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Bethpage HS (BHS) Class of 1962 Alumni List
Help us Update the Bethpage HS 1962 Class List by adding any names missing from the list below:
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1962 Class List
- Ann Armstrong
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- Dolores Monte Baranowski
- Michael Bordt
- Karen Britten
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- Edward Fass
- Cynthia Feld
- Eileen Fitch
- Barbara Fiumano
- Barbara Ann Fiumano
- Fredi Forem
- Linda Holcomb
- Gerard Hutchison
- Leonne Kaskell
- Leonne Ann Kaskell
- Leonne Ann Kaskell Reynolds
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- Mary Ellen Klein
- Mary Ellen Klein Jennings
- Fran LaMendola Ryan
- Diane Lynskey
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- Frank McCarroll
- Ginny Mooring
- Kathryne Ann Nutley,jefson
- Bob Pinsky
- Robert Pinsky
- Fran LaMendola Ryan
- Constance Thomsen
- James Tressa
- Carol Watson
- Edward Wilkening
- Frank Woolley
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Since everything you have is already passing away, why hold onto it? Since you can't control the weather, why worry about? Since everything you do is vanishing breath, why not do it? Yes, it's true, you can't add a single hour to your lifespan by worrying. But look a the bright side: if God cares for the prairie grass of Minnesota's rolling plains, which today is alive and tomorrow is cast into the oven, how much more will he care for you, O ye of little faith? Yes, all is still vanity for both the Preacher and the Gospel of Matthew, but don't worry. You can still become famous for scrubbing toilets. Richard and Fr. Marc discuss Ecclesiastes 11.
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Giving back to society
Hugo Sigman supports Mundo Sano, a nonprofit organization dedicated to research, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) affecting the most vulnerable social sectors. There are 17 diseases in the world classified as NTDs. They are the diseases of poverty, the ones no-one wishes to talk about. There is no interest in investing in medicines to treat these diseases, as they are hard to afford. They can only be addressed through health systems or donations.
In 1993 Mundo Sano was established to address this issue. Founded by Roberto Gold, Ph.D., it is nowchaired by his daughter, Silvia Gold. It receives financing from the companies that are part of Grupo Insud and other national and international organizations.
The goal of Mundo Sano is to develop and manage public-private collaboration and intervention models to integrate scientific research and social development, enabling technology transfer to the affected communities.
Hugo Sigman and Silvia Gold celebrating Mundo Sano's 20th anniversary.
Silvia Gold commented, "We collaborate with the governmental and academic sectors, but we are facilitators, enablers. We have a goal and try to achieve effective and actionable results, with scientific rigor, for practical purposes. We are not moved by an assistentialist vocation. We believe a lot in collaboration, without seeking a protagonist role. We are perseverant with the final goal."
After intense work and convinced of the importance of articulation between companies and the State to generate synergy and a positive impact on communities, Hugo Sigman and his wife were the creators of a project that today is a reality. Due to a world crisis in the production of benznidazole – the main drug to treat Chagas disease, affecting approximately 10 million people- in 2011 Mundo Sano, Elea, Maprimed and the Ministry of Health of Argentina formed a public-private partnership to produce the drug locally. Thanks to this partnership, Argentina became the only producer of this medicine and supplier for the Pan-American Health Organization, charged with distributing it to the countries in the region.
Silvia Gold and Hugo Sigman with Bill Gates and Julie Jacobson from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Margaret Chan from the World Health Organization, and other representatives of the global partnerships aimed to coordinate efforts to accelerate control and eradication of ten neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), in support of the World Health Organization (WHO) roadmap and the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDG) for 2020.


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A high-speed chase through four Northeast Florida counties Thursday morning ended with the capture of a Jacksonville man after a massive manhunt through the woods of Baker County.
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the chase started when a Madison County deputy pulled over a rented Dodge Charger for speeding, then fired at it as it sped away.
A passenger in the car, Ronnie Bernard Williams, 31, from St. Augustine, is being treated for injuries at Shands Jacksonville. The driver, identified as Terrick Shadon Lundy, 26, is being held in the Baker Correctional Institution.
The crash forced an eastbound stretch of Interstate 10 in Baker County to be shut down for almost three hours as law enforcement tracked the driver through the woods south of the freeway, about two miles west of Sanderson.
"They came into our county and we put stop sticks out, but they swerved and they wrecked on I-10," Baker County Sheriff Joey Dobson said.
A Madison County deputy stopped the Dodge about 9:30 a.m. for speeding. The driver and passenger began acting suspiciously and the deputy saw both reach under their car seats, Florida Highway Patrol Sgt. Dylan Bryan said. When the driver sat back up he had "something" in his hands and the deputy stepped back, Bryan said.
"As he backed off," Bryan said, he "fired an undisclosed amount of rounds and the vehicle fled."
Deputies chased the fleeing Dodge through Madison County, then into Suwanee, Columbia and Baker counties with other deputies and the Florida Highway Patrol joining in pursuit.
"Around the 325-mile marker and Sanderson exit, the vehicle lost control and went into the tree line and struck a tree," Bryan said. "It spun and came to a stop. The passenger was injured in the crash and remained in it. The driver exited and fled."
After the 10:15 p.m. crash, authorities set up a 5-mile-wide perimeter as police dogs, Baker County corrections officers, a Highway Patrol plane and a state Fish and Wildlife helicopter joined the search. About 1:15 p.m., a Highway Patrol canine found the man.
Bryan said no guns were found in the wrecked car, but a "felony" amount of marijuana was. Williams was taken to Ed Fraser Memorial Hospital in Macclenny for treatment, then airlifted to Shands Jacksonville.
Lundy has been charged with aggravated assault, possession of marijuana with intent to distribute and felony fleeing and eluding. He has a record of six previous arrests in Jacksonville dating back to 2008, many for possession of marijuana and one for cocaine, according to Duval County jail records.
The investigation shut down eastbound I-10 from U.S. 90 east to County Road 229 in Sanderson, with traffic going through the town as investigators dealt with the crash and search for the driver.
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Dr Zuze Matters of Health
KNOWING your HIV status is an important component of the fight against HIV and AIDS.
Getting an HIV test, while scary, is the ideal way to tell if you are infected or not. Below, however, are some of the softer early signs and symptoms of HIV infection.
The fever, if it occurs at all, is often accompanied by other usually mild symptoms, such as fatigue, swollen lymph glands, and a sore throat a few weeks after infection.
At this point the virus is moving into the blood stream and starting to replicate in large numbers. As that happens, there is an inflammatory reaction by the immune system.
The inflammatory response generated by your besieged immune system also can cause you to feel tired and lethargic. Fatigue can be both an early and later sign of HIV.
Achy muscles, joint pains and swollen lymph nodes: Acute seroconversion syndrome, which occurs a few weeks after HIV infection, is often mistaken for the flu, or another viral illness.
That's not surprising: Many of the symptoms are the same, including pain in the joints and muscles and swollen lymph glands. Lymph nodes are part of your body's immune system and tend to get inflamed when there's an infection. Many of them are located in your armpit, groin, and neck.
Skin rash:
Skin rashes can occur early or late in the course of HIV and AIDS. If you get rashes that are not easily explained or treated, you should think about an HIV test.
Nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea:
Anywhere from 30 to 60 percent of people have short-term nausea, vomiting, or diarrhoea in the early stages of infection. These symptoms can also appear as a result of anti-retroviral therapy and later in the infection, usually as the result of an opportunistic infection.
Weight loss:
Weight loss is a sign of more advanced illness and could be due in part to severe diarrhoea. The weight loss needs to be unintentional and more that 10 percent of body weight lost for it to be significant. Less of this is being seen now due to anti-retroviral therapy.
Dry cough:
This can go on for months and might keep getting worse. Inhalers, antibiotics and allergy medications may be used without improvement. This sort of cough is typical in very ill HIV patients. Sometimes a chronic cough might be from an opportunistic infection like Tuberculosis (TB) or pneumonia.
Night sweats:
About half of people get night sweats during the early stages of HIV infection.
These can be even more common later in infection and aren't related to exercise or the temperature of the room. These are usually serious sweats that soak your nightclothes and sheets. Sweating can also be a sign of infections like TB and some cancers.
Nail changes:
Another sign of late HIV infection are nail changes, such as thickening and curving of the nails, splitting of the nails, or discolouration to a greyish colour. Nail changes may also be due to fungal nail infections which are more common in advanced infection.
Oral thrush:
Another fungal infection that's common in later stages is thrush, a mouth infection caused by Candida, a type of yeast.
It appears in the mouth or oesophagus making it hard to swallow. When you have thrush, you will find white patches on the tongue or walls of the mouth that can be difficult to get rid of.
Confusion or difficulty concentrating:
Cognitive problems could be a sign of HIV-related dementia, which usually occurs late in the course of the disease.
In addition to confusion and difficulty concentrating, AIDS-related dementia might also involve memory problems and behavioural issues such as anger or irritability.
It may even include motor changes:
Becoming clumsy, lack of coordination, and problems with tasks requiring fine motor skills such as writing by hand.
Cold sores or genital herpes: Cold sores (oral herpes) and genital herpes can be a sign of both early and late-stage HIV infection. And having herpes can also be a risk factor for contracting HIV. This is because genital herpes can cause ulcers that make it easier for HIV to enter the body during sex. And people who have HIV tend to have more severe herpes outbreaks more often because HIV weakens the immune system.
Numbness and weakness:
Late HIV can also cause numbness and tingling in the hands and feet.
This is called peripheral neuropathy, which also occurs in people with uncontrolled diabetes. Nerve damage from HIV can also cause burning feet at night.
Menstrual irregularities:
HIV disease appears to increase the risk of having menstrual irregularities, such as fewer and lighter periods.
HIV infection has also been associated with earlier onset of menopause.
Many of the problems above are nonspecific and can be from a lot of other things. If you are worried about HIV infection please visit your doctor.


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It's been coming on for weeks. Weeks of fatigue steadily creeping up on me, coupled with a decrease in activity.
I finally gave in.
I took two days.
I stayed in bed, I watched movies, and I napped.
And it was such a relief. It had been so exhausting, struggling to hold on to the last vestiges of routine, of normality- cooking, cleaning, and exercise - it was so easy, so wonderful, to let go, just for two days.
I told myself that I needed the rest. That taking the time off would help me regain my strength, and end my slow downwards spiral.
Because that's what people do. When their bodies start to shut down, they turn them off their lives for a while, let themselves recharge.
Yet even while I burrowed deeper into my nest of pillows, I felt guilt. I felt fear. I feared what this rest would cost me.
But I was tired. I had a sore throat and burning eyes, my limbs were weak and aching. My head hurt. I didn't want to push anymore. I wanted a day off.
So I took one.
And throughout the day, I noticed no obvious repercussions. My symptoms didn't worsen dramatically, in fact, my sore throat improved, and my eyes returned to normal.
I started to think that maybe I was wrong. Maybe I can take days off.
So I took another one.
But then, on the evening of that second day, the aching in my body changed. All of the sudden, I noticed swelling, of the likes that I hadn't seen for months. I shifted around trying to ease the pain, and was greeted with a symphony of cracking and popping, without any relief.
As I went to bed that night I knew that my days off had come to and end. I vowed to fight back stronger in the morning.
And I did. I forced myself to go to the gym, but it was so much harder than usual. I tried listening to music to distract me from my rapid heart rate, my creaking joints, my weakened muscles, but it exacerbated my already pounding headache.
Instead, I passed the time feeling ashamed and angry at what I had let happen.
Yes, I had felt like I was at the end of my resources, that I needed the rest. But I have a chronic condition. There are no days off. By not exercising, even for a day or two, by missing a dose of medication, by not wearing my compression garments, I do not only effect that particular day, but those that follow.
And it is horrible to suffer, and know that I could have prevented it.
But as I pushed myself through that first workout, and those that have followed, I also felt a bit of awe.
Awe, that the enormous daily effort I exert can be so easily trampled, yes.
But, primarily, awe at myself.
For two days, I did nothing. I did nothing helpful, but I also committed no damaging actions - I did not get injured, I did not stay up late. I simply rested, neutrally, for 48 hours.
And just that made a significant dent in the progress that I have made. Hopefully an easily and quickly repairable dent, but a dent nonetheless.
Yet for the past year, I have not merely maintained an equilibrium with my condition, but made sizeable gains. I have plateaued, certainly, and experienced multiple backslides, but overall I have been slowly but steadily treading towards a life with a condition that is fully under control.
And that is incredible.
I am not proud of the two days I designated as 'sick days'.
But I am immensely proud of every other day that I drag myself out of bed, and defy something that needs no trigger to destroy.
I am not weak for slipping up. I am human. I make mistakes, and ideally I will learn from them.
But I am powerful. I am strong. I challenge nature and instinct every day.
And every day that I do not lose, I win.
I am a champion.


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Technicians of spaceship Earth, take note: the legacy of Hawkwind lives on in Dr. Hasbeen's newest release. First official release of studio & live tracks from various venues: blasting off in all its acid chaos for the heart of the sun.
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Dear Self,
I think I just came down with a case of white male privilege.
I've had it for a while now, in fact, all my life.
I've been finding it incredibly easy to have my voice heard in a group. I thought it was just because I was so charming and my opinions were interesting and valid and that everyone wanted to hear them…then I realised the cards have been stacked in my favour.
A friend of mine, Matt Wicking (fellow white male), said that it's like riding a bike with a tail wind. You feel amazing, like you are such an amazing rider,you don't notice the tail wind, until you see a leaf being blown along beside you that is going faster than you and your like…oh I've got some help here that I didn't notice. If you turn around and ride into the wind…you notice.
It took me a long time, till yesterday, to really see the tail wind was happening for me. I grew up not a part of the white male posse. They were off busy playing sports and being cool. I was busy sewing, drawing, baking and being an acrobat (we were not baking scones together on the weekend).
Because of this I have always seen myself as the underdog. I have worked hard to make sure that my voice was heard. I'd had enough of being silenced. No one was going to silence me!
Yesterday I realised that as a participant in a group I may not see myself as having white male privilege, but I do. Because the other people in the group who don't fit into this privileged class will see me as being a part of that class.
So all the things they have learnt (implicitly and explicitly) about being around white men will be at play for them.
I felt sad and so sorry, and then a little bit guilty (and I don't do guilt!). I realised that while my personal struggle to claim my voice has been important for me…I have now found it. Occasionally I find myself amongst men who play the 'bloke' card on me, but mostly I am building honest and caring friendships with other white men who fit into this group and I have no problems being heard.
And so I suddenly saw that it is my time to stand beside others who have been riding up hill into a gale force wind and let them feel what it is like to pick up a tail wind.
Technically I have known this for a while but I had my first go at it yesterday. It feels really weird, I don't understand it, it feels very awkward and all wrong…but I know it is right.
The best bit, for me, is I have white male friends who seem to have come down with the same thing. We are all in this together. I'm so grateful to them for having the courage to, like me, be able to admit that something about all this isn't right. To feel confident enough in themselves to hand back a bit of space because they can see that we are all ultimately the beneficiaries of this act.
When it is happening, honestly, it feels like giving something up.
Yesterday I realised that, for me, I wasn't giving anything up.
Through my experiences of being bullied I had learnt something very important. Every voice should be heard.
I discovered that I could create a platform for others to know this experience. That this is an act of bravery and manliness. This is what it means to be a man.
All I had to do was listen.
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Numbers! Numbers...Everywhere!
I always equated numbers with math which I was absolutely lousy at. I truly marveled at people who could think numerically. It still fascinates me to no end. Especially with my new understanding and respect for numbers. Learning about the Fibonacci sequence (aka the golden number, the golden mean, the God #) and how it appears in everything from nature to music astounded me. Right about the the same time I started seeing number sequences like crazy 11:11, 555, and other repeating patterns multiple times daily sometimes hourly. Was something trying to get my attention? I would say so. I have a whole new spiritual respect for numbers and how when we break down energy it's basically a number.
Check out my personal forecast (which is pretty darn accurate) for the year from Numerologist.com (You can also get a free report)
Ayesha, your Personal Year Number for 2014 is 9
Color: White, all Pastels
Jewel: Opal, Gold
Keyword: Completion
Ayesha, according to your chart, it's a time for completion and fulfillment
The garden is finished for the cycle yet some of the crops continue to produce. This is the year of spring-cleaning. Get into the corners. Review everything and toss out all that is no longer useful in your life including people, places, ideas and things. If it's finished, let it go. Don't hang on. Many things will pass out of your life this year. Bless them and release them. You are making room for the new next year.
There is much happiness around for you. This is a year for endings. Do not begin new things. Don't look for new personal love affairs now. They won't last. Enjoy the artistic part of life. Take a long trip and learn about others. Give away. Give to others and be tolerant, compassionate, and forgiving. Love must be shared with all.
Really understand the kinship of everyone on this planet. The old cycle closes. Make ready for the new one next year.
Ayesha, your chart shows that this month September is a 9 Personal Month in a 9 Personal Year, which is different from a 9 Personal Month in any other Personal Year.
This month is a time for completing things. This can mean activities, projects or relationships. Often ventures are really at an end but we find ourselves hanging on to them when they do need to be concluded in a very constructive way. This month you have the energy and ability to accomplish this. Ending anything can be emotional and wrought with strong feelings but you can handle this during this time period. You need to be ready to help others this month and even work in a philanthropic or humanistic way. All this needs to be done without any thought for any kind of reward for yourself. The keywords here are to be kind, generous and compassionate toward others. Your artistic talents are at a high during this time so use your intuition, imagination and let yourself be inspired. The "spirit" of the Nine Month is unselfish love toward your fellow man. Surrounding yourself with any pastel color or wearing opal jewelry will give you extra energy this month.
Specifically, this month marks the end of the completion period of your cycle. All of those loose ends need to be taken care of and wrapped up wisely. This may evoke some strong emotions on your part so be prepared. It is all good.


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I might have expected this from some flunky working for George W. Bush, but I was slightly surprised to hear it came from a Trump transition flack. I think of these people as just greedy opportunists, not willful idiots. Anthony Scaramucci, while doing his job of denying climate change during a TV interview, was pushed a little by host Chris Cuomo. He lurched comfortably into young Earth creationism:
These people know where the money is. They know how to make money -- they steal it from other ignorant but more gullible marks.
"Some of the stuff that you're reading and some of the stuff I'm reading is very ideologically-based about the climate. We don't want it to be that way," he said.
He later added, "I'm saying people have gotten things wrong throughout the 5,500-year history of our planet."


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DOVER — While the hustle of the holiday shopping season is winding down, residents were still forming lines at the local stores on Monday, hoping to return gifts or take advantage of post-holiday sales.
Most local stores fared well with sales this season, and some, like G. Willikers toy shop in Portsmouth, said they have seen more residents shopping locally.
"We've had a fabulous, fabulous season." said G. Willikers owner Jody Breneman. "We had a ton of people talking about shopping locally."
She gave credit to the local chapter of Seacoast Local, which has been helping in marketing for local stores and putting out a shopper's guide of independently owned businesses.
The numbers of sales this holiday season, she said, have been much higher than last year's.
Breneman said the weather, along with the city establishing two-hour free parking starting two weeks before the holidays, helped local stores bring in more business.
Zibits remote control robots, Little h. tutus, as well as buoy bats made from lobster buoys, have been some of the biggest sellers at the store throughout the holidays, said Breneman. Even on the day after Christmas, Breneman said she was surprised to see the toy shop full with customers. She said people are still shopping at the local Portsmouth stores, because some families have not yet gotten together to celebrate the holiday. On Monday, Breneman said that so far, G. Willikers has had few items being returned to the store. At Rochester's Lilac Mall, Somersworth resident Trina Kainos was one of about a dozen people in the Kmart customer service line, waiting to return her items. Kainos had bought her 19-year-old son two pairs of jeans, and was returning them on Monday because she had gotten the wrong size. Rather than exchanging the pants, Kainos has cashed them in, and plans to let her son buy his own pants that fit. Sue Hamel, service desk associate at Kmart, said that clothes not fitting is one of the most common reasons why customers were returning items they had gotten as gifts. The other reason, she said, is because the gift recipient already has that item. Rochester resident Rick Wentworth, 49, said he was returning a jewelry box he bought for his 11-year-old daughter for Christmas. "She already has one," said Wentworth, who was returning the gift in order to buy her something else at another time. "She will probably be getting an iTunes card," said Wentworth's wife, Linda, 52, who is his daughter's stepmom. This holiday season, Rochester's Kmart was successful in selling toys like the Fijit robotic toy, which sold out early, the password journal, and Leapfrog games, said Kmart assistant manager Jinja Rachkoskie.
"A lot of people were looking for high-end electronic toys," said Rachkoskie. "I think people were spending more money this year." For adults, the high-end electronics such as LED flat-screen televisions, have been popular among customers, especially with weekly sales throughout the season that generally took $100 off the sticker price. Rachkoskie said Kmart has also seen more items being put on layaway, which has helped customers buy their gifts. "I think it's a way of dealing with economic times," she said. Rachkoskie added the so-called layaway angels, who have been paying off others' layaway items during this holiday season, have also helped residents who might have struggled with buying gifts this year. For Jason Gould, who owns two kiosks at Fox Run Mall, Angry Birds stuffed animals, which come in various sizes and squeak when squeezed, have been some of his biggest sellers. Gould, 32, owns "High Fever" and "Sheltons of York" kiosks, and has returned this year for his third holiday season at the mall in Newington. The York, Maine, resident said he was surprised to see that amid all the technology available, customers have been getting excited about the Angry Birds iPhone application and been willing to buy the themed stuffed animals for $12.99. "I sold hundreds of Angry Birds," Gould. said He said this year rather than both kiosks focusing on selling T-shirts, he has been selling home and gift items. Some T-shirts that he did sell, however, such as those stating "I put ketchup on my ketchup" and Bruins T-shirts, have been the big movers at his kiosks. He that shirts stating, "Cool story, bro, tell me another one" has also been popular. Gould said he sold about 400 T-shirts this season. Compared to last year, however, "sales were slow," he said. Rather than customers buying gifts for all their friends and entire families, "I think a lot of people were buying for less people," said Gould. He said he is not sure whether his kiosks will be returning to the mall next season. At the Kittery Outlets in Maine, shoppers looked for good deals on both clothing and electronics this holiday season. "It was a very busy holiday season," said Elizabeth Fourar-Laidi, general manager of the Kittery Outlets. "It was nice to see people shopping." She said customers who come to the outlets tend to be price-conscious, but at the same time, they want a quality product, whether it's clothes or electronics. At the Bose store at Kittery Outlets, a new soundbar system, which provides surround sound feel, has been very popular with customers, said Fourar-Laidi. "We saw a lot of people with bags," she said.


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Philip Andrew Davies (born 5 January 1972) is a British Conservative Party politician and Member of Parliament (MP) for Shipley in West Yorkshire.
Philip Davies
|Member of Parliament
for Shipley
|Assumed office
5 May 2005
|Preceded by
|Chris Leslie
|4,681 (8.7%)
|Personal details
Philip Andrew Davies
5 January 1972
Doncaster, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
|Political party
Deborah Helmsley[1]
(m. 1994; div. 2012)
|Domestic partner
|Esther McVey[2]
|Alma mater
|University of Huddersfield
First elected at the 2005 general election, he is the most rebellious serving Conservative MP, having voted against the Tory whip over 250 times in the course of his parliamentary career,[3] and he has been criticised for "talking out" Parliamentary Bills not supported by the government and so "kill off legislation he doesn't like".[4][5][6][7]
Davies is known for campaigns against political correctness and feminism and is a campaigner for the men's rights movement. He played a lead role in securing the first International Men's Day debate in Parliament in 2015; the debate has since taken place annually.[8][9]
Davies is on the governing council of The Freedom Association pressure group, and is an organiser for the TaxPayers' Alliance. Davies has regularly been criticised by other politicians and prominent public figures[10] for comments he has made on gender equality and women,[11] homosexuality,[12] ethnic minorities[13] and the disabled.[14] He has stated that the disabled should have the option of working for less than the minimum wage.[15][16] Davies has said that white, male ministers risk being "hoofed out" of the government to make way for women or minority ethnic MPs.[17]
Early lifeEdit
Born in Doncaster, Davies' father is Peter Davies, a former elected Mayor of Doncaster.[18] He was educated at the Old Swinford Hospital school, Stourbridge, and at Huddersfield Polytechnic (which became Huddersfield University in his third year). He was awarded a 2:1 BA Hons degree in history and political studies[19] in 1993. Originally he wanted to be a journalist, but in a January 2017 Spectator interview he said, "It was my ambition in life but I just realised I was too shy. You've got to have a confidence that I think I probably never had".[20]
Following his graduation, Davies worked at supermarket business Asda from September 1993 to May 2005,[21] first as a customer services manager and later as a marketing manager. He has also worked at Marilyn Davies Bookmakers and Mark Jarvis Bookmakers.[22]
He joined the Conservative Party in 1988.[citation needed]
Parliamentary careerEdit
Davies unsuccessfully contested the parliamentary seat of Colne Valley at the 2001 general election and was defeated by the sitting Labour MP Kali Mountford by 4,639 votes.
In the 2005 UK general election, he was elected as an MP for the seat of Shipley with a majority of 422 votes, defeating the Labour MP and Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Constitutional Affairs Chris Leslie. He received donations toward his successful campaign from Bearwood Corporate Services,[23] a company set up by non-domicile Lord Ashcroft to give out donations to marginal seats such as Davies'.[24]
Davies made his maiden speech on 7 June 2005. He recalled Titus Salt and then mentioned the UNESCO World Heritage Site in Saltaire. He also announced that he wanted to remain a backbencher and not to be a shadow spokesman or a minister, and that he wanted to feel able to speak for his constituents.[25] Davies held his seat with an increased majority of 9,944 votes in the 2010 general election, and held his seat for a second time with a slightly reduced majority of 9,624 in the 2015 general election.
He was re-elected onto the executive committee of the 1922 Committee of backbench Conservative MPs in 2010 and is a member of the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee. He has also become a member of the newly established backbench business committee and a member of the Speaker's Panel, chairing Westminster Hall debates.[19] Davies is rated as one of the Conservatives' most rebellious MPs.[26]
On 2 November 2012, Davies wrote to the Metropolitan Police requesting it to open a second investigation into ex-Labour MP Denis MacShane's expenses claims.[27]
In January 2016, the Labour Party unsuccessfully proposed an amendment in Parliament that would have required private landlords to make their homes "fit for human habitation". According to Parliament's register of interests, Davies was one of 72 Conservative MPs who voted against the amendment who personally derived an income from renting out property. The Conservative Government had responded to the amendment that they believed homes should be fit for human habitation but did not want to pass the new law that would explicitly require it.[28]
Davies retained his seat at the 2017 snap election with a reduced majority of 4,681 votes, though also increasing his share of the vote by 1.45%, his highest ever share.[29][30]
Davies has been repeatedly criticised for his use of the filibuster to block legislation by talking at length, particularly when private members' bills under the Ten Minute Rule are debated.[4] This happens on Fridays, when attendance is often poor because MPs have returned to their home constituencies, leaving these debates particularly susceptible to filibustering. The practice can be stopped if 100 MPs attend Parliament, and Davies has noted that if "not even 100 MPs out of 650 showed up" then it indicated a bill "did not have full support".[31]
When asked by a journalist whether his tactics were underhand, Davies said:
"When I first got elected to Parliament my mentor was Eric Forth [the former Tory MP] and he really was the past master of talking out bills on a Friday. He did it for fun and he was brilliant at it. After he died I vowed I would do the same kind of work. He taught me that lots of these have all got a worthy sentiment behind them but you can't pass legislation on the whim of a worthy sentiment because it affects people's lives and livelihoods. I agree with him. It is a very unsatisfactory way to pass legislation."[4]
In October 2015, Davies spoke for 93 minutes, thereby successfully blocking a proposed bill that would have given free hospital parking to carers. He had pledged his support for carers four months earlier.[32]
In November 2015, Davies gave the longest speech in a sequence by Conservative MPs that resulted in 'talking out' a bill backed by St. John Ambulance, the British Red Cross, and the British Heart Foundation to provide first-aid training to children. Davies argued that "schools can already teach first aid if they want to. They should make the decision rather than have it forced on them by Whitehall."[31]
Investigation into links with the gambling industryEdit
In February 2013, Davies was investigated by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards following a complaint claiming he received more than £10,000 in benefits from companies with links to the gambling industry which he did not fully declare in the register of members' interests during a year-long investigation into the betting industry.[33] The commissioner required Davies to apologise for breaching the parliamentary code after not declaring an interest in a debate and at the Culture, Media and Sport Committee, namely £870 of hospitality from the bookmaker Ladbrokes, rather than the larger amount complained about.[34] Davies told Parliament the omission was not "due to a desire to conceal it ... but to an oversight" and he was "very grateful to [the rest of the committee] for accepting that mine had been a genuine error".[35]
In December 2016, Davies was cleared of wrongdoing over claims alleging "extremely favourable" treatment he had received from Ladbrokes - the lifting of restrictions on his betting account. The investigation was dropped on the basis of "insufficient evidence" that Davies had broken the rules and the complainant had refused to drop his anonymity out of a fear of losing his job.[36] Davies defended hospitality and his meetings with the racing industry, stating: "I am the elected chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Betting and Gaming – and a former bookmaker – so of course I meet with bookmakers. It would be rather extraordinary if I didn't".[37]
In November 2018, Tracey Crouch resigned as sports minister since she believed Philip Davies successfully went above her and secured a delay to curbs on fixed odds betting terminals. Davies received hospitality worth £3,204.44 from betting companies and bookmakers including Ladbrokes, William Hill and SkyBet in the year to 2018.[38]
Political viewsEdit
Davies is on the governing council of The Freedom Association pressure group,[39] and is an organiser for the Taxpayers' Alliance.[40] He has called for government to "scrap the Human Rights Act for foreign nationals and chuck them out of the country"[41] and in 2016 expressed admiration for Donald Trump.[42][43] Davies was criticised by a Liberal Democrat councillor as being "disgracefully reactionary" for his public comment that he wanted to see "an increase in the prison population".[44]
In 2009, Davies called for the scrapping of the minimum wage in the UK.[45][46]
European UnionEdit
Davies has called for withdrawal from the European Union, starting the Better Off Out campaign,[47] and campaigning at the Conservative Party Conference in 2005.
The eurosceptic UK Independence Party (UKIP) did not field a candidate against Davies at the 2010 general election and campaigned for his re-election after being identified as a "committed eurosceptic".[48] In the event, Davies held his seat with an increased majority of just under 10,000 votes.
Race and ethnic minoritiesEdit
Davies was the parliamentary spokesman for the inactive Campaign Against Political Correctness[49] and was accused of wasting the Equality and Human Rights Commission's time by sending a stream of correspondence to its chair, Trevor Phillips, between 2008 and 2009. In this correspondence, he asked questions relating to race and sex discrimination such as: "Is it offensive to black up or not, particularly if you are impersonating a black person?" and "Why it is so offensive to black up your face, as I have never understood this?"[13][50] Some commentators suggested that he was advocating 'blacking up'.[51][52]
Davies also asked whether it was racist for a policeman to refer to a BMW as "black man's wheels" and whether the Metropolitan Black Police Association breaches discrimination law by restricting its membership to black people.[13] Peter Herbert, the chair of the Society of Black Lawyers, said: "This correspondence seems a complete and utter waste of time... he shouldn't be using the Human Rights Commission as basically a source of legal advice".[13]
A complaint from Davies was sent to the Equality and Human Rights Commission in January 2017 that the Jhalak Prize, a literary prize intended to increase the diversity of published authors, was discriminatory towards white writers. After investigating the issue, the EHRC rejected Davies' complaint the following April. A spokesman for the EHRC said the body had decided the prize did not break the Equality Act 2010.[53] "This award is the type of action which the Commission supports and recommends", he said. Davies rejected "positive discrimination" and said he believed in "true equality".[54]
In May 2018, Davies said that police stop and search numbers had reduced dramatically as a result of "politically correct chatter". He said that black people are "more likely to be murderers". Davies said the evidence showed the community much more likely to be stopped and searched and yet found to have done nothing wrong were white people.[55]
Gender and sexuality issuesEdit
In March 2007 he voted against the Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2007 which proposed to allow the Secretary of State to make regulations defining discrimination and harassment on grounds of sexual orientation, create criminal offences, and provide for exceptions.[56] He also complained, while calling for a Parliamentary debate on "political correctness", about a school production of Romeo and Julian during LGBT History month. Commons Leader Harriet Harman described his remarks as "cheap shots".[57]
He was called a "troglodyte" in 2009 by the Conservative MP (now Commons' Speaker) John Bercow for his opposition to debating the Equality Bill, the effect of the recession on women and International Women's Day.[58]
In 2013, Davies voted against same-sex marriage because the bill did not allow for opposite-sex civil partnerships. In an interview with the BBC Two programme Daily Politics, Davies stated his reasoning for voting against it was "You can have civil partnerships and marriage for gay people. You can only have marriage for heterosexuals. It's not equality."[59]
Speaking in Parliament in October 2014, Davies said he believes parents and not schools should take responsibility for the sex education of children. Believing his constituents associate increased sex education with an increase in teenage pregnancies, he thought they would welcome its abandonment.[60]
On 27 October 2015, he presented the case to the Backbench Business Committee for a parliamentary debate on men's issues such as: prostate and testicular cancer, less equality for men in child custody and lower performance in education compared to girls of the same age.[61] In addition, he proposed parliamentary observance of International Men's Day.[62] This led to a public disagreement with Labour MP Jess Phillips who laughed at his proposal.[63][64] "As the only woman on this committee, it seems like every day to me is International Men's Day", Phillips said in response to Davies during the meeting.[65]
The committee originally rejected his case, but a debate in Westminster Hall on 19 November was eventually granted after Labour and Conservative colleagues gave their support.[66] Davies said during the debate: "The problem is virtually everything we do in this House and debate in this House seems to start with the premise that everything is biased against women and something must be done about it – never an appreciation that men's issues can be just as important and that men can be just as badly treated in certain areas as women".[11] Maria Miller, Conservative chair of the Women and Equalities Select Committee responded to Davies: "Women face discrimination on a daily basis, that's not a myth. My honourable friend does not do his case much good at all when he tries to belittle that".[11] "One of the most depressing things to happen recently was the introduction of the Select Committee on Women and Equalities", he said during the debate; the select committee had been created earlier in the year.[67][68]
In July 2016, Davies gave a speech on the justice gender gap at the International Conference of Men's Issues organised by Justice for Men and Boys.[69] He said: "I don't believe there's an issue between men and women. The problem is being stirred up by those who can be described as militant feminists and the politically correct males who pander to this nonsense".[70] Objecting to the lower number of men who win in custody cases with their former partners, he said: "Many women use their children as a stick to beat the father with". He rejected a suggestion that his appearance at a J4MB event meant that he subscribed to the party's viewpoint.[70] He did not receive a fee for his participation in the event.[71]
In response to Davies' comments at the July 2016 event, Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of the opposition, said that Davies' "deeply sexist" opinions showed that he had an "utter contempt for women". He called on Theresa May, the Conservative leader, to withdraw the party whip from Davies.[72] The Labour peer Baroness Corston, a barrister who reviewed the issue of women in the justice system for the Home Office, told The Guardian that "There is indisputable evidence that women are treated by the courts more harshly" than men.[73] Davies responded by providing figures from the Ministry of Justice collected by men's-rights lobby group Parity, which he argued suggest that the courts favour women when sentencing.[74] He said that Corston is thus "ill-informed or deliberately lying when she accuses me of lying".[73]
An International Men's Day debate, instigated by Davies, took place for the first time in the House of Commons on 17 November 2016. Davies rejected claims that it is a stunt and hoped it would become an annual event.[75] In an article for The Times published on the same day, Davies wrote: "The aims of International Men's Day are laudable. They include promoting male role models, celebrating the contribution men make, focusing on men's health and wellbeing as well as highlighting discrimination against men".[76][77]
Davies was elected, unopposed, to the women and equalities select committee in December 2016.[78] "Philip Davies doesn't even think that the Women's and Equalities Committee should exist, yet he's about to join it", commented the Green Party MP Caroline Lucas, "perhaps giving him a chance to rethink his views".[67]
A few days later in December 2016, Davies talked for 78 minutes in an unsuccessful attempt to derail a Bill designed to bring Britain in line with the Istanbul Convention whose purported aim is to protect women against violence. He argued that the Bill was "sexist against men" because of its focus and ignored other victims which if recognised equally would have been "true equality".[79][80][81] Thangam Debbonaire, speaking after him, had to cut her own speech short in order to make sure his filibustering did not succeed.[82] The bill was, however, passed by 135 to 2.[79] At the bill's third reading on 24 February 2017, Davies spoke for 91 minutes and proposed amendments (which were defeated), but was unsuccessful in blocking the Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence (Ratification of Convention) Bill, which was passed by 138 votes to 1, with Davies being the only MP to vote against. The government supported the bill.[83]
Sophie Walker, the leader of the Women's Equality Party, stood against Davies in his Shipley constituency at the 2017 general election, but was defeated, with Davies noting that she lost her deposit.[84] According to Walker, Davies "is a sexist misogynist who puts his own ego ahead of his constituents" and Walker wished to represent the people of Shipley "rather than using parliament as a stage to play out attention-seeking performances" which she believed was Davies's practice. In response, Davies said he had "consistently asked" his opponent "to quote just one thing I have ever said which has asked for a woman to be treated less favourably than a man".[85]
In June 2018, Davies spoke for 148 minutes on the Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Bill, which had over 100 amendments tabled to it. It has been argued[86] that Davies' lengthy speech had caused the blocking of passage of the upskirting bill, however due to it being listed as the eighth bill of the day to be debated, it was not likely to have been called for debate that day. Following a point of order on the matter the Speaker of the House of Commons stated that: "It is important, however, in public debate to distinguish between fact and opinion, and simply as a matter of fact - incontrovertible fact - the Hon Gentlemen is in no way whatsoever responsible for the failure of the eighth bill to be debated."[87]
In March 2019, Davies was one of 21 MPs who voted against LGBT inclusive sex and relationship education in English schools.[88][89]
Davies has said in Parliament that some disabled workers are, by definition, not as productive in their work as others and that the minimum wage may be a "hindrance" to some disabled jobseekers.[90] Davies said: "If they feel that for a short period of time, taking a lower rate of pay to help them get on their first rung of the jobs ladder is a good thing, I don't see why we should be standing in their way."[90] Among others, Davies was criticised by Labour's Anne Begg and a member of his own parliamentary party, and the Conservative Party quickly distanced itself from his comments.[90][91] Representatives from the mental illness charities Mind and Rethink Mental Illness called his suggestion "preposterous"[14] and "seriously misguided".[92] Davies' response was that the furore over his comments was "left-wing hysteria".[14]
As part of his use of the filibuster technique, in October 2015, Davies led a sequence of speeches[93] that resulted in a private members' bill exempting parking charges for hospital carers being 'talked out'.[5][6] Davies spoke for 90 minutes to "talk out" the bill proposed by Labour MP Julie Cooper. He said he objected to the bill because he was concerned it would cause higher parking charges for disabled people and a reduction in revenue for hospitals.[94] The comedian Russell Howard in his programme Good News, called him an "arsehole", "windbag", "wanker" and a "toad-faced hypocrite" and accused the MP of filibustering. Davies complained on the grounds of "inaccuracy" and "misrepresentation" and the BBC was forced to publish in the Clarifications and Corrections section of the BBC website stating "Davies did not personally use up all the time available for the debate and that almost three hours remained after he sat down". Howard also misrepresented Davies' views on the disabled and the BBC stated "that the programme did not fully represent his comments, which were, that it would be in the best interests of disabled people, and others, to be allowed to offer to work for less than the minimum wage, if the alternative were no employment at all". The broadcaster also agreed not to air the episode again due to their misrepresentation of Davies' position.[95] The BBC Trust later rejected an escalation of the complaint by Davies.[96]
In 2017, further complaints were upheld on the issue of the BBC again misrepresenting Davies' position on employment of the disabled, with an article in March that year falsely claiming Davies "had told Parliament that disabled people should work for less than minimum wage". The piece was corrected to state: "Mr Davies had said that people with disabilities should have the option of working for less than the minimum wage".[15][16]
Global povertyEdit
In March 2010, Davies was criticised by the press,[97] and religious organisations,[58] for using Parliamentary rules to "wreck" the Debt Relief (Developing Countries) Bill, an anti-poverty measure designed to stop "vulture funds" from buying up the debt of third-world countries in order to aggressively pursue repayments through the international courts. The bill was temporarily stopped because an anonymous Tory MP shouted "object", but was passed into law after intervention by Conservative whips.[98][99]
Reform of parliamentEdit
Davies is against introducing proportional representation and having an elected House of Lords. The Power 2010 campaign ran a full-page advertisement in The Guardian stating Phillips was one of six MPs[100] accused of "failing our democracy" by opposing parliamentary reform. Davies responded in the local press saying that it was "misleading not to put on the poster which issues I am for or against", but had "no complaints about them including things that are correct, but they must be clear on my views on ID cards and English voting". He said he was against proportional representation, in common with "many Tory and Labour MPs", and any change to the House of Lords.[101]
In March 2011, Davies said that there was "no basis in evidence" that restricting branding on cigarette packets would reduce smoking levels, stating: "I believe that the introduction of plain packaging for cigarettes is gesture politics of the worst kind. It would not have any basis in evidence and it would simply be a triumph for the nanny state and an absurd one at that".[102] The physician Ben Goldacre outlined in his Guardian column the evidence base that Davies claimed did not exist, concluding that: "If you don't care about this evidence, or you think jobs are more important than people killed by cigarettes, or you think libertarian principles are more important than both, then that's a different matter. But if you say the evidence doesn't show evidence of harm from branded packaging, you are simply wrong".[103]
Davies objected to banning smoking in cars with children in a 2011 debate on a private members' bill proposed by the Labour MP Alex Cunningham who said the "science was clear" about the risks from passive smoking. According to Davies, it should be a parental decision and there was a "complete lack of evidence" on the benefits.[104] It eventually became an amendment to the Children and Families Bill.[105]
Personal lifeEdit
Davies married Deborah Gail Hemsley, whom he met whilst studying at Huddersfield Polytechnic, in July 1994 in Doncaster. The couple have two sons. They separated in 2011, blaming the pressures of his role as an MP,[106] and divorced in November 2012.[1] She was continuing to work for Davies as his part-time secretary in late 2016.[107] He lives in Shipley and also has shared a flat in London with fellow MP Esther McVey,[1][1] with whom he has had a "long time on-and-off romantic interest".[108] In May 2019 the BBC's Politics Live programme reported that McVey and Davies are engaged.[109]
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Philip Davies [is] a Tory MP who can usually be relied on to stand up for any form of sexist and unpleasant behaviour.
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- ^ a b Grierson, Jamie (12 August 2016). "Feminist zealots want women to have their cake and eat it, says Tory MP". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
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- See also: Gill, Martha (17 November 2016). "All The Times Philip Davies Undermined His Arguments For International Men's Day". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
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External linksEdit
- Philip Davies MP official constituency website
- Shipley Conservatives
- Profile at the Conservative Party
- Profile at Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Contributions in Parliament at Hansard 2010–present
- Contributions in Parliament during 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 at Hansard Archives
- Voting record at Public Whip
- Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou
- Profile at Westminster Parliamentary Record
- Articles authored at Journalisted
- Campaign Against Political Correctness For which Davies is 'Parliamentary Spokesman'
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- Main Chip: The LM393, ZYMQ – 2 Gas Sensor
- Working Voltage: DC 5 V
- Great for home or factory gas leakage detection
- Use for Detecting: Combustible gas such as LPG, butane, methane, alcohol, propane, hydrogen, smoke, etc


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Soooo laughing at myself right now. Last night I dropped one of my double points and banged my arm on the coffee table picking it up – LONNNG big bruise.
Told y'all to be ware of those who use pointy objects but didn't know to include myself in the admonishment!


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Living Heritage and History Lessons
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CLASSIC Join a Guided Tour of the historic Nuremberg Rally Grounds—used by the Third Reich.
Spend free time browsing the spruce stalls of the Christmas Markets of Nuremberg. Sample favorite Bavarian fare—bratwurst, gingerbread, mulled blueberry wine, and countless other Christkindlesmarkt culinary delights.
Day 3 BAMBERG
Cherished Christmas Customs and Cradle Scenes
CLASSIC Join a Guided Sightseeing Tour of Bamberg—medieval home of Germany's Roman Empire dynasties. Stroll through dozens of Bamberg's nativity scenes—from miniature to life-size.
Take free time to enjoy the quaint Christmas markets, and warm up with traditional German dumplings, sausage, and a glass of hearty Bavarian ale.
DISCOVERY Enjoy an onboard Christmas Traditions Lecture while sailing.
Day 4 WÜRZBURG
Ornaments, Old Saint Nicholas, and Nutcrackers Sweet
CLASSIC Take a Guided Sightseeing Tour of the "Pearl of the Romantic Road" with its Old Main Bridge, towering fortress, and baroque Bishop's Residence.
You may choose to join a Guided Optional Excursion to the beautiful Bavarian town of Rothenburg. Visit the Käthe Wohlfahrt German Christmas museum—the world's most extensive collection of traditional German Christmas decorations.
Spend free time enjoying the festive, warm glow of Wurzburg's Christmas markets.
Day 5 MAIN RIVER VILLAGE
Hidden Gifts and Holiday Delights in Beautiful Bavaria
CLASSIC Take a Guided Tour of a picturesque village along the Main River.
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All This Included
This festive Christmastime river cruise begins in Nuremberg, the unofficial capital of the Holy Roman Empire. Guided sightseeing shows you its historical treasures, as well as Old Town, illuminated with holiday lights and decorations. There's plenty of time to visit the Christmas market, one of the most famous in Germany, and be sure to savor some traditional lebkuchen (spicy gingerbread), a specialty of Nuremberg. Next stop is delightful Bamberg, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Here, throughout town, you'll see nativity scenes built by local citizens. Learn about Christmas traditions as you cruise to charming Würzburg, known as the "Pearl of the Romantic Road," and surrounded by sloping hills covered with vineyards. Walk through the halls of the ornate Bishop's Residenz—home to the largest ceiling fresco ever painted, then stroll through the Christmas markets while you sip Glühwein (hot mulled wine). Learn how to bake a traditional cookie before arriving at one of the charming small towns with half-timbered houses and narrow streets that are dotted along the Main River. Take a guided walk of one of these picturesque Bavarian villages—sure to be even more appealing lit up with festive lights and decorations.
As this unforgettable Europe river cruise ends in Mainz, you will never forget the historical treasures of Germany perfectly paired with the sights, sounds, and tastes of the joyous holiday season.
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A Killarney electrical company will show their support for fellow tradesman Seán Cox by raising funds at a charity event this Friday, December 7. Seán will never fully recover following serious injuries sustained after an unprovoked attack outside Anfield in April, when attending a Liverpool game.
Prior to tragic incident, Seán was a rep for Precision Cables who work closely with Killarney electrical outlet TradeKit. Owner Gerry O'Sullivan was the main driving force behind TradeKit's efforts to help their stricken colleague but, sadly, Gerry passed away last month.
His son, Joe, has since taken the reins and he and his employees are determined to honour Gerry's last wish to assist the Cox family in their time of need.
"This was something that my dad spent his last day planning," Joe said. "We're doing this for Seán but we're also doing it because it's what dad wanted."
A coffee morning will take place at TradeKit in Ballycasheen next Friday and all are welcome to come along, have some cake and make a donation to the Support Seán campaign.
If you are unable to attend and would still like to make a contribution, visit www.gofundme.com/SupportSeanCox.


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What if the Yemen national army or the coalition forces supporting the legitimate government in Yemen bombed the podium where Houthi leaders were watching a military show? What if this attack killed many Houthi military leaders? This is similar to the strike by the Houthi militia in the capital city of Sanaa many months ago. What would be the reaction of the international powers who remain silent about the Houthi strike in a military show of the legitimate government in Al-Anad military base?
Except for the US State Department's condemnation of the attack, the international reaction to the incident has amounted to calling for both sides to apply self-control. Calling for self-control is the same as suggesting that a fight is taking place between two equal sides and not between a legitimate government and an outlawed militia.
This lenient stand against the Houthis is raising doubts about the integrity of the special UN envoy, and the countries that support UN efforts, like the UK. This further confirms the suspicions that the legitimate government and the coalition forces have about the efforts to find a solution to the conflict in Yemen. It also underlines the need to move forward with plans to force the Houthi and those who are supporting them to deal realistically with the crisis in Yemen.
The leniency of the UN in dealing with the behavior of the Houthi will not solve the Yemen crisis; it will only prolong the war and increase its cost and in the end the victims will be the Yemeni people.


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The team, established to provide opportunities for disabled and non-disabled players to play contact or non-contact rugby together, were in action at Cwmbran RFC and shone from the start.
With friendships being formed off the pitch, the east versus west rivalry was clear for all to see as the game kicked off .
The Dragons started strongly with the pack working hard to secure ball for the dangerous back line.
After some big carries, David Saunders released Darren Colcombe who in turn popped a short pass to Gareth Sullivan who beat two men to score. Callum Hodges narrowly missing the conversion.
A period of pressure from the Gladiators kept the Dragons defence honest, with the All-stars forcing handling errors to secure a platform to work from.
After more pressure from the Dragons, Callum House made a break in midfield and looked set to race under the posts for a 40-yard score only to fumble the ball with glory in sight.
The Gladiators responded again and put together some good passages of play, with the home No.10 pulling the strings with some clever kicking behind.
The Dragons, though, duly went up a gear with Sullivan going close as he was bundled into touch.
However, the second try did arrive after some neat link-up play, with Sullivan grabbing his brace and Hodges slotting the conversion.
The second half started in the same vein, with the Dragons in control and throwing the ball around like the Baa-baas, the forwards working hard and breaking the gain line time and again.
A penalty to the corner gave the Dragons another platform to work from and a neat show and go from Colcombe freed up space for Hodges to score under the posts before converting his own try.
The Gladiators never gave up and were rewarded with a try of their own after a break through the middle saw the home second row cross under the posts for a converted effort.
But, after conceding a try, the fire in the belly was re-lit for the Dragons and a period of pressure resulted in Owain Tudball breaching the defence and crossing the whitewash, converted by Hodges.
That brought the end to a fantastic game of rugby, played in a great spirit with both squads adding to was a great day for all.
The Dragons All-Stars are always on the look-out for new players to join the set-up. All abilities are welcome as training sessions and games are tailored and conditioned to suit needs and abilities. You can train from 16-years-old and play from 18-years-old.
If you are interested in joining the Dragons All-Stars you can contact Lead Coach Gareth Sullivan on 07887 242409 or CoachCallum Houseon 07896 199988.


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The Art Of Buying SEO Services
The following article has been provided by http://www.rapid-digital.co.uk an SEO company in Edinburgh.
Businesses that rely on online traffic cannot ignore traffic from search engines. As a business, you can buy traffic from search engines by investing in their pay per click ads but those ads can get very costly over time. Another way to get traffic from search engines is to invest in SEO services, where a qualified and professional SEO agency will optimize your website to achieve higher rankings in the search engine result pages for keywords related to your business.
Thanks to the lack of a centralized rating structure, there is no dearth of SEO agencies offering a variety of SEO services. However, all search engine optimization services are not created equal and you need to tread carefully while choosing the right service for your business.
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SEO Is Not Guaranteed
Any agency that offers you a guarantee for rankings isn't worth your time. SEO professionals and agencies have absolutely no control over your rankings as search engines keep changing their algorithms and SEO professionals are forced to keep up the pace with the search engine algorithms. On the other hand, this does not mean that these agencies are absolutely useless.
There are a number of reputable professionals in the industry who keep a keen eye on the changes in the search engines and they accordingly optimize client websites to keep them ranking high in the search engine result pages.
You should stay away from an agency that guarantees results within a short period of time. Do not forget that SEO is dynamic and usually, takes a long time to get results. So, you need to be patient and understand that SEO campaigns take a long time to deliver rankings that stick.
Well-Defined Strategy
An SEO consultant should have a well-defined strategy to get your website ranked higher in the search engines. Their proposals should include everything they will do in the coming months. The proposal should ideally include a thorough audit of your website. This audit should be focused on determining any issues that may harm rankings in the search engine result pages.
It should also include any changes to the content or additional content they will publish on a website as well as the number of links that will be built from authority websites in your business niche.
Past Clients
A professional in the SEO industry will not shy away from sharing the results they have achieved for some of their past clients. Any agency that does not give references of past clients should be avoided. It is also recommended to talk to those past lines and ask them about their experience.
Long-Term Clients
Search engine optimization is a long-term process and if a SEO campaign is working for a business, it is unlikely that they will drop their current agency and move to someone else. Therefore, you can tell about the reputation and work of a SEO provider by asking about their client retention percentage.
If they have a lot of long-term clients, it is likely that the work done by the agency is working for their clients. However, lack of long-term clients may indicate that this agency is more focused on achieving short-term results that do not work in the long run.
Overall, these are some of the things you need to keep in mind while hiring an agency for providing search engine optimization services. Do not choose someone solely on the basis of price as bad SEO techniques in do a lot more harm than good in the long run.


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Austin Workshop with Precision Camera
We have nailed down another workshop on our quest for world domination. Ray & I will be teaching at Precision Camera on August 15, 2015. This is a Saturday afternoon workshop and you will get trigger time to practice SpeedLighting so bring your camera. We use XP PhotoGear and Interfit Photographic products in our daily shooting so you get to see some the hottest gear to get the shot. We are looking for two models to use during the workshop and will feed you some images from us and the students. Email us if you are interested or know someone that is available.


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Odd or Even in a Monstrous Season/
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Rating: Dependable
Reading/Interest Level: Primary
Author: Spencer Brinker
Publisher: Bearport Publishing Company, Inc.
Year: 2015
Pages: 32
Elsie the Even and Onslow the Odd are monsters who are constantly sorting numbers. These monsters help young readers learn how to determine if a number is even or odd: if a number ends with zero, two, four, six, or eight, it's even; if a number ends in one, three, five, seven, or nine, it's odd! Another way to decide if a number is even or odd is to divide a number by two. If there is a remainder, or some left over, then the number is odd. Readers help Elsie and Onslow decide if each number or the number of objects is even or odd. Working with numbers is fun with these monsters!
Odd or Even in a Monstrous Season is a fun rhyming book that engages young children and their parents or educators in determining if numbers are even or odd. Although this book is cute and teaches an important concept, the second strategy it teaches for determining odd or even numbers is slightly developmentally inappropriate. Children who don't know what "odd" and "even" mean will not know what "dividing by two" means. The questions that check for readers' understanding are fun and engaging though. Readers will spend more than a minute or two on each page. Answers are provided upside-down and in small print on each page for adults to check.