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Does heaven exist? With well over 100,000 plus recorded and described spiritual experiences collected over 15 years, to base the answer on, science can now categorically say yes. Furthermore, you can see the evidence for free on the website allaboutheaven.org.
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VISIONS AND HALLUCINATIONS
This book, which covers Visions and hallucinations, explains what causes them and summarises how many hallucinations have been caused by each event or activity. It also provides specific help with questions people have asked us, such as 'Is my medication giving me hallucinations?'.
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Illnesses and disabilities
Amoebiasis (parasites)
Category: Illness or disabilities
Introduction and description
Amoebiasis, or Amebiasis, refers to infection caused in part by the amoeba Entamoeba histolytica.
Entamoeba histolytica is an anaerobic parasitic protozoan, part of the genus Entamoeba. Predominantly infecting humans and other primates, mammals such as dogs and cats can become infected transiently, but are not thought to contribute significantly to transmission.
E. histolytica is estimated to infect about 50 million people worldwide. Previously, it was thought that 10% of the world population was infected, but these figures predate the recognition that at least 90% of these infections were due to a second species, E. dispar. The word histolytic literally means "tissue destroyer".
As there is now recognition that more than one species of Entamoeba can result in this illness we have described the illness under the heading of amoebiasis rather than a single parasite.
Superficially amoebiasis is a gastrointestinal infection often confused with 'traveller's diarrhoea' which is bacterial rather than parasitic in origin. But as we shall see the parasites have the potential to do far more damage.
It is estimated that about 40,000 to 100,000 people worldwide die annually due to amoebiasis, but these figures can only be estimates, as the disease can be asymptomatic and result in complications that appear to be other diseases. These parasites may be causing more deaths than we think.
It should be noted that cells infected with HIV are often consumed by E. histolytica. Infective HIV remains viable within the amoeba, according to Wikipedia "there has been no proof of human reinfection from amoeba carrying this virus", but that does not mean it has not happened. In other words, this amoeba may be an HIV carrier.
See also the more generic description of illnesses and diseases caused by Parasites.
E. histolytica is usually a 'commensal' organism. Infection is spread through ingestion of the cyst form of the parasite, a semi-dormant and hardy structure found in faeces.
Amoebiasis may or may not be symptomatic.
In the 10% of people where symptoms do occur they can take from a few days to a few weeks to develop and manifest themselves. The norm is about two to four weeks. Symptoms can range from mild diarrhoea to dysentery with blood and mucus. Severe amoebiasis infections (known as invasive or fulminant amoebiasis) occur in two major forms.
Amoebic dysentry - Invasion of the intestinal lining causes amoebic dysentery or amoebic colitis. Disease occurs when amoeba comes in contact with the cells lining the intestine. It then secretes the same substances it uses to digest bacteria, which include enzymes that destroy cell membranes and proteins. The blood comes from amoebae invading the lining of the intestine. This process can lead to penetration and digestion of human tissues, resulting in flask-shaped ulcers in the intestine.
Amoebic liver absesses - In about 10% of invasive cases the amoebae enter the bloodstream and may travel to other organs in the body. Most commonly this means the liver, where it causes amoebic liver abscesses, as this is where blood from the intestine reaches first, but they can end up almost anywhere. Liver abscesses can occur without previous development of amoebic dysentery.
Most infected people, about 90%, are asymptomatic, but this disease still has the potential to make the sufferer dangerously ill. The disease can remain latent in an infected person for several years. When no symptoms are present, the infected individual is still a carrier, able to spread the parasite to others through poor hygienic practices.
Where no initial symptoms have developed there may still be signs of the disease.
Weight loss and stunted growth - Entamoeba histolytica infection is associated with malnutrition and stunting of growth thus this may be a sign of an infected person.
Pain - The person may still experience pain.
Ulceration - Severe ulceration of the gastrointestinal mucosal surfaces occurs in less than 16% of cases.
Intestinal obstruction - In rare cases 'masses' are formed (amoebomas) that lead to intestinal obstruction. This can be mistaken for Ca caecum and appendicitus.
The spread of the amoeba round the body
In about 10% of invasive cases the amoebae enter the bloodstream and may travel to other organs in the body. The amoebias may spread to other parts of the body, using the blood stream or simply by tunnelling their way through tissues. They then cause symptoms which appear to be other diseases like TB.
Liver disease - the amoeba can cause amoebic liver abscesses. As this is where blood from the intestine reaches first, abscesses may be the first noticeable damage, but they can end up almost anywhere. Liver abscesses can occur without previous development of amoebic dysentery
Skin disease - the amoebas can find their way round the body and perforate the skin (amoebic cutis).
Stomach disease - Complications of hepatic amoebiasis includes perforation to the abdominal cavital (amoebic peritonitis)
Heart disease - The pericardium (from the Greek περί, "around" and κάρδιον, "heart") is a double-walled sac containing the heart and the roots of the great vessels. Complications of hepatic amoebiasis, for example, can include perforation of diaphgram to pericardium, or the amoebas may simply reach the heart via the blood stream
Lung disease - Pulmonary amoebiasis can occur from hepatic lesion by haemotagenous spread and also by perforation of pleural cavity and lung.
Vaginal and urinary system disease - Urogenital tract amoebiasis derived from intestinal lesion can cause amoebic vulvovaginitis (May's disease), rectovesicle fistula and rectovaginal fistula.
Brain damage - Finally, the amoebas can also reach the brain through blood vessels and cause amoebic brain abscesses and amoebic meningoencephalitis.
This list is not complete, as via the blood stream and via its tunnelling activities, Entamoeba can get to any organ in the body.
Human infections are usually diagnosed by finding cysts shed in the stool. Various flotation and sedimentation procedures have been developed to recover the cysts from fecal matter and stains help to visualize the isolated cysts for microscopic examination.
Microscopy is still by far the most widespread method of diagnosis around the world. However it is not as sensitive or accurate in diagnosis as the other tests available. It is possible to distinguish the E. histolytica cyst from the cysts of nonpathogenic intestinal protozoa such as Entamoeba coli by its appearance. But other species, Entamoeba dispar and E. moshkovskii, cannot be distinguished from E. histolytica under the microscope.
An Ova & Parasite (O&P) test or an E. histolytica fecal antigen assay is "the proper assay for intestinal infections". Since antibodies may persist for years after clinical cure, a positive serological result may not necessarily indicate an active infection.
Amoebiasis can be transmitted through
contaminated food and water - it is often endemic in regions of the world with limited modern sanitation systems, including México, Central America, South America, South Asia, and western and southern Africa
the fecal oral route - where both contact with dirty hands or objects and anal-oral contact can be the cause
As such the best form of prevention is to ensure there is an adequate sanitation system in place and that drinking water and water used for washing and preparing food is safe.
Always wash your hands before eating and preparing food.
Unless the disease is spotted by its other manifestations, the asymptomatic cases often go untreated.
There are two types of treatment that can be used to treat amoebiasis:
Symptom based treatments notably Amoebicide drugs - Two different classes of drugs are used to treat the infection. Such anti-amoebic drugs are known as amoebicides
Cause based treatments - Eating foods and plants with the ability to fight the parasites. There are also other options - see the observations - all aimed at killing the parasite. See also Healing yourself.
Spiritual experience is rare, but causes as can be seen can be multiple.
The most persistent forms of spiritual experience are often caused by Brain damage. Less frequent or one off experiences may be caused by the effects of Hypoxia caused by lung damage or liver damage. The liver damage produces hypoxia via pernicious anaemia [see separate entry].
Some experiences are simply caused by the Extreme pain. Some via Nutritional deprivation.
Related observations
Healing observations
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Augmented primary humoral immune response and decreased cell-mediated immunity by Murraya koenigii in rats 027512
Creeping woodsorrel and amoebiasis 006241
Culpepper's Complete Herbal on Butterbur 021411
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Dr Duke's list of Chemicals in Plants with Amoebicide Activity of high potency 019143
Dr Duke's list of Plants with Antiamebic activity 018341
Gurdjieff - J G Bennett is healed 010720
Mrs Grieve on Agrimony 019199
Mrs Grieve on Aloes 020769
Mrs Grieve on Bilberries 005548
Mrs Grieve on Strawberries 005544
Sai Baba - Howard Murphet – Curing rheumatoid arthritis, tuberculosis, dysentry and cancer 015900
The Healing Power of Sleep 026790
A Lilliputian army under the floorboards: persistent delirium with complete though prolonged recovery 023035
Amebiasis of the central nervous system: report of six cases in Peru 023034
Pathology of CNS parasitic infections 012792
Wisdom, Inspiration, Divine love & Bliss
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Synaesthesia, Pure or enhanced perception, Inter composer communication, Vision, Dream, Perception recall, Exploring group perception
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Islamic Cleric Hacks Wife into Pieces for Refusing to Wear a Veil
Dean Garrison August 23, 2013
The "religion of peace" has left yet another body in pieces. Evidently a Pakastani Islamic Cleric didn't appreciate his wife refusing to wear a veil and sending their children to school and decided to take matters into his own hands. On Wednesday he decided that he would simply cut her into pieces, ten pieces to be exact, for her refusal to accept his authority and interpretation of Islamic law. He claimed that he had to do it to avoid responsibility for her sins.
This is Islam.
The Express Tribune reports:
MULTAN:
A cleric cut his wife into pieces on Wednesday for refusing to wear a veil and sending their children to school, police said.
They said the body was recovered from near their house. They said they found his confession on the body and had also recovered the weapon he had used.
The body has been handed over to the family following a post-mortem examination.
A case has been registered against the confession-killer, who the police said had been missing.
Ahmad Aziz, father of the deceased Farzana Bibi, 36, said that she married Muhammad Sharif, 42, a resident of Bakkhal Bhir in Mumtazabad Colony.
They had three children.
Aziz said that Sharif led prayers at the neighbourhood mosque and also gave Quran lessons at their home. He said Sharif was short-tempered and would often beat up Farzana Bibi. He had been telling her to cover her face when she left the house.
Aziz said Farzana Bibi wore an abaya (gown), but did not want to cover her face.
He said they often quarreled over the matter.
Police said Aziz was informed about the incident by the police shortly after they found Farzana Bibi's body. Police said it had first been seen by a neighbour, who informed the police.
Police said in his note, Sharif had confessed to killing Farzana Bibi.
He wrote that he had deemed his action the best way to "punish his wife for rebelling against Allah's orders". He wrote that he wanted all women to learn from their example.
He said he had not wanted his children to study at a school. Instead they should have gone to a religious seminary. He said Farzana Bibi had enrolled their children into an English medium school against his will. He said he had wanted to punish her for that, too.
He said he had been telling her to cover her face with a veil when she stepping outside, but she had not listened. He also wrote that he did not want to be responsible for her sins and thus killed her.
He said it had taken him time to make up his mind for this.
On Wednesday morning, after the children left for school, he wrote, he attacked her with a sharp knife, used to slaughter animals. He later cut the body into 10 pieces.
The station house officer said a police team was looking for Sharif. He said the children had been handed over to the parents of the deceased.
Multan is in the Punjab Province of Pakistan.
So why do I keep reporting this stuff? Personally it turns my stomach to read these things but America has to know. These things happen on a daily basis all over the world and this religion is dangerous.
Do crazed Christians do abominable things? Sure.
But when some Christians in South America throw a baby on a bonfire thinking it is the anti-Christ it becomes huge international news. These Islamic crimes happen every single day and our media rarely reports them.
Christians kill people every day. Muslims kill people every day. The same could be said for many other religions. So what is the difference?
The difference is in what people cite for their justification. Outside of Islam you don't find a lot of people committing murders, like the crazed Christian cultists mentioned above, and saying that it was justified because of religious beliefs. Understand? That is the danger.
In general, most people commit crimes when they stray away from their religious background. Islamists seem to commit these crimes when they are drawn deeper into their religion. That is a huge difference and therein lies the danger of Islam.
You do not have to hate Muslims to understand that a very large percentage of them are really bad seeds. I am going to keep putting this stuff in print because America needs to wake up.
The more Muslims we let into this country the more we will start to see things like this happen on a daily basis in America.
That's not bigotry. It's a fact.
dean garrisonislammuslims
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A primary lesion of rotational acceleration/deceleration head injury
Diffuse axonal injury is clinically defined by coma lasting 6 h or more after traumatic brain injury (TBI), excluding cases of swelling or ischemic brain lesions 1).
It occurs in about half of all cases of severe traumatic brain injury, making it one of the most common traumatic brain injuries. It can also occur in moderate and mild brain injury.
The occurrence of DAI depends on the mechanism of injury; it is more common in higher energy trauma, especially traffic accidents 2) 3) 4).
Traumatic axonal injury has been associated with concussions (also referred to as mild traumatic brain injury), yet the pathological course that leads from injury to recovery or to long-term sequelae is still not known.
Diffuse axonal injury isn't the result of a blow to the head. Instead, it results from the brain moving back and forth in the skull as a result of acceleration or deceleration. Automobile accidents, sports-related accidents, violence, falls, and child abuse such as Shaken Baby Syndrome are common causes of diffuse axonal injury. When acceleration or deceleration causes the brain to move within the skull, axons, the parts of the nerve cells that allow neurons to send messages between them, are disrupted. As tissue slides over tissue, a shearing injury occurs. This causes the lesions that are responsible for unconsciousness, as well as the vegetative state that occurs after a severe head injury.
A diffuse axonal injury also causes brain cells to die, which cause swelling in the brain. This increased pressure in the brain can cause decreased blood flow to the brain, as well as additional injury. The shearing can also release chemicals which can contribute to additional brain injury.
The main symptom of diffuse axonal injury is lack of consciousness, which can last up to six hours or more. A person with a mild or moderate diffuse axonal injury who is conscious may also show other signs of brain damage, depending upon which area of the brain is most affected.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) - This test is the preferred test for diagnosing diffuse axonal injury.
CT Scan - may result in false negatives, so can't be relied on to give definitive results when it comes to diffuse axonal injury.
The classification was first proposed by Adams in 1989 5) and divides diffuse axonal injury (DAI) into three grades:
grade I : involves grey-white matter interfaces most commonly : parasagittal regions of frontal lobes, periventricular temporal lobes less commonly : parietal and occipital lobes, internal and external capsules, and cerebellum often inapparent on conventional imaging may have changes on MRS 3
grade II : involves corpus callosum in addition to stage I locations observed in approximately 20% of patients most commonly : posterior body and splenium but does advance anteriorly with increasing severity of injury most frequently unilateral may be seen on SWI 3
grade III : involves brainstem in addition to stage I and II locations most commonly : rostral midbrain, superior cerebellar peduncles, medial lemnisci and corticospinal tracts.
DTI with 3-D fiber tractography can visualize acute axonal shearing injury, which may have prognostic value for the cognitive and neurological sequelae of traumatic brain injury 6).
see Diffuse axonal injury treatment.
see Diffuse axonal injury outcome.
Diffuse axonal injury case series.
Gennarelli TA. Cerebral concussion and diffuse brain injuries. 3rd ed In: Cooper PR, editor. , editor. Head Injury. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins; (1993). p. 137–58.
Gennarelli TA. Cerebral concussion and diffuse brain injuries. 2nd ed In: Cooper PR, editor. , editor. Head Injury. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins; (1987). p. 108–24.
Lagares A, Ramos A, Alday R, Ballenilla F, Pérez-Nuñez A, Arrese I, et al. Magnetic resonance in moderate and severe head injury: comparative study of CT and MR findings. Characteristics related to the presence and location of diffuse axonal injury in MR. Neurocirugia (Astur) (2006) 17(2):105–18.10.1016/S1130-1473(06)70351-7
Adams JH, Doyle D, Ford I et-al. Diffuse axonal injury in head injury: definition, diagnosis and grading. Histopathology. 1989;15 (1): 49-59.
Le TH, Mukherjee P, Henry RG, Berman JI, Ware M, Manley GT. Diffusion tensor imaging with three-dimensional fiber tractography of traumatic axonal shearing injury: an imaging correlate for the posterior callosal "disconnection" syndrome: case report. Neurosurgery. 2005;56(1):189. PubMed PMID: 15617604.
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Тобольский драматический театр имени П. П. Ершова — драматический театр Тобольска, существующий с 1705 года.

История

Впервые тобольский театр упоминается в «летописи Сибирской» 8 (22) мая 1705 г. Основан театр митрополитом Филофеем(Лещинским).

Первоначально театр был при семинарии (славяно-латинской школе) и репертуар театра был исключительно духовного содержания. Но с 1744 года начинают ставиться пьесы и светского характера, такие как: «Калиф на час», «Царь Максимилиан», «Фомка» и др. Во время правления губернатора А. В. Алябьева формируется первая постоянная труппа. При нём на Богоявленской улице, в 1794 году было построено специальное театральное здание.

По материалам тобольского архива установлено, что театр в Сибири существует со времен Петра I, и начало ему положено в главном сибирском городе Тобольске Митрополитом Сибирским и Тобольским Филофеем Лещинским и его учениками архиерейской школы. В рукописной «Сибирской летописи» от 1727 года, которая хранится в библиотеке Тобольской семинарии, сказано: «Филофей был охотник до театральных представлений, славные и богатые комедии делал, и, когда должно на комедию зрителям собиратца, тогда он, владыка, в соборные колокола на сбор благовест производил, а театры были между Соборною и Сергиевскою церквами к взвозу, куда народ собирался. Спектакли ставились на библейские темы. Пьесы писали преимущественно лица духовные и монашествующие. Представлялись пьесы с целью назидания зрителей, чтобы сценическими представлениями библейских событий сильнее воздействовать на сердца и на чувства современников. Несомненно, и митрополит Филофей приказывал представлять в Тобольске комедии и игрища комедианские», по выражению летописца, не по одной только привычке к ним в Киеве и не для увеселения только себя и жителей Тобольска, но и для назидания последних, для приучения учеников своей школы к свободнейшему произношению проповедей и речей.

В 1743 году митрополитом Антонием Нарожницким была учреждена в г. Тобольске семинария вместо славяно-латинской школы. Семинаристы, среди которых всегда бывали музыканты, играющие на скрипке, гитаре, гуслях, кларнете, продолжали давать театральные представления. Любовь к театральным представлениям от семинаристов перешла впоследствии и в другие слои Тобольского общества. К сороковым годам XVIII века на смену религиозному репертуару приходит светский. С 1744 года в Тобольске ставились пьесы не духовного содержания: «Калиф на час», «Царь Максимилиан», «Фомка» и др. Спектакли вызывали у тоболяков большой интерес и пользовались популярностью, собирая массу зрителей.

С 1802 года актёры Алексей Ушаков и Алексей Возницын откупили театр за сумму в 300 рублей с правом собственного содержания труппы. Так было положено начало актёрскому товариществу, аналог которому — сосьете Комеди-Франсез. В XIX в. заметную роль в становлении театра в Тобольске сыграл выдающийся писатель П. П. Ершов, именем которого назван театр. Петр Павлович Ершов, будучи преподавателем, организовал в гимназии театр. Благодаря умелому руководству П. П. Ершова гимназический театр обрел большую популярность и стал фактически городским.

В 1899 году было построено новое здание театра (сгорело в 1991 году). Проект здания и смету безвозмездно составил губернский инженер Ф. Д. Маркелов.

25 декабря 1991 года Тобольскому государственному драматическому театру было присвоено имя П. П. Ершова. Сегодня старейший в Сибири театр бережно хранит традиции, накопленные за три века служения искусству. Театр — участник и призёр всероссийских и международных театральных фестивалей разных лет.

Тобольский театр посещали: писатель и общественный деятель Александр Радищев, драматург Август фон Коцебу.

В 1905—1907 гг. в репертуаре театра шли пьесы, утверждающие право простого человека на счастье, на лучшую жизнь: Трудовой хлеб А. Островского, «Тяжба» Н. Гоголя, «Дядя Ваня» А. Чехова, «Король Лир» В. Шекспира, «Потонувший колокол» Г. Гауптмана.

После революции 1917 года вместо «Народной аудитории» театру вернули название, данное декабристами в 1840 году — «Народный дом».

С 1 января 1934 года организовался театр рабочей молодежи (ТРАМ). В этот период идут спектакли: «Горе от ума» Грибоедова, «Мещане» Горького. Завоевал симпатии зрителей спектакль «Женитьба Белугина» А. Островского в постановке режиссёра И. П. Милославского.

В первые дни войны из Тобольского театра ушли на фронт 38 человек во главе с директором и художественным руководителем. 5 ноября 1941 года в Тобольск прибыл в полном составе государственный украинский драматический театр имени Марии Заньковецкой под руководством народного артиста Украинской ССР Бориса Романицкого.

25 декабря 1991 года тобольскому государственному драматическому театру было присвоено имя П. П. Ершова.

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Театры Тюменской области
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Сгоревшие театры России
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twin in the city: ogunquit.
this memorial day, the goldens (plus two little golden-holts) headed to the seaside abyss of ogunquit, maine. for as long as i can remember...and then through photographic proof before that... this has been our family's go-to when the weather starts to warm. this little oceanic town is nothing short of enchanting. i swear, each year when we visit... i'm certain i'll spot a mermaid skimming the atlantic, floating around the occasional picturesque sailboat in the distance. the views are some of new england's best, and the shops and restaurants are crafty and oh so sweet.
and one little yellow house, with the greenest lawn and the brightest flowers, has a sign on its back porch that says, "dreams do come true." and every time i see it, every time i read it, every year... i believe it, even more.
and then... dad fed lylah a lemon and it was the cutest thing i'd ever seen.
if you ever have a day to explore maine and love the ocean as much as i do, mosey over to ogunquit!
What a quaint little seaside town. I have been dying to go to the eastern seaboard!! GREAT photos!
Not only do you have a way with words but your photos are stunning!
What a lovely post:) I like your blog Do you have twitter or fb??


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AUS/NZ General Discussion
Gyro crash at Rowland Flats
By Deskpilot,
October 7, 2007 in AUS/NZ General Discussion
Deskpilot
Aircraft: Jabiru
Location: Morphett Vale South Australia
JUST seconds before his gyroplane plunged to the ground in the Barossa Valley, Rob Scarborough looked down and thought: "This is going to hurt".
Back at the Rowland Flat airstrip from where the ultra-light had just taken off, witness Jarrod Kent thought something much worse: "Surely they are dead". But miraculously the Elizabeth man and his father Dennis walked away with only minor injuries after their near-death experience yesterday – and were eager to return to the skies just hours later.
The flying enthusiasts had reached about 50 feet after taking off just after 10am when their joy flight to Renmark quickly went awry.
"We just couldn't get enough lift, the wind coming off the hills was pushing us down," recalled Dennis, the pilot, when they returned to the scene.
"It was just bad luck.
"I saw the vineyard coming up and thought we had to get to the vacant block."
He desperately banked to the left, and the pair plummeted into a ditch next to a railway track.
Mr Kent, who was flying a model Spitfire at the Barossa Valley aero club, recalls hearing a large thud and seeing the craft's top blade fly off out of a cloud of dust.
"I watched them take off and it would have been just 30 seconds later that it stopped gaining height," he recalled.
"It came around 90 degrees and started dropping, and by that time I knew it was going to go down.
"That's when I rang 000 straight away.
"I figured they would be dead. Then I saw one of them walking around!
"They are placid about it but they are very lucky to be alive."
Rob was later treated for a broken wrist and received three stitches in his head in hospital, while his father escaped with just a cut on his hand.
"Dad said to me, `Can you get out?' And I said, `Can you get off me'?," said Rob, 35, an operational supervisor for Linke Contracting.
"I was his pillow, luckily for him. I'm all right.
"I got a bit of a bang on my head but it didn't knock any sense into me."
As they surveyed the crumpled wreck, his father joked: "We could probably get it up again this afternoon couldn't we?"
He said he had been flying the gyroplane for 17 years and had never had a crash.
"I'll go up again, we just have to start again," he said.
Two men died three years ago when their gyrocopter crashed into a back yard shed in McLaren Vale.
Some people are very lucky, sometimes.
Extracted from the Sunday Mail
Cheers, Doug


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Tenet deal to sell Memphis properties raises hackles of other area providers
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Ron Shinkman
Tenet Healthcare is trying to wrap up a deal to sell its Memphis-area hospitals and affiliated assets, but the move could hit a potential regulatory roadblock.
The 519-bed Saint Francis Hospital-Memphis and 156-bed Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett are slated to be sold to Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare for $350 million. But nearby Baptist Memorial Health Care and Regional One Health have voiced concerns about ramifications of the consolidation on consumers.
As a result, it is possible the deal could attract closer-than-normal scrutiny from the Federal Trade Commission.
Tenet Healthcare's profitability has been under pressure for years. The Dallas-based for-profit hospital chain has been selling off its underperforming properties as a result.
The sale of Tenet's Memphis, Tennessee-area assets — announced in mid-December — appeared to have wind at its back. The deal, announced in the first part of December, was fairly straightforward. Tenet was to sell the two hospitals, their associated physician practices, most of its outpatient surgery centers and six urgent care clinics for $350 million in cash. But then the other major providers in the region piped up.
If the deal goes through, Baptist Le Bonheur would have the biggest share of inpatient admissions in Memphis, about 53.5%. And that has raised concerns among both Baptist Memorial and Regional One.
"We have not filed any opposition with the Federal Trade Commission," Baptist Memorial spokesperson Ayoka Pond told Healthcare Dive in an email. "However, given the magnitude of this transaction we are reasonably certain the FTC will be reviewing this proposed transaction given the potential negative impact it could have on the consumers in Memphis."
Regional One did not respond to a request seeking comment. However, system officials told the Memphis Business Journal that it was actively considering its options to oppose the deal. "Market consolidation that exceeds 60% could negatively impact the community's healthcare options. It would eliminate choice and potentially lead to service consolidation that would not be of benefit to this community," hospital representatives told the publication.
Whether the FTC closely scrutinizes the sale remains to be seen, as the agency has not been particularly active during the Trump era in regards to reviewing healthcare M&A. However, in recent months it has undertaken reviews of certificates of public advantage, which have shielded some rural providers from antitrust scrutiny. FTC Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter has also said publicly that the agency needs more resources to review pending deals among providers.
Healthcare Dive Tenet sells Tennessee hospitals, urgent care, physician groups for $350M
Filed Under: Hospital Administration Policy & Regulation


how to import *.so file on VS2015?
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You can refer to these two guides for more information in the meantime.


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Yes! I am the newest member of the Red Velvet Kit Club Design Team!
Yup, that's right. Only the coolest kit club on the block.
So you can't imagine my excitement. I was absolutely stoked to be invited to join in as Guest Designer during the month of August. That alone was too much fun, and I couldn't have imagined being asked to do anything more.
But then I got the sweetest email from Rachel after my guest stint was over, and she was wondering if I'd like to join the RVKC Design Team. (Ummm, YES?!) So now I get to play with with all of Rachel's delicious conglomerations with three fabulous girls every month. I am so excited and it is quite an honor.
So, now you must check out the RVKC September paper kit, 'Into the Woods' (pictured above) immediately... hello! Totally rad - you do not want to miss this one! Brand new Sassafras Lass and Scenic Route, a tube of *98* pink felt alpha letters/numbers, that gorgeous green pom-pom trim in the photo above (and lots, lots more.) You can see the complete list of products included in the kit here.
September kits are up for sale RIGHT NOW, so run over to the RVKC etsy shop to get one while you still can!


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Aeolus451
Social Butterfly 50 friends on gamrConnect.
Don't Forget To Save 10 status updates.
Breath of Fire IV (PS)
Aeolus451 on 10 July 2018
New nation thread? Cool.
COKTOE
Oh, I'm Just Getting Started 15 comments posted on VGChartz staff reviews.
Littlest Genocide 1,000 posts on the gamrConnect forums.
Hitman (PS4)
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COKTOE on 10 July 2018
Bristow9091 said:
So me and @Aura7541 are thinking about streamlining the "Upcoming Games" posts and would like some input from you guys;
The idea is to remove the trailers themselves, but have the title of a game be a link to the trailer, that way it should load faster for everyone, and you won't be scrolling forever to actually get to the comments (I was on mobile yesterday and it was quite a bit of scrolling needed, lol)
How would you feel about that? Or if you have any other ideas, we'd love to hear those too!
I have no problems with how it is currently, but that sounds reasonable. Won't look as flashy though.
- "If you have the heart of a true winner, you can always get more pissed off than some other asshole."
Aura7541
I'm Special VGChartz staff member.
Freedom Wars (PSV)
Pokémon Platinum Version (DS)
Persona 4 Golden (PSV)
inFAMOUS 2 (PS3)
Aura7541 on 10 July 2018
COKTOE said:
Bris and I decided to keep the current format. However, you may notice that it takes less scrolling to navigate the first page.
The forum, by default, sets the dimensions to 425x350. However, that's a 4:3 ratio, so the trailers end up not using all of that height, which wastes space. We changed each one to 480x270, which saved 1920px in height.
VAMatt
VAMatt on 10 July 2018
Oneeee-Chan!!! said:
Is next GOTY Edition ?
For the next thread, I vote for Playstation Nation 2: Super TURBO Championship Edition.
Sounds good to me.
gooch_destroyer
Persona 4 Arena (PS3)
Wild ARMs 2 (PS)
Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 FES (PS2)
gooch_destroyer on 10 July 2018
PlayStation Nation: Cross-posting enabled.
For now we've come up with something we're happy with, basically shaving 80px of height from the videos as we embed them, since they always embed in a 4:3 ratio despite being 16:9, which is odd... it definitely cuts down the scrolling needed so that's a big plus, however, it still doesn't solve any loading problems, the page will still load as slow as normal. We'll keep it as is for now, but we've already got a few other ideas we could potentially use, such as the original proposed, which admittedly doesn't look as flashy, but meh.
I don't have loading issues myself, except for the very rare occasion that I find myself in a bad mobile service area. I definitely prefer less scrolling though. So, I'm glad to see you all addressed that.
thismeintiel
thismeintiel on 10 July 2018
I have a quick question. Why do we keep rebooting these things? Is there a limit to how many posts one thread can get or something?
thismeintiel said:
It's because the thread keeps getting manned by a different person. The previous person who was in charge of the PS Nation thread, well... let's say he imploded and wanted out. Now, Bristow and I are in charge which should help since there are now two people who are maintaining the thread.
No, not at all. It's just when one person makes the thread, then doesn't wish to work on it anymore, it has to move to a new owner to carry it on, which is done with a new thread.
Aura7541 said:
Gotcha. Thanks for the quick replies.


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A 2011-es Supersport világbajnokság volt a sorozat tizenkettedik idénye. A szezon február 27-én kezdődött Phillip Islanden, és október 16-án, Portugáliában fejeződött be.

Az előző világbajnokság első három helyezettje, Kenan Sofuoğlu, Eugene Laverty és Joan Lascorz egyaránt távozott, előbbi a MotoGP, utóbbi kettő a Superbike világbajnokság versenyzője lett.

A győztes végül a brit Chaz Davies lett David Salom és Fabien Foret előtt.

Versenynaptár

Az előzetes versenynaptárat 2010. november 7-én adták ki, tizenegy versennyel, plusz két olyannal, amely sorsa még nem volt eldöntött. Később bejelentették, hogy Kyalamit a Motorland Aragón fogja helyettesíteni. A Donington Park is visszakerült a versenynaptárba. November 10-én vált biztossá, hogy Imola is versenyt rendezhet.

Végeredmény

Versenyzők

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Supersport


Will I Still Have Alcohol Cravings Once the Detox Is Complete?
When someone enters alcohol rehab, one of their first concerns may be whether or not they will have alcohol cravings once the detoxification process is complete. It's clear that the first few months of alcohol rehabilitation are critical – being alcohol free during this time is the only way to ensure a higher success rate of breaking your alcohol addiction.
Alcohol cleansing refers to the process of stopping usage for a period of time, so that is it essentially no longer in your body. When you enter detox, your system is full of chemical toxins left behind from the alcohol abuse and going through this process will remove and eliminate these toxins, giving you a clean, alcohol-free system to start the emotional and psychological part of recovery.
It's not unusual for you to encounter withdrawal symptoms, where your body struggles with the sudden alcohol abstinence since your body has become dependent on having it to function or feel good. Depending on how often and how much you consumed while drinking regularly, the severity of withdrawal will vary from person to person.
You shouldn't worry about cravings during this process though – they are sure sign that the body is effectively beginning to detox. Cravings can occur within the first few hours of withdrawal and may continue further into the detoxification. While the cravings aren't exactly pleasant, you can find comfort in knowing that the cleanse has begun and there is light at the end of the tunnel.
Once your treatment has come to an end and your physical addiction to alcohol has been broken, you can focus on the mental side of treatment. Many withdrawal symptoms usually lessen a week after the detox has started, but again, each individual's experience will vary – the more severe the addiction, the more severe cleanse will be. For this reason, it can be a good idea to consider going through your withdrawal from alcohol under the supervision of a medical professional. Having the presence of someone who is knowledgeable and experienced in handling the side effects of treatment can only be beneficial.
One of the best decisions you can make for yourself is to finally end the battle with alcohol dependence. And like addiction, the detox process is highly individual – the intensity of your withdrawal symptoms is directly linked to the intensity of your dependency on alcohol. But when you've broken the physical addiction and have a clear body, you're putting yourself in a great position to properly begin the mental part of recovery and clear your mind as well.
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If you have enquired with us via phone, email, contact form or social media we will have relevant contact information depending upon the way you contacted us, including your name. We will discuss your enquiry and gain more personal information about you such as address etc. If you have already been a client before GDPR came into force all of the information we hold will now fall under these guidelines, photos from your shoots are an identifier in which you signed a disclose regarding at the time of your shoot.
How we use and store you personal data.
We use your personal data to further contact you about such enquiry, if you do not wish to go ahead with a booking all data is destroyed and nothing is kept. If you go ahead with a booking further dialogue will continue over time, personal data on paper quote forms are locked in an office and all data sorted on the office computers are placed is an excel form which is encrypted and password locked along with the computer itself.
Photos which can identify clients are only ever placed on social media and kapturephotographystoke.co.uk with full permissions are the client, furthermore any images from a shoot used for marketing via social media or google Adwords is only done with full agreement from the clients.
We will never disclose your personal data to any company insofar as reasonably necessary for the purposes, and on the legal bases, set out in this policy.
We may disclose data such as name address or any contact details to second shooters if one is needed for example at a wedding.
Financial transactions relating to our website and services are OR may be handled by our payment services providers, BACS, PayPal, iZettle. We will share transaction data with our payment services providers only to the extent necessary for the purposes of processing your payments, refunding such payments and dealing with complaints and queries relating to such payments and refunds.
In addition to the specific disclosures of personal data set out, we may disclose your personal data where such disclosure is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, or in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person.We may also disclose your personal data where such disclosure is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, whether in court proceedings or in an administrative or out-of-court procedure.
Do we sell or pass on any details?
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www.kapturephotographystoke.co.uk is owned and operated by Dean Shea.
Our registered office is at Ovaldene Way, Trentham, ST48HZ.
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Provides instructions for making cars, flowers, dinosaurs, food, and more from painted rocks.
Stone painting -- Juvenile literature.
Acrylic painting -- Juvenile literature.
Stone painting. -- Juvenile literature.
Hey kids! You can create amazing creatures, incredible toys and wild gifts for your friends and family. All it takes is some paint, a few rocks and your imagination!
Rockasaurus! (Who wouldn't want a dinosaur for a pet?) Stone buildings perfect for creating your very own city Rockburgers and other fun foods--you wouldn't want to eat these, but they sure look tasty Cootie bugs and racecars (Which one is faster? You decide!) Realistic lizards ready to put in your family's garden (gasp!) or the terrarium in your room Flowers that never wilt--and never have to be watered Weird eggs! (Could be aliens, could be dragons--who knows? Hatch them and find out.) Teddy bears cute enough to cuddle!
You'll learn how to draw each design on a rock with a pencil, then paint the details in whatever colors you choose. You can make each project look just like the real thing or wild or wacky. The choice is yours--and so is the fun!
Gr 1-5-All shapes of hand-sized and smaller rocks are used to create a wide variety of clever and artistic projects. The ideas are grouped into 10 different categories from rock fish through rocky roadsters and rockosaurs. Sharp, full-color photographs placed on a white background and black-and-white, step-by-step directions make the creation of each project clear. These pictures show not only the steps involved, but also which brushes to use, how to hold them, and how to create sharp lines. Captions tell how to mix paints and apply them. Great care has been taken to make each project artistic, imaginative, attractive, and easy to accomplish. Children, camp counselors, teachers, group leaders, and parents looking for challenging and satisfying crafts will find this book outstanding.-Kathryn Kosiorek, Cuyahoga County Public Library, Brooklyn, OH (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.


It came and now it's leaving! - "We don't just build homes - we build COMMUNITIES"
That winter snap was quick. Hitting us hard it looked beautiful blanketing our homes and streets, but that temperature was incredible! I'm sure you are as joyful as us that temperatures have returned to more tolerable temperatures.
We will once again hold our Open House at our model home which is located at #57 – 180 Port Robinson Road, Pelham, just off the corner of Port Robinson and Rice Roads. Katie Redekopp and Dan Stefels will be at our Open House on Saturday and Sunday from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Our new second model home at this community is available for viewing as well, giving you another view of our beautiful homes.
If our Open House schedule doesn't fit into your busy schedule or you are unable to attend our Open House, please feel free to contact our agents. They can be reached on their cell phones (Katie is 905-327-7438 and Dan is 905-327-7438) to arrange private viewings, or to ask any questions.
← Storm arriving this weekend!


Configure.IT redefines the Rapid App Development approach by implementing concurrent platform development. You don't need to invest any extra efforts to develop App in both the platform, instead, just migrate the App from iOS to Android and Configure.IT will take care of the rest.
Let's see how to migrate your existing iOS App to Android using Configure.IT Migration feature. Below are the steps explained in detail with screenshots to help you during the whole process.
Project List is the page where you can view all the projects of your account.
Hover your mouse pointer on the project, you would like to migrate from the list of the projects displayed. Thereafter, click on 'Project Info' on that particular project and you will be directed to the Project Info page as shown in the next screen.
The very first step would be to select the Android platform as well from Platform section. You can refer the screen below.
Click on 'Save Settings' and your screens of the App get migrated from iOS to Android with just a click.
This activity will take a couple of minutes as the Screen designs, mapping and controls are being migrated. On completion you can see 'Sit Tight...' window disappearing.
Click 'Go to App Console' and you will be redirected to Mobile App Console.
The migration of screens, by default, takes place for all the resolutions and is not restricted to a particular resolution.
Make sure you upload all the resolution specific assets. This will help you avoid any ambiguity while configuring. Please visit Asset Manager for more information.
Your project has been migrated to Android and you have the choice to configure further. You will find the icon for Android. Click on it and the four Android specific resolutions will appear.
The key resolution to be kept as a base is MDPI. This will be the driving resolution that would help derive the desired layout settings.
Click on "Go To" Option in top right menu and select "Assets Manager" to switch on.
You are required to upload all the assets for all the four specific resolutions, respectively before you are migrating to Android.
When you click on Asset Manager, you will be directed to the screen where you can upload the images.
The icon highlighted in the screen represents the Missing Asset. You need to upload the zip file for all the images that are to be used in your project. The zip file should contain the images, resolution specific.
Make sure, the images are resolution specific and adhered to the naming conventions so that it will capture all the images accordingly.
This option allows you to sync the application screens from iOS to Android.Therefore, you get the tab 'Sync' only when you click on iOS icon.You click on Sync and a pop-up window appears, where you can configure syncing. Here, you have the flexibility to sync either the specific screen or all the screens.
If the project is already completed in iOS and then you decide to develop for Android then syncing of each screen by screen is not mandatory.
While creating new project, if you select both the platforms, one to one syncing is necessary for screens as well as objects.
When the project is being migrated from iOS, the screens are automatically mapped with all the controls and their properties.
On checking the option for Select All, you can sync all the screens.
There could be compatibility issues that can be resolved by manually configuring the attributes specific to Android.
Syncing is supported not just at the screen level, but also at the control level for the specific screen.
Here, you also have the option to check the icon for 'Sync Datasource' which will sync the data source for the specific screen.
Sync Control : Click on it and a pop-up window will appear where you can select the controls to be synced. The entire object hierarchy for the selected screen will be displayed. User can easily identify the controls that need to be synced.
Select the controls : that you wish to sync on the screen. Here, you have the option to select multiple controls as well.
Hard sync provides the flexibility to automatically synchronize across all the available resolutions.
This feature allows you to sync across all the different Android resolutions keeping MDPI as a base. For this you need to select Android icon first.
This can be done only from MDPI, as selected in the given screen. Once you move from MDPI to any other resolution, the hard sync feature is no longer available.
Changes made in resolutions other than MDPI (assuming hard sync enabled) are specific to that resolution only and they won't appear in other resolutions. Thus, you have the choice to make configurations either resolution specific or for all the resolutions in one go.
Here is the quick overview of the Android Layout Settings to make the path of making layout compatible to Android.
Layout settings allow you to manage the positioning of different layout parts.This section makes the arrangement of your controls very easy and flexible.
These settings are Android specific. The Property-Action window of the selected control will provide you the default settings. However, you can configure the same.
You can refer the given screen. Here, the control - Label has been selected that is to be configured. You can do so from the Property-Action window, under the head Layout Setting.
All the controls of the screen are assigned Relative Layout parameters, implying that the design and layout of the controls in Android screens will be taken care of automatically.
When converting existing project from iOS to Android, most of the controls don't need any changes, however some which are Android specific, need to be adjusted accordingly.
You can also make use of advanced attribute options to set the desired Relative Layout parameters bypassing the regular logic. The same can be done from the Property window of every control (Layout Settings).
Note : Remember to check the Apply Custom Properties checkbox for the custom properties to apply to the controls.
Quick Controls Panel is a highly customizable panel which provides a set of UI controls to create user interface.
It allows users to quickly configure the selected controls and thus is highly recommended.
The logic of syncing across the 2 platforms and the different resolutions works best when the properties for the controls are set using the property icons on the Mobile Configuration Tool rather than setting them manually by drag and drop. The accuracy and reliability are adhered to.
Back navigation is an Android specific action as iOS does not have back button. It is how users move backward to the previous action performed. All Android devices provide a Back button for this type of navigation.
To bypass the default behavior of the Android Device Back button, an action is available in the Android Design Panel in the Main View: Device Back Button.
You can configure the action as per your requirement from the Property-Action window of Main view.
Configure your Android applications and check at run time in the PreviewIT App. The application you preview will be device resolution specific. Make sure you check for the different resolutions in different devices.
PreviewIT App for Android is available to download on the Play Store for FREE.
Once the app is downloaded, open the app and you will be given a walk-through of the complete application as how to use the same.
You need to login with Configure.IT login credentials only.


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Are Trump and other top Republicans secret Democratic Party agents? – politicalbetting.com
Trump and other Republicans are effectively killing their base. pic.twitter.com/MRY336NF1i
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The number of new Covid cases reported in Scotland has hit another record high of 7,113.
Around two thirds of cases are in the under-40 group. About 30% of Covid-related hospital admissions in the last month were also from the same age bracket.
It finished yesterday....
"Do you think that General Patton was woke? I don't think so ... you know what woke means? It means you're a loser."
So at least that's that one nailed. We've been agonizing over it on here, haven't we, what the 'w' word means.
He does have his uses.
The number of new Covid cases reported in Scotland has hit another record high of 7,113
Govey's quest for twinks a super-spreader event.
Nice also to see him testing the local product for pureness and quality.
pigeon Posts: 1,574
What stupid people US evangelicals are for their loopy opposition to vaccines. This saves lives you ignorant cretins or maybe you don't want that
One is forced to conclude that they all want to meet Jesus and Covid is their opportunity to speed the process along.
Alphabet_Soup Posts: 1,237
Dontcha just hate bookshelves stacked with uniform editions?
Very close to the bone...
Being a conservative radio host appears to have become one of the most dangerous professions in the country.
https://twitter.com/mcuban/status/1431977674994499586?s=20
Morris_Dancer Posts: 57,705
F1: rather soggy in Spa.
JosiasJessop Posts: 27,078
pigeon said:
I have no real insight into the insight of any sector of the US - the only Americans I converse with IRL have been over here for years. Having said that: I do wonder if the marginalisation of religion (Christianity) has something to do with this. Science has overtaken the bible to a large extent. Therefore if you are very religious, science may well be bogus. Science versus belief.
Has there been a breakdown of vaccination versus church attended?
contrarian Posts: 5,818
The data says that black and ethnic minority citizens are less likely to have been vaccinated than whites in America.
Will Mike and TSE be calling black and ethnic minority citizens who are resistant to taking vaccines ''ignorant cretins? ''
Or is that insult merely for people they would despise in any case, simply because they are Trump supporters...??
Time for an emergency summit from iSAGE (Alba branch)?
Are we actually getting a Belgian Grand Prix?
RobD Posts: 56,604
contrarian said:
If the GOP are in charge of vaccination distribution there is not much chance they will have had equal access to them. Just look at what they do with polling places.
Mr. Abode, not sure. Currently not watching but keeping an eye on Twitter.
Might be tomorrow.
dixiedean Posts: 17,150
JosiasJessop said:
There was some interesting polling showing those who self identify as Evangelicals and hold the most extreme beliefs, tend not to be weekly Church attendees.
Those who attend weekly or more tend to be more nuanced and varied in attitudes. It is almost as though it is an identity and belonging to a group, rather than religious per se. One may compare with Jihadists who don't go to Mosque.
I will try to find it.
This isn't it, but says the same.
https://www.relevantmagazine.com/faith/church/new-data-suggests-over-40-percent-of-self-identified-evangelicals-attend-church-once-a-year-or-less/
25% and rising of Evangelicals attend Church once a year or less.
My opprobrium is not targeted against those who people haven't been vaccinated but the idiots who dismissed Covid-19 as a hoax and those ***** who spread bullshit about the vaccine.
Anyhoo, the stats show the uptake is increasing among African Americans and Hispanics, whilst now 'Recent polls have found Republicans and White evangelicals are least likely to say they'll get the shots.'
So Perez can start the Grand Prix.
If it starts.
@JosiasJessop reply to you - can't post preceding quotes due to stupid "1 character too short" problem:
From the pitlane. I think that's a good compromise.
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Mr. Jessop, spare a thought for those of us with a bet on a low number of classified finishers.
Anyone for the last few choc ices?
This isn't good. We may get an hour at best.
A Covid sceptic who was hospitalised with the virus and went on to urge other people to get vaccinated has died.
Marcus Birks, 40, from Leek, Staffordshire, died on Friday leaving his family "shattered", his wife said.
He was admitted to the intensive care unit at Royal Stoke University Hospital earlier this month.
The musician had told the BBC he was "shocked" to have become so unwell with the virus because he "rarely got ill".
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-58376709
Well "God" himself has come out against the vaccine in his latest release so ...
RochdalePioneers said:
A know-nothing-about-motor-racing asks: Why can't they just give up and try again tomorrow afternoon, when there is a good forecast? Has the track been pre-booked by the Belgian Pensioners' Moped Club for their annual rally or something?
1) The marshalls go back to their day jobs tomorrow so a lack of marshalls means no race.
2) There's a Grand Prix next weekend in the Netherlands. So there will be logistical issues. Past form suggests things are already booked for transport this evening.
I rarely get hit by traffic. But I look both ways before crossing the road.
Because the event has started (even though the race has not). 3 hours maximum event time, 2 hours maximum race time. The clock is running on the event.
YoungTurk Posts: 158
Calling all US evangelicals "cretins" or "stupid" because supposedly they all refuse vaccination against Covid is wrong because they don't. Probably not even a majority of them do.
Not much is known about how the unvaccinated break down demographically. That's a strange lacuna given that in many minds their reluctance is one of the main antisocial problems of the current period.
Nor is it clear who the unvaccinated are in Britain, while prejudices are being allowed to let rip. The reported proportion of the population in Kensington and Chelsea who are double-vaccinated is only 50%. I am not convinced that that is because many who reside in the borough also keep homes elsewhere. Since when were denominators for local vaccination stats taken from estimated numbers of residents?
Toms Posts: 2,292
JJ said "Has there been a breakdown of vaccination versus church attended?"
Or a brexit<---> remain analysis? Of course you'd have to believe what they say.
I wonder how Mikey Gove's head is this afternoon?
YoungTurk said:
Not all of the american shitkickers will be evangelists. But there is definitely a big element of them. Medical science has been weaponised against sanity by the right for political point-scoring. Its crazy.
Mr. Eagles, marshals may be a problem.
But logistically, it's less of a hassle than it might be given how nearby (I think) the Dutch race is.
If it were in Mexico, it'd be nigh on impossible.
BigRich Posts: 2,629
Is the date on the age brake down of Scottish cases available?
On the gov COVID dashboard, there is an breakdown by age group for England but not Scotland. it would be good to see how much of the growth in cases in Scotland over the last 2 weeks has been in school age kids.
Why is Andy Murray sounding off today about unvaccinated tennis stars?
Why are vaccine passports ruled out for the HOC?
Why are some Premier League clubs coy about player vaccination status?
It seems like there are lot of 'ignorant cretins' around....
They can work around that if necessary. "Oh, did I start the clock? I didn't mean to..."
I've been watching F1 since... well, probably 1977 or 78, when I was four or five and it started being shown regularly on BBC TV. I can't remember a situation like this.
The next race at Zandvoort is next week. It's not too far away from Spa, so it least it's not a case of reorganising flights. The marshals (who are unpaid) will need to be available, and if it isn't a bank holiday in Belgium tomorrow, they'd need to get time off work. The hospital needs to be available, as do the medical helicopters.
It's a mess. It's doable, but it's a mess.
Edit: tomorrow isn't a bank holiday in Belgium.
Foxy Posts: 28,706
Yes, there are! They are 95% of those on ventilators/ECMO in my Trust.
Unfortunately for them Science is true, even when they don't believe in it...
Hope so. Qualifying was sensational yesterday. And its Spa. I want to watch this race.
Hmm. The total event limit was 4 hours. It was reduced to that after the 2011 Canadian Grand Prix (because F1 didn't want to ever replicate the incredible ending of that race).
When did it get reduced to 3 hours? Or is that due to sunset?
Was someone suggesting that there weren't a lot of ignorant cretins around?
Whatever happens from here on in, RedBull have pulled off a miracle rebuilding Sergio "Whoops" Perez's car.
Morris_Dancer said:
Sunset is half 6 so even if the clock hasn't started they won't do much more than the 3 hours.
Scotland setting records. England sorely lacking.
Sunset and the fact TV companies need an ultimate cut off time.
Things like booking satellite time and uplinks costs a lot of money.
Gardenwalker Posts: 10,130
The Michael Gove pics are of a man having a full blown mid life crisis, if not a mental breakdown.
What gets me about this situation is the slight lack of competence in the situation. They're making the rules up as they go along (or creating precedence by interpreting fuzzy rules).
Take the Perez incident. A driver goes off on the way to the grid, and needs assistance to get back onto the track. The start is delayed enough for the car to be fixed. Can he restart? If so, the grid? the pitlane? I think they've made the correct decision (he made a mistake and therefore should suffer a penalty, but he has been repaired.
It's impossible to wargame every scenario; but this seems a distinctly possible one.
Plenty of chance to catch up.....
Gardenwalker said:
Certainly no Brexit induced shortage of coke!
https://twitter.com/miffythegamer/status/1431969262705463299?s=19
Schools go back soon and once again England will break Scotland's records.
England number 1.
Celtic nations = losers.
Nigelb Posts: 35,098
A short race would be good for Russell's chances.
F1: race should've finished by now.
Humbug.
Foxy said:
Coke Zero I presume?
Purity and quality tested by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Carnyx Posts: 17,567
BigRich said:
https://www.travellingtabby.com/scotland-coronavirus-tracker/
Play around with the slider and ball thingies - proportion of cases in bairns is going up (compare cases today vs cases over last week). Don't seem to have a 2 week fig,. but the bairns only went back to school on the 16th, later in some places.
This whole pandemic has shown the perils of premature schadenfreude. "We're doing really well! Let's have a party. You're not; you stink!" being followed by "Oh bother, why am I in hospital?"
I want this damned virus to go. I don't want people to suffer or die from it. It's a shame Scotland's cases are going up, and I wish they weren't. There's no joy to be gained from any case of the virus: even anti-vaxxers.
Mr. B, one more lap is needed to qualify for a half-points result. That'd be great for many, rough on Hamilton.
Is it just one more lap? Even if the timer started, did those laps under the safety car (minus the formation) count? They could well be at a fresh start - which is why Perez can start.
You're putting word in Mike's mouth.
This is the context for his 'cretins' epithet:
Daniel Darling, senior vice president of communications for the National Religious Broadcasters, was fired Friday (Aug. 27) after refusing to admit his pro-vaccine statements were mistaken…
That's the idiocy you're defending.
Malmesbury Posts: 21,939
RobD said:
The two commonest things in the universe are Hydrogen and Stupidity.
I am sometimes worried about the amount of Hydrogen we have left.
kinabalu said:
On that definition, Mr Trump is woke.
Something wrong somewhere, methinks. Back to the drawing board?
One thing is certain with COVID, it will eventually find you, and once you think you might have a problem, you have a bloody big problem....
Getting all 4 nations to provide the data to a common format / age breakdown has been an interesting experience, I understand.
There is a a reason that government is er.... looking hard at the JCVI over child vaccination and boosters.
Mr. Jessop, my understanding is it's the number of laps behind the safety car minus one (for the 'formation lap'). So we've technically had one racing lap.
Although the event countdown hasn't started (2 racing hours) which is peculiar.
I think we'd have had it all over the newspapers if he had done so.
Edit: I mean last night!
felix Posts: 13,828
Carnyx said:
Clearly case numbers matter but far less so now that so many are vaxed. Surely the focus now should be to vaccinate as many of the remnants as possible, to continue the development of treatment of those for whom vaccines cannot work and continue to tweak the vaccines so that they are more effective against infection and transmission. All of the silly backbiting between different groups and countries is in danger of taking the focus away from these compelling needs.
Nigelb said:
I am not defending anti-vaxxers. I never have. Vaccines are very effective, although its becoming clearer that they are not as effective as getting and surviving covid.
I am simply asking why one subset of the vaccine hesitant (Trump supporting whites), is called 'ignorant cretins' and not all of those subsets.
My current expectation is that everyone will eventually get it. The key is to delay that as long as possible; to reduce the burden on the hospitals, to allow more vaccinations to reduce the threat of my spreading it to others, and to allow further progress in therapeutics.
And @TSE - you can add SLAB to the organizations that reanimate the dead, at least to vote. Scottish devolution referendum 1977.
Public health scotland have a dashboard that breaks down by age and gender.
Bizarrely the ONS infection survey as of 20th August says Scotland was at 1 in 140 whilst England was at 1 in 70 which seema scarcely believable.
Yes that's my opinion as well.
Furthermore, the big positive (so far) is that once you have had it once, reinfections are very uncommon and when they do occur in all but a tiny minority they are extremely mild.
This may well change with further mutations, but again further you can bump all this down the road the better.
DecrepiterJohnL Posts: 11,336
From the betting, a lot of people are thinking Max will win a two lap "race" and if nothing happens they'll get their stakes back.
For the first time in top-flight history, Tottenham Hotspur will end the day top at the same time as Arsenal ending the day bottom of the table. Parallel
https://twitter.com/OptaJoe/status/1431993267348987906
The Ardennes in late August is often this sodden. We have had disastrous wet conditions for this race before. So why not move it so that it isn't August?
Take the polls on vaccine hesitancy for the UK - some of these have breakdowns by social groups.
Look at the data for vaccine take up by MSOA
Look at the data for breakdown of the population for the MSOAs (harder to find)
The conclusion you are left with is that the polling is mostly truthful, as to who is not going for vaccination. My guesstimate is that vaccine hesitancy is over estimated by the polls.
Again you seem to be deliberately disingenuous here.
This isn't about 'hesitancy', but outright ideological denialism. The context of Mike's comment is a guy being fired for saying something positive about vaccines.
noneoftheabove Posts: 12,520
You do realise 1 in 3 American evangelicals are not white? Not particularly different to the US population as a whole. So when someone is criticising evangelicals the only link to white/not white criticism from that comment exists in your head, not from the person who said it.
https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2017/september/1-in-3-american-evangelicals-person-of-color-prri-atlas.html
33,196 cases... 61 deaths.
UK cases slightly up, but England down again on last week.
Yes it looks 'likely' (per either mine or DavidL's PT definition of the word). But perhaps some great work will be born of it. This sometimes happens with an artist and Mikey Gove is surely that. Out of an intense, off-the-rails fugue state lasting many days and nights might there come an approach to Social Care and Scottish Independence so creative and otherworldly as to blow everyone on all sides of politics away? If so, nobody will be quibbling about how he got there.
Surely the most effective anti-vaxxers are the medical professionals who write and broadcast stuff about vaccines.
These are the people who can sound most credible because they know all the correct buzzwords and procedures, and are far more convincing that some hot-headed Trumpist sounding off about nothing.
They are out there.
If @rcs1000 was still wondering about leaving LA, this ought to tip the balance.
https://twitter.com/FilmUpdates/status/1431555440740085763
You're exhibiting a level of optimism beyond the call of duty.
I think they've had enough of experts.
*giggles* Spar update. The Stewards have decided to suspend the clock. No longer 55 minutes to go. The clock has stopped.
Drugs are bad, mmmmhhh ok kids......
Aye, right.
F1: apparently they've stopped the time limits, so they won't need to complete by 6pm local time ...
Where's that GIF of an F1 car with headlights, done for when they did the first night race?
Philip_Thompson Posts: 65,826
Its darkly ironic if the GOPs long-term courting of those who don't believe in Darwinianism leads to them losing the next election.
Making the rules up as they go along ...
Mr. JohnL, I'm expecting bets to be voided if the current situation is the end of the racing event.
If not, those who backed Russell to win each way will be chuffed.
Further proof that The Guardian is a joke.
'The smartest person in any room anywhere': in defence of Elon Musk, by Douglas Coupland
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/aug/29/the-smartest-person-in-any-room-anywhere-in-defence-of-elon-musk-by-douglas-coupland
I mean we all know the smartest person in the room isn't Musk but a certain PBer.
What favour are you about to want from me?
For the fifth day in a row, the number of covid cases reported in England is down compared to a week earlier. But UK-wide figure continues to increase thanks to record (and growing) number of infections in Scotland.
https://twitter.com/HugoGye/status/1431996435373957120?s=20
Does that mean they're thinking about a Monday race, which otherwise couldn't happen ?
(If the clock isn't stopped, then in 50 odd minutes, the GP is over, full stop.)
noneoftheabove said:
I once had tremendous fun getting some (UK) people lay into Seventh Day Adventists - they were all up for persecuting the horrible, bigoted etc etc
Until I showed them a picture myself at the local (London) Seventh Day Adventist meet-the-neighbours thing....
Why would you posit getting and surviving Covid as an alternative to vaccines?
Its not either/or, if you have a vaccine, you're far more likely to survive Covid.
Philip_Thompson said:
PB Pedant writes: it's 'Darwinism'. But yes, quite so.
The Darwin Awards website, btw, seems to have given up and thrown its hands in the air, hardly surprisingly.


A Winter Solstice Hike on the Yaeger Canyon Loop Trail was the perfect way to spend a day on Mingus Mountain. We started off with snow flurries and ended in sunshine! What more could you ask for when hiking in Northern Arizona with your buddies!
Snow flurries and sunshine on the Yaeger Loop Trail.
Finding the Yaeger Canyon Loop Trail will be half your battle! If it wasn't for my FIL, I would have had no idea about this hike, but I'm sure glad he took us on it! It's a pleasant little gem hidden in the Mingus Mountains. If you are heading towards Mingus Mountain from Prescott Valley on Highway 89A drive about a third of a mile past highway marker post 333 and you will see a pull out. Park there. The Yaeger Canyon Loop Trailhead is directly below you. You'll be on Trail 28, Trail 111, and Trail 533 throughout the hike.
At 6.4 miles round trip, it is a great hike to practice on if you are planning a Grand Canyon backpacking trip, so load up a full pack and head on out! We had an AEG of 1,558 ft and reached our Highest Point at 7,248 ft.
Enjoy the photo gallery, no particular order or reason.


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The U.S. homeownership rate may fall two percentage points to 64 percent, below historic norms, amid about six million additional foreclosures and tight lending standards, according to Pacific Investment Management Co.'s Scott Simon.
The housing market's long, cold winter may finally be heading into a springtime thaw. New datashow price declines easing in big cities, sales of new homes improving nationally and foreclosures in California dropping to levels not seen since before the start of the credit crunch nearly five years ago.
During the decade leading up to the downturn, some small investors put their money into a special type of real-estate investment trust, ones that aren't traded on an exchange but promised steady dividends.
New data show a U.S. housing market that is continuing to struggle but is perhaps nearing a bottom, with new home sales falling and prices remaining near their post-crisis low. The latest survey from S&P/Case-Shiller noted basically stagnant prices from January to February.
Gene Richards is a lifelong Vermonter, but on a recent weekday afternoon he found himself back on Florida's west coast, scouting foreclosures to add to the collection of rental properties he has amassed in the wake of the housing crisis.
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So I set about looking for something larger for it to live in but I couldn't find anything I loved. I also felt I didn't want something that meant it would have to stand on a window sill as, for one thing, our window sills are pretty full of plants as it is, and for another, we have a cat who's favourite pastime is pushing things off tables and shelves and watching them hit the floor!
I bought all the copper bits and bobs from Homebase, along with a 2 meter length of copper pipe, and used 2 part epoxy resin to attach everything together. Definitely don't mix too much of this at once as it cures really quickly and it smells nasty so you'll want all the windows open!
My pot is slightly smaller in diameter than the one Deborah used in her tutorial, so I changed the measurements for the base part of the stand to make it smaller too. This meant that the T-shaped fittings ending up sitting directly next to one another with a small length of pipe glued inside. This is therefore the smallest stand you could make with these fittings, but it would be really simple to increase the measurements to accommodate a larger pot.
Here comes the mistake: When I glued the second set of t-shaped fittings onto the four corners of the base, I got a bit carried away with making sure they were sitting level and didn't pay attention to where the glue was running. It therefore set inside the fittings making it impossible to push in the legs. So, I spent a good hour filing it down which made a lot of dust and really wouldn't have been necessary if I'd been a bit more careful.
To decide how long to make the top part of the legs, I sat the pot on the base and cut the pipe so there would be just enough room to slide the pot in to the stand. Remember if you do it like this to take the caps into account too.
After that it was just a case of attaching the legs. I wanted a slightly taller plant stand than Deborah made, so I simply cut the copper pipe I had left into 4 equal lengths. When I came to put the caps on, I noticed it wasn't sitting quite level on the floor, so one of my copper caps has a couple of tiny circles of paper inside it to level things out (you know - like when the waitress shoves some napkins under one leg of your table in a restaurant) I also added some small pieces of self adhesive felt so the feet won't scratch our new oak floor.
This is how our hall way currently looks. When we moved in it had beige walls and very questionable red carpet (and I think the woodwork was white once upon a time - ew!) We're nearly finished, just the door frames to paint grey and the doors to change, plus little bits and bobs like light fittings and curtains to hang. We may leave the doors as they are for the time being and change them all in one go once we've finished upstairs too - it's lovely living in a big house, but decorating does end up being far more expensive and time consuming. Finally though, with little touches like this, it's really starting to feel like our home now!


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President Donald Trump's recent rhetoric has been fixated on the dollar's strength against rivals. The U.S. commander in chief doesn't traditionally jawbone the dollar, but Trump has dispensed with convention and stepped up his assault on currencies and central banks, leaving strategists now speculating on all the ways in which he could seek to influence the buck.
"Can President Trump instruct the U.S. Treasury to intervene in FX markets and weaken the dollar? Twelve months ago, we wouldn't have even considered this question," wrote ING currency strategists Viraj Patel and Chris Turner.
Trump has made clear that he is no fan of a strong U.S. dollar, and with a popular gauge for the buck hovering near a 14-month high, it seems the government's tolerance may have run out. Generally speaking, the president has advocated a weaker-buck policy as a way to make the U.S. more competitive on the global stage.
Here are about five ways in which the strategists believe such dollar weakening could theoretically be achieved.
Managing the dollar lower by selling the currency and buying rival monetary units via the Exchange Stabilization Fund would be the most direct method to intervene, said Patel and Turner. However, the strategists see employing this tactic as an unlikely option.
Outright dollar intervention hasn't really been enacted since the 1990s under President George H.W. Bush, when the Federal Reserve, in concert with European central banks, bought dollars to halt a slide in the buck, as reflected in the chart below.
However, with only $22.27 billion assets denominated in U.S. dollars held by the ESF, selling those would have a muted impact at best, given the circa $4 trillion daily turnover in global currency markets, the strategists wrote. The Treasury could also seek to build up its currency reserves, giving it scope to intervene and sell dollars for another currency, thereby weakening the greenback. But such a move might not make "sense in the current environment—with the dollar as a reserve currency and the U.S. running a trade deficit," according to the ING analysts.
The Fed is set to raise interest rates for an eighth time in September. The rate hikes and global interest-rate differentials have driven the dollar higher, so an "effective way to weaken the dollar in the current environment would be to alter the rules of the game for the Fed in a way that would force them to adopt a slower tightening path," Patel and Turner said.
This proposal is hard to fathom because it would leave the Fed to accept a higher inflation target, running against the central bank's dual mandate of maintaining stable prices and full employment. And altering the Fed's mandate would require Congressional approval.
Although the Fed is viewed as an independent body, operating outside the bounds of politics, Trump recently has amplified criticism of Powell. At a fundraiser over the weekend in the Hamptons, the president said he had expected Fed boss to be a cheap-money chairman and lamented that the central bank instead had raised interest rates. Still, market participants aren't expecting U.S. monetary policy makers to alter their strategies due to the president's rhetoric.
The U.S. has had a longstanding official "strong dollar" policy and abandoning this would mark a distinct shift in dollar dynamics.
In a more "normal environment,"—not characterized by a risk-off market in which the dollar would be shored up as investors buy it as a haven asset—continued verbal attacks on the greenback DXY, -0.22% could mute any positive impact from rate hikes.
"A simple, yet effective, policy approach that the Trump administration could take to weaken the dollar is by actively encouraging major trading partners to strengthen their domestic currencies," Patel and Turner wrote.
This is already happening to some degree, as the U.S. updated its trade deal with South Korea, appending a clause that Seoul must provide more transparency on its own FX interventions and including an agreement that the country wouldn't devalue the won USDKRW, -0.12% to gain a competitive advantage.
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Couple found guilty of sexually assaulting young girl go free because case took too long | CBC News Loaded
Couple found guilty of sexually assaulting young girl go free because case took too long
A Manitoba couple convicted of sexually assaulting a young girl over a five-year period have had their convictions thrown out after a judge ruled their case was unreasonably delayed.
Justice Sandra Zinchuk found the couple's case took 45 months from start to finish
Riley Laychuk · CBC News · Posted: Dec 18, 2017 6:00 AM EST | Last Updated: December 18, 2017
A Manitoba judge has ruled that a couple's case taking nearly 46 months from the first court date to conviction was too long, and stayed their convictions. (Bert Savard/CBC)
A Manitoba couple convicted of sexually assaulting a young girl over a five-year period have had their convictions thrown out in a Portage la Prairie courtroom after a judge ruled their case was unreasonably delayed.
The two were charged with sexual assault and two counts of sexual interference each in July 2013. They were convicted in May 2017, nearly four years later, but their convictions were tossed after filing a motion with the court, saying it took too long.
"I find that the delay in this case was unreasonable," Justice Sandra Zinchuk said in her decision last week.
Supreme Court sets new deadlines for completing trials
CBC News is not naming the couple to protect the identity of the victim, who was a minor at the time of the offences.
The ruling follows the Jordan decision, as it has come to be known — a July 8, 2016, ruling by the Supreme Court of Canada that set aside drug convictions in a British Columbia case due to unreasonable delay.
In a 5-4 ruling, the court said the old means of determining whether proceedings had taken too long were inadequate. Under the new framework, unreasonable delay was to be presumed if proceedings topped 18 months in provincial court or 30 months in superior court.
Not meant to send a message to victims
Scott Newman is a Winnipeg defence lawyer and spokesperson for the Criminal Defence Lawyers Association of Manitoba. He said that while he couldn't speak to this specific case, as a whole, it's important for the criminal justice system to function in a timely manner.
"It's never meant to send a message to anyone involved in a particular case," said Newman. "It's meant to send a future message, to say 'get your house in order.'"
"This will happen again unless you have the criminal justice system running efficiently and running appropriately and delivering timely justice for everyone."
Man accused of sexually assaulting child walks free due to court delays
Newman said timely justice is important because "people's memories fade, it gets harder to defend yourself from allegations particularly when you don't know about them until you're arrested later."
He also said moving cases through the courts in a reasonable time is good for society as a whole.
"It's important for everyone to know that justice is delivered in a timely fashion … not just for the accused persons, for victims of crime, for the public at large to know that the criminal justice system is functioning efficiently."
Case adjourned several times
Court heard the couple's case was adjourned several times to allow them to file for legal aid, before they eventually decided to represent themselves — a delay that Zinchuk deemed to be acceptable.
"There would generally be some acceptable delay in retaining acceptable counsel. An accused is entitled to take legitimate steps to respond to charges," said Zinchuk . "There is no evidence that either accused delayed or hindered their legal aid application."
That was followed by delays in setting pretrial dates after a motion by the Crown asked that defence counsel be appointed in order to cross-examine the complainant in the case. Zinchuk also said the 10-month span between the date both the defence and Crown were ready to set trial dates and the actual trial was longer than it should have been.
This was not a complex case … There was one Crown witness and both accused testified. — Justice Sandra Zinchuk
The couple's case finally went to trial in May 2017. On the first day of the trial, the couple filed a motion to have the case thrown out due to the length of time it took.
Zinchuk ruled to proceed with the trial and the two were ultimately found guilty, nearly 46 months after they were charged. They were due to be sentenced Dec. 12, but Zinchuk instead ruled the length of time was longer than the acceptable length of 30 months set out in the Supreme Court of Canada's Jordan ruling.
"The delays noted above are not the result of action or inaction of either accused," Zinchuk told court. "There was delay in the range of 14 months which was not caused by the defence.
"This was not a complex case," she said. "There was one Crown witness and both accused testified … there were no pretrial motions or charter issues."
Andrea Giesbrecht's lawyer wants conviction for disposing dead infant remains thrown out
Zinchuk also said the case also didn't involve a large number of charges, other significant requirements or expert evidence that may have also caused delays.
The justice compared the couple's case to another, in which the Supreme Court ruled was unreasonably delayed.
Kenneth Gavin Williamson waited nearly three years to be tried on charges related to sex offences against a minor decades ago. The Supreme Court agreed the Ontario man's delay was unreasonable and endorsed a lower court's stay of proceedings.
65 motions filed in Manitoba
According to Manitoba Justice, 65 delay motions on Criminal Code matters in Manitoba have been filed, as of last week. Of these, nine remain outstanding.
Twenty-five have been dismissed by the court, 10 were stayed, 18 were resolved or withdrawn by counsel and three were successful, which led to the court staying the charge, a spokesperson said.
It is not clear if these most recent dismissals are reflected in these numbers.
Manitoba Justice Minister Heather Stefanson said she couldn't comment on the case specifically, but said in a statement to CBC News that the provincial government inherited significant challenges in the criminal justice system that included lengthy court delays, but that it is taking action to address the situation.
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"Since the Jordan ruling in July 2016, Manitoba Justice has changed its Crown attorney policies and procedures to impel Crown prosecutors to take delay into consideration at every stage of a prosecution," Stefanson said.
"The number of direct indictments preferred by the provincial Crown in 2016 doubled compared to the previous year, ensuring that justice is not delayed by a preliminary inquiry."
"We will continue to work with our provincial and territorial counterparts to convince the federal government that preliminary inquiry reform is necessary to ensure that cases involving serious violent offenders are heard in a timely fashion," she added.
Riley Laychuk
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Toto- 40 Tours Around the Sun dvd | FESTIVALPHOTO
Toto- 40 Tours Around the Sun dvd
This live performance was filmed in front of a sold-out crowd of more than 18, 000 fans on March 17, 2018 at the Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam. This live concert footage, beautifully shot and edited see's TOTO perform a wide range of songs, including hit singles, rarely performed album choices, and two recently recorded tracks which appeared on their new Greatest Hits album (40 Trips Around The Sun).
Toto celebrate their 40th anniversary in blistering style here. Off course they play the hit singles, but Toto are a much bigger band than the million selling "Africa", and I for one are grateful they pull out of the bag some lesser known tracks from their albums for this tour.
What is great about this dvd is the fact it was recorded in one take, on one night, no taking the best bits from the tour and gluing them together, nope, one show, one take, but would you expect anything less from the musicians Toto currently have? I guess not.
Steve Lukather, as expected is magnificent, leading from the front but quite happy to let others shine when it's there moment, and there are plenty on this, Shannon Forrest has grown into his drum seat since I saw them when they toured "XIV". Joseph Williams really does make these songs his own, but he really does excel on "Lion", the old guard, Lenny and Warren are back where they belong, with the magnificent Shem on Bass and Vocals. Utterly fantastic.
The dvd sound is punchy and well balanced, with the acoustic section being particular open.
I have seen bigger bands with smaller light shows, sure Toto do not really need all those lights and stage settings, but it is great that they use them, after all we are there for a show.
I cannot recommend this dvd highly enough, it is a masterclass in musicianship while at the same time involving the audience just enough to keep them begging, and shouting, for more.
Lovers in the Night
Spanish Sea
I Will Remember
English Eyes
Jake to the Bone
Acoustic Storytellers
Miss Sun
Georgy Porgy
Holyanna
Mushanga
Stop Loving You
Dune (Desert Theme)
Stranger in Town
The Road Goes On
TOTO's 2018 live show '40 Tours Around The Sun', the Anniversary DVD, Blu-Ray and 2CD release are on sale now via https://www.eagle-rock.com/toto
Writer: Dr Rock