temperate forests, most planted in the past
40 years, are absorbing at least 700 million tonnes of carbon a year from
the atmosphere. This is almost as much carbon as is released by the destruction
of tropical forests, which Sedjo puts at around 1 billion tonnes a year.
Sedjo claims that his findings 'go a long way towards explaining' the
mystery of the missing carbon sink. Atmospheric chemists have been bemused
by what happens to the roughly 7 billion tonnes of carbon released into
the atmosphere by pollution and forest destruction each year. Some 3 billion
tonnes stays in the atmosphere, adding to the greenhouse effect, while between
2 and 3 billion tonnes is absorbed by the oceans. But the rest apparently
Now it seems this missing carbon is accumulating in new temperate forests
close to the great power plants and highways where it is emitted.
Parts of Europe, says Sedjo, 'began their forest expansion as early
as the mid-1800s . . . 24 of the 25 European countries increased their forest
area between 1954 and 1984'. Sweden has 50 per cent more growing forests
than 50 years ago. New European policies to 'set aside' farmland to reduce
grain mountains will create more forests.
In the US, land released from farm production is also being returned
to forests. The forested area of New Hampshire has increased from 50 per
cent to 86 per cent. Forest cover in the former Soviet Union has risen the
most, by more than 70 million hectares, three times the size of Britain,
in 25 years.
The UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is currently drawing
up its own estimates of the role of forests in the greenhouse effect. If
it confirms Sedjo's findings, the way will be open for industrial nations
to claim that they are unfairly pilloried for their contribution to the
accumulation of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
The Climate Convention, which calls on nations to stabilise their contribution
leaves nations the option of achieving this either by reducing emissions
or by increasing carbon 'sinks' such as forests.


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Repeal of Rules and Reference Standards now incorporated in Building Code and Electrical Code
Adopted Rules: Closed to Comments
Statement of Basis and Purpose of Rule
The purpose of the rule is to repeal rules and Reference Standards that are now addressed in the New York City Building or Electrical Codes. The rules and Reference Standards to be repealed relate to:
· the erection and dismantling of climber/tower cranes (1 RCNY § 6-01);
· the commencement of demolition and heavy and light duty sidewalk sheds (1 RCNY § 8-01);
· signs at demolition or construction sites (1 RCNY § 27-03);
· advisory signs required on construction sites (1 RCNY § 27-04);
· impact resistant stair and elevator shaft enclosures (1 RCNY § 403-01); and
· fire alarm wiring and power sources (1 RCNY § 4000-06)
· power-actuated fastening systems-safety requirements during construction operations (RS 19-1) and
· the use of safety nets during construction operations (RS 19-4).
The Department of Buildings' authority for these rules is found in sections 643 and 1043 of the New York City Charter and section 28-103.19 of the New York City Administrative Code.
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Job Description
Gifford and Partners has a newly created role in a manufacturing business that is keen to secure a talented Finance Manager. Lead a small team whilst themselves reporting into a head of finance that is regarded as one of the best in the business the role of Finance Manager will be part of the senior leadership team. The role will focus on providing a seamless management accounting process whilst overseeing the statutory and financial accounting, tax compliance and taking the technical accounting lead in a business set for much growth.
Other responsibilities of the role include:
- Providing a business partnering approach
- Identification and implementation of process enhancement
- Management of the month end process
- Ownership of the balance sheet
- Budget and forecasting preparation
- Various financial reporting that will support the CFO, various department heads and the board
Essential requirements for this role will include:
- ACA or ACCA qualified with post qualified experience
- An ability to change the status quo
- Capable of leading a team through change and growth
- A good grasp of MS Excel including pivots, lookups and basic Marcos
- Strong technical grounding including consolidation, IFRS and likely a grounding within professional practice
This is one of those roles with a bit of everything including both management and financial accounting, budgeting and forecasting and can be seen as an excellent platform to springboard into a Financial control role down the line. Please get in touch for immediate shortlisting.


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The national assessment report for advancing environmental-economic accounting in South Africa is now available.
Natural Capital Accounting and Valuation of Ecosystem Services - South Africa
South Africa
Mainstreaming biodiversity and ecosystems into policy through natural capital accounts
Project overview
South Africa is taking part in an innovative multi-year project to advance the theory and practice of ecosystem accounting. It joins four other countries -Brazil, China, India and Mexico - as part of the Natural Capital Accounting and Valuation of Ecosystem Services (NCAVES) project, funded by the European Union through an innovative Partnership Instrument (PI), and implemented by the United Nations Statistics Division, in collaboration with UN Environment TEEB office and the secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).
South Africa's natural capital
South Africa is Africa's largest economy. While the country has made remarkable progress in raising living standards in recent years, it still features high economic inequality and the need for inclusive economic growth. Historically, its industrial structure has been heavily weighted toward the extraction of mineral resources, and mining remains a key pillar of the economy, representing almost 60% of its export revenue. Mining, energy and heavy manufacturing have put considerable pressure on South Africa's natural resources, particularly its water resources.
South Africa is rich in natural assets and ecosystems that deliver important services to its population. It is the third-most biologically diverse nation in the world and is home to a variety of ecosystems that support a range of important economic sectors, including a thriving tourism industry that employs more people than the mining sector. Natural habitat degradation and the loss of species remain a threat in key terrestrial, freshwater, and marine environments and the spectre of climate change means these challenges are likely to increase without concerted policy responses.
The SEEA in South Africa
South Africa has years of experience with natural capital accounting. Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) first developed environmental economic accounts for water in 2000 and subsequently have compiled additional accounts for energy, minerals, and fisheries.
South Africa has also piloted accounts for river ecosystems using the SEEA framework. A key finding from the river accounts is that the ecological condition of South Africa's rivers declined by 10% from 1999 to 2011. This information is helping inform the National Water and Sanitation Master Plan, currently being developed by the Department of Water and Sanitation, which highlights the importance of maintaining the integrity of freshwater ecosystems as part of the water value chain. The accounts also have identified the areas where the decline in river health has been most pronounced so that solutions can be identified and targeted to better manage catchments and rivers to support economic and social development.
Project goals and activities
In 2014 South Africa joined Bhutan, Chile, Indonesia, Vietnam, Mauritius and Mexico, in the advancing Natural Capital Accounting (ANCA) project launched by UNSD, the UN-Environment-TEEB and the Secretariat of the CBD, with funds from the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation.
South Africa's participation in the European Union-funded NCA&VES project builds on this experience to advance the theory and practice of ecosystem accounting. Stats SA and the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) are co-leading the project nationally and in collaboration with the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) and other national and sub-national stakeholders to further develop ecosystem accounts for South Africa.
The project is working to build accounts for:
- National land cover change and terrestrial ecosystem extent
- City-regions
- Protected areas
- Marine ecosystems
- Selected species or groups of species of special concern
The project will also explore linkages of these accounts to national economic and demographic data, to show how and where people most depend, and impact, on nature. The project also includes some more experimental accounts in one province, KwaZulu-Natal, which will explore comprehensive ecosystem services accounts in physical and monetary terms. These accounts will be used to produce scenario analyses.
Related project
South Africa has a second project underway that is also aimed at taking forward Natural Capital Accounting, in order to support better-informed policy and decision-making. The Ecological Infrastructure for Water Security (EI4WS) project, which is being executed by the SANBI, implemented by the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA), and funded by the Global Environmental Facility, will focus on catchment-level water resource accounts and accounts for ecological infrastructure at the national and catchment level.
At the national level, the project will develop accounts for Strategic Water Source Areas, the 10% of South Africa's land that delivers 50% of the nation's water, supporting half the economy and two-thirds of the population. At the catchment level, the project will focus on two demonstration catchments, namely the Greater uMngeni demonstration catchment and the Berg-Breede demonstration catchment, to develop accounts for a suite of ecological assets that play an important role in water security.


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Survival, horror at the sunless depths of the Pacific Ocean. Stranded on the seafloor with low light and few tools, an industrial diver takes desperate steps to surface before his oxygen — and sanity — give out. The debut effort of Franco-Californian collective Honor Code, Narcosis was conceived in 2011 at the prestigious French videogame school ENJMIN, and debuts on multiple platforms this winter.
Developer Honor Code, Inc is working on an intense, claustrophobic survival horror VR game set in the depths of the ocean. Called Narcosis, the game straps you into a bulky diving suit and lowers you to the ocean floor, where you'll need to contend with the darkness of your surroundings and your suit's limited mobility - thanks to all that water pressure bearing down on you.
UploadVR recently went hands-on with Narcosis, playing the game with an Oculus Rift DK2, and reported feeling some motion sickness due to the controls. The setup is similar to how first-person astronaut sim Adr1ft handles movement - you can look around within your suit's helmet by turning your head, but moving the suit itself is accomplished with an Xbox controller's joysticks.
This disconnected movement is one of the primary causes of simulator sickness in VR - however, it wasn't a problem for our experience with Afr1ft as the game was set in zero-gravity, so it felt like your suit was a vehicle. With Narcosis, movement is similarly slow and deliberately sluggish, due to the nature of your character's diving suit, but as you're still walking on a flat plane, it's possible that simulator sickness will rear its ugly head, as UploadVR experienced.
You'll need to master that movement, however, as Narcosis puts an oxygen meter on your suit that continually depletes. To refill it, you explore the ocean floor and recover oxygen tubes, but the creatures of the deep may take issue with your presence. Your suit is equipped with a flare gun to light the depths and potentially combat them, but avoidance sounds like it's the more reliable approach.
Narcosis is currently available for pre-order for $19.99. The game missed its original release date of late 2015, and is now due out in April this year for the Oculus Rift consumer headset.
Deep-Sea survival horror ships March 28 on Steam, Oculus and XboxOne
Development of Narcosis is humming along, but we wanted to give a shout out to some fellow indies you should be checking out.
Another big Narcosis update for everyone while all of us at Honor Code enter the final stretch to release this winter.
Huge Narcosis update: IndieCade, Screenshots and more News.
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Looks cool guys! Here's hoping it turns out more enjoyable than SOMA. I felt pretty let down by that one :/
March 1 !
I need this game all over my face, neck and chest.
Looks creeyp in the best way :D
Very, very interesting!
Thanks, it gets better!
Got about a week before it officially becomes 2014. Just a simple "yes it's still being actively worked on" would make my day :)
Is this still coming out
Yes, it's still being actively worked on. *Very* actively, in fact. We're @NARCO2IS, and at facebook.com/narcosis-the-game, just in case you'd like to tag along...
Hey guys,
Thanks for the kind comments :) We don't show off a lot of material but yes the dev goes on!
The reason we don't show off a lot of stuff is mainly because showing content / writing articles takes time, and we prefer to use our time making the game itself!
Besides, because it is a survival horror, we don't want to spoil the game experience. If you want to know what lies in the abyss, you'll have to dive in!
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More and more plant tissue cultured aquarium plants are coming available. They're becoming affordable too and we can see them in many shops regularly now. Most plants already in tissue culture can easily be put into multiplication cultures so that you too can grow masses of plants easily. They even store well in a library type collection in a suspended manner for months if stored properly. What's keeping you from trying plant tissue culture? Here's how it can be done with minimal specialty tools and gear.
The sterile media in the cultures is the most important aspect of home plant tissue culture. Media that suits the purpose of each stage is put into a jar and sterilized in an autoclave. An autoclave can be substituted by using a pressure food cooker or a microwave. A microwave cannot have metal inserted in it so you need plastic containers. Not a big deal. For the pressure cooker any type of small jar with a lid can be used.
The first step is to make your media to grow your plants in. This can be ordered from a supply house like PhytoPlant Technology as Murashige and Skoog media (MS) or can be made at home using a diluted fertilizer. You will need sucrose in the form of white table sugar and most plants will benefit from having a gelling agent like agar to make the media support the plants upright. Agar is available in most Asian markets in a small packet.
Cells of a plant are totipotent, meaning that they can become a root, a leaf, or whatever external influences guide it. We can manipulate that with plant growth regulators. These chemicals are readily available inexpensively on sites like Ebay and PhytoTech Technology. For most of the aquatic plants you will need to acquire BAP also referred to as BA, 6-Benzylaminopurine, or benzyl adenine. It is a cytokinin that promotes accelerated cell growth.
You will also need some small tweezers or forceps to flask and deflask cultured plants with. They will need to be long enough to reach the bottom of your vessels without your touching the lip of the jars. A pair of small medical type all metal scissors and a scalpel will come in handy but can be worked around if you can manipulate the tweezers if you are just replating established cultures into new multiplication media jars.
You will need a scale that measures milligrams somewhat accurately. It will be used to measure your fertilizers and plant growth regulators in order to get accurate amounts into various solutions and media mixes. You'll need to measure the dry components. You can work around this using the smidgeon measurements but a scale makes life much easier. Plus having a scale comes in handy for dosing your aquarium with dry fertilizers. Inexpensive scales can be bought off Ebay for 5 or 6 dollars. You get what you pay for but I grew ten thousand plants with a cheap Ebay scale.
All the media jars need to be sterilized in order to be productive. The absolute best way to sterilize your vessels is to use a pressure canner for home use. The pressure canner increases the temperature of water boiling by adding pressure. The higher the pressure the higher the temperatures created inside. Presto makes a 23 quart model that is perfect for the small home tissue culture practice.
The second option for sterilizing your vessels is a microwave. The containers are placed inside the microwave and closely monitored for boil over. The containers will want to boil over so you have to monitor them closely by turning off the microwave and restarting it frequently. Some models have an option to reduce the percent of heat and this can be used to avoid having to turn the microwave on and off so many times in a session.
Once the media has been sterilized and left to cool it is ready to use. Whether it is initiation or multiplication media care should be taken to avoid extreme changes in temperature. Let the containers cool naturally int he microwave or the pressure cooker. Fast cooling can cause the intake of contamination when the hot media and air inside the container shrinks form the difference in temperature.
You will need some sort of clean hood to insert your plant material into sterilize vessels. One of the easiest to obtain is a rubbermaid container or a 20 gallon high glass aquarium. They are both easy to clean. Glass is the most inert and repeated exposure to sterilants like bleach and rubbing alcohol don't cause it to break down like acrylic will, or even plastics for that matter.
Bleach is a cheap and easy to obtain sterilant and it works very well. A 20 percent bleach solution will work very well for sterilizing your hood and outside of your vessels. A spray bottle atomizer works best for applying the bleach to the surfaces. The finer the atomization the better. It also reduces the amount you have to spray which saves on mess and smell. There are other ways to sterilize but bleach is the easiest and cheapest.
Putting plant material divided up from an existing culture is called replating. Replating your cultures is how you multiply in general. There are other reasons to replate but for this example we are going to use it for multiplication vessels. The plant tissue culture you obtained is simply divided up into a group of material and each one put into a new jar. As an example let us assume that you have a TC tub of Cryptocoryne Pink Flamingo. This group can be divided into 10 new vessels carefully and in about a month you will have ten new vessels of Crypto Pink Flamingo on their way to becoming 100 new vessels when divided.
The existing culture along with your tools and new jars are put under the hood after it has been sprayed with bleach. With latex or nitrile gloves spray the inside of the hood liberally with a 20 percent bleach solution. Then add each vessel you are going to be working on one at a time being careful to mist each and every single item going under the hood. Wear an N95 type face mask to avoid breathing into the protected area of the hood.
With sterilized tools, which are sprayed with bleach and rinsed in sterile water (done when sterilizing media) separate the existing culture carefully. Avoid touching anything not impossible not to touch. Avoid touching the rims of the vessels. Do not let your tools touch the bottom or sides of the hood. Be as careful as possible to not contaminate your cultures. Remember the more careful you are the more successful you will be. Work with one jar at a time carefully. The mass of plants you took out should be carefully divided and placed into a jar. Each jar should be carefully opened, avoiding touching the inside lid or jar area. Place the plant material into the bottom of the media and close up the jar. Place them out of the way in the back of the hood. Once all the jars are done you can remove them, but if you take your hands out from under the hood make sure to spray them with bleach before starting back until the hood.
When the jars are taken out of the hood area, wipe them down. They should be stored in subdued lighting with some way to protect them from dust. Using rubbermaid container with lids greatly reduces any dust that may fall on them and reduces the risk of contamination. Label each vessel with the media you used and any plant growth regulators you added.
In a month or two you will have hopefully thriving cultures of tissue cultured plants. These can be taken out and grown or they can be divided and multiplied again. Since cultures can be kept in their media when the nutrients run out they can be kept in a sort of suspended state. Make sure to monitor them and be ready to replate them if they begin to look weak or decline.
Cultured plants are easy to ship and make for trading and building a plant library pretty easy. Large amounts of plants can be kept in a small space. Tissue cultured plants are free of snails and other pests and can be acclimated to emersed growth or aquarium growth rather readily. Once you get the hang of it you'll be initiating your own cultures from new specimens.


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Saturday, June 30, 2007
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing
I'm not sure I can do the rest of this treatment. I really don't. Perhaps I should quit reading about radiation therapy. I am really scared. The cautions about the effects are really nagging at me. Plus, I feel that my support system in G is dwindling. I tried to open a dialog last night, but there didn't seem to be much interest.
I am angry that this treatment is going to take over my life for the next two months. I guess the spoiled brat is coming out - in spades! I was used to having to be available after teaching for 29+ years. But now I am used to having some Mondays free for travel.
I am worried about my eventual reconstruction surgery, and that is one surgery I really want. My surgeon left some tissue so that reconstruction would be easier. That's great, but the problem is that extra tissue is uncomfortable - especially under my arm. I am so worried that there will be permanent damage to the skin making reconstruction impossible.
I was able to make it through chemo without considerable nausea and so on. From what I was reading, that is possible with radiation. I was able to keep mouth sores away. I have mouth full of crowns that worry me. The booklets said that dentures may not fit properly with radiation. Will my crowns be affected as well?
I just sounds like radiation is far worse than chemo. I just don't know that I can do all this for another two months. My attitude and will have just gone terribly south. I think the best thing is to stop reading about what may happen. Ignorance may be bliss. I need some bliss.
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My so-called side effects were minimal, mostly cosmetic. Yes my skin turned orangie, red and was tender but that was it....felt like a good sunburn. I know it's a drag to have to be somewhere daily and that you will be tied to another medical appointment but it's do-able. My husband had/has no interest in my treatments and I wasn't really interested in talking with him about it either. My treatment facility has a family therpist available to talk to, does yours? I stopped reading cancer material because it scared me and I figured there was little I could do about my situation after the fact. Things I learned, from my radiation doctor, was that the beam is only directed to your breast area, the beam does not go as far as your lungs/heart. I have had no problems with my teeth, wasn't sick, in fact this was simple and easy, except for getting myself to the appointments. Hope this information helps.
I gave up reading stuff when my mom was sick, it helped a lot.
She did radiation, and, was in very poor health when she started, and, she did great.
It made her a little tired, and, she got a bit of pharyngitis (her site was upper lung), but, nothing terrible.
Is there an American Cancer Society chapter near you? Sometimes they have volunteers who can help with transportation to appointments, and, they can keep you company as well.
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I guess Im was really feeling sorry for myself for a while, or perhaps I was just in a snit.
LeeAnn, thanks. Your comment did help because I don't really know anyone who has had radiation for breast cancer. My best friend's husband had radiation about 20 years ago, and he had a really tough time with it. His condition was totally different from mine.
Busy Mom, thanks for your comment as well. I promised to stop reading, and that promise lasted about 10 hours. I just read "with a grain of salt" now!
Thanks to you both for stopping by and reading my rant!
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Hebrews 5:1-10
"So also Christ did not glorify himself in becoming a high priest, but was appointed by the one who said to him, "You are my Son, today I have begotten you"; as he says also in another place, "You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek." – Hebrews 5:1-10
Yesterday we saw that all too often our concern is for our gain. When Jesus tells us that when we focus on others gain we gain the most. The author of Hebrews explains that Jesus himself gave us the ultimate example of this type of service to others and ultimate gain.
"Although he was a Son, he learned obedience through what he suffered; and having been made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him…"
Jesus and those who follow him are not without glory, but their focus and the path they follow is not on their own glory.


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Hingley's Cost and Weight summary for the Central Anchor for the Titanic. The top line identifies Rogerson as the supplier of 'Anchor Head & Blocks'. Reproduced by permission of Dudley Archives & Local History Service from N. Hingley & Sons Business Records, WRI/1/6/4/12
During the majority of the twentieth century this was still an industrial region. The steelworks at Wolsingham typify the fortunes of the area, opened by Charles Atwood in 1864, the firm under John Rogerson made the anchor head for the Titanic in 1911. The firm worked flat out on munitions during both World Wars but thereafter was affected by the cycle of rationalisation, nationalisation and privatisation that characterised the decline of UK heavy engineering and the company finally closed at the beginning of the recession in 2008.
Another aspect of global conflict was the establishment of prison camps in the remote North Pennines. Camp 18 at Featherstone Park was one of the largest POW camps in Britain, at one time housing 4000 German officers and 600 orderlies. The Easter 1947 Die Zeit am Tyne, the camp newspaper printed in Hexham led with an article on the subject of a united Europe, an issue that has not gone away.


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Corporate Big Guns Blast Into the Coworking Sector
Published on February 6, 2015 - By Jo Meunier (née Disney)
It's an exciting time for operators of flexible workspace.
There's a growing pile of research that suggests businesses of all sizes – including large corporates – are turning their back on traditional office leases in favour of serviced offices and coworking spaces.
Take London, for instance. This article, released today on Property Week, claims that corporates are now "abandoning old geographies" and moving into alternative locations in search of larger, more flexible spaces, which is resulting in a "continued upsurge in the serviced office sector."
This mainstream approach is good news for operators of serviced office space. And given the need for more agile, digital-nomad-savvy spaces, operators of collaborative and coworking spaces are set to benefit too.
But with this intense interest in flexible workspace comes new forms of competition.
Property giants moving into flexible workspace
Among them, we're noticing a number of traditional big guns moving into the flexible workspace arena. Take JLL, for instance. Just this week we posted news of HiRise, a new online marketplace that focuses on the workspace needs of small businesses – namely, flexible requirements of less than 5,000 sq ft. To say this is a new direction for the commercial property giant is an understatement.
Now, another property behemoth in the form of British Land is entering the fold.
Central Working, which operators coworking spaces across the UK, has partnered with British Land to launch a coworking space on Liverpool Street under a 10-year agreement. 'Central Working City' is set to open this year with a mix of shared workspace, serviced offices and meeting rooms.
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In this particular case, British Land identified the opportunity based on a "rapidly changing" occupier profile in this part of London, citing the migration of technology and creative businesses driving demand for coworking spaces in the area.
Seismic shift
JLL serving startups and British Land offering coworking? It's easy to spot a seismic shift in the way traditional property giants are operating.
It's also clear that the demand for flexible workspaces is rising sharply. So much so that it's emanating beyond the workspace industry – and even banks are getting in on the action. Last July saw the announcement that RBS, a major financial institution in the UK and Ireland, was partnering with DeskUnion to launch a new coworking space in one of its Edinburgh-based banks.
Several months on, and given the immense popularity of the space, it seems this industry first is unlikely to be the last.
What we can see from these trends is that the big guns – both inside the property market and out – are spotting huge opportunities in the flexible workspace industry and are moving into position. While this certainly triggers a need for business centre operators to sharpen their competitive edge, it also proposes significant collaborative opportunities. The chance to work with a big-name organisation such as British Land, or even RBS, could be a major boon for your brand.
Regardless, with competition intensifying amid a steady stream of new and unlikely market entrants, now's the time to fire up your own cannons.Share this article


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The man who founded Agriprocessors Inc. testified today that he spent "every penny" he could gather to keep his kosher meat plant afloat after it was raided by immigration agents. R' Avrohom Aaron Rubashkin, who opened the Postville slaughterhouse in 1987 to process kosher meat, told jurors that he mortgaged his home, two buildings that he owned and his store in Brooklyn, N.Y after the May 2008 raid.The effort ultimately failed, as the plant run by his two sons slipped into bankruptcy the following November. R' Aaron, a noted baal tzedaka and baal chessed, spoke during his son's 91-count fraud trial in Sioux Falls, S.D.
Defense lawyers called the elder Rubashkin to contest the charges.
R' Aaron Rubashkin said he managed to gather between $4 million and $5 million from his personal assets after the raid. "We tried to get all the help we could," he said.
He said he was unaware of any illegal immigrants working at the plant, and had trusted the plant's human resources manager, Elizabeth Billmeyer, before the raid that snagged 389 illegal workers.
"I used to trust her. She is a very strong woman," R' Aaron said. "I cannot understand how this happened."
R' Aaron stirred whispers from supporters in the public gallery as he entered the courtroom. The Rubashkin family patriarch was sworn in, and smiled and waved at jurors as he stepped to the witness stand.
Attorneys also showed R' Aaron Rubashkin photos, outside the jury's presence, of the Rubashkins with prominent politicians. Included in the images were U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, former Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad, and former U.S. Rep. Jim Nussle.
U.S. District Chief Judge Linda Reade has not allowed the photos into the trial for several reasons, including prosecutors objections that the photos lacked a legal foundation to be included in trial.
R' Aaron Rubashkin is continuing his tetimony this afternoon.
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Intermediate- to pro-level portrait photography course in Perth, WA.
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The mark of a true portrait photographer is the ability to consistently produce high quality images - getting control of light is a combination of experience, expertise, instinct and that is what this course is all about. Its showing you different types of portraiture - from candid to formal, reportage to environmental, how to shoot groups, friends.. people on the street. Learn to develop your style - whether this is creative and experimental, stylised or formal, shoot from the hip or paparazzi style, outdoors or in the controlled environment of a courtyard.
Photographing people in all walks of life is hugely popular yet it is usually done poorly. We train you to recognise the quality and direction of the light, to implement creative composition, to understand poses, backdrops, lens perspective, colour cast, to make your subject relax, to look for unusual locations, to come up with new ideas, angles, viewpoints - to shoot for dramatic impact or to flatter your subject with a dreamy, ethereal quality to the image.
The Focus 10 Perth portraiture course will impart a high level of proficiency to the serious amateur photographer or to someone wanting to step up into portrait photography. You will be confident to shoot at a professional level. It assumes a proficiency in digital camera handling and technical knowledge. Ideally you will have completed our Digital 1 course or be able to demonstrate a similar level of competency. The group will be limited to a maximum of 8 people for a highly personalised training experience. Your instructor is a professional portrait photographer.
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Ellioz wrote:I just found what prevented me from sending emails...
It was EarlyBlue. No joke. I created another profile so that my emails could work. They did, until I pasted my old extensions (because I often couldn't reinstall them from about:addons), among which was EarlyBlue.
I then asked myself why I couldn't send emails since this Copy/Paste. I pasted my extensions to another place, then erased them from my profile - I could again send emails. Then I pasted the extensions to my profile, all of them first (email sending was not working) then one per one - and I discovered it was EarlyBlue which prevented me from sending emails.
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17 December 1749 – 11 January 1801) was an Italian composer of the Neapolitan school. He wrote more than eighty operas, the best known of which is Il matrimonio segreto (1792); most of his operas are comedies. He also wrote instrumental works and church music.
Cimarosa was principally based in Naples, but spent some of his career in various other parts of Italy, composing for the opera houses of Rome, Venice, Florence and elsewhere. He was engaged by the empress of Russia Catherine the Great as her court composer and conductor between 1787 and 1791. In his later years, returning to Naples, he backed the losing side in the struggle to overthrow the monarchy there, and was imprisoned and then exiled. He died in Venice at the age of 51.
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Today's commercially available hair dryers are relatively safe to use on one's hair. However, any mechanical manipulation of the hair does introduce risk for damage to the hair. A few simple guidelines can help minimize the likelihood of damaging your hair through the use of a hair dryer. When drying your hair with handheld hair dryer, you should continuously move the device so that the temperature does not build up in any one place. Temperatures above 300 degrees Fahrenheit irreversibly damage hair fibers. Wet hair is more fragile than dry hair, so manipulate your hair gently while using the dryer. Also, do not dry your hair completely with the dryer, but rather let the last bit of moisture dry naturally. This minimizes the risk of damaging your hair through over drying it.
The extreme heat from hair-dryers (and from curling irons) causes the water under the cuticles (the outermost layer of the hair) to form bubbles that stress and break the hair. The tiles that cover the hair dislodge and your hair handles water like an unroofed house. You'll get those dreaded split ends and your collie's hair will outshine yours. It's best to blot hair dry with towel and then use low heat if you use a dryer. Your hair is actually most vulnerable when it's wet, and you should treat your hair almost like you would a silk blouse - don't iron it or heat it up to extremes. Also, it's smart to use a brush with smooth or rounded teeth or bristles, which will massage the hair and scalp without damaging them.
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Episode 109: "We Are #DaytonStrong"
Summary: We are #DaytonStrong. This episode is dedicated to the nine victims and the fine folks who dealt with the tragic events. In this shortened edition, Lee talks about the new Horizon League team coming next year and the trades made by the Cincinnati Reds. It's here on the #LocalCinDaySports podcast!


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These sturdy lanyards come top of the line and are great way to show off your collection of Season 1 Cup pins and badges both at GO Fest and at home as you climb your way to the top of the Arena in local tournaments!
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Located in Bristol, Skytop Motors is a pre-owned, late model dealer that provides customers with a complete automotive experience at competitive prices.
Our entire business model is built on the philosophy that if you do things the right way and go the extra mile for customers it will pay off exponentially in the long run. Happy customers have friends and family and good karma goes a long way. Word of mouth is the most powerful form of advertising. The recipe we use to create happy customers is simple... Quality used vehicles priced well below book value that are fully serviced the right way. We offer extended warrantees at our wholesale cost. (Half the cost of most dealerships), unrivaled customer service and enough knowledge and experience to get the job done with precision, speed and efficiency. We are also a Full Service Repair Facility, CT State Emissions Testing and Repair Center as well as 24-Hour Towing and the tow is FREE if its local and being serviced here. We also offer FREE local pick-up and drop-off service for customers with our Chevy Tahoe 4WD shop shuttle. We are truly a "One-Stop Shop". Don't take my word for it... Come down and see for yourself. Also ask our customers and see all the great reviews on Facebook, Bristol talks, Southington talks, Google, Cargurus.com, Yelp, Yellow Pages, etc..
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North Korea Marks Nuclear Anniversary and Kim Jong Il is published…in Syria
Posted by K.E. White on October 9, 2007
From the Associated Press:
"Never forgettable are acclamations of October, 2006, when we shouted hurrah again and again at the top of our voices in admiration of General Kim Jong Il who unfolded an eternally clear sky of peace, prosperity and hope above the heads of the 70 million people," the state-controlled paper said, referring to both North and South Koreans.
The nuclear test was a "truly great miracle," the paper said, sending the North "soaring as a powerful and great nation" at a time of hardship.
The country is believed to have conducted the underground test explosion at an unknown location in its northeast. The size of the blast was relatively small, with the U.S. government estimating its yield at less than a kiloton. Each kiloton is equal to the force produced by 1,000 tons of TNT.
And, just in case you were interested, Kim Jong Il is now an internationally published author:
Kim Jong Il's famous work "The Workers' Party of Korea Organizes and Guides All the Victories of Our People" was brought out in booklet by the Dar Damascus Publishing House of Syria on October 1.
This work, published on October 3, Juche 79 (1990), expounds the idea that the leadership of the Workers' Party of Korea is the decisive guarantee for the victory of the cause of socialism and the issue of developing the WPK into the Juche-type revolutionary party and fundamental ways to carry out the mission and duty of the party as the leading political organization.


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State Dept unable to track or report foreign aid funds ‒ watchdog
A report released by the State Department's Office of the Inspector General (OIG) on Friday said the Department of State is not able to "obtain timely and accurate data necessary to provide central oversight of foreign assistance activities and meet statutory and regulatory reporting requirements."
OIG Posts: Follow-up Review:DoS Is Still Unable to Accurately Track and Report on Foreign Assistance Funds https://t.co/bPiQPcmuPj— State OIG (@StateOIG) June 30, 2017
Congress annually appropriates more than $30 billion to the department and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) for their efforts to support US policy objectives around the world, including security, public health, humanitarian relief, and nonproliferation.
However, the OIG claims that State has still not developed the ability to properly manage the funds. An OIG inspection of the Cairo Embassy in Egypt found that their data on foreign assistance programs was kept in more than 50 separate documents and systems, preventing the embassy from being able to properly oversee the funds.
"This lack of data hinders Department leadership from strategically managing foreign assistance resources, identifying whether programs are achieving their objectives, and determining how well bureaus and offices implement foreign assistance programs," the report said.
Without a single system, individual State bureaus and offices have spent millions developing their own IT systems to manage and analyze foreign assistance funds, while many others are still relying on labor-intensive manual data collection.
The report released on Friday was a follow-up to a 2015 report, where the OIG recommended that State develop a solution to address the problems with their foreign assistance tracking and reporting.
After that report, State created a working group known as the Foreign Assistance Data Review (FADR) to improve the department's systems, however, the OIG found the group was not able to agree on a way to gather the data into a single system effectively, and no one on the team had the authority to engineer a solution.
After spending $1 million over the course of a year, the report concluded that the department failed to address the shortcomings in their systems.
OIG made recommendations to Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan, suggesting that State should assign a senior-level official to oversee the process of updating the department's systems. They also recommended that the senior official should develop a plan with "clear milestones and target completion dates to address foreign assistance tracking and reporting requirements."
The report added: "Because the Department had made such limited progress in building the capacity to centrally track foreign assistance data, OIG strengthened and reissued the recommendation in the original report and made an additional recommendation focused on the need for executive leadership to address this Department-wide management challenge."
#Trump's budget cuts State Dept, keeps foreign aid to #Israel, silent on other countries https://t.co/48QRnmNzxqpic.twitter.com/3dRHeVeNeI— RT America (@RT_America) March 17, 2017
The report comes after a budget proposal from President Donald Trump's administration, which suggests cutting $10.1 billion, or 28 percent, of the funding for State and USAID.


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Today, the National Coalition on Health Care released the following statement regarding the Federal District Court Decision in Texas v. U.S.: The highly flawed Texas court ruling threatens to increase costs for almost every American at the individual level, as no cost preventive benefits, lifetime limits and out-of-pocket limits would disappear. For taxpayers and all those who […]
NCHC Releases Major Health Care Affordability Report
National Coalition on Health Care Releases Major Report on Health Care Affordability WASHINGTON, DC – At a July 10th Capitol Hill event, the National Coalition on Health Care, an alliance of leading health care provider, purchaser, payer and consumer organizations, released a new report, Strategies for Improving the Affordability of High-Quality Health Care and Coverage. The report explores the […]
Rother: President's Constructive Rx Plan Should Catalyze Broader Debate
Statement by NCHC President and CEO John Rother on President Trump's plan to address rising prescription drug prices "The National Coalition on Health Care has focused on rising drug costs as a key driver of unsustainable increases in the cost of healthcare for American consumers, employers, and taxpayers. The President today embraced some important, constructive […]
NCHC Praises Launch of Congressional Health Care Innovation Caucus
The National Coalition on Health Care (NCHC), the nation's oldest, largest most diverse health care coalition, praised the announcement of a new bipartisan Health Care Innovation Caucus, co-chaired by Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA), Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI), Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), and Rep. Ami Bera (D-CA).
Medical, Consumer, Insurer Groups Call for Immediate Individual Market Stabilization Package
On March 12, twenty-four organizations called on Congressional leadership to pass legislation relating to reinsurance and stability of the individual health insurance markets.
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