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PRESS RELEASE: Nurses & healthcare professionals overwhelmingly authorize a strike
Posted by SEIU Local 121RN on December 10, 2020
For Immediate Release: Thursday, December 10, 2020
CONTACT: Terry Carter, (805) 312-0024
Nurses & healthcare professionals overwhelmingly authorize a strike at:
—Los Robles Regional Medical Center—
—Riverside Community Hospital—
—West Hills Hospital & Medical Center—
"Our line in the sand is getting strong pandemic safety guarantees," says Bargaining Team Member, as hospitals dig in heels against it.
Pasadena, CA–Registered Nurses and Licensed Medical Professionals at three Hospital Corporation of America facilities across the Southland have authorized their Bargaining Team to call an unfair labor practice strike if deemed necessary. The results of this vote show that Nurses and healthcare professionals are ready and in agreement to strike. Union members are still in active negotiations with these hospitals.
Staff at all three hospitals say that management was alarmingly unprepared for the pandemic. And while these HCA facilities are among the most profitable hospitals in the region, they were also among the least prepared. The hospitals also have high staff infection rates. Two staff members at Riverside Community Hospital have already died, and scores there have fallen ill, spreading the disease to co-workers and possibly otherwise-uninfected patients.
At the three hospitals, Nurses and other healthcare staff report:
Continued aggressive rationing of PPE; used, dirty PPE
Dangerous co-mingling of patients and staff; uninfected patients believed to have contracted COVID in the hospital
Insufficient testing of both patients and staff
Reliance on an often inaccurate, inexpensive COVID-19 test instead of the recommended standard
Staff is falling ill
Nurse-to-patient ratio regulations repeatedly violated
COVID-19 patients can go hours without seeing a Nurse
Nurses assigned to floors where they don't have the necessary training or lack support
Not enough housekeepers, leading to poor sanitation
Not enough nurse assistants, unit secretaries, charge nurses, pharmacists, respiratory therapists, transporters, occupational therapist, monitor techs
Staff can go entire shifts without a break
Dangerous "clean area" designations
"Those of us on the front lines of this pandemic have witnessed not only the ravages of the disease, but also the chaos manufactured by the hospital's unwillingness to listen to our recommendations," said Erin McIntosh, a Rapid Response Nurse at Riverside Community and a Bargaining Team Member. "We decided going into our contract negotiations with HCA that our line in the sand is getting strong pandemic safety guarantees. Union Nurses like me have led on health and safety for decades—AIDS treatment, needle safety, aerosol transmissible disease standards, safe patient handling. This pandemic is no different. Sadly, we often had to fight hospital administrators then, too. But it's a fight we're willing to take on for our patients and our profession."
In September, Nurses introduced their Pandemic Safety Platform, vowing to use their collective voice to push for improved safety protocols during the coronavirus pandemic—and noting that they felt betrayed by their hospitals as well as public health agencies. In their contract negotiations with the three hospitals, Union members propose contract language to put into practice many of these safeguards outlined in the platform. HCA management has refused to engage in meaningful negotiations on important safety proposals designed to provide greater protection for patients and staff.
"Our members hearts are breaking every day for their patients and their families," said the Union's Executive Director Rosanna Mendez. "They're risking their lives every day working in unsafe conditions. The Bargaining Team asks for very basic stuff here, like access to the proper equipment, enough staff on their floors, access to COVID testing and safe quarantine policies. There's no excuse for this pushback from HCA."
"These contract negotiations are just one tool we're using," said Marie Spaner, an RN at West Hills and a member of the Bargaining Team. "We saw how poorly prepared they were for a pandemic—worse than other area hospitals, even though they have way more money. We're using our collective voice everywhere we can right now—our contracts, grievances, legislation, public actions—to prevent such a poor response to our next public health crisis."
"We were dangerously understaffed years before the pandemic hit. Over a year ago, we finally got our hospital to agree to make improvements to the number of Nurses on our floors. Finally, things got a little better," said Kerry Cavazos, a Nurse at Riverside Community, and Chapter President of the Union at the hospital. "Then management walked away from their safe staffing agreement, leading to over 900 Nurses sounding the alarm with our 10-day strike over the summer. All to save money. They had the staff. They simply took people off the schedule and had them sit at home. More recently, when we've needed more staff, they lowered the amount they were offering out-of-state nurses—while everyone else started offering sky high rates. It makes no sense. Of all hospitals, ours is the one that could afford it."
"The biggest issue for me right now is the lack of testing for staff. We're likely giving it to each other. We could be spreading it to our patients and the community. But the hospital won't test us, even if we've been exposed," said Kami Miller, an RN at Los Robles. "Recently, two support staff tested positive and a third who'd been working alongside them was also quarantined. I told management that I was within six feet of one of the positive employees who wasn't wearing a mask at the time, and yet the hospital didn't test me. There was another recent exposure in Labor and Delivery, but none of the colleagues who'd worked with that employee were tested. My son's teachers are tested every week. It just doesn't make sense that we don't have a vigorous testing program here."
"This is a scary time to be on staff at this hospital. They were completely unprepared to protect staff. I've worked here for 6½ years and I've never been fit tested for an N95. Every other hospital I've worked at fit tested us every year, just like getting a TB test," said Julia Geran, Occupational Therapist at Los Robles. "And they never test us for COVID—even if we've been exposed. I have friends in the entertainment industry who automatically get tested twice a week, but we don't get tested, even if we ask."
Although a dangerous lack of PPE has been a problem at all hospitals where 121RN represents healthcare professionals, HCA hospitals like Los Robles were particularly unprepared for the pandemic, even though the Union asked them for their staffing, health and safety, infection control and preparedness plans regarding the disease on February 6—well before COVID-19 evolved into a pandemic. In a union-wide member survey, it was the wealthy HCA hospitals that had among the lowest marks for PPE (survey results here).
Hospital staff often urge their employers to put patients over profits. But HCA wrote the playbook for making money off of cutting corners. In fact, they're doing better than last year—in the middle of a pandemic when other hospitals are struggling. In the corporation's 2nd quarter of this year ending June 30—their first financial report affected by the pandemic—they experienced a 38% increase in year-over-year profits. Again in the most recent quarter ending September 30, they reported a 9% increase over the same period last year. On top of that, the hospital chain was so profitable last year that they took $2 billion to buy back their own stock and pay shareholder dividends.
Nurses and licensed healthcare professionals will continue to use their contract negotiations with the hospital to focus on staffing, health, and safety, including hospital preparedness during states of emergency.
SEIU Local 121RN represents registered nurses and other healthcare professionals in California. This member-led organization is committed to supporting optimum working conditions that allow nurses to provide quality patient care and safety.
— FACT SHEET —
Nurses report unsafe staffing levels:
Fewer RNs are expected to take care of more patients, even with an increased risk of COVID-19 infection during this pandemic due to insufficient PPE, recycling of single-use PPE, lack of support staff, and inadequate safety measures.
Legally-mandated rest breaks and meal periods continue to be treated as optional. Administrators continue their failure to provide break and lunch relief to exhausted nurses wearing masks, shields and other PPE for 12+ hours. The hospital would rather have Nurses pursue penalties than provide them with time to get water and nourishment.
As if Nurses didn't have enough challenges with the short-staffing issues, the hospital refuses to take extra precautions during this pandemic, instead cutting corners and taking risks with their lives and the lives of their patients:
Many Nurses are afraid that they have or will spread the disease to otherwise uninfected patients.
The hospital relies on a test known to give negative results for asymptomatic people, increasing the risk of unnecessary exposure to patients and staff.
SEIU medical staff are dying. Scores of RNs have fallen ill with COVID-19; two SEIU Local 121RN members have died and many more from our sister Unions.
There was and continues to be poor adherence to the OSHA mandated directive to ensure all staff are notified of all possible COVID-19 exposure.
There's a dangerous lack of personal protective equipment, which staff need to safely care for patients. Although it's been a problem at other hospitals, HCA hospitals were particularly unprepared for the shortage and didn't handle it well. In a Union-wide 121RN member survey, it was the wealthy HCA hospitals that had some of the lowest marks for available PPE (survey results here).
The hospital continues to aggressively ration items for "future needs." Nurses say that the hospital is conserving the wrong resources—save staff, not masks.
Nurses know that there's no such thing as a unit that can be considered "clean" of the disease.
At the same time, HCA Nurses work for the largest, wealthiest for-profit healthcare corporation in the nation:
HCA is in an amazingly good financial position. The had so much in profits last year that they took $2 billion of their profits to buy back their own stock and pay shareholder dividends. They had planned to do an additional $2.8 billion buyback of their own stock—in other words, they started the pandemic with nearly $3 billion in play money to get them through these months without a scratch.
In the corporation's 2nd quarter of this year ending June 30—their first financial report affected by the pandemic—they experienced a 38% increase in year-over-year profits. During the same period, the cut supplies spending by
In the most recent quarter ending September 30, they reported a 9% increase over the same period last year.
Here's another way to look at this corporation:
Between 2015 and last year, HCA's annual income went from $39.7 Billion to $51.3 Billion—so in 5 years they increased their annual income by 29%.
At the same time, though, they went from $2.1 billion in profits in 2015 to $3.5 Billion in 2019. That was an increase of 65% in annual profits.
So how did they do that? How did 29% more in income turn into 65% more in pure gravy profits? By cutting corners, that's how. By understaffing. By refusing to provide break relief. By not having enough PPE on hand.
While the coronavirus pandemic is devastating many of the smaller hospitals across the country, this is just a very survivable quick station stop on the HCA gravy train that keeps churning out money for its CEO and shareholders.
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On Sept. 7, 1881, Boston's temperature hit 102 degrees, but at least New England's latest yellow day had cleared.
It was twilight at noon – just like the Dark Day a century ago.
Yellow days, also known as dark days, seemed to happen more frequently in New England than anyplace else in the world.
Fred Gordon Plummer reached that conclusion in Forest fires: their causes, extent, and effects, with a summary of recorded destruction and loss, a U. S. Forest Service book published in 1915. He reasoned that storm centers and air currents converge over the region. When the great forest fires broke out in the northern United States, winds carried the smoke to New England.
Usually they begin with a gradually increasing gloom until artificial light is necessary. They may last from a half hour to several days.
Most dark days should more properly be called 'yellow days,' wrote Plummer, and even the Dark Day of 1780 was preceded by a gradually increasing yellowness and an odor.
The Dark Day of 1780, detail from mural painted by Works Progress Administration artist Delos Palmer in Stamford, Conn., Old Town Hall.
They have other names: dry fogs, Indian summers and colored rains.
A tremendous forest fire in Michigan's thumb-shaped peninsula caused the Yellow Day of 1881. It burned about a million acres, killed 282 people and destroyed 20 villages. It sent smoke, soot and ash eastward high into the air.
An hour after dawn on the Yellow Day in 1881, "the moist air, saturated with smoke and perfectly still, seemed to thicken into a heavy screen of mist, that hung low and was of a strange yellow hue," according to Harper's Magazine.
Boston's Equitable Building on Milk Street. Photo courtesy Boston Public Library.
The Yellow Day created strange, even lurid, atmospheric effects. Lights flashed and gleamed with dazzling brightness and distinctive whiteness, reported the Boston Globe.
Quiet descended on city streets: The girls who sold peanuts stopped selling their wares, the fruit vendors stood stock still next to heaps of peaches and grapes and newsboys subdued their shouts.
Out in the country, farm work stopped, hens went to roost and the cattle stopped feeding. Factories closed for the day and teachers in Fall River and Lowell sent children home from school because it was so hard to read and write.
The Yellow Day kept all spectators away from a baseball game between the Bostons and the Worcesters. Instead, throngs of Bostonians rushed to the high roof of the Equitable Building to observe the Yellow Day.
In mid-afternoon, railroad men left depots carrying lanterns, and early afternoon trains lit their lamps. "Nine persons out of ten would have declared that it was evening when it was but 2 O'Clock," reported the Globe.
Groups of Second Adventists believed the end was coming on the Yellow Day. They wore their ascension robes to local schoolhouses in Worcester, Woonsocket and Hartford to await the world's end.
A rural deacon believed the end of the world was near, according to Harpers.
His neighbor said, "You allus said you wanted to be in heaven, and I guess you'll be there before dinner. You ought to be happy, anyway."
The deacon had no such luck. The air began to clear by 5 pm, and stars twinkled in the sky three house later.
This story about the Yellow Day of 1881 was updated in 2018.
Did these days of darkness coincide with eclispes?
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No Carole, they did not coincide with eclipses. A great place to read about these phenomena and their likely causes is JSTOR.ORG…a free site that publishes original works chronicling events. Here is the link to the 05/19/1780 event. Most likely these phenomena are the results of wildfires or volcanic activity.


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Q: Does Objective C & Swift support Hierarchical inheritance? I know that Objective-C and Swift support multi-level inheritance. But do they support hierarchical inheritance too or is it that any language that supports multi-level inheritance supports hierarchical by default?

A: Yes, both languages support hierarchical inheritance. There are countless examples in the iOS SDK.
UIResponder is subclassed by UIApplication, UIView, UIViewController.
UIView obviously has many subclasses as does UIViewController.

A: The Wikipedia page about Inheritance states that Java 8 supports Multiple Inheritance by default methods.
Swift 4 Extensions support a very similar concept with protocol extensions. So you can say that Swift 4 also supports multiple inheritance.

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First of all, craftgasm is what my friend Kim called this weekend in Portland and it pretty much sums up all the goodness we experienced!
I tried to blog during our trip, but it was such a whirlwind! We left Vancouver Thursday evening and stayed overnight in Olympia, two hours outside of Portland. We arrived in Portland about lunch time and headed over to the Museum of Contemporary Craft to drop off our swag bag donations. I figured that we would drop them off rather than ship them, as I didn't get on the band wagon until a week before we were leaving!
Don't the bags look good? We tried to get these for Vancouver, but these were left over from the book launch and Portland snapped up all the remaining bags! Rob and I did manage to grab two, so one of them will be given as a prize at the Handmade Nation Vancouver Premier.
Friday night was the Portland premier screening and although I knew the film was going to be good, it was incredible. 65 minutes of some of the most amazing and influential crafters in the United States - wow!! The staff at the Museum of Contemporary Craft put together a wonderful night and it was great to see and meet so many of the artists from the film that came down for the event.
I finally had the chance to meet Susan from West Coast Crafty. I have been reading her blog for the past year or so, so I was glad to see her in person. I also finally had a chance to meet Kim Werker from Vancouver. We were introduced by friends and seriously live maybe 20 minutes away from each other, but of course, we didn't meet until we were both standing (or maybe sitting?) in the screening room! I love her and can't wait to work on some awesome projects together!! Also, had the chance to meet Kate Bingaman-Burt, the founder of Obsessive Consumption and What did you buy today?. I had been talking to Kate leading up to the event about swag bags.
Of course, after talking over email since February, we were so happy to finally meet Faythe!! The screening ended with a 30 minute Q&A session and she was absolutely amazing.
If you don't have your tickets to Handmade Nation in Vancouver, then you should get them now! This is not to be missed! To purchase tickets, please visit the homepage of Got Craft or see the post below.


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An ode to Louis Kahn by Dowse for the Design Museum
The Design Museum commissioned Dowse to create a collection of jewelry and art prints to accompany their exhibition on the great American architect Louis Kahn.
The collection by Dowse for the Design Museum centers around two of the stand out aspects of Louis Kahn's work. In terms of metal, they captured the harmony he created with simple geometric shapes. Then, for the prints, they aimed to express his uncompromising vision for his monumental buildings and the light of the environments these structures absorb and reflect. Choosing a palette of metallic ink and pastel color for the background pattern to capture this light and also some of the more personal elements gathered for the exhibition, such as his watercolor and pastel sketches.
About Louis Kahn: One of the most influential architects of the mid-20th century, Louis Kahn (1901-1974) realised relatively few buildings, yet the formal restraint and emotional expressiveness of his Jonas Salk Institute, Kimbell Art Museum and the Capital Complex in Dhaka are regarded as an inspired progression from the International Style. The few buildings that Louis Kahn did realise were so remarkable that they established him as one of the most important figures in 20th century architecture, whose influence is compared to that of Le Corbusier and Mies Van Der Rohe, yet whose work offered new intellectual possibilities to the younger generation of architects searching for alternatives to their hegemonic International Style. Convinced that contemporary architects could – and should – produce buildings which were as monumental and as spiritually inspiring as the ancient ruins of Greece and Egypt, Kahn devoted his career to the uncompromising pursuit of formal perfection and emotional expression.
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The Secret Life of Heros by Grég Guillemin
French artist Grég Guillemin peeks into the private lives of very well...
Onion Pinch by Caterina Tiazzoldi and Eduardo Benamor Duarte
The World's Best Artist by Mitch O'Connell
Illustrations for Rolling Stone by Evgeny Parfenov
Design is the fundamental soul of a human-made creation that ends up expressing itself in successive outer layers of the product or service.

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WSOP Circuit Series Continues Global Expansion
Updated: November 24th, 2016 by Dev Ops
The World Series of Poker Circuit Series, often referred to as the "WSOP Circuit" tour or the unofficial acronym WSOPC, continues to expand both within the US and around the globe. Just this week, the international portion of the series has either announced or confirmed at least six upcoming series stops for the second half of the ongoing 2016-17 season, swelling to at least 14 the number of such stops, spread across five continents, for the WSOP's international presence.
The six confirmed new stops in a recent WSOPC release include one that was previously announced and in fact has just begun, at the Star, a prominent venue in Sydney, Australia. These six stops have been officially added to the WSOP Circuit's 2016-17 international tour:
Sydney, Australia – November 22-December 12, 2016 – The Star, Sydney
Marrakech, Morocco – January 14-22, 2017 – Casino de Marrakech
Campione, Italy – March 6–20, 2017 – Casino Campione D'Italia
Cannes, France – April 17-24, 2017 – Casino Barriere Cannes le Croisette
Estoril, Portugal – May 1-7, 2017 – Casino Estoril
Brussels, Belgium – May 19-28, 2017 – Grand Casino Brussels VIAGE
Along with a stop in Uruguay next month that had also previously been announced, plus a hint from WSOP.com Editor-in-Chief Seth Palansky that at least one more international stop is still in the works, at least 14 international series are now likely for the series' 2016-17 slate.
The WSOP Circuit's International Tour, officially launched for the 2015-16 season, is one of the most obvious pushes of the stated goal by WSOP and Caesars Entertainment officials to grow the game globally. The WSOP Circuit and Circuit International tours, which offer "mid price" events to hundreds of thousands of poker fanatics who often can't afford the expense of a trip to the WSOP or another major global poker event, has been a stunning success. Since the first US-based Circuit stops were launched a little over a decade ago, the joint tours have grown exponentially. For the 2016-17 seasons, which run through May, the 14 international stops are joined by 22 more domestic (within the US) stops. That makes for at least 36 total series, almost all of which run 12 days or more.
Toss in satellite events, non-ring events, plus a surge in cash-game traffic, and that's a whole lot of poker. Logistically, the rise of the WSOP Circuit series has been a tremendous achievement, involving tremendous coordination between the WSOP and various casino officials. Originally, Circuit stops were held only at Caesars properties, but in recent years — and in particular, on the international tour — that has changed, with each venue providing not only the playing space, but the labor and equipment as well.
When one realizes, as noted in a recent WSOP Circuit statement, that all such Circuit stops combined account for more actual paid entrants than the seven-week long WSOP each summer in Las Vegas, then the success of the Circuit tours is even more evident.
"We are very pleased to add these additional stops to the WSOP Circuit," said WSOP Director Gregory Chochon, who heads up the WSOP's international expansion plans and can take much of the credit for the recent success. "We have been very judicious on which locales and casinos we will work with and believe we have found terrific partners in each of these markets to help bring the WSOP brand to a local and regional audience."
Also worth noting is the Circuit and "Circuit International" tours aren't totally autonomous: Both send qualifiers to the season-ending WSOP Global Casino Championship. Two qualifiers from each international stop receive automatic invites, the stop's Main Event winner and the Casino (overall points) champions. The WSOP has not announced as of today the dates or venue for this year's cuminating championship, though in previous years it's been held in late May in Las Vegas.
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The 44-year-old woman who died in an Ickenham crash "fell from a height" just before she was hit, police have confirmed.
The entire eastbound carriageway of the road was temporarily closed at about 12.30pm on Tuesday (March 19) after a woman was hit by a van .
Despite the best efforts of paramedics the woman was pronounced dead at the scene almost an hour later and police are appealing for dash-cam footage or witnesses.
Responding to My London 's request for clarification, a Met spokeswoman said the woman had "fallen from a height before the collision with the van".
At the time, a Met spokesman said: "Police were called at 12.35pm to reports of a road traffic collision on the A40.
"At the scene a 44-year-old female had been in collision with a van. The injured woman was pronounced dead at the scene at 1.29pm."
He added that the driver stopped at the scene and there were no arrests.
Anyone with information should call police on 101 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
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Samaritans: Phone 116 123, 24 hours a day, or email jo@samaritans.org, in confidence.
Childline: Phone 0800 1111. Calls are free and won't show up on your bill.
PAPYRUS: A voluntary organisation supporting suicidal teens and young adults. Phone 0800 068 4141.
Depression Alliance: A charity for people with depression. No helpline but offers useful resources and links to other information.
Students Against Depression: A website for students who are depressed, have low mood, or are suicidal. Find out more here.
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Chelsea draw 1-1 with Man United, Man City win
Chelsea's lead at the top of the Premier League was reduced to one point over Manchester City and two over Liverpool after they were held at home by Manchester United to a 1-1 draw while rivals Manchester City beat West Ham United 2-1 on Sunday.
In what is likely to be the last game before Ralf Ragnick is confirmed as interim coach, United adopted a cautious approach with Cristiano Ronaldo on the subs' bench and didn't get near the Chelsea penalty area for over 20 minutes.
Jadon Sancho scored his first Premier League goal in the 50th minute after an error from Jorginho, but the Chelsea midfielder made amends in the 69th minute from the penalty spot after Aaron Wan Bissaka had fouled Thiago Silva and Chelsea nearly took all three points when Silva blazed over when unmarked at the far post in the 97th minute.
The game between Burnley and Tottenham was called off due to heavy snow, while nearby Manchester City's 2-1 win at home game against West Ham was also delayed at halftime to allow ground staff to clear heavy snow from the pitch after a first-half snowfall had covered the lines.
Ilkay Gundogan opened the scoring from close range in the 33rd minute and Fernandinho, who had just come on as a substitute, secured the win in the last minute of normal time, although Manuel Lanzini then netted a stunning late consolation for the visitors.
Claudio Ranieri has a disappointing return to the King Power Stadium as Watford coach, five years after leading Leicester City to the Premier League title, when his former side beat his current team 4-2.
Jamie Vardy scored twice while James Maddison and Amedola Lookman also got on the scoresheet for Leicester, while Josh King and Emmanuel Bonaventura scored for Watford.
Brentford striker Ivan Tomey got his revenge on Rafael Benitez, who released him when the duo were at Newcastle United when he scored from the penalty spot to end Brentford's five-game run without a win as they defeated Everton 1-0.
The defeat piles the pressure on Benitez ahead of the Merseyside derby at home to Liverpool on Wednesday.
Liverpool moved to within two points of Chelsea at the top of the Premier League with a 4-0 win at home to Southampton on Saturday.
Diogo Jota's 97th-second goal following an Andrew Robertson cross put them in the lead, before the Portuguese doubled his tally in 32nd minute and Thiago Alcantara's left foot shot five minutes later ended the game as a contest, with only Virgil van Djik's 52nd-minute strike to add to the scores in the second half.
Steven Gerrard continued his winning start to life in the Premier League as Aston Villa won 2-1 away to Crystal Palace thanks to goals from Matt Targett in the 15th minute and John McGinn's first time shot five minutes from time.
Second half goals from Bakary Saka and Gabriel Martinelli saw Arsenal ease past bottom of the table Newcastle, who remain winless after 13 games.
Norwich City stretched their unbeaten run to three games with a 0-0 draw at home to Wolves, but will be disappointed to not have taken a third consecutive win after Wolves keeper Jose Sa denied both Teemu Pukki and Lukas Rupp with late saves.
In Saturday's last game Brighton and Leeds United drew 0-0 in a result that extends Brighton's winless run to eight games as they failed to take several good chances.


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Hungary boat collision captain involved in previous crash
Hungarian prosecutors have said the cruise boat captain arrested over a collision on the Danube was already under investigation over another accident. The official death toll from the Budapest disaster has risen to 19.
Prosecutors in Budapest have said the captain arrested over a deadly collision with a sightseeing boat last week was already the subject of another accident investigation.
Officials said Thursday they were informed that the Ukrainian cruise boat skipper had been aboard another vessel that was involved in an accident in the Netherlands in April.
The 64-year-old man, identified by police as C. Yuriy from Ukraine, was arrested last week in Budapest. He is being held as a suspect in the deadliest boat collision on the Danube River in more than half a century.
The suspect was skippering the Viking Cruises company vessel, Sigyn, along a busy stretch of the Danube in Budapest when it collided with a much smaller pleasure vessel, the Hableany (Mermaid). The death toll from the incident rose to 19 on Thursday, with most of the victims part of a 33-member South Korean tour group.
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Hungary pledges thorough probe into fatal boat collision
Another incident in the Netherlands
Prosecutors said they were informed by the EU justice agency Eurojust that the Sigyn captain was also under investigation over the collision of another Viking ship, the Idun, with a chemical tanker in the Dutch city of Terneuzen on April 1.
At the time of the incident in the Netherlands, the Idun had 137 passengers and 43 crew on board. Several passengers were injured. Viking Cruises said Thursday that its employee had been aboard the Idun, but that he was "not serving" as captain at the time.
Nine people are still missing after the Budapest incident, with only seven people on board the smaller vessel known to have survived. Hungarian officials have said the captain was suspected of "deleting data from his telephone after the collision" with the Hableany, which sank within seconds of the vessels hitting one another.
A barge carrying a crane to lift the Hableany to the surface has arrived in Budapest, but retrieval efforts are on hold until the river level subsides.
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Tourists injured in Venice cruise ship crash
A cruise ship lost control before docking in Venice's San Basilio terminal, crashing into the wharf and hitting a tourist boat. At least five people sustained minor injuries. (02.06.2019)
Deadly Rhine River inflatable boat accident near Strasbourg
At least three people, including a young girl, have died after an inflatable boat accident on the Rhine River near Strasbourg. Rescue services searched for a missing young girl throughout the afternoon. (30.05.2019)
Hungary orders arrest of Danube cruise captain after crash
A court in Budapest has ordered the captain of a Viking ship be formally arrested over a boat crash that left seven South Koreans dead. More than 20 people remain missing. (01.06.2019)
Hungary: Several dead, missing after boat sinks on the Danube
At least seven people have died and 21 others are missing after a Hungarian sightseeing boat capsized on the Danube River in Budapest. Most of the passengers were tourists from South Korea. (30.05.2019)
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Hungary: Several dead, missing after boat sinks on the Danube 30.05.2019
At least seven people have died and 21 others are missing after a Hungarian sightseeing boat capsized on the Danube River in Budapest. Most of the passengers were tourists from South Korea.
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Hungary pledges thorough probe into fatal boat collision 31.05.2019
Police in Hungary have detained the captain of a vessel that collided with a small sightseeing boat in Budapest. The tour boat, with 35 people on board, sank into the Danube River in seconds. So far seven people have been confirmed dead and 21 others are still missing.


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SRS Arranges $4.7 Million Sale of Conn's HomePlus-Occupied Retail Property in Montgomery
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A California-based private investor bought the Conn's HomePlus-occupied retail property in Montgomery, Alabama for $4.7 million.
Montgomery, Ala. — SRS Real Estate Partners' National Net Lease Group has arranged the $4.7 million sale of a 43,441-square-foot, single-tenant retail property occupied by Conn's HomePlus in Montgomery. Conn's Inc. has eight years left on its lease. Located at 2424 Eastern Blvd., the store was built in 1997 and renovated in 2019. The property is situated on 5.3 acres within the Promenade Montgomery and Promenade Montgomery North community centers, which feature more than 270,000 square feet of retail space. Retailers at these centers include The Home Depot, Harbor Freight Tools, Winn-Dixie and Dollar Tree. Matthew Mousavi, Patrick Luther, Kyle Stonis and Pierce Mayson of SRS represented the seller, a Southeast-based shopping center owner and operator, as well as the buyer, a California-based private investor.
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This travel poster event offers a grand tour of European cities, with two examples taking top spots in the sale. Lot #166, a 1951 Venezia poster by Frenchman Adolphe Mouron (1901-1968) features a tranquil vista on a Venetian canal with a man in renaissance dress operating a gondola whose image is inversely reflected in the water. It was printed in Milan by Calcografia & Cartevalori and is estimated at $2,000-3,000. And lot #355, a c. 1935 Swedish American Line poster, is illustrated with an imposing ocean liner, likely the MS Kungsholm. This impressive, Art Deco style example is estimated at $2,000-3,000 and was printed by the Swedish firm Icasons.
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Posters representing southern destinations lend a touch of southern comfort (and hospitality) to this auction. Lot #288, a c. 1955 poster from the Mexican National Tourism Council, is illustrated with a photograph of a large Mexican fruit display complete with a man and woman topper in traditional dress. This "Paradise of Tropical Fruits" is estimated at $150-250. It's impossible not to make eye contact with Lot #300, a Pan American poster for Tahiti featuring a beautiful woman with a suggestive gaze. This looker from the 1970s is estimated at $300-500. And lot #540, a c. 1950 Habana, Cuba poster from Artes Graficas promotes the city's twinkling lights, landmark buildings, and main thoroughfares. It is estimated at $1,400-1,600.
This sale comes rounds out with can't look away selections of posters featuring sports, events, adventure, and other exotic destination themes. Lot #236, a rare and original 1946 Air France travel poster for West Africa by Vincent Guerra is estimated at $1,500-2,000. It comes to life with an abstracted, patterned image of African elephants among their native terrain, with a jet flying overhead. You can go anywhere with lot #152, a classic modernist travel poster from American Airlines advertising the concept of travel rather than a specific destination. This inspiring example was designed by Edward Mcknight Kauffer in 1948 and is estimated at $1,500-2,000. And last to take a pole position in this summary is lot #102, a Dorothy Waugh (1896-1996) poster promoting winter sports for the US Parks Service. This Art Deco style piece, showing a pair of skiers silhouetted in snowy white against a blue and green background, is estimated at $1,400-2,000.
According to Gabe Fajuri, President at Potter & Potter Auctions, "We're pleased to offer such a diverse selection of posters, in such wonderful condition, and all from a single owner collection. Any enthusiast with an interest in modern master poster designers should find something appealing at this sales event. These striking images should also catch the eye of designers, decorators, and anyone looking for first-class examples of mid-century modern decorative art."
Potter & Potter, founded in 2007, is a Chicago area auction house specializing in paper Americana, vintage advertising, rare books, playing cards, gambling memorabilia, posters, fine prints, vintage toys, and magicana - antiques and collectibles related to magic and magicians. The company's next sale, an online only Winter Magic Auction, will be held on December 15, 2018. The auction will be conducted exclusively on Potter & Potter's online bidding platform. The online catalog will be posted approximately two weeks before the date of the sale. For more information, please see www.potterauctions.com. Follow us on Facebook (potterandpotterauctions), Twitter (PnPAuctions), and Instagram (potterauctions).


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V54 (także V-54) – typ rumuńskiego wagonu tramwajowego, wytwarzanego w zakładach Electroputere (EP) w Krajowej. Zakłady te wyprodukowały w połowie lat 50. XX wieku 256 wagonów tej serii. Wagony V54 eksploatowane były przez sieci tramwajowe w Bukareszcie, Oradei oraz w Timișoarze. Oznaczenie jest skrótem od rumuńskich słów vagon de anul 1954 – wagon z roku 1954 – i nawiązuje do roku produkcji. W Oradei i Timișoarze tramwaje te, w nawiązaniu do amerykańskich zakładów Pullman Palace Car Company produkujących wagony typu PCC, określano także jako typ Pullman.

Poprzednik typu V54: typ V951
Typ V54 jest pod względem konstrukcyjnym zbliżony do produkowanego trzy lata wcześniej bukaresztańskiego tramwaju V951, nazywanego potocznie Festival. Źródłem tejże nazwy był Światowy Festiwal Młodzieży i Studentów, który odbył się w 1953 r. w Bukareszcie. 37 egzemplarzy o numerach 3001–3037 wyprodukowano w warsztatach głównych przewoźnika Întreprinderea de Transport București. Prototyp ukończono w 1951 r., produkcja seryjna trwała w roku 1952 (sześć sztuk) i 1953 (30 sztuk).

Wagon nr 3037 należał od 1954 r. do Electroputere i służył jako wzór dla późniejszych tramwajów typu V54.

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Bukareszt

Do Bukaresztu dostarczono w latach 1955–1959 231 wagonów typu V54. Wagonom V54 nadano numery taborowe z zakresu 3038–3268. Z powodu braków wyposażenia elektrycznego 106 egzemplarzy kursowało początkowo jako doczepy i nosiło w tym czasie oznaczenie V13. W latach 60. XX wieku wyposażenie tych wagonów zostało uzupełnione. Doczepy przebudowane na wagony silnikowe zastąpiono nowo wyprodukowanymi, dwuosiowymi doczepami V12.

Wagon Festival i trzy wagony V54 wycofano z eksploatacji w 1968 r. 264 pozostałe tramwaje zmodernizowano w warsztatach głównych bukaresztańskiego przewoźnika. W trakcie remontu usunięto silniki w 92 wagonach. W ten sposób, z powodu nowoczesnych wózków identycznych z tymi montowanymi w wagonach V3A, powstał nowy typ wagonów EP/V3A, oznaczanych również V14. Oprócz nowych wózków tramwaje wyposażono również w pantografy połówkowe, jednoczęściową szybę przednią z nową kasetą na trasę linii oraz w drzwi harmonijkowe. Wymieniono także wyposażenie elektryczne. Po 1980 r. warsztaty tramwajowe w Bukareszcie przebudowały także 80 starszych dwuosiowych wagonów doczepnych na czteroosiowe; miało to na celu połączenie ich z wagonami EP/V3A.

Jako źródło części posłużyły doczepy serii V12 z lat 50. i 60. XX wieku. Przebudowane wagony wyposażono w wózki z tramwajów V3A. Po modernizacji tramwaje otrzymały oznaczenie V12/V3A. Łącznie do eksploatacji przekazano 172 doczepy V12/V3A, po jednej dla każdego z tramwajów typu V54. Z powodu wysokiej awaryjności tramwajów silnikowych, od 1988 r. bukaresztański przewoźnik wysyłał do obsługi linii tramwajowych składy złożone z jednego wagonu silnikowego i dwóch doczep. W drugiej połowie lat 90. XX wieku sprowadzono do Bukaresztu używane tramwaje z Niemiec Wschodnich, co umożliwiło wycofanie z eksploatacji części tramwajów typu EP/V3A.

Ostatnie tramwaje produkcji Electroputere zakończyły służbę liniową w 2000 r., kilka z nich zostało przebudowanych na wagony techniczne.

Timișoara
Do Timișoary dostarczono 20 tramwajów V54. Przez pewien czas typ V54 w Timișoarze oznaczano także jako T.8. Początkowo V54 eksploatowano jedynie pojedynczo. W latach 1961–1966 przedsiębiorstwo Întreprinderea de Transport Timișoara zamówiło w Bukareszcie 41 dwuosiowych doczep typu V12. 24 z nich były przeznaczone do połączenia w składy z tramwajami V58, pozostałych 17 sprzęgnięto z wagonami serii V54. W latach 60. XX wieku tramwaje V54 wyposażono w drzwi harmonijkowe z napędem pneumatycznym.

W latach 1972–1976 tramwaje V54 zastąpiono na liniach nr 1, 2 i 6 składami wagonów Timiș 2. W drugiej połowie lat 60. XX wieku obsługiwały linię nr 8, a w 1976 r. przez pewien czas również linię nr 4, następnie do połowy lat 80. XX wieku kursowały na linii nr 7. Z wyjątkiem wagonu nr 229, który przez kilka lat był częścią taboru gospodarczego, wszystkie egzemplarze serii V54 zezłomowano. Przedsiębiorstwo Regia Autonomă de Transport Timișoara sprowadziło w 1999 r. z Bukaresztu wagon V54 nr 6026 w celu zachowania go jako tramwaju muzealnego. Tramwaj ten odnowiono w 2008 r. i oznaczono numerem 229.

Oradea
Oradea otrzymała 14 tramwajów typu V54. Trzy z dostarczonych do miasta doczep już w pierwszej połowie lat 60. XX wieku wyposażono w silniki; wagonom nadano numery 58, 59 i 60. Cechą charakterystyczną tramwajów V54 w Oradei były lirowe odbieraki prądu. Podobnie jak w dwóch pozostałych miastach, także i w Oradei tramwaje kursowały pojedynczo lub w składach z doczepami. Pod koniec roku 1980 w eksploatacji pozostawało 14 tramwajów, natomiast w końcu 1986 r. już tylko 5. W 1989 r. V54 zastąpiono składami tramwajów Timiș 2 oraz V2A i V3A.

Wymiana pasażerów

Cechą szczególną tramwajów V54 był sposób wymiany pasażerów. Pasażerowie wchodzili do tramwaju środkowymi drzwiami, przy czym konduktor zajmujący miejsce przy tychże drzwiach obsługiwał naraz dwie osoby. Pasażerowie przechodzili następnie w lewo lub w prawo przez barierki odgradzające obszar drzwi od przedziału pasażerskiego. Podróżni opuszczali następnie tramwaj korzystając z węższych drzwi przednich lub tylnych. Zasada ta jednak się nie sprawdziła, dlatego też stanowisko konduktora umieszczono ostatecznie obok tylnych drzwi, służących po przebudowie jako wejściowe.

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Global bank HSBC is setting a single annual overdraft rate of 39.9% for its U.K. customers, as it scraps daily charges for people who go into unarranged borrowing on their account.
The new interest rate on both arranged and unarranged overdrafts comes into place on March 14, 2020, and will be charged on the amount borrowed.
HSBC currently charges between 9.9% and 19.9% of interest on arranged overdrafts.
The bank is removing the £5 ($6.57) daily usage fee for unarranged overdrafts and reducing the monthly maximum cost for using an unarranged overdraft to £20 from £80.
HSBC is also introducing a £25 buffer on the amount people can borrow interest free, where they won't be charged on their arranged overdraft below this limit. This applies to HSBC Advance, Bank Account and Current Account.
This buffer goes up to £500 for its Premier account customers and £1,000 for its Jade account customers.
HSBC said the changes mean using an overdraft will be cheaper or cost the same for seven out of 10 of its U.K. customers.
The bank has close to 9 million current account customers in the U.K., known as checking accounts in the U.S., though the changes will not apply to those with student accounts which have an interest-free overdraft or the Basic Bank account which doesn't offer an overdraft.
Madhu Kejriwal, HSBC U.K.'s head of lending and payments, said the bank was aiming to make its overdraft charging structure "easier to understand" and "more transparent."
The changes come as U.K. regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), introduces new rules on overdrafts.
Earlier this year, the FCA announced that it would be clamping down on the "dysfunctional" overdraft market and from April 6, 2020, it would be banning banks from charging higher prices for unarranged overdrafts compared to arranged borrowing.
The new rules will prevent charging structures based entirely on daily fees and stop models using a mix of an interest rate plus daily or monthly usage fees.
Instead it is requiring banks to price overdrafts with a single annual interest rate.
The regulator found that banks made more than £2.4 billion from overdrafts alone in 2017, 30% of which came from unarranged borrowings. Unarranged overdraft fees can be more than 10 times as high as charges on payday loans in some cases, it said.
U.K. bank Nationwide Building Society also moved to a single annual overdraft interest rate of 39.9% in November, again scrapping its £5 daily fee on unarranged borrowing.
Last week, Brazil's monetary policy committee capped interest rates on overdrafts. Central bankers said banks would not be able to charge interest rates over 150%, or 8%, as of January 6, 2020, according to a Reuters report. The average rate on borrowing is currently 306%, it was reported.
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Mostly False: "Romania has tripled its COVID-19 testing capacity''
Mostly False: "Romania has tripled…
"We have tripled the testing capacity of potential coronavirus patients! If a few days ago we could make 600 tests per day on average, today we can test approximately 1700 patients." This claim by Romania's vice prime minister Raluca Turan turns out to be mostly false.
On the 24th of March, in a Facebook update regarding the pandemic situation, the vice prime minister of Romania, Raluca Țurcan, declared that the testing capacity for COVID-19 had tripled when compared to previous days, from a daily average of 600 to 1700. This information was relayed from the Center of Strategic Communication of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, an institution set up by the government on the 24th of February to manage the looming pandemic.
The claim was posted on Facebook by the vice prime minister's official account and included a situational update regarding the situation of the pandemic in the country. In this claim, she specifies that she relayed the information from the Center of Strategic Communication, alongside other data.
In order to verify this claim, two sources have been used: official numbers of daily tests provided by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and declarations coming from Ministry of Health officials regarding the testing capacity.
In this regard, on the 19th of March, an official of the Ministry of Health declared to the national newspaper Libertatea that "the testing capacity is under 100 tests per center per day. […] In this moment we can test a maximum of 700 patients per day in the country. […] But that number isn't fixed, it's more of an average.". So by the 19th of March, there were an average of 700 daily tests according to this official who preferred to remain anonymous.
On top of that, on the 23rd of March the National Institute of Public Health announced new testing measures to better adapt to the rising number of cases. According to a report from Digi24, which also outlines the new regulations introduced, the National Institute of Public Health claimed that the national daily testing capacity was increased to an average 1100-1200 tests per day.
The Center of Strategic Communication offers daily information bulletins regarding the evolution of the pandemic which feature the testing numbers. For this check, we will consider the information available for the period of 2nd – 27th of March. The data from the bulletins will be used in combination with a graph released by the Ministry of Internal Affairs regarding the period of 2nd – 15th of March. As such, we have created a complete graph to illustrate the evolution of test numbers in Romania.
As can be seen, the green bars represent the total number of tests up until a certain day, and the red line indicates the difference in tests from one day to another. The spike on the 20th of March indicates the increase in testing capacity that the National Institute of Public Health mentioned, as on the 20th there were 3311 tests in a single day.
On the 24th of March, the date of the claim, 1401 tests were made. However, we can calculate the average number of daily tests between the 10th of March and the 24th, which is approximately 774 tests per day, including the spike and the increase in number of tests after the 20th of March. For the period following the 20th, the average number of daily tests is 1560.
In conclusion, the vice prime minister's claim that "Romania has tripled its testing capacity" is mostly false. Indeed, the number of daily tests had increased significantly, but it hadn't reached the average of 1700 that was mentioned in the claim, and neither can it be said that the number tripled, but rather doubled.
RESEARCH | ARTICLE © Horatiu Gabriel Plăian, https://www.facebook.com/plaian.horatiu Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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Вилальо́нга () — испанские топоним и фамилия.

Топоним
 Вилальонга-де-Тер — муниципалитет в испанской провинцию Жирона (в составе автономного сообщества Каталония).
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Фамилия
 Вилальонга, Хосе Луис де (1920—2007) — испанский актёр, сценарист, журналист, писатель.
 Ибарра-де-Вилальонга, Рафаэла (1843—1900) — блаженная Римско-Католической Церкви, основательница женской монашеской конгрегации «Сёстры от Ангелов-Хранителей».

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The streak continues! I've caught every sailable cold front so far this season. It was fun to be on the little gear--so easy to manage and carry. Nice swell, chest to head high. I think the sandbar setup has changed since last season. I used to be able to link turns from the visitor building to the pier area, but now no matter what I try it seems like two distinct waves and you have to choose one or the other.


This course is designed to help your teen deal with peer pressure and avoid getting in bad habits before they hit high schools.
Here we focus on the holistic all-round development of the child working on the Philosophy of Dr. Howard Gardner, while using the methods of Maria Montessori. We create a positive learning environment for the child, working on areas they lag like Creativity, Analytics, etc.


Partly cloudy early this evening, then becoming mostly cloudy. Showers after midnight. Unseasonably warm with lows in the lower 60s. South winds around 10 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
Showers, cooler with highs in the mid 60s. Temperatures falling into the upper 50s in the afternoon. South winds around 10 mph, becoming west in the afternoon. Chance of rain 80 percent.
Showers likely. Much cooler with lows in the lower 40s. North winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph, becoming northwest after midnight. Chance of rain 70 percent.
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Happy Birthday Sagittarius! Beautiful Birthday Blues:Tanzanite
We wish you birthday blues that have nothing to do with melancholy. In fact, the official birthstone for December, Tanzanite, falls into the luscious blue-violet spectrum that metaphysical practitioners associate with the highest, most enlightened level of being !
What's the Tanzanite story?
If you haven't heard of Tanzanite, this may be because the mineral is also known as Zoisite.
Haven't heard of that one either?
It's okay, you're in good company!
Okay, let's start with the basics.
Although the stone formed approximately 585 million years ago in the earth's crust, Tanzanite is a comparative newcomer to the precious stone lexicon.
"Tanzanite" is actually a trade name created by those clever people at Tiffany & Company. When the Tiffany experts got their hands on the first gem-quality specimens of the mineral Zoisite, they asked a few questions about these blue gems.
Zoisite is a natural, precious, transparent gem that occurs in a range of colors – gray, yellow, brown, pink and green as well as the coveted bluish-violet. In fact, some Zoisite has no color at all!
The blue shade of Tanzanite crystal is caused by small amounts of vanadium (a metal element) within the mineral structure.
Turns out that the world's only known Tanzanite deposit of commercial importance is in northern Tanzania, in a small area of East Africa about eight miles square in the Merelani Hills near the base of Mount Kilimanjaro, discovered in the 1960s.
In fact, the violent shifting of the earth's tectonic plates that caused the formation of Mount Kilimanjaro also formed the precious deposits of Zoisite that would come to be the treasure-hoard of Tanzanite.
It's a fact that Tanzanite is more rare than Diamonds.
A blaze of blue glory
The story goes that in 1967, lighting strikes set off a wildfire that engulfed the foothills, burning out all of the vegetation.
A group of Maasai herdsmen guiding their herds in search of grasslands uncovered a cluster of clear, intense bluish-violet crystals that had "weathered out" – meaning that the fire had exposed the gems. What the locals didn't realize is that the intense heat of the fire was responsible for "burning off" the red-brown tone and transforming the stone into an brilliant electric blue-purple, the Tanzanite color that we love today.
The herdsmen showed the stones to a trader named Manuel de Souza who immediately laid claim to Rough Tanzanite, thinking that he had happened upon a new source for Blue Sapphire.
He was puzzled, according to his journals, that the gems in the cinder-strewn area sparkled with flares of pink and red within the blue depths of crystals.
The British Museum and Harvard University confirmed that the discovery was an entirely new (in terms of classification) gemstone.
Tanzanite Mining quickly became a profitable pursuit, and the Tanzanian Government soon stepped in to regulate and monitor the supply.
Tiffany & Company became the main distributor of the gem, and decided that re-naming the stone after its place of origin would make marketing easier, so they christened it "Tanzanite." (They were concerned that "Blue Zoisite" sounded too much like "blue suicide"!) Their original advertising campaign alerted consumers that "…Tanzanite can now be found in two places: in Tanzania, and at Tiffany's."
In the short time since then, it has become the second most popular blue gem after Blue Sapphire! The ethereal Tanzanite color has been likened to a gas-flame, and this specific blue color is unique among colored stones.
Today, marketing materials from Tiffany & Company state, "Tanzanite is the most beautiful blue stone to be discovered in 2,000 years."
We love all blue gems, but we agree that this one is truly unique! In general, Tanzanites showing more blue are valued higher than those in the violet zone. Medium-dark stones are also considered the most choice.
Because these blue gems are found in just one place on earth, Tanzanite is one of the rarest gems around.
Do the math:
In fact, in 2017, Tanzania's President Magufuli commanded his troops to build a 14-mile perimeter wall around the mining site which is believed to be the world's only source of the bluish violet stone.
In June, 2020, a local mine owned by Saniniu Laizer discovered two enormous rough Tanzanite crystals, one weighing 9.2kg, the other weighing 5.8kg—the largest known specimens on record, worth $3.35 million, which is well below their market value! The Tanzanian government predicts that Tanzanite mining will exhaust the supply of these precious colored stone within the next two decades, adding to the allure of these Blue Gems.
Fortunately for you, we began collecting these gems for their remarkable blue color before Tanzanite prices went sky-high.
See the light !
Ask any model or actor: lighting really makes a difference! In the case of Tanzanite, the location and angle of the lighting can turn the stone from electric blue to grape-jelly purple, because Tanzanite is pleochroic, meaning that it can display a wide range of colors, depending upon how it's lit.
Daylight brings out the blue violet shades, while incandescent indoor lighting places the stone's color in the violetish blue range.
It's also identified as trichroic, meaning that it shows three colors: brown, blue and violet. Extreme heat inside the earth's crust causes brown or burgundy shades to naturally leave the stone, leaving the vivid blue and violet shades.
Gemstone cutters must decide which cut best emphasizes their preferred color, and how much of the stone's rough weight they wish to preserve.
Registering between 6 and 7 on Mohs Hardness Scale, it's a gem that's ideal for High Jewelry, durable enough for a ring you'll want to wear every day, as well as more low-impact jewels like necklaces and earrings. We recommend keeping your Tanzanite in a soft, protective pouch or box, because other harder stones (like Diamonds) can scratch it. So treat your Tanzanite with respect!
If you love Blue Sapphire, regardless of when your birthday may be, you may fall in love with Tanzanite, too. Not only for its beauty, but because, in relative terms, Tanzanite prices will be lower than a Blue Sapphire of equivalent size.
Although Tanzanite prices continue to climb, we are pleased to offer a wide range of gorgeous Tanzanite Gems in the most valuable blue color as well as bluish violet and violetish blue hues. The differences are subtle and intriguing.
And, remember: there's no law that says you can't have Sapphires and Tanzanite Gems, too! While sumptuary laws, meaning laws that restricted the wearing of jewels, furs, silks, and even the color purple by ordinary people, were enforced in ancient Greece, Renaissance Italy, and even later societies, today we're free to rock those Blue Gems and all the colored stones of the rainbow as much as we like.
Wear it in good health!
The ethereal blue-violet spectrum of Tanzanite is aligned with the Crown Chakra, or the highest level of consciousness and awareness.
Many metaphysical practitioners say that the blue color of the rare Tanzanite crystal is useful in opening the channels of intuition and perception, as well as detoxifiying the body.
Some crystal healers use it to open the "third eye" and enhance psychic and telepathic powers.
Because of the stone's pleochroism, the stone is also associated with transformation and metamorphosis – what some call "transmutation."
For this reason, some crystal healers suggest wearing and carrying the gem when you are consciously seeking change in your relationships, work or career, residence, and even within your relationship with yourself.
According to this idea, wearing Tanzanite allows you to receive intuitive and emotional knowledge and then interpret share it effectively with others, making this gem a favorite of counselors and others in service professions.
Crystal aficionados believe that a Tanzanite crystal supports the immune system, especially of interest during winter's indoors flu-season and the continued threat of COVID19.
This theory holds that Tanzanite promotes the regeneration of cells, and offsets the trauma of surgery and medication. It's also linked with relieving stress and migraine headaches.
We can't promise that any of these claims are fact. What we can promise is that we offer some of the most breathtakingly beautiful Tanzanite gemstones in the world, and will be happy to creatively collaborate with you to create a piece of High Jewelry you'll cherish forever!
We welcome you to use our expertise as your buying guide!
Whether you're shopping for yourself or for someone with a December birthday, call us for a free design consultation, and discover the exquisite experience waiting for you in a Tanzanite gemstone!
Visit this space often to learn about our newest discoveries in the world's most colorful precious gems.
HERE'S TO A JUICY JANUARY WITH GORGEOUS GARNETS!
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On 28th November, the University of Manchester's Feminist Collective staged an exhibition in the Students' Union. The show, curated by students Cicely Spence and Georgia Charlton-Briggs, displayed a diverse collection of vibrant works, all looking to the theme of body hair.
'Bloom', which was described as an "exhibition discussing the notions and perceptions of body hair in a contemporary society" displayed portrayals of both male and female subjects, in a broad array of media; from photography to watercolour, to print.
What was clear from looking at the exhibition, was that growth and nature was a key theme incorporated into the works. This left the message that body hair is something intrinsically natural, and therefore beautiful.
In Millie Welbourne's delicate prints – a collection named 'Gardens' – she displayed several small-scale prints in linear form, all emphasising body hair's affinity with the natural world. Similarly, Pauline Lecomte's collection, 'The Gardener', depicted body hair as plant growth, with strikingly beautiful effect.
I spoke with Saffiya El Diwany from the Feminist Collective, who described the exhibition as a statement to "normalise body hair, to show the beauty in it and how different people view it." 'Bloom' certainly provided a window into a world in which body hair is nothing but natural, an experience in stark contrast to the conventional depictions of women, especially, as hairless.
'Bloom' is a timely exhibition, which seeks to open up discussions surrounding a taboo subject — body hair. With the modern synonymy of 'beautiful' and 'hairless' being portrayed in the media and popular culture, why not reconsider and reclaim body hair; something utterly normal which has become a source of personal shame for many.


If you believe in ghosts, you're not alone. Cultures all around the world believe in spirits that survive death to live in another realm. In fact, ghosts are among the most widely believed of paranormal phenomenon: Millions of people are interested in ghosts. Recent surveys have shown that a significant portion of the population believes in ghosts.
A ghost (sometimes known as an apparition, haunt, phantom, poltergeist, shade, specter or spectre, spirit, spook, and wraith) is the soul or spirit of a dead person or animal that can appear to the living. Descriptions of ghosts vary widely from an invisible presence to translucent or barely visible wispy shapes, to realistic, lifelike visions. The deliberate attempt to contact the spirit of a deceased person is known as necromancy, or in spiritism as a séance.