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Kylie Jenner is doing video on lip filler journey
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Kylie Jenner is doing a video on her "whole lip filler journey."
The 'Keeping Up With the Kardashians' star has been having injections to plump her pout since she was 16 years old but, since falling pregnant with her little girl Stormi, now seven months, last year, she's decided to embrace her natural features.
And, although she's been the busiest she's "ever been" recently, she editing a YouTube video on how and why she got her lips done at such a young age.
She tweeted: "The vlog is just a whole mess & I've been the busiest I've everrrr been. I'm editing myself. It's about my whole lip filler journey. I hope it comes out soon. (sic)"
It's believed Kylie decided to embrace her natural look because she didn't want her daughter Stormi to grow up thinking she has to alter her appearance.
A source said recently: "She's more conscious of herself now more than ever. During Kylie's pregnancy, she wasn't getting her usual fillers or putting on much makeup. Kylie really fell in love with the natural look, and wanted more of that, so she decided to stop putting filler in her lips.
"Despite the fact that Kylie is a master of branding and has made an almost billion-dollar business off her lips and cosmetics, once Stormi was born, Kylie realised she was a mother first, and that is a big reason she has been sporting the more natural look. Kylie is a master of branding, and she plays with the concept of mother -- the more natural look -- and her Kylie Cosmetics look, full glam."
Kylie admitted that she first became insecure about her lips when she was just 15, after a boy she kissed commented on the size of her pout.
The make-up mogul said: "I had really small lips, and it was, like, one of my first kisses, and a guy was like, 'I didn't think you'd be a good kisser because you have such small lips'. It just really affected me. I didn't feel desirable or pretty."


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News in Brief March 2017
Great Repeal Bill
The Great Repeal Bill comes a day after the triggering of Article 50, starting the process which will officially take Britain out of the EU in March 2019. In a statement to parliament, David Davis said the repeal bill would allow businesses to continue operating after the UK leaves the EU "knowing the rules have not changed overnight".
He said it would also mean that workers' rights, environmental protection and consumer rights currently enshrined in EU laws would continue as UK laws - although Parliament would be free to change them later. Business group the CBI welcomed the "clarity and continuity" of the repeal bill and said it would speak to ministers after Brexit about cutting EU red tape. For unions, the TUC called for guarantees that workers' rights such as full holiday pay and equal pay for women will be protected.
Campaigners and lawyers have raised concerns about the precedent, practicalities and purpose of a bill described as "one of the largest legislative projects ever undertaken".
MPs calling for increased maternity rights
MPs have signed a letter to the minister for women and equalities, arguing that "as long as women continue to take disproportionate responsibility for the care of children, the gender pay gap will persist". In December, the CIPD found just five per cent of new fathers and eight per cent of new mothers had opted to take shared parental leave since it was introduced in April 2015.
They are recommending a statutory entitlement to three months of non-transferable paid parental leave for fathers or second parents, at the same rate as maternity pay."
TUC general secretary Frances O'Grady said, "The UK is in the relegation zone when it comes to decently paid maternity leave. Many European countries offer decent support to new mums . . . My advice to all new mums is to join a union. It is the best way to improve your pay and conditions."
Hammond was right to raise tax for self-employed, inquiry to report
The Chancellor was correct to announce a tax increase on the self-employed before dramatically withdrawing it from his main budget pledge, an independent inquiry into modern employment practices is likely to conclude. The Chancellor faced controversy after he announced that the National Insurance rate for the self-employed would increase raising about £2bn more for the government by 2022.
Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the RSA, who is leading the review, told MPs that he supported Philip Hammond's budget announcement and would look to go further by recommending a levelling of the taxation between different classes of workers.
At the Commons work and pensions committee, Taylor said, "It is likely that two of the strategic shifts we will advocate [in the final report due in June] is that over time we will need to move towards a more consistent way of taxing labour." He said that over a period of years "we need to get to a position where it doesn't really matter how you are employed, the system treats you in a very similar kind of way."
Taylor added, the moves would take time and that short- to medium-term tax changes would also be required in order to protect the public purse.
Published: 30th March, 2017
Updated: 6th February, 2018
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Managing the return to workplaces
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Psychological ownership - insights from health and social care
Dr Aaron Gain writes about his research about the concept of psychological ownership in a health and social care setting. He argues that 'Building Back Better' requires us to understand 'ownership' at work in more complex ways and better recognise its links to authentic participation.
A quarter of UK unaware of legislative obligations when making redundancies
An extraordinary study published in People Management has revealed that a quarter of firms in the UK aren't aware of their legal obligations when it comes to redundancy consultations. IPA's Derek Luckhurst explores this problem and what it means for workers and employers at this difficult economic moment.
The Impact of Lockdown on Young People during the Covid-19 Outbreak
The impact of COVID-19 on the job markets has affected people of all demographics, but the economic and psychological impacts on young people in particular are often overlooked. Yasmine Modeste, a recent graduate from the University of Kent, offers her perspective as a recent entrant to the job market on how this year has affected people like her.
Employee voice exists, whether you recognise it or not. The only question is – "are you listening?" The benefits of employee voice for organisations are explained and alternative forms of voice structures explored in this article, which also includes a look at what makes a system of employee voice effective.
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To coincide with the government's response to the Taylor Review, the IPA have produced a report which draws together 16 expert perspectives on what Good Work means in modern Britain, why it is important and how to bring it about.
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The real impact of the EU on UK employment law
The UK is set to have a referendum on 23 June on whether or not to remain a member of the European Union. In this article, Rachel Suff, Public Policy Advisor at CIPD discusses how 'the world of work might be affected' if the UK voted not to remain in the EU. She highlights that a large part of the UK employment law is derived from the EU and that a vote to leave the EU could allow the review or repeal of legislation that came out of EU directives.
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Dover woman allegedly kicked cop in the crotch
A Dover Township woman was charged after police say she kicked an officer in the crotch, documents state.
Dover woman allegedly kicked cop in the crotch A Dover Township woman was charged after police say she kicked an officer in the crotch, documents state. Check out this story on yorkdispatch.com: https://www.yorkdispatch.com/story/news/2017/03/17/dover-woman-allegedly-kicked-cop-crotch/99282140/
Christopher Dornblaser, 505-5436/@YDDornblaser Published 12:18 a.m. ET March 17, 2017 | Updated 9:48 a.m. ET March 21, 2017
Taylor Grim(Photo: Submitted)
A Dover Township woman allegedly kicked an officer in the crotch earlier this week, police said.
Police say Taylor Grim, 20, hit two parked cars and drove off.
When Grim was found, she became combative with police after an officer went into her car, documents state.
She remains in York County Prison in lieu of $50,000 bail.
Taylor Nicole Grim, 20, of 2140 Andover Road, allegedly drove off after hitting a car in York City, police said. When officers later found her and looked in her car in West Manchester Township, she kicked and punched an officer and became "combative," according to court documents.
York City Police charged Grim with three counts of aggravated assault and one count of criminal mischief, among other charges, documents state.
Allegations: Shortly after midnight on March 12, a York City officer was flagged down in front of 336 S. Queen St. A woman there told police that a maroon SUV had just hit two parked cars and fled south on South Queen Street, police said.
Damage could be seen on the two vehicles, a Mitsubishi sedan and a Buick SUV.
The officer initially was unable to find the striking vehicle, but he was able to find a piece of its bumper and a black fog-light housing, documents state.
At 1:45 a.m., York County 911 received a call to check the welfare of someone in a car in the parking lot of Lowe's in Delco Plaza, in West Manchester Township. An officer from West Manchester Township Police responded and found that the vehicle matched the description of the car that had hit the two parked ones, according to police.
About 30 minutes later, the York City officer who responded to the initial crash showed up at Delco Plaza, police said.
Delco Plaza: The vehicle in the lot had damage to the passenger-side front bumper and had left the matching piece of bumper at the scene, charging documents allege.
The fog light left at the scene matched the one left on the vehicle, police said.
The driver of the vehicle, identified as Grim, was seated in the back of a West Manchester Township Police car, not handcuffed, documents state. Grim told police that someone had hit her vehicle while she was driving, according to police.
The York City officer told Grim that her car had been involved in a hit-and-run in the city, documents state. Police say the officer got into her car and found an expired insurance and registration card. Grim then rolled down the window of the patrol car she was in and started yelling at officers for checking her car, police said.
The York City officer had gone to his car to fill out an accident report when he saw Grim trying to open the rear door of the patrol car through the open window, documents state.
The West Manchester officer asked her to step out of the car, and she refused, police said.
"(The officer) tried to get her out of the vehicle, then Grim became violently combative, kicking (the officer) in the testicles and punching him," charging documents state.
Several police officers from West Manchester attempted to restrain Grim as she kicked and fought, police said.
The York City officer exited his car and placed Grim's left leg behind her right knee and pulled her right leg toward her body to prevent her from kicking again, documents state.
The West Manchester officer took Grim to central booking, where she continued to be "angry and combative," police said. Sheriff's deputies at central booking had to place her in a restraint chair, charging documents allege.
During attempts to restrain her, she kicked another officer in the chest three times and in the arm once, police said.
Grim was arraigned on the charges that morning, and she was remanded to York County Prison in lieu of $50,000 bail and remained there Friday. She does not have an attorney listed.
Grim's preliminary hearing is scheduled for 9 a.m. March 24 at District Judge Ronald J. Haskell Jr.'s office.
— Reach Christopher Dornblaser at cdornblaser@yorkdispatch.com or on Twitter at @YDDornblaser.
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Samt und Seide ist eine für das ZDF produzierte Fernsehserie, die von Januar 2000 bis Februar 2005 im Vorabendprogramm des ZDF ausgestrahlt wurde.

Handlung
In Samt und Seide geht es um die Firma Friedrich Althofer Textilwerke, ein Augsburger Textilunternehmen mit finanziellen Schwierigkeiten, weil es den Anschluss an neue Zeiten verpasst hat. Die Firma soll liquidiert werden. Dazu wird der Frankfurter Dipl.-Volkswirt Florian Unger (Michael von Au) von den Kreditgebern, deren Vertreter Dr. Dieter Lausitz (Andreas Wimberger) ist, nach Augsburg geschickt, um sich vor Ort ein Bild zu machen. Die Firma steht im Eigentum des Seniorchefs Wilhelm Althofer (Charles Brauer), seiner geschiedenen Frau Hedda Offenbach (Diana Körner) sowie seiner gemeinsamen Kinder mit Hedda, Roland Althofer (Marcus Mittermeier), Felix Althofer (Stephan Ullrich) und  Cornelia Althofer (Elisabeth Lanz).

Am selben Tag wie Florian Unger hat die junge Modedesignerin Lena Czerni (Christina Rainer) ihren ersten Arbeitstag. Bei ihr handelt es sich um eine nichteheliche Tochter des Firmengründers Wilhelm Althofer. Gemeinsam mit Florian Unger, Wilhelm Althofer und Cornelia Althofer gelingt es schließlich, die Firma vor dem Konkurs zu retten. Cornelia und Florian heiraten schließlich, obwohl Florian auch in Lena verliebt ist.

Wilhelm Althofer zieht sich schließlich aus der Firma zurück und entdeckt seine Liebe zu Rosa Czerni (Mona Seefried) neu.  Bei Rosa wird aber schon nach kurzer Zeit eine Krebserkrankung diagnostiziert, woraufhin sie sich das Leben nimmt. Florian Unger kommt am Ende der ersten Staffel bei einem Autounfall ums Leben. Nach seinem Tod kommt seine langjährige Sekretärin Waltraud Michel (Katerina Jacob) nach Augsburg, um den Tod von Florian aufzuklären.

Lena Czerni gründet schließlich in der zweiten Staffel die Tochterfirma Fashion Factory, während die Stammfirma weiterhin finanzielle Probleme hat. Ihre Assistentin wird Waltraud Michel. Auch ein neuer Mann tritt in ihr Leben, der Fotograf Chris Gellert. Daneben übernimmt sie auch das Sorgerecht für Klein-Florian, nachdem auch ihre Halbschwester Cornelia und deren zweiter Mann Andreas Straubinger (Jens Schäfer) bei einem Flugzeugabsturz ums Leben kommen. Und auch die Beziehung zu Chris steht, nachdem Chris aus Tibet zurückgekehrt ist, unter keinem guten Stern.
Insbesondere der ältere Halbbruder Roland Althofer versucht Lenas Erfolge zu behindern. Seine Ehe mit Birgit Meyerbeer (Kathrin Spielvogel) scheitert. Er heiratet schließlich die Stripperin Silke Richter (Mareike Fell). Die Firma Althofer wird unterdessen von Dr. Wilfried  Holzknecht (László I. Kish) als kaufmännischem Geschäftsführer geleitet. Dieser wurde von August Meyerbeer (Hans Korte) eingesetzt, der durch die Heirat mit Hedda (Diana Körner) seinen Einfluss in der Firma gesteigert hat.
Lena und Birgits Freundschaft erleidet einen tiefen Riss, als sich Birgit in Lena verliebt.

In der vierten Staffel kommen Roland, der sich von Silke getrennt hat, und Birgit wieder zusammen. Es kommt aber zu keiner erneuten Heirat. Lena verliebt sich in den Bankier Römer (Siemen Rühaak) und verlässt das Unternehmen. Hierum kümmert sich jetzt vorwiegend der Chefdesigner Daniel Kruse (Martin Armknecht), der jedoch hiermit überfordert ist.

In der fünften Staffel übernimmt der aus Südafrika kommende Stefan Gronewoldt (Tim Williams) die Aktienmehrheit bei der Firma Althofer, die nun ACF heißt. Er verhindert eine feindliche Übernahme durch seine Schwester Katharina van der Looh (Karin Giegerich) und verliebt sich in Lena, die er schließlich heiratet.

Drehorte
 Fabrikgebäude der Firma Ackermann (Nähgarne) in der Fabrikstraße im Stadtteil Göggingen, zum großen Teil zwischenzeitlich abgerissen und durch Wohnbebauung ersetzt. Lediglich die "Villa" sowie der Spinnereihochbau existieren noch.
 Ein Wohnhaus in der Richard-Wagner-Straße in Göggingen
 Portal der MAN in der Stadtbachstraße. (Cape-I-Tron)
 Büros der Deutschen Rentenversicherung in der Dieselstraße im Stadtteil Oberhausen. (Cape-I-Tron)
 Ein Hotelzimmer des Dorint Hotels im Hotelturm, Imhofstraße.
 Ankunftsbereich und Außenanlagen des Augsburg Airports
 Der Goldene Saal im Augsburger Rathaus
 Ein Bauernhof in Stettenhofen bei Augsburg
 Spinnerei und Weberei Momm in Kaufbeuren
 In der Augsburger Alpenstraße war eine Privatwohnung als Drehort angemietet.
 In der Straße Mittlerer Lech in der Augsburger Altstadt wurde ein leerstehender Laden während der Dreharbeiten zum Modegeschäft.

Titelsongs
Der Titelsong der ersten Staffel war Crash And Burn der australischen Band Savage Garden. Er wurde in der zweiten Staffel durch Forever and Ever von Michael Hofmann de Boer ersetzt. Sängerin war die Münchener Musikerin Danah.

Episoden

DVD
In Deutschland wurden die fünf Staffeln nach langer Wartezeit und verschiedenen Vorankündigungen zu folgenden Terminen veröffentlicht:
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| Erste Staffel || Folge 01–13 || 19. Februar 2010
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| Erste Staffel || Folge 14–26 || 2. April 2010
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| Zweite Staffel || Folge 01–13 || 11. Juni 2010
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| Zweite Staffel || Folge 14–26 || 27. August 2010
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| Dritte Staffel || Folge 01–12 || 29. Oktober 2010
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| Dritte Staffel || Folge 13–24 || 18. Februar 2011
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| Vierte Staffel || Folge 01–18 || 13. Mai 2011
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| Fünfte Staffel || Folge 01–20 || 16. September 2011
|}

Weblinks

 Samt und Seide Fanseite sus-info.de
 Samt und Seide Daten zur Serie bei fernsehserien.de

Einzelnachweise

Fernsehserie (ZDF)
Fernsehen (Augsburg)
Fernsehserie der 2000er Jahre

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Black + Decker's $300 Bev sucks up a Keurig-shaped hole in the robot bartender's space
What if your Keurig serves alcoholic beverages instead of coffee? Well, Keurig actually created such a gadget — a $300 cocktail-making pod machine called the Drinkworks Home Bar that turned disposable capsules into cold drinks. Only Keurig and Anheuser-Busch mysteriously shut down that venture just three weeks ago, going so far as to appoint a settlement administrator to offer refunds. Which leaves a perfect space in the market for a competitor to step in: the upholsterer's Black & Decker, power tools and small kitchen appliances.
The $300 Black + Decker Bev comes this spring with what may be the most practical (and ugly) take on the robot bartender yet. Unlike any competitor I could find on the web, it's literally looks like a low-end Keurig, only with five stainless steel straws to suck the alcohol from five standard 750ml liquor bottles of your choice. No need for custom bottles, no need to turn the bottles upside down and potentially make a mess.
You load it up with tequila, rum, vodka, gin and whiskey bottles, fill the water tank, pop in a pod of the juices and bitters, and press a button that corresponds to the desired strength of your drink. Then an internal pump draws out digitally measured amounts of each liquid, uses pressure to push them into the capsule and mix, valves divert excess liquid back to each pristine bottle, the drink is poured into your glass and the entire system flushes the pipes with air and water to clean itself. The company says the entire process takes less than 30 seconds. (The capsules also have something akin to Keurig-esque DRM: the machine scans a base barcode to identify the capsule.)
As with Keurig's venture, Stanley Black & Decker (which also owns DeWalt, Craftsman, and Porter-Cable) isn't doing it alone: It partners with Bartesian and uses that company's existing pods (which cost $15 for a pack of six, each good for a drink). Interestingly, the Bev is $50 cheaper than Bartesian's current machine. Stanley Ventures also invested in Bartesian last year, and Black+Decker spokesperson Brooke Withers confirms that the company is "working with Bartesian to explore options to bring the craft cocktail experience at home to other markets around the world."
Newgadgets.de got a very quick look at the Bev on the CES 2022 show floor, and you can check it out embedded below.
In case you're wondering, no, the Bev doesn't have a Bluetooth or Wi-Fi remote, but the company says it has a "party mode" with LEDs to light up the bottles.
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Third mass screening underway in Phuentsholing
The results of the mass screening will help to decide whether to reopen the town from the current lockdown
The results from the third mass screening in Phuentsholing, which began on June 10 and scheduled for completion on June 18, would decide whether to lift the third lockdown in the border town.
In the previous two mass screenings, only one individual from a household was tested. However, in the third mass screening, all individuals who are above the age of five will be tested.
The third mass screening began on Thursday and Friday for Mega Zone 3, which includes Pasakha and Ahlay-Pekarzhing areas.
For Mega Zone 1, Amochu-Chamkuna, Dhamdara-Kabraytar and Core 2 areas will be tested from June 12-15.
On June 16-18, Mega Zone 2 which includes Core 1, Core 3, Core 4 and Rinchending zone will be tested.
However, the residents living in identified red buildings and children under five years of age will not be tested.
While the third mass screening began, the three mega zones had to bear with some new rules during the mass screening. The zones which fall under mass screening in the respective time period were under complete lockdown and all the imports and exports were suspended.
Similarly, home deliveries of essential items were suspended during the mass screening time period in the respective mega zones. Transportation via Sorchen switching station was also suspended.
Further, during the mass screening, the Mini Dry Port (MDP) and truck parking which falls under Mega Zone 2 will be closed during June 16-18. The Ahlay Land Customs Station was closed during the mass screening on June 10-11, which falls under Mega Zone 3.
The Southern Covid-19 Taskforce has made it clear that the decision to relax the lockdown shall be based on the results of the mass testing in the respective Mega-Zones. If cases are detected from more than one in Mega Zone, based on the assessment of the nature of cases, a complete lockdown for two weeks will be implemented across Phuentsholing.
During the day of the mass testing, operation of agencies or the companies which are approved to function in self-containment mode were allowed. Imports and transportation of Petroleum, Oil and Lubricants (POL) products were allowed.
Moreover, individuals who have completed quarantine facility were allowed to travel and services like ensuring uninterrupted drinking water supply and electricity were also allowed.
Meanwhile, residents in Phuentsholing are eagerly waiting for the results of the tests which could decide the reopening of the town, which has been in a lockdown for nearly two months now.
A town resident, Sonam Dorji said to reopen the lockdown everyone should come forward and not skip the test. "Looking at the positive cases, I think people were hiding instead of coming out for mass testing in the two previous screenings."
"Hopefully, everyone will come out this time for the mass screening," he added.
Another resident, Tashi Dorji said, "Me and my family have done testing on Thursday and hopefully every resident of Phuentsholing will come forward as well."
He said it is in the hand of the residents as well to see the fate of the town reopening from the current lockdown.
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Exercise Joint Warrior JW 17:2
Twice a year the UK hosts Exercise Joint Warrior which is designed to enable the armed forces of participating countries to practice procedures and operate as a multi-national coalition. The event incorporates a wide variety of training scenarios which differ each time but may include aerial anti-shipping strikes, small boat attacks, mine countermeasures tactics, boarding operations, large-scale amphibious assaults, air-ground strikes, aerial defence and anti-submarine warfare.
In years gone by, most of the aircraft involved in Joint Warrior operated from RAF Lossiemouth, Kinloss and Leuchars but following the closure of Kinloss in 2012, and then Leuchars transferring from the RAF to the Army, Prestwick Airport has been adopted as a temporary base for Royal Navy Hawk T.1s of 763 Naval Air Squadron (NAS) and Dassault Falcons of Cobham Aviation Services. Although the Cobham jets are civilian, they work closely with the MOD and play a major role in proceedings. They are equipped with onboard systems and special electronic warfare mission pods for radar and communications jamming, threat simulation and electronic surveillance. The Falcons also act as hostile airborne targets for the warships by running in at low-level to simulate a sea skimming missile, or 'launch' simulated missiles electronically which the navy can track and respond to with their defensive systems.
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The second of this year`s Joint Warrior military exercises, JW172, took place between 30th September and 12th October 2017 and comprised of a programme of training scenarios conducted by land forces, warships, submarines and aircraft across the UK. The maritime element was focused in the offshore and coastal waters to the northeast, north and north west of Scotland, plus the Irish Sea between the Isle of Man and Ireland.
Planned and coordinated by Northwood staff the exercise is facilitated through Faslane which is used as the Headquarters for the duration. Much of the activity occurs well offshore but as usual, a number of participating warships visited the Clyde during the week leading up to the start of the event conveniently providing a close-up view of vessels otherwise rarely seen in UK waters.
Unfortunately, continuing the trend this summer, the weather was mostly poor, particularly on Sunday 1 October when most of the warships headed out to sea in driving rain and at best, moderate visibility.
The first of this year`s exercises (JW 171) ran from 26 March to 6 April 2017 but it seems that there will only be one Joint Warrior next year, unusual as Joint Warrior is traditionally a bi-annual event.
In October of last year, during the second of 2016's Joint Warriors, the first `Unmanned Warrior` ran in conjunction. This enabled the Royal Navy and other participating armed forces to test more than 50 vehicles, sensors and systems on or deployed from naval platforms, both on the surface and underwater as well as in the air. It was NATO`s first major training exercise using such equipment.
Joint Warrior 17:1 incorporated `Information Warrior`, an Artificial Intelligence (AI) based simulation designed to test the ability of warships and submarines to protect themselves against cyber attacks targeted at vessels' combat systems, communications, power and propulsion control systems.
Joint Warrior 17:2 involved naval units from the UK, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Italy, Latvia, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, and the USA. Military air crews flew from RAF Lossiemouth in Moray and HMS Gannet at Prestwick in Ayrshire with live firing exercises conducted at a range off Cape Wrath in Sutherland. First to arrive at Glasgow on Tuesday 26 September prior to the start of proceedings was Spanish Navy Frigate Álvaro de Bazán (F101) (above) which I snapped as she passed Newshot Island at Erskine on a hazy afternoon. HMS Somerset (F82) berthed at Faslane a couple of hours later.
LVNS Virsaitis (A53) of the Latvian Navy passes Dumbarton Castle en route to Glasgow.
This horse in a field above Bishopton was paying a great deal of attention to the warships heading up the Clyde on Thursday 28 September and I suspect that rather than being a real animal, it may actually be a cunningly disguised Russian spy!
Although I missed out on photographing some of the vessels involved in the exercise these are mentioned in their respective national sections below.
Three Type 23 Duke-class Frigates took part in this Joint Warrior including HMS Argll (F231) seen here at Garelochhead Jetty North on the morning of Sunday 1 October, preparing to get underway. HMS Somerset (F82) was also at Faslane, while HMS St Albans (F83) berthed at Glasgow`s KGV Dock before the exercise began. I missed the latter vessel`s arrival, plus she headed out to sea during the hours of darkness several days later, so no shots on this occasion. RFA Wave Knight (A389) called in at the Loch Striven jetty on 19 September and is thought to have been involved although she remained far out at sea throughout.
HMS Ramsey (M110).
HMS Hurworth (M39).
HMS Brocklesby (M33).
Three Royal Navy Mine Countermeasures Vessels (MCMVs) left Faslane early on Sunday 1 October to check the exit route and provide security for the departure of the larger JW vessels berthed at HMNB Clyde. The RN MCMVs were HMS Ramsey (M110), a Sandown-class Minehunter, HMS Hurworth (M39) and HMS Brocklesby (M33), the latter pair Hunt-class.
HMS Tracker (P274) is an Archer-class (P2000) Patrol and Training Vessel currently based at HMNB Clyde.
Duke-class HMS Argyll (F231) inbound for Faslane on Friday 29 September 2017.
In early October, as Joint Warrior was in full-swing, the BBC's Newsnight reported that two amphibious assault ships and the Royal Navy's fleet of 28 Wildcat HMA2 helicopters could be axed in yet another defence cost-saving exercise. It has already been decided to dispose of two MCMV vessels earlier than planned and reduce the strength of the Royal Marines by 200, while at the same time ending much of the Marines' battlefield training in the US, Norway, Canada and Kenya.
Navy chiefs have suggested that the landing assault ships HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark (pictured left on her last visit to Glasgow in April 2016) be disposed off in a mini defence review aimed to address a £20 billion to £30 billion hole in the budget over the next decade. HMS Ocean (L12), the helicopter carrier and Flagship, which is currently leading the UK's hurricane relief efforts in the Caribbean, is already scheduled for retirement next year.
A senior Royal Marines officer blamed the introduction of the new £6.2 billion aircraft carriers HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales for the actual and proposed reductions. Although the carriers, which can take Chinook helicopters, are able to conduct littoral operations with marines, they are unable to launch landing craft from a rear bay, an advantage of both Bulwark and Albion. If the Wildcats also go it would leave the Fleet Air Arm with just its larger Merlins, certainly reducing maintenance costs but, say sources, harming its ability to support the fleet.
Meanwhile, on the Upper Clyde at Scotstoun, work on HMS Forth (P222) (above) and HMS Medway (P223) (right & below) continues. The third in the trio of new Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs), HMS Trent is being constructed in the sheds upriver at Govan. These 90 metre-long vessels are based on a proven BAE Systems design which is already in service with the Brazilian Navy and Royal Thai Navy but BAE engineers have modified the design to ensure it meets the requirements of the Royal Navy. The patrol ships will provide accommodation for 60 personnel, including a crew of 34. An additional 50 embarked troops or passengers can also be carried. The flight deck at the aft has been upgraded to operate the latest Merlin helicopters and the vessels, with a range of 5,000 nautical miles and a maximum speed of 24 knots, will be equipped with two Pacific 24 rigid inflatable boats (RIBs).
HMS Forth (P222) is pictured below returning to BAE at Scotstoun on Sunday 3 September 2017 after her first set of Sea Trials. It`s expected that the vessel will be delivered to the Royal Navy later this year when it will officially become `HMS` upon commission.
On 9 October 2017, just a few days before JW172 drew to a close, BAE Systems announced its intention to cut almost 2,000 jobs in military, maritime and intelligence services with the axe mainly falling in the firm's aviation sector. BAE is facing a gap in orders for the Eurofighter Typhoon so this measure is intended to slow production before an expected order from Qatar is finalised. The workforce at Warton and Samlesbury in Lancashire, Brough, East Yorkshire, plus RAF Marham and RAF Leeming will be drastically reduced. In addition, 340 maritime jobs will be lost in Portsmouth and the Solent region and at a further 180 locations elsewhere including London and Guildford.
In the weeks leading up to the start of JW it wasn`t only Prestwick that saw an interesting mix of military traffic. The following aircraft called in at Glasgow International with some likely to have been connected with the exercise: Royal Navy EH101 Merlin HM.1 ZH826 (f/v), call-sign `Senator 501`appeared on 1 September. Boeing CH-47D Chinook HC.3s ZH903 (f/v) call-sign `Ultimate Two`and ZH895/HJ `Ultimate One` both landed as `Ultimate flight` at 1525 hrs on Tuesday 5 September and remained on the ground for about an hour.
French Navy Embraer EMB 121 Xingu 85, call-sign `French Navy 1953` landed just before 20:00hrs on Thursday 6 September and night-stopped.
The Xingu (pronounced `Shingoo`) is a product of the Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer, who named the aircraft after one of the country`s major rivers, which, after flowing for almost 2,000km connects with the Amazon River at the head of the Amazon delta. The French Navy use this version as a utility aircraft.
On Monday 25th, Royal Navy EH101 Merlin HM.1 ZH826 / CU-68, call-sign `Kingfisher 501', landed at 14:25 hrs and took off an hour later. It was back on the morning of the 27th and with HMS Somerset at Faslane and HMS St Albans berthing at the KGV later that day, it`s reasonable to assume that this chopper was attached to one of the participating RN warships.
Late afternoon on Thursday 28 September, I was on the south bank of the Clyde at Newshot Island photographing the French warship Provence as she sailed past en route to the KGV Dock when another Royal Navy Merlin appeared and flew very low overhead as it lined up for a Runway 23 approach. A second EH101 touched-down half an hour later and both night-stopped. The machines were Merlin HC.3 ZJ994(AC), call-sign `Jungly One`and ZJ123(G) `Jungly Two` (f/v).
RAF BAe-146-100 CC.2 ZE701 also visited on the 28th and remained until 17:45 hrs the following day. I believe various EU and NATO officials, along with British Defence Secretary, Michael Fallon, landed at the airport and were transferred to Faslane, some by helicopter, to observe a live-firing exercise.
Royal Fleet Auxiliary
The principal role of RFA Argus (A135) is to serve as a Primary Casualty Receiving Ship (PCRS). She has a fully equipped 100-bed medical facility on board, which can be uniquely tailored to deliver cutting-edge treatment to patients whilst afloat. Constructed in Venice, Italy, as the commercial container ship MV Contender Bezant and launched in 1981, she was acquired by the MOD in the February of the following year, converted to serve as an Aviation Support Ship, and subsequently requisitioned for duty in the Falklands Conflict.
In November 1982, at the end of hostilities in the South Atlantic, the vessel was returned to her owners after a refit and resumed her original role but, in March 1984, Contender Bezant was purchased for £18m by Harland & Wolff Ltd, Belfast, for a £45m conversion into an aviation training ship for resale to the MOD. It was on 25 March 1987 that she was formally renamed RFA Argus, entering service with the Royal Fleet Auxiliary on 1 June 1988 and at the same time replacing her predecessor, the smaller RFA Engadine. In 1991, during the Gulf War Argus was fitted with an extensive and fully functional hospital and assumed the additional role of Primary Casualty Receiving Ship which has been the vessel's primary function since 2009. She is due to remain in service until 2024.
I`ve no idea whether the appearance of A330-KC3 Voyager tanker ZZ334 was linked with Joint Warrior but it landed at Glasgow International on Friday 29 September as did a German Air Force Transall. Both were making their first visit to the airport.
Belgian Navy
BNS Louise-Marie (F931) is a Karel Doorman-class frigate of the Marine Component of the Belgian Armed Forces. She is the second of two of this class that were purchased from the Royal Netherlands Navy on 22 December 2005. Prior to this transfer Louise-Marie was known as HNLMS Willem van der Zaan (F829). The ship is equipped with two quad launchers for the Boeing Harpoon Block 1C anti-ship missile. Harpoon has an active radar seeker with inertial mid-course guidance, a 220kg warhead and a range of 120km. For short-range air defence, the ship has a Mk.48 vertical launch system (VLS) for Raytheon Sea Sparrow missiles, which uses semi-active radar guidance and has a range of 14km. Sixteen missiles are carried.
The main gun is a 76mm Oto Melara MK.100 which has a range of 16km against surface targets and 12km for anti-air. Its rate of fire is 100 rounds per minute. Two Oerlikon 20mm light cannon are also fitted as is the Thales Nederland Goalkeeper close-in weapon system (CIWS), which consists of a 30mm seven-barrel gun providing a rate of fire of over 4,000 rounds a minute.
BNS Primula (M924).
On the left in the above shot is frequent Joint Warrior participant BNS Primula (M924), of the Belgian Naval Component. She was launched on 20 December 1990 at the Mercantile-Belyard shipyard in Rupelmonde and was the tenth and last of the Tripartite-class minehunters delivered to Belgium. The Norwegian Navy`s HNOMS Rauma (M352) is on the right. Both vessels made their way up to the KGV at Glasgow before the exercise got underway and I caught them again passing Erskine when they headed out to sea several days later.
Canadian Navy
The Canadian Armed Forces often feature in Joint Warrior, sending not only personnel, but ships and aircraft, usually of the Maritime Patrol variety to Lossiemouth. Halifax-class frigate HMCS Montreal (F336) was the sole Canadian participant on this occasion and she berthed at the KGV Dock for a the weekend prior to the exercise. She was commissioned at Montréal on 21 July 1994, and designated a French Language Unit. The ship`s motto is: `Ton bras sait porter l'épée` (We stand on guard for Thee).
On 4 January 1995, Montreal sailed from Halifax to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) Standing Naval Force Atlantic in the Adriatic Sea, blockading the former Yugoslavia. On 10 August 1998, she departed Halifax to join the NATO fleet off Florida and paid an historic visit to St.Petersburg, Russia, to celebrate the 300th Anniversary of the Russian Navy. In 2000, she represented Canada in the Millennium International Fleet Review in New York City, and then escorted the Tall Ships to Halifax. In 2002, she underwent a refit and afterwards deployed on Operation Apollo, the Canadian effort to support the international campaign against terrorism. In 2003, in an initiative with the Dutch Navy, she tested the Sirius sensor, a new technology capable of detecting and tracking small surface targets, low flying aircraft and anti-ship missiles. In 2004, she participated in Fisheries and Oceans operations, an international and national exercise that saw her cross the Arctic Circle.
In 2005, the ship conducted a six-month deployment to Europe in which she deployed to the Netherlands on exercise, then joined Operation Active Endeavour patrolling the Mediterranean to help detect, deter and protect against terrorist activity by monitoring shipping and providing escort to non-military vessels through the Straits of Gibraltar. In 2006, she participated in Operation Caribbean Lion as well as an exercise in northern Canada carried out in order to ensure sovereignty in the Baffin region. She continues to support Canada's domestic and international objectives and is stationed in the port of Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Royal Danish Navy
Two Danish warships took part in this Joint Warrior, namely HDMS Peter Willemoes (F362) and HDMS Vaedderen (F359) and both are pictured passing BAE Systems yard at Scotstoun early on Friday 29 September. Peter Willemoes is one three Iver Huitfeldt-class guided-missile frigates in service with the Danes. The vessels use the basic Absalon hull design which enabled Denmark to construct these vessels at a far lower cost than most comparable warships. The three relatively new frigates perform an air defence role with Standard Missiles and have the potential to use Tomahawk cruise missiles, a first for the Danish Navy. Flagship HDMS Absalon (L16) and her sister ship Esbern Snare (L17) are regular JW participants but neither was involved this time round. These latter vessels are primarily designed for command and support roles, often working in conjunction with the Iver Huitfeldt-class frigates.
Another Joint Warrior veteran, HDMS Vaedderen (F359) is no stranger to the Clyde although she can usually be found patrolling the Danish Sovereign waters around the Faroe Islands and Greenland. She is one of four Thetis-class Ocean Patrol Vessels currently in service with the Danish Navy.
Estonian Navy
ENS Sakala (M314) of the Estonian Navy is a modernised Sandown-class Minehunter purchased from the Royal Navy as ex-HMS Inverness (M102) in 2006. She was one of twelve of this class built by Vosper Thornycroft and was launched on 27 February 1990. The current ship's name comes from an ancient Estonian county Sakala which is today known as Viljandimaa or Sakalamaa. The ship`s coat of arms comprises several elements, namely a black shield which represents the rich soil of Sakala and ethnic Estonian men's clothing, a rose pointing towards the capital of Sakalamaa and swords representing Sakala's important role in the country`s fight for independence in ancient times as silver stands for loyalty. The ship's motto in Latin is `In nomine libertatis` meaning "In the name of freedom".
FS Provence (D652): The European Multi-Purpose Frigate is a major joint French and Italian project, known as FREMM (French Frégate Européenne) in the French Navy. The Italian Navy`s version has been designated Bergamini-class. Provence is equipped with an advanced sensor package and her armament includes Aster anti-air missiles as well as 8x MM40 Exocet Block 3 anti-ship missiles. Her vertical launch system can accommodate both anti-aircraft, anti-missile and land-attack cruise missiles. The vessel usually operates with a compliment of 145 crew. The fourth FREMM Frigate Auvergne was delivered to the French Navy earlier this year with the total batch of six expected to be operational before the end of 2019.
Other French naval vessels taking part this year but not captured on camera were FS Primauguet (D644), FS Commandant Blaison (F793), FS Pegase (M644) and FS Somme (A631). The Durance-class Command and Replenishment Ship Somme initially positioned herself off Arran's east coast and later visited the MOD facility on Loch Striven but did not appear on the Upper Clyde, staying mostly out at sea. In addition to her main role as a fleet tanker, Somme is configured as a flagship. In October 2009, whilst serving as the command vessel for French forces participating in Operation Enduring Freedom, the official name used by the U.S. government for the Global War on Terrorism between 2001 and 2014, she was mistakenly identified as a civilian vessel by pirates in waters approximately 250 nautical miles (460 kilometres) off the coast of Somalia. The assailants, utilising two powerful motor boats and armed with automatic weapons, launched a night attack but the Somme's crew repelled the assault without sustaining damage or casualties and captured five of the pirates.
FGS Sachsen (F219), lead ship of the German Navy`s trio of Sachsen-class air defence Frigates, was berthed at Aberdeen Harbour on Sunday 17 September. The `Sachsens` are as large and just as capable as many destroyers and at €2.1 Billion for just three vessels, their construction is the most expensive shipbuilding project ever undertaken for the German Navy. Soon after this shot was taken, the warship sailed for Faslane on the Clyde prior to its participation in Exercise Formidable Shield 17 which will ran between 24 September and 18 October at the U.K. Ministry of Defence's Hebrides Range located in the Western Isles. The purpose of Formidable Shield is to test NATO's theatre ballistic missile defence (BMD) capabilities and improve allied interoperability in a live-fire integrated air and missile defence (IAMD) environment. Assets from Canada, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States all took part and with the dates of JW172 overlapping, some warships including FGS Sachsen took part in both exercises.
As Sachsen passed under the Erskine Bridge on Wednesday 27 September she passed the coastal freighter Kurkse which was outbound from the KGV en route to Gijon in Northern Spain. She had sailed to the Clyde from Warrenpoint with an empty hold and with no obvious cargo on deck, I`m unsure of the purpose of her visit.
FGS Sachsen passes Bowling Harbour on her way out to sea on Sunday 1 October. She was the last of the batch of warships to vacate the KGV Dock that day.
FGS Sulzbach-Rosenberg (M1062) is a Type 332 Frankenthal-class mine hunter. These ships are built of non-magnetic steel. Hull, machinery and superstructure of this class is similar to the original Type 343 Hameln-class minesweeper, but the equipment differs. All active ships are currently stationed in Kiel on the Baltic Sea. Slightly modified Frankenthal-class minehunters are also operational with the Turkish Navy where they are referred to as the `A class`.
German Air Force
C-160D Transall 50+76 of the German Air Force made its first appearance at Glasgow International Airport on 29 September, a visit that was likely connected with Joint Warrior. The Transall was designed and produced as a joint venture between France and Germany and the name is an abbreviation of the specially formed consortium Transporter Allianz, comprising the companies of MBB, Aerospatiale and VFW-Fokker. As well as serving with the German and French Air Forces, the type has been exported to South Africa and Turkey, as well as a small number of civilian operators. The Transall, which first flew in 1963, will gradually be replaced in French and German service by the Airbus A400M Atlas.
The only Italian warship to take part this time was ITS Luigi Risso (F595) which was one of the batch that berthed at Glasgow`s KGV Dock before the exercise began. She is the Italian Navy's sixth Frégate Européen multi-mission (FREMM) vessel, and was delivered to the Italian Navy in early 2017. Under the FREMM contract, ten frigates will be built for the Italian Navy and eleven for the French Navy. The FREMM frigates can be deployed for a range of missions including maritime and anti-terrorism patrol, monitoring sea-borne migration, counter-piracy operations, humanitarian aid, and disaster relief. Luigi Risso made a surprise return to Glasgow after the exercise concluded and although I missed her inbound, I managed a few shots as she headed downriver on Sunday 22 October.
A couple of Italian Navy aircraft called in at Glasgow Airport: Piaggio P-180AM Avanti MM62211 (f/v) landed at 17:50 hrs on Wednesday 4 October and continued on its way an hour later. The following morning, NH Industries NH90 NFH (SH-90A), serial number MM81598, (f/v) also made a brief appearance. The helicopter was probably operating from the Luigi Risso.
Latvian Navy
LVNS Virsaitis (A53) is a Vidar-class coastal minelayer / command and support ship with the Latvian Navy. Dating from 1978, she was built for the Royal Norwegian Navy as minelayer at Bergen by Mjellem & Karlsen. She was originally named NoMS Vale (N53) after Odin's son Vale from Norse mythology and was was given to the Latvian Navy in 2003. Her sister ship HNoMS Vidar (N52) was sold to Lithuania in 2006 and given the name Jotvingis. She now serves with them as a command and support ship.
Royal Netherlands Navy
The only shot of Royal Netherlands Navy vessels I managed to get this time round was this dire offering of HNLMS Tromp (F803) and HNLMS De Ruyter (F804) berthed at Faslane on Sunday 1 October, several hours before they set sail. I had driven round to Roseneath mid-morning but, on hearing that the first ship wasn`t due to slip her moorings until 13:15 hrs, I decided to head back to Erskine and try and catch a few KGV departures.
The Royal Netherlands Navy`s four De Zeven Provinciën-class frigates are highly advanced air-defence and command warships, the others being HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën (F802) and HNLMS Evertsen (F805). During international exercises, including previous Joint Warriors, performance of the sensor suite and weapons platform have been proven to be exceptional and in other navies these vessels would more likely be classified as destroyers. The De Zeven Provinciën-class vessels have been successfully deployed in counter-piracy operations off the Horn of Africa with their advanced sensors able to trace and track small slow-moving or even static surface targets. The lead ship`s name, De Zeven Provinciën, is a reference to the seven provinces which signed the treaty known as the Union of Utrecht in 1579 to unify the northern provinces of the Netherlands. Until then the country had been under the control of Habsburg Spain. HNLMS Tromp, De Ruyter and Eversten are all named after famous Dutch admirals.
The Royal Netherlands Navy's Submarine Support Ship & Torpedo Tender HNLMS Mercuur (A900) was also involved in JW172 and spent several days at the KGV Dock at the end of the exercise.
Royal Norwegian Navy
HNOMS Rauma (M352) is an Alta-class minesweeper that dates from December 1996. Like the almost identical Oksøy-class, these vessels have a fibre-reinforced plastic catamaran hull which gives off a very low magnetic signature. Two large fans located on each side create an air cushion between the two hulls and a front and aft rubber skirt, lifting the vessel, reducing drag and enabling a high cruise speed. The shock and damage caused to these vessels by any exploding mines is likely to be greatly reduced as only a small portion of the hull is in contact with the water.
HNOMS Rauma and LVNS Virsaitis (A53) of the Latvian Navy anchored off Greenock before the exercise.
The only Spanish participant this time round was SNS Álvaro de Bazán (F101). She is the lead ship of five air-defence frigates, which are also known as the F100-class. The sixth of the batch, the Juan de Austria, was cancelled due to soaring construction costs. The F100s are among the few non-US warships to carry the Aegis Combat System and its associated AN/SPY-1 radar, technology which enables them to track hundreds of airborne targets simultaneously. They are also the first Spanish Navy vessels to incorporate ballistic resistant steel in the hull, along with power plants mounted on anti-vibration mounts to reduce noise and make them less detectable by submarines.
USS Mitscher is the second US Navy warship named to honour Admiral Marc A. Mitscher, famed naval aviator and WW2 carrier task force commander.
My main reason for going to the Gare Loch on Sunday 1 October was to photograph the three departing US Navy Arleigh Burke destroyers as I`d missed them on their way in to HMNB Clyde several days previously. A US sub was also berthed at Faslane, but with the weather so bad I didn`t even attempt to spot it, let alone photograph it from the opposite side of the loch - a pity because the rugged mountain skyline makes a super backdrop on clear days.
A trio of Royal Navy MCMVs led the way with USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) (below left), USS Mitscher (DDG 57) and USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81) (above & below right) leaving one after another shortly afterwards.
Although it was gusty and pouring with rain, the wind direction on Rhu Spit enabled me to stay in the car with the tailgate open and shoot in comfort from the back seat. If I`d wandered down to the navigation light as usual, I`d have been soaked within minutes plus the images wouldn`t have been much better considering the restricted visibility.
A fourth Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS MCFaul (DDG-74) (not illustrated) arrived at Faslane on Monday 9 October, as did the Royal Navy`s Type 45 Daring-class destroyer HMS Dragon (D35). USS McFaul is named in honour of U.S. Navy SEAL Chief Petty Officer Donald L. McFaul (20 September 1957 – 20 December 1989) who was killed in action at Paitilla Airfield during Operation Just Cause, the 1989 United States invasion of Panama. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart and Navy Cross for his heroism while pulling another SEAL to safety. Only two Navy Crosses were awarded during this operation.
USNS Medgar Evers (T-AKE-13), pictured here at Anchorage T, Tail o` The Bank, off Greenock on Saturday 30 September, is one of 14 Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ships currently in service with the United States Navy`s Military Sealift Command.
Launched on 29 October 2011, USNS Medgar Evers replenishes ships at sea with ammunition, food, repair parts, stores and small quantities of fuel. Two dedicated ships provide these supplies to the U.S. Marine Corps.
The vessel is named in honour of Medgar Wiley Evers (2 July 1925 – 12 June 1963), a Mississippi-born World War II veteran and civil rights activist. He served in the US Army from 1943 to 1945 and fought in the Battle of Normandy in June 1944.
In the 1950s he worked to overturn segregation at the University of Mississippi and enact social justice and voting rights. He was shot and murdered in June 1963 by Byron De La Beckwith, a white supremacist and member of the Ku Klux Klan. All-white juries failed to reach verdicts in the first two trials and it wasn`t until 1994 that Beckwith was convicted in a further state trial, based on new evidence.
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Italy's centre-Left has chosen as its candidate for prime minister a politician who has pledged to stick to tough budget commitments made by the current government.
Pier Luigi Bersani, who won a run-off primary by a huge margin on Sunday, has said repeatedly that in power he would stick to the reforms made by Mario Monti, the technocrat prime minister of Italy, but seek to soften the impact on workers and the poor and put more emphasis on economic growth.
He will stand in national elections, likely in March, against a yet to be chosen centre-Right candidate to take over from Mr Monti.
According to an early exit poll, 61-year-old Mr Bersani, a former industry minister and current party secretary, won the Democratic Party primary with an estimated 61.5 per cent of the vote, compared with 38.5 per cent for his rival, Matteo Renzi, 37, the mayor of Florence.
Mr Bersani won 44.9 per cent of the vote in a first-round last Sunday, while Mr Renzi, who has been criss-crossing the country campaigning for political reform, surprised his critics winning a 35.5 per cent share of the vote.
Since neither candidate secured the 50 per cent majority needed to win, a second ballot was called and Mr Bersani won crucial endorsement from Nichi Vendola, the head of the Left, Ecology and Freedom Party who polled third in the first round but failed to qualify for Sunday's ballot.
By late afternoon on Sunday more than 2.3 million Italians had voted, slightly down on the total 3 million who voted in the first round, amid claims by Mr Renzi's supporters that some party members in Tuscany were denied the opportunity to register to vote.
Some 100,000 people who did not vote last week were hoping to vote on Sunday but only around 7,000 requests were accepted due to what the party considered legitimate reasons for having missed the first round.
Meanwhile, Silvio Berlusconi's scandal-plagued People of Freedom party is suffering disarray amid continuing speculation that he will form a new party and run as a candidate in the March elections.
Mr Monti has said he will not be a candidate next year but might come back if the election does not provide a clear winner.


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You, Me, We! (Set of 2 Fill-in Books): 2 Books for Parents and Kids to Fill in Together (Paperback)
By Erin Jang
A pair of activity books to inspire bonding between parents and kids
You, Me, We! is a set of fill-in books that give parents and children an opportunity to express themselves and connect with each other in the process. Filled with activities that appeal to the kid and the kid-at-heart, these identical books are designed so that a parent and child can capture memories, share interests, and collaborate on silliness at the same time! Created by Erin Jang (@theindigobunting) and kid-tested by her son Miles, these boldly designed books are gender-neutral and written for moms, dads, sons, and daughters alike. They are ideal for taking on vacation, breaking out on a rainy day, or doing a page at a time as a nightly ritual. An easy way to capture the parent-child relationship at a moment in time, You, Me, We! will become a treasure in the making.
Two paperback books packaged together with a clear acetate jacket
Activities are suitable for ages 7 and up
Full-color illustrations throughout
Erin Jang is a graphic designer, an illustrator, and the design director behind Color Factory NYC, an interactive and multisensory museum. Her clients include Urban Outfitters, Land of Nod, the New York Times, Parents magazine, Bon Appétit, and Real Simple. The Indigo Bunting is her design studio.
Family & Relationships / Activities
Self-help / Journaling
Publisher: Abrams Noterie
Publication Date: February 18th, 2020


Michael Chesko describes himself as an eccentric mix of engineer, model maker, unofficial cartographer, and most of all, artist. When he was a little boy living in Arizona he would make maps of fictitious landscapes of places like Arizona and then he started to model cities. He would literally fill a room in their home with a scale model city.
Chesko is an eccentric. He sees skyscrapers almost as living things which continue to mold the people who frequent the buildings' neighborhoods.
In 2008 Michael Chesko unveiled his miniature replica of midtown Manhattan. He used balsa, wood, xacto blades, and fingernail files to create the miniature midtown Manhattan. He based his miniature using a scale of 3/8" equals 100 feet. He hand-carved each piece of the city using blueprints, photographs, digital reproductions, and satellite images. It took Chesko 2000 hours to complete this replica.
There are as many kinds of models are there are modeling interests. Every model is a reflection of the one who modeled it. And it is noteworthy that God reveals himself in Scripture as a modeler as well.
God is a Modeler, we [people]are being modeled.


While many of the talks at PV at PV CellTech 2017 in Penang, Malaysia, on 14-15 March 2017 are focused on comparing p-type mono and multi technologies, the industry remains on a long-term roadmap that will almost certainly see a strong movement to n-type wafers, when this proves to be the only route to go to in order to remain competitive on panel powers supplied to the market.
Historically, the industry has only had two companies operating at the GW-scale for n-type cell production: Panasonic (formerly Sanyo) and SunPower. The technologies and market-offerings from these two companies are well known.
In the past few years, two other established solar companies have moved into the 500MW+ cell capacity regime for n-type cell production: LG Electronics and Yingli Green. And behind this also, we see a new group of (mainly-China-based) companies exacting on n-type capacity build-out, with the recent activity at Jolywood being just one example.
When Yingli Green first announced its Panda cells and modules, it was a move that everyone in the industry took note of, and marked the company's intent to be a technology-leader in cell manufacturing. Since then, the production lines have seen significant improvements and upgrades, and the cell efficiency increases are reflecting this.
When we configured the PV CellTech 2017 agenda, Yingli Green was high on the list of companies we approached to talk on n-type mass production, and we are delighted that Feng Li, the Deputy General Manager of the Technology Centre at Yingli Green will be speaking at PV CellTech on the 14 March 2017 in Penang.
Better still is the talk title: Investigations on n-PERT bifacial solar cells.
So, we indeed have the combination of n-type, PERT and bifacial to look forward to hearing about.
We recently caught up with Feng Li, and asked about the expectations for PV CellTech 2017.
What topics are going to be included in your presentation?
Feng Li: The new technologies of N-PERT cells at Yingli and its research level; the advantages of [the] Panda product (n-PERT cell/module) of Yingli.
What are the biggest challenges today for PV cell manufacturers?
In my opinion, the biggest challenge for PV cell manufactures is financial conditions. Almost all manufactures have financial problems since excessive expansions in previous years, causing debt crisis.
What are the main things you are hoping to learn after the two days of PV CellTech 2017?
I would like to learn about the trend of Si solar cell development as [well] as the technologies and products of other manufactures.
PV Tech: PV CellTech takes place on 14-15 March 2017 in Penang, Malaysia. To register to attend the event, please register using this link.


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CEA is just like a homeschool in many ways – your children continue to do their schoolwork at home, just as they always have been.
Instead of you teaching, grading and keeping records – we do that. We provide qualified teachers and we keep the records. We take the burden of teaching and grading off of you, so you can spend time parenting your children – and even though they are becoming teenagers (or especially because they are teenagers!) – they still need you, as their parent.
Students enrolled at CEA are considered private school students, not home school students.
We are fully accredited by AdvancED and by SACS – the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools – so you do not have to worry about whether your children will be accepted into college. Our graduates have been accepted into colleges and schools across the US without a problem.
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Become a Better Filmmaker by Traveling
Like millions of us out here in sunny Los Angeles, I'm still on the grind working towards a film career where I don't have to take a day job. I'm no expert, but I can tell you something that has helped me become a better storyteller – go to a foreign country, get lost, navigate, and talk to as many locals as you can.
I came across a wonderful article that featured filmmaker Werner Herzog. He offers up advice to aspiring filmmakers and creative entrepreneurs. It isn't what one would expect from a film director. But if you are familiar with Mr. Herzog's general approach to life, it probably won't come as a surprise. After all, this is the same man that pulled a huge boat up a hill, ate a shoe because he lost a bet, and saved Joaquin Phoenix from a car accident before vanishing.
In the article, Herzog states that all film schools are a titanic waste of time and money. I'd have to say I would agree with him. I've looked into many programs and conversed with many fellow filmmakers who attended some of the most prestigious film schools and all of them have a shared experience: film schools do not teach you how to become great story tellers.
Herzog sums up his advice best with these two quotes:
Walk on foot, learn languages and a craft or trade that has nothing to do with cinema. Filmmaking — like great literature — must have experience of life at its foundation.
Somebody who has been a boxer in Africa would be better trained as a filmmaker than if he had graduated from one of the "best" film schools in the world. All that counts is real life.
I have been really fortunate to travel. It is all about getting out of one's comfort zone, being in a foreign country, and finding your way across a land you've never been before. The more language barriers there are, the better stories you will have. It is really hard to be inspired if you've never left your hometown. Often times, the stresses of travel as they occur are not funny at all. Such as my recent trip to Amsterdam where the mattress in my hostel was infested with bed bugs. Not a fun time by any stretch of the imagination. Looking back at it now, I realize that it could play for a small funny moment in a comedy sketch/film I have in mind. And when I eventually write that scene down, it will essentially write itself since I actually lived it. This is of course a small example. But I have many inspirations from my recent trip for all types of genres.
So if you are suffering from writer's block, get out there and travel!
Wanted: Best Friend
It's (Not) Just A Movie
Retcon Sequels
Do You Like 'Bad' Movies?
Warner Bros. Needs Help With The DCEU
The Crying Fanboy/Fangirl
Why Are Most Video Game Movies So Bad?
Official Selection at SENE!!
"The Creeps" accepted into HRIFF
© Paulette Mihale. All Rights Reserved.


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New Avery attorney not speaking to media
January 12, 2016 By WRN Contributor
Steven Avery's new attorney says she's not doing any interviews about the case. Kathleen Zellner says she's focusing on all possible legal options for Avery. He was convicted in the 2005 murder of Teresa Halbach and is the subject of the Netflix phenomenon "Making a Murderer".
In a statement Monday, Zellner said her Chicago-area law firm is confident Avery's conviction will be overturned when new evidence and results of her firm's work are presented to a court.
Tens of thousands of people petitioned the White House online, asking for a presidential pardon, but because their convictions are for state crimes, neither Avery or his nephew Brendan Dassey are eligible for federal pardons. Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has also said he would not pardon Avery.
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Oviraptorosauři byli rozsáhlou skupinou primárně dravých teropodních dinosaurů, žijících v období křídy na území většiny tehdejších kontinentů (zejména Asie a Severní Ameriky). Jejich společným znakem je přítomnost zkrácené předočnicové části lebky, často silný bezzubý zobák a celkově jakoby "papouščí" tvar lebky. Mnohé druhy vykazovaly také výrazný hřeben na hlavě.

Popis
Oviraptorosauři (od rodu Oviraptor - v překladu "zloděj vajec") byli spíše malí dinosauři, jejichž rozměry kolísaly od délky 1 metru až k velkým formám, přičemž zdaleka největší byly rody Gigantoraptor a Beibeilong s délkou kolem 8 metrů a hmotností asi 1,4 až 3,2 tuny. Tato skupiny byla vývojově velmi blízká ptákům a podle některých fylogenetických analýz (Osmólska, 2004) možná dokonce šlo o primitivní nelétavé ptáky. Mozkovna těchto dinosaurů byla skutečně v mnoha anatomických znacích podobná mozkovně současných ptáků.

Rozmnožování
Výzkumy hnízd s fosilními vejci dokládají, že tito dinosauři seděli na svých snůškách a zahřívali je. Dokonce i zástupci velkých druhů vajíčka nerozmačkali, protože je kolem sebe dokázali velmi pečlivě seřadit. Vejce těchto dinosaurů (v případě obřích druhů) často dosahovala ohromujících rozměrů, dosud rekordní exemplář z Číny o délce 61 cm (oodruh Macroelongatoolithus xixianensis) je největším známým vajíčkem všech dob.

Skvěle zachované embryo ve fosilním vejci elongatoolitního typu (náležející patrně oviraptorosauridnímu teropodovi) bylo popsáno koncem roku 2021 z Číny. Objev této fosilie staré asi 72 milionů let dokládá, že embrya těchto dinosaurů byla ve vejcích uložena podobným způsobem jako u dnešních ptáků.

Reprodukční strategie i anatomie oviraptorosaurů se však lišila od situace u současných ptáků i plazů a je v tomto směru unikátní. Žádný současný (v tomto směru) analogický živočich tedy neexistuje.

Výzkumy také ukazují, že dosud objevená embrya oviraptorosaurů nejsou ještě plně vyvinutá a mají pouze 50 - 60 % plné velikosti embrya před vylíhnutím.

Vývoj a zařazení
Na základě výzkumu vývojově vyspělých teropodů se zdá být pravděpodobné, že předek celého kladu Pennaraptora (včetně oviraptorosaurů) byl rovněž skanzoriální (žil a pohyboval se ve větvích stromů), byl opeřený a možná vykazoval schopnost klouzavého letu. Do této skupiny jsou v současnosti zahrnovány celkem čtyři čeledi, podle abecedy: Avimimidae, Caenagnathidae, Caudipteridae a Oviraptoridae. Šlo o velmi početnou a diverzifikovanou skupinu teropodů.

Neobvyklé fosilní nálezy
U rodu Caudipteryx byla v roce 2021 identifikována fosilie původní buněčné struktury, která by mohla být chromatinem (obsahovat jakési pozůstatky komplexu DNA a bílkovin).

Podle objevů v lokalitě Šabarak-usu ("Planoucí útesy") se jeví jako pravděpodobné, že fosilní úlomky skořápek vajec oviraptorů (nebo příbuzných druhů) používali již kolem roku 8000 př. n. l. neolitičtí obyvatelé pouště Gobi, kteří je opracovávali a navrtávali do podoby "korálků" pro nošení na náhrdelnících a jiných přívěscích.

Klasifikace

 Infrařád Oviraptorosauria
 Incisivosaurus
 Ningyuansaurus
 Protarchaeopteryx
 Čeleď Avimimidae
 Avimimus
 Čeleď Caudipteridae
 Caudipteryx
 Similicaudipteryx
 Nadčeleď Caenagnathoidea
 Hagryphus Čeleď Caenagnathidae
 Anzu Beibeilong Caenagnathasia Citipes Chirostenotes Elmisaurus ?Nomingia Čeleď Oviraptoridae
 Gigantoraptor Microvenator Shixinggia Banji Tongtianlong Wulatelong Podčeleď Ingeniinae
 Conchoraptor Heyuannia "Ingenia" Khaan Machairasaurus Podčeleď Oviraptorinae
 Citipati Nemegtomaia Oviraptor Rinchenia Gobiraptor(?)

 Odkazy

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honolulu, Hawaii —The Grammy-winning Honokaʻa High School Jazz Band is performing on Oʻahu this month as part of National Jazz Appreciation Month which culminates in the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO) International Jazz Day on April 30.
The Honokaʻa High School Jazz Band is a group of advanced music students at Honokaʻa High and Intermediate School. Under the direction of Gary Washburn, dedicated teacher and accomplished jazz artist, the band has long been considered one of the state's top high school bands and has received local and national recognition for its excellence.
The band will perform a series of free concerts on Oʻahu from April 25-28. This year, the theme of Jazz Appreciation Month celebrates jazz beyond borders, exploring how jazz unites people across geography and culture.
"These students work together to create something beautiful and meaningful. Music resonates across cultures, languages, and traditions; we've all experienced music's unique ability to bring people together. As a music and jazz lover, I'm thrilled that the Honokaʻa Jazz Band continues to share this gift," said Representative Mark M. Nakashima (Hamakua, North Hilo, South Hilo) a former student of Washburn.
Representative Nadine K. Nakamura talks to reporters about the Legislature passing suicide prevention bills along with other lawmakers and Prevent Suicide Hawaii Task Force members.
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi – The Legislature has passed two important measures to help prevent suicide and to bring awareness to a disturbing increase in youth suicides in Hawaiʻi, especially on the neighbor islands.
HB655 HD1 SD1 designates September as "Suicide Prevention and Awareness Month" to promote public awareness regarding suicide prevention and education, resources, and support available to individuals, families, and communities.
HB330 HD1 SD1 CD1 appropriates $150,000 to the Department of Health to support youth suicide early intervention, prevention, and education initiatives in all counties focusing on youth between the ages of 10 through 24.
Representative Justin Woodson, Chair of the House Lower and Higher Education Committee, along with other Representatives, Senators, UH staff and students discuss the bills passed this year to support community college students.
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi – In recent years, paying for a college education has become too expensive for many people, and students who are at an economic disadvantage are disproportionately affected. To offset costs for tuition and basic needs, state lawmakers have passed two bills appropriating more than $2.3 million in state funds to help our young people achieve their dream of a college degree.
The first bill is SB316 SD2 HD2 – Hawaiʻi Community College Promise Program.
· This bill provides $1.4 million ($700,000 for each of the next two fiscal years) to cover community college tuition for eligible students once all other federal aid and public and private scholarships are exhausted.
· The bill also requires the University of Hawaiʻi to collect data on how well the Promise Program directly increases the likelihood that a recipient attends college and completes a degree program.
House and Senate lawmakers today approved four Kupuna Caucus bills, bringing total funding to over $20 million for elder services in the community. This package of four bills dedicates $18 million to kupuna care services, expands and strengthens the Kupuna Caregivers Program, supports healthy aging in the community, and provides funds to coordinate and improve Alzheimer's disease and related dementia services in the community.
Lawmakers, including members of the Women's Legislative Caucus, collected 432 pounds of gently used professional clothing for the YWCA's Dress for Success program. (Standing, from left) Rep. Della Au Belatti, Rep. Cynthia Thielen, Sen. Rosalyn H. Baker, Rep. Nadine K. Nakamura, Rep. Gregg Takayama, Maryann Bray, YWCA Lead Member Services Associate, Rep. Lisa Kitagawa, House Speaker Scott K. Saiki, Rep. Sylvia Luke, Kepola Dudoit, YWCA resident artist, (seated from left) Rep. Linda Ichiyama (with baby Emily), Rep. Dee Morikawa, Rep. Joy San Buenaventura, and Cecilia Fong, the YWCA Director of Fund Development.
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi – Members and staff at the Hawaiʻi State Legislature have donated 432 pounds of gently used professional clothing, shoes, handbags, and other assorted items to the Dress for Success Program hosted by the YWCA O'ahu.
The items were collected from March 25 to April 10 and presented to the YWCA today. The clothing will be provided to women – many of them formerly incarcerated – making a second start in life with the help of the YWCA.
Attending today's press conference on Juvenile Justice bills (from left) were Representative John Mizuno, Chair of the House Health Committee, James Dold, founder and president of Human Rights for Kids, Kat Brady, Coordinator for the Community Alliance on Prisons, Representative Joy San Buenaventura, Chair of the House Human Services & Homelessness Committee, Representative Chris Lee, Chair of the House Judiciary Committee, and Karl Rhoads, Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi – Lawmakers this week passed bills to protect children's constitutional rights when in police custody and to limit long sentences for minors.
"Too little attention has been paid to the most vulnerable casualties of mass incarceration in America — our children," said Representative John M. Mizuno, introducer of both measures. "From the point of entry and arrest, to sentencing and incarceration, our treatment of children in the justice system is long overdue for re-examination and reform."
House Bill 217 HD1 SD1 requires that when an officer has custody of a child under the age of 16, the child shall consult with legal counsel before waiving any constitutional rights and before any custodial interrogation. House Bill 218 HD1 SD2 grants the Circuit Court, when sentencing a minor for a nonviolent criminal offense, the discretion to impose a sentence that includes a period of incarceration as much as 50 percent shorter than any mandatory minimum and, in certain cases, decline to impose a mandatory enhanced sentence.
Representative John Mizuno (D – Kalihi Valley, Kamehameha Heights, Lower Kalihi), Chair of the House Committee on Health, together with fellow lawmakers and stakeholder organizations formed an initial outline of solutions to address the unique needs of Compact of Free Association citizens in Hawaiʻi.
"This is a blueprint for a path in the right direction for both Compact citizens and the state," said Rep. Mizuno. "When Pacific Islanders do well, our entire state benefits."
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi – With two days left before the Second Crossover deadline, the House today passed an additional 85 Senate bills. These bills now head back to the Senate for their consideration. If the Senate does not agree to amendments made by the House, the bills will be negotiated in conference committees. To date, 236 bills have crossed over from the House to the Senate.
Key measures that passed by the House today includes homeless services, emergency highway appropriations, election reforms, kupuna caregivers funding, ambulance services changes, community college Promise Program support, bail reform, and gun violence prevention.
SB417 SD2 HD2 Authorizes the Department of Health to establish fees for transportation and provision of emergency medical services. Authorizes transportation to certain medical facilities and to medical facilities other than hospital emergency departments.
SB1423 HD1 Permits defendants for whom a monetary amount of bail has been set to pay the bail amount seven-days-a-week on a 24-hour basis and be released from custody upon posting or payment of bail.
House of Representatives Speaker Scott K. Saiki released the following statement on the Water Rights Bill.
"The report that the House leadership is pressuring the Senate to advance HB 1326 during its floor session is not true. At this point, it is entirely up to the Senate leadership to determine how it wants to proceed. Whatever the leadership decides, it is important that the Legislature be civil and reasoned, rather than divisive."
Representative Cedric Asuega Gates (Waiʻanae, Mākaha, Mākua, Māʻili) submitted an official inquiry to the City & County of Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting, Board of Water Supply, and Pacific Links International to request permitting information regarding the proposed renovation of Mākaha Valley Resort, and is organizing a community town hall to provide residents with the opportunity to give input on the project.
Pacific Links International announced plans to redevelop Mākaha Valley Resort, including creating homes and enlisting professional golfer Tiger Woods to redesign the golf course. Rep. Gates said residents have been responding with mixed reviews. Among concerns are the impacts this resort may have on the fabric of Mākaha's small-town community. On the other hand, many community members shared positive memories of the former resort, touting the past beneficial economic impacts and employment opportunities that it brought to Mākaha.
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi – Tourism on the island of Hawai'i – the island's leading industry – is receiving some much-needed support with an emphasis on new branding initiatives and increased marketing funding for its two largest markets, the U.S. mainland and Japan.
"The Legislature last week approved an additional $60 million in emergency relief funding to repair damaged infrastructure," said Onishi. "But money for infrastructure alone will not fix the damaged economy. That is why I was gratified to learn that the HTA is stepping up to the plate to provide funds to help revive Hawai'i Island's economy."
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi –The House Committee on Health will hold an informational briefing to focus on solutions to improve integrated health care services for Compact of Free Association citizens while prudently using state resources, with a focus on preventive care to significantly reduce costs related to emergency care. The briefing will seek consensus building with state and non-profit agencies to address the unique needs of Compact citizens.
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi – Knowing the tremendous need of Big Island residents following the devastating Kilauea eruption that destroyed homes, farms, and infrastructure last year, lawmakers moved quickly this session to provide financial support by passing HB 1180 HD1.
During a press conference today, Big Island lawmakers talked about the road to recovery for Hawaiʻi Island.
Representative Cedric Asuega Gates (Waiʻanae, Mākaha, Mākua, Māʻili) is urging West Oʻahu residents to make their voices heard at two upcoming meetings about the proposed Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) initiative being conducted by the Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT).
"The HDOT is looking into the concept of a road usage charge system to generate more funds for road maintenance. I want to clarify that I am against this road usage charge system," said Rep. Gates. "The road usage charge system would charge individuals a tax that would correspond with how many miles they drive each year. Because they drive so far every day, the residents of the Wai'anae coast would have to pay the highest fees for this new road usage charge system."
Representative Sharon Har, in partnership with Kapolei High School, will be hosting the Kapolei Keiki Wellness Resource Fair. We have partnered with businesses and community service providers to create a one-stop shop for parents and families to obtain information on raising healthy, safe, and well keiki.
Over 40 participants are confirmed for this annual event. Event highlights include free keiki IDs, vision check-ups, games, activities, and giveaways. Children and families island-wide are invited to attend.
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi – Hawaiʻi Island representatives and senators and Hawaiʻi County councilmembers will hold a press conference to discuss HB 1180 HD1 – the Hawaiʻi Island disaster relief funding bill. The bill is scheduled for third reading in the Senate on March 29.
The press conference will be held at 1 p.m. in room 445, immediately following House and Senate sessions.
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi – Representative Lynn DeCoite, the Hawaiʻi Department of Agriculture, and the University of Hawaiʻi Cooperative Extension are sponsoring an informational meeting on food safety and Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) compliance with visiting FDA representatives Mark Chen, Stephen Hughes, and Stelios Viazis. Agricultural stakeholders have been invited for a meaningful dialogue with FDA officials.
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi – The House and the Senate today approved a final version of HB 2 HD1 SD 1 CD1, the state budget bill, which includes operating monies to run the state government. The bill puts a priority on appropriating funds to staff the new state hospital, make needed improvements at state airports, and pay down our debt service.
The House Finance Committee and the Senate Ways and Means Committee met in conference last week to finalize the bill. Conferees approved the $16 billion budget covering fiscal years 2020 and 2021 about a month earlier than in previous legislative sessions.
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi – Today (March 7) the House of Representatives passed HB1383 HD2, which decriminalizes the possession of three or less grams of cannabis and instead establishes a fine of $200.
"This law keeps drug dealers behind bars where they belong, but also keeps regular people who just had a joint out of jail to avoid creating more hardened criminals which makes crime worse," said Representative Chris Lee, Chair of the House Judiciary Committee and introducer of the measure. "It removes the unnecessary permanent mark from their record so they can go back to school, get a better job, and take care of their family. If we want to actually reduce crime and reduce substance abuse, then our taxpayer dollars are more effectively spent on treatment rather than jailing people at a cost of $146 per person per day."


JEMM Investments, Inc. – doing business as The Detroiter Bar – located at 655 Beaubien Street in Detroit, Michigan.
The violations committed by The Detroiter Bar occurred on August 4, 2016, September 8, 2017 and June 3, 2018. The minor(s) who were sold alcoholic liquor were all 19 years of age. While identification was not requested in two of the incidents, ID was requested in the June 3, 2018 incident involving two decoy minors. The ensuing violation indicated either a careless disregard of the law or deliberate actions of the bartender.
The Detroiter Bar will serve their suspension from Thursday, January 24, 2019 through Wednesday, February 13, 2019.
"It is imperative that our licensees do not sell to minors in any circumstance," said MLCC Chairman Andy Deloney. "According to the state liquor control code, the Commission is required to suspend or revoke a license in situations like this in order to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the public. After reviewing both files, the unique fact patterns for each, and considering the entirety of the records in the hearings, the Commission felt that revocation of the licenses wasn't warranted, but rather determined that ordering these suspensions was appropriate."