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10 Jaw-dropping Things You Didn't Know Until Today
Are you in a mood to be amazed?
The Earth is a bizarre and wonderful place, thus far, it is without doubt the greatest planet in the universe. But sometimes the oddity among ourselves and our dear planet becomes so great that we are wonder-struck.
The most bizarre facts and events you didn't know about:
1. In Thailand if you have more than 120 playing cards, you are a breaking the law.
The law is called 1935 Playing Cards Act. Last week police arrested some bridge players including an 84 year old Dutch man from a resort in the town of Pattaya, Thailand.
2. During presidential race, Hillary Clinton has spent more in Pizza than any other candidate.
PHOTO: GAWKER
Hillary Clinton has spent $9,046 on American pizza – more than any other candidate. The illustrious Donald Trump has only spent $1,223, about eight times less than Hillary.
3. It will set you £5,000 back, if you want to surgically remove a sock from your dog's stomach.
Owners of a British dog Toffee were horrified when they learned their dog had swollen a sock. But they were distraught when they found out that he will die if not operated urgently. The final bill would be more than £5,000 which thankfully, was covered by pet insurance.
4. Female Orangutans commit murders for selfish motives – just like humans.
PHOTO: Anup Shah / WWF
This is just like a thriller movie. The incident occurred in Borneo. Where a female Orangutans got jealous of competition and conspired with his "boyfriend" to kill another female.
5. Inmates' on death row often say more positive things than negative things.
Dr. Sarah Hirschmüller and Dr. Boris Egloff, the researches were somewhat surprised to listen to the final words of death row inmates. They saw that most inmates had positive things to say rather than negative. The researchers concluded that it was a mix of human emotions and good jail therapy.
6. David Bowie's dog also has different colored eyes, just like his late master did.
The condition is called Anisocoria. The "different color" is an illusion. In this condition, one pupil remains permanently dilated and doesn't respond to light as the other pupil does. David Bowie suffered from Anisocoria but so did his dog Max.
7. People from Oregon are fastest talking in United States whiles the Mississippi people are the slowest.
The researched look into phone calls made by the residents of different areas of United States. The phone calls were not private of course, they were obtained through various businesses where people had called as consumers.
Moldova's 10K Race – PHOTO: Jurnal TV
8. There is a 10K race in Moldova's largest wine selling establishment.
Runners have to endure humid weather, haunted house noises and sounds from speakers and above all: a very dark and dingy cave. They give them headlights but sometimes they are not enough for a creepy dark cave.
9. If an indivisibility cloak was invented, it would stop working if the object is travelling at light's speed (or even close to it).
Einstein's theory of relativity is to be blamed here. Some of our beloved sci-fi shows have been busted. When you are approaching speed of light, the effects of relativism occur; making the cloak worthless. But, you ARE going the speed of light, so an invisibility cloak probably isn't necessary any ways. -You can't have it all!!
photo from bbc.com. The gel model started out smooth, like the brain of a 22-week-old foetus, and ended up with a pattern of folds similar to that of a brain at 34 weeks
10. The wrinkles on your brain can be replicated in a jar.
Scientists used a two layered-gel and re-produced the wrinkles of a human brain. When placed in a glass jar full of an organic solvent for 20-30 minutes, the outer layer of the silicon-based gel -or "gel brain" swelled up and contorted itself into a very familiar shape.
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Discussion in 'Off-Topic' started by PoxBot, Nov 20, 2018.
This is a general purpose non-politics thread for PoxNora players or ex-players to talk about life, happenings, food and other stuff.
Tomorrow is the annual White Castle eating contest at my office. My record is 21 cheese slyders. The office record is 22. I'm hoping to switch the competition from being overall volume to being the most within two minutes or something.
Thanksgiving is coming up here in the US and I have stacks of pies and breads in my fridge.
- I am attempting my first "tur-duck-en" Tomorrow... wish me luck! Is it wrong that I am more nervous doing that then speaking in front of hundreds of affiliates about clinical trends? wtf brain, why don't you make sense. I need a drink now just looking at the kitchen counter all splayed out.
Are you buying a prepared turducken, or are you boning the duck and chicken yourself to make it?
Doing my first turkey this year. Parents are visiting from out of state. So much cleaning, and sometime real damn soon, I gotta get a job. Got everything I need till the end of the year, at least, but Christmas is gonna be tight on just my fiance's income. Lots on my mind, good thing Oregon has cheap, good weed.
Is it a speed or quantity contest?
- I had to google local farms and luckily hit a place in New England that will dress all three for me thankfully... yeah the prepared ones I've seen look all dwarfed and abnormal ... so gonna go for it all natural. I'm even gonna render some duck fat from the duck and baste it with it during the cooking.
- The problem is the cook temp control without destroying the turkey on the outside... so I'm considering a huge cooking bag for the first hour then open it up to crisp that sob.
I am lurking around the PoxNora and Forums again lately and thinking about saving all the card art and lore stuff as I have always been inspired by it to write some sort of a story or two.
But instead of that I have been busy at work in this Service Desk, and my fellow co-workers who are a bit higher up than me are all sick so as being the one who has worked the longest I have to fill in with them and this is absolute chaos before Black Friday. And I just wish I could go home and play some Spyro.
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Depends on what my challengers want to do. My record is 21 total, but I stopped because the 2nd highest was at 15 and gave up. As for speed, I've eaten 15 in 3 minutes.
going out with a hot girl that's into french philosophy to this vaporwave bar.
haven't drank alcy in ages, dunno if my body will take it.
Going to do an RV trip over Christmas with 6 adults and 2 children... yowza.
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I have to add information to a presentation about the ecological key factors in our project area and also something about helofytefilters.
but we're doing a boardgame evening 5th of december, some small gifts from sinterklaas, chocolate letters probably.
We'll have playing cards tho. Play the best card game: Hong Kong Big Two!
Fried a turkey but also decided to bake a Bacon-Wrapped Herb-Stuffed Turkey Breast this year. It was fantastic.
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That bacon wrap looks absolutely delish.
I do not like tukey.
but that all looks very nice.


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Q: How to conduct File path operation in PHP? Something like:
/directory/a/b - /directory/ = a/b

Is it possible to do this easily?

A: Since you're working with paths, platform sensitivity is important; Windows has a different path separator than most other platforms, and to write reusable code you can't snub a platform.
PHP has a few functions to deal with paths.  If you're handed a really strange path like ~foo/bar//bitty/../index.php, use realpath to clean that up for you.
$path = realpath("~foo/bar//bitty/../index.php");
/* output: /home/foo/bar/index.php */

Other functions will aid you -- for example, to get the path part of a filename by itself, use dirname:
print dirname($path);
/* output: /home/foo/bar */

Once you have that, split on the separators and do whatever work you want.  The real trick is having PHP worry about all the weirdness in paths for you, and then just working with each part separately.  Look into pathinfo and basename as well.  I think this is what you were asking for, not how to do dumb string replacements.
Don't forget not allowing injection to your application!  Working with paths from Web input is dangerous.  Never trust user input.

A: echo str_replace("/directory/","","/directory/a/b");

And to use this on other types of strings, your full string goes in the third parameter, and whatever you're "subtracting" goes as the first parameter.

A: Using the dirname() funciton and some strings you can cut the original path up and get the pieces.
<?php
// from:   http://php.net/manual/en/function.dirname.php
$path = "/dirname/a/b";
$dir = dirname(dirname($path));
echo "dir at front=$dir\n";
$len = strlen($dir);
$dirname = substr ( $path, 0, $len+1 );
echo "dirname=$dirname\n";
$last_2 = substr ( $path, $len+1 );
echo "last_2=$last_2\n";
?>

results in
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Gomes S., Numata K., Leonor I. B., Mano J. F., Reis R. L., and Kaplan D. L., "Spider silk-bone sialoprotein fusion proteins for bone tissue engineering", Soft Matter, vol. 7, issue 10, pp. 4964-4973, doi:10.1039/C1SM05024A, 2011.
Gomes S., Numata K., Leonor I. B., Mano J. F., Reis R. L., and Kaplan D. L., "AFM Study of Morphology and Mechanical Properties of a Chimeric Spider Silk and Bone Sialoprotein Protein for Bone Regeneration", Biomacromolecules, vol. 12, issue 5, pp. 1675-1685 , doi:10.1021/bm2000605 , 2011.
Gomes S., Leonor I. B., Mano J. F., Reis R. L., and Kaplan D. L., "Antimicrobial functionalized genetically engineered spider silk", Biomaterials, vol. 32, issue 18, pp. 4255-4266, doi:10.1016/j.biomaterials.2011.02.040, 2011.
Gomes S., Gallego-Llamas J., Leonor I. B., Mano J. F., Reis R. L., and Kaplan D. L., "In Vivo Biological Responses to Silk Proteins Functionalized with Bone Sialoprotein", Macromolecular Bioscience Volume 13, Issue 4, pages 444–454, April 2013, vol. 13, issue 4, pp. 444-454, doi:10.1002/mabi.201200372, 2013.
Franco A. R., Leonor I. B., Kaplan D. L., and Reis R. L., "Silk fibroin-spider silk-like protein biomaterials for preventing microbial infections", Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, doi:10.3389/conf.FBIOE.2016.01.02644, 2016.
Franco A. R., Pirraco R. P., Leonor I. B., Kaplan D. L., and Reis R. L., "Biological response of silk-based fibers functionalized with antimicrobial peptides by mimicking bacterial infection in vivo", European Cells and Materials, vol. 33, issue S2, doi:10.22203/eCM, 2017.


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In a recent article on Mashable, Carolyn Betts Fleming, Founder and CEO of Betts Recruiting, answers the crucial question "Have you ever felt you were worth more than you were being paid?"
"I do have some tips on how to negotiate your compensation at a startup. Recruiting in the tech startup space for over a decade has allowed me to witness plenty of comp negotiations.
While we focus on revenue generating roles, these tips can be applied to other positions as well – in fact, we created a salary guide for a slew of roles based off of two years of data from 150 companies.
When you get an offer, be sure you know what exactly that number means.
There can be several different components that make up your regular paycheck. You may very well be getting cash, commission, bonuses and equity all at once – though bonuses are usually reserved for non-sales roles.
At a startup, a lower base salary may be offered, but that number comes with the expectation of a lower quota, more territory, and probably more commission. There's a huge opportunity to establish yourself in the space, and room to do so, at a startup. If you aren't sure how commission is paid out or are unsure of how you'll meet quota every month, ask!
You should know these answers before joining an organization to set yourself up for success and avoid any unpleasant surprises.
Startups are scrappy, which can translate into conservative budgets. If you are in a more junior role, or are transitioning industries, you may not be offered as much as you had hoped for.
Come back to the offer with some creative responses, and you may end up getting to that number in a different way. Ask for mutually agreed upon goals that could result in performance-based raises. Proving yourself is a great way to let hiring managers know that you are serious about the work, and willing to put effort behind your words.
If you can present a hiring manager with some goals with a high ROI, and a plan for how to achieve them, your request for bonuses will be much stronger.
Industry changers can have a hard time seeing a much lower salary than they are used to. If you're in that camp, ask yourself if the new opportunity and experience is worth it. If you're changing industries, there's probably a reason behind that! Remind yourself of that reason, whatever it is, and commit to crushing your quota from the start.
Being taken seriously in these conversations is important above all. Don't lose out on an opportunity you are thrilled about just because of pride or an expectation based on false assumptions.
While I fully believe in the adage "don't ask, don't get" I also want you to never take it personally if you aren't able to get to the number you feel you're worth.
Companies have budgets. Startups especially have to justify every expense with their limited capital, frequent funding rounds, and tough presentations to investors. Also, the number you're offered probably has some weight behind it—maybe it's what another person in your position is making currently, or it could be based off of industry data.
In these conversations, you must be realistic with what you're currently making and what the company can offer. The tech startup world is closely knit, and you may want to work with this company in the future, so it's important to keep these conversations respectful and positive.
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Jean Dubuffet was born in 1901 in Le Havre. Despite demonstrating an early penchant for painting, he spent his first 40 years oscillating between painting and working in the family wine business. Dubuffet was 41 when he finally committed to working as an artist, but despite his late start, he has been hailed as France's most important post-war artist.
From the offset, Dubuffet rejected the conventional values of "high art". His success was largely driven by his controversial Hautes Pates series in 1946, in which Dubuffet depicted ghoulish figures with mask-like heads. These child-like images with mundane colours, rough textures and thick impastos of oil-paint mixed with sand, tar and straw, were compared by critics to dirt and excrement. Determined to challenge the art establishment and disrupt conventions in painting at the time, he famously stated, "let us abolish the past and all that comes with it." However, despite early criticisms and controversy, he quickly became the most esteemed artist in Paris.
Dubuffet's rejection of "high art" led to the establishment of his Art Brut, or "raw art" movement, which favoured an uninhibited approach to art. He was principally influenced by art created by children, the mentally ill, prisoners and other marginal figures, and the publication of "The Art of the Insane" by Swiss psychiatrist, Hans Prinzhorn, who encouraged the mentally ill to draw and paint. Dubuffet's work in the late 1940s and 50s would be inspired by these works, resulting in thick-textured paintings and his distinctive naïve style.
After a trip to New York in 1951, during which he met Jackson Pollock, Marcel Duchamp and Yves Tanguy, Dubuffet changed artistic direction. He moved away from representational paintings and created abstract studies of textures. This series from 1951 to 1960 was his "Célébration du sol" series, also known as his "Texturologies," in which he depicted undetermined stretches of the ground and dust. His use of assemblage in many of these paintings, using materials such as paper and aluminium foil combined with oil paint, give the canvases a rough and uneven surface.
In the early 1960s, Dubuffet's style underwent a major transformation. This was the result of a doodle while on the telephone and led to his "Hourloupe" graphic style: a pattern of thick, clean black lines arranged into irregular cells, some filled with blocks of red or blue. During his Hourloupe period he created figurative sculptures and architectural designs, including his "Closerie Falbala," which he built on a hillside in Périgny-sur-Yerres in the 1970s, and his "Coucou Bazar," a work first exhibited at the Guggenheim museum in New York in 1973, in which several puppeteers animated dozens of his sculptures.
By the time of his death in 1985, Dubuffet had achieved major recognition in the art world, he had been commissioned to create several public sculptures, and had been awarded major retrospectives at the MoMA (1963), the Guggenheim Museum (1973) and the Centre Pompidou (2001). His work is largely preserved by the Fondation Jean Dubuffet in Paris.


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Random Acts of Zhu Make Children's Lives Brighter!
We have been so blessed to partner with some amazing companies this year to help less fortunate children in our area of Nebraska. The company behind Zhu Zhu Pets and Kung Zhu, Cepia, had given us a generous gift of 104 Zhu Zhu's for charity as part of their Random Acts of Zhu program!
Last week, we headed down to our local Toys for Tots office (located 90 miles away), and dropped off the little critters to help make some kids' holidays even brighter. The office manager told us that they would really be appreciated, and we also dropped off some other new toys that we had received throughout the year from all of our product reviews. (Sometimes we receive duplicate toys that we don't use.) We are really happy that we chose this charity, as they were in need of just this kind of gift for kids who are having a difficult holiday season.
If you haven't done anything to help kids in your community, there is still time! Your charity can be of your choosing, but if you do want to give new, unwrapped toys, you can find out where to donate at the Toys for Tots official website!
*We received over 100 hundred Zhu Zhu toys to donate to charity through their Random Acts of Zhu initiative. No compensation was received for this opportunity.


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Social Distance Santa (Part 6)
Posted by Voices of Wrestling Staff | Apr 22, 2020 | Social Distance Santa
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Marty Scurll vs. Will Ospreay
RPW High Stakes 2016
Reviewed by Alex Wendland (@AlexWendland)
Gifted by Neil David (@chubby_cthulhu)
There's very little point in talking about the work in this match. If you've seen any of their battles over the years, then you know what you're in for; with very few exceptions, the output from Marty Scurll and Will Ospreay is always greater than the sum of their parts.
The whole match is stuffed with fantastic counters, callbacks (which I recognize but don't fully appreciate as I parachute into this RPW show), and great action from two wrestlers who are imminently familiar with each other. The main point about the match itself, to me, is how they made 30 minutes feel like 15. The match is a now-rare example of how matches between longtime, bitter rivals should feel different than even other big matches. Strikes have a little extra behind them. Every movement feels a little more urgent. Every hold seems a little more desperate.
This match, from RPW's High Stakes 2016, comes with a little extra juice: the winner will become the No. 1 contender and, perhaps more importantly, first independent wrestler to have their own action figure put into production.
To be honest, I may have never become a wrestling fan without action figures, and I'm guessing a lot of you wouldn't have either.
I really can't tell you when I became a wrestling fan, but my best guess is that it was some time in 1996. The only reason I can even come up with that is because I remember what my first two wrestling action figures were: WWF's series 1 BONE-CRUNCHING ACTION figures of Bret Hart, and the Shawn Michaels figure with the blue-green pants. The SummerSlam 95 ones. Wrestling toys were one of the only ones on the shelves representing real people you could see do their thing on TV. Barbie, superheros, G.I. Joe, they're all cartoons, but wrestlers were real people. And they had their own action figures, which meant I could have my own someday, too. Action figures were my first connection to this hobby, superseded eventually by only video games as I aged out of playing with the action figures.
I was never a collector outside of completing my roster, but I think my parents kept the crates of them until sometime in my mid-20s. But now, as my wife and I are expecting our first child, I kind of wish I had found a way to keep them. Who knows if my kid will have any interest in this dumb genre, but I'd at least like to have the option to share all those memories with them.
RPW may have tacked on the action figure stipulation to this match to Raise the Stakes at High Stakes, but I'm not sure they new what kind of connection it would make for the audience and how the chance to have your own action figure could give Ospreay and Scurll an extra element to add to their match. To me, it matters more than becoming the No. 1 contender. *****
Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs Jushin Liger
Reviewed by Rich Kraetsch (@voiceswrestling)
Gifted by Jeff Andrews (@Ika_LIJ)
For some reason, I either don't remember seeing this match or I've never seen it before. Why? I don't know but I'm glad I changed that. This is incredible. Everything I love about pro wrestling melted down into a 20-minute package. Jushin Thunder Liger, known to most of us these days as the unflappable and legendary junior heavyweight, is on this night in the role of invader. He won Pro Wrestling NOAH's GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship and has spent much of the spring and summer defeating NOAH's best juniors. Yoshinobu Kanemura, now known to us as a cankerous whiskey spitting heel, is the beloved babyface defending the honor of NOAH and attempting to dethrone Liger.
It's fucking great. It's a war. The bell rings and these guys don't waste a god damn second. Any match that starts with two guys running full force with their feet in the air is always going to chart well for me.
The first few minutes of this match are incredible as Liger quickly hits a Liger Bomb, goes for the win, postures to the referee to ensure everyone in the Tokyo Dome will boo him then gestures that he's going to put Kanemaru away any second now. Kanemaru springs to his feet, plants Liger with a brainbuster (the first of literally 15 to happen in this match) as Liger runs away to the outside.
In just a few minutes, if you had NO idea who these guys were or what their history was, you get it here. This is pro wrestling storytelling. You can keep your Bray Wyatt talks about the Dr. of Thugonomics or Boneyard Matches, I'll take this as the new template of how to present pro wrestling.
God, this was great.
The match slows down in the middle portion but remains interesting nonetheless as Liger takes complete control of Kanemaru. He beats the NOAH representative within an inch of his life even eliciting a standing 10 count as the ref stares at Kanemaru's near-lifeless body.
Liger finally decides to put his prey away and goes for the pinfall but Kanemura kicks out at one and generates the famous Tokyo Dome "OOOOOOOOOOOOH!!!" A noise I miss so, so much. From then on Kanemaru is a deranged maniac. No amount of pain, no amount of brainbusters are going to stop him. Finally, after two brainbusters including one of the spinning variety, Kanemaru puts Liger away and wins the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship.
When pro wrestling is great, it's really great, folks and this was that. A simple, to-the-point story told eloquently by these two great performers. At no point did the match need 45 finishers spammed back to back, it didn't need close-ups of people holding hands. It needed 20 minutes to tell a great and simple pro wrestling story.
These past few weeks have made me fall in and out of love with pro wrestling at a moment's notice but a match like this will make it impossible to even think differently. I love pro wrestling. I loved this match.
Genichiro Tenryu vs. Yoji Anjo
Reviewed by Taylor Maimbourg (@tamaimbo)
Gifted by Gerard Di Trolio (@GerardDiTrolio)
Wrestling in Japan in the 1990s was frequently defined by interpromotional feuds. Most companies that were around at that time participated in at least one feud with a rival promotion, and two of the companies most well known for these interpromotional dustups were WAR and the UWFi. Today's bout takes us back to the main event of one of those co-promoted cards, as the head of WAR, Genichiro Tenryu takes on UWFi faithful Yoji Anjo.
I've been familiar with "Mr. 200%" Yoji Anjo for a while now, mostly from watching UWFi's weekly English tv show, Bushido – Way of the Warrior (available for free on Amazon Prime, I highly recommend it for quarantine watching). I always enjoyed him whenever he showed up on the program, but he never seemed to be destined for a top spot in the company. Prior to this match, he didn't strike me as someone on the same level as Tenryu, and watching the match only confirmed my thoughts.
The match is contested on a WAR show, so Anjo plays the heel, and he spends the first part of the match avoiding Tenryu and taunting him from a distance. Unfortunately for Anjo, the minute Tenryu gets his hands on him, the feeling of inevitability sets in. Anjo puts up a good fight, mostly managing to sneak in the occasional submission hold, but it never feels like Tenryu is in any danger and whenever Tenryu is on offense, he absolutely unloads on Anjo with a barrage of strikes. It never comes off as a fair fight, and at less than twelve minutes long, never builds to anything that I would consider all that compelling. There are some sequences that seem to hint at something more coming, but it never goes to the next level. It's not a bad match, but for the main event, it definitely underdelivers.
The fans in attendance might have thought the same, as six months later UWFi would go out of business. A year later, Tenryu would return to New Japan and WAR's fate would start the decline towards closure as well. In many ways, this match is a great encapsulation of the strengths and weaknesses of interpromotional feuds. On paper, it certainly is an interesting matchup, but never delivers to the extent it could and/or should. While interpromotional feuds offer fans exciting and unique matchups, booking matches with outcomes that improve the standing of both promotions is difficult to do, and often leads to disappointing results both in the ring and at the box office.
Sting vs. Danny Spivey
Reviewed by Joe Gagne (@joegagne)
Gifted by Jack Beckmann (@packerman120)
Did not know that Da Stinger ever wrestled in All Japan, but he apparently worked five matches on a tour in the middle of 1989, including two bouts against Akira Taue (!). This match is third from the top on a show headlined by a five-star Tenryu/Tsuruta bout.
The hairstyles here are already top-notch – Spivey's mullet is in prime form, while Sting has his usual short spiked haircut, but with a weird patch of black hair on his rattail like he ran out of hair on the trip.
This match would not be out of place on the Power Hour, let's see how it looks in Budokan. Spivey goes right after Sting from the start and hits some barely-in-control power moves until Sting takes over after no selling a suplex and hitting a hotshot. Sting then hits a bonkers drunk-guy-jumping-off-the-roof-into-his-pool top rope elbow drop. The pace of that first minute was unreal. Sting crotches himself on the top rope allowing Spivey to take over, including drilling Sting with a Bossman slam. They meander outside for a bit until Sting hits a piledriver and applies a very brief chinlock. Too brief apparently, as both guys appear blown up. Spivey messes up…a side slam? And then Sting retaliates by hitting the world's gentlest Dominator.
At this point, I was worried the match would fall apart, but Spivey gets things on track by just nailing Sting with a lariat. Sting follows up with a gorgeous no hands dive to the floor. Back in the ring Sting locks in the Scorpion Deathlock, but Spivey grabs the ropes, and the ref responds by kicking the bottom rope like Spivey is doing something wrong. Spivey grabs the rope again and the ref makes Sting release the hold. Sting follows up with a top rope clothesline, but when he goes for the Scorpion again, Spivey rolls him up for the clean pin! Did not expect that, even though Spivey was the All Japan regular.
After he cleanly loses, Sting, champion of children everyone, attacks Spivey after the bell and hits a top rope splash before storming to the back. What a hero.
This match ruled. It was just both men throwing bombs and working at a blistering pace for 8 minutes. Makes me wish Sting could have worked a Champion Carnival once. I was gifted this by Jack Beckmann, which I only know because he gifted me another match, but by the time I got around to writing a review the bout had vanished off YouTube because I'm a lazy slug even in a pandemic. Jack deserved better.
Chris Sabin(c) v. Michael Shane v. Frankie Kazarian
Reviewed by Chris Samsa (@TheChrisSamsa)
Gifted by Griffin Peltier (@Hollywd12)
The Early 2000s were a weird time in professional wrestling. I had mostly vacated my fleeting Attitude Era fandom, but I kept a cursory knowledge of what was going on through occasional teenage-boredom-induced trips to the earliest rumors and news websites.
I didn't pay any mind to TNA during this timeframe. I knew of their existence and that they were next in line to challenge the Goliath that WWE had turned itself into by swallowing WCW and ECW in quick succession. I have seen Ultimate X matches before, but I really had no idea what level of quality or effort was output by the first ever Ultimate X Match.
After the rules are explained, Mike Tenay's voice turns into a stark contrast to the dancing blonde bombshell in a cage as Michael Shane, Frankie Kazarian, and Chris Sabin entered the arena.
Sabin enters as the champion and I'm admittedly naive about his skillset at this time. My familiarity with Sabin is mostly through his more recent NJPW runs. Based on those runs, I'm not surprised to see that he was an anchor in the X Division. I truthfully know nothing about Michael Shane, as it seems I have missed his entire pro wrestling career, and I have a current familiarity with Kazarian's role in SCU. I anticipated being surprised by Kazarian's agility and willingness to take a big bump in this match and I wasn't disappointed.
The competitors start with a lot of brawling and eventually, someone starts to climb the scaffold posts and slink down the X-shaped wires. The crowd is super hot every time someone starts their path towards the belt, and that makes for a fun watch because I bite on every near-grab.
The belt falls down twice during the match, and there's a certain charm to it. This is the first Ultimate X match, and I would have been disappointed had there not been some fumbles or kinks to work out. TNA did a nice job of accepting that this was the nature of the match, re-hanging the belt, and letting the wrestlers get back at it.
The finish is fun and enhanced by the 4:3 aspect ratio. Sabin and Kazarian meet in the middle, Kazarian kicks down Sabin and he's the clear favorite to grab the belt, but Michael Shane scales the other wire from outside the camera's view to quickly snatch the belt and fall violently to the mat.
This match is mostly a chaotic three-way with some impressive displays of upper body strength and clear innovation as the wrestlers use the cables in ways they obviously couldn't use something like a ladder or table in other gimmick matches.
I like Ultimate X matches, even though they got a little played out for a while. This is a fun window into TNA during what is most remembered as WWE's most dominant era and I'm now poking around Impact Plus to see what other gems exist from the 2003-2010 era when I wasn't paying attention to them.
I have to assume one of our TNA/IMPACT specialists gifted this along, so I'll go with Garrett Kidney.
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In spite of our place of education and a music teacher that once told me I'd never get a job or be accepted into a college – 3/4 of Club Paradise have achieved a lot since starting out as Street Party In Soho. I was there for their second ever gig as a proper band in the school hall. I was there when Ryan wasn't the lead singer until hours before that gig, when Nathan wasn't the drummer until not much earlier than that and when Harry and Jackson replaced lads in my year in the school band which long preceded SPIS.
A few national tours, plays on Made In Chelsea and a name change later, Club Paradise headlined ThinkTank? on a cold Thursday night. One thing they've definitely got better at over the years is picking support acts. I'm sure that support band seven years ago weren't really as bad as I remember, they just didn't fit.
Amongst Echoes and Deep.Sleep were perfect in their positions warming the crowd up nicely. As a complete newbie to openers Amongst Echoes I didn't know their music so it was nice to be treat to a cover of the all-too familiar Moving To New York by The Wombats. They also treat us to a performance of their latest single Daylight Robbery which went down well.
It's been impossible to ignore Deep.Sleep in 2018. With singles like Orange English Sun the indie pop four piece have become a staple of the north east circuits refreshing move away from stale bland indie that has haunted the region for years. From the cheeky charisma of likeable frontman Dan, to the polar opposite mannerisms of the guitarists who flanked him – Deep.Sleep weren't just playing music on a stage but really performing.
As for the headliners? I forgot how many of their releases I had checked from the shadows. In their Street Party In Soho form, songs like 17 were indisputable bangers. In their newly evolved form of Club Paradise they've pumped out two terrific tracks in the form of Brother and Sugar. The latter of which was the focus of the night, being the launch event for the single. I often find live performance improve my love for a track. Already fond of the second Club Paradise single, I have a new found appreciation for the record.
Ryan's vocal range in particular impressed throughout but the highlight of the night didn't really even need the frontman to be there. Having suitably warmed the crowd up, the ThinkTank audience reached a fever pitch as a cover of Fountains Of Wayne's Stacey's Mom emerged from the speakers and everyone sang along to every word. The apparent genuine surprise of calls for an encore was a nice touch to the end the show. Humbly admitting they hadn't prepared to perform any other songs which is a rarity in music these days, they drew for an old gem the crowd gleefully expressed their gratitude to hear.
Holly Rees on the other hand, did prepare for an encore and admitted as such in fantastic fashion during her show at Think Tank Underground the next night. More on that to come soon.
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When it comes to getting around in Buffalo, Niagara Falls, and everything in between, you're going to have to either use a vehicle, taxi, or learn a few tricks for public transportation. The good news about transportation in this area is simple, there's a lot of public options to consider. If you're going to move along with public solutions, then you'll definitely want to know where to find schedules, system maps, fares, and much more. The following will help you get some information as to where to go, what to do, and how much it will be to get to certain areas. There's a few options to consider here, not just in terms of fares, but routes, and more.
The first thing that you should know is that the community in Buffalo and Niagara has a complete system of transportation open to the public. There's more than just a few routes, mind you, with a lot of solutions allow you to work through just about any location you need to go. From Buffalo state to the Airport to Clinton and beyond. There's a lot of different options that you can explore, including information about routes, fares, and more by visiting the official NFTA Metro website (http://metro.nfta.com/).
In regard to working with Metro, you'll find that there are a great deal of buses that you can take advantage of, but you can also take Metro Rail. There are several options that you can explore regarding Metro Rail, connect with buses, and much more. These routes are illustrated for you and color coordinated on the official Metro website, in case you're wondering how to get on board, figure out where to catch a ride, or figure out what time you should be ready. You can see the full scale system map by going to the official metro map page (http://metro.nfta.com/Routes/SystemMap.aspx).
The NFTA-Metro option for those that want easier transport has a lot of options for you. Whether you're on a budget, need help getting to and from school, work and beyond, you'll find that there are programs open to help. By visiting the official programs page, you can get discounted passes, parking passes, college passes, learn how to ride, get customized help, and much more. Whether you're new to the area, or you've recently lost your vehicle for whatever reason, NFTA-Metro is here to help. Visit their official programs page, and you could get a discounted pass, and much more (http://metro.nfta.com/Programs/).
One last thing that you should know about is the smart traveler system that is instituted for Metro Bus and Rail Lines in Buffalo and Niagara Falls, including Erie. You'll find that you can visit the "Where's My Bus" page, and get up to the minute notes on when buses are in route, and when they will arrive at your stop and more. That page is available at any time by visiting, http://wmb.nfta.com/#/bus, and can help you schedule trips, and so much more. Suffice to say, you have many options to consider in regard to Buffalo, Niagara Falls, and Erie transportation services.


Euphorium is charming British inspired café which roots date back to 1999, when the first artisanal bakery was launched, in Islington.
In 2017 Euphorium adopted a modern twist, improving its recipes with a stunning selection of fresh baked cakes, pastries and an innovative savoury menu.
Euphorium – St. Christopher's Place is the first store to adopt the new direction.
The store has a downstairs space, perfect for private events and also a spacious terrace where customers can dine al fresco whilst enjoying views of the bustling neighbourhood.


Can you believe it…Christmas is only 200 days away!
Have you started your Christmas shopping yet? I am one of those people that started my Christmas shopping in the 2017 Boxing day sales – it's currently all stashed away and i'm hoping I remember where i've hidden everything!
Today Argos have announced their Top Toys for Christmas 2018! The list created by Argos features 14 new and exciting toys that they are hoping will feature on Christmas wish lists! It has a range of fantasy, technology, construction and discovery toys. It features well known brands such as LOL Surprise, Fingerlings and of course – Paw Patrol!
So what are the Top Toys for Christmas 2018?
Argos Top Toys for Christmas 2018 will be will be available to buy* from July 2018. Once they are available I will start sharing them – every year it gets harder and harder to find the 'most wanted' toys as Christmas gets closer. Argos were pretty spot on with their list from last year so if that is anything to go by this list will also be a hit!
Information via the official Argos press release. Read it here.


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CIO's in coronavirus crisis: 10 actions that need to be taken
Aurel Constantin 20/03/2020 | 13:27
While Covid19 is a human tragedy, technology is on the front lines. Many of the changes reshaping how we work and live – from remote working to a massive shift toward online shopping – rely on technology, as an analisys by Alexandru Filip, Managing Partner McKinsey & Company Romania and Leader of McKinsey DnA (Digital and Advanced Analytics) Practice in Central Europe, shows.
With the onset of the global Covid19 pandemic, CIOs are facing the greatest challenge of their careers. They have to manage infrastructure breakdowns, DOS (denial of service) attacks, and sites going down because of traffic load. Even as companies grapple with the crisis, it is already clear that CIOs are playing a central role in navigating the crisis.
In recent months, McKinsey global team members have spoken with more than 100 CIOs at international companies. The crisis playing out broadly in three waves: Wave 1: ensuring stability and business continuity; Wave 2: institutionalizing new ways of working; and Wave 3: using knowledge gained in the crisis to prioritize tech transformation for resilience.
Based on CIO conversations and on the experience in previous economic crises, they should focus on the following 10 actions.
Focus on what matters now
Take care of your people. The first order of business is to ensure the health and safety of employees. This requires new solutions, including support for remote workers, smaller shifts, and back-up support models for essential workers. Consider assigning key leaders to different shifts and creating separate work zones to contain any outbreak of infection. Reduce the number of contingent and contract workers to just those who must be on the premises.
Communicate confidently, consistently, and reliably. CIOs, as any business leader, need to be transparent about the steps being taken. Regular briefings can help build trust and confidence. A survey of remote workers can uncover support needs. To stay ahead of the crisis, the CIO needs to be the chief "learner" by reaching out to stakeholders to understand their needs and providing solutions.
Get beyond tech to make work-from-home work. The sudden shift to a massive remote workforce can uncover a host of issues, from inadequate video conferencing to poor internet connectivity at employees' homes. CIOs need to move quickly before each department picks its own collaboration tools, some of them maybe inadequate, security wise (see point 6, below).
Drive adoption of new ways of working. Remote workers are likely to confront a dizzying array of new tools. New behaviors typically take about 30 days to take hold so CIOs need to promote these tools assertively over the next month. As a rule of thumb, adoption of a tool requires twice the investment of development. It's crucial to invest in behavioral nudging techniques, training, and certification to ensure that tools actually help people do their work.
Be proactive on security. Cyber criminals will seek to exploit the crisis, for example with phishing campaigns disguised as the corporate help desk. Meanwhile, employees may try to bypass security controls to get their jobs done; higher VPN usage may complicate security monitoring; and remote working may reduce deterrents against inside threats. CIOs must de-risk remote access to sensitive data and other vulnerabilities and train employees in safety protocols.
Stabilize core systems and operations
Stabilize critical infrastructure. Workforce changes are putting unprecedented strains on infrastructure. CIOs should develop a clear perspective about which systems and applications are most critical to stabilize. Strategies include scenario planning, building a backup supply of critical hardware, and thinking through second and third order effects.
Telco operators, as among the most important enablers of these shifts, need to have their networks prepared for the traffic spikes. With internet networks more heavily utilized from home, CIOs in this area should recheck their companies' data pipelines. Luckily, confirmed also by our "The rise of digital challengers: Perspective on Romania" report, our country is a European leader in the share of ultrafast broadband subscriptions in the country.
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Enable the shift in business processes. Stress on systems can come from spikes in a number of channels: call center, help desk, web sites, and consumer-facing apps. CIOs should upgrade capacity to handle more traffic, and roll out self-service tools for customer support. They can also extend systems to enable customer service employees to work remotely and group customer queries to find and address issues early.
The same rule of thumb applies also to smaller companies, which do not have a CIO, but only an IT team or specialist. They should secure the smooth transition of the team from the office apps and devices to work-from-home.
Also, when the case, they should assist and support the digital team during the transition to as many online operations as possible, thus securing operations and sales continuity. However, in terms of adjusting their business models to leverage digital tools for revenue growth, small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs), as well as large ones, trail Digital Frontrunners in Romania. We can see a significantly smaller share of enterprises in the country engaging in online sales, as well as cross-border e-commerce.
Start anticipating what's next
Stay the course on key priorities. In this high-stress situation, the natural instinct is to cut programs and revert to old ways of working. It's important to see this current crisis as a turning point in the competitive environment. We know from past crises that companies that take a slash and hold approach fare worse than those that both prune and thoughtfully invest. CIOs and digitization teams should stay committed to the broader transformation goals they've been leading in data, cloud, and agile.
In Romania, gaps can be seen in indicators measuring the degree to which businesses streamline and automate their processes in Romania. Moreover, a significantly smaller share of both SMEs and large enterprises in Romania leverage cloud computing tools or digital solutions for analyzing big data. This is a current challenge, but also an opportunity for steering projects and business models in a new direction.
Stay focused on customers. Customer behavior is shifting radically. At least some of those changes will be permanent. In addition, there is likely to be pent-up demand when the worst of the crisis is past. A McKinsey survey of Chinese consumers revealed that more than 80 percent expected to return to pre-crisis purchase levels and are likely to continue to spend online. Leaders should accelerate investments that create competitive distance for their companies.
Understand the "new normal." The end of the crisis will not mean a return to business as usual. Given its characteristics, the current crisis emphasizes beyond reasonable doubt the crucial importance of technology and digital channels for almost every organization/company. CIOs will need to understand what that shift means and what the new tech-enabled operating model can look like. They should also improve routines so the organization can easily pivot towards the most essential work in a time of crisis.
In many places, things are likely to get worse before they get better. However, CIOs who manage effectively can become leaders of innovation, rather than merely effective managers of the downside.
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Minister Humphreys Announces Details of New €180m LEADER Programme
Posted on 2 Nov 2022 Last updated on 29 Nov 2022
Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys, has announced the details of the €180 million LEADER Programme for 2023-2027.
LEADER, a key intervention of Our Rural Future, is a rural development programme co-funded by the EU which operates a locally-led, bottom-up, approach to meeting the needs of rural communities and businesses. The programme supports private enterprises and community groups in rural areas.
This major investment will support thousands of locally-led rural development and enterprise projects over the next 5 years. This allocation is in addition to the €70 million already provided for LEADER for 2021 and 2022, bringing the total allocation for the seven year LEADER programming period of 2021-2027 to €250 million.
The selection process will be conducted over two stages; the first stage is an 'Expression of Interest' by eligible groups followed by a more detailed stage which will see them develop their LEADER strategies.
Interested parties will have until Friday 16 December 2022 to submit their Expression of Interest (Stage 1).
All groups that are successful in Stage 1 will be provided with funding to assist with the costs associated with developing a Local Development Strategy in Stage 2 of the process.
A fund of €2 million has been ring-fenced for this purpose which will commence in early 2023.
As part of the new CAP Strategic Plan, funding of €180 million has been committed to LEADER for 2023-2027. The Minister also confirmed that all of this funding will be allocated to the Local Action Groups who are appointed to deliver the new programme.
Interested parties can now apply by visiting the department's website and downloading an application form.
Completed Expressions of Interest forms must be submitted by email only to leader2327@drcd.gov.ie no later than 5.30pm on Friday 16 December 2022.
INFORMATION WEBINAR - 10 NOV
The Department of Rural and Community Development will host an information webinar for all interested parties on 10 November 2022.


The Auto Turner Combo is a complete set of both chicken and quail egg racks.
The versatility of this Auto Turner Combo is so convenient! Each rack for chicken eggs contains space for 7 eggs; each quail egg rack has room for 20 eggs. The turner was designed to hold any combination of 6 racks, meaning you can use it to turn both chicken and quail eggs at the same time! (If using only the chicken racks, you'd have room for 42 eggs total. If using only the quail racks, you'd have room for 120 eggs.) You decide which combination of racks to set on the egg turner, based upon your own needs.


Are you having a 'flutter' on the 2019 Grand National? If so, and you are particularly interested in the Westcountry-based entries, then we have a horse-by-horse guide of the runners and riders – and their trainers, travelling from the Westcountry to the big race.
Spring is here and there can be few better ways to spend it than heading off with the family for a day out to Cherrybrook, where the local area point-to-point meeting takes place this coming Sunday (April 7), writes Donna Harris.
Point-to-point horse racing heads to Kilworthy near Brentor, Tavistock, this coming Sunday (March 24) where the Lamerton stage their meeting.
Exeter Racecourse is offering armed forces personnel, both serving and retired, the chance to come racing for just £5 each if they pre-book tickets for Sunday, March 24, when the track will be bursting with free entertainment for all the family alongside a seven race card, writes Lucy Johnson.
Jockey Darren Edwards landed a treble as the East Devon fixture defied wet and windy weather at Bishop's Court, near Ottery St Mary on the first Sunday of March, writes Granville Taylor.
Point-to-point horse racing is on offer in East Devon on the first weekend of March with the staging of the meeting at Bishops Court on Sunday (March 3), writes Donna Harris.
Point-to-Point horse racing heads back to Devon this weekend where it's the turn of East Devon to host their meeting at Bishops Court on Sunday (March 3), writes Donna Harris.
Dawson City proved the most popular winner of the day at Exeter Racecourse when he landed the Healthy Pets Devon National for the second year under a superb ride from Tom Bellamy, writes Lucy Johnson.
Tom Malone's seven-year-old gelding, The Last But One, achieved the unusual feat of winning two races at Wadebridge on Saturday, where the card also featured a double for the Dean Summersby yard, writes Granville Taylor.
A Dartmoor couple who have dedicated their lives to championing Clydesdale horses have just 11 days left to raise enough money in order to secure them a permanent new home, writes Lucy Johnson.
Paul Nicholls' win in the Betway Kingwell Hurdle at Wincanton on Saturday ensured the trophy for one of Somerset most important races returned to the county, writes Lucy Johnson.
A fundraising campaign to secure the long-term future for Dartmoor's hugely popular Clydesdales has been launched, writes Lucy Johnson.
It's the Healthy Pets Devon National next Friday (February 22) at Exeter Racecourse and local trainer Polly Gundry, who trains racehorses near Ottery St Mary, is hoping for a second success with Dawson City, writes Lucy Johnson.
Point-to-point racing enthusiasts could be in for a bumper weekend of racing in the Devon and Cornwall area if both the re-scheduled meeting at the Royal Cornwall Show Ground takes place next Saturday (February 16), along with the South Pool Harriers popular meeting at the old historic racecourse at Buckfastleigh in Devon on Sunday (February 17), writes Donna Harris.


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Needed: A coordinated response to a global crisis
Merkel's unilateral decision to throw her doors wide open, and then stopping the flow, exposed a serious split in the EU
Frank Psaila 23 September 2015, 8:00am
It is almost amusing that the President of the European Union Commission, Jean Claude Juncker, called for more union in the European Union.
The EU, and its treaties, have been made tiny, almost irrelevant by their colossal failure to deal successfully with the refugee crisis. Europe has been brought to heel. But the refugee crisis is a global – not just a European – problem. What is needed is a coordinated response to a global crisis. Unfortunately, most of the Gulf States and Middle Eastern countries refuse to play their part.
Merkel's unilateral decisions
Merkel's decision, to throw Germany's doors wide open, which was meant to be a generous response, turned out to be pretty short sighted, as it was interpreted by tens of thousands of people that Europe was willing to receive them.
The situation quickly got out of hand, leaving the German Chancellor with no option but to do a U-turn and stop the flow into her country – Europe's power house.
Schengen rules are now suspended. Germany borders nine countries, without its participation Schengen faces collapse, putting at risk one of the key principles of the European Union – the free movement of people. Merkel's U-turn is widely viewed as a political blunder by Europe's master tactician.
A serious split within the EU
Merkel's unilateral decision to throw her doors wide open, and then stopping the flow by, unilaterally, re-establishing national border controls on its southern frontier with Austria; the UK's refusal to agree on binding refugee quotas, and Eastern European member states introducing new closed borders regime, exposed a serious split within the European Union.
An expensive talking shop
Jean Claude Juncker's State of the Union speech at the EU Parliament in Strasbourg last week had the soundings of an EU leader who has lost all sense of hope that he can ever rally all member states behind his Commission on migration. Member states rejected his proposal for binding refugee quotas. Juncker and his un-elected colleagues in Brussels are partly to blame.
With no longterm strategy in place, this was bound to happen. For years, EU leaders thought that the Dublin regulation was the solution. It never was. The majority of the EU's external borders are in those member states with the least capacity and resources to deal with migration flows. Malta and Greece are a case in point. Little effort was done by the EU to tackle the problem at source, despite endless Summits and press conferences. On migration, the EU has proved to be an expensive talking shop.
Open door policies fail
EU member states throwing their doors wide open, although a genuine response to people fleeing persecution and famine, proved not to be the solution. Europe cannot, on its own, cope with huge migrant flows. The refugee crisis needs a coordinated response and must be tackled at source. The war in Syria has been dragging for more than a decade and it was a matter of time before Syrians would flee their war torn country, especially now with large parts of the country controlled by ISIS.
It is estimated that more than four million Syrians have fled their country since the conflict erupted in 2011, and that around 12.2 million Syrians need help in the country, of whom 7.6 million are internally displaced. The EU wasted a decade discussing ways and means on how best to deal with migration flows – and no solutions were found, instead they allowed the crisis in Syria to fester.
Yemen too is a humanitarian catastrophe. According to the UN, 80% of Yemen's 25 million population is on the brink of famine. In Nigeria, the Islamist group Boko Haram is on a rampage kidnapping, raping and killing civilians. Large areas of Iraq have been conquered by ISIS, and Afghanistan is a mess.
Reception centres in Africa
In Brussels, on Monday evening, EU interior ministers proposed the setting up of reception centres in Africa to halt new arrivals in Europe. Asylum claims would be decided in the African reception centres. This might help to stop the flow into Europe, although it is doubtful whether African countries would accept to host EU-sponsored reception centres and refugee camps. Fundamental human rights issues might be breached in the process.
EU citizens are worried
Immigration is one of the most important issues facing European citizens. It is unpopular, especially with those living on Europe's external borders. It is also unpopular with EU citizens living in mainland Europe. In Greece, people are already burdened with austerity measures imposed from Brussels. Malta is too small to cope with large flows of migrants, whilst thousands of migrants from Northern Africa have reached Italy in rickety boats over the past few months – stretching Italy's resources to the limits. Citizens in Spain, France and the UK have to grapple with problems of their own, notably mass unemployment and inflation. EU leaders cannot ignore these factors. They usually do – especially unelected politicians and bureaucrats in Brussels.
A global crisis
But the refugee crisis is a global – not just a European – problem. It is a global crisis which needs a coordinated response. Whilst Middle Eastern countries, such as Jordan and Lebanon have been accommodating tens of thousands of refugees in their refugee camps for decades, it is shameful that Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states – Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and the UAE – refuse to give sanctuary to the Syrian refugees, who are, literally, on their doorstep. Syrians are barred from entering all Arab countries except for Sudan, Yemen, Mauritania and Algeria, without a visa.
The future is bleak
In the US, populist Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's solution to a global, humanitarian, crisis is walls and military action. His position on walls is, unfortunately but unsurprisingly, getting a big hearing. In Europe, two decades of open travel in EU member states have been dealt a blow by Germany's decision to suspend Schengen. Hungary sealed its frontier with Serbia, an external Schengen border to keep refugees out.
Countries on the external borders of Europe – Malta, Greece and Italy – are unable to deal with large flows of migrants. Millions of men, women and children are seeking refuge in Europe and beyond. Tens of thousands of asylum seekers are waiting behind walls on Europe's borders – most of them have no place to call home – their homes, their countries, their future have been destroyed. World leaders refuse to pull together to address the crisis. Racism and xenophobia are on the rise. Today it's people fleeing wars and religious extremism, tomorrow it's people fleeing climate change and failed economies. The future is bleak.
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