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Fall is that magical time of year when people break out their jackets, the leaves change color, and beer takes a chewy, spicy turn for the dark. Seasonals are nothing new to the craft beer world, but every year there is a challenge to come up with something new or improve upon last year's brew. This year, some of Westchester's finest brewing operations have outdone themselves to create a bevy of beers you'll be happy to savor all through sweater weather.
Let's start out with one of the heavy-hitters. Captain Lawrence in Elmsford has released their quintessential pumpkin beer, Autumn Blaze. A malty ale brewed with puréed pumpkin right in the mash, this beer has notes of nutmeg, allspice, and cinnamon that basically make it liquid pumpkin pie. (Mind you, a 5% ABV liquid pumpkin pie.)
While this Poughkeepsie farm-based brewing company also has a pumpkin offering — (Honey Pumpkin Lover: fire-roasted pumpkin and honey, aged and beautifully dark at 7%) — Tiny Acorn is their masterpiece. Originally released last year, this "wild ale" is light and tart, and with flavors of acorn squash, lemongrass, coriander, and wild carrot seed it manages to be distinctly autumnal without jumping entirely onto the pumpkin spice bandwagon. It's sold on tap in their tasting tent and is available to take home in 1.5 liter magnum bottles, perfect for sharing around the dinner table.
photo courtesy of Broken Bow brewery
Tuckahoe's Broken Bow Brewery has created a heady, cold-weather potable as satisfying as hot chocolate. Described as "a velvety winter seasonal," it's actually perfect for crisp fall evenings at the table or around a fire in the backyard. It's smooth and bitter, with a taste of cocoa upfront and a nutty finish. Traditionalists will also enjoy the brew that inspired the family-owned brewery: Pumpkin Spiced Oktoberfest. A nice, malty lager with biscuit and toffee notes, at 6.5% it's a solid choice if Nick's is a little too 'hazelnuts-roasting-on-an-open-fire' for your autumn.
Alright, it's technically cheating, but we'd be remiss not to give you a heads-up as to this local-ish brewery's cranberry-tinted pale ale. Taken directly from New York State bogs, tart cranberries provide a balance to this beer's maltiness and sweetness without taking all the attention for themselves. It's hard to come by outside of the Bronx, but if you're taking a trip down to that neck of the woods (or up to Connecticut: you can snag some at a couple locations in Danbury and Stamford), it's definitely worth picking up a few "Boogie Down" variety twelve-packs for this can alone. Bog Smash is only available through October, though, so grab them now to save this cranberry goodness for your Thanksgiving dinner.
Ossining's own "farm brewery," Six Degrees keeps their brews as local as possible. In addition to their requisite spiced pumpkin ale (made with locally grown pumpkins, of course), Six Degrees also taps this remarkably complex saison. Multiple strains of yeast and a whole rack's worth of spices give it a flavor profile that's hard to pin down exactly, but it unmistakably autumnal in its nature.
Curious for more insight into everything from health, weddings, and local business happenings to golf and hearty Westchester eating? Make sure to surf through all of our daily blogs.


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grumpy hopeful
I'm tired of hiding indoors shooting daggers at clouds, and am ready to burst forth into the orange glow of summer. I snapped this pic while taking an 'outdoors break' from work today. Maybe the photo was motivated by narcissism because I felt a kindred connection?
This rather large, ugly, brown bush has just a couple blooms, and hints of tender foliage, trying to ease their way through thorns for a glimpse of the sun. I stood there staring at it for a good few minutes — the plant masked in dull bark, and me in drab work clothes — both of us drinking in the fresh air. A plant and a person, grumpy hopeful, awaiting spring.
perspective gymnastics
Do you talk mostly about what floats your boat, or about what's going tits up in your life?
I tend to share 'the good' as a tirade preface or quick afterthought. Not in polite conversation of course, where topics remain surficial and pleasant. I rant only with good friends and family. Do you do this too?
I wonder if it's because we expect good things to happen, so we're most keen to report on the deviations: falling ill, working with difficult people, deadlines missed, efforts unappreciated. Maybe we're grumpy selfish prats, or maybe we rely on the perspectives of others to help us process the bad stuff. Either way…
Red Boat Upside Down, Ken Trimpe Photography
a recent article on HuffPo claims that focusing on what's right in our lives may be more transformative than simply focusing on what needs changing. I'm marinating my brain in that thought. There's scant information on why this should be true. But I'm already haphazardly committed to mindfulness practice (10 min meditation daily, on the days I remember to do it!), so why not try? For the rest of this week, I'm going to spend more time thinking about what's going well in my life. Fancy trying it with me?
Someone complains about getting too few lines in the script? —> How awesome that I'm paid to write scripts!
Now you try one…
Sounds a bit daft, but it's just for a week, so what the hell. And maybe these mental gymnastics will give me a better perspective on life.

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Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces Continues Successful Relationship with Leonardo for Management and Distribution of Visual Content
Toronto, Canada and Mumbai, India – February 8th, 2016 – Leonardo Worldwide Corporation today announced a renewed agreement with Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces, who will continue to use Leonardo's technology for management of its hotel visual content and distribution to Leonardo's VNetwork, under a renewed subscription to Leonardo's VScape Digital Asset Management System.
Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces is one of Asia's largest and finest group of hotels, comprising 100 hotels in 62 locations across the globe, including presence in India, North America, United Kingdom, Africa, Middle East, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Maldives and Bhutan. The company has renewed its agreement for Leonardo's VScape Digital Asset Management System to easily organize their digital assets for storage, retrieval and distribution to VNetwork, the world's largest network of travel websites and enhance the visual presentation of its hotels and resorts on thousands of third-party travel websites in Leonardo's VNetwork.
VScape Digital Asset Management System
VScape provides Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces with the ability to:
- Use a single system to syndicate visual content to over 170 Direct Connect travel websites and their affiliates, in the VNetwork, including all four GDSs, major OTAs, non-OTA travel research sites as well as tens of thousands of forward distribution channels.
- Ensure accuracy and consistency of hotel photos by matching of photos to hotel listings, via an advanced automated matching algorithm
- Upload images in any size and format, allowing the system to automatically re-size and re-format the image to meet the requirements of the different platforms and devices
- Tailor image syndication for specific guest segments on corporate self-booking tools, leisure travel websites and specialty sites.
Private Digital Library
Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces will continue to subscribe to Leonardo's Private Digital Library (PDL) solution that will allow Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces and its appointed partners to easily control and monitor the access to their hotel digital assets. The PDL connects directly with the brand's centralized VScape, eliminating the need to upload hotel media assets to multiple systems.
"We're delighted to renew our agreement with Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces to improve the management, distribution and visual presentation of their hotels online. Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces have continuously chosen our technology to enhance the visual experiences for their hotels on travel websites. Enhanced visual presentation will have a positive impact on site engagement and sales conversions," says John McAuliffe, Leonardo's President.
About Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces
Established in 1901, Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces is one of Asia's largest and finest group of hotels, comprising 100 hotels in 62 locations across the globe, including presence in India, North America, United Kingdom, Africa, Middle East, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Maldives and Bhutan. From world-renowned landmarks to modern business hotels, idyllic beach resorts to authentic Grand Palaces, each Taj hotel offers an unrivalled fusion of warm Indian hospitality, world-class service and modern luxury. For over a century, The Taj Mahal Palace, Mumbai, the iconic flagship has set a benchmark for fine living with exquisite refinement, inventiveness and warmth. Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces is part of the Tata Group, India's premier business house. Learn more at www.tajhotels.com.
About Leonardo
Leonardo Worldwide Corporation is a technology company serving the global hospitality industry. Leonardo provides e-marketers at hotel brands, management companies, hotel properties and travel websites with technology solutions that improve the way they present their hotels online to travel shoppers.
Leonardo's core products include Vizlly, a cloud-based Multi-Channel Digital Marketing System that makes it easy for hotel marketers to create and publish websites, mobile websites, social media apps and digital brochures for third party travel websites; VScape® Digital Asset Management System, an enterprise-level digital asset management and distribution tool that helps hotel chains better source, manage, organize, store, and publish media assets to direct and indirect online channels; and MediaConnect, advanced connectivity for travel websites to access the industry's definitive source of hotel certified visual content.
Key to all products is Leonardo's extensive connectivity. Using Leonardo's VNetwork, the largest travel website network in the global hospitality industry including GDSs, Meta Search sites, OTAs and more, hoteliers can publish their content and stories to millions of travel shoppers all over the world on the channels, devices and platforms they use to shop for hotels online.
For more information about Leonardo, visit www.leonardo.com.
Media Contact
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We urge the National Assembly for Wales to urge the Welsh Government to adopt and implement the NICE quality standard for service user experience in adult mental health in its entirety.
We hope with this petition to put the humanity of the person as the focus of mental health. This requires changes in the services, treatment and interventions currently used in Wales. Following two training sessions organised by Sefyll at the Senedd to inform mental health service users of the scope and powers of the Welsh Assembly and Government, a group of us attended a further meeting with the Petitions Clerk to word this petition. As the Welsh Government is currently reviewing the ADULT MENTAL HEALTH ACTION PLAN FOR WALES, this is an opportunity to make a difference by influencing and raising awareness of mental health issues to Assembly Members and Ministers. The NICE Standards (2011-2013) www.nice.org.uk/guidance have been developed for the NHS and social care sectors in England – they are not applicable in Wales – but are illustrations of best practice: Putting the service user experience at the centre of all treatment and interventions. Making staff in mental health services accountable for their actions. The NICE guidelines are already in practice in England. In total there are 15 Quality Statements. The following two are illustrations of the overall ethos and approach: "People using mental health services, and their families and carers feel they are treated with empathy, dignity and respect". Quality Statement 2 "People in hospital for mental health care, including service users formally detained under the Mental Health Act, are routinely involved in shared decision making". Quality Statement 1. In addition to this e-petition, a paper version is available on request. Please contact us at the following e-mail address: firstname.lastname@example.com. If you can help in any way with this campaign, please also contact us at the above email address. To view all 15 quality standards go to: http://publications.nice.org.uk/service-user-experience-in-adult-mental-health-improving-the-experience-of-care-for-people-using-cg136/quality-statements.
Petition raised by: Action for Mental Health
Date petition first considered by
Committee: 19 June 2012
Number of signatures: Approx 200
Business type: Petition
Reason considered: Assembly Business;


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DIY: Getting Urine Smell out of Concrete – If you have carpet in your home, the job of cleaning up after your pet can become even more difficult. Sometimes the urine may have been missed for several days, while other urine could have been cleaned immediately after the mess, and still leave a certain stench. Either way, pet urine has a terrible stench that can be difficult to get out. But have no fear. You will get the urine smell out, with a little diligence and patience.
Cleaning the Carpet
The first step is to attempt to clean the carpet. You can usually rent a carpet steamer from your local grocery store or Home Depot. You will pay around $20-$30 for the carpet steamer, and then you need to get the actual carpet cleaner. For this, you want to use something strong. . Use a strong cleaner, such as the Hoover 48 Oz. Carpet and Upholstery Detergent, which can be found at Home Depot, for less than $7. You will want to clean the full carpet, let dry for a day. Come back the next day and clean the carpet thoroughly again. By this point, you can sniff the worst parts of the carpet to see if the smell is still there. Let's face it, some carpet just can't be saved, and will still have a pet urine stench.
Removing the Carpet
Sometimes, it is impossible to get the urine smell out of carpet, no matter how many times you clean it. Not only are pet urine stains an issue, but also stains that are hard to remove. The carpet may just old, smelly, and stained; in this case the only option is to remove the carpet.
Especially, if the smell of pet urine has saturated the carpet, the only option may be to rip of the carpet and start fresh. In the carpet is saturated with pet urine, the concrete may stink as well. Once you pull up the carpet and get it out of the house, you will have a better idea if the concrete has been saturated with pet urine.
Now that the carpet is out o the house, it is a good idea to open all the windows. This is the first step in airing out the house, getting the pet urine smell gone. This might not get red if the pet urine stench, but it will help during the cleaning process.
Clean the Concrete
Clean the concrete, you ask? Yes, you can clean your concrete and find success. The pet urine from the carpet often times, seeps down into the concrete, leaving a very stinky concrete. Many people say that once the smell of pet urine is in a home, it won't come out. Do not believe them. No matter how bad the smell is, with diligence and patience, you will get out the pet urine stench. In our case, we took a month. Every day, we cleaned the concrete at least a couple times, with a Concrete Cleaner, usually ranging from $10-$20. Believe me; the price will not matter when the smell evaporates. At Student Market, you can get Campbell Hausfeld – Concrete Cleaner – 1 Gallon, for $20.
The key is cleaning with a good steady mop. Lather the water/cleaner mixture on the concrete and let dry. The more times you get the cleaner into the concrete, the less the smell of pet urine will remain. Don't give up. Remember to keep the windows open while you clean, the smell can be intense.
Replacing the Carpet
Once you have gotten the smell of pet urine out of the concrete, and the smell of the concrete cleaner has replaced the terrible pet urine scent, now you can replace with carpet.


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Those who travel a lot need to be aware that health insurance purchased in the U.S. is not honored in foreign countries.
"While you might not think about this, unless it's something that happens in your life, there are a larger number of parents and grandparents hopping flights to far flung spots on the globe. Not to get away from it all, but instead, to visit their mobile children who have chosen to live and work in other countries. There are also students who go abroad to further their education. Ever wonder what those people do if they need to go to hospital when they are in another country?" asked Clelland Green, RHU, and president of Benepath, Pennsylvania.
Most people who travel just automatically assume that their health insurance will kick in when they have an emergency. This is not the case, and if someone does need health care services in another country and does not have coverage that is applicable there, they will find themselves out of pocket or unable to pay for care.
"To cover incidents abroad, you need visitor's health insurance. Your U.S.-based health insurance coverage won't cut it," Green said.
Think traveling without health insurance will save money? "If you don't get into an accident, you will save money. However, if you trip and break a leg or are involved in a car accident, the bill will be staggering and you are responsible for the 'whole' thing. That's right – the whole bill. Your U.S. insurance can't be used. Do you want to take the risk of an accident abroad and the expenses that go with it?" Green said.
While saving money is a good goal, saving money at the expense of one's health is not a smart idea. Visitor's health insurance is not that expense. Or to put another way, visitor's health insurance would say the enormous expense of medical care for any accident or illness. People who travel may choose what they need, the coverage they want, what options would work for them and the deductible.
"An individual, tailored plan for a reasonable price, what more could you ask for in terms of protection while you are away from home?" Green said. "If you do your homework and check around, you will find what you need. Aim to deal with a company that specializes in visitor's health insurance and you should get what you need, along with the peace of mind of knowing that you are covered for any nasty event that may happen while you are traveling."
To learn more, visit http://www.benepath.com


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Car gizmos are making a zip entry into Punjab
Ludhiana, Mar 21 : With million of new cars hitting Indian roads every year, high-end car gizmos are making a zipping entry into Punjab, where people are extremely enthusiastic about using sophisticated gadgets.
The trend is gaining momentum as Punjabis get interested in devices that allow not just listening to music but also watching TV, playing video games, charging laptops and talk effortlessly on the phone while driving.
Devices like central locking, leather upholstery and paint protection systems have become the order of the day. GPS navigation systems, multimedia systems and car PCs are gaining popularity as well.
"Now we are getting a lot of varieties. Ladies are more, interested in car accessories then the men. They want their cars well maintained. It has become a status symbol," said Mandeep Chaddha, a car accessory distributor.
The car accessory market is estimated to be worth 250 million dollars, and is expected to double by 2010 witnessing around 25 per cent growth year-on-year.
"Twelve years back in 1998 Hyundai Motors started it. After that Maruti started manufacturing. The accessories market has a growing path. Every year sales are increasing 20 to 30 per cent," claimed Babal K Gupta, vice president- marketing, Diviniti.
To provide genuine accessories to clients auto-manufacturers are tying up with manufacturers of car accessories.
MapmyIndia Navigator, the recently launched in-car GPS navigation device now comes as a standard accessory in all variants of General Motors''s premium cars in India.
Such collaborations ensure that there is exchange of technical know how and market knowledge between the foreign companies and their Indian partners.
"Car accessories market is really a huge market and from the last five years. People are getting more aware of the product. Accessories is a booming industry for the years to come," said Gurdeep Singh, distributor, Mapmy India, GPS navigation systems
As per the Automotive Mission Plan 2006-2016, the total turnover of the Indian automotive industry is expected to be somewhere between 122 to 159 billion dollar by 2016. A substantial increase from 34 billion dollar in 2006. (ANI)


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I am tickled plaid that you have a new computer at last!!!! Hope it's awesome!!!
My Nightly Skincare Routine Plus A GiveawayOctober 17, 2018
In the meantime, I've filmed my nighttime skincare routine and have it here for you today as well as an associated giveaway. Due to size and weight, the giveaway is restricted to US and Canadian shipping addresses only. Some of the items I use are great for everyone for age defensive skincare and a few are formulated especially for over 40 skin. If you like sport healthy glowy skin, this routine could be for you.
I'm going to be covering my daytime routine, favorite masks and treatments, and facial oils in other videos and blog posts.
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16 people max
In Spain, historic treasures and culinary treats combine with stunning seashores and architectural marvels. Delve into the local culture with visits to art galleries and a chef-led paella cooking class. Our Insider Experts introduce us to a captivating history, as Spain and its many wonders come alive during this adventure in motion.
Make Paella during a chef-led cooking class
Explore the cities of Segovia and Avil
Dive into the tapas scene in Barcelona
Our team of travel specialists and local contacts have curated some of the best, most exclusive and authentic experiences, restaurants and accommodations in Spain to truly immerse yourself in a way that wouldn't be possible in larger groups or just on your own.
8 days
DAY 1: Madrid
Welcome to Spain. After transferring to our hotel, we join our Local Leader to preview the journey ahead. Later, we dine at a favorite local restaurant. (d)
DAY 2: Madrid
Uncover the hidden parts of Madrid during a walking tour of the city, led by an Insider Expert. Spain's stirring history makes strolling the Plaza Mayor and Puerta del Sol a moving experience. After the tour, the rest of the day is yours to explore the city as you wish. (b)
DAY 3: Madrid > Segovia > Ávila > Madrid
Traveling to the World Heritage City of Segovia, we enjoy a guided tour that includes a visit to the Royal Mint of Segovia and the famous aqueduct. Later, in Ávila, see the striking medieval walls, towers and gates that dramatically surround this historic city. (b)
DAY 4: Madrid > Cuenca
Leaving Madrid, we journey to the small town of Cuenca. Originally built as a defensive fortress, this charming town is now best known for its hanging houses. Walk across the stunning San Pablo Bridge and visit one of the houses before taking time for independent discovery. (b)
DAY 5: Cuenca > Valencia
Today we explore the Enchanted City (Ciudad Encantada). Thousands of years of water, wind and ice erosion have created unique formations in this national park, making it one of Spain's most spectacular places. This afternoon, we venture to the coastal city of Valencia. (b)
DAY 6: Valencia
Join the locals this morning with visits to the Mercado Colón and Valencia's famous Mercado Central — one of Europe's oldest fresh food markets. Here, we find ingredients to be used during our paella cooking class in the village of El Palmar. Our action-packed day finishes with a picturesque boat ride around the Albufera Lagoon and a visit to a traditional farm house. (b, l)
DAY 7: Valencia > Barcelona
Journey up the coast to Barcelona, where Catalan cuisine mixes seamlessly with Gothic architecture and quirky character. An unscripted afternoon lets you write your own adventure. Wander the labyrinthine streets of the old Gothic Quarter or visit the Picasso Museum. This evening, dive into the local tapas scene at one of our Local Leader's favorite spots. (b, d)
Day 8: Barcelona
Your adventure ends today. (b)
The official currency of Spain is the Euro (EUR).
The most convenient and cheapest way to acquire money in Europe is via an Automated Teller Machine (ATM) or Bancomat as they are often referred to. Check with your bank in advance concerning the suitability of your account / card overseas and any international fees that will be applied. You can obtain local currencies easily at airports and major train stations, but be sure to bring some extra emergency cash in a major currency that can be exchanged if the ATMs are not functioning.
This tour includes 10 meals. We've allotted time for you to experience the local cuisine on your own accord. When eating on your own, please note that lunches typically cost $25USD and dinners range from $30USD per person. All breakfasts are included in this tour.
Summer temperatures can be extreme in many of the regions visited (over 100°F), which can be uncomfortable. It's important to use sun protection, wear layers to combat the heat and drink plenty of water. Please also note that not all hotels in Europe would have Air Conditioning system, but only fans. It may be uncomfortable for some in summer heat. Please carefully consider the time of the year you wish to travel and your suitability to that season.
Please note that shops, attractions, sights and businesses may be closed for up to 5 hours in the middle of the day for siesta time. This gives the locals time to escape the heat and spend time with their families, eat a large lunch or simply sleep through the most uncomfortable time of day. This means of course that people work later into the evening and dinner time can seem quite late: 9.30pm is not uncommon for family dinner time.
One of the great things about our trips is that we encourage every member of the group to spend time interacting with local people. In order to best be able to do this in Spain, we recommend that you try to do as the locals do - avoid the heat of the day, and stay out later at night.
Food in Europe is varied and differs significantly between countries and regions. Expect to sample delicious local meals in almost every location you'll visit on this trip. However, if you do not feel like having a local delicacy, world type food is also widely available, especially in bigger cities. European diet is mostly meat based; vegetarians might find the menu selection less varied than they would see at home. Vegetarianism is not as common in this region and choices may be limited to soups, salads, bread, cheese, fruit, yoghurt, eggs etc. Vegans and those on gluten-free diets will find this region very challenging and may need to supplement meals with their own supplies from supermarkets and markets. Wherever possible we will cater for dietary needs for included meals, but there may be times when those with special requirements may need to provide their own.
European breakfasts are often basic and may simply include bread/toast or pastries, butter, jam, coffee/tea/juice (or similar.)
Mealtimes in Spain are later than in many other countries; dinner is usually taken between 21:00 and 21.30.
Visas are the responsibility of the individual traveler. Entry requirements can change at any time, so it's important that you check for the latest information. Please visit the relevant consular website of the country or countries you're visiting for detailed and up-to-date visa information specific to your nationality. Your consultant will also be happy to point you in the right direction with acquiring visas. Visas can take several weeks to process, so familiarize yourself with any requirements as soon as you have booked your trip to allow for processing time.
Travel insurance is compulsory for all our trips. We require that, at a minimum, you are covered for medical expenses including emergency repatriation. We strongly recommend that the policy also covers personal liability, cancellation, curtailment and loss of luggage and personal effects. Please ask your travel agent or Club Adventures team member for insurance options at time of booking.
MADRID: $325 USD per room (double occupancy); $300 (single occupancy)
BARCELONA: $285 USD per room (double occupancy); $250 (single occupancy)
This itinerary can be paired with our Moving Morocco tour if you'd like a longer adventure. Ask a Club Adventures team member for details.


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Help Close the Loophole in the law that's putting 17 year olds at risk.
Right now, there's a loophole in the law that means some adults who hold a position of power over a young person such as a sports coach, a youth worker and a faith group leader can legally have sex with a young person under 18 their care. This is wrong.
The NSPCC need your help. Please email your MP and call on them to back our campaign - see the link at the bottom of this page.
They need to build parliamentary support for the campaign in order to put pressure on Secretary of State for Justice David Gauke to change the law, and protect all young people from sexual abuse.
Since the age of 13, Megan* was trained in her local sports club by Will*, a coach in his thirties. When Megan was 16, Will began sending sexual messages to her. He started a sexual relationship after she turned 17.
"We used to speak on webcam and he would ask me to do sexual things but I said no. He would go in a mood. He carried on coaching me and would pick me up first and drop me off last so we'd be alone together in his car. He would pull over somewhere quiet and that's when things would happen." Megan
Will abused his position of power. If he'd been a teacher or a social worker, the police would have been able to charge him under the Position of Trust law in the Sexual Offences Act. But because sports coaches aren't covered by this law, the police weren't able to bring any charges against him.
Help us #CloseTheLoophole in the law by emailing your MP so we can protect young people from being abused by those who are supposed to be caring for them.
Extracurricular activities are a positive experience for many young people. But in cases like Megan's, when an adult abuses their position of power, we need to ensure the law fully protects all young people.
We're calling on the government to Close the Loophole so it's illegal for all adults to engage in sexual activity with any young person under 18 in their care.
We need MPs to support our campaign in order to put pressure on the government to change this law.
Together, we have an opportunity to make sure all 16 and 17-year-olds are protected.


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It has been said that Shakespeare's Julius Caesar is a play without villains, and that makes its tragedy all the more poignant. The point of the drama may be that violent solutions to political struggles will only backfire in the end, no matter how noble the intentions of its perpetrators. As a corollary, the play demands that we see both good and bad in all political actors, irrespective of their ideologies.
It's a point that Tennessee Shakespeare Company's (TSC) production of the play, which opened last Friday and continues through Sunday, October 6th, conveys well. And in the current divisive political era, it's perhaps the message we most need to hear.
The Bard seemed to intuit the drama's universal themes. After Caesar's death, Cassius pauses to ask, "How many ages hence shall this our lofty scene be acted over, in states unborn and accents yet unkown?" Yet the perennial relevance of the play can obscure its deep ambivalence about seizing power by any means necessary.
TSC's staging avoids any literalist trappings, and thus remains true to the play's original even-handedness. True, the program does reprint, without comment, the Declaration of Independence (like the play, slightly abridged by the company), suggesting obliquely that we apply its lessons to our own country and time. But beyond that, director and company founder Dan McCleary avoids any overt linkage of the drama to our age.
That was obvious before the play even began on opening night, when McCleary welcomed the audience to TSC's "history museum." It's an accurate description of the set created by scenic designer Brian Ruggaber, a multi-level faux-marble courtyard dotted with displays of Roman swords and ruined statuary. The lighting design by Jeremy Allen Fisher accentuates this by largely favoring the full illumination of a museum display. The overall effect suggests that the narrative's events be seen at a safe remove.
While such an approach can emphasize Julius Caesar's universality, it can also mute the darker elements of the story. Visions of the bloody dead rising up to speak to the guilty lose their frightful, gothic edge when so brilliantly illuminated. And yet the imaginative sound design by Eric Sefton compensates for this to a degree. Even while being seated, one hears the noises of sea waves, chanting mobs, and sword play, sounds that are effectively combined with strategic lighting cues during the play itself; and the haunting music by the Westerlies suggests darker tones. But all of this seems to work at cross-purposes with the flat-white lighting palette.
Similar cross-purposes are at work in the cast as well. In many cases, this enhances the play, as when Michael Khanlarian, as Caesar, evokes arrogance and benevolence in equal measure. This is true to the work's refusal to paint any character as a villain, yet also can undercut the dramatic need for Caesar's power grab to be so outrageous that assassination seems the only option left to the conspirators. As it is, their motivation to kill their leader, and their inner struggle with such motivation, seems lost in the face of Caesar's geniality.
Nonetheless, Paul Bernardo brings a gravitas and urgency to Cassius that evokes enough inner torment over the decisions he and the other conspirators make to fuel the play's momentum. And Phil Darius Wallace may well be this production's most valuable player, portraying both the noble Marc Antony and the doddering, comedic Casca with equal aplomb.
The actor's challenge with all Elizabethan writing is to deliver the lines with enough nuance and dynamism to suggest real conversation, as opposed to recitation. These two fine thespians excel at this, with the rest of the cast following suit for much of the production. Yet the overall effect is to present the story somewhat abstractly: as a well-lit thought experiment, set out on a pedestal, ripe for contemplation. In the end, that may be the truest way to make this historical drama relevant to today's climate of authoritarianism and resistance.


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Pear butter is a smooth puree of pears that have been simmered with a touch of citrus and nutmeg to bring out the full flavor of the pear. It's a perfect topping on
ice cream, slathered on buttered toast or warm biscuits. It's an excellent accompaniment to any pork dish, particularly grilled pork chops or roast pork tenderloin.
You'll Need:
6-7 lbs of pears, cored, peeled and sliced
4 cups sugar
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/3 c. orange juice
1 tsp grated orange peel
Fill a large stockpot with raw peeled, cored and sliced pears, add 1/2 cup of water. Cover and bring to a simmer, cooking over medium heat until pears are soft. The pears will cook down to about half the pot.
Transfer the cooked pears into a food processor and puree/pulse until smooth, but do not liquify. Puree all the pears and then transfer back to the stockpot over medium heat.
Add sugar, orange juice, orange peel, and nutmeg. Cook until sugar is fully dissolved and mixture rounds up on spoon easily.
Ladle the Hot Pear Butter into HOT Prepared jars leaving 1/4″ headspace. Remove air bubbles and adjust the 2 piece caps, then process for 10 minutes in a boiling water bath canner.
If you're new to canning, here's a quick rundown on how to can using a water bath canner.


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I am learning all about nerve blocks. Apparently one is in my near future. I just hope it helps.
Since I don't have a ton to say, I'll hit you with some links of some of the people I love...
UnixSage - my husband
For the Love of Cooking - my oldest son's girlfriend
Painted Spring - my boss
Adventures of the Rock Star Dyer - my co-worker
New Horizons - my favorite college freshman
The Fix My Friend Project - me & my bestie
and last but not least, my work blog - Paca-Blog
Go give them some love.
Today's Boo photos...
medium son giving the boo his morning goodbye hug
boo in full sprint, delighting in the day


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Much praise has already been lavished on the wonders of the islands of Matsushima. Yet if further praise is possible, I would like to say that here is the most beautiful spot in the whole country of Japan, and that the beauty of these islands is not in the least inferior to the beauty of Lake Dotei or Lake Seiko in China.
~trans. Nobuyuki Yuasa
There are countless islands; some tall, like fingers pointing to heaven; some lying prostate on the waves; some grouped together in twos and threes, branching to the left or stretching to the right; some with babes upon their backs or clasped to their bosoms, like parents and grandparents.
~trans. Dorothy Britton
Green of the pines deep, needles and branches mauled by the salt winds - though contorted by nature, look artificially trained. The feeling: one of intense beauty, of a lovely creature engrossed in her glass.
~trans. Cid Corman and Kamaike Susume
Truly, Matsushima might have been made by Oyamazumi in the ancient age of the mighty gods! What painter can reproduce, what author can describe the wonder of the creator's divine handiwork?
~trans. Helen Craig McCullough
The island coastline of Ojima juts from the main body of land, an island looking like a penninsula. One can still see the site of the detatched temple of the Zen Priest Ungo, along with such other things as the stone he sat upon for meditation. In the shade of the pines there were also one or two priests who had renounced the world, leading the lives of hermits in their grass-thatched huts, above which rose the thin smoke of fires built of pine cones or fallen needles.
~trans. Earl Miner
AUTUMN, HOKKU AND HAIKU - We have entered autumn by the old hokku calendar — the decline of the year. Autumn is the progressive weakening and retreat of the vital forces in Nature....
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Government announces £50m fund for flood victims
Chancellor George Osborne has announced a £50 million fund for families and businesses affected by flooding in Cumbria and Lancashire.
Chancellor George Osborne has announced a £50 million fund for families and businesses affected by flooding in Cumbria and Lancashire.
Parts of Cumbria and Lancashire have been hit with more than a month's worth of rain in just 24 hours - and forecasters warn there is more on the way.
The village of Shap in Cumbria had the most, with 178.2mm of rain falling in the 24 hours until 7pm on Saturday night, while Keswick was hit with 156.4mm over the same period.
The average rainfall for Cumbria for the month of December is 146.1mm, he said.
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution deployed its rescue team to help with the response in Cumbria.
Northern England has been hit by gusts of up to 80mph - powerful enough to overturn lorries and tear branches from trees and tiles from roofs. And London was hit with 50mph winds.
It is the fourth named storm to hit Britain in the past few months.
There is still the potential for more rain to come overnight, potentially another 100mm in the Lake District over the next 12 hours.
To have this amount of rainfall in that short space of time is very unusual." He said the weather in the north west should improve tomorrow, but fresh downpours are forecast for Monday and another weather warning has been put in place.
A woman who spent £30k flood-proofing her property is once again clearing out her home after being flooded for the third time in ten years
More severe weather is set to hit flood-hit communities in north-west England still recovering from Storm Desmond.
ITV News Business Editor Joel Hills meets the boss of Britain's largest home insurer as he surveys the flood damage in Carlisle.


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Coquitlam Central Station bus bays are on the move!
Heads up Coquitlam Central Station bus users, come October 30, 2017, your bus bay may be moving to make catching your bus a little easier. If you catch a bus at Bay 1, 2, or 4, or ride any of the following bus routes: 153, 171, 172, 173, 174, 185, 186, 187 or 189, on October 30, 2017 you'll be tapping in from a different bay.
What you need to know:
- Stop move: The 153 Braid Station will move to Bay 2
- Stop move: The 185 Lansdowne will move to Bay 2
- Stop move: The 187 Parkway will move to Bay 2
- Stop move: The 186 Hampton Park will move to Bay 4
- Stop move: The 189 Lafarge Park will move to Bay 4
- Stop move: The 171 Fremont will move to Bay 1
- Stop move: The 172 Riverside will move to Bay 1
- Stop move: The 173 Cedar will move to Bay 1
- Stop move: The 174 Rocklin will move to Bay 1
|153 Braid Station
185 Lansdowne
187 Parkway
|171 Fremont
172 Riverside
174 Rocklin
|186 Hampton Park
189 Lafarge Park
|153 Braid Station
185 Lansdowne
187 Parkway
|171 Fremont
172 Riverside
173 Cedar
174 Rocklin
|186 Hampton Park
189 Lafarge Park
Not sure where to go? We're here to help!
Look for signage at the bus exchange, tweet us @TransLink or call 604.953.3333.
Author: Sarah Kertcher
2 Comments
By Shirley, October 27, 2017 @ 7:28 pm
Bus 152 stop between Mundy and Hickey needs to move their stop to be in line with path leading to next 2 streets. Plus there needs to be a designated cross walk with lights there. We constantly watch people trying to make it to bus or disembarking and taking their lives in hand trying to run across busy Austin Ave. Especially freightening for chikdren and seniors.
By Carrie Hill, October 27, 2017 @ 11:59 pm
I'm getting on the 152 from the 53430 bus stop, to catch the 171/172 to go to work at the poco walmart & if the bus still drops you off at the stop closest to the skytrain, I & others, will have to run to the opposite end of the loop to catch our connection. FYI, I'm injured & waiting surgery on my knee & with the current schedule, I have 10 minutes from the time I get on the 152 bus to get to the loop (sometimes I'm lucky & its 11 minutes) to catch the 171 bus. With theses changes, I will have to leave 2 hours earlier for work since i wont be able to hobble fast enough to catch my connection! Thank You for wasting more of my time :(
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Vitreolysis: the Challenges and the Rewards
Paul I. Singh, MD Eye Centers of Racine and Kenosha, USA
Vitreolysis is an outpatient-based procedure, which involves the use of a specially designed YAG laser to vaporize the vitreous strands and opacities. Highly effective, it has a low complication rate and offers a high degree of patient satisfaction. It can also delay or obviate the need for surgery.


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Nobody but the knight-giant knew why he had left his cave and transmogrified into the wall of a cliff. But the question was the subject of local rumour up until the last century, after which such debates were, somewhat predictably, removed to academic institutions.
The knight-giant was one of the few from the York district to have made it back from the wars but, on returning, he had found himself without shelter. Worse than that, Miriam's first reaction to his knock at the door was to draw back and wring her dress through her fingers. He had witnessed enough abroad to know at once that she was no longer a maid, done enough to allow him to forgive her for that. But seeing himself through her wary eyes, not a brave man but a scarred man, ganglier even than he had been before he went away, he realised he had been foolish to hope that she would open her arms to him, seven long years on. There was no denying it; the cords of their betrothal were severed.
As he left Miriam's place some young uns leapt up from the mud where they were playing and scattered. Quick enough to catch one of the smallest by the scruff, he lifted him up to eye level. 'Does Mrs Adcock still abide by the tanners?'
The boy stopped struggling and began to cry.
A girl of about twelve edged towards him. Mary-Ann, Louise's eldest? The boy's sister, most likely. 'Mrs Adcock's passed on two years hence, Sir.'
The cold stone of grief filled his stomach.
She gulped. 'Will you put him down? He thinks you're a ghost.'
'He might be right, at that.' And the knight-giant put the boy down with a gentleness that hadn't left him though he'd had little cause to use it for many a year.
A little way down the street, was the farriers. He paused by the door but either his old friend Peter was intent on the stubborn stone in the hoof he was examining or he was too afraid to offer him a hello.
Because he could think of nothing else to do and because war and the journey back had made him used to walking – not all knights had the privilege of a horse to ride – the knight-giant left the village. Pebbles pressing through the thinned leather of his shoes, he pushed his way into the forest. And for days and the nights that followed, he trudged without sleep in the circles of wolves, tormented by the ghosts every soldier carries with him.
By the time he came to the cave on the banks of the Nidd, he had walked off much of his grief for his mother and Miriam, much of his resentment at a country that only valued its soldiers on the battlefield, for villagers that could not bear to be reminded of the wounds he had gained for them.
He carved a bed of stone from a fallen rock and took up residence in the cave. It was a natural hollow, small, but it never grew very cold and the woods had berries and rabbits enough to keep him. Besides, apart from the rush of the Nidd, it was a quiet spot and after the clatter of war he was glad of that, so glad that he pledged to honour its tranquillity by keeping his silence until he had something to say.
It was in his daily baths in the nearby dropping well that his gashes began to heal, their infections soothed by the saline water. His fractured bones benefited too, mended with the calcium carbonate that filtered through the rock into the waters. Unlike in the village he hailed from, those he met at the well did not retreat from him for they understood well that those wounds could not be passed on to others. Yet he didn't speak to them for he still had nothing to say.
Every day from his cave he watched handfuls of them trudge along the riverside – pilgrims in pain – watched them walk back, often a little lighter, until one day, after the shadow of noon had passed, a bright-eyed young boy stopped at the cave mouth. John had noticed him because he had passed both ways several times over the last few months and because of his limp that did not improve for all his visits to the well.
The boy swung his stiffened leg into the cave and asked a question. After eighteen months of silence, the knight-giant found it was a question that he could answer, and so he did. The boy went away with the limp he had come with but lighter nevertheless and he did not visit the dropping well again. After that the knight-giant had many visitors, all with questions that he found he could answer and they all went away lighter, unless gravity was what they needed, in which case that was what they found.
This way of things went on for more years than anyone knows until one day the knight-giant left the cave and took up post a little further along the cliff. It could be that from outside the cave he found it easier to hear the prayers uttered by the torrents of the Nidd or that he simply liked the feel of sandstone against his back or perhaps he knew that one day a man would carve a holy place into the cliff and would need someone to protect him and his icons. It is not known whether from his place as sentinel of the rock he continued advising the pilgrims that came by there or whether he had run out of words altogether. But what is known is that he had showered so frequently in the waters and breathed in so much of the calcium carbonate in the stone that his flesh eventually solidified to rock.
So if, on the course of your pilgrimage, you visit Knaresborough and happen to have a question, do pose it to that knight in the cliff, just at the entrance of where the chapel is now. Listen carefully for his answer before standing beneath the dropping well to let those waters wash over your skin. Only take care you don't stay too long.
N.B. This story was inspired by the etching on display at The Mercer Gallery 7th Feb-21st June. 'St Robert's Church at Knaresborough near Harrogate Spa in Yorkshire' by an unknown artist.


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what hairstyles for weekend? Dresses or jeans? What hairstyle are you going to wear for both dresses and jeans? It must be braids. It is versatile for girls to style a braid for their pretty outfits since the braids can not only bring you a pretty hair look but also pair your makeup or your outfits well.
1. Side Braids
They are not just side braids. Try to upgrade your traditional side braids. Getting inspired from the faux-hawk hair do, you can make some cool side braids as following styles. Draw the locks aside and make braids for the other side. However, useful tricks will help a lot. Why not just add twisted or bangs to spice up the traditional side braids.
2. Mermaid Braids
Girls will not miss mermaid braids because they look ultra-beautiful in the hairstyles.
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It's cold out here
starfields and solar radiation
rumble of the sublight engines
stale air and canned heat
hate this scratchy material of my uniform
can't stand to raise my arm to salute
I crave the open Air
To see the stars by natural gravity
in the open sky instead of behind
pressure compensation class
No Vertigo
No Spinning
No damage Reports
My thoughts drift back
to last night
The Imperial Palace
mandatory attendance
the dna in my blood drags me to it
and makes me a VIP
Standing in the receiving line
wanting to eat my shoes
Anything but this
handshaking on auto-pilot
Engage, Dock, Undock, Disengage
What was his name?
Fuck it
Commotion at the gates
heads turning but I can't see
over the sea
of human ornamentation
My chance to light-jump out of line
No course-plotting
Steady as she goes
She goes…
whoa! who is that?
Tap my infonode, left ear, near lobe
Facial recognition:
database failure:
No File found
She's lost in the shuffle
Skirt the edges of the crowd, listening for chatter and intel
She's instantly popular, but no one has seen her before
Don't believe if I ever met her
that I could have forgotten her
They'll be looking for me soon
to recall me back to the line
Reengage Diplomatic Protocols
back to the boring
smile, nod
handshake auto-pilot
engage, dock, undock, disengage
fuck that
She's on a approach vector
intercept course plotted
She moves like a wisp of cloud
Anti-grav? Repulsers?
nah… 4 inch heels, most likely.
Proximity Alert!
Steady now!
Her accent?
No, wait…Victory Station, FarReach?
Pay attention, you moron, this is it!!
Take her hand, light kiss on the top
her smile the size of Jupiter's spot
white opera gloves
Flesh at the top
pink in her cheeks
dimple, left side
Is that jasmin or cardarrian lotus?
Diamonds at her throat, like ice on her skin
moves with her
Lips parted, like she's got something to say
Eyebrows slightly raised
Fuck! Did She ask a question?
Focus you moron!
Music is starting, slow driving beat
Reverb bouncing back off the courtyard walls
She light-jumps in
closes to a few inches
Her hand out to the right in mine, palm to palm
The other on my upper arm, fingers getting tangled
in my epaulets
I hate these damn things!
My arm around the small of her back
1 2 3 – 4….1 2 3 – 4
Don't snag her on your medals!
She's strong, biceps have definition
Not Money
Not Military
Not Nobility
Not My Concern…….
Her eyes are singularities, I keep getting sucked into them
draws the lights from the walls
Easy, watch her feet!
Shots fired, port side
Those are fireworks you idiot
Replicas, high explosive yield
Reds, Blues, Greens, Yellows
Her face is a rainbow
She's smiling so fully, did she move closer?
Proximity Alert!
Captain we've got a blush leak on both cheeks!
Easy, back off
Maneuvering thrusts at station keeping
Song's ending…sustained note on guitar…hums to quiet
Chronographic display, upper end of the great hall
faint booming of chimes
Her face goes flat, the color light-jumps out of her cheeks
She curtsies
To me?…Why?
Let her hand go, you moron!
another light-jump and she's across the courtyard
Pursuit course?
Are you kidding?….
Almost fell on my face
Stepped on Something….
Recovered nicely, bend over and get it
Hmmm…4 inch Heel….made of….glass??
Now I wonder if a genecode scanner can get me a match?
Scan Status: 85%
Guess I'll know in about 30 minutes


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Jupiter with 4 moons
About this observation
Wayne Johnson
Time of observation
01/04/2017 - 22:15
Observing location
The Royal Gunpowder Mills in Waltham Abbey, United Kingdom
Canon 450D (astro modded)
SkyWatcher Startravel 80mm
SkyWatcher Startravel 80mm
Exp 1/2sec ISO 1600
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The moons top to bottom
Gamymade, Io, Europa,Callisto
and the star above Jupiter is θ Vir - 51 Vir - HIP 64238 A - SAO 139189 - HD 114330 - HR 4963 - WDS J13099-0532Aa,Ab
Magnitude: 4.45 (after extinction: 4.96)
RA/Dec (J2000.0): 13h09m56.96s/-5°32'21.1"
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CLASSIC BLUE - the Pantone 2020 color of the year - from Pantone.com:
"A timeless and enduring blue hue, PANTONE 19-4052 Classic Blue is elegant in its simplicity. Suggestive of the sky at dusk, the reassuring qualities of the thought-provoking PANTONE 19-4052 Classic Blue highlight our desire for a dependable and stable foundation on which to build as we cross the threshold into a new era.
Imprinted in our psyches as a restful color, PANTONE 19-4052 Classic Blue brings a sense of peace and tranquility to the human spirit, offering refuge. Aiding concentration and bringing laser like clarity, PANTONE 19-4052 Classic Blue re-centers our thoughts. A reflective blue tone, Classic Blue fosters resilience."
•A gorgeous, soft yarn ideal for shawls, sweaters, scarves, socks and more.
"SINCERE" SOCK YARN - a delightfully soft, sweet and pleasant fingering weight. 75% Superwash Merino Wool, 25% Nylon
•3-ply: Softness + definition
•Fingering Weight: Ideal for a variety of projects! Garments, accessories, baby and kid items, blankets and more. Sock yarn is so versatile and well-loved by many yarnies.
•Superwash Merino Wool + Nylon = super soft, super fine wool with nylon for added durability. No itchiness here! Machine-washable! Hand-washing keeps your items looking the best the longest, though.
•Yardage: 400 m/437 yd
•Weight: 3.5 oz (approx. 100 g)
•Recommended Knitting Needle Size: US 0-2
•Crochet Hook Size B-E
Note: Each skein is a hand-created, unique work of art and no two skeins will be identical, even within the same dye lot. If working with more than one skein in a project, it is best to alternate skeins every other row. Despite every effort to accurately depict our product colors, actual shades may vary due to differences in monitor settings.
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Very pretty blue
Definitely a good color to knit something nice and "trendy" for 2020


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Shiv Sena welcomes TDP's move, but says 'yet to take call' on no-confidence motion
With the opposition parties having made up their mind to move a no-confidence motion against the NDA government, the Shiv Sena on Monday said that party chief Uddhav Thackeray would take a call on it. The Shiv Sena which is the BJP's oldest ally has been the most vocal and critical of the BJP.
Although the BJP has numbers in the Lok Sabha, the stand that the Shiv Sena takes would be keenly watched, especially with General Elections scheduled for next year. While in some Sena circles it has been indicated that the party would back the BJP, others suggest that the party could also take a neutral stance.
"Will wait and watch.Will also have to see if Speaker allows the no confidence motion or rejects it. TDP has its own state issues and we welcome them. As of now we have not decided yet on no confidence motion, Uddhav ji will take a call," Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut told news agancy ANI.
For the Shiv Sena, there are various issues that would be taken into consideration. Firstly can it afford to stay out of power in Maharashtra and secondly whether it could go in for a complete divorce ahead of the 2019 elections. In an editorial written in its mouthpiece, Saamna, it had predicted that in 2019, the BJP would lose 110 seats.
[Trust vote: Will Shiv Sena back the BJP or take a neutral stance?]
The YSR Congress and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) will push for acceptance of their notices for no-confidence motion against the Narendra Modi government today. Y V Subba Reddy of the YSR Congress has written to the Lok Sabha secretariat to put his notice for the motion in the revised list of business for on Monday. The TDP has also moved a notice for a no-confidence motion. Parties like Congress, Left, Trinamool and RJD have openly come out and said that they would support the motion.
Meanwhile, the TDP has issued a whip to its MPs to be present in the House till the end of the budget session.
[TDP, YSR Congress to push for no-confidence motion against Modi govt today]
Soon after the TDP quit the NDA on Friday, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee welcomed the Chandrababu Naidu-led party's move and urged the opposition parties to stay united. TDP quit the NDA over the issue of Special Category Status to Andhra Pradesh. TDP has been claiming that the Modi government had 'betrayed' the poeple of Andhra Pradesh by not granting the status. The Union Governement, on its part, has maintained that ' Special Category Status' cannot be given, but financial assistance can be given to Andhra.
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Love art? Not painted or drawn in years? Want to try something new?
Art is medically proven to reduce stress and anxiety. It encourages creative thinking, boosts self esteem, well being and promotes healing.
I run regular art classes for children and adults during term time and specialist workshops in my studio every month.
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Representatives from the University will be on hand to discuss the full range of LCV expertise to be found in Loughborough where long-standing partnerships have been established with SMEs, global brands, other research institutions and Government stakeholders.
One of its many strengths is the sheer breadth of expertise that the University brings to the table, and the transdisciplinary teams it assembles to address industry-wide challenges.
As well as the more obvious capabilities around powertrains and propulsion technology, fuel cells and energy storage, optimal vehicle design and aerodynamics, it conducts world-leading research in advanced and light-weight materials, including composite testing.
With conventional internal combustion engines predicted to be the prime propulsion system for road vehicles for the next 20 years at least, Loughborough experts are exploring ways to reduce their environmental impact.
At last year's event, Loughborough showcased its multi-award-winning ACCT system that extends the temperature range at which AdBlueTM operates – greatly enhancing the effectiveness of SCR systems in on-highway and heavy-duty diesel vehicles.
The novel technology effectively integrates with existing reduction systems and, to date, no other technology exists that functions at low temperatures and uses the readily available, industry-standard AdBlueTM.
The team behind the new system have returned to this year's event – this time, with their prototype vehicle demonstrator, an Audi A4 Avant. The vehicle's 2.0 TDI diesel engine meets European Emissions Standard 6 and has CO2 emissions of 125 g/km.
Ongoing tests of the vehicle suggest significant reductions in NOx emissions are possible, comfortably meeting the more stringent Euro 6d emissions requirements which new vehicles will be obligated to comply with from 2020.
You can meet the ACCT team and learn more about their technology at the University's exhibition stand.
Longer term, connected and autonomous transport systems are expected to play a significant role in reducing carbon emissions – another area where the University's researchers are making a valuable contribution. Indeed, Loughborough is the lead academic partner in Smart Mobility Living Lab: London, a real-world test bed for connected and autonomous vehicles.
An emerging strand of Loughborough's work in the area of green CAV explores the interface between green powertrain and autonomous technologies. Key to this research is maintaining vehicle performance and safety whilst improving efficiency. By marrying enhanced powertrain models with machine intelligence, vehicles will "learn" to read their surroundings, and make control decisions that are both safe and efficient, whatever the driving conditions and environment.
The University's Additive Manufacturing Research Group is one of the leading centres in its field for research, development and dissemination. Coupled with capability in sustainable and electronics manufacturing, it is pioneering the development of electronic components that are robust, lightweight, multifunctional and efficient throughout the lifecycle.
Meanwhile, Loughborough Design School is home to researchers who – in partnership with Nissan – have worked to revolutionise the driving position in light commercial vehicles to reduce CO2 emissions and vehicle mass whilst optimising cargo space and driver safety and comfort.
Beyond vehicle technologies, the University also supports the development of improved transport infrastructure, including the enhancement of public transport networks and policy worldwide.
As well as nurturing its own research expertise, the University's Science and Enterprise Park (LUSEP) is home to some key players in the low carbon sector, including Cenex and the ETI. LUSEP's growing cluster of tenants within the energy sector, spanning early-stage to global organisations, facilitates some innovative cross-sector collaborations.
Professor Martin Passmore, Head of the University's Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering Department, says: "We always look forward to Cenex-LCV. It gives us the ideal opportunity to showcase the multiple strands of our LCV expertise, and meet with potential partners and stakeholders to further the impact of our work."
Meet the Loughborough University team at stand C-3 318 in Hall 3.


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Wanderlust editor-in-chief Lyn Hughes looks back on 20 years of publishing the UK's favourite travel magazine – and on what lies ahead
In November 1993, Lyn Hughes and Paul Morrison produced the very first issue of Wanderlust. It has since gone on to become an icon of the independent publishing industry, the gold standard by which other magazines devoted to adventurous travel are judged. Lyn took time out of her busy schedule to chat to Peter Moore about the challenges of those early days and what the future holds for the magazine – and travel.
When you started Wanderlust did you think it would be around so long? Was that the vision, for it to be a long term project?
We didn't really know what to expect. Every other travel magazine that had launched in the preceding years had failed, only ever lasting a few issues. So we knew it would be difficult but we thought we'd give it a go. I guess the dream was that it would be fantastically well-received and we'd end up in the position where we could go off travelling the world while a team back in an office somewhere produced the magazine!
The truth is, we really didn't know what we were doing! With that in mind we kept it very low key and small. If it didn't work we'd go back to doing something else.
At what point did you realise 'Hey, we can make a living out of this!'?
Probably when the magazine was coming up for its first year anniversary. That first year was tough. We lived in product review clothes and paid ourselves peanuts. It was a long, tough haul. So it was really exciting when our first lot of renewals came up. The fact that a couple of thousand people paid £12 for a years' subscription meant we had to go ahead and produce it. The renewals meant we could keep going. The fact that it was a really high renewal rate showed as well that we were hitting the right note.
How did you let people know about the magazine?
We were very active members of a travel club called Globetrotters, which is still going, so a mailing went out to all the Globetrotter members. We went to an independent travel forum at the Royal Geographical Society and did a mailing to the people who had been at that. We tracked down one of the magazines that had launched and failed and they let us have their subscriber list.
We then compiled our own list and sent out a dummy copy of the magazine with a survey to each of the names on it. We told them that if they completed the survey they'd get a free first issue. We got a really good response and so each of those people got first issues.
Meanwhile we'd carried on finding other ways to publicise the magazine as well. As a result, we had 2,000 subscribers for the first issue, which was pretty incredible. It showed there was a gap in the market and that people were willing to send a cheque for £12 – of course, it was all cheques then – which meant, in turn, that we had to do it! It also meant that the printers bill was paid before we'd even printed it, which was great. So the company has always been cash positive since Day One.
Did you have a background in publishing?
Nothing at all! Paul and I had met working for Mars, the multinational company best known for chocolates. We had very good roles there. I was in management information and got to travel a lot. But neither of us had any publishing experience.
Eventually we left our jobs at Mars to go travelling, doing freelance work as management consultants for large blue chip companies. But travel was our passion and so we were looking for something that would involve our big passion of travel. We thought about setting up a wildlife travel company – registering a name and everything – but it was during the recession in the early 90s. It was not dissimilar to now except that house prices had really crashed and we needed some capital to start a travel company.
While we were trying to raise the money we went off travelling to South America. It was on that trip that we had the idea for the magazine. And that actually seemed right, more so than the travel company. It just instantly felt right.
What was it about Wanderlust that resonated with travellers? Why did it succeed where others had failed?
Some of the other magazines that had failed were actually very good. But all they did was produce a beautiful magazine and put it out into the newsagents and then expected it to sell. We realised that you can't do that.
There were no other travel magazines at the time. There was the BBC Holiday Magazine and that was all. Most of the magazines that had tried and failed had concentrated on mainstream holidays. They were more like brochures than a magazine. In fact, when we launched, WHSmith's said: "Why would anybody buy a travel magazine when they can get a brochure for free from a travel agent?"
What was the reaction in the 'trade'?
WHSmiths told us it wouldn't work.Quite a few people in the travel trade told us that it wouldn't work. Some travel writers told us it wouldn't work. They couldn't see the difference between the magazine and a brochure. Even those that could, felt that the newspapers in this country already covered travel so why would anybody buy an actual magazine about it?
Thankfully, we were quite stubborn. We knew that there must be people like us who would lap it up and would want it. So instead of putting the magazine in WHSmiths, we went after subscribers instead. We also placed copies direct into shops, such as travel bookshops and a few of the outdoor and equipment shops. We'd drive around ourselves in my little Renault Clio and drop off those magazines.
But the bulk of our sales were subscriptions. It felt right anyway that there were people so passionate about travel that they'd want to subscribe to something that gave them that inspiration and advice.
Over the past 20 years, Wanderlust has gone beyond being just a magazine. The Wanderlust World Guide Awards, for example, is now an important event on the travel industry calendar.
We've met some remarkable people through the World Guide Awards. When we launched it I said it was the thing I was most proud of after Wanderlust itself. It's always very humbling to meet the nominees, incredible people who often don't achieve the recognition they deserve anywhere else. One consequence of the awards is that quite a few of the big tour companies have launched their own internal guide awards as well.
Another nice thing is that many of the guides have told us that it hasn't just been them who have have felt proud or benefited from the recognition – many of the people and teams around them have as well.
Is there anything else you are proud of?
It's really heartwarming when we meet people who tell us that Wanderlust has changed their lives. They found a destination that they fell in love with and have since moved there. Or they came across a project or a charity or conservation area that they've got involved in. Or they've met people some way, through the magazine, either through taking a trip or through coming to a Wanderlust event. We hear it so many times, that Wanderlust has affected their lives.
Strong ethics is very much part of Wanderlust's DNA. Do you think that it's important that travel and travellers respect the communities and natural environments that they pass through?
Right from the start, the magazine has been aimed at people who were interested in the planet and therefore care about the planet as well. It was never about going on a holiday and laying on a beach. It's been about authentic experiences and seeing the real place, getting to know the people and understanding the issues affecting their society.
As such, responsible travel underpins everything we write about. It's been on our contributor guidelines from Day One. Respecting people, communities and nature has always been part and parcel of what we do. I don't think we need to shove it down people's throats because the sort of intelligent, curious travellers that we're aimed at are already in tune with that.
What are the biggest changes you've seen in travel over the past 20 years?
The sort of travel we've been writing about over the past 20 years has become much more commonplace. When we launched it was considered pretty unusual to go to some of the places we covered. We had Ecuador on our very first cover and were told "Who on earth would go to Ecuador?" Now it's not considered unusual now to go somewhere like the Galapagos Islands. In fact, it's on a lot of people's wish list.
Travellers have also got access to a lot more information now. When we started there was hardly any, which made fact checking very difficult. Now, because of the internet, information is much easier to get. But that also means there's an awful lot of misinformation out there. We see so many inaccuracies online... the quality of information is often abysmal. So I feel that Wanderlust is still as valid as ever. We almost need to curate some of those ideas and also be the most accurate source of information.
It's also much easier for travellers to keep in touch. It used to be the case that if you were going off to Ecuador for any length of time you wouldn't expect to be in touch with family and friends until you got back. These days you're probably on social media every day and feel bereft if you can't contact people.
Has there been a journey over the past 20 years that stands out as a favourite?
There have been so many that it is impossible to pick just one. I've been privileged.
Are there any places left on your wish list?
Lots! And it just keeps gets longer. I still haven't been to Peru, to Machu Picchu, but I'm hoping to remedy that in spring 2014. Then there's Borneo, Ethiopia, Central America... the list is huge and immense.
Are there still great adventures left?
Absolutely. Adventure is always there if you look for it. Personally, I find every trip just as exciting as my first. I always find things I hadn't thought about before I left, that I hadn't been aware of. It doesn't matter how much you research or how much you've read, the reality is always very different. I'm a great believer in serendipity, following your nose, even on a pre-organised trip, you can still do so much that you haven't really planned before hand.
So what does the next 20 years hold?
I don't know! It's terrific to see Wanderlust still flourishing in these times when there's more travel information and sources of information than ever before. There's a whole proliferation of websites, there's a whole bunch of competitor magazines, and yet despite that Wanderlust is still going strong. The fact that we've still got loyal readers from Issue 1 is very heartening. It would be nice to think that Wanderlust will continue to go on flourishing, to grow and fly the flag for our type of travel and introduce whole new generation of travellers to our type of travel.
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Cerebral Vasospasm in the large brain-supplying vessels is only partially treatable 1) 2).
see Nimodipine for subarachnoid hemorrhage.
Removal of subarachnoid hemorrhage as soon as possible.
Instillation of thrombolytic agents (e.g. urokinase).
Antiinflammatory agents (steroids or NSAIDs).
The ultimate goal in the treatment of cerebral vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage is to avoid DIND by reducing ICP, optimizing the rate of cerebral oxygen demand, and improving cerebral blood flow. Given these goals, early aneurysm treatment and ventriculostomy placement for patients with elevated intracranial pressure is a necessity. Early aneurysm treatment allows the treatment team to be more aggressive with further vasospasm treatment over the course of care.
Triple H therapy controversial
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CVP 10-12mmHg, PAOP 15-18mmHg, CI 3-3.5 L/min/m2, Hct 30-35%, SBP 160-200 if aneurysm clipped and 120-150 if unclipped
Pulmonary edema, myocardial ischemia, rebleeding, rupture of new aneurysm, vasogenic edema/hemorrhagic infarction insetting of compromised BBB.
Selective intra-arterial verapamil, papaverine, or nitroprusside or Angioplasty.
Hemodynamic strategies and endovascular procedures may be considered for the treatment of cerebral vasospasm.
To date, the current therapeutic interventions remain ineffective being limited to the manipulation of systemic blood pressure, variation of blood volume and viscosity, and control of arterial carbon dioxide tension.In this scenario, the hormone erythropoietin (EPO), has been found to exert neuroprotective action during experimental SAH when its recombinant form (rHuEPO) is systemically administered. However, recent translation of experimental data into clinical trials has suggested an unclear role of recombinant human EPO in the setting of SAH 3).
The use of intravascular papaverine as an alternative treatment for reversible vasospasm is associated with various side effects including hemodynamic instability like bradycardia and hypotension. Some recent studies have pointed that washing aneurysmal arteries and subarachnoid space with papaverine may not have many complications and hemodynamic disorders besides preventing aneurysmal vasospasm 4)
Washing with papaverine significantly reduces cerebral blood flow and relieves vasospasm 5).
A substantial body of evidence supports the idea that CSF diversion could prevent VS, even if this issue is still much debated. External ventricular drainage (EVD) is the recommended procedure for posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus.
Of radiologically confirmed VS in 141 patients treated endovascularly for aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: 80 underwent EVD for hydrocephalus, 61 did not undergo EVD.
VS occurred in 8.75% of cases (7 patients) in the first groups, while in 22.95% (14 patients) in the second group. In addition, patients not treated with EVD display a prevalence of VS in lower Fisher grades compared to the other group.
This data indicate that CSF drainage reduces the risk of vasospasms in patients with endovascular treatment for aneurysmal SAH 6).


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The White House offered a behind-the-scenes peek Tuesday at the making of a presidential portrait—in three dimensions.
The video on the White House YouTube channel, entitled "The President, in 3D," shows Barack Obama smiling wide, surrounded by a scaffolding of 50 custom-built LED lights and a team of digital imaging specialists from the Smithsonian Institution. One-second of flashes later, and they have captured what is expected to be "the highest resolution digital model of a head of state."
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La lucha continua: Venezuelan anarchism: Introducing El Libertario. Save Obtilia Eugenio Manuel. A visa for Principe Gabriel Gonzalez.
On old and new Stalinisms: Repelling Stalinoid attacks on Makhnovism. Happy Honecker! Nazi-Comintern collaboration and the DDR. A glorious leap backward. Socialist Unity: From Soviet Union to the GDR, and the People's Republic of China. Stalin a mass murderer after all.
The democratic socialist tradition: The uncollected Michael Foot. Changing times: Minnie Lansbury and Poplarism. Reading about George Lansbury. Tom Paine for today.
Theory and praxis: Murdering the dead: on Amadeo Bordiga today. Castoriadis and magnanimity.
Politics and morality: The IMG and the morality of the Brighton bombing. The new McCarthyism and the BNP. A fitting tribute to Anna Politkovskaya.
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My two picks in order of preference would be the Selmer (Paris) (I'd be happy with an older Super Action 80 as long as it was in good adjustment) and the Yamaha Custom. I had a Yamaha soprano years ago which was loaned to me by Jackie McLean and it was a nice horn. I still prefer Selmer.


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Philadelphia, PA – Join Moore College of Art & Design for an evening of glamour, fashion and style when Century 21 Department Store presents FASHION SHOW 2017 on Saturday, May 12, 2017, at 8 pm in the Annenberg Court at The Barnes Foundation, 2025 Benjamin Franklin Parkway. Tickets are $30 for general admission and $150 for tickets that include VIP seats and parking. For information and tickets visit moore.edu/fashionshow2017 and, after March 19, call 215.965.8586. Additional sponsors include Anthropologie, EMD Performance Materials, The Logan Philadelphia's Hotel and Adrienne Vittadini '66.
"The momentum is really building right now and we are lining things up for a fantastic show," said Liz Collins, interim chair and associate professor of Fashion Design. "Our students are passionate about presenting their best work at such a special place."
Seniors will reveal their distinctive collections, showing off the students' personality, style and artisanal skills through their beautifully crafted clothing. The evening will also include summer sportswear for men and women designed by juniors; a cool musical runway childrenswear segment by sophomores that follows the theme "Rock and Roll Denim," with fashions inspired by the Pink Ladies from Grease to the celebrity children of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West; and the senior eveningwear finale, always a crowd-pleaser, featuring designs utilizing gold, silver and/or rose-gold metallic fabrics.
A selection of the winning fashions will be displayed in the windows of the Century 21's Philadelphia store at 8th and Market Streets for a month following the show.
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MOSSEL BAY NEWS - Trevor Davis (67), well-known in bowling circles, shot his Protea bowler wife, Elma (52) with a 12 gauge shotgun before turning the gun on himself.
Mossel Bay police were deployed to the couple's home at 17:00 yesterday (Sunday 14 April) after a neighbour heard gunshots and phoned the police.
Police spokesperson warrant officer Pieter Koekemoer says when they arrived at the Davis's home in Fijnboschpark in 17th Avenue, Mossel Bay the doors were locked.
Koekemoer says they had to force a door open in order to gain access to the house.
Police and members of the fire department searched the house and found the couple on the floor of the main bedroom.
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