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The new Japanese prime minister has pledged to make his country carbon neutral by 2050. On this edition of Business Weekly we ask how he's planning to do it. We also take a closer look at nuclear energy to find out whether mass production of smaller reactors could be the way forward for the industry. And what can be done to get more medical grade oxygen to the countries that desperately need it? Plus, as the coronavirus pandemic forces Hollywood to delay the release of big budget movies, how are cinemas being affected? Business Weekly is produced by Matthew Davies and presented by Lucy Burton.
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Could the future of nuclear power be the mass production of cheap small modular reactors?
Justin Rowlatt visits a UK-based consortium led by Rolls Royce that is trying to develop these factory-produced miniature power stations. But how much funding does their chief executive Tom Samson think they need from the UK government to get started, and how long will it take them to deliver their first reactor?
Nuclear power has long had its sceptics. Greenpeace chief scientist Doug Parr explains why they continue to oppose nuclear on safety grounds, even as the need to find carbon-free sources of energy has become more urgent. Meanwhile, nuclear physicist M V Ramana of the University of British Columbia questions the business case for small reactors.
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Delays to Hollywood blockbusters are prompting a crisis in the cinema industry. Movie studios are putting their biggest releases on hold while the pandemic is still affecting audience numbers.
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A former CIA analyst shares her tips on separating what's true from what's false. There's been a lot of nervousness about the role of social media in the run up to next week's US presidential elections with concerns over voting interference and disinformation campaigns from foreign actors. Cindy Otis was an analyst at the CIA for ten years and her job was to filter through information and weed out fake and misleading news. She has now written a book aimed at young adults called True or False: A CIA Analyst's Guide to Spotting Fake News and tells us how fake news works.
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The US government has filed charges against Google, accusing the company of violating competition law to preserve its monopoly over internet searches and online advertising. As the Department of Justice sues the search engine google for being a monopoly, could all tech giants be under threat? We hear from Eric Schmidt, the former CEO of Google and Jack Poulsen, a software engineer and former Google employee. We also get the view of Sally Hubbard, a former New York anti-trust attorney and current director of enforcement strategy at the Open Markets Institute. (Pic of Google logo by Jakub Porzycki via Getty Images).
When President Trump came to power in 2016 he vowed he would scrap the international trade agreements he believed had cost a huge number of US jobs, and declared his intent to tip the trade balance back in America's favour. He wanted to take on China and what he saw as its dominance in the global marketplace.
How has this 'America First' policy worked out in the ensuing four years, and what has it meant for the US's trading partners?
As part of our look at the US elections 2020: and What the World Wants, Manuela Saragosa examines whether President Trump has succeeded in his aim, and she finds out what companies from China to Canada hope will come out of the next presidency. Manuela talks to Herbert Lun, managing director of Wing Sang electrical, whose factory is in China's Pearl River Delta. He produces electronic hair products for the American market - how has his business coped with the threat of US tariffs? While Mark Rowlinson, counsel at the United Steelworkers of Canada, tells Manuela that tariffs have brought some Canadian steel and aluminium producers - operating in an already very tight market - to the edge of bankruptcy.
The BBC's economics correspondent, Andrew Walker, is on hand to provide context and analysis throughout, and you can read more on the BBC website and hear more about the USA and the rest of the world, across the World Service this week.
Manuela and her guests also consider the alternative to President Trump - a Joe Biden presidency - and whether that would make it any easier to do business with the US. There might be a change of tone, but would he actually dismantle the protectionist policies of the last four years?
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A commodity associated with the destruction of tropical rainforest in South East Asia may soon have a synthetic replacement.
But can it match palm oil's magic properties? Will consumers accept it in their food? And what will it mean for the farmers whose livelihoods depend on palm oil plantations?
Manuela Saragosa speaks to Shara Ticku, co-founder of the biotech firm C16 Biosciences, which is pioneering the new plantation-free product, as well as Anita Neville of Indonesia's largest privately owned palm oil grower, Golden Agri-Resources. Plus Veronika Pountcheva of the international food wholesalers Metro Group explains why they are actively looking at the synthetic alternative.
Producer: Laurence Knight
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Golden passports and cash for citizenship - a legitimate way to for countries to get investment or a scheme open to abuse and corruption? That's the big question we'll be looking at on this episode of Business Weekly. We look at why the wealthy want to acquire them. We also hear from Cyprus where a passport corruption scandal has rocked the nation. Meanwhile, the winner of this year's Nobel Prize for Economics tells us about the unusual way in which he discovered he'd won, and of course, about the game theory that netted him and a colleague the award. And we hear from the African animators who are taking on the world. Business Weekly is presented by Lucy Burton and produced by Matthew Davies.
As talks between the EU and the UK enter their final stretch, what sort of Brexit are businesses preparing for? Manuela Saragosa speaks to Chayenne Wiskerke of the Dutch onion growing company Wiskerke Onions which exports to the UK. She also speaks to Martin Bysh the founder of Huboo, a UK fulfilment company which works mostly with the e-commerce industry and exports all over the world. They tell her how they've been coping with the years of uncertainty around the Brexit negotiations.
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It's been a tough year for much of the entertainment industry, with the pandemic causing production to be halted on all but a few projects. Filming bubbles and closed sets have been costly and time consuming. But one sector is booming – animation – especially in Africa. We hear from animators and producers across the continent about why demand for their work has never been higher. Vivienne Nunis speaks to Chris Morgan of Fundi Films, which recently produced the animation series My Better World. She's also joined by award-winning Kenyan animator and artist Ng'endo Muki and Nick Wilson, founder of the African Animation Network. Self-taught Nigerian animator Ridwan Moshood tells us how his passion for the craft took him from watching video tutorials in the internet cafes of Lagos to his own production company.
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What's it like for older people losing their job during the Covid pandemic?
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Can Hong Kong retain its position as Asia's financial capital? The National Security Law passed in Hong Kong saw violent protests in the middle of 2020. The BBC's Karishma Vaswani takes us through how businesses have changed the way they work to avoid getting in to trouble with Beijing. Edward Yau, Hong Kong's Secretary for Commerce says the new law won't change the basic pillars of Hong Kong's society, and that it will continue to attract big corporate names to hold on to its place as a key financial hub. But it's not 'business as usual' by any means, says Tara Joseph, the president of the American Chambers of Commerce for Hong Kong, saying the worsening relationship between the US and China, coronavirus and the new law means some business people are holding back from their usual activity. And two key business figures, Weijan Shan, CEO of private equity firm PAG, and Curtis Chin, former US Ambassador to the Asian Development Bank, try to unpick the difficulty of the 'one country, two systems' approach which China has historically promised in its governance over Hong Kong.
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A fat-tailed distribution is a probability distribution that has the property, along with the other heavy-tailed distributions, that it exhibits large skewness or kurtosis. This comparison is often made relative to the normal distribution, or to the exponential distribution. Fat-tailed distributions have been empirically encountered in a variety of areas: economics, physics, and earth sciences. Some fat-tailed distributions have power law decay in the tail of the distribution, but do not necessarily follow a power law everywhere.[1]
The distribution of a random variable X is said to have a fat tail if
That is, if X has probability density function ,
Here the tilde notation "" refers to the asymptotic equivalence of functions. Some reserve the term "fat tail" for distributions where 0 < α < 2 (i.e. only in cases with infinite variance).
Fat tails and risk estimate distortions
By contrast to fat-tailed distributions, in the normal distribution events that deviate from the mean by five or more standard deviations ("5-sigma events") have lower probability, thus meaning that in the normal distribution rare events can happen but are likely to be more mild in comparison to fat-tailed distributions . On the other hand, fat-tailed distributions such as the Cauchy distribution (and all other stable distributions with the exception of the normal distribution) are examples of fat-tailed distributions that have "undefined sigma" (more technically, the variance is not bounded).
Thus when data naturally arise from a fat-tailed distribution, shoehorning the normal distribution model of risk—and an estimate of the corresponding sigma based necessarily on a finite sample size—would severely understate the true degree of predictive difficulty. Many—notably Benoît Mandelbrot as well as Nassim Taleb—have noted this shortcoming of the normal distribution model and have proposed that fat-tailed distributions such as the stable distributions govern asset returns frequently found in finance.[2][3][4]
The Black–Scholes model of option pricing is based on a normal distribution. If the distribution is actually a fat-tailed one, then the model will under-price options that are far out of the money, since a 5- or 7-sigma event is much more likely than the normal distribution would predict.[5]
Applications in economics
In finance, fat tails are considered undesirable because of the additional risk they imply. For example, an investment strategy may have an expected return, after one year, that is five times its standard deviation. Assuming a normal distribution, the likelihood of its failure (negative return) is less than one in a million; in practice, it may be higher. Normal distributions that emerge in finance generally do so because the factors influencing an asset's value or price are mathematically "well-behaved", and the central limit theorem provides for such a distribution. However, traumatic "real-world" events (such as an oil shock, a large corporate bankruptcy, or an abrupt change in a political situation) are usually not mathematically well-behaved.
Historical examples include the Black Monday (1987), Dot-com bubble, Late-2000s financial crisis, and the unpegging of some currencies.[6]
Fat tails in market return distributions also have some behavioral origins (investor excessive optimism or pessimism leading to large market moves) and are therefore studied in behavioral finance.
In marketing, the familiar 80-20 rule frequently found (e.g. "20% of customers account for 80% of the revenue") is a manifestation of a fat tail distribution underlying the data.{{ safesubst:#invoke:Unsubst||date=__DATE__ |$B= {{#invoke:Category handler|main}}{{#invoke:Category handler|main}}[citation needed] }}
The "fat tails" are also observed in commodity markets or in the record industry, especially in phonographic market. The probability density function for logarithm of weekly record sales changes is highly leptokurtic and characterized by a narrower and larger maximum, and by a fatter tail than in the Gaussian case. On the other hand, this distribution has only one fat tail associated with an increase in sales due to promotion of the new records that enter the charts.[7]
Applications in geopolitics
In The Fat Tail: The Power of Political Knowledge for Strategic Investing, political scientists Ian Bremmer and Preston Keat propose to apply the fat tail concept to geopolitics. As William Safire notes in his etymology of the term,[8] a fat tail occurs when there is an unexpectedly thick end or "tail" toward the edges of a distribution curve, indicating an irregularly high likelihood of catastrophic events. This represents the risks of a particular event occurring that are so unlikely to happen and difficult to predict that many choose to ignore their possibility. One example that Bremmer and Keat highlight in The Fat Tail is the August 1998 Russian devaluation and debt default. Leading up to this event, economic analysts predicted that Russia would not default because the country had both the ability and willingness to continue to make its payments. However, political analysts argued that Russia's fragmented leadership and lack of market regulation—along with the fact that several powerful Russian officials would benefit from a default—reduced Russia's willingness to pay. Since these political factors were missing from the economic models, the economists did not assign the correct probability to a Russian default.
See also
- ↑ Bahat, Rabinovich, Frid, Tensile Fracturing in Rocks, Springer 2005, http://books.google.com/books?id=A9KumbRohY4C&pg=PA487&dq=%22fat+tail%22&cd=6#v=onepage&q=%22fat%20tail%22&f=false
- ↑ N.N. Taleb, The Black Swan,Random House and Penguin, 2007
- ↑ B. Mandelbrot, Fractals and Scaling in Finance: Discontinuity, Concentration, Risk, Springer 1997
- ↑ B. Mandelbrot, The variation of certain Speculative Prices, The Journal of Business 1963 http://web.williams.edu/Mathematics/sjmiller/public_html/341Fa09/econ/Mandelbroit_VariationCertainSpeculativePrices.pdf
- ↑ Steven R. Dunbar,Limitations of the Black-Scholes Model, Stochastic Processes and Advanced Mathematical Finance 2009 http://www.math.unl.edu/~sdunbar1/MathematicalFinance/Lessons/BlackScholes/Limitations/limitations.xml
- ↑ Jan W. Dash, Quantitative Finance and Risk Management: A Physicist's Approach, World Scientific Pub 2004, http://books.google.com/books?id=jy0WU884hW0C&pg=PA288&dq=%22fat+tail%22&cd=4#v=onepage&q=%22fat%20tail%20event%20in%20the%20real%22&f=false
- ↑ A. Buda "Does pop music exist? Hierarchical structure in phonographic markets", Physica A, 2012 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378437112004281?v=s5
- ↑ On Language: Fat Tail


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The most comprehensive portrait of art criticism ever assembled, as told by the leading writers of our timeIn the last 50 years, art criticism has flourished as never before. Moving from niche to mainstream, it is now widely taught at universities, practiced in newspapers, magazines and online, and has become the subject of debate by readers, writers and artists worldwide. Equal parts oral history and analysis of craft, What it Means to Write About Art offers an unprecedented overview of American art writing. Jarrett Earnest's wide-ranging conversations with critics, historians, journalists, novelists, poets and theorists--each of whom approaches the subject from a unique position--illustrate different ways of writing, thinking and looking at art.These in-depth conversations about writing and art are situated within individual life experiences: for instance John Ashbery recalls finding Rimbaud's poetry through his first crush at 16; Rosalind Krauss remembers stealing the design of October from Massimo Vignelli; Paul Chaat Smith details his early days with Jimmie Durham in the American Indian Movement; Dave Hickey talks about writing country songs with Waylon Jennings; Michele Wallace relives her late-night and early-morning interviews with James Baldwin; Lucy Lippard describes confronting Clement Greenberg at a lecture; Eileen Myles asserts her belief that her negative review incited the Women's Action Coalition; and Fred Moten recounts falling in love with Renoir while at Harvard. Other interviewees include Hilton Als, Bill Berkson, Yve-Alain Bois, Huey Copeland, Holland Cotter, Douglas Crimp, Darby English, Hal Foster, Michael Fried, Thyrza Nichols Goodeve, Siri Hustvedt, Kellie Jones, Chris Kraus, Molly Nesbit, Jed Perl, Barbara Rose, Jerry Saltz, Peter Schjeldahl, Barry Schwabsky, Roberta Smith, Lynne Tillman and John Yau. Jarrett Earnest is a writer and artist living in New York City. From 2014 to 2017 he was faculty at the free experimental art school Bruce High Quality Foundation University (BHQFU), running their MFU programs in New York and Miami. He coedited the volumes Tell Me Something Good: Artist Interviews from The Brooklyn Rail (2017) and For Bill, Anything: Images and Text for Bill Berkson (2015). His writing has appeared in the Brooklyn Rail, the Village Voice, Los Angeles Review of Books, Art in America and San Francisco Arts Quarterly, among others.


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What are Non Conviction Records?
Non conviction records can include, but are not limited to;
- Records relating criminal charges that were withdrawn, stayed or where the accused was found not guilty at trial.
- Records relating to conditional and absolute discharges.
- Records relating to any existing or prior police investigations.
- Records relating to any outstanding warrants for arrest.
- Records of any current and past probation orders or peace bonds.
- Fingerprint and Photograph records.
- Records of contact with police as a result of mental health concerns.
- Records of any other contact or involvement with the police, such as occurrence reports.
While not all records of contact or involvement are retained by police agencies, it is the discretion of the particular police agency whether they retain any of these records for future use.
The Presumption of Innocence and the Right to Security of a Person
Among the many rights and protections under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, there is a right to security of a person and the right to presumed innocent until proven guilty. The retention of non-conviction records by police agencies can create circumstances which raise concerns regarding these rights. One such example occurs when these non-conviction records appear on police background checks.
While a criminal record check discloses any criminal conviction received by a person who has not been granted a criminal record suspension, a police background check (also referred to as a police information check) can disclose information about non-conviction records. Police background checks are not readily accessible by others unless a person consents, however many employers are now requesting prospective employees to complete a background check or consent to the employer completing one.
While the act of disclosing non conviction records does not directly undermine the presumption of innocence, disclosing these records certainly does create circumstances that could easily result in an infringement upon a person's right to be presumed innocent. Employers may not understand non-records or may misinterpret them. Either way, a person who has had prior contact with the police and/or our criminal courts may be viewed in a different light by a prospective employer. For example, consider two prospective candidates for a job who are equally experienced and capable of preforming the job. One candidate does not have any non-conviction records while another candidate was found not guilty of an assault charge. Who do you think the employer is going to hire? Do you really think it is realistic that an employer is going to take the time to hear what the criminal charge was about when they have another equally capable and experience person wanting the job? Even if an employer is familiar with the contents of a non-conviction record, is it realistic to think that this information will not factor into an employer's decision whether to hire that person?
Non conviction records may also threaten the security of a person, a right protected under section 7 of the Charter. Our Superior Court of Justice in J.N. v. Durham Regional Police Service 2011 ONSC 2892 commented on the impact that non-conviction records can have on a person trying to gain employment;
"On an objective basis, then, I am able to find that the Applicant's inability to obtain employment resulting from her inability to clear the CIR is, objectively, something which would cause serious psychological impact. This accordingly is something that can affect the security of a person within the meaning of section 7 of the Charter."
Right to Privacy
Certain non-conviction records may also violate a person's right to privacy. One example of non-conviction records that could violate the right to privacy is fingerprint records. Anytime you are charged with a criminal offence you can expect to be fingerprinted by the police. The police will retain these fingerprint records unless you apply to have them destroyed. If the charges were withdrawn or you were found not guilty and you make an application to have your fingerprints destroyed, in nearly all circumstances your fingerprint records should be destroyed pursuant to our case law.
The Ontario Court of Appeal in R. v. Dore (2002) 162 OAC 56 held that a person has a privacy interest in fingerprint records after his/her charges have been withdrawn, stayed or he/she has been found not guilty. This privacy interest was limited to individuals with who did not have a prior criminal conviction. The Court of Appeal held that the policy of the Toronto Police Service at that time (which was to destroy fingerprint records on request except in highly exceptional circumstances) was consistent with the Charter;
"… the current police policy which in practice limits the extent of the statutorily authorized retention of the fingerprints of the non-convicted by providing that those fingerprints be destroyed on request, provides cogent evidence of where the constitutional balance is struck."
Since the time of the Dore decision the Toronto Police Service has changed their policy on the destruction of fingerprint records. The new policy is not consistent with the Court of Appeal in decision in Dore and therefore may infringe upon a person's right to privacy, although that has yet to be determined by our courts.
Watch for the next article on applying to have non-conviction records removed or suppressed.
If you have been charged with a criminal offence or you have a question about non-conviction records, contact me today.
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BOSTON -- And so, the ending is different than the one penned by his grandfather and great-uncle, the Oscar winners.
This wasn't Casablanca. This was Yawkey Way, and this time the hero, Theo Epstein, took the letters of transport and boarded the plane.
(Although that may well have been Larry Lucchino as Major Strasser, taking a couple of plugs to the midsection on Epstein's way out of town.)
The Red Sox and Chicago Cubs, with a push from commissioner Bud Selig, set aside their differences long enough Friday night to confirm with a joint press release a transaction that seems as if it has been around almost as long as Babe Ruth's sale to the Yankees.
Epstein is going to Chicago to become president of baseball operations for the Cubs, a position created just for him. That will be announced officially on Tuesday, the same day the Red Sox announce that Ben Cherington -- a longtime Epstein sidekick with Sox roots that began with Dan Duquette -- will be Epstein's successor as Red Sox general manager. By then, the World Series will either be over or in travel mode before a possible Game 6 on Wednesday, giving the Sox and Cubs a Selig-opened window to go public with their business.
The Sox have not confirmed that Cherington is their man, but he has been operating as de facto GM ever since the Cubs and Epstein struck a five-year deal for a reported $18.5 million nine days ago, and has told members of his baseball operations staff that he's the new boss.
Epstein will not be going to Chicago alone. He is reassembling much of his dream team of advisers that helped him win two World Series in a span of four seasons in Boston. Jed Hoyer, one of his closest friends in the game, is swapping his job as GM of the San Diego Padres for the same position in Chicago. Jason McLeod, who in his first draft as Sox scouting director selected Dustin Pedroia, also is leaving the Padres to go to Chicago. It remains to be seen whether Dave Finley -- who has served Epstein for a decade as a trusted talent evaluator and played a huge role in the Adrian Gonzalez deal -- will leave his post as special assistant to the GM here to follow Epstein to the corner of Clark and Addison.
It was Hoyer, you may remember, who accompanied Epstein to the desert in 2003 and Thanksgiving dinner with Curt Schilling to persuade the pitcher to accept a trade to the Red Sox -- as rewarding a trade as any Epstein made in his nine years as Sox GM. The day after Shonda Schilling cooked the turkey, Epstein and Hoyer were in their hotel room, hustling to pack so they could return to the Schilling manor and close the deal, when Hoyer became violently ill and vomited. Epstein tried to clean up the mess, despaired of the task, and flung $20 bills all over the room for the poor housekeeper who would inherit the job.
Epstein never lost his talent for throwing around money, the biggest blemish on an otherwise gold-plated résumé being the millions squandered on the free-agent likes of Edgar Renteria, Julio Lugo, Matt Clement, Daisuke Matsuzaka and John Lackey, with Carl Crawford building a compelling case in his first year that his name belongs on that list, too.
But those misfires have done nothing to temper the anticipation of Epstein's arrival in Chicago, where the only evidence of restraint is that they have yet to erect a statue of Theo next to the one of Harry Caray outside of Wrigley Field; 103 years since the last World Series parade can do that to a fan base that has been whipped up to a fever pitch by the hope of deliverance from the man who will be forever remembered in his hometown as the Wonder Boy who ended 86 years without a World Series title, then won another one just three years later.
With deep-pockets Cubs owner Tom Ricketts, Epstein will have the same resources and mandate to build the scouting and player-development machine that regularly churned out star quality during his tenure in Boston -- Pedroia and Jacoby Ellsbury, Jonathan Papelbon and Daniel Bard, Clay Buchholz and perhaps the next A-list candidate, Ryan Lavarnway. It will take a little time for Epstein to come out from under some of the unwieldy contracts on his big league roster in Chicago, but as team president he can be expected to act boldly, knowing he will have to answer only to Ricketts in the team's internal chain of command.
His first order of business, though, borders on the surreal: He is expected to take over as point man on the Chicago side in negotiating what is a fair price to pay the Red Sox for ... Theo Epstein. That puts him directly in the crosshairs of the elephant gun wielded by his old mentor, Larry Lucchino, whose long-held credo of "contest living" means that he is likely to offer little quarter to his former star pupil. The only thing saving this from becoming steel-cage material is a pledge by both clubs that they have agreed to a mechanism to determine the compensation, a process that presumably will include Selig's intervention if no agreement is struck before Tuesday's dueling press conferences.
There is growing sentiment that the Sox will wind up with just a couple of lesser minor league prospects; if that was the case, this would have all been wrapped up Friday night in one tidy package. But there's still a divide, so don't be surprised if the Sox may yet be rewarded with a prize more to their liking.
Epstein's activity on his own behalf is not without precedent. The hero of "Moneyball,'' Billy Beane, was knee-deep in negotiating the compensation Oakland would get for losing him to the Red Sox in 2002 until he changed his mind and decided to stay with the Athletics, a decision that permanently altered the life of the 28-year-old named to the job instead ... Theo Epstein.
Now Epstein steps aside to make way for the 37-year-old Cherington, who has the mien of a long-distance runner but will be thrust into sprinter's mode as the new GM, charged with turning around -- and fast -- the image of a franchise that has taken a fearsome beating in the wake of September's historic collapse.
Cherington is another native New Englander, hailing from the tiny New Hampshire village of Meriden. He has served in just about every facet of baseball operations since Duquette reached out to his alma mater of Amherst and tapped Cherington as a student intern before hiring him full-time after he'd done another internship with Cleveland.
Cherington's résumé is solid, but he's facing a gauntlet of skepticism and mistrust fostered by the implosion of a team regarded in the spring as a virtual lock to make the playoffs. A tough sell for anyone, especially if the Sox replace manager Terry Francona with another unproven entity.
In the meantime? Well, as Theo's grandfather, Philip Epstein, and great-uncle Julius, might have put it, "We'll always have '04 and '07.''
Gordon Edes covers the Red Sox for ESPNBoston.com.


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I also have to comment out the footer display, as if I leave it in, the footer covers up part of the login information – again I suspect this is because of the theme. I am happy with the results, but thought the feedback may be useful in case you are planning to make future changes
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Recycling Facts Australia ♻ Needs To Know 2020 (Infographic)
Recycling facts Australia: We all know (or at least the vast majority of us do) that recycling is a good thing for the environment Recycling has certainly got some bad press in recent years.
Newspaper and TV coverage has highlighted the instances of recycling collections being brought to landfill – and China turning back recycling exports.
At Waster – we highlight the latest trends in the recycling industry – and the latest smart waste technology. The good news is that as people become more focused on recycling facts – the number of companies focusing on innovative recycling technology is helping us overcome recycling issues.
Many people do not know however, that recycling can also save a business money, so it also makes economic sense.
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But just how important is it? How much of an impact can recycling make? Well, the latest Australian recycling facts and statistics really puts things into perspective. So we created an infographic to show you, paper recycling facts, plastic recycling fact. Here are the recycling facts Australia needs to know!
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Mr Waster loves facts and he loves recycling – so of course, he would like a list of interesting facts about recycling. Everyone knows that recycling is very important to reduce landfill and waste impacting on the natural environment. Here we've compiled some recycling facts Australia needs to know about!
Of course – make sure you come back to our website on a regular basis to check the latest information on all things recycling related!
Why Recycle?
Reduce Pollution
Collecting, refining and processing raw materials contributes to air and water pollution. Recycling minimises these processes, reducing pollution.
Lower Energy Usage
Recycling reduces the amount of energy expenditure that is required for the extraction, refinement, transportation and processing of raw materials into products.
Reduce Landfill
Waste that would normally be sent to the tip is reused, resulting in less space required for landfill and less need for more waste disposal facilities.
Protect Animals And Their Habitats
Recycling reduces the amount of raw materials being extracted from the environment. The extraction of these resources often result in the destruction of natural habitats. Recycling also reduces the amount of waste that leaks in to our waterways.
Recycling Saves Lots Of Money And Also Natural Resources – Helping The Environment!
By recycling your household waste you will help save our precious natural resources. Each year kerbside recycling can help save:
11,000 Mega-litres of water
That's more than enough to fill more that 4,500 Olympic sized swimming pools!
386,000 tonnes of green house gases
That's the same as taking more than 64,000 cars off the road for a whole year!
Paper Recycling Facts
With the shift towards digital media and paperless offices, it may surprise you to find out that paper is still one of the world's most commonly used consumer items.
When it comes to paper and cardboard recycling rates, Australia is one of the world leaders at 87%.
However, Australian's still consume around 230kg per person per year in un-recycled paper.
Recycling just one tonne of paper saves:
13 Trees
2.5 Barrels of oil
4,100kWh of electricity
4m3 of landfill
31,780 litres of water
Plastic Recycling Facts
Plastic is one of the most widely used materials across a multitude of industries. However, its production takes a heavy toll on our environment.
More than 90% of plastics produced are created from virgin fossil feedstocks.
Recycled plastic uses around 88% of the energy required to make new plastics.
Producing new plastic requires oil and coal, and is a large contributor to greenhouse gas emissions which play a big part in climate change.
8 million tonnes of plastics find their way into our water ways.
An estimated 1 million sea creatures are killed by marine waste every year.
Recycling 1 plastic bottle saves enough energy to power a computer for 25 minutes.
What to Recycle (recycling facts Australia)
The following items can generally be recycled in your home recycle bin, but check your local council website. For business recycling bins, it's best to get in touch with a waste management company to discuss your needs.
Recycling Metal
- Aerosol cans (including deodorant)
- Aluminium foil baking trays
- Baby formula tins
- Cooking oil tins
- Food and drink cans
- Pet food cans
Recycling Plastic
- Cake and biscuit trays
- Cleaning product bottles
- Deodorant (roll on)
- Drink bottles (juice, milk)
- Punnets (berry)
- Shampoo, conditioner and soap bottles (including pumps)
- Sports drink bottles (reusable)
- Take away food containers
- Yoghurt containers
Recycling Paper and Cardboard
- Butcher / Deli paper
- Cartons (milk, juice.etc)
- Cereal boxes
- Envelopes
- Long life cartons
- Junk mail, newspapers and magazines
- Paper plates
- Phone books
- Pizza boxes
- Toilet rolls
- Wrapping paper
- Washing powder boxes
Recycling Glass
- Bottles
- Jars
What not to Recycle
The following items should never be disposed of in your home recycle bin.
- Plastic bags
- Plastic wrap
- Shredded paper (this can go in your garden organics bin)
- Clothes
- Toys
- Nappies
- White goods
- Heat-resistant glass, such as Pyrex
- Crystal
- Organic waste (this can go in your garden organics bin or compost)
- Pens
- Furniture
- Car parts
- Sharps (needles and/or syringes)
- Foam rubber
Australian Recycling Facts Infographic provided by Waster, Australian Waste Management Services.
Recycling services that can help your business!
Waster is an Australian waste and recycling business for small and medium businesses that put a real focus on educating and providing info on how you can cut your waste management costs and help the environment at the same time.
For example, we have partnered with TerraCycle to offer recycling boxes for many items such as rubber gloves and coffee pods. Also, check out our blog on resources for students (waste and recycling).
Waster is different to other waste collection companies – as we make as much money on recycling as general waste.
This is because we do not operate a landfill and hence to not financially benefit from not recycling!
We provide all waste and recycling services from bin collection, grease trap services and sanitary bins on flexible 30 day agreements.
You can easily recycle paper and cardboard, glass bottles, plastic bottles, bottles and jars etc with commingled recycling bins. Plastic bags can be recycled on small level by utilising the RedCycle service in participating supermarkets. Redcycle makes items such as furniture from recycled plastic.
You can also see our services and costs in our online waste shop for all your bin requirements such as general waste:
Bonus Recycling facts USA!
We took these recycling facts and statistics from the US website factretriever.com – you can browse loads of varying lists there (if you so like!) – and we quote below:
"In the U.S. alone, over 20 billion diapers are thrown out a year, accounting for over 3.5 million tons of waste."
"Only about 5% of all plastics in the U.S. are actually recycled."
"It takes 70% less energy to recycle paper than to make it from raw material."
"In the late 1800s, peddlers acted as early recyclers. They would carry sacks of reusable items in their wagons to sell to general stores."
"A plastic bag from the grocery store takes between 500 years and 1,000 years to degrade. (See Redcycle for a great solution to this)."
"There are about 46,000 pieces of plastic floating in every square mile of our oceans."
"Over 1 million seabirds die each year from ocean pollution."
"In the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch" located in the Pacific Ocean, for every 2.2 pounds of plankton, there is 13.2 pounds of garbage, including cigarette buts, cans, plastic bags, bottles, Styrofoam, toothbrush, balloons, and more."
"Every year, over 50 million tons of e-waste (electronic waste, such as computers and cell phone) is created. This is akin to filling a line of garbage trucks halfway across the Earth."
"Laid end to end, all the aluminum cans recycled world wide in 2010 would circle the Earth 169 times."
"After getting liposuction, a New Zealand skipper recycled his fat into biofuel to power his eco-boat."
"In the Pacific Ocean, there is a "Great Pacific Garbage Patch," which is about the size of Texas. The garbage extends 20 feet (6 meters) down into the water and contains over 3.5 million tons of garbage. It is estimated to double in size in the next 5 years."
Mr. Waster is intrigued by the Great Pacific Garbage patch and will expand on it in future blogs.
See a very interesting TedX presentation below – where it is argued that recycling is not the recycling of plastic but a move to re-use and also reduction of use in the first place.
Conclusion on recycling facts Australia:
What amazes me sometimes is the fact that we throw away valuable materials like plastic, cardboard and metal.
These items cause incredible damage to the environment such as sealife.
The economic value of a tonne of recycled material is manifold – as it reduced the need for new materials, tree cutting etc, reduces air pollution and removes many million tonnes of waste from landfill.
Many materials can be used to fuel power-stations also if they can not be directly recycled. Alternative fuels of this type are used on a large scale in Sweden and save enough energy for the national grid that new oil imports are reduced.
The average person can make many small changes when armed with recycling facts Australia knowledge. These changes can make a huge difference to our environment.
On this same topic of recycling facts Australia – see our blog on waste reduction.
For more innovation – see our blog on how landfills can produce electricity.
If you liked this on recycling facts Australia, we published another infographic here on office recycling bins.
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Activities(Summer season)
Lakes and Rivers
There are 3 beautiful lakes and lots of rivers and creeks in Hakuba. They are all great for swimming and fishing. My personal favorite for swimming is Aokiko (blue tree lake) it is quite deep but beautifully blue and clear. There are no motor boats allowed, so the water stays beautiful and clear and you don't have to worry about getting run over by boats when your swimming.It is also very popular for canoeing and kayaking, which can both be rented at the lake.
The next lake is smaller and quite popular for fishing and Kizaki the third lake is the largest and is very popular with fishermen, water skiers and wake boarders. The rivers are also very popular for families to go swimming and fishing. The water is a lot shallower than the lakes and there are a lot of trout and mountain fish.
The mountains around Hakuba are very popular all year round for hiking and mountain climbing. The views from the peaks are amazing and there are lots of glaciers to see. There is also a lake above Happo One which is very popular for day trippers in summer. Hiking is considered a summer sport but some experienced climbers do climb in winter. If you do wish to attempt it in winter I would advise you have a local guide because there is very deep snow and avalanches are common.
Mountain biking
Hakuba has heaps of mountain bike trails to chose from or you can make your own. Some ski resorts will allow you to load your bike into the gondola, so that way you can just enjoy the ride down. It is also a nice way to explore the town. Mountain bikes can be rented in Hakuba along with helmets and other gear. Professional guides can also be arranged.
Paragliding and ballooning
Hakuba is one of the most popular places in Japan to go paragliding. Each day in summer they can be seen floating down to earth. You can book tandem flights and just sit back and enjoy the fantastic mountain views or if you wish to get more hands on you can enroll in a half or full day instructional program. Another good way to see the scenery, without having your feet dandling from the sky, is in a hot air balloon. You are tethered to a rope so you don't have to worry about floating away.
Canyoning and Rafting
One of the most popular summer sports in Hakuba is canyoning. There are lots of waterfalls to climb and slide down, as well as flying foxes and deep pools to jump into. It's a great way to stay cool in summer. Rafting is also another popular choice, with technical grade two rapids and the great mountain views, your sure to have a lot of fun. If your after lots of water and big thrills, June and July has the highest rainfall.


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SnowFest is celebrating its 31st year of family fun in North Lake Tahoe. This is 10 days packed with events and activities for all ages. Events are held on and off the mountain at several resorts and lakeside communities.
My favorites are the torchlight parade at Squaw Valley and the parades in Tahoe City and in Kings Beach. Other events of note are the Truckee Poker Walk (pub crawl), SnowFest Queen Coronation, and the Super Final of the Rahlves' Banzai Tour at Sugar Bowl.
For a complete listing of all the SnowFest events:http://www.tahoesnowfestival.com/#!vstc2=media-menu/vstc1=events


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Vectors Inc. Onsite Training
All Vectors Inc. classes are available as Onsite Training programs conducted at your facility. Our onsite programs give you the ability to customize and combine any of our classes to fit your training needs. The result is a class that is strictly tailored to your workflows, job functions, and internal requirements.
- Saves money on tuition and travel expenses by having the instructor come to you.
- Saves time in the classroom, as programs are focused on your workflows.
- Customized programs are designed to meet your training needs.
- Allows for flexibility of location, hours and dates (including weekends).
- Ensures students learn at the same level and more staff can attend.
- Allows for direct interaction with your instructor prior to the seminar.
Generally, Onsite Training is cost effective when you have 5 or more employees who require similar training. Cost is based on a daily rate plus expenses.
- Daily Instructional Rate: $2695, which includes 5 students
- Additional students: $550 per person
- Additional expenses (instructor airfare, ground transportation, reasonable hotel accommodations, meals, shipping charges to return classroom materials, etc.)


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Blood Of Kingu Streaming "Enshrined In The Nethermost Lairs Beneath The Oceans"
The cult black metal heathens in Blood Of Kingu have premiered the first track off forthcoming new album, "Dark Star on the Right Horn of the Crescent Moon."
The track, titled "Enshrined in the Nethermost Lairs Beneath the Oceans," is streaming below courtesy of Nefarious Realm.
"Dark Star on the Right Horn of the Crescent Moon" has been scheduled for a September 2nd release in North America (August 29th worldwide). The album is available for pre-order here, and the track listing is as follows:
1. Crowned Scarlet Moon Is Waiting For Eclipse
2. He Who Is Not To Be Named
3. Mother Hydra
4. Enshrined In The Nethermost Lairs Beneath The Oceans
5. Red Star On The Path Of Ea
6. Sigil Of The Watcher
7. Prayer To The Gods Of Night
8. The Bringer Of Pestilence
9. The Cycle Returneth
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Missing man could have come to Norwich
PUBLISHED: 08:49 11 February 2019
Police are growing increasingly concerned for the welfare of a missing man who might have travelled to Norwich.
Carl Barrett, 37, was last seen around 9.15am on Tuesday (February 5) in Langho, Lancashire.
It is now believed he may have travelled to Sheffield or Norwich. He also has links to Clitheroe.
He is described as white, 5ft 7in tall, of medium build with short, dark hair, as well as a goatee-style beard and moustache.
Carl was last seen wearing a grey t-shirt, cream jumper, black jacket and brown boots at the time of his disappearance.
Police are appealing for information and urging anyone who has seen him to contact police immediately.
Inspector James Black of Blackburn Police, said: "Carl has been missing for a number of days now and our concern is growing."
Information to police on 101 quoting log 0693 of February 5.
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What nurses need to know about the application of larval therapy
In chronic wound management the potential for healing increases following effective debridement. Indeed, it has been suggested that debridement's effect on chronic wound healing is similar in impact to the relief of pressure in preventing pressure ulceration. Debridement can be performed using a number of methods, but larval debridement has recognised benefits, including the breakdown of necrotic tissue; removal of microbes; wound cleansing; and breakdown of biofilm. The reduction of malodour in the wound can also help increase patients' self-esteem and overall wellbeing. This article looks at the use of larval therapy in a community setting, which can be particularly cost-effective as rapid debridement swiftly reduces the bacterial load, helping to lessen the potential for hospital admission.


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Six fire engines and 35 firefighters and officers were called to a house fire on Hillside Road in Pinner this evening.
The roof of the two storey detached house was gutted by the fire and half of the first floor was also damaged by the blaze. Fortunately no injuries were reported.
The cause of the fire is believed to be candles.
London Fire Brigade spokesperson said:
"Candles are one of the most common causes of fire. It's really important that you never leave a candle unattended and keep them away from curtains and anything else that can easily catch fire."
The Brigade was called at 2126 and the fire was under control by 2319. Fire crews from Harrow, Ruislip, Northolt and Stanmore fire stations were at the scene.


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Good morning! Here's what you need to know in markets on Monday.
1. Sir Philip Green is planning to sell all or part of his Arcadia Group empire, a move that would bring down the curtain on a controversial 50-year high street career. The Sunday Times' reports that the 65-year-old billionaire owner of Topshop is believed to be in talks with Shandong Ruyi, a Chinese textiles giant that has been rapidly expanding into European fashion.
2. A former high-flying trader who has embraced the world of cryptocurrencies says there is a "trench warfare" going on between traditional financial services and digital upstarts. Danny Masters, who ran JPMorgan's commodities trading business in the 1990s, told Business Insider: "There's something of a trench warfare going on between what I call analogue financial services companies and digital financial services companies."
3. A bespoke Brexit deal on financial services "can not be the outcome of negotiations" according to the man in charge of the EU Parliament's positions on the matter. Guy Verhofstadt, the EU Parliament's Brexit chief, has suggested that Britain can not cherry pick the areas where it wants to make bespoke deals, and that any deal should ensure there "should be no competitive advantage for either the UK or EU."
4. Snap CEO Evan Spiegel sold 2,675,600 shares of Snap last week at a price of $US18.71 per share, a transaction netting him just over $US50 million. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which you can read here.
5. Italy's general election – to be held on March 4 – is a hugely significant event, not just for the country, but for Europe as a whole. Read Business Insider's guide to what you need to know about the upcoming election.
6. Asian shares ticked up on Monday, joining a global recovery for equity markets as sentiment improved gradually from a recent shakeout that stemmed from fears of creeping inflation and higher borrowing costs. Japan's Nikkei closed up 1.94%, the Hong Kong Hang Seng closed up 1.97%, and China's Shanghai Composite closed up 0.46%.
7. London's property market has moved out of its boom phase and home sellers need to be more realistic about their price demands, according to Rightmove. Bloomberg reports that the February report from the home-listing website shows that asking prices were down 1% from a year earlier, a sixth consecutive fall.
8. The founder of Ethereum, the second most valuable cryptocurrency in the world, has warned that cryptocurrencies "could drop to near zero at any time." To those interested in investing, 24-year-old Russian-Canadian programmer and writer Vitalik Buterin also suggested: "Don't put in more money than you can afford to lose."
9. The UK boss of Tesco will this week become one of the youngest chairmen of a FTSE-350 company when he takes the reins at N Brown Group, the online retailer. Sky News has learnt that Matt Davies, who is leaving Tesco after its £3.7bn takeover of wholesaler Booker Group completes, has been lined up to succeed Andy Higginson in the role.
10. Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver is considering selling his Barbecoa steakhouses, his company has confirmed. The BBC reports that Barbecoa was set up by Jamie Oliver and his friend American barbecue expert Adam Perry Lang in 2011.
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Our weekly look at a favorite new typeface. Share yours with us on Twitter and Instagram @AIGAdesign with #TypeTuesday.
Designer: Tobias Frere-Jones
Foundry: Frere-Jones Type
Release Date: December 1, 2015
Back Story: "Mallory is an American-British hybrid (like me), with Gill Sans on one side and Metro on the other," says Frere-Jones. "I set out to design something that would have personality and flavor, but not so much that it limits what you can do with it." Mallory is stylish and modern, the offspring of a marriage between typeface families—one distinctly American and the other assuredly British—with distinguished heritages stretching back to the '20s. Frere-Jones has been developing Mallory since February 2014.
Why's it called Mallory? Mallory is one of Frere-Jones' middle names. In his family, the names of relatives were divided up into middle names for the children. Each brother has two middle names, alternating the namesakes' first and last names, with Tobias getting one relative's first name, his brother Sasha getting the same relative's last name, and vice versa for their second middle names. Less confusingly, Frere-Jones wanted the first typeface available from his recently launched type foundry to reflect his own history because he considers it his most personal design yet.
What are its distinguishing characteristics? Mallory has the legibility and variance in weights of Gill Sans, plus the diagonally angled terminals and delicate quirkiness of Metro. It's slightly more muscular than either typeface and has its own range of idiosyncrasies, such as a very sharp center point on the capital M that dips below the baseline, a terrifically sexy, voluptuous numeral three, and a lowercase a that's a particular favorite of its designer. Frere-Jones says, "The 'a' is made up of such disparate parts that it shouldn't work, but it's precisely because it's a point/counterpoint, apples-and-oranges situation that it holds itself together." That letter was the hardest to design of any character; he went through 16 or 17 iterations before he was satisfied.
What should I use it for? Like its relative Gill Sans, the middle weights are optimal for text while the lightest and heaviest are excellent as display copy, making Mallory a versatile choice for publication design. Mallory is extremely legible at small sizes, helpful when designing tabular material, and there is a Micro Plus weight meant for fine print in sizes as tiny as five point.
Who's it friends with? Besides stating the obvious (Metro, Gill Sans, and their predecessor Johnston), take a look at Brandon Grotesque and FF Milo.


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The following programs are currently funded through the United Way of North Idaho, Kootenai County Community Care Fund.
Basic Needs
Meals on Wheels: Continue to service those seniors that need Meals on Wheels. The specific activities of this project will be to help purchase food, trays, heated bags, and snacks for the Meals on Wheels program. Funding will also develop the "Everyone Has a Story" outreach project.
Resource Advocacy: Provides a proactive bridge for people with a need to crucial social services in Bonner and Boundary Counties through the organization of local and statewide service information, and through the development of an active network of service providers.
Sandpoint Community Resource Center
Grocery Rescue Program: The Grocery Rescue Program collects, processes, and distributes food products for the direct benefit of those we serve to provide hunger relief. It includes the safe handling of food and requires vehicle fuel and utility overhead for compliance with food safety regulations.
Seniors in Motion: Serves the needs of home-bound seniors by providing transportation to and from the Hayden Senior Center for nutritious meals and activities, and occasional field trips. The program promotes active, healthy, and independent life styles for older adults.
Hand-Up Scholarship Program: Rent scholarships for prospective and current tenants, who are adults with severe and persistent mental illness. Programs also include Life Skills Education, social outings, and group learning activities.
Trinity Group Homes of St Vincent de Paul
Weekend Nutrition Backpack Program: Community partners and resources come together to fight hunger and increase learning potential in school-age children who lack food security. Each week, volunteers deliver pre-assembled food kits to elementary schools where they are placed in backpacks and given to children who lack a nutritious food source during the weekend.
CDA Food Bank: The Coeur d'Alene Food Bank serves as a safety net designed to provide stability and security for elderly and disabled individuals and those faced with critical needs associated with unemployment, serious or chronic medical conditions, and other life emergencies.
Senior Companions: Volunteers of Panhandle Health District's Senior Companion Program are trained to go into the home of a homebound senior and provide friendly ongoing visits, advocacy, and education of local resources. Companions also provide access to transportation for food and healthcare and light assistance with day to day in-home activities, allowing seniors to remain independent in their own homes.
Workplace Excellence Series: To compete in today's workplace, employers depend on a strong workforce made of individuals who possess both the "hard" technical skills as well as "soft" skills like dependability, effective communication, and attitude. The Workplace Excellence Series is a comprehensive, career-focused approach to bridge the skills gap and cultivate essential employee characteristics.
Future Story Initiative: Helps individuals with a lack of resources build the needed resources to reach their goals of financial and family stability. The Initiative is a comprehensive network of support that begins with 20 hours of training and continues with ongoing job and family coaching to support individuals in achieving their goals. Outcomes include increased income, savings, and reduced debt.
Career Pathways to Self-Sufficiency: The Professional Workforce Scholarship provides financial support to North Idaho College students pursuing careers in healthcare and the trades/industry sectors. Many of these students are among the "working poor" who make too much for federal assistance but not enough to fund their education and improve their economic situation. Scholarships help students achieve education and training which leads to more robust employment opportunities.


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Date: 31. May – 3. June 2016
Location: Iława, Poland
Scope of the conference: To share experience on the ecology, complexity and diversity of freshwater ecosystems, development of restoration and management methods, control measures and risk assessments.
Topics: Lake hydrology, Freshwater biodiversity, Physical limnology, Paleolimnology, Aquatic toxicology, GIS and modelling in limnology, Lake- catchment relations, Water Framework Directive (WFD), Shallow lakes and ponds, Functioning of reservoirs, Lake management and bioindication, Lake restoration.
Organizers: Polish Limnological Society in co-operation with Czech Limnological Society, Slovak Limnological Society, Hungarian National Assoc. of Environmental Engineers, Romanian Limnogeographical Association.
Information: www.ptlim.pl/lrp2016
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Discover how to apply for non-repayable, needs-assessed Disabled Students' Allowances (DSA) - designed to help students with additional needs reach their full academic potential
How much can I receive?
For 2020/21, postgraduates eligible for DSA funding in England, Wales and Northern Ireland can receive a single allowance of up to £20,580, an increase of 2.9% on the 2019/20 allowance of £20,000.
In Scotland, full-time students starting a postgraduate course in 2019/20 received a basic allowance of up to £1,725, a large items allowance of £5,160 and a non-medical personal help allowance of up to £20,520. The allowance for 2020/21 has not yet been confirmed.
These figures are stipulated as a maximum - most students will get much less. The DSA doesn't cover the cost of anything unrelated to your condition (such as standard course books), or costs associated with your disability that you'd still incur if you weren't studying. It's allocated specifically to cover equipment, non-medical helpers and additional travel costs related to your studies.
Your background, household income and employment status won't affect the funding you're entitled to. DSA is needs-tested, not means-tested, meaning you'll complete a needs assessment to determine the level of help you require.
Am I eligible for DSA?
To receive DSA payment, you must:
- meet the definition of disabled under the Equality Act 2010, i.e. you have a physical or mental impairment that has a 'substantial' and 'long-term' (12 months or more) negative effect on your ability to complete simply daily tasks
- prove that you're disabled by submitting a doctor's report, disability evidence form or completing a diagnostic assessment for a specific learning disability, such as dyslexia or dyspraxia
- be an undergraduate or postgraduate
- qualify for student finance from Student Finance England
- be studying a course that lasts at least a year.
You're ineligible for DSA if you're:
- a European Union (EU) or non-EU international student.
- getting equivalent support from another funding source such as the NHS Disabled Students Allowance, your university or a Research Council.
Is my course eligible?
Most full-time postgraduate courses are eligible for DSA payment. This includes:
Your course is eligible if you're studying it part time. However, the total duration of the course must not last more than twice as long as the full-time equivalent (three times as long if you're studying in Northern Ireland).
You can't receive DSA while undertaking a paid work placement as part of a sandwich course.
How do I apply for DSA?
The application process follows a similar structure across all parts of the UK. You'll first apply to the relevant student finance organisation for your country and let them know that you wish to apply for DSA. You'll then receive the relevant application form, which you'll submit, accompanied by the required evidence of your disability, to your administrative body:
- Student Finance England
- Student Finance Wales
- Student Awards Agency for Scotland (SAAS)
- Northern Ireland - Education Authority regional office
Once you've had confirmation of your eligibility, you'll need to book a needs-assessment appointment and make the appropriate travel arrangements. The needs assessment is an informal session, lasting approximately two hours - you'll talk to your assessor about your course and together identify what kind of help would best suit your needs.
Don't book your needs assessment or make any equipment purchases before you've been contacted by the relevant body as you won't be reimbursed. If you're moving straight from undergraduate study to postgraduate study, you may not need a new needs assessment, but you must check this.
Expect the process to last 14 weeks from submitting your application to receiving funding, which will be paid directly to your bank account or to the suppliers of your additional equipment.
It's always best to apply as soon as you can to allow for any delays or errors with your application. Postgraduate students have to reapply for DSA funding for every year of study.
What alternatives to DSA are there?
Research Council-funded students can apply for additional disability-related financial support from their research organisation. This is also called a DSA, but isn't related to the main government DSA and cannot be received in conjunction with it.
Contact the named disability adviser at your research organisation to arrange a needs assessment directly with them, as it's the organisation that provides the funding.
Alternatively, if you're ineligible to receive DSA, you can find financial support elsewhere - your university, as well as various charities and foundations, may have a number of scholarships and bursaries on offer for disabled students.


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(CBS News) DAMASCUS - The fierce battle in the city of Homs is on the southern edge of a whole area of central Syria - where the army and the armed opposition have been fighting from positions that are sometimes just hundreds of yards apart.
A police barrier marks the start of the war zone, just north of Homs - fighting has closed Syria's main highway but the United Nations monitoring mission is allowed through, and CBS News went in with them.
Driving down the highway, there is mile after mile of devastation on either side. Dug in all along the way are Syrian tanks and artillery - some still doing the shelling which has battered parts of Homs and other cities, others wrecked and burned in attacks by the rebel forces.
Every few hundred yards along the road there are Syrian military installations, but as soon as CBS News stopped with the U.N. staff, Free Syrian Army members - the rebels - came out to talk to us.Video: Syrian city of Homs turned into war zone
New tactics, fresh violence stoke fear in Syria
Annan "gravely concerned" amid Syria escalation
They appeared from an abandoned building - anxious to talk to the U.N. monitors.
Most civilians have now fled from the towns along the highway. But less than a mile further up the road, a woman appears outside her ruined home and waves to the convoy, keen for someone to hear her story.
"Look what's happening to us," she says. "Are we not people?"
She says a missile from a Syrian army helicopter destroyed the row in shops she's standing in front of. A young opposition fighter agrees, and a helicopter suddenly appears overhead.
The U.N. has confirmed that Syrian forces attacked the opposition from the air in recent days, so the U.N. convoy decides it's time for us to go.
We pass through Syrian army checkpoints. We'd like to hear their story, too, but they won't talk to journalists.
They are dug in, with their heavy armor, in force. But it is not enough force to keep a rebel flag from hanging from an overpass just up the road.
While Syrians and international diplomats are reluctant to call this a civil war - that is what it looks like in central and northern areas of the country.


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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – A tractor-trailer accident on Interstate 79 had a major impact on traffic Thursday.
It first slowed down the morning rush hour commute and lasted well into the evening commute.
According to police, the truck hit a jersey barrier and overturned on the southbound side of I-79 near the Neville Island Bridge.
As a result of the crash, part of the truck was left dangling over the Route 51 overpass.
The truck was hauling a food additive and part of the load spilled onto Route 51. The substance is not toxic, but can be irritant to the eyes and throat.
"It's used for pool filters, it's a non-hazardous irritant," said Robinson Township Fire Chief Kenneth Kisow. "It's an irritant on your throat. That's about all it is."
As a result, I-79 south and Route 51 were closed in the area of the crash. Traffic was detoured onto Route 65.
However, Route 51 has reopened as of Thursday evening and one lane of I-79 south has also been reopened.
Traffic was gridlocked on I-79 miles away, as well as along the parkways.
Fortunately, there are no reported injuries.
Police say an accident reconstruction team is on the scene and will determine if speed was a factor in the crash.
Although, State Police Tpr. Robin Mungo said the driver was likely going too fast.
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