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What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, unless it is Hospitality Week that is! Yes, it's February, and that means if you are in the hospitality business you are making plans to head to one of the largest hospitality shows in the country, the Vegas show!
This year they have combined the "Nightclub & Bar Convention and Trade Show," the "International Restaurant Show-Las Vegas," the "HotelWorld Expo and Conference" and the "International Las Vegas Coffee & Tea Expo" together to make this one memorable event.
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I have been to the show almost every year for the last few years, but this year has me truly excited as this years Hospitality Week is suppose to have doubled in size.
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Well, a huuuuge thank you to Tommy (Bainie) because as I type this I'm sat in Murrayfield Stadium waiting for the final Live 8 concert to begin.
Thanks mate for passing on the tickets!!
No probs, enjoy it mate hope you don`t get too wet ....
Been watching on the goggle box, looks awesome, what about annie lennox !!!
Well, what a concert!! Absolutely flippin' brilliant. It over ran somewhat so we didn't leave the stadium until after midnight!!
I'm sooo glad we had seats as I wouldn't have wanted to stand for over five hours, and I know my wife definitely wouldn't have been a happy bunny - especially as it peed it down for half an hour so the grandstand roof was also appreciated!!
Annie Lennox was brilliant. I had a tear in my eye when she gave her extremely emotional 'speech'.
And to have seen James Brown performing three numbers live was just awesome!!!
(I normally hate the word awesome - as it's usually said by some idiot American - but in this case I think it's using the word in the way it was meant!! )
Thanks again m8 - I owe you one big time!!!
Watched it on the tellybox, it looked "awesome" even natasha and Jamie ! and I never thought I would say that.....Glad you enjoyed it dude....
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15 Jan Leasing to Cannabis-Related Businesses in New York
As New York and California cannabis and business attorneys, we provide legal advice to a number of cannabis-related businesses. As a constantly evolving and emerging market, it is crucial that business owners understand the complexity of these laws and how they differ at the local, state, and federal level. This is especially important for landlords of cannabis-related businesses, and this not only includes marijuana, but also CBD. For example, while New York has decriminalized marijuana, marijuana remains illegal under federal law.
Below, we discuss some important issues you will want to go over with your attorney when it comes to potentially leasing property to cannabis-related businesses in terms of how federal and New York state law applies.
Specific Use Provisions in the Lease
Because cannabis laws are constantly changing, landlords will want to include a specific use provision in the lease in order to ensure that whatever is being sold on their property is legal and the tenant has insurance to cover that use; for example, the sale of CBD oil.
The Fine Print of the Mortgage
Make sure that you consult with an attorney in terms of what the fine print in your mortgage indicates. It is possible that if the property is collateral for a bank mortgage, it will have a clause mandating that its use is in compliance with the law, which includes the federal law. This could make a cannabis-based business a problem for landlords because marijuana is still classified as a Schedule I controlled substance at the federal level, and federal law still considers leasing or renting property for the purpose of using a controlled substance a felony. This could implicate a landlord and trigger a default in terms of the mortgage.
Is The Specific Product Being Sold Legal in That Particular Area?
It is also a good idea to consult an attorney regarding local and state zoning restrictions in order to make sure whatever specific business that is being conducted on your property is in compliance with the law in that particular jurisdiction. For example, while New York State has decriminalized both CBD and marijuana, New York City has a prohibition on all CBD.
Protection Yourself Via a Specific Indemnification Provision
There is no question that given the nature of cannabis-related businesses, leasing to this type of business is riskier than leasing to other businesses in that landlords are much more likely to find themselves named in litigation. As a result, any lease to cannabis-related businesses should contain an indemnification provision that extends beyond that found in a typical lease.
Business With Your Bank
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Pizza, chicken, pasta, sandwiches, and more! Domino's is the Goldsmith-area pizza restaurant that delivers it all. Find a Domino's location near Goldsmith and order your food online, over the phone, or through the Domino's app for delivery or carryout!
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I posted a few times about a Facebook page for sports cards auctions. I'm sure there are many and probably some that would fit better
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Tom Holland Arrives in Atlanta to Begin Filming Spider-Man 3!
After doing some filming in New York City recently, the bulk of Spider-Man 3 is about to begin in Atlanta; and Peter Parker himself is ready to go.
Tom Holland posted an Instagram story tonight of him on the tarmac in Atlanta confirming that not only has he arrived, but it is indeed for the filming of Spider-Man 3. No, he didn't spoil the title just yet.
Recently Tom appeared on his dad's podcast and said he'd fly directly to Atlanta from Spain (where he was filming Uncharted) and that he'd be there until March. So there are going to be several months of Spidey sightings to look forward to.


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PBS Holocaust Documentary Perpetuates Well-Worn Myths to Glorify FDR, Says HistorianCurrent Event Close Reading and Critical Thinking Questions for Social Studies Teachers
The following Social Studies event discussion is based on the original news article PBS Holocaust Documentary Perpetuates Well-Worn Myths to Glorify FDR, Says Historian, published September 18, 2022, by Matt Lebovic, The Times of Israel. The article reports on how, early in his new film "The U.S. and the Holocaust," documentarian Ken Burns makes claims that glorify FDR that one historian calls "well-worn myths." Below you will find the article and some critical thinking questions to pose to your Social Studies students.
Early in his new film "The U.S. and the Holocaust," documentarian Ken Burns claims the United States admitted more Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi Germany than any other country on Earth.
The problem with this statement, according to historian Rafael Medoff, is that it flies in the face of publicly available data on refugees from that period.
Clocking in at six hours, "The U.S. and the Holocaust" begins airing on PBS this week. In recent press interviews, Burns said he attempted to handle Roosevelt "more critically" for "The U.S. and the Holocaust," compared to the previous, somewhat glowing treatments of FDR in his other documentaries on the period.
Calling Burns "seriously mistaken" about the issue of Jewish refugees, Medoff told The Times of Israel that the discrepancy is connected to several other "well-worn myths" that appear in "The U.S. and the Holocaust." These myths, said Medoff, run the gamut from why the US could not rescue Anne Frank to Roosevelt's role in the "St. Louis" affair, alongside the perennial debate on bombing the tracks to Auschwitz.
Medoff is an American professor of Jewish history and the founding director of The David Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies, which is based in Washington, DC. He is the author of "America and the Holocaust: A Documentary History," among other works on the Holocaust and Zionist history.
On the subject of immigration, for example, Medoff said it is true that during the years before the Holocaust and the genocide itself, the US admitted approximately 200,000 Jews into the country. But in a period of just two years (1939-1941), the Soviet Union took in 300,000 Jews fleeing Nazi-occupied Poland. Similarly, said scholar Medoff, Britain demonstrably surpassed the US in admitting more than 315,000 Jewish refugees to territories it controlled.
"In 1942, the numbers admitted by the American and British governments were similar," wrote Medoff in a recent op-ed. "In 1943, however, there was a significant gap between the two. That year, the United States admitted just 1,286 German immigrants. The British, by contrast, admitted 8,507 Jewish refugees to Palestine in 1943, as well as small numbers to other British territories. Those trends continued in 1944 and 1945."
Added Medoff, "Is it really impressive if the president of a country claiming to represent high ideals of humanitarianism was slightly more generous in admitting refugees than, say, the military juntas ruling in South America? Is that the moral standard by which we as Americans judge our country and our leaders?"
In an interview with The Times of Israel, Medoff spoke about the "well-worn myths" he believes "The U.S. and the Holocaust" is helping to perpetuate.
The Times of Israel: The story of Anne Frank and her family's attempt to flee Europe is one of the film's narratives. The major obstacle facing the family—according to the film—was that 300,000 Jews were ahead of them in applying for US visas. You have said a more obvious obstacle was the Roosevelt administration's efforts to leave unfulfilled the existing, modest quotas on Jewish refugees. Can you explain why this is an important distinction?
Rafael Medoff: Public opinion was not in charge of US immigration policy; President Roosevelt was. It was the Roosevelt administration, not the public, that decided to suppress immigration below what the existing law permitted, by searching high and low for reasons to disqualify visa applicants. One of the main reasons the waiting list was long was because the German quota was kept unfilled in 11 of Roosevelt's 12 years as president. More than 190,000 quota places that could have been used for Jewish refugees instead sat unused. The year that the Frank family tried to immigrate, 1941, the quota was only 47% filled; there was plenty of room for Anne and her family—if the administration had not been trying so hard to keep Jews out.
The film portrays the "St. Louis" affair—when the US refused to admit a ship of Jewish refugees and four European countries wound up agreeing to divide the refugees among them. But in your book, "The Jews Should Keep Quiet," you describe how Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau raised the idea of letting the refugees into the US Virgin Islands. Can you explain Morgenthau's plan? Why do you think Burns left this piece of history out of the film?
After the Kristallnacht pogrom, the governor and legislative assembly of the US Virgin Islands offered to open their doors to Jewish refugees. So when the St. Louis was hovering off the coast of Florida six months later, Morgenthau asked Secretary of State Cordell Hull about letting the passengers stay in the Virgin Islands, on tourist visas. Hull consulted with the president, then told Morgenthau it couldn't be done because to qualify for tourist visas, the refugees would have to prove they had a safe place to which they would later return.
That was a Catch-22: Hull was saying that because the country from which they came was unsafe, the Roosevelt administration wouldn't give them haven—and thus sent them back to that same unsafe place. Although it seemed at first that they would have to return to Nazi Germany, four other European countries took in the St. Louis passengers—but three of those countries were invaded by the Nazis less than a year later.
Whatever Ken Burns's motive for omitting the Virgin Islands issue, he did a disservice to the historical record.
When it comes to whether or not the Allies could have bombed the train tracks to Auschwitz-Birkenau, the film's basic take is that bombing train tracks en route to the death camp—or the camp itself—would not have done much good. Historians in the film also commented on the lack of precision bombing, and how destroying the gas chambers might have killed hundreds of prisoners on the ground. Do you agree with these assessments?
The Roosevelt administration never said the reason it wouldn't bomb Auschwitz was because the prisoners might be harmed. In fact, the US bombed the Auschwitz oil factories, and the Buchenwald rocket factory, in broad daylight—in other words, knowing that slave laborers would be there—and indeed, some of them were killed or injured. So that was never a factor in the US administration's decision-making at the time; it's just an excuse concocted in recent years by defenders of FDR's Holocaust record.
In any event, if US officials had been worried about hitting prisoners, they could have bombed the railways and bridges to Auschwitz, where there were no prisoners. That would have interrupted the deportations of hundreds of thousands of Hungarian Jews to Auschwitz. Bridges in particular took a long time to repair. When 12,000 Jews were being gassed to death in Auschwitz every day, even a brief interruption could have saved lives.
At the time, US officials claimed they couldn't bomb those railways because it would require diverting American planes from distant battlefields. But that was false. US planes were already bombing the Auschwitz oil factories, and they also bombed railways throughout Europe—but not the ones leading to Auschwitz. The real reason they rejected the bombing proposals—which were made by at least 30 different Jewish officials and publications—was that the Roosevelt administration had decided that, as a matter of principle, it would not use military resources for humanitarian purposes. That policy was adopted four months before the requests to bomb Auschwitz began, and US officials simply applied it when those requests were made.
The terrible irony is that the US did sometimes use military resources for non-military purposes, such as when American troops were sent to rescue the Lipizzaner dancing horses, or when military personnel was used to rescue medieval paintings and other cultural artifacts. Apparently, horses and paintings were a higher priority than Jews.
You were one of the historians consulted on a new Jerusalem memorial to James G. McDonald, the first ambassador of the US to Israel. As the key adviser to President Roosevelt on refugee issues, McDonald resigned his position in 1935 out of frustration for being unable to convince FDR and other leaders to take action. Why would Burns omit McDonald from a film focused on refugees?
More than a decade ago, the US Holocaust Museum published McDonald's diaries. Subsequent research by the Wyman Institute revealed that McDonald had been much more critical of Roosevelt's refugee policy than the editors of the diaries had acknowledged. So when the museum decided to start creating exhibits and programs promoting the notion that FDR tried to rescue the Jews, McDonald's story became a problem—it contradicted the museum's new narrative. McDonald was completely omitted from the museum's 2018 exhibit on "Americans and the Holocaust"—despite the museum director's explicit written promise to the McDonald family that he would be included.
Ken Burns has said his film is based on that exhibit, and the museum's staff members were his consultants, so it appears that Burns's omission of McDonald is consistent with the museum's approach.
It's tragic that the exhibit and the film would exclude this noble American statesman, whose efforts to help the Jews deserved to be highlighted, not ignored.
A lot of people say that adopting a few "well-worn myths" is a small price to pay for an extraordinary documentary about antisemitism and other forms of bigotry in the US. Why do you think these issues—the "well-worn myths"—should be pointed out? Is it dangerous to keep repeating and validating the myths?
Misrepresenting the historical record is never justified. Burns could have told the truth about FDR's policy toward Jewish refugees, and the failure to bomb Auschwitz, and still made a valuable film about the problems of antisemitism and racism in America in the 1930s—which is exactly what filmmaker Martin Ostrow did when he made his film "America and the Holocaust," for PBS back in 1994.
Presidents should be held accountable for their policies. Burns is wrong to blame "public opinion" for FDR's choices. The public didn't force Roosevelt to keep the St. Louis passengers out of the Virgin Islands. The public didn't compel him to leave 190,000 quota places unfilled.
Will some future filmmaker try to blame "public opinion" for the Clinton administration ignoring the Rwanda genocide, or for the Bush and Obama administrations doing so little to stop the Darfur genocide? I hope not.
Documentarians have an obligation to present the facts of history, even if those facts reflect badly on their favorite president.
Critical Thinking Questions
- The first section of an article should answer the questions "Who?" "What?" "When?" and "Where?" Identify the four W's of this article. NOTE: The rest of the article provides details on the why and/or how.
- Does this article have any bias? Why or why not?
- Who is Rafael Medoff and what does he say about Ken Burns' new documentary, "The U.S. and the Holocaust"?
- In his documentary, Burns claimed the U.S. took in more Jewish refugees than any other country. How does this compare with Medoff's findings?
- Who was Anne Frank? What reason does Burns give for Frank and her family not being able to escape to the U.S.? What reason does Medoff give?
- What was the "St. Louis" affair? Why do you think Burns did not include key details about it in his documentary?
- What was Auschwitz-Birkenau? According to Medoff, why did the Roosevelt administration not attack this site?
- Who was James G. McDonald? Was he included in Burns' film? What reasons does the article give for this choice?
- Answer the following question from the article in your own words: A lot of people say that adopting a few "well-worn myths" is a small price to pay for an extraordinary documentary about antisemitism and other forms of bigotry in the US. Why do you think these issues—the "well-worn myths"—should be pointed out? Is it dangerous to keep repeating and validating the myths?
- Define one of the following terms in your own words: Holocaust, genocide, Kristallnacht, pogrom, antisemitism, bigotry.
Resource of the Week
The following recommended Social Studies classroom item is available at teachersdiscovery.com.
Franklin D. Roosevelt: Hero or Villain? Mini-Poster
When it comes to Franklin D. Roosevelt, filmmaker Ken Burns and historian Rafael Medoff don't see eye to eye—but who's right? Help your students become critical thinkers by showing them the feats and failures of one of America's greatest presidents.


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The paying version of SEM is called search engine advertising (SEA), and as its name gives away, means buying ads on search engines to appear among the first results. The most common tool for SEA is Google Adwords, which allows companies to pay for small ads that look similar to normal search results.
If this sounds tempting, your future title could be account manager, which would involve handling ongoing marketing campaigns.
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You probably receive tons of marketing e-mails every day too? Newsletters and e-mail marketing are indeed some of the more traditional tools that are still largely used by companies worldwide. Newsletters are destined for clients already familiar with the brand and tend to become more and more personalized based on the data that the company collects.
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Mallex Smith hit a home run yesterday.
That's it.
That's the whole article.
I've been informed that that is not allowed to be the whole article. OK, it's interesting that Mallex hit a dinger yesterday because about one month ago Mallex Smith was in Triple-A because he couldn't hit anything. As Kate noted in last night's recap, before being sent down Mallex's wRC+ was 42. Since being recalled? 108.
Those are different numbers so let's see if we can find out what has made the numbers different.
Here's a chart of Mallex's wOBA by game.
That crater matches the eye test, yes. Let's add in a dash of fly balls.
Ah. Those flavors seem to complement one another nicely. Sprinkle in some Pull %...
Voila! We have a beautiful and fragrant new Mallex whose pulled fly balls have correlated with improved results! Delicious!
Wait a second—you, my intelligent and attractive reader, may be thinking—isn't trying to pull the ball in the air what everyone is doing? Why wasn't he doing that before?
Yes, my attentive and passionate reader, that's simply elevating and celebrating. So what has allowed him to do it now?
Here's a video of Mallex striking out during The Dark Days. There were many to choose from. This one is painful:
Here's a video of Mallex from yesterday.
No need to go down to the dentist and grab a copy of Highlights because we're playing Spot the Difference right here.
Two months ago, Mallex kept his hands set a little above his ear, his left elbow out, and the bat held vertically. That combination was generating ground balls, which isn't surprising. With that stance Mallex would either have to swing down on the ball, or drop his hands as the ball is pitched in order to get under it, adding unnecessary movement.
He's also crouched and his lead leg is straight so that all of his weight rests on his back foot. He looks wound up, coiled like an incompetent snake.
Yesterday, by contrast, Mallex's hands are a touch lower, the left elbow is tucked in, his bat rests parallel with the ground. This allows him to get under the baseball more easily with a more efficient bat path.
The lower body is more balanced and we can see that during the swing. It results in smoother motions as Mallex lifts his foot to stride and transfer his weight instead of aggressively tapping it like I do when I try to find the beat. Taken all together, the swing seems to have gone from high-set and defensive (to be fair it was an 0-2 count) to lower and more controlled.
I mean, these are surprisingly different, right? I was surprised as well and it has greatly improved this article, let me tell you.
The takeaway is that the dingers may be some small sample business, but Mallex has made meaningful changes to his swing in Tacoma and, so far, they've produced more fly balls and better results. Which is good news. Things were getting dark.


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ABU DHABI, 3rd February, 2021 (WAM) -- UAE's automotive trade, including cars, tractors and other vehicles, amounted to around AED68.8 bn from January through September 2020, figures by the Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Centre (FCSC) have shown.
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Republic day of India .
2.) On February 19 It is decided that the United States will be again member of United States to Paris Climate Agreement.
Joe Biden assumed the office as president of the United States of America The return of the United States will take effect on February 19.
The event to start a "prison tour" from Yelawada Prison in Pune will be started on January 26, 2021 by the Government of Maharashtra.
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How to crack the IBPS Bank (P.O), Clerk Exam without Coaching in First Attempt
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The big trend of the younger generation is seen in the banking sector.
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What is unemployment ? How the Crises of Unemployment can be solved In India in 2020?
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Rising levels of the unemployment have been brought into sharp focus by a sharp contraction of 23.9% in India's GDP in the First Quarter.
The Lockdown are likely to result in the indian economy contracting by over 10% in the full financial year.
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General science MCQ with answers for competitive exams
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D )It gives OH-ion in water
Correct Answer → Option D
Q4 Blood clotting occurs due to
A.) Fibrin. B) Thrombin. C) Thromboplastin. D ) all of the above
Correct Answer → Option D
Q5. Green plants make food
A.) Photo-oxidation b.) Photorespiration. C )Photosynthesis. D) photolysis
Correct Answer → Option C
Q6. The image made in the compound microscope is
A.) erectile inverted B) sometimes straight, C ) sometimes upside down. D) None
Correct Answer → Option B.
Q7. The lens used in a simple microscope is
A.) Concave. B) Convex C) Cylindrical D ) None
Correct Answer → Option B.
Q8. To eliminate toxic nitrogen wastes and excess water in humans
A. ) Emission ... B ) Circulation. C ) Reproduction D ) Pollution
Correct Answer → Option A
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A. Meter. B. CMC. C watt .D no unit
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Q10. Liquid is metal
A ) Bismuth. B) Magnesium. C ) Mercury. D) Sodium
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Q11. Which of the following is not a primary color
A.) Red. B) Blue. C) Green .D Yellow
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Q12 Endothermic reactions are those in which
A ) heat is developed. B) The heat is absorbed. C ) temperature increases. D ) light is generated
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Q13. What color of light is least distracted
A. ) Red. B). Blue.C ) Violet.D) Green
Q14. The acid present in gastric juice is
A.) Hydrochloric acid. B)-Citric acid. C) Sulfuric acid D) vinegar acid
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Q15. Which blood cells are called 'Soldiers' of the body
A.) W.B.S.B. B ) Platelets. C) RBC. D) all of the above
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Latitude: 50.8732 / 50°52'23"N
Longitude: -2.2867 / 2°17'12"W
OS Eastings: 379922.269713
OS Northings: 108227.416949
OS Grid: ST799082
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Entry Name: Bowl barrow 800m SSE of Brooks Farm on Bell Hill
Scheduled Date: 10 March 1959
Last Amended: 12 February 1996
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1013750
English Heritage Legacy ID: 27359
County: Dorset
Civil Parish: Okeford Fitzpaine
Traditional County: Dorset
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Dorset
Church of England Parish: Belchalwell St Aldheim
Church of England Diocese: Salisbury
The monument includes a bowl barrow 800m SSE of Brooks Farm on Bell Hill. The
barrow mound has a diameter of 10m, although it has been slightly truncated on
the south east side by a trackway, and is 0.7m high. There is now no visible
sign of a ditch surrounding the mound although both a distinct outer ditch and
a less certain outer bank were recorded in 1959. The ditch will now survive as
a buried feature c.2m wide.
Excluded from the scheduling are all fence posts although the ground beneath
them is included.
The site of the monument is shown on the attached map extract.
It includes a 2 metre boundary around the archaeological features,
considered to be essential for the monument's support and preservation.
Source: Historic England
Bowl barrows, the most numerous form of round barrow, are funerary monuments
dating from the Late Neolithic period to the Late Bronze Age, with most
examples belonging to the period 2400-1500 BC. They were constructed as
earthen or rubble mounds, sometimes ditched, which covered single or multiple
burials. They occur either in isolation or grouped as cemeteries and often
acted as a focus for burials in later periods. Often superficially similar,
although differing widely in size, they exhibit regional variations in form
and a diversity of burial practices. There are over 10,000 surviving bowl
barrows recorded nationally (many more have already been destroyed), occurring
across most of lowland Britain. Often occupying prominent locations, they are
a major historic element in the modern landscape and their considerable
variation of form and longevity as a monument type provide important
information on the diversity of beliefs and social organisations amongst early
prehistoric communities. They are particularly representative of their period
and a substantial proportion of surviving examples are considered worthy of
Despite partial erosion, the bowl barrow 800m SSE of Brooks Farm on Bell Hill
survives comparatively well and will contain archaeological remains, providing
information about Bronze Age burial practices, economy and environment.
Source: Historic England
Other nearby scheduled monuments


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"Our thoughts are with all those who have the virus, their family and friends.
"Enhanced case monitoring has been put in place, public health guidance has been reinforced and steps have been taken to ensure the family members of those affected are fully supported.
"As well as putting in place testing for all residents and staff members, the availability of testing at the NHS hospital in Portree will be complemented by a mobile testing unit being established at Broadford from today, run by the 3 Scots battalion of the army.
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In 1952, diplomatic relations were established between the Federal Republic of Germany and Iran and the Iranian legation opened in Germany. Since then, close cooperation has developed, both in industry and in the education sector.
Following the Islamic Revolution in 1979, relations between the two countries were very strained in some areas, and since 2003 they have been shaped by concerns about Iran's nuclear programme. The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPoA) of 14 July 2015 between the E3/EU+3 countries and Iran has created an opportunity for closer bilateral relations and for regular political consultations. Germany, France, the UK and the EU are standing by the nuclear agreement, even after the withdrawal of the United States. Since April 2021, the E3 countries have been engaged in negotiations with Russia, China, Iran and the United States on a return by the US to the JCPoA and a renewed commitment by Iran to its obligations under the agreement. The German Government continues to follow the human rights situation in Iran with concern.
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Karla Homolka: victim or agent? Women, violence and gray zones
Banwell, Stacy ORCID: 0000-0001-7395-2617 Karla Homolka: victim or agent? Women, violence and gray zones. In: British Society of Criminology Conference, 12 July 2010, Leicsester. (Unpublished)
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This paper is based upon the case of Karla Homolka. Karla's case is problematic. Karla was both a victim and a perpetrator of sexual violence. Despite her seemingly active participation in sexual violence, her agency and her legal culpability remain contested issues. Many have attempted to answer the overarching question: was she a coerced/compliant victim or a culpable perpetrator? This paper will attempt to resolve the tension between her non-agency and her legal responsibility by drawing upon Primo Levi's (1988) concept of 'gray zones'.
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Ok on to my card. Our Friend Emma My Creative Time is having the first "Imagination Monday" of this year. Her and Sarah Pink Cricut get together and host Imagine challenges. This Monday's challenge was to create a "Chinese New Year" project using your Imagine. Anyone that doesn't have an Imagine is also welcomed to join.
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Undoubtedly, data is one of the most valuable resources of the 21st century. It has quickly become an important driving factor of informed decisions on all scales, especially for innovations and economic growth. While data has been an essential component of emerging technologies, reducing costs, increasing flexibility, and improving IT capabilities, its growing volume on a broader attack surface is increasing the need for data privacy and protection.
Safeguarding confidential data is a shared responsibility, especially for businesses managing data. It is unsurprising that traditional corporate perimeters in modern cloud environments exponentially increase the attack surface and cannot address today's sophisticated threats and protecting applications. Preventing data loss is no mean feat and requires a new approach to security. Organizations are concerned about closing the security gaps to reduce the risk of heavy consequences and reputational damage. So how are leading organizations addressing these challenges? Many are turning to 'Zero Trust'.
It is necessary to view the complete enterprise security and IT infrastructure through zero trust to simplify compliance, make data protection painless, and gain more value from the existing identity, network, and security systems. Here are the top three benefits of how a simple change of approach can help protect data and the entire network:
· Reducing the risk of data breaches – Zero trust solutions uncover the assets on the network and how they communicate. Following the principle of least privilege, it stops all applications and services from sharing until every request, user and device are authenticated, and permissions are reassessed before 'trust' is granted. It further reduces risk by continuously checking the credentials of every communicating asset. Thus, an attacker entering the organization's network or cloud through a compromised device or other vulnerability will not have access to steal the data. Moreover, the attacker will have nowhere to go because the zero-trust model creates a 'secure segment of one' with no way to move laterally.
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(SPOT.ph) We've told you the To All the Boys I've Loved Before sequel drops on February 12, and we also shared that a third film is in the works. We're less than a month away to the sequel, and we know you're craving updates, a sneak peek—anything! We're not going to delay the news any longer, so here it is: Lana Condor and Noah Centineo of Netflix's To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You are going to be in Manila on February 15, for a fan event scheduled at 5 p.m. onwards at Activity Center, Glorietta!
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An employee slipped off a chair and injured her elbow, back and head. Would workers' compensation pay for surgery more than a decade later?
Unlike some of the other workers' comp cases featured on this website, the question in this case wasn't whether falling out of a chair was in the course of and arose out of work.
The question in this case boiled down to whether surgery for the worker's injury was warranted several years after the incident.
Marilyn Cook, a teacher for the Logan County Board of Education in West Virginia, slipped off of the chair in the playground and fell onto pavement.
An MRI of her lumbar spine revealed degenerative changes to a disc.
Her neurosurgeon determined Cook wasn't a good surgical candidate.
Several years later, a second MRI revealed "multi-level degenerative changes." The neurosurgeon found a disc protrusion was similar to her symptoms following the injury. The doctor requested workers' comp authorization for surgery to repair the damage because Cook's pain continued after she received injections and medication.
The workers' comp claims administrator denied authorization for the surgery.
The Workers' Compensation Office of Judges considered the testimony of the neurosurgeon who said Cook's situation several years later was medically related to her injury.
There was no other medical opinion that refuted or challenged the neurosurgeon's opinion.
But the Office of Judges found the requested surgery wasn't reasonably necessary because the neurosurgeon said it wasn't the only available treatment and admitted it might not be successful.
The West Virginia Workers' Compensation Board of Review upheld the decision.
From there the case went to the state's Supreme Court of Appeals.
Board is rebuked
The appeals court had harsh words regarding the decision:
"The decision of the Board of Review is based on a mischaracterization of the evidentiary record. The Office of Judges reached its conclusions without any medical support and thereby exceeded its statutory authority and abused its discretion."
The appeals court said the Office of Judges substituted its own judgment when the only medical opinion in the case – that of the neurosurgeon – stated the surgery was a reasonable option for treating Cook's pain.
The decision was reversed and remanded with instruction to authorize Cook's surgery.
Lesson learned: It's difficult to argue against a medical opinion when you don't have a differing one from a medical expert.
(Marilyn G. Cook v. West Virginia Office of Insurance Commissioner, State of West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, No. 12-1378, 4/29/14)