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Saturn I SA-7 Builders Kit
- Boyce Aerospace Hobbies' Saturn I Block II SA-7 is the third model kit in the "50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing" series.
- The SA-7 model is 1/100th scale
- Features 27 individually 3D-printed parts in bright white ABS
- Launches with a 24mm motor (not included)
- This Kit includes vinyl decals
- Additional items required to complete Builders Kit:
- Kit includes step-by-step Assembly Instructions
What better way to round out your Saturn launch vehicle display that with the Saturn I Block II SA-7 "Builder's Kit" from Boyce Aerospace Hobbies. The model is the third release in the "50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing" series. The kit is a 1/100th scale and us compatible with our SA-5 Saturn and our soon-to-be redesigned Saturn 1B. This kit features 27 individually 3D-printed parts that are printed in white ABS. Prep your kit for flight with body tubes (one BT-50, one BT-70, one BT-58 and four BT-19 tubes), two parachutes and shock cord and a 24mm motor.
Boyce Aerospace Hobbies recommends hobbyists under the age of 13 be supervised by an adult at all times.
You don't find these scale rockets elsewhere. Once completed you've a very unique model. Love all details. It's a great addition to my 1/100 Saturn rocket collection.
Love the detail of the parts from Boyce, I will be getting other kits as well.
Your scale model collection will not be complete without the Boyce Aerospace Saturn 1 SA-7! This rocket is a fairly easy build with complex features that are part of both the Saturn 1 SA-5 and Saturn 1B. I highly recommend this kit to anyone looking to diversify their 1/100th scale collection. Looks amazing when complete!
This is one awesome kit! I love the combination of 3D printed parts with the craft standard model rocket tubing! It keeps the finished kit very light at around 6oz or less and makes finishing so much easier. I have never see this rocket marketed before in 1/100 scale, it is so nice to be able to get one and it really looks great with all the other 1/100 scale NASA rockets all the way up to the Saturn V. I would highly recommend this kit, you want be disappointed!


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To the top of Mt. Evans early this morning. We weren't the only ones enjoying the view:
And because young mountain goats are just so cute:
As for other wildlife sightings, we saw a few yellow-bellied marmots, and an American Pipit.
To the top of Mt. Evans early this morning. We weren't the only ones enjoying the view:
And because young mountain goats are just so cute:
As for other wildlife sightings, we saw a few yellow-bellied marmots, and an American Pipit.
The juvenile Cooper's Hawks were calling for their breakfast first thing this morning in the Bear Creek Green Belt:
Down to the Bear Creek Greenbelt early this morning:
This morning my better half and I, along with the dog, went down into the Bear Creek Greenbelt to see what the juvenile Cooper's Hawks were up to. We spotted four of them and they were all calling for breakfast delivery. Here are three in a dead bramble:
Portraits of hungry chicks:
Looking testy, intense, hungry:
House Wrens and Gray Catbirds were quite vocal. And–a special treat–we saw a Black-chinned Hummingbird.
I spent this morning visiting a friend who lives probably a couple of thousand feet higher than I do, in Morrison. Now I know where my Broad-tailed Hummingbirds and White-breasted Nuthatches have absconded to! Hummingbirds kept the place, well, humming. On her property she also had nesting Mountain Chickadees and House Wrens. I saw a Western Tanager on her suet feeder, and Steller's Jays below. Down in her driveway I saw a golden-mantled ground squirrel with a bobbed tail. She also had Hairy Woodpeckers and Black-headed Grosbeaks:
Today while walking the dog in the Bear Creek Greenbelt, we saw several an American Kestrel, a dozen Mallards, a couple of Common Mergansers, a Belted Kingfisher, and four juvenile Cooper's Hawks.
Here are two:
Here's a portrait of one:
The season of ducklings in the Bear Creek Greenbelt continues:
This morning on a jog at dawn–sans camera–in the Bear Creek Greenbelt I saw a Black-crowned Night Heron standing on a small log in the creek. A little farther west, I saw an adult Cooper's Hawk, bathed in golden light. On my way back, a cyclist on the side of the path called me over. He had a couple of bright spots of blood on his face and his bike was lying on the dirt. He asked me how bad his split lip looked. "It's just a little blood," I said. "You'll be fine." He'd crashed just coming off one of the bridges. He said he'd smacked his head on the concrete, and pointed to his helmet. "Thank goodness I was wearing a helmet."
Later this morning when my better half and I took the dog for a walk, low clouds covered the sky. The Cooper's Hawk chicks were stirring in the nest, but the light wasn't good. On days like this, you just have to take what you can get:
At the Bear Creek Greenbelt mid-day we saw three Common Mergansers sunbathing on a log. Here are two:
Later in the afternoon we saw all three again, and they look to be females (as opposed to juveniles):
Near the Cooper's Hawk nest, this adult was calling to another soaring above:
On the way to see the Cooper's Hawk chicks in the greenbelt we heard a Song Sparrow singing sweetly in a marshy area. The chicks continue to branch out:
On the way back home we saw a female Common Merganser, several Mallards, and a Double-crested Cormorant drying its wings.

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Client-based access control
If your application stores data that might be used to identify a person and you are subject to GDPR or similar regulations, use client-based access control (CBAC) to track and process requests to view, change, or remove the data.
Client-based access control helps you satisfy the data privacy requirements of the European Union (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and similar regulations. In Pega Platform, personal data might be stored in the database or related data sets, and is identified by class name and property name. Personal data is associated with an actual person, not with an abstract entity such as a business.
For information, see General Data Protection Regulation.
Data privacy APIs
A request to get, rectify (update), erase (delete), or limit the usage of personal data is done by using REST APIs. The access request processing can be synchronous or asynchronous, but the processing of rectify and erase will be done asynchronously. Access, erase, and rectify requests are handled as cases. When a case that requests data is processed, the client data is returned to the client in decrypted form by using HTTPS in Base64 encoded format. For requests to rectify or erase, the data is modified or deleted as requested.
The REST APIs that define personal data requests are in the Data Privacy category of the api service package, which is known as the Pega API.
- Requests to update and delete personal data are one-time requests. They do not prevent the data from being changed or added again in the future.
- Client data that is temporarily stored on a CBAC case does not persist after the case has been resolved.
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(This post has been authored by and published on behalf of Prof. Shamnad Basheer)
Some great news at long last! Many of you may recall that along with the indomitable Sai Vinod, I've been trying to persuade the Patent Office to ensure that it takes the patent working disclosure requirement more seriously and force patentees to comply with this important "transparency" requirement. To this end, I had filed a PIL in 2015.
Court Ruling Today:
For some background on this writ petition filed in public interest (almost like a PIL) in 2015, you can see this elaborate piece of mine in the Queen Mary Journal of IP and our earlier posts here.
Details of Writ Petition as Filed
W.P.(C) No. 5590 of 2015
I'd filed this writ petition before the Delhi High Court in 2015, pointing out serious lapses in the filing of "patent working" documents (commonly called Form 27 filings) by various patentees. Form 27 filings are meant to indicate how patentees have (or have not) worked the patent to the public benefit. Even those that filed took it very lightly and submitted only scanty information.
In particular, we had examined Form 27 filings of over 150 patents relating to life saving drugs, high technology inventions and public funded research units.
Based on the study, we found that many patentees have failed to submit annual returns. Even those that have submitted, a number of forms were either incomplete, evasive or defective.
The sample also included shocking instances where patentees cited 'confidentiality' and refused to answer the particular queries contained in Form 27.
No action was taken at the time when PIL was filed in May 2015.
Our PIL requested the court to issue directions against the Union of India and Controller of Patents to enforce the statutory obligation under the Patents Act, 1970 and Rules thereunder. And force patentees to file their Form 27s. And to penalise the errant ones.
In addition, the PIL sought a direction from the High Court to constitute a committee to examine the present format of Form 27 to suggest improvements that would subserve the purpose of patent working norms enshrined under the Patents Act.
A huge shout out to two terrific counsels who represented me in court.
1. Sai Vinod, my student from NUJS who is my key counsel in the matter. He's been nothing short of super and I seriously think we should clone more like him!
2. Abhimanyu Bhandari, a very gifted Delhi lawyer who took up the matter pro bono. And argued for us so well and persuasively, managing to make some headway in a case after more than two years.
Court Development Today
Here is a short note on the development. All errors are solely mine, if perchance there is any mistake in the below.
The matter came up for hearing today before the High Court bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice Hari Shankar.
Abhimanyu Bhandari assisted by Sai Vinod (counsels appearing for Prof. Basheer), pointed out several instances of lapses. Few notable ones include:
1. Government's Annual Report that over 30 per cent of patentees did not submit Form 27s in 2013. No action was taken by Controller General (CG) under Section 122.
2. NATCO Pharma, that was granted a compulsory license over an important anti cancer drug, did not disclose as to how it was operating the license (and the quantum of drugs it was selling etc.). This despite the fact that the Patents Act requires such reporting on working of patents even from licensees. And even the compulsory licensing order issued by CG PH Kurian had mandated that NATCO submit all information pertaining to quarterly sales. Despite us pointing to this lapse several times to the CG office, no action was taken.
3. Ericsson in one of their forms refused to disclose licensing details citing alleged "confidentiality" or trade secrecy. The CG appears to have taken no action for violation of a statutory duty.
Mr. Amit Mahajan appearing on behalf of the Central Government and CG was quite fair in his submissions and stated that the concerns raised by our petition were valid and it is not adversarial litigation. He admitted that no action had been initiated under Section 122 so far. He also stated that Government was re-examining the form itself in view of the glaring defects pointed out in the petition. Kudos to such a progressive counsel! Wish the government had more like him. Would make for less wastage of resources lost in litigation.
Pritha Srikumar, appearing on behalf of intervenor Mr. Naren Thapetta, stated that her client supported the cause broadly and called for strict enforcement. However, strangely enough it appeared to thwart the petitioner's cause by claiming that since Form 27 was vague, it could never be complied with. The petition was nuanced enough to note that the patentees ought to at least make some effort towards submitting some information. And if vague, they ought to have sought clarity from the Patent Office, which none of them bothered with.
After hearing the submissions, the Bench expressed disappointment with the state of affairs. It directed the Respondents to file a status report before the next date of hearing on the extent of non-compliance and action taken. In particular, it asked the Government to state what steps were taken after filing the WP and the course of action planned to rectify the form.
If I've missed out on any important issue or made an error in this reporting, my apologies (for those in court, please let me know). Like I said, all errors in this reporting are solely to be attributed to me.
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What You Need To Know About Dental Extractions At Forest Wood Dentistry
The extraction of wisdom teeth or other teeth is a common procedure for our Richmond Hill dental team. An impacted wisdom tooth is all about one that comes in at an awkward angle to create a variety of different problems we can solve for you.
For example, an operculum is a flap of tissue that grows over the tooth to become a dental situation that needs our expert touch. If scraps of food get trapped underneath this flap of skin, situations can develop a situation that is painful and unpleasant.
Impacted wisdom teeth need to be removed by our Richmond Hill dentists. All four teeth can be removed at once or just the most infected one, and the patient and doctor can confer upon the use of either local freezing or local anesthetic with nitrous oxide .
During the procedure, the gum tissues are cut away so the dentist can either remove the tooth whole or cut it into smaller pieces for easier extraction. Sutures might need to be used after the procedure and the dissolving kind are the preferred choice.
Your Richmond Hill dentist will prescribe the proper pain medication while you heal. For more information on dental extractions in Richmond Hill please call us at 905-770-0099.


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Today Microsoft released the December preview of Expression Blend 2. Go and get it from here.
I haven't played around with is much yet, but one thing that is new is it requires the .NET Framework v3.5. It is also rather clear that Visual Studio 2008 is the perfect mate, since projects in Blend 2 can't be opened in Visual Studio 2005.


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I would like to enter my card into these challenges:
Catch The Bug - Sketch
I have used a paper from a christmas paper pad by MME. The image is from Bugaboo Stamps, coloured with Promarker and then fussy cut. I used a strip of red cardstock across the top and a string of rhinestones along the bottom. I typed a few sentiments on the computer before I left home - and this is one of them.


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Model Year 2010 and Older John Deere HPX and XUV Gator Deluxe Light Kit. John Deere HPX & XUV Gator Deluxe Light Kit. Kit includes brake lights, taillights, turn signals, and 4-way flashers. Switch mounts on dash of vehicle. Wiring harness connects to standard vehicle harness. Detailed Installation instructions included. Not intended for use on public roadways. Will Not Fit 2011 or Newer Series Gators. The item "Model Year 2010 and Older John Deere HPX and XUV Gator Deluxe Light Kit" is in sale since Wednesday, July 20, 2016. This item is in the category "Home & Garden\Yard, Garden & Outdoor Living\Lawnmowers\Parts & Accessories". The seller is "thegreendealer" and is located in Ashmore, Illinois. This item can be shipped to United States, to Canada, to Mexico, BM.
- Brand: John Deere


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PHI and Peoples-uni on November 1, 2016 signed a Memorandum of Understating (MoU) on E-learning project.
This MOU is designed to allow the two organizations to work together to work together to develop and offer courses in Public Health online to assist in public health capacity building for Sudan and elsewhere.
Further organizational collaboration may evolve to include collaborative development of programs in education and research, program evaluation and bids for funding.
The Peoples-uni (peoples-uni.org), registered as a charitable trust in the UK, has been established to develop an educational program to build Public Health capacity in low–to middle-income countries (LMICs) via online learning.


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Add an extra layer of protection to your headphones with this SaharaCase silicone case for Beats by Dr. Dre Beats Fit Pro true Wireless in-ear headphones. The robust silicon case is durable and guards against scratches and dirt, while the slim form-fitting design enhances portability and simplifies installation. This SaharaCase silicone case includes a carabiner clip so you can finally carry your buds wherever you go.
- Designed for use with Dr. Dre Beats Fit Pro
Offers a proper fit.
- Silicone material
Protects your favorite device from bumps, dents, and scratches.
- Carabiner clip
Allows you to clip your buds onto your jeans, bag, jacket, and purse.


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Professor Lieven Eeckhout's main research interests include computer architecture and the hardware/software interface with a specific emphasis on performance evaluation and modeling, and dynamic resource management.
Professor Eeckhout is the recipient of a European Research Council (ERC) Starting grant, Advanced grant and three Proof of Concept grants. Two of his former PhD students founded in 2013 CoScale, a spin-off in data center monitoring, which was acquired by New Relic.


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About Maxi
Birthday: 7/20/1987 | Member of Hamlet's Family
When she first arrived at the sanctuary, Maxi was always interested in what care staff was up to – but now that's she's been introduced to a larger family, she's way too busy with her new chimp friends to give them the time of day. She's extremely smart and loves toys (she can always been seen carrying around three or four of her favorites). She's also got a mischievous streak, and likes to "steal" items and craft them into tools. We can already tell this lady will keep us on our toes!


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Released in 2008 (Black Lodge)
Track List:
01. Pay The Price
02. Roadking
03. Bite The Bullet
04. Dusk Til Dawn
05. Nailed To The Ground
06. City Of Sins
07. Waste My Time
08. Rock N Roll Remedy
09. Rock Us Tonight
10. Wheels Keep On Turning
11. The Rebels Return
Band Members:
Hell Hofer – vocals and backing vocals
Hampus Klang – lead guitar and backing vocals
Erik Almstrom – lead guitar and backing vocals
Adam Hector – bass and backing vocals
Gustav Hjortsjo – drums and backing vocals
Additional Musicians:
Kvisten – backing vocals
Karla – backing vocals
Brottar Bjorn – backing vocals
Rovdjuret Staffan – backing vocals
Gasten – backing vocals
Erik Akerdahl – backing vocals
Filippa Nassil – backing vocals
Vincent – backing vocals
Martin Berntsson – backing vocals
Drangen – backing vocals
Filip – backing vocals
Jens Norberg – backing vocals
Calle – backing vocals
Recorded by Carl Johan Erlandsson and David Persson.
Mixed by Nicke Andersson and Stefan Boman.
Mastered by Henrik Jonsson.
Are you ready to bite? To biiiiite? The bullet! That line alone is worth the price of admission. Bullet is yet another Swedish band, but unlike so many of their teased-haired glam country mates these guys are like the country's ugly stepchild – the black sheep of the family that gets locked in the cellar during family reunions. But that is exactly what makes Bullet so great, they are rough around the edges and fuse traditional metal with hard rock roots for an almost flawless collection of adrenaline driven songs.
Last year we had Airbourne to deliver such a sound, and this year Bullet have captured that same intensity and drive on their second full-length release Bite The Bullet. Vocalist Hell Hofer has one of the most unique voices since Accept's Udo Dirkschneider and has the unconventional looks to match. But music like this isn't supposed to be pretty, it's made to be played at full volume while speeding down the freeway on an eerily dark night.
Not often do I come across albums that are this consistently great, as each song Bite The Bullet is practically flawless. From the slow AC/DC build-up of "Pay The Price" to the final riffs of "The Rebels Return", Bullet has delivered one of the best albums of 2008. The first five songs alone could be the best tracks on most current artist's CDs, and here we have them all on one release. "Pay The Price" is completely over-the-top in the vocal department and is an instant anthem, while "Roadking" incorporates the sounds of a roaring engine into the Airbourne driven song. The title track might just be the best song to come out so far this year, as it is a short two and a half minutes of screaming fury with a simple yet effective guitar riff.
The fun doesn't end there either, as "Dusk Til Dawn" is yet another unrelenting track followed closely by "Nailed To The Ground" which is as close to Accept as Bullet gets and succeeds with its blistering guitar work. At this point you hit the halfway mark of the album and when the short instrumental "City of Sins" hits you may begin to wonder if the band will take it easy from this point forward. Well think again, as "Rock N Roll Remedy" has a chorus that you could almost sing along to and "Rock Us Tonight" ups the ante yet again with even more headbanging riffage.
To say I enjoyed this album would be a monumental understatement. I don't care if you are short on cash and have to stop eating in order to afford Bite The Bullet, hell I don't even care if you have to starve your own children, this is a must have album!
www.bullet.nu – www.myspace.com/bulletsweden – www.blacklodge.se
Reviewed by Skid for Sleaze Roxx, November 2008.
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Expert's Rating
Our Verdict
The Netatmo Urban Weather Station is pricey but well designed. The apps are good and display useful information, and the sensors have a good range. If you need to be able to remotely monitor temperature, humidity, noise or CO2 levels, it could be just what you're after.
If – like most of the British – you're obsessed with the weather, and you also love gadgets, Netatmo's Urban Weather should be right up your street. It works with an iPhone, iPod touch, iPad or Android device, but even if you don't have one of those, you can see the data on Netatmo's website.
The kit consists of two sensors, one which stays indoors and another which resides outdoors. Information is sent via Wi-Fi to your router, and uploaded to Netatmo's servers.
To view the data, including temperature, humidity and pressure, you can install the free app for iOS or Android. As long as you have an internet connection, the app displays the latest data from your station and can give you alerts.
Update March 2017: Netatmo has added support for Alexa to its Weather Station. Owners of both the station and an Amazon Echo (or another device with Alexa) can ask the assistant "Alexa, ask Netatmo what is the outside temperature" and get a spoken response rather than having to check the app. Just search for the Skill in the Alexa app, or ask Alexa to enable the Netatmo skill.
Below is our original review, written when the Weather Station launched in 2013.
Netatmo Weather Station review: Features and design
Both sensors look sleek in aluminium and white plastic, and the mains-powered indoor unit has a strip which glows various colours depending on its status.
The smaller outdoor sensor is powered by four AAA batteries and has a recess on the back for wall mounting (a wall plug and screw are included along with batteries). It isn't waterproof and the manual suggests you place it under the eaves of your house. Netatmo says the batteries should need replacing only once a year, but as we've had only a couple of weeks of testing, we can't verify that.
Being a keen gardener, I put it in the greenhouse at the bottom of the garden, some 40m away from the main sensor. Netatmo claims a range of up to 100m, but that's with no obstables. I had one or two signal problems during my testing, but there were several walls between the sensors. Moving the indoor sensor so there was only one wall separating the units solved the problem.
As the units are pre-paired, that's one less job to do and makes for very easy installation.
Once you've installed the app (there are separate iPad and iPhone versions), you connect your device via its USB cable to the back of the main sensor and the app detects it automatically. You then pick a Wi-Fi network, enter the password and set a name for your station.
UPDATE: The latest version of the kit has only a micro-USB connection and setup is automatic via Bluetooth instead of a wired connection. Your Wi-Fi settings are cloned from your iPhone, so there's no need to enter a password.
With that done, can you tap the top of the sensor to take a manual reading and check everything is working.
There's no subscription fee, so while the initial cost is fairly high, there are no subscription costs to pay.
Netatmo Urban Weather Station: apps
I used both the iPhone and iPad apps and both are pretty good. The iPhone's smaller screen means you don't see as much information at once, but rotating it switches to graph view and sliding the bottom portion of the main screen downwards reveals more outdoor details (such as 24-hour low and high temperatures) plus a seven-day weather forecast.
Sliding it upwards displays more details about indoor conditions such as CO2 and noise levels. Unfortunately, it doesn't measure carbon monoxide.
Both sensors also measure humidity, but only the indoor module can sense barometric pressure.
There are some default alerts, such as when the CO2 level exceeds 1000ppm, but you can set custom alerts for any measurements.
For me, that meant I could set alerts to tell me if the greenhouse temperature got too high or too low: information that could save the loss of plants worth considerably more than the price of the kit.
You can create as many alerts as you like, and disable any or all of the default notifications.
There are plenty of uses for notifications. One of the defaults alerts you if the pressure drops more than 2mbar in an hour (an indicator of poor weather) and another warns if the indoor temperature goes below 10 degrees (alerting of a possible central heating failure).
Being able to view a graph of any measurement over time can be helpful in certain situations, but like the ability to record sound levels, may be an unnecessary frill for some.
Automatic measurements are taken every five minutes, so there's plenty of data to pore over, and it's easy to pinch to zoom in and out of graphs. We'd like to see an option for an absolute scale, though. Graphs automatically adjust the y-axis depending on the data, instead of starting at zero.
You can give others access to your Weather Station: all they need is the app, or to log in to the website:
If you buy more than one Weather Station, it's easy to switch between them within the app.
Additional indoor sensors are available to buy at £59 each and can be used to monitor temperature and air quality in more than one room. Up to three can be added.
You can't buy extra outdoor sensors, but the rain gauge is £59 from John Lewis.
Netatmo Urban Weather Station: rain gauge
The latest addition to the Urban Weather Station is a rain gauge. It isn't quite as stylish as the aluminium sensors in the main kit: it's made entirely from plastic.
It's powered by a pair of AAA batteries (like the outdoor sensor) and is obviously waterproof. It uses a tipping bucket mechanism to measure rainfall: a magnet passes a solenoid and the number of tips is counted. Netatmo says it's accurate to within 1mm/hour (measuring as little as 0.2mm/hour).
Unless you're a farmer, you probably won't be too bothered by accuracy, though, and if you do need accurate measurements, the gauge can be calibrated in the app.
For most people, the two main reasons to add a rain gauge to your Urban Weather Station will be to set an alert when it starts raining (so you can nip out and get the washing in) and to figure out when you need to water your garden. You can see the current rainfall in the app (or on the website) as well as cumulative rainfall.
Otherwise, apart from the novelty of being able to track when and how much it rained, there's not much incentive to spend an extra £60 or so on the gauge.
We tested the gauge before it went on sale and the app hadn't been fully updated from French to English, leaving us to add a Nouveau pluviometre. Once paired, you can place the gauge up to 100m away from the base station. We tested at around 25m with several walls in the way and had no signal problems. (Note: The app has been completely overhauled since the review was written.)
Graphs of rainfall over time are available when you select the gauge from the drop-down menu
Netatmo Urban Weather Station: bottom line
We've already mentioned that there's no carbon monoxide sensor, and another gripe is that there's no display on either sensor, so you can't see the temperature without firing up the app.
Even though you can now pick it up for just under £120 it's still a lot of money given that a basic weather station with an outdoor sensor and hygrometer can be picked up for around ten times less.
The advantage with the Netatmo, of course, is remote monitoring and alerts. If you need these features, and want to be able to track measurements over time, the price may not be such a barrier.
Netatmo Urban Weather Station: Specs
- Indoor module: 45x45x155mm, Outdoor module: 45x45x105mm
- Mechanics & Design: Single piece of durable aluminum shell. UV-resistant
- Sensors and measurements
- Temperature (indoor): 0°C to 50°C, Accuracy: +- 0.3°C
- Temperature (outdoor): -40°C to 65°C, Accuracy: +- 0.3°C
- Humidity (indoor and outdoor): 0 to 100%, Accuracy: +- 3%
- Barometer: 260 to 1260 mbar, Accuracy: +-1 mbar
- CO2 meter (indoor): 0 to 5000 ppm, Accuracy: +- 50 ppm or +-5%
- Sound meter: 35 dB to 120 dB
- Units: Metric system: °C and mbar. US system: °F and inHg.
- Record frequency: every 5 minutes
- Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n compatible (2.4GHz)
- Supported security: Open/WEP/WPA/WPA2-personal (TKIP and AES)
- Wireless connection between modules: 915 MHz or 868 MHz, range 100m.
- Other functions:
- Detailed 7-day weather forecast, Outdoor air quality index (U.S., Canada, Europe, China, HK and Australia),Light indicator for direct CO2 reading.


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By DÁNICA COTO, Associated Press
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.S. government announced Wednesday it would temporarily waive a federal law and allow foreign diesel deliveries to Puerto Rico as it faces a dwindling supply of fuel nearly two weeks after Hurricane Fiona pummeled the U.S. territory.
The announcement comes a day after Puerto Rico Gov. Pedro Pierluisi, the archbishop of San Juan and others requested that U.S. President Joe Biden temporarily suspend the Merchant Marine Act of 1920, best known as the Jones Act, which requires that all goods transported to the island be aboard a ship built in the U.S., owned and crewed by U.S. citizens and flying the U.S. flag.
Homeland Security Security Alejandro Mayorkas said he temporarily waived the law "in response to urgent and immediate needs of the Puerto Rican people" so they could have "sufficient diesel to run generators needed for electricity and the functioning critical facilities as they recover from Hurricane Fiona."
Pierluisi had warned diesel supplies on the island were running low in the aftermath of Hurricane Fiona and noted that a British Petroleum ship with 300,000 barrels of diesel has been floating off Puerto Rico's southern coast since Sunday, awaiting entry.
More than 311,000 customers out of 1.47 million remain without power more than 10 days after Fiona slammed into Puerto Rico's southwest tip as a Category 1 storm, sparking an island-wide blackout. Several hospitals also remain connected to generators.
"It is totally unacceptable," said Manuel Calderón Cerame, spokesman for the main opposition Popular Democratic Party.
Fuel disruptions have forced grocery stores, gas stations and other businesses to temporarily close as the demand for diesel to feed generators grows. Hundreds of schools also remain shuttered.
On Wednesday evening, Luma, a private company that operates power transmission and distribution in Puerto Rico, announced it would take at least another week to restore electricity to 90% of customers in the island's southern and western regions.
"Hurricane Fiona severely impacted critical parts of the electric grid and generation facilities across Puerto Rico, especially in the Ponce and Mayagüez regions that suffered severe damage to roads and critical infrastructure," the company said.
Officials have not yet said when they expect the island to be fully energized.
As of Wednesday night, power had been restored to 80% of 1.47 million clients, the majority in the capital of San Juan and nearby areas.
Puerto Rico's Electric Power Authority, which operates generation on the island and is working with Luma to restore electricity, also is struggling to restructure more than $8 billion in debt.
Earlier Wednesday, a federal judge ordered a fresh round of mediation talks aimed at restructuring the company's public debt. U.S. District Court Judge Laura Taylor Swain also allowed a federal control board that oversees the island's finances to go to court to determine how much money bondholders should receive as they seek to recover their investments.
The board warned earlier that any expenses linked to debt repayment would be passed along to the power company's 1.47 million clients.
The board also was ordered to file a debt-restructuring plan for the island's Electric Power Authority by December 1, with a confirmation hearing scheduled for mid-2023.
The board praised the ruling in a brief statement, saying it is calculated to get major disputed legal issues resolved in the shortest possible time: "Simultaneous litigation and mediation facilitates resolutions for all constituencies."
In early March, Pierluisi had announced that his administration was scrapping a proposed debt restructuring deal because it was not favorable to the island's economy or the power company's clients.
Then on Sept. 16, officials announced that mediation talks had failed. In response, a bondholder group that holds or insures 65% of the power company's debt sought to have the bankruptcy case dismissed and a receiver appointed.
On Wednesday, the judge denied their request.
A spokesman for the bondholder group did not return a message for comment.
The power company holds the largest debt of any of Puerto Rico's government agencies, and it is one of two agencies whose debt has not yet been restructured more than five years after the U.S. territory filed for the largest municipal bankruptcy in history.
Puerto Rico's Highways and Transportation Authority still holds $5.8 billion in debt.


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We do our share of pro-bono work and Prevent Blindness Wisconsin is one of our favorite organizations to help. For example, with this fundraiser invitaion. The Celebrity Waiters Dinner is an annual fundraiser where local celebrities volunteer to serve the guests. In this case it was Milwaukee's very own national hockey team, the Milwaukee Admirals, who served guests on their home ice rink.
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At Farrell Properties, we know that access to outdoor spaces is important to our residents. From the grilling areas to the pocket pet parks, we think it's vital to the general happiness of any Vermonter, having access to outdoor spaces where you feel at home.
As of July 2018, the residents at the Farrell Properties in the North End of Burlington will have a new park to explore.
Rock Point and Arms Forests
The Rock Point and Arms Forests are located in between the two properties, nestled in between North Ave and Lake Champlain behind Burlington High School. Newly open to the public, these public forests will open up all sorts of new adventures for all visitors.
With access from the Burlington Bike Path, bikers will be able to ride designated mountain bike trails of varying degrees of difficulty. Hikers will have miles of newly reinforced trails to explore through some of Vermont's uncommon forests.
The preservation of this swath of land was important to the partners behind the forests. While you might not know it, the Rock Point and Arms Forests are currently home to some rare and endangered plant species, like the Harsh Sunflower. The wildlife that live in these woods rely on this habitat for survival, and provide biodiversity deemed the "urban wild" within the city limits.
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What the residents and neighbors of Thayer Commons and Cambrian Rise can expect
The forests are located about 0.5 mile from each residence, an easy walk or peddle on the Burlington Bike Path from either Thayer Commons or Cambrian Rise.
The newly preserved land is currently undergoing renovations to create a sustainable trail system designed for long-term use and maintenance. Trail markers and a check-in kiosk will provide an overview of the land and the trails available.
Features of the Forest
Those who visit the Rock Point and Arms Forest have the opportunity to get back to nature with any of the following:
- Sweeping views of Lake Champlain and the surrounding mountains
- Seasonal songbird watching
- Wildlife sightings, like wild turkeys, white tailed deer, and the occasional moose
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Grow includes many different teaching classes, retreats and seminars aimed at the growth of the church in specific areas of life and faith. These Grow events take place periodically through the year in either a Sunday morning or Saturday morning context.
Paul writes to the Ephesians that the risen Christ gave certain gifted individuals to the church,
"...to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ" (Ephesians 4:12-13).
Grow exists as a context for supplemental teaching in addtion to the preaching of God's Word on Sunday mornings.
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Change is always the name of the game when it comes to online retail, and while many consumers are happy to support a tried-and-true brand, even your most loyal audiences may not stick around long-term if your eCommerce site doesn't offer the technical functions and benefits consumers have come to expect. And eCommerce sites that aren't keeping up when it comes to SEO have a different struggle: They aren't pulling in the new customers necessary to thrive and grow.
Because of this, older eCommerce sites are struggling to keep up, making it important to update to newer technology and platforms. But even if you've come to this conclusion about your online store, you may not know which option to choose. We'll compare WooCommerce vs Shopify below to help you identify which is best for your online store.
WordPress vs Shopify: Some High-Level Definitions
Both options allow you to launch a website and even monetize it or add shopping cart capabilities.
However, Shopify is a web app designed specifically for this purpose. Everything you need to build a Shopify app store for your brand is built into the system, which means you don't need coding or development skills to get the job done. You simply choose a theme and customize it for your store.
It is a bit more complex overall. It's not a singular solution meant to solve eCommerce problems for people without coding skills. It's a comprehensive publishing and site-development solution that lets people of all skill levels build whatever type of site they need, including eCommerce. WordPress users who want to develop a new eCommerce store or add one to their current setup can use a plugin called WooCommerce, which integrates with most existing WooCommerce themes to add secure, functional eCommerce options to a site.
How Do Shopify and WordPress Stack Up as eCommerce Solutions?
Both WooCommerce and Shopify do offer some out-of-the-box functionality, though, for newbies, Shopify's are probably easier to set up at the most basic level. Since WooCommerce sits on top of the greater platform of WordPress functionality, though, it does allow for more flexibility. Companies that have plans for their site aside from basic product sales may want to make the effort to learn some of WordPress's more advanced functions or work with a WordPress development and management firm.
We took a look at specific details, from initial setup to fee structures, for both options and broke them out for you below.
Initial Setup of Your Site
The basic checklist for launching a site includes a domain name, hosting, and theme or template (if you're not going to code your site from scratch). Both WordPress and Shopify offer ways for you to check these things off your list.
A Shopify store runs on Shopify servers, which means your domain and hosting is included in your package. You pay per month for all the included services, and what you get depends on the package you opt for. Pricing as of March 2019 was:
- $29 per month for Basic Shopify
- $79 per month for Shopify
- $299 per month for Advanced Shopify
- $2,000 and up per month for Shopify Plus, which is a specialized service for large brands
Since the WooCommerce plugin is an add-on function for WordPress sites, it doesn't cost anything. But it doesn't come with domains or hosting either. You'll have to buy your domain from WordPress or another provider and choose a web hosting package — also from your hosting provider of choice. While this entails dealing with potentially more than one company (you can purchase all these things direct from WordPress), it also lets you shop around or work with companies you already trust. The total cost will depend on which providers you work with and what types of packages you choose.
Both Shopify and WordPress provide free and paid templates for developing your site without coding.
Fee Structures for eCommerce Transactions
The initial setup cost is not the only expenditure related to an eCommerce site. There are typically fees related to every transaction.
Shopify charges a percentage of each transaction plus 30 cents for online credit card payments. The percentage charged depends on the plan you choose. As of March 2019, for example, basic-plan users were paying 2.9 percent, while advanced Shopify plan users were paying 2.4 percent. Shopify also charges an additional fee of 2 percent for payment providers outside of Shopify Payments.
WooCommerce is an open-source solution, and that gives it an edge when it comes to fees. Open-source solutions are collaborative, which means many developers have come up with ways to integrate payment capabilities into your WooCommerce store. You can choose from any of them to meet your needs and budget.
Support and App Availability
Both Shopify and WooCommerce have options for adding unlimited products, so you're not limited when it comes to the size of your store. And both have plenty of apps (or plugins) available, so you can quickly add different functionalities to your site.
Since Shopify is Software-as-a-Solution, it shines a bit brighter when it comes to support. Shopify offers 24/7 support for all levels of its service, including hardware support for POS devices. WooCommerce support is available through a help desk that's manned by the app's developers. You can also access documentation for the software, which can be helpful for those who are at intermediate or higher levels when it comes to web development or coding.
Both solutions support the type of security required to run a safe online retail store with shopping cart functions. Shopify includes SSL certificates out of the box, so there's not much a user has to do to set it up. WooCommerce users will have to purchase their own SSL certificates or set them up through their host provider which is vital for your WordPress website security. This means you have to take another important step in setting up your eCommerce site.
WooCommerce VS Shopify: The Final Decision
Both of these tools can be used by people of various skill levels, and both offer tried-and-true approaches to building or updating your eCommerce store.
But when it comes down to making a final decision, businesses that have very little time and knowledge to develop an eCommerce store may want to opt for Shopify's out-of-the-box solution. However, if you do have a bit of knowledge or are working with a WordPress pro, WooCommerce site and the underlying WordPress solution offer more flexibility and a potentially less expensive way to build a professional, competitive shopping site.
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The Palace Theatre Kitchen Tour Benefit
Inspiration for a Good Cause
Whether you're actively looking to re-do your kitchen or you simply enjoy flipping through the Pottery Barn catalog on a rainy afternoon, there's something exciting about imagining your space perfectly remodeled. It may start as an innocent daydream, but before you know it you're perusing kitchen islands online and comparing paint chips at the hardware store. If this sounds like you (and hey, we've all been there), there may be a way to satisfy your interior design itch without embarking on a costly and chaotic renovation project: The Palace Theatre Kitchen Tour.
The tour, now in its ninth year, is an annual event hosted by the Palace that takes design junkies and the merely curious alike through some of Amherst and Bedford's most gorgeous kitchens. In addition to viewing the homes on a self-guided tour, the event also features a lunch catered by O Steaks and Seafood, sponsored stops along the tour route and a special function in the evening (last year's was at the Copper Door in Bedford) to close out the festivities. Perhaps most importantly, the day serves as one of the Palace's largest and most important fundraisers.
Kerri Christopher, director of public relations at the Palace, explains that fundraisers like the Kitchen Tour are integral to the Palace's success. Ticket sales from the theatre's lively schedule of plays, musical performances and comedy shows only generate 65 percent of the venue's operating costs, she explains, so the theatre relies on fundraisers for the remaining 35 percent. "Ticket sales are just part of what we do at the Palace Theatre," she says. "We use our fundraising events like the Kitchen Tour to close the gap."
Christopher says the tour, which is sponsored by Granite State Cabinetry and Baron's Major Brands, is a great way to showcase all types of kitchen design. "We look for things that people will be interested in. Not just large, beautiful kitchens, but newly-remodeled kitchens that sort of demonstrate how people can maximize a small space," she says. "They're works of art, not just food preparation areas."
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And, Christopher stresses, the event isn't just for those actually looking to do a kitchen remodel. "It's not just about the homes, but more about sponsoring and helping out the Palace Theatre and enjoying a day driving around with friends," she says.
Emily Shakra, who is on the Palace's board of trustees and has designed many kitchens featured on the tour in the past, adds that the exposure the tour brings is good for local businesses. "It's a valuable thing because it actually helps to stimulate the local economy," she notes. "If they [tour-goers] are looking for a local designer, they'll find one on the tour. And at the same time we're able to make a contribution to the Palace Theatre."
Plus, says Debra McBride of McBride Design in Manchester, who designed a Bedford home on the tour, taking in the gorgeous design work and home remodeling is reason enough to go. "Another fun feature is it's like a voyeuristic side to people," she says. "You're in other people's beautiful homes." McBride says the Perry Road home she designed (pictured), which was renovated completely, has many highlights —"Every room is sort of a statement room unto itself," she says — but that the kitchen alone is worth the trip. The kitchen's best features, she says, include the medium-tone wooden cabinets from Granite State Cabinetry, globe-like glass lighting, two kitchen islands, a custom tiled backsplash, beautiful hardwood floors, one-of-a-kind wall color done by Lisa Teague and top-of-the-line appliances. "You never can define my interiors because they're eclectic, but this one leans toward sophisticated but warm," she says.
Lesley Rifkin of L. Newman Associates in Manchester, who also designed a kitchen in Bedford that is featured on the tour, says getting ideas for kitchen design and making your space the best it can be is important because so much time is spent in the kitchen. "It's more of a family center," she says. "I try to give the kitchen not only the function, but also make it a really nice space you want to be in."
McBride agrees, saying the day is the perfect way to get some inspiration for a much-utilized room. "You can get so many ideas just walking through," she says. "It's better than thumbing through Elle Décor."
Kitchen Tour Details
This annual benefit, now in its ninth year, is a Best of NH award-winning event having received an Editor's Pick for "Best Kitchen Tour in NH" back in 2008.
Since then the tour continues to impress with its collection of homes. Not only does every kitchen on the tour inspire other homeowners, the gorgeous designs highlight the very best that New Hampshire designers, contractors and other vendors have to offer.
- The event kicks off on June 2 at 10 a.m. (Click here for tickets.)
- The tour is a morning and afternoon where you're invited to explore some of the finest kitchens in both Bedford and Amherst. Attendees are welcome to start and finish anywhere along this self-guided tour.
- Tickets are $45 in advance and $50 the day of the event. Tickets will be available online up to 24 hours before the event.
- Visit palacetheatre.org for tickets and more information. More tour details are due to be released after the publication of this issue, so make sure to check the website.
- All proceeds benefit the Palace Theatre, which received the 2012 Outstanding Historic Theatre Award from the League of Historic American Theatres. This award celebrates excellence in recognizing theatres for the preservation, restoration and sustainable operation of historic theatres throughout North America. The Palace, a non-profit performing arts center, hosts its own professional company, youth and teen programs and presents acts that range from New Hampshire's own orchestras to national celebrities.


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MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Philippines could follow in Russia's footsteps by withdrawing from the International Criminal Court (ICC) and join a new world order if it were established by Russia and China, President Rodrigo Duterte said Thursday.
"If China and Russia will decide to create a new order, I will be the first to join," Duterte said in remarks broadcast by CNN Philippines.
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed an order Wednesday pulling Russia's participation from the ICC's Rome Statute, saying the decision was in line with the country's interest.


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Stepping up the Assault on DOMA
October 31, 2011
DOMA Repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell Marriage equality Prop 8 trial Videos
We're counting down to the next ruling in the Prop 8 case. A Republican-backed bill in New Hampshire would replace marriage with civil unions for everyone — including siblings. Get ready for a showdown on the Defense of Marriage Act, and things are heating up in Ohio.
December 5th and 10am. That's the deadline for the California Supreme Court to rule in the Prop 8 case. And the good news is that any way they rule is a victory for marriage equality. They could either end the case right here, with Prop 8 being found unconstitutional. Or they could allow the appeal to move forward on the merits, in which case we would prove — for a second time — that Prop 8 is unconstitutional.
The ruling could come at any time, but the latest possible date is December 5th. We'll be counting down throughout this episode and during future episodes until we have that decision.
In New Hampshire, the Republican-controlled House Judiciary Committee approved a bill that would end marriage equality, replacing it with severely limited legal protections for LGBT families. Governor John Lynch opposes the measure, and so do most residents. A survey earlier this month shows just 27% support repeal, compared with 50% who are opposed. And 44% say that they're more likely to vote against an anti-gay candidate, compared to just 14% who were more likely to vote for an anti-gay politician.
One weird quirk of the proposed bill is that it wouldn't just apply to LGBTs. It would also allow siblings to form a civil union. The bill is sponsored by Representative David Bates, who so far has avoided explaining his eagerness to facilitate consanguinity.
Meanwhile a growing bi-partisan coalition opposes the measure. Visit StandingUpForNHFamilies.org to learn more about the organization, which includes a former New Hampshire Chief Justice, Vice-Chair of the New Hampshire Republican State Committee, a former New Hampshire Attorney General, local business leaders, politicians, and a wide array of other public figures.
Ohio's stepping up pressure on legislators with a rally planned for this Saturday, November 5th. Equality Ohio is joining forces with a Catholic organization, GetEQUAL, and an equality org from neighboring Kentucky for a rally from 11am to 6pm in Fountain Square in Cincinnati. The action comes on the heels of a recent survey from October showing 62% of voters support some form of legal recognition for same sex couples, with only 34% opposed.
In national news, the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold debate on repealing the Defense of Marriage Act on Thursday of this week. The committee is dominated by co-sponsors of the bill, so it's likely to have an easy passage. From there, it moves to the full Senate, where its survival is far less certain.
But the assault on DOMA continues to ramp up on multiple fronts, with the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network filing a lawsuit this week on behalf of soldiers and veterans. Even with the repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell, gay and lesbian servicemembers are still prohibited from accessing the same spousal benefits that are available to straight colleagues.
And in Brazil this week, the country's Supreme Court ruled in favor of a lesbian couple seeking to have their civil union recognized as a marriage. The long-term effects of this ruling are unclear, since it isn't binding in state courts and may apply exclusively to this one couple, so we'll need to pay close attention to see what the next steps are from Brazilian activists.
That's the news for this week, join us online at AFER.org for the latest on the federal challenge to Proposition 8, and visit MarriageNewsWatch.com for more breaking news headlines. We'll see you next week.
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1. Ann S. | October 31, 2011 at 9:37 pm
2. Steven | October 31, 2011 at 10:06 pm
Actually, CA Supreme Court has until December 1st to hand down their decision on standing issue. The 90th (December 5th) day is Sunday and they only release decisions on Mondays and Thursdays..
3. Chris in Lathrop | November 1, 2011 at 4:42 am
Do I understand correctly that the defendant-intervenors could still appeal a "no standing" ruling to SCOTUS, should the 9th deny them standing based on CASC's ruling?
4. jpmassar | November 1, 2011 at 8:09 am
5. Chris in Lathrop | November 1, 2011 at 5:48 pm
Thanks! 🙂
6. Ronnie | November 1, 2011 at 7:18 am
Subscribing & sharing………..
Civil Rights leader & NAACP Chairman Emeritus Julian Bond is an American who supports Marriage Equality…… <3…Ronnie:
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7. jpmassar | November 1, 2011 at 8:11 am
They could either end the case right here, with Prop 8 being found unconstitutional.
The CASC isn't ruling on whether Prop 8 is constitutional (they already ruled that it was!). Nothing they can do will "end the case right here". That is the prerogative of the Ninth Circuit, subject to appeal to the Supreme Court.
8. Alan_Eckert | November 1, 2011 at 9:15 am
It effectively ends it in its tracks, but there will still be some formalities from the 9th, if the CASC finds that the proponents can't speak for the state on appeal.
9. Sheryl_Carver | November 1, 2011 at 9:26 am
I know the 9th requested that CASC rule on the standing issue, but does the 9th have to follow CASC's decision? Just wondering, as IANAL, & so much legal stuff initially makes no sense to me until one or more of the kind legal professionals in our Prop 8 community explains it in terms of 1 or at most 2 syllables.
10. Alan_Eckert | November 1, 2011 at 9:37 am
No. The 9th Circuit is only using the CASC as guidance. The CASC could say that the proponents might be able to represent the state, but the 9th can still say "well they show any harm as required for appeal on the federal level." In so many words, of course. If the state says no, then the 9th doesn't have to make much of any decision (which they would like to do if they can help it).
11. Steven | November 1, 2011 at 1:03 pm
First off, CA Supreme Court DID NOT rule that Prop 8 was constitutional.. They ruled that Prop 8 was a proper amendment to the constitution……..


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The Local Action Group (LAG) supports and oversees delivery of RDP activity in line with the Torfaen Local Development Strategy 2014-2020 by ensuring real needs of Torfaen's rural communities are met. Representation from all sectors of the community is vital to its success and membership is made up of local farmers, private businesses, voluntary and public sector organisations.
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MEbiz Real Esate Insider – Enfeoffing Your Emblements: Losing Lawyer Language
By Pete Van Hemel, real estate attorney
The next time you review a deed that you receive from your lawyer, check it for the word "behoof." It typically occurs in the phrase "..and to its and their use and behoof forever." If you find it, call your attorney and ask him or her what exactly that word means. Chances are you won't get a particularly useful answer because the word no longer has a particularly useful meaning. It's not even English– at least not as anyone living speaks the language. The word dates from Anglo-Saxon times and is derived from an Old English word that meant profit. Nowadays it is no more than a linguistic artifact that has come down through the ages alongside other ancient and disused words that seem to haunt real estate and other legal documents as ghosts of tradition.
Whatever vestigial meaning the word behoof may have, you may rest assured that the deed to your property is perfectly valid without it and we do not need to use it anymore. The same can be said of other ancient terms that still make their way into lavishly overdrafted real estate documents that are still in circulation. This is not to say that real estate lawyers can ignore the past; the successful practice of real estate – even in 2014 – must still include some understanding of concepts that have been around for centuries (although probably not the "enfeoffing of emblements." If that ever happened, it would have been a medieval-style investiture ceremony bestowing a claim to the possession or value of crops grown by a tenant farmer despite the end of the tenancy at a point prior the harvest. Please call us immediately on our real estate emergency hotline if this applies to you). Portions of the modern law of real estate derive from common law principles that were developed in England during the Middle Ages, but while the concepts remain with us, there is no justification for hanging on to the legalese jargon of the 14th century.
Some of the reasons why ancient and vaguely understood words should be avoided are practical and obvious. An easy example: your contract or mortgage should no longer provide for notices being given by telex or telegram—and even fax is a challenge these days. Contracts and deeds that define individuals (or entities) who have perfectly good names as the "Party of the First Part" and the "Party of the Second Part" rather than simply saying "Smith" and "ACME" seem to come right out of 1940s Hollywood films featuring some overwrought lawyer who has a giant dictation machine that looks like scuba gear sitting on his mahogany desk.
Some real estate lawyers are still fond of including throw-away recitals at the front end of deeds to property informing the world that the grantor is "lawfully seized thereof." The fact of lawful ownership is important, but is made no more or less correct by including a self-serving recital that brings to mind a defective lawnmower engine rather than anything to do with a properly drafted deed. ME enacted the Short Form Deeds Act in 1967 to help do away with many of the hidebound formalities, recitals and magic words that used to plague the drafting of deeds and mortgages, but even today some drafters feel they are adding value by packing deeds with flowery preambles that have no legal effect.
The content of a deed is important, and once recorded, a deed– like a diamond– will last forever. Careful attention should be paid to ensure that the structural minimums are present and correct, and that any covenants or specific agreements which the clients have negotiated are clear and effective. That will often require careful thought and drafting to ensure accuracy, since clients are capable of developing intricate agreements that will require intricate drafting. Not everything can be expressed in one page. In all events the attention of the drafter should focus on minimizing surplus formal language. As the expression goes, you can't put lipstick on a pig, nor should you try to apply polish to its behooves.


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Adrian Banning (John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK) initially wanted to fly a Boeing 747 but, aged nine, decided go into medicine instead. He talks to Cardiovascular News about his involvement in both the SYNTAX and the SYNTAX 2 trials, his work in myocardial injury after stenting, and his interest in left main intervention. He also discusses the work of the British Cardiac Intervention Society (BCIS) and the need for better stents/therapies for diabetic patients.
Why did you decide to become a doctor and why, in particular, did you decide to go into interventional cardiology?
I wanted to be a doctor from about age nine. We have no medics in the family but we had a general practitioner come to talk to my fellow students and I at primary [elementary] school. After he left, I told my parents that was what I wanted to be. At medical school, I was initially interested in paediatrics but once I did cardiology, I knew was it my favourite.
My first exposure to interventional cardiology was a revelation. As interventional cardiologists, we get to make the diagnosis, confirm it with imaging and/or physiology and in many cases provide treatment—with stents or valves. That is very unusual within medicine to be responsible for the whole pathway of a patient's care; it is a real privilege.
Who have been your career mentors?
My first boss was Charles Pumphrey at St Georges (London, UK) and I learnt a lot from Roger Hall and Liam Penny in Cardiff (University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK). I was really inspired by my first trip to the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) meeting (in Washington, DC, USA), and I decided that I would like to perform educational live cases. When I hosted and performed live cases (from Oxford, UK) during the 2010 TCT meeting, I fulfilled an ambition!
What has been the most important development in interventional cardiology during your career?
I can remember the first coronary stent implantation in Cardiff (UK) in 1993. Martin Rothman (previously the London Chest Hospital, London, UK) came to Wales to perform the procedure; 8F guide from the femoral artery on warfarin/aspirin/dipyridamole and dextran infusion. The patient was an inpatient for five days afterwards, so things have moved on a lot since then! Clearly stents were initially amazing, but then drug-eluting stents seemed revolutionary when they were introduced. More recently, transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has transformed our valve practices—especially now that we are using local anaesthesia and TAVI has become a truly percutaneous technique.
What has been the biggest disappointment? Something you hoped would change practice but did not?
I am pleased to say that there have not been too many disappointments. My centre (Oxford, UK) was a major recruiter for the SYNTAX trial, and I remember being disappointed when the one-year results were presented and showed that percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) was inferior to coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). However, we went on to recruit the first patient in the EXCEL trial—we ended up recruiting more than 100 patients for the study in Oxford—and I was delighted when improved PCI technologies and techniques meant that, for the first time, the data showed PCI and surgery to have equivalent outcomes (for left main disease).
You have done substantial work in myocardial injury after PCI. What have been your key findings?
We showed that troponin elevation following stent implantation meant that myocardium was injured and we could not just ignore it. I think understanding this has given us insights into prevention of myocardial injury and this has improved safety and outcomes for patients.
You were the co-principal investigator of SYNTAX 2. What insights did this trial provide in terms of how PCI should be performed?
This trial used a contemporary approach to assessing multivessel disease by combining the use of physiological assessment with a pressure wire and intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) to confirm optimal stent deployment. Together with a third-generation drug-eluting stent, we showed that our outcomes are much better than those we achieved in the original SYNTAX trial. We also showed that at two years post-procedure, outcomes with PCI are equivalent to CABG. The "take-home" message is to treat obstructive lesions that are causing ischaemia carefully and effectively, but leave areas of incidental, nonobstructive atheroma alone.
What are your current research interests?
I am still interested in left main and bifurcation intervention, and I am also interested in optimising reperfusion in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Our outcomes with stents are good for most patients, but I think there is more we can do for a sizeable minority. We need to identify the patients that are not going to do well with a standard approach at an early stage. We can then find and offer novel therapies that will help. At the moment, we are looking at PICSO (Miracor Medical), which is a coronary sinus device that seems to reduce final infarct size based on our initial non-randomised studies (performed in Oxford, UK).
Given the good outcomes we have seen with current generation drug-eluting stents, have we reached a plateau in terms of improving safety and efficacy with the latest generation stents?
I think the adverse outcomes that occur following stenting are more predictable than many people think and that we still need to improve our technique. Better stents/therapies for patients with diabetes are an unmet need.
As president of the British Cardiac Intervention Society (BCIS), what are your goals for the society?
We have a terrific community of interventional teams in the UK. We need to attract more people to interventional cardiology: nurses, physiologists, radiographers and female doctors. We can do this by showing how much our speciality can offer our patients and what an inspirational community we have. I am also hoping to facilitate the development in the UK for interventional research. The annual Advanced Cardiovascular Intervention meeting (ACI; 16–18 January 2019, London, UK) is the flagship meeting of the BCIS, and I hope to make it the place to be in the UK, for interventional cardiologists, every January.
What were the highlights of this year's meeting?
We had three sessions of live coronary cases, which were excellent. The debates caused a lot of discussion, especially the topic of angiography in patients without ST-segment elevation who present with an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. On a personal level, I was particularly pleased with the session on helping to attract more women into careers in interventional cardiology. It was the fulfilment of a year's project within this area and the presentations and the session were inspirational and thought-provoking.
What impact do you think Brexit will have on the field of interventional cardiology in the UK?
It is very hard to say. In my opinion, there are lots of potential downsides and not many possible gains to Brexit. Interventional cardiology is a worldwide community and I certainly would not want anything to isolate the UK from our friends and partners in Europe. I am part of the steering committee of the European Bifurcation Club—I hope they won't throw me out after Brexit!
What was your most memorable case?
Oliver Ormerod (Oxford, UK) and I implanted the first unprotected left main PCI in Oxford in 1995. The patient had a blocked right artery, and I remember the uncertainty about what would happen when we blew up the balloon and stent. Fortunately, the patient did very well and it prompted an interest in left main intervention that I have pursued since then.
What advice did you receive at the start of your career that you now pass on to those whom you mentor?
I am not sure I had too much initial advice from others, but I have learnt that interventional cardiology is hard work and you have to be dedicated, persistent and inquisitive. Reflecting on procedures that do not go so well is really important because adverse outcomes will happen sometimes, and we should try to see if there are things we can do better next time.
What is your view of #CardioTwitter and its potential advantages/disadvantages?
I think I am probably a bit too old to really embrace Twitter! But, the potential is extraordinary. We hope to make bigger use of Twitter at ACI in January 2020—I think I will have to get some youngsters to help me!
What was your childhood dream job (does not have to be a realistic one!)?
Other than medicine, I was intrigued by the law and being a barrister. When I was tiny, I fancied being a Boeing 747 pilot.
Outside of medicine, what are your hobbies and interests?
My wife Anne and daughters Amy and Eve are obviously a huge part of my life—together with Daisy the dog. I enjoy sport, English rugby and cricket. I am a long-suffering fan of Middlesbrough football club.
Current appointments
- 1999–present: Consultant cardiologist, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
- 2011–present: Professor of interventional cardiology, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
Medical qualifications
- 2003: FRCP, Royal College of Physicians of London
- 2001: FESC, European Society of Cardiology
- 1997: MD, University of London, London, UK
- 1990: MRCP UK, London, UK
- 1987: MBBS, St Georges University of London, UK
- 2015–present: President British Cardiac Intervention Society
- 2015–present: Board member European Bifurcation Club
- 2019: EuroPCR Programme Committee
- 2015–2019: British Cardiac Society Council and Executive
- 2017–2019: Elected member EAPCI nominating Committee
- 2018: Chair NHS England Cardiac Improvement Programme Aortic valve disease working group
- 2018: Chair NHS England High-Cost Tariff Excluded—TAVI devices working group
- 2017–2018: EAPCI/SCTS Joint Guideline Committee on Revascularisation
- 2009–2012: European Association of Percutaneous Intervention (EAPCI) Fellowship Committee
Selected publications
- Colombo A, Drzewiecki J, Banning AP, et al. A randomized study to assess the benefit of paclitaxel-eluting stents for coronary revascularization using two different release kinetics in de novo coronary lesions (TAXUS 2). Circulation 2003; 108: 788–94.
- Banning AP, Westaby S, Morice MC, et al. Comparison of cardiac surgery and paclitaxel-eluting stents in nondiabetic and diabetic patients with left main and or 3-vessel coronary artery disease: SYNTAX trial. J Am Coll Cardiol 2010; 55: 1067–75.
- Selvanayagam JB, Porto I, Channon K, et al. Troponin elevation following percutaneous coronary intervention directly represents the extent of irreversible myocardial injury: Insights from Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Circulation 2005; 111:1027–32.
- De Maria GL, Cuculi F, Patel N, et al. How does coronary stent implantation impact on the status of the microcirculation during primary percutaneous intervention in patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction


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Sustaining hard-won gains and mitigating against new shocks
The impacts of the war in Ukraine are shaking global food systems to the core, particularly because of the major role the region plays in global food, fertilizer, and energy markets.
This conflict compounds the fallout of COVID-19 and climate change. And as with any food crisis, the burden falls hardest on the poorest rural people living in the most vulnerable countries and communities.
In response, IFAD has set up the Crisis Response Initiative (CRI), which will protect livelihoods and build resilience in rural communities by addressing the urgent needs caused by the war while tapping into new market opportunities for small-scale producers. It will focus on tailored interventions to prevent hunger and food insecurity arising, while supporting sustainable food systems.
Regions of particular concern are the Horn of Africa, Southern Africa, the Sahel, Central Asia and North Africa. Because needs are enormous and resources are very limited, IFAD will prioritize countries most affected first. As more resources become available, IFAD will consider other countries according to need.
IFAD is calling on its Member States to contribute to the significant resources required to cover 22 countries in need, as well as any emerging countries identified as priorities.
For over forty years, IFAD has significantly increased the resilience of millions of poor people and protected their livelihoods from severe shocks, most recently through the Rural Poor Stimulus Facility, established in response to the COVID-19 crisis. The CRI will draw on this vast experience and provide critical support for local and regional markets, as demand for small-scale production increases.
As a specialized UN agency and international financial institution, IFAD's role in a crisis is to support resilience and capacity in order to mitigate the impact of shocks, while protecting longer-term development gains.
Targeted and tailored interventions will:
- Ensure access to inputs, such as seeds, fuel, and fertilizer;
- Support access to finance for rural producers' immediate needs;
- Invest in small-scale infrastructure to improve productive capacity and reduce post-harvest losses;
- Facilitate access to markets and information on markets.
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IFAD's response to the war in Ukraine
Conflict and food insecurity go hand-in-hand. As a major food and commodities exporting region, the war in Ukraine has caused not only a humanitarian crisis, but is also increasing food and fuel prices, which in turn are impacting the world's most vulnerable people.


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