text: Barry Beck | Photography & Text - September 25, 2019 South Island: The Mount Everest of Trout Fishing Barry Beck photo For someone like me, who lives in a cabin in the woods, New Zealand seems like the other side of the Earth. In reality it's not a bad flight to the West Coast, then an overnight flight to Auckland, followed by a quick transfer to the domestic terminal and a final flight to Nelson on the South Island.To most fly fishers, this is the Mount Everest of trout fishing. It requires finely honed skills, an incredible amount of dedication, and there's no higher pinnacle than catching a wild, wary, 10-pound+ brown trout on a dry fly.This is trout hunting at its best. If you ask a Kiwi guide to describe their water, they will tell you that it is as clear as air, and that's a pretty good description. Sight fishing is the norm, and fishing with a guide, you'll spend your day moving slowly upstream, sneaking behind big boulders, scouting from high banks, inspecting glassy pools from a distance . . . your guide may even climb a tree to see trout and avoid being seen.Once he spots a fish, your guide won't rush into action. Good guides almost always take the time to watch the fish and see what can be learned. Is it feeding? Does it prefer to feed to one side or the other? What is the range of the fish? Does it stay in a single position or does it wander? Does it show any patterns in terms of where it feeds or how often it comes to the surface? Knowledge is power, and with these browns, you need every bit you can muster. If the fish is feeding aggressively, it's a "happy" fish, and you have a chance of success. On the other hand if it's stationary and sitting on the bottom, the guide may say the fish has "gone off" and that means it may be uncatchable. Kiwi guides don't just know where the trout are, they can read their behavior and can plan strategies to match. They are, in my opinion, some of the best guides in the world, and they take their jobs very seriously. Treasured PossessionsThe South Island is the world's twelfth-largest island with a population of just barely a million people. The name comes from the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman, who in Dutch called it Zeeland. The Maoris called it Aotearoa, land of the long white cloud. For sports fans it's known for the world-famous All Blacks rugby team, for hikers it's the countless miles of well-maintained trails, for fly fishers it is paradise found.Barry Beck photoKahurangi National Park is the second-largest park in New Zealand, located in the northwest corner of the South Island. Kahurangi means "treasured possession" and indeed it is, with the most diverse flora of any national park. The park is home to an amazing population of rare birds. Walk into Kahurangi and you enter Tolkien's world of The Lord Of The Rings where, in its amazing lush vegetation, you could expect to see a hobbit show up at any time.More important to me, Kahurangi is home to two of my favorite brown trout rivers, the Karamea and the Crow. The Karamea is well known for its beauty, and the wild browns for their color and size. These fish make you spellbound as you watch a 5-pound brown slowly rise, and quietly inhale your dry fly. Here you must wait to strike. React too soon and you'll miss the fish. It's truly a matter of discipline, and the old Kiwi guides used to recommend saying "God save the queen" before striking. One of my favorite guides, Aaron Ford, laughs every time I strike too soon. "Wait, wait, wait," he says, and you'd think after all these years I would get the idea, but I am often still too quick to strike.Ford first introduced me to the Crow, a river that holds many honest double-digit browns. That was so long ago now that I can't remember not fishing it. Its magnetic quality brings me back year after year. The Crow can be a very challenging fishery, but it's more than worth the effort, especially when you hold a 10-pound brown in the net. Like Kahurangi, Nelson Lakes National Park is a must-do for any fly fisher. The tip of the Southern Alps, its forests and rivers are some of the most beautiful in the world. Two of the most popular rivers here are the Travers and Sabine rivers, which flow into Lakes Rotoiti and Rotoroa.Nelson-based guide Zane Mirfin knows what trout hunting is all about. Cathy and I have explored many of the rivers in the Nelson Lakes National Park with Zane, who I sometimes think has eyes in the back of his head. He never fails to come up with a huge fish for us.Lodging & LogisticsThere are many lodging options in the region, from backpacking in to do-it-yourself rental campers, to B&Bs, and of course a variety of superb fishing lodges strategically located across the island. Felix Borenstein owns and operates Owen River Lodge, conveniently located just outside of Murchison. Cathy and I make Owen River Lodge our base when we're in the area. Near the lodge are more than 30 blue ribbon streams and rivers to fish. Borenstein is a passionate fly fisher who runs a first-class operation and understands the needs of traveling trout fishermen. He is often accompanied by his trusting yellow Lab Keeley. Most rivers in New Zealand are in the public domain, and there are well-marked fishing access signs to show fly fishers where they can enter the river. Once you're in the riverbed you can walk as far upstream or downstream as you want. Given the nature of the sight fishing here, there is a practical politeness on these streams that you don't see in the U.S. It's common practice to leave a note on your truck at these access points revealing your time of departure, which direction you've traveled (upstream or downstream), and your expected time of return. This way, fellow fly fishers can decide to move to another river or move in the opposite direction. New Zealand brown trout have great memories. Cast over one or walk by one, and it will probably be done feeding for the day. The last thing you want is to follow another angler upstream, so communication is essential.Barry Beck photoThere is also an incredible amount of private land, and the best guides know or have personal relationships with local landowners, which is huge advantage. With waters behind locked gates, the guides know exactly when the river was last fished—often they are the only ones fishing it.In New Zealand the best fishing is often in headwater streams far from the road—and your feet can only get you so far. There is no question that if you're really looking for the fish of a lifetime, a fly-out is often the answer. A good helicopter pilot can put you down in places you wouldn't believe.We have flown for years with Alan Rosanowski (Airwest Helicopters) who somehow manages to squeeze his chopper into the tiniest holes in the forest and drop us on the smallest gravel bars. You land hot (the helicopter continues to run), keep your head down, and get out of the way. At the end of the day, you get picked up hot as well. It's a thrilling way to end the day, and in all the years of flying in New Zealand helicopters, I have never had a bad flight. New Zealand pilots are some of the best in the world.While there is nothing more thrilling and dependable than heli-fishing, you can catch big fish by walking. Cathy caught her best brown ever on a dry fly in view of a major highway. We actually had to wait until the cars stopped going by to shoot a photo of the 12-pound monster. Just remember, if you encounter fresh bootprints, leave and go somewhere else.Kiwi guide Aaron Ford and Cathy Beck work their way through Karamea River pocketwater, looking for South Island brown trout. (Barry Beck photo)You'll find that most Kiwi guides wear clothing to blend in with the environment, and insist that you wear earth-colored or even camo-patterned clothing and use olive or camo fly lines. On my very first trip to New Zealand, my reels were filled with bright yellow fly lines. The guide took one look at the lines and said, "We're not fishing with those, mate. You came all this way, and spent all this money, so don't waste my time or yours. Those yellow lines will spook every trout from here to Australia."We went to his house, where he dyed my lines with olive Rit dye. That afternoon I landed my first 8-pound New Zealand brown. These days, fly lines come in many different colors, and you can purchase lines in olive, moss, or sage.Because the fish in New Zealand are often far apart, a day on the stream involves a lot of walking, and not a lot of standing around in the water. As a result, throughout most of the summer, Kiwi guides love to wade wet. The normal guide attire is long synthetic tights under a pair of shorts, or quick-dry lightweight pants. Because of thorns, brambles, and insects, bare legs are not advisable. Sandflies in particular are everywhere, and they can be ferocious, so include insect repellent in your packing list.Good wading boots are essential. Felt soles are banned in New Zealand, so rubber treads are the most common. Aluminum or carbide cleats are helpful, but some guides believe that the studs make too much noise and scare the trout.New Zealand has had enormous trouble with invasive species, and as a result takes more precautions than any other country in the world. When you enter New Zealand, you will be asked if you have any fishing gear, especially waders and wading shoes. Be truthful, otherwise you may be fined. If your wading gear is new with the tags attached, you'll breeze right through New Zealand Customs. If your boots show signs of use, they will probably disinfect them for you. Didymo is a problem in New Zealand, and the Kiwis take every precaution to protect the rivers against this and other biohazards.There was a time when Kiwi guides often suggested 7-weight fast-action rods for the South Island, reasoning that you would be casting long leaders from 12 to 16 feet, and fishing larger dry flies like foam cicadas. If you fish subsurface, you have to turn over a strike indicator (almost always white to blend in with the foam line) and a tungsten beadhead nymph (black tungsten, not gold), and often cast into a headwind. With the rod technology that we have today, my personal choice for New Zealand is a pair of 9'6" Sage X rods, a 5-weight and a 6-weight. The 5-weight handles most of the dry-fly work and the 6-weight takes care of the nymphing. My fly lines are RIO Perception with olive-colored tips. For my nymph fishing, I use RIO Salmon Steelhead leaders for the heavier butts and longer length to give me better turnover.In New Zealand, the first cast to a fish is almost always your most important cast. If your guide thinks you made a good first presentation, but the fish refused the fly, he will probably make a fly change. Kiwis change flies more often than any other guides.Barry Beck photoAaron Ford once put me on a Karamea brown that was super happy. We watched as it swung from left to right with its mouth open, apparently taking any morsel that floated past. My first cast looked perfect, but there was no response from the fish. Eleven fly changes later, we walked away from that fish shaking our heads in frustration. It can and will happen. But often if you make a perfect presentation, the trout will eat it on the first cast.Polarized sunglasses are a must. I rely on Smith Low Light Ignitor lenses for cloudy days, and copper lenses for sunny days. Speaking of the sun, you should take extra care in New Zealand to have proper UV protection, as the sun in this region can be especially damaging. You should wear a 50 UPF long-sleeve shirt (preferably with a hood), neck gaiter, sun gloves, and a hat in addition to sunscreen. Most people who have been to New Zealand agree the sun is much more intense than in the Rockies, or even on the flats of the Florida Keys.The rivers in Kahurangi and Nelson Lake parks are a great place to start, but keep in mind, it's just a small portion of the South Island and there's a lot more to explore. Cathy and I have fished the South Island annually for more than 25 years, and we are far from having seen it all. Be warned, if you go once you will want to return. It's a land of beautiful rivers, friendly people, and like a magnet it will draw you back.Book your DestinationVisit owenriverlodge.co.nz for more details.+6435239075owenriverlodge.co.nz/contact/Cathy and Barry Beck have hosted trips to New Zealand and around the world for more than 25 years. To join one of their upcoming adventures in Slovenia, Africa, or Argentina, visit frontierstravel.com.Recommended GearThe sun can be savage in New Zealand, so adequate sun protection—gloves, neck gaiter, hat, and hoody—are mandatory. All your outerwear and your fly line should be tan, olive, or camo. Remember, this isn't trout fishing, this is trout hunting. Sturdy, lightweight boots are also essential. You'll pass quickly through New Zealand Customs if your boots are new. Owen River Lodge has loaner boots and waders of all sizes available to make your packing even easier.Sage X 9'6" 6-weight Rod, $900rio Intouch Perception fly line green/camo/tan, $100SiMMS Flyweight wading boot, $200Patagonia Tropic Comfort Hoody myrtle bark camo, $60Simms waderwick core bottoms, $50Simms superlight shorts, $60smith Guide's Choice polarized low light ignitor, $220Orvis Safe passage guide sling pack brown camo, $130 *Barry and Cathy Beck have been Fly Fisherman contributors for more than 30 years and are also travel hosts for Frontiers Travel. Get Your Fish On. Plan your next fishing and boating adventure here. GET THE NEWSLETTER Join the List and Never Miss a Thing. Sign Me Up


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If you need to get custom built wardrobes imported, you can start by searching information on all design furniture exhibitions and special events. These exhibitions are the best places to find lots of furniture designers and manufacturers. They are going to be all there, under the same roof, so you'll have the chance to check out their products and the quality of their work. You may even find the best solution to get your custom built wardrobes, so it's definitely worth going to such exhibitions. Unfortunately, there are only a few of these events every year, so you have to stay tuned, in order to avoid missing them. Besides, if you're in a hurry, you may have to find another way of finding the furniture company to help you see your dream come true.
If there aren't any import/export-related events or shows in the near future, you can try an online search. You're going to find a few companies pretty fast, but you have to make sure they operate an import and export service. This would save you a lot in terms of deadlines and transportation costs. It's always a good idea to work with quality suppliers, as this can help you keep your results what you want. Besides, your communication with these suppliers is going to be much easier if none of you has to travel for many miles in order to have a face to face meeting online.
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Near Weed in Siskiyou County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)
Yreka Trail – A Splendid Cite
– Hinsdale Truman Shepard, Sep 6, 1852
Erected 2008 by Trails West Inc. (Marker Number Y-12.)
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Exploration • Roads & Vehicles.
Location. 41° 37.032′ N, 122° 12.076′ W. Marker is near Weed, California, in Siskiyou County. Marker is on California Route 97, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Weed CA 96094, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 11 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Mount Shasta (within shouting distance of this marker); Yreka Trail - Sheep Rock Springs (approx. 3½ miles away); Yreka Trail - Sheep Rock (approx. 4 miles away); Emigrant Trail (approx. 4.1 miles away); Yreka Trail - The Snelling Ranch (approx. 6½ miles away); Yreka Historic Trail (approx. 7.8 miles away); Schmitt Brothers Mill (approx. 10 miles away); Dwinnell Dam (approx. 10.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Weed.
More about this marker. This marker is located at a Vista Point.
Also see . . . Yreka Trail - Oregon-California Trails Association. A Photo Tour to California Via the Yreka Trail/Southern Route to Oregon (Submitted on October 31, 2013, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.)
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on October 31, 2013, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. This page has been viewed 389 times since then and 9 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 31, 2013, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.


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The Importance of Macrophages in Kidney Regeneration
Macrophages are demonstrably important in tissue regeneration. The process of regeneration is an intricate dance of signaling and activity carried out between stem and progenitor cells, somatic cells of varying types, senescent cells, and immune cells such as macrophages. The research of recent years strongly suggests that differences in macrophage behavior are in some way fundamental to the exceptional regeneration exhibited by species as diverse as salamanders, zebrafish, and spiny mice. Can macrophage behavior in our species be beneficially adjusted to improve regenerative capacity? Comparatively simple approaches aiming to shift macrophage polarization from the inflammatory, aggressive M1 polarization to the pro-regenerative M2 polarization appear quite promising in early animal studies, but this is just the tip of the iceberg. Much is left to be explored, and articles such as this one only underline the benefits that might be achieved given success.
Acute kidney injury, or AKI, is a devastating condition that develops in two-thirds of critically ill patients, and patients with AKI have a 60 percent risk of dying. In AKI, kidneys can become scarred and can show progressive decline in function, becoming unable to heal their tissue. During development in the womb, immune cells called macrophages go to the kidneys, and they remain there for life. Researchers have found that, during AKI in a mouse model, the kidney-resident macrophages are reprogrammed to a developmental state, resembling these same cells when they are found in newborn mice. Newborn mouse kidneys are still developing. This reprogramming during AKI may be important to promote healing and tissue regeneration. If a similar developmental shift is seen for human kidney-resident macrophages during AKI, that could aid new therapeutic approaches for patients.
Researchers detailed how the kidney-resident macrophages are reprogrammed to a developmental state after injury. In response to the disease model, the kidney-resident macrophages turned off their expression of major histocompatibility complex type II, or MHCII. This lack of expression is similar to kidney-resident macrophages in newborn mice - those mice, the researchers showed, lack expression of this protein up to postnatal day seven, and then begin to express it over the next two weeks. Notably, MHCII protein and macrophages have important roles in autoimmunity and transplant rejection.
In addition, kidney-resident macrophages after AKI underwent transcriptional reprogramming to express a gene profile closely resembling that of the kidney-resident macrophages in newborn mice at postnatal day seven. Further supporting their role in development and healing, the reprogrammed kidney-resident macrophages were enriched in Wnt signaling, an active pathway that is vital for mouse and human kidney development. Many basic science research studies have suggested the importance for tissue-resident macrophages in healing after injury, but development of therapies promoting them is still in early stages.
Link: https://www.uab.edu/news/research/item/10114-kidney-resident-macrophages-a-role-for-healing-during-acute-kidney-injury


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Software tools developed by CCS include:
BioAssay Ontology
BioAssay Ontology hosts a trio of portals: NCBO BioPortal, BioAssayOntology, and OntoloBridge
Human Genome Clinical Annotation Tool (h-GCAT)
h-GCAT is an online tool designed for the analysis of whole exome/genome sequencing data obtained from families affected by genetic disorder(s). Integrated with several important clinical and biological databases, h-GCAT provides the user with a relatively simple and intuitive interface to come down to a manageable gene list from the huge dataset.
LAND: Land Access for Neighborhood Development
The Land Access Neighborhood Development (LAND) mapping tool visualizes the distribution of local institutional and government-owned vacant, as well as underused properties. Developed by the University of Miami (UM)'s Office of Civic and Community Engagement (CCE), in collaboration with the UM Center for Computational Science, and with support from Citi Community Development, LAND will enable policymakers and community-based organizations to identify potential development opportunities for affordable housing in transit-served areas.
LIFE LINCS Information Framework
The LIFE search engine contains data generated from the LINCS Pilot Phase, to integrate LINCS content leveraging a semantic knowledge model and common LINCS metadata standards. LIFE makes LINCS content discoverable and includes aggregate results linked to the Harvard Medical School and Broad Institute and other LINCS centers, who provide more information including experimental conditions and raw data. (NIH Project #1U01HL111561)
LINCS Data Portal
The LINCS Data Portal is the unified resource for the Library of Network-Based Cellular Signatures (LINCS) Program which aims to create a network-based understanding of biology by cataloguing changes in gene expression and other cellular processes that occur when cells are exposed to perturbing agents.
The LINCS Data Portal is composed of a suite of applications:
- LINCS Dataset Data Portal (http://lincsportal.ccs.miami.edu/datasets/): The LINCS entry resource to access LINCS data. It is organized and available as datasets, each including experimental data, metadata and a description of the dataset and assay.
- The dataset group comprises datasets for the same experiment but with different data level results (data processed at a different level).
- LINCS Small Molecule Data Portal (http://lincsportal.ccs.miami.edu/SmallMolecules/): The LINCS entry resource to access LINCS small molecules; approved drugs, small molecules under clinical phase and chemical probes.
MAP: Miami Affordability Project
The Miami Affordability Project (MAP) is an interactive online map centered on the distribution of affordable housing and housing needs in greater Miami. The intent is to provide an open-access tool for planners, developers, community groups, and scholars of urban issues to better understand local housing needs and encourage data-driven affordable housing planning and analysis. This technical documentation is for the second phase of MAP, and will be updated as we complete future releases of MAP with expanded functionality and additional and updated
data. MAP is led by the University of Miami's Office of Civic and Community Engagement and supported by JPMorgan Chase, with additional support from the Jesse Ball duPont Fund.
SNP evaluation tool
The Genomic Oligoarray and SNP array evaluation tool was developed by Zhijie Jiang and Nicholas Tsinoremas in the collaboration with Klaas Wierenga at University of Oklahoma. The tool can spot disease causative genes on runs of homozygosity detected by SNP arrays. Currently the tool has 1000 registered users across the world.
The University Research Informatics Data Environment, also known as URIDE, is a large scale data services atmosphere where de-identified data from multiple clinical and research sciences systems can be explored preparatory to research, prospective and retrospective analysis. The goal of URIDE is to provide a single, secure, exploratory environment for all clinically and scientifically derived data for research at the University. It does not contain data from Jackson Memorial Hospital.


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Uniting Bendigo changes policy for coronavirus
Uniting Bendigo has made some changes to its Forest Street emergency relief program, but the service will continue to operate in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.
Federal member for Bendigo Lisa Chesters donated bags of food and essential supplies to volunteers, who are now tasked with creating packages for the most vulnerable in the community.
"Emergency relief centres are still open and able to open," Ms Chesters said.
"People are asked to call ahead and book a time to contact the team and collect any goods they require."
Heidi has volunteered at Uniting for four years and is passionate about social justice and has found common household goods difficult to source.
"It's been hard to get toilet paper, rice, pasta and a lot of the dried goods that have shelf limits at supermarkets," she said.
"We do have limited supplies and on Monday, we were out of everything."
Uniting Bendigo put together 25 to 40 packages per day, with Thursday and Friday its busiest days.
Anyone who is struggling financially and unable to purchase food is eligible for assistance.
The amount of face-to-face contact between volunteers and the community has been limited, for the safety of all involved.
"At present, we are working with a locked door to keep the clients safe by limiting contact between them and volunteers," Heidi said.
Ms Chesters said the federal government needs to do more to make personal protective equipment available to people working in a variety of industries.
"I am calling on the government to offer PPE to people working on the front line, such as our cleaners and emergency relief workers," Ms Chesters said.
"They need gloves, hand sanitiser and soap to handle food and surfaces.
"They'd go to the supermarket ordinarily, but there is no stock.
"If you have extra at home, please drop it off here because Uniting don't qualify for any support through the primary health network or federal government."
To request a food parcel, phone Uniting Bendigo on 5443 4972.
Uniting Bendigo is located at 25 Forest Street, Bendigo.
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JOSEPH B. GILFUS, PLAINTIFF, v. CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC., DEFENDANT.
CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC., THIRD-PARTY PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v.
It is hereby ORDERED that the order so appealed from is unanimously affirmed with costs.
Memorandum: Plaintiff commenced this action pursuant to the Federal Employers' Liability Act (45 USC § 51 et seq.) seeking damages for injuries he sustained during the course of his employment with defendant-third-party plaintiff, CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT). Tree limbs and other debris had accumulated on CSXT tracks during an ice storm, and plaintiff sustained fractures to his right leg when a tree that he was attempting to clear from the tracks fell on him. Ten days after the accident, plaintiff's right leg was amputated above the knee by a nonparty surgeon at a nonparty hospital. CSXT commenced a third-party action against the physicians and hospitals that provided medical services to plaintiff during the two days following the accident. Plaintiff was first seen by Elizabeth Romero, M.D. at Clifton Springs Hospital (collectively, Romero third-party defendants). As the result of the ice storm, however, that hospital lost its main power and did not have an operating room or surgeon available to treat plaintiff. Arrangements were therefore made for plaintiff to be transferred to Auburn Memorial Hospital, where he was examined by David Avner, M.D. (collectively, Avner third-party defendants). Avner diagnosed compartment syndrome and concluded that a fasciotomy was necessary to treat that condition. He contacted third-party defendant Kathi Teixeira, M.D., the orthopedic surgeon who was on call. Dr. Teixeira traveled to the hospital, examined plaintiff, assembled a surgical team, and performed the fasciotomy. Following that procedure, plaintiff was transferred to another hospital. His leg developed muscular necrosis and was amputated.
Supreme Court properly denied the motion of Kathi Teixeira, M.D. and Kathi F. Teixeira, M.D., P.C. (collectively, Teixeira third-party defendants) and the cross motion of the Romero third-party defendants seeking summary judgment dismissing the third-party complaint against them. In addition, we note that CSXT consented to the dismissal of four specific claims against Dr. Avner, and we conclude that the court also properly denied the motion of the Avner third-party defendants seeking summary judgment dismissing the remaining claims against them. Even assuming, arguendo, that each set of third-party defendants met its initial burden on the motions and cross motion, we conclude that CSXT raised issues of fact by submitting the affidavit of its medical expert (see Brown v. Arnot Med. Ctr., _ AD3d _ [Oct. 1, 2010]; Selmensberger v. Kaleida Health, 45 AD3d 1435, 1436). "The conflicting opinions of the experts for [CSXT] and [third-party] defendant[s] with respect to causation and [third-party] defendant[s'] alleged deviation[s] from the accepted standard of medical care present credibility issues" that preclude summary judgment (Ferlito v. Dara, 306 A.D.2d 874). The Avner third-party defendants contend that CSXT raised new theories of liability for the first time in opposition to their motion and that the court erred in permitting them to do so. Contrary to the contention of the Avner third-party defendants, however, CSXT did not in fact raise new theories of liability in opposition to their motion (see Cannon v. Amarante, 19 AD3d 1144). Contrary to the further contention of the Avner third-party defendants, they failed to establish as a matter of law that Auburn Memorial Hospital is not vicariously liable for the alleged malpractice of the Teixeira third-party defendants (see generally Noble v. Porter, 188 A.D.2d 1066).
Patricia L. Morgan
Clerk of the Court


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Mumbai based Digital freight aggregator Cogoport ( Cogo Freight Pvt. Ltd ) has secured approx $6 million in Series A funding led by venture capital firm Accel Partners.
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Updated: 9 February 2019
On 24 January 2019, I was watching a news story about Nigeria and there was a picture of the Nigerian flag (🇳🇬). On the video, it looked like two different shades of green, and that seemed wrong (it was). My search for the answer made me realize that there doesn't seem to be any one place where flag colors are collected. Since I collect colors, I thought it might be nice to start a project to collect flag colors.
25 January 2019 was the initial release, which included current countries A-F, plus Nigeria and the United Kingdom (as the Union Jack exists in other flags). I plan to grow and improve these over time (maybe a long time).
I'm using Wikipedia's Gallery of Sovereign State Flags article as a base. Each flag links to an article about that flag. In a case where the colors of the flag are noted as officially designated as Pantone, I have pulled the Pantone RGB color from Pantone's web site, and added that Pantone color separately as well. To be clear, I only carry Pantone colors when those are an official color designation, according to Wikipedia. Otherwise, in a case where the colors of the flag are noted in RGB (officially or unofficially) I use those. For any where the RGB color is not noted, I pull them from the Wikipedia article image with a color-picker tool.
Because I have derived this from Wikipedia Foundation work, I am leaving it under the same license: CC BY-SA. If you choose to send me updates or corrections, please note that I will only accept changes for this color set under the same license. Please acknowledge your license release if you send me e-mail (so I don't have to chase you for confirmation).
Flags is the only color source that I have compiled myself, so it is the only color source that I am redistributing in a raw format (even before it is "finished").


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Technologies: C#, .NET Core, React, TypeScript, REST
- Implemented internal systems used by other development teams.
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- Redesigned components of the system.
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- Developed an application for utility companies supporting administration, billing, metering, and task management.
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- Implemented features according to internal requirements and needs.
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- Introduced coding conventions, contracts, code review, and a GitHub workflow in the team.
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Technologies: C#, WinForms, LINQ to SQL, SQL Server, ASP.NET MVC, jQuery
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- Implemented features according to the client's requirements and needs.
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Technologies: C#, WPF, ASP.NET MVC, RavenDB, SQL, NServiceBus, Bootstrap, jQuery, Telerik Controls, Telerik Reporting, Kendo UI, Entity Framework
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- Built Deal Manager: a system that helps to manage a real state agency (a client from Australia).
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- Communicated daily with customers (mainly in English).
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Junior .NET Developer2010 - 2011Pentegy
Technologies: C#, MySQL, Web Services, WCF, SQL Server, PHP
- Implemented various certificates for the Office of Electronic Communications (including e-learning, certification, issuing certificates, and more).
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"Despicable" images of an emaciated elephant in Sri Lanka have emerged, with a foundation claiming officials cover its body so people can't see how unhealthy it is.
According to Facebook account 'Save Elephant Foundation', 70-year-old Tikiiri is one of 60 elephants who "must" work at this year's Perahera Festival in Sri Lanka.
It's unclear when the photos of the emancipated elephant were taken, but the foundation shared one photo showing the elephant grossly underfed, and another of an elephant wearing a festival costume.
The account called it "unacceptable".
"We cannot bring a peaceful world to the elephant if we still think that this image is acceptable.
"No one sees her bony body or her weakened condition, because of her costume."
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The foundation says she is made to walk "many kilometres" every night.
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According to UK publication Metro, the temple which hosts the festival has said they "always care about the animals".
Metro says it contacted a spokesperson for the temple, who said the elephant had been looked at by a doctor.
Many Facebook users commented on the foundation's post with hundreds expressing their disgust.
"To have this beautiful creature treated and used in such a despicable way shows that humans really do think they are the superior race," one said.
"It is truly heartbreaking to see that these elephants have such a horrible life," another wrote.
According to TripAdvisor, the festival is a "colourful, lively and loud" Buddhist pageant, which is "steeped" in tradition and history.


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Resources during the State of Emergency
The following resources are available to the community during the State of Emergency. Please follow the links or call ahead to confirm with the agencies listed. Click here for our page on How to Connect When Social Distancing.
Provincetown Schools is offering grab and go groceries for students on Tuesdays and Fridays. For more information see their website.
The Provincetown Senior Center (COA) is available to provide support to residents 60+ years of age. Feel free to call them with any questions, needs, concerns or just to chat. They are also contacting seniors regularly as a friendly check-in. If you would like to sign up to receive calls, call 508-487-7080.
Soup Kitchen in Provincetown (SKIP) continues to offer free lunch to the community, now to-go until April 24th or until further notice. Monday through Friday, 12:30-1:30 pm or until the food runs out each day. Pick up a lunch by driving by the front door of the Methodist Church, 20 Shankpainter Road. Call 508-487-8331 for more information.
Stop and Shop Provincetown is offering special hours for seniors and the immune compromised every day from 6 – 7:30 am. Hours for the rest of the community are from 7:30 am – 8 pm. Call 508-487-4903 for more information.
J&E Fruit and Produce, Inc. is offering home grocery delivery service. You must set up an account with them to get started by contacting email@example.com or 508-487-3627. All orders must be placed by 10:30 am for same day delivery.
If you need help accessing resources, Provincetown's Community Support Liaison, Alex Juchniewich, can help. You can reach Alex at (508) 237-7042 and firstname.lastname@example.com.
The Provincetown Food Pantry located at the Methodist Church is open. To access, call Lower Cape Outreach Council in Orleans: 508-240-0694. If you do not receive a call back, call Nicola at 516-974-1524.
Helping Our Women (HOW)'s office is closed, but they continue to provide free services by phone, email or virtual meetings. Call 508-487-4357 for more information or to make an appointment.
The AIDS Support Group of Cape Cod (ASGCC) are offering primarily virtual and phone-based services for clients. The daily meals services are offered by delivery only. Call 508-487-9445 between 9 am - 3 pm for more information.
The Drop-in Center on Commercial Street will continue with appointment only for Syringe Services and Narcan access. Call 508-487-8311 to make an appointment. HIV/STI testing is temporarily suspended. However, if you feel you have been exposed to HIV transmission and need urgent access to testing, please call.
Homeless Prevention Council is offering its services virtually, see https://www.hpccapecod.org/ for info or call 508-255-9667. They also are maintaining a great page of helpful resources during the State of Emergency.
Cape Cod United Way COVID-19 Community Response Fund was set up to provide access to basic needs (food, shelter, emergency assistance). They will continuously assess the needs in the community and communicate and collaborate with funding partners to make sure funds are available and meeting the most pressing needs.
The Cape and Islands Veterans Outreach Center is providing services remotely. Call 508-778-1590 for more information. For rental assistance, call 508-488-8347.
Independence House's 24-hour hotline (800-439-6507) continues and the emergency shelter remains operational. Both independencehouse.org and independencehouseteens.org continue to provide virtual assistance by secure HIPAA-compliant chat with an Independence House counselor during select business hours.
Provincetown residents needing assistance applying for SNAP/food stamps, fuel assistance, disability benefits, emergency financial applications, Social Security, health insurance and/or other resource needs can call Janet at 508-487-2449, extension 6024, 9 am until noon Monday - Friday. All ages are welcome. Services are free and confidential.
Virtual Recovery Support Resources
Crystal Free will be offered via ZOOM at 5:30pm on Wednesdays. If you would like to attend, email email@example.com in advance of the meeting.
Provincetown's 12-Step meetings have moved online. Click here to download the Blue Jeans app to join.
Pause-A-While in Orleans is running meetings for folks in recovery via phone conferencing. The phone number is 1-425-436-6360, the access code is 422932. The list of meetings is available here. Here's a nice article about the success of these meetings.
Wellstrong is offering online Refuge Recovery, the Yoga of 12 Step Recovery, and Serenity Yoga. Online yoga, meditation, and CrossFit can be found by visiting The Phoenix.
South Shore Peer Recovery is also holding virtual meetings, which can be found by visiting their website.
RecoveryBuild offers support for Cape Cod teens struggling with substance use challenges. Call 774-487-5227 for more information.
Statewide or National Resources and Updates
The Greg Hill Foundation, in partnership with Samuel Adams, has established a fund dedicated to helping Massachusetts restaurant workers who have been impacted by closures as a result of COVID-19. Their goal is to provide as many $1,000 grants as they can. To qualify for a grant, you must satisfy all requirements. To see the requirements or to apply for a grant, please visit the Greg Hill Foundation's website.
Creative Capital maintains a list of resources for artists working in all disciplines, as well as arts philanthropists and arts professionals, affected by COVID-19.
The Department of Transitional Assistance launched a new online application portal to assist residents in applying for Transitional Aid to Families with Dependent Children (TAFDC) and Emergency Aid to the Elderly, Disabled and Children (EAEDC).
The Department of Public Utilities has ordered that investor-owned utility companies cannot shut off your gas, water, or electric service for failure to pay a bill during the State of Emergency.
If you have MassHealth you will not lose your benefits during the State of Emergency. More information here. Also, if you have MassHealth you may qualify for no-cost or low-cost phone service. Click here for more information.
All walk-in offices for the MA Health Connector are closed. Payments can be made online, or by mailing a check or money order to the address listed on your invoice. Health Connector has extended their open enrollment period for uninsured Massachusetts residents until April 25, 2020. If you have experienced a loss of income, you may qualify for a cheaper rate. For assistance signing up and more information, please call customer service at (877) 623-6765 (TTY (877) 623-7773 for people who are deaf, hard of hearing, or speech disabled) or visit the Health Connector website.
With schools closing and students in need of ways to continue their education, Comcast is offering sixty (60) days of internet service for free to new subscribers. Please be advised that the subscription rate after sixty (60) days is $9.95/month. For more information on signing up for this service, please visit Comcast's website.
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Production Notes
Length: Two Reel
Producer: Robert F. McGowan
Director: Robert F. McGowan
Photography: Art Lloyd
Editor: Richard Currier
Titles: None
Writer: H.M. Walker
Released: March 28, 1931
Studio: M-G-M
Main Cast
- Allen Hoskins
- Donald Haines
- Dorothy DeBorba
- Douglas Greer
- Jackie Cooper (actor)
- Mary Ann Jackson
- Matthew Beard
- Norman Chaney
- Robert Hutchins
- Robert Young
- Shirley Jean Rickert
Supporting Cast
- Charley Chase - Singing Voice for Chubby
- George Reed - The Parson
- June Marlowe - Miss Crabtree
- Otto Fries - Orphanage Superintendant
The Short
Plot: The authorities discover Farina living alone and taking care of Stymie, having been innocently borrowing from the church collection plate to feed themselves. Although they're doing okay on their own, it's decided that Stymie ought to be in the orphanage. Farina decides to throw his friend a going away party with a lot of candy, but by the time the rest of the gang finally arrive, the party treats are all gone. When an orphanage official arrives, the gang unites to protect Stymie, leaving it up to Miss Crabtree to resolve the dispute amicably.
Quotes: None
- The breakfast contraption for this episode was engineered and created by Charley Oelse, who created many of the inventions for the series.
- Though part of the Little Rascals television package for awhile, it was banned in 1971 due to perceived racism towards African-Amiercans.
- Matthew Beard's favorite Our Gang short.
- Previous Short: Love Business
- Next Short: Bargain Day


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Another smack on the same spot of my right butt cheek created a lingering sting.
"But we need to get up pretty early.
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But a year later, here we still were.
I planned to just sleep through the holiday and continue my ritual pity party.
I'd fought against reading them all.


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Honda Insight exclusive
Engineered with the ability to pierce through the hearts of car enthusiasts, the Honda Insight Exclusive, which is the facelifted variant of Honda Insight, is dressed up with extraordinary features that spell F-U-N in driving. As the high-end model of the Honda Insight series, this powerful and highly innovative vehicle can effortlessly own the road with its unique charms. It bears a futuristic layout and style, which radiates inside and out. Since it is already made up of eye-catching exteriors, it comes to no surprise that the Honda Insight Exclusive is built with a premium-grade cabin, which showcases comfy seats, sound-insulating materials and highly inventive technological features. Plus, the fun doesn't stop there as this five-star model is also able to generate maximum power and torque under extreme driving conditions, thanks to its 1.3 and 1.5-liter IMA engine. It also offers great fuel economy, which reaches around 27.2 km/liter. Centered on luxury and performance, the Honda Insight Exclusive is a tough competitor in its class.


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Owning Your Data
In my last post, I briefly described my interest in working on the next evolution of the internet, which I'll refer to as the decentralized web (also known as web 3.0). In this post, I'll explore one area in particular that I find promising: the decentralization (and encryption) of personal data.
The Problem
Despite its benefits, there are many problems with today's internet. One of the biggest is that you have little control over what data is collected about you, where it's stored, who has access to it, and when and how it's used. The vast majority of information about you lives in centralized databases owned (or at least controlled) by companies behind the apps and websites you use.
This is no coincidence. Data is valuable stuff. The biggest companies in the world—Alphabet (i.e. Google), Amazon, Microsoft, Apple, Facebook—are also the companies with the most data about us. This data can be sold to advertisers, used to improve and personalize products, combed for information about competitors, and much more.
While the benefits to companies are many, this arrangement is not in the best interest of individual consumers. Both regulators and the general public are starting to take note. Flawed as they may be, the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR, enforced as of 2018) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA, enforced as of 2020) are the biggest initiatives to date aimed at empowering individuals to control their own data. More governments are likely to follow suit (some already have).
However, while increased regulation may help stem the worst abuses, it's ultimately a Band-Aid solution. Even if companies do their best to obey the law and do the right thing, they can (and often do) get hacked, hire dishonest or incompetent people, and make mistakes.
Google's original motto of don't be evil was never good enough. We need a can't be evil solution, which will involve changing the way we store and use data.
The Solution
The root of the problem is that individuals don't own and control their own data. The most direct solution is, therefore, to shift data ownership from companies to consumers.
When you use a website or app, you should grant explicit permission for it to access information about you from a collection of data—let's call it a personal data store (PDS)—that is private, secure, and completely under your ownership and control. When data is generated as a byproduct of using that website or app (sometimes called "digital wake"), that data should be stored in your PDS—not in a database belonging to the company behind the product.
A Hypothetical
For example, imagine you're creating an account on a new social media app, Faceblock (a fictional app). Instead of creating a username and password, you select the option to Log in with MyDataLocker (a fictional PDS).
Faceblock needs some basic personal info to populate your profile, so it asks if it can access your name, email, date of birth, short bio, and headshot from your PDS. The first two items are required to create an account, but the last three are optional. You see no value in others knowing your age, so you decline to provide your date of birth. You're not entirely pleased with your short bio, but you know you can update or remove access to it at any time.
Over the next few weeks, you use the app regularly—sharing images, writing status updates, following various interests, and connecting with other Faceblock users who share the same interests. All of this data is stored in your PDS—Faceblock stores nothing other than a "pointer" to your PDS. Everytime you log in, the app connects directly to your PDS to load the relevant data (images, posts, etc.) instead of loading the data from a centralized Faceblock database.
As the weeks pass, you find yourself using the app less frequently, to the point where you don't think it makes sense to maintain your account. You log into your MyDataLocker account with a secure password and two-factor authentication (or perhaps even a physical key) and locate Faceblock in a searchable list of all apps that currently have access to your data.
Conveniently, you can see exactly what data each app in the list has access to, when you granted that access, and a list of every day and time the data was accessed. You click a single button to revoke access to Faceblock and automatically close your account.
Technical Details
In this hypothetical, the data is decentralized from the perspective of Faceblock, since they no longer have everything in a single database they control. But from your perspective, all of your personal data appears to be "centralized", albeit in a database you control.
But under the hood, this is not the case. Your data is actually decentralized, meaning copies (or pieces) of it are stored on many different computers across a worldwide, peer-to-peer storage network (like IPFS). Further, your data is encrypted so that even if someone gained access to your data on one or more of these computers, it would be completely unreadable (i.e. useless) to them. Additionally, since no one particular person or company is responsible for "hosting" your data, no one can tamper with or destory it. It's what techies call persistent.
Related Work
Several organizations/products are already working on this problem, though not all exactly as I've described it above. In no particular order:
Based on my limited research, Blockstack is by far the furthest along with about one million "verified users". Users of Blockstack-enabled apps own and control their data, but that data is stored with a traditional cloud provider. However, the data is encrypted and there are plans to allow alternative storage providers in the future, which could (in theory) include a peer-to-peer network like IPFS.
Solid and the company behind it, Inrupt, are interesting because they were started by the inventor of the world wide web, Tim Berners-Lee. It's less obvious to me how far along it and the other projects are, though I'd like to learn more.
Several of the projects listed on the Wikipedia page for personal data service (another term for PDS) appear to have shut down. I'd be interested to know why.
Open Questions
I think the concept of everyone owning their own data is exciting on its own, but there are several questions that immediately come to mind that warrant further exploration. If it's possible for everyone to own their own data and grant access to it on an as-needed basis…
What's the incentive for existing companies to shift from their centralized data architecture to a decentralized one? A few things immediately come to mind: reduced risk/liability, simpler infrastucture, and potential to access lots of data already stored in a user's PDS.
Without unlimited access to user data, how will companies perform manual data analyses and build automated systems that require access to the data of many users? E.g. will users allow access to their anonymised data for research or product personalization for a small fee?
What will be the impact on AI research overall? AI research has flourished in recent years with the arrival of so-called "big data". If companies stop hoarding data, will they still be able to innovate with respect to AI?
How would it change the relationship between consumers and advertisers? E.g. will advertisers offer to pay users for access to their anonymized data?
What would be the impact on companies that rely on advertising for the bulk of their revenue? Google, Facebook, Twitter, etc.
To what extent do digital identity and data storage need to be developed in tandem? Clearly they are related, since your personal data is associated with who you are (Blockstack has developed solutions for both). But it may be more feasible to decouple the two since digital identity is already becoming a crowded space and likely to become more crowded over time.
How can a website or app be prevented from saving data to a centralized database after accessing it from a PDS? E.g. is it possible to ensure the data is "read-only" or to automatically flag an app that appears to be storing data elsewhere?


text: The final thriller in the million-copy-selling Katie Maguire series. In the driver's seat of a Jaguar, on a country road, a good man burns. Justice Garrett Quinn should have been at a sentencing. He was one of the good ones, fighting for order in a lawless world. In a burned-out car, on the outskirts of Cork, DS Katie Maguire finds what's left of him. But this is only the beginning. The judge's death sparks a gang war fought with bullets and bombs, and civilians are caught in the crossfire. As the city spirals deeper into violence, Ireland's most fearless detective must find the courage to fight for her hometown one last time. Katie Maguire is no stranger to sacrifice – but she has lost so much already. Facing new horrors each day, Katie must decide: can she do her duty when she has nothing left to give? Review Thanks to Head of Zeus for my copy of 'The Last Drop of Blood' by Graham Masterton, the final book in his DS Katie Maguire series I've read a couple of the series in the earlier days so picking this up wasn't totally new but then I've read early ones not the latest….


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Things to do in Cincinnati with a party bus or charter bus rental
Mar 28, 2013 - Cruising in Cincinnati
While touring around Cincinnati within the comfort of your rented bus, try a riverboat cruise to a different experience. There is a selection of tour agencies which offers Charter Bus traveler riverboat cruises for dining, sightseeing and special events.
Arrange for your charter bus driver to make a stop at the Riverboat Row, Newport, to board the BB Riverboats. Home to the Belle of Cincinnati with both open-air and air-conditioned decks which can accommodate up to 1,000 passengers or charter the River Queen for a private cruise together. The cruises includes brunch, lunch or dinner with historic narration by the captain.
For a smaller private event or cruises, the River Escape Cruises can arrange the Sea Us Escape that can accommodate up to 6 people. You have an option to custom the cruise according to your needs or preferences. The standard trips include fall foliage cruises, sightseeing downtown, sunset cruises and up-river sites outside of town. Few miles by charter bus from Cincinnati is Ludlow, home to Celebrations Riverboats, offers private cruises.
Another charter bus traveler favourite is the Queen City Riverboats which operates out of Dayton. Passengers can enjoy a meal while listening to the local history, sites and the river.presented by the captain on-board the Queen City Clipper or the Spirit of Cincinnati both have a lower air-conditioned deck and an open-air second deck.
For a different experience of Cincinnati, give Bus Rentals Cincinnati a call and let htme help you organize your rental bus trip with a selection from their fleet of rental buses.


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Festive up your home — both indoors and out — with these 10 easy-to-create Christmas decorations, crafts and centerpieces.
Let your guests know exactly what's for dinner with a restaurant-style menu board made from a DIY chalkboard. For more seasonal and sophisticated flair, apply gold leaf to a large wooden frame. Guests will never know how easy and inexpensive this was to make. Design by Marian Parsons. Make your own with these step-by-step instructions.


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"Where do all the white people live?"
Pradip Rodrigues
Summer is a time when hundreds of senior parents of South Asians visit Canada. In smaller towns and cities, you can quite literally spot visiting senior South Asian seniors as they amble along the sidewalks, oftentimes gazing at a bed of flowers or gawking at something or the other that catches their attention. But in places like Brampton and Mississauga one can't tell the difference between a South Asian senior visiting for the summer or a senior Canadian citizen who has lived here for decades.
A Brampton-based acquaintance currently has her parents visiting for the first time and naturally they were thrilled to be in Canada and spent the first few days exploring their surroundings, they were taken to Niagara Falls, the malls etc., but after a week, the visiting father bluntly asked: "Where do the white people live? Everywhere I go I only see desi people-in the mall, in the neighborhood, in the parks… The only whites I see are on television."
The daughter who I know was quite embarrassed because their neighborhood like many in Brampton and Mississauga are teeming with brown people. She ended up making a couple of frantic calls to her friends asking of all things if they knew of any specific neighborhoods and enclaves that had a predominantly white people in the GTA?
She knew parts of the city popular with Tamils, Chinese and Indian but when it came to areas of the city dominated by whites, she discovered that even areas she once assumed to be white were actually not the case. She then took her parents to Georgetown which still has a large white population although that won't be the case in the next decade. She drove around Guelph and a few other neighborhoods in Kitchener and Hamilton, especially some of the older parts and her parents clicked a few pictures and exclaimed: "This is the real Canada."
And although many Indian visitors to Canada are aware Canada is diverse, they are shocked to see the numbers.
Indian visitors do not consider their families and other Indians who've immigrated to Canada to be real Canadians. When they visit Canada, they expect to see a lot more white people and are disappointed when they find too many people looking just like them. One senior I once met grumbled that his son's neighborhood reminded him of a Punjabi village in India!
Let's face it most Indian people, immigrants and visitors to Canada like to see whites living in our neighborhoods. They are like eye candy. I've met South Asian immigrants who've boasted to me about the number of whites on their street and that they were the only brown family. Of course, they were very irritated when another South Asian family moved in a couple of houses away.
The question posed by the senior visitor to his daughter about where whites live is something that has probably crossed the minds of many immigrants in Brampton and Mississauga and elsewhere in the GTA.
When a family moves out of a neighborhood, it is a fair bet that the next family will be a non-white immigrant, there is a high probability that it will be a multi-generational family or a family that rents out its basement to a renter. Whites, lets face it are moving out or are badly outnumbered. You won't find a single white who will admit that he or she has moved or plans to move because their neighborhoods are turning too brown, black or Chinese and when they leave you have no idea where they've gone. It's like they've gone to Area 51 and simply vanished!
It is not that white flight happens overnight or because a couple of non-white families have moved into the neighborhood, it happens when 7 out of ten homes on their street are bought by non-whites and they become a minority. Few white families want to be the last white family on the block if they can help it.
It is not that most whites are racists, it is one thing living a neighborhood made up of 50 percent white and the rest being non-white. When the balance shifts no one seems happy.
I've met a Hindu South Asian who moved out of one neighborhood in Mississauga because he was outnumbered by another ethnic group. He moved into a neighborhood in Milton which was ten years ago mostly white but of late is changing color rapidly. And I am sure he is planning a move to Acton, Ontario next.
South Asians like having white people in their neighborhood because their presence is reassuring and says a lot about the desirability of the neighborhood. -CINEWS


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One of the promises I earlier made to myself was that I wouldn't blog about controversial issues, most especially those that have to do with politics and religion. These two issues are quite notorious for controversies. And I don't intend to invoke any controversy in any of my blog posts.
But recent happenings in Nigeria are quite worrisome to everyone. Nigeria was not known for many of the things that we are now witnessing. We are (were?) not a "bomb throwing country." Sadly, the number of bombings, particularly suicide bombings, coming up every now and then in the country gives cause for serious concern.
When the United Nation's building in Abuja was bombed recently, many of our President's friends on Facebook "slapped" him left, right, and centre. Uncle Goodluck is someone I so much love and respect. One could then imagine how cold I became when people started pouring their vituperations on him like acid. I couldn't help him out on my Facebook Wall, though. I just kept reading what my fellow citizens were saying. I really felt bad!
But I became so upset when my 19-year old niece fired her own shot at Mr. President. 'How can a small girl like her talk to the President like that?' I fumed.
My niece had complained that the President was yet to say a word about the bomb blast, and she wondered why.
I fired back at her saying, "…but the President has spoken through his Special Adviser on Media and Communication, Dr. Reuben Abati."
As if she was waiting for me, knowing full well that the President is my "uncle;" she snapped back, "No, we want the President to speak to us personally." I kept quiet.
But the President finally spoke, and he gave reasons for his lateness. Were his Facebook friends satisfied with his explanations? Well, I wouldn't know.
Sadly and surprisingly too, another bomb erupted a few days ago – on a Christmas Day, and at a church for that matter! Which way Nigeria?
In this article today, I want to stir up a discussion. I won't call it a controversy, because it shouldn't be. The discussion is not about the demands being made by Boko Haram (Do I even know why they are fighting?). This article is not about who is right or wrong. It is not about religious beliefs. And it is not about the President. It is about insurance.
I'm sure everyone is furious about what is happening; most especially the unnecessary waste of innocent people's lives. I also believe that the whole world sees what is happening in the country as acts of terrorism. Since that is the case, how do you think the insurance companies should deal with any claim that may arise from these bomb attacks in Nigeria?
I am targeting two sets of people here – insurance and non-insurance people. As an insurance person, do you think insurance companies should pay any claim that may arise? As a non-insurance person, do you believe that the insurance companies have a responsibility for payment?
I look forward to reading your comments.


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This week's crime report for Clay County Florida, provided by the Clay County Sheriff's Office.
ORANGE PARK – Clay County's first Longest Table dinner will happen later this month, and it hopes to bring together business leaders, public officials and residents together for a meal celebrating the community.
Longest Tables aren't new. They happen in Jacksonville a few times a year and many communities hold them every weekend as a way to bring people together. Orange Park Mayor Connie Thomas is excited about the town's efforts to hold its Longest Table along Kingsley East Avenue on Feb. 22.
"It's going to be a beautiful evening and I hope everyone in Clay County joins us," Thomas said.
Thomas said the idea came from the fact that gathering the community into one place is extremely intentional these days. It used to happen on its own, she said, but now requires some sort of reason or topic of discussion.
"Why can't people get together just because?" Thomas said.
Thomas hopes this month's gathering re-establishes the idea of community amongst its participants. The concept is simple: tables are strung together in single-line to create a single extremely long table. People fill the seats, and everyone enjoys a meal together.
"We used to have parades that went down [U.S. Highway 17] and people would come to Orange Park and gather, and we can't do that anymore," Thomas said. "We thought, 'What could we do to gather community?' and we heard of the Longest Table. We thought it'd be a beautiful thing not only to bring the community but to celebrate Kingsley East."
The event will be held on Kingsley East between Astor Street and the St. Johns River. This area has a special meaning for the town because it's where ferries would dock on the river.
"It was like the entrance to Orange Park," Thomas said.
People can bring their own meal, or they can purchase it from Urban Bean or Moosehaven, both of which are catering food at the event. Thomas said it was important for local businesses and organizations to get involved. Beyond Urban Bean and Moosehaven, the youth group from Grace Episcopal Church will be selling drinks, the Grace Episcopal Day School will set up tables designated for just children, although children can sit with adults, too. And the Orange Park Woman's Club will be selling desserts.
"It'll be a first for our town and a first for our county," Thomas said. "Anybody is welcome at this table."
The event will start at 6 p.m. It's free to sit at a table but meals and drinks will be sold separately. For those not wishing to pay, you can bring your own food and drink. Thomas said you can reserve a seat on the town's website or Facebook page, and she encourages everyone to do so before the event.