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Daily Current Affairs of 16th December 2016
International Current Affairs
- Britain has become the first country in the world to legally offer "three-parent baby" fertility treatments after regulators gave approval.
- The technique, which uses DNA from two women and a man, would allow mothers who carry disease-causing mutations in their mitochondrial genes to give birth to children free of the illness.
- The 5th edition of the India-Arab Partnership Conference was held in Muscat, Oman from December 14 to 15, 2016.
- This conference was organised by the Oman Foreign Ministry, Arab League Secretariat in association with the Union Ministry of External Affairs of India.
- Aim of the conferences : to enhance flow of investments from both sides, accelerate the investment projects of prioritized sectors, provide conducive environment for export promotion.
- Theme of this year's Conference : 'Partnership towards innovation and cooperation in IT'.
- Rio de Janeiro, nicknamed the Marvellous City, officially entered the UN's list of world heritage sites today in recognition of its soaring granite cliffs, urban rainforest and beaches.
National Current Affairs
- Today (16th December 2016) is Vijay Diwas (Victory Day).
- We observe this day to remember the martyrs who laid down their lives for the nation during 1971 India-Pakistan war.
- Today is the 47th anniversary of the 1971 India–Pakistan war.
- This is the first war after World War-II that the Indian Army won conclusively.
- This is the only war that the independent Indian Army planned, executed and carried out with precision and captured 93,000 prisoners.
- Today marks the 4th anniversary of brutal Nirbhaya gang rape case.
- 4 years have passed since a young student in New Delhi died after she was gang raped on a moving bus by 6 men, including a minor.
- Note : The juvenile convict of this case walked free on 20th December 2015 and currently working in a Dhaba in South India.
- The Lok Sabha today passed the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill 2016 two days after the Rajya Sabha passed it with amendments.
- The new Bill aims at securing and enhancing the rights and entitlements of differently abled citizens.
- The Bill recognises more disabilities compared with the 1995 Act and also stipulates upto two-year jail term and a maximum fine of Rs 5 lakh for any kind of discrimination against differently abled people.
- The list of disabilities now includes mental illness, autism spectrum disorder, cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy and chronic neurological conditions among others.
- Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today announced that the ministry has cleared the names of new Indian Army and Air Force chiefs and an announcement on it will be made soon.
- Kochi's Sahaj International School will be inaugurated on December 30 to become India's first transgender school.
- Haryana became the first state in the country to launch Mahila Police Volunteer (MPV) initiative for safety of women.
- It was launched by Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar.
- Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today inaugurated the Air Ambulance Service at the HAL airport in Bengaluru.
- During first phase it covers the five southern states namely, Karnataka, Tamilnadu, Kerala, Andhrapradesh, Telangana.
- Note : Helicopter H130 is medically configured for air ambulance.
- The Gujarat Cabinet today cleared an ordinance which seeks to impose a total ban on hookah bars across the state, Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani said today.
- The Supreme Court today ordered the setting up of a three-member panel to redress issues like racial discrimination and violence faced by the citizens from the North Eastern region of the country.
- The panel will be comprised of the Joint Secretary (North East) in the Home Ministry and two others, who will be nominated by the Centre.
New Appointments
- Former Information and Broadcasting Secretary Sunil Arora has been appointed as the Director General and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA), a think tank that comes under the Corporate Affairs Ministry.
- VK Sharma has been appointed as the new Chairman of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC).
- He will have tenure of five years.
- Nigeria's Environment Minister Amina Mohammed was named as the Deputy Secretary-General of United Nations.
- It was announced by incoming UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
- Renowned economist Thomas Schelling (95) who won a Nobel Prize in economics in 2005 for using Game Theory to explain nuclear strategy passed away.
- His best-known book was The Strategy of Conflict (1960), in which he had used game theory (a mathematical analysis of strategies used in competitive situations) to analyse negotiations between nuclear powers.
Sports Current Affairs
- New Zealand women's team captain Suzie Bates became the first female cricketer to win both ICC's ODI and T20I Player of the Year awards.
- Bates, who had previously won the ODI Player of the Year award in 2013, won her maiden T20I Player of the Year award this year.
- Note : Bates was 2016's highest run-scorer in T20Is and second-highest in ODIs.
This is the end of today's Daily Current Affairs session friends. Good Day :)
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Prozorro+: Ukrainian public procurement platform
Spain-Alicante: Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
Contract notice
Procurement procedure related to European Union external actions financed from the general budget of the European Union. In particular, Regulation (EU) N°236/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2014 laying down common rules and procedures for the implementation of the Union's instruments for financing external action and Regulation (EU) No 234/2014 establishing a Partnership Instrument for cooperation with third countries are applicable.
Section I: Contracting authority
Section II: Object
Intellectual Property and Project Support Expertise for the implementation of the IP Key China action
The purpose of this contract is to provide long term expertise for the implementation of the "IP Key China" Action. The overall objective of the action is "to level the playing field for European companies operating in China by contributing to greater transparency and fair implementation of the IPR protection and enforcement system in China". Its specific objectives are:
1. To promote progressive convergence of China towards European standards in IPR legislation, protection and enforcement and the development of best practices;
2. To support the interest of European innovators and right holders trading with or investing in China;
3. To contribute to greater transparency and fair implementation of the IPR protection and enforcement system in China and
4. To increase political and public awareness of the importance of IPR protection.
Beijing with missions in PRC and abroad.
The selected contractor will have to ensure that all legal requirements to allow the consultants to work in the People's Republic of China are met.
The purpose of this contract is to select suitable long term expertise in Intellectual Property (2 long-term experts with experience in the EU and knowledge of the Chinese IP system), Stakeholders' management (1 long-term expert with experience in working with the main local project's partners) and Support staff (2 long-term experts fluent in Chinese and able to communicate in English) that, from Beijing, will complement the EUIPO team in charge of implementing the project. The scope of the contract is limited to the provision of long-term expertise, other costs (e.g. for setting up the office and implementing the activites) are excluded.
The IP Key China Action is co-funded by the European Commission and implemented by the European Union Intellectual Property Office.
The implementation period of the project is 36 months starting, according to currently available information, in September 2022. However, it is to be noted that, some of the expertise sought might be requested to contribute to closure activities (up to 3 months after the end of the project's implementation period), if this is the case the contracting authority will inform the selected contractor in writing during the last year of implementation.
Rationale and expected results.
EU trade relations with China are both particularly important, the country being among the top three international partners for trade in goods with the EU in 2020, and complex, with a multitude of issues EU stakeholders face in China. China's economy is not only developing at a quite significant pace but still has to find the right balance between the state and the market.
At international level, its historical protectionist attitude that remains relevant in some rapidly developing strategic sectors, coupled with the unparalleled scale of its internal market, could represent a problem for EU industries' competitiveness in the near future. It is therefore a crucial moment to promote and support the China's integration into (and respect of) the international economic legal system, especially in the field of intellectual property rights that are key assets in sectors of importance now and that are likely to remain so in the future.
In the last couple of years, the country, with the view of furthering and consolidating its achievements, has updated and fine-tuned practically all applicable legislation to facilitate intellectual property registration, achieve institutional rationalisation, reinforce the protection of intellectual property rights and align with international treaties and best practices in the field. However, efforts in the definition of the regulatory and procedural framework necessary to constistently put the recent reforms in practice are still on-going.
Moreover, China remains the European Union's (EU) priority and focus of attention on IPR infringements. According to the Report on the EU customs enforcement of intellectual property rights, in 2019 China (including Hong Kong) was the country of provenance of as much as 80% of IPR infringing goods detained at the EU borders when considered by value. Additionally, it represented the source of 90% of the IPR infringing goods seized while entering the EU via the postal services (so-called small parcels).
Within this framework, the project's expected results are as follows:
1. Improved convergence of China towards EU and international standards in IPR protection and the development of best practices.
2. Better transparency and more fair implementation of the IPR protection and enforcement system in China, avoiding and discouraging any protectionist market access barriers through the misuse of IPR legislation
3. Increased political and public awareness of the importance of IPR protection, including through academia.
The Contracting Authority may, at its own discretion, extend the project in duration and/or scope subject to the availability of funding up to 50% (estimated amount of approximately 963,000). Any extension of the contract would be subject to satisfactory performance by the Contractor.
If more than 8 eligible candidates meet the selection criteria, the relative strengths and weaknesses of the applications of these candidates must be reexamined to identify the eight best candidates, the only factors which will be taken into consideration during this re-examination are:
• the highest number of projects implemented in the field of intellectual property
• the highest cumulated value of the projects in the field of intellectual property
For further information please see the additional information available in the documents' library section of this procedure.
European Union Contribution Agreement PI/2021/429589 for the implementation of the IP Key China Project funded under Regulation (EU) No 234/2014 establishing a Partnership Instrument for cooperation with third countries.
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
For further information on eligibility conditions and grounds for exclusion, please see the additional information document available in the documents' library section of this procedure.
Prospective applicants are reminded that the selected contractor will be responsible for complying with all applicable administrative and legal requirements to guarantee that the proposed team of consultansts can deliver the services in the People's Republic of China.
Section IV: Procedure
Section VI: Complementary information
Please see the additional information document in the documents' library section of this procedure.
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Standard & Poor's (S&P) Global Ratings expects that Azerbaijan's Kapital Bank OJSC will likely increase its already material market share, while its operating revenues continue increasing progressively and its profitability remains high, according to an S&P report. S&P confirmed the credit rating of the Azerbaijani bank at BB-/B level with a negative outlook. Meanwhile, the…Details


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Bangalore based Yulu is an electric bike maker which rents all its bike for INR 10/ hour ( 14 cents/ hour). Presently the company imports knocked down kits from China and assembles them in India. The Yulu bikes are light and use a 48 V motor to attain a top speed of 25 km/h. They have a range of 60 Km. As they are low speed electric vehicles, one does not need a driving license to ride a Yulu bike.
As per the company, it costs them approximately US$ 600 to procure one bike from China. They aim to build an inventory of a 100,000 bikes by December 2020. In this scenario, Bajaj Auto has invested approximately US$ 8 million into the company and has agreed to design and build a single seat electric bike for approximately INR 30,000 to 35,000 which is less than US$ 500. Bajaj expects to get the bike ready by 2021. Bajaj has developed expertise in electric two wheelers and launched its first electric scooter, the Chetak recently. The Chetak costs around INR 100,000, but is a premium product as compared to what Yulu needs.


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Objective: The purpose of this study is to clarify the efficacy and toxicity of hyperfractionated radiation therapy (RT) for patients with nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC). Methods: Twenty-two patients with NPC treated at our hospital between April 1994 and December 2002 were the subjects of this study. They received hyperfractionated RT with a fraction size of 1.2 Gy, with a median tumor dose of 72 Gy (range 64.8-80.4). During this study period, our institutional strategy for locoregionally advanced NPC included neoadjuvant or concurrent chemotherapy combined with hyperfractionated RT, and 17 patients received some forms of cisplatin-containing chemotherapy. Results: With a median follow-up of 59 months, the estimated 5-year disease-free survival rate and overall survival rate were 72.7 and 85.2%, respectively. Acute hematological toxicities were acceptable and manageable. However, >50% of patients required nutritional support, and experienced severe pharyngitis, skin reaction and body weight loss. With regard to late sequelae, one patient developed grade 3 osteomyelitis, and one patient each developed grade 4 passage disturbance and laryngeal edema. No patients experienced any grades of optic nerve injury or temporal lobe necrosis. Conclusions: Hyperfractionated RT using 1.2 Gy per fraction, for a total dose of 72 Gy, produces a comparable treatment outcome. Although deleterious neurological sequelae were not observed in this study, caution should be exercised regarding other late sequelae, such as osteomyelitis and passage disturbance.
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Today, Kyiv District Administrative Court banned Uliana Suprun from performing her duties of the Minister of Health of Ukraine. Such a resolution was adopted by the court partially satisfying the claim filed by MP Ihor Mosiichuk.
Let me remind you that Kyiv District Administrative Court is the very court which is headed by the odious participant of numerous journalistic investigations Pavlo Vovk whose unfairness was much talked-about during the competition to the Supreme Court which the head of the Administrative Court tried to get into.
Today, the notorious resolution regarding Uliana Suprun was adopted by another head of Kyiv District Administrative Court, Serhii Karakashian. CHESNO. Filter the Judiciary! has a profile of this judge. Let's see what he is famous for.
Less than two months ago, the judge of the panel adopted a notorious resolution under which it reinstated in office the head of the State Fiscal Service Roman Nasirov who had been dismissed after the initiation of criminal proceedings. The reason for such a resolution was then indicated as the lack of grounds for dismissal, namely the circumstances of his dual citizenship and the violation of the dismissal procedure.
However, this is not the only public case in Karakashian's profile. In September 2018, the judge dismissed the claim filed by the Anti-Corruption Action Centre against the National Council of Ukraine on Television and Radio Broadcasting regarding the status of social commercial with the participation of Prosecutor General Yurii Lutsenko. According to the Anti-Corruption Action Centre, the "social" status of the commercial allowed putting it on air on TV channels and radio stations for free, thanks to which Yurii Lutsenko received publicity for political purposes. At the same time, the commercial contains videos with the images of Prosecutor General, his surname and name, state symbols (State Flag of Ukraine), symbols of the prosecutor's office, which is prohibited for use in social advertising.
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I'm David Kerr, professor of cancer medicine at University of Oxford in England, reporting on the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting from my kitchen table. I don't know about you, but my bottom has got blisters by now; I spend so much time sitting here. With Zoom calls from Asia early in the morning, my European work through the day, and then a catch-up with my friends in the United States in the evening, my bottom is anchored to the kitchen table. Such is life in the time of COVID-19.
What happened at ASCO? Plenty of fantastic, important presentations by great international groups, friends of mine, who reported the KEYNOTE-177 study. This was a phase 3 randomized, open-label study comparing pembrolizumab vs standard-of-care chemotherapy plus or minus either bevacizumab or cetuximab as first-line treatment of metastatic and advanced colorectal cancer.
The chemotherapy choice was made in advance by the local investigators and driven by the patient's RAS status, among other things. They recruited 307 patients who were randomly assigned 1:1 across both arms; only patients who had microsatellite instability–high/mismatch repair deficient (MSI-H/dMMR) metastatic colorectal cancer were included. We know from the fantastic work of researchers at Johns Hopkins that this group of patients tends to be responsive to immune checkpoint inhibitors because of the massive antigen presentation in these mismatch repair–deficient tumors, which excites an immune response.
The results of the trial are impressive and in favor of pembrolizumab, with significant prolongation of progression-free survival (PFS): 16.5 months in the pembro arm vs 8.2 months in the chemo arm. Response rates favored pembro as well: 43.8% vs 33.1%. There was also a big difference in the pattern of side effects; grade 3-5 treatment-related adverse events occurred in 22% of patients in the pembro arm vs 66% in the chemo arm.
This distinguished group of investigators believe, as do I, that pembro provided a clinically meaningful, statistically significant improvement in PFS. The drug was well tolerated, with a more favorable pattern of toxicity in those receiving pembro compared with conventional cytotoxic chemotherapy. I believe that this is the new treatment of choice, based on this practice-changing clinical research in favor of pembrolizumab.
We know that MSI-H/dMMR tumors occur in only 4% or 5% of all patients in the advanced setting. Nevertheless, for that small but important subgroup, we now have a well-tolerated new treatment. This is an exciting piece of work moving very quickly following that initial observation a couple of years ago.
There we have it: the first practice-changing piece of evidence coming from this year's ASCO for us colorectal cancerologists. I'd be very interested to know if you agree and believe that the weight of evidence presented about PFS is solid. (There was crossover from the chemo arm, and therefore we do not have meaningful overall survival results.) In your opinion, is this practice-changing? Will you move forward to offer immune checkpoint inhibitors—pembrolizumab—to this subgroup of patients? I'd be interested to know.
As always, thanks for listening. In the meantime, Medscapers, over and out.
David J. Kerr, MD, is a professor of cancer medicine at the University of Oxford. He is recognized internationally for his work in the research and treatment of colorectal cancer, and has founded three university spin-out companies: COBRA Therapeutics, Celleron Therapeutics, and Oxford Cancer Biomarkers. In 2002, he was appointed Commander of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth.
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"Offer me solutions, offer me alternatives, and I decline."
I had this incredible moment of content while kissing Sarah in the backseat of my car. "Heroin" was playing on the radio. She had asked me if I thought her breasts were as big as I was expecting- that perhaps her nudes were deceptively angled, the old MySpace trick. She was so nervous I wouldn't like her that she needed to hold her wine glass with both hands, to prevent spillage. This worsened when I told her to cut the shit with the sterile, first date, getting to know you chit-chat- maybe the last bold move I'd ever make. She had to put the glass down entirely.
Once in my car, she sat up straight, arched her back, and asked again- somewhere between seductive and genuinely worried. I told her that I'd need a closer look and took the straps of her dress off her shoulders. And I had this moment, in the back seat of my car, of true connection. I liked her- dark hair and large breasts. Insecure and she didn't bother to hide it. A kindred spirit left behind by the dating market, looking for something real. This felt different. This felt special.
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I rolled over and turned off my alarm, and blearily scrolled through the notifications on my phone. My glasses still off, I had to squint to make out the tiny boxes of text. Amongst the nonurgent emails and notifications from apps that had rolled in during the night, I had received a message from someone named Tim.
Tim. . . Tim? I know a few different Tims, none of whom I've spoken to recently. I decided it must be the Tim who I had met through a friend while I lived in San Francisco, and who currently resides in New York. What on earth could he want? I put on my glasses, sat up in bed, and unlocked my phone.
Now that I could see, it was clear that I had been wrong about which Tim had messaged me. No, it wasn't Formerly-San-Francisco-Now-New-York-Tim, it was Tokyo Tim, whom I had casually dated for a few months in the summer of 2019. At the time, we'd both been working as English teachers, and had a fun fling dining and drinking all over the city which had ended when the newness had worn off. I hadn't heard from him since.
My surprise and curiosity piqued, I opened the message. "Hey doll! What's shakin? Check out what's happening over here:" – which was followed by pictures of his newborn baby.
Wait. What?
I'm sorry, but who does that? I understand wanting to share momentous good news broadly with the world, but who would think about sending a direct message with such news to someone they slept with three years ago? This is not even someone I consider an ex, or even a friend.
I stared at the message with no idea on what the proper response was. Finally, I settled on a generic: "Wow! Congratulations!"
Dating in one's 30's is strange sometimes. All of my old flames are getting married and having kids, all the new people I meet are divorced or separated. Inside, I still feel 29, i.e., not yet old enough for this to be happening.
I've been finding it hard to meet people in LA. How do folks do it? All of my peers are matched and so are their friends, so they've got no one to set me up with. I don't go out a ton, so I'm not likely to meet someone at a bar or club. I've been using dating apps, which is what I thought everyone did these days, but I'm having a hard time getting guys to chat with me, much less meet me for an actual date. It's such a big city, and people have so many choices and options and other demands on their time. The odds here are just not in my favor.
Which doesn't mean that I don't have my share of anecdotes. There was the 25-year-old who was only interested in work, coding, and going to the gym, who's idea of taking me out was to a taco truck. There was the nice Jewish boy with Tourette's who talked about himself nonstop, but at least took me to a nice pub in Woodland Hills. I ended up back at that same pub a few days later with a very different lad, who was so quiet that I had to keep asking him to repeat himself, and who also admitted that he'd smoked weed before meeting me. Charming. Bar was still great, though.
Surprisingly, I had an easier time in Tokyo. Don't get me wrong, Tokyo is also massive and challenging in many ways, but as a foreigner there I was automatically part of a smaller pool, and since most of the people I was connecting with were also foreigners we were all more or less in the same boat. Although our pasts and circumstances for being there were different, we were all eager to meet new people, eager to be less lonely. Even the men I dated casually there, Tokyo Tim included, treated me like a queen and appreciated my company.
Now that I'm back in my hometown, my years spent abroad have created a gap between me and the people I meet here. I'm in the same boat with no one. I go on dates with guys that are homeowners, who have careers, who have money. I have none of those things. I'm crashing with a friend and working multiple income streams to save money while I figure my life out. By your 30's, most people are stable, looking to settle down and call a place home. I'm anything but.
As much as I'd like to meet someone (don't we all?), I'm not sure that I'm even in a position to be looking right now. Currently, I'm not planning on staying in LA once I finish grad school in two years, and the future after that point remains uncertain. Meeting someone could potentially complicate things. Burned by overly compromising for my long-term partner in my youth, I want all of my decisions about my future to be made with myself in mind, and not somebody else. So although I still crave romance and companionship, a relationship seems really out of the question.
But even though I feel lacking in this one area of my life, it's amazing how other aspects are really taking off. I just started grad school, a new, exciting chapter that will ignite my mind, get me meeting like-minded individuals, and keep me busy. And this summer I finally got back into dancing again. Since June I've been taking swing dance classes at a studio in North Hollywood, coincidentally the same dance studio where my sister took Irish dance twenty years ago as a young person. Dancing again is such a gift, and I'm lucky that I found a great class and am finally making new friends here in LA. So while I might be in a bit of a famine, romance-wise, in other areas of my life there is abundance, a feast of social interactions and possibility.
I flicked through the apps on my phone. Bumble, Coffee Meets Bagel, Hinge. . . One by one, I held down the icons on the screen and deleted them all. I don't need that shit in my life right now. I don't need the time suck, the dopamine hit, the bittersweet combination of agony and hopefulness that comes from waiting for someone you've never even met to message you back. I ain't got time for that. I'm too busy traveling, and dancing, and learning. . . and living.
Safe and Happy Travels,
*All photos in this post are real dating profiles that I've found in my "travels" through dating apps. Apparently all men in LA really like tacos. . .


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In brief
Selected by the editors as one of the best hotels in London
First impression Georgian townhouse meets quaint country cottage.
Staff Discreetly efficient.
Food & drink Retro British.
Bed & bath Eclectic cool.
The crowd Laid-back couples and neighbourhood heavyweights.
In a nutshell A cossetting urban bolthole.
Why stay?
Another success from the Soho House group, this hotel hits the mark with smart bedrooms, a menu of British classics and a buzzing bar.
What is it?
A pair of 18th-century townhouses that were once home to King Charles II's mistress Nell Gwynne have been refurbished and joined together to form this Soho hotspot. Rather conveniently it's just next door to one of the two Soho House outposts that are actually in Soho, and right in the heart of this thrumming West End district – yet there's a particularly lovely old-world glow to the place.
Behind the scenes
For much of the 20th century the building's patrons – including Fred Astaire, Noël Coward, Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud – visited the premises in its previous incarnation as the Gargoyle Club, for something rather stronger than tea. Today, the hotel has all the Soho House character you'd expect – velvet armchairs and cushions, Paisley-print headboards, retro radios and drinks trolleys – plus a mini art gallery of British works lining the walls of the Dining Room, with pieces by a mix of emerging artists and the likes of Keith Tyson, Peter Blake and Tracey Emin.
The 39 pale and chic bedrooms are graded Tiny, Cosy, Small, Medium and Bigger. No two are alike. Some overlook pretty Meard Street, but the quietest are at the rear. 'Small' are a much better deal than 'Tiny' and most come with four-posters and vast rainforest showers. As you move up the room categories, freestanding baths are thrown in. Every detail is chosen with care: the mirrors, the lighting, Johnstons throws, Marshall radios, retro alarm clocks, hair straighteners in the bathroom and digital everything.
The restaurant (descriptively named the Dining Room) is split into two equally informal rooms with Georgian-style banquettes and a long bar in the main section. The menu offers period British food: haddock and chips, Scotch eggs, mince and potatoes (wonderfully rich – a far cry from school dinners) and apple crumble. The afternoon tea is surprisingly good value at £21, and includes finger sandwiches, scones and brilliantly retro cakes such as swiss roll, lemon drizzle and Battenberg.
Who stays here?
Silvered tea and coffee tins hint at Babington House but this is Dangerous Liasons (not family) territory, so best suited to couples – and media types, of course, this is Soho House after all.
We like
The full-sized, full range of Cowshed goodies stashed in the bathrooms means there's absolutely no need to pack anything of your own.
Out and about
Dean Street is right in Soho's beating heart, about as central as central can be. You're in the thick of London's best restaurants, such as Quo Vadis, for its crisp white tablecloths and hearty, boisterous British fare, or The Palomar, with its lively atmosphere and Jerusalem-style plates. Oxford Street and Covent Garden are both less than 10 minutes' walk away.
Address: Dean Street Townhouse, 69-71 Dean Street, London W1D 3SE
Telephone: +44 020 7434 1775
Website: deanstreettownhouse.com
Price: Doubles from £220
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Uniform & Team History
Bobby Thomson's shot heard 'round the world in a 1951 playoff game against the Brooklyn Dodgers remains one of the greatest home runs in baseball history.
Oldtime Game History
First worn in 1998 by infielder Alfredo Nunez of Haverhill High School, who would make a total of seven appearances in the Oldtime Baseball Game, tying him with Framingham State College lefty Orazio Azzarello. Sportswriter Lindsay Berra, granddaughter of iconic Hall of Fame New York Yankees catcher Yogi Berra, wore this uniform in 2015 and '16.
Also worn by:
Colin Barden, Winchester High School ('99); Evan Greene, University of Massachusetts/Lowell ('00); Chad Konecky, School Sports Magazine ('01-02); Rony Mercado, Suffolk University ('03); Jeff Volinski, Tufts University ('04); Nick Dell'Anno, Austin Prep ('07); Daniel Monagle, Arlington (batboy) ('09-12); Sean McElroy, Mass. College of Liberal Arts ('14).


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Behavioral health professionals sometimes struggle with the cost of providing mental health services and counseling to people addicted to drugs. However, the Medicaid expansion under the ACA (Obamacare) in Ohio has provided some needed resources for Ohioans who are struggling with finding and paying for treatment services.
This was a major point of discussion at the 2017 Ohio Behavioral Health conference held at the Hyatt Regency. The conference was hosted by the Ohio Association of County Behavioral Health Authorities.
Currently, there is talk from some political leaders in Washington that advocates for the Federal and state governments to repeal this Medicaid expansion. This talk of repealing the ACA has some people extremely worried, since they rely on these services. Ohio Governor John Kasich repeated this concern at the conference on Wednesday. Kasich embraced the expansion of Medicaid in Ohio and fought to institute the law across the state.
"It's really allowed people the ability to treat people who might not have been treated," including the "destructive cycle" of mental illness and drug addiction, Kasich told hundreds of people at the Ohio Behavioral Health Conference.
"You want to change the system? I'm for doing that … there's ways to cut costs," Kasich said. "But you have to tell me what you are going to do about it, because you just can't tell 700,000 people, 'You have no health care." We here at Advanced Billing and Consulting Services will watch and see how the ACA is altered by the new administration in Washington.
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When you have psoriasis you can feel incredibly lonely and insecure about the condition. Below I have listed some of the best Instagram accounts for psoriasis to help boost your confidence and ensure that you do not feel alone!
GetYourSkinOut was created by the wonderful Holly in 2015 and encourages others with the auto-immune skin disease to be apart of the bigger picture, join the conversation and movement and help others to be proud of their psoriasis and get your skin out! Holly has been featured in many major publications including TeenVogue, Huffington Post and Red Magazine.
Helen is an amazing Irish blogger who focuses on fashion ensuring you know 'what to wear so that you too can be fabulous on even your flakiest days!'. I have taken many fashion tips from Helen. These tips ensured I felt more confident when my psoriasis was at it's worse. If you need some psoriasis fashion tips, check out Helen's blog here.
Kates makeup skills are INSANE. This super talents psoriasis warrior ensures you know how to make your makeup look flawless no matter what! As fellow psoriasis and acne suffer I loved her Everyday Acne and Psoriasis cover video. Catch the full video and some great tips here.
I love seeings a mans perspective on living with psoriasis. Matt gives tips on everything from fashion to shaving and about how psoriasis makes him feel in his heartfelt blog post "Can Psoriasis make your eel Less of a Man?". Find more from Matt here.
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The HOPE Project
In September 2018, HOPE employee and registered nurse Teresa Narvaez traveled to Colombia and Ecuador to prepare for the reaction of the HOPE Project to the Venezuelan crisis.
The project HOPE is coordinating with the Eramo Meoz hospital, a large hospital in Cucuta, Colombia, to provide a tremendous amount of support for Colombian doctors while investigating additional humanitarian aid opportunities.
Large hospitals and health care facilities near the Simon Bolivar International Bridge, one of the most active border crossings between Venezuela and Colombia, are overwhelmed by the rapid influx of Venezuelans and refugees in need of health care.
Oil Became the Primary Source of Income for Venezuela
Unfortunately, as oil became the primary source of income for Venezuela, other industries suffered, the government borrowed a lot to cover the extensive social programmes that it could not afford, and the Venezuelan people became increasingly dependent on the government for food, water, and medicines.
There are ways to help Venezuela by a donation to finance Project HOPE's humanitarian aid efforts, such as the 2018 Venezuelan Crisis.
The plan was so successful, coupled with a few geopolitical events between Iran and the USA and China and the USA, and Libya, Nigeria, and the unintentional manufacturing interruptions, OPEC conspired to increase production in mid – 2018.
While the Venezuelan economy and oil production and exports are falling, they will never collapse, as China and Russia, both of them, who have to pay more than 30 bn or loan debt, will never let the Venezuelan economy collapse due to economic and geopolitical reasons.
Besides, China wants to maintain long-term links with Venezuela, if for no other reason than the enormous oil reserves in Venezuela and the continuing demand for various oil partners.
Venezuela's money is "Worthless"
Venezuela has admitted that their money has become virtually worthless and it is time to start again.
Venezuela is not the first country to respond to inflation beyond control with a currency change.
To ease the inflation spiral of Venezuela – and Turkey – it will have to go to the source, which is overspending by the government funded by more money.
Venezuela urgently needs financial aid, but Nicolas Maduro's regime has few international allies.
Venezuela's National Cryptocurrency
After the worst economic crisis in Venezuela, the country's currency Bolivar had devalued around 103,000 people for the US Dollar due to the incredible increase in inflation.
Instead, Venezuela seeks to take advantage of a national cryptocurrency, which is primarily supported by the world's largest oil reserve.
However, the Venezuelan Government hopes that the cryptocurrency will explode to raise funds to finance the growing public debt quickly.
While the Venezuelan government is currently funding directly from the pdv's proceeds, it would be financed directly by the people by a 50 % tax on the individual fund's assets.
Ideally, oil and gas would have a smaller footprint in a much more diversified Venezuelan economy.
Venezuelan People are moving to the USA and other countries
Venezuelans have flooded the United States as their homeland faces a severe economic and political crisis.
When Venezuela flourished more, middle – class immigrants could legally become employees for multinational oil companies under visas who were given to experts in their fields or become legal investors.
Tomas Paez, a sociologist at the Central University of Venezuela, who studies the country's migration patterns, said that few people in the country have 100 dollars for a tourist visa application, not to mention 600 dollars for a flight ticket when even a teacher who is fully satisfied with inflation.
Can Project HOPE help?
Project HOPE is on the ground in Colombia to support the country's health care system.
Four Project HOPE physicians have treated 179 traumatized patients after the end of the violence at the border in February, the force that has led to the destruction of aid packages for the vulnerable Venezuelans.
Project HOPE is well positioned to provide solutions and is actively working in Colombia's border cities to support the health needs of Venezuelans displaced.
The deterioration of the economic and political conditions in Venezuela over the past four years has led to severe food and drug shortages and the development of the local health care system.
When Chavez first gained power in Venezuela, the state oil company produced about 3. 4 million barrels a day.
As national income plummeted, Chavez and Maduro approached the central bank to push more money away, leaving a gap in their annual budget.
Hanke has been following the Venezuelan economy for the last five years, creating a daily estimate of national inflation.
Petro Cryptocurrency
Socialist President Nicolas Maduro announced last December the so-called "petro" at the height of Bitcoin's madness, which made Venezuela the world's first country to officially launch cryptocurrency.
Maduro peddled petro as a "great response" to what he sees as ( or says ) the significant problems of the country: the hegemony of the greenback, American sanctions, merciless capitalist pigs lined up on its borders, etc.


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The Wild West was tamed a long time ago, right?
Cowboys, outlaws, panning for gold–all a thing of the past. But their guns aren't!
I know you've eyed these guns before, in the local store, on the web, or at a match near you. But do they really live up to the price tag?
Pull up a chair, partner, and let's talk a while about Cimarron, Pietta, and how flipping awesome these guns are.
Who Are Cimarron and Pietta?
Both of these names are legendary in the cowboy gun world, but most people don't really understand their connection to each other.
Simply put–Cimarron is the designer and retailer, Pietta is the manufacturer.
Cimarron has a wonderful video on the subject of how these two brands came to work together if you're interested.
But the short version is that Pietta is an Italian company that has been making guns since the late 1950s, these days they are owned by Benelli who is in turn owned by Beretta.
While Pietta's manufacturing has always been outstanding, their designs often left a lot to be desired. Enter Cimarron.
Starting in the early 1980s Mike Harvey, the owner and founder of Cimarron and who is an avid collector of Old West firearms, started working with Pietta to improve and change their designs so that they were true reproductions instead of merely cowboy-ish.
Several decades later, Cimmaron and Pietta are the undisputed champions of outstanding Old West firearms.
The Guns
I grew up in Southern California, in horse country, going to rodeos and trail rides. To me, the West was still very much alive. So when the chance came to play with some cowboy guns, I couldn't turn Cimmaron down!
Cimmaron sent two outstanding examples of their line, the Frontier Stainless 7.5″ and the 1873 Short Rifle–both in .38spl/.357 Magnum.
Frontier Stainless Steel, Cavalry
The Frontier Stainless Steel comes in a wide range of options and, while it's not the most authentic of guns, I picked it because it looks awesome and stainless steel is simply far, far more durable than the other options.
These are replicas of the Colt Single Action Army, Pre-War models–except for the fact that it is made from stainless steel instead. And they are true replicas, everything about them, every cut, every marking is designed to be as close to perfection as possible.
And they really do a great job of it.
What you might not know is that these guns are heavy, clocking in at a full 2.8lbs! Don't forget to eat your spinach before range day.
The awesome thing though is that it simply EATS recoil. 158gr American Eagle .38spl felt like a .22lr and .357 Magnum felt like 9mm. This makes for a very pleasant shooting experience and makes using heavy hitting .357 magnum rounds much more do-able.
1873 Short Rifle
The complete name for this rifle is actually the 1873 Short Rifle, 20″ Octagon Barrel – but that is way too long of a name for a sub-title!
If rifles were cars, the Pietta 1873 would be a Ferrari compared to Marlin's Ford Taurus.
In every possible way, the Pietta is simply amazing. The craftsmanship that was involved in the making of this rifle is simply something you don't see anymore and it really stands out in a rifle made in part of brass, wood, and steel.
The wood is smooth, silky, and deep in color.
Side plates cut so fine they are literally razor sharp around the fitting edge. Even the internals look polished and well fitted.
This made for one of the most fun rifles I have shot in a very long time.
Also chambered in .38spl/.357 Magnum, the 1873 rifle did an amazing job of being ready to go right out of the box. More on that in a moment…
Are They Useful?
Granted, most people getting these kinds of firearms aren't looking to use them for home defense or SHTF–and I wouldn't recommend that you do.
So… what does one do with guns of a bygone era?
Several things, really. Cowboy Action Shooting is one option, plinking is always fun, and don't forget the 1873 rifles are still a solid hunting option.
I selected the .38spl/.357 magnum rifle and pistol because I wanted as many options for factory ammo as possible.
Good .357 magnum loads are more than powerful enough to take down most deer out to 150 yards, and .38spl can be found for cheap for nice days of plinking or shooting a local CAS match.
Loading and Unloading
If you've never used these types of guns before, take some time to handle them and get to know them before heading out to the range.
1873 Short Rifle
Unlike the Henry style of lever-actions, the 1873 sports a King's Patient Loading Gate on the side of the receiver. In my opinion, this is a LOT easier to use and load, but it might take some more hand strength.
My gate was stiff starting out, but that's a sign of a well made and new rifle. Still, it took some force to get each round in for the first hundred or so rounds.
As for unloading the tube magazine, you have two options. You can get each round out through the loading gate, but it's hard and frankly hurts your thumb.
If it's just one or two rounds then it's not bad, but if you want to unload a full tube–opt for option 2.
Simply cycle the action over and over until the rifle is clear. A bit more messy to pick up after, but far less wear on your hands.
Frontier Stainless Steel
Single action revolvers come with several notches in the cocking cycle. Safety notch, half-cock, and full-cock.
If you plan on carrying your revolver loaded and in a holster, set the hammer to the first notch or the safety notch so that a blow to the hammer won't set off a cartridge.
For loading and unloading, the half-cock is used. This frees the cylinder to spin freely in one direction. Once freed, simply open the loading gate and feed a cartridge in. Rotate the cylinder one position and repeat until loaded.
To unload, again set to half-cock, open the gate, and then either turn the gun barrel up to let the cartridge fall out, though you might need to give it a wack using the unloading lever on the other side.
Be careful to not inadvertently point the gun in an unsafe direction when loading or unloading!
Fit, Finish, and Function
These guns are well near works of art. Hands down, these are two of the most aesthetically pleasing firearms I've ever held.
Frontier Stainless Steel
This Frontier model revolver is basically perfect. Even disassembled, I can't find anything to complain about. From the depth of the markings to the glass like the smoothness of the action and trigger, it's all just outstanding.
When you get your hands on one, pay special attention to feeling and listening to the clockwork inside. If you know anything about revolvers, you'll be impressed with the quality found in the Frontier.
1873 Short Rifle
Again, the outside is perfect. The case hardening is lovely and rich, the grain of the wood is supple, and the color is a wonderful deep mahogany. Spend a moment and put a thin coat of protective oil on the gun and it will shine like you wouldn't believe.
However, the internals is not as nice as the outside would lead you to believe.
The action has some grit to it and the brass elevator especially has some defined tool marks visible.
While heavy, the trigger is very crisp with almost zero take up and very little over travel–making for a great hunting trigger and giving you the tools you need for precision shots.
What is impressive is how well everything is fit together. I literally mean that the fitting of the side panels is so fine that it leaves a knifes edge on them. Be careful if you take them off for cleaning or maintenance, they can cut!
Shooting, Groups, Ammo, Oh My
One thing that sucked about the Old West was the sights. Really, if you haven't handled an Old Timey gun in a while–do so and you'll be 10 times more amazed at the skill it required for those old Gunslingers to… gunsling.
However, the sights on these guns are more than acceptable for decent shooting. And are even surprisingly accurate!
1873 Rifle
Out of the box, the rifle came basically zeroed, depending on what ammo I used.
I also tested everything from 158gr .357 magnum down to 90gr .38spl, every single one round through the rifle without a hitch. Zero malfunctions, zero problems.
As you can see, what ammo you use will make a fairly substantial change on your point of impact. While I was shooting for groups at 75-yards, I suspect the rifle was zeroed for 100-yards.
However, the targets I had with me were a little hard to see at 100 so I opted to bring them in a bit.
All of the ammo types I used shot softly and were comfortable on the shoulder, even the hot .357 magnum loads.
Plinking Ammo
For plinking the range I was shooting at worked out perfectly for the .38spl 158gr American Eagle ammo.
Prices accurate at time of writing
Prices accurate at time of writing
These are big honking rounds for .38spl and felt like I was shooting a hot loaded .22 LR. For the price, I highly recommend it as plinking ammo!
Hunting Ammo
We've said it before with other lever-guns and it still holds true, my go-to pick would be the Hornady LeveRevolution 140gr FTX.
Prices accurate at time of writing
Prices accurate at time of writing
This was the zippiest of the cartridges I used and had a kind of high point of impact because of it, but shooting at the 100-yard steel it was only an inch or two high of aim and was delivering some impressive power.
If I was looking to knock down a deer, this is what I'll bring.
Frontier Stainless Steel
I'm not sure why, but I was expecting this pistol to be much less accurate than it was. In fact, it turned out to be amazingly accurate.
A ragged hole at 15-yards isn't bad at all for a pistol designed in the mid-1800s.
The bread and butter of my shooting was with the same American Eagle 158gr .38spl ammo I used before mostly because it was just so comfy to shoot with.
Plate racks fell with ease and paper targets trembled before me, even shooting one handed like a proper spaghetti western gunslinger this pistol was stable, flawless, and wonderful.
What Not To Do
Fan The Hammer
I know some of you have played too much Red Dead Redemption lately and the first thing you'll want to do with your new pistol is to fan the hammer… just don't.
Not only is this a really unsafe way of shooting, even at the range plinking, but it's also really hard on your gun and will lead to breakages.
+P and +P+ Ammo
Keep in mind that most of these older designs were made for much lower pressure ammo than what we can make today. With modern improvements to metallurgy and manufacturing, Cimarron's guns are totally safe to use… with standard loading ammo.
If you read the users manual, you will note that they clearly state to not use any kind of +P or +P+ ammo or it will not only void the warranty, but you can get hurt.
By The Numbers
Frontier Stainless Steel
Reliability 5/5
Zero problems to report. I ran several boxes of 6 ammo types though it and never once had any kind of stoppage. The only thing I found was that some .357 Magnum loads were hard to get out of the cylinder, but that was solved by a stiff hand with the unloading rod.
Accuracy 4/5
Very accurate for an old style pistol. Sights were usable and the grip, once you get used to it, was decent.
Two things I didn't love–first, while the stainless steel is wonderful to look at it also SHINES really sharply. In the right lighting conditions, it was impossible to make out my front sight due to it just being one large shining ball of sparkle. Shooting inside of 15-yards this wasn't a problem, but reaching past that was an issue.
Second, the grip while authentic is very slippy. There is no grit or grab to it at all. This can in part help you since it allows the gun to roll in your hand with each shot a bit making it easier to reach the hammer if you're shooting one-handed, but it is something you need to get used to.
Ergonomics 2/5
It's a replica of a 100+-year-old design. It's understandable that there are some ergonomics lacking. This isn't really a problem, it's just something you have to accept.
Looks 5/5
Wow. Just wow.
Customization 2/5
Haha, of course, you can't customize it… much. If you want, there are gunsmiths that will take it in and do some smoothing jobs on the internals–but I would only send it out for this if you plan on using it in CAS and you're really into it.
Otherwise, leave it stock and enjoy it for what it is.
Bang for your Buck 4/5
There are cheaper single-action revolvers on the market that you can get to fulfill your Cowboy dreams, but if you want as close to the real thing as possible and you want it to last long enough to pass down to your grand-kids then this is the gun for you.
Prices accurate at time of writing
Prices accurate at time of writing
It isn't cheap, but it is worth it.
Overall 4/5
1873 Short Rifle
Reliability 5/5
5 ammo types and several boxes of each later, I had zero problems. The only thing I kind of ran into was that my .38spl snap caps were too short for the action. I was worried this might be a problem with real ammo, but even shooting 90gr .38spl Hornady Critical Defense Lite I had perfect function.
I don't know why my snap caps are so short, but if you have the same issue–don't worry.
Accuracy 5/5
For an old style rifle, with buckhorn sights, and lacking the ability to easily adjust things – I was very impressed with it. Once you understand your holds for your ammo, it's very easy to get good hits on reasonably sized targets.
Personally, with a bit more practice I think I would feel okay hunting out to 100 yards at least with it.
Ergonomics 5/5
After handling this rifle a lot, I can see why it was so popular with hunters, trappers, and cowboys. Even with a 20″ barrel the 1873 is only 8.2lbs. It's light, handy, shoulders beautifully, and is one of the most natural feeling rifles I've ever shot.
Looks 5/5
Again, wow. The case hardening and the wood just speaks to me. I love it.
Customization 2/5
You can find lever-actions with things like a drilled and tapped receiver, but this isn't one of them. Nor would I ever try to do so. Leather wraps for the lever loop and the stock are about all you can find for it, but honestly, I would leave it stock.
If you are looking to use this for CAS though, there are short-throw lever kits on the market and a good gunsmith can smooth out the action a bit to make it faster.
Bang for your Buck 4/5
If you're just wanting a plinker than this is a steep price tag for that. But if you want to shoot CAS, have an heirloom rifle to pass down, or want to be the belle of the deer season–then spending the money on something this nice is totally worth it.
Prices accurate at time of writing
Prices accurate at time of writing
Overall 5/5
Parting Shots
True classics never go out of style, the '73 pattern lever-action and the single action army pattern revolver proves that perfectly.
From Cowboy Action Shooting to a true ranch rifle or a real heirloom that you want to pass down to the great-grandkids someday, you won't go wrong with Cimarron and Pietta.
Do you have some cowboy guns? What do you like better: Henry or Winchester style lever actions? Let us know in the comments! If you're looking for a lever-gat packing more punch, take a look at our Henry .45-70 hands-on review!


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Monthly Archives: May 2020
Like What You See?
Do you like what you see? Take a good, honest look at your life and the answer might surprise you, because it may be that you do like what you see and you didn't think you were going to, or it may be that you do not like what you see and you thought you were going to love it. Most likely you will find yourself some where in between, with some things you love, some things you hate and some things some where in between.
I have found that the great majority of us, just sorta tend to tolerate life. We have moments we love and moments we hate, but most of us end up living the majority of our lives in the "blahs", stuck somewhere in between love and hate. On some level, we know we were created for more, but we are just too tired to even try to think our way through it.
Every now and then though, something comes along and moves us out of our comfort zone to the place that we can't help but take a moment or two to imagine what our life might look life if we were really living it the way we sometimes catch ourselves dreaming. We think about the person we could be, should be and would be, if???
Have you ever caught a glimpse of yourself, when you had it all together? Have you ever seen the "put together" you, full of energy, great ideas and experiencing the miraculous in all directions? When we see it, we believe it and for just a moment want it, but then life wakes us up and we go right back to thinking about what might have been?
Could I suggest a different way to look at life? Could I maybe point out another possibility of how we can possibly see things? Rather than thinking about would've, could've and should've – how about we see ourselves as God our Creator sees us?
In Ephesians 1:3-4 it says: "Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight."
God sees us from beginning to end and from end to beginning! God sees the total picture of all that we've been through, survived and grown from. If you are still living, then you are still a work in progress, so don't you dare give up and don't for one moment entertain the thought of giving in, because God has great big amazing plans for you! See it, believe it, live it – you'll be glad you did!


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Ryan Genealogy & DNA Forum
Social Media has helped revolutionise genealogical research. We have a Facebook group dedicated to Ryan Genealogy & DNA research and the volunteers there may be able to help you with your family tree research. Click below to join – it's completely free.
Ryan DNA Project
We are currently working on an exciting DNA Project. For more see here.
The Ryan DNA project is hosted at FamilyTreeDNA (FTDNA). Again it is completely free to join the project but you need to order a DNA test first. For men, the recommended test to start with is the Y-DNA-37 test ($119), and for women (and non-Ryan men), you would get most value from testing at Ancestry ($99) and transferring a copy of your data to the RYAN DNA Project on FTDNA (for free). Instructions here.
For more information about the Ryan DNA Project, Maurice Gleeson's blog explains how the project, works, how to join, how to get the most out of your DNA test, and what the results tell us … * Ryan DNA Project: About the DNA Project


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Tinahely Walks
On Sunday March 25 we are walking from Glendalough to Glenmalure, Grade B+, 15k, 4 hours. Meeting at Tinahely 10.00 or Glenmalure Lodge 10.45 (and getting a minibus to Glendalough).
On Sunday April Fools Day we are doing Table Mountain in Cape Town, South Africa. Alternatively, members are advised to stay at home and enjoy Easter Sunday with their families and bunnies.
Please ensure to wear proper walking boots, to bring adequate food & drink and to pack (or wear) rain gear.
Carnew Emmetts GAA club are holding a table quiz on Friday 23rd March in The Lodge, Carnew at 9.30pm sharp, table of four €40, all welcome.
The winner of Scoil Aodan Naofa Carnew Split the Pot of 9th March was Bradly Cleary winning €314, tickets only €2 from the school or local shops, many thanks to everyone for their support to date.
Carnew GAA lotto was not won, numbers were 3,4,24,31, lucky dips were Megan Rosney, Donishal. Christy O'Neill, c/o Din Doran. Billy Wilson c/o Tom Culkin. Joe Whelan, c/o Din Doran, the next draw is 26th March in The Lodge, Carnew and the jackpot is 10,600.
Congratulations to Bill and Betty Whelan, Valley Heights who are celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary.
Get well wishes go to John O'Sullivan, Tombreane.
The next bingo is on Sunday 25th March at 2.30pm in St Bridget's Hall, Carnew, all welcome and thanks to everyone for their support to date.
Ballyellis National School
The Winner of this weeks "Split the Pot" is Ashling and Amber Walsh, Donishall winning €221. Congratulations Ashling and Amber.
We thank everyone for supporting "Split the Pot".
Envelopes can be obtained from the School or any Parent and from Ashling Walsh after weekend Masses in Askamore Church.
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Modi will serve corporates'. That was CPI-M General Secretary Prakash Karat at the just concluded 3-day state plenum of their
Party at Palakkad, Kerala. Karat, however, didn't elaborate whether Modi was serving the 'proletariat' at the moment. Also, he didn't say a word or two about whether Modi's rival, Congress Party's would be Prime Ministerial candidate Rahul Gandhi would be less enthusiastic in serving the corporates. What was missing from most of their 'plenum niceties', was any serious attempt to explain why a notorious Modi of Gujarat pogrom fame suddenly came into lime- light in the first place. The statements emanated from Palakkad had little to say about communist matters, but plenty to say about how to survive in the electoral race. Modi was projected as a Prime Ministerial candidate by his party—Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)—only after the leaders of corporate world promoted the idea of Modi as Prime Minister at a 'Vibrant Gujarat' propaganda meet, in view of his success and tenacity in wooing Indian big business. Communal tag doesn't matter to them, their powerful media can turn a villain into a hero overnight.
The all-important Kerala plenum was all about how to solve electoral riddles and make perfect match in the coming parliamentary poll in 2014. Once again they reiterated their oft-repeated stance of maintaining equi-distance from both Congress—the symbol corruption—and communal BJP, while not forgetting to highlight the main danger in BJP's systematic attempt to polarise voters on communal lines.
In truth it was one way to tell the Congress that they were not averse to make a 'common minimum programme' with them again as it was the case in happier UPA-Left days, in the event of a saffron surge.
The Palakkad Plenum of CPM was a kind of stock-taking. In reality the message was a cocktail of adventurism and capitulation. It is one thing to retreat in good order and live to fight another day. It is another to go down to the wire, do a complete flip flop while championing defeatism in a subtle way, of course.
For one thing CPM stalwarts at the plenum admitted in no uncertain terms that factionalism and alcoholism were two main vices threatening the party. Once in the last days of Gorvachev era Soviet Union someone in the Soviet scientific establishment showed with details why vodka was more dangerous than American missiles in destablising Soviet Russia. He feared vodka most, not America's aggressive stance, in Soviet soldiers' veins. Communists of all shades no longer follow moral codes—one Palakkad cannot help much in improving the situation. People nowhere in the country, not to speak of Kerala, don't think official communists will exhibit exemplary standard of values and ethics, to regain their lost credibility before the eyes of the society. They have lost it forever. Faced with serious aberrations like consumption of liquor by a large number of party functionaries the plenum decided to tighten the moral code for its members at all tires of the organisation. Whether it will work in the field is anybody's guess. After all gone are the days of principle and austerity in communist culture. It is simply futile to search for 'old days' because what gets priority all the time in the so-called leftist or communist movement is how to win votes. And money, muscle and alcohol play the tricks, right from the village panchayet to parliament. In today's India, what is true of the right is equally true for the left. Criminalisation of politics is the order of the day, without which no party can think of defending their existence.
Surprisingly, the organisational report placed at the plenum, dealt mainly with minority, as if there was no other serious problem. Leaders were worried about their poor presence among minority communities, muslims and christians, to be precise. The report noted with a sense of hopelessness that muslims accounted for only 9.56 percent and christians 10.09 percent of the party members numbering more than 4 lakh.
But their political resolution was even more insignificant than the organisational resolution as it lacked the national perspective despite market mayhem across the country. Their priority was how to win over the dissidents in the ruling camp, not basic masses.
The plenum had very little to offer to the toilers. And in the end it was all too familiar cliche they would like to sell. The delegates wanted the party to attract secular democratic forces. They looked realistic enough not to spend energy on the prospects of a third front, though the half-baked 'equidistance' formula was told as a passing reference.
The collapse of Soviet Russia transformed a popular word 'socialism' into a dirty one. People in this part of the globe identify tyranny with the word communism, thanks to Bengal and Kerala communists.
It's almost certain that the marxists will have to bite the dust in the 2014 Loksabha elections. So Kerala is the only state where they are trying to revamp their organisation through a plenum, even by clearing the deck for courting obnoxious regional and some break-away outfits that are out and out opportunist and reactionary. In election what counts is number, number of seats, not ideology and principle. If they fail to win a substantial percentage of votes polled in Kerala, their national status will be at stake. And with the national status gone, they will lose whatever little bargaining leverage they still possess in Delhi's durbar.
Plenum or no plenum, the marxist party continues to wander in political wilderness without bothering about the growing plight of subalterns. But the future of communist parliamentarians is nowhere bright any more. The 'red' and their rag-tag left allies in India have not learnt any lessons from the dying sun in Europe. Euro-communism that was once threatening the traditional power structure and political life in Europe is now history. They thrived so long as the Soviet Union was there. Nearer home how maoism in Nepal is losing its position of strength after being trapped by parliamentary sops is very much there all to see. Yet they think one day they could capture the 'red fort' in Delhi by eternally waiting in the wings and playing second fiddle to the Congress that has no future beyond the Nehru dynasty.
Vol. 46, No. 23, Dec 15 -21, 2013
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Turnip Recipe: Curried Carrot and Turnip Soup with Cilantro Gemolata
This recipe should be called, "shake hands with turnips" because turnips are the only vegetable that I've yet to make friends with. In fact, I don't think I'd ever eaten a turnip until my husband and I joined a CSA. Now they show up in our baskets all the time, mocking us. I've tried them in dozens of recipes, but this is by far my favorite.


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The most-quoted statement about the Naxal insurgency to demand an 'all-out assault' on the rebels, a statement that is again in currency following the recent Naxal attack in Chhattisgarh, has come from a prime minister not really known for his assertiveness. But what complicates the irony are the events before Manmohan Singh termed Naxals the "single biggest internal security challenge" in April 2006. Exactly a year before his statement, the Tatas signed a much publicised MoU on 4 June 2005 with the Chhattisgarh government for a mega steel plant in Bastar. A day later, Salwa Judum was formally launched to terminate the insurgents from Bastar, and began the most bloodied decade of the State-Naxal battle. The Tatas had to eventually shelve the project a decade later, but a large number of adivasis who joined the Naxal ranks following the protests against the project continue to carry a rifle to date.
Bastar was relatively quiet before Salwa Judum, with just a few paramilitary battalions. Dandakaranya had become the Naxal capital and their laboratory by then; but they had limited armoury, mostly single-shot guns and the obsolete bharmar (fill and shoot). Today, Bastar has some 50 central battalions, besides Bastaria battalions and adivasi women commandos, with new additions every year, making several parts of Bastar among the most militarised zones on the planet.
And yet, the insurgents continue to hold considerable ground. Compared to the previous decade, the Naxal movement is on a decline but they are still capable of causing massive damages, with the looted ammunition enabling them to raise a couple of companies and carry out several more ambushes.
Also read: Chhattisgarh Maoists suffering from betrayal, fewer leaders and weapons, and too many roads
War against Naxals is always on
After every major police casualty, there are demands for an 'all-out assault', and that the governments must give security forces a 'free hand'. An absurd mendacity. No state government in the last 15 years has restrained its forces. They always demand more paramilitary forces. Last year, five more specialised CRPF battalions landed in Bastar, and soon the state police began demanding for five more.
The government also hands over weapons to local adivasi boys under one pretext or the other, a mechanism that began with the Judum when the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was in power in Chhattisgarh and the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) at the Centre. When the Supreme Court declared Special Police Officers (SPOs) inducted under the Judum 'illegal' in July 2011, the Chhattisgarh government immediately bypassed the ruling by enacting a law and giving SPOs a new nomenclature of auxiliary constables.
The UPA cared little for collateral damages, or the fake encounters of adivasis. The Maoist emissary Cherukuri Rajkumar alias Azad was bumped off in the middle of negotiations with the UPA government. One now blames the BJP for discrediting activists and writers as 'Urban Naxals', but the UPA had long before told the Supreme Court that "the ideologues and supporters of the CPI (Maoist) in cities and towns…have kept the Maoist movement alive and are in many ways more dangerous than the cadres of the People's Liberation Guerrilla Army."
Thus, the war cries after last week's attack by some sections seem absurd. A war is already on. Do make a Bastar trip.
Also read: Maoists surrendered for family life, fatherhood. They now find it was snatched long ago
A collective apathy
Of course, a constitutional State cannot allow any individual to carry unauthorised arms. The State needs to take urgent steps to end the insurgency. But in the sixteenth summer of Salwa Judum, let's introspect the State's approach to the insurgency. I have closely interacted with all the three chief ministers, besides a range of politicians and bureaucrats in Chhattisgarh. Except a few police officers and some young collectors in Bastar, no authority was even remotely interested in the issue.
Both Raman Singh and current CM Bhupesh Baghel pumped forces in the region, devised new ways to recruit adivasis in police, sent surrendered Naxals to the battlefield, but never showed any interest in understanding the insurgency, its constitution and complexities. Never was any state cabinet meet perhaps held to discuss the crisis, other than the emergency ones in the wake of a major assault. There's never been a Naxal beat in any media organisation, not even when they assaulted the forces almost at will. Just a handful of journalists and academics have studied the 'biggest internal security challenge'.
The government wakes up after the casualties of soldiers, but blinks over the continuing deaths and suppression of adivasis. Any constitutional State cannot afford to discriminate among the rights of its citizens without undermining the constitutional pledges. Consider this. A gram sabha that gave its consent in July 2014 to lease the forest land of Bailadila iron ore Deposit 13, whose developer and operator was to be an Adani company, was declared void by the Dantewada collector in 2020 when he found a series of illegalities, one of which was that several persons shown to be present during the gram sabha had died long ago.
Also read: More Indian journalists prefer to tweet than go on the field to report — it suits the govt
Restoring faith, a tall order for the State
To win a battle, you need to know the adversary. It's not a separatist movement, it doesn't demand a different state. Some veteran rebels still harbour the dreams of a revolution, but an overwhelmingly large number of adivasi foot-soldiers take up rifles to save their 'jal, jungle aur jameen'. One can say that the Naxals 'brainwash' the adivasis, but why can't the State convince them that their rights will be duly protected?
A dialogue is the only way. Convince the rebels to return to electoral democracy as their brethren like the CPI (ML) had earlier. But how would the State restore the faith of a citizen in the Constitution when the electoral process, the foundation of the democracy, seems to be a beehive of corruption? With what moral authority can the State promise to be the guardian of the adivasis' rights when their land are being taken away illegally in the face of people's opposition?
The Maoists will lose, sooner or later. But they still hold large swathes of territory in Dandakaranya, and have sufficient cadres and ammunition that should sustain them for several years. Should the material conditions change, as the Maoists have been hoping, the battle will be prolonged. But what could those material conditions be in 21st-century India? I once asked a veteran Maoist ideologue. He, in turn, asked: "Nehru was once your most beloved leader. Could you have ever anticipated that your first prime minister, who laid the foundation of independent India, would come to be vilified overnight?"
His words were brazenly rhetorical, and yet I didn't have any answer to the question.
The author is an independent journalist. His recent book, The Death Script, which traces the Naxal insurgency, received the Atta Galatta Best Non-fiction Book of the Year 2020 award. Views are personal.
(Edited by Prashant Dixit)


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Nelson Mandela once said that "Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire." Sport does have the power to inspire, as did Mandela. Though boxing was his sport, he was also a cross-country runner. It was jogging that was his companion through 27 years in prison. It's reported he jogged seven miles of day, sometimes in a cell, sometimes in the prison courtyard.
Early in the morning. Twenty-seven years, seven miles a day, jogging in limited space. Sometimes followed by push-ups. Early in the morning. Before work detail.
No Garmin to record those miles. A treadmill? I doubt it.
This vision rather diminishes any discomfort or boredom on those days when ice and frigid temperatures make me see reason, opting to step on the treadmill. It offers blinking lights, measured miles, set pace, neat storage space for my water bottle. Disgruntled that my spirit can't run free down the path along the river this day, I run the miles. Not 7, but a few. Not years, but a day or two. Considering this, I am both in awe and feeling silly with the notion that such strength and focus can even be comprehended.
Sport – and Nelson Mandela – wil continue to inspire this runner.
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Man accused of stabbing a woman is arrested
Sheyanne Romero
A man was arrested after he allegedly stabbed a woman with a knife, according to Visalia police officers.
Dispatchers received reports of a stabbing near Dinuba Boulevard and Prospect Avenue at noon on Sunday. When officers arrived the found Claudio Barajas, 52, has assaulted a woman with a knife.
The two had been arguing prior to Barajas stabbing the woman, police said.
The suspect was detained by a security officer. The woman was rushed to Kaweah Delta Medical Center and treated for her injuries.
Barajas was arrested and booked into the Tulare County Pretrial Facility on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon.