At Porterfield Stump and tree we are devoted to the preservation of Athens and Watkinsville Trees. This sincere passion of our is evident in the work that we are able to do through bracing and cabling. Trees that are so often seen as lost causes and are cut down, we find ways to support and preserve them. This allows them to grow into safe productive trees that add value to our local neighborhoods.
Cabling and bracing techniques provide strengthening and redirection of trees that may be damaged or may be encroaching on a structure. At Porterfield Stump & Tree, we have a wealth of skills and experience in these areas.
In some cases, a tree may need to be cabled, for example, when getting to close to a house or walkway. Over time, sections of trees can weaken and require the need to be braced to support various limbs, or even the trunk itself. Many double-forked or multi-stemmed trees require cabling to improve their strength and stability.
Using the proper methods of cabling and bracing employed by Porterfield Stump & Tree can allow trees to endure years longer than they may otherwise have.
Trees that are structurally unsound or have been damaged by lightning or wind very quickly become safety hazards to your home, property and family. At Porterfield Stump and tree we put the responsibility of safety first. We want to ensure that the trees on your property create a safe peaceful environment. Our cabling approach will ensure that you can feel secure about your yard.
We do our best to create cabling and bracing systems that are not easily seen from the ground and won't create an eye soar on your property. We understand that each tree is different and we use custom cabling and bracing techniques to best support your particular tree and situation.
At Porterfield Stump and Tree the cabling and bracing systems we use in no way causes harm or does any damage to the tree. They take pressure and strain off branches that are under too much stress and insure that they are properly supported. This helps guarantees that the tree will no longer be a safety hazard.
Porterfield Stump and Tree is known throughout the Athens Watkinsville area as the fields leading expert on cabling and bracing. We have been able to save hundreds of local trees from being damaged or removed by employing our exclusive cabling and bracing techniques.
Porterfield Stump and Tree is the very best in the Watkinsville, Athens area at tree cabling and bracing. Call today to get a free appraisal for your property's needs!
For more than 10 year we have been licensed by the state of Georgia to meet all of the Watkinsville, GA, Athens GA, and surrounding areas tree service needs. This includes tree cabling and tree bracing.
Do I Need To Brace & Cable My Trees Before Storm Season?
Not necessarily. If you have a healthy Athens or Watkinsville tree that is not getting too close to a structure or road, there is no need for tree cabling or bracing. Tree cabling and bracing is only used when trees are growing into places they shouldn't, when certain branches of the tree are weak or leaning, and when part of the structure of the tree is unsafe. In these cases Porterfield's tree cabling and bracing systems can be a great option. It allows your trees to grow in a healthy way while giving you peace of mind and a safe future. Absolutely get your trees evaluated before the Athens, Watkinsville storm season, to see if you need any cabling or bracing done.
At Porterfield Stump & Tree we take pride in our ability help trees become, strong, healthy, and safe though our expertise on tree cabling and tree bracing.
Will Cabling & Bracing Hurt My Trees?
No. Our cabling and bracing system is engineered in such a way that it will not damage your tree in anyway long term. Our local to Athens and Watkinsville tree bracing and cabling systems will strengthen your tree over time. By taking stress off of certain branches and allowing others to redirect it gives your tree the environment it needs to become a safe, healthy and strong tree once more.
I Have A Tree That Is Forked Close To The Trunk Should I Get Cabling or Bracing Done?
Yes. Having a tree that is forked or has multiple stems can cause a tree to be structurally unsafe. Instead of paying the much higher price to get your Athens or Watkinsville tree removed. We would recommend you look into Porterfield's cabling and bracing methods. With cabling and bracing we create support for your tree and take the weight and stress off unstable branches. This allows your tree to continue growing without jeopardizing the safety of your Athens or Watkinsville home or business.
Can I Get Cabling Or Bracing For My Older Tree?
Great Question! Yes. Whether your structurally compromised tree is an old tree or a young tree, they both can both benefit from cabling and bracing. We recommend that you catch any weak structural branches as young as possible. If this hasn't happened we have no problem cabling and bracing older trees. We have done many cabling and bracing jobs in the Watkinsville and Athens areas. We cable and brace for both structural weakness and to redirect branches out of the way of Athens or Watkinsville walkways, roads and homes.


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The fight against Euroscepticism and extremism/radicalisation, and the consolidation of trust in European values »
31 Mar 2016 | External Politics · Internal Politics
Do not worry about tomorrow; tomorrow will take care of itself. Sufficient for a day is its own evil. Matthew 6:34
On March 22nd 2016 I was supposed to take part as a speaker to the international conference The EU and member states: sharing the same political orbit? meant to present the results of a unique EU 28 project called "Building Bridges between National Perspectives on the EU".
Ongoing tensions around the European project have been accompanied by what could be described a popular disaffection towards European Union. Other elements have also created a divide between the EU and its citizens, revolving around the idea of solidarity: the Eurozone crisis, the refugee and Schengen crisis, the looming threat of a "Brexit", which all represent at their heart differing views about a common future for Europe. What is the role of the institutions in reflecting and enacting these preferences and how to bridge contrasted national perspectives to better legitimise the EU in the eyes of the citizens?
The day was supposed to be a normal one as every speaker in the event was ready to share his/her views on the topics above. Yet what was supposed to be a full of ideas event with a numerous audience turned step by step into something else as the news regarding the mayhem came to our conference room. The city was under attack and everything went into lock-down.
More and more we realize that talking about terror attacks in the large cities of the Western world have become the new normal. And that where we try to build bridges other try to create walls of separation and ditches of desolation. The city we have become familiar was the victim of a clash between civility and disorder, between democracy and barbary, between future and past as all around us confused people were trying to make a sense from what has happening.
On September 11th 2001 I hadn't fully grasp then the meaning of those attacks. I believed then that it would be an isolated incident and nothing of a sort would ever happen. Yet there I was, more than a decade later, in the proximity of a similar conflict area, in a city that hadn't known so far the tragedy of bombing, a city (our Union capital) that houses our best hope for peace that we were able to produce after WWII.
As the tragedy unraveled in front of our eyes I realized that we have gone from confusion to sorrow for the lost lives. From sorrow to a feeling of frustration – how could that happened a few months after the city had undergone a serious security operation? What went wrong?
It was somehow a feeling of the inevitability of an attack even though back home I was joking that the EU institutions were simply so boring and complex that they were not interesting enough to attack, even for die-hard terrorists.
Moreover it was the feeling that we would just have to get used to live on a continuous lock down – another thing that would complicate a modern life already too complex. All that while scrutinizing our neighbors on the metro or on the street.
But then, in the end, after having filtered the enormous online informational tsunami and put the things in order I realized that not everything was lost, that we must go on and do our jobs and live as normal as possible lives, even if we could have been in the right place at the wrong time. As Winston Churchill so eloquently put it: "If you're going through hell, keep going."
So for me, and most likely for my colleagues, we just needed something to work on. And the conference went on with utmost professionalism. Because even if we must take useless risks we must not change our lives, and we must not abandon our habits.
"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat."
–Theodore Roosevelt, "Citizenship In A Republic"
This is not the end of Europe as we know it, but only a tragic episode. More about the event and the subsequent research results later on.

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Event planning is a stressful work that requires a lot of homework like planning, management, budgeting, marketing and many more. It is an art of total arrangement in order to create memories that are unforgettable for a lifetime. It is such an important task that can make or break an event and company.
To make an event successful, you need a powerful idea and implementing it with unbeatable concept. It aims to run a better event with an engaging concept. At the core, your event should move audiences, disrupt, divide and unite.
Before you begin to proceed with your event set clear objectives. Define the purpose of the event. For example, why are you organizing the event? What you hope to achieve from this? Or, why are you celebrating this occasion? Think why you are doing and what you want to achieve.
Team work is essential for the successful accomplishment of any event so pickup few people with some idea and expertise for the scheduled event. There volunteer service will help you a lot. For the best result divide the team into different groups and assign them with their specific tasks.
With clear objectives and workforce, plan on event budget. Besides budget, the plan must include venue, logistics and catering management. Make an excel spreadsheet with the column titles like items, projected costs, actual expense and other details. Categorize and Track the expense items. Also plan and budget for speakers, entertainers and other activities.
A good event planning is staying within client's event budget. And to do that, you need a detailed event budget that you and your client agreed on earlier. Keeping an event budget will help you to stay organized.
Budget management is essential for successful event management. It helps you think and plan ahead. Moreover, it is also helpful to cope any kind of contingency.
This is most important thing to mediate on. When and where you are organizing an event will decide the success of event. If it is recurring event, then date might be set already. But when it comes to new event, you have to choose the date carefully. Think about your audiences—from where they come, is the location appropriate for all and many more. And sometimes venue can also offer or decide the time and date for your event due to their early booking. Be aware of statutory and religious holidays. Try to avoid school holiday time periods.
If you want your event to stand out, then you need to choose a timely and compelling theme that sets you apart from your competitors. Think about other ways to make loud noise regarding event. Email, twitter, facebook or event websites or even promote in company's websites. The type of event, target audience, internal resources and budget will dictate your marketing approach.
You have decided on date and time. Keep yourself organized. Make a checklist—what is going on and what needs to be done?
Expenses are common with any kind of event. You do not want to spend from your pocket, do you? Are there organizations that you could partner with or call on for sponsorships to pay the costs and increase potential participation? When you involve other people or groups in your event, they have a stake in it and will help to buzz out loud.
When you set your initial event goals, also consider to measure the success of the event. Apply appropriate measurement for this so that there may not be any kind of biasness.
After the event, it is better to get the opinion of delegates and participants. It is also right time to take feedback from your delegates. What worked and what did not?


Minnesota has enacted a number of sales and use tax nexus amendments, including marketplace nexus and affiliate nexus provisions. The state has amended the definition of "retailer maintaining a place of business in this state" to include a retailer who has storage in Minnesota, employs a Minnesota resident who works from a home office in Minnesota, has a marketplace provider or other third party operating in Minnesota under the retailer's authority for any purpose, including facilitating and processing sales. A retailer is represented by a marketplace provider in Minnesota if the retailer makes sales in Minnesota facilitated by a marketplace provider that maintains a place of business in Minnesota.
either directly or indirectly through agreements or arrangements with third parties collecting payment from the customer and transmitting that payment to the retailer regardless of whether the marketplace provider receives compensation or other consideration in exchange for its services.
A retailer with total taxable retail sales to customers in Minnesota of less than $10,000 in the 12-month period ending on the last day of the most recently completed calendar quarter is not required to collect and remit sales tax if it is determined to be a retailer maintaining a place of business in the state solely because it made sales through one or more marketplace providers. This provision does not apply to a retailer that is or was registered to collect sales and use tax in Minnesota.
upon inquiry by the marketplace provider or its agent, the commissioner discloses that the retailer is registered to collect sales and use taxes in this state.
A marketplace provider will not be liable for failure to file and collect and remit sales and use taxes if the marketplace provider demonstrates that the error was due to incorrect or insufficient information given to the marketplace provider by the retailer. This does not apply if the marketplace provider and the marketplace retailer are related parties.
shares management, business systems, business practices, or employees with the retailer, or engages in intercompany transactions with the retailer related to the activities that establish or maintain the retailer's market in Minnesota.
Additionally, the requirement that, in order to be considered affiliated entities, the retailer and entity must be related parties is repealed.
advertisements in regional or national publications in an edition which is not by its contents geographically targeted to Minnesota but which is sold over the counter in Minnesota or by subscription to Minnesota residents; advertisements broadcast on a radio or television station located in Minnesota; or any other solicitation by telegraphy, telephone, computer database, cable, optic, microwave, or other communication system.
makes 10 or more retail sales totaling more than $100,000 from outside Minnesota to destinations in Minnesota during a period of 12 consecutive months.
UPDATE: Minnesota released another news bulletin saying that the Department of Revenue plans to announce sales tax enforcement date for remote sellers and marketplace providers on July 25. The DOR is also hosting and participating in an emergency governing board meeting for the Streamlined Sales Tax (SST) Governing Board on July 19 and 20, 2018 at its office in St. Paul.
UPDATE: Minnesota announced an October 1, 2018 effective date for their remote seller legislation, for more information visit the DOR's Update for Remote Sellers page.


So how to go about applying make up? The basic stages/ingredients are described briefly below. The amount of makeup depends on the occasion. A light makeup does well for informal occasions, and a heavy makeup for very important public occasions.
Foundation: This helps to create a smooth surface over which other products are then applied.
Concealer: If you have dark circles and other marks, use a concealer to you advantage.
Powder: This is what creates the smooth layer that attracts attention. Wrinkles get hidden, and the ugliness takes on a new shine.
Blush: If nature did not give you a natural blush, help yourself with an artificial one. This defines the bone structure to prominence.
Bronzer: To obtain a glowing surface. Lip liner: Allows the lipstick to stay on longer.
Lipstick: The mouth is a major sexual attraction. A wide variety of lipsticks are available - matte, satin, or glossy.
Eyeliner: The eyes are what do the talking when you are still some distance away from talking to your mate. Attract the mate, invite her, say you like her you're your eyes first. Eye mascara and eye shadow enhance the appeal further.
What type of makeup to apply, how much, and when depends often on your age, skin, looks, and occasion. Observing yourself under different makeup choices can help you find out what looks good on you.


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Swiss Market Index – indeks giełdowy spółek notowanych na Szwajcarskiej Giełdzie Papierów Wartościowych (Swiss Exchange). W skład indeksu wchodzą akcje 20 spółek. Kapitalizacja na koniec 2013 roku wyniosła 1,04 bln franków.

Swiss Market Index wystartował 30 czerwca 1988 roku z poziomu 1.500 punktów. Najwyższy poziom osiągnął w 2007 roku – 9548 punktów, a największy dołek w 2003 roku – 3618 punktów.

Skład indeksu

Spółki i ich udział w indeksie (stan: marzec 2015):

 Novartis, 22,43%
 Nestlé, 21,47%
 Roche, 17,09%
UBS, 5,81%
 Zurich Insurance Group, 4,47%
 ABB, 4,33%
 Richemont, 3,71%
 Credit Suisse, 3,62%
 Swiss Re, 2,93%
 Syngenta, 2,79%
 Holcim, 1,49%
 Givaudan, 1,32%
 Adecco, 1,32%
 Swisscom, 1,29%
 Geberit, 1,25%
 Actelion, 1,17%
 Swatch, 1,15%
 Julius Baer, 0,99%
 SGS S.A., 0,92%
 Transocean, 0,45%

Przypisy

Linki zewnętrzne

 Przegląd SMI

Indeksy giełdowe
Gospodarka Szwajcarii

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The New Stand Improves Days and Mobility
Jul 1, 2021 | Case Study
The New Stand is in the business of improving your day. A newsstand for the social media age, it calls itself part bodega, part blog. Originating in the New York City subway in 2015, the small locations are now all over New York streets, office buildings and even ferries. New Stand also has a location at Los Angeles International Airport and plans to keep expanding.
"Being a day-improvement company means being in service of people and helping to make their days just that little bit better," says New Stand founder and COO Lex Kendall. "New Stand is here to solve modern pain points. Everything from charging or basic grab-and-go products to really inspiring and uplifting content that we push through our mobile app."
Powering the sales of snacks, drinks, interesting items, cool new gadgets, phone chargers (and very few newspapers) at these small stands is Teamwork Commerce, which provides point-of-sale devices and a cloud-based backend system to support The New Stand's ever-changing product line. New Stand employees run Teamwork on iPads that provide full-featured customer checkout capabilities.
Teamwork also works with The New Stand's app, which allows customers to receive loyalty points and special discounts alongside a daily digest of interesting news articles.
"Teamwork has enabled us to build a business in multiple formats from Day 1," Kendall says of the various configurations of New Stand locations.
Kendall also credits Teamwork with supporting some of their more innovative ideas. "Things like self-checkout built into our member app were only possible with Teamwork," he says. "We had to figure out how to make the wallet in our app sync with our stores and Teamwork enabled that. There's a whole host of things going on in the background that you don't see, but that you obviously need a really strong tech partner to be able to execute." The New Stand also offers an innovative "swap charge" device that provides a phone charger that customers can borrow like a library book for 72 hours for free.
"We had to figure out how to be able checkout a swap charge and have that payment integration. Teamwork allowed for that," Kendall says. "Teamwork's been an amazing partner to keep up with us and allow us extensibility inside our platform. It allows us to add features, other partners and to evolve constantly." Kendall credits the flexibility of the system — which uses off-the-shelf iOS hardware — as a key component of current and future expansion plans.
"One of the great things about Teamwork is that we can start up a new location so easily. It's really plug-and-play for us, which is essential for a company that's expanding as fast as ours is." Kendall says. "For us it's as simple as setting up a mobile hotspot, turning on the iPad, configuring the system, and Teamwork is live and ready across the entire stack of our service."
Moose Knuckles Canada, known for their stylish take on functional outerwear, sportswear, and accessories, has signed with Teamwork Commerce to officially implement the omnichannel retail solution. The implementation of Teamwork's mobile Point Of Sale and Order...
MLB All-Star Host 2021, Colorado Rockies, Elevate Omnichannel Experience For Fans
Oct 27, 2021 | Case Study
The Colorado Rockies, Major League Baseball team based in Denver, Colorado, implemented Teamwork in 2020 and went live in April during the baseball season. The Rockies have around 50mobile point of sale (POS) stations, most of them at Coors Field and the rest in their...
Princesse Tam Tam and Comptoir des Cotonniers (PTT/CDC)
Oct 5, 2021 | Case Study
Princesse Tam Tam and Comptoir des Cotonniers (PTT/CDC), two pillars of the Fast Retailing conglomerate, recently completed the full rollout of Teamwork Commerce's Version 6 POS. This implementation was done in over 220 locations across France, Italy, Spain, Germany,...


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Israeli apartheid
Palestine seeks to charge Israel with 'apartheid' and war crimes at the Hague
Posted on June 26, 2015 by mahadmin
Published by Mondoweiss
Palestinian leaders seek to charge Israel at the International Criminal Court in The Hague with the crime of "Apartheid" and 22 other criminal counts, including seven war crimes. A thick set of documents containing evidence and arguments was ceremoniously handed over to the ICC today at its headquarters, according to Shawan Jabarin, the director of the Palestinian human rights group Al Haq.
Jabarin said he had seen the documents in Ramallah and that the case file covers three areas of Israeli violations under international law: the summer war in Gaza in 2014, settlements in East Jerusalem and the West Bank, and issues relating to Palestinian prisoners. Most of the pages are of "legal analysis and legal arguments" he said, in which Palestinians gave technical explanations to the court for how Israel broke specific regulations.
The dossier is organized into sections, one for each of the 23 counts against Israel. Aside from asserting that Israel has violated the United Nations definition of "Apartheid," Jabarin said the report also names specific crimes such as the "targeting of civilians" in Gaza, and violations of rights to due process for Palestinian detainees held in Israeli prisons who are then prosecuted under Israeli military code.
Military courts boast a 99.9% conviction rate and trials last an average of five minutes. Palestinians rights groups say these courts violate their fundamental rights to a fair trial. Additionally, Israel transfers Palestinians from the occupied territory to a number of prisons inside Israel in what the Palestinian brief argues is a violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention.
The evidence used to support each of the Palestinian claims is sourced from field investigations by the Palestinian government, and reports published by the human rights groups Al Haq, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International. Surprisingly Jabarin indicated the United Nations Human Rights Council's (UNHRC) report published Sunday outlining "possible war crimes" committed by Israel and Hamas was not included, despite Palestinian leaders stating repeatedly over the past few months that they would courier a copy to the ICC. Even so, the court has the ability to solicit their own research materials including ordering the UN report.
For the moment Palestinian officials are keeping quiet on the details. Jabarin's account represents the most substantial clues as to what charges Palestine will seek against Israel. And while he was confident about what he had seen in the file, he noted that he had not read the entire file, and it may contain further charges.
"It's not for public view," Ashraf Khatib, a spokesperson for the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) and an advisor to the negotiations team, told me. "We wanted to have an exclusive report made for the ICC." Another source close to the Palestinian government indicated a directive had gone out to not disclose the contents of the brief.
"Who is charged, it's up to the court," said Khatib. "The idea is to make sure Israel and Israeli decision makers will not commit more crimes like the ones that took place in Gaza last year."
Last winter after Palestine joined the ICC, its leaders sought to compel the ICC to look into war crimes committed by Israel. However, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was barred at that time from calling for a criminal investigation. His hands were tied by a four-month waiting period for new members to the court.
All the same, Palestinian officials exploited a loophole in the ICC rules to initiate a "preliminary inquiry" against Israel within their first months of joining the ICC. Now that freeze against filing charges against Israel has elapsed, Palestinian officials hope that their documents turned over to the court today will upgrade the inquiry into a full investigation, giving the court the power to summons Israeli officials for a trial.
Yet there is no guarantee that the court will charge Israel, and Israel can still take actions that would immobilize The Hague.
The ICC can only move to charge Israel once its internal war crimes investigations closes. The ICC does not prosecute countries or leaders who are sanctioned by their own legal systems. Right now, Israel still has a handful of cases open that could lead to indictments.
On the other hand, prosecution in the ICC could be nearing for Hamas for the alleged war crimes it committed during the war, including the targeting of civilians by rocket fire and the killings of so-called collaborators. The UN Human Rights Council report revealed the Islamic movement that rules Gaza does not have any system of internal review, which is the only mechanism that could outright block the ICC from opening charges. As a result, Hamas is currently more exposed to the long arm of the ICC than Israel.
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UK actors, directors and writers demand immediate sanctions on Israel
Posted on June 23, 2015 July 16, 2015 by mahadmin
Published by the Palestine News Network
Actors, authors, academics and architects have today called on the UK government to push for immediate sanctions on Israel until it abides by international law and ends its occupation of Palestinian land.
They join other big names from the world of film and rock music, as well as 20,000 members of the public, who have signed a petition which will be delivered at the Houses of Parliament today.
The film directors, Ken Loach and Peter Kosminsky, actors Maxine Peake, Samuel West and Miriam Margolyes, musician Brian Eno, poet Benjamin Zephaniah and the writers and academics, Tariq Ali and Karma Nabulsi, are among those* who have put their name to the call.
Will Alsop OBE, the RIBA award winning architect, another signatory, said: "'I have signed the petition as I object to the people in the Gaza Strip being forced to live in a prison camp."
Miriam Margolyes OBE, who played Professor Sprout in the Harry Potter films, said: "To my immense sadness, I feel bound to sign the petition calling for sanctions against Israel.
"Netanyahu is clearly committed to the continuation of the occupation, the settlements and the blatant flouting of UN resolutions. Only international sanctions can perhaps percolate the Israeli sensibility and persuade them to halt the wickedness they perpetrate."
Explaining his reasons for adding his name to the petition, the film director Ken Loach said: "We should no longer accept Israel's brazen flouting of international law, theft of Palestinian land and oppression of the Palestinian people. When political leaders tolerate such brutality, civil society must take action. That means an international campaign of boycotts, disinvestments and sanctions to show the Israeli government that it cannot act in this manner with impunity."
The petition has been organised by Palestine Solidarity Campaign, an organisation dedicated to campaigning for human rights and justice, in response to the hardline attitude of Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and his Cabinet, whose members have been vocal in voicing their opposition to a Palestinian state.*
Hugh Lanning, Chair of Palestine Solidarity Campaign, said: "One day before he was re-elected in March, Netanyahu stood in an illegal Israeli settlement and gave a televised interview in which he made it clear there would never be a Palestinian state on his watch.
"Since the election, members of his Cabinet have stated explicitly that they will not give up an inch of land to the Palestinians, and new settlement building has been announced in East Jerusalem.
"It is clear that this Israeli government, like others before it, has no commitment to international law or any kind of 'peace process'. It is now imperative that our government pushes the EU to impose immediate sanctions on Israel, including a full two-way arms embargo.
"The Palestinians deserve a future free from occupation, apartheid and, in Gaza, crippling siege. The imposition of sanctions by our government and the EU will go a long way to achieving this."
Lanning will join Richard Burden MP, Chair of the Britain-Palestine All Party Group, Haya Al-Farra from the Palestinian Mission in the UK, and Sarah Colborne, Director of Palestine Solidarity Campaign, to deliver the petition to the office of the Prime Minister.
The hand-in will take place at 2.15pm on 23rd June, during PSC's National Lobby of Parliament for Palestine, during which up to 168 MPs will be lobbied by constituents on the subject of Palestine.
*Signatories to the petition include: Tariq Ali (writer, journalist, filmmaker), Will Alsop (architect), Jonathan Chadwick (theatre director, writer), Selma Dabbagh (writer),Brian Eno (musician),Peter Kosminsky (writer, director, producer), Paul Laverty (lawyer, scriptwriter),Ken Loach (director), Miriam Margolyes (actor), Karma Nabulsi (writer, academic), Maxine Peake (actor), Alexei Sayle (comedian, writer, presenter), Ahdaf Soueif (writer, commentator), Samuel West (actor), Benjamin Zephaniah (poet, writer, musician).
Posted in UncategorizedTagged boycott divestment and sanctions, Israeli apartheid
The bigger picture of the Negev's Um al-Hiran
By Nadim Nashif and Dalal Hilou, published by the Huffington Post
For the past 60 years, Arab Palestinian Bedouin populations in the Negev desert in southern Israel have struggled to simply stay on their land in the face of discrimination and the threat of displacement. For residents of Umm al-Hiran in the southern Naqab — the Arabic term for the Negev — time is running out on a 12-year legal battle against demolition.
The fate of Umm al-Hiran matters to us at Baladna-Association of Arab Youth, just as it matters for the rest of the Palestinian citizens of Israel. We account for 20 percent of Israel's population, yet our ability to build and live on our land is just one of the many rights being violated by successive Israeli governments, as documented by many human rights organizations, such as Adalah — The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel.
The inhabitants of present-day Umm al-Hiran were moved there by the Israeli military in 1956, eight years after the Nakba (catastrophe) of 1948, during which 700,000 Palestinians were driven from their lands. Towards the end of the 1960s, Israel adopted a policy of relocating Bedouins into seven towns established by the Israeli government, and 11 recognized villages, in order to clear the way for the development of Jewish-only communities and the infrastructure to support them. Several Bedouin communities, like Umm al-Hiran, refused to accept Israeli offers of land in the established townships designed for them. Umm al-Hiran's government-issued lease to the land formed a basis for legal contestation against eviction and demolition orders issued in 2003 and 2004. The only move the villagers are willing to make is back to their ancestral lands to live next to the kibbutz since established there.
Umm al-Hiran is not alone in its struggle. Dozens of the Bedouin villages in the Negev are unrecognized by the state of Israel. For decades, these unrecognized villages have struggled on a day-to-day basis as well as within the court system for basic entitlements like electricity, water, enrollment at nearby schools, and for the construction of amenities such as playgrounds, parks and cemeteries. Arab Bedouin villages are collectively the poorest communities in Israel. There are few elementary schools and no high schools in the villages, access to health services is very difficult, and most villages are not accessible by paved roads. Even one of the largest villages, Wadi al-Na'am, does not have public transport, emergency services, or a high school despite its more than 10,000 inhabitants.
On May 5, 2015, Umm al-Hiran reached the end of the appeals process when the Israeli court system condemned the village to destruction. A Jewish-Israeli settlement named Hiran will be built in its place, and national-religious families wishing to live there will be provided with government subsidies.
Nearby Al-Araqib village has engaged in another form of non-violent resistance by rebuilding after demolition. Umm al-Hiran has a unique legal status among Bedouin villages in the Negev, but for villages like Al-Araqib, rebuilding is the only means they have to remain on their land: Al-Araqib villagers have faced intentional destruction of meager infrastructure and their entire community of homes around 83 times in five years. Yet they have rebuilt each time. Then in early May, the Israeli State sued Al-Araqib for $500,000 to cover Israel's demolition costs. The persecution is relentless.
What is happening in Umm al-Hiran and Al-Araqib is also happening in Jerusalem, the West Bank, and in Arab towns in Israel, such as Dahmash and Kafr Kana. In a striking parallel, the West Bank village of Khirbet Susiya in Area C could be destroyed at any time, rendering its inhabitants homeless and making way for a Jewish settlement. Like many other unrecognized villages in Area C of the West Bank, its structures have already been demolished several times.
The State of Israel's systematic policies have for decades perpetuated a pattern of displacement and discrimination that squeezes the Palestinian population into smaller and smaller confines of land. In other words, the ethnic cleansing of the Nakba lives on to this day.
The resettlement strategy for the Negev met a setback in 2013 when the infamous Prawer Plan was shelved, due in part to widespread protests and international criticism. The proposed bill aimed to forcibly evict tens of thousands of Bedouins and demolish dozens of villages. Young people organized demonstrations across the Palestinian territories and human rights groups coordinated international solidarity actions to put a stop to the plan. Yet, although it was put aside, the intentions of the Plan are still being carried out on a smaller and more discreet scale through home demolitions.
Although legal avenues of resistance have been exhausted by Umm al-Hiran, protest marches have already begun. If these are to succeed, their demands must be echoed in the world's capitals, by governments and the international solidarity movement. Home demolitions, forcible displacement and dispossession are forms of ongoing ethnic cleansing. They continue to be among the most pressing Palestinian issues today and must be stopped.
Nadim Nashif is a Policy Member of Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network and Director of Baladna: The Association for Arab Youth. Dalal Hillou is a Palestinian-American with a passion for law and social justice, and is currently interning at Baladna: The Association for Arab Youth
Posted in UncategorizedTagged forced displacement, home demolitions, Israeli apartheid
Knesset extends bill preventing Palestinian family reunification for another year
Published by Palestinian News Network
The Israeli Knesset last night has extended the "family reunification prevention" bill for Palestinian families for another year. 57 MKs have voted in favor of the extension, 20 voted against and 5 abstained.
The bill prevents family reunification between Palestinians living in Israel and their spouses from the West Bank or Gaza. It also prevents them from living in Israel, unless the husband is over 36, and the wife is over 26.
The bid was first presented during the Ariel Sharon cabinet in 2002, in hopes to "protect the Jewishness of the state" and prevent the return of Palestinian refugees from the back door, using a security pretext which divides Palestinians, and Judaizes the capital of Jerusalem. Israeli authorities have regulated the law starting 2003 as a temporary law for a year. However, it has been extended yearly on a regular basis now upon recommendations by Israeli security forces.
The Supreme Court has denied numerous appeals presented by human rights organizations to cancel this bid which prevents thousands of Palestinian families from living together under the same roof, tearing families apart for years.
Posted in Israeli apartheidTagged Israeli apartheid
Where now for Palestine: Abdelwahab Elmessiri's thoughts on Zionism
Posted on May 19, 2015 July 17, 2015 by mahadmin
This year Middle East Monitor's annual Abdelwahab Elmessiri lecture was given by Ronnie Kasrils on 19 May 2015.
In his lecture, Ronnie Kasrils considered some of the remarkable similarities between apartheid South Africa and Zionist Israel. These coincide even as far as milestone dates are concerned. The characterisation firmly places both within the category of colonial settler states.
A prominent anti-apartheid activist, Kasrils was Minister for Intelligence Services from 27 April 2004 to 25 September 2008.
Download the lecture: Abdelwahab-Elmessiri-Memorial-Lecture-Ronnie-Kasrils
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Review: The Woman in the Lake by Nicola Cornick
Publisher: Graydon House (February 26, 2019)
From Goodreads.com: London, 1765
Lady Isabella Gerard, a respectable member of Georgian society, orders her maid to take her new golden gown and destroy it, its shimmering beauty tainted by the actions of her brutal husband the night before.
Three months later, Lord Gerard stands at the shoreline of the lake, looking down at a woman wearing the golden gown. As the body slowly rolls over to reveal her face, it's clear this was not his intended victim…
When a gown she stole from a historic home as a child is mysteriously returned to Fenella Brightwell, it begins to possess her in exactly the same way that it did as a girl. Soon the fragile new life Fen has created for herself away from her abusive ex-husband is threatened at its foundations by the gown's power over her until she can't tell what is real and what is imaginary.
As Fen uncovers more about the gown and Isabella's story, she begins to see the parallels with her own life. When each piece of history is revealed, the gown—and its past—seems to possess her more and more, culminating in a dramatic revelation set to destroy her sanity.
My Rating: 1 star out of 5
Despite the promise of the synopsis, this book just did not deliver. I found the characters to be lacking, merely one dimensional shadows of what I had expected. There was nothing likable about any of them, and I found myself leaving this book in favor of reading another one and then coming back numerous times hoping that "this time" would be "the time".
There was just something off about the flow of this story, that I didn't care what happened to the characters (either then or now). Even though I forced myself to finish it, I didn't feel as though it was "finished". There were too many things that I was left questioning.
Overall, this story will appeal to some people, it was just not for me.
DISCLAIMER: I received a complimentary copy of this novel in exchange for my honest review. This has not affected my review in any way. All thoughts and opinions expressed in this review are 100% my own.
The Woman in the Lake is available from Amazon.com
by Krystal at 5:00 AM
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package de.javanarior.vo;

import java.math.BigDecimal;
import java.math.BigInteger;

import org.testng.Assert;
import org.testng.annotations.Test;

import de.javanarior.vo.example.types.BigDecimalType;

@Test
public class TypeBigDecimalTest {

    public void testCreateBigDecimal() {
        BigDecimalType value = TypeBigDecimal.create(BigDecimalType.class, new BigDecimal(2.2));
        Assert.assertNotNull(value);
        Assert.assertEquals(value.getValue(), new BigDecimal(2.2));
    }

    @Test(expectedExceptions = IllegalArgumentException.class)
    public void testCreateBigDecimalNull() {
        TypeBigDecimal.create(BigDecimalType.class, (BigDecimal)null);
    }

    public void testCreateBigInteger() {
        BigDecimalType value = TypeBigDecimal.create(BigDecimalType.class, new BigInteger("2"));
        Assert.assertNotNull(value);
        Assert.assertEquals(value.getValue(), new BigDecimal("2"));
    }

    @Test(expectedExceptions = IllegalArgumentException.class)
    public void testCreateBigIntegerNull() {
        TypeBigDecimal.create(BigDecimalType.class, (BigInteger)null);
    }

    public void testCreateInteger() {
        BigDecimalType value = TypeBigDecimal.create(BigDecimalType.class, Integer.valueOf(2));
        Assert.assertNotNull(value);
        Assert.assertEquals(value.getValue(), new BigDecimal(2));
    }

    @Test(expectedExceptions = IllegalArgumentException.class)
    public void testCreateIntegerNull() {
        TypeBigDecimal.create(BigDecimalType.class, (Integer)null);
    }

    public void testCreateIntegerPrimitive() {
        BigDecimalType value = TypeBigDecimal.create(BigDecimalType.class, 2);
        Assert.assertNotNull(value);
        Assert.assertEquals(value.getValue(), new BigDecimal(2));
    }

    public void testCreateLong() {
        BigDecimalType value = TypeBigDecimal.create(BigDecimalType.class, Long.valueOf(2));
        Assert.assertNotNull(value);
        Assert.assertEquals(value.getValue(), new BigDecimal(2));
    }

    @Test(expectedExceptions = IllegalArgumentException.class)
    public void testCreateLongNull() {
        TypeBigDecimal.create(BigDecimalType.class, (Long)null);
    }

    public void testCreateLongPrimitive() {
        BigDecimalType value = TypeBigDecimal.create(BigDecimalType.class, 2L);
        Assert.assertNotNull(value);
        Assert.assertEquals(value.getValue(), new BigDecimal(2L));
    }

    public void testCreateString() {
        BigDecimalType value = TypeBigDecimal.create(BigDecimalType.class, "2.2");
        Assert.assertNotNull(value);
        Assert.assertEquals(value.getValue(), new BigDecimal("2.2"));
    }

    @Test(expectedExceptions = IllegalArgumentException.class)
    public void testCreateStringNull() {
        TypeBigDecimal.create(BigDecimalType.class, (String)null);
    }

}

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ODYSSEY'S SUCCESSFUL FIRST FUNDRAISING EVENT!!
THANK YOU everyone for your kind support!! We had so much fun organizing and participating in the event, and it was really great to see you outside of the performance venue for once. Food was spectacular and your company EVEN better!! By the way, ALL the food was donated by various individuals in our community like you, and we made a whopping 20% towards our Season 9 concert budget. We really appreciate your help and support for us musicians and Odyssey programming. We look forward to seeing you at our next concert - featuring guest ensemble, eighth blackbird. This is my first time hearing them live, and I am SUPER excited to share this guaranteed jaw-dropping experience with everyone in Missouri. If you cannot make the concert, you can still catch them in action at one of the classes they are offering at MU throughout the week. You can find the schedule at http://music.missouri.edu/guests/blackbird.html . See you soon!


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La National Crime Agency (NCA) est une agence nationale d'application de la loi au Royaume-Uni.

C'est l'agence principale du Royaume-Uni de lutte contre le crime organisé ; le trafic d'êtres humains, le trafic d'armes et le trafic de drogues ; le cybercrime ; et la criminalité économique qui traverse les frontières régionales et internationales, mais elle peut être chargée d'enquêter sur tout crime.

Histoire
La NCA a été créée en 2013 comme département gouvernemental non ministériel, remplaçant la Serious Organized Crime Agency et absorbant l'ancien Child Exploitation and Online Protection Command (Centre contre l'exploitation des enfants et de protection en ligne, CEOP). Elle a aussi assumé un certain nombre de responsabilités d'autres organismes d'application de la loi. La NCA a également assumé une série de fonctions de l'Agence nationale pour l'amélioration de la police, qui a été abandonnée dans le cadre des changements apportés par le gouvernement aux services de police. Celles-ci comprennent une base de données spécialisée sur les blessures et les armes inhabituelles, des recherches d'experts sur les tueurs en série potentiels et le Bureau national des personnes disparues.
Les agences entrant dans la NCA avaient un budget combiné de 812 millions de livres sterling, mais la nouvelle agence ne disposait que de 464 millions de livres sterling la première année, soit une diminution de 43 %.

Certaines des responsabilités de l'ancienne agence britannique des frontières (aujourd'hui Immigration Enforcement and Border Force) en matière de police des frontières sont aussi intégrées dans la NCA.

Comme son prédécesseur SOCA, le NCA a été surnommé le « FBI britannique » par les médias.

Dans les années 2010, elle s'est aussi intéressée à la manière dont la cybercriminalité a pu s'étendre au domaine de la diffusion de fausses nouvelles et de la manipulation d'élections ou de référendums, notamment dans le cadre du scandale Facebook-Cambridge Analytica/AggregateIQ qui semble avoir fortement favorisé les partis pro-Brexit, avec de leur côté des financements de campagnes qui ont dépassé tous les records enregistrés au Royaume-Uni (Aaron Banks détient à lui seul le record du ). Ainsi, en novembre 2018, la National Crime Agency a ouvert une enquête criminelle à son l'encontre de plusieurs personnalités, dont à l'encontre d'Aaron Banks en raison de doutes quant aux origines de l'argent et des moyens humains et intelligence artificielle qu'il a apporté à la campagne pour le Brexit (des sociétés offshore et de l'argent russe ont notamment été évoqués), mais en septembre 2019, la NCA, faute de « preuve que des infractions pénales aient été commises », a abandonné ses enquêtes sur Banks ainsi que sur le parti qu'il a créé (Leave.EU).

Rôle stratégique
La NCA examine la situation du crime au Royaume-Uni dans son ensemble, en analysant le fonctionnement des criminels et la manière dont ils peuvent être stoppés.

Collaborations
La NCA travaille en étroite collaboration avec les unités régionales de lutte contre la criminalité organisée (ROCU), le Serious Fraud Office et les différentes forces de police.

La NCA est aussi le point de contact au Royaume-Uni pour les agences étrangères telles qu'Interpol, Europol et d'autres agences internationales d'application de la loi.

Au jour le jour, la NCA assiste les forces de police et les autres services répressifs et vice versa dans le cadre d'accords d'assistance volontaire.
In extremis, le directeur général de l'ANC (actuellement Lynne Owens ), a le pouvoir de charger un officier en chef d'une force de police de fournir une assistance dirigée dans les tâches de l'ANC si nécessaire (mais uniquement avec le consentement du secrétaire d'État compétent), faisant d'elle l'un des plus hauts responsables de l'application de la loi du pays.

L'ANC elle-même peut également être chargée par le secrétaire d'État de fournir une assistance dirigée à un corps de police ou à un autre organisme d'application de la loi. On ne sait pas si ces pouvoirs d'assistance dirigée ont déjà été utilisés.

Voir aussi

Articles connexes
 Criminalistique
 Criminologie juvénile
 Déviance
 Profilage criminel
 Home Office

Liens externes

 «Le maintien de l'ordre au 21e siècle: reconnecter la police et le peuple» - Document de consultation du ministère de l'Intérieur
 "L'Agence nationale contre la criminalité: un plan pour la création d'une capacité nationale de lutte contre la criminalité"

Notes et références

Liens externes

Criminologie
Terrorisme au Royaume-Uni
Home Office


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Jobs Data
Europe's auto industry IT hiring activity drops 10.5% in November 2022
David Doyle and Carmen
Europe witnessed a 10.5% drop in IT hiring activity in the auto industry in November 2022 when compared with the previous month, according to GlobalData's Job Analytics dashboard.
November 2022 has seen a decrease of 11.94% in the overall hiring activity when compared with October 2022.
IT jobs accounted for a 10.14% share in the industry's total hiring activity in November 2022, registering a decrease of 0.29% over the last three-month average share.
Software and Web Developers, Programmers, and Testers Occupations leads by classification in November 2022
Software and Web Developers, Programmers, and Testers Occupations emerged as the leading IT occupation in Europe with a share of 52.2% in November 2022, a 57.35% drop over the previous month. Database and Network Administrators and Architects came in next, claiming a share of 23% in November 2022, marking a 47.96% month-on-month decline. In the third place was Computer and Information Analysts with a share of 9.8% in November 2022, a 52.88% drop from October 2022.
Miscellaneous Computer Occupations registered a share of 9.4% in November 2022, a 56.88% decline over the previous month.
Top five auto companies in Europe's IT recruitment activity in November 2022
The top five companies, in terms of number of jobs as tracked by GlobalData, accounted for a combined average decline of 51.3% in the overall IT recruitment activity of Europe's auto industry during November 2022 over previous month.
Faurecia posted 55 IT jobs in November 2022 and registered a flat growth over the previous month, followed by Porsche Automobil Holding with 55 jobs and a 66.05% drop. Continental with 52 IT jobs and ZF Friedrichshafen with 36 jobs, recorded a 48% drop and a 55.56% drop, respectively, while Mercedes-Benz Group recorded a 58.06% decline with 26 job postings during November 2022.
Country-wise composition of IT hiring in Europe's auto industry
Germany commanded a leading presence in the region's auto industry IT hiring activity with a 40.4% share in November 2022, a 49.5% decrease over October 2022. France featured next with an 11.8% share, down 49.14% over the previous month. Romania recorded a 10.4% share, a drop of 62.32% compared with October 2022.
Junior Level job postings dominate in November 2022
Junior Level jobs held a share of 70.4%, down by 55.83% from October 2022. Entry Level positions with a 15% share, registered a decline of 51.61% compared with the previous month.
In the third place was Mid Level job ads with a 14.6% share, down 54.66% over October 2022.
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ZF Friedrichshafen's IT hiring activity declines 5.0% in November 2022
Tesla's IT hiring activity rises 8.2% in November 2022
Porsche Automobil Holding's IT hiring activity declines 13.0% in November 2022
Mercedes-Benz Group's IT hiring activity declines 5.0% in November 2022


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Twinpalms MontAzure
Prices have been converted from the hotel's local currency (THB4,473.46), via openexchangerates.org, using today's exchange rate.
Andaman outlook
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Steps from a strip of white sand on Phuket's west coast, Twinpalms Montazure makes the most of its Andaman views with an enticing array of sea-view suites and suave beach clubs. The hotel crests tree-studded Kamala Beach at the front and is met by hills swathed in greenery at the back, ensuring it feels in tune with nature despite its modernist looks. Speaking of modernism, the suites champion both space and light, featuring oversized windows and large wood-panelled living areas overlooking the sea. On the grounds, the distractions include two large pools, seafront restaurant Shimmer and a laid-back beach club with an ambient soundtrack and plump daybeds. Free shuttles will ferry you to two more beaches and three more clubs, one of them a louche hangout for night owls, another designed specifically for children.
A bottle of wine in your room
46 suites.
Noon, but flexible, subject to availability. Earliest check-in, 2pm.
Double rooms from £129.81 (THB5,310), including tax at 18.7 per cent.
Rates include buffet breakfast and access to the beach clubs.
If you're in need of pampering, hop on a free shuttle to the Palm Spa at sister hotel Twinpalms Phuket.
Beach and several beach clubs, gym, free WiFi, laundry. In rooms: two smart TVs, minibar, Bluetooth speaker, Nespresso coffee machine, tea kit and free bottled water.
All of the suites are styled in the same way, featuring floor-to-ceiling windows, pale-wood panelling, earthy furnishings and sleek marble bathrooms. If it's just the two of you, go for one of the suites with a private pool, which are sprawled over 180sq m and come with a wine cellar and bar, ensuring a selection of sundowners. The two-bedroom Azure Sea View Suites have ample space for families, with a large living and dining area, kitchen and private terrace overlooking the Andaman Sea.
There are two large pools, one designed for lounging, the other for more serious swimmers. The first, triangle-shaped pool is on the beachfront, surrounded by shady cabanas and manicured palms. Half of the pool is given over to a shallow section, scattered with in-water sunloungers that mean you can dip your feet in but keep your book dry. The second, 30m pool is tucked between two buildings, and is a better option if you're hoping to do a few laps.
There's no spa, but there is a sleek fitness studio equipped with everything you need for a full workout.
An array of stylish swimwear. With two pools, three beaches and four beach clubs to choose from, you'll likely be spending a lot of time by the water.
There are no adapted rooms, making the hotel unsuitable for wheelchair users.
All ages are very welcome. The spacious suites are well suited to families, and can accommodate a cot or extra bed.
Opt for a table on the stone terrace, where you'll have uninterrupted sea views.
Go casual during the day, but your fellow guests tend to dress up a little for dinner.
Cresting the white sands of Kamala beach, Shimmer restaurant is styled like a Mediterranean beach club, with white furniture, cerulean blue fabrics and wooden decking. Tables on the terrace are closest to the Andaman Sea, but the whole restaurant is usually opened up to the elements, ensuring sea views from every table. The menu is fresh and zesty, with plenty of seafood like soft-shell crab, king-size prawns and grilled white snapper. For something heartier, try the Australian ribeye steak or Phuket curry, made with duck and fragrant pineapple.
Drinks are served at Shimmer, but you've also got all the beach clubs to choose from. HQ Lounge is best for laid-back sipping; Catch is where the nightowls go.
Shimmer opens for breakfast at 7.30am and stays open till late. HQ Beach Lounge serves drinks from 9am until late, and food from 11am to 10pm. Catch Junior serves its child-friendly menu from 9am to 7pm.
A menu with Thai and international options is available during restaurant hours.
129/86 Kamala Beach Road, Kathu
Twinpalms Montazure kisses the shore on Kamala Beach, a quiet stretch of palm-fringed sand on Phuket's west coast.
Phuket International Airport is the best place to touch down. It takes around 45 minutes to drive from there to hotel; transfers for up to three people can be arranged for THB 1800 each way.
Most visitors get by without a car, and the hotel runs free shuttles to the the beach clubs and sister hotel Twinpalms Phuket. If you do decide to hire, the Smith24 team can arrange it and there's free parking at the hotel.
Yearning for sunrise swims, seaside lunches or sundowners on the sand? If the answer to any or all of these is yes, you're in very good hands. At Twinpalms Montazure, you'll have access to no fewer than three stretches of sand, each with a beach club (or in some cases, two). Right on the hotel's doorstep, Kamala beach is home to the HQ Beach Lounge, a laid-back lounge spot with an ambient soundtrack and shady cabana-style daybeds. Up the coast, Bang Tao beach snakes over 8km, making it perfect for sunset strolls. Cresting the shore is Catch Club, playing host to cocktail-tinged days and champagne-soaked nights, often with star DJs behind the decks. If you're looking for something more family-friendly, head next door Catch Junior, where children can frolic on the giant inflatable pillow, take DJing lessons and try their hand at the climbing ropes. Free shuttles can ferry you to all three, or to sister hotel Twinpalms Phuket, where more restaurants, bars and lounge areas await.
Once you've exhausted all three of the beaches near the hotel, consider a day's island hopping. Popular trips include the idyllic Phi Phi islands, Coral Island (sought for its snorkelling), and James Bond Island, a 20m karst tower that got its nickname after it made an appearance in The Man with the Golden Gun. Back on Phuket, be sure to explore the old town, which is considerably more impressive than anything found on many Thai islands. One of the main reasons for this was Phuket's 20th-century tin boom, which brought a deluge of wealth to the island – or at least its tin barons. These industry captains built many of the colourful Sino-colonial mansions that occupy the best plots, and you'll find charming, decorative-tiled cafés along the busier streets, where you can stop for coffee and a Phuket round cake. In late afternoon, go for a stroll along Promthep Cape, arguably the best place to watch one of Phuket's famous sunsets.
There are seven restaurants split between the two Twinpalms hotels, so there's not much reason to venture into town for a meal. At Twinpalms Phuket, try Oriental Spoon, which has a way with grilled meat and Thai classics, or the Palm, serving sushi, lavish seafood platters and dim sum-style light bites. Perched just above the shoreline on Bang Tao beach, Catch Beach Club is the place for oysters, caviar, lobster and imported crab, best paired with champagne or rosé. If you do want to eat in Phuket town, book a table at Blue Elephant, a Thai fine-dining restaurant in what was once the governor's mansion.
By Mr & Mrs Smith
Every hotel featured is visited personally by members of our team, given the Smith seal of approval, and then anonymously reviewed. As soon as our reviewers have returned from this beachfront hotel in Phuket and unpacked an array of designer beachwear, a full account of their Thai island break will be with you. In the meantime, to whet your wanderlust, here's a quick peek inside Twinpalms Montazure in Phuket…
Lapping lush green islands deemed beautiful enough to make it to the silver screen, the Andaman Sea is famous for its peace-inducing power and impressive colours, ranging from fluorescent shades of turquoise to cerulean blues. The truth is, however, that it looks even better when it's washed in the pink and marmalade tones of a Phuket sunset, something that's best seen from the island's well-heeled west coast. Cresting Kamala Beach (and close to two more stretches of idyllic sand), Twinpalms Montazure couldn't be better placed to make the most of Phuket's celebrated golden hour. Your suite, the pool, the restaurant – all are angled towards the Andaman, making it almost impossible to miss a picture-perfect moment no matter what you're doing. And, with access to four different beach clubs spread between three beaches, you decide how and where you want to toast the end of the day – whether it's with international DJs, over oysters and champagne or at dinner with the whole family.
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Sigrit and Lars follow their dreams in Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (Distributed by Netflix)
I want to start my review of the new Will Ferrell Netflix comedy Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga by saying I have grown tired of Will Ferrell's screen persona. It has been a decade since I liked one of his live-action comedies (The Other Guys). His deluded middle-aged man-child routine has worn increasingly thin in the ensuing years. Couple that with largely bad screenplays and you get results such as The House or Holmes & Watson.
It was with that in mind that I sat down to watch Eurovision Song Contest, expecting a sophomoric parody of the very real, long-running, European music competition. Instead, it is closer to a poke in the ribs. Still sophomoric at times, but celebratory. It is more amusing than consistently funny, with a final act that stuffs so much in it hurts the movie's momentum. Yet it is generally enjoyable and seems to love its characters. I am not sure the last time a Will Ferrell movie could be described that way.
As the title says, this is the story of Fire Saga, a duo from Iceland. Lars has dreamed of winning Eurovision since he was a little boy. His talented partner, Sigrit, has followed along mostly because she loves him. Then, a series of unlikely (and very funny) events find them not only entering an Icelandic singing competition, but getting into Eurovision.
Of course, Ferrell is playing a deluded middle-aged man-child; this one happens to be more palatable. It is easier to accept that sweet Sigrit would see something in the selfish Lars, due to him being not as much of a jerk as the characters Ferrell usually chooses. As opposed to a lot of his filmography, Eurovision Song Contest is not making fun of its characters. Even Lars, with the exception of a few bits that are nearer to what we have come to know from him and seem out of step with everything around it.
Dan Steven as Lemtov
The big gags do not always work. However, there is an overall feeling of joy, both in the tone and performances, that keep Eurovision Song Contest going. Rachel McAdams plays Sigrit like she does not notice the ridiculousness. She has not done a lot of this kind of comedy but, between this and Game Night, she has proven she has the charm and timing to pull it off. She balances Ferrell well, actually outshining him. An actor matching his style here would have been death. While McAdams is certainly better than the material, she is at least able to move it toward her level.
Once they get to Eurovision, there are outsized personalities. The one who stands out is Dan Stevens as Lemtov, the contest favorite. He is a flamboyant Russian with an eye for Sigrit. He is obviously set up as the obstacle in the way of Fire Saga's possible happy ending. He is supposed to be the villain, something the movie fails to make particularly convincing. Perhaps because his motive is incredibly fuzzy. Regardless, it is somewhat made up for by the fact that Stevens is pretty funny in the role. It could have become a caricature, but the screenplay mostly sidesteps scoring cheap laughs with lazy Russian jokes.
Eurovision Song Contest works as well as it does because it never mocks the characters for their dreams. There are a few vulgar gags (mildly funny ones), though it avoids getting nasty. There are several moments where the story stops to show characters singing and, outside of a couple that move the plot forward, they are not meant to be funny performances. In those scenes, I could really understand why Eurovision, and similar competitions, are popular. A little passion even comes through; surprising for a goofy Will Ferrell comedy. Despite its issues, it is just pleasant fun. Exactly what is needed right now.
3¼ out of 5
Will Ferrell as Lars Erickssong
Rachel McAdams as Sigrit Ericksdottir
Dan Stevens as Alexander Lemtov
Melissanthi Mahut as Mita Xenakis
Pierce Brosnan as Erick Erickssong
Demi Lovato as Katiana
Directed by David Dobkin
Written by Will Ferrell and Andrew Steele
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Saudi-led forces begin assault on Yemen port city of Hodeida
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Saudi-led coalition backing Yemen's exiled government began an assault Wednesday morning on Yemen's port city of Hodeida, a crucial battle in the 3-year-old conflict that aid agencies warned could push the Arab world's poorest country into further chaos.
Iranian-aligned Shiite rebels known as Houthis and their allies for years have held the Red Sea port, crucial to food supplies in a nation on the brink of famine after years of war. The battle for Hodeida, if the Houthis don't withdraw, also may mark the first major street-to-street urban fighting for the Saudi-led coalition, which can be deadly for both combatants and civilians alike.
Before dawn Wednesday, convoys of vehicles appeared to be heading toward the rebel-held city, according to videos posted on social media. The sound of heavy, sustained gunfire clearly could be heard in the background.
Saudi-owned satellite news channels and later state media announced the battle had begun, citing military sources.
Yemen's exiled government "has exhausted all peaceful and political means to remove the Houthi militia from the port of Hodeida," it said in a statement. "Liberation of the port of Hodeida is a milestone in our struggle to regain Yemen from the militias."
The Houthi-run Al Masirah satellite news channel later acknowledged the offensive, claiming rebel forces hit a Saudi coalition ship near Hodeida with two land-to-sea missiles. Houthi forces have fired such missiles at ships previously.
"The targeted ship was carrying troops prepared for a landing on the coast of Hodeida," the channel said. The Saudi-led coalition did not immediately acknowledge the incident.
Forces loyal to Yemen's exiled government and irregular fighters led by Emirati troops had neared Hodeida in recent days. The port is some 150 kilometers (90 miles) southwest of Sanaa, Yemen's capital held by the Houthis since they swept into the city in September 2014. The Saudi-led coalition entered the war in March 2015 and has received logistical support from the U.S.
Emirati Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash earlier told French newspaper Le Figaro the deadline for a withdrawal from Hodeida by the Houthis expired early Wednesday morning.
The United Nations and other aid groups already had pulled their international staff from Hodeida ahead of the rumored assault.
Over 10,000 people have been killed in Yemen's civil war, which has displaced 2 million more and helped spawn a cholera epidemic. The Saudi-led coalition has been criticized for its airstrikes killing civilians. Meanwhile, the U.N. and Western nations say Iran has supplied the Houthis with weapons from assault rifles up to the ballistic missiles they have fired deep into Saudi Arabia, including at the capital, Riyadh.
Before the war, over 70 percent of Yemen's food and fuel imports came through Hodeida, accounting for over 40 percent of the nation's customs income. The port remains crucial for incoming aid, food and medicine for a nation driven to the brink of famine by the conflict and a Saudi-led blockade. A Saudi-led airstrike in 2015 destroyed cranes at Hodeida. The United Nations in January shipped in mobile cranes to help unload ships there.
The U.N. says some 600,000 people live in and around Hodeida, and "as many as 250,000 people may lose everything — even their lives" in the assault.
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres had said that U.N. envoy Martin Griffiths was in "intense negotiations" in an attempt to avoid a military confrontation. However, Griffiths' recent appointment as envoy and his push for new negotiations may have encouraged the Saudi-led coalition to strengthen its hand ahead of any peace talks with the Houthis.
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FARMVILLE, Va. – Kinu Rochford scored a career-high 32 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as hot-shooting Fairleigh Dickinson defeated Longwood 79-71 Monday to end a three-game skid.
The Knights (5-7) shot 61.4 percent from the field (27 of 44) and made 22 of 25 free throws. The Lancers (3-11), had many more field goal attempts but went only 29 of 68 and were 9 of 17 from the foul line.
Rochford, coming off a 30-point, 16-rebound performance in Fairleigh Dickinson's 96-67 loss to Virginia Commonwealth, made 12 of 13 field goals and 8 of 11 free throws.
Melquan Bolding added 22 points and nine rebounds for the Knights, who scored the last four points of the first half to lead 39-35 at the break, then opened the second half on an 11-5 run to pull away.
Michael Kessens had 17 points and Tristan Carey 16 to lead Longwood, which has lost four straight.


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ACLU of Pa. pushing for release of gay immigrant who faces danger in Mexico
Laura Benshoff
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Paul Frame is an American citizen and husband of Ivan Martinez. The ACLU of Pennsylvania, Juntos, members from the immigrant and LGBTQ communities and allies gathered at the William Way LGBT Community Center in Center City, Philadelphia on May 22, to announce the federal filing of a legal complaint to end the unlawful detention of Jose "Ivan" Noe Nuñez Martinez, who has been in detention since Jan. 31, 2018 after ICE showed up to a routine marriage interview at USCIS. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
The ACLU of Pennsylvania is suing the federal government over the ongoing detention of a gay man who fled Mexico after facing threats over his sexual orientation.
ICE agents arrested Jose "Ivan" Nuñez Martinez in January, as he and his husband, Paul Frame, a U.S. citizen, were at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services taking steps toward applying for a green card. The couple lives in Chester County, where Frame works at a restaurant and Nuñez Martinez works at a garage.
At a press conference to announce the lawsuit Tuesday, Frame choked up when talking about visiting Nuñez Martinez in immigration detention at York County Prison.
"There's really nothing up at the prison for him to do. He sits there, every day, thinking what the next step's going to be in his life," said Frame.
Attorney Golnaz Fakhimi, along with the law firm DLA Piper, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the Middle District of Pennsylvania, requesting a federal judge hold a hearing on whether Nuñez Martinez should continue to be held.
"Ivan's detention is a good example of unlawful and unjust action on the part of immigration authorities," said Fakhimi. In general, it is unconstitutional to imprison those on U.S. soil without granting a hearing before a judge about the necessity of that detention; that right is not always applied to immigrants.
Nuñez Martinez, 37, is originally from Michoacán, Mexico and first came to the United States in 2001 by surreptitiously crossing the border. In court documents, his attorneys said Nuñez Martinez fled after a closeted friend of his was killed after rumors of that man's sexuality surfaced. Nuñez Martinez had received threats after showing public affection to another man at a party.
In 2010, he traveled back to Mexico to visit his mother, who was sick. Border patrol agents apprehended Nuñez Martinez when he tried to return to the United States, ordering his rapid deportation through a process called "expedited removal."
Nuñez Martinez did cross back into the United States, but that prior deportation hangs over his current immigration case. While he passed what's called a "credible fear" interview — meaning a U.S. official determined he qualifies for withholding of removal based on fear of persecution in his home country — he needs to clear additional hurdles to remain in the U.S.
ICE officials declined to comment on pending litigation. "ICE does not exempt classes or categories of removable aliens from potential enforcement," the agency said in a statement. "All of those in violation of the immigration laws may be subject to immigration arrest, detention and, if found removable by final order, removal from the United States."
"This is an exemplary case of a man who is being detained with absolutely no reason," said immigration attorney Audrey Allen, adding that because he has an ongoing case and does not pose a flight risk, his detention is unnecessary. Supporters of Nuñez Martinez have asked the public to call ICE and demand his release.
Frame, who recently moved into a townhome in Elverson, Pa., said their shared life is on pause while his husband remains behind bars.
"It's a lonely feeling, you know, moving into the house, and he's not there," said Frame. "There's certain things I want to do, but I'm waiting for him."
Nunez Martinez Habeas Petition (PDF)
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Editor's note: This story has been updated to include a comment from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Correction: The radio version of this story (above) incorrectly explains Nuñez Martinez's current immigration case. He is seeking what's called "withholding of removal" based on a fear that he could face death or violence if deported.
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Mazda will unveil a new compact SUV at next month's Geneva Motor Show.
The world debutant will be the second model in the company's new-generation line-up and, as such, has latest design and architecture.
The new SKYACTIV engines include the brand's SPCCI (Spark Plug Controlled Compression Ignition) technology.
Mazda claim it has a unique combustion method which manifests itself with the free-revving performance of a petrol engine and the frugality of a diesel.
The brand's MX-5 30th Anniversary Edition makes its European debut. It is celebrating 30 years on the road – it made its world premier at the 1989 Chicago Motor Show. More than a million have been bought since.
The Mazda3 hatchback and saloon, the first of the new generation, will also be at Geneva.


In fact, studies have revealed that family members of cancer patients can be exposed to chemotherapy drugs (which are hazardous carcinogens themselves) through exposure to the patient's body fluids. The researchers also found contamination of ordinary household surfaces – up to 48 hours after the treatment was administered.
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), around 650,000 cancer patients receive chemotherapy in outpatient clinics every year – creating an urgent need for precautions on the part of caregivers and family members.
Chemotherapy uses antineoplastic drugs – such as 5-fluorouracil, oxaliplatin, and cyclophosphamide (Cytoxan) – to kill cancer cells. However, antineoplastic drugs (also called cytotoxics) also harm normal cells.
Exposure to these toxic medications can cause nausea, vomiting, hair loss and suppression of bone marrow function. And OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) warns that the development of secondary malignancies – in other words, cancer – is a well-documented side effect of chemotherapy treatment.
The fact is: chemotherapy drugs can be associated with grave harm – even at very low exposures.
The CDC reports that people who work with antineoplastic drugs have an increased risk of having a miscarriage or a child with a birth defect.
Family members may be exposed via contact with the patient's body fluids and waste products – such as urine, feces, vomit, saliva and even sweat. In addition, exposure to chemo can occur through trace amounts being left on household surfaces such as doorknobs, bathroom sinks, faucets, light switches and floors – even as long as 48 hours after chemotherapy treatment.
And, because each cycle of chemotherapy is repeated several times, family members living with chemo patients are at risk of repeated exposure.
There is also significant risk for professional healthcare workers performing routine nursing tasks, such as washing treated patients. (However, studies have shown that wearing gloves prevents exposure in hospital settings).
According to the Cleveland Clinic, acute exposure to body fluids contaminated with chemotherapy drugs can cause skin rash, nausea, vomiting, dizziness, abdominal pain, headaches, nasal sores and allergic reactions.
In a study published in 2013 in Journal of Oncology Pharmacy Practice, researchers analyzed urine samples from patients who had received the antineoplastic drug cyclophosphamide – within the last 48 hours.
The team also analyzed samples from family members – as well as testing wipe samples from their homes.
Using gas chromatography and mass spectroscopy, researchers found cyclophosphamide in all urine samples – the treated patients and family members alike. According to the scientists, between 9 and 34 percent of the original dose of cyclophosphamide was excreted in the urine.
In addition, they found surface contamination in the homes of outpatients treated with cyclophosphamide – with 8 of the 12 wipe samples containing the drug.
The researchers asserted that the contamination of the surfaces – and the exposure of the family members – occurred via exposure to waste product excretions from the chemotherapy patients.
The team called for strict precautions by family members and healthcare workers.
In a Japanese study conducted by researchers at Fukushima Medical University and published in Journal of Nursing Education and Practice, researchers monitored the urinary excretion of cyclophosphamide by five breast cancer patients for 48 hours after administration.
They also tested wipe samples taken from toilets, doorknobs and faucets in the patients' homes – and found contamination in all five homes.
Of 28 wipe samples analyzed, cyclophosphamide was found in 17 of them.
Most of the contaminated samples were taken from toilet seats and toilet floors, with toilet flush levers and bathroom doorknobs also showing contamination.
Specific tactics and practices can lower the odds of contamination and exposure.
Experts recommend that the chemotherapy patient use a separate toilet – if available – for at least 48 hours after treatment. If only one toilet is available, male patients should urinate sitting down in order to cut down on splashing.
After urination the lid should be closed, and the toilet flushed twice.
Follow the same protocol – closing the lid and flushing twice – after a patient vomits into the toilet.
To clean up any splashes on or around the toilet, wear waterproof disposable gloves and wipe the area with paper towels. (Note: The Cleveland Clinic recommends wearing two pairs of latex or nitrile glove at once).
Dispose of the used towels in the toilet – again closing the lid and flushing twice.
Used gloves should be discarded in the trash, using a sealed plastic bag. Wash hands well with warm, soapy water.
After emptying, bedpans should be rinsed with laundry detergent and water. Carefully pour the rinse water into the toilet, then close the lid and flush twice.
Dishes and cups used by the patient should be washed in the dishwasher, if practical.
If washing by hand — use hot water and plenty of soap. Rinse and dry the utensils thoroughly. Of course, disposable paper or plastic utensils are also an option.
If bedding or linens are soiled with body fluids or waste, launder them separately from other clothing. Wash them twice, using the machine's hot cycle.
If you do get body waste on your skin, don't panic. But, do wash the area well with soap and water for five minutes – and observe the area for the next seven days. If redness or irritation develops, consult your doctor.
A special note about contact: According to Chemocare, hugging and kissing a chemo patient is safe. For those in sexually intimate relationships, however, experts advise using protection – and avoiding open-mouth kissing.
No doubt, chemotherapy can be a challenging situation – for patients, caregivers and families. But the above precautions can help ensure that you care for your family member safely, while protecting yourself.
Editor's note: Although we don't 'promote' the use of chemotherapy, there are many people being exposed to these toxic substances. And, we felt compelled to warn the public about the dangers of its use.