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package com.tcg.rpg.gamestates;

import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.g2d.SpriteBatch;
import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.glutils.ShapeRenderer;
import com.badlogic.gdx.math.Vector2;
import com.tcg.rpg.managers.GameStateManager;

public abstract class GameState {

	protected GameStateManager gsm;

	public GameState(GameStateManager gsm) {
		this.gsm = gsm;
		init();
	}

	protected abstract void init();
	public abstract void update(float dt);
	public abstract void draw(SpriteBatch sb, ShapeRenderer sr, float dt);
	public abstract void handleInput();
	public abstract void dispose();
	public abstract void resize(Vector2 size);

}

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"Soldier's Tales from the Civil War: Stories of Home and the Trauma of War" Lecture and Screening of Academy Award Winning Film "The Deer Hunter"
This lecture and film are being presented as part of the Appalachian Heritage Project, a year-long series of educational programs, events, and scholarly projects that utilize the prestige, talent, and body of work of an Appalachian writer whose writing has evinced a commitment to the understanding of the region, its culture, language, history, and traditions. The event is free and open to the public.
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Inside Guantanamo Bay: lush forests, wildlife and America's most infamous prison
US has leased the remote naval base from Cuba since 1903
The now-abandoned Camp X-Ray, shown here in 2013. AP
Willy Lowry
A green, metre-long snake slithers across the cracked pavement before disappearing into a thicket of bushes.
A short distance away, members of the US military run laps around a pristine track. The smell of McDonald's wafts through the warm air, taunting the troops hard at work.
This is Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, home of the notorious detention centre that has held some of the world's "most wanted", including five men who are accused of helping Al Qaeda hijackers carry out the September 11, 2001, terror attacks that killed about 3,000 people.
Since it opened in January of 2002, the prison has changed from a seemingly temporary detention centre to a series of brick-and-mortar structures built to last lifetimes, though it remains shrouded in secrecy.
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The jail has long symbolised the excesses of former president George W Bush's "war on terror" and is remembered by many for allegations of torture and for caging its orange-jumpsuit wearing inmates.
Those chain-linked cells under the baking Caribbean sun where the detainees were first photographed have long since been abandoned, and uncut grass and weeds climb the rusted metal fences of the area known as Camp X-Ray.
That camp has now been replaced by a maximum-security prison in a different part of the naval base, which is off-limits to the media. Over the years, about 800 prisoners have been held at the site, but now only 39 remain.
The prison reportedly costs more than $500 million to operate annually. That means each detainee costs American taxpayers about $13 million a year.
The jail's exorbitant price tag and its association with accusations of CIA torture have led to repeated efforts to close the site.
One of former president Barack Obama's first executive orders was to close it, but opposing Republicans thwarted his efforts. The prison's fate was safe under Donald Trump but remains uncertain under President Joe Biden.
Last month, a group of 75 House Democrats signed a letter saying the prison was in disrepair, costly and a "two-decade human rights embarrassment" to the US.
But even in the midst of calls for its closure, construction of a new multimillion-dollar courtroom and other facilities is about to begin for the eventual trial of the so-called 9/11 Five.
The legal complex and the detention centre take up only a tiny fraction of the sprawling 117-square-kilometre base.
Carved into the lush mountains of south-eastern Cuba, the naval base is a spoil of the Spanish-American War, when Cuban and American forces wrestled the strategically located bay from Spanish control, helping pave the way to crucial victories later in the conflict.
Since 1903, the US has leased the land from Cuba. The original lease cost only $2,000 per year. Since the mid-1970s, the US has paid Cuba $4,085 for the land, though the Castros never actually spent the money.
It is one of the countless quirks and contradictions of this remote US outcropping.
At any one time, Guantanamo Bay is home to about 6,000 people, many of them non-military. Workers are flown in from Jamaica and the Philippines to staff the service industry on the base.
A passenger barge docked at US Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, on the south-east coast of Cuba. All photos: Willy Lowry / The National
With the exception of the detention centre and legal complex, which is located in corrugated metal hangers on a defunct airstrip, the base feels at once very Cuban and also very American.
There is a golf course, state-of-the-art gym, a $64m new school, swimming pools and several fast-food restaurants, including McDonald's, Pizza Hut and Subway.
But despite these staples of American life, the geography and climate of the island are exactly what you would expect from an island in the Caribbean.
Untouched mangrove forests line the jagged and at times rocky coast. There are beautiful beaches and bright green mountains. The air is thick and salty and the sun shimmers off the emerald water.
Wildlife roams freely on the base. It is hard to go anywhere without seeing large iguanas crossing the roads. Accidentally killing one of the reptiles comes with a hefty $10,000 fine. Many here joke that the iguanas are treated better than the detainees.
There are large rodents known locally as banana rats, so called because of the curling shape of their excrement. These grey creatures are a little smaller than raccoons and take over the base once the sun sets.
Despite the physical beauty, the detention centre and the allegations of torture cast a long, sombre shadow over the entire base.
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Why Justin Trudeau's Government Is proposing A Municipal Nominee Program?
in Latest Canada Immigration News
Justin Trudeau's Government may continue several crucial immigration policies and approaches of the last 4 years. The recent released Liberal Party of Canada's 2019 federal election platform consists of four immigration agenda they will execute if Canadian voters return them back to power on October 21.
Those promises by Justin Trudeau's Government are:
Advance with modest and responsible increases to immigration;
Create a "Municipal Nominee Program;"
Making the Atlantic Immigration Pilot program permanent; and
Making the application process for Canadian citizenship free for permanent residents.
Over 400,000 immigrants per year?
The Liberals' promise to expand Canada immigration comes as no surprise.
Since their advent to power in 2015, the Liberals have gradually expanded immigration levels from about 260,000 yearly to a target of 330,800 in 2019. That target is set to reach 350,000 by the year 2021.
More latest new, however, is that they are suggesting that the expansion could continue beyond 2021, which also means Canada's intake of newcomers could get even closer toward the 400,000 mark-new immigration levels in the final years of a renewed Liberal mandate (i.e., 2022 and 2023).
What will the Municipal Nominee Program look like?
While the establishments of Canada's Provincial Nominee Programs (PNPs) in 1999 has played a crucial role in promoting immigration to smaller provinces such as Saskatchewan, Manitoba and those in Atlantic Canada, newcomers continue to mostly settle in Canada's biggest cities.
With a few exceptions, most provinces in Canada see at least eighty (80) per cent of their immigrants move to one city, which results in smaller municipalities struggling to solve their labour force requirements through immigration.
Details is yet to be released as to what the proposed Municipal Nominee Program (MNP) would be like but recent pilots established by the Liberals such as the Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot (RNIP) and Atlantic Immigration Pilot (AIP) provide us with an idea of what to expect.
The Liberal party states that a minimum of 5,000 new slots will be dedicated to the MNP. This indicates that the MNP is likely to be launched as a pilot, just like every other economic class program created since 2013.
This also mean that up to 2,750 principal candidates could be chosen through the MNP (the maximum number of principal candidates that can be taken through a federal pilot program), with the remainder arriving as dependents and spouses.
Sharing 2,750 principal applicants spots across a country as big and diverse as Canada would be hard. The Liberals may decide to use similar approach as the RNIP whereby they invite municipalities from across the country to submit applications to obtain approval by the federal government to "recommend" immigrants.
Like the RNIP, the MNP may probably allow designated municipalities to "recommend" migrants who have a job offer and/or connections to the municipality. The federal government would then assess the qualifications of such prospective immigrants to ensure they fulfill certain conditions such as language proficiency, work experience and educational credentials.
Among the undisclosed issues is whether municipalities covered by the RNIP and AIP would also be allowed to take part in the MNP.
On the otherhand, inviting these municipalities to participate would provide them with an additional tool to recruit fresh immigrants. Doing so, however, will make it even more harder to distribute 2,750 principal applicants spots across Canada.
Why make citizenship applications free?
A Canadian permanent resident is allowed to apply for Canada citizenship after they have been physically present in the country for a minimum of three years, during the five years before lodging their applications.
Over eighty (80) per cent of permanent residents end up becoming Canadian. But critics have argued that the higher fees has made it more harder for immigrants with lower wages or income to obtain citizenship.
A study carried out by Andrew Griffith, a leading researcher on Canadian citizenship policy, argued that the higher fees is among the reasons why citizenship applications have dropped in recent years. Other deterrent factors included more stringent residency, language proficiency, and citizenship test criteria, which the Liberals reformed in 2017.
The promise by Justin Trudeau's government to remove the fees altogether is part of those earlier steps to reform the Citizenship Act and make obtaining citizenship as easy as possible regardless of socio-economic factors like age and income.
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This report additionally describes the early improvement of the U.S automotive business in the late 1800's by early 1900's, gives an outline of its present state, and gives an outlook for the future. The first focus is on the expansion and improvement of Ford, Common Motors, and Chrysler and the way they reached their present standing as among the largest automakers on this planet. This report additionally discusses the impact of the global financial recession on these companies and in flip the impression on the U.S economic system as an entire. The reasons for the $25 billion bailout are addressed, in addition to how The Huge Three" were able to use this funding to restructure their organizations and recovery from close to bankruptcy. The report concludes by explaining the development by all main automakers towards globalization into the rising economies of Asia and South America.
Car fans will certainly don't have any scarcity of motoring programmes this year, as The Grand Tour is not the only factor to return to the small display screen. Later this month, Top Gear America is set to air on BBC America, while their UK counterparts have already begun filming Sequence 25. DETROIT (AP) – General Motors Corp. (GM) (GM) said it is going to reduce 21,000 U.S. factory jobs by next year, section out its storied Pontiac model and ask the government to take more than half its inventory in trade for half of GM's government debt as a part of a significant restructuring that would depart present shareholders holding simply 1 p.c of the company.


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Tattenhall Road railway station was a railway station situated a mile to the north of the village of Tattenhall, Cheshire on the Chester and Crewe Railway that was built in 1840 linking Chester to the north-west with Crewe to the south-east.  The track now forms part of the North Wales Coast Line.

The station was named Tattenhall Road in 1872 to distinguish it from another Tattenhall railway station, a little to the west of the village, on the Whitchurch and Tattenhall Railway branch line to Whitchurch.

The station took back the name Tattenhall when the branch line closed in 1957. It was then itself closed in 1966. The station building still exists, now as a private house.

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Disused railway stations in Cheshire
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Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1840
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Use the straightforward Search box at the prime of the page or the Advanced Search linked from the top of the web page to find e book and journal content. In the publish-battle and publish-Stalin interval, the discourse about house and home was a automobile for larger discussions about getting back on track and to re-socialize and re-domesticate the Soviet lifestyle, i.e. to (re)construct Communism. I'd prefer to share something with anybody that owns a home that is over 30 years outdated. Some DAMAGING adjectives to explain a house embrace: a dilapidated / shabby / dingy house (= the home is in dangerous condition and doubtless fairly soiled) and a cramped house (= the home doesn't have enough house).
On this paper I've offered some phenomenological descriptions of home and residential of Heidegger, Bollnow, Bachelard and Levinas. Homeowners may want to do some home enchancment – repairing and changing things about the house to make it nicer to live in and also extra precious. If you happen to own the home and someone else is paying YOU cash each month to live there, then you're renting the home out.
In the part thereafter, I will place the examine of residence in a broader phenomenological context by introducing the thought of house-led palliative care." I will then present the views of Heidegger, Bollnow, Bachelard, and Levinas on dwelling, home and residential.
The guts of the exhibition, and the supply of its pleasure, is an extended gallery of finely made house fashions, full-measurement mock-ups of basic building strategies and rows of traditional household objects. You could find yourself replacing your entire electrical system in properties which can be over 50 years old and remember about termite injury, home pests, wooden rot, roof leaks, structural issues, basis problems and common wear and tear on windows and doors. A home is the place you 'live' together with your things… It may be a home… an condo… a temple… or a Field beneath the Bridge! A neutral/positive way to say a home is small is to explain it as a cozy house. A house is a permanent construction built for individuals to live in. There are a selection of other related meanings , however that is the first one. I understand the expressions of home and home and numerous expressions of dwelling and home.
That includes over forty authentic architectural drawings, as well as publications, models and pictures, for residential tasks in Eire, House and Home marks the fortieth anniversary of the Irish Architectural Archive. Although home and home also have much broader connotations, they primarily confer with spatiality. In my opinion, it's worthwhile to particularly focus on house and home as an exemplary way of describing the human being's spatiality, its lifeworld, and the human condition as such. The truth that a home has doors and home windows, demonstrates the Heideggerian interpretation of a threshold, that is, a boundary as something to cross or as an invitation to go. You might be ready to maneuver to your shore house, mountain dwelling, lake home, or in any other case smaller dream house.
On this paper I've presented some phenomenological descriptions of home and residential of Heidegger, Bollnow, Bachelard and Levinas. Householders would possibly need to do some dwelling enchancment – repairing and changing things about the house to make it nicer to stay in and in addition more useful. If you happen to personal the house and someone else is paying YOU cash each month to dwell there, then you're renting the house out.
Within the post-struggle and submit-Stalin period, the discourse about home and residential was a car for bigger discussions about getting back on observe and to re-socialize and re-domesticate the Soviet lifestyle, i.e. to (re)assemble Communism. I'd wish to share something with anybody that owns a house that's over 30 years previous. Some UNFAVOURABLE adjectives to describe a home embody: a dilapidated / shabby / dingy home (= the house is in dangerous condition and probably rather soiled) and a cramped house (= the house does not have sufficient area).
The building, fabricated from bricks, concrete, wooden… – house- is the place the place your family is, the place you discover love and peace. If a house owner borrowed cash from the bank to purchase the home, however then has financial problem and stops paying the financial institution again, then the bank may repossess the home (take the house away from the proprietor so that now the financial institution owns the house).
The heart of the exhibition, and the source of its pleasure, is a protracted gallery of finely made house models, full-size mock-ups of basic building methods and rows of classic household objects. You would find yourself replacing your complete electrical system in properties which might be over 50 years old and do not forget about termite injury, home pests, wood rot, roof leaks, structural problems, basis problems and normal put on and tear on home windows and doors. A house is where you 'dwell' together with your issues… It can be a house… an apartment… a temple… or a Box under the Bridge! A neutral/constructive technique to say a home is small is to explain it as a cozy home. A home is a everlasting construction constructed for folks to stay in. There are a number of different related meanings , but that's the primary one. I perceive the expressions of home and house and a variety of expressions of house and home.
In the submit-battle and put up-Stalin interval, the discourse about house and residential was a vehicle for larger discussions about getting again on observe and to re-socialize and re-domesticate the Soviet lifestyle, i.e. to (re)assemble Communism. I might wish to share something with anyone that owns a house that's over 30 years old. Some UNFAVOURABLE adjectives to explain a house include: a dilapidated / shabby / dingy house (= the house is in unhealthy condition and doubtless relatively soiled) and a cramped home (= the home would not have sufficient area).
A newbuilt house is clearly not a home by the definitions anybody else use, however builders typically say it's. That is most likely a call made of their advertising departments. By the top of House & Dwelling," you might feel some of the primary envy that motivates people who find themselves hooked on house-and-backyard reveals and snooping round Sunday afternoon open homes. But the house had been empty for fairly a while earlier than we began our renovations. Unfortunately it has not been attainable to determine the home or to say if both this, or the choice scheme, was ever really constructed. A House is Permanent… A Home is rarely permanent and often temporary… You possibly can Move your house easily… It's a lot tougher to maneuver your House!


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Russian Interference in Africa: Disinformation and Mercenaries
Rida Lyammouri , Youssef Eddazi | June 30, 2020
Russia is trying to gain a foothold in Africa via subversion and disinformation tactics. Under the leadership of President Vladimir Putin, Russia increased its interference in Africa by sending mercenaries to show force as opposed to making direct security interventions. At the same time, Russia struck arms deals and plans to expand its military presence. Russia also used social and broadcast media to support national leaders and other actors involved in conflicts. Although Russia's current involvement is limited to conflict areas and nations trying to transition from autocratic regimes and/ or under international sanctions, its involvement in Africa is a concern nonetheless. It is clear that Africa is one of the regions where Russia is attempting to consolidate its influence and hegemony despite confrontation with various players such as the United States, China, France, and Turkey. To compete, Moscow is applying the Gray Zone concept, including implementation of subversion and disinformation campaigns.


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Bail Bonds Agents Accused of Conspiracy and Misconduct in Metuchen
by Charlie Kratovil February 19, 2018 March 26, 2021
METUCHEN, NJ—The owners of a bail bond company found themselves on the wrong side of the law on December 12 when they were arrested on charges of money laundering and insurance fraud.
The married couple behind Road Runner Bail Bonds, Larry and Kelley Embry, were arrested on December 12 and "charged with various counts in an attempt to cover up the use of illegitimate monies as a bail source for a defendant," according to authorities.
According to the allegations, the Embrys were involved in "an attempt to cover up the use of monies derived from criminal activity."
The incident occurred before the implementation of "bail reform," a major change to the criminal justice system that has lowered the state's jail population and hurt the bottom of lines of businesses like Road Runner.
Jamie Monroe, a 39-year-old man from East Brunswick, was charged with third-degree money laundering over the way his $250,000 bail was paid after his September 2016 arrest on drug and weapons charges.
Monroe was charged with possessing heroin with intent to distribute it, possession of a firearm while distributing heroin, and being a certain persons prohibited from possessing weapons due to a prior criminal conviction.
An October 2016 New Brunswick Today article pointed out an error in the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office (MCPO) press release on the original case:
However, the September 30 statement inaccurately claimed that Monroe was still in the slammer. He had actually been released one day prior after posting $250,000 bail.
According to authorities, Monroe's girlfriend, 25-year-old Jackson resident Kimberly Morgenbesser, "arranged the fraudulent financial backing for the bond." She faces charges of money laundering, perjury, tampering with physical evidence, and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
Meanwhile, the Piscataway residents who own the bail bond company even more criminal charges.
Larry Embry, age 56, is charged with:
misconduct by a corporate official (second-degree)
insurance fraud (second-degree)
conspiracy to commit insurance fraud (second-degree)
conspiracy to commit misconduct by a corporate official (second-degree)
money laundering (third-degree)
perjury (third-degree)
conspiracy to commit money laundering (third-degree)
tampering with physical evidence (fourth-degree)
Kelley Embry, age 54, has been charged with:
misconduct of a corporate official (second-degree)
conspiracy to commit misconduct of a corporate official (second-degree)
perjury (fourth-degree)
While Kelly Embry was released after her arrest, Larry Embry got to experience bail reform first-hand after the MCPO filed a motion to have him detained without bail until the trial.
But, after ten days behind bars, Larry Embry prevailed in the detention hearing held in Middlesex County Superior Court when a Judge ruled he was not a significant risk of failing to appear for court or committing additional crimes while awaiting trial.
"The defendant was then released from custody back into the community," reads the MCPO release.
The MCPO credited Detective Michael A. Carullo of the Edison Police Department (EPD) with the investigation into the bail-related crimes. The original bust of Jamie Monroe involved the EPD and the MCPO's "Gangs, Guns and Drugs Task Force."
According to the MCPO's gramatically incorrect December 22 press release, "it was determined that… Larry and Kelly Embry falsify certified the identity of the finances used to secure the release of Jamie Monroe."
The investigation is active and continuing, according to the MCPO. Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Carullo at (732) 248-7400.
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Q. Will my insurance cover this procedure?
A. Most all insurance companies will cover Gamma Knife Radiosurgery. This procedure is not experimental. It is less expensive than open surgery procedures.
Q. Do the "pins" on the head frame go through my skull?
A. The four pins used to secure the frame onto the head penetrate only a small amount into the outer part of the skull.
Q. What is the most uncomfortable part of the Gamma Knife Procedure?
A. When the local anesthesia is injected at the four pin sites, people report that they experience a burning or stinging sensation. These sensations will usually only last a few moments then will disappear as the local anesthesia starts to work.
Q. How will I know if the Gamma Knife treatment worked?
A. Depending on your reason for having a Gamma Knife treatment. Follow up appointments with your Doctors and imaging studies (MRI,CT or ANGIOGRAM) will be arranged. With your physical exam and follow up imaging studies your doctors will be able to give you an opinion on how things are doing.
Q. What will I feel during the Gamma Knife treatment?
A. Nothing. You will not see or feel the radiation during the treatment.
Q. How long will the Gamma Knife treatment last?
A. From the time you arrive at the Gamma Knife facility to the time you are discharged, you can plan to be here from four to eight hours.
Q. When can I return to my normal activities?
A. The following day. The only restrictions you will have are the same as you had prior to your treatment.
Q. What is a Gamma Knife?
A.The Gamma Knife is the "Gold Standard" in the treatment of lesions in the brain by noninvasive surgical technique called stereotactic radiosurgery. It is a safe, precise bloodless procedure.
Q. How does the Gamma Knife work?
A. The Gamma Knife uses 192 sources of highly focused gamma rays. The beams are precisely aimed so as to treat only the target (tumor,AVM,trigeminal nerve, etc) with minimal risk too adjacent brain structures.
Q. What is Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS)?
A.Stereotactic Radiosurgery treats brain disorders by delivering a single high dose of radiation in a one-day session. Treatment involves the use of focused radiation beams delivered to a specific area of the brain to treat abnormalities, tumors, or other functional disorders.
Q. Why is it called surgery?
A.Radiosurgery (one-session treatment) has such a dramatic and precise effect in the target zone that the changes are considered 'surgical'. Through the use of three-dimensional computer-aided planning and the high degree of immobilization of the patient, the treatment can minimze the amount of radiation to surrounding healthy brain tissue. The precision is submillimeter. Stereotactic radiosurgery is routinely used for brain tumors and lesions. It may be the primary treatment; utilized where a tumor is inaccessible by surgical means; or as a boost or adjuct to other treatment with a recurring or malignant tumor.
A. Stereotactic radiosurgery works the same as all other forms of radiation treatment. It does not remove the tumor or lesion, but it distorts the DNA of the tumor cells. The cells then lose their ability to reproduce and retain fluids. The tumor reduction occurs at the rate of the normal growth rate of the specific tumor cell. In lesions suchs as AVMs (a tangle of blood vessels in the brain), radiosurgery causes the blood vessels to thicken and close off. The shrinking of a tumor or closing off of a vessel occurs over a period of time. For benign tumors and vessels, this will usually be 18 months to two years. For malignant tumors and metastatic tumors, results may be seen as soon as a couple of months as these cells are very fast-growing.
Q. Are there any side effects after Gamma Knife surgery?
A.The side effects are often very mild. Headache, dizziness, seizures or nausea can be experienced immediately after the treatment, but the effects will disappear after a while.
Q. What about the radiation risk?
A. The dose of radiation is extremely focused to the target in the brain and the dose outside the target is very low.
Q. Is Gamma Knife surgery a reimbursed treatment?
Q. Who determines if radiosurgery is appropriate?
A. Medical necessity can be determined by a neurosurgeon, radiation oncologist or other medical specialist after evaluating a prospective patient's medical condition. Treatment options are then determined and discussed with the patient and family, so an informed decision may be made.


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Attempt to stop 'RTÉ Investigates' broadcast withdrawn
By Ann O'Loughlin
A High Court challenge aimed at preventing RTÉ from airing a report into the rented accommodation sector was yesterday withdrawn.
The action was brought by Green Effect Technology Ltd, trading as Global Academics, and its directors Jason Orr and Joshua Cantwell against RTÉ and journalist Barry O'Kelly regarding last night's RTÉ Investigates programme.
The company had sought an injunction preventing RTÉ and Mr O'Kelly from broadcasting or publishing anything about the applicants, their business, their economic relations, and any references to their property until all investigations have been concluded by all the relevant authorities.
The application, which was opposed, was due to be heard before Mr Justice Paul Gilligan at the High Court yesterday. Shortly before the judge was set to view the programme, Pat O'Connell, for the plaintiffs, said that, after considering a sworn statement from Mr O'Kelly in reply to their applicant for an injunction, his clients were withdrawing their action.
Paul O'Higgins, for RTÉ and Mr O'Kelly, said his clients were entitled to their legal costs on the highest scale possible on grounds including that RTÉ had gone to great lengths to respond to the injunction application made on the eve of the broadcast.
Mr Justice Gilligan, striking out the proceedings, agreed that the public purse should not be put to any expense and awarded RTÉ its costs on the solicitor-client basis.
On Wednesday evening the judge granted the applicants permission to serve short notice of the proceedings on the respondents.
The injunction was sought on grounds the broadcast would completely undermine their rights, including their right to privacy and right to earn a living. They also claimed it would portray them as unquestionably guilty of certain offences in respect of a property it used as an office and previously used as temporary student accommodationin Dublin.
In a sworn statement, Mr Orr said the firm provides services to foreign students visiting Ireland such as information and orientation and language services. He said the company is not involved in the provision of medium term or long term accommodation. It claimed some students had stayed at the premises on a short term basis.
Last August, the company received a warning letter from Dublin City Council which said an unauthorised development had taken place. Following an inspection by Dublin Fire Brigade in September, the premises was vacated by October 11. In early October, the company was contacted by RTÉ saying it was compiling a report in the rented accommodation sector, and that there was an immediate danger to the welfare and safety of tenants.
RTÉ, Mr Orr said, alleged there had been multiple breaches of the fire safety regulations and building regulations at the premises.
The company had been engaging with the relevant authorities and claimed RTE's intention to broadcast anything about Global Academics would usurp the relevant statutory processes.
RTÉ and Mr O'Kelly denied the claims and said there were no grounds for the court to grant the injunction.
RTÉ offered the plaintiffs a right of reply as far back as October 6. However, they failed to engage in any meaningful way with RTÉ, it was claimed.
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Shirley Ballas shares health update after fans spot lump under her arm
Laura Harding, PA Deputy Entertainment Editor
November 27, 2021, 5:30 a.m. ·2 min read
Shirley Ballas has said she can finally breathe after weeks of anxiety while waiting for test results following a health scare.
The Strictly Come Dancing judge, 61, has spent the last few weeks undergoing tests after fans spotted a lump under her arm during an online video.
In a new video posted on Instagram, the TV star said: "I got two sets of results back today and the shadow on my kidney seems absolutely fine, they're not worried about it.
"Some other, I'm going to say polyps, there was the fancy name for them, are just absolutely fine so there was no cancer there, so that was good.
"Now I need to have my boobies checked one more time when I have a minute.
"My hormones are still all over the place, so started today with some oestrogen to see if we can balance the body better, and she does recommend that maybe I take a little time for myself, which I'll try to do.
"Thank you for all of you who spotted it, who made me go and get my MOT of myself, I really appreciate it."
Ballas previously told fans she had been to hospital for an "internal probe" of her ovaries, kidneys and adrenal glands" after fans shared concerned messages when they spotted a lump under her right arm.
She captioned the video: "Dear Fans and friends. Got two sets of results back and after feeling very anxious for several weeks I can now breathe.
"I want to thank each and every one of you for your caring, kind and loving messages.
"You proved that social media can be a good place, watching out for each other is always a good thing, and I feel blessed.
"Hopefully in a few weeks I'll start to feel less tired and my old self again. Gratitude to you all. Thank you from my heart to yours."
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Pound of marijuana, guns found in bags during Wilmington arrest
Wilmington police charged a 37-year-old last week for illegal gun and drug possession while arresting him on an offensive touching warrant.
Pound of marijuana, guns found in bags during Wilmington arrest Wilmington police charged a 37-year-old last week for illegal gun and drug possession while arresting him on an offensive touching warrant. Check out this story on delawareonline.com: https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/crime/2019/05/21/1-pound-marijuana-guns-found-bags-during-wilmington-arrest/3754331002/
Adam Duvernay, Delaware News Journal Published 2:14 p.m. ET May 21, 2019 | Updated 2:53 p.m. ET May 21, 2019
Two bags with more than a pound of marijuana and two handguns inside them were taken last Wednesday from outside a Wilmington residence during an arrest concerning a fight in early April, according to court documents.
Wilmington officers went to the 2800 block of North Tatnall Street around 6:15 a.m. on May 15 to arrest 37-year-old Musa Glascoe for offensive touching and another outstanding warrant, according to city police.
Police knocked, entered and arrested Glascoe, who was coming from a room down the hall at the time, court documents said. A woman and child also were home.
Musa Glascoe (Photo: Wilmington police)
Police searched his room for cell phones and found ammunition but no firearms, court documents said. Outside the residence, police found two bags and searched them.
There was more than a pound of marijuana in the bags and two handguns, one of which was reported stolen in New Jersey, police said. Paperwork with Glascoe's name on it also was found inside the bags, according to court documents.
Glascoe was charged with two counts of possession of a firearm while committing a felony, two counts of possession of a firearm by a prohibited person, receiving a stolen firearm and possession of a controlled substance in Tier 1 quantity.
He was jailed on a $125,000 cash-only bail for those charges and $1,000 cash-only bail for his outstanding warrant, Wilmington police said.
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DUNMORE,PA- Athletic Director Jeff Mallas announced today after a thourough course check with head Cross Country Coach Gary Edstrom that the Joe Simoncelli Relay Race set for September 2, 2017 will be canceled due to road work and course maintanance. The race, in its 2nd year, is named after former Athletic Director, Joe Simoncelli. Simoncelli, who served in many capacities at PSU Scranton including Head Cross Country Coach , Athletic Director, and kinesiology instructor, continues to serve as an inspiration in Athletics. Unfortunately, due to unforseen circumstances on the course, maintenance will be done to alleviate a washed out road area for the Nittany Lion Invitational set for September 30, 2017.
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Lung Cancer Incidence in Nonmetropolitan and Metropolitan Counties — United States, 2007–2016
Weekly / November 8, 2019 / 68(44);993–998
Mary Elizabeth O'Neil, MPH1; S. Jane Henley, MSPH1; Elizabeth A. Rohan, PhD1; Taylor D. Ellington, MPH1; M. Shayne Gallaway, PhD1 (View author affiliations)
What is already known about this topic?
Preventing cigarette smoking and exposure to secondhand smoke, radon, and asbestos might reduce lung cancer risk. Exposure to some risk factors might vary by characteristics such as sex, age, and urban or rural residence, which might affect the occurrence of new lung cancers.
What is added by this report?
During 2007–2016, lung cancer incidence rates decreased more in metropolitan than nonmetropolitan counties, more among males than females, and more among middle-aged adults than older adults.
What are the implications for public health practice?
Accelerating implementation of proven strategies to reduce exposure to lung cancer risk factors, particularly among females living in nonmetropolitan areas, might prevent lung cancer and decrease disparities.
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Lung and bronchus (lung) cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States (1). In 2016, 148,869 lung cancer deaths were reported.* Most lung cancers can be attributed to modifiable exposures, such as tobacco use, secondhand smoke, radon, and asbestos (1). Exposure to lung cancer risk factors vary over time and by characteristics such as sex, age, and nonmetropolitan or metropolitan residence that might affect lung cancer rates (1,2). A recent report found that lung cancer incidence rates were higher and decreased more slowly in nonmetropolitan counties than in metropolitan counties (3). To examine whether lung cancer incidence trends among nonmetropolitan and metropolitan counties differed by age and sex, CDC analyzed data from U.S. Cancer Statistics during 2007–2016, the most recent years for which data are available. During the 10-year study period, lung cancer incidence rates were stable among females aged <35, 45–64, and ≥75 years in nonmetropolitan counties, were stable among females aged <35 years in metropolitan counties, and decreased in all other groups. Overall, among males, lung cancer incidence rates decreased from 99 to 82 per 100,000 in nonmetropolitan areas and from 83 to 63 in metropolitan areas; among females, lung cancer incidence rates decreased from 61 to 58 in nonmetropolitan areas and from 57 to 50 in metropolitan areas. A comprehensive approach to lung cancer prevention and control includes such population-based strategies as screening for tobacco dependence, promoting tobacco cessation, implementing comprehensive smoke-free laws, testing all homes for radon and using proven methods to lower high radon levels, and reducing exposure to lung carcinogens such as asbestos (1). Increasing the implementation of these strategies, particularly among persons living in nonmetropolitan counties, might help to reduce disparities in the decline of lung cancer incidence.
Data on new cases of invasive lung cancers† diagnosed during 2007–2016 were obtained from U.S. Cancer Statistics. During this 10-year period, data from all registries met data quality criteria,§ but county-level data were not available for Kansas and Minnesota; therefore, data in this report cover approximately 97% of the U.S. population. The U.S. Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service 2013 vintage rural-urban continuum classification scheme was used to categorize county of residence at diagnosis as nonmetropolitan (rural-urban continuum codes 4–9) or metropolitan (rural-urban continuum codes 1–3).¶
Calculation of annual incidence rates per 100,000 persons used modified annual population estimates in the denominator and was age-adjusted by the direct method to the 2000 U.S. standard population.** Rates were examined by sex, age group, and nonmetropolitan or metropolitan county status. Rate ratios were calculated to test whether sex-, age- and year-specific rates in nonmetropolitan counties differed from those in metropolitan counties; rates were considered significantly different (p<0.05) if the 95% confidence interval (CI) for the rate ratio excluded one. Annual percentage change (APC) was used to quantify the change in incidence over time and was calculated using least-squares regression. A two-sided t-test was used to determine whether APC was significantly different from zero. Rates were considered to increase if APC >0 (p<0.05) and to decrease if APC <0 (p<0.05); otherwise rates were considered stable. Absolute change was calculated as the difference in incidence from 2007 to 2016. To allow for informal comparisons, without specifying a referent group, 95% CIs for rates and APCs are presented. Analyses were performed using SEER*Stat software (version 8.3.6; National Cancer Institute).
From 2007 to 2016, lung cancer incidence rates declined in both nonmetropolitan and metropolitan counties among both males and females, but the rate of decline differed by sex and rural-urban status. In 2007, lung cancer incidence rates among males in nonmetropolitan counties (99 per 100,000) were 60% higher than that among females in nonmetropolitan counties (61 per 100,000); in 2016, the rate among males (82 per 100,000) in nonmetropolitan counties was 40% higher than that of females in nonmetropolitan counties (58 per 100,000) (Figure 1).
In metropolitan areas, incidence rates declined more sharply among both males (APC = −2.9%) and females (−1.5%) than it did among males (−2.1%) and females (−0.5%) in nonmetropolitan areas (Figure 1). Lung cancer incidence rates decreased among males in all age groups in both nonmetropolitan and metropolitan counties. Among males, the largest declines were among those aged 45–54 years in metropolitan counties (APC = −5.2%) and those aged 35–44 years in nonmetropolitan counties (APC = −5.0%) (Table). Lung cancer incidence rates also decreased among females in metropolitan counties for most age groups, except those aged <35 years; the largest decline was among females aged 35–44 years in metropolitan counties (APC = −5.0%). Among females in nonmetropolitan counties, incidence rates declined among those aged 35–44 years (APC = −3.6%) and 65–74 years (APC = −1.3%) and were stable in all other age groups (Table).
In 2016, among persons aged ≥55 years, the highest lung cancer incidence rates were observed among men in nonmetropolitan counties (Figure 2). Among persons aged 35–54 years, rates in nonmetropolitan and metropolitan counties did not differ by sex but were higher in nonmetropolitan counties than in metropolitan counties. Rates were higher among women aged 35–64 years in nonmetropolitan counties than among men in metropolitan counties (Figure 2).
Although lung cancer incidence rates declined among males and females living in nonmetropolitan and metropolitan areas during 2007–2016, the smallest decrease occurred among females living in nonmetropolitan counties, who also experienced high incidence in some age groups. During this 10-year period, the highest overall lung cancer incidence rates were observed among males in nonmetropolitan counties. National Health Interview Survey 2017 data indicate that, compared with adults living in metropolitan areas, those living in nonmetropolitan areas reported a higher prevalence of current cigarette smoking (23% versus 13%) and a lower prevalence of quit attempts (50% versus 56%) and successful cessation (5% versus 9%) (4).
Lung cancer prevention and control is a comprehensive approach and includes strategies such as screening for tobacco dependence, promoting tobacco cessation, implementing comprehensive smoke-free laws, testing all homes for radon and using proven methods to lower high radon levels, and reducing exposure to lung carcinogens such as asbestos (1). The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends that clinicians screen all adults for tobacco use at each office visit and refer or provide behavioral and pharmacotherapy smoking cessation interventions as indicated.†† Lung cancer screening is recommended for adults at high risk for developing lung cancer because of their age and cigarette smoking history. Screening efforts can identify lung cancer in its early stages and provide an important opportunity to promote tobacco smoking cessation. However, access to these preventive services might be more limited in nonmetropolitan areas, where a higher percentage of residents aged <65 years report being uninsured compared with those in metropolitan areas (4).
CDC's National Comprehensive Cancer Control Program§§ funds state, tribal, local, and territorial comprehensive cancer control programs that pool resources to lower the number of persons affected by types of cancer with the highest burden in a given community, including lung cancer. These programs advance their priorities through evidence-based interventions that include primary prevention and early detection. Examples of lung cancer prevention strategies are promoting tobacco-free living for all persons (5) and reducing exposure to indoor radon (6). An important step in implementing interventions for the early detection of lung cancer is assessing a community's capacity to meet screening needs. For example, Maine's Comprehensive Cancer Control Program identified lung cancer screening facilities in nonmetropolitan and metropolitan areas and is working to address screening barriers (7). Another approach is using patient navigators and community health workers to address health care barriers (e.g., financial hardships, lack of or inadequate health insurance coverage, and lack of transportation) (8). CDC, along with the Appalachian Regional Commission, has funded research to more fully understand how patient navigation can help cancer survivors in nonmetropolitan areas have better access to cancer care,¶¶ which can then inform the development of culturally relevant training for patient navigators.
Although cigarette smoking is the primary cause of lung cancer, other risk factors, which may differ by geographic region, include use of other smoking tobacco products and exposure to secondhand smoke, indoor radon, and asbestos (1). In some states, rural areas may be less likely to have strong smoke-free laws or barrier-free access to tobacco cessation programs.***
Approximately 10%–15% of lung cancers are estimated to occur among persons who have never smoked cigarettes (9). Regardless of smoking status, lung cancer survivors might experience blame, stigma, and other negative reactions associated with their lung cancer diagnosis (10). A qualitative analysis found that lung cancer survivors believed the stigma translated into a lack of public empathy, and they desired increased public support (10). Public health programs such as CDC's National Comprehensive Cancer Control Program are focused on cancer survivorship and can work to reduce stigma by educating the public and implementing programs to address the needs of lung cancer survivors.
The findings in this report are subject to at least two limitations. First, delays in cancer reporting might result in an underestimation of incidence. Second, incidence was not determinable by county classification for all states; therefore, these results might not apply to states excluded from the analyses.
During 2007–2016, lung cancer incidence rates declined overall in nonmetropolitan and metropolitan counties; however, rates decreased more in metropolitan than in nonmetropolitan counties, more among males than among females, and more among persons aged 35–54 years than among those aged ≥55 years. As a result, differences in lung cancer incidence rates between males and females narrowed with decreasing age, but disparities by rural-urban status persisted. A comprehensive approach to lung cancer prevention and control includes such population-based strategies as screening for tobacco dependence, promoting tobacco cessation, implementing comprehensive smoke-free laws, testing all homes for radon and using proven methods to lower high radon levels, and reducing exposure to lung carcinogens such as asbestos (1). Increasing the implementation of proven population-based lung cancer prevention and control strategies, particularly among persons living in nonmetropolitan areas, might help to reduce disparities in the decline of lung cancer incidence.
State and regional cancer registry staff members.
Corresponding author: S. Jane Henley, shenley@cdc.gov, 770-488-4157.
1Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC.
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FIGURE 1. Trends* in lung cancer incidence rates† in nonmetropolitan and metropolitan counties,§ by sex — United States,¶ 2007–2016
Abbreviation: APC = annual percentage change.
* Trends were measured with APC in rates; all APCs were significantly different from zero (p<0.05).
† Per 100,000 persons and age-adjusted to the 2000 U.S. standard population.
§ The U.S. Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service 2013 vintage rural-urban continuum codes were used to categorize county residence at time of cancer diagnosis as nonmetropolitan (codes 4–9) or metropolitan (codes 1–3). https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/rural-urban-continuum-codesexternal icon.
¶ Cancer incidence data were compiled from 49 cancer registries that meet the data quality criteria for all invasive cancer sites combined, representing approximately 97% of the U.S. population. (County-level data were not available for Kansas and Minnesota.)
TABLE. Number and rate* of lung cancer cases, absolute rate change, and annual percentage change (APC) in rates in nonmetropolitan and metropolitan counties† by sex and age at diagnosis — United States, § 2007–2016
Sex, county status, age group (yrs)
Change in rate 2007–2016
Rate (95% CI)
Absolute rate change
Metropolitan total 91,100 83.1 (82.6 to 83.7) 1.00 89,260 63 (62.6 to 63.4) 1.00 −20.2 −2.9 (−3.2 to −2.7)¶
<35 215 0.4 (0.3 to 0.4) 1.00 226 0.3 (0.3 to 0.4) 1.00 0.0 −1.6 (−3.2 to −0.1)¶
35–44 1,261 7.0 (6.7 to 7.4) 1.00 749 4.4 (4.1 to 4.8) 1.00 −2.6 −4.8 (−6.1 to −3.5)¶
45–54 8,310 46.5 (45.5 to 47.5) 1.00 5,239 28.4 (27.6 to 29.2) 1.00 −18.1 −5.2 (−5.8 to −4.5)¶
55–64 20,371 159.1 (156.9 to 161.3) 1.00 20,914 126.4 (124.7 to 128.2) 1.00 −32.6 −2.4 (−2.9 to −2.0)¶
65–74 28,977 410.8 (406.0 to 415.6) 1.00 31,887 304.7 (301.4 to 308.1) 1.00 −106.1 −3.2 (−3.4 to −3.0)¶
≥75 31,966 572.4 (566.1 to 578.7) 1.00 30,245 449.1 (444.0 to 454.2) 1.00 −123.3 −2.5 (−2.8 to −2.2)¶
Nonmetropolitan total 24,166 99.0 (97.7 to 100.3) 1.19** 23,712 81.5 (80.5 to 82.6) 1.29** −17.4 −2.1 (−2.3 to −1.9)¶
<35 46 0.5 (0.4 to 0.7) 1.37 26 0.3 (0.2 to 0.4) 0.80 −0.2 −3.9 (−6.8 to −0.9)¶
35–44 283 9.6 (8.5 to 10.8) 1.36** 163 6.5 (5.5 to 7.5) 1.46** −3.1 −5.0 (−6.4 to −3.6)¶
45–54 2,058 61.5 (58.9 to 64.3) 1.32** 1,428 47.3 (44.9 to 49.9) 1.67** −14.2 −2.8 (−3.6 to −1.9)¶
55–64 5,562 205.4 (200.1 to 210.9) 1.29** 5,657 182.1 (177.4 to 186.9) 1.44** −23.3 −1.1 (−1.6 to −0.7)¶
≥75 7,822 632.6 (618.6 to 646.8) 1.11** 7,628 528.5 (516.7 to 540.5) 1.18** −104.1 −1.9 (−2.1 to −1.7)¶
Metropolitan total 80,316 57.3 (56.9 to 57.7) 1.00 86,220 49.7 (49.3 to 50) 1.00 −7.6 −1.5 (−1.7 to −1.3)¶
<35 216 0.4 (0.3 to 0.4) 1.00 226 0.3 (0.3 to 0.4) 1.00 0.0 −1.2 (−2.9 to 0.5)
≥75 30,050 343.4 (339.5 to 347.3) 1.00 30,854 320.2 (316.6 to 323.8) 1.00 −23.2 −0.8 (−1.2 to −0.5)¶
Nonmetropolitan total 17,694 61.2 (60.3 to 62.2) 1.07** 18,920 57.9 (57.1 to 58.8) 1.17** −3.3 −0.5 (−0.8 to −0.2)¶
<35 33 0.4 (0.3 to 0.5) 1.05 36 0.4 (0.3 to 0.6) 1.18 0.0 −0.6 (−5.2 to 4.2)
35–44 317 11.0 (9.9 to 12.3) 1.50** 187 7.8 (6.7 to 9.0) 1.61** −3.3 −3.6 (−5.1 to −2.2)¶
45–54 1,712 51.9 (49.5 to 54.4) 1.29** 1,490 50.1 (47.6 to 52.7) 1.66** −1.8 −0.6 (−1.6 to 0.5)
55–64 3,788 136.5 (132.2 to 141.0) 1.16** 4,584 142.8 (138.7 to 147.1) 1.34** 6.3 0.7 (−0.2 to 1.6)
≥75 5,882 318.0 (309.9 to 326.3) 0.93** 5,950 309.9 (302.0 to 317.9) 0.97** −8.2 0.0 (−0.5 to 0.4)
Abbreviations: CI = confidence interval; RR = rate ratio.
* Per 100,000 persons; overall rates were age-adjusted to the 2000 U.S. standard population.
† The U.S. Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service 2013 vintage rural-urban continuum codes were used to categorize county residence at time of cancer diagnosis as nonmetropolitan (codes 4–9) or metropolitan (codes 1–3). https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/rural-urban-continuum-codesexternal icon.
§ Cancer incidence data were compiled from 49 cancer registries that meet the data quality criteria for all invasive cancer sites combined, representing approximately 97% of the U.S. population. (County-level data were not available for Kansas and Minnesota.)
¶ APC was significantly different from zero at p<0.05. Trends were measured with APC in rates and were considered to increase or decrease if p<0.05; otherwise rates were considered stable.
** Sex-, age-, and year-specific rates in nonmetropolitan counties were significantly different from rates in metropolitan counties.
FIGURE 2. Rate* of lung cancer in nonmetropolitan and metropolitan counties,† by sex and age at diagnosis — United States,§ 2016
* Per 100,000 persons and age-adjusted to the 2000 U.S. standard population.
Suggested citation for this article: O'Neil ME, Henley SJ, Rohan EA, Ellington TD, Gallaway MS. Lung Cancer Incidence in Nonmetropolitan and Metropolitan Counties — United States, 2007–2016. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2019;68:993–998. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6844a1external icon.
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Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Aboriginal Health and Wellness (January 2014 - August 2017)
Research Involves
The research program of the Canada Research Chair in Aboriginal Health and Wellness examines the interaction of law and health in Canada, focusing specifically on the legal-health interface for Aboriginal peoples. This research evaluates existing local, regional, national and international health care policies and guidelines in the context of current and emerging Canadian and international law.
Research Relevance
This research generates a widespread understanding of the holistic nature of health and mental health and the manner in which the law and health and health outcomes are connected and mutually re-enforcing.
First Nations Metis and Inuit Health and the Law- a Study in Health Practices
The health of First Nations, Metis and Inuit is in crisis as evidenced by sky rocketing diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, HIV/Aids, mental health issues and addiction rates. The overall objective of the research is to gather, document and analyze the oral Indigenous knowledge of health care for First Nations, Metis and Inuit. Accordingly, the oral history detailing health practices will provide the basis of the legal analysis of Aboriginal and/or treaty rights to health and health care for First Nations, Metis and Inuit. This analysis has the potential to influence policy, legislation and the laws in Canada in relation to Aboriginal health care and to improve health care status. The overall purpose of the research is to provide a comprehensive base of knowledge that will inform further action leading to positive change in health care for all Canadians.
This research program merges the law and health through an interface driven by the community. This health/legal framework will be implemented through:
Studies of historical health practices of Aboriginal communities in Canada;
Engaging First Nation, Metis and Inuit communities: gathering and documenting oral history at the Centre as well as a mobile unit in their own communities.
Studies of the intersect (and legal basis) ) of Aboriginal and treaty rights to health and the exercise of these rights within Canadian law;
Oral history and the transmission of Indigenous knowledge provide the legal basis for these rights.
Contemporary work on the mental health issues in the law and corrections and studying the challenges and issues of mental health in Canadian society.
Human rights law, Aboriginal, treaty rights and Indigenous laws frame the analysis for new opportunities for providing mental health treatment in federal and provincial institutions.
International right to health and evaluations of the Aboriginal right to health in other Commonwealth countries;
This entails expanding our Canadian work and findings into the international arena through connecting our Elders Health Circles with Elders in New Zealand, Australia, US, and Europe.
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New York City's 28th City Council district is one of 51 districts in the New York City Council. It has been represented by Democrat Adrienne Adams since 2017, succeeding fellow Democrat Ruben Wills.

Geography
District 28 covers a series of predominantly Black neighborhoods in southeastern Queens, including some or all of Richmond Hill, Jamaica, South Ozone Park, and Rochdale Village. Much of John F. Kennedy International Airport is located in the district, as is Baisley Pond Park.

The district overlaps with Queens Community Boards 9, 10, and 12, and is contained entirely within New York's 5th congressional district. It also overlaps with the 10th, 14th, and 15th districts of the New York State Senate, and with the 24th, 31st, 32nd, and 38th districts of the New York State Assembly.

Recent election results

2021
In 2019, voters in New York City approved Ballot Question 1, which implemented ranked-choice voting in all local elections. Under the new system, voters have the option to rank up to five candidates for every local office. Voters whose first-choice candidates fare poorly will have their votes redistributed to other candidates in their ranking until one candidate surpasses the 50 percent threshold. If one candidate surpasses 50 percent in first-choice votes, then ranked-choice tabulations will not occur.

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What the Research Says about Universal Vote By Mail
by Nancy LeTourneau January 20, 2016 January 8, 2022
Phil Keisling, former Oregon secretary of state and current director of the Center for Public Service at Portland State University, wrote the cover article in the current edition of the Washington Monthly titled: Vote from Home, Save Your Country. In it, he makes the case for universal vote by mail (UVBM) as it is now practiced in Oregon, Washington and Colorado.
Academic researchers have studied UVBM. But in an article by Keisling titled: What Critics Get Wrong about Universal Vote By Mail, he notes this:
The core question these academic studies address seems straightforward enough. Controlling for all other relevant factors, how much difference does Election Reform X seem to make? Every election is different—by year, between states, and within states. Was Reform X, first used in 2010, really responsible for that 8 percent higher voter turnout compared to the 2006 midterms? Or were other factors responsible? In fact, might turnout have otherwise been 12 percent higher, except for X?
Every electorate is different, too. Election researchers have long known that four demographic factors significantly correlate with the propensity of a given state's population to register and to vote: age, personal income, educational attainment, and race/ethnicity. Latino and Asian citizens, for example, have voting rates—especially in non-presidential elections like midterms and primaries—that are roughly half the rates of both black and white citizens, who now vote at roughly equal rates in such elections.
Researchers use various assumptions and statistical models to try to account for these and other differences between elections and electorates. But there's no one broadly accepted framework for making these adjustments; assumptions and models vary widely among academics. And the resulting studies—rife with various correlations, weighted least squares logit models, and regression analyses—are often opaque to nonspecialists.
Keisling has provided us with a thorough review of the research on UVBY, outlining where these different assumptions and models have been used and demonstrating why that produces varying results.
We Can Change America's Political Map by Letting Voters Mail It In
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Obama Should Look at Universal Voting By Mail
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Valverde foi uma freguesia portuguesa do município de Aguiar da Beira, com 6,86 km² de área e 154 habitantes (2011). Densidade: 22,4 hab/km².

História

Foi sede de uma freguesia extinta (agregada) em 2013, no âmbito de uma reforma administrativa nacional, tendo sido agregada à freguesia de Souto de Aguiar da Beira, para formar uma nova freguesia denominada União das Freguesias de Souto de Aguiar da Beira e Valverde.

Geografia

Localizada no centro do município, Valverde tem como vizinhos Aguiar da Beira a norte, Souto de Aguiar da Beira a nordeste, Eirado a leste, Cortiçada a sudoeste e Coruche a oeste.

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HA NOI (VNS)— The hustle and bustle that is typical of a traditional market in Viet Nam has been re-created at an unusual exhibition at the Viet Nam Women Museum in downtown Ha Noi.
Chuyen Cua Cho (Stories of Markets), is divided into three parts. One displays goods and facilities characteristic of village markets in the past, the other presents today's markets in Ha Noi and the third creates one that people wish for the future.
In the market of yore, agricultural produce is placed on straw mats on the floor, beside paintings of people buying and selling things in such market in early 20th century. The contemporary market atmosphere is neater, more tidy and modern with stalls arranged in order. A motorbike loaded with vegetables and meat adds authenticity to the setting.
Visitors can get an actual feel of the differences by trying to weigh produce with old scales, and even act as sellers and buyers at the stalls.
"We did not use the view of museum experts to organise this exhibition," said Nguyen Thi Bich Van, director of the museum, "We used real and live exhibits to create a market atmosphere that people, especially women, are familiar with.
The museum's courtyard has around 40 stalls where women from all over the northern region sell agricultural produce. These women have borrowed money from the Tinh Thuong One Member Limited Liability Microfinance Institution (TYM), the first official microfinance institution in Vietnam offering financial and non-financial services to low income women and their families.
Sigrid Wertheim Heck of the Fresh Studio Food consultancy company, which has assisted the museum in organising the event, said: ""I have been in Viet Nam for seven years and I have realised that markets are not just places where Vietnamese people buy and sell fresh and live food, but also places for people to share daily troubles, joys and sorrows. Market takes centre-stage in Viet Nam's daily life. It's the soul of Viet Nam and a social cohesion of Vietnamese society."
The exhibition hall spares a space to offer images of the transformation of traditional markets like Hang Da, Mo and Cua Nam into commercial centres as part of the urbanization process.
The walls of the exhibition hall are full of quotes of people from all walks of life expressing their views on the transformation.
"I think when (the traditional) markets are replaced by commercial centres, we have lost more than we have gained," said architect Nguyen Quoc Thong, vice chairman of Viet Nam Architects' Association.
"Only investors, real estate businesses and a few others benefit from this action while most people who have been attached to and are familiar with the markets suffer great losses."


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Obama, Cameron Slam Russia in Op-Ed
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President Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron came out swinging in a rare joint article they wrote for The Times of London, accusing Russia of threatening Ukraine's sovereignty after having first stolen that country's Crimea region. In the piece, the close allies write that NATO must show the resolve to stand up to Moscow and that Russia is forcing the alliance to "use our military to ensure a persistent presence in Eastern Europe." NATO officials are working toward an agreement to develop a quick-strike force over the Ukraine crisis. In the piece, titled, "We Will Not Be Cowed by Barbaric Killers," the two leaders start off by saying that, "As Russia holds a gun to Ukraine and Islamic extremists commit despicable murder, NATO must strengthen its alliance," and they go on to state that the bloc is "as vital to our future as it has ever been." Obama and Cameron also vow to deal aggressively with ISIS militants as they pursue their brutal campaign in Iraq, Syria, and elsewhere. The article appears as both leaders are in Wales for a NATO summit.
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Thomas Oliphant
Thomas Oliphant is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and Washington columnist for The Boston Globe. A regular commentator on PBS "NewsHour," he is the author of four books, including THE ROAD TO CAMELOT. Al Franken says "Oliphant brings more to the table than anyone I know." Madeline Albright called him "the Will Rogers of our times." Doris Kearns Goodwin wrote that his book PRAYING FOR GIL HODGES was a "small masterpiece."
Books by Thomas Oliphant
The Road to Camelot: Inside JFK's Five-Year Campaign
by Thomas Oliphant and Curtis Wilkie - History, Nonfiction, Politics
John F. Kennedy and his young warriors invented modern presidential politics. They turned over accepted wisdom that his Catholicism was a barrier to winning an election and plotted a successful course to that constituency. The last-minute invitation to Lyndon B. Johnson for vice president in 1956 surprised them only because they had failed to notice that he wanted it. They invented The Missile Gap in the Cold War and out-glamoured Richard Nixon in the TV debates. Now acclaimed, award-winning journalists Tom Oliphant and Curtis Wilkie provide the most comprehensive account, based on a depth of personal reporting, interviews and archives.
Praying for Gil Hodges: A Memoir of the 1955 World Series and One Family's Love of the Brooklyn Dodgers
by Thomas Oliphant - History, Nonfiction, Sports
Every once in a while a book provides a certain view of America, and whether it is THE GREATEST GENERATION, BIG RUSS & ME, or WAIT TILL NEXT YEAR, these works strike a chord with readers everywhere. PRAYING FOR GIL HODGES is such a book. Written with power and clarity, this is a brilliant work capturing the majesty of baseball, the issue of race in America, and the love that one young boy, his parents, and the borough of Brooklyn had for their team.


Jamie Iannone is chief executive officer of SamsClub.com and executive vice president of membership and technology. Jamie joined the company in 2014 to lead Samsclub.com. In 2017, his role was expanded to also include responsibilities for technology, membership and marketing.
Previously, Jamie was president of digital products at Barnes & Noble, Inc., where he was responsible for all NOOK devices, software, accessories and retail integration and experiences; books and digital content; and third-party partnerships. He also spent eight years at eBay as a vice president leading several areas of the company, including its global search, buyer experience and tailored shopping experience divisions. He previously worked at Epinions.com, Microsoft and Booz Allen Hamilton.


Qufu Ming Dynasty Ancient City is located on Jingxuan West Road in Qufu City, Shandong, and boasts the three Confucian attractions of the Temple of Confucius, the Kong Family Mansion and the Cemetery of Confucius.
The Temple of Confucius is the largest ancient architectural complex in China apart from the Forbidden City and is a classic example of the large ancient Chinese ancestral temple complex and one of the three largest ancient complexes in China that enjoys important status in world architectural history. The Kong Family Mansion was the residence of Confucius' direct decedents and the governmental residence of the Duke Yansheng (hereditary title of the direct descendants of Confucius). The Cemetery of Confucius is where Confucius and his direct descendants were buried. With over 100,000 tombs, the Cementery of Confucius has become the oldest and largest family cemetery in the world.
Transportation:Take bus 1 in Qufu to the "Science City" Station and walk 100 meters to get there.


Marion R. Reeser, 83, of Carbondale, PA, and formerly of Scranton, PA, died unexpectedly Monday morning, January 21, 2019 at home. She was preceded in death by her husband, Gordon V. Reeser, on December 28, 2001.
Born November 8, 1935 in Scranton, PA, she was the daughter of the late Chester and Esma Camin Miller.
Marion was a graduate of Scranton Technical High School and Keystone College. She had been briefly employed as a legal secretary but mostly was a devoted home maker. She enjoyed crocheting, reading and needle point.
She is survived by her companion of 15 years, William Sears of Carbondale, PA; and nieces and nephews.
She was also preceded in death by a daughter: Anita Reeser; and a brother, Bertram Miller.
Private interment, Abington Hills Cemetery, South Abington Twp., PA.


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"Look Who's Talking" lecture series
Wednesday, March 29, 2017, 6:30 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Premier: $50 ($40 RAM Members) | General: $20
The Riverside Art Museum (RAM) proudly presents "Look Who's Talking" | Cheech Marin, on Wednesday, March 29, 2017, from 6:30 p.m. – 8 p.m. Cheech Marin is back in Riverside to talk about his new memoir, Cheech Is Not My Real Name: …But Don't Call Me Chong. This ticketed "Look Who's Talking" fundraising event and book signing is moderated by Susan Straight, novelist, National Book Award finalist and Distinguished Professor of Creative Writing at the University of California Riverside.
Premier tickets, which include a copy of Cheech's memoir, a drink, and a place in the signing line, are $50 ($40 for RAM Members).
A very limited number of Premier tickets are still available. Please call 951.684.7111 to purchase.
General Admission is $20. Line photo opportunities are time permitting.
General tickets will be available at the door.
All sales are final. No refunds or exchanges. Personalization and line photo opportunities are acceptable, time permitting. No memorabilia will be signed.
In Cheech Is Not My Real Name, Cheech candidly writes about being the wisecracking kid in south central Los Angeles, resisting the draft as a young adult, his chance meeting with Tommy Chong in Vancouver, and how he formed one of the most successful comedy acts of all time to ultimately break up and reunite over the years – and still tour to this day. Cheech will take you on an incredible journey with his famous storytelling. You will learn about how this son of a cop became the face of the recreational drug movement. How this potter-turned-magazine-reporter's first assignment was to interview Little Richard. Or about the time he won Celebrity Jeopardy! Just how he came to be the owner of the most renowned Chicano art collection in the world. Or even about the night that Kate Middleton, now the Duchess of Cambridge, asked him to dance.
"[This memoir is a] rollicking, plot-rich personal inquiry, in which Marin attempts to answer the question he has heard like a refrain over the nearly 70 years he's been alive, "What the hell are you?" A fascinating self-portrait and social and artistic history."
"Bookended by looks at his youth growing up poor in South Central Los Angeles
and his development as a now well-known collector of Chicago art, this memoir is fun,
wacky look inside Marin's imagination."
— Publishers Weekly
"A mildly diverting, modestly charming memoir from a surprisingly multifaceted showbiz survivor."
This "Look Who's Talking" lecture coincides with RAM's current exhibition, Papel Chicano Dos: Works on Paper, from the collection of Cheech Marin, which presents 65 artworks by 24 established and early-career artists whose work demonstrates a myriad of techniques from watercolor and aquatint to pastel and mixed media.


Brad's Repair is located at the address 1112 E Jackson Ave in Monmouth, Illinois 61462. They can be contacted via phone at (309) 734-6713 for pricing, hours and directions.
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Renewable EnergyGeothermal
CanGEA reflects on Australian Geothermal Industry support
Australian Geothermal Industry encouraged by tax win.
The Canadian Geothermal Energy Association (CanGEA) congratulates the Australian government in their support for the Australian geothermal energy industry. Announced Sunday, the government of Australia has committed $1.1 billion (A$) to the Australian geothermal energy industry in the form of tax credits and rebates. Effectively, the program will enable geothermal developers in Australia to write-down the capital intensive exploration costs of geothermal development. While envious of the Australian industry advantage, CanGEA notes that this latest announcement may help put greater pressure on the Canadian government to support the industry.
"[The tax break is] what we asked for and we are very pleased," said Susan Jeanes, Head of the Australian Geothermal Energy Association in a statement. The Canadian Geothermal Energy Industry has repeatedly requested similar support from the Canadian federal government but has yet to see any financial support at this level. Like other renewable energy alternatives, the geothermal industry was disappointed by the federal government's 2010 Budget which scrapped the EcoEnergy for Renewable Power Program. Although this disappointment is nothing new for the geothermal industry as it was excluded from eligibility in the legislation and has never received any funding from these programs.
"There is a real disconnect between the ambitions and policies of the federal government here in Canada" said David Gowland, Policy Director for CanGEA. "They have set goals of achieving 90% non-emitting power generation by 2020 but at the same time have cut funding for the renewable energy industry". While the Canadian geothermal industry faces an uphill challenge it is important to note that many of CanGEA's members have received financial support outside of Canada, totalling more than $43 million in US Department of Energy grants. "A similar level of support from the Canadian government is long overdue" says Gowland.
Around the world, interest in the geothermal industry is rapidly increasing. Last week's World Geothermal Congress saw over 2,500 participants from around the globe take part in the Bali, Indonesia week-long event. As demand increases for clean, renewable energy the geothermal industry will continue to experience the rapid growth with global installed capacity set to double within the next five years. For Canada's rich untapped geothermal heritage this represents a vast resource – yet one that will remain unutilized in the absence of strong government support.
Source: CanGEA
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