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WA left out of loans again
Rueben HaleThe West Australian
Wed, 4 June 2014 1:50PM
Camera IconSouthern Cross farmer Paul Della Bosca says the delay in accessing loans will cost his farm dearly. "If we had the funds by now, we would have been able to have a full cropping and livestock program," he said. Credit: The West Australian
WA has been left out of the next round of drought funding for concessional loans implemented by the Federal Government.
The Countryman understands Prime Minister Tony Abbott signed off the new Farm Finance Concessional Loan Scheme yesterday, just hours before flying to Indonesia for a meeting with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
A spokesman for Federal Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce said $280 million in farm finance assistance would be available for the Queensland and NSW State Governments to access and then designate through their preferred agencies, however administrative delays in WA would mean the money would not be available to the State for the time being.
It is the second time WA has missed out on drought funding, after the first Farm Finance Concessional Loans Scheme for 2013-14 attracted only 39 applications.
The failure of the initial scheme for WA was blamed on overly restrictive qualification criteria, which prevented loans to restructure debt, and loans capped at $200,000.
The spokesman said it had been a challenge for Minister Joyce to get the scheme through Cabinet at the same time as SPC and Holden had their requests for funding denied.
He said Mr Joyce had always anticipated the new scheme would take some time to finalise, because the initial scheme's guidelines were too restrictive, meaning many drought-affected farmers would be unfairly prevented from applying for a loan.
"Mr Joyce has been working hard to broaden the availability of the loans," he said.
The spokesman said Mr Joyce had written to all the State Ministers on the 15 April with the draft guidelines.
"Prior to that date the Department of Agriculture and Food had been in consultation with the State's departments on the guidelines," he said.
"NSW responded two days after receiving the guidelines, with Queensland responding the following week.
"WA's response was not received by the Minister until the week of May 5."
Mr Joyce had previously delivered a stinging vote of no-confidence over the State Government's seeming inability to deliver two multimillion-dollar financial aid packages for battling farmers.
At the time, Mr Joyce recommended Queensland should administer a drought assistance package in WA in a sign of Canberra's growing frustration with the State Government and the Department of Agriculture and Food WA.
WAFarmers President Dale Park said he was disappointed over the delay of funding to WA.
"Earlier this year, WAFarmers met with Mr Joyce to discuss the prompt roll-out of drought loans announced in February," he said.
"During this meeting, WAFarmers raised concerns about the timely administration of the loans and suggested the program be administered by the Queensland Rural Adjustment Authority, as in several other states.
"This suggestion was made to ensure the quickest possible distribution of funds prior to seeding."
Mr Joyce agreed with this suggestion and WAFarmers called on the State government to take immediate action by using QRAA or an alternative arrangement.
"Now, as most farmers finish up their seeding programs, we are yet to see these loans roll out in Western Australia while they are set to go ahead in other states," Mr Park said.
"WAFarmers is disappointed to hear WA Agriculture Minister Ken Baston is asking for additional funding to administer the loans, holding up the process and leaving Western Australian farmers in need to struggle into another season.
"While WAFarmers understands Budget pressures facing the operation of the Rural Business Development Corporation, which is expected to administer the loans, this is a matter of urgency for many growers in the eastern Wheatbelt and pastoral regions.
"WAFarmers would welcome an explanation from Mr Baston as to why it is more expensive to administer loans in Western Australia compared with other States and the rationale behind his decision to leave growers who have faced difficult climatic conditions to continue to struggle."
A spokeswoman for WA Agriculture Minister Ken Baston said the Federal Government had yet to finalise the State's request for additional funding to administer the loans.
"While we have accepted the $10 million deal offered by the Federal Government, we are still waiting for confirmation on additional funds to cover the Eastern Wheatbelt, which was not eligible under the Federal Government's initial drought formula," she said.
She also said WA had not yet officially appointed an agency to deliver the loans.
"The Rural Business Development Corporation will administer the loans, but a formal agreement is still yet to be signed," she said.
Opposition agriculture minister Joel Fitzgibbon has called on Mr Joyce to resign if he fails to deliver the loans in the coming weeks as promised.
"It is now clear that the Prime Minister's February drought tour was more about stopping the political bleeding than helping drought-affected farming families," he said.
"The pictures looked good, but three months on, farmers are still waiting for farm finance assistance to be delivered."
Mr Fitzgibbon said the promised $280 million was a false promise by the Abbott Government, which was used as a "circuit breaker" of voter discontent at the time.
"The concessional loans sounded big, but not a cent has flowed to farmers," he said.
"Farmers were led to believe in February that additional drought assistance was imminent.
"They were deceived."
Mr Fitzgibbon said Mr Abbott's victims this time were rural Australians.
"The victims this time are our farmers, their families and the rural communities which rely on a healthy farm sector," he said.
"Now Barnaby Joyce says he'll have something to say in 'early June', so if he fails to deliver this time, he should resign."


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by PBSoft / Saturday, 15 September 2012 / Published in Our Events
PBSoft took part in the SysPatho Workshop «Systems biology and medicine» that was held 11-14 September 2012 in St. Petersburg (Tsarskoe Selo).
The workshop was organized by St. Petersburg State Polytechnical University and SysPatho consortium in the frames of the FP7 EU program.
The main topics of the workshop discussion were: medical systems biology, signaling and cellular regulation, new mathematical methods and algorithms, host-pathogen interactions.
From the side of Institute of Cytology and Genetics SB RAS together with PBSoft Nikita Ivanisenko made an oral presentation on: "A stochastic model for suppression of subgenomic hepatitis C virus replication in Huh-7 cells".
The report was devoted to the developed for the first time mathematical model for subgenomic HCV replicon replication in Huh-7 cells in the presence of the HCV NS3 protease inhibitors. The developed stochastic model describes the experimental kinetics of the viral RNA suppression during an observation time of up to 15 days. The model takes into account the fact that mutant drug-resistant replicons preexist in a treatment-naïve replicon population, also the stochastic nature of the replication-degradation of viral RNA. When disregarding the stochastic of the replication-degradation of viral RNA, the model is still able to describe the experimental kinetics during the initial few days action of the inhibitors when cellular concentration of viral RNA is rather high (≥ 20 RNA molecules/cell).
In the model was used a simplified scheme of subgenomic HCV replicon replication in Huh-7 cells in the presence of inhibitors, also a minimal number of parameters. The novelties were vesicles of two types, one producing mutant RNAs, the other RNA of wild-type into the cytoplasm. Computational analysis of the model have shown that the stochastic nature of the subgenomic HCV replicon replication and the drug-resistant mutant replicons in cells is necessary for the understanding of the experimentally observed biphasic reduction of viral RNA in the presence of the inhibitors.
Also two poster presentations were made by the head of PBSoft Dr. Vladimir Ivanisenko.
The first poster: "Reconstruction of the associative genetic networks based on integration of automated text-mining methods and protein-ligand interactions prediction" was devoted to the prototype of the interactive text-mining system (ITMSys) developed by PBSoft for the automated reconstruction of associative genetic network based on the interactive analysis of scientific literature and protein-ligand interactions prediction. The ITMSys software is equipped with tools for reconstruction, visualization of gene networks, prediction of a new interactions and web-based interface. The system ensures analysis of the full-text articles of the scientific publications with the representation of the results in the form of genetic networks. These tool can be used by experts for the acceleration of genetic mnetworks reconstruction process, as well as in the other fields of science related automated analysis of scientific literature.
The second poster: "Associative network discovery system (ANDSYSTEM): automated literature mining tool for extracting relationships between diseases, pathways, proteins, genes, micrornas and metabolites" was deducated to the innovative software tool and uniq text mining aproach for the automated high-quality extraction of knowledge from the texts of the scientific publications developed within the Company that were used towards the SysPatho tasks. The ANDSystem was developed for the purpose of scanning literature relationships between diseases, pathways, genes, microRNAs and metabolites. The ANDSystem incorporates utilities for the automated extraction of knowledge from Pubmed published scientific texts and analysis of factographic databases. The ANDCell database contains information on molecular-genetic events retrieved from scientific literature and databases. The ANDVisio is a user's interface to the ANDCell database stored on the remote server, it provides graphic visualization, editing and search features as well as possibilities for saving of associative gene networks in various formats resulting from user's requests. The ANDVisio is provided with various tools that support filtering by object types, relationships between objects and information sources; graph layout; search of the shortest pathway; cycles in graphs.
The ANDSystem can assist in the interpretation of complex multifactorial experimental data. In Particular, the ANDSystem was used for the analysis of proteomic experimental data. For example, with the help of ANDSystem networks of molecular and genetic interactions of proteins of Helicobacter pylori, differentially expressed in different strains isolated from patients with chronic gastritis and gastric tumors were reconstructed. On the example of the establishment of interactions between human proteins and proteins of hepatitits C virus was shown a high accuracy of the method of knowledge extraction from texts.
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Op-Ed: How Physical Space, Historical Ties, and Geopolitics Influence Development in the USVI
By Lloyd Gardner
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The University of the Virgin Islands once had the following tagline: "Historically American. Uniquely Caribbean. Globally Interactive." It is a tagline that suits the U.S. Virgin Islands. It reminds us that our physical space, historical and current ties, and geopolitical arrangements provide both constraints and opportunities that can influence the development of the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Acknowledgement of those influences is the main reason why the Foundation for Development Planning, Inc (FDPI) initiated its public briefings with our local community. The briefings are opportunities to share information with the community regarding relevant regional and global initiatives, including opportunities for participation by the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The FDPI's public briefing in 2012 focused on the outcome of the third United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development. The public briefing in 2013 focused on the Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States. The 2013 briefing reminded participants of the linkages between the U.S. Virgin Islands and the Caribbean, as well as the opportunities for participation in the international program for small island developing states (SIDS).
So, what is the link between the tagline and a development agenda for the U.S. Virgin Islands?
An important link is the existence of formal relationships between the U.S. Virgin Islands and its Caribbean neighbours. The relationships take several forms – membership in regional and sub-regional organizations, memorandum of understanding, participation (as part of the U.S.) in a regional multi-lateral agreement, and participation by U.S. Virgin Islands public instrumentalities in regional arrangements.
Membership by the U.S. Virgin Islands in regional and sub-regional inter-governmental organizations is enabled by membership in the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). The U.S. Virgin Islands is an Associate Member of ECLAC, admitted on April 6, 1984, with the Territory's application for membership facilitated by the U.S. Government. By virtue of its membership in ECLAC, the U.S. Virgin Islands became eligible for membership in the subsidiary bodies of ECLAC. The Territory was admitted to ECLAC's Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee in June 1984 as an Associate Member (the resolution to admit the Territory was sponsored by Saint Lucia and seconded by Haiti). The Territory became a member of the Caribbean Council for Science and Technology (CCST) in June 1991 by ratifying the statutes of the CCST. The CCST was established by the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC) to promote cooperation in science and technology to advance social and economic development in CDCC member countries. The U.S. Virgin Islands used to participate actively in ECLAC, the CDCC, and the CCST, though less so in the last decade.
The U.S. Virgin Islands commemorates cultural and familial ties with Puerto Rico and the British Virgin Islands in the form of annual friendship celebrations. The U.S. Virgin Islands has also periodically signed memoranda of understanding with both territories. A memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the U.S. Virgin Islands and the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States, signed in 2010, lists eleven areas of cooperation. Unfortunately, it is difficult to ascertain the extent to which the various MOUs were translated into functional cooperative arrangements.
The U.S. Virgin Islands and its senior managers have participated in regional organizations, such as the Caribbean Tourism Organization and the Association of Caribbean Commissioners of Police. As a member of the Association of Universities and Research Institutions of the Caribbean, the University of the Virgin Islands has collaborated in development of materials to support graduate courses in natural resources management, training of natural resources managers in the countries of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States, facilitated multi-disciplinary training for university faculty in the Caribbean, and conducted an annual training course in aquaponics for international students. The university also has articulation agreements with several two-year colleges in the Caribbean.
One of the ways in which the U.S. Virgin Islands participates in Caribbean inter-governmental arrangements is functioning as a part of the U.S. efforts in said arrangements. Of these, the Cartagena Convention is potentially the most significant of such arrangements. The UN Environment-Caribbean Environment Programme (UNEP-CEP) functions as the secretariat for the convention. The UNEP-CEP is one of seven regional seas programs hosted by the UN Environment, and was established to support protection of the coastal and marine environment in the Wider Caribbean Region. The Cartagena Convention is a binding treaty adopted by Caribbean governments to provide the legal framework for the Caribbean Environment Programme (CEP). One of the little-known ways in which the CEP has benefited the U.S. Virgin Islands is through the CEP's introduction of the Blue Flag program into the Caribbean. The program, an eco-label for beaches and marinas, has been used as a standard of quality for the tourism product in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Another link between the tagline and a development agenda for the U.S. Virgin Islands is the collaboration of local state and non-state institutions with international organizations or participation in global initiatives.
The Territory maintains cultural and economic ties with Denmark. The University of the Virgin Islands has cooperation agreements with universities in Copenhagen and Ghana, and played a lead role in forming the University Consortium of Small Island States in 2005.
The U.S. Virgin Islands, as an Associate Member of ECLAC, is also classified as a small island developing state, and is thus able to participate in the United Nations program for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) somewhat independently of the U.S. Government.
The participation of the U.S. Virgin Islands in global initiatives has also been facilitated by the U.S. Government. One such initiative was the Energy Development in Island Nations (EDIN) partnership. The U.S. Virgin Islands was selected as a site for an EDIN pilot project based on the need of the Territory to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels and reduce its high electricity rate. Virgin Islanders can decide for themselves the extent to which the project succeeded in facilitating transformation of the local energy sector.
An obvious link between the tagline and a development agenda for the U.S. Virgin Islands is the role of the U.S. in the development processes in the territory.
Many Virgin Islanders think the relationship and impact of the supporting programs can be enhanced. If I may add to the information and perspectives on the development impact of the U.S. Virgin Islands-U.S. relationship using climate change as an issue of local, national, regional, and global significance.
The U.S. Government conducts a national climate assessment every four years, and included a focus on the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico during the fourth national climate assessment. Climate change programming in the U.S. Virgin Islands is given technical support by the Caribbean Climate Hub (CCH). Although the CCH focuses on tropical forestry and agriculture, it played a key supporting role to the Government of the U.S. Virgin Islands with the climate change initiative for the territory.
In 2015, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate in climate change programming in the two territories. The U.S. Department of the Interior subsequently provided funding to the St. Thomas East End Medical Center Corporation (for community outreach on the health impacts of climate change) and to the Government of the U.S. Virgin Islands (for climate change adaptation planning). The Caribbean Climate Hub continued its training and information support activities for the agriculture sector, while also supporting the efforts of other organizations in the territory.
Caribbean regional organizations have also supported climate change activities in the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto for many years. The Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre has participated in conferences and workshops in both territories. The University of the West Indies-Climate Studies Group was the main sub-contractor for vulnerability assessment under the climate change adaptation planning project (2016-2019) funded by the U.S. Department of the Interior.
A search on the website of the Virgin Islands (VI) Source will reveal that the VI Source has been consistently publishing articles on climate change since 2007, including articles that note input by federal and other national institutions. In addition, the Foundation for Development Planning, Inc has been engaged in climate change outreach in the U.S. Virgin Islands since 2011.
Even after the encouragement and support of the U.S. Government, there is no climate change program in the U.S. Virgin Islands, nor is there any discernible public policy on climate risk assessment and management for any program in the territory. This, despite the fact that climate change is generally agreed to be one of the greatest threats to humanity, climate change is a known driver of disaster risk, the U.S. Virgin Islands is vulnerable to natural disasters and climate change, and expertise and financial resources are accessible.
The strongest link between the tagline and a development agenda for the U.S. Virgin Islands is family relationships.
Most Virgin Islanders know of the familial links with countries in the Eastern Caribbean. Less known, or acknowledged, are familial links with countries such as Cuba and the Dominican Republic, which resulted from the historical movement of Virgin Islanders to those countries in pursuit of economic opportunities. Where those linkages are acknowledged, the focus, more often than not, is on the potential movement of assets from the U.S. Virgin Islands to the neighboring countries. However, those linkages provide development opportunities in areas such as converting more of the local informal economy to the formal economy, investment in and deployment of shared research and development infrastructure, trade, achievement of economies of scale for local businesses, access to equity financing, and intellectual property development.
In effect, the U.S. Virgin Islands has access to multiple mechanisms for participation in various national, regional, and international arrangements and initiatives. It is up to the U.S. Virgin Islands to utilize those mechanisms to achieve its development goals. It would be prudent, as part of the current efforts to prepare economic and tourism strategies, to assess the opportunities offered by the many linkages that the U.S. Virgin Islands has with the rest of the Caribbean.
Editor's note: Lloyd Gardner is an environmental planning consultant, the principal of Environmental Support Services LLC and president of the non-profit Foundation for Development Planning Inc. He has been involved in environmental management in the Caribbean since 1982 and has functioned as a consultant in several projects and public policy initiatives in the U.S. Virgin Islands since relocating to the territory more than two decades ago.
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"We moved into Highfield Retirement Village in April 2014. We were downsizing from an acreage outside of Hamilton. We were a little apprehensive about living 'check by jowl' as the setup of some retirement villages seemed to be. The developers heeded advice to ensure residents' need for privacy and for personal space was taken into account when designing the village and its surrounds. Our grounds are planted to encourage the return of birdlife as are the water features we have."
— Residents: Peter & Beryl Emery
We moved into Highfield Retirement Village in April 2014. We were downsizing from an acreage outside of Hamilton. We were a little apprehensive about living 'check by jowl' as the setup of some retirement villages seemed to be.
The developers heeded advice to ensure residents' need for privacy and for personal space was taken into account when designing the village and its surrounds. Our grounds are planted to encourage the return of birdlife as are the water features we have.
We were proud to be part of the local Altrusa Garden Ramble. The quality of the planting gives the village an air of tranquillity and vibrancy. Visitors are in awe of our surrounds. We too love them. The walking path is well used by residents – a lovely way to exercise and to catch up with other residents on the way.
The residents have been actively encouraged to share their life experiences, talents and interests with others in the village, hence the variety of activities or interest opportunities available at Highfield. We organise, coordinate and lead most of our social interaction ourselves. We have a strong community spirit, and look out for and care about others without intruding on their privacy.
Moving into Highfield was the best decision we have ever made. We feel blessed to be part of this special community of people, many of whom are now friends.
Residents: David & Shona Hollinshead
I first came to look at the village with a friend about six years ago. It was in its early development stage. Being a builder, I looked at the plans and was suitable impressed and realised that moving to Highfield Country Estate would be ideal for my wife and myself.
The next step was to go home and talk my wife and family into it. Shona finally relented and we put a deposit down thinking it was going to be years before we moved in. About two years later we were living here.
We got the dream position, and it was so easy to organise any changes we wanted to make to the property. The directors and staff in the village are absolutely fantastic to deal with and are so friendly and approachable. The village has this wonderful friendly feeling and family are always welcome.
The amenities are great, swimming pool, bowling green and gym to name but a few. There are many other activities held at the lodge and you can join these at your leisure. Having the maintenance, lawn mowing, and gardening done for you takes the stress out of going on holiday and coming back to an overgrown garden and lawns. We do a little gardening, but it is nice to be having a cup of coffee and watching our lawns being mown.
One of the best decisions we have made as been to move into Highfield, where we know, and the family knows that we live in a safe, happy, and friendly environment where people look out for one another. We have many envious friends who have visited us and are now looking for a village to live in. They cannot find one that has such spacious villas and such beautiful grounds.
We love living here and if you are lucky enough to get the opportunity to purchase a villa, please come and join us and enjoy your retirement.
Residents: Charles and Margaret Douglas
In February 2013, we welcomed our first residents Charles & Margaret Douglas to the village. Here Charles shares a few words about his involvement in our community and what the move to the village means to them.
"My wife Margaret and I shifted from the North Wairarapa to Te Awamutu in 1964. We moved to a sheep and beef farm at Pokuru, where we lived until 1972. A major change in occupation occurred and after selling the farm I began working for the NMA company.
After about six months NMA merged with Wrightson Stephenson and Co and became Wrightson NMA Ltd. I was lucky enough to survive another merger when Wrightson NMA became Wrightson Dalgety, where I worked happily until my retirement in 1991.
Working in the rural scene and living a great deal of my life in a rural area has allowed me to have a wide involvement in our community. Having moved to live at Highfield on the 13 February this year my wife Margaret and I have found everything at Highfield to be well above what we expected to find the experience.
As the first residents to move into Highfield we have seen a lot of construction progress and we are now enjoying the company of other residents."


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 Апрель — Томен Стаух покинул группу Blind Guardian, барабанщиком которой он был с 1987 года. Его место занял Фредерик Эмке. Это единственная смена официального состава Blind Guardian с 1987 года.
 С 3 мая по 6 мая — временно воссоединилась легендарная блюз-рок группа «Cream» для того, чтобы дать четыре концерта в лондонском зале «Альберт Холл».
 2 июля — фестиваль Live 8, прошедший в странах большой восьмёрки и ЮАР под знаком борьбы с нищетой. Одним из самых ярких событий фестиваля стало выступление на лондонской сцене в Гайд-парке группы Pink Floyd в классическом составе (Уотерс, Гилмор, Мэйсон, Райт).
 1 августа — начал вещание российский музыкальный канал A-One
 19 августа — В Дублине был установлен памятник бас-гитаристу «Thin Lizzy» Филу Лайнотту.
 20 августа — «Яичный» инцидент на Оззфесте: Iron Maiden атакованы фанатами Оззи Осборна.
 13 сентября — выпуск дебютного альбома Pussycat Dolls PCD.
 22 сентября — впервые вручена Russian Alternative Music Prize
 24 сентября 2005 года в качестве специальных vip-гостей Сергей Скачков и группа «Земляне» совместно с группой «Звери» исполнили свой главный супер-хит «Трава у дома», на церемонии вручения музыкальных наград MTV «RMA — 2005».
 21 октября «Конец Эры» в Nightwish. По окончании тура End of an Era и финального концерта в Хельсинки музыканты Nightwish объявили открытым письмом об увольнении вокалистки Тарьи Турунен за «звёздную болезнь» и высокие финансовые запросы. Деятельность группы приостанавливается на полтора года.
 В Швеции распалась легендарная рок-группа Nationalteatern в связи со смертью музыканта Тотто Няслунда.
 Гитаристом группы Rammstein Рихардом Круспе основан музыкальный проект Emigrate.
 Созданы музыкальные группы: John Doe's Boneyard (Москва), Rosa Alba (Москва), Fright Night (Москва), Сколот (Тамбов, февраль), Катя Чехова (март), Авиатор (Киев, май)
 Распались группы: Blink 182 (панк-рок, США, образовали Angels & Airwaves и +44), Бикини (поп-группа, Россия, сентябрь).

Выпущенные альбомы
См. также: категорию музыкальных альбомов 2005 года

 Teluric Manifesto (Poema Arcanus)
 Аномалия (Мика Ньютон)
 Клюква в сахаре (Владимир Асмолов)
 Всё впереди (Владимир Асмолов)
Сказки братьев Гримм (Звуки Му)
 Я — Блондинка! (Блондинка КсЮ)
Наивные песни (Various artists)
Вечная мерзлота (Монгол Шуудан)

Январь
 Nightbird (Erasure, 25 января)
 The Way Up (Pat Metheney Grop, 25 января)
 Worlds Apart (…And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, 25 января)
 Side One (Адриан Белью, 25 января)
 Push the Button (The Chemical Brothers, 25 января)
 Heart & Soul (Джо Кокер, 25 января)
 Curtains (Джон Фрушанте, 25 января)
 Soul Mover (Гленн Хьюз, 25 января)
 Ready 2 Die (2Pac, 31 января)
 Octane (Spock's Beard, 31 января)

Февраль

 Черта (Tracktor Bowling, 10 февраля)

 Рассея (Любэ, 15 февраля)
 The Beekeeper (Тори Эймос, 22 февраля)
 Elevated (Earth, Wind & Fire, 22 февраля)
 Real Illusions: Reflections (Стив Вай, 22 февраля)
 The Cosmic Game (Thievery Corporation, 22 февраля)

Март
 Angel of Retribution (Judas Priest, 1 марта)
Back to Me (Кэтлин Эдвардс, 1 марта)
 Frances the Mute (The Mars Volta, 1 марта)
 Rebirth (Дженнифер Лопес, 1 марта)
Вендетта (Земфира, REAL Records, 1 марта)
 Rokkinpo Goroshi (Maximum the Hormone, 2 марта)
 The Unquestionable Truth (Part 1) (Limp Bizkit, 3 марта)
 Primo Victoria (Sabaton, 4 марта)
 Kovemmat kädet (PMMP, 9 марта)
 R.I.O.T — Revolutions in Our Time (Riot Life, 14 марта)
 Human After All (Daft Punk, 22 марта)
 Devil's Playground (Билли Айдол, 22 марта)
 Hotel (Moby, 22 марта)
 Lullabies to Paralyze (Queens of the Stone Age, 22 марта)
 Prince of Darkness (Оззи Осборн, 22 марта)
 Крылья (Catharsis, 25 марта)
 Waiting for the Sirens' Call (New Order, 28 марта)
 Guero (Бек, 29 марта)
 Counting Down the Days (Натали Имбрулья, 29 марта)
 Joe Perry (Джо Перри, 29 марта)

Апрель
 Avant que l'ombre… (Mylene Farmer, 4 апреля)
 Return in Bloodred (Powerwolf, 4 апреля)
 Planets (Adema, 5 апреля)
 Metallitotuus (Teräsbetoni, 6 апреля)
Само собой (Полюса, 7 апреля)
 Bleed Like Me (Garbage, 11 апреля)
 Silver Rain (Маркус Миллер, 12 апреля)
 The Emancipation of Mimi (Мэрайя Кэри, 12 апреля)
 Возлюбленная Шопена (Сурганова и оркестр, 12 апреля)
 Untilted (Autechre, 18 апреля)
 Слияние и Поглощение (Мумий Тролль, 19 апреля)
 Outlaw 4 Life: 2005 A.P. (Outlawz, 19 апреля)
 Consign to Oblivion (Epica, 21 апреля)
 Пропавший без вести (ДДТ, 23 апреля)
 Mighty ReArranger (Robert Plant & The Strange Sensation, 25 апреля)
 What We Must (Jaga Jazzist, 25 апреля)
 Present (Van der Graaf Generator, 25 апреля)

Май
 Elegy (Leaves' Eyes, 2 мая)
 Lichtgestalt (Lacrimosa, 2 мая)
 With Teeth (Nine Inch Nails, 3 мая)
 From Under The Cork Three (Fall Out Boy, 5 мая)
 The Antidote (Morcheeba, 9 мая)
 Mezmerize (System of a Down, 17 мая)
 Время Мары (Butterfly Temple, 19 мая)
 Идём на Восток! (Ногу Свело, 19 мая)
  (Crashdiet), 20 мая)
 Demon Days (Gorillaz, 23 мая)
 Реанимация (Гражданская оборона, 24 мая)
 Дневники (Корни, 25 мая)
 Don't Believe the Truth (Oasis, 30 мая)
 Mein rasend Herz (In Extremo, 30 мая)
 Vinland Saga (Leaves' Eyes, 30 мая)
 Золотой миллениум (Оркестр Че, 30 мая)

Июнь
 City of Evil (Avenged Sevenfold, 6 июня)
 Here Come the Tears (The Tears, 6 июня)
 Братья Грим (Братья Грим, 6 июня)
 Get Behind Me Satan (The White Stripes, 7 июня)
 Monkey Business (The  Black Eyed Peas, 7 июня)
Octavarium (Dream Theater, 7 июня)
 Sleeping in the Nothing (Келли Осборн, 7 июня)
 X&Y (Coldplay, 7 июня)
 Jagged Little Pill Acoustic (Аланис Мориссетт, 13 июня)
 Another Day on Earth (Брайан Ино, 14 июня)
 Never Gone (Backstreet Boys, 14 июня)
 Nothing Lasts... But Nothing Is Lost (Shpongle, 16 июня)
 Dynamite (Jamiroquai, 20 июня)

Июль
 Dirty Diamonds (Alice Cooper, 4 июля)
 Accept The Fact (Warmen, 6 июля)
 Degenerate (Vex'd, 11 июля)
 Side Two (Эдриан Белью, 12 июля)
We the People (Flipsyde, 12 июля)
 The Art of Breaking (Thousand Foot Krutch, 19 июля)
 Телерадиосны (Юта, Megaliner Records, 20 июля)
 Drawing Restraint 9 (Бьорк, 25 июля)
 In Medias Res (Krypteria, 25 июля)
 Hold Your Colour (Pendulum, 25 июля)
 All We Know Is Falling (Paramore, 26 июля)

Август
 Capture/Release (The Rakes, 15 августа)
 Road to Rouen (Supergrass, 15 августа)
 Most Wanted (Хилари Дафф, 16 августа)
 India (Xandria, 22 августа)
 Transgression (Fear Factory, 23 августа)
 Dubstep Allstars Vol. 2 (Youngsta, 29 августа)
 A Beautiful Lie (Thirty Seconds to Mars, 30 августа)
 Back Home (Эрик Клэптон, 30 августа)

Сентябрь
 A Bigger Bang (The Rolling Stones, 6 сентября)
 Hide From The Sun (The Rasmus, 12 сентября)
 Chaos and Creation in the Backyard (Пол Маккартни, 13 сентября)
 Cripple Crow (Девендра Банхарт, 13 сентября)
 Takk… (Sigur Rós, 13 сентября)
 PCD (Pussycat Dolls 13 сентября)
 Take Me to Your Leader (Hawkwind, 15 сентября)
 Schrei (Tokio Hotel, 19 сентября)
 Guilty Pleasures (Барбра Стрейзанд, 20 сентября)
 The Score — An Epic Journey (Epica, 20 сентября)
Gloria (Океан Ельзи, 22 сентября)
 Во славу великим! (Аркона, 24 сентября)
 Dark Light (HIM, 26 сентября)
 Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall (Телониус Монк и Джон Колтрейн, 27 сентября)
 Hefty Fine (Bloodhound Gang, 27 сентября)
 Ultimate Darkness (Darkseed)
 Двери! Двери! (Оргия Праведников)

Октябрь
 Late Night Tales: Air (Air, 3 октября)
 The Poison (Bullet for My Valentine, 3 октября в Великобритании, 14 февраля 2006 в США)
 Shovel Headed Kill Machine (Exodus, 4 октября)
 All the Right Reasons (Nickelback, 4 октября)
 Dark Ages (Soulfly, 4 октября)
 Under Cover (Оззи Осборн, 4 октября)
 You Could Have It So Much Better (Franz Ferdinand, 4 октября)
 Реки времён (Кипелов, 6 октября)
 Life (Рики Мартин, 11 октября)
 Dangerous and Moving (t.A.T.u., 13 октября)
 Come and Get It (Рэйчел Стивенс, 17 октября)
 Lookaftering (Вэшти Баньян, 17 октября)
 The Campfire Headphase (Boards of Canada, 17 октября)
 Playing the Angel (Depeche Mode, 18 октября)
 A Time 2 Love (Стиви Уандер, 18 октября)
 I Am Me (Эшли Симпсон, 18 октября)
 Rapture of the Deep (Deep Purple, 21 октября)
 Intensive Care (Робби Уильямс, 24 октября)
 Enter the Chicken (Buckethead, 25 октября)
 Rockin' the Joint (Aerosmith, 25 октября)
 Rosenrot (Rammstein, 28 октября)
 Face To Face (Westlife, 31 октября)
 Greatest Hits (Blink-182, 31 октября)
 The Album Formerly Known As... (Карл Крэйг, 31 октября)
 Places I Have Been (Венке Кнутсон, 31 октября)
 Падаю в небеса… (Валерий Леонтьев)

Ноябрь
 9.0: Live (Slipknot, 1 ноября)
 All That I Am (Карлос Сантана, 1 ноября)
 For the Love of It (Джозеф Брэдли,1 ноября)
 Sliver the Best of the Box (Nirvana, 1 ноября)
 Who's Got the Last Laugh Now? (Scooter, 4 ноября)
 Aerial (Кейт Буш, 7 ноября)
 Analogue (a-ha, 7 ноября)
The Platinum Collection (Дэвид Боуи, 7 ноября)
 12 Songs (Нил Даймонд, 8 ноября)
 Calma apparente (Эрос Рамаццотти, 8 ноября)
 Horses/Horses (Патти Смит, 8 ноября)
 Stormblåst MMV (Dimmu Borgir, 8 ноября)
 Confessions on a Dance Floor (Мадонна, 11 ноября)
 Bullet in a Bible (Green Day, 15 ноября)
 Alanis Morissette: The Collection (Аланис Мориссетт, 15 ноября)
 The Warriors EP, Vol. 2 (P.O.D., 15 ноября)
 Электронщина (Стас Барецкий, 17 ноября)
 А может это сон?... (Uma2rman, 19 ноября)
 B in the Mix: The Remixes (Бритни Спирс, 22 ноября)
 Amarantine (Enya, 22 ноября)
 Hypnotize (System of a Down, 22 ноября)
The Rising Tied (Fort Minor, 22 ноября)
 Царский альбомъ (Кирпичи, 24 ноября)
 Oral Fixation, Vol. 2 (Шакира, 28 ноября)
 Switch (INXS, 29 ноября)

Декабрь
 See You on the Other Side (KoЯn, 5 декабря)
 Curtain Call (Eminem, 6 декабря)
 Testify (P.O.D., 6 декабря)
 Tha Carter II (Lil Wayne, 6 декабря)
 Prototype (Bodies Without Organs, 6 декабря)
 Тебе понравится (Жасмин, 8 декабря)
 World of Lies (The Berzerker, 13 декабря)

Продажи
 Самый продаваемый альбом в США — The Emancipation of Mimi (Мэрайя Кэри)
 Самый продаваемый сингл в США (Billboard Hot 100) — «We Belong Together» (Мэрайя Кэри), на втором месте — «Hollaback Girl» (Гвен Стефани)
 Самый продаваемый сингл в Великобритании — «(Is This the Way to) Amarillo» (Тони Кристи, автор — Нил Седака)
 Самый продаваемый альбом в Великобритании — Back to Bedlam (Джеймс Блант), второе место — X&Y (Coldplay), третье место — Intensive Care (Робби Уильямс)

Награды
 «Грэмми» за альбом года — U2 за How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
 «Грэмми» за запись года — Green Day за «Boulevard of Broken Dreams»
 «Грэмми» за лучшую танцевальную запись года — Бритни Спирс за «Toxic»
 «Грэмми» за песню года — U2 за «Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own»
 Brit Awards за лучшие британские записи: сингл — «Speed of Sound» (Coldplay), альбом — X&Y (Coldplay)
 RAMP — Amatory, KoЯn

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Исполнители:
 The O'Jays (Бобби Масси, , Уильям Пауэлл,  и Уолтер Уильямс)
 The Pretenders (, Крисси Хайнд,  и )
 U2 (Боно, Адам Клейтон, Ларри Маллен-младший и Эдж)
 Бадди Гай
 Перси Следж
Награда за жизненные достижения:

 Сеймур Стейн

Зал славы авторов песен
 Дэвид Боуи
 Стив Кроппер

 Билл Уизерс
 Джон Фогерти
 Айзек Хейз

 Роберт Шерман
Награда Джонни Мерсера:
 Смоки Робинсон
Награда Эйба Олмена издателю:
 Биб Борн
Награда Сэмми Кана за жизненные достижения:
 Лес Пол
Награда покровителю искусств:
 Генри Юшкевич
Награда за выдающуюся песню:
 You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'
Награда за выдающееся исполнение:
 Билл Медли
Награда Хэла Дэвида «Звёздный свет»:
 Алиша Киз

Зал славы кантри
 Alabama (Тедди Джентри, ,  и Марк Херндон)

 Глен Кэмпбелл

Скончались
 4 января — Сигэо Кисибэ, японский музыковед и педагог (92 года).
 11 января —  (66) — американский музыкант, барабанщик группы Jefferson Airplane
 28 января — Джим Капальди (60) — британский музыкант и автор песен, барабанщик группы Traffic
 8 февраля —  (56) — американский музыкант и автор песен, барабанщик и вокалист группы The Doobie Brothers
 25 февраля —  (65) — американский певец, участник группы Gladys Knight & the Pips
 28 марта — Мура Лимпани, английская пианистка. (88 лет)
 13 апреля — Джонни Джонсон (80) — американский пианист
 22 мая — Александр Коржов, лидер и основатель группы «Манускрипт».
 1 июля —  (69) — американский певец и автор песен, вокалист группы The Four Tops
 5 июля —  (65) — американский певец, вокалист группы Parliament-Funkadelic
 21 августа — Роберт Муг, пионер электронной музыки.
 10 сентября — Мануэль Дучесне Кусан, кубинский дирижёр и педагог.
 20 сентября — Юрий Айзеншпис, российский музыкальный продюсер. (60 лет)
 14 октября — Олег Лундстрем, российский джазовый музыкант. (89 лет)
 4 ноября — Богумил Грегор, чешский дирижёр. (79 лет)

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Q: How do i apply this JSON to customize my Google Map im trying to apply this JSON code to my Google Map:
[ { stylers: [ { hue: "#ff0000" } ] } ]

generated from this website:
That is actually made by Google, the problem is that i dont know enought about JSON to know how i apply this code and i cant find any examples using this kind of code.
Grateful for any tips or answers! :)

A: Yeah, I think it's not so obvious. It doesn't help that in #9 of the Wizard, they write "style" when it should be "styles".
In the Hello World example ( https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/tutorial ), change the myOptions, adding the comma after mapTypeId, then the option "styles: " and paste the JSON.
  function initialize() {
    var myOptions = {
      center: new google.maps.LatLng(-34.397, 150.644),
      zoom: 8,
      mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP,
      styles: [ { stylers: [ { hue: "#ff0000" } ] } ]
    };
    var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map_canvas"),
        myOptions);
  }

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Construction safety: Dangerous conditions uncovered on London building site
By Sylwia Wolska | October 4, 2018
A construction company and its managing director have been sentenced after 'poor safety' conditions were discovered at a building site.
HSE inspectors had visited the site in Sherborne Gardens, London, following an incident in January 2017. They found evidence of poor health and safety conditions on site including dangerous work at height, a lack of suitable equipment, and untrained operatives working without adequate supervision.
A subsequent investigation by the HSE found the construction company, C J Langs Limited, failed to plan, manage and monitor the work on site and its Managing Director, Mr Kewie Doherty was responsible for the poor conditions on site.
C J Langs Limited of Pembroke Lodge, Pembroke Road, Ruislip pleaded guilty to breaching regulation 15(2) of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015, and was fined £80,000 and ordered to pay costs of £6,000.
Doherty of Bashley road, Park Royal, London pleaded guilty to breaching Section 37(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 and was ordered to carry out 150 hours of unpaid community work and pay costs of £1,673. Doherty was also disqualified from being a company director for a period of three years.
Speaking after the hearing, HSE Inspector Kevin Smith said: "Dutyholders should be aware that HSE will not hesitate to take appropriate enforcement action against those that fall below the required standards".
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Q: Adding relations in code only Given that:

*

*the database model cannot be touched (database provided by a supplier; we would loose support if we were changing the data)

*all relations between entities are missing

typically, we do have a users table with id, name... and a transaction table with id, user_id, amount...
As there is no relation at the DB level, Entity Framework does not relates the objects together and there is no way to use constructs like:
transactions.Select(t=> new {t.id, t.user.name, t.amount})

Is there a way to manually add the relationship in the Entity Framework (model first) so we can leverage Linq?

A: Yes it it possible.
Model first
In the edmx designer, right click > Add New > Association. You'll get a dialog to set up the relationship between the two models:

Code first
Something similar to the following model setup should work, even without relationships present on the database:
public class User
{
    public int UserId { get; set; }

    [ForeignKey("UserId")]
    public virtual ICollection<Transaction> Transactions { get; set; }
}

public class Transaction
{
    public int TransactionId { get; set; }

    [ForeignKey("User")]
    public int UserId { get; set; }

    public User User { get; set; }
}

When your models are setup in this way, the following LINQ:
transactions.Select(t=> new {t.id, t.user.name, t.amount});

Should then be possible, and will be converted nicely into SQL by EF when running.

A: Normally all the classes generated with the Entity Framework are partial. This means you can add to the project a second .cs file where you can add the same class (within the same namespace) and add your own methods to it. There you could add your own AddRelationsToDataSet() method, which won't be touched if you make any changes through the designer on your model.
The only drawback is, that you have to manually call this method each and everywhere after the constructor. Or you create a static Create() method within your partial class part that calls the constructor and afterwards your method. Then you simply have to check that nobody calls the constructor directly but only through your creator method.


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Let's just say I hope you have more than a few minutes to read because I have alot of updating to do! Starting with the "oh so sure Bailey's disease has spread to her brain scare". Well as you all know the oncologists wanted to do a follow up MRI after the first set of seizure that took place around father's day. (And yes I said first set because little did we know there were more to follow but I'll get to that in a minute). So off we went to New Orleans to do scans because the oncologists were very sure that the seizures were due to progression in her brain because of "how off" the MRI results looked after her seizures. Well it was decided that since we were doing an MRI we should just go ahead and do an MIBG scan as well to compare both…well let's just say I love God's way of working!!! So my sweet girl underwent the scans and late that afternoon I get a call from Dr. Vasquez (Bailey's new oncologist at Ochsner's) and I could tell by the tone in his voice that he was pretty dumbfounded (but in a good way). The conversation started like "Hey Brooke, it's Bob…sorry to call you so late but I have been waiting on results all day and well….I really don't know how to put this into words as we have never seen anything like this before so I will just read you the report word for word." Let's just say not only did the report show that Bailey had aboslutely NO disease in her brain…but it actually showed that her MRI was clearer than most people that have undergone as much chemo as she has. In his exact words "this is a perfect MRI, one that I would expect to read on you or me who has never had a dose of chemo ever….I am pretty amazed." Yep that is my girl and that is the power of prayers…AMAZING! So now that we had that out of the way, he received the MIBG reports (scan that detects neuroblastoma) the next day and those results were good news as well. Although there was disease still present, no spots appeared larger and no new spots appeared…so basically we had stable…and stable is great!!!
So off we went to enjoy our annual family camping trip…relieved and in awe of how great God is and how blessed we are! Our week of camping was just what we needed…a week spent with our family…laughing, playing, cooking out, swimming, making smores and most importantly making memories! Bailey felt great and although we had to detour to the hospital a couple of times for blood work and for transfusions, we still made the best of it. She was also blessed with a motorized scooter that was lent to us for the week…definitely made life a little easier on everyone. She was able to get around from here to there without help and it let her regain some of the independence that is lost with being in a wheelchair. The boys enjoyed fishing, riding their bikes all over that campground and playing in the rain! We celebrating their 9th birthday there as well and they were more than blessed with money and gifts to say the least. It was definitely what our souls needed before heading off to New Orleans for another week of chemo.
So for the week of chemo and all the unexpected events that were to come! Bailey started chemo on July 15th and it was decided by all of her oncologists at both hospitals that she would only get three days of chemo instead of the five that she had been receiving before. So Monday, day one, went on without any issues…she was feeling great and even asking to eat! Day two went just as well without any hiccups…then came the scary parts. On Wednesday morning at 2am, Bailey woke up with a horrible headache…this is not unusual as certain medications she is on will cause her to get really bad headaches. So I gave her tylenol and benadryl to help with the nausea she was experiencing as well. Little did we know the headaches would be the least of our worries…about 20 minutes later she began puking and puking and puking…it didn't stop. She continued to puke every 20 – 30 minutes. Around 6:30am I realized she was acting a little different, but was still talking to us and responding. She asked to go to the restroom so as Mimi was putting her in her wheelchair we noticed her right arm wouldn't move. Well things just went downhill from there…she began having blank stares when I was talking to her (absent seizures). So off we zoomed to the clinic…when we got to clinic things were still spiraling down so her oncologist decided she needed to go to the ER…thankfully we were able to get her to the ER just in time. Once she was settled in the ER her seizures started getting worse…she began shaking and staring off and not responding…just like last time. So it was decided that she needed to go inpatient so they could keep the seizures under control and so they could monitor her closely since we still had one day of chemo to go. After much discussions with Michigan it was decided that we would hold the chemo for a day to see how she did. Thankfully she recovered by Wednesday night was was up and talking to us on Thursday. Bailey received her last dose of chemo and thankfully with the added seizure medicines she didn't have any other episodes…but that was only the beginning.
So basically we are going to Michigan with only hope and faith! I truly believe my little girl is being healed even though we are at a crossroad again. I know God has opened doors for us when doctors told us there were no doors to be opened…so I believe HE will lead us there again. We are in no way giving up and we will find something…we just need prayers for guidance to know what is right for Bay. I don't want her on anything that diminishes her quality of life…I want her to be able to have more good days than bad…I don't want her in a hospital room for weeks at a time…I want her to live and to be happy! This Nifurtimox trial was extremely hard on her…so I can't say that I am totally disappointed that she won't be able to continue on although it was helping to get rid of the disease…such a double edged sword sometimes! So please stand with us in prayer and faith that God will work all of this out as HE always does…We choose not to worry about things we cannot control and this just happens to be one of those things.
On another note…the same week that Bailey was getting chemo, experiencing seizures again and getting kicked off of her trial, etc…our sweet little friend Henley,that I have asked for you all to pray for so many times before, gained her angel wings and is forever cured from this horrible disease. Henley Hazel Romine passed away on Friday, July 19th and according to her parents, she went peacefully as only Henney could do. I cannot tell you how much this broke my heart into a million pieces…there are no words to describe the loss we feel and I feel crazy for even saying that because she isn't my daughter…but they are our dear friends and they have fought just as long and as hard as we are…that is what is so devastating. Little Henley was full of life and her little spirit was unlike anything of a typical 4 year old. It is just so unfair! Unfortuantely I wasn't able to go to Indiana for her celebration of life although I tried to work it out…but with Bailey just being released from being inpatient from her seizures, etc it just didn't work out….once again that broke my heart as I just wanted to be there for Lynsey and Grant… so of course I had to tell Bay of Henley's passing just in case someone mentioned anything in front of her when we go to Michigan, as all of the staff knew we were close to them and knew we hung out if schedules allowed for us to be there at the same time. In true Bailey fashion, my little girl blew me away as only she knows how. As I begin to tell her of Henley's passing, her big blue eyes look back at me, as my eyes are filling with tears and she says "Momma dont' be sad for Henley, it was her time to go. She has been having it really rough for awhile and sometimes our bodies just get tired. Sometimes even though we really want to keep fighting it is just too much, but I am sure she is already running around in heaven being silly." Wow…what an old little soul my girl has! Of course her comment led me to ask her if she feels like her body is tired and ready to stop fighting…to which she answered " no momma it isn't, but if ever it gets too tired I'll be sure to let you know ok"…what exactly do you say to that…how exactly are you supposed to tell your 10 year old that you never want to hear those words, even though you know it is reality. On one hand my heart is so happy that even though she is only 10 years old she understands how life works…some people live to be really old and some people only get to be here for a little while…but on the other hand it breaks my heart that she knows such things at only 10 years old. She should not know how it feels to lose a friend at this age…she should not have to worry about telling me when she thinks her body cannot handle treatments anymore…she should not have to understand that her friend had the same cancer she does and this could be our reality…heck she shouldn't even have to know that kids get cancer!!!! Seriously…I hate it and I hate what it does and I hate what it robs families from…it's just unfair no matter how to try to look at it…what did a 4 year old do to deserve the unfair hand she was dealt…what did my 10 year old ever do to deserve this…we will never have the answers to all these questions and I doubt there will ever be a day where this all makes sense. What I do know is that Henley is now in heaven, free from pain, free from disease…she is getting to be a kid! I know that any suffering she felt while on this Earth is nothing in comparison to all the bliss she is now enjoying in heaven…I know if she could let us know, she would say "Hey watch this" and then show us every good and blessed thing there is to see of that wonderful place. I know she will live out eternity with Jesus…and I am so happy I know all these things, because I cannot imagine being on a journey such as this without that type of faith! It is because of that faith we continue pressing forward…because we know that no matter what, we cannot control what happens here on Earth but we can control where we will spend eternity…and that brings me more comfort than anything else in this world!
Once again please continue praying for Bailey and continue praying for all of the other kiddos that are fighting just as hard as we are…Tripp, Ashtyn, Tristin, Brooke, Kassidy, Cierra, Noah, Alyssa, and many others… and for those families, like our dear friends, that must learn a new way of living until they meet again…NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE!
We will pray for total throughout her beautiful little body in Jesus' name.
WOW…reading your writing has me in tears. I am an adult, and I don't think I could be as strong as your precious little Angel, Bailey. You guys are in my prayers. Your faith in God is so strong and it's because of this that he will keep her strong as well. We're sending prayers up to heaven in a steady stream for you, kiddo! And we will say a few extra prayers for your friends and their families too.
Nothing is impossible, you'll have proven that time and time again! Keep the faith and keep on fighting as long as you can Bailey! Ganny loves you!!!!
As it has for so many others! I will Pray for Bailey as I pray for my family!
Bailey is an AMAZING little lady, who has more courage, strength, and faith than many adults. I can only imagine how proud of a momma you are Brooke!
Bailey has touched so many people with those big pretty eyes and sweet smile.
Let us know how Michigan goes.


Victor Ing is a lawyer at Sas & Ing Immigration Law. He began practising immigration law at a national firm and began his own immigration practice in 2015.
Victor exclusively practices immigration law, advising clients in Canada and abroad on all matters of immigration visas. He also regularly represents clients in Federal Court and at all levels of the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada.
In addition to representing clients, Victor has served on the Executive of the Immigration Section of the British Columbia Branch. He is the co-author of an immigration column on various trending topics in immigration and has participated as an instructor at various immigration seminars.


SELMA, ALABAMA — On Saturday, President Obama spoke at the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge on the 50th anniversary of the attack on voting rights protesters known as Bloody Sunday.
A few of the demonstrators were removed by state troopers, and the rest agreed to remain silent.
Just this week, I was asked whether I thought the Department of Justice's Ferguson report shows that, with respect to race, little has changed in this country. I understand the question, for the report's narrative was woefully familiar. It evoked the kind of abuse and disregard for citizens that spawned the Civil Rights Movement. But I rejected the notion that nothing's changed. What happened in Ferguson may not be unique, but it's no longer endemic, or sanctioned by law and custom; and before the Civil Rights Movement, it most surely was. We do a disservice to the cause of justice by intimating that bias and discrimination are immutable, or that racial division is inherent to America. If you think nothing's changed in the past fifty years, ask somebody who lived through the Selma or Chicago or L.A. of the Fifties. Ask the female CEO who once might have been assigned to the secretarial pool if nothing's changed. Ask your gay friend if it's easier to be out and proud in America now than it was thirty years ago. To deny this progress — our progress — would be to rob us of our own agency; our responsibility to do what we can to make America better. Of course, a more common mistake is to suggest that racism is banished, that the work that drew men and women to Selma is complete, and that whatever racial tensions remain are a consequence of those seeking to play the "race card" for their own purposes. We don't need the Ferguson report to know that's not true. We just need to open our eyes, and ears, and hearts, to know that this nation's racial history still casts its long shadow upon us. We know the march is not yet over, the race is not yet won, and that reaching that blessed destination where we are judged by the content of our character — requires admitting as much.


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Recently unemployed or wanting to make a change from your current role? Having a LinkedIn profile will help to showcase your qualifications, experience and skills…but can you make your profile stand out from the other hundreds, if not more, also seeking similar roles? The following five tips will help you do just that, writes ASHLEY CAHILLANE, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers.
Having a profile photograph makes your LinkedIn profile more likely to be viewed compared to those who don't add their photograph. Your photograph is one of the first things your potential employer will see – first impressions are so important. Make sure you dress like you would for an interview, no selfies.
When you create your profile, your profile URL will be your name followed by a load of numbers and letters. Not very attractive. You need to customise your URL to just your name. If you have a common name you may need to alter it slightly. Customising your URL makes you easier to find and most importantly makes you look more professional. It is very easy to do – simply go into edit profile. Under your photograph you will see your LinkedIn URL, for example https://ie.linkedin.com/in/name-name123456dd. Beside this there will be a small star-like symbol. Click on this and on the right-hand side of the screen there will be a section to customise your URL. Once you have customised your URL, make sure to add it to your email signature and to your CV.
This section is the key to potential employers and recruiters finding you so it is really important to make your headline stand out. If you are applying for a specific job, the wording used by the company in the job description needs to be incorporated into your headline. For example, if they are looking for a skilled multi-tasker who is deadline oriented then "skilled multi-tasker" and "deadline oriented" should be included in your headline. By doing this when the potential employer / recruiter searches LinkedIn for potential candidates, your profile will be found in their search.
When compiling your work experience, make sure to place greater emphasis on those roles that mirror where you want to go next in your career. This will mean writing more on jobs that match the next phase. If that means shining a brighter light on a job you did 20 years ago, because it is a direct match with the job you're now hoping to get, you should shine the light that way. In career development, think relevance ahead of chronology.
Don't be afraid to connect with people on LinkedIn. Again if you are applying for a specific job, check if any of your current connections work at that company. Any information you can get about the company will be a bonus. Also, if you have a list of companies you would like to apply to, make sure to follow their company page. This shows you are interested in their business but, more importantly for you, it is a great way to see when jobs are being advertised.
Ashley Cahillane is a Career Coach with Sli Nua Careers, who have offices in Galway, Dublin, Limerick, Athlone, Sligo and Mayo, plus a full online service. Their services include CV preparation, interview training, personal statements and application forms.


The first step for a Wedding Design Project is the research, besides the inspiration.
A good starting point to turn your dream wedding into reality is to create an Inspirations folder to gather the photos you can find on Blogs, Magazines and Social networks such as Pinterest. This style board will help us understand your tastes and expectations. Moving forward with us at your side will be very natural, and we will help you to not get lost in the million wedding ideas you will find out there. The right design for your 'I DO' day will come step by step, through our guidance, based on your taste. You will be involved in all the aspects of the Wedding Planning, without feeling overwhelmed: let us make your wishes come true, and on your Big day you will just enjoy all, exactly like you imagined.
Based on the wedding ideas you give us, we will develop a theme or a style which will characterise your day. Details such as table setting, flowers, decorations, food and drinks…will be the beating heart of your wedding and will be etched in the memory of your guests. Getting to know our Bride and Groom, understanding and realising their wishes is the most inspiring part of our job.
We cannot wait to get started on making your dreams become real!


Turkish rescuers have found the bodies of two sailors who died in a ship accident off the coast of Samsun Province on January 7, Ukraine's Ambassador to Turkey Andriy Sybiha has said.
"Turkish rescuers have found two more dead bodies in extremely difficult weather conditions. An identification procedure will be conducted in the next few hours. The consul is working on the scene in Samsun," the diplomat wrote on his Twitter account.
Earlier, Sybiha wrote that Turkish rescuers had found the body of a deceased Ukrainian near Samsun.
A Panama-flagged cargo ship sank in the Black Sea off the Turkish northern province of Samsun early on January 7. There were 13 crewmembers, including 11 Ukrainians and two nationals of Azerbaijan, on board the vessel. Four Ukrainians were killed in the accident.
The consul and representatives of the Ukrainian community have already visited the injured Ukrainians.
Ukraine's Ministry for Temporarily Occupied Territories and Internally Displaced Persons reported that the Volgo-Balt 214 cargo ship, which sank off the coast of Turkey, transported coal from the port of Azov (Russia) to the port of Samsun (Turkey).


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Urgent: Pilot who probably shot down MH17 commits suicide
Pompeo Demands End to Maduro's 'Tyranny' as Guiado Leaves for Colombia for Further Instructions
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By Inessa S Last updated Mar 19, 2018
Ukrainian pilot Vladislav Voloshin, whom his colleague Yevgeny Agapov accused of involvement in the shooting down of Boeing 777 flight MH17, has committed suicide in Nikolaev.
Please note that Western mainstream media are specifically running the story as "Pilot, who was accused by Russia…" The allegations came came from his colleague, who then was forced to leave Ukraine for Russia.
As reported by Ukrainian media, Voloshin shot himself from a Makarov pistol. Doctors tried to save the pilot, but he died in hospital.
According to the relatives of the deceased, in recent days Voloshin was in a depressed state, spoke about troubles at work and expressed disturbing thoughts. A criminal case was instituted in accordance with Part 1 of Art. 115 Criminal Code "Intentional homicide" – this article was chosen because of the peculiarities of the investigation procedure.
Since January 2018, Voloshin has headed the Mykolaiv International Airport. The previous director was detained while trying to bribe a governor, but the Ukrainian media repeatedly reported that he refused to sign illegal documentation. Voloshin signed these papers immediately after his appointment to the post of acting director.
Two days after the MH17 disaster, Voloshin was awarded the Order of Courage of the Ukrainian air force. According to the testimony of Evgeny Agapov, who escaped to Russia, the Boeing 777 aircraft was allegedly shot down by an Su-25 of the Ukrainian Air Force, piloted by the aforementioned pilot: "A combat mission was carried out from an airfield in the city of Dnipropetrovsk." According to his testimony, he personally saw how Voloshin's aircraft was equipped with air-to-air missiles of the R-60 type before departure, which the Su-25 is not normally equipped with.
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New Federal Law Puts Focus on Preventing Elder Abuse
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A new federal law is designed to address the growing problem of elder abuse. The law supports efforts to better understand, prevent, and combat both financial and physical elder abuse.
The prevalence of elder abuse is hard to calculate because it is underreported, but according to the National Council on Aging, approximately 1 in 10 Americans age 60 or older have experienced some form of elder abuse. In 2011, a MetLife study estimated that older Americans are losing $2.9 billion annually to elder financial abuse.
The bipartisan Elder Abuse Prevention and Prosecution Act of 2017 authorizes the Department of Justice (DOJ) to take steps to combat elder abuse. Under the new law, the federal government must do the following:
Create an elder justice coordinator position in federal judicial districts, at the DOJ, and at the Federal Trade Commission
Implement comprehensive training on elder abuse for Federal Bureau of Investigation agents
Operate a resource group to assist prosecutors in pursuing elder abuse cases
The law requires the DOJ to collect data on elder abuse and investigations as well as provide training and support to states to fight elder abuse. The law specifically targets email fraud by expanding the definition of telemarketing fraud to include email fraud. Prohibited actions include email solicitations for investment for financial profit, participation in a business opportunity, or commitment to a loan.
As ElderLawAnswers has previously reported, flaws in the guardianship system have led to elder abuse. The law enables the government to provide demonstration grants to states' highest courts to assess adult guardianship and conservatorship proceedings and implement changes.
"Exploiting and defrauding seniors is cowardly, and these crimes should be addressed as the reprehensible acts they are," said Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a co-sponsor of the legislation, adding that the legislation "sends a clear signal from Congress that combating elder abuse and exploitation should be top priority for law enforcement."
For more information about the law, click here and here.


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