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Nasser Al-Khelaifi Net Worth
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Al-Khelaïfi is president and chief executive officer of Paris Saint-Germain in France. He is also a member of the organizing committee for the FIFA Club World Cup.
As of 2023, Nasser Al-Khelaifi net worth is $ 8 billion
Nasser Al-Khelaifi Profile
Al-Khelaïfi was born in Qatar, a son of a pearl fisherman, and graduated from Qatar University. He also has a post graduated degree from University of Piraeus. He is close to the Emir, Sheikh Tamim, head of sovereign wealth fund Qatar Investment Authority.
Nasser Al-Khelaïfi was made Minister without Portfolio in the Qatari government by the emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim.
Nasser is the chairman of beIN Media Group, chairman of Qatar Sports Investments, president of Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), and Qatar Tennis Federation (QTF) and vice president of the Asian Tennis Federation for West Asia (ATF).
In 2013, Al Jazeera Sport global operations were spun off from Al Jazeera Media Network and rebranded as beIN Sports.
In parallel, BeIN Media Group was incorporated and became the official owner of beIN Sports. Nasser Al-Khelaïfi was then appointed chairman and chief executive officer of beIN Media Group.
Nasser Al-Khelaifi has been chairman of Qatar Sports Investments (QSi) from June 2011. QSi is a fund dedicated to investments in the sport and leisure industry on a national and international level.
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Following the QSi acquisition of Paris Saint-Germain Football Club in June 2011, Nasser Al-Khelaifi became the chairman of the board of PSG and also CEO of the club, reinforcing Qatari interest in French football
Nasser Al-Khelaifi became the new president and chief executive officer of Paris Saint-Germain in 7 October 2011.
Nasser Al-Khelaifi is one of the richest football club owners in the world like Sheikh Mansour. He has a fortune of $ 8 billion.
He was named him "the most powerful man in French football" and in 2020, he was named the most influential person in football by France Football.
In 2019, he was elected by the European Club Association as delegate at the UEFA executive committee, becoming the first Asian to hold an UEFA position.
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Is Nasser Al-Khelaifi rich?
Nasser Al-Khelaifi net worth is estimated to reach $8 billion in 2023. Al-Khelaifi makes a good living from his several businesses. His firm, Media Group, is one of them. He is the company's chairman and CEO
Who are the richest football club owners in the world?
Qatari businessman Nasser Al-Khelaifi is the head of Qatar Sports Investments, which owns and operates French team Paris Saint-Germain.
Al-Khelaifi is also the chairman of the beIN Media group, which broadcasts a variety of sports, and he was the mastermind behind the world record €222 million (£198m/$263m) transfer of Neymar from Barcelona to PSG.
What is PSG owner net worth?
PSG owner's net worth as of 2023 is $8 billion. This amount comes from his myriad of businesses, including chairing beIN Media Group and chairing Qatar Sports Investments.
Why is PSG so rich?
PSG's strong financial position has been sustained by the club's Qatari owners; the team's on-pitch success; high-profile signings, including Zlatan Ibrahimović, Neymar, Kylian Mbappé and Lionel Messi; and lucrative sponsorship deals with the Qatar Tourism Authority, Nike, Air Jordan, Accor and Qatar Airways.
Nasser Al-Khelaifi net worth is estimated to reach $8 billion
Who are the Arab owners of PSG?
Nasser Al-Khelaïfi is Chairman and CEO of Paris Saint-Germain. The Qatari is also chairman of beIN Media Group, QSI and DIGITURK.
Is PSG owner from Qatar?
The Qatari owners of Paris Saint-Germain are looking at investing in a Premier League club. Nasser Al-Khelaifi, who is the president of PSG and chairman of Qatar Sports Investments, met Daniel Levy, the executive chairman of Tottenham Hotspur, last week in a London hotel
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As a tennis professional, Al-Khelaifi was the second most successful member of the Qatar Davis Cup team after Sultan Khalfan, playing 43 times between 1992 and 2002 and compiling a 12–31 record in singles, 12–16 in doubles.
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Spider-Man Back At Marvel? Amy Pascal Onboard As Producer
By Matt McGloin / Thursday, February 5, 2015 - 9:57PM Thursday, February 5, 2015 - 9:57PM
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Amy Pascal has stepped down from being co-chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment and chairman of the Motion Picture Group.
She's leaving to be a part of a new Sony production venture, which will see Pascal produce new movies.
THR reports part of the deal is for Pascal to be onboard as producer on the new all-female Ghostbusters film as well as future Amazing Spider-Man movies. It's also reported Matt Tolmach will serve as a Spider-Man producer after having left his position as Columbia Pictures president.
Regarding whether Spider-Man has returned to Marvel is unknown, but the the officially released press details are rather interesting.
Pascal released a statement which reads in part plans are set for the next two years, which more than likely includes plans for Spider-Man (note: bold below my own).
"I have spent almost my entire professional life at Sony Pictures and I am energized to be starting this new chapter based at the company I call home," Pascal said in a statement. "I have always wanted to be a producer. [Sony Entertainment CEO] Michael [Lynton] and I have been talking about this transition for quite some time, and I am grateful to him for giving me the opportunity to pursue my long-held dream and for providing unparalleled support. As the slate for the next two years has come together, it felt like the right time to transition into this new role. I am so grateful to my team, some of whom I have worked with for the last 20 years and others who have joined more recently. I am leaving the studio in great hands. I am so proud of what we have all done together and I look forward to a whole lot more."
It's further reported that Sony "will finance Pascal's venture and retain all distribution rights worldwide to the films."
Previously leaked e-mails that revealed Sony and Marvel were in talks for Spider-Man mentioned Marvel wanted the creative rights with Sony keeping distribution rights.
However, what is unclear is whether Spider-Man is technically staying at Sony (with Pascal just on as producer), or if Spider-Man is moving to the new production wing under Pascal (and possibly Marvel).
The news of Amy Pascal coming onboard as producer follows reports that Sony was holding a Spider-Man summit in January. Leaked e-mails revealed that Pascal was undecided about Spider-Man returning to Marvel, with reports also stating Marvel wanted a new Spider-Man actor while Pascal wanted to keep Andrew Garfield.
It probably should be noted both Marvel and Sony recently denied rumors of Spider-Man returning to Marvel.
Sinister Six is supposed to be released next year, so more than likely announcements should be coming soon.
Sony Brazil Facebook also teased future plans for Spider-Man are underway as well as teasing Sinister Six.
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Entire plate has over four inches; the rose colored glasses have been removed and the grade has been reduced to four. We skated most of it and it was ok, sailing was fine. The wind held nicely until dusk. There is some slushy bits and some shell ice near the pit area, but nothing to worry about in the main body.
The parking area is not plowed, but we drove it right down flat today so access is pretty good.
Wind forecast isn't great for tomorrow, but Sunday looks better. If the snow misses us Monday, Wednesday promises great wind. But we might find some black ice by then.
Jim got to shake down his new Whizz for the first time with full sail and had her wound up beautiful. We poked around the marshes at the south end on some remarkably poor ice, just maintaining steerage way. You CAN have fun in an iceboat at walking speeds!
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This thesis takes a look at how late night snacking at UNH can be improved toward a healthier way, while at the same time winning back market share for the UNH-operated food stores. After conducting segmentation and positioning analyses, I found that the problem lies in the fact the UNH food stores, Pita Pit in particular, are not being promoted effectively.
Papandrea, Alicia, "The Late Night Snacking Scene at the University of New Hampshire: Promoting Healthier Options and Winning Back Market Share" (2012). Honors Theses and Capstones. 68.


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Coastline ROP is the educational provider of the ROP classes that students will take during their time at University High School. There are a few other ROP providers in the area, but Trojans will never have to worry about going too far for classes due to the high volume of great classes available both on-campus and in the greater Irvine area. So many great resources for students, parents, faculty, staff, community members, and other stakeholders are available on the Coastline ROP website, so be sure to head over and see what's happening at ROP.
Registration for the Summer 2019 semester is based on interest. We will not know what the Summer schedule looks like until the end of March (at the earliest) to the beginning of April. What this means... is that students should see their ROP Career Specialist with what classes they are interested in and they will be reminded as to whether or not the class is available. Even the ROP Career Specialists don't know the Summer 2019 schedule until it is publicly advertised!!


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April 04, 2006 CET: 20:30
Local time: 20:30 Altion Arena/OAKA
Panathinaikos moved halfway to the Final Four with an 84-72 victory over visiting Tau Ceramica
With 18,000 fans behind it at OAKA Olympic arena in Athens, Panathinaikos moved halfway to the Final Four with an 84-72 victory over visiting Tau Ceramica on Tuesday in the first game of their quarterfinal series. The two Final Four teams from last year will play Game 2 in Vitoria, Spain in Thursday, and if the Greens win that, the series is theirs. The opener was close throughout, but Panathinaikos finished with an 8-2 run in the final 3 minutes to make it look easier. Mike Batiste hit a triple to settle all doubt with a minute left and finished with a team-high 15 points for the winners. Dejan Tomasevic and Vasilis Spanoulis added 13 each, while Vlado Scepanovic scored 11 points for Panathinaikos, which won despite a 24-40 rebounding disadvantage. Luis Scola scored 20 points and kept Tau as close as 72-70 late in the game before running out of answers. Travis Hansen added 17 points, Tiago Splitter 12 and Kornel David 10 for the guests.
Panathinaikos got the scoreboard rolling with a Diamantidis free throw, but Tau quickly went inside to Scola for a turnaround jumper and to Hansen on the arc for a triple that put the guests ahead 3-5. Thanks to a flagrant foul and swarming defense, the Greens raced ahead 10-5 behind 4 points by Diamantidis and a slam in transition by Mike Batiste. Tau responded with a triple from Kornel David, yet Diamantidis was ever-present on defense, allowing Nikos Hatzivrettas to finish the break with authority as the Greens ran ahead 15-8. After a timeout and another turnover by Tau, Spanoulis added to the Panathinaikos lead by flashing for another lay-up in transition that boosted the margin into double digits, at 19-8. Splitter came off the bench and let Tau breathe with some inside points, however Kostas Tsartsaris bettered him with a triple at the other end. Tau was not ready to mail in the quarter, however. Hansen teamed with Serkan Erdogan for a pair of strikes from downtown that cut the Panathinaikos lead to 24-21 after 10 minutes.
A triple by Hatzivrettas opened the second quarter, but Splitter produced a three-point play to keep Tau within 27-24. Dejan Tomacevic scored in the paint and then Fragiskos Alvertis loaded his three-point gun to give the Greens a 32-24 lead, which led Tau to switch to zone defense. While the Greens struggled with that, Scola caused some trouble with 4 points during a 2-8 surge that puleed Tau within 34-32. Soon, a three-point bomb by Lionel Chalmers tied the game at 35-35 and Panathinaikos coach Zeljko Obradovic called timeout to regroup his forces. And so he did. Lakovic converted free throws, Batiste who scored on a pivot move and Vlado Scepanovic capped the host's 7-0 run with a triple for a 42-35 edge. Splitter muscled his way for an offensive rebound and scored but in the following possession Chalmers committed an offensive foul, which allowed Panathinaikos to reach halftime ahead by 43-37.
The second half got underway with Tau abandoning the zone and Spanoulis welcoming the change with a drive through the defense. David and Tomacevic exchanged points and then Splitter added free throws for Tau to make it 46-41. Both teams relied on their frontcourt players until Hansen knocked down a long jumper. When Splitter added a basket and a free throw, the guests had pulled within 49-46 midway through the quarter. Diamantidis and Scola entered the game then, and Tau switched back to zone, as both coaches turned the court into tactical battlefield. A jumper by Spanoulis widened the gap to 55-48, but Scola scored in traffic and David added more free throws for Tau. A monstrous dunk by Batiste was followed by another basket from Scola that made it 57-54. Soon, an offensive rebound by Scola and a layup by Erdogan tied it 58-58, but Panathinaikos got the last word of the quarter. A second triple of the night for Scepanovic let the crowd explode and gave the Greens a 61-58 lead after 30 minutes.
The fourth period commenced with the OAKA crowd on their feet, and after a drive by Diamantidis, roaring with satisfaction. Nevertheless, Scola turned up his game in a big way and with smooth moves kept Tau's chances intact at 65-64. However, a triple by Jaka Lakovic made it 68-64 and later Spanoulis raced to add a layup for the Greens. Scola answered with back-to-back baskets to make it a two-point game again, 72-70. Tomacevic made his own power move and when Scola missed for a change, Scepanovic scored on the fastbreak for Panathinaikos, leading now 76-70 with 3 minutes left. Tau looked for offensive help for Scola but couldn't find anyone as Tomacevic hit free throws and Batiste sealed the huge victory with a decisive triple from the corner with a minute left.
Danos Tsakalos, Athens
Referees: SUDEK, PETR; FACCHINI, FABIO; SAHIN, TOLGA; TEOFILI, ALESSANDRO
Panathinaikos 0 0 0 0
Tau Ceramica Vitoria-Gasteiz 0 0 0 0
4 ALVERTIS, FRAGISKOS 12:45 3 1/5 2 2 1 1 2 -1
6 PAPANIKOLAOU, DIMITRIOS DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
7 LAKOVIC, JAKA 25:00 7 0/1 1/7 4/4 1 1 3 1 1 4 8
8 BATISTE, MIKE 27:15 15 3/7 1/2 6/8 2 2 4 3 1 2 2 4 4 14
9 FEMERLING, PATRICK DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
10 HATZIVRETTAS, NIKOS 19:30 7 2/4 1/3 1 1 2 1 2 2
11 SPANOULIS, VASSILIS 30:15 13 5/8 3/4 3 3 6 2 1 2 6 23
12 TSARTSARIS, KOSTAS 10:00 5 1/3 1/1 1 1 1 3 1
13 DIAMANTIDIS, DIMITRIS 27:00 8 2/3 0/2 4/6 3 3 2 2 2 1 4 4 7
14 SCEPANOVIC, VLADO 19:30 11 2/2 2/4 1/2 1 9
15 TOMASEVIC, DEJAN 18:30 13 3/5 7/12 2 4 6 3 1 4 7 13
16 SAKOTA, DUSAN 10:15 2 1/1 0/3 1 1 1 2 1
Tau Ceramica Vitoria-Gasteiz
4 SCOLA, LUIS 31:00 20 7/10 6/8 1 4 5 1 1 4 5 6 19
5 PRIGIONI, PABLO 23:45 2 0/3 2/2 2 2 3 4 5 2 -3
6 HANSEN, TRAVIS 28:00 17 4/6 3/6 4 4 1 3 4 10
7 CHALMERS, LIONEL 16:15 6 1/4 1/3 1/2 1 3 4 4 1 3 3 -1
9 VIDAL, SERGI 16:15 0/2 2 1 3 1 3 1 4 1 -5
10 UKIC, ROKO DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
11 ERDOGAN, SERKAN 30:45 5 1/7 1/3 1 3 4 2 3 2 1 1 -2
15 GRIMAU, JORDI DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
16 GARCIA, OSCAR DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
18 DAVID, KORNEL 24:00 10 1/1 1/2 5/7 2 3 5 1 1 3 2 4 17
21 SPLITTER, TIAGO 25:00 12 4/6 4/5 3 3 6 1 1 1 2 6 20
23 JACOBSEN, CASEY 5:00 0/2 1 1 1 1 1 1 -1
Head coach: PERASOVIC, VELIMIR
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Assembly candidates Jovanka Beckles and Buffy Wicks are testing how far left Californians will go.
The East Bay Assembly race between Richmond City Councilwoman Jovanka Beckles, a Democratic Socialist, and Democrat Buffy Wicks of Oakland is testing how far to the left some California voters are willing to go.
Wicks is a former Obama administration official who was key to passage of the Affordable Care Act and before that worked to organize workers at Walmart. Obama and U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris have endorsed Wicks.
Wicks has raised almost $1 million, much of it from Obama's donors and former members of his administration. She also has tapped gun control advocates, including former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who survived a 2011 assassination attempt.
Wicks' husband, Peter Ambler, was Giffords' deputy chief of staff and is executive director of Giffords' Courage to Fight Gun Violence.
But in the district that includes Richmond, Berkeley, and part of Oakland, Wicks' progressive cred is suspect.
Beckles voted for Green Party candidate Jill Stein for president in 2016 and is endorsed by Green Party organizations.
Congresswoman Barbara Lee, a Berkeley Democrat seeking to ascend in leadership, also is backing Beckles, citing her stands for a $15 minimum wage and rent control. Sen. Bernie Sanders is heading to Oakland this weekend and is expected to tout Beckles' candidacy.
Outside groups have spent $1.5 million to help elect Wicks, and $344,000 to boost Beckles' prospects. A review of donors to the candidates and outside groups backing them reflects many of the rivalries on the left.
The Service Employees International Union Local and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, who represent public employees, are campaigning for Beckles. Unions that represent retail clerks and building trades are working to elect Wicks.
Charter public schools advocates support Wicks. Unions that represent public school teachers back Beckles.
Wicks has made housing development and affordable housing a core issue. Beckles has cast votes that would limit development.
Beckles calls for free college and single-payer health care for all. Given Wicks' knowledge of the nuances of the Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as Obamacare, she has the backing of physicians and other healthcare providers.
"Wicks' extensive, deep experience in healthcare public policy made her the clear choice for support," Richard Stapler of the California Dental Association said.
The race has turned mean as intra-party fights are wont to do. Beckles attacks Wicks, the former union organizer, as being beholden to corporate money. The East Bay chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America created a website detailing several of Wicks' donors, suggesting she would do their bidding. Wicks has taken no campaign checks from corporations.
Beckles' website confronts what she says are smears against her. One is a claim that she believes in mind-controlling space weapons. Not true, she contends.
She did, however, win passage of a Richmond city council resolution in 2015 expressing sympathy for "targeted individuals" who believe they have been victims of such hostile technology.


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Listen to "1 John Chapter Five, Faith Is The Victory..." on Spreaker.
John repeats that it is not only believing that Jesus was a man or a prophet but believing that He is and was the Son of God. Many people believe that Jesus existed and was a good man or a prophet but that is not a saving faith. For example, Islam teaches that Jesus was a prophet but strongly denies Him as the Son of God and so Muslims (followers of Islam) have not overcome the world. In fact, as we saw in chapter four, they are controlled by the spirit of the antichrist.
Throughout the Bible, water is a symbol of the Word of God. This passage shows us the relationship between the word, the Spirit, and the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. The Living Word (Jesus Christ) came and paid for our sins with His blood allowing us a right relationship with God. His word is applied to our lives through the power of the Holy Spirit.
The number three is associated with the earthly display of God's will and we see through this passage that God's will is for us to accept the sacrifice of His Son and to walk in His word through the power of the Spirit.
We believe many things that people tell us today without even thinking about it. At the same time, many reject the words of God concerning His Son. God's testimony about Jesus was not with words only but with action demonstrated by His resurrection. Anyone who does not believe that Jesus is the Son of God, attempts to call God a liar even as evidence was presented by that resurrection.


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Greta Thunberg's latest speech points the finger at those still not taking things seriously
WORDS Ella Jane PHOTOGRAPHY Courtesy Instagram PUBLISHED Mon, 14 Dec 2020
Greta Thunberg is arguably one of the most famous climate activists in modern history. After directly addressing some old, archaic politicians who don't seem to give AF about the future of our planet at the U.N. Climate Action Summit in 2019, she has been immortalised as one of the most formidable teenagers to grace the planet. She's not in the business of letting us forget the fact, either, and has recently teamed up with The Guardian to remind us of exactly that.
In a short video released by The Guardian, Thunberg addresses the public with an alarming but powerful warning, pointing out that little action has been taken since the Paris Agreement five years ago. The video was published December 11, one day ahead of the Climate Ambition Summit - a follow up gathering five years on from the Paris Agreement, where world leaders will review progress, and look at ways to pivot and improve their strategy.
Thunberg begins her statement by basically noting that she's watching said politicians and world leaders like a hawk, and she's not exactly impressed by the lack of action taken towards their initial commitments, which vowed to keep the global temperature rise below 2 degrees celsius, and aim for 1.5 degrees, which is significantly safer for the planet we inhabit. "Since then, a lot has happened," Thunberg notes in the video. "But the action needed is still nowhere in sight. The gap between what we need to do and what is actually being done is widening by the minute. We are still speeding in the wrong direction."
She makes a point of noting that we've had the hottest last five years on record, a statement proven by the ongoing California wildfires and the Australian Bushfire crisis last year, not to mention the countless floods, natural disasters and of course, COVID-19, all of which can be linked to the climate crisis.
"At the current emission rate, our remaining CO2 budgets for 1.5 degrees Celcius will be completely gone within seven years, long before we will even have a chance to deliver on our 2030 or 2050 targets," Thunberg warns. A stressful reality for those of us who still have decades left on this planet, unlike those who seem to hold the power to incite systemic change.
Despite Thunberg's nerve-wracking words, she ends on a note of hope, "There is hope," she says. "We are the hope. We, the people", while flashes of climate protestors around the world accompany her powerful words. Keep fighting the good fight, Greta. We're right behind you!
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State to Monitor Deer for Chronic Wasting Disease- Results on Herd's Health Likely Won't Be Available for Months.
The quest for whitetails during the upcoming firearms deer season in Missouri will include a wide-scale hunt for a disease that hasn't yet been found in the state.
Jeff Beringer hopes testing brain stems from 6,000 deer for chronic wasting disease will show the disease isn't present in Missouri's deer herd.
Beringer, who has been studying CWD for the Missouri Department of Conservation, said he doesn't know whether the effort he's helping set up is the most intensive testing of wildlife in the department's history, but it will involve a lot of work.
"I'm just calling it a surveillance effort; we're looking for it," Beringer said.
A less intensive testing program last year in Missouri detected no CWD.
It has showed up elsewhere.
Wisconsin began testing deer for CWD in 1999, and no one expected deer heads sent in for testing in 2001 would reveal any problem, said Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources spokeswoman Laurel Steffes.
"We were frankly surprised and shocked when the USDA informed us we had three positives," she said of results returned this past February.
In response, the state has declared a a 360-square-mile "eradica-tion zone" to kill all the deer within it. And this year, the Wisconsin department wants to test 50,000 deer heads.
Researchers say chronic wasting disease hasn't been shown to infect people who eat venison.
While there is no indication CWD is in Missouri's million-head whitetail deer herd, it has been around for 30 years in Colorado and several other states.
Researchers have determined CWD is caused by an abnormal protein called a prion, but don't yet know how the disease spreads among deer, elk and related animals.
But an outbreak in Wisconsin has prompted a full-scale eradication effort in part of the state and a sampling program that dwarfs Missouri's. That's an indication of what the discovery of CWD can prompt.
CWD is classed as one of the spongiform encephalopathies, which include scrapie in sheep and bovine spongiform encephalopathy, popularly known as mad cow disease.
But unlike mad cow, there's no indication humans can contract chronic wasting disease by eating venison.
"It's going to be a big project," Beringer said of a sampling effort in 30 randomly selected counties that will be most intense on the opening weekend of hunting season, Nov. 16-26. "There will be close to 300 people at check stations. Then we'll have over 100 folks every day of the week collecting samples."
In southwest Missouri, hunters in Greene, Christian, Taney and Jasper counties will be asked to donate 800 deer heads.
In 2001, the department tested 74 deer heads, none showing signs of CWD.
Delays at check-in stations should be minimal, Beringer said. "I think it will be pretty quick," he said. "If things get slowed down, we're going to wave hunters on through."
And unless CWD is confirmed in Missouri, hunters won't have to change their habits, Beringer said.
He sees no problem with hunters who have removed the meat from carcasses taking the bones back to the woods so other animals can scavenge them, for instance, Beringer said.
"Deer die every day in the woods and it's natural for a hunter to take the remains back to the woods," he said.
Finding out whether Missouri deer get a clean bill of health won't happen for a while, department policy specialist Bob Ziehmer said.
"It's likely it will be several months before results are available because several states are doing this," he said.
Researchers are working on a "litmus test" procedure that would provide a quick way to determine if a deer is infected with CWD, but that's going to take time, Ziehmer said.
Surveying deer for CWD would give the department a head start on stopping an outbreak, possibly avoiding what states like Wisconsin are facing, wildlife biologist Beringer said.
In 2001, officials with MDC, the state Department of Agriculture and the Department of Health and Senior Services devised a response plan calling for the eradication of deer in a specific area when it was suspected infected elk from Colorado had been sent to Missouri.
The plan wasn't put into action after it was determined no elk were affected.
The situation is different near the Wisconsin town of Mount Horeb, where that state's Department of Natural Resources is trying to kill 25,000 deer.
Wildlife officials didn't think they would have to consider that until getting the startling news early this year that CWD was in the state's deer herd, Wisconsin department spokeswoman Steffes said.
The discovery of CWD in Wisconsin may affect more than the willingness of hunters to head for the woods, Whitetails Unlimited executive director Peter Gerl said.
The sale of deer permits is down 22 percent for a firearms season that starts Nov. 23, he said.
"The concern here is because of the CWD and a lot of unknowns, hunters are plain skeptical," Gerl said. "Ever since since Feb 28, it's turned hunting upside down in the state of Wisconsin."
Not only would a drop in hunting cut the $1 billion in revenue the annual hunt produces in the state by some $200 million, it could increase the chance of CWD spreading from a relatively small area, he said.
But other factors might be involved in the downturn, from holding the firearms hunt a week later than usual to banning deer baiting and feeding to reduce the chances of deer gathering in large groups, Steffes said.
Sturgeon Bay-based Whitetails Unlimited is cooperating with state agencies and other groups on a $300,000 campaign using bumper stickers, billboards and literature to encourage hunters.
Nothing like that is happening in Missouri, although the Conservation Department has provided advice to hunters on how to handle deer they've taken and has issued reassurances there never has been a proven case of a human contracting CWD from venison.
From talk he's heard around Roy's Store in the small Ozarks community of Dora, there isn't much concern about CWD, store employee Glain Martin said.
Just west of the North Fork River, which is popular with weekend floaters during the summer months, Roy's Store is a deer check-in station and something of a gathering place for local hunters.
Comments about CWD have been rare, Martin said.
"One of them did today," he said of a hunter talking about CWD. "But that's the first one."
MS – CWD Detected in Tippah and Alcorn Counties
12/31/2020 8:34:29 AMFrom MDWFP The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks (MDWFP) recently received Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) positive test results for two hunter-harvested bucks from Tippah and Alcorn counties. These are the first Read more…
MO – MDC FINDS FIRST CASE OF CWD IN PULASKI COUNTY
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MO – MDC REPORTS FINAL CWD RESULTS FOR 2019-2020 SEASON
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Boston City Councilor-elect Kendra Hicks 'feeling better' after testing positive for COVID-19
Updated: 12:08 PM EST Nov 8, 2021
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Boston City Councilor-elect Kendra Hicks, who recently won election in Boston's District 6, says she has tested positive for a breakthrough case of COVID-19. Hicks, 31, beat Mary Tamer last week in the race to replace outgoing City Councilor Matt O'Malley in a district that includes Jamaica Plain, West Roxbury, Roslindale and parts of Egleston Square near Roxbury.She announced the positive test results on Twitter over the weekend. Hicks said her exposure occurred at home and not on the campaign trail and, as of Saturday, her campaign team had tested negative. "It looks like it's just me with the positive test," she wrote. "I want folks to be safe and healthy so it's important to give you the information I have in case we were in close proximity to each other, even with masks on! if you don't feel well, go get tested."As of Sunday night, Hicks said she was "feeling better" but had lost her sense of smell.Hicks, who ran as a Democratic Socialist, will be the first person of color to represent her district. She identifies as Afro-Latina and Black, according to the Bay State Banner.
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Boston City Councilor-elect Kendra Hicks, who recently won election in Boston's District 6, says she has tested positive for a breakthrough case of COVID-19.
Hicks, 31, beat Mary Tamer last week in the race to replace outgoing City Councilor Matt O'Malley in a district that includes Jamaica Plain, West Roxbury, Roslindale and parts of Egleston Square near Roxbury.
She announced the positive test results on Twitter over the weekend. Hicks said her exposure occurred at home and not on the campaign trail and, as of Saturday, her campaign team had tested negative.
"It looks like it's just me with the positive test," she wrote. "I want folks to be safe and healthy so it's important to give you the information I have in case we were in close proximity to each other, even with masks on! if you don't feel well, go get tested."
As of Sunday night, Hicks said she was "feeling better" but had lost her sense of smell.
feeling better! sense of smell is gone though😃
found out because my kid was sitting in a dirty diaper for god knows how long before I noticed.
— Kendra Lara (@CllrKendraLara) November 8, 2021
Hicks, who ran as a Democratic Socialist, will be the first person of color to represent her district. She identifies as Afro-Latina and Black, according to the Bay State Banner.


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LIGABlatt Built Their App, Increased Traffic By 30%, And Got Glowing Feedback From Their Audience
Boosted traffic by 30%
Used Push Notifications to engage readers
Got great feedback from fans
"We got a lot of recommendations from our readers. 'Fantastic work' and 'It's so stable, so fast'…….. 'I get push news now. I don't have to visit LIGABlatt all the time, if something new comes up I can click it' and many other comments too"
Fatih Senel
LIGABlatt is a popular German and Turkish news site covering all things football.
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Last year they decided it was time to build a presence on the App Stores. They chose MobiLoud to get them there. We sat down with Fatih Senel, LIGABlatt's Chief Editor, for a chat about their experience.
Fatih realised that their brand was losing out on readers and revenue by not having an app available to fans. He recalled that:
"The readers wrote to us and said 'why don't you have an app? It is so strange to type LIGABlatt into the browser every time and search for the news'. Now we have more than 90% of our users on mobile and just 8% desktop and 2% tablet"
This is a common story.
Increasingly, people are getting their news from apps created by brands they like and trust. Any successful publisher without a strong mobile presence is leaving engagement on the table.
LIGABlatt weighed their options. There are a lot of great app development solutions on the market, but none as tailored to digital publishers as MobiLoud News.
"We had contact with a lot of companies but decided on MobiLoud for just one reason. The process was very simple and our MobiLoud made the adjustments we requested very quickly and affordably. With MobiLoud, we got the right solution at a good price point"
We also have a deep integration with WordPress that makes life easier for content publishers using the world's most popular CMS.
LIGABlatt's team found this out too. There aren't many solutions on the market that work well with WordPress, and none that have as deep of an integration as we do. They took the plunge and we got to work building them iOS and Android apps to their exact spec.
"Another problem was finding companies able to implement our WordPress content reliably and smoothly into a native app for Android and iOS. MobiLoud was able to do it very fast. We have a lifetime e license from MobiLoud. We're now able to publish our news articles in real time with no latency, across 3 platforms – this is amazing!"
While going with the traditional option of developing an app through an agency can take many months – with MobiLoud you can build iOS and Android apps in a matter of days. There's nothing to rebuild or recreate – the apps will reflect your existing site. There's also nothing new to add to your workflow as the apps sync 100% with your site and reflect any changes you make on the web!
"I asked MobiLoud how long it would take them to bring my site with over 6000 articles into the app and they said – "1 day"."
Launching the apps was an exciting time for the LIGABlatt team, and they weren't disappointed. Fatih said that the moment they downloaded it from the App Store and started testing it out was "fantastic".
It didn't take long to start seeing the benefits of their new channel. Positive feedback started to flow in from readers, happy that they had a more intimate and convenient way to get the content they love.
According to Fatih, their readers called the app 'Fantastic work' and were happy about them being 'so stable, so fast'. Some users also commented that the push notifications were a great benefit, saying that – 'I get push news now. I don't have to visit LIGABlatt all the time". Since LIGABlatt launched their apps, the brand has gone from strength to strength.
How about solid figures? According to Fatih they have increased traffic by approximately 30% over the last year since launching the apps, and he credits the apps for much of this success.
"We have increased traffic approximately 30% in one year, and this is amazing"
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Q: Book where a soldier is transported to an alternative Earth during the Battle of Verdun (WW1) This is a long-shot as I remember very little about the book. It may not even have been written in English, but in Dutch.
I read this in the first half of the 1980's. Got it from my school library. I read it in Dutch (had to be Dutch because the school library only had "proper literature" in English), but chances are it was a translation of an English original as there is not that much original SF/Fantasy in Dutch.
A soldier (USA I think) is fighting at Verdun during the infamous World War 1 battle. He enters a cave or tunnel beneath the city (possibly hidden and revealed by a bomb explosion during the battle).
The cave/tunnel transports him to an alternative reality, fantasy/medieval style where the city also exists, but it is now called "Dun" or "Dunn".
I seem to recall that in the alternative universe the city is under siege as well. The protagonist has some adventures (I can't recall any of them) and I also can't remember if he eventually makes it back to the normal Verdun.
(It may even be the case he goes back and forth several times now I think about it.)
There is very little to go on, but somehow this book lingered in the back of my mind, so it must have made some impression on me. Does anyone know what it is?

A: Hoe Ver Is Dunn? by Jaap Verduyn.

I cannot find a copy of the book to confirm the identification but it roughly matches.

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As Trump Approves Pipeline, Figures Show Most Americans Oppose Drilling on Federal Lands
More than half of the population now oppose drilling — though this likely has more to do with cheap gas prices than the environment.
Demonstrators in front of the White House celebrate President Barack Obama's blocking of the Keystone XL oil pipeline on Nov. 6, 2015.ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP - Getty Images
March 24, 2017, 5:29 PM UTC / Updated March 24, 2017, 5:29 PM UTC
By Martha C. White
In a watershed moment, more than half of the population now oppose drilling in the American wilderness — although this likely has more to do with cheap gas prices than a sudden embrace of environmental sensitivity.
According to poll data released by Gallup on Friday, the same day Donald Trump approved construction of the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline, 53 percent of Americans oppose opening federal lands for oil exploration, compared with just 34 percent who were against the idea five years ago.
Trump Signs Executive Orders on Keystone, Dakota Access Pipelines
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What changed? Gallup suspects declines in the oil market, which have kept a lid on gasoline prices, might be behind our newfound concern for the welfare of those amber waves and purple mountains.
We Love Cheap Gas
In March of 2012, when Gallup pollsters first asked the question, gas prices were significantly higher than they are today. "At that time, a gallon of gasoline averaged $3.91, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration… the most recent estimates, from February 2017, show gas averaging $2.42 a gallon," the poll report says.
"Generally we see that when prices are low, there's much less concern related to supply and demand," said Jeff Lenard, spokesman for NACS, the National Association of Convenience Stores.
There does seem to be a link between lower gas prices and higher consumer confidence. The Pew Research Center analyzed gas prices next to the University of Michigan's consumer sentiment index, and found that when prices go down, confidence goes up.
And gasoline prices have an outsized effect on our collective psyche. "For most people, the fraction of their income they spend on gasoline is actually quite small," said Lutz Kilian, economics professor at the University of Michigan.
In 2012 — two years before prices started tumbling — the average household spent $2,912 on gas, or about 4 percent of pretax income, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
Related: Appeals Court Refuses to Halt Dakota Access Pipeline
But prices at the pump take on greater significance for a couple of reasons, Kilian said. "To some extent, it's because everybody is telling consumers how important the price of oil is," he said, despite the fact that oil and gas prices don't always move in tandem.
For drivers, gas prices are front and center — literally, by way of signs at nearly every gas station. "It's a very visible price," Kilian pointed out. The constant reminders reinforce our views and the sentiments they trigger.
But We Still Love the Environment
Today, we're worrying less and willing to spend more. Gallup found that just over a quarter of Americans say they worry "a great deal" about being able to obtain and afford energy; five years ago, nearly half of respondents said the same. NACS found similar results in its new survey: The number of people who choose particular gas stations based on price fell by six percentage points, and there was a nearly identical increase in the number of people who choose where to buy gas based on snacks, sundries or other convenience-store items.
Our renewed economic confidence doesn't just show up at the gas pump or convenience-store register: We gave a collective $10.7 billion to charities with a focus on the environment or animals in 2015, a 6.5 percent increase from the year earlier, Charity Navigator found.
Lenard suggested the prolonged slump in oil and gas prices could be giving Americans pause as our preoccupation with price recedes. NACS found that the number of people who say low gas and oil prices are good for the U.S. economy dropped by seven percentage points over a two-year span. "The longer something happens, the more you think — what are other consequences?" he said.
Martha C. White
Martha C. White is an NBC News contributor who writes about business, finance and the economy.


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Maryland State Police Aggressive Driving Initiative Yields Results On Harford Roads
September 22, 2009 By Dagger News Service
From Maryland State Police:
(Churchville, MD): Results of Aggressive Driving Initiative.
During the week of September 14, 2009 the Maryland State Police conducted an "Aggressive Driving Initiative" in Harford County Maryland. The targeted enforcement areas were Route 136 (Whiteford Road) at Robinson Mill Road and Route 22 (Churchville Road) in the area of Campus Hills. Throughout this week Troopers issued 102 warnings and 35 citations. Violation ranged from speeding, following too closely, seatbelt violations, to a variety of other violations.
"We feel this was a successful operation not only from an enforcement perspective but from an education point of view as well" said Sgt. Jeff Kloiber. In the past there were several citizen complaints concerning school bus violations. According to Kloiber, "during this operation there were no complaints received."
During the next several months the Maryland State Police will be conducting similar operations on certain roadways within Harford County which have been identified as having a high frequency of crashes or citizen complaints. The targeted roadways will be posted through our media partners one week prior to the actual week of enhanced enforcement.
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Much ado about nothing. The state police in this area have been diminished to the point of being completely irrelevant. Wouldn't be surprised to the see them closed the doors and make the place a museum.
How many troopers are left at the Bel Air barracks?
I hear less than 20 actual working guys spread over five shifts with only one or two actually on patrol at a time.
DW says
Not many…that's why they no longer handle calls for service in the county (well very few anyway unless it's on a state road.) They used to take every 4th call that came in on 9-11.
Ben Dover says
Not irrelevant…just under appreciated, under funded, under staffed. The troops still go out there and give 100 percent everyday and night.
Yes, more police of any kind is good for the area.
Dell says
It's a compliment. Chuck's come a long way from doing smokey burnouts in that old Mach I to the rank of Lieutenant with the State Police! I hope they don't close the barrack, either. Duck Farmers rule!
Hobo Joe says
Chuck's Mom is hot.
B. Darwin is overwhelmingly handsome. Is he dating Chuck's mom?
ted r. says
More troopers to hand out seat belt tickets or to ticket people doing 65 mph on the Bel air by-pass. More troopers, sure, but put the barracks on Rt. 40 where they can do some good.
The Sheriff's Office has the northern and quiet parts of the county under control.
Last Word says
Dave and Biff – do you think that you can relate to this quote from the Persian War. "The first was when Leonidas and Demophilos met on the way to Thermopylae. Demophilos was surprised that Leonidas brought only 300 out of the thousands of Spartan warriors, while he had brought 700 Thespians. In response, Leonidas asked several of the Thespians what their occupations were: potter, sculptor and blacksmith were the responses. The same question of the Spartans elicited only a single response: war; whereupon Leonidas said that he brought more soldiers than Demophilos." There may be only a few troopers but THEY DO SO MUCH MORE – look and go WOW at the latest press release from them…….
Last Word,
What that press release didn't say was how many tips they received that came through the HCSO and how many deputies responded to the initial call that night setting up a perimeter and canvassing the area, though as it turned out the suspect was likely back in his apartment before the first officers were on scene. I'm not trying to take anything away from MSP in handling that robbery, but if the only people involved were troopers from the Bel Air barracks unfortunately it probably would've taken much longer get the scumbag. The troopers from there work extremely hard, but unfortunately their manpower is way down.
Last Word – Didn't see your response since this was such a non-story but what the heck are you trying to say? At least your Spartans had 300. The state police have two……….


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LET'S GET REAL HERE.......
Reader comment on item: Obama, the Middle East and Islam - An Initial Assessment
Submitted by JACK THACKARY (United States), Mar 8, 2009 at 09:52
As with our former 'Boogey Man,' Communism, we Americans have become obsessed with our perceived enemy to the point where we have elevated him [in this case al Queda, the Taliban and Islamic fanatics in general] into an almost exalted position of potential menace. The Soviet Union turned out to be a paper tiger that collapsed of its own dead weight and internal corruption. We now scratch our heads and wonder, 'what was all the fuss about?'
I believe that we have similarly over-estimated the threat of radical Islam. Now before I go any further, lest there be some perception that I am in any way a devotee or admirer of Islam, let me say straight out that I believe Islam to be a rather bizarre cult with some extremely noxious components to its belief system. Any religion that promotes death by stoning and 'honor killings' of female family members has some answering to do on the moral playing field of humanity. But really, doesn't this just illustrate what a backward group of cultural misfits that radical Muslims really are? We are a nation that---with the help of England, Russia, Canada and Australia---took on the duel menace of Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan simultaneously and kicked their collective butts all the way back to Munich and Tokyo. And we now fear we might "lose the war" against a motley crew of Islamic dirtbags who, if left to their own devices, couldn't even create the very weapons they use against us? [guns, explosives---none of these were invented by Muslims----dito for the nuclear weapons they crave.]
Now I am aware that they were able to sucker punch us good and hard back on Sept. 11, 2001 and I am aware that they have pulled off a few more obnoxious attacks upon civilian populations in places like London and Madrid since then. But this fear of terrorism has also been utilized by our own leaders as a convenient political tool to justify virtually any expedient action they desire anywhere in the world in the name of 'fighting terrorism,' up to and including invading a foreign country to look for imaginary weapons of mass destruction.
No less an expert on social manipulation than the late Hermann Goering, Hitler's right hand man, told the world at Nuremberg that controlling a civilian population was very simple, 'all you have to do is convince them that they are being attacked.' [semi-quotes used because I do not recall the precise wording] I believe that the "war on terror" has evolved into a convenient distraction from other more pressing issues, like the impending bankruptcy of our own federal government if no effort is made to curb the profligate spending now going on. As David Walker, former Comptroller-General of the United States, has pointed out, our government currently has fiscal obligations into the next quarter century totalling 55 trillion dollars and that, in his own words, "zero, zip, zilch" has been put aside to pay for it. This is a looming crisis that could hurt us a thousand times more than al Queda ever could.
Now I don't pretend to know just how successful our recently elected president will be in dealing with either the terrorist problem or the fiscal crisis we now face. But I do know that we cannot go on indefintely fighting wars against a vague, nearly invisible enemy in places like the Tora Bora Mountains of Afghanistan. And we can't go on indefinitely propping up our own economy by borrowing trillions of dollars from Communist China [of all places!] and pretending that we have a thriving economic system.
Obama told us that it's time for a change. That means a change of policy on a lot of issues. Who could possibly argue with that? Can he produce that change? I don't know, but he's our best hope at the moment and let's give him and his team a chance to show what they can do.
And let's stop looking for turban-headed terrorists under our beds. We couldn't find any Communists there either, remember, and now we borrow money from the Commies in China to prop up our own faltering capitalist economy. Funny how things turn out, isn't it?
- JACK THACKARY
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Zoom allocates $85 million to settle class-action lawsuit, here's how to claim your share
What simply occurred? Zoom has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit that accused the corporate of sharing private data with third events with out person consent. The developer agreed to pay $85 million to pick customers.
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The moribund collective sale market here could soon get a boost if the planned sale of Shunfu Ville goes through - potentially the largest such deal since 2007.
About 83 per cent of the Upper Thomson project's owners by share value and total area - above the 80 per cent threshold - have signed a collective sale agreement based on a $688 million reserve price.
The collective sale committee earlier this month unanimously voted to accept a letter of intent from the interested purchaser, which is understood to be Qingjian Realty.
The parties are expected to make an announcement today, after a five-day cooling-off period for owners after signing a sale deal.
The last collective sales of this scale were of the former Farrer Court for about $1.34 billion and former Leedon Heights for $835 million, both in 2007.
The site can yield about 1,100 units with an average size of 1,000 sq ft, while break-even cost could be about $1,250 psf, with new units fetching $1,400 to $1,500 psf, marketing agency JLL said.
Qingjian's bid is a sign of returning interest in en bloc opportunities owing to limited land banks on offer here, especially as the Government has cut back on its land sales programme, said Ms Alice Tan, Knight Frank's research head.
"Property cooling measures and the Additional Buyer's Stamp Duty on developers if they cannot complete and sell all units in five years have meant that the collective sales market has been very quiet. Developers are not willing to take up more risks especially for larger investment deals of above $500 million."
Yet, despite the prevailing slow market, some developers seem to be more bullish and confident of Singapore's property market in the longer term, she added.
When contacted on Tuesday, Mr Woo Hon Wai, chairman of the collective sale committee, would say only that "we are coming to the end of our collective sale attempt".
Owners have up to July 10 this year to secure a buyer and submit an application to the Strata Titles Board for its approval. "We will need to wrap it up quickly," he said.


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Tank was able to tell the students about the highs and lows of the music industry. He told a story of headlining a club, only to return years later and being charged to get in.
The story was in response to a question about any lessons the singer had learned. His answer was to not take things personal.
"They charged me because I wasn't hot at the time," Tank said. "I just knew I had to work harder."
Speaking after talking with the students, Tank said he felt he needed to be honest with them.
"They see me in all the videos, but they don't see the hell it took to get there," he said.
Tank also appreciated how enthusiastic the students were, noting how many of those who asked questions introduced themselves with multiple titles such as a singer and producer.
William Ashbourne, the coordinator of the recording industry program at ASU, said he was able to get Tank to the classroom as a "favor from a friend." He tries to bring in a different artist each semester to give first-hand knowledge of the music industry.
"I thought he was down to Earth and shared invaluable experiences," Ashbourne said. "I think it was well-received."
Ashbourne also praised the participation from his students.
"I was very proud of their questions, some were more technical than others," he said. "It shows they're learning."


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a nervous start for Erika which blossomed into a good talk on all aspects of maintaining productivity.
A nice talk about an issue that affects all of us. The pace was good and the elephpants broke the slides up well.
As another member off the floor pointed out, the solution is better suited to a private environment as opposed to an office, but many of the principles can be adapted.
All the best in your future talks.
A great talk about an issue that affects all of us (and anyone who says it doesn't is kidding themselves!). Certainly had some great tips and things to try out, which I definitely will be giving a shot. And seeing if any of these methods can possibly work in a busy open-plan office environment.
Definitely not the best talk I've seen (content wise), but for me it came as a light and refreshing 'break' from the more heavy/serious main tracks.
She probably does have quite a way to go presentation wise, but in some strange an particular way the nervousity/uncertainty combined with that great smile actually was very pleasant to see.


The word LIKE is a very popular word in the English language and is used as an adjective, a verb and even a noun. The only bad thing about the verb LIKE is that we use it way too often. Some students may wonder whether we have any other words for LIKE in English? In fact, there are many, many ways to say LIKE. So here are some English words and phrases that you can use as alternatives to I LIKE. We use I LIKE to express our feeling about somebody or something. For example: I like ice cream. I like Mathew. Of course, we could add various English adverbs to give more meaning to it. For example: I really like ice cream. I really like Mathew. I genuinely like Mathew. I totally like her. But it can be a little boring to always use the same words or expressions so here are some suitable alternative words you can use instead of LIKE.
Love indicates something a bit stronger than "like".
ex. – Would you like a cup of tea? – I would love a cup of tea.
Fond of indicates a strong liking for someone or something but not as strong as "love".
ex. Kathy is very fond of her Aunt Jane she always looks forward to her visits.
Like "love" adore always gives a deeper meaning than "like".
ex. James adores his new job. He has always wanted to work in the city and this gives him the chance to do that.
A very British English expression. To be partial to something means you prefer it over some other choice. Daniel was always partial to homemade cakes. He enjoyed the cakes in the local bakery but a home made cake was his favourite every time.
So here are the words we can use instead of LIKE – LOVE, I AM FOND OF, ADORE or BE PARTIAL to anything or anyone.
This is a very 1960's or 1970's expression. People used to "dig" the new music by The Beatles. So this is really something related to the "hippy years".
Very informal and almost slang expression. This is used frequently to tell some one what you like.
ex. The teacher asked Kevin what music he liked. I am really into U2 the get it right every time.
Again more informal meaning you just want more of what you like.
ex. Do you like that new brand of coffee? Oh yes certainly we just cannot get enough of it!


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By combining wine with marine, we have the Port of Bourg; cheers, santé.
From an idea developed and sketched while visiting Bourg in the Haut Medoc district, inspired by some of the people.
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The Monument to Mice
The Institute of Cytology and Genetic in Novosibirsk, Russia has a statue dedicated to lab mice and the role they have played in a variety of medical research.
The statue was unveiled in 2013 following a fund drive for $50,000, which includes the cost of the surrounding mini park. As sculptor Andrei Kharkevich explains, the statue "combines both the image of a laboratory mouse and a scientist, because they are connected to each other and serve one cause. The mouse is imprinted at the time of scientific discovery."
Smithsonian Magazine notes another prominent feature of the institute:
"The most notable research to come out of the institute in its 60 years was a long-running study on animal domestication, reported Maggie Koerth-Baker in 2014 for BoingBoing. Researchers in the program, started by Soviet geneticist Dmitry Belyaev, carefully bred more than 40 generations of wild silver foxes, and documented the extensive physical changes the animals experienced as each generation grew increasingly friendly and playful toward humans. The experiment is still ongoing today, and some of the domesticated foxes are sold as sought-after pets to help fund the research. Perhaps a monument to the fox will one day join the knitting mouse."
Mice have been interacting with humans, often to our mutual detriment, for around 15,000. Yet for decades they have been the go-to animal for studying everything from cancer to disease to treatment to even the effect of space travel (this is due to their simple, fast-growing biology, which is nonetheless still complex enough to be a conveniently close, if not imperfect, analogue to the human body).
While many researchers have raised both ethical and practical questions about using mice for science, virtually everyone agrees on the invaluable role mice played and continue to play in biomedical research.
In addition to being the only institute with a high profile (and adorable) home to the humble lab mouse, the Institute of Cytology and Genetics was established in 1957, only four years after the discovery of DNA in the U.K., making it one of the earliest institutions of its kind.
Photo credit: My Modern Met
By Eupraxsophy • Posted in Art, Russia, Science & Technology, World	• Tagged Art, Biology, Culture, Science
The World's Tallest Statue
On Wednesday, India unveiled the world's tallest statue: The Statue of Unity, which depicts the country's first deputy prime minister and major independence leader, Vallabhbhai Patel. It is about twice the size of the Statue of Liberty, and taller than the previous record-holder, China's Spring Temple Buddha.
Funny enough, it will not be the tallest statue for long: India's state of Maharashtra is constructing a memorial to the Maratha warrior king Shivaji that will be several meters taller.
In addition to playing a leading role in organizing nonviolent resistance against the British, Patel was instrumental in forging a cohesive, democratic republic from the politically fragmented British Raj, which included both British-controlled colonies and over 560 self-governing "princely states" that had been indirectly ruled.
Through both force of personality and de facto command of the military, he managed to cajole nearly all these states to join India; this uncompromising willingness to do whatever it took to form India earned him the moniker of the "Iron Man of India" and "Unifier of India". Patel was also the founder of the country's massive civil service, the "All India Services", which he identified as the "steel frame" of the country that would cement a fractious, disunified society.
Although widely beloved for his decisive leadership in founding India, many locals protested the construction and dedication to the statue, believing it to be a waste of well needed public funds; demonstrators were subsequently kept at bay during the unveiling ceremony.
See a slideshow of its construction here.
Source: BBC
By Eupraxsophy • Posted in Art, Asia, Culture, Current Events, Humanism, World	• Tagged Art, Asia, India, Statue of Unity, World
The Bleak and Macabre Art of Francis Bacon
To commemorate Halloween, here are some surreal and often creepy paintings by Irish-born British artist Francis Bacon.
Although known for his bleak, existentialist worldview — which became more somber and macabre following the suicide of his lover — he was actually quite energetic and charismatic in person, and spent much of his middle age eating, drinking, and gambling in London's leisurely Soho district.
Source: Wikimedia
By Eupraxsophy • Posted in Art, Culture, Humanism, Life and Death	• Tagged Art, Culture, Francis Bacon, Halloween, Surrealism
Tyrus Wong
Today I learned that the lead artist for Disney's "Bambi" was a Chinese-born illegal immigrant who drew inspiration from the art styles of the Song Dynasty.
Tyrus Wong was born Wong Gen Yeo on this day in 1910, in Taishan, Guangdong, China. When he was nine, he and his father immigrated to the United States, where they were initially detained, separated, and questioned due to the Chinese Exclusion Act, which prohibited immigrants from China. They assumed false identifies as "paper sons"—relatives of Chinese Americans already legally resident in the U.S.—and were subsequently released, ultimately settling in L.A. Continue reading →
By Eupraxsophy • Posted in Art, Asia, Culture, History, Humanism, Inspirational	• Tagged America, Art, China, Chinese American, Culture, Disney, History
The Bloodland of Belarus
Belarus, a former Soviet republic of about 10 million, is said to have the highest per capita number of World War II films in the world. Many of them are considered to be some of the finest war movies in history, most notably the 1985 film Come and See, which tells the story of a young teenager who joins the Belarusian resistance and witnesses horrific atrocities.
The Soviet theatrical poster for Come and See.
By Eupraxsophy • Posted in Art, History, Humanism, Life and Death, Russia, War and Violence, World	• Tagged Art, Belarus, Cinema, Culture, Death, Russia, War, World War II
Iran Opens One of the World's Largest Book Centers
Iran rarely features positively in any news reports. Yet the nation of over 80 million is young, cosmopolitan, and freer-thinking than its regime (or its enemies) make it out to be. Just one case in point — on top of centuries of rich cultural heritage — is the opening last year of what may be the largest educational complexes of its kind. As reported in Newsweek: Continue reading →
By Eupraxsophy • Posted in Art, Books, Culture, International Relations, World	• Tagged Art, Books, Culture, International, Iran, World
Superheros in a Globalized World
One of my long-running creative side projects since college has been building a superhero universe that is set in a globalized world with an international cast and multicultural flavor. (Which is one reason I love Overwatch so much.) One of the key themes I want to explore is how international relations and cultural clashes come into play in a world of superpowered beings.
What would happen if a Superman-style hero landed in Bolivia, Tajikistan, or the Congo? Suddenly the poorest and least influential countries in the world are major superpowers in their own right, able to project their values or interests, deliberately or incidentally, on the global stage. The world's premier guardian would be shaped by a completely different culture, religion, or ethos, perhaps with certain universal principles, like fairness and compassion, still present but expressed in different ways.
How would linguistic, religious, cultural, and political disputes come into play when heroes respond to crises that know no borders or affiliations? How would they cooperate or clash? What do superheroes do in countries where governments are not representative of the people — would they be vigilantes outside the law, or work within the circumstances they are dealt? (I envision a bit of both.) What about in places where there are deeply entrenched sectarian, ethnic, and/or ideological divisions? Would they rise above the fray or remain parochial?
For example, I have in mind that superheroes in Germany would operate with far more transparency (including have their names and addresses publicly available) and far more restraint than elsewhere, for obvious reasons. This is common with the way their security and intelligence forces currently operate.
In the U.S., I would imagine a very complicated state versus federal dynamic at play, as far as jurisdictional issues, funding, etc., as well as a larger issues of whether government and taxpayers should get involved in the process at all. (Not a new idea of course, given Marvel's Civil War, but still a relevant and interesting one.)
I recall the comic arc wherein Superman renounces his U.S. citizenship due to a widespread perception that he is an instrument of American policy. Though seen by many fans as an audacious gimmick, I think it touched on increasingly topical themes of identity, patriotism, and nationalism amid a globalized world. As Comics Alliance explained:
Superman replies that it was foolish to think that his actions would not reflect politically on the American government, and that he therefore plans to renounce his American citizenship at the United Nations the next day — and to continue working as a superhero from a more global than national perspective. From a "realistic" standpoint it makes sense; it would indeed be impossible for a nigh-omnipotent being ideologically aligned with America to intercede against injustice beyond American borders without creating enormous political fallout for the U.S. government.
While this wouldn't be this first time a profoundly American comic book icon disassociated himself from his national identity — remember when Captain America became Nomad? — this could be a very significant turning point for Superman if its implications carry over into other storylines. Indeed, simply saying that "truth, justice and the American way [is] not enough anymore" is a pretty startling statement from the one man who has always represented those values the most.
It doesn't seem that he's abandoning those values, however, only trying to implement them on a larger scale and divorce himself from the political complexities of nationalism. Superman also says that he believes he has been thinking "too small," that the world is "too connected" for him to limit himself with a purely national identity. As an alien born on another planet, after all, he "can't help but see the bigger picture."
This is the sort of issue I hope to explore in my own superhero universe someday, in addition to giving readers across the world heroes they can relate with or who reflect their unique cultural, political, religious, or historical experiences.
By Eupraxsophy • Posted in Art, Culture, International Relations, Personal	• Tagged Art, Culture, Personal, Superheroes
Mexico's Forgotten World War Two Posters
Mexico hardly comes to mind when one thinks of the Allied powers. But it was one of dozens of countries that joined together to defeat the Axis, doing so just months after the United States.
Following the losses of several ships — most notably the Potrero del Llano and the Faja de Oro, which are referenced in the propaganda — to German U-boats, Mexico declared war on the Axis on May 22, 1942 Though most of Latin America joined the Allied cause, Mexico was one of only two Latin American countries (along with Brazil) to send troops overseas to fight the Axis.
According to SplinterNews.com, like most countries that participated in the conflict, Mexico sought to mythologize its role with hundreds of posters and political cartoons. To that end, the government commissioned an existing artistic, Taller de Gráfica Popular, which had been founded in 1937, to glorify its role in this just war.
The most famous Mexican contribution was "Escuadrón 201", also known as the Aztec Eagles, a group of more than 300 volunteer pilots who trained in the United States to fight against Japan. It was the first Mexican military unit trained for overseas combat, and it partook in close to 100 combat missions and nearly 800 sorties.
Mexico also signed a series of agreements with the U.S., known as the Bracero Program, which sent much-needed Mexican labor to the U.S. to support the war economy.
Even though its contributions were small in the grand scheme of things, the efforts of Mexican artists were creatively outsized.
By Eupraxsophy • Posted in Art, Culture, History, Politics, War and Violence	• Tagged America, Art, History, Mexico, Politics, War, World War II
The World's First Film Screening
On this day in 1895, French brothers Auguste and Louis Lumière used their patented cinematograph in Paris to hold the first film screening in history. It consisted of ten short films, each an average of fifty seconds.
The Lumières went on tour with the cinematographe the following year, visiting Brussels, Mumbai, London, Montreal, New York City, and Buenos Aires. Their films were also shown in Egypt.
Ironically, despite arguably being the world's first filmmakers, the brothers stated that "the cinema is an invention without any future" and subsequently went on to focus on color photography (in which they also broke much ground).
Below is the world's first movie poster, advertising one of the brothers' comedies, L'Arroseur Arrosé, the first comedic film and the first film to portray a fictional story.
By Eupraxsophy • Posted in Art, Culture, History, International Relations, World	• Tagged Art, Cinema, Culture, France, History, Lumiere, Science & Technology, World
The Joy of Service
Today I came across this fantastic comic from Zen Pencils that beautifully visualizes a quote from Indian Bengali poet and polymath Rabindranath Tagore. Continue reading →
By Eupraxsophy • Posted in Art, Culture, History, Humanism, Miscellaneous	• Tagged Art, Culture, History, Humanism, Poetry, Tagore


S. 124(1AA) inserted by No. 48/2018 s. 25(1).
(1AA) This section does not apply to a committal proceeding to which section 123 applies.
Section 123 provides that there is to be no cross-examination in certain sexual offence cases.
S. 124(1) amended by No. 48/2018 s. 25(2).
(1) A witness cannot be cross-examined without leave being granted under this section.
S. 124(2) substituted by No. 55/2014 s. 109(1).
(2) In determining whether to grant leave to cross‑examine a witness, the Magistrates' Court may have regard to whether the informant consents to or opposes leave being granted.
S. 124(3) amended by No. 55/2014 s. 109(2).
(b) cross-examination of the witness on that issue is justified.
(h) the interests of justice are otherwise served.
Notes to s. 124(4) inserted by No. 55/2014 s. 109(3).
1 Section 102 of the Evidence Act 2008 provides that credibility evidence about a witness is not admissible (the credibility rule ).
2 Section 103(1) of the Evidence Act 2008 provides that the credibility rule does not apply to evidence adduced in cross-examination of a witness if the evidence could substantially affect the assessment of the credibility of the witness.
(j) any statements of other witnesses that contradict the proposed evidence of the witness.
S. 124(6) inserted by No. 55/2014 s. 109(4).
(6) If the Magistrates' Court grants leave to cross-examine a witness, the court must identify each issue on which the witness may be cross-examined.


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Q: What is the easiest way to design Java Swing GUIs in Eclipse IDE? I've been coding basic UIs in Java manually and using NetBeans, but recently switched to Eclipse Indigo. I use the visual class builder to design SWT user interfaces in Eclipse but found out that it's painfully slow and laggy. It takes about four seconds for a change to be displayed and it's virtually impossible to build complex and large UIs with it effectively. Is this its usual behavior and is this the preferred way of building a Java Swing GUI in Eclipse?

A: Since Google aquired Instantiations and then donated WindowBuilder to Eclipse foundation it is the preferred free, open source visual GUI editor for Swing, SWT and GWT.

A: You can also use Jigloo.
Their eclipse update site it, http://cloudgarden.com/update-site
I have used it in windows quite well. But when I use it in mac, most of the time it crash.
But windows builder seems better to me.


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Home/Uncategorized/Health Care From a Safe Distance
Strengthening Our Defenses
The latest news about COVID is the emergence of the B.1.1.529 "Omicron" variant. As of November 29 the CDC is recommending a booster shot for everyone 18 years or older "when they are 6 months after their initial Pfizer or Moderna series or 2 months after their initial J&J vaccine."
A virus is a microscopic organism, about 1/100th the size of a bacteria, found practically anywhere that plants, animals, and humans live. Scientists predict that there are millions of undiscovered viruses and that they've existed for about 1.5 billion years.
Though each one has unique characteristics, a virus is basically a protein shell containing genetic material, usually segments of RNA. Scientists have classified them as "infectious pathogens" because they're unable to metabolize proteins or reproduce themselves without a host organism.
What a Viral Infection Is
We mostly encounter viruses when we breathe them in or by coming into contact with the bodily fluids of an infected person. A virus enters the lungs or the bloodstream and immediately searches for a cell to invade. The outer shell of the virus contains protein "spikes" or antigens, that connect to receptors on the host cell's membrane. Most viruses are harmless to humans because they're only able to infiltrate a cell if it is able to connect with a host cell's receptor like a lock and key.
Once a virus connects, though, it either injects its genetic material into the host cell's cytoplasm or enters it whole through the cell membrane. The virus then disassembles and takes over the cell's protein-building structures, causing it to read it's genetic code instead of the host cell's. The virus is then able to create the building blocks needed to duplicate itself, while interrupting the healthy functioning of the host cell.
Building Immunity
Fever, coughing, and fatigue means our immune system is fighting an infection, and these symptoms usually worsen for a short period of time and then subside when our body has cleared the virus. Antibodies produced by white blood cells are a crucial part of the immune response. These small protein segments take on the shape of the antigens on the outer shell of the virus, locking onto them and making it impossible for the virus to connect with a host cell. Often, antibodies stay in the bloodstream for years to defend against reinfection.
If our white blood cells cannot keep pace by producing antibodies at a faster rate than the virus is reproducing itself, our immune system starts to be compromised. This could result in critical tissue and organ damage.
Health experts are working closely with local and national governments to quickly adapt and advise the public about strategies for coping with this emerging pandemic. Dr. Tom Frieden, in a March 20 article on CNN.com, provides a glimpse of the global realities of this "novel" virus and the challenge of working together to protect our society while staying a safe distance away from each other.
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