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Crash victims' families 'angry' at TDs opposing tougher drink drive laws
Victims' groups feel they're not being listened to and lives of deceased loves ones not valued
'Danny Healy–Rae is actually afraid to come on and be challenged by those of us who are strong about road safety'. File photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times
Road safety campaigners who have lost family members in road crashes - many of which involved a drunken driver – have spoken of their hurt and anger at Fine Gael TDs and others who have spoken against the new Road Traffic Bill.
The new Bill aims to make it mandatory that those caught driving with excess alcohol should lose their driving licence.
Currently those with levels of alcohol slightly above permitted levels can pay a fixed charge penalty and retain their driving licence.
A further Bill proposed by Minister for Transport Shane Ross would make it mandatory that such drivers would be "named and shamed" publicly.
Speaking as the Bill was published on Monday, families of road traffic victims said backbench Fine Gael TDs who had expressed reservations about the Bill were disrespecting their deceased loved ones.
They also criticised Independent TDs, particularly Danny Healy–Rae who suggested that eating a big meal could be more dangerous than driving while under the influence of alcohol.
Ann Fogarty of Promoting Awareness, Responsibility and Care (Parc) road safety group said victims' families were "very angry" because they felt they "were not being listened to, the lives of our relatives are not being valued."
She said, "Danny Healy–Rae is actually afraid to come on and be challenged by those of us who are strong about road safety".
But she said she would not engage any further with Mr Healy–Rae as she did not want to "give him the publicity".
She said; "One TD last week had the cheek to say to me that out of consideration for me he wouldn't debate with me. I don't consider that consideration. Nobody had consideration for me the night of the collision in which my husband was killed and in which I was injured. Nobody had consideration for me that night and it seems they are all consideration now when I want to take them on about this issue."
Moya Murdoch, chief executive of the Road Safety Authority (RSA) said 35 people have been killed on the State's road due to drink driving and that the RSA is "100 per cent satisfied this measure will save lives" .
Mr Ross said he would appoint a nominee from the victims' groups to the board of the RSA in coming months.


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The Cooperative Hazardous Materials Education (COHMED) group has scheduled its fall training conference for October 14-18 at the Sheraton Braintree Hotel in Braintree MA. Seminars and workshops will cover a variety of topics, including hazardous materials regulations, enforcement, emergency planning and preparedness, training, and response.
Attending the meeting will be representatives of the Canadian, Mexican, and US federal, state/provincial, and local governments, and the transportation industry.
COHMED is an outreach activity of the Department of Transportation's Office of Hazardous Materials.
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This week's UK chart benefitted from 'the half-term effect' (to quote Chart-Track), with 28 titles in the top 40 seeing a sales increase.
It was FIFA 18 that came out on top, thanks to the Switch version receiving a cut-price. Sales were up a resounding 494% on Nintendo's system, outperforming launch week.
While it did manage to outsell the Xbox One version, which is no easy feat, the PS4 version was still the biggest selling last week.
Realstic role-player Kingdom Come: Deliverance – which currently has a 67% Metacritic – was the highest charting new entry, taking second place.
GTA V rose to #3, with sales up 113%, while Monster Hunter World saw a slight dip in sales yet still managed to hold onto #4.
Things get interesting again at #5. This is where the Switch version of Bayonetta 2 debuts, two positions higher than 2014's Wii U iteration. However, the Wii U version had stronger first week sales, by some 25%.
Did hardcore Bayonetta fans refuse to repurchase the seductive hack 'n and slasher? Perhaps, but it's more likely that the digital eShop release bridged the gap in figures.
EA Sports UFC 3 fell to #6, Shadow of the Colossus – last week's chart-topper – plummeted to #7, Call of Duty: WWII and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe both dropped two places to take #8 and #9, and then at #10 it's Assassin's Creed: Origins.
The disappointing Dynasty Warriors 9 made its mark at #13, while Square-Enix's Secret of Mana remake took #24. Monster Energy Supercross arrived at #25, despite it failing to surface in any single-format chart.
As for last week's remaining releases, the retail release of Overcooked made #15 in the Switch chart while Atlus' JRPG Radiant Historia debuted at #8 in the 3DS chart, becoming one of just two third-party titles in the 3DS top twenty.


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Twitter Verifies Mr Eazi's Account
Nigerian-born 'Starboy' singer, Mr Eazi keeps soaring. I must say it's been a good year for the young Lad. An impressive music career even got better following a record deal with Wizkid's record label.
It's known that the blue verified badge on Twitter lets people know that an account of public interest is authentic, and the "Anointing" star just got his.
According to the terms of Twitter, an account may be verified if it is determined to be an account of public interest. Typically this includes accounts maintained by users in music, acting, fashion, government, politics, religion, journalism, media, sports, business, and other key interest areas.
Mr Eazi who Twitter handle is @mreazi, is set to embark on nationwide (Ghana) Campus tour in the weeks ahead.
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Shaping Muskoka is an exciting project that explored and updated the policy framework that guides growth and physical change across Muskoka for the next 20 years. Although required by the Province, this Official Plan Review followed on the heels of the Muskoka Moving Forward visioning exercise where Muskokans of all ages voiced their thoughts and ideas about the future of this community.
With the vision in place and rooted in the concept of sustainability, the Shaping Muskoka Official Plan Review project incorporated provincial objectives and community-driven priorities to support a prosperous economy, a healthy environment, and vibrant communities through updated land use planning policies.
The adopted Official plan policies are included in OPA 47.
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The Importance of Patience in Skincare
Let me start this post by stating that I'm an Aries, and patience is definitely something I do not have on a daily basis. If the car in front of me at the stoplight does not move 2 seconds after that light turns green I am on the verge of honking my horn. If a coworker is late I become incredibly irritated. Needless to say I'm impatient! So what happens when you have late onset acne, and have no patience? Well that's a recipe for disaster that leads to you trying countless products, giving up on some of them, and becoming incredibly discouraged. And it doesn't have to be just acne either, it could be fine lines, dark spots, any skin woe really. In my skincare journey that's going on almost two years, I've finally had a realization: patience is the ultimate skincare virtue.
I can't tell you how many products I've tried in the past two years. Some I've fallen absolutely in love with. A handful I've felt like I've had to love after reading articles, and seeing other people love them on Instagram. But for the majority I feel like I haven't given the time they deserve or effort into trying. In a industry such as the beauty industry where new, and innovative products are constantly coming out, products where the claims almost seem to good to be true, it's important to give that product the time it needs in order to get the best results. I must stress how important it is to try one new product at a time. Not only will you truly see how the product is performing results wise, you will also get a much better return on investment. There have been so many serums, masks, and moisturizers that I have shelved towards the back simply because they didn't give me the instant results that I wanted, nor did I have the patience to wait and see what the results would be. I've gone back to square one so many times in my routine cutting out cleansers, toners, serums, and acids simply because I've jumped into everything all at once. And it's wreaked havoc on my wallet, and my skin, but on my self esteem as well.
Finding those products that work best for you takes a ton of patience. In my now two years since starting a skincare regimen I am just now finding the products that work well for my skin, that I truly love, and find myself repurchasing. It is an investment of time, and monetarily. But your skin is worth the investment! My routine as of late is pretty scaled down: cleanser, some thermal water, a hydrating serum, and… thats it! My go to cleanser is Jordan Samuel Plie . It's the cleanser I recommend the most to friends. It's so multifunctional! I also really enjoy Kat Rudu's Coco Honey Papaya Enzyme Cleanser. It's perfect for the summer months when my skin tends to be the oiliest it gets. It smells incredible, and doesn't leave my skin stripped. My current spritz is Avene's Eau Thermale. Magical water is all I can say! While my skin is still damp I layer on my hydrating serum. My favorite serum is Hydrate by Jordan Samuel. I don't think I will ever be without it, it's that good! Tatcha Silken Pore Perfecting Sunscreen is my go to sunscreen. It is a mix of physical, and chemical screens. It leaves my skin feeling velvety soft.
My skin has been pretty dang good lately (excuse me while I go knock on all the wood furniture.) Often times I think we acne prone folks are doing too much to our skin. And it probably goes back to impatience. We see a blemish pop up, and it becomes a fight response so we throw acids, and other acne fighting treatments at it to fend off that evil spot. Acids, and targeted treatments do have their place, but nourishing the skin, and seeing the results takes time… and it is well worth the wait!
I hope anyone who reads this whether it be an impatient Aries such as myself, or whether you're battling acne, or fine lines to have patience. Your skin will thank you!


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Marc G MMXVI – II Shirt
Handmade in San Francisco, this shirt represents a step in the right direction for the Marc G shirt collection. With this particular shirt we critiqued the flaws from the Marc G MMXVI shirt and implemented a better fit. However this shirt still isn't ready for production and poses real challenges given its fabric structure.


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The Adaptation Fund Board underscores the potential benefits from CER sales directly to the UNFCCC, including publicity and increasing the Adaptation Fund's profile, despite the relatively small amounts of CERs likely to be purchased by the UNFCCC.
14 September 2012: Responding to an expression of interest from the UNFCCC Secretariat to purchase certified emission reductions (CERs) directly from the Adaptation Fund to meet offset and other needs of the Secretariat, the Adaptation Fund Board (AFB) has taken an intersessional decision authorizing such sales.
The AFB stresses the potential advantages of this approach for raising the profile of the Adaptation Fund, while recognizing that the purchases will be relatively limited. Based on the arrangement, the transaction costs are not expected to be higher than sales for similar quantities of CERs through exchanges. [AFB Intersessional Decision]


text: Brand MarketingThe 4 Types of Dads Marketers Need to Know This Father's DayDon't treat them as one big non-female cohortBy David Burden|June 17, 2016 ShareBy David Burden|June 17, 2016 Share Father's Day is upon us and, naturally, it is a time when marketers shift their gaze toward dads. We can expect big sales on cars, ties, khakis, 55-inch flatscreen TVs, grills, brats and lawn mowers. But, while these may still be the wants and needs of the modern dad, that's not the whole story. The dad of today is not just the maestro of the yard, the garage and the man cave. He is also an active partner in the kitchen, the laundry room and the baby's room. Modern dads are redefining fatherhood by spending more time with their kids, doing a larger portion of the household shopping and spending lots of money. According to the American Time Use Survey, for every hour moms spend grocery shopping, dads spend 54 minutes. While marketers are waking up to the importance of engaging dads, they often treat them as one huge non-female cohort. We decided to embark on an in-depth study of dads as consumers—or dadsumers. We started with a series of interviews with dads from different generations. We were looking to uncover factors that might explain the differences in dads' values and attitudes as well as their visions of what a dad should (and should not) be. We determined that a father's outlook was shaped during two key life stages: early adolescence, as he became aware of his own father's role (or lack thereof) in his life, and his early 20s, when he's coming of age and beginning to understand the very real impacts of the social and economic forces of the time. The dadsumers of today were shaped by myriad social, cultural and economic factors—wars, recessions, bubbles, bailouts, 10 different presidents, and bands from The Beatles to U2 to Radiohead and Coldplay. We then undertook a quantitative deep dive, working with several different secondary research sources to understand the differences in their shopping behaviors, media and device use, and their attitudes toward fatherhood, advertising and brands. We then identified critical factors for winning their hearts and wallets. We believe the output of that research is the first such generational and life-stage segmentation of dadsumers. We created four distinct segments and explored them in relation to one another and to their spouses. We found that each of these segments has a distinct set of values, attitudes and behaviors. They think differently, they act differently and they shop differently than other dads. And given that each segment represents millions of men with increasing buying power, these nuances represent dollars to brands. Here are some of the things you need to know about them and how to connect with them: 1. The brand new millennial dad (ages 30-34) was born in the early to mid '80s and has a whole new perspective on life. He married in his late 20s to early 30s, and his kids are now toddlers or in preschool. Whereas older men have seen their dreams and ambitions to do better than their parents go unrealized, this generation knows better than to even question it. Don't treat them as some kind of hero because they are taking on an equal role as partner in parenting and home life. For them, there's no question or decision—this is what comes naturally. 2. The Gen "Why?" dad (ages 35-39) was born in the late '70s or early '80s and came of age in the late '90s or early 2000s. He is a millennial in spirit, but that idealism is being reigned in more and more each day. He is now staring at 40 with a traditional job, a mortgage, life insurance and a minivan. Take advantage of the fact that the Gen "Why?" dads are the most active segment on social media. Give them reasons and opportunities to engage by sharing your content and their love for your brand.Continue ReadingPages: 1 2 Sharehttp://adweek.it/1rtwpk1 copyRecommended articles Adweek Adweek


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Team Leader (Residential care)
Callow Hills Farm, Nr Ledbury, HR8
Priory Group Division
Education & Children's Services
Vacancy Type
Permanent - Full Time
£18,000 per annum plus £40 sleep ins
37.5 hours per week
Job Advert - Division Information
Priory Education and Children's Services is a leading company in the UK offering independent behavioural care for commissioners across the UK.
Job Advert Location Description
With over 100 high quality schools, colleges and homes we focus on making a real and lasting difference for everyone we support.
Job Advert Role Description
Our Children's Home situated in Ledbury is seeking a permanent full-time Team Leader. Situated near the picturesque town of Herefordshire, Callow's Hill children's for young people whom are aged between 8-19 years old.
As a team leader at our children's home near Ledbury you will be a key member of our team, providing high standards of person-centered support and care to our young people. Through a creative and caring approach, you will build good relationships with young people their families and other professionals involved in the young person's care, supporting them in the planning of goals and in living as independently as possible. Both personal care and participation in activities are key tasks for the role, so energy and initiative is vital.
Our Team Leader roles in Ledbury offer a salary of up to £18,000 per annum plus £40 nightly sleep in allowance. There is an opportunity for overtime if desired.
As a Team Leader, you'll be doing the following:
Supporting the management to run a successful staff team and all day to day operations of the home
- To assist the management team with the supervisions of junior staff
- Inducting new staff into the homes procedure and culture
- Ensuring the highest standards of care in relation to the young people's physical, behavioural and emotional needs.
- Be the young person's champion and as part of the wider team strive to ensure that they achieve their aspirations and full potential
- Assist senior staff with the writing and maintaining of placement and risk management plans
- Support young people in daily activities including family contact, attending local clubs, 1:1 activities in the community, promoting independence and social behaviour.
- You will be assigned a key child and play a pivotal role in their day to day life including attending reviews and liaising with external agencies
- Support and encourage educational engagement
Level 3 in Children and Young People qualification is essential for this role. Successful applicants will need to have previous experience of working with young people with challenging behaviour.
Due to the rural location of the Home in Ledbury, Herefordshire, you would need to have a full UK driving licence.
A family is 24/7 and so are we. We use a rota system to ensure the young people in our home get the care they need. As a Residential Team Leader, in our Home you can you should be happy to work a shift rota system.
Please see an example of a 3 week rota.
Week 1: Monday and Thursday
Week 2: Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday
Week 3: Tuesday and Friday
Benefits when you join us:
- 33 days annual leave (inclusive of bank holidays)
- Priory Group Pension
- Travel Insurance
- Cycle to work scheme
- Dental Insurance
- Reduced price Gym membership
- Gourmet Society Card
- Healthcare cash plan
- Online benefits portal and high street store cashback rewards
- Priory Group Career Pathways - build your skills and plan for your future career with on-going training supported
What's next?
To apply, just click the link below. Our application form captures information to help keep children safe so thank you for taking the time to complete it. Inspire Others, Build your Career
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We want to invest in you and your future! Find out about our career pathways:
For all roles we require a minimum of two references. References provided must cover the last 3 years, for all of our services we will need to request all references from where you have worked with either Children or Vulnerable Adults.
Please be advised that references will be requested prior to interview for all roles within our schools.
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From education to hospitals, care homes and secure facilities, the Priory Group of Companies offers individually tailored, multidisciplinary treatment programmes for those with complex educational needs or requiring acute, long-term and respite mental healthcare.
Priory Education Services is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All applicants must be willing to undergo safeguarding screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and disclosures with the relevant body at an enhanced level. We are an equal opportunities employer. Priory Education and Children's services will cover the cost of a DBS
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How to Make Our Dove Hunt Party Camo Cake Pops
Paul Michael's daughters have gotten their mom, Debbie, to make these camo cake pops for the September dove hunt party they've hosted for the last 12 years, and we thought it'd be fun to share the directions!
We used chocolate melts with silver, gold, and green sprinkles for this year's party, while the pops themselves were lemon. Here's how we make them…
- Get one cake mix and one container of icing, and bake the cake according to directions.
- While it's still warm, crumble the cake so no chunks (not even tiny ones!) are visible.
- Work in the carton of icing. We used a metal spatula. It will almost be the consistency of Playdough.
- Chill slightly so it's easier to handle.
- Cover cookie sheets with wax paper and roll dough into balls about the size of walnuts. You can make them any size you want, but we like bite size.
- And now the fun begins! Dip in melting dots/ chocolate/ candy discs, which come in bags of different colors and flavors (we found ours at Wal-Mart). Let your imagination soar!
Want to read more about this year's dove hunt party? Check out this post!


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The Stone & South Discovery Centre in Gananoque is now open!By Newinhomes on May 25, 2018
CaraCo Development Corporation just made a big announcement – the Stone & South On The River Condominiums Discovery Centre is now open!
Stone & South is the first two-building waterfront condo in Gananoque, offering stunning views of the St. Lawrence River and Thousand Islands.
Phase 1 features a six-storey building with 41 suites, with two-bedroom, two-bedroom+flex, and three-bedroom+flex floor plans, ranging up to 1,547 square feet. The open-concept layouts feature oversized windows, engineered hardwood flooring, granite countertops, Shaker cabinets, and soaring 10' ceilings.
Each suite also comes with an 8' deep balcony with views of the water! We see Stone & South as a great opportunity for Greater Toronto Area (GTA) families looking for a new weekend getaway that doesn't require any upkeep. Empty nesters may be interested in calling this maintenance free riverside condo home, too!
"We recently submitted a revised plan to the Town of Gananoque," says CaraCo Development Corporation's CEO, Gennaro DiSanto. "The West Building remains as initially outlined, with all south suites featuring water view facings. It made sense to create a more intimate and exclusive building for residents so the east- and north-facing suites were eliminated. However, the same amenities have been maintained throughout the two buildings."
The Stone & South Marina is exclusively for residents and your guests. It accommodates 30', 35', and 40' crafts, so whether you or your friends have a boat, you never need to look for a place to dock.
Other impressive amenities include a private gated and landscaped barbecue area, an off-leash dog park, storage for kayaks and canoes, swimming and fishing docks, a social room with a kitchen, and a fitness centre overlooking the Gananoque skyline.
"Our Presentation/Discovery Centre re-opened over the Victoria Day weekend and we are very encouraged about the high traffic interest with visitors coming from the Greater Toronto Area, the National Capital Region and Kingston, just down the road," says Milborne Group's Regional Director Mariah Hamilton. "We are offering suites for sale only in the East Building during the next few months to enable the presale requirement to be easily attained before this September."
Visit Stone & South as soon as you can!
Construction is expected to begin this fall, and occupancy is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2019. That means your new condo cottage should be ready for spring and summer of 2020!
Prices start from $488,900, which includes an underground parking spot and a storage locker.
The Stone & South Discovery Centre is located at 5 King St. East in Gananoque. The hours are Tuesday to Friday from 11 am to 5 pm and weekends from 12 pm to 5 pm. You can also call 613-876-2524 for more information.


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Dreams of independent Kurdish state remain elusive as ever
Resumption of control by Baghdad over Kirkuk bolsters Iraqi president's position
A member of Iraqi Shiite group Hashd al-Shaabi stands in front of a crossed-out flag of the Kurdistan region in Kirkuk. Photograph: Bareq al-Samarrai/EPA
Earlier this week, Iraqi troops seized the city of Kirkuk from Kurdish forces which, in turn, had controlled it since June 2014 when the Iraqi army fled in the face of the advance of Islamic State forces.
The events in Kirkuk represent the most recent example of the restoration of Baghdad's control over Iraqi territory following its successful expulsion of Islamic State from the major urban centres that had come under its control three years ago. More than this, however, the retaking of Kirkuk by the Iraqi government has important implications for Kurdish aspirations for independence and for the region more broadly.
The Kurdish quest for independence dates back at least to the end of the first World War and a period which saw the remaking of the modern Middle East at the hands of the then dominant European powers, particularly France and Britain. As the territories of the defeated Ottoman empire were being redistributed, many Kurds believed they would be granted their independence.
Kurdish leaders have always sought to control the town and its oil-rich hinterland and seized the opportunity to do so in 2014
The consolidation of the new republic of Turkey under the leadership of Kemal Ataturk, together with British aspirations to maintain control over the oil-rich region around Mosul, led to the signing in 1923 of the treaty of Lausanne, which omitted any reference to a Kurdish state. Iraqi Kurds, who comprise 20 per cent of the population, have been in a state of rebellion against Baghdad ever since.
Safe haven
It was the intervention of the United States in Iraq that revived Kurdish hopes. Following the first Gulf War of 1991, the creation of a "safe haven" led to the emergence of a de facto Kurdish state in the northwest of Iraq. Following the US-led invasion of 2003, which overthrew the regime of Saddam Hussein, and in which Kurdish fighters played a key role, an autonomous Kurdish region was recognised by the new government in Baghdad. Kirkuk lay outside the territory controlled by the Kurdish regional government (KRG).
However, Kurdish leaders have always sought to control the town and its oil-rich hinterland and seized the opportunity to do so in 2014. Since then the Kurds have been accused of forcing non-Kurds out of areas under their control. In 2016, Human Rights Watch accused the Kurds of uprooting the inhabitants of 20 towns and villages, ostensibly because they had been controlled by Islamic State. However, this, in turn, followed a policy of "Arabification" begun decades earlier by Saddam Hussein, which saw the expulsion of up to 200,000 Kurdish residents of northern Iraq and the subsequent farming of their land by Arab farmers and their families. In the process, the Kurds were removed from oil-rich areas.
The referendum achieved the unlikely feat of uniting virtually all regional and international actors in opposition to it
The defeat of Kurdish efforts to retain control over Kirkuk follows a controversial referendum on independence which was held on September 25th in the Kurdish autonomous region. More than 92 per cent of Kurds voted for independence. However, the referendum achieved the unlikely feat of uniting virtually all regional and international actors in opposition to it. The Kurdish leadership hoped that the vote would strengthen their hand in their dealings with Baghdad. Instead, they found themselves facing opposition from Turkey, Iran and Baghdad while the European Union denounced the referendum as counter-productive and the US withheld any support for their Kurdish allies in the war against Islamic State.
Internal rivalry
In addition to this and despite the near-unanimous vote in favour, Iraqi Kurds are far from united. The president of the Kurdish region, Masoud Barzani and his ruling party, the Kurdish Democratic Party (KDP) have long been opposed by the rival Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) led until his death earlier this month by Jallal Talabani and now led by his son, Bafel.
That rivalry has often been played out in violent terms. Moreover, popular opinion in the Kurdish region is increasingly alienated from the KRG due to widespread corruption. These divisions are reflected in the fact that it is widely reported that forces associated with the PUK facilitated the entry of Iraqi state forces into Kirkuk.
The resumption of control by Baghdad over Kirkuk strengthens the position of Iraqi president, Haider al-Abadi, coming as it does after his government regained control over territory which had been lost to Islamic State.
It will also be welcomed by the Turkish government, whose policy in the region is driven by an abiding concern to ensure that Kurdish aspirations for statehood are kept in check. Above all, it constitutes a serious blow to Kurdish hopes of consolidating control over territory seized in 2014. The referendum was intended to strengthen Kurdish claims to that territory. Instead, riven with internal rivalry and faced by powerful regional opponents, the Kurds' long-denied goal of independent statehood remains as elusive as ever.
Vincent Durac is assistant professor at the School of Politics and International Relations at UCD


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Dependency = Bad. Self-Reliance = Good.
Think about it.
The conventional wisdom stinks.
According to the conventional wisdom, you'll do the following things in your life. See if you notice a pattern having to do with self-reliance (or a lack thereof).
- Use FAFSA to get student loans to go to college.
- Graduate with tens of thousands in student loan debt.
- Get an entry level job that pays $10 per hour.
- Get financing for a car.
- Work for 10 years to save up a few measly thousand dollars for a down payment on a house.
- Get a loan for a house.
- Work for a few more decades, all the while barely making ends meet. You might have to declare bankruptcy a couple times along the way.
- Keep a balance on various credit cards.
- Retire with more house loan to pay off.
It's a brilliant country we live in, isn't it? This entire list has this in common: dependency. Our country is built this way now. We are molded from a young age into dependent little conformers who must depend on big business and government to even survive. We live our lives as debtors to others. Is it any wonder why so many of us hate where our country is headed.
I challenge you to break the mold. Be disruptive. I'm not saying to be a big jerk. Rather, I am saying to speak the truth. Tell it like it is. For me, this means that I'll tell you that our national model of a debt-based economy creates a living hell on earth for most Americans. It is evil. It is a model based on slavery. Men are slaves to other men. We've done this to ourselves by electing criminals to public office and by letting our freedom slip away election cycle after election cycle. We've stopped producing. We consume, consume, consume. We're lazy.
The conventional wisdom is that you can't afford life, so you have to borrow. And we accept that as the norm. We don't even contest it anymore. We've settled. I hate that mentality, and I think that you should hate that mentality too.
About a year ago, I decided to give something else a try. I knew it wouldn't be easy. But I really thought it could work. It is called Wealthy Affiliate. The idea is that if you have a hobby or passion, you can turn your knowledge of it into an income. That is a very simple way of describing it. I encourage you to read my review here: Wealthy Affiliate Review.
I just got so sick of the conventional wisdom. I've also tried things like MLM and various get rich quick schemes that I feel a bit ashamed of. I want to point out, though, that I am not ashamed of Wealthy Affiliate. It is legit.
Be a bit disruptive. Don't give the conventional wisdom the light of day. Try something different. Make a change. Become self-reliant.


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There was a time when people regarded pubs purely as drinking establishments where all the food were cold dishes meant as a side dish to the main thing: drinking. Pubs catered to the best of them, be they whiskies, beer or any other alcohol including ale, cider and wine.
In recent times, though, pubs have given way to character pub restaurants that serve not only good drinks, but also some delectable food. For people new to the concept of character pub restaurants, here is a look at what these places can offer you.
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Nowadays, The Barn clarifies, these pub restaurants bring out the best hard drink bottles and serve them with typical British food items such as pies, fish and chips, steak, pastries as well as hamburgers, lasagne and chips.
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AUSTINTOWN -- Heidelberg University women's soccer team was noticed across the Ohio Athletic Conference with the recognition of two student athletes this postseason. Seniors Alexandra Farmer and Maddy Hines were named to the All-OAC teams for their efforts this season.
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A senior goalkeeper, Farmer led the league in total saves with 138 and was fourth in save percentage with .793 this season. Over her four years, she compiled 491 saves, 24 shutouts, 30 wins, and 6,521 minutes played for the Student Princes. She sits third all-time in career saves and is the leader in most minutes played in goal for the Heidelberg women's soccer program.
Hines, a senior defender for the Berg, earned her first All-OAC honor by being selected to the honorable mention team. She anchored the Berg defense this season, starting in all 18 games she played in. As well in 2018, Hines registered three goals out of the back.
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Sixty-three per cent of respondents in favour of opting in
By Dave Flaherty/The Oshawa Express
City council will soon determine whether the City of Oshawa is in or out of the recreational cannabis game.
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Although the final choice is up to council, the majority of residents who responded to public consultation are in favour of the opt-in option.
Of 435 surveys received by the city, 271 residents, or 62.3 per cent, responded yes to the question "Do you support having private recreational cannabis retail stores in our municipality?"
Reasons given for support include convenience, crime reduction, and job creation.
One-hundred fifty-five (35.6 per cent) responded no, while nine responded "unsure."
Concerns raised in opposition include negative impacts on the city's image, increased access to cannabis by youth, increased crime and addiction issues, odour problems and negative health impacts.
Staff has presented council with two simple choices: opt-in or opt out.
Should the city opt out, staff notes it does not stop the municipality from changing the decision later or preclude the city from having cannabis production facilities.
Staff adds that opting-out would provide council "the necessary time to establish council-approved locational guidelines for commenting to the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario should the city choose to have private recreational cannabis retail stores in the future."
The biggest con to opting out according to staff would be limiting Oshawa residents' access to "legal, government-regulated recreational cannabis," as this "may not support the government's interest to reduce access to the illegal market, protect youth, and ensure public health and safety."
If council chooses to opt-in, the city will be eligible to receive potential funding for two years under the Ontario Cannabis Legalization Implementation Fund (OCLIF).
OCLIF will provide funding to municipalities to assist with any costs related to the legalization of recreational cannabis. The province has allocated $40 million towards the fund in total.
The city has received notice of a per household funding allocation of $82,443, to be split with the Region of Durham.
Opting out would guarantee a second payment of $5,000 while opting in would see a payment of more than $5,000, although the exact amount has yet to be determined.
In addition, municipalities that chose to welcome cannabis stores may be able to share in
$10 million set aside in the OCIF for 'unforeseen circumstances related to the legalization of recreational cannabis.'
If Ontario's portion of the federal excise tax on recreational cannabis over the first year of legalization exceeds $100 million, the province will provide half of the surplus to municipalities who opted in.
However, it is unclear how much, if any, revenue the City of Oshawa would receive from that potential surplus.
The Association of Municipalities of Ontario anticipates the costs to municipalities tied to legal cannabis, such as policing, by-law enforcement, public health, and other services, may exceed funding to be provided by the province.
Staff warned of other potential negatives to opting in.
If council agrees to allow stores, the city will not have the authority to regulate the number of stores or their location.
Secondly, the Alcohol and Gaming Commission is not required to notify local municipalities when applications for retail stores are received.
The public comment period for such applications is only 15-calendar days.
Also, staff advises "it is unclear to what extent municipal and public comment on potential application[s] for private recreational cannabis retail stores will be taken into consideration by the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario."
Prior to the legalization of cannabis last October, the Ford government declared legal recreational marijuana would be sold in private retail stores beginning in April 2019.
Online pot sales began shortly after the legalization date of Oct. 18, 2018.
This replaced the original Liberal plan to have weed sold in government-owned stores in the vein of the LCBO.
Ontario municipalities have until Jan. 22 to decide whether they will want stores in their community.
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The cities of Markham and Mississauga and the Town of Ingersoll are among municipalities that have chosen to opt out so far.
Those who have opted in include the cities of Ottawa, Guelph, Sarnia, and Sudbury, and the Town of Huntsville.
In Durham Region, only Pickering has made a decision, opting out in December.
There will be only 25 retail stores expected to open beginning April 1, 2019. Six of those will be located in parts of the Greater Toronto Area, not including the City of Toronto itself.
Licences for those stores will be handed out via a lottery scheduled to be held this week, with results expected to be posted on Friday (Jan. 11).
Stores will be allowed to operate seven days a week from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. and must be at least 150 metres (492 feet) away from a school, including private schools, as defined by the province's Education Act.
Staff has recommended local guidelines be approved to ask the Alcohol and Gaming Commission to consider not allowing stores near locations such as child care centres, libraries, Beer Store and LCBOs, healthcare facilities such as hospitals and mental health and addiction services, and recreation centres. This falls in line with a previous recommendation made by Durham Region Medical Officer of Health Dr. Robert Kyle.
Should Oshawa opt-in, the Alcohol and Gaming Commission and Durham Regional Police Service will be responsible for inspections and enforcing laws such as underage sales, public consumption and illegal retailers.
The Durham Region Health Department will be responsible for health by-law enforcement including smoking restrictions, public awareness, and provincial court offences.
According to staff, it is unclear "what role, and the extent of the role, municipalities will have as a result of the legalization of recreational cannabis and the potential cost implications."
Potential tasks for the city's by-law department could include fire code, building code, and workplace safety policies.
At a recent Durham Region Police Services Board meeting, regional chair John Henry said he would like to see a streamlined by-law regarding recreational cannabis in Durham.
Henry said it would cause too much confusion and stress on police/by-law staff if each lower-tier municipality in Durham had its own set of rules.


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Day 12 – Kylie Minogue OBE
Who would have thought, when I was 5 years old and watching one of the most watched Australian TV episodes worldwide, Charleen (Kylie) marrying Scott (Jason Donovan) in Neighbours, that 27 years later I would actually get to meet Kylie and better yet she would be supporting our expedition. Having grown up with Kylie as a worldwide icon for her music and acting, it was devastating to hear of her diagnosis of Breast Cancer in 2005 whilst she was on tour. Having to go through the trauma of battling breast cancer is hard enough for anyone, but add in the pressure of it being global news and not being able to keep it private. After undergoing surgery, Kylie endured 8 months of intensive radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Once she had returned to fitness (which is no small feat), she resumed her tour under the title of Showgirl: The Homecoming Tour.
When we sat as a team with our advisory board and they asked us who would be our dream patron for the row, there was no doubt that Kylie epitomised everything we stood for. Kylie shares in our values of S.P.I.R.I.T having shown outstanding Strength in her fight against breast cancer, Perseverance to return to her outstanding form as a singer, Integrity with her openness and honesty of sharing her story with the world, Resilience shown by bouncing back on tour, Inspiration that she has created globally to all those women, particularly younger women, going through the same experiences, Trust in her loyal fans and hopefully her close friends and family that no doubt supported her throughout.
Although Kylie was placed at the top of the list, as far as 3 of us were concerned, this was a daydream bubble of ever having the chance of getting Kylie's support. However, I say 3 because for 1 of us (Miss Cohen), dreaming big and going after it was in her belief system and without a shadow of doubt, Nats truly believed she was going to get in touch with Kylie. Now there may be an assumption that we had a personal connection to Kylie to get introduced, but there wasn't at all, just Nats shear perseverance at not giving up to find her PA and then not giving up until she got an answer. When Nat told us Kylie's PA had been in touch and Kylie was keen to support, we were excited but to be honest we thought that it would be all chat and no substance. As the conversations continued and then a date was booked to meet Kylie, our cynicism still believed that we would get dropped at the last minute as obviously Kylie's time is so precious. It wasn't until we were in the hotel apartment waiting to meet her, that it finally sunk in, 'we're actually about to meet Kylie!'.
Kylie was certainly a breath of fresh air. She is even more stunning in person and just a beautiful, warm personality to match. We were overwhelmed and humbled to have her support and the opportunity to talk with her in person about our expedition, why we're doing it and why breast cancer means so much to us.
There has been plenty of times aboard Doris that 'I should be so lucky' or 'locomotion' has been played out on the deck speakers and we've either had a sing along or got up and attempted to dance amongst the bouncing waves!
We thank Kylie for being part of our journey, for helping to spread the word and for being an inspiration to thousands of young breast cancer sufferers. We look forward to arriving into her homeland of Cairns Australia in the coming weeks!
Prevailing winds have picked up again and today's top speed on a wave was 5.7k for Ems and I. Simon TY mentioned about our snack packs – they are going down a treat, today I had the very special Oreos which were brought out to Samoa thanks to Bernard Van Vuuren (Lizanne's brother). On the wildlife front it has been pretty slim for poor old Meg, until yesterday! Em and I were on the oars, saw a shadow in the waves so shouted to Meg, just as she came out this huge Marlin jumped twice clean out of the water! It was pretty impressive and I think has made up for the lack of whales so far.


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Writing the Life of Ona Simaite
Julija Šukys
240 pages
27 illustrations, 2 maps
March 2012
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The librarian walks the streets of her beloved Paris. An old lady with a limp and an accent, she is invisible to most. Certainly no one recognizes her as the warrior and revolutionary she was, when again and again she slipped into the Jewish ghetto of German-occupied Vilnius to carry food, clothes, medicine, money, and counterfeit documents to its prisoners. Often she left with letters to deliver, manuscripts to hide, and even sedated children swathed in sacks. In 1944 she was captured by the Gestapo, tortured for twelve days, and deported to Dachau.
, Julija Šukys follows the letters and journals—the "life-writing"—of this woman, Ona Šimaitė (1894–1970). A treasurer of words, Šimaitė carefully collected, preserved, and archived the written record of her life, including thousands of letters, scores of diaries, articles, and press clippings. Journeying through these words, Šukys negotiates with the ghost of Šimaitė, beckoning back to life this quiet and worldly heroine—a giant of Holocaust history (one of Yad Vashem's honored "Righteous Among the Nations") and yet so little known. The result is at once a mediated self-portrait and a measured perspective on a remarkable life. It reveals the meaning of life-writing, how women write their lives publicly and privately, and how their words attach them—and us—to life.
Author Bio
Julija Šukys is an assistant professor of creative writing at the Department of English at the University of Missouri–Columbia. She is the author of
Silence Is Death: The Life and Work of Tahar Djaout
(Nebraska, 2007).
"A remarkable work of research, translation, and recovery that tells the story of an unlikely, long-overlooked heroine."—Ned Stuckey-French,
Fourth Genre
is not a typical biography, and Šimaitė was not a typical World War II hero. For readers looking for an unconventional account of the World War II and post-war eras, as well as those interested in women's life writing,
is a nuanced and compelling work."—
ForeWord Reviews
"Sukys draws liberally from thousands of pages of correspondence and numerous diaries to create a portrait of a deeply thoughtful woman trying to make sense of history and her own life by putting it all to paper. Also of Lithuanian descent, Sukys's own meditations on the power of letters and writing make this a powerful testament to the confluence of history and individual lives and passions."—
Publishers Weekly
"Sukys is to be commended for providing us with this testament and story of a little known hero, who might otherwise have been overlooked."—Abe Novick,
Baltimore Jewish Times
"A startling paradox that while Simaite died at 76 before completing her memoirs, Sukys is able to capture Simaite's story while successfully writing an unexpected memoir of her own."—Meredith Wood Bahuriak,
PLOP! Review
"Sukys is to be commended for providing us with this testament and story of a little known hero. . . . The writing is done with care and precision bringing to life a woman who we might have otherwise overlooked."—
Jerusalem Post
"A mosaic of Šimaitė's life,
enables readers to create a three-dimensional person with the little information available."—Mélanie Grondin,
Montreal Review of Books
"An intelligent, humane, and noble book that rescues from obscurity an intelligent, humane, and noble woman. It stands as a testament to the power of reading, writing, compassion, and extraordinary courage."—David Bezmozgis, author of
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"With this searching, nuanced biography, Julija Šukys introduces the English-speaking world to a genuine heroine of the Holocaust, while at the same time raising vital questions about the role of trauma, poverty, and ill health on women's literary production."—Susan Olding, author of
Pathologies: A Life in Essays
"This is an important new take on the legacy of the Holocaust. Eloquent and elegantly written, it reads like a Sebald text but with a voice profoundly its own."—Laura Levitt, professor of Religion, Jewish Studies, and Gender at Temple University
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
A Note on Place Names
Part One
1. The Woman in the Park
2. Vilnius
3. Correspondence
4. Ona Šimaite's Letters to Marijona Cilvinaite, 1957<EN>1958
5. Caregiving and Letters
Part Two
6. A Childhood Tale
7. Russian Letters
8. Everyday Writings
Part Three
9. Ghetto
10. Mowszowicz
11. Letters to Kazys Jakubenas, 1941<EN>1943
12. Destruction of the Ghetto
Part Four
13. Kazys
14. Kazys's Death
15. Alfonsas's Theory
Part Five
16. Catholicism, Sex, and Sin
17. Mothering
Part Six
18. Ludelange
19. Freedom
20. Toulouse
21. Letters to New York
22. La Courtine
Part Seven
23. The Ghetto Library
24. Librarians
25. Writing a Woman's Life
Part Eight
26. Aldute
27. Family Letters
28. Soviet Schizophrenia
29. Death in Vilnius
30. Paris 1968
31. Single and Crazy
Part Nine
32. Cormeilles
33. October
Works Cited
Mavis Gallant Prize for Nonfiction Finalist
Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Nonfiction, Long-list
2013 Helen and Stan Vine Canadian Jewish Book Award in the Holocaust Literature Category
Also of Interest
Siberian Exile
Julija Šukys
Silence Is Death
Julija Šukys
Anti-Judaism, Antisemitism, and Delegitimizing Israel
Edited by Robert S. Wistrich
Undesirable Practices
Jessica Cammaert
Stolen Words
Mark Glickman
The Heart in the Glass Jar
William E. French
Smoke the Donkey
Cate Folsom
Foreword by Lt. Gen. Robert R. Ruark
Hero of the Crossing
Thomas W. Lippman
Infinity Beckoned
Jay Gallentine
Foreword by Bobak Ferdowsi
Return to Zion
Eric Gartman


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In 1992, I was at university in South Africa at a time when race was a hot topic. A referendum on ending apartheid was held on 17 March 1992. It was limited to white voters who were asked whether or not they supported the negotiated reforms begun by State President F.W. de Klerk two years earlier, in which he proposed to end the apartheid system that had been implemented since 1948.
As I was not South African, but had grown up in neighbouring Zimbabwe where just over 10 years earlier we had achieved independence from the UK and the vote was available to all Zimbabweans over 18 years old, the discussion about race and the right to vote had been part of my life since I could speak. The Bodyguard came out in 1992 and I know realise, over 20 years later, that it had a huge impact on my attitude to the social status quo. This was a movie with a black female lead, who was one of the biggest performers in the world, having a romance with Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves. The romance and the story was presented without the politics of race and mixed race relationships. It was just a romantic thriller, a genre we all knew well, telling a plot we had seen many times before. It was also well made film with great performances, good chemistry between Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner, and a soundtrack that mad more money than a small country's GDP. It is a movie that uses the tropes of a romance/thriller movie to tell a story about a black women at the top of her game. As an audience member I felt that there was no question about Whitney Houston leading this film. I was colour blind.
In that same year, there were two more obvious movies about race that came out. The Power of One, a film based on the 1989 South African novel by Bryce Courtney set in 1930s and 1940s South Africa, about an English boy growing up under aparthied; and the musical, Sarafina! As Melissa Shales on About Africa Travel says, Sarafina! was "first staged as a musical at Johannesburg's Market Theatre, Sarafina! was the brainchild of Mbongeni Ngema, who wrote the book, music, lyrics and even directed the show. An unlikely topic for a musical, it told the story of Soweto uprisings of June 1976. The play transferred to Broadway on 28 January, 1988." Race was front and centre in both these movies and was usually part of the rhetoric in South African media and culture. They were both about young people being part of a greater historical story. Politics and social injustice sat side by side with the human story. It was fascinating to see the sense of hope and excitement bubble up in the country on the verge of big social change. But when I think about these movies and how they impacted me. The Power of One and Sarafina! are stories of the times, making strong statements about the changes in a country. Looking back to look forward. They blazed brightly as part of a social revolution. But The Bodyguard stays with me longer. It is a movie I will put on at anytime, and will quite happily misquote to friends and families at dinner parties. It is because of this that I say that it ultimately had more to say to me about race and representation of black women than a film that wears these elements on its sleeve.


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Pembina Pipeline's Drayton Valley office features 30,000 sq. ft. of office space over two storeys. Careful consideration was given to incorporating Pembina's branding into the various design elements of the project. The project features a large flexible community hall area off of the reception and 28,000 sq. ft. shop/ warehouse which is currently under construction. Access to the office areas, lunch room, outdoor space, town hall, shop/ warehouse building, and the fitness centre are all organized off the main reception, gathering area and community hall.
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The Benefits of Medical Research
There are quite a number of organizations that are found in many different parts of the world that have embraced medical research activities and this is because of the understanding of the benefits that it brings. Because of continuous activity when it comes to medical research, quite a number of people have been able to create solutions for many diseases by providing very efficient treatments for the different causes. One of the reasons why medical research has always continued to be very important is simply because, it has allowed people to deal with different problems and in addition to that, it creates very important solutions.However, there are many challenges that many medical research facilities and efforts usually get for example, the lack of funding which is a very important part of medical research. Governments and different organizations should definitely support the such efforts because normally, the amount of resources and money required for medical research and other kinds of research is usually very high. The number of organizations in the world that are fully dedicated towards medical research continues to increase, these organizations like Dwoskin Family Foundation are fully dedicated to supporting every medical research efforts.
Embracing medical research efforts is actually going to be of great benefit to you and that's the major reason why, the information in this article is going to contain the different benefits. It is because of medical research facilities and activities that some vaccines have always continued to be found for example, the smallpox vaccine has played a very big role in the eradication of smallpox in most parts of the world. Medical research facilities therefore play a very important role in terms of helping to create solutions to prevent future problems for example, the spread of certain kinds of diseases all throughout the world. Medical research facilities also play a very important role in terms of helping people to control the symptoms of viral diseases which normally, not have any kind of treatment method. Another reason why medical research is very important is because it helps people to know how to live better lives because, it is because of medical research that people realize the importance of taking the right amount of starch.
It is therefore because of these medical research efforts that many people are able to live better lives especially when it comes to, the kinds of foods that they are supposed to take on a daily basis and in whatever quantities.The cost benefit of medical research is therefore very high meaning that, the amount of money that you spend in doing medical research cannot in any way be compared to the benefits that medical research brings.
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Lifan KPR 165R is one of the most good looking & affordable sports bike in Bangladesh. The bike's looks and quick throttle response and reliable engine make the bike famous in very short time. Though the bike is not good enough for everyday city riding in traffic due to its heavy weight and narrow turning radius, this heavy weight helps to keep the bike steady in high speed. Overall if we compare the bike with its competitors based on its price, we can clearly say that it is the most affordable sports bike available in Bangladesh. This bike has almost same design from its previous model KPR 150, but there is some change in graphics, engine, power and mileage. The new KPR 165R available in two version EFI (Electronic Fuel Injection) & Carburetor. Both version are give better performance and smoothness on the road.
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Overview: Several years age Rasel industries started to import Lifan KPR 150 motorcycle in Bangladesh market. Then they are lunch KPR 165R in Dhaka Bike Show 2018 & its carburetor version lunch in Dhaka Bike Show 2019 which their Most demanding bike in Bangladesh.
The bike got some graphical chang as well as some engine up-gradation which make the bike more powerful and attractive. It is a sports bike which made for racing. For its affordable price tag and unbelievable performance, it became so much popular in a short time.
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Design: Lifan KPR 165R looks undoubtedly gorgeous with its upgraded graphics. It is one of the best looking motorcycle in our country due to its full faired body kit and nice Projection LED headlight. The bike got an appealing look. But the bike has same digital instrumental console with analogue tachometer as previous model KPR 150. Its split but the pillion seat, fuel tank and indicators are also same as its previous model KPR 150. This model they are add new exhaust system which will give a new look to the bike. This bike is available in 3 attractive color.
Engine & Transmission: Lifan KPR 165R is powered by a liquid cooled 4 stroke single cylinder, 2 stroke EFI (Electronic Fuel Injection) type 165cc vertical engine. It also has Carburetor version. This engine give more power and smooth then its previous model. This engine can produce maximum power of 16.8 BHP @ 8000 RPM and maximum torque of 17 NM @ 6500 RPM. The combination of both helps the bike to accelerate very quickly and reach high speed. The bike has 6 speed transmission system. With its strong and powerful liquid cooled engine long tours become much more enjoyable. its engine compression ratio is 11.1. and its starting method is only electric.
Body, Brake & Suspension: The bike has a sporty and muscular type body with fully faired body kits make its look much sportier, The seat of the bike is spit and handle bar position is slightly lower for sporty feeling which is similar as the previous model. The bike is equipped with 90/90-17 tubeless tyre in the front and 120/80-17 in the rear section which provide speed with better stability on the road. It has all new alloy wheel. The bike has 300mm disc brake in front and also has disc brake in rear. It got telescopic fork in the front and mono shock suspension in the rear.
Ground clearance of this bike is 165 mm which is pretty much fair enough for Bangladeshi road condition. Seat height of this bike is 775 mm which is fair for average height people. Its overall dimension is length 2060mm, height 760mm and wide 1105mm. Kerb weight of this bike is 150 kg and it has 14 Liters fuel capacity which is pretty fair enough for long tours.


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First I straightened one side of all pieces, and then I marked out for the final height of the box.
I ripped the pieces slightly over sized, so I could plane them to the final dimension. I made sure to keep an eye out for grain orientation which helped a lot.
I marked the individual pieces with some carpenter's triangles, and again I made sure to keep an eye out for grain direction , since I had to make some grooves on the inside of all the pieces.
After looking at the top and bottom, I decided to use the 1/4" grooving iron. It was the same one that I had sharpened last time I was on board, so I knew that it would work.
The iron was installed in the combination plane, and I made a few test swipes on a piece of scrap, to check if was adjusted OK. It might have been sheer luck, or it could be that I I am slowly getting better at setting up the plane - but anyhow the plane took a nice crisp shaving right from the start.
For the first grooves the workholding wasn't a big deal. I clamped a large piece of wood in the vise, and used some clamps to hold the pieces onto that large stick.
The challenge came when I had to make the set of grooves destined to receive the bottom of the case.
I couldn't turn the pieces around and plane from the other end unless I wanted to effectively ruin it all with tear out.
So after a few experiments I made some sort of a sticker board, and planed the bottom grooves from the same side.
I managed to make some really nice and crisp grooves on all pieces, and there was practically no tear out. It is nice to see that a little forward thinking on grain direction actually can help.
The next step will be to cut the sides and ends to their final length and shoot the ends of those pieces, when that is done I am going to lay out some dovetails.


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Rwanda in April: weather and where to go
March started the season of the 'long rains', and April is its peak, with the average rainfall at 186mm, the highest all year. The reason for Rwanda's quantity of rainfall notwithstanding the location of the country being so close to the equator, is due to its high altitude especially in the mountain regions- in particular the northwest.
At this time, it is wet, slippery, and the rains can often be relentless, making trekking tough, and doing no favours for those who have expensive equipment. It is, however, still possible to track them at this time, and lodges remain open, as they do year round.
April is the only month of the year where we actively advise against travel to Rwanda to track the mountain gorillas.


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I've noticed a sustained uptick in the prices of these thin-tissue paper hats produced by the Germans in the 1920s in a wide variety of designs. Just ~18 months ago these typically wouldn't bring more than $10-15. Now they seem to be settling in around the $25-30 mark. This example is actually one of the milder designs.
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H: 44 in / 112 cm | Dia: 18 in / 46 cmDescription
Constructed in well carved gilt wood, rising from 'S' form tripartite scrolled feet, dressed with foliates, supporting lotus bud bases, issuing square form columns housing entrelac motifs within channelling; having shell carved shoulders with carved stiff leaved capitols, with hexagonal platforms having lobed edges over.Provenance
These candle stands are modelled on the pair made by James Moore, and his partner, John Gumley, for Hampton Court Palace circa 1715, and which are now in the Royal Collection.
James Moore (c1670-1726) Royal Cabinet maker to George 1st, and consultant and worker at Blenheim Palace for the Duchess of Marlborough.
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To show the overriding role of coffee in the socio-economic development of Africa, 11 African coffee producing countries, namely Angola, Cameroon, Central Africa, Congo (RDC), Côte d'Ivoire, Dahomey (Benin), Gabon, Kenya, Madagascar, Uganda, Tanganyika (Tanzania), met on the 7 December 1960 in Tananarivo, Madagascar, to create the InterAfrican Coffee Organisation (IACO). Whithin a short period after its creation, all the African coffee producing countries, realizing the significance of united actions against the challenges facing the African coffee industry, including processing and marketing, become members of IACO. Today, IACO is an intergovernmental organisation consisted of the 25 African coffee producing countries: Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroun, Congo, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
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Entering a hospital for emergency care or undergoing a planned procedure usually comes with a certain degree of stress and anxiety. Of course, when you leave the hospital with further injuries because of the negligence or errors of the hospital or those who work in it, you understandably have a lot of frustration and want to hold someone responsible.
Traditionally, victims accomplish this through a medical malpractice claim that outlines failures in care that lead to injuries and losses requiring compensation. A carefully constructed medical malpractice claim with compelling documentation may still take months or even years to resolve. You must take great care as you build your claim and use the full range of legals options you have available to make sure that you stand a good chance of receiving fair compensation and to keep your rights secure.
Medical malpractice claims involve three components:
- A duty of care owed to the victim
- A breach of that duty of care
- Harm resulting from the breach of care
You should review the details of your own experience to make sure that it meets the standards necessary to file a successful claim.
Who owed you a duty?
In order for some medical care provider or hospital to commit medical malpractice, some party must owe the individual who suffered harm a duty of care. This means, for instance, that a doctor had a duty to provide care for you and failed to do so. If a doctor never has a duty to care for you because he or she was never assigned to your case, then filing a claim against the doctor may not hold up in court.
In most cases, it is relatively simple to identify who owed you a duty of care, but it is important to explore all potential defendants to make sure you do not miss any opportunities to broaden your claim.
Was there a breach of duty?
Not every instance of a medical procedure failing to meet its goals means medical malpractice occurred. There are many ways that a skilled physician may follow all the proper procedures and still fail to resolve an existing injury or sickness.
However, if a doctor or other care provider does not follow proper procedures, malpractice is possible. This may be the case when a doctor performs a surgery and fails to remove a surgical sponge or tool from the victim before closing up the surgical opening. Leaving a sponge inside a victim is certainly not part of proper procedures. Still, it is important to remember that not all unsuccessful surgeries involve malpractice.
Did you suffer documentable harm?
Even if you can identify duty and breach on the part of your care provider, you may not have a strong claim until you can provide proof of harm resulting from the malpractice. In the example above, a surgeon may accidentally leave a sponge inside the victim in a surgery, only to realize the mistake before the patient leaves the surgery venue, allowing him or her to safely remove the sponge and close the surgical opening. In this case, while the doctor did have duty and potentially breached that duty, catching the mistake and making it right probably avoids a malpractice claim.
Your own claim may hang on the details of your experience. An experienced attorney can examine all sides of your experience to see if a malpractice claim is justified. If so, you can begin to develop a strong strategy to protect your rights and well-being.


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RSPCA Pet Insurance provides pet health insurance cover for dogs great and small. You can choose from three great value plans, with no excess to pay. You also have the freedom to choose any licensed vet within Australia.
RSPCA Pet Insurance offers three great pet insurance plans that can help you manage the unexpected costs of veterinary bills for your dog. Check our pet insurance comparison table to understand the differences in coverage between our plans, and to find the best plan for your dog.
From 8 weeks old and younger than 9 years old. Once insured cover can be kept for life as long as you keep your pet's policy in force.
Entry level age from 8 weeks old.
up to 80%
up to 75%
$11,000 plus routine care cover*
30 days for illness conditions;
6 months for cruciate ligament
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By choosing our Ultimate plan, you can claim for these routine care benefits, if you add our optional Routine Care Cover:
Plus a $50 annual benefit for any one of these routine treatments:
^ Will only be covered on the RSPCA Basic Accident Only Cover as a direct result of an accident.
The below example is based on a 1 year old Jack Russell.
$229.70 (after reimbursement of $918.80)
$869.22 (after reimbursement of $3,476.88)
$633.97 (after reimbursement of $2,535.87)
1. Example based on a 1 year old, Jack Russell insured on the RSPCA Accident and Illness Cover. Industry example, vet costs may vary.
At eight months old, our gorgeous labrador Lemmy's leg started to look a bit unusual. After a vet visit it was determined that the growth plate in her leg had shattered. It was suspected that this had occurred whilst playing with other dogs - a terrible accident. We had to make the decision to get a specialist surgeon to operate on her damaged leg. Thanks to having insurance, we didn't have to hesitate on our decision. If we didn't have insurance we may have been forced to have Lemmy put down as the expense was over $10,000. Even though her leg looks a bit funny now, it is fully healed after two surgeries and lots of time spent rehabilitating. Lemmy is like any other two year old labrador that loves her daily walks and playing with her fur friends. Lemmy wants to say a huge thank you to everyone at RSPCA Pet Insurance for not just saving her leg, but saving her life! Thank you! - Bonnie Montgomery
Annual vaccinations are considered part of regular day-to-day care and are usually not covered under most pet insurance plans.
As long as the condition is not pre-existing at the time of taking out a pet insurance policy, your animal may be covered for hip dysplasia treatments. Be sure to check your PDS to know which procedures are considered elective and therefore not covered under your plan.
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Alcoa leads stock drop
For the first time in the 4 1/2-year bull market, stocks are losing the support of investors betting on mergers and acquisitions.
Alcoa Inc., Macy's Inc. and more than a dozen other companies have lost as much as 10 percent in the past week. They're unlikely to bounce back because funds for leveraged buyouts are drying up, Richard Bernstein, Merrill Lynch & Co.'s chief investment strategist, wrote in a report.
"For the time being, takeover speculation is not going to be sending U.S. stocks higher," said Jonathan Monk, who oversees $1.3 billion of U.S. equities at Aerion Fund Management in London. "Credit managers are running for the exits," he said. "This will cause a bottleneck to mergers and acquisitions throughout the summer."
The $1.5 trillion of U.S. mergers and acquisitions this year have been a pillar for the stock market rally. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 Index, which rose to records last week, fell the most since February on Thursday and Friday on concern that higher borrowing costs will slow mergers, spur defaults and curb earnings.
It was the worst week for the Dow and the Standard & Poor's 500 index in five years. The Dow fell 208.10, or 1.54 percent, to 13,265.47, with nearly 140 points of that loss coming in the final half-hour of trading. For the week, the index fell more than 585 points, or 4.23 percent. The week's point decline was the worst in five years, while the percentage decline was the largest since late March 2003.
The S&P 500 ended down 23.71, or 1.60 percent, at 1,458.95. For the week, the S&P gave up 4.9 percent. It was the S&P's worst performance, in percentage terms, since the week ended July 19, 2002.
Leveraged buyouts, or LBOs, where buyers typically use debt backed by a target's assets to finance purchases, were the engine behind the S&P 500's largest second-quarter gain since 2003. The index rose 5.8 percent as mergers increased 77 percent from a year earlier, Bloomberg data show.
While U.S. deals are running 52 percent ahead of last year's record rate, investors are showing less willingness to finance them. Earlier in the week, Daimler Chrysler AG's Chrysler unit and Alliance Boots Plc, the U.K.'s biggest pharmacy chain, failed to find investors for $20 billion of loans.
Alcoa, based in New York with its operations center in Pittsburgh and which had been the Dow's best performer in 2007, fell the most in the gauge Thursday and lost 59 cents yesterday, closing at $37.41, its 10th straight decline. Shares of Macy's, based in Cincinnati, declined eight consecutive days, closing at $36.90, down $1.14 yesterday.
Bernstein, the No. 2 portfolio strategist in Institutional Investor's 2006 ranking, said credit markets are signaling the buyout boom is ending.
"With the debt markets quickly moving to ration credit, the probability of companies being 'taken out' is plummeting," New York-based Bernstein wrote in a note to clients. "Equity investors should discontinue their speculation regarding takeovers."
Goldman, Sachs & Co. analysts said that Alcoa, the world's second-largest aluminum producer, may remain independent because there are few potential buyers. Alcoa shares lost 14 percent this week, the most since September 2001.
Alcoa dropped its $27.7 billion hostile bid for Montreal-based aluminum producer Alcan on July 12 after Rio Tinto Group of Melbourne, Australia, offered $38.1 billion. Alcoa's withdrawal renewed speculation the company itself may be a target.
The 14 percent loss in Macy's shares this week is the steepest since just after the September 2001 terrorist attacks. Women's Wear Daily said last week that New York-based Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. will offer to buy the retail chain for $24 billion.
Micron Technology Inc. of Boise, Idaho, fell 11 percent this week, the most in nine months. Trading in options to buy shares of the largest U.S. maker of computer memory chips surged to the highest since September 2005 on May 24 amid speculation the company would be acquired.
Level 3 Communications Inc., based in Broomfield, Colo., posted the biggest weekly drop since April 2005, losing 14 percent. The possibility the data-network operator will be acquired by Google Inc. had helped the shares gain, an analyst at Buckingham Research Group said July 10. The analyst said a purchase is unlikely. The shares were up 26 percent this year before yesterday.
Marsh & McLennan Cos. has retreated 8.4 percent this week, the most since August. Shares of the world's largest insurance brokerage rose in April on speculation the New York-based company would be acquired.
Investors sought the relative safety of government debt as they sold shares. U.S. 10-year Treasuries are headed for their biggest weekly gain in almost five months.
"When there's a flight to quality, or what somebody else termed a flight from confusion, people return quickly and directly to fundamentals" such as corporate profits, said Richard Weiss, who manages $55 billion as chief investment officer at City National Bank in Beverly Hills, Calif. "Takeover premiums in a bear market or in a flight to quality are seen as expendable, and they're the first things to get sold."


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Back to back weekends in Baltimore are the perfect way to celebrate spring. The Johns Hopkins Spring Fair is sure to be a heck of a weekend and we'll be finishing it off on Sunday 10-6. Check out our pals Swizzler and Federal City Bros on Friday and Saturday then finish the party off right with Timber all day Sunday!
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