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Stand up to Fake Debt Collectors
Learn how to protect yourself from fake debt collectors
By Lisa Lake
Consumer Education Specialist, FTC
The caller is irate, intimidating and — despite the foul language — sounds convincing. He says you must make good on a payday loan or your wages will be garnished. If you applied for a payday loan before, you might start questioning your memory: "Did I miss a payment? The caller has my information, so this must be legit…"
The last thing you need is a short paycheck — especially if you're already in a bind. So you pay. Thing is, you don't owe them a dime. It's a scam.
Related: 10 Ways to Avoid Scams in 2015
The FTC's and the Illinois Attorney General's complaint against K.I.P., LLC, Charles Dickey and Chantelle Dickey is the latest effort to stop scammers from trying to collect fake debts from consumers. According to the complaint, callers threatened to garnish wages, and they offered to accept, or "settle the debt," for significantly less than the amount allegedly owed. In addition, the caller didn't give the person any proof of the debt — even when asked. But the calls were so convincing that many consumers actually made payments — even though they didn't owe.
Related: 7 Tips for Filing Your Taxes Safely
Here are a few tips for standing up to these scammers:
- Ask the caller for his name, company, street address, and telephone number. Tell the caller you won't discuss any debt until you get a written "validation notice." If the caller refuses, don't pay.
- Put your request in writing. The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) requires any debt collector to stop calling if you ask in writing. Of course, if the debt is real, sending such a letter does not get rid of the debt, but it should stop the contact.
- Don't give or confirm any personal, financial, or other sensitive information.
- Contact your creditor. If a debt is legitimate – but you think the collector isn't — contact the company to which you owe the money.
- Report the call. File a complaint with the FTC and yourstate Attorney General's office with information about suspicious callers.
Learn more about protecting yourself from fake debt collectors and about your rights if you are facing debt collection.


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An Important Notice to Expectant Mothers and Their Families from the Valley Birthplace at Androscoggin Valley Hospital
Leading the way to more personalized maternity care
Having a baby is an amazing and life-changing experience. At Androscoggin Valley Hospital's Valley Birthplace, we are honored to be a part of your joyous occasion. We believe in a family-centered approach during this personal experience. As expectant mothers and fathers, you can count on our medical and nursing expertise to guide you through this exciting time in your lives. From childbirth education classes, labor, delivery, breastfeeding and then going home, we will be there for you every step of the way.
Our board-certified Obstetrician/Gynecologist, Dr. Krzysztof Z. Plociennik, and staff of dedicated nurses are here to ensure that every new mother has a safe, comfortable, and highly personal experience.
This is why we offer private labor/delivery suites featuring large, private rooms with hardwood floors, flat-screen tvs with DVD/CD players, cozy gliders, modern bathrooms with showers, soaking tubs and other comforts of home, like a refrigerator in your room. Our staff offers a soothing environment and personalized, high-quality care for a healthy and safe childbirth. We keep your needs and desires our priority during your labor and birthing experience.
To help you prepare for your birthing experience at AVH, click here for a helpful list of items to gather and bring with you to the hospital for your delivery.
For more information or to schedule a pre-natal appointment with Dr. Plociennik at our Berlin location, please call (603) 752-2300. For an appointment in Colebrook, please call (603) 388-4330.

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AssetTrack works best when you have set up ServiceNow Hardware Asset Management properly. Consider the following to determine if you're ready for AssetTrack for ServiceNow.
- Spec out the hardware asset reports you need (if not already built). This way we can confirm we have all required data fields accounted for and managed.
- Create a data dictionary that lists all necessary data fields so stakeholders know where specific data will be stored. This ensure business users, administrators, and AMI are playing to the same sheet of music.
- Establish model categories with Asset and CI classes set so that:
- Discovery doesn't add VMs into your alm_hardware table
- Cmdb records are created in the correct table when Hardware is added
- Populate your model table with clean data so that:
- AssetTrack has known models to reconcile assets against
- Your asset reporting meets stakeholder requirements
- Populate the location and stockroom tables in a way that meets reporting requirements. It isn't overly complicated, has no duplicates, and is easy for your users to navigate.
- Configure discovery to match existing hardware assets by serial number, and doesn't create duplicate assets in the Hardware table.
- Automate advance ship notice imports if you can. This is optional, but if you got 'em, you should get em imported to make receiving far easier on your staff.
AssetTrack is pretty tolerant and can handle improperly configured ServiceNow. However, by laying the right foundation, you can get so much more value for your money.
AMI provides consulting to assist with the items above. Contact email@example.com to learn more.


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March 6, 2014 – Lodestar is pleased to announce that Nelson and District Credit Union (NDCU) has selected Lodestar as their business intelligence and data warehousing partner. Located in Nelson, BC, NDCU manages over $180 million in assets for their 10,000 members. Lodestar will provide key business solutions such as:
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Lodestar would like to welcome Nelson and District to the group of financial institutions that utilize Lodestar's collection of products and services to help deliver increased member satisfaction and operational efficiency.


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Our country is at a crossroads. Inspiring social movements are meeting a wall of Conservative spin. The incredible power of the Idle No More movement is being belittled in the mainstream media. Conservative forces are attempting to divide Indigenous voices, and paint the grassroots as out of touch and politically naive.
Environmental charities and labour organizations are under attack. Bill C-377 saddles trade unions with accounting measures stricter than any other type of organization has to comply with, and violates privacy rights of employees and contractors. In last year's budget, the Harper Conservatives created an eight million dollar fund to audit charities accused of too much political action, mostly targeting groups fighting tar sands expansion. These policies are meant to create a chill effect on political activity by targeting powerful civil society voices that are speaking out against the Conservative agenda.
The Harper Conservatives are also going to extreme lengths to erode Canadian democratic systems. Harper has prorogued Parliament twice. The Conservatives have started pushing through massive Omnibus budget bills to hide nasty pieces of legislation and to stifle debate in the House of Commons. Ongoing investigations into electoral fraud call into question the validity of a Conservative government.
The laundry list of important programs, organizations and causes that the Harper government is attacking is dizzying. But it is time we stop fighting our battles as one off, separate fights. Harper's attacks on Idle No More, on workers and on environmental policies are part of a larger neo-liberal agenda to privatize control of our common public resources and put more power in the hands of the corporate elite. Cuts to vital public services like Employment Insurance, Old Age Security and environmental protection are part of a larger plan of shrinking government.
If the Harper Conservatives are allowed to continue on this path, I am afraid that soon we won't recognize the country that we live in. People in my generation will grow up in a Canada whose rivers are becoming more polluted, and in a Canada that has completely turned its back on migrant rights. We will live in a country that failed to take action to stop climate change; a country that let its graduates rack up unprecedented levels of student debt while sidelining its seniors to live in poverty. We will live in a country that has further ignored its responsibility to negotiate with First Nations on a nation to nation basis.
I don't want to live in a country like that. This is why on January 28th, when MPs come back to the House of Commons, I will be standing up for a different agenda for Canada as part of a joint call out from Idle No More and Common Causes.
Common Causes -- a new initiative bringing together social justice, environmental, labour and other activist groups, is organizing for a global day of peaceful action in solidarity with Idle No More. The goal is to fight back against targeted attacks by this government on Indigenous communities, environmental protection, our public services, workers rights, a women's right to choose, charitable organizations, civil liberties, migrant and immigrant and refugee rights.
This day of action follows an activism-filled weekend in Ottawa. Over 100 organizers from all over the country are meeting in Ottawa for the founding assembly of the Canada-Quebec-Indigenous Social Forum, and a discussion of the exciting and much needed Port Elgin Coalition.
We are at a critical time for social movements in Canada. We need to stand together and build movements that are resilient, grounded in anti-oppression and that foster solidarity across movements.
I truly hope that January 28 can be the beginning of the end of the Harper Conservatives.
Tria Donaldson is a youth activist with roots in the climate justice and labour movements. She is helping with social media for Common Causes. You can follow her on Twitter @TriaDonaldson
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It's the 3rd Blogger Night of Kenny Rogers happening at SM Mega Mall branch last March 29, 2012. At Kenny Rogers its is easy to find the perfect match. The best part being you do not have to stick to one. With Kenny's new Saucy Roast Chicken, diners have more reasons to enjoy the number one rosted chicken in Asia with three new savor and to die for.
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"These delightful chicken and sauce matches are our delightful gifts to foodies. It's a new set of pleasant surprises for our guest. There is no easier way to put it. It's definitely another way of enjoying the unique Kenny experience"
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It is a pleasure for me to be back at the NATO Defence Ministers' meeting.
First of all, I will start my day here with a meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister/Defence Minister of [the Republic of] North Macedonia [Radmila Šekerinska]. I am looking forward to the formal notification of the new name. The implementation of the Prespa Agreement - and the invitation to be here for the Defence Minister of North Macedonia [Radmila Šekerinska] - is indeed historical step.
It is a process that the European Union has supported all along the way. I think it is remarkable how the leaders and the people of both countries have been working towards this courageous, historic and really encouraging turning point that I believe can inspire not only the Balkans, but all of Europe, showing leadership, determination and achieving an excellent result. I will start with this meeting, which for me is very important and emotional.
Then I will have the opportunity to brief the Defence Ministers of the NATO allies about the work we have done on the European defence in the European Union. These are regular meetings. Just a couple of weeks ago, [Secretary-General of NATO] Jens Stoltenberg joined us for the European Union Defence Ministers meeting.
I will update Ministers on the state of play of all the fields of work - the Permanent Structured Cooperation [PESCO], the projects we have put in place, the work to strengthen the capacity of European Union Member States that are also most of them NATO allies to invest in defence to take also their part of the responsibility. Some call it the burden, I prefer the word responsibility, and in this contributes also to a stronger NATO.
I will stress again something that the Secretary-General of NATO [Jens Stoltenberg] constantly reminds us, that a stronger European Union in the field of defence makes also NATO stronger, as well as we recognise that a strong NATO makes Europe safer. I will be very pleased to see here again with the Ministers of the [NATO] allies how we advance together, both on the strengthening of the European Union defence but also on the EU-NATO cooperation that has been our priority from the very beginning of this journey.
Q. There is a big meeting, a conference on the security in the Middle East, going on in Warsaw to which you were invited. Why did you choose to be here instead of there?
I am always present at the NATO Defence Ministers' and Foreign Ministers' meetings. I think I did not miss one since I started my mandate. It is for me an institutional duty but also a political priority to invest in a strong EU-NATO cooperation. I informed about this clash of dates both the Polish friends, the Foreign Minister [of Poland, Jacek Czaputowicz,] and the Prime Minister [of Poland, Mateusz Morawiecki] with whom I spoke a few days ago, but also [Secretary of State of the United States] Mike Pompeo that I will meet here tomorrow in Brussels. They perfectly understand the fact that for the European Union NATO is important, so it is clear that my place is here today.
Q. You will meet Mike Pompeo tomorrow. What about your different views on Iran? Do you think you would be able to reconcile them eventually?
We have different views on the implementation of the nuclear deal [Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action] with Iran but we have views that on other issues coincide. I still believe that we have the same views on Syria and the need for a political solution to the war. I think we have similar views on the missile program of Iran and on the need to move forward for peace in Yemen.
Again, it is not for me to express the US positions; it is clear what the European Union positions are. We see convergence on many of them, some differences on some others that we tackle in a very pragmatic and calm manner. Wherever we have fields of common interest and common action we work together and on other fields where views diverge, the Europeans follow their European priorities.
For us, the implementation of the nuclear deal with Iran [Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action] is a matter of European security - to avoid that Iran can develop a nuclear weapon, and we see it is working. For us it is a matter of priority to keep implementing it at full.
On other issues we can work very closely together with the United States.
Q. You announced the Third Brussels Conference on Supporting the future of Syria and the region and you mentioned the issue of Syria. After ISIS was physically ended, will you address today the Defence Ministers about the political issues in Syria and Iraq?
We normally deal with that with the Foreign Ministers. The Ministerial Conference in Brussels will be the third of that kind and Foreign Ministers are invited to join. I have had conversations about that to prepare the Conference both with our partners in the UN, the new UN Special Envoy [for Syria, Geir Pedersen] but also the colleagues working on the humanitarian field and obviously with the Foreign Ministers of the region starting from Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon.
We will have a discussion with the Foreign Ministers of the European Union Member States on Monday to prepare the Syria Conference among other things.
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The husband's secret is the second novel I've read by Australian Author Liane Moriarty, and I couldn't put it down.
It is written in three different viewpoints. Cecilia Fitzpatrick is a mother of three girls and a powerhouse on Sydney's North Shore. She discovers an unopened letter her husband addressed to her years ago, to be opened on the event of his death. Cecilia is itching to open it, and when she finally does, her life will never be the same.
Tess O'Leary has just found out her best friend Felicity (who also happens to be her cousin) and Tess's husband, Will, are in love. Tess takes her son and flies to her home town of Sydney to stay with her injured mother so the two most important people in her life can have their affair and life can return to normal. But will it?
For Rachel Crowley, spending time with her toddler grandson Jacob alleviates the grief she bears from her daughter Janie's murder many years earlier. Working at St Angela's catholic school also keeps her mind occupied. Things haven't been so bad, until Rachel's son Rob and daughter-in-law Lauren tell her they are moving New York. Rachel's grief is stirred up to new heights, as the anniversary of Janie's death approaches.
When the three women's worlds collide, secrets from the past come to light and each of them will face new hardships they hadn't ever expected.
'A letter from you,' said Cecilia. She was trying to sound light, jokey, so that this whole situation would stay in the right perspective, so that whatever was in the letter would mean nothing, would change nothing. 'To me, to be opened in the event of your death.'
The Aussie sense of humour used throughout helped to tone down the darker subject matter. Liane Moriarty captures the essence of her characters along with Sydney's Northern suburbs extremely well (dramatised, of course). The character's themselves weren't necessarily people I felt inclined to like, with the exception of a few, but I could definitely sympathise with them. Their reactions to what happened in the past and also what was happening in the present were interesting, and not necessarily what I think I would do in the same situations.
I loved the first half of this book and I waited with anticipation for the content reveal of the letter — although I suspected what it would be by the time Cecilia actually opened it. I can't really write much more without spoilers.
There were a couple of ways I felt let down by the husband's secret. Tess's story felt incomplete. The ending also, despite the epilogue. But aside from that, I enjoyed it and I know it will keep me thinking.
I rate this 3.5★ stars, but I'll round up to four for Goodreads and the like.


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The Foodie Club by Dani Shear
Picky eaters. We all know some, and many of us have one (or two or three). Parents bang their heads against the wall trying to help kids expand their food palates beyond "kid food." This fun, kid-friendly book by Dani Shear just might help.
We meet Syd, a big sister who will try anything you put in front of her. And we meet little Sunny, who seems to be your typical shortstuff picky eater. Mom is weary of the food fight, and she comes up with a plan to get Sunny interested in trying some new things. Big sister helps out, and Sunny gets inspired to try something that would strike fear in the heart of many food-challenged kids — a big green smoothie full of kale, spinach, and dates. Gulp!
As intimidating as that sounds, Sunny gets brave and not only tries the smoothie, she likes it. And she and Syd start a Foodie Club and even set up a green smoothie stand to sell the healthy treat to their friends and neighbors. We'll call that a success!
The Foodie Club is a cool twist on using books to inspire children. The story doesn't end with Sunny trying something and liking it; these bonus pages of Foodie Club fun will give picky eaters something to think about… and hopefully taste!


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For the third time, a South African high court has ordered the government to distribute a key anti-AIDS drug to HIV-positive pregnant women.
Pretoria High Court Judge Chris Botha has again ordered the government to make the anti-AIDS drug Nevirapine available to HIV-positive pregnant women at all state-run hospitals with the capacity to distribute it.
The judge refused to allow the government to appeal against his earlier court ruling regarding distribution of the drug.
Nevirapine can keep a pregnant woman with HIV from passing the virus on to her baby during childbirth. Currently, only a few public hospitals in South Africa can prescribe Nevirapine as part of a pilot program.
Earlier this month, Judge Botha ordered the government to expand its program to all public hospitals as soon as possible. The government said it planned to appeal that decision, and it wanted to delay expanding the program until the Constitutional Court rules on the matter.
But in his latest decision, Judge Botha has again ruled health officials must begin dispensing Nevirapine immediately, while they go through the appeals process.
The Treatment Action Campaign and two other AIDS activist groups filed the original lawsuit aimed at forcing the government to prescribe Nevirapine. TAC spokesman Mark Heywood welcomed the court's latest ruling. "I think that the repeated statements of the judge on the need to give this medicine make for a very strong case on behalf of all those children who are being infected today and will be infected tomorrow, to sue this government in future for its failure to comply with an order that could have saved enormous suffering and that could have prevented HIV infection," he said.
It is still not clear how the government will respond to the court ruling. Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang told reporters she will consult with the Health Department's legal advisers before deciding how to proceed.
In the past, she has argued that the court is trying to set government policy, which she said should not be allowed.
AIDS activists and some political analysts are alarmed by statements that the health minister made on South African public television Sunday. Ms. Tshabalala-Msimang was asked point-blank whether the government will comply with a court order to distribute the drug. She indicated it may not, telling a reporter "I think the courts and the judiciary must also listen to the regulatory authorities, both from this country and the United States."
"So are you saying no?" asked the journalist.
"Yes and no. I am saying no," she replied.
The situation has been complicated by recent news regarding a study on Nevirapine conducted in Uganda. The drug was approved for use in South Africa partly based on the results of the Ugandan study. But U.S. officials now say there were irregularities in the Ugandan study, and South African authorities say as a result they may have to re-evaluate Nevirapine's registration as a legal drug.
U.S. and World Health Organization officials both say the problems with the Ugandan study are only technical, and do not affect the efficacy or safety of the drug itself.
Despite that, the health department's lawyers last week tried to introduce the issue into the Nevirapine court case. They argued the government should not have to expand its Nevirapine program as long as there are questions about the drug's license. But Judge Botha has also ruled that possible future changes in Nevirapine's registration are irrelevant to the case at hand. Right now, he says, the drug is legal in South Africa.


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The Importance of Practicing Self-Care
Self Care is a term that is being thrown around in every job field and every walk of life as being a newfound necessity that has actually always been there. In this age of technology and endless lists and overscheduling, we all fall prey to stress and feeling a bit out of our depth far more often that we would like. Due to all of this desire to be as successful as possible as soon as possible, we now find ourselves in a culture where living with stress is normal; but it doesn't have to be this way. Let's take a look at the importance of practicing self-care.
But isn't self-care the same as just being really selfish?
NO! ABSOLUTELY NOT! Self-care is continually being termed as being the equivalent of being selfish, but that simply isn't the case. It also shouldn't ever be termed as something that is inconsiderate; though I know – if you live a very active, social life – this can be hard to believe. I have been right where you are right now. My first three years of college I was hyper-focused on getting through and getting high grades in order to keep my scholarships and making it through college so that I can get a good job at the end of my academic journey that I didn't ever stop to smell the roses or take any time for myself.
Feeling the need for self-care
This all came to a head when I had anxiety fueled panic attack that almost put me in the hospital. It felt like my heart was leaping out of my chest and my head was spinning; followed by what felt like an eon of crying for no easily viewable reason. After this happened, I knew that I had to make a change. At first, I started out simple. I started by taking my technology and putting it away for a few hours every day in order to spend a little less time online – where all I was feeling was FOMO and feeling as if I wasn't doing enough. By turning off the technology there felt like there was a weight lifted off my shoulders.
Establishing a routine
The second straightforward step that I took was taking the time to solidify a beauty routine. Feeling good about yourself – for many women – starts with feeling good about their face and how their skin looked.
I had struggled with dry skin for a long time so one day I went online and found some face masks that made me feel my skin so hydrated and soft, and helped me wind down and relax as it was time to go to bed. So I can assure you one of the most important lessons you need to learn practicing self-care is— how to take care of your skin.
When you are first trying out face masks or a face mask set, look into what different kinds there are and what purpose they serve in order to find what will work best for you. Face masks can be a great gateway into solving many perceived skin issues and taking the allotted time – usually 10 to 30 minutes – to zen out and let your skin heal is sometimes all it needs and all you need to relax before you head back into your day. Oftentimes the best times to do masks is early in the morning – if it is a hydrating mask – and nighttime – if it is a cleansing mask (that way overnight your face has time to cleanse and clear).
What should you do?
When I first started my self-care journey, I came up with a list of things to do in order to avoid anxiety attacks and feeling wrong about where I am in life. I have supplied the list below in order to give you an idea of where to start before you start your own self-care journey.
Understand how stress affects you
Stress doesn't just affect your mind, but it can affect your physical being as well. Whether that is manifested in headaches, low energy, upset stomach, insomnia, or aches, pains and tense muscles; the physical symptoms of stress can be just as painful as the mental toll, so be sure to take the time to analyze how stress manifests – I personally keep a journal and notate how long the symptoms last and what works to help alleviate some of the pain.
Protect your physical self
Similar to the first step, improving your physical wellbeing is one of the most comprehensive ways you can support your mental health. You'll have an easier time maintaining good mental habits when your body is a robust and resilient foundation. This can be done by eating well, exercising daily, practicing relaxation exercises – yoga is a really great place to start with this step -, and getting a good night's sleep. Adults generally need between seven and nine hours of sleep; which I understand seems like an impossible task.
However, a brief nap—up to 30 minutes— helps me feel refreshed and feel alert again during the day. Even 15 minutes of daytime sleep is helpful. To make your nighttime sleep count more, practice good "sleep hygiene," like avoiding using computers, TV, and smartphones before bed. I try to turn off all of my technology an hour before I actually lie down in bed every night.
Recharge yourself
I have always been someone who takes care of others before I take care of myself, and if I did have any issues, then I would try to fix other's issues before I even thought about working on myself. Any amount of time you take for yourself is essential. Being out of "caregiver mode" for as little as five minutes in the middle of a day packed with obligations can be a meaningful reminder of who you are in a broader sense. It can help keep you from becoming consumed by your responsibilities.
Start small: think about activities you enjoyed before becoming a caregiver and try to work them back into your life. If you used to enjoy days out with friends, try to schedule a standing monthly lunch with them. It becomes part of your routine, and no one has to work extra to make it happen each month.
Practice good mental habits
There are three easy steps you can implement into your everyday life that will immediately help you in the mental positivity game: avoid guilt, notice the positive, and most importantly, gather strength from others. It is okay to ask for help, and it is human to acknowledge that you need help.
Whether you just need someone to be a wall to talk to or if you need someone to hold you while you cry or laugh or scream or anything else; having someone there to talk to who understands you will be the most important thing you can do to help yourself. And who knows, maybe by helping yourself you may end up helping someone else through their struggles.
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Susan Ranford is an expert on career coaching, business advice, and workplace rights. She has written for New York Jobs, IAmWire, and ZipJob. In her blogging and writing, she seeks to shed light on issues related to employment, business, and finance to help others understand different industries and find the right job fit for the –


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Title: Sherwood
Author: Meagan Spooner
Genre: Action/Re-telling
My Rating: 4/5 stars
This is Meagan Spooner's second fairy tale re-telling and I have to say, she hit the nail on the head. This was so sweet!
Maybe "sweet" is the wrong word to describe this gender-bent Robin Hood imagining. But it was! I've seen some complaints about this so I'm going to clear a few things up.
This book follows Maid Marian, who's betrothed to Robin of Locksley until he dies tragically fighting in the Crusades. In this telling, Robin is a nobleman and hasn't yet become the famed thief. One of Robin's men is accused of stealing, however, and Marian disguises herself as a man to save him from what she believes is an unjust punishment. Under cover of dark, no one knows who she is; but rumors spread that the hooded figure is Robin's ghost.
So the legend begins, and Marian is forced to keep up the charade in order to save her friends. Before she knows it, she's teaming up with a band of thieves to intercept food and supplies in order to save the overtaxed people of their land from starvation. Thus, taking from the rich to give to the poor. *eyebrow waggle*
I love the idea that the legend we all know was a hooded woman. Marian is told to be skilled with the bow, fighting, basically better than her fiance, Robin, at just about everything. It's not that the original Robin Hood died, so Marian took his place. No, Marian is the original Robin Hood, in her own right. There are some who might not like this, but I found it very clever.
Sherwood has action, strong ladies, humor, heart, and a surprisingly sweet romance. The end was utterly fabulous; so ingenious that I could have cried.
My complaints though, are that this book is definitely slow to start. It takes a bit to get into it, and I admit that it's a bit longer than necessary. However, I believe that the positives far outweighed the negatives, which is why these things don't affect my rating nearly as much as it would have had this been any other book.
I thought Marian was a good character; she was compassionate and did her best for those she loved, and even for those she hardly knew. She fought for the hungry, hurting people of Nottingham and to great risks to help them.
Marian was flawed, too. She acted before thinking sometimes, but in these moments she acknowledged her mistakes and often did her best to right any wrongs. I loved the representation of a character that struggles with anxiety. This wasn't stated outright, but Marian battles feelings of fear and the loss of Robin and is sometimes forced to pause and fight with her mind before continuing.
All in all, another strong read from the author of Hunted. Will absolutely continue to read Spooner's retellings.


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Fish and Fisheries – early view
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July 26, 2014 at 6:54 pm #303337
Large reservoirs as ecological barriers to downstream movements of Neotropical migratory fish
Most large rivers in South America are fragmented by large dams, and a common management strategy to mitigate impacts has been construction of fish passes. Recent studies, however, indicate that downstream passage of adults and young fish is nil or minimal. Better understanding of this phenomenon is needed if fishways are to provide any tangible conservation value in South America. We propose, in this article, that large reservoirs impose a different kind of barrier to migrating fish: impoundments create a diffuse gradient of hydraulic/limnological conditions that affects fish behaviour and functions as an extensive environmental filter that discourages downstream movements. To develop this idea, we characterize the barriers created by dams and reservoirs by describing their distinct nature, the effects on fish migration and potential solutions. We show, for example, that dams generally prevent upstream movements, whereas reservoirs impede mainly downstream movements. In this context, we explain how fish passes, in some instances, can partially mitigate fragmentation caused by dams, but there is no technical solution to solve the barrier effect of reservoirs. In addition, we present a body of empirical evidence that supports the theory that large reservoirs are important barriers to fish migration in South America, we offer an overview of the size of reservoirs to show that impoundments typically have large dimensions, and we discuss the significance of this theory for other regions. Based on current and proposed river regulation scenarios, we conclude that conservation of Neotropical migratory fish will be much more complicated than previously believed.
Environmental enrichment for fish in captive environments: effects of physical structures and substrates
Structural environmental enrichment, that is, a deliberate addition of physical complexity to the rearing environment, is sometimes utilized to reduce the expression of the undesirable traits that fish develop in captivity. Increasing demands and regulations regarding usage of enrichment to promote fish welfare also make investigations on the effects of enrichment important. Here, we sythesize the current state-of-the-art knowledge about the effects of structural environmental enrichment for fish in captive environments. We find that enrichment can affect several aspects of the biology of captive fish, for example, aggression, stress, energy expenditure, injury and disease susceptibility. Importantly, these effects are often varying in direction and magnitude, and it is clear that just addition of structure is not a solution to all problems in fish rearing. Each species and life stage needs special consideration with respect to its natural history and preferences. A multitude of different enrichment types has been investigated and many studies investigate several enrichment components at the same time, making comparisons among studies difficult. To the present date, the majority of efforts have been directed to investigate salmonid fish in stock-fish hatcheries and cichlids from a basic research perspective. Some contexts are under-studied with respect to environmental enrichment, for instance effects on results in basic research and welfare effects in display aquaria. There are many research opportunities left within this field. However, future studies could utilize experimental designs which make it possible to discriminate between effects of different environmental manipulations to a higher degree than what has been performed to this date.
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1) Define a base class for your events. In my example code, you are running a email spam business, so there is a SpamEvent, with several (internal) subclasses.
2) Define an interface, e.g. SpamListener, with calls to listen to every subclass of event. Note that the names of the calls need not be distinctive, since the signature of the argument varies. For example, the name of the call could still be simply handleEvent().
3) Each subclass of the base event should implement a method
public void doubleDispatch(SpamListener listener) { listener.handleEvent(this); }
4) You need to implement a genericized listener (as in my previous two posts) for the base class, which calls doubleDispatch, e.g.
public void handleEvent(SpamEvent event) { event.doubleDispatch(theSpamListener); }
What happens is that this one listener for all of your events, tells the event to double dispatch. The event knows what type it is, and calls the appropriate method in theSpamListener.
Example source code (with JUnit tests) for this is available at my wiki:


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They're posting one song at a time on Instagram.
Every hour the ladies of Fifth Harmony are revealing a song title from their forthcoming record 7/27.
Now that the we've got a tour announcement and newly confirmed release date out of the way, it's time to focus on what Fifth Harmony will bring come May 27. They began sharing song titles from the new LP on Instagram one post at a time.
The ladies revealed their album features collaborations with Ty Dolla $ign, Fetty Wap and Missy Elliott.
7/27 Tracklist:
1. "That's My Girl"
2. "Work from Home" feat. Ty Dolla $ign
3. "The Life"
4. "Write on Me"
5. "I Lied"
6. "All In My Head (Flex)" feat. Fetty Wap
7. "Squeeze"
8. "Gonna Get Better"
9. "Scared of Happy"
10. "Not That Kinda Girl" feat. Missy Elliott
11. "Dope"
12. "No Way"
1. "That's My Girl"
2. "Work from Home" feat. Ty Dolla $ign
3. "The Life"
4. "Write on Me"
5. "I Lied"
6. "All In My Head" featuring Fetty Wap
Track six… All In My Head (Flex) Feat. @fettywap1738 • You can never have enough REGGAE in your life ! The vibe and rhythm to this I feel represents me best as a South Pacific Islander ❤ !! this is just one of those feel-good songs that you can't help but jam to, no matter where you're at or who you're with! So imma need you to BUMP THIS ONE hella loud when you're out and about! lol The overall Melody is so memorable you'll find yourself singing it everywhere you go, ESPECIALLY with Fetty Wap's ridiculously, amazing catchy tunes! Lyrically it's FUN & FLIRTY, so don't take it serious because remember it's all in your head! wink wink ? -Dinah
7. Squeeze
8. "Gonna Get Better"
Track eight… Gonna Get Better • When I first heard 'Gonna Get Better', there was this insane magical connection. I thought it was beautiful. I did not write it, but it felt like I did. I was going through something that day, and this song perfectly fit my emotion. So, I went to the booth, laid down these words from my heart and sang from my soul. You can say it has a special meaning for me. I'll never forget it. -Ally
9. "Scared Of Happy"
10. Not That Kinda Girl featuring Missy Elliott
11. "Dope"
DELUXE EDITION • Track eleven… Dope • I resonate with "Dope" on such personal level. Lyrically and melodically it creates an imagery of this girl being super passionate about someone but lacks the confidence to tell them. I have definitely been in the position where I feel extremely fascinated with someone but I'm absolutely loss for words when in person with them. I had the best time in the studio recording this record. I was able to become vulnerable in my own space. It was such an experience. -Normani
12. "No Way"
DELUXE EDITION • Track twelve… No Way • It's insane how much we have been through with "No Way". It actually was recorded about 2 years ago when we were starting to record the first album, Reflection. The second we got this song I remember listening to it over and over and over and over again with Victoria Monét singing the demo on it (who has one of the most beautiful voices ever) and I just connected so intensely with the lyrics. They were so raw and honest about a relationship that was just toxic but from everyone else's perspective and about how they know that they're made for each other and to love each other and to heal each other..but how that love is tricky to keep and have and hold. I just love the way the song takes you on an emotional journey and how you feel the pain of these people's indecision to love or let go. We were able to emote in a way we hadn't ever done before in our music and I think that was why it is my favorite because I felt at the time and every time I hear it now the emotion behind the words; and I hadn't felt that connected to any of the songs in that way before. I love the vulnerability and the reality of the situation. -Lauren
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Daily News
Dec 8, 2014 8:44 AM
Veteran broadcaster and federal privacy commissioner Bruce Phillips has died at the age of 84.
A statement from his family says he died of kidney failure on Saturday in Penticton, B.C. The statement also said he suffered a stroke in June.
Phillips worked for a number of media outlets during his career including CTV news in the 70's and 80's. Among his other duties he hosted the CTV show "Question Period."
He later served as Canada's privacy commissioner between 1991 and 2000.
Phillips was invested in the Order of Canada in 2010.
After leaving the office of the privacy commissioner, Phillips retired to B.C.'s Okanagan region to be near his two daughters.
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|"While we're stuck waiting, why don't you tell us who's really under there?"
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|"That's it. I'm calling it in. Let's see who's laughing."
|— Night Watchman to Morro, "Winds of Change"
Night Watchman is the night watchman for the Ninjago Museum of History.
The Tall Tale of Doubloon (non-canon)
At one point the watchman was stationed at Kryptarium Prison and noticed when Doubloon escaped.
Later, he patrolled Stiix, but failed to notice the escaped thief slip by.
Winds of Change
One night while guarding the Museum's Ninja exhibit, the Watchman spent his time playing with the large animatronics. However, he was interrupted when a shadowy figure began lurking around and haunting the exhibits. This figure turned out to be Morro, who later possessed the Watchman.
When the Watchman finally gained control of his body once more, Lloyd had arrived and the Watchman witnessed him being possessed by Morro.
The Watchman is known to be childish, playing with the mannequins to pass the time and telling an intruder that he unlocked his Full Potential and knows Spinjitzu.
Despite this, he is shown to worry about the fate of Ninjago when he read Morro's mind while being possessed.
LEGO Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu
Season 5: Possession
- 45. "Winds of Change"
- 50. "Kingdom Come "
Tall Tales
- "The Tall Tale of Doubloon" (non-canon)
- He claims to know Spinjitzu. However, he may only have said this to make the intruder in the museum leave him alone.


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Debbie Wasserman Schultz and the Democratic National Committee (DNC) must be fuming. The possible cracks within a crumbling Democrat Party showed themselves clearly this past weekend when presidential candidate Martin O'Malley (D-MD) condemned Wasserman Schultz and the DNC for 'rigging' the presidential debates for Hillary Clinton!
"Four debates. Four debates? Four debates, and four debates only we are told, not asked before the voters in our earliest states make their decision. This is totally unprecedented in our party history. This sort of rigged process this has never been attempted before.
Who's decree is this exactly? Where did it come from? To what end? For what purpose? What national or party interest does this decree does this serve? How does this tell the story of the last eight years of Democratic progress? How does this promote our Democratic ideas for making wages go up and household incomes go up again, instead of down?
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How does this help us make our case to the American people? One debate in Iowa? That's it? One debate in New Hampshire? That's all we can afford? And, get this, the New Hampshire debate is cynically wedged into the high-point holiday shopping season. So, as few people watch it as possible.
We are the Democratic Party, not the Undemocratic Party. If we are to debate debates, the topic should be how many, not how few."
What made this situation awesome was that as soon as O'Malley was finished with his speech he handed the podium off to the DNC Chairwoman, and author of the debate schedule, Debbie Wasserman Schultz! As you can imagine, this quick meeting after such harsh words from O'Malley made for a very awkward moment.
Awesome. I love the disgust, rage and disdain in Wasserman Schultz's eyes, and the equally dismissive grin on O'Malley's face as the two shake hands before he leaves the stage! What a perfect moment.
Later Wasserman Schultz proved just how "classy" she was by telling people that she was classy.
"I just said thank you. I have more class than that. I shook his hand and went to the podium."
Perhaps the classy move would have been to pretend the entire thing just didn't happen, Debbie? Is it classy to tell people that you are classy even after you made no attempt to cover your disgust for one of your party's candidates for President? It makes it seem as if the party chairwoman may be biased against one candidate and possibly biased towards another one… which is exactly what O'Malley was complaining about to begin with. Instead of diffusing the situation, Wasserman-Schultz simply confirmed everything that O'Malley was implying.
Here's the full video of O'Malley's speech.
The views expressed in this opinion article are solely those of their author and are not necessarily either shared or endorsed by EagleRising.com


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My wife has given me grief over the years because I refuse to join her on roller coasters. She loves them, but the thought of riding on what is essentially a sweaty, metal, human catapult sends nervous shutters down my spine.
She's typically right in saying they are perfectly safe, but my biggest reason for roller coaster anxiety is that I'm not directing my own course. In a car, I have the control to push the pedal to the floor and whip its four wheels into corners, but on a roller coaster, I'm just along for the ride.
Needless to say, my wife had good reason to question why I volunteered to sit in the passenger seat of a 460-horsepower Corvette piloted by a man I had known all of five minutes as he hurtled the Grand Sport as fast as he could at Road Atlanta. All the while, he was verbally confirming that no, he was not a professional driver.
The reason for my foray into dangerous territory was The Driving Club at Road Atlanta. Founded in 2018, the club allows drivers, both amateurs and professionals, to drive their cars at speed at the prolific, highly touted road course in Braselton, Georgia.
The club meets once or twice a month at the track with a quasi-country club feel. For a $7,500 initiation fee, $275 a month and $75 for each track day, drivers can take their cars on track and dine and relax in the club's 25,000-square foot clubhouse that once housed the Chip Barber Racing School. Members can also store their track day cars on site. Adding to its amenities, the club will take residence in a suite in the new Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta tower currently under construction.
Members also have reciprocal benefits to attend VIR Driving Club track days at VIRginia International Raceway.
For around 20 minutes, I entrusted my life to one of the club's original members, John Partington. John is a bit of an outlier in the club because his car does not carry a Porsche emblem. While there is certainly a mix of cars, from spec MX-5s to Vipers, the Road Atlanta Driving Club has a particularly German influence.
Not John, though. He was a Corvette man since before he was a man and signing off on his 2017 Grand Sport was a literal childhood dream.
While John was quick to point out he was not a professional driver while hurtling his American muscle to 150 mph down the hill into Turn 10A — perhaps not the best timing for my sake — he speaks in an almost giddy way of improving his times.
Mind you, he's not out to break lap records. Far from it.
John has taken advantage of the club's driving instructors, including Pro Coach Seth Thomas, a veteran sports car driver. The club offers different levels of coaching, for those with no track experience to veteran drivers looking to further hone their skills.
John speaks with an obvious passion for learning how to improve at trail braking, carrying speed through corners, exit speed and attacking corners. He said at each stage of his instruction he has continually improved, and while he still has a ways to go before he can match the lap times his car is capable of, he wants to be a better driver overall. Then the lap times will improve, he said.
The club has three driver groupings, the novice Touring group, intermediate Sport and expert Sprint group. Each group has its own track times throughout member days and runs multiple sessions throughout the day. Those interested in joining the group can also participate in a lead/follow where they take to the track at lower speeds behind a driving instructor to get a feel for the track.
Members days begin early with a breakfast at 7:30 a.m. before a drivers' briefing and warm-up period. Cars are then on track until lunch around noon before drivers get back on the track until early evening. After the driving is done and the tires cool, a reception is held with beer and wine.
John says one of the best aspects of the club is the comradery that has been built among its members. He said the club is filled with personable, interesting people, and though there is some speed disparity from cars and drivers in each group, no one is critical or hyper-competitive.
Beyond the cars and people, John holds his testing ground of Road Atlanta — home to the prestigious Petit Le Mans — in the highest regard.
It really is something.
I have logged hundreds of hours driving Road Atlanta, but unfortunately, all those miles driven were done digitally. And no computer chair or steering wheel attached to a desk can give you the experience of actually being on the track.
Simulators do not get anywhere near simulating the blind, sheer drop of Turn 11, or the way the camber of Turn 6 propels you into Seven or the steep, sweeping climb of Turn 1.
The long backstretch allows you to reach the upper echelon of a car's top speed, something not possible at many tracks.
Club Principal Trip Campbell said there are other driving clubs that offer similar amenities, but he called the track "the real jewel" of The Driving Club at Road Atlanta. Campbell said there have been multiple attempts to create a club at the prestigious track, but it was not until recently that all the pieces came into place.
The club currently has over 120 members, and after I spent the day with its members and on track, there was no sales pitch needed for me to want to sign the dotted line.
But before I do so, it's time to hit the gym.
Like roller coasters, you have to be strapped in securely to navigate Road Atlanta, and I did not fit in the 5-point harnesses of two members' cars.
And that was far more disappointing than not being able to ride a roller coaster, because I'll argue that traversing Road Atlanta is a hell of a lot more fun than any steel track.


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On Wednesday 14 October 2015, Waste Free Oceans held the conference 'Guardians of the Sea' in the European Parliament. The conference was hosted by MEP Alain Cadec, WFO Champion and Chairman of the Fisheries Committee. The conference gathered over 60 participants coming from the plastics industry, associations, NGOs, the European Commission and the European Parliament.
MEP Alain Cadec opened the conference by rightly stating that, in the fight against marine litter, "it is crucial to collaborate with fishermen as they are best equipped to collect floating debris". Bernard Merkx, Co-Founder of Waste Free Oceans, discussed the need to determine marine litter hotspots, that is, where there is a regular accumulation of litter due to natural or human causes. Fishing for litter is not to be carried out in a "random" manner but must be optimized by targeting hotspots.
Ms. Elisa Roller of the European Commission's Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (DG MARE) stressed the fact that there remains a lack of awareness of the funds made available by the European Institutions to support the collection of waste by fishermen. Ms. Roller is the Head of Unit for Structural Policy and Economic Analysis at DG MARE and assured that marine litter will be part of the Circular Economy Package which the Commission is scheduled to release by the end of 2015. Indeed, "potentially valuable materials should be pumped back into our economy instead of polluting our beaches and damaging our environment".
Massimo Bellavista, President of Bellaria Pesca Producers Organization and Italian Member of Europêche, presented the European Project ECOADRIA-FISHERMAN, which, following the European guidelines on Blue Growth and the European Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Sea, actively involves fishermen of the region. The pilot project gives local fisherman a leading role in managing sea activities and raising awareness on marine litter problems in the area. A mobile application was specially created to easily notify and alert fishermen and the community of marine litter problems in the area.
Nicole Intemann, author of Plastian the Little Fish, told the heart-warming story of how she came about to writing a children's book on the problem of marine litter. WFO recently partnered with Ms. Intemann in order to raise awareness on the issue of marine litter and to educate children aged five to ten of the problem and its solutions. The conference officially launched the book and is set for worldwide distribution with the hopes of inspiring children to build for a future where the oceans are waste free.
MEP Ricardo Serrão Santos, who also spoke at the conference, is a Member of the Fisheries Committee and highly dedicated to our oceans and is working to protect marine life. MEP Mr. Santos brought to light the many other pollutants affecting the state of the oceans.
During the debate that followed the presentations, it was further highlighted that fishermen should not have to pay when unloading at ports the waste collected when either actively or passively fishing for litter. Unfortunately, this is not the reality of today and harmonized measures should be put in place.
MEP Alain Cadec concluded that WFO offers a remarkable example of collaborating with fishermen for their knowledge and capabilities, as well as developing a true circular economy that adds value to waste.
About WFO
Waste Free Oceans (WFO) is a ground breaking public-private Foundation aimed at mobilizing and uniting the fisheries sector, public authorities and the international plastics industry in combating the growing issue of floating litter on the coastlines, at the rivers and in the seas. Various projects have been launched since 2011 and receive the full support of MEP Alain Cadec, Chair of the European Parliament's Committee on Fisheries and WFO Champion.
Source: Waste Free Oceans


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Friday 25 January
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The eastern quoll is a medium-sized carnivorous marsupial with thick, soft fur that is fawn, brown or black and covered in small white spots, except on the tail (3) (4) (5). The tail is long and bushy, and sometimes has a white tip (4) (5).
This species occurs in two distinct colour morphs, the first being fawn with whitish underparts, and the second being black with brownish underparts (3). The fawn morph of the eastern quoll is more common, but both can occur in the same litter. Both morphs possess the distinctive white spots (2) (3) (5).
The male eastern quoll is larger than the female (3) (4). Both sexes have a long body, short legs, a narrow head with a tapering snout, and erect ears that have rounded tips (3) (5). Compared to the closely related spotted-tailed quoll (Dasyurus maculatus), the eastern quoll is slighter in build and has a more pointed muzzle (4) (5), and is also distinguished by the lack of spots on its tail (2).
The eastern quoll tends to live alone, foraging mainly for invertebrates such as beetle larvae and corbie grubs (Oncopera spp.). However, it is an opportunistic carnivore and will also hunt small mammals such as rabbits, mice and rats, as well as birds, lizards and snakes. It also scavenges on larger prey and occasionally feeds on grass and fruits (2) (3) (4). The eastern quoll may even compete with the larger Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) for food, darting around its kills to take small pieces of flesh (3) (4).
A nocturnal species, the eastern quoll shelters in a den by day, usually in an underground burrow, fallen log or rock pile (2) (3) (4). The eastern quoll is mainly terrestrial, moving across the ground with a bounding gait and only occasionally climbing (3).
The eastern quoll breeds in the early winter, between May and August (2) (3) (4) (5), with the young being born after a gestation period of around 21 days (3) (4). There may be up to 30 young in each litter, but the pouch of the female eastern quoll usually contains only 6 teats. This means that the only young to survive are those that can attach themselves to the teats in order to feed (2) (3) (4).
After about ten weeks, the young eastern quolls leave the pouch and the female leaves them in a grass-lined den in a burrow or hollow log, allowing the female to hunt and forage. If the female needs to move to a different den site, she may carry the young on her back (2) (3) (4). Weaning occurs when the young eastern quolls are about five months old (2) (3) (4), meaning that the young become independent around November, at a time of year when food availability is high (3).
While the young eastern quolls are being cared for by the female, their mortality rate is low. However, after weaning the young tend to disperse, and mortality is high during the first few months of independent life (2) (3) (4). The eastern quoll reaches sexual maturity within its first year, and may live for around three to five years in the wild (3) (5).
The eastern quoll once occurred across southeast Australia, from South Australia, through Victoria to the central coast of New South Wales (1) (2) (3). However, after reductions of between 50 and 90 percent in its historical range, the eastern quoll now exists in the wild only in Tasmania and on the nearby Bruny Island, where it may have been introduced (1) (3).
In Tasmania, the eastern quoll has a widespread but patchy distribution (1), being most common in the drier eastern half of the island (3) (5).
The eastern quoll occurs in a wide variety of habitats, including open forests, heaths, wet scrub, moorlands, woodlands, alpine habitats and grasslands (1) (2) (3) (4) (6), at elevations from sea level to around 1,500 metres (3). It is also found on agricultural land, being particularly common where pastures occur adjacent to forest (2) (3) (4) (5) (6).
The eastern quoll is classified as Near Threatened (NT) on the IUCN Red List (1).
The last eastern quoll on the Australian mainland is thought to have been killed around 1963, although there have been unconfirmed sightings since (1) (3). The factors that caused the eastern quoll to become extinct on the mainland are not well known (1), but may have included predation by and competition with introduced carnivores such as red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) and feral cats, as well as disease transmitted from these non-native species. The eastern quoll was also hunted in the past, and has been persecuted as it may sometimes prey on domestic poultry (3).
Although considered to be widespread and relatively common in Tasmania (1) (2) (4), the eastern quoll is now believed to be undergoing a rapid decline (6). The recent introduction of the red fox to Tasmania is likely to present the most significant threat to the eastern quoll there (1) (6) (7), although it may also face threats from habitat clearance, poisoning by insecticides, illegal persecution, and predation by and competition with feral cats (2) (3) (4) (5).
The eastern quoll is also vulnerable to mortality on roads (2) (3) (4) (5), with an increase in traffic speed resulting in an increase in the number of quolls killed (1). Although the biology of the eastern quoll is fairly well known, its precise habitat requirements, distribution, abundance and diseases are less well understood (1) (3).
To conserve the eastern quoll, the changes to its range and population density in Tasmania need to be monitored. The reasons behind its decline and its extinction on the Australian mainland also need to be better understood in order for management plans and habitat conservation measures to be put in place (1).
Further recommended conservation measures for the eastern quoll include the control of fox populations (1) (2), and the Tasmanian government is now undertaking a fox eradication programme (7). Suggestions have also been made to re-introduce the eastern quoll into parts of the mainland where red foxes are controlled (3) (8).
This small marsupial may also benefit from the protection and maintenance of suitable habitat, as well as measures to reduce road kills (2) (5). The eastern quoll is fully protected by law, and is listed under a range of national and regional legislation (2) (4).
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[SINGAPORE] An influx of tourists to Singapore this year has brought little joy to the city's hoteliers, as a glut of rooms sends a key revenue measure to a six-year low.
Revenue per available room, a metric used by the hotel industry, slumped 7.4 per cent in June to S$179.40 a night, the lowest since 2010, according to data from the Singapore Tourism Board.
Even as tourist arrivals have risen each month this year, room rates have fallen because of shorter trips by visitors and a 5 per cent increase in the number of hotel rooms.
There's no relief in sight. Of the 2,866 hotel rooms slated for addition this year, about two-thirds were expected to open in the second half, according to UOB Kay Hian Pte Ltd. Marriott International Inc and the owner of the Holiday Inn Express chain are among operators that have planned new hotels in Singapore this year or already opened them.
"The high supply of new hotel rooms will be a headwind for room rates," Macquarie Group Ltd analysts Ken Ang and Tuck Yin Soong said in a note to clients.
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"While visitor arrivals have increased, average length of stay is falling, including from a higher proportion of day visitors," said the analysts, who have a negative rating on hotel stocks.
Chinese visitors, the largest group of tourists to Singapore, posted a 53 per cent increase in June from a year earlier, the tourism board data showed. However, many price-conscious tourists are stopping over before crossing into Johor Bahru in Malaysia, which is about a 30-minute drive from the city centre, according to Derek Chang, an analyst at UOB Kay Hian in Singapore.
"Chinese tourists are coming in from secondary cities in China and they are more budget conscious," Mr Chang said.
A pull back by Chinese visitors has also hurt hotels in Hong Kong. Average room rates in Hong Kong were down 9.2 per cent to HK$1,337 (S$234.30) last year, according to the Hong Kong Tourism Board.
In Tokyo, a popular destination for Chinese tourists but which has a shortage of hotels, average daily room rates last year rose 9.4 per cent to 18,225 yen (S$238.10), data from Savills Plc showed.
The glut of rooms is hurting Singapore hotel operators. Shares of Hotel Properties Ltd, which owns the Four Seasons, Hilton and Concorde hotels in Singapore, have fallen 10 per cent this year, compared to a 1.1 per cent drop in the benchmark Straits Times Index.
Global Premium Hotels Ltd, which runs a chain of budget hotels, has dropped 12 per cent.
An outbreak of the Zika virus may further dissuade tourists. More than 240 cases of the mosquito-borne virus have been detected since the city's first case was identified last month.
When Singapore was hit by Sars in 2003, visitor arrivals plunged 70 per cent in the first three months of the pandemic, sending hotel occupancy plunging more than 40 per cent, and room rates down as much as 17 per cent, UOB Kay Hian said.
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Hartman Wins Walmart Bass Fishing League Northeast Division on the Potomac River
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Jamie Hartman of Newport, N.Y., weighed a five-bass limit totaling 20 pounds, 11 ounces Saturday to win the Walmart Bass Fishing League Northeast Division event on the Potomac River. For his victory, Hartman earned $7,271.
"In the last two years, I have been out on the river exactly twice – my two days of practice for this event," said Hartman, who is the reigning 2011 BFL Northeast Division Angler of the Year. "It was really a surprise to me to win this event. I weighed in early, and had to stick around and sweat it out. I really didn't think I had 20 pounds, let alone enough to win the event. This was my first tournament of the year, and it feels really good to get that first win.
"I had four main areas that I had found during practice, but a big rainstorm on Friday night made two of my areas unfishable," Hartman continued. "There was just too much mud. I started out by running to the Arkendale Flats, and was able to get a quick limit. As soon as I had my limit, I pulled up and went looking in some big fish areas. I was looking for the grassy weed beds that were holding the big fish and luckily I ended up finding them. I threw three main baits, and all of them produced for me – a green pumpkin-colored worm, a swimjig, and I pitched a green pumpkin-colored Power Team Lures Texas Rig Jig.
"I ended up catching around 30 fish throughout the day," Hartman went on to say. "There was a hard west wind on the river, and the temperature was much cooler than it had been in the days prior. The fish were definitely more finicky, and I really had to change up my cadence in order to get the bites I was looking for. This was a good start for my goal of another Northeast Division Angler of the Year title."
Rounding out the top 10 pros were:
2nd: Lenny Baird, Stafford, Va., five bass, 18-10, $2,136
3rd: Otis Darnell, Linden, Va., five bass, 18-4, $1,424
4th: David Wilder, Middle River, Md., five bass, 18-0, $997
5th: Mike Hoskings, Spotsylvania, Va., five bass, 17-7, $854
6th: Mike Hart, Stanhope, N.J., five bass, 16-12, $783
7th: Tom Tarasoff, Kingston, Ont., five bass, 15-13, $712
8th: Gary Marean, Manassas, Va., five bass, 15-12, $641
9th: Kevin Rodney, Midland, Va., five bass, 15-7, $569
10th: Ronnie Baker, Providence Forge, Va., five bass, 15-1, $498
Complete results can be found at FLWOutdoors.com.
Maurice Campbell of Leominster, Mass., weighed a five-bass limit totaling 15 pounds, 6 ounces Saturday to win $2,136 in the co-angler division.
Rounding out the top 10 co-anglers were:
2nd: Jody Werner, Tatamy, Pa., five bass, 14-4, $1,068
3rd: Tommy Stalb, Manheim, Pa., five bass, 14-2, $712
4th: Michael Bahnweg, Union Dale, Pa., five bass, 14-0, $498
5th: Charles Stewart, Brilliant, Ohio, five bass, 13-9, $427
6th: Destin Demarion, Erie, Pa., five bass, 13-4, $392
7th: Bernie Drimal, McKenney, Va., five bass, 12-12, $338
7th: Terry Stevens, Sterling, Va., five bass, 12-12, $338
9th: Greg Parker, Hammonton, N.J., five bass, 12-10, $285
10th: Craig Dubois, Sprakers, N.Y., five bass, 12-9, $236
10th: David Williams, Fredericksburg, Va., five bass, 12-9, $236
The next BFL Northeast Division tournament is scheduled for July 14 on Oneida Lake in Brewerton, N.Y. After the fifth Northeast Division tournament is complete, the top 40 boaters and 40 co-anglers based on point standings will qualify for the Oct. 11-13 Regional Championship on Kerr Lake in Henderson, N.C. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518 with a 200-horsepower Evinrude or Mercury outboard and a Chevy Silverado, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518 with a 200-horsepower Evinrude or Mercury outboard.
The BFL is a 24-division circuit devoted to weekend anglers, with 120 tournaments throughout the season, five in each division. The top 40 boaters and co-anglers from each division qualify for a regional tournament and compete to finish in the top six, which then qualifies them for one of the longest-running championships in all of competitive bass fishing – the Walmart BFL All-American presented by Chevy. Top winners in the BFL can move up to the EverStart Series or even the Walmart FLW Tour.


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Keith Taylor played an Only boy in the Star Trek: The Original Series first season episode "Miri". He had previously played the recurring role on Harry on the hit television sitcom Leave It to Beaver, a series that also featured Majel Barrett.
Besides Star Trek, Taylor also made appearances on My Three Sons, My Favorite Martian (starring Ray Walston), Lost in Space (with Bill Mumy), Land of the Giants (in an episode with Elizabeth Rogers), and Maude (with Adrienne Barbeau), among other TV programs. He also appeared as a messenger in a 1974 TV version of William Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra, co-starring Patrick Stewart and W. Morgan Sheppard, and was seen in such films as Follow Me, Boys! (1966, with John Larroquette), The Perils of Pauline (1967, with Hamilton Camp and Paul Winfield), and The Young Runaways (1968, with Lance LeGault).


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Check out American Terrorist III, the latest from Lupe Fiasco. The track was released on Sunday, December 11th, 2011. Lupe Fiasco's chances in this game are improving with each new release, and American Terrorist III is no exception - quite the opposite, in fact. It's a nice addition to the impressive catalogue Lupe Fiasco has been building over the years. We're definitely anticipating the next move.
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He said that we need something drier, to really impress the empire
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Dinner and a movie at Olive Garden?
So it would be pretty neat to go to an Olive Garden and be able to eat your dinner while watching a movie. They need those touch screen devices where you can pick an flick and watch while you get your grub on, but then they'd need headphones or sound proof booths. I don't think that's going to happen and really then it would take away from dinner conversation.
So the real campaign is that Olive Garden is offering deals to RedBox movies.
"Our 'Dinner and a Movie' partnership with Redbox enhances the value and convenience of our successful Buy One, Take One promotion," said Jay Spenchian, Olive Garden's executive vice president of marketing. "We're all about creating special moments for our guests, and this 'Dinner and a Movie' offer gives our guests the opportunity to enjoy a second Olive Garden experience together – at home with a Redbox movie."
Redbox promo codes are for a free one-night movie rental and will be delivered via text message. Rentals can be kept for additional nights at Redbox's everyday low daily price. To learn more about the Buy One, Take One "Dinner and a Movie" offer and find a Redbox kiosk, visit www.GetDinnerandaMovie.com.
So make sure you ask for that doggie bag and when you sit down to reheat your meal, sit down with a movie.
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S/OOTD : Opposite of Spring
Hi everyone !
I decided to do a quick style and outfit of the day today, because my clothes are really spring type or what you'd wear in February for example, because I see August & September as spring months which is weird, but that's my perception of things !
And, And ! I've semi-straightened hair ! Whoop woop !
Wearing : H&M Floral Jumpsuit,
Bracelet made by cousin,
Bracelet from Fragrance Heaven,
Pulse Accessories brown leather bow hairband,
Sekonda watch,
Tesco tights,
Denim jacket & Red leopard boots both Dunnes Stores.
Make-up : No7 compact powder
Essence Quattro palette in Ciao Bella
Essence Tint It lipgloss lip stain in Crazy
Essence concealer
Essence Multi Action mascara Smokey Eyes.
Thanks for reading !
Grace x
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The mainstream media often portrays OCD as a quirky personality trait, but as we know, OCD is far more complex than this. We were recently made aware of a new short documentary called 'Mind Games', which aims to give a voice to those struggling with types of intrusive thoughts that can be a really common symptom of OCD, but aren't often spoken about, such as sexual and violent intrusive thoughts. Through this open discussion, the filmmakers of this documentary hope to chip away at the stigma surrounding OCD.
The documentary is being directed and produced by a Houston-based filmmaker Rachel who struggles with OCD herself.
We hope that 'Mind Games' will help to highlight the real OCD as well as the recommended treatments for the condition (CBT with ERP and medication).
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