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Wheelchair tennis: 2019 Ones to Watch
Players who have potential to win Grand Slam titles 22 Jan 2019
(clockwise from top left) Kunieda, de Groot, Wagner, Kamiji, Hewett, Fernandez, Carpocci and Alcott are the 2019 Ones to Watch
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The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has announced the Wheelchair Tennis Ones to Watch ahead of the 2019 Australian Open.
These are players who have the potential to make headlines throughout the season while they battle to reach the world No. 1. Their biographies are now available on the IPC website.
Alfie Hewett (GBR)
Back on the circuit after taking a break from the sport but is returning in Melbourne to begin his quest for more Grand Slam titles after a standout 2018.
David Wagner (USA)
Recently lost the world No. 1 ranking to Dylan Alcott but will most certainly be fighting for top spot in an important year as the quad singles makes its Wimbledon debut.
Diede de Groot (NED)
Became the latest in a long line of strong Dutch female players to reach the world No. 1 spot and expects to maintain that position throughout the year.
Dylan Alcott (AUS)
Won two Grand Slams and the Singles Masters, led his country to the quad World Team Cup title and returned to quad singles world No. 1 in a dream year for the Aussie star.
Giulia Capocci (ITA)
Jumped to women's world No. 5 after a fantastic 2018 which saw her win two titles and qualify for the Singles Masters for the first time.
Gustavo Fernandez (ARG)
Always a force to be reckoned with; in 2019 he has already reached two men's singles finals and is hoping to win his third Grand Slam this year.
Shingo Kunieda (JPN)
Arguably the best male player in history returned to world No. 1 after winning the Australian Open and Roland Garros in 2018.
Yui Kamiji (JPN)
Kicked off the year winning two titles, including a victory over Diede de Groot, promising to give the Dutchwoman a good fight for the women's world No. 1 ranking.
Diede de Groot hungry for more after stunning 2018
Andy Murray: Wheelchair tennis pays tribute
Dylan Alcott wins first Super Series
Welcome to 2019: Wheelchair tennis
Laureus World Sports Awards: 2019 shortlist
Japanese double victory in Melbourne
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7 / 10.0 - Space Hulk: Tactics
There is no way that you could say Space Hulk: Tactics isn't a flawed game. It's a damaged jewel that could do with a hefty amount of spit and polish but it still has a slight glint underneath all the scratches. If you're in the mind for a console tactics game and you want a unique experience like the Genestealers campaign, then you can't go wrong with this one.
8 / 10.0 - The Missing: J.J. Macfield And The Island Of Memories
The Missing is a good game with a unique mechanic (although I too remember Rebellion's NeverDead) that houses a fantastic and touching story. It may not be everyone's cup of tea, but it's a game that will stay with you for years to come.
3 / 10.0 - Heavy Fire: Red Shadow
Mastiff's attempt at designing an interesting and engaging rail shooter falls flat on Xbox One. It could be different elsewhere, especially in VR, but as a regular 'ol console shooter it is one of the most uninspired this generation. There is a little fun to be had, but only a little, and it fails to grab you every step of the way through the entirety of its missions.
8.5 / 10.0 - Lego DC Super Villains
You'll mash buttons to fight and destroy things, build overly-designed objects and generally just have a laugh. It's hilarious, entertaining and off-the-walls mental, just like its case. It's a refinement of what came before, but damn is it entertaining.
Connor Makar
9 / 10.0 - SoulCalibur VI
If you have any interest in picking up a good fighting game this October, SoulCalibur VI is an amazing choice. With the exception of a few small issues, and lacking content in some areas, SoulCalibur VI is something I can wholeheartedly recommend to everyone.
Joseph Wright
9 / 10.0 - Party Hard 2
Party Hard 2, is an excellent game. There is a large variety of ways to kill people while still providing a challenge by forcing players to do it quietly… or at least as close to quietly as you can get when throwing a grenade. Its only real downfall would be the boss fights which don't quite work with how the game normally plays, with the final boss, in particular, being seemingly bugged towards the end of the fight.
8.5 / 10.0 - Red Dead Redemption 2
Red Dead Redemption 2 is a crowning achievement. As Rockstar's first game designed from the ground up for this generation, it feels like the "next generation" title we all expected this generation of consoles to offer. It's huge (it took me five days to play through just the main story in order to write this review) and that's without the games upcoming online component and it feels like a true extension of what made GTA V a great experience.
6 / 10.0 - Call of Cthulhu
Call of Cthulhu is an interesting and intriguing, mystery adventure with a tortured detective. The investigation alongside the use of the RPG systems are the strongest highlights of the game, but poor stealth mechanics, boss encounter design and questionable endings fail to take the game to greater heights.
9 / 10.0 - Hitman 2
If you're someone who has played Hitman in the past then this game is certainly for you.
9 / 10.0 - Spyro Reignited Trilogy
This is one of the best remasters of all time, and Spyro finally deserves a place back on your shelf.

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UP court imposes fine on 86 accused in first verdict
Amroha: A court in Uttar Pradesh in its first verdict on the 2019 CAA-NRC violence, imposed a fine of Rs 4,27,439 on all the 86 accused. Each accused will have to pay Rs 4971 as a fine, said Amroha District Magistrate (DM), BK Tripathi on Friday.
All the accused have been fined in connection with the damage to public property of the police department during the CAA-NRC violence in December 2019.
"The Uttar Pradesh Public and Private Property Damage Recovery, Claims Tribunal Meerut has ordered to send a court notice to all the accused and make recovery," said Amroha DM.
The Uttar Pradesh government brought a law in this regard in 2020. This is the first decision of the Claims Tribunal in UP after the enactment of the Act.
In Amroha, on December 20, 2019, an angry mob pelted stones, vandalized and indulged in arson during a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Bill. During this, the miscreants broke the riot control equipment of the police by pelting stones and many police vehicles were set on fire.
The Inspector in charge of Amroha police station told the government that miscreants have damaged government property worth Rs 4,42,439. In this regard, a report was sent to the Claims Tribunal through the Gazetted Officer (CO) of the Police for action.
Police registered a case and identified the miscreants and the details of the damage done by them have also been written in the report. Value-wise details of damaged goods have also been given in the order of the Claims Tribunal.
Muslims across the country staged a protest after the Citizenship Amendment Bill was passed in Parliament on December 12, 2019 and soon after fierce demonstrations were held against it in several cities of Uttar Pradesh.
During these fierce demonstrations, violent clashes also took place between the protesters and the police, in which public and private property were damaged.
In this case, the Uttar Pradesh government had also issued notices to several Muslim leaders involved in the protest to compensate for the loss and government erected hoarding containing photographs and details of persons accused for violence.
As per the reports, police had registered a case against 55 named and 1500 unidentified in the violence in Amroha.
"The court has taken action against all the accused and soon the fine will also be recovered. All the parties have been heard and the decision has been given following the Act," the DM added.
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Q: Python dictionary printing first value and ignore empty An aws lambda function I've written gives me the following dictionary output(Please note the dictionary between "START RequestID & END Request ID ,
START RequestId: 74d45fe6-c579-11e8-835d-73465f3bb0f0 Version: $LATEST
{u'd2otag1p96': [[0, 20]], u'k43tbb7nic': [[0, 20]], u'90yuipi22i': [[18, 2]]}
{}
END RequestId: 74d45fe6-c579-11e8-835d-73465f3bb0f0

Please can someone tell me how to print just the key and it's first corresponding value and ignore the 2 curly brackets on the third line? i.e  d2otag1p96:0, k43tbb7nic:0, 90yuipi22i:18
Below is what I tried but to no avail. Posting only a part of the code thats relevant to this question. Note the print statement.
for uplan in uplans:
        used = (uplan['id'])
        lmt = (uplan['quota']['limit'])
        resp = client.get_usage(keyId='',usagePlanId=(used), startDate=today,endDate=today)['items']
        print(resp.itmes)[0]

A: Suppress printing the empty dict {} by testing its length to be not zero. Assuming dd to be your dictionary.
if len(dd.keys())>0:
    [print(key, value[0][0]) for key, value in dd.items()]

gives
d2otag1p96 0
k43tbb7nic 0
90yuipi22i 18

for
dd = dict({u'd2otag1p96': [[0, 20]], u'k43tbb7nic': [[0, 20]], u'90yuipi22i': [[18, 2]]})

and nothing for
dd = dict{}

A: Assuming you are receiving actual dict and not json. Here is the example to illustrate my point. Just check if the dict is empty or not
d={}
if d:
    print('printing dict with values')
    print(d.items()[0])
else:
    print('empty dict')

Output:
'empty dict'

In another example if dict contains a key
d={u'd2otag1p96': [[0, 20]], u'k43tbb7nic': [[0, 20]], u'90yuipi22i': [[18, 2]]}
if d:
    print('printing dict with values')
    for k,v in d.items():
        print(str(k),v[0][0])
else:
    print('empty dict')

Output
 printing dict with values
('d2otag1p96', 0)
('k43tbb7nic', 0)
('90yuipi22i', 18)

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Category: Foto Friday
Foto Friday: Girona's Temps de Flors
Every year for the past 60 years, springtime in Girona has meant flower time. The Temps de Flors festival begins in May and lasts for several weeks, during which this Catalonian city in the north of Spain is festooned with artistic displays made from multitudes of blooms of every description.
I was in Girona the day before the festival officially opened and didn't get to see Temps de Flors in its full glory, but the tantalizing bit I did see was enough to make this photo essay, and make me want to return and check out the real deal.
Foto Friday: The Loyal Hatmaker
Like most festivals, vendors display their wares at the Blackbeard Pirate Festival in Hampton, Virginia. As a bonafide hat person I was immediately drawn to this hatmaker's display. While her impressive creations were out of my reach, I came away with a heartwarming tale.
There used to be some debate about whether to exhibit her hats at the Blackbeard festival. There are only so many weekends in the festival season and lots of different events for exhibitors to choose from. But now you can rely on seeing this magnificent millinery in Hampton every year, thanks to a natural disaster.
An unwelcome guest crashed the party at the 2012 Blackbeard Pirate Festival. A sizeable tornado ripped through the Hampton waterfront at the height of the festival. Thankfully no one was hurt, but in an instant thousands of dollars worth of hats and other inventory were scattered across the entire waterfront.
What on earth would make a vendor unfailingly loyal to an event hit by disaster? Well, Hampton rose to the occasion. Nearly all of the merchandise was found and retrieved. Locals and festivalgoers alike pitched in to hunt for goods the vendors had lost and much of the inventory was recovered. Boaters at the marina later turned in items found on their vessels and took steps to return them to their rightful owners.
So, that is why you will always have the chance to buy a historically inspired handmade leather hat at the Blackbeard Pirate Festival.
Disclosure and Acknowledgements: On this trip I was hosted by the Hampton Convention and Visitors Bureau. Many thanks Ryan Downey for being our indispensable go-to guy during our stay.
Foto Friday: The World's Tallest Man
Alton, Illinois boasts an interesting claim to fame. Not only is it the Most Haunted Town in America and birthplace of Miles Davis, it was also home to the World's Tallest Man.
Robert Pershing Wadlow was born in Alton and is the tallest man ever known to have lived. One of the town's most popular landmarks is a life-sized statue in his honour that stands in a park opposite the Alton History & Art Museum (which sports the intriguingly ominous tagline "History outlives those who would destroy it.")
Having an abnormality of the pituitary gland, Robert Wadlow never stopped growing. By the age of four he was already taller than I am! Just before his death from an infected blister at age 22, Robert was measured at a hair taller than 8 feet, 11 inches.
His world record as the tallest man still stands today, in part because medical science has since developed treatments for such conditions.
Also at the site is a replica of Robert's chair that a furniture company made specially for him. Every giant knows it's important to have a comfortable chair to curl up in, amirite?
Disclosure and acknowledgements: On this trip I was a guest of the Illinois Office of Tourism. Many thanks to Steven Glynias for snapping the photos.
Foto Friday: The Bullwhacker
He stands in the middle of Last Chance Gulch, the main drag in Helena, Montana. The Bullwhacker wields his whip, the tip undulating skyward, caught mid-flick.
The Bullwhacker earned pride of place in Helena by the pivotal role his namesakes played in settling the area. Helena was founded in the gold rush when four men struck gold during their last-ditch attempt to make it as prospectors and miners. A town soon grew around the mining activities and Helena later became Montana's capital.
The train is what made Helena's growth possible and kept the town going. Who kept the trains going? The bullwhacker.
The badass, whip-sporting bullwhacker wasn't for show. We're not talking railways here. Wagon trains pulled by oxen were the lifeblood of western communities. These trains carried supplies, people, and communications, without which these mountainous settlements would be cut off from the outside world. They simply had to get through, and it was the bullwhacker's job to keep the train moving.
So now a statue of a bullwhacker stands in the lovely, historic Helena town centre, reminding everyone how we got here.
Foto Friday: School is in Session
Traditional Irish music, or "trad" as the locals call it, is one of those things of which one must partake in order to have the full experience of Irish culture.
Having spent well over a month in Ireland, you would think I'd have made it out to at least one "session" in all that time. I'd been to several gigs of other genres of music, and at one point I was staying down the street from The Cobblestone in Dublin's Smithfield district where I was told by several locals that they have the best, non-touristy trad sessions. But no, it hadn't happened yet by the time I made it to Limerick and my time in Ireland was drawing to a close.
One of the lovely things about organized tours is that they are full of surprises. This can sometimes be a downside when you are roped into spending time on something that doesn't hold your interest, but the serendipitous, comfort-zone-pushing surprises far outweigh any occasional pitfalls.
Something I wouldn't normally have chosen to include in my itinerary is a tour of the University of Limerick, but our hosts wanted to show us their globally renowned sporting facilities and other claims to fame. As we were making our way from the auditorium to the gymnasium, imagine my delight as we were treated to a "surprise" (it was totally staged for our benefit) trad session in the corridor.
Besides their reputation for programs in athletics, sports medicine, and engineering, another popular field of study at the University of Limerick is their degree in Traditional Irish Music. In truth, very few of the musicians in this photo are indeed Irish. The music program attracts international students from far and wide. The performers may not have been Irish, but the music certainly was.
Disclosure and acknowledgements: I visited Limerick alongside other members of the travel media on a press tour organized by Failte Ireland. Many thanks to our hosts at the University of Limerick for our eye-opening campus tour and to our inimitable guide Tony for keeping us on track.
Foto Friday: Stamps
Our family didn't travel very much growing up. Family vacations just weren't as commonplace as they are now. One of the ways that I channelled/fuelled my wanderlust during my teenage years was by corresponding with pen pals.
Being the sort of person who doesn't do things in half measures, and also someone without an especially vibrant teenage social life, I didn't have just one pen pal. I had about 100.
I'm transitioning to new phase in my life. I'm selling my house and becoming nomadic. That means I have to seriously pare down my belongings. So today I chose to recycle my stash of old letters from pen pals.
I didn't read any of the letters. I don't need to reconnect with the vestiges of cringeworthy teenage angst contained therein, thanks very much. But I did clip all the stamps off the envelopes to donate them to Oxfam Canada's Stamp Out Poverty programme.
As I leafed through the envelopes I became aware just how much of the world I had "seen" through the eyes of my pen friends before I had ever travelled internationally. There were stamps from at least 50 countries, some of which no longer exist. I found myself wondering how things have turned out for my old friends since our correspondence tapered off.
I've always loved poring over postage stamps. The vibrant colours, exotic languages and heraldry, historical figures, and compelling artwork — all were springboards for my curiosity about the world, spurring me to research what tickled my fancy or what I didn't understand. If the Internet had existed when I collected them I likely would have been even more of an obnoxious know-it-all than I am today!
So it isn't easy to part with such treasures. But on the other hand it seems like a fair bargain — trading my old postage stamps for the opportunity to collect passport stamps instead.
Did you ever have a pen pal? If so, where were they from and what did you learn from them?
Foto Friday: Dining and Dashing in Uruguay
Besides the novelty of old-timey drive-in restaurants with roller-skating carhops, eating in the car is not generally a recipe for enjoying food.
Another exception might be this restaurant in Colonia, Uruguay, where you can enjoy leisurely fine-dining at a table for two inside this vintage automobile that is a permanent fixture on the patio.
I wish there'd been more time to enjoy Uruguay. We only spent an afternoon there on our escorted tour, which was really only enough time for lunch and a wander through the bucolic streets of the town of Colonia del Sacramento
Foto Friday: Yarnbombing at Kildare Village
Needing to stretch our legs on the drive from Limerick to Dublin, we stopped in at the Kildare Village outlet shopping complex.
Initially I was looking for a unitard, or perhaps some new shoes to replace the ones I lost in South America, but I struck out on that front. The shops at Kildare Village had lots of high-quality, designer goods, but nothing quite fit the bill of what I'm looking for. One of the side-effects of living out of a suitcase for months on end is that I have become extremely picky about what I buy. Ridiculously, frustratingly picky. (Seriously, I need some shoes already!) If I don't find the exact thing I want or need, no deal. There's no room in my nomadic lifestyle for impulse buys.
What quickly captured my attention was the gorgeous, colourful needlework on a massive scale that cropped up around every corner at Kildare Village.
I'm fascinated by yarnbombing, which is the act of festooning objects in public spaces with knitting or crochet, often done clandestinely without permission. I saw it for the first time in the Tremont district of Cleveland, but I had never seen anything like this. The vibrant yarn was at least at centimetre in diameter and my inner maker stood perplexed, thinking about what it would take to knit with the gigantic yarn.
The installation is the work of Uniqverse Studio and was commissioned by Value Retail to create an experience in its shopping centres that would showcase wool.
There's something inexplicably captivating about this yarn that awakened my senses. I'm a tactile person and even viewing the pictures now, in retrospect, makes me feel alive. After the Revolution, all public spaces shall be embellished with fuzzy, colourful textiles. That is my decree!
On that note, I will leave you to enjoy these purty pictures.
Disclosure and acknowledgements: On this trip I was a guest of Failte Ireland. Many thanks to Brian Kitson at Value Retail for hosting us at Kildare Village and helping me to delve deeper into the story behind this installation. Note that this post describes a temporary exhibit that may no longer be on display.
Foto Friday: To Telescope
According to Roseitta's research, The grounds at Griffith Observatory are the best place to get a view of the Hollywood sign as well as to watch the sun set over Los Angeles.
What drew me to this scene was the typography of the sign and the sweeping line of the art deco staircase. Doesn't it make you want to climb up and check out the view?
Not only is the view spectacular, but the Griffith Observatory is a fascinating, ultra science-y place whether or not the sun happens to be setting. It's also rathe tempting to take that telescope for a spin.
A black-and-white version of this image was featured as the Photo of the Day on Discover Los Angeles
Foto Friday: Sunset on the Liffey
Since St. Patrick's Day just passed, I thought I'd treat you to a vision of Dublin.
In this scene, the sun has just set as the brilliant twilight hues and the silhouetted cityscape are reflected in the calm waters of the river Liffey. In Temple Bar, coming up on our left, the (in)famous Dublin nightlife is about to hit its stride as night falls on the Irish capital.
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Research shows that natural light and fresh air impact health, concentration, and learning. However, in most schools, students spend the vast majority of their time indoors. The architects of the Hessenwaldschule school in Germany aimed to design an indoor space that maximizes the effects of being outdoors through natural light and ventilation.
The principal of the school describes the positive impact the space has not only on students, but also on teachers. "We work very well here," he notes, describing how the design of the school promotes both health and collaboration. "It's a learning climate."
What impact do you think the physical environment has on learning? How would you describe the optimal learning climate? Add your voice to the conversation on Vialogues.
@01:48 Dallas Milanovich: I do agree that fresh air increases my ability to concentrate—but you can't get that inside a school unless it's open air. I think a conversation about time spent outside of the classroom is also important here; having a well-lit building is one thing, but students should be learning outside as well.
@02:06 Sara Hardman: The schools I grew up with followed traditional school designs: long hallways, rectangular classrooms, and rows of desks facing a chalkboard. That's how I thought schools had to be. Seeing new designs like this seems to expand the possibilities of what education can be and how students perceive studying and learning in general.


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Nottinghamshire Woman Terrified After Developing Asbestos Related Pleural Plaques
Legal action - Pleural plaques compensation
A 55 year old woman from Retford, Nottinghamshire, whose father and 2 brothers died from asbestos related diseases, is taking legal action against a number of asbestos insulation companies after discovering she has the illness pleural plaques, associated with asbestos exposure.
However, her case has been delayed, since January 2006, whilst complex legal argument takes place. A 5 day hearing starting on the 25th June 2007, in the country's highest court, the House of Lords, will hear arguments from both sufferers of Pleural Plaques and the insurance companies who claim that, as the disease is benign, they should not have to compensate those affected as a consequence of negligent exposure to asbestos.
Valerie Pask, 55, was diagnosed with pleural plaques in April 2006. Pleural plaques are areas of thick scar tissue, which form in the chest lining and diaphragm. Over time, this thickening of the pleural membrane, lining the lungs, can make breathing difficult and there is a risk of going on to develop more serious respiratory diseases, including lung cancer and mesothelioma.
Whilst pleural plaques are benign, their presence indicates exposure to the deadly asbestos dust and fibres, which frequently cause cancer, and lawyers for sufferers say the anxiety caused by knowing a malignant condition could well develop, in the future, is very real.
Mrs Pask's father, William Arthur Shippey, worked for a number of asbestos insulation companies at various power stations in England including: Drax, High Marnham, and West Burton.
One of Mrs Pask's household chores, as a child, was to help her mother do the washing. She would take her fathers work clothes and shake them out before her mother washed them. Her mother died, at the age of 42, of a respiratory illness.
Mrs Pask's father died from heart failure related to asbestosis. Her brothers, Brian and Michael Shippey, both died from mesothelioma at the ages of 50 and 45 respectively. Mrs Pasks brother-in-law, who also worked in power stations, died of lung cancer. Mrs Pasks sister, Barbara Turner, has also contracted pleural plaques, as has Mrs Pasks niece, Michelle Morris.
Risk of developing pleural plaques due to exposure to asbestos
Mrs Pask said I know now there is a real risk that I may develop a much more serious asbestos disease just like the rest of my family. I have seen, firsthand, how awful these diseases are and I am terrified that the asbestos I have been exposed to through no fault of my own will kill me. I was always a very outgoing person, but now that I have developed extensive pleural plaques I feel depressed all the time, thinking about my brothers and my father and what they went through gives me nightmares.
Adrian Budgen, head of the asbestos disease litigation unit at national law firm Irwin Mitchell, who is representing Mrs Pask said: Mrs Pask is acutely aware that there is a risk that she may develop a more serious asbestos-related disease in the future and she has seen, at close quarters, the painful consequences for her if that were to happen.
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Once Betty had finished her vocational rehab, she was returning to work as a dental hygienist, but surprisingly, her first job was her easiest and it got progressively harder to stay employed after that. She made what was likely a brain injured mistake in quitting her first job. Jobs got harder to keep and when she did find one with some longevity, she quit that again.
I stayed for four years at that position and not a good idea on my part but I quit and then from then on I looked for another position and in between I had been terminated from two or three other places but then I found a, a dental hygiene job on South 27th Street and I stayed there for four years and then I just decided I had had enough of the office and I left and probably my biggest mistake so far.
For anyone to maintain employment, they not only have to have the skills to do the job, but also the appreciation that work is work, and that a good job may be irreplaceable. That is far more difficult to remember, when judgment, mood and initiative is impaired after a brain injury.
However, Betty had another problem. She had already known how to be a dental hygienist before her accident and after rehab, was able to do much of what was required of her because it required her to use skills she had learned before her accident. But the field of dentistry, like any profession, changed, she couldn't learn the new techniques, acquire the new skills to adapt when returning to work.
Especially with taking X‑rays. I mean I had taken the class. I had passed it at Loyola and coming back up here all of a sudden they say we've got these new X‑rays. They're digital. This is how you do it. They'd show me once and then I would forget and I'd say could I write this down and they would say oh you should be able to remember this and it was just very difficult for me to remember how to put the X‑ray – you had to put the X‑ray in the mouth perfect – and the X‑ray had to go in the mouth in a perfect form and I could take the X‑ray but putting it in the mouth and getting it in the proper form in the holder was something I had a difficult time with and I couldn't remember how to do it.
As I said, I remembered – I'm grateful I do remember my dental hygiene work and I can do that and I can do that well but new dental – I mean the dental field changes all the time and all these new aspects that come in are difficult for me to learn and to implement in my work that I'm doing. I mean, I, I know how to use the scalers, I know how to use a Cavitron but all of a sudden now there's all these other instruments and things that you have to operate with electricity that I don't have – that I sometimes I forget how to operate them or work them.
Any plan for vocational rehabilitation following brain injury must take into account not only the simple issues of preparing the brain injured person returning to work, the work environment as detailed by Angela, but must also factor in the challenges that the brain injured person will have in learning new things in the non-structured classroom that is the workplace. For Angela's workplace problems, click here. Further, any successful program must constantly reinforce to the survivor the value of a job when returning to work and when they find one and progressively harder task of getting a replacement job.
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The pursuit of money, passion, power, personal growth — we all have our reasons for working. These reasons are called motivators, and they're divided into two categories: positive and negative. Our infographic illustrates the difference between the two and offers insight for leaders looking to increase employee engagement.
Compensation. Incentives. Rewards. Recognition. These four elements of employee engagement are similar, yet slightly different, and all are critical for success. We're breaking down what each means, why it matters, and questions you should be asking about your own engagement program.


When you come to us for an Injury treatment you will have a full consultation to gather as much information of about your current injury and on both, your current and medical history.
The Injury Clinic is fully equipped with electrotherapy apparatus to help with your treatment. We have charts which will help to answer explain any questions you may have on your injury so you have a better understanding of what injury you have.
Once the consultation is finished you will have a physical examination on the injury site. On completion of the physical examination we will show you what you have done and how it may affect your day to day life.
A treatment plan will be discussed and on agreement we will begin the treatment which may use a number of techniques including Massage, Ultrasound, Interferential and Trigger Point Therapy.
Along with the treatment Home Advice will be given. This will be tailored to your individual needs and lifestyle. If you are living a busy life it will be adapted to this, giving you simple but effective exercises that will help you to overcome your injury. Some of them you can do at your desk at work, on the train home or even while you brush your teeth.
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Lewandowski Decides to Stay Out of Race for NH Senate
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Corey Lewandowski speaks to the City Club of Cleveland. Photo courtesy of
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Despite recent signs that the former Trump campaign manager might run for the senate seat in New Hampshire, Corey Lewandowski announced officially he will not seek office.
He had been thinking about running against the incumbent Democrat Jeanne Shaheen, who is going for a third term this coming November. Lewandowski has been looking like a possible candidate since last August when he promoted a possible campaign website in the midst of his televised and defiantly aggressive testimony in front of the House Judiciary Committee in September. He continued to contemplate joining the race for several months after.
Lewandowski announced his withdrawal from the race in a tweet:
"After much consideration I have decided to forgo a campaign for the US Senate. While taking on a career politician from the Washington swamp is a tall order, I am certain I would have won. My priorities remain my family and ensuring that @realDonaldTrump is re-elected POTUS."
Republicans see New Hampshire as an important bulwark for them, along with several other key Senate seats in their effort to defend their 53-47 majority in the Senate. They see themselves having to fight for at least six battleground states, and they believe New Hampshire will be a more challenging campaign than in some of the other, easier states such as Alabama and Michigan.
Shaheen, the incumbent, has won five statewide races, including three terms as governor and two terms in the Senate, winning in 2008 and again in 2014. (Senators serve 6-year terms.)
Lewandowski did not leave the Republicans high and dry. There are other potential candidates to challenge Sheehan: retired Army General Donald Bolduc; lawyer Bryant "Corky" Messner; and former state House Speaker Bill O'Brien.
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By Dan Kazan
Dan Kazan has had years of experience writing for some of the largest newspapers and magazines in the USA. He was one of the first pioneers in bringing the news online and has focused most of his recent energies into making Left Justified the high quality online news and opinion site which it is.Dan can be reached at dankazan(at)leftjustified.com.
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Pennsylvania Adds Anxiety, Tourette's to Qualifying Conditions
The Pennsylvania Health Department is adding anxiety disorders and Tourette's syndrome to the list of conditions that can qualify people to obtain legal medical cannabis.
CBD, has proven particularly promising as an anti-anxiety treatment.
The heath secretary, Dr. Rachel Levine, announced Thursday she'll be adding them as of July 20. They'll join 21 other qualifying conditions recognized by the state, including cancer, epilepsy, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), chronic pain, and, in some cases, opioid use disorder.
"I do not take this decision lightly, and do have recommendations for physicians, dispensary pharmacists and patients in terms of the use of medical marijuana to treat these conditions," Levine said in a statement about the expansion. "For both conditions, medical marijuana is not first line treatment and should not replace traditional therapies but should be used in conjunction with them, when recommended by a physician."
Why More College Students Are Calming Anxiety With Medical Cannabis
Levine says her decision was based on the recommendation of the state's Medical Marijuana Advisory Board and her own review of medical research literature.
Cannabidiol, or CBD, has proven particularly promising as an anti-anxiety treatment. Brazilian researchers in a small study found that patients with generalized social anxiety reported a significant decrease in anxiety after taking CBD, and brain scans showed cerebral blood-flow patterns consistent with an anti-anxiety effect. In another study, researchers found that patients suffering from social anxiety disorder reported less anxiety after taking CBD—reports backed up by objective indicators such as heart rate and blood pressure.
How Cannabidiol (CBD) Works for Treating Anxiety
Nearly 111,000 Pennsylvanians have been certified for participation in the state's medical marijuana program.
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Amy Spanger Bio, Wiki, Age, Height, Net Worth, Family, Husband, Actress
Article Updated on July 15, 2021 By Alex Kamau
Amy Spanger Biography
Amy Spanger is an American Broadway actress, dancer, and singer. She has appeared in films such as Reefer Madness (2005), Synecdoche, New York (2008), and Chicago Med (2018)as Pam Barker.
Amy Spanger Age
Amy Spanger is 49 years old, she was born on August 24, 1971, in Newbury, Massachusetts, U.S. She celebrates her birthday every 24th of August. Her birth sign is Virgo.
Amy Spanger Height
Spanger stands at an average height. She appears to be quite tall in stature if her photos, relative to her surroundings, are anything to go by. However, details regarding her actual height and other body measurements are currently not publicly available. We will update this section when the information is available.
Amy Spanger Family
Spanger was born and raised by her parents in Newbury, Massachusetts. Our efforts to find out more about her family came to no avail as no such information is publicly available. Thus, the identity of Amy's parents is still unclear. It is also not known if she has any siblings. We will update this section once this information is available.
Amy Spanger Husband
Amy was initially married to actor Michael C. Hall on May 1, 2002. They separated in 2005 and filed for divorce in 2006. She was later married to Brian Shepard in 2011.
Amy Spanger Net Worth
Spanger's net worth is estimated to be between $1 million and $10 million. This includes her assets, money, and income. Her primary source of income is her career as an actress, dancer, and singer. Through her various sources of income, Amy Spanger has been able to accumulate good fortune but prefers to lead a modest lifestyle.
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Amy Spanger Wiki
Full Names: Amy Spanger
Occupation / Profession: Actress, Dancer, and Singer
Race / Ethnicity: White
Religion: To be updated
Amy Spanger Birthday
Age / How Old?: 49 years old
Zodiac Sign: Virgo
Date of Birth: August 24, 1971
Place of Birth: Newbury, Massachusetts, U.S.
Birthday: 24th of August
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Height / How Tall?: To be updated
Weight: To be updated
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Husband/Spouse: Brian Shepard
Children: To be updated
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Net Worth: $1 million and $10 million
Salary: To be updated
Source of Income: Acting
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Spanger began her career in Broadway in the musical Sunset Boulevard, following a half-year run in the pre-Broadway national tour of Jekyll & Hyde. She played the role of Bianca in the Broadway revival of Kiss Me, Kate. She later played Roxie Hart in the musical Chicago and Hope Cladwell in Urinetown. Amy originated the role of Holly in The Wedding Singer in 2006.
Spanger played the role of Sherrie in the Broadway musical Rock of Ages before she took an extended leave from the production in early June 2009, for vocal rest. She permanently left the production on June 29 for "personal reasons". On television, Amy has appeared on Egg: The Arts Show, Ed, Michael, and Michael Have Issues, Law And Order: SVU, Becker, and Bored to Death.
Frequently Asked Questions About Amy Spanger
Who is Amy Spanger?
Spanger is an American Broadway actress, dancer, and singer. She has appeared in films such as Reefer Madness (2005), Synecdoche, New York (2008), and Chicago Med (2018)as Pam Barker.
How old is Amy Spanger?
Spanger is 49 years old, she was born on August 24, 1971, in Newbury, Massachusetts, U.S. She celebrates her birthday every 24th of August. Her birth sign is Virgo.
How tall is Amy?
Spanger stands at an average height, she has not shared her height with the public. Her height will be listed once we have it from a credible source.
Is Amy Spanger married?
What is Amy Spanger's net worth?
Amy Spanger has an approximate net worth ranging between $1 million and $10 million. This amount has been accrued from her leading roles in the film industry.
Where does Spanger live?
Because of security reasons, Amy has not shared her precise location of residence. We will update this information if we get the location and images of her house.
Is Amy dead or alive?
Spanger is alive and in good health. There have been no reports of her being sick or having any health-related issues.
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The number 13 is bad luck, again, as Microsoft is ending free support for Windows 7 today, the 13th of January. Speaking of bad luck, Microsoft is hoping the end of free support for Windows 7 will speed the transition to Windows 8, which has been rejected by discerning users worldwide. Thankfully for Microsoft, Windows 10 is on the horizon. Windows 10 is slated to be released later this year.
The end of free support also means that no new features will be added, so dont expect any further service packs in the future. Windows 7 sold over 100 million units in the initial six months of availability in 2009, largely due to customer dissatisfaction with the notoriously buggy Vista. Many are speculating that sales of Windows 10 will also be propelled by user distaste with Windows 8. Windows 7 has been truly successful for Microsoft, and it powers roughly half of the world's computers.
Microsoft continues to experience boom/bust cycles, with every other operating system revision appearing to be the one to buy. Microsoft's failed bid to create one operating system for all devices created a confusing environment for the majority of users. With many of the previously successful features reappearing in Windows 10, such as the start button and menus, it should be well received. Microsoft has also been offering the latest operating systems at much more reasonable price points, which should help foster widespread adoption of Windows 10.


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Whole Forest Crafts Wall Tiles Using Emerging Design Strategy to Fight Climate Change
Connecting tropical forest conservation to green construction is a bold new strategy for addressing climate change. Whole Forest, a hardwoods manufacturer specializing in sustainable forestry, offers a range of carbon-negative wood products; from cutting boards to tables to countertops and flooring.
"We saw a big opportunity to reduce carbon emissions in two industries that together release almost half of
all climate emissions," says president and co-founder Peter Pinchot. "Tropical deforestation releases 10%
of carbon emissions. And buildings, through their construction and operations, release another 40% of
global emissions. By preventing deforestation in Ecuador's endangered rainforests, we are maintaining
millions of tons of carbon in healthy forests."
By conserving rainforests in Ecuador — which are under imminent threat of illegal logging and clear
cutting — Whole Forest is not only able to prevent massive emissions of CO2 from entering into the
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"Changing the way communities make a living is one of the primary strategies in stopping deforestation,"
says co-founder and SEO Garrett Siegers. "By working for Whole Forest, members of the local community
are now earning a much higher income and no longer exploit their forestland to make ends meet."
The wall tiles, furniture, countertops, and flooring produced by the company have the carbon value of the
rainforest Whole Forest works to keep intact, making the product truly carbon negative. A Whole Forest
dining table has the power to reduce a person's carbon footprint by 40% for one year; 400 pounds of CO2
are prevented from entering the atmosphere for every square foot of flooring installed.
Whole Forest has partnered with the UN-REDD Programme, the Pinchot Institute of Conservation, the
Fundación de Conservación Jocotoco, the World Land Trust, The US Forest Service, and the Peace Corps
to ensure the current and future wellness of the Ecuadorian Rainforest and tropical rainforests across the
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After the Carson City product received his Bachelors of Science in Psychology. Come to the Brewery Art Center's Black Box Theatre in Carson City on March 16, be sure to wear green and be.
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film profile], presented in the main competition of the Venice Film Festival, French filmmaker Xavier Legrand shows the struggles of a woman trying to break away from a violent husband. After the justice system turns a deaf ear to her pleas, Miriam (Léa Drucker) once again finds herself subjected to Antoine's (Denis Ménochet) outbursts. And so do her children.
Cineuropa: It's hard to imagine your film being any simpler. Why did you decide to keep it that way?
Xavier Legrand: It had to do with the fact that I am dealing with a difficult subject here. It's a story about a man trying to obtain his goal. He does so by constantly manipulating other people – even his own child. When he realises it's pointless, that he can't go back to his wife, he starts losing control. I wanted the narrative structure to be as simple as possible because I wanted to explore all of the nuances.
You don't seem to be interested in the origins of the violence, instead focusing on a brief period of time.
In France, every two-and-a-half days, a woman is killed by her partner. In most cases, violence explodes during the separation or right after, with the children as witnesses. But when these cases are portrayed in the news, they are turned into family spats – not murders. People call them "crimes of passion", where the poor guy was pushed to his limits by unrequited love and so he killed his wife.
When we hear about them, we tend to think that it doesn't concern us. But that's a mistake, because domestic violence can touch anyone. This film is a political act because I wanted to shed light on the fact that violence like that can happen at any time.
Was it difficult to show such events through the eyes of the child?
Thomas [Gioria, playing Miriam's son, Julien] is so talented that it felt like working with a grown-up: he is a natural. He has an intuitive sensibility and immediately understood things that it took me years to figure out. As an actor myself, I know how important it is to rely on your partner and follow his or her cues. When I was writing the screenplay, I wondered how a child actor would be able to play this role. But as soon as the gunshot rang out, and Léa started yelling and crying, he did the same. I was astonished.
In Custody, you reflect on how we can respond to the violence around us, even though sometimes it's easier to close the doors.
Whenever we deal with something private and intimate, which is often the case with domestic violence, we think we don't have the right to intrude. We need to learn to react and to help whenever help is needed. Very often, women who fall victim to violence are in denial. They tell themselves it's ok, that it's normal. We should try to help them not to feel guilty. They have to understand that they don't deserve what's happening to them.
When you were creating the character of Antoine, how did you want to portray him? It would have been so easy to turn him into a monster.
Custody takes on different points of view. I told Denis that Antoine was trying to trick everybody. First he tries to make the judge rule in his favour. He pretends that he is only interested in seeing his child. But once he gets custody, we immediately switch to Julien's perspective and realise that he doesn't care. Antoine wants to use his son to get to his former wife – he is not a good father. Then we look at him through his wife's eyes, and so when he comes up to her and starts crying, saying that he has changed, we don't believe him. Denis had to be convincing in every single one of these moments.
The film goes to different places as well: it starts like a drama only to morph into a thriller.
Again, my idea was to trick the audience because I thought, "Ok, it will start off as a courtroom drama and then it will turn into The Shining" [laughs]. But even though I switch from one genre to another, I wasn't thinking of a specific visual style. I wanted to have this tension triggered by sound and by the repetition of these situations. We see the same things, but they are deformed, in a way. And the spiral of violence intensifies.


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Q: Attach div with display inline block with last word for wrapping is it possible just with pure css to attach last two divs inside span with its last word so it would wrap with the last word? Even when you dynamically resize window?
Here is html :
Some text that will be here

Here is css :
.class1 {
    display: inline-block;
    width: 19px;
    height: 19px;
    margin-left: 5px;
    vertical-align: text-bottom;
    background-image: url(some.png);
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    cursor: pointer;
}
.class2 {
    float: none;
    display: inline-block;
    vertical-align: text-bottom;
    width: 20px;
    height: 20px;
    margin-left: 5px;
    background: url(some2.png) -154px 0px no-repeat;
    cursor: pointer;
}

I want the span to wrap only with the use of last word when i try to resize the window. What happens now is that it first wrap the class2 div, then class1 div and after then it starts to wrap the text. Ive seen many solutions using just display:inline but when i use display:inline on the divs it losts it width so i dont think its a possible solution here. Is there any way with pure css solution to attach those two divs with last word of the text so it wraps together when you resize the window? I cant encapsulate last word with those two divs inside another element like this :
Some text that will be
    here

Because the text is always different length and i dont know before what the last word will be.
Thank you in advance for your responses.
UPDATE
I am writing down some examples of behaviour that i want to accomplish when the window is resizing:
Bad behaviour:

1.)
Some text will be here*div*
*div*
2.)
Some text will be here
*div**div*

Good behaviour:

Some text will be
here*div**div*

A: You can wrap all of the text in a span and then allow line breaks inside that span, but not between it and the divs. You will need to apply that styling to the container span. This works as follows.
Note that I made some very minor changes to your example (changed divs in spans into spans to make the HTML valid, changed image URLs so they resolve to something, minor style changes), but the main idea is the styling of the .wrap and .nowrap elements. The .wrap element is an added element, a span wrapping the text.
I have created a JSFiddle as well, so it is easier to change the viewport size and test the wrapping.

.class1 {
  display: inline-block;
  vertical-align: text-bottom;
  width: 19px;
  height: 19px;
  margin-left: 5px;
  background-image: url('https://placehold.it/19');
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  cursor: pointer;
}

.class2 {
  display: inline-block;
  vertical-align: text-bottom;
  width: 20px;
  height: 20px;
  margin-left: 5px;
  background: url('https://placehold.it/20') no-repeat;
  cursor: pointer;
}

.nowrap {
  white-space: nowrap;
  /* no line breaking */
  font-size: 0;
  /* hide text between text and divs */
}

.wrap {
  white-space: normal;
  /* allow line breaks in span */
  font-size: 1rem;
  /* normal font size */
}

  Some text that will be here


Kso. PALADIN. MAX defense. I go to hilla, and I DIE IN 2 HITS. WHY NEXON? I'm a paladin. Not a MERC. Who the HECK do you think you ARE? I wasn't sure if I was quitting before, but I sure as hell am now, This is the WORST patch I have EVER seen.
They got rid of my i-Frames, so i'm completely broken against 1/1s now.
That's why my friends, I decided to quit. Now follow my step and join DnF.
We've all wanted more challenges, stronger bosses.
What's the complaint all-about, now?
If you die, just get buffed, isn't it?
That's not his point. Paladin is meant to be defensive class, but Nexon fucked them up by removing guard from bosses.


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I uploaded my Mr. Lipsynk guy on spinquad to give thanks for the help everyone gives me and others.
Please help yourselves and let me know what you think.
forgot to show the model, here he is rigged and morphs.


…at least for now – the son will be coming home soon… some dear friends of ours will be bringing home their baby son, Nile, from Africa soon! You can read about their journey here. They had a baby shower and this is what I made for them. The picture is not Nile – it's another African baby I got from a friend's website – but I wanted something in the picture part. I LOVE the name they picked out for their precious little boy. I used my antique hand carved letterpress letters to do his name. I wanted his name to look "watery" and I think it turned out like that. You can click on the pictures to see them larger. We can't wait to meet little Nile, Clay and Tracy!
On another note, I'd like to point out a new feature on my blog. At the top you'll notice I've added new pages where you go see certain groups of paintings together. For instance if you'd like to see all my Africa paintings you can now go to the 'missions' page and scroll through and see all those paintings. You can also click on any of the paintings and it will take you to that post so you can read about the particular painting and see the scripture that goes with it.
I LOVE the mat you did!!! Hint hint: One for each of my kids would be a great Christmas gift! Hint hint!
I'm glad you like it! Do you have any hints of colors? Of course all my art stuff could still be in boxes at Christmas time.


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Delivery Hero eyes more investments, lowers margin guidance
Delivery Hero hikes 2021 outlook on strong Q2 - Copyright Thomson Reuters 2021
By Linda Pasquini
-Delivery Hero is considering notching up its investments beyond the initial plan, as it seeks to ride the first-half momentum to win more market share, the German online food takeaway firm's finance chief said on Thursday.
The Berlin-based group raised its 2021 revenue and gross merchandise volume outlook earlier in the day, but tweaked its forecast for adjusted core operating margin to minus 2%, at the lower end of previous forecast.
Shares in the company were down 3.9% at 0834 GMT.
"The small implied downgrade to consensus EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation) today comes at a difficult time," Jefferies said after the earnings report.
The group returned to its home market Germany earlier this year at a time of a furious boom in rapid delivery there that pits it against startups like Gorillas that are attracting lavish backing from venture capital investors.
With demand for at-home deliveries surging during the pandemic, Delivery Hero has invested extensively both in food delivery and in the so-called quick commerce, which aims to deliver goods in as little as 10 to 15 minutes.
"We are considering to invest a little bit more," Chief Financial Officer Emmanuel Thomassin told reporters. He said the those would be investments in core operations while the 550 million euro full-year investment goal for new markets remained unchanged.
The company, which operates in about 50 countries across Europe, Latin America, Asia, the Middle East and North Africa, now sees revenues in a range of 6.4 billion to 6.7 billion euros ($7.52-$7.87 billion) for the year compared to earlier expectations of 6.1 billion to 6.6 billion euros.
It more than doubled quarterly revenues to 1.55 billion euros, on continued strong demand for its food and rapid delivery services even as pandemic-related restrictions are eased across its markets.
Chief Executive Officer Niklas Oestberg said, however, it would take time before investments in quick delivery began paying off.
"Quick delivery will be a huge part of Delivery Hero. but the margins in groceries are incredible low," Oestberg told Reuters. "In order to make it economical we need to innovate and improve. It is still a long way to go."
When asked earlier about the 5.09% Deliveroo's stake it took earlier this month, Oestberg said it made financial and strategic sense, without elaborating further.
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S5M-17660 Restricted Roads (20 mph Speed Limit) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
The Deputy Presiding Officer (Christine Grahame):
The next item of business is a debate on motion S5M-17660, in the name of Mark Ruskell, on the Restricted Roads (20 mph Speed Limit) (Scotland) Bill.
I rise to speak as someone who signed in support of the proposed bill, but who, having heard the evidence, has come to a disappointing conclusion—it is as disappointing for me as it will be for others.
Let us start with the fundamental thesis, which is a matter on which we will undoubtedly agree. There is European Union research that says that a human-car collision at 20mph has a 10 per cent probability of fatality. At 30mph, the probability of fatality rises to 40 per cent, and at 50mph, the probability is 100 per cent. We can draw the line on a chart: increasing speed in a collision causes deaths.
Those figures are for an adult being hit by a vehicle. I do not have equivalent figures for a child being hit by a vehicle. However, we should not think for a second that the effects would be substantially less severe. I think that we have a shared view—I am sure that Mike Rumbles would agree with this—that speed kills. The question is not so much whether there is a problem waiting to be solved and to which we should turn our attention as how we should solve that problem.
I have some numbers from other research. A 1 per cent increase in speed results in a 4 per cent increase in fatal accidents. The relationship between speed and the outcome of accidents is clear and unambiguous. The work of the committee absolutely recognised that.
We must be careful about what the bill does. There is a danger that we mislead ourselves on that. I confess that I have not looked at the detail of what the Welsh are proposing to do. I heard Mark Ruskell—whose every effort on the bill I utterly commend, without reservation—say that the Welsh are changing the national speed limit. However, the bill before us does not do that—it addresses only restricted roads.
Despite previously having been transport minister, I had never heard of restricted roads or knew what they were—it was not a distinction of which I was aware. Mike Rumbles referred to a restricted road as being a road that is not an A road or a B road and has lampposts no more than 185m apart. That properly covers most of the roads in most of our towns and villages where pedestrians, and young pedestrians in particular, are likely to be found.
John Finnie: I am very grateful to the member for taking a brief intervention. Given what he has just said, does he agree that it is astonishing that people, including the cabinet secretary, say that they do not know the total length of such roads?
Stewart Stevenson: Paragraph 140 of the committee's report notes that the committee heard that
"21 per cent of local authorities have ... identified the roads that they would wish to switch to a 20mph limit and those on which they would retain a 30mph limit. Another 29 per cent say that they have the asset data to allow roads to be identified."—[Official Report, Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee, 6 March 2019; c34.]
There is certainly a lot of ignorance out there about the state of our roads and I accept that that is a driver to do something about it. That is unambiguous. It is disappointing that the percentages are as low as reported at paragraph 140 of the committee report, because ignorance is not a good basis for policy making and action on the ground. I congratulate urban areas, such as Edinburgh, that have invested the time and effort in making the difference.
It is worth reminding ourselves of the evidence we heard that the introduction of a 20mph zone where the limit had previously been 30mph appears to result in only a 1mph reduction in average speeds. However, averages are not the whole story. I have to say that the real problem is what those who break the law do on a 20mph road compared to a 30mph road. I do not think that we took evidence that answered that question, but we probably instinctively believe—I instinctively believe—that someone who is going to break the law will break the law anyway. We should not therefore simply put the question of enforcement to one side.
Jamie Greene: I am listening with careful interest to my committee colleague. He started off by saying that he was a proposer and a proponent of the concept behind the bill. I am interested to learn what was the primary thing that made him change his mind and take the position that he now takes. It would be helpful to know that.
Stewart Stevenson: I was just about to come to that. It is a perfectly proper question that I should be asked, given my starting and ending points in the debate. It is also worth saying, in the interests of balance, that political colleagues who will speak from the SNP benches will give different views of the subject.
Ultimately, I was driven by the evidence to the conclusion that the bill is not the most straightforward way of achieving the objectives that it sets for itself. It might be easier to do that by changing the speed limit.
First, many villages have streets that do not have street lighting so, strictly speaking, they are not caught by the restricted road requirement. Mr Chapman and I could probably identify one or two.
Mark Ruskell: Will the member give way?
Stewart Stevenson: Yes.
The Deputy Presiding Officer (Linda Fabiani): The member is in his final minute.
Stewart Stevenson: I am sorry; I wanted to be helpful to Mr Ruskell.
Equally, many A or B roads go through many towns or villages and it would be appropriate to consider them for a 20mph limit.
The bill is a worthy attempt to address the issue, but it falls short in terms of capability of implementation and cost of implementation. I went through a little village close to me recently, and I counted that it would need 80 signs.
We must not take the pressure off the Government and the cabinet secretary to find a way forward, but I am not persuaded by the evidence that the bill is the way forward. I say that with grave disappointment, because I support the member's objectives.
S5M-16487 Housing Co-operatives
The Deputy Presiding Officer (Christine Grahame): The final item of business is a members' business debate on motion S5M-16487, in the name of Johann Lamont, on a new report calling for more housing co-operatives in Scotland. The debate will be concluded without any question being put.
That the Parliament welcomes the publication of the Co-operatives UK report, Shared space—how Scottish housing co-ops build communities; notes that the report identifies significant benefits delivered by co-ops through the key themes of affordability, empowerment, community and stronger social housing; recognises that the report states that Scotland has just 11 registered housing co-ops, compared to 685 across the UK, at a time when 150,000 people are on council house waiting lists; agrees with the report's findings that the decline of social housing stock in Scotland and parallel rise of the private rented sector has created a major challenge for those looking for affordable homes in the social rented sector; understands that the report highlights the excellent work of West Whitlawburn Housing Co-op, based in the Glasgow region, as an example of a housing co-op creating "a safer estate with warmer, more attractive homes"; notes that the report has recommended an eight-point policy plan to help deliver more housing co-ops, and notes calls for the Scottish Government to encourage more housing co-ops in Scotland in order to create safer and stronger communities that offer affordable rents and more power to tenants.
I congratulate Johann Lamont on securing the debate. Unusually—because these are not words that I often say—I also congratulate James Kelly, who I see is the author of the foreword to the report. The report is excellent, and it is a considerable credit to Parliament that a cross-party group can produce such a substantial contribution to a very important debate.
Johann Lamont referred to the imbalance between the number of housing co-ops in Scotland and the number south of the border. I am never afraid to pick up good ideas from wherever they come, including from south of the border, so I immediately turned to section 08 of the report to look at what it says. In my brief speech, I will not explore it in any great detail, but there are a considerable number of things to say.
The co-operative movement in housing is an important part of creating housing for people across Scotland. It can contribute a great deal to filling the gap that Scotland has suffered from—as the rest of the UK has—since the right to buy was introduced in 1980, which resulted in 2.6 million houses across the UK being sold out of public housing stock. Co-operative housing associations can play their substantial part in creating housing for people who otherwise find it difficult to get housing outside the private sector, in which housing is often very expensive and is not always of good quality, and in providing the living space that is essential for people who want a good standard of life.
Rent prices are going up, and people are being encouraged to invest in buy-to-let properties. The primary focus with such properties is the landlord's interest in making a profit. In co-operative housing, the people who live in it are at the centre of decision making. That is right and proper, and it unlocks the potential of many people who have, in too much of their lives, little opportunity for their voices to influence the important things in their lives. Co-operatives in general, and housing co-operatives specifically, can make a particular difference to people's quality of life. It is a neighbourly and collaborative way of making decisions that can encourage social bonds and collective responsibility, which strengthens society as a whole. When people in co-operative housing collectively decide what their priorities are for their area, the whole area gets something that is an example right across communities.
I was particularly interested in the example of West Whitlawburn Housing Co-operative, which has been mentioned. Its work extends far beyond provision of housing. Johann Lamont referred to power bills being frozen, which comes from addressing fuel poverty—which has, of course, been before us in Parliament this week.
There is a challenge for young people, in particular. The number of young people who live in rented accommodation has risen and is higher than it was in my generation and in others that followed. It is important that we strike the appropriate balance between privately owned and social housing. Co-operatives can play a very important part in that strategy.
I think that Johann Lamont and I were both members of the Communities Committee—she was the convener and I was a humble back-bench member. I remember that time occasionally, with fondness. I remember her robust engagement on issues that came before the committee: she has always done that. I congratulate her again on bringing an important topic to Parliament and giving us the opportunity to discuss it. I also congratulate all the co-operatives and their members.
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The Osaka Air Track is a development pioneered by the Tokyu Fudosan Holdings Group where a 300m running track has been suspended above and built as an integral part of their new Q Mall!
The explosion of health is so hot right now! Betterment is a macro trend, Athleisure is killing it on the runway, lycra is trendy and every corner now has a juice bar on it!
At the same time, you have the overwhelming success on malls over the high street. Convenient shopping destinations that offer most aspects of modern day, social life within a huge expanse of urban space.
So it was only a matter of time that the two worlds would collide. But how and where?
With the announcement that Toyko has been named the number 1 city for Quality of Life by Monocle, its no surprise that this collision has happened first in Japan. The Osaka Air Track is a development pioneered by the Tokyu Fudosan Holdings Group where a 300m running track has been suspended above and built as an integral part of their new Q Mall!
And oh my, how they have smashed it in every sense!
Opened in April 2015, the project was a result of the property group working with local residents to understand the needs of the local area. The outcome is a mall with Sports & Fitness at its core. Macro trend No.2; Local Love, tick! Love the neighbour, include them in the process and they will come.
And this isn't it. Oh no; Futsal courts, climbing wall, fitness centre, swimming pool, all necessary facilities and of course a plethora of retail stores to support this way of life.
The track itself is the main attraction and visually puts the mall on the map, quite literally: the green astroturf standing out beautifully against the surrounding cityscape. Whether you're in the walking lane pushing a buggy or putting in your PB, the track welcomes all and encourages quality of life with the convenience of everything else the mall offers all in one place.
At TYC we often talk about the trend of Status Stories, and how experiences are starting to hold court more so than material objects in social circles. What more of a story could a mall hope for than this? Its uniqueness gives it visitors a wealth of experiences that don't just involve stores taking their hard earned cash.
Sure, UK malls have the odd gym and health food store, but is this something we should be considering? Consider that 67% of men and 57% of women in the UK are over weight, could malls have a major part to play to help improve the health of the UK public?
With major new developments on the horizon at Croydon and Brent Cross, perhaps these could be the first UK malls to embrace health at its core. After all, The Wellthy consumer is using peak physical and mental health as their status symbol and what a better way for malls to become central to that status.
Times are a changing. Time to get fit.
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