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For the past 6 months or more, we've been looking to buy some property to build our home base and last week we finally did it - we bought 40 acres of raw land!
While the sale was under contract, we didn't want to share any details that might jeopardize our negotiation position, particularly if things fell through. But now the sale has closed and the land is ours, we can share everything!
Buying process
Earlier this year, in March, we had put an offer in on some land, but our offer was ultimately rejected.
That sent us back to the drawing board, but not back to square one. We expanded our search area, refined our requirements, but most importantly we decided to dig into the zoning laws a little more.
Zoning Laws
We had originally been looking for properties with no zoning laws, and since zoning laws are set by the town, this had been restricting our search. The rationale for no zoning laws is that we want to be able to live in the RV while we build our home, as well as have other RVer friends come to visit, and RVs are a common target of zoning laws.
But this time, rather than rejecting outright any property with zoning laws, we went through the towns one by one and identified those whose zoning laws would not prevent us from using the land the way we want.
That opened up half a dozen properties that we had previously discounted. So, we began our research on each one - uncovering as much as possible about each one, and visiting them in person.
It was that search that led us to the property we have just bought.
A week or so after visiting it ourselves, we visited again with our realtor. Together, we walked the property, checking its suitability for our intended usage. It checked all our boxes!
We continued our research, looking ever deeper for red flags or concerns. We found none. We shared everything we had with our attorney for an expert opinion, and after getting the all-clear we put in an offer.
After some negotiation back and forth, the sellers accepted our offer! This started the clock on about a month during which we could validate our contingencies, with the sale scheduled to close just a week after that.
Contingency Period
Contingencies are conditional checks inserted into the offer that give the buyer the ability to back out of the sale if the checks fail. These checks typically cost money, or require seller consent before commencing, which is why they aren't done prior to the offer being made.
When you're buying a house, it's common to include contingencies such as a house inspection as part of the sale. The process is similar with buying raw land, albeit the contingencies are a little different.
In our case, there were various things we wanted to check (e.g. connection to utilities, etc) but the biggest by far is the soil testing. In Vermont, you cannot build a house without a wastewater permit - in other words, a permit for a septic system. The type (and cost) of a septic system is determined by the soil on the property - this used to be checked with a "perc test", but nowadays it's done by inspection.
Fortunately, we had already found an engineer during our planning for the previous property we had offered on, and so less than a week after the offer was accepted, we were on site with the engineer and a mini excavator, digging holes to find a suitable location for a septic system. Our engineer also brought along the state inspector - this isn't required, but should help expedite the process when we submit the permit application.
We knew this was going to be a challenge, because soils in Vermont are known for being poor. But after digging about 15 test pits, we finally found a suitable location. We had the green light on our biggest contingency!
The next few weeks were tense. We continued doing as much research as we could, looking for anything we could find to help inform our decision better.
Meanwhile, our attorney was working on the title search. A title search is a process where you follow the title chain back through history, looking for any "defects" in the chain - e.g. outstanding mortgages or liens, potential claims, etc. A typical title search goes back 40 years, but we asked out attorney to go back even further to reduce our risk even more.
During this time we were also planning for what we would do once we bought the land - contacting town officials, forestry consultants, utilities and more.
We did make a couple of big decisions during this time - the first was choosing an architect. We interviewed 5 different architects in the area, looking for someone who would bring energy, passion, creativity and novel thinking to a project like ours - an owner-build net zero Passive House. We have chosen, and will be visiting the land with them for the first time next week.
Another big decision was the tractor. We shared a little while ago that we had been tractor shopping, but what we didn't say is that we were tractor shopping with a very particular plot of land in mind!
We didn't want to commit until the sale had gone through (the last thing we wanted was a tractor and nowhere to put it!), but a few days before closing we called Chris at Essex Equipment who agreed to put a tractor to one side for us - a very generous offer given the current market!
In return, we told him that as soon as we had the email from our attorney that the sale was closed, our first stop would be to buy the tractor.
It didn't quite turn out that way....
On the day of closing, we knew our attorney would be executing the contract starting at about 10am and we were to expect everything to be done within an hour or so. By noon, we'd heard nothing. Then, we had an email from the attorney - due to some last minute tweaks, the seller was driving to the attorney's office to sign some final documents in person!
We couldn't wait any longer. We drove to Burlington in expectation so that we wouldn't have to waste an hour driving once the sale had closed. We killed time but still, nothing. Eventually we had an email - the sale was minutes away from being confirmed.
With nothing else to do, we drove to Essex Equipment and sat in the truck, checking our emails every few seconds. And that's why, within less than a minute of officially buying some land, we were sitting at Chris's desk to buy a tractor. Want to know what are buying? You'll have to wait a couple more weeks for that...!
Before I jump into what we bought, I know a lot of people are going to be keen to know where we bought.
All we're going to share is that we bought land in central Vermont; we aren't going to share anything more than that. As much of a paradox as it is, while we enjoy sharing our journey and our adventures online to hopefully help and inspire others, we also value our own privacy.
We do NOT want anyone turning up at our property unannounced.
Our land
OK, enough about the process - what about the land itself?! Well, in a nutshell, here's what we bought.
Our land is approximately 40 acres of raw land in central Vermont. It slopes gently uphill from the road, revealing an opportunity for expansive views to the south-southwest - and with it, great solar potential!
The entire property is wooded, though it has two distinct stands of trees - one mixed hardwoods and the other softwoods. The hardwoods are ~50% maples (mostly sugar maples but some red maples too) as well as a mix of other trees including white pine, yellow birch, beech, ash and even some hophornbeam (aka ironwood)!
There are several old logging trails winding their way through the property, but these clearly haven't been regularly used for a long, long time! We tried driving our truck up and didn't make it far before it became too narrow and overgrown.
The property has a small pond (less than ¼-acre) that is heavily overgrown and could be an amazing restoration project in future. It is fed by a small stream, and drains by another stream that runs down and off our property. There's also another, slightly larger stream elsewhere on the property too.
We have both electricity and super-fast fiber internet available at the road adjacent to our property, but we will have to drill a well for water and a septic system for waste.
All in, we're really excited! The property offers so much potential, not just to build our home base but also for all sorts of cool future projects! We've been out exploring the property every weekend since we first put in the offer, and every time we visit it looks totally different - the first time we visited it was still under 6" of snow!
Now that it's ours, we're exploring it even more - trying to find all the cool features and quirks that it has to offer so we can design even more trails to criss-cross the land.
What's next?
Buying this land was a huge milestone for us. Neither Diana or I have ever owned a property of any kind before, so this was a monumental accomplishment.
But it's just the beginning. There is a lot of exciting (and hard) work ahead of us! As we've talked about before, our goal is to self-build our own home - as in, literally us digging foundations, swinging hammers, installing plumbing and wiring the electrical. We have a lot to learn, and we're up for the challenge.
So how are we going to do it?
To keep it simple, we've broken the build down into three big phases.
Phase 1
Aspirationally, our goal is to finish phase 1 before winter this year. It's going to be tough, not least because there are several steps outside our control - particularly around permits.
The goal of phase 1 is to allow us to park the RV on our land with full hookups, and to get there means doing:
- Electrical utility hookup
- Fiber internet hookup
- Septic system
- Well
- Driveway
- RV pad
Since we won't have a house, we're planning to build a small (10x12) mechanical building that will be the terminus for the various utilities, as well as housing equipment for the well, etc.
One particular challenge is that our preferred building site for the house is about 1,000ft from the road. This means a long (and expensive) driveway and utility runs, but was necessary due to some topographic features of the land - it also affords us incredible views!
We can't do anything until we've checked off a few regulatory issues - namely a handful of permits and current use land update.
The driveway is so long and will require so much heavy machinery that we're not planning on doing that ourselves. But we can't pour concrete foundations, drill a well, install a septic tank or anything else that requires a big heavy truck to access the building site until we have a driveway!
Diana has been working hard on creating and maintaining the mother of all Gantt charts - capturing every dependency, task and piece of information so we can be as organized as possible.
Even if we do finish phase 1 before winter, we may not stick around anyway. As I've said before, we're not giving up on RVing so we might hit the road for some travel, or even leave the RV behind and head to Europe if travel restrictions are lifted - Diana and I haven't seen family in Europe for almost 3 years now!
Phase 2
This is the house build, and we don't expect to start until next spring. Fingers crossed material prices (particularly lumber) will have fallen by then!
Our property has a lot of trees that will need clearing for the driveway and house site, and many of these would be suitable for construction lumber. We had considered buying a sawmill, but they're currently subject to a lead time of about 6-10 months in some cases! We're exploring other options (including finding local sawyers) to see what we can do here.
The current forest management plan calls for the removal of about 10 cords of firewood per year, and we have no need for anything like that amount! That could equate to thousands of board-feet of lumber which seems like a great opportunity to us.
But generally speaking, next year will be all about the house build. Our goal is to build a modest-sized 3-bedroom house. We want it to be as eco-friendly and energy efficient as possible, so we're targeting a net-zero Passive House with on-site solar. One thing we're also looking to achieve is a zero-combustion home - that means no burning anything (wood, gas, etc) in the house at all, a big challenge in a cold climate!
Living in the RV for almost 3 years has taught us a lot about what we value most, and we're looking for a very functional home. We also want something that is sensitive to the surroundings and complements the land to create our home. We'll be relying heavily on our architect here.
Phase 3
In phase 3, our thinking is to add a barn - a combination of vehicular storage for the RV, tractor, truck and any other vehicles we might have, as well as a workshop and office.
We really don't have many specifics worked out here yet, but it's something we're being sure to think about so we can include it in our site planning from the very beginning.
It feels like so much has happened so quickly in the last week - it's almost scary to think that we've actually done it!
We're so excited to have hit this milestone, but our attention is now very focused on the future. Our plan is to spend as much time as possible on site, working on the build. For the first month or so, there may not be much we can do as we wait for permits and things to process, but once they're cleared and we have the tractor, the potential is limitless!
Our goal is to share as much as possible about our journey - not just the what but the how and why. As with our previous adventures, we want to not just inspire people, but help educate and inform as well.
Last, I just want to say a huge thank you to our realtor, Curtis Trousdale at Preferred Properties VT. Many people told us we didn't need a realtor and we should just go it alone, but there is absolutely no way we'd have arrived here without his help. From our very first meeting with him back in February, Curtis and his team have been invaluable - answering our (many!) questions and guiding us through the process. If you're looking for a great realtor in Vermont or New Hampshire then we would recommend you check them out!


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We are offering a work exchange opportunity in Paradise. We give you room and board and you work in the kitchen or bar of our peruvian fusion restaurant.
From mid June to mid September or from mid December to Easter.
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Five minutes walk to beautiful beach and one of the best surf spots in Costa Rica. Get to know the locals in a low key
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Theo Nights exists to equip followers of Christ in doctrine and devotion. Our goal is to help believers grow in the knowledge of God and to live for His glory. To this aim we host monthly worship gatherings and produce resources for Christians and church leaders.
Our worship gathering of folks ~18 – 25 years of age is on the first Monday of each month, the whereabouts of which is posted on the website & Instagram page prior to the gathering. Worship gatherings begin at 7:00pm.


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Youth Power Advisory Council
The Youth Power Advisory Council is a group of young adults who oversee the work the YP network does to amplify youth and young adult voices across systems throughout New York State. The council creates systems change by bringing youth and young adult voices to the highest levels of government. We establish a priority agenda and create community-organizing opportunities.
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The Karim Rashid studio have sent us photos of some limited edition pieces that Karim has designed and are currently being exhibited at the Tina Kim Gallery in New York.
The exhibition is called "Unplanned Brutalism" and will run through the end of December.
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I. Introduction
1. By its resolution 2387 (2017), the Security Council renewed the mandate of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) until 15 November 2018 and requested that I report on its implementation every four months. The present report is submitted pursuant to that resolution.
II. Political situation
2. Signs of political progress were evident in the Central African Republic towards the end of 2017, including steps to strengthen State authority in the prefectures, enhance cooperation between national institutions and lay the foundation for a more comprehensive political process. This progress was marred, however, by continued violence in some parts of the country, as well as by chronic weaknesses in the functioning of State institutions, which undermined the effective deployment of the State's architecture beyond Bangui. Incendiary rhetoric, ethnic stigmatization and religious manipulations continued to play an inflammatory role in national politics and the media, creating an environment in which the risk of inter-ethnic strife remained high.
3. From 24 to 27 October 2017, in my first visit as Secretary-General to a peacekeeping operation, I visited the Central African Republic to express my solidarity with the Central African people. I met with a broad range of stakeholders, including national and local authorities, representatives of civil society and the religious platform, among others. I also met with internally displaced people and humanitarian actors in Bangassou. I listened to a multitude of views on the political process, the security situation, national reconciliation and security sector reform. Throughout these discussions, it was clear that the absence of an accountable State presence in parts of the country compounded a complex mix of challenges, and presented a key obstacle to longer term reconciliation.
4. There was commendable progress in deploying the country's new prefectural administration during the reporting period. By the end of 2017, 14 out of 16 prefects and 63 out of 71 sub-prefects were in post, with significant MINUSCA support. In certain cases, major armed group factions challenged their deployment, requiring extensive consultations to facilitate local acceptance. In this context, on 31 January 2018, the Front populaire pour la renaissance de la Centrafrique (FPRC) signalled its acceptance of prefects in Vakaga, Nana Grebizi and Bamingui-Bangoran prefectures. The Front populaire stated that its decision was made in response to calls by the African Initiative for Peace and Reconciliation and ahead of the second round of consultations of the panel of facilitators of the Initiative.
5. The Government and National Assembly established constructive working relations, as evidenced by the well-timed passing of the 2018 national budget. In October, the Assembly began holding sessions with the Prime Minister, allowing for regular dialogue and advancing good governance.
6. While the Government engaged in countrywide outreach, President Faustin Touadéra continued engaging with Governments of the subregion, including visits to Chad in October, for the summit of the Central African Economic and Monetary Community, and the Sudan in December. In November, members of the National Assembly visited N'Djamena for the signing of a parliamentary cooperation agreement, and in December the Central African Republic hosted the eighth session of the Forum of Parliaments of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region.
Support for the peace process
7. The panel of facilitators of the African Initiative conducted its first round of meetings with the 14 recognized armed groups in November and December, with the aim of gaining a better understanding of their positions. During the consultations, all armed groups expressed their acceptance of the country's territorial integrity, respect for national institutions and recognition of the legitimacy of the Government. The United Nations system provided extensive support for the consultations. The panel plans to start a second round of consultations in mid-February.
8. Further to Security Council resolution 2387 (2017), MINUSCA focused on advancing local peace and dialogue initiatives in priority regions to help create a conducive environment for the implementation of the African Initiative. A ceasefire agreement and road map to end violence in Bria and in Haute-Kotto prefecture was signed on 19 December after weeks of consultations by the prefect, with the support of MINUSCA. The prefect established a follow-up committee to ensure the absence of weapons in the town and the removal of roadblocks. Anti-balaka associated militias and forces of the Retour, réclamations, réhabilitation (3R) armed group in Bouar signed a cessation of hostilities in December, facilitated by national authorities with support from MINUSCA and the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue. While positive, these local agreements have proven difficult to monitor, and implementation has been irregular, owing, in particular, to seasonal migration.
9. On 30 January 2018, within the context of a joint operation carried out by MINUSCA and the Central African armed forces, and following strong encouragement from the African Initiative and MINUSCA, the Revolution and Justice (RJ) group, led by former Minister Armel Sayo, agreed to fully disarm in accordance with the national disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programme, becoming the first armed group to voluntarily dissolve itself.
National reconciliation
10. National reconciliation efforts continued to be hampered by cycles of sectarian violence involving different communities, including armed clashes between ex-Seleka armed groups as well between ex-Seleka and anti-balaka armed groups and associated militias. MINUSCA tailored its support to local peace and reconciliation initiatives in order to focus on challenges to the protection of civilians, access to basic social services and the restoration of State authority, including the prevention and reduction of violence. In November, local peace committees in various prefectures adopted reconciliation strategies for Bangassou, Bria and Zemio. The Ministry of Education, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and MINUSCA facilitated agreements with local communities that allowed authorities to hold school exams in Bangassou, Bria, Obo and Rafai. MINUSCA and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) supported these efforts with targeted labour intensive public works projects that facilitated social cohesion and laid the groundwork for the return of displaced persons.
11. Nevertheless, with the onset of the dry season, mistrust and rivalries between communities were increasingly affected by cattle migration and the activities of armed groups attempting to control transhumance corridors. In response, MINUSCA mobilized local transhumance committees in Ouham and Ouham-Pendé prefectures to help prevent conflicts.


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This past weekend I gave the keynote address at the Arizona Reading Association conference and enjoyed meeting so many wonderful educators from this beautiful state. I was fortunate to have in-depth conversations with many attendees about their classrooms and concerns. Everywhere I go, I'm touched by the caring of teachers no matter what their circumstances. I met teachers working with Apache children, folks with overcrowded spaces, educators that spent their fall break attending this conference– people who care deeply about their students.
Fun in Flagstaff
October 25, 2009 by debbiediller
My keynote address was titled, "Getting and Keeping Their Attention." Here are a few points from my presentation:
1. Three ways to get students' attention– emotion, novelty, and meaning.
2. Ways to keep student attention- proximity, technology, telling a story, movement, all-pupil response.
3. Small-group instruction holds students' attention if the tasks are at the cutting edge of students' development (and the group isn't too big- no more than 4-6 students)
4. Literacy work stations engage students because they have ownership and peer interaction.
The brain doesn't need to constantly pay attention. It needs downtime to process new information, too. The brain needs "white space." So, we did some resting and rejuvenating while in Flagstaff, too. If you've never been here, take the trip! Tom and I flew to Phoenix (an easy trip on Southwest from Houston) and drove about 2 hours from the desert into the mountains (a lovely drive) to reach Flagstaff. I loved the historic downtown and found some great jewelry and greeting cards at a little shop called Zani. Great dinner at Mountain Oasis, too. We also drove to Sedona to see the sights. Amazing red rocks along the way!
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on October 26, 2009 at 9:14 pm | Karla
The drive from Flagstaff to Sedona is indeed beautiful. A number of years ago, Larry and I drove to the Grand Canyon, and then down to Sedona. You are right! It is positively breathtaking in its unusual beauty. Glad you got to go, :O)


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- 1 Can you take photos inside Buckingham Palace?
- 2 What's inside the Buckingham Palace?
- 3 How can you tell if the Queen is in Buckingham Palace?
- 4 Is there a swimming pool inside Buckingham Palace?
- 5 Can the public go inside Buckingham Palace?
- 6 Can you visit Buckingham Palace for free?
- 7 Who is the owner of Buckingham Palace?
- 8 How rich is the Queen?
- 9 Which is bigger White House or Buckingham Palace?
- 10 Is Queen Elizabeth moving out of Buckingham Palace?
- 11 Does the Queen know math?
- 12 Is Queen at Buckingham Palace?
- 13 Who has lived in Buckingham Palace?
- 14 Who is the Queen's lady in waiting 2020?
- 15 Does the Queen have a passport?
Can you take photos inside Buckingham Palace?
Although photography is not allowed, they do provide an audio tour to make your experience much more enjoyable. A visit to the palace and State Rooms will take about 2 – 2 ½ hours to see.
What's inside the Buckingham Palace?
Buckingham Palace has 775 rooms. These include 19 State rooms, 52 Royal and guest bedrooms, 188 staff bedrooms, 92 offices and 78 bathrooms. In measurements, the building is 108 metres long across the front, 120 metres deep (including the central quadrangle) and 24 metres high.
How can you tell if the Queen is in Buckingham Palace?
The Royal Standard is flown only when the Sovereign is present. If the Union Jack is flying above Buckingham Palace instead of the Standard, The Queen is not in residence. When The Queen goes to Parliament, the Royal Standard flies from Victoria Tower.
Is there a swimming pool inside Buckingham Palace?
There are 775 rooms, including 188 staff bedrooms, 92 offices, 78 bathrooms, 52 principal bedrooms, and 19 state rooms. It also has a post office, cinema, swimming pool, doctor's surgery, and jeweller's workshop.
Can the public go inside Buckingham Palace?
During most of the year Buckingham Palace is the office and London residence of The Queen. But since 1993, during the summer months, the palace is open to the public. Visitors can walk around 19 magnificent State Rooms, used during the year for official entertaining and ceremonial functions.
Can you visit Buckingham Palace for free?
Though the Palace is generally not open to the public, during summer you can visit its State Apartments (admission charge) and see the Queen's large garden and collection of artwork. You can however see the Changing of the Guard for free at 11.30 am every morning during summer and every second morning during winter.
Who is the owner of Buckingham Palace?
In total, the Buckingham palace grounds spans over 39 acres. Despite the palace serving as an important place for the royal family, the Queen does not in fact privately own the residence. It is instead held in trust by the Crown Estates.
How rich is the Queen?
What is the Queen's net worth? The 93-year-old monarch is by far the richest member of the Royal family. Forbes estimates the British monarchy is worth around $88 billion (roughly £72.5 billion). The Sunday Times Rich List reports that Queen Elizabeth is estimated to be personally worth £350 million.
Which is bigger White House or Buckingham Palace?
Buckingham Palace is 829,000 square feet. This makes Buckingham Palace 774,000 square feet larger than the White House. The White House is about 55,000 square feet. Buckingham Palace is over 800,000 square feet.
Is Queen Elizabeth moving out of Buckingham Palace?
When and why Queen Elizabeth moved out of Buckingham Palace On March 19, the royal family matriarch announced that she and Prince Philip left their residences and moved to Windsor Castle in Berkshire, England.
Does the Queen know math?
Queen Elizabeth 1, who was queen from 1558 to her death in 1603, had a most extraordinary education. An especially precocious child, she studied for years with tutors and learned to speak six languages fluently as well as grammar, theology, history, rhetoric, logic, philosophy, math, logic, literature and geometry.
Is Queen at Buckingham Palace?
Queen Elizabeth Reportedly Won't Return to Buckingham Palace This Year, Due to the Pandemic. The Queen and Prince Philip are currently enjoying their annual summer stay at Balmoral, after which they'll return to Windsor Castle. Buckingham Palace is the seat of the monarchy—but the Queen won't be returning anytime soon.
Who has lived in Buckingham Palace?
Who lived at Buckingham Palace? Queen Victoria © Queen Victoria. © Edward VII © Edward VII. © King George V © King George V. © George VI © George VI. © Elizabeth II © Elizabeth II. ©
Who is the Queen's lady in waiting 2020?
The Hon. Dame Mary Anne Morrison GCVO (born 17 May 1937) is a lady-in-waiting to Elizabeth II, and has been a Woman of the Bedchamber since 1960.
Does the Queen have a passport?
The Queen doesn't have to use a passport to travel. However, all other members of the royal family, including The Duke of Edinburgh and The Prince of Wales, hold their own passports.


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Special interests attempt to disrupt state of Montana and tribal partnership to improve access to care and provide services to underserved rural areas
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The Gros Ventre and Assiniboine (Aaniiih and Nakoda) Tribes of the Fort Belknap Indian Community
Carried by Representative Jonathan Windy Boy, HB 599, Allowing for the (CHAP) for tribal facilities, increases access to providers, and therefore services, in the service areas of dental health, behavioral health, and community health. It is based on sovereignty and self-determination and allows the Indian Health Service to train persons to become community health aides, develop a curriculum for the training of community health aides, and create and maintain a Federal Community Health Aide Certification Board, by which individuals who complete the training curriculum are certified to provide services through Community Health Aide Program.
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Although there have been concerns from the special interest groups that the Community Health Aide Program allows for untrained and uncertified individuals to perform irreversible surgical procedures without a mechanism for training and licensure, advocates and tribal leaders are calling the statements "erroneous and scurrilous." They maintain that the Community Health Aide Program will not result in lower quality healthcare and will not place Native communities at risk of receiving substandard medical, dental, or behavioral health care because of the strict certification requirements. Further, the Indian Health Service conducts a statutorily mandated system to evaluate community health aides to assure that quality health care, health promotion, and disease prevention services are being provided to the target population.
The services which would be available through the Community Health Aide Program are currently being provided minimally or not at all due to the lack of providers willing to work in isolated reservation areas. Preventing the Community Health Aide Program would further inhibit needed services to rural communities. Seven other states have passed Community Health Aide Program legislation.
"This bill allows tribes to take charge of our own health care by providing a Native-led, community-based solution to address multiple issues regarding Native health care," said President Andrew Werk of the Fort Belknap Indian Community Council. "All services provided under the Community Health Aide Program are 100 percent billable under Medicaid. It brings in federal dollars to the state, saves money by addressing health issues before they become costly problems later, promotes partnership between tribal, state, and federal governments, and doesn't cost the state anything. It's good for everyone."
HB 599 made it through the House of Representatives and is scheduled for hearing in Senate Public Health, Welfare, and Safety on Monday, March 18th, 3:00 pm.


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Rhens City is located in a part of the Mayen-Koblenz county of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is the administration seat of VG Rhens and has approximately 2,939 inhabitants. A VG (verbandsgemeinde) is a combination of several municipalities into an administration community.
Source: Klaus Günther: Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz, CD.
Jörg Majewski, 29 Sep 2010
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Bramley, England, UK is a twinned city of Rhens, and the Rhens flag is displayed in the town square of Bramley. On Google Street View we see that the Rhens flag is flying next to the shield on a bedsheet flag used by the Bramley Parish Council.
Jonathan Dixon, 14 May 2019
It's definitely the Rhens CoA, and Rhens doesn't seem to be too concerned about the order of its stripes. Officially, they're Y-N-W as shown here, but historically for VR Rhems they were N-W-Y (source). I suspect it's just another variation.
James Dignan, 25 May 2019
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Apparently we have a variety of Rhens City flags being manufactured today by German flag manufacturers using a combination of stripe patterns:
In Rheinland-Pfalz we especially have the problem of lots of unofficial flags of former municipalities, never approved officially. Jôrg in the early 2002 had tried to present some of those for us. The local flags there are furthermore strictly following a NTSR-system (never twice same ratio), a nightmare for flag makers I can imagine.
I do not believe that Rhens actually had a historical flag, as it was only a tiny village in the former Prussian Rhine province. In Prussia there had not been many local flags. However, that tiny village had been of enormous historical importance to the Holy Roman Empire. For example, see the details of the Declaration of Rhense. Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 May 2019


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Small Business Saturday kicks off 'buy local' season
Despite temperatures being in the mid-70s on Saturday, snowflakes and Christmas trees adorned storefronts in downtown Visalia and Exeter.
Small Business Saturday kicks off the "buy local" holiday shopping season — one of the busiest times of year for Valley downtowns.
Last year, more than 112 million Americans spent a combined $15.4 billion at independent neighborhood retailers and restaurants, according to Small Business Administration.
"Small Business Saturday is so important," said Paula Marvin, owner of Exeter's Rosemary and Thyme. "It brings a lot of people out, people who like to support our town."
After braving the crowds at large retail stores, shoppers flocked to downtown in search of deals and locally sourced products.
"They hit the malls on Friday and on Saturday they visit our downtown area," Marvin said.
As soon as customers walked into Rosemary and Thyme, located at 121 N. E St., they were greeted by a row of hand-decorated Christmas trees. The boutique carries holiday decor for people who love both a modern or traditional Christmas.
Just down the street from Rosemary and Thyme, Terri Guzman and her husband George Guzman were setting up their booth at Pine Street Relics.
The long-time Exeter couple understands how important the day is for the local economy.
"It's huge. We don't have big box stores in town," Terri Guzman said. "For us, this is a big deal."
The Guzman's have been restoring and selling antiques for roughly three years.
"It's not so much about the selling as it is about the hunt," George Guzman said. "This is just our fun part-time job."
The couple has booths at two other locations in town — Rocky Hill Antiques and The Grove.
In addition to the well-known hotspots in town, shoppers were treated to several new antique shops including Lamplighter Mercantile and Trading Company.
Larry Harrington and Kathleen Harrington said goodbye to Visalia and hello to Exeter this summer. After calling East Main Street home for more than nine years the business relocated to Exeter in May.
"Every year we look forward to Small Business Saturday," Kathleen said. "This is our version of Black Friday."
Although new to Exeter, the couple is enjoying the small town charm. They are especially looking forward to Exeter's 26th annual Christmas Open House.
"We have sales going on now that will ride through the month of December," Kathleen said.
On Thursday night, downtown Exeter will once again be lined with shoppers as the Exeter Chamber of Commerce hosts its 26th annual Christmas Open House.
Each Thursday from Nov. 30 to Dec. 21 stores throughout downtown are open late. The month-long event kicks off on Thursday. Business owners have treats set out for shoppers. There are carriage rides offered throughout the evening and Santa Claus is rumored to make a guest appearance.
"This is a really big week for us," Marvin said.


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Bans of plastic straws and bags has been in the news for months. Yesterday, Donald Trump gave a speech at a developing Shell factory that will someday produce a million tons of plastic each year.
Stories of dead animals washing ashore with stomachs full of plastic have become heartbreakingly familiar. Efforts to remove a fraction of the tons of plastic polluting our oceans are getting some traction.
The political disconnect between those promoting plastic and those recognizing the damage caused by too much plastic highlights the political disconnect of the time that will someday be seen as a primary reason behind earth's decline. Currently, it doesn't look like too many want to stand with earth.
Trump's reelection campaign has sold more than 44 thousand plastic straws adorned with his name; rather than being part of the solution, Trump is making the problem much worse.
Many on the left are promoting all-out bans on plastic straws with no consideration of the reality that to people with some disabilities they are currently essential.
Some companies, including McDonalds, are using paper straws as a wink to those understanding the danger of plastic. But McDonald's rarely discusses the fact that its paper straws aren't recyclable.
The fossil fuel industry and its backers in both parties are selling Shell's plastic plant and others as a way of revitalizing areas suffering through job losses thanks to our rightful reduction of coal mining. They aren't telling people that fracking, which has its own serious environmental issues, has resulted in industry having more oil than it can use. In typical greedy fashion, corporations and their political enablers have decided to magnify environmental damage in the long run to create a few jobs now.
Accept for a small group of Americans, no one is even pretending to care much about animals; in fact, the Trump administration announced plans to reduce protections for endangered species.
In a country where health care and education aren't considered fundamental rights, we can't hope for too many people to consider ramifications that will not be catastrophic for decades. Still, it would be nice if at least one politician would tell the American public about the hard choices that must be made and the benefits of making them now. Sadly, the best we can hope for is that in 2020 America will reject Trump, the GOP, and the corporations that have nothing to offer but fear and a rejection of science. After all, science is for elites. If Trump and his political and corporate enablers win, breathing reasonable air and drinking somewhat safe water will someday be for the elites too.


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Motivational Monday: Staying Positive
Many people have been affected by the current world situation. These people have lost jobs, the ability to walk at their graduations, and some have lost loved ones. Despite the trauma and the longing for social interaction, it is important for everyone to stay positive. Whether it be working out, cooking new food, spending more time with those you live with, or taking time to do things you wouldn't otherwise have time for.
Staying positive can positively affect your mental health and other parts of your physical health as well. Learning how to transition your negative thoughts into positive ones is a great way of coping with stress and anxiety. Re-framing is a great technique for seeing the positive in different situations. Examples of this everyone knows are the cliches, "If one door closes, another opens," or "When life gives you lemons, make lemonade."
So many times in difficult situations we want to solely focus on the negative so much that we forget there are other options. I challenge you to try this technique to help you stay positive. Many things are unknown in our lives and that will continue to bring people, as a whole, anxiety. If you are having a hard time staying positive, try re-framing your situation or physically reminding yourself of positive things.
If you're looking for a fun craft and a good way to stay positive try creating a positivity jar. Find any kind of container to make your designated positivity jar. Write down something positive that happened to you everyday and place the paper inside the container. Even reminding yourself of small things like getting to eat your favorite meal or if someone did something nice for you, you can look back and reflect on the positive things that have happened.
You can also create a worry jar and do the same thing. Write down any worry or thought you have that you cannot change and put it in that jar. Let life take it's course. Do something about the things you can change and learn to live with the things you cannot.
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The Tournament is at the novel's very core, and the characters' varying takes on it are fascinating. To some, it's a sport, a World Cup of team shooting (p. 297). A refuge for competition without limits. (p. 392) To others, it's a hive of luxury and decadence, a plaything of the rich, the product of fabulously wealthy men and women who had been born in the wrong era and yearned for the days of the gladiator and the Coliseum. (p. 239) Some view it as a chance to mean something, to avoid dying in some little duplex without anybody giving a good goddamn." (p. 500) And, to others, it has the challenge of the first of those, the significance of the second, and the height of the third. It's a return to the days when whole nations, entire races of people, pinned their hopes and futures on individual warriors. Whole wars were won and lost on the outcome of a single battle between heroes. Entire countries were moved. Empires rose and fell. (p. 475)
Unfortunately, the Tournament's actualities are just as hard to pin down as its purpose. We hear that no one on earth was out of their [the Tournament's] reach (p. 443). But that doesn't seem to make sense. Who and what is this Tournament? For an all powerful organization, one has to wonder why they seem to have only a single worthwhile courier and why, for all the mentions of their security forces, they're unable to control their players in any way. More important than the makeup, though, is the question of secrecy. It makes absolutely no sense that the Tournament wouldn't be found in about three days. Why? Because its fights are in broad daylight. In hotels and streets, subways and highways, and worse still. Because its battlegrounds are packed with civilians, and because the organization seems wholly incapable of containing any amount of information at all. Admittedly, the ferocity of the round that we see is constantly remarked upon. The Tournament is growing more visceral, harder to contain. It's turning into a war (p. 297). But that doesn't quite explain it. The players marked as psychotic aren't the only ones that are careless. Even those that seem comparatively sane have no problem with logic like: If the madmen of Black can destroy a dance club with impunity, then we can certainly make a bit of a stir on a runway. (p. 263) Positing no greater media or security presence at an airport than at a dance club is simply mind boggling in our post 9/11 world. Besides which, I just want to point out that any organization so focused on secrecy should avoid making a uniform for itself, let alone something like dark jumpsuits emblazoned with a white letter T. (p. 464) Real inconspicuous, guys.
We first learn of the Tournament from Frank Youngsmith, an everyman and a nobody, an investigator of insurance claims. In the novel's first third, he follows the oddities in a case, stumbles across something that doesn't seem possible, is warned away, and then seems to disappear altogether. His neighbor enters his apartment and finds him gone, the place searched. At the end of the book, a Tournament official tells him that he somehow managed to find and make public more about our work than anyone in the history of our organization. (p. 498) How he did that sounds like an interesting story, right? Maybe even one you'd like to read a book about? Well, Blue Fall is not that book. I don't mean, mind you, that Frank's story is badly told here. I simply mean that it's not here. At all. Frank vanishes entirely from the book for hundreds of pages, and everything from just before his quest's beginnings to its conclusion is entirely absent, an omission as striking as if every third chapter had simply been cut from the novel.
For the characters who are actually present, characterization here is of two halves. During the actual matches, things are too fast moving for in depth portraiture, but Griffith successfully throws in details, emotions, and dialogue to give us vivid, larger than life players that are, in their own ways, flawed. Unfortunately, Griffith seeks to broaden his characters beyond their sport. Of course, I'm not saying that characterization beyond the boundaries of plot is a bad thing. But it doesn't work here, because the entirety of the novel's plot is within the Tournament's framework, leaving the rest of the burden of characterization to chapter long backstory-discharging info dumps that cover the players' lives before they were recruited. Griffith's writing is compelling enough to prevent these from growing truly boring, but they never grow interesting, either, and our real questions (why are these seeming nobodies chosen for the Tournament rather than, say, Special Forces officers?) remain unanswered. These flashback chapters don't add much in the novel's early stages, when the characters are first getting introduced, but the two or so that follow the Tournament's commencing are annoyingly intrusive breaks in the action.
So, okay. We're a fair few paragraphs into this review, and I've been pretty hard on Blue Fall. But it has a redeeming feature, and it's a pretty big one: Blue Fall is a damn fun book. Once it gets going, Blue Fall starts picking up momentum and never stops. Before long, it's a speeding vehicle filled with gunfights, bravery, and set pieces that can be best summed up as awesome tumbling about in the backseat. Alright, that metaphor kind of crashed and burned. Nonetheless, watching the Tournament unfold in all its mayhem is glorious.
Griffith's writing is always clear and capable of some very good lines (In the interims between dinners, time seemed to physically beat upon him. (p. 246)), but it's in battle that it gets great. Firing off multiple match ups at once allows Griffith to flip between them fast enough to keep the tension sky high up for chapters on end. More impressive still is how, in a novel with numerous teams and even more numerous players, Griffith keeps it all from blending together into gunfighter stew. No matter how many fights are going on at the moment, and no matter how many different tactics are about to succeed or blow up with explosive glory, it's always perfectly clear where each team member is and what their goals are. Furthermore, those set pieces I was just talking about aren't just window dressing. Players successfully and not so successfully make use of every part of their environment, giving us scenes like deafening gunfire mingling with still louder music in a dance club and traffic jam-trapped motorists being tricked into becoming distractions by the players. Like I said before, I have no idea how even one of these messes could ever be hushed up, but their creation's a joy to witness.
Blue Fall is dedicated to anybody who's "been known to open up a book simply to escape," and what a nice escape it is. While elements of Griffith's world building don't seem wholly plausible, and while the pacing of the exposition can be clumsy, Blue Fall is still a powerful read, one propelled forward by the strength of the combat at its center. Despite my issues and reservations, I will be reading the next volume in the Tournament series.


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Top 10 agriculture news from the biggest events and recent happenings in the Nigerian agric space, from June 8, to June 14, 2020. Click the links to continue reading the stories.
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Lagos Govt distributes maize, sorghum to 15 farm settlements to avert food scarcity
The Lagos State Government has begun the distribution of maize and sorghum to no less than 15 feed millers, farm settlements, and other stakeholders in the livestock industry in the state.
The State Acting Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms. Abisola Olusanya, in a statement on Sunday in Lagos, said that the measures were to avert food scarcity in the coming years in the state.
Lagos Govt distributes maize, sorghum to 15 farm settlements to avert food scarcity
Niger govt. pledges support to women farmers
The Niger State government on Thursday said that it would support the Smallholder Women Farmers Organization of Nigeria (SWOFON) in the state with inputs and implements for 2020 farming season.
Zamfara gets CBN approval to finance 60,000 farmers
Zamfara state government has secured approval from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), to finance a total of 60,000 farmers through their commodity associations.
This was announced by the special adviser to the governor, Zamfara State Directorate of Accelerated Cotton Development (ZAMDACOD) for Zamfara state government and CBN Anchor Borrowers programme, Alhaji Abdullahi M. Maiturare while addressing newsmen in Gusau, Thursday.
CBN boosts 70, 000 maize farmers under its Anchor Borrowers Programme
Abuja – The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), said on Thursday that it would support 70,000 maize farmers under its Anchor Borrowers Programme, during the 2020 wet farming season.
Mr Nuhu Muazu, Head Development Finance Office, CBN, disclosed this in Bwari, Abuja, at the launching of farm inputs distribution to maize farmers for the 2020 wet season.
CBN boosts 70, 000 maize farmers under its Anchor Borrowers Programme
Federal Government flags off the distribution of agric inputs to avert food crisis
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Muhammad Sabo Nanono, has flagged-off the distribution of agricultural inputs to Nigerian farmers, as part of measures to mitigate the impacts of COVID-19 pandemic to boost food production in the country and avert food scarcity in 2021.
The inputs distributed to smallholders farmers free of charge, were varieties of seeds of rice, maize, wheat, and palm seedlings while others like water pumps, irrigation kits, and seed planter would be given out at 75 percent subsidy.


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Medical professionals also have a harder time evaluated the extent of brain damage the child has sustained. When an adult is injured, doctors can review academic records, employment history and other information to determine how bad the damage is, but with a child, this information is not available.
Experts believe that children are more susceptible to permanent brain damage, as some research has shown that their skulls are only an eighth as strong as adults'. Children may therefore be more prone to deformation and skull fractures.
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"I'm not a fantasy fashion designer. I'm fascinated by people's lives. And I want my clothes to live in their lives, and their wardrobes." Rejina Pyo said this after her show, yet there's no doubt her clothes are highly crafted, highly curated, and highly conceptualized—and sometimes that means fantasy. Thus, tonight's collection did contain a few fantasy twists that would be hard to translate to real women's lives—most notably, the two skirts skirted with undulating triple handles that Pyo said were a take on glass blowing, and the crushed, oversize millinery.
The vast majority of it, however, was indeed shaped to fit in everyday existence while simultaneously elevating it. Before we veered into the punchy orange check dress and suit, or the wonderful vertically gathered puckered silk orange dress worn under a backward-button trench shirt, there was a meaningful section of appealing looks often featuring deep, square necklines joined by Pyo's mixed-up, hand-carved buttons. All these pieces were in neutral shades, often in linen; rather than shouting weakly of fantasy unrealized, they whispered potently of reality enhanced.
This collection was also notable for introducing a "unisex" element, which Pyo's notes said was designed to be shared. It was mostly modeled on men here, and in fact, you could have maybe just have cut to the chase and called it menswear. Hawaiian printed or patched mixed-wash denim, muted color shackets, and gently appealing knit polos were part of what felt like a far more tentative version of the reality Pyo is realizing in her true-life vision of for-women—not "unisex"—clothing.
One real-life influence for Pyo was the 90-something White Cube artist Etel Adnan. Pyo said: "I was thinking of how at that point in your life, how free you would be to express yourself, not really thinking about other things, because you are at the point of mortality and that gives you ultimate freedom . . . that really inspired me." So did she design this collection as if it could be her last? "No! It was more about being true to yourself and enjoying life." While the womenswear expressed a spirit both emboldened and at liberty, the men's, for now, felt a bit mutedly hidebound. Luckily, there are seasons ahead in which to give him a chance to grow.


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"Vaccine Apartheid" Unfair Distribution Hampers Global Vaccination Drive
The battle against the coronavirus is proving to be a tough one. Three quarters of a year since the introduction of the vaccine, more than 5 billion doses have been administered and at least 2 billion people have received two jabs. And the pace of the largest and most complex vaccination campaign the world has ever seen continues to increase: Just last week, 39 million injections were administered. Per day. Before October gets here, another billion doses may have been dispensed.
The article you are reading originally appeared in German in issue 36/2021 (September 4th, 2021) of DER SPIEGEL.
By the end of the year, a dozen pharmaceutical companies will have produced another 5 billion doses, according to the estimates. And next year, global production will rise even further. The producers of the particularly effective mRNA vaccines – BioNTech/Pfizer and Moderna – are expected to almost double their output from around 4 billion to 7 billion doses. On top of that, several more vaccines will be hitting the market, including one from the U.S. company Novavax, which can be stored at normal refrigerator temperatures, making it far easier to use for many countries. The French pharma giant Sanofi could also soon introduce its long-delayed vaccine.
By the end of this year, enough vaccine will have been produced that, in theory, more than 70 percent of humanity could be protected against serious illness or death should they contract the virus. At the beginning of 2021, not even optimists thought we would have come so far. But are we reaching the end?
Unfortunately, it's not quite that easy.
Many countries in Africa have far too little vaccine to make much of a dent in the pandemic. But that could soon be changing.Foto: Brian Ongoro / AFP
The total number of people who have been vaccinated is rather impressive, to be sure, but it's still not enough. There is a lack of a master plan for all of humanity. The world must proceed with far greater prudence and coordination if we want to begin approaching the end of this pandemic and ensure a return to normal life for as many people as possible – and to finally find a way out of the deepest health crisis we have seen in a century.
Even now, after so many doses have been administered, the global vaccination campaign continues to mirror our world's inequalities. Rich countries are already vaccinating adolescents and are planning third, or even annual, doses for adults of all ages. They are buying up all the vaccine on the market and hording it while numerous poor countries still haven't had the opportunity to even protect frontline medical workers and the most at-risk groups from COVID-19.
Around 40 percent of the global population have received at least one dose of vaccine, but the national differences are shocking. Eighty-four percent of those qualified for vaccination in Portugal have received at least one dose and 61 percent of Argentinians – and even 29 percent of people in Albania.
"Vaccine Apartheid"
In Africa, though, the numbers are far, far worse. Only 3.5 percent of eligible Kenyans have received a jab, 1.3 percent of Nigerians and just 0.09 percent of people in the Democratic Republic of Congo. More than 1.3 billion people live on the continent, and less than 2 percent of them have been completely vaccinated. Critics are furious about the "vaccine apartheid" and condemn the "vaccine nationalism" of wealthy industrialized countries.
The situation isn't just unacceptable from an ethical point of view. Medically, the inequality is dangerous for the entire world. Places where the virus can circulate freely among largely unvaccinated populations are ideal for mutations, the result of which could be a pathogen that is resistant to the vaccines thus far produced.
Just last week, medical professionals in South Africa reported that they have identified a new variant. Since May, the C.1.2 variant has been identified frequently in South Africa and has also been found in China, England and Switzerland.
It's not yet clear how dangerous this new variant might be. Researchers, though, are concerned by the fact that C.1.2 features numerous mutations to the spike protein, which the virus uses to force its way into the human body. Changes to this key protein could be decisive because they have the potential to limit the effectiveness of existing vaccines.
The new mutation is a clear reminder that the world must be far more vigilant and do all it can to avoid vaccine black holes such as the one that has developed in Africa. This is not a new realization. Since the very beginning of the pandemic, epidemiologists have been warning that a situation like that has be avoided.
A delivery of Moderna vaccine in Kenya via COVAX on August 23Foto: Daniel Irungu / EPA
It's not like nothing has been done. The World Health Organization (WHO) launched the COVAX program in April 2020 together with partners around the world in an effort to ensure the fair distribution of vaccine around the world. The idea was that COVAX, financed primarily by prosperous countries, would be able to cheaply buy large amounts of vaccine for participating countries and then distribute it to poorer countries based on their population size and need. Recipients would only have to pay very little or nothing at all.
The COVAX program got off to a good start. So far, 192 countries have joined the program and it has gradually collected around 10 billion euros. Germany has contributed several hundred million euros, and when Joe Biden became president, the United States became a supporter as well, with a donation of $4 billion.
Beyond that, though, the news hasn't been so good . The COVAX program had aspired to distribute 2 billion doses of vaccine this year, hoping that it would be sufficient to at least partially stem the pandemic in poorer countries. But that goal has not been met.
A Shining Example?
Thus far, COVAX has only delivered around 230 million doses to a total of 139 countries – far too little to make much of an impact. Furthermore, wealthy countries like Britain, Canada and Saudi Arabia have been among the countries that have received vaccine from the program. Despite having plenty of vaccine of their own, they weren't prepared to renounce their rights under the COVAX program.
COVAX was conceived as a shining example of global solidarity in times of collective need. But the idea has failed for the time being. By the time COVAX finally had sufficient capital to place large orders, says a spokesperson from the vaccine alliance Gavi, which is a participant in the initiative, "the wealthier governments had already reserved the entire 2021 supply."
The result is that COVAX has been forced to depend almost exclusively on a single supplier: The Serum Institute of India. The largest vaccine producer in the world, the institute is to supply COVAX with large quantities of the AstraZeneca vaccine produced under a licensing agreement. Initial deliveries were made, but then, when India was hit hard by the second wave of the pandemic, New Delhi applied an export ban on vaccines, and it has yet to be lifted.
COVAX has proven unable to compensate for the loss of is most important supplier. As a result, Africa fell hopelessly behind on its vaccination campaign, just as the Delta variant began spreading on the continent and killing tens of thousands of people.
The lack of vaccine, though, isn't the whole story. Some African countries have also proven to be hopelessly overwhelmed by the challenge of organizing an effective vaccination campaign. This spring, for example, a plane delivered 144,000 doses of AstraZeneca to the West African country of Benin – only for 110,000 of those doses to be thrown away because the country was unable to administer them before their expiration date. Part of the problem was that the delivery arrived too late in the first place and the country had only had about four weeks to administer all the doses, which proved to be too little time.
The launch of vaccinations in the Central African Republic, Cameroon, Gambia, Sierra Leone and South Sudan was similarly catastrophic. More than 450,000 doses of vaccine went unused. In some instances, there was a lack of trained medical personnel, in others there was a lack of refrigerators, electricity or fuel for trucks. Sometimes, not enough people could be rounded up who were interested in receiving the vaccine.
Niger, Liberia and Senegal are all bastions of religiously motivated anti-vaxxers. Surveys show that a huge majority of the population in these countries have far more faith in God than they do in vaccine.
Some African Countries Are Well Prepared
Furthermore, the long discussion of the potential side effects associated with the AstraZeneca vaccine has also boosted skepticism in Africa. Malawi was unable to find willing recipients for 17,000 doses, which the country's health minister blamed on "the propaganda against the AstraZeneca vaccine." The minister threw the expired doses into a hospital's incinerator herself. Many in Africa see the vaccine – which has been severely criticized in numerous social media channels – as being second rate, even though it has proven to provide reliable protection against the Delta variant.
Other African countries, by contrast, were able to prepare well for mass vaccinations – in part because some of them only just recently carried out vaccination campaigns against Ebola or yellow fever and were thus well practiced.
The arrival of a vaccine delivery at the airport in Entebbe, Uganda, on March 5Foto: Hajarah Nalwadda / Xinhua / imago images
Rwanda, for example, is able to manage the end-to-end cooling necessary for the BioNTech/Pfizer vaccine and it is also a likely site of a planned BioNTech production facility. Botswana, for its part, has carried out an intensive informational campaign, resulting in 76 percent of the population expressing a willingness to be vaccinated.
Ghana has sent teams to remote areas of the country to vaccinate the elderly, and Mauritius simulated the entire campaign in order to prepare. Angola has developed mobile vaccine stations that will be able to administer the elixir to 5,000 people each day – at least once sufficient supplies show up.
Overcoming the Shortage
There is much to indicate that the shortage of vaccine could soon be overcome. Many rich nations possess more vaccine than they could ever use and the U.S., the Netherlands, Britain and Germany have had to destroy thousands of expired doses. In the future, they are hoping to eliminate such waste by donating the doses to COVAX in a timely manner.
Germany is also planning on relinquishing 30 million doses of AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson vaccines, which have proven unpopular in the country, with Japan planning to follow a similar approach. France has promised more than 60 million doses to poorer countries and Britain has pledged 100 million doses. The U.S. is even planning on financing 500 million doses of BioNTech/Pfizer, which will then be distributed via COVAX this year and next to 92 developing nations. U.S. President Joe Biden has ensured that no political strings will be attached to the vaccine donations. China, meanwhile, has promised to distribute 2 billion doses of vaccine, although it has not provided a specific timeline. Only 100 million doses of that total will be distributed via COVAX.
Since the beginning of August, meanwhile, some countries in Africa have begun receiving deliveries from a unique joint order placed by the African Union. It includes 400 million doses of Johnson & Johnson produced in Europe and packaged in South Africa. The order is to have been completely filled by the middle of next year.
All in all, it seems as though the vaccination campaign in Africa could, in fact, begin gaining momentum soon. The continent could then have plenty of vaccine available in just a short time from now. But mass vaccination campaigns can only be successful if the vaccine can be effectively administered. A number of African countries must rapidly expand their capabilities in this regard, and also prepare for a future in which their citizens, too, might ultimately need more than two doses for lasting immunity.
Is it ethically viable for the West to declare booster shots a medical necessity when many parts of the world haven't even received their first doses yet? Will the wealthy countries again ensure that the vast majority of the available vaccine ends up in the West? Such concerns are fully justified. And there is only one real path out of the dilemma.
The world must produce significantly more vaccine for everyone. Experts with UNICEF, a COVAX partner, have calculated that under optimal conditions, the global production of vaccine could make a huge jump next year – from around 13 billion doses to more than 42 billion.
If that were to happen, if the best-case scenario was to become reality, if the number of anti-vaxxers was to go down and if no super-mutant appears, then the world could conceivably approach that mythical goal of herd immunity. If not, though, then health expert Andrea Taylor of Duke University could prove to be right. She fears that the campaign to vaccinate the poorer parts of the world will still take quite some time. Until 2023.


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10 Fierce Halloween Cat Makeup Ideas
by Morgan DeBoest
We're always trying to find our next best Halloween costume. If you're feeling feline, we've got a litter of cat-tastic tutorials right here, including a full leopard face and Grumpy Cat. Take your Halloween cat makeup to the next level with these purr-fect ideas.
Simple Cat with Braided Ears
German beauty vlogger Annika Min takes the cat look one step further by including braided ears in this tutorial. She keeps the makeup quick and easy—a dewy complexion with a delicate cat eye and bold red lips.
Sexy Cat
This gorgeous, feisty Halloween cat makeup look comes from Swiss beauty vlogger Julia Graf. Create a dramatic cat eye look using dark brown, black, tan, and pink eye shadows, and thickly line the tops and bottoms of the eyes with black gel line. Use this liner to create the wing too. Create leopard spots on the eyelid and up over the eyebrows by drawing tiny c's and u's. Liquid liner whiskers and two-tone lips finish off the look.
Pretty Kitty
Abby Smith of Twist Me Pretty amps up the cat-eye liner with this tutorial. Dip the wing of the inner corner of the eye much lower, and be sure to wear some false lashes. Use a brow shadow with a bit of a red tone to fill in your brows, and make sure to widen the inside edge of each brow with a triangle shape. The two-tone lip is featured here—super-dramatic and super-easy.
This full leopard face looks difficult. But fear not, feline: Olena from I Am Just a Makeup Lover breaks it down, and we love her detail shots. Combine the fierce cat eye with the natural-looking leopard spots. All it takes: black liner, black and dark brown eye shadows, and bronzer. Trust us: This is totally easy cat makeup even non-makeup mavens can do.
Black Cat
To get this dramatic black cat makeup look from Vanity's Makeup, start by lining the top lash line and crease of the eye with black liner. Draw a cat-eye shape, and fill it in. Go over the shape with black shadow. Use bright white shadow to fade up toward the brow bone. Line the eye with black gel liner, and use liquid eyeliner to perfect lines. Use a dramatic mascara, and don't shy away from fake lashes here. Contour cheekbones with bronzer and blush. Line the top lip with black eyeliner, and draw a line to connect the lips to the cat nose. Draw on some whiskers, and people will pray that you won't cross their path.
Gold Leopard Print
We can't get over this gorgeous bronzed leopard look from Joni Lynne of My Cherry Style. Start with a basic foundation to even skin tone and add glow, and use a shimmery bronze or gold eye shadow to highlight the area around the outside corner of each eye up to the temple. Draw gold dots using a pencil brush. Use black liquid eyeliner to outline the spots. Line the entire eye with black eye shadow, and get the waterline with a trusty black eyeliner. For a natural look, change up the sizes and locations of leopard spots.
Simple Kitty Cat
This easy cat makep look comes from beauty vlogger Sonia Castaneda. The black upper lip amps up a makeup look that can be achieved in 5 minutes. Use a pinky-bronze shadow on lids, and use deep black eyeliner to create a cat eye (see slides 1 and 2). Draw on your nose, whiskers, and top lip; and you're ready for a cat-tastic night out!
Sassy Cat (in a Hat)
With intense cat makeup looks like this, it's important to remember face lotion, powder, and primer. Setting the stage for your star beauty products is essential so you stay moisturized and won't break out later. Beauty vlogger TheMakeup switches things up and goes for a silvery cat eye, complete with glittery false lashes.
Grumpy Cat
Suzy Berhow, lifestyle and beauty vlogger, is known for her hilarious takes on makeup and style tutorials. Here, she re-creates Grumpy Cat's iconic frown. Start with a tinted moisturizer base, and use a white cream liner or shadow on the middle of the face, starting above the bridge of the nose and moving down to the chin. Use a light brown powder or bronzer on the eyes and cheeks and sides of the face to imitate Grumpy Cat's markings. Use a light pink lip liner on the bottom of your nose to create Grumpy Cat's nose and a brown liner to accentuate the trademark frown lines.
The makeup gurus at Sephora created this helpful drawing of a face incorporating a multitude of different cats. Try one section or the whole face!


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Targeted Analyses of Secondary Metabolites in Herbs, Spices, and Beverages
Thermo Fisher has developed a multianalyte-targeted technique that uses a spectro-electro array platform to resolve and quantify phenols, phenolic acids, and polyphenolsin a variety of natural products, supplements, herbs, spices, and beverages.
Application Note 1063: Targeted Analyses of Secondary Metabolites in Herbs, Spices, and Beverages Using a Novel Spectro-Electro Array Platform demonstrates that this approach extends the range of compounds that can be simultaneously detected and enables the separation and quantitation of 49 different phytochemicals commonly found in a number of herbs, spices, and beverages.
There is considerable interest in the potential health benefits/medicinal value of phenolic and polyphenolic compounds present in a number of botanical supplements, foods, and beverages.
However, the structural diversity of many of these compounds makes them difficult to identify and quantify in complex matrices.
In this new approach, an electrochemical detector uses unique three-dimensional voltammetric resolution to enable compound separation superior to that of traditional spectrometric techniques.
This method can also measure the antioxidant capacity of a sample, as well as the contribution of individual groups of antioxidants to that total capacity.


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Grace McKagan, who is the daughter of Guns N' Roses bass guitarist Duff McKagan and fabulous singer/model, posted some new pictures on her official Instagram account and flaunted her toned body.
In the pictures she posted, you can see that Grace was chilling inside her room and posing for the camera. She was wearing a pink fringed top that suits her beauty and combined it with high-waisted pink lingerie.
Moreover, it's clear to see that Grace managed to keep her body fit even in the self-quarantine days and showed off her toned abs. Also, she was looking gorgeous even without any single makeup.
While Grace was putting her beauty on display and showing how a perfect woman she is, her post liked by around 5K people in less than a day, and most of them praised her beauty in the comment section.
Here is what Grace McKagan captioned:
"Disposable drop! Dress up!"
You can check out the post below.


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|Premier at election
|Premier's party
|Premier after election
|Premier's party
|TAS 30 May 1877
|Thomas Reiby
|Support from parliamentary factions and independents
|Philip Oakley Fysh
|Support from parliamentary factions and independents
Previous period in this series for TAS | Next period in this series for TAS
Resignation of premier (Kennerley): Beginning of Reibey's period in office: 'It appears that the personal qualities of the Premier [Kennerley] were not sufficient to enable the Ministry to overcome the antagonism of certain factions in the Parliament and so he resigned and retired from public life', Reynolds p. 143, (see 'References', below). Reibey was then commissioned to from a government.
Loss of election (Reibey): Reibey lost a vote of confidence in June 1877 and was granted a dissolution. Despite the electoral success of his supporters, Reibey lost another vote of confidence after the election and Fysh was installed for his first period in office as Premier; see Terry Newman, Sandstone and Statutes: A History of the Tasmanian Parliament, (in process).
References: For a description of the style of parliamentary government in this period, see John Reynolds, 'Premiers and Political Leaders', in F C Green (editor), Tasmania: A Century of Responsible Government 1856-1956, pp 115-192, (Hobart: L G Shea, Government Printer, [1956]), and note Terry Newman, Tasmanian Premiers 1856-1988: A Biographical Handbook, (Hobart: Tasmanian Parliamentary Library, [1988]).
For a survey of Reibey's career, see Peter Bolger, 'Reibey, Thomas (1821 - 1912)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 6, p. 17, (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1976), on line at: http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A060022b.htm
'Ministries: Names of the Members of Successive Ministries which have held Office in Tasmania since the inauguration of Responsible Government, together with the Dates of Appointment and Retirement', Journal of House of Assembly, Second Session of the Forty-Fifth Parliament of Tasmania, Anno LIII and LV Eliz II; Session 2 of the 45th Parliament, Volume 251, 2004-2006, (Hobart: Government Printer, Tasmania).


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Cake Volume and Serving Size
The standard height of our ROUND cakes are between these TWO height range:
When ordering a cake from Baking Indulgence, our cake size is based on serving size (i.e. number of guests).
The following Cake Serving Size is an Estimation, how much to serve your guests is still depending on your intended cutting size.
Example of the size / volume of ROUND CAKE is based on the following calculation:
Example of the size / volume of SQUARE CAKE is based on the following calculation:
The standard height of our cakes are between 4" to 4.5" tall. Cake serving size is based on 1" x 1" block slice from cake.
Costing of customized cake is very much depending on designs. A smaller cake with much complexity may cost more than comparatively bigger but simpler cake.
It is vital to have good portions to serve your guests, however based on past experience and customers' feedback, size/ tiers do matter with visual impression.
So, plan for a customized cake with ideal size which will serve a good memory in later days while you are flipping through your pictures.
Remember to remove the following while serving your cake:
1. All the surface decorations
2. Skewers (if applicable)
3. Supporting dowels (if applicable)
As sugar is preservative, you can refrigerate sugar arts in a clean box, AFTER trimming skewer or dower (if applicable).
Should you need further information.
(A) 3" to 3.5" tall.
Cake serving size is based on 1" x 1.5" slice from cake.
(B) 4" to 4.5" tall.
Cake serving size is based on 1" x 1.5" slice from cake.
In conclusion, HIGHER cake will yield more serving size.


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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17266281.post3984721507178792557..comments2022-12-05T11:12:49.868-05:00Comments on Lisa Buie-Collard - Author : A to Z Blogging Challenge - St. AugustineLisahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-17266281.post-28908349554067879332015-04-23T20:29:19.252-04:002015-04-23T20:29:19.252-04:00Love these pictures. That museum is great and I wo...Love these pictures. That museum is great and I wonder-is it in a former home from one of the robber Barons? The local hang out is also pretty cool to seeBirgithttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-17266281.post-90308971887529054752015-04-23T08:13:28.804-04:002015-04-23T08:13:28.804-04:00Wow! St. Augustine has it all. Thanks for the virt...Wow! St. Augustine has it all. Thanks for the virtual tour of this lovely place, Lisa. I liked The Mill Top... what's that giant wheel in front of it? Is it just a structure or used for some work?
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Shilpa Garghttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-17266281.post-66871807901984183182015-04-23T02:49:33.133-04:002015-04-23T02:49:33.133-04:00Hi Lisa - it does look an interesting place to sta...Hi Lisa - it does look an interesting place to stay or to look around .. I love the look of the statue and am glad it's back in situ. Then there's the pirates - they look rather nice and I'd like to befriend them!! Cheers HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-17266281.post-10327622300383288202015-04-22T23:30:17.467-04:002015-04-22T23:30:17.467-04:00i went to high school in florida and worked there ...i went to high school in florida and worked there for a while after college - great state! never visited st augustine, but would love to some day - thanks for the highlights! happy s day!Tara Tylerhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-17266281.post-78960614211935467262015-04-22T20:52:12.560-04:002015-04-22T20:52:12.560-04:00We spend a few days in St. Aug wayyyyy back when a...We spend a few days in St. Aug wayyyyy back when and I loved the place for its charm, history and all-around coolness.

Great place to visit (and we went with a Rwandan military officer who'd never seen an ocean before) so St. Aug. will always have special memories for us :)Mark Koopmanshttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-17266281.post-8579470104758549712015-04-22T20:51:04.058-04:002015-04-22T20:51:04.058-04:00Never been there Lisa. Looks like a good place to ...Never been there Lisa. Looks like a good place to visit. Beaufort, NC, claims the place of second oldest town in the US. That is a nice place too. I'm always up for good eating and wineries. Any particular reason that statue is stolen? The one in Savannah, Georgia from the book/movie, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil which stood in a graveyard, they eventually had to move to a museum Johttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-17266281.post-39115252499919363432015-04-22T17:08:20.035-04:002015-04-22T17:08:20.035-04:00I love places with a touch of history and the pira...I love places with a touch of history and the pirates didn't hurt either. Wha-ha-ha :-)

 Anna from Elements of Writingemaginettehttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-17266281.post-23998589428576293162015-04-22T16:25:13.834-04:002015-04-22T16:25:13.834-04:00Forts, history, festivals and wine... my perfect w...Forts, history, festivals and wine... my perfect weekend!

Annalisa, writing A-Z vignettes, at Wake Up, Eat, Write, SleepAnnalisa Crawfordhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-17266281.post-88987107235820732722015-04-22T16:23:00.569-04:002015-04-22T16:23:00.569-04:00Looks like another great place to visit. My sister...Looks like another great place to visit. My sister is moving to Florida next year. I'm going to give her a list of places we have to visit.Susan Gourley/Kelleyhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-17266281.post-35340281254953448232015-04-22T14:26:05.639-04:002015-04-22T14:26:05.639-04:00My best friend just spent a week in St. Augustine!...My best friend just spent a week in St. Augustine! She had the most amazing pics and so do you. I've never been:(Jennifer Haweshttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-17266281.post-22035190621150706852015-04-22T13:19:18.013-04:002015-04-22T13:19:18.013-04:00How fun! I've always wanted to be a pirate, an...How fun! I've always wanted to be a pirate, and those carriages must be a great experience.cleemckenziehttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-17266281.post-91080211118019653602015-04-22T12:59:17.410-04:002015-04-22T12:59:17.410-04:00Very interesting! Photos are beautiful.Very interesting! Photos are beautiful.iluvfictionhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-17266281.post-59495892453551765942015-04-22T12:24:18.522-04:002015-04-22T12:24:18.522-04:00Yes! I would. It's fun for both kids and paren...Yes! I would. It's fun for both kids and parents. My kids loved it and still like to visit whenever they come home, which is not often enough for me!Lisahttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-17266281.post-62578620014827010012015-04-22T12:23:25.472-04:002015-04-22T12:23:25.472-04:00One thing I love there is being able to eat outsid...One thing I love there is being able to eat outside, and having an interesting place to walk around. St. Aug, covers both of those!Lisahttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-17266281.post-55176197907432013242015-04-22T12:22:34.753-04:002015-04-22T12:22:34.753-04:00Yay! That was the reaction I was hoping for, and w...Yay! That was the reaction I was hoping for, and we aren't done yet!Lisahttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-17266281.post-69023983726232434502015-04-22T12:21:44.076-04:002015-04-22T12:21:44.076-04:00I wish I could live there Martha. I really do... M...I wish I could live there Martha. I really do... Maybe if I ever sell movie rights? Ha ha!Lisahttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-17266281.post-61619415838886223092015-04-22T12:20:52.750-04:002015-04-22T12:20:52.750-04:00I think anyone would be hard pressed to not enjoy ...I think anyone would be hard pressed to not enjoy themselves here! But don't go in the dead of summer! TOO hot!Lisahttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-17266281.post-41804849495719223522015-04-22T12:20:09.918-04:002015-04-22T12:20:09.918-04:00Courtesy of my kids and god daughter! Courtesy of my kids and god daughter! Lisahttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-17266281.post-59114114267157870242015-04-22T12:19:40.097-04:002015-04-22T12:19:40.097-04:00I know, but truly, this one has the "proof!&q...I know, but truly, this one has the "proof!" of being the oldest "city" not town, not colony, etc. But city, yes... Lisahttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-17266281.post-80544669971616385862015-04-22T11:58:42.748-04:002015-04-22T11:58:42.748-04:00Once again, great photos and travel suggestion.Once again, great photos and travel suggestion.Jeffrey Scotthttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-17266281.post-45627665506364903442015-04-22T11:41:51.581-04:002015-04-22T11:41:51.581-04:00I've been there and also wrote about St August...I've been there and also wrote about St Augustine and it's special fort there, which we also visited. The material which they used for the fort amazed me since it had to ability to flex rather than shatter when hit with cannonballs. We also visited the lighthouse nearby. It was a family trip in 2005, but we missed the Flagler museum. When hubs and I drove down to Key West the following D.G. Hudsonhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-17266281.post-59547065139221982912015-04-22T11:26:45.062-04:002015-04-22T11:26:45.062-04:00This is a city I have always wanted to see. It loo...This is a city I have always wanted to see. It looks great!Nadine_Feldmanhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-17266281.post-48437391111579335632015-04-22T10:37:14.508-04:002015-04-22T10:37:14.508-04:00When I visited Savannah, GA I opted not to go to S...When I visited Savannah, GA I opted not to go to St. Augustine as part of the trip. You are making me rethink that decision. Maybe it needs to go on my bucket list. Maybe when I take Charlie to Disney World.Denisehttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-17266281.post-2294448821004100492015-04-22T10:21:50.941-04:002015-04-22T10:21:50.941-04:00Love the pirate pic! I need to plan a visit there,...Love the pirate pic! I need to plan a visit there, soon!
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Mary Aalgaardhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-17266281.post-33001858016066900322015-04-22T09:46:07.639-04:002015-04-22T09:46:07.639-04:00I visited St. Augustine a couple years ago. You ca...I visited St. Augustine a couple years ago. You can add to the list of great things about it that it is dog-friendly! Choppy even came to supper with me!Sarahhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com