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Footballer and his mother granted bail over assault
Kumasi, – The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) circuit court has granted a 21-year-old footballer and his mother GH₵10,000.00 bail with two sureties, for causing harm.
The accused persons, Afia Saah, trader and Clifford Oduro the footballer, pleaded not guilty to the offence and would reappear before the court presided by Mr. Abdul Razak Musah on February 01, this year.
Their accomplice, Alex Appiah is on the run.
Police Chief Inspector Francisca Nyarko, prosecuting, told the Court that the complainant, Ranford Osei, is a student residing at North Suntreso in Kumasi.
The accused persons also live with the complainant in the same neighbourhood.
Prosecution said, the complainant's mother and the accused's mother once engaged in a fight, which the matter was reported to the police.
She said the two parties later settled the matter out of Court and the complainant's mother was compensated.
The complainant has an aunty who lives in the same house with the accused persons.
Prosecution said on May 27, 2018, the complainant's aunty invited him to help fix her television set.
Whilst there, she said, Oduro confronted the complainant on why he insulted his mother and this resulted in a confrontation between them.
Chief Inspector Nyarko said Saah and Appiah upon hearing the noise joined Oduro and assaulted the complainant.
She said Oduro hit the complainant's mouth, resulting in the loss of one of his front teeth and a complaint was lodged at the Suntreso Police station.
A police medical report form was issued to the complainant to attend hospital for treatment.
Police Chief Inspector Nyarko said the accused persons were arrested and their respective caution statements were obtained.
After investigations, they were charged with the offence and arraigned before the Court.
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In the last edition of Law Talk, we briefly reviewed the much anticipated Cayman Islands LLC Bill which is intended to add another key facet to the Cayman Islands entity formation toolbox, the limited liability company. This important legal development has been sought by attorneys and clients in the United States for some time, particularly in the investment funds industry, and is based, in part, on the Delaware form of limited liability company. The LLC Law is expected to be enacted imminently, and we devote much of this edition of Law Talk to considering its key provisions and the type of vehicles that may adopt this structure. We also consider another important new Bill, the Cayman Islands' Data Protection Bill, which was published in May 2016.
The Limited Liability Companies Bill, 2015 has been published in the Cayman Islands and is expected to be enacted into law imminently. This will introduce a new type of corporate vehicle in the Cayman Islands: The Limited Liability Company.
The Cayman LLC will be a hybrid corporate vehicle combining many of the key characteristics of existing Cayman Islands companies and limited partnerships. The Cayman LLC will provide for the liability of its members to be limited to the amount they have agreed to contribute without any requirement for share capital or the relative structural rigidity of a traditional company and, unlike a limited partnership, will be a body corporate with separate legal personality. In common with limited partnerships, the interest of members in a Cayman LLC will typically be determined by reference to their capital contributions rather than by the number of shares that they hold and the members will be free to agree amongst themselves how the entity will be operated and regulated, subject to a small number of mandatory rules.
Other key features of the Cayman LLC include management by members or third party managers rather than by directors or general partners; freedom to allocate profits and losses as the members may determine; and the duty of managers to be limited to good faith unless otherwise agreed. The law implementing the Cayman LLC will also allow for the conversion of existing exempted companies into Cayman LLCs, the merger or consolidation of Cayman LLCs with exempted companies or foreign entities with separate legal personality and the continuation by foreign entities with separate legal personality into the Cayman Islands as Cayman LLCs.
Why is the LLC legislation significant?
The Cayman LLC legislation is significant because it brings to Cayman Islands' law a corporate entity that is fundamentally different from the traditional share capital, director-managed style of company. In particular, common law concepts, including maintenance of capital and restrictions on how capital may be returned or distributions made to shareholders have been swept aside in favor of a flexible corporate structure where members' interests may be measured by the amounts or value they contribute and solvency is the only test for permitting repayments or distributions to members.
Conceptually a Cayman LLC offers the flexibility of the partnership model in terms of how the business is operated and capitalized but – as with the company model – limited liability for members and separate legal personality for the entity. The operational flexibility of a Cayman LLC will enable its constitution to be closely aligned with how the members wish it to be run in contrast with the relatively rigid rules that companies are required to adhere to.
The Cayman LLC is thus being introduced to provide a flexible partnership-style corporate entity as an alternative to the traditional company model.
Who is likely to use this vehicle?
Limited liability companies are widely used in the United States and are a familiar feature in corporate structures for investment funds, joint ventures and structured finance transactions. A large proportion of investment funds and other financial services work undertaken in the Cayman Islands originates in the United States and the introduction of the Cayman LLC is largely a response to requests from the United States investment funds industry and major United States law firms. The Cayman LLC legislation has been drafted using the Delaware model as a guide and, for that reason, is expected to be welcomed by United States legal advisers and their clients as they will already be familiar with many of the concepts.
The Cayman Islands is the jurisdiction of choice for offshore investment funds and it is anticipated that the Cayman LLC will be of particular interest to private equity and hedge fund managers. The ability to have similar vehicles in onshore and offshore fund structures will better align the interests of investors regardless of how or where they enter the fund, enable broadly similar documentation to be used onshore and offshore and may well be administratively more efficient. Because the Cayman LLC will, for most practical purposes, operate as a "corporate partnership," it provides a degree of operational flexibility that is well suited to the funds market.
Additionally, the Cayman LLC lends itself to a broad range of corporate and commercial applications, including joint venture, general partner and structured finance vehicles, where its operational and structural flexibility may provide advantages over more traditional companies.
Members are given considerable flexibility to agree the internal workings and management of the Cayman LLC in their LLC agreement. The member(s) of an LLC are required to enter into an LLC agreement to regulate and conduct the business or affairs of the Cayman LLC. The LLC agreement is required to be governed by Cayman Islands law and the LLC is bound by the terms of the LLC agreement, whether or not signed by the Cayman LLC.
Existing Cayman Islands exempted companies and certain foreign companies continuing into the Cayman Islands may convert or merge into a Cayman LLC.
As the only offshore common law jurisdiction (with the exception of the Isle of Man) to introduce LLC legislation, this is another example of the responsiveness of this jurisdiction to onshore market developments and client needs when introducing new or amending existing legislation and will help cement the Cayman Islands' leading position in the offshore world.
The Cayman Islands government has published the Data Protection Bill, 2016, which proposes a framework of rights and duties designed to safeguard individuals' personal data, balanced against the need of public authorities, businesses and organizations to collect and use personal data for legitimate purposes. The Data Bill was developed in line with international best practices while ensuring that it reflects the specific needs of the Cayman Islands. It is based substantially on the Data Protection Act, 1998 of the United Kingdom and has been drafted in an attempt to meet the "adequacy" requirement of the European Data Protection Directive.1 The Directive is generally regarded as the most rigorous data privacy standard in the world. Gaining "adequacy" status would allow personal data to move between the EU member states (and members of the European Economic Area) and the Cayman Islands without further safeguards.
not to be transferred abroad unless the country or territory to which it is transferred ensures an adequate level of protection for the rights and freedoms of data subjects in relation to the processing of personal data.
the right to seek from the Information Commissioner an order for rectification, blocking, erasure or destruction of inaccurate personal data and opinions based on such.
the duty to notify data subjects and the Information Commissioner of any personal data breaches.
If processing of personal data is to be carried out on behalf of a data controller by a data processor (as defined in the Data Bill) (not being an employee of the data controller), the data controller will not be regarded as complying with Principle 7 above unless the processing is carried out under a contract which conforms to specific requirements (to ensure compliance with the Data Bill).
The Data Bill applies to a data controller established in the Cayman Islands if the data are processed in the context of that establishment. It also applies to a data controller who is not established in the Cayman Islands but processes data in the Cayman Islands otherwise than for the purposes of transit of data through the Cayman Islands. Where a data controller is not established in the Cayman Islands, the data controller is required to nominate someone who is established in the Cayman Islands as a representative, who will be liable as a data controller.
In order to be a data controller, a person must be the person who, alone or with others, determines the purposes, conditions and means of the processing of personal data.
The regulated activity of "processing" personal data is very widely defined to include obtaining, recording or holding data, or carrying out any operation or set of operations, which is again very widely defined. It is difficult to envisage anything that an organization might do with data that will not be considered to be processing.
In order to ensure that personal data can be used in appropriate circumstances, the Data Bill recognizes a number of exemptions to the obligations noted above, including national security, law enforcement, certain public functions, health care, education, social work, journalism, literature, art, research, history, statistics, information available under an enactment, legal proceedings, personal family or household affairs, honours, corporate finance, negotiations and legal privilege.
The Information Commissioner, currently tasked with oversight of the Freedom of Information Law (2015 Revision), will assume a similar role for data protection, and will be given the powers, responsibilities and resources necessary to ensure the successful functioning of the legislation.
to do anything which appears to be incidental or conducive to the carrying out of his or her functions under the law.
offenses otherwise specified in Regulations.
The Data Bill has been developed in line with international best practices but a conscious effort has also been made to ensure that it reflects the specific needs of the Cayman Islands. The Data Bill aims to meets these requirements and, if enacted, should create a robust and proportionate data protection regime that will enhance Cayman's reputation and competitiveness in the global marketplace.
Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the process of personal data and on the free movement of such data O.J. No. L 281/31. The Council and the European Parliament have given the EU Commission the power to determine whether a third-country ensures an adequate level of protection by reason of its domestic law or of the international commitments it has entered into. The effect of such a decision is that personal data can flow from the EU and EEA member countries to that third country without further safeguards being necessary.


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A few days ago I learned that my 26-year-old daughter was 'disturbed' that a friend of hers had been reposting some of my pro-animal rights blogs on his Facebook page.
She viewed this as a bad thing since it amounted to "ramming veganism down people's throats". Her mother proffered that she might like to discuss it with me, but she declined on the grounds that she would find herself agreeing with everything I said.
I know my daughter. She would indeed acquiesce to every argument I put forward. I know the subject matter and the arguments are pretty unassailable if you are a reasonable, thoughtful and compassionate person, which (most of the time) my daughter is. Nonetheless, I am also well aware that having agreed, she would ignore everything that was said very shortly afterwards. So I decided to reply in writing.
Has your ability to feel compassion for the helpless who get slaughtered fallen prey to convenience, laziness, peer pressure, an inability to empathise with what they go through, or simply a lack of caring? Can you, in all honesty, dwell upon what you are complicit in and feel comfortable with the part you play?
I believe I could be counted as one of those one hundred Mark and I am eternally grateful for it. Becoming a true vegan does not happen overnight because there are so many facets to it, the minute you think you have 'got it' then another door opens and you have to dig even deeper into your conscience because there is even more to be done. I applaud what you do and am grateful for the uncomfortable information you have brought to our attention, not only to give us the opportunity to personally change but to pass the information on to others to do the same. Keep stirring that pot!
Mark I do believe there are wonderful ways to swing people towards veganism. Possibly this is what your daughter refers to. I have been following a few Facebook sites supporting veganism and have been pleasantly surprised by their methods of communication of the need to respect animals and STOP EATING THEM. Possibly your daughter would relate to my perspective. When inundated by horror I shut it off. Note, I am a Vegan already. When faced with some of the horrors you have put forth on your facebook page to support the vegan lifestyle I simply cannot read them or look at the pictures because I find myself in an emotional spiral which is difficult to come out of. I support a vegan lifestyle, I share my beliefs, but I also consider my ascension pathway horror and fear will not assist me along my way.
It seems that in essence what you are saying is that you find the evidence presented in the blogs in general(?) to be too strong and that my efforts to influence would be more effective using a different approach.
1. Any basic learning styles model will indicate that different approaches work on different people. By definition, it would be difficult to incorporate them all into one document and (on an issue as emotive as this), not loose some of your audience. Therefore, the message I have written is intended to favour both my needs as the author and the segment of readership upon whom this approach would be effective.
2. Clearly, the blog is not written using an influencing technique which would make it suitable for individuals with the sensitivities you ascribe to yourself. Whilst this may appear as a flaw to you, this would only be the case if everybody felt the way you do. This is not so.
3. Were you to review all of the blogs that I have written on this subject, you will find a variety of techniques being employed to influence. Whilst I admit that I am exasperated by the failure of the general populous to 'wake up' to the egregious act of eating the flesh of other creatures, and therefore tend to favour a very direct and 'in your face' approach, this one is actually rather mild and situationally appropriate for the intended target audience: my daughter.
4. You seem to have assumed that the method was not successful when used on my daughter. You may well appreciate that I know her quite well, and I know what will influence her and what will not. I chose to share this private letter, but nonetheless, it seems curious to suggest that the approach is inappropriate without knowledge of her.
5. Ironically, I have received more positive feedback about this particular blog than any other. One person specifically wished to mention to me that he found it "the most persuasive argument for going vegan he had ever seen".
6. There are plenty of websites that offer gentler approaches to getting the facts. I do not doubt that people, if interested in veganism, gravitate to those that match with their preferences. I do not claim or desire to appeal to all audiences and I write, as I channel, for those who wish to learn truths.
7. Because of my etheric connection, I am made painfully aware of the implications of our continuing dependence animals for sustenance. (Have you listened to the channeling about it?) I have experienced their terror and unwillingness to return on their journeys. I am well aware of the crises of all kinds that lie in wait. I feel the urgency of the need for people to be aware of the full implications of the horrors that we perpetrate. I write with all of this as a backdrop.
8. My blogs are an opportunity for me to express myself, albeit using the etheric's agenda. They have never voiced any concerns about my technique. Indeed, many are fully channelled. I therefore do not apologise for the content, nor the method.
I have presumed that your comments refer to many of my blogs, since references to horror and fear can surely not apply to this one? Whilst it is certainly presented in other blogs, it is the horror and fear experienced by the animals that is highlighted. I fail to recognise how the blogs in themselves evoke either emotion, since it is the subject matter that is horrific and the wording does not instigate fear. Frankly, I hope people are horrified. If they are fearful, I don't understand why, but that's their choice.
I have seldom found that turning away from the realities of the world brings about change of any kind. Whilst I can appreciate a desire to look away from the plight of animals, such a stance changes nothing and brings about no change. The truth IS that billions of animals die every year in torturous circumstances. Whilst you may assert that 'horror and fear do not assist you along your way', pretending that it doesn't happen certainly won't help those hapless souls.
Hi Mark, you are so prompt with your replies. I'm impressed.
Let me clarify my thoughts. Getting information from thought to paper is not my forte, and I fear I may have offended you which is not my intention. I do appreciate your work and the communication you share from the etheric. It is very beneficial.
I am enjoying your blogs immensely and have been catching up on them all (so am reading a lot of them at once). That would of course bring up the few that I find I am sensitive to more frequently.
I grew up on a farm in rural Manitoba and considered the animals my friends (not a good thing to do, really). Long story short, I suppose I choose to be over sensitive to the true horrors that do occur to farm animals in the end, even if they enjoy a good Mom & Pop farm.
It is true that different learning methods work on different folks. I am typically the "push over", eager to learn. I suppose others may need the shock to jump in line or "wake up" to what is happening. As, yes, I have to admit it is horrific. You are correct.
Of course I will continue to read the blogs to learn from your voice and the etheric's.
Possibly as I grow and develop along the ascension pathway my verbal skills will develop and I will share my thoughts more freely.
Please understand I don't assume to know your daughter's thoughts or emotions, I simply wonder if she can relate to mine? My apologies if this is what I appeared to imply.
I would certainly miss this work you are sharing. Yes, I have listened now to all of the audio downloads available at your Angels in Canada website (no small feet as you have so many). They have been wonderful learning for me & I continue to re-listen to them as I feel there is always something new to hear each time.
I have also read the books. My friend Catherine gave me the first one, but I do not recall anything special with the 1st reading of it. After reading the 3rd book this summer I have re-read the 1st book and I am not sure where or what happened but it was late in the evening and I began to literally buzz..... Finally around midnight I got up and since I work from home, I went to work. I literally buzzed for hours. All I can recall of what happened that evening was I had this clear feeling of total understanding, like I felt "wow! I get it!" But to this day I cannot tell you what that was that I "got".
The next step is to implement and practice what I am learning. But with with each step back there seems to be 2 steps forward.
Be patient with me. I will keep trying.
Keep up the great work. I appreciate it and the world needs it.


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Blood test reveals whether smoking will cause COPD
Diet and lifestyle 10. aug 2021 3 min Professor Grith Lykke Sørensen Written by Morten Busch
Why can some people smoke their whole life without developing either cancer or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)? This type of question lays a smokescreen about how important quitting smoking is. A new study now shows that a blood test can measure how the body reacts to the presence of cigarette smoke in the lungs. A high concentration of a specific protein in the blood is associated with a greatly increased risk of COPD – many years before the disease develops. The researchers hope that this test can become a regular part of a health check-up and thereby help to motivate smokers to quit their risky habit.
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When smokers inhale hot cigarette smoke into their lungs, the immune system promptly tries to protect them. A major component of this defence is surfactant protein D (SP-D), a soluble innate immune factor produced by the surfaces of the airways. SP-D protects against infections but also against smoke-induced inflammation of the airways. For smokers, however, SP-D moves from the lung tissue into the blood, thus weakening the protection of the lungs. However, the serum level of SP-D appears to be useful in assessing whether chronic lung damage is developing.
"Studies have shown that the smokers with the highest concentrations of serum SP-D had the worst lung function. In our new study, we investigated whether smokers' SP-D concentration can predict whether they would develop COPD. The experiments show that a blood test for SP-D can identify high-risk smokers. We hope that these tests can eventually become standard in health check-ups, so that they can help to promote smoking cessation or early treatment," explains an author behind the study, Grith Lykke Sørensen, Professor, Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Southern Denmark, Odense.
Changes among smokers
COPD is actually an umbrella term for chronic lung diseases, but tobacco smoking causes most cases of COPD today. In severe cases, COPD makes breathing so difficult that a person needs oxygen to survive. Globally, COPD is the third most common cause of death and the fifth leading cause of lost quality-adjusted life-years.
"COPD is the disease that contributes most to social inequality in health. Researchers have therefore intensely searched for biomarkers that can determine whether people are developing COPD. Scientists have been seeking inflammatory mediators, including some known as microvesicles and micro-RNA, but none of these were significant enough. When I was previously involved in other studies, I became aware of SP-D because of its special properties," says Grith Lykke Sørensen.
SP-D is usually located on the surface of the lungs, where it protects them from external threats such as infections or environmental effects such as tobacco smoke. However, these effects apparently influence the location of SP-D.
"Cigarette smoking causes SP-D to move from the lungs into the bloodstream. We therefore hypothesised that measuring SP-D in serum might be an early indicator of whether COPD is developing. We followed a group of smokers for 12 years to assess whether serum SP-D levels could predict the future risk of developing COPD," explains Grith Lykke Sørensen.
The new study showed that SP-D in the blood is a good indicator of both whether you smoke or not and whether you develop chronic smoke-induced lung damage or not. The concentration of SP-D was more than 50% higher among smokers (1289 ng/ml) than among nonsmokers (833 ng/ml), and former smokers had only slightly higher levels (877 ng/ml). The researchers also found a convincing association between lung function and SP-D concentration.
"The relative risk for smokers of developing COPD over 12 years increased by almost 10% if the concentration of SP-D in the blood doubled, so SP-D was clearly associated with the risk of developing COPD," says Grith Lykke Sørensen, who adds that the risk should be viewed based on the fact that COPD often progresses slowly and throughout life.
May soon show its value
Although the results are undoubtedly convincing, the researchers remain somewhat cautious about using SP-D to indicate the development of COPD. The study included only 756 pairs of twins, so it initially only indicates that SP-D can be used as a biomarker for the risk of COPD among smokers.
"SP-D is definitely a weaker indicator of COPD than direct measurements such as spirometry, which directly measures the volume of air exhaled. The advantage of measuring SP-D in blood, however, is that high concentrations can be measured much earlier than spirometry and that a blood test is a much easier method. Checking more frequently whether early stages of COPD are developing may eventually prove to be easier," explains Grith Lykke Sørensen.
And Grith Lykke Sørensen says that COPD needs to be viewed as a disease that often begins early in life. Frequently measuring SP-D can immediately identify people with pre-COPD and thus be able to motivate them to adopt a healthier lifestyle without cigarettes.
"Blood tests for SP-D clearly have great potential to indicate lung disease among high-risk smokers, but this requires clinical trials. Until these are completed, we hope that companies testing drugs for the early stages of COPD will adopt the test as an easy and direct way to measure the effectiveness of their drug candidates. This is how the SP-D test may soon show its value," concludes Grith Lykke Sørensen.
"Increased serum SP-D in identification of high-risk smokers at high risk of COPD" has been published in the American Journal of Physiology – Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology. The Novo Nordisk Foundation has awarded project funding to GEMINIKAR: the Importance of Genes, Familiar and Common Environment for the Development of Insulin Resistance, Abdominal Adiposity and Cardiovascular Risk Factors.
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A: There are 2 problems:
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Second, in the binding string you have value: 'availableItem' which just sets the select value to the string 'availableItem'. Should be without the quotes: value: availableItem
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Religious Left On the Rise?
NPR recently ran a story on the possible rise of a religious left.
What I've noticed is that such stories show up with almost predictable regularity, maybe once a year. I suspect they fall on slow news days. As to whether there is a new or renewed movement of the religious left, I'm a skeptic, and not the only one.
These stories about rumblings on the religious left tell us more about the need of the media and our polarized culture for binary frameworks of explanation — left / right, blue / red — than they do about a significant social movement.
But they don't seem to amount to much. Why?
For one thing they are often reactive. They are fueled by irritation that something called "the Religious Right," has become the public face of Christianity. Or so they claim.
They define themselves over and against such groups that are more conservative in nature. But being against something, in this case, against "the Religious Right," tends to have limited appeal. People want to know what you're for not what you are against. And if what you are for is "tolerance" and "diversity" that may not really bring people to the ramparts either.
Another, even more important reason, that a rise of the religious left seems never to equal such hopeful articles as the one at NPR, is that the institutional world that might fund and support the religious left has been in decline for decades. It is no secret that the two words that most describe liberal Protestantism are "aging" and "shrinking." There are, to be sure, glorious exceptions. But overall this movement tends to be a paper tiger, unable to mobilize either money or votes.
It's difficult to mount a social movement based on a handful of denominations that are in a constant state of retrenchment and restructuring driven by shrinking funds.
Something else that factors into this is that unlike fundamentalism and evangelicalism, liberal Christianity is allergic to big personalities. There aren't many equivalents to Jerry Falwell (Sr. or Jr.), Franklin Graham, Joel Osteen or Rick Warren in the world of liberal Protestantism. Such entrepreneurial types are discouraged by the bureaucratic complexities and rigidities of mainline Protestantism as well as by a skepticism (some would say a healthy skepticism) about charismatic leaders. But you do have to have such figures to really inspire a movement.
Some such energy has focused around the founder of the Moral Mondays Movement, William Barber. But that may be more the exception that proves the rule.
So these are systemic reasons that the religious left doesn't quite get it together.
But maybe it is not so bad if there isn't a powerful, organized religious left?
Some thoughtful evangelicals have wondered if the religious right hasn't become way too close to the Republican Party and in doing so forgotten their own real calling and identity. There's a lot about today's Republican Party that is a pretty uneasy alliance with Jesus — something some evangelicals are feeling.
One of the best things I read about the Covington Catholic/ Native American Elder mess at the Mall the weekend before last focused on the fact that the teens were adorned with Trump MAGA hats. A Catholic commentator lamented the way Christianity had been "pimped out" for political swag.
That's a danger for a resurgent Religious Left as well, if there were to be one. Becoming the Democratic Party at prayer doesn't sound all that appealing or even interesting.
Faithful Christians must speak to the culture in which they reside about what God requires. But simply mirroring the two-party system or left/ right polarities may not be the best or only way to do that. The very best thing the church can do is be the church, in all our gospel peculiarity.


When does Victoria series three start, who's in the cast with Jenna Coleman and what is it about?
ITV's Victoria is returning for a third season When is the third series of Victoria on TV? An exact date is yet to be confirmed for season three, but it is likely to be autumn 2018.
When we catch up with Queen Victoria (Jenna Coleman) and her husband Prince Albert (Tom Hughes), the year is 1848, a "turbulent and uncertain time" for monarchs and subjects alike.
Jenna Coleman gives first glimpse of Victoria as she returns to filming. Series three is on the way.
Coleman provided the voice for the character Melia in the English dub of the 2011 video game Xenoblade Chronicles. In 2012, Coleman was cast as Rosie in Stephen Poliakoff's original drama series Dancing on the Edge, which follows the fortunes of a black jazz band in the 1930s.


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The objective of the Theme-based Research Scheme (TRS) is to focus academic research efforts of the institutions on themes of strategic importance to the long-term development of Hong Kong. The funded projects led by the Engineering Faculty Members are shown below:
Research and Development of Artificial Intelligence in Extraction and Identification of Spoken Language Biomarkers for Screening and Monitoring of Neurocognitive Disorders
2019/20 (Ninth Round)
Funding amount: HK$45M
Participating Institutions: CUHK, HKUST, PolyU
Project Coordinator: Prof. Helen Meng
Population ageing is a global concern. According to WHO, our world's population aged 60+ will nearly double to 22% by 2050, while Hong Kong's population aged 65+ will rise to 35%. Ageing is accompanied by various high-burden geriatric syndromes, which escalate public healthcare expenditures. This situation, coupled with a shrinking workforce and narrowing tax base, jeopardizes our society's sustainability. Neurocognitive disorders (NCD) – including age-related cognitive decline, mild cognitive impairment, and various types of dementia – are particularly prominent in older adults. Dementia has an insidious onset followed by gradual, irreversible deterioration in memory, communication, judgment, and other domains; care costs are estimated at USD 1 trillion today and are expected to double by 2030. This presents a dire need for better disease screening and management. NCD diagnoses and monitoring are largely conducted by clinical professionals face-to-face using neuropsychological tests. Such testing is limited due to clinician shortages; capturing snapshots of cognition that ignore intra-individual variability; subjective recall of cognitive functioning; inter-rater variability in assessment; and language/cultural biases. To address these issues, we will develop an automated, objective, highly accessible evaluation platform based on inexpensively acquirable biomarkers for NCD screening and monitoring. Platform accessibility enables active, remote monitoring, and the generation of patient alerts for prompt treatment between clinical visits. Collecting individualized "big data" over time enables flagging of subtle changes in cognition for early detection of cognitive decline. These actions will prevent under-diagnosis, enhance disease management, delay institutionalization, and lower care costs. NCD often manifests in communicative impairments. Hence, we target spoken language biomarkers – non-intrusive alternatives to blood tests and brain scans for NCD screening and monitoring. Spoken language can be easily captured remotely. Speech event records (e.g. latencies, dysfluencies) at millisecond resolutions enable sensitive cognitive assessments. We will develop Artificial Intelligence (AI)-driven technologies to automatically extract spoken language biomarkers. Our work is novel in its comprehensive dimensional coverage of conversational spoken language dialogs (from hesitations to dialog coherence), using fit-for-purpose deep learning techniques for feature extraction and selection. Our systems will be highly adaptable across environments to ensure consistent, objective NCD assessments. Our research will offer unprecedented data and technological support for early NCD diagnoses and timely clinical care. This aligns with WHO's plan of making dementia a public health and social care priority at national and international levels. We aim to control the overwhelming burden of NCD through AI-enabled healthcare that better supports patients and caregivers in Hong Kong.
Advancing Emerging Research and Innovations Important to Hong Kong
Project Title: Image-guided Automatic Robotic Surgery
2018/19 (Eigth Round)
Participating Institutions: CUHK
Project Coordinator: Prof. Yunhui Liu
Robotics is widely considered to be one of the key technological drivers of economic growth and competitiveness. It therefore is important for Hong Kong to develop its own robotics technology. The challenge lies in where to position Hong Kong in this extremely broad interdisciplinary area. Since Hong Kong has the best healthcare system in the region, developing robotics technology for healthcare is an obvious strategy, which will build upon our existing strengths.
The objective of this project is to establish a world-class research center in surgical robotics in Hong Kong by forming an interdisciplinary team with the necessary expertise in engineering and medicine from local universities, and collaborating with internationally-respected institutions such as Intuitive Surgical Inc., Imperial College London, and Johns Hopkins University. Existing surgical robots work in a remote control mode in which a surgeon tele-controls the robots with full attention. It is widely considered that such remote-controlled robots will be replaced by next-generation ones that will assist surgeons with high-level intelligence, and automatically perform particular steps of surgical procedures. The development of such intelligent surgical robots presents several big scientific challenges including (1) how to efficiently and reliably sense surgical objects/fields; (2) how to automatically carry out pre-operative (pre-op) surgical planning and navigate the robots in the highly dynamic and individual-dependent environment; (3) how to control the actions of surgical robots safely and accurately; (4) how to equip surgical robots with high-level intelligence, e.g., the abilities of situation awareness and reasoning. By combining the expertise and experiences in the different areas, we aim to develop innovative solutions to those challenges, which include (1) novel systems and algorithms for real-time sensing of 3D geometry, force, and biomechanical properties of surgical objects; (2) data-driven surgical planning and navigation by using the huge image data of robotic surgery at the Prince of Wales Hospital (PWH) and Intuitive Surgical Inc.; (3) visually servoed controllers for robots interacting with soft tissues; and (4) robotic surgery intelligence based on deep learning. The technologies will be integrated into a prototype of image-guided surgical robots that is able to automatically assist surgeons and perform a single surgical step or several connected steps of surgical procedures. We will use the total laparoscopic hysterectomy (TLH) as the example to validate the system by ex-vivo experiments, and if approved, by clinical trials and pilot applications.
Smart Solar Energy Harvesting, Storage, and Utilization
2013/14 Exercise (Third Round)
Funding amount: HK$ 60.33M
Participating Institutions: CUHK, POLYU, HKUST, HKU
Project Coordinator: Prof. C.P. Wong
Prof. Wong Ching-ping, Dean of Engineering, and his team members study the new technology in energy harvesting, storage and utilization in this project. To sustainably utilize solar energy, intelligent power distribution grids need to be locally developed for solar energy generation, storage, and utilization at affordable cost and with enhanced security of supply through flexible transition between grid interconnected and islanded operating modes. All of these issues are in line with the strategic objectives on sustainable development outlined by the Hong Kong Government in 2005.
They will develop high-performance vacuum deposited thin-film photovoltaics (PV) devices and modules which will make low-cost, high-throughput, and large-area PV production possible. They will explore new materials and processing approaches for high energy-density batteries and supercapacitors, so as to realize a hybrid storage system. They will also formulate strategies to integrate, manage, and control various subsystems to enhance the efficiency and security in energy utilization.


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Tyler passes 1,000 excess deaths
In Tyler, March was 50% deadlier than February.
Stephen Fierbaugh
Last October, the Tyler Loop wrote, "Is COVID-19 behind us? The numbers say otherwise." As vaccinations go up and masks come off, we ask again,"Is COVID-19 behind us?" Again, the answer is,"The numbers say otherwise."
A fair characterization of the numbers actually suggest that only the holiday surge is behind us and COVID-19 has gone back to spreading similarly to the fall. There may be some hope on the horizon, though.
In March, 2021, the City of Tyler had 163 extra deaths above the average for the past four years (2016-2019), bringing our total excess deaths since June 2020 to 1,004. March's toll was about 50% higher than February's 103 extra deaths.
Since June of 2020, data from the Local Registrar of the City of Tyler Vital Statistics Director reveals that deaths have been spiking far above normal.
Typically, there are 2,481 deaths between June and March. In the last year, there have been 3,485 — a difference of 1,004. Even not counting the average deaths, one out of every 232 Smith County residents has died since June 2020.
These are raw death numbers, simply reporting the number of deceased at hospitals and funeral homes within the City of Tyler. NET Health (Northeast Texas Public Health) reports only 290 deaths due to COVID-19, a significantly lower number.
To be included in NET Health's count, someone generally must be diagnosed with a positive test result, go to the hospital, go to intensive care and ultimately succumb. Their death certificate will mention COVID-19 and they will show up in official COVID-19 statistics.
Two things seem to be driving the higher death numbers: undiagnosed cases and the uninsured. Many COVID-19 cases present asymptomatically or with symptoms that people don't recognize at the time as COVID-19.
However, even if they do not require hospitalization, asymptomatic or atypical illnesses may make someone extremely ill. Some of these people with undiagnosed cases may be dying of related illnesses without being tested.
Secondly, Texas ranks last of all states in health coverage, with 18% uninsured, twice the national average. Tyler is even worse: it has a large healthcare system, but 21.7% of people are not able to access it.
These uninsured are more likely to not receive even nominally low cost or free care, such as COVID-19 testing and vaccines. It also makes it more likely that they will die of stress-related causes or delayed care for other diseases.
None of these deaths will appear in official statistics, but none of them would have occurred if not for the epidemic. It's a deadly time to be without health insurance in Tyler.
Governor Abbot claims that we are "very close" to herd immunity. Herd immunity is defined as somewhere between 70% and 85% of the population either vaccinated or otherwise immune. Smith County is not even close.
About one in four adults in Smith County have been vaccinated; three in four have not. There are only 18,652 recovered COVID-19 cases. About half of those 65+ have been vaccinated; about half have not.
What about the data? Community Spread for Smith County, the 7-day average cases per 100K population, has declined from a January high of 95.3 all the way to a low of 7.49 at the end of March. Since then it has slowly creeped back into the "moderate" range.
After topping out at 22% in early January, COVID-19 hospitalizations have slowly declined to about 2-3%.
The decline is real, in a sense. The numbers hit a holiday surge high and then went back to levels similar to the fall of 2020. But COVID-19 didn't go away. And it didn't decline from where we were before the holidays.
Testing — and the lack thereof — is also contributing to the apparent decline. Tyler's testing has been haphazard and sporadic, topping out in December at 558 tests per 100K population per day. Since then, testing has fallen to 50-100 tests per 100K population per day, similar to where Tyler was when the tests were in short supply.
But tests are no longer in short supply. They are now relatively widespread and appear easy to get, but they still depend on patients requesting one. Lack of systematic testing means we live with a widely asymptomatic, undercounted serious disease.
Still, there is hope for the next few months. Vaccines are becoming more widely available and daily vaccination numbers are increasing. Smith County is on track to achieve herd immunity around Thanksgiving.
If we can quickly get the other half of the elderly vaccinated, the death rate should start declining well before that. It is critical that people over 65 get the vaccine because they are the most likely to die from COVID-19.
The holidays and the February snowstorm provided interesting natural experiments. During the holidays, social distancing was widely disregarded and there was a massive surge. During the snowstorm, there was a weeklong quarantine due to weather, and cases fell rapidly afterwards.
Correlation is not causation, but both are strongly suggestive that the primary force driving the COVID-19 epidemic is our own actions at the county and personal level. Progress against COVID-19 is within our reach if we continue masking, social distancing and increase vaccinations.
Stephen Fierbaugh was lead IT Project Manager for a large hospital ship being built in China. He is director of informatics for The Tyler Loop. Now, he's looking for new places to serve. Are these statistics helpful? Would you like to see similar information for your city or organization? Stephen has his Masters in Intercultural Studies with a focus on ICT4D (technology) and is PMI certified as a Project Management Professional (PMP). Check out his LinkedIn for more examples of his skills and experience.
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Home International FM: Sending migrants back to Serbia is unacceptable
FM: Sending migrants back to Serbia is unacceptable
Ivica Dacic says Serbia finds it "unacceptable" that Hungary would send migrants back while more and more are arriving from Macedonia and Greece.
AP quoted the foreign minister as saying: "Serbia is not a collective center – we want to be part of the solution, not collateral damage. There will have to be talks in the coming days with Brussels and other countries."
Dacic, who was in Prague for an OSCE conference on Tuesday when he made the comments, stressed that Serbia, which is not an EU member, has found itself "stuck between two parts of the EU that are not cooperating, and have different policies."
His Czech counterpart Lubomir Zaoralek said that "Europe must return to a normal condition within its internal borders," the agency said, and added that the influx of migrants seeking asylum in Europe was not abating.
Meanwhile, European Commission officials "have been unable to say" today whether Hungary can send those refugees it deems have no right to enter its territory – arriving in the country from the Middle East via Greece and Serbia – back to Serbia, or to Greece, which is the EU country they first set foot in.
EC spokesperson Natasha Berto replied to this question by saying that the EU "has a readmission agreement with Serbia," and that she "does not know whether Hungary has a separate bilateral agreement on returning asylum seekers" – so she "could not make a comment."
Asked whether Hungary can go ahead and send migrants back to Serbia, despite Belgrade saying it will not accept them and telling Budapest to return them to Greece, the EU country they came from – Berto said: "The EU as a whole is implementing the principle of not returning persons across borders if they truly need international protection, while asylum applications are considered individually."
"But, when it comes to persons arriving in Europe without the right to remain there," she continued, "they are returned to their countries of origin when the EU has agreements on readmission, and since the EU has readmission agreements with the Western Balkans, Hungary can send Serbian citizens back to Serbia, or refuse them entry at the border."
Berto further said that EU ministers of internal affairs and justice "said yesterday the EU would offer assistance to the countries on the Balkan refugee route," and that the EU will soon hold a meeting on this topic "with Hungary and Western Balkans countries."
According to reports on Tuesday quoting "an unofficial explanation from an EU source" there is no clear answer to the question how Hungary – "since it can hardly legally force Serbia to accept them" – might send migrants coming from Asia and Africa back to Greece – "considering the EU's position that Greece is in a particularly difficult economic and financial situation."
The Dublin rules are clear: an EU member can send migrants back to the EU country they first entered, because that country on the external borders of the 28-member union "must launch procedures to approve asylum requests to migrants."
Commenting on Monday, a state secretary with the Serbia Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs announced the country would deploy soldiers to its border to prevent Hungary sending back migrants, and added:
"If they want to send them back, they'll have to send them back to Greece. That was the first country of entry into the EU. We will not accept them even at the price of Serbia deploying soldiers to its border."
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Bisola Aiyeola talks about her journey to stardom in new episode of #WithChude
In the latest episode of "With Chude," Chude Jideonwo chats with singer and actress Bisola Aiyeola.
She talked about her rise to stardom: from her father walking away and never returning; her mother losing her business to a fire and never recovering; having to drop out of school and not finish university; getting pregnant very young and falling out of love with the father; struggling for years with auditions and still not blowing up after Project Fame; and what the horrible experience of poverty taught her about the world.
As expected this was deep, open and heartfelt.
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On her mum's reaction when she revealed she was pregnant:
When I told her that I was having a baby after Project Fame, my momsy wailed. She was like, 'who's the boy? He has stolen my jewel'. I've never seen my mum that sad before. She just felt like this was what was going to escalate us to success, happiness, and goodness, and I was having a baby. It broke me, and I think that's the only time that I've seen my mum not really be supportive, but she got over it. I had my daughter when I was 23, and she just told me to have the baby and she'll look after her So, now it gives me so much joy knowing that she's happy and I can take care of her.
On her mum losing her business to a fire and how they survived:
My mom had two stores in Lagos Island. We were living la vida loca — we were the children that were called the London children because almost every new year, every new session, we're resuming with new school bags, new school socks, everything jand! My mom used to travel a lot, and then life hit her — her stores got burnt and she never got back on her feet. It was just like we had hit when I say rock bottom, rockest of the rock bottom and it was after that time we started living from one family member's house to another family member's house changing schools and it wasn't a fun experience.
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Peter Wells is on the show and we'll discuss whether Stan can beat Netflix in Australia and who the $500 Apple watch is targeted at. Is it a chronograph or a fitness tracker?
MacRumors passes along that French website iGen has sources that say the stainless steel Apple Watch will sell for around $500 and the gold version will be somewhere from $4-5,000. Despite reports of an internal memo from Apple VP of retail Angela Ahrendts placing the watch launch after Chinese new year on Feb. 19, iGen's sources say Feb. 14th is still the target date. Rumors? Yes. But iGen has been spot on with their sources before, including most recently with the size of the iPhone 6 and 6+.


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Fue descrita científicamente por Balthasar en 1952.

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Riverside blanks Scotties
BCT sports staff
Burlington County high school roundup: November 7
Riverside 14, Bordentown 0: The Rams ran wild in Thursday's NJSIAA crossover win. Running back Khy' Moore led the ground attack with 164 rushing yards and a touchdown. Quarterback Danny Devlin also punched in a rushing touchdown, gaining more yards on the ground (26 yards) than through the air (24 yards). Louis Vazquez and Alex Bridle led the Rams' defense with four tackles apiece, while Moore had an interception and two tackles.
The Rams improved to 2-7 on the season, while the Scotties unfortunately remain winless (0-8). Riverside plays Florence on Thanksgiving Day, while Bordentown hosts New Egypt on Thanksgiving Eve.
Gloucester 15, Maple Shade 14: Justin Milligan had a pair of touchdown passes for the Wildcats, but things went sideways in the final minutes of the NJSIAA crossover bout. The Wildcats saw a 14-0 lead negated by Gloucester in the fourth quarter, leaving the Wildcats with a disappointing end to their season. Michael Santore had a 33-yard touchdown reception for the Wildcats, while Rudy Loomis scored on a six-yard catch. The Wildcats, who snapped a three-game win streak, finish the season at 6-4.


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Can I Really Fit In Reading A Good Book?
If being a good reader is what goes into making someone a better writer then I must confess that I am not the writer that I think I am. Let me just say that I love to read, so much so that when I don't get a chance to it hurts my heart just a little bit more with each opportunity that slips through my fingers.
After all, reading is what made me want to be a writer in the first place and it is what allowed me to enhance my abilities as a writer, learning more about crafting words, and the proper structure of them, what having the write setting and time period can do to enhance a book. I read about how important small details are to a book and how to get more in touch with my characters and who they were really portraying. With reading I even got to learn about certain things that I otherwise wouldn't have known about and about places that I have always dreamt of going but that are not a guaranteed staple of my journey.
Having said all of that, lately, in the last few years I have not been the best reader that I can be. That last two years it seems as though I have not read at all (unless you count the fact that it took me almost a whole year to finish one book) and it saddens me. It is not because I don't still have the desire to always have a book in my hand and take it with me wherever I go. It is because once you really thrusts yourself into being a writer, both the creative and the business sides of it, it seems like the time to read is minimal at best.
I feel like I can't even balance the time to write and market my business, along with taking care of my daughter and making memories with her, so by the time I sit down to read anything I am so tired that I end up in the same place I started with the bookmark lying somewhere on the floor and the pages bent because I have tossed and turned all over my book.
You see it's not as if I never make the attempt and even squeeze in what I think will be just enough time to read a chapter before I try and get some sleep. Mind you, that I wake up most mornings at 6am and don't usually make it to bed until 2am (sometimes later) so I am operating daily on four hours of sleep. Example, I started the book I am currently reading in January with the New Year. At the most it should have only taken me a month to finish it (used to be less) but here it is March and I am still just halfway through. So does the fact that I can't seem to squeeze in reading to my already filled up schedule mean that I am not as good of a writer as I once was? I sure hope not.
This is a reminder to all of you out there, find the time to read if you're not already doing it. It will not only make you a better writer overall, but a better editor for those novels you have to edit, and just a better storyteller in general. Take it from someone who can't seem to fit in a good book and who is desperately trying to find the balance so that I can, read almost as much as you write. It will make a world of a difference. Stay curious and stay captivating!
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I'm almost at the opposite end. I end up reading so much that it's hard to get in my writing time. Working full time in a school, editing some projects, drafting another, outlining another, daily blogging, volunteering, author readings, committee work… Eek! I aim to have at least one novel publication ready each year, and to release a poetry chapbook. It works, but it's not stress free, by any means.
I need to read to get some sanity back! I aim to read 100 books a year, and I am well ahead of schedule for this year with 21 so far. I frequently choose to read really great short works to keep up my count 🙂 So here's one for you: if you haven't read John Green's The Fault in our Stars- which just took me an evening to read- you're missing something! It's very inspiring.
Thanks for taking the time out of your very busy schedule to provide words of encouragement to me and a suggestion for a good book to read. I will definately look that book up at the library, if I can ever finish the one that I am currently reading. Good job on having read 21 books already this year, I am still on the 1 book, lol. What's your secret? Thanks again for stopping by and I'm going to head on over to your blog in just a minute. Have a very blessed evening!
I feel for you girl. I'm a writer and I love to read. I don't read nearly as much as I used to and that's a shame. I learn some much from reading. I should probably go and find the library . . . . 😀 hope you manage to find some time to read. Good luck with the writing.


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Before we went away to Dublin we were told we should visit F.X. Buckley Steakhouse for what was described by Matt's Dad as the best steak he'd ever had. With that glowing of a recommendation and it being located only a stones throw away from out hotel, it would have been rude not to visit. The night before we flew home it started to rain, so we asked a very lovely Irish taxi driver to run us up the road to the steakhouse and he kindly obliged not even taking a fare for the trip.
When we arrived, we were directed upstairs to the steakhouse and swiftly seated. For a Sunday night it was quite busy with a huge group at the back of the room celebrating a birthday. The restaurant had a very classy feel to it without being too pretentious. The walls were adorned with navy and white stripes which reminded me of a butchers apron which is very apt in a restaurant serving only the top quality meats.
Although we were there for the steaks, I couldn't sway myself from getting anything from the menu other than the Beef and Guinness pie. When you're in the home of Guinness its a must. Matt chose a sirloin steak and we also ordered some sides of creamed spinach with parmesan and baked creamed cauliflower gratin.
The pie was absolutely stunning. Filled with juicy wholesome pieces of beef, covered in flaky pastry accompanied by mashed potato with spring onion and a delicious drizzle of gravy, it was divine. I also tried a slither of the steak and could see what all the fuss was about. Even though Matt prefers his steak a little more red than me, I could get past that and appreciate the great piece of meat.
I was extremely pleased with my selection and chowed down on as much as I could handle, ultimately having to leave some or else I would have exploded. We decided after our food that that was all we'd have, only for a moment later to be thinking about desserts. We gave ourselves a good sized break before we chose a cheeky dessert. As this was a weekend of firsts, having had our first Thai food the night before, I selected a vanilla creme brûlée as I'd always wanted to try it. It wasn't what I was expecting but it was lovely, a little to sweet for me to be able to finish it but I enjoyed it nonetheless. Matt went with his usual of sticky toffee pudding and he enjoyed it but found the slate a little hard to eat from.
We had a brilliant night in F.X. Buckley, despite there being a very rowdy birthday crowd in for the duration of our visit. The food was delicious and the vibe was suitably chilled. If you are a meat lover and heading to Dublin, this is certainly one for you. There are a number of F.X Buckley restaurants in Dublin, we visited the restaurant above Ryan's on Parkgate Street.


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Scottish salmon enjoyed its second highest ever annual output in 2017, according to new figures from the Scottish Government.
The Scottish Fish Farm Production Survey for the year, produced by Marine Scotland Science, reports that 189,707 tonnes were harvested.
The official annual statistical bulletin also reports increases of just more than three million smolts put to sea as well as other measures of productivity.
The level of survival on salmon farms has also increased to 79.1 per cent, compared to 73.3 per cent previously.
Gilpin Bradley, chairman of the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation (SSPO) welcomed the new figures: "2017 was a successful year for Scottish salmon farmers. "Volumes were strong and exports reached an all-time high with sales of £600 million to more than 50 countries worldwide.
"This is testament to the hard work and commitment of so many dedicated salmon farmers in the Highlands and Islands and the global recognition of Scottish salmon's enviable premium market position.
Salmon farming is significant to Scotland's economy and it is in some of the most remote parts of the country where its value is truly felt.
Highlands and Islands Enterprise recently reported that employment in the industry and the wider supply chain topped 10,000 full time equivalent jobs.
Charlotte Wright, chief executive of HIE, said: "These figures are good news for Scottish aquaculture and show the significant social contributions the industry makes to remote rural, island and coastal areas by supporting high-skilled jobs, diversifying and protecting communities.
"Salmon farming is a major contributor to the Highlands and Islands economy and brings additional business opportunities to the area.


February Birchbox Review || Coco&Eve, Luxie and more!
Once again.. terribly sorry about my unplanned hiatus! Life just got the better of me!
Anyway, I'm back today with an old school Birchbox review! I kept getting adverts on my Instagram (@youfounderin if anyone wants to follow) about this month's box, and how you were getting a free eyeshadow palette worth £23. Safe to say, I was sold.
The postman came this morning, parcel in hand, and I was super excited to see what goodies I received. I was not disappointed! Here is what I got.
Overall, I am extremely happy with the contents of this box! There isn't one thing that I don't like! Plus, every single item I got was full size?!
I've tried a few items from Loc before, but not this. I have yet to wear it out, but first impressions are very positive. It's really creamy, and a beautiful shimmery neutral shade that is perfect for any occasion. I think i'll get some good use out of this.
I used this in my shower this morning and it was really nice. It smells quite subtle, but it is a really nice smell. Plus, it didn't make my body itchy or red (which a lot of products do!) so that's great.
Next, onto probably my favourite product from this box. First of all, the packaging is absolutely GORGEOUS. I am in love with the colour combination, the choice of typography (can you tell I'm a Graphic Designer?) Not only that, but I used the product this morning in my shower and it made my hair so smooth, and it smells gorgeous. A huge win for me.
This brush is SO fluffy. I was so surprised, but in a good way, obviously. The brush itself looks really cute, and it blends eyeshadow beautifully. I can see this being a staple for my eyeshadow.
This is a beautiful, creamy purple-red lipstick. I love the packaging on this, and it just glides on my lips. it's quite a bold colour, so I'm not 100% sure when i'll where it, but i'm sure i'll find an occasion.
Lastly, the free eyeshadow palette! I won't say too much because I'm going to give it a proper use and review it on my blog later, but first impressions are positive. The shades (especially the shimmers) are so buttery and creamy, and the shade range is completely up my street.
So that's my Birchbox contents! Thanks for reading!!
There's something about Charli XCX that just inspires me. I don't know whether it's the way she rocks everything she does and wears (aka how cool I wish I looked with my thick hair and bushy eyebrows) or just simply the way she presents herself. Whatever the case, here are a few of my favourite outfits she has worn. Enjoy!
It's been a while since I last wrote any style files, but I hope you're still enjoying them none the less! You can view all my other ones below!
Another day, another blog post. Before we jump in I do want to apologise for the lack of posting over the past few months. I have a tonne of uni deadlines and i'm finding it difficult to juggle, uni, my job and my blog.
But never mind, here's what i've been loving over the past few months!
First up, Maybelline 'Fit Me' Foundation. How have I never used this before?! It's incredible. It makes my skin actually look half decent, which never happens, and there's such a variety of shades available. Also, my pet peeve of foundations is when they look cakey. And, it doesn't! Best of all? It's only £6.99! I don't know what else to say, because it's just fab.
Next up, a Rimmel lipstick. Now, anyone that knows me knows that I adore Rimmel lipsticks, and this one is no exception. It's their Velvet Matte range, I think it's name is 'The Only 1 Matte Lipstick' , in particular the shade 610 'High Flyer'. This is unusual for me, as i'm usually a dark, cool undertone lipstick girl, but this is a lot pinkier than I usually wear, but I love it! It's perfect for spring and not drying at all. For sure a win win in my books.
When I was in America last summer, of course I visited Sephora. One thing I was desperate to get my hands on was the Tarte 'Lights, Camera, Splashes' mascara. I'd heard so many fab things about it and I was not disappointed. This isn't clumpy, makes my lashes look amazing, and it's not drying. It's easily the best mascara i've ever used. The only downside is that it's a bit of a nightmare to take off. However, with a few cotton pads and my trusty Garnier Micellar water it comes off fine. It just takes a little bit longer than usual.
I feel like this new product is very underrated. In fact, I feel like this brand as a whole is. This is Superdrug's own brand, 'B.', and it's a Blemish Gel. This is INCREDIBLE at getting rid of spots. My skin hasn't been overly bad recently (for the first time in literally 7 years) but this for sure has helped get rid of any bad breakouts I do have. It's like a cooler, older sister to the cult favourite Lush Greased Lightning (which I did a review of back in 2014) .
This next product. I swear, it's my new holy grail skin product. A friend got me a set for Christmas, and it contained this Vitamin E Face Wash by The Body Shop. Oh my goodness. It's amazing. I said earlier in the post that my skin has been good recently, and this is the main reason. It has made my skin SO much clearer, softer and just all round better. I actually cannot rave about this product enough. I might do an in depth review on it if that's something people want to see?
I stocked up on this toothpaste when I was in America last summer, as it's incredible. It is of course the 'Crest 3D White Luxe' toothpaste. It is hands down the best toothpaste I've ever used. It's the only one that I can personally say has made my teeth whiter, and trust me, it's worked so well! If you've ever used the Crest 'Teeth Whitening Strips', this product works perfectly with them.
Last, but by no means least, a face mask! I've been absolutely loving the new(ish) L'Oreal Pure Clay Detox mask. It's basically a charcoal mask that dries on your face and then you wash it off. It makes your skin SO smooth! And when it's drying you can see all your pores, it's so gross, but also satisfying. Love, love, love.
That's what i've been loving recently, what have you been loving?
The other day I was scrolling through one of my favourite sites for cheap makeup, Fragrance Direct, when I stumbled across these eyeshadows. I was intrigued, so I looked up reviews of them, and I decided I needed a few in my life. They were only £1.49 so, I bought 6. And I love them. So much. I'm going to keep this review short and sweet, as I actually have nothing bad to say about these eyeshadows.
They have the most amazing pigmentation, last all day, and the colours are right up my street. They're also really easy if you want eyeshadow on, but can't be bothered with multiple colours. You can just whack one of these on, blend, and you're good to go! I can't believe I only just discovered them, but since they arrived i've worn them every day without fail. My favourites are Pomegranate, a beautiful deep red which looks amazing on, and Rich Russet, a perfect everyday brown.
What's annoying about these? They aren't sold anymore! Basically, Fragrance Direct generally sell discontinued products at a discount price. Why did Rimmel ever discontinue these? They are amazing. I'm tempted to stock up on even more of them, I love them that much.
If you're interested, you can purchase them here!


DROP4DROP - World Water Day Well – Complete!
World Water Day Well – Complete!
World water day was a whirl wind for us! We were overwhelmed by the response and support from all of you. The campaign resulted in us being able to give a community of 1000 people clean water. In India thousands of communities rely on water tanks and taps powered by electricity. In a country where 3 day power cuts are the norm these sources are insufficient and hugely unreliable. The Vemaluru community were no different, they were reliant on a water tank which would be out of action for days meaning women would have to walk 3km to collect water for their families. This time spent walking to collect water mean't women were unable to go about their daily routine as employees, mothers and carers.
The village was brought to our attention because of all the reasons above and thanks to your support we were able to provide them with a new water source close to their homes. On our most recent trip to India we were able to visit the community and see first hand the positive affects that access to clean, reliable and sufficient water was having on the community.
We want to say a massive thank you on behalf of the Vemaluru community and we look forward to seeing how next years campaign can make a difference to those without clean water.


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Assured Breeder Scheme update for the Italian Spinone
The Kennel Club Assured Breeders: update for the Italian Spinone
Published on 7 September 2020 at 11:55am
The Kennel Club has announced the most recent update to the breed-specific health testing and screening schedule for the Assured Breeders scheme (ABS), in relation to the Italian Spinone.
Following the recent closure of the Animal Health Trust, breeders of the Italian Spinone have been restricted in terms of suitable laboratories that are able to provide a DNA test for cerebellar ataxia (CA). As such, it has been agreed, following consultation with the Breed Health Coordinator on behalf of the breed clubs, that DNA testing for CA in the Italian Spinone be removed as an ABS requirement for this breed.
As previously, this most recent update comes into effect immediately. It will be reversed as soon as a suitable laboratory is available to provide this test for breeders.
The range of breed-specific health testing and screening requirements and recommendations under the ABS is regularly reviewed following consultations with breed clubs and councils and with the agreement and advice from The Kennel Club dog health group's Assured Breeders scheme sub-group, in a collaborative effort to ensure that health and welfare issues are kept at the forefront of what the scheme sets out to achieve: the encouragement of responsible breeding.
The ABS guidelines emphasise the importance of conducting not only the required health tests but the recommended ones also. Results provide data which allow researchers to help develop a picture of how each breed is affected by particular diseases, and how best to improve the health of affected breeds and develop cheaper and faster testing methods.
Breed clubs and breed councils wishing to make changes to the breed specific requirements and recommendations for their breed should email the Canine Health & Welfare Team at health@thekennelclub.org.uk.
Read more information on The Kennel Club Assured Breeders, including the latest list of health testing requirements and recommendations.


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Each month on the inside back cover of Vette Vues Magazine we feature our Racy Vues Corvette and model of the month. The beautiful cars and models featured each month in the Racy Vues photo spread are taken during the Corvette Chevy Expo in Galveston Island, Texas. This event is a Vette Vues Magazine production. On Sunday, before the Swimsuit USA International Swimsuit Contest, several models pose for the Vette Vues Magazine photo shoot. Spectators are allowed to take photos as well during this photo shoot.