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Most people travel around the world to get away from their jobs or they take off for a year to gain insights through travel. My work as a choreographer and dancer includes traveling to other places and creating with and for other artists, groups or institutions. I have traveled extensively collaborating on and creating different dance works my whole life, but I never traveled and worked on the same project continuously without returning home.
I am not a writer. I am a dancer. I feel at most home when expressing through my body. For me dance opens up my thinking and consciousness. We are essentially embodied creatures. Our bodies are essential to our consciousness, to our selves and to our perceptions of the world. We are not incidentally embodied; we are fundamentally embodied. Our consciousness is intimately connected to our physicality. If you engage people in physical activity, you change their consciousness. That’s why I strongly believe that everyone should move and dance, and then do it some more.
In 2013 I was touring my piece Oasis -- Everything you ever wanted to know about the Middle East but where afraid to dance, which was inspired by the Arab Spring that began in late 2010. In between the performances of Oasis, I would rest in Chicago, where I reside, to prepare for the next project. During one of my meditations, I had the idea to travel the world and create site-specific dance performance workshops with local communities building more awareness around movement and empathy. I wanted to do what I called Dancing Around the World (DAW) in as many countries as possible to show that we have more in common than we believe. I was tired of the negative news, conflicts and separation continuously emphasized in world news reports. I wanted to experience for myself the world as a still beautiful place, full of hope, joy and celebration. I also wanted to show that people are kind and creative and happy souls. But mostly, I wanted to demonstrate that we all want the same thing: to love and be loved for who we are.
Once I committed myself to Dancing Around the World, the task ahead was daunting. But step by step, like in choreography, the pieces started to come together. First I had to write a project description and prepared a project presentation for funders. I also had to find presenters and host partners around the world who were excited about the project. Then I created a budget and early on realized that I couldn’t travel with my dancers because expenses were too large for a small company like mine. Plus being responsible for a company traveling around the world was much riskier for an independent artist like me. So I decided to travel only with my partner and collaborator, Enki Andrews, a videographer, photographer and multi-media artist. It was, I believe, essential to document the project, so we could expose our supporters and others in the community to the many places and dancers we engaged with. We wanted to take our community with us on our journey.
Finding partners around the world was easy. Finding grant organizations to fund the project was more challenging. Many foundations and funding organizations didn’t believe an individual could pull this off or DAW didn’t fit into their funding criteria. Some funders thought it was too big of a project (or maybe I didn’t explain myself very well) but needless to say we received no funding from the traditional sources. I was driven to do this project; something deep inside of me knew it was important. So we organized a crowd funding drive on Hatchfund, a fundraising platform for artists, to raise funds for our international travel to 20 cities around the world. We were so blessed and in the end we raised more than $25,000. DAW was literally only possible because of those people believed in us and the project.
Choosing the countries, cities and finding partners in selected cities was not too daunting. I mapped out the first half of the year connecting with many of the communities where I had toured previously and the second half of the trip I organized while on the road. In each city we spent about two weeks, visiting 20 cities on four continents. At places where I performed solo pieces I had chance to slow down, rest, regroup and catch up with editing the footage from the previous city.
Dancing Around the World was intense and full of surprises. In most places our host partners greeted us warmly at the airport. The first two days of the residencies were our discovery days. We sought out locations where we could dance and film the site-specific performances. The aim was not to create a polished final piece, but to give people an experience of the overall process of internal transformation through movement across national borders. Through different emotional, physical, and mental exercises and improvisations, participants created new relationships with the city, with each other and in the selected public spaces we engaged with.
In each city, I would teach an open technique class in the mornings to get everyone on the same mental, emotional and physical base. It’s important to start the day with a studio practice because it provides dancers with a protected space to open up and be vulnerable and trust each other. Since the workshops were open to any level, the challenge was to make the process as inviting and inclusive as possible.
This journey began in Chicago and our first international city for Dancing Around The World was in Bogota, Colombia, the only city where we stayed for only one week. We continued to 18 different cities and collaborated with 18 different groups of dancers, institutions, embassies and art organizations.
Now that I am back and reflecting on the journey, I want to share what I learned traveling and dancing around the world while collaborating with 18 different organizations and dancers in as many different countries.
First lesson: Simplify your project description. Be very clear with your language and don’t assume people understand what you mean. Ask questions and clarify some more. Double check your facts. Some organizations say they understand your project but most arts organizations are understaffed and overworked and they can’t always pay attention to the details.
Second lesson: Travel light. Most people over pack their suitcase. You don’t need that extra pair of jeans and that extra pair of heels. I suggest you pack your bag three times and each time leave half of it out. Then you will have the exact amount you need for the road.
Third lesson: Take care of your body consistently. Get the rest you need. If you need eight hours of sleep, schedule and sleep for the time you need. Denying your body what it needs is not a sustainable strategy. We also found that having a steady breakfast routine was very stabilizing even when waking up in another country in a different time zone. Give yourself time to recover. We didn’t do much sightseeing. Since we were working for a whole year, we prioritized according to what our bodies told us.
Fourth lesson: Be flexible with your lesson plan: Make an outline but not a rigid plan. Being flexible during the process will create a deeper understanding and a deeper exchange with the participants. Being flexible creates an open exchange between you and the participants. By staying open you start to get a better sense of the place, the culture, the people, their hopes and dreams, thus creating a more rewarding exchange.
Fifth lesson: Sameness comes in different colors and shapes. Even though we all come in different shapes, colors and sizes, in essence we are all the same beneath the surface. We all have two eyes, a nose and mouth. We all have the basic structure of a body with two arms and two legs and you will discover that the body has the same limitations and possibilities around the world. Especially when you dance and improvise with each other.
Sixth lesson: Learn to listen. Each of us knows how to use our bodies to send messages, but not many of us realize that people in different parts of the world “speak” different body languages. This can include how we greet others, how we sit or stand, our facial expressions, our clothes, hair styles, tone of voice, eye movements, how we listen, how we breathe, how close we stand to others, and how we touch others. The pressure of body language can especially be felt in emotional situations where the unspoken usually prevails over words. But teaching dance around the world and creating an art piece with the body breaks down the barriers of cultural differences. Through sensitive listening you can adapt your creative project to communicate more effectively through nonverbal channels.
Seventh lesson: Teaching and working with people around the world, you realize that we are all connected. When we talk about going to war with another country, the people that will be harmed are the people you met in the workshops, the children you saw on their way to school, and the families you saw walking the streets arm in arm. Suddenly it becomes personal and it’s not okay to see them injured or killed.
Of all of the benefits of travelling, I think that this is the most far reaching and important. Other human beings are our most treasured gifts here in this life. Develop a love for other cultures, religions and lifestyles. Let them see that we are all one. I believe if we do this we can change the world, one travelling peacemaker at a time.
To see samples of Yatkin’s Dancing Around the World projects, visit her YouTube channel.
Choreographer and dancer Nejla Y. Yatkin is a recent 3Arts and a 2014 Princess Grace Works in Process Awardee. Born in Germany with Turkish roots, Yatkin’s recent dances have been inspired by stories and events of significant places in the world. Such was the case with the Berlin Wall Project, Oasis, Everything you wanted to know about the Middle East but were afraid to dance and Dancing Around the World Cities (a traveling site-specific work around urban locations), which traveled to Honduras, Panama, El Salvador, France, Germany, New York. From April 2015 until May of 2016 she traveled around the world with a dance project entitled Dancing Around The World.
In 2000, she started choreographing solo works inspired by great female choreographers. To date, she has choreographed five evening-length solos that toured nationally and internationally. She is also choreographing for her own project-based dance company, NY2Dance, as well as other companies including Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble, Dallas Black Dance Theatre, The Washington Ballet, River North Chicago and the Modern American Company.
Since 2001, she has been the recipient of four Artist Fellowships for her Excellence in Dance and Choreography from the [Washington] D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities, an agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, and a three-time recipient of the Creative Performing Arts grant from the University of Maryland. Other awards include the Local Dance Commissioning Project by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the two Creation Funds and two Performing Arts Residencies from the National Performance Network.
For her past creations, Yatkin has received five Metro D.C. Dance Awards. In 2005, she was named a “25 To Watch” by Dance Magazine and the award for Outstanding Emerging Artist by the D.C. Mayor’s Arts Award Committee. From the Princess Grace Foundation, she received a choreographic fellowship, a 2009 Special Project grant and a Princess Grace Works in Process Award for a residency at the Baryshnikov Art Center in 2015.
Besides choreographing, Yatkin is passionate about sharing her knowledge with the next generation. She was an artist resident at the University of Notre Dame from 2008 to 2012 and from 2001 to 2008 she was a tenured professor at University of Maryland, College Park. For more, visit www.ny2dance.com.


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We continue our survey of election reactions with a commentary from Douglas Johnson, legislative director of the National Right to Life Committee.
I hasten to point out that the views he expresses are not shared by me, but when I solicit these submissions I promise to print them without editing.
Still, I will allow myself the comment that the right-to-life movement is in trouble when its spokespeople demonstrate such acute harshness to people with whom they agree on 98 percent of the issues. It costs nothing to be mangnanimous in victory.
That said, I admire Mr. Johnson's commitment to the defense of the unborn enormously and believe it is a credit to his organization, as it is to the Catholic Church, that no matter how long the odds, he and we have not abandoned the effort to call our nation's attention to the evil of abortion in our midst.
I may quibble with his analysis and his methods, but I do not quibble with his cause.
Douglas Johnson: The first two years of the Obama Administration have been a time of multiple setbacks for the pro-life cause at the federal level. Behind smokescreens of soft, deceptive rhetoric, the Administration has pushed an abortion-expansionist agenda on both domestic and overseas fronts, employing executive powers, nominations, and legislative attacks. The single greatest pro-life setback has been enactment of the massive restructuring law ("Obamacare").
The version originally advanced in 2009 by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Congressman Henry Waxman, and other key House Democratic leaders, was loaded with abortion-expansive provisions -- until the House corrected those problems by adoption of the Stupak-Pitts Amendment on November 7, 2009. However, that pro-life victory was denounced by President Obama and by key Democratic congressional leaders, including Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who succeeded in winning Senate approval on Christmas Eve of a bill that contained even more abortion-expanding provisions than the original Pelosi-Waxman bill.
Lacking a single Republican supporter, for many weeks Pelosi was unable to win House approval of this bill -- in substantial part because the pro-abortion provisions were recognized and explicitly condemned by a group of Democrats led by Rep. Bart Stupak (Mi.).
This is not the place to chronicle the many public utterances and acts by members of that group, in which they recognized the gravity of the pro-abortion provisions contained in the Senate bill, or to recount their initial refusals (widely reported at the time) to bow to pressures from the President and Speaker Pelosi to support it. Typical were these statements: Rep. James Oberstar (D-Mn.): "I will not vote for a health care bill that doesn't have the House abortion language in it." (CQ Today, Feb. 25, 2010) Rep. Steve Driehaus (D-Ohio): "I will not bend on the principle of federal funding on abortion. . . .They are going to have to do it without me and without the other pro-life Democrats." (Cincinnati Enquirer, March 14, 2010).
As late as March 19, 2010, Stupak, Driehaus, and nine others introduced a formal resolution (H. Con. Res. 254) to amend the bill to strike pro-abortion language added in the Senate, and to insert a bill-wide, permanent prohibition on any provision being used to subsidize abortion. But Pelosi refused to allow a vote on this amendment. Tragically, the Stupak group then splintered. Stupak, Oberstar, Driehaus, and a handful of others voted for exactly the same bill they had previously refused to embrace. Their flimsy justification was an Obama executive order that did not (and could not) change a single word in the bill -- an executive order that the president of Planned Parenthood accurately dismissed as "a symbolic gesture." (It would be even more accurate to describe the executive order, which was almost entirely devoid of substance, as "cheap political theater.") Some of the defecting lawmakers later were brazen enough to try to brand as liars those organizations, such as National Right to Life, that continued to describe the same bill in the same way, and to hold the lawmakers accountable for their blatant flip flops.
Now we have received the judgment of the electorate: The bloc of Democrats who abandoned the pro-life movement to satisfy President Obama and Speaker Pelosi suffered severe losses. In all, at least a dozen House incumbents who had taken high-profile stands against federal funding of abortion, but who ended up voting for the health care law, were defeated by pro-life challengers (or, in Stupak's case, suddenly retired).
Far greater losses were sustained among the ranks of House Democrats who had seldom or never voted pro-life: upwards of 40 were replaced by firmly pro-life Republicans.
It was the assessments of candidates by the mainstream pro-life organizations, such as NRLC, that correlated with the results: According to a national post-election poll conducted by The Polling Company, 24% of those who actually voted remembered receiving a previous communication or hearing an ad from National Right to Life about the candidates.
Fully 30% of voters said that abortion affected their votes, and this group broke nearly 3-to-1 in favor of the pro-life candidates.
Asked, "Did the issue of funding for abortion in the Obama health care law affect the way you voted in today's election?," 31% of voters responded in the affirmative -- 27% who said they voted "for candidates who opposed the health care law," and 4% who said they voted "for candidates who favored the health care law." In other words, 87% of the voters who said the issue mattered, voted in accord with the NRLC position.
The take-home lesson, for lawmakers in both parties, could hardly be clearer: If you vote against the pro-life position --as defined by the mainstream pro-life groups -- on a major abortion-related public policy issue, you will be held accountable by a substantial bloc of the electorate.
To be sure, the flip-floppers were defended in interviews and press releases from Democrats for Life of America (DFLA) -- whose executive director, Kristen Day, had made a great show of resisting the Senate-passed health bill until the moment of the Stupak cave in, but after that engaged in remarkable efforts to rewrite history, insisting there had never been an abortion problem at all, and claiming anybody who said otherwise was spreading lies. Her press releases provided all of the protection of a rice-paper parasol in a Texas hailstorm. In one congressional office after another, the award plaques from DFLA soon will be packed up for the moving vans -- or perhaps, in some cases, discarded with a muttered oath.
In addition to the replacement of about 40 career pro-abortion incumbents and about a dozen defectors, in about 25 other cases pro-life House incumbents of both parties are being replaced (through either retirement or defeat) by new, firmly pro-life candidates. In only one district in the entire nation was a firmly pro-life incumbent defeated by a solidly pro-abortion challenger. That unfortunate was Rep. Joseph Cao (R), who won a seat in 2008 in a heavily Democratic district of New Orleans by defeating an incumbent who had been indicted for bribery. Mr. Cao served with distinction, but the heavy disparity in party identification in his district was simply too much to overcome.
What's that all boil down to? Overall, there has been a net shift in the pro-life direction in the House of 40 to 55 votes, depending on the issue. This brings within the realm of possibility full House approval of a permanent, government-wide prohibition on federal subsidies for abortion, such as the No Taxpayer Funding of Abortion Act proposed by Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ), which has already been endorsed as a priority in the "Pledge to America" issued by the incoming Republican majority leadership in October. It also sets the stage for a battle royal over legislation to repeal the Obamacare law itself and replace it with something consistent with pro-life principles.
The election results were good in the Senate, as well, where the net shift in the pro-life direction will be from four to seven votes, depending on the issue. No senator is being replaced by a successor who has a weaker position on abortion.
This shift in the Senate will enhance pro-life prospects for fending off new legislative attacks on existing pro-life policies -- among these, an ongoing effort to repeal a ban on performing abortions in U.S. military medical facilities, and a variety of bills intended to further enhance the Administration's ongoing efforts to expand abortion access throughout the developing world. But President Obama's veto pen may still pose a formidable obstacle to enactment of legislation targeted at the gross deficiencies of the Obamacare law, and of the No Taxpayer Funding of Abortion Act.

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As the UN Working Group itself has pointed out, its work leading to the conclusion that the irreducible core of the prohibition against arbitrary detention is a norm of jus cogens character was carried out in close co-operation with Oxford Pro Bono Publico (OPBP).
After a record long gestation period the Supreme Court today handed down its judgment in Belhaj v Jack Straw & Sir Mark Allen and Rahmatullah (No 1) v Ministry of Defence. The facts at issue in this proceeding are of such an enormity that they are not easy to comprehend—so appallingly were the Mr Belhaj, his wife Mrs Boudchar, and Mr Rahmatullah treated on the assumed facts of the case.
Mr Belhaj and Mrs Boudchar had been detained in Kuala Lumpur in 2004 and then rendered to Libya via Bangkok. They allege that the United Kingdom ‘arranged, assisted and encouraged’ their rendition, as well as conspired in and assisted in torture, inhumane, and degrading treatment inflicted on them. Mr Rahmatullah was detained by British forces in Iraq in 2004 on suspicion of having belonged to a proscribed organization; he was transferred to US custody and detained without charge for ten years.
The question before the Supreme Court was, on the assumption that the allegations were true, whether the UK complicity for unlawful detention and mistreatment abroad at the hands of foreign state officers were properly triable in the English courts. A unanimous Supreme Court found for Belhaj, Boudchar, and Rahmatullah; the government’s appeals were dismissed and the cases allowed to proceed to trial.
The cases concerned the so-called foreign act of state doctrine, whereby a court, being an organ of a sovereign, will refuse to pass judgment on the acts of another. Much ink will be spilled over Lord Mance’s impressive lead judgment on the doctrine, which was to the effect that, whichever conception of foreign act of state under which one subsumes the facts of the case, the question of whether the case is triable falls to be considered on a case-by-case basis, regard being had to the principle of the separation of powers. English law will in that regard take into account whether issues of fundamental rights are engaged. Against this background, the case was found to be one in which English courts can in principle pass judgment.
Interestingly for the present purposes, Lord Sumption developed what he called the category of ‘international law act of state’, a concept pegged to international law which requires English courts not to adjudicate on the lawfulness of the extraterritorial acts of foreign states in their dealings with other states or subjects of other states, owing to the fact that these occur on the plane of international law. But, he said, this doctrine did not necessarily apply simply because the subject-matter of a case may incidentally disclose that a state has acted unlawfully; there is a further public policy exception to the doctrine, applicable in cases of violations of rules of international law which enjoy the status of jus cogens, that is, peremptory norms of international law.
Lord Sumption went on to discuss in detail the definition of the concept of arbitrary detention. He said that: ‘in December 2012, the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, after canvassing states on the question what factors qualified detention as arbitrary in their domestic law, concluded that detention might be regarded as arbitrary in customary international law if it lacked any legal basis, but also in some circumstances even if it did have a legal basis, depending on the reason for the detention and in some cases on its duration: UN A/HRC/22/44, at para 38’ (at ).
Lord Mance for his part observed that the pronouncement of the Report was ‘most valuable and important’, ‘likely to influence the development of generally accepted and recognised norms’(at ).
Over several years OPBP, led in this regard by Dr Liora Lazarus and Dr Eirik Bjorge, worked with Professor Mads Andenas, the Chair of the Working Group in charge of the adoption its work on the topic, in gathering and analysing state practice on this question. This led to the conclusion that there is in international law a jus cogens prohibition of arbitrary detention. This conclusion today received Supreme Court imprimatur.
Many congratulations to OPBP and all its Oxford graduate students who worked tirelessly advancing international law and the work against arbitrary detention!


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Morning folks, and it’s a chilly Billy frosty desert morning here in Alice Springs, and boy have I got a story for you! Driving up from the Barossa, we got to Spud’s Roadhouse at Pimba, at the turnoff to Woomera. Parked up was a truck loaded with an aeroplane, and seeing as I spend a lot of my life on those things, I’ve developed a healthy interest in them! This one looked like it had done it tough but had an unusual but stylish cockpit and nose wheel arrangement, so I went over for a look.
Up close, you can just make out the words ‘Belo Vula’ painted just under the pilot’s – much patched! – window.
On the tail plane, there was still an identifying code clearly visible, so I thought that once I had a chance, I’d check it out the Google machine and see if I could find out where the plane had come from, and maybe what it had done.
Well! As luck would have it, I didn’t have to wait long, because Tuesday night the truck was parked right outside our motel room in Coober Pedy, and as we were loading the ute up first thing yesterday morning – we met by chance Mouse and his brother Jeffrey – the two blokes responsible for ‘the last flight of the Belo Vula’ – from the old Australian Aviation Museum at Bankstown Airport in New South Wales (near Sydney) to the Central Australian Aviation Museum here in Alice Springs.
Mouse knew quite a bit about the history of the plane, and what it actually is – it’s a De Havilland DH 114 Heron. So, with what Mouse told me plus a couple of hours on the Internet last night – this is what I’ve been able to piece together.
The De Havilland aircraft company developed this four engined passenger aeroplane after the second World War, and in 1950, released the ‘Heron’ into commercial service. Our plane was built in England with the ‘construction number’ or manufacturer’s identification code of 14108. It was shipped to the new post war Federal Republic of Germany to become part of the Luftwaffe (their military air wing) as CA +001. This made her the transport for the first Chancellor of Germany – Konrad Adenauer – as he flew about the world between 1949 and 1963, setting up a democratic government and restoring ties with France and America. Apparently he was quite the consummate politician and colourful character, being quoted as saying “the art of politics consists in knowing precisely when it is necessary to hit an opponent slightly below the belt”. Any rate, what we do know is that the Heron carried 14 very skinny passenger seats, one pilot, no stewardess, and didn’t have a bathroom. But because Konrad Adenauer spent so much time in her criss crossing Eurpoe, he had seats removed so that his armchair could be bolted in! I like the man already! And here is our first interesting mystery moment, because according to Mouse, that armchair somehow made it to the Central Australian Aviation Museum here in Alice Springs, which is housed in the old Connellan Airways hangar, on the site of the original ‘town aerodrome’.
And before we go on with the next chapter in the career of our ‘Belo Vulathinness what? Our Konrad Adenauer ends his career as such a statesman that the German government named the air transport that is used for their Head of Government to wing their way about the world on official and diplomatic business……the ‘Konrad Adenauer’. It’s a tradition that stands to this day….and it’s currently an Airbus A340 -313 VIP…..made in France, an obvious illustration of the relationship between France and Germany……mainly rebuilt by our Konrad.
So in 1963, Konrad Adenauer finishes his run as German Chancellor, and the ‘Belo Vula’ goes back to the UK and becomes G-ASFI, registered to Shackleton Aviation.
But in 1964, she gets sold and becomes CR – GAT for Transportes Aereos de Portuguesa, the national airline for Portugese Guinea, flying around North Western Africa to such exotic locations as Dakar and Bisseau .
Then in 1970, our bird somehow finds her way into service with Connellan Airways est 1943 in Alice Springs as VH-CLW, just as they change their name to Connair. This regional airline had built up an amazing route structure throughout the Northern Territory and outback areas on the adjoining borders of Western Australia, Queensland and South Australia – which included a lot of station properties and aboriginal communities – pretty much anywhere with an airstrip! So now our bird has flown across post war Europe, the desert of Northern Africa, and most of the desert areas of Australia, and we’re only half way home! It’s also worth keeping in mind that Connair played a big part in evacuating folks from Darwin after Cyclone Tracy devastated the city in 1974, and our ‘Belo Vula’ was probably involved in that as well.
In 1976, our plane is sold to Kendell Airlines based in the rural centre of Wagga Wagga in New South Wales – on the passenger runs to Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra.
In 1981, she moves up into the Central Pacific island of Kiribati and flies for it’s first national airline Air Tungaru as T3-ATA, based in the capital Tarawa – servicing the Gilbert Islands and Fiji.
In 1984 she shifts camp to Fiji and takes on the stunning black and gold livery of Sunflower Airlines and becomes part of their fleet as DQ-FDY, and is named ‘Belo Vula’…….which is Fijian for…..White Heron.At this point in time, she’s flown 18,953 registered hours!! That’s like flying continuously for 789 24 hour days!! This old girl did some serious flying miles for her time, across the oceans, deserts and cities of a huge part of the world.
So she finishes with Sunflower Airlines in 1995 – they went on to become Sun Air, then Pacific Sun Airlines – still flying 12 destinations across Fiji. But the ‘Belo Vula’ is sold to an Australian airline, but never flies again. Why? Back to my mate Mouse for that explanation. They added a laminated steel beam to the wings to re in force the strength of the thing, but didn’t put the modification into the maintenance log, so our girl got grounded permanently by the authorities.
In 1999, the plane is donated to the Australian Aviation Museum in Bankstown NSW, where she fades pretty much away. But wait, that’s not the end of the story. She has been re donated to the Central Australian Aviation Museum here in Alice Springs, so essentially she’s coming home to the same Connellan Airways Hangar that she flew from back in the 1970s.
So that’s why the trip on Mouse and Jeffrey’s truck from Bankstown NSW to Alice Springs NT is ‘the last flight of the Belo Vula’. They’re unloading her today over at the museum, so I might even drop by and see how she’s arrived.
You never know what you’ll see on the road, and thanks Mouse for the yarn.
And yep….she made it home!
Morning, folks, just about to repack the ute – thought it best not to leave our wine for Sunday’s tasting outside overnight – and start on the 700 odd kilometers left to Alice Springs. After the first 900 km of the trip, so far I only have one piece of damage to report – a nice solid chunk of glass chipped out of the middle of the windscreen – thanks very much to a piece of road thrown at us by the wheels of a ‘road train’. What’s that – for the folks that haven’t seen one before? It’s a truck (called a prime mover) with up to 3 trailers behind it. And when there are 3 trailers, the last one can ‘swing’ up to 2 metres either side of ‘straight’, and that can make it pretty scary to pass! You need a really long straight believe me.
Here’s a road train pulled up at Glendambo yesterday.
See ya – have to go pack the ute … and do a Willie Nelson.
Evening, folks, and we’re camped at Coober Pedy – the opal mining capital of South Australia – overnight, roughly halfway between the Barossa and Alice Springs. But I just wanted to give you a look at one of our side trips – into Woomera. A ‘Woomera’ is an aboriginal ‘tool’ that was used to notch into the base of a hunting spear, and then by a deft wrist flick and lever action, was used to ‘launch’ the spear at serious speed with serious accuracy.
Quite an apt name then for this area – which was set up by the Australian and British governments in 1946 and used to be a hive of military activity throughout the 1950s and 60s as one of the world’s busiest test areas for rockets and missiles. Restrictions on the ‘Woomera Prohibited Area’ were lifted in 1982, and now you can actually go in and visit the historical museum, and the ‘missile park’.
Here’s George the Bear on his own ‘rapid transit’. I promised Zach – Mr Food and Beverage at The George Hotel in Christchurch – that I’d make sure that their bear did some interesting things on this trip. Job done!
Oh … I should explain. When you stay with The George Hotel, they present you with your own bear, and encourage you to send in photos of where George gets to travel with you … and I did promise.
PS if you want to see what this is all about, go to The George Hotel’s home page, and check out the George Bear Blog in the top left hand corner. There, Zach … as promised.
Alice Springs – Here We Come!
Hi folks, heading north, north, and further north today with Therese Stoll (our sales gal from Adelaide) on our very own Thelma & Louise (no gun in the glovebox) road trip to Alice Springs.
Here are our companions George from The George Hotel in Christchurch NZ and Logan hitchhiking on the dash!
We’re going to help our Darwin based colleague out with a tasting at The Overlander’s Steakhouse on Sunday afternoon, and we’ll be catching up with a stack of the Yalumba faithful – like Jan Hayes who has been running events at The Ooraminna Bush Camp for years – using Yalumba wines exclusively. So it should all be a bit of fun.
See you when we get to Woomera.
Evening folks, just got in from my excursion to Bethel’s Beach on my day off. Just have to pack the rest of the suitcase, ask for the 5am wake up call – yep that’s 3am Barossa time – as I’m out on Air NZ first thing tomorrow morning. One stop in Adelaide to pick up Big White my trusty Toyota Hilux ute, and we’re off to the Central Market to help chef Simon Bryant with The Big Lunch……supporting the good work done by the folks from The Big Issue magazine.
But look where I went today, nothing short of stunning.
OK folks, I can’t leave it any longer. I have to get into the London 2012 frame of mind. It’s Olympics time. Right this moment, it’s 7 days 23 hours and 22 minutes until the Opening Ceremony kicks off.
So in the spirit of international goodwill and sporting excellence, I’m going to introduce you to the specific athletes that I think show great merit, and we’re going to follow their fortunes on the blog.
Firstly, we cannot ignore finely honed water slicing machines – otherwise known as men in Speedos!! Australia has a fine tradition in Olympic swimming, so we are going to follow the 4 x 100m men’s freestyle relay team. Here they are on the back of The Advertiser (Adelaide) newspaper – sorry about the quality of the photo, I was in a bit of a hurry.
The four boys are – left to right – Eamon Sullivan, James Roberts, James Magnussen, and Matt Targett.
Cameron ‘The Hammer’ Hammond – a young lad from Moree – way way out north west in New South Wales. He’s boxing in the Welterweight division, and has made it all the way to one of the biggest boxing rings in the world…….from the bush. That’s already a massive win in my book!
Then there’s the youngest boxer on the squad – 17 year old Jai Opetaia from Watanobbi on the New South Wales Central Coast – competing in the heavyweight division. Make sure you check this kid out, as he’s already been a sparring partner for both Danny Green and Anthony Mundine during their preparations for title fights. When asked to comment about how quick he was for his size, this is what Jai had to say “a lot of people are surprised that I’m that weight and I move the way I do. Every boxer knows……it’s to hit and not get hit!” Definitely one lad to watch.
Finally, at 27, there’s the oldest bloke on the team – Luke Jackson from Hobart in Tasmania. This story is all about ‘never say die’. Luke missed out on selection for the 2008 Beijing Games, so he decided that come he’ll or high water, he was going to do everything humanly possible to make the team for London. And he has. Fighting in the lightweight division……and with the added responsibility of being the boxing team captain…….such good luck to you all in London Luke.
Now finally, I know there’s a pretty fierce Trans Tasman rivalry between Australia and New Zealand, but the blokes from NZ are very good in sailboats! So I’ve chosen the Men’s Skiff 49er class to follow – the team of Peter Burling and Bkair Tuke. Besides being incredibly talented, if you check out their team profiles, you’ll see two pretty hot black singlet (all NZ sporting teams work on the ‘all black’ colour scheme – it’s been their trademark forever) clad lads……that are incredibly easy on the eye as well. Which makes them such a pleasure to watch out there all windswept, salt spray wet and athletic! There might even be an aftershave ad in there somewhere.
We have our Negociants UK gal on the London 2012 ground – Lady Emma Crowther – lined up to send exclusive reports back with respect to Olympic Happenings of Note – so I will ask her to try and track the boys down at some stage for a chat.
So there you have it folks. Olympics are Go!
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Longtime iTunes user here. What are some music clients that Crackberry use?
Personally, I'm looking for something where I can purchase albums and songs and have them on my phone. I'm not sure how Google play music works, it appears that it's a subscription based service similar to Pandora or Spotify.
Ok first off you CAN still use iTunes, there are several Android apps that allow you to sync your iTunes library to your Android phone. As for Google Play Music its possibly the best of both world, YES you can subscribe and get service like Spotify, Pandora or Amazon Music Unlimited, BUT it still has the ability to sell you individual songs or albums.
Speaking of Amazon Music, IF you already have Amazon Prime then you get Amazon Prime Music which is a subset of the Amazon Music Unlimited subscription. Even if you don't subscribe to Amazon Music Unlimited (9.99 OR 7.99 a month - It's cheaper if you have Prime), as a Prime subscriber you get about 30 to 40% of the Amazon catalog of music. It's a nice taste of all of their artists, and is MORE than enough for me. Amazon lets you sync your non copyright music to its library also.
Amazon Music is my choice!
Thanks for your input, pkcable!
Also another thumbs up from me regarding Amazon music,i have prime so get music with that. It's great that I can sync it with a couple of devices.
I have chosen doubletwist. it syncs well and seems to work seamlessly.
Amazon Music user here as well. If you're a Prime member, it's included, so why not use it? Left iTunes a long time ago and never looked back.
Another vote for Amazon Music.
I am now trying amazon, but the Option where to choose the location for saving Music (SD or internal) is grey. Anyone knows, how to activate it?
That MIGHT be a feature of Amazon Music Unlimited which has more features and a larger library of music. THAT is 9.99 a month OR 7.99 if you are a Prime Member, which you must be. ;) So it would be 7.99 for you. Also they have a mini account for use with an Alexa device, it's 3.99 a month BUT your unlimited only works on 1 Alexa device.
I have a Music Unlimited account, but still the Option is Grey, and not selectable. But anyway, Music is saved automatically on SD, so in the end it is no Problem.


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TIP! Frame designs were great in the 1990s, but they are no longer useful. Frames were popular back then but created a lot of problems.
Is web page design something that you will want to use as a tool to make a lot of profits in the future? If so, this article offers some of the best tips on web page design.
Be sure your site has a tagline everyone can see. The tagline includes a motto or clever phrase that speaks to the purpose of your business. Use clear taglines to help people that visit your page. You only have a few second to get their attention and get them them to look through the whole website.
TIP! Utilize the software out there that doesn’t cost you a thing when you are designing your own site. A lot of people think that they need to use costly software, but the truth is that there are a number of free, quality tools that can help you begin and keep your website running.
Don’t keep outdated content on your site. For example, if your web page is promoting some event that occurred a year ago, you’ve probably lost a lot of your readers. Visitors want to visit sites that have the most up-to-date information, and leaving up outdated information shows that you are not committed to that. Create a schedule that will help you manage information and specials, and remind you to take down useless items.
TIP! Don’t use too many fonts when making your website. Consider how the ones you choose appear on standard screens since serifs like Times New Roman can be tough to read.
Preserve the personal information users submit on your site safely. If users register on your site, some of their data should be saved. This makes it easier to fill out forms, and is considered to be very convenient. Saving the user’s information in this way simplifies work for them, and is much appreciated by your website visitors.
TIP! Be certain you have a method for visitors to leave comments or questions. That way, if they are having a problem or there are missing items on your pages, you will be made aware and can fix the problem.
Remember that you do not have to fill up all of the available space on your website. By insisting on utilizing all the available tips and tricks, you can make a site that is not friendly to your users. Leaving space between different elements on your webpage could give your consumers a comfortable experience. Empty space plays an important part in a good design.
TIP! Keep your content interesting and entertaining. While how your design looks is important, visitors will not return if there is no content worth reading.
Using the tools from a host to build your site is great for basic layout, but don’t completely rely on them. Make sure to infuse your unique personality into your site, rather than just focusing on a drag-and-drop tool that your hosting company might offer.
TIP! Make sure that your site is optimized for previous editions of Internet Explorer. Lots of people grumble about IE, but they still use it, and they often use outdated versions.
Adobe Dreamweaver can help you create a great site. This intuitive program is easy for anyone to use. There are step by step guides on how to make layouts and templates in the program. You can also test the website before you go live.
Familiarize yourself with HTML5. If you don’t know how to use HTML5, you need to learn.
TIP! It is important to remember to test your website’s design on various web browsers. Every browser is different; as a result, each can interpret your design in a slightly different way.
Write content for your page with literacy levels in mind. They have not all graduated from college or even high school, for example. If you want to reach more people, they need to be able to understand your content.
TIP! Take the time to actually use your site as you are building it. As soon as you have something built to test, it is vital to keep checking what users will actually experience.
If you’re aiming to host videos within your website, you should check to see if your web host will allow it. It is not uncommon for hosts to forbid users to host video content. FLV files use too much room on the public servers. Therefore, you should check this out beforehand or you could potentially waste all your efforts.
TIP! Subscribe to a newsletter with information on web design to keep you up to date on the latest trends. These newsletters are helpful for designers of every skill level.
Never stop learning if you want your website design to keep growing. Once you have tackled one site design aspect, move on to the next one and master that one, too. While this may lengthen the process of building your first site or two, you will soon have the knowledge you need to crank out websites much faster.
TIP! Running multiple test checks are vital to ensuring that your website runs optimally. Overall, the tasks’ purpose is to find some functionality or information that’s buried in the website.
It’s not necessary to rush out to purchase expensive books on how to create a website. It could possibly be a poor investment. There have been many great books written about website development. However, there are countless websites available that share all the info needed to make a great site. Books that cost money won’t tell you anything different than those that don’t.
TIP! Get help from a professional. There is much to learn from someone who has already mastered web design.
As you were reading through the above article, you probably felt yourself getting more comfortable on the topic of website design. Use the information given here to plan out each of your goals, and then follow through in a way that will allow you to get your site up and running efficiently.


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Bosch Security Systems was chosen as the central supplier for the security systems at Marmara Park Shopping Center in Istanbul, one of the largest of its kind in Turkey. The shopping center is completely designed in a galaxy-theme. Space-related lighting, planet models and a theme park for visitors form the individual identity of the shopping center. The networked and integrated security solution from Bosch comprises fire and voice evacuation systems, video surveillance, access control, and intrusion detection. All of these systems are centrally managed and operated via Bosch's Building Integration System.
With a total floor space of 100,000 square meters, 250 individual shops and restaurants, a hypermarket, a cinema complex and parking for 4,000 cars, Marmara Park serves approximately 40,000 customers per day. More than 2,400 jobs were created within the shopping center developed by ECE Türkiye. In 2013 it was awarded the MIPIM award in the shopping center category, one of the world's most prestigious awards in real estate development.
To enable the highest security level for customers, employees and suppliers of Marmara Park, local Bosch partner Entegre designed a highly modular and scalable security system that meets all the standards as set in norm EN54. The Bosch fire alarm system consists of four networked Modular Fire Panel 5000 Series with 59 loops supporting more than 5,000 fire detectors. It is tightly integrated with the Bosch PRAESIDEO voice evacuation system which can also be used for announcements and background music in normal operations. This system with 64 amplifiers supports 140 independent zones, allowing targeted messaging in case of an evacuation.
Video surveillance of the entire premises has been realized using almost 300 cameras and 18 digital video recorders. In addition, Entegre installed a comprehensive access control system for non-public areas within the centre as well as the addressable intrusion detection system Modular Alarm Platform MAP 5000 from Bosch with more than 1,000 detectors. This allows the operator to exactly locate every alarm in real time, enabling fast response to any incident. The same holds true for the panic buttons which have been installed in all of the shops.
Being a tightly integrated solution, the entire security system can be configured and operated very efficiently from one central location or distributed consoles. The open architecture makes it highly scalable and adaptable to future additions or changing requirements.


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Today was a good day. One of those stunning Wellington winter days, not a cloud in the sky, the wind more like a puff of breath, the air with a sharp, cool crispness about it, and people drawn outside to make hay (or ride bikes) while the sun shines. How could I stay at work when my bike and my new White Ladies were calling? Short answer, I couldn't.
After a leisurely cruise around the bays, taking in the snow-capped mountains across the Cook Strait, with nary a drop of Rule 5 needed, I arrived home to discover what looked like a body bag on my doorstep. I knew straight away what was contained within, and it wasn't severed limbs or disembodied organs. I'd been waiting for this package only for a week, but still it was like I'd been waiting all year for Christmas to come, and now it was time to open the presents.
I have to hand it to the folks at Rapha, they care as much about the goods they administer as do the recipients of their product. There was no chance in hell that my goodies were going to get wet, damaged, or fouled in any manner. They are as passionate as any true Velominatus.
Carefully cutting the tape, drawing out the bubble-wrap, and removing the thin plastic film, the Rouleur Photography Annuals 2008 and 2009 were finally in my hands. Bonus; the 2009 edition is in hardback. And all for 35 quid plus the same in postage. Ok, the NZ dollar being pretty paltry meant I shelled out about $150, but I see it as an investment, objects to be enjoyed for years to come. Only other Velominati could understand. Love in a box indeed.
A bargain at twice the price! Of course, I worry that that kind of temptation would keep me from getting on my bike in any but the finest of weather conditions.
Ah, the curious phenomenon that is “unboxing“. A not totally un-expected consequence of the online commerce world in which we live.
As I peer over my monitors to the back wall of my office I see the mountain of Amazon/Nashbar/Performance/woot! boxes from previous “boxes of love”.
When I first saw this article title, my initial thought was we’d been hacked. Once I realized that was not the case, I naturally assumed is was going to be Brett doing this video.
Joking aside, the first year’s subscription to Rouleur (who is owned by Rapha) came wrapped in a pink La Gazetta Dello Sport print. How cool is that?
That whole group knows a thing or two about being a Velominatus.
Hahaha that’s my Xmas shopping sorted!
I bought Issue 2 of Rouleur many moons ago, but never got around to a subscription. Now it’s hard to get most back issues, which pisses me off, so I made a vow to get all the photo annuals.
Seeing your annuals…I may have to spring for those as well…man, those look good. I have all the Rouleurs except issue 1. I would literally cut off a finger to have that first issue. LITERALLY figuratively.
Dude, subscribing to Privateer now. How awesome are those guys?
Love in a box…I feel this risin’ in my bones…the V-jersey is on order! Can’t wait to have it arrive sometime this summer. Gonna be an awesome day!


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What about the spool necklace? A must-have!
EP, you know, I was so obsessed with the hat that I never even noticed the necklace — until you pointed it out!


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Caps United suffered a heart breaking loss in front of their fans, losing 2-4 to Libyan side Al Ahli Tripoli at the National Sports Stadium this afternoon.
The home side started poorly, conceding a penalty just a few minutes into the game after a crude tackle by defender Justice Jangano in the box.
Tripoli made no mistake, and scored another two quick goals to take control of the game leading into half time.
In the second half, Caps found themselves 0-4 down but mounted a futile fight-back to lose the match 2-4.
Ronald Pfumbidzayi converted from the penalty spot before captain, Hardlife Zvirekwi pulled another goal just a few minutes before full time.
Caps have 3 points from 3 games after losing their first match 2-nil to Zamaleck of Egypt and winning 2-1 against USM Alger of Algeria last week.
Their next assignment is against Al Ahli Tripoli.

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More and more people understand that the key to good health is preventive care. Even insurers are pushing for patients to take a proactive approach to their health and Medicare is no exception. Within their first year of eligibility, and then once a year after that, the program encourages all beneficiaries to take advantage of Medicare’s annual wellness visit.
There are two types of annual wellness visits with Medicare. The first is the Welcome to Medicare preventive screening. It occurs during your first 12 months with Medicare Part B or Medicare Advantage. The second is the Yearly Wellness Visit, which you are eligible for once 12 months have passed since your initial Welcome to Medicare screening. Even if you miss your Welcome to Medicare visit, you may still take advantage of the yearly wellness visit.
Both visits cover the same basic items. Your doctor takes your vitals – height, weight, and blood pressure – and talks to you about your medical and social history. You undergo a vision test and talk about current conditions, medications, and any health concerns you may have. In addition, your healthcare provider talks to you about depression, as seniors are at heightened risk.
You and your provider discuss any risk factors present, as well as possible treatment options. He or she may also recommend further preventive screenings and shots, if your medical history indicates the need. Finally, your provider explains advance directives and planning to ensure you receive the type of care you want in the event you are no longer able to speak for yourself.
Why Should You Have an Annual Wellness Visit?
Your annual wellness visit helps your healthcare provider discover potential issues early, while they’re still easy (and less expensive) to treat. This yearly visit reveals a whole host of potential chronic health issues, including diabetes, heart disease, and high blood pressure. And, once your doctor knows you’re at risk, he or she can begin treating you. For example, if your blood work shows that you’re at risk of developing diabetes, your doctor will recommend lifestyle changes to reduce your risk.
In addition to common chronic conditions, your yearly wellness check includes cancer screenings. When it comes to cancer, catching it early is the key to a successful fight. You want your doctor to discover it before those nasty cancer cells have a chance to metastasize and spread. You may not love your annual prostate exam, Pap smear, or mammogram, but they’re way better than the alternative.
To make the most out of your wellness exam, it helps to go in prepared. Most of us plan all kinds of things to ask the doctor but, once we get there, those thoughts fly right out of our head.
Start by writing down a list of questions you have for your doctor. Then, make a list of all of the medications you take, including prescriptions, over-the-counter drugs, vitamins, and supplements. If you can, gather your medical records, including labs and other diagnostics, and take these with you to your appointment. This helps your doctor fully understand your medical history. Include your family’s medical history in your notes for your doctor. He or she may order additional testing based on a family history of certain conditions or illnesses.
Next, take an honest look at where you’d like your health to be. Do you want to be more active? Are you looking to lose weight? These are items your doctor can advise you on to ensure you make healthy changes in a safe way.
Finally, if you’re struggling with depression, tell your doctor. Depression is incredibly common, particularly as we get older. Unfortunately, it’s also one of those things that many people are afraid or embarrassed to discuss with their doctor. The good news is that depression is treatable, but only if you talk to your healthcare provider about it. At East Shea Assisted Living we talk to our clients about all of their options for Medicare. Talk to us and see the difference in our higher level of senior care.


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The founder of the Ghana UK Based Achievement Awards, (GUBA) Dentaa Amoateng, has been awarded an MBE by Her Majesty the Queen of England, Queen Elizabeth II during her 2016 Birthday Honours.
A statement said “The British High Commission Accra is delighted to confirm that Dentaa Amoateng, founder of the Ghana UK Based Awards (GUBA), has been awarded an MBE in Her Majesty The Queen’s 2016 Birthday Honours”.
Dentaa was awarded her MBE – Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire – as recognition of her services to UK-African Diaspora relations, through her work with GUBA.
The GUBA Awards is an annual awards ceremony based in the UK, which recognises the ‘hugely significant’ contribution that British-Ghanaians make to society.
Dentaa founded the awards in 2009 as she felt that there was “nothing out there” that promoted and celebrated the hard work and successes of British Ghanaians.
After receiving the news of her honour, Dentaa stated; “I am truly honoured and delighted to have been considered for the Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. This recognition is beyond my imagination and I am so very grateful for the honour.
“Improving African affairs within the UK is the main objective of my organisation – GUBA Enterprise – and my team. I share the honour with them to reflect our continuing commitment to maintaining and advancing relations”.
The GUBA Awards is intended as a platform to showcase and celebrate excellence and achievement within the British-Ghanaian community.
It is a non-profit organisation which donates proceeds towards charitable schemes operating within the Ghanaian community, and provides an engaging platform for promoting greater cultural diversity in the UK, as well as raising the profile of Ghana.


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while HDD density has doubled every eighteen to twenty-four months recently, mechanical speed has only increased five times during the last thirty years.
With disk storage drives increasing in capacity due to density gains, access performance can decline. Requests stack up and the queue length rises. While the cost per TB of storage may be declining, the same volume of disk is now on fewer spindles. It's similar to taking the two-story parking garage and adding on two more stories. The capacity has doubled, but unless there are more entrances and exits added, throughput slows.
With Teradata being an MPP architecture, are there I/O concerns with increased volume HDD? Yes. However, if we consider data to have a temperature then our less-used cold data can be moved to slower highly-dense lower-cost-per-TB HDD. For the performance-oriented, we want our frequently used/hot data moved to faster storage. This may be memory, SSD, or smaller HDD, respectively. Therefore, this would mean lower cost per I/O. However, we need to also work smarter. Just because we can leverage faster storage media to query our data, doesn't mean that that is the end of the story. We want to also figure out better methods to reduce I/O from the inception. Combine that with faster media and we have realized an exponential gain.
Advanced Indexing -- typically some form of a Join Index: Sparse, Aggregate, Single-table, etc.
Ordered Analytical Functions: single passes through tables that eliminate the need for a self join can be orders of magnitude faster due to overall I/O reduction.
MPP systems are already fast with their I/O. It is not a question of system capacity, rather it's how do we continually strive to raise efficiency and not just throw hardware at a problem. MPP is brute force capable by nature, but adding the finesse of I/O reducing techniques ups the speed and efficiency dramatically.
I hope this provides some ideas for consideration in your environment.


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SAN MATEO, Calif., Feb. 28, 2019/PRNewswire/ -- The George Washington Medical Faculty Associates (GW MFA), the largest independent physician practice in the Washington, DCregion, and MORE Health, a global healthcare company, announced a strategic alliance that gives patients from across the world access to the exceptional physicians group of GW MFA through MORE Health's Physician Collaboration Platform™.
MORE Health, through its prestigious network of tertiary and quaternary Academic Medical Centers and esteemed physician specialists, delivers a sophisticated version of medical second opinion for its patients. It's called a collaborative diagnosis (or Co-Diagnosis®). The Co-Diagnosis® service is delivered by a full-featured, intuitive and HIPAA-compliant online platform, which empowers physicians to efficiently deliver a diagnosis and treatment plan to patients in collaboration with their treating physicians in their home countries.
"We are excited to partner with MORE Health to bring access to our excellent providers at the GW MFA to a global audience," said Robert Kelly, MD, CEO of the GW Medical Faculty Associates. "The MORE Health technological platform will enable us to connect with patients around the world facing difficult healthcare issues for quick and professional diagnoses."
An academic physician practice, GW MFA consists of more than 750 providers representing over 52 specialties and is affiliated with one of the oldest medical schools in the country and with its groundbreaking contributions to medical research. GW MFA providers also work closely with the GW Hospital ranked as high-performing by U.S. News and World Report in the areas of cancer, nephrology, neurosurgery, orthopedics and urology. The GW Hospital has also received the Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award - Stroke Elite Plus from the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association for implementing a higher standard of stroke care. GW MFA contributes to the ongoing commitment of the GW medical enterprise to improving patient care and outcomes.
"Our mission is to provide those facing complex medical conditions with access to the finest doctors in the world, when they need it the most, and our partnership with GW MFA demonstrates how we are delivering on that promise," said Hope Lewis, co-founder and CEO, MORE Health.
Since 2013, MORE Health has helped thousands of patients around the world access care in the US. Through this partnership, their patients are able to access even more of the world's most preeminent doctors and specialists.
The GW Medical Faculty Associates was incorporated in July 2000as a non-profit medical group. Its physicians provide comprehensive patient care, offering one practice for the whole person with 52 medical and surgical specialties. As members of The GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences faculty, their providers are teachers and mentors for medical students, residents, and researchers preserving our rich tradition of academics, research, and healing. In addition to maintaining a close alliance with The George Washington Universityand The George Washington UniversityHospital, The MFA has active referring relationships with 12 area hospitals. More at https://www.gwdocs.com.
MORE Health, a global digital healthcare company, provides patients with access to the best physicians in the world when needed the most: when faced with a critical, potentially life-changing illness. Our collaborative approach to diagnosis puts the patient at the center of the process – empowering them to make informed decisions regarding their own healthcare. Offering all of the benefits of a second opinion, we ensure that the attending doctor and our expert physician specialist are aligned by jointly developing a diagnosis and treatment plan on our proprietary, cloud-based and HIPAA-compliant Physician Collaboration Platform, thus minimizing errors while also resolving potential conflicts regarding the diagnosis and treatment plan development. More at https://morehealth.com.


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A wildlife photographer is taking legal action to reclaim the copyright on a selfie that a cheeky monkey took using his camera.
British photographer David Slater was on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi in 2011 to snap the crested black macaque when one of the animals made off with his camera.
One of the "selfies" taken by a macaque monkey.
Mr Slater recovered the camera to discover hundreds of "selfies", including one of a grinning female macaque.
The remarkable image quickly spread around the world, appearing on websites, newspapers, magazines and television shows.
But Mr Slater now faces a legal battle with Wikimedia Commons, a copyright-free online collection of more than 22 million images and videos that can be used by anyone without paying royalties, London's Telegraph reports.
Wikimedia, the US-based organisation behind Wikipedia, added the famous picture to its database and has refused Mr Slater’s requests to take it down.
A recent transparency report by the company detailing removal requests shows editors decided Mr Slater did not own the copyright because it was the monkey, not the man, who pushed the shutter.
“If the monkey took it, it owns copyright, not me, that’s their basic argument. What they don’t realise is that it needs a court to decide that,” Mr Slater said.
Mr Slater said he had not made much money from the photo despite its enormous popularity and that he now faces a £10,000 ($18,000) legal bill to take the matter to court.

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Eric graduated from Virginia Tech with a BS in Electrical Engineering followed by a commission in the US Air Force. After serving five years active duty, he switched to the Reserves so he could pursue his entrepreneurial passion for Real Estate. He began working in the financial industry in 2006, however, with the housing industry collapsing soon after his career change, Eric decided to attend graduate school at the University of Denver, where he received a Masters in Real Estate, Finance, and an International MBA.
It was during that time he discovered Infinite Banking. The IBC strategy changed his financial trajectory so much that he wanted to share the gift with others as an agent. By passing the certified financial planning exam, he's demonstrated his commitment level to learning both traditional financial planning methods as well as the Infinite Banking way. Eric's goal with his clients is simple-to help everyday people keep the money they earn, grow the money they keep, and leave a lasting legacy in the process.
The qualified plan is called qualified because it qualifies the government to invest in the stock market.
Where focus goes, energy flows. And where energy flows, whatever you're focusing on grows.

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Match ends, West Ham United 1, Liverpool 2.
Second Half ends, West Ham United 1, Liverpool 2.
Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Adrián.
Attempt saved. Raheem Sterling (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Jordan Henderson.
Foul by Jon Flanagan (Liverpool).
Attempt missed. Stewart Downing (West Ham United) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Pablo Armero.
Attempt saved. Luis Suarez (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Pablo Armero (West Ham United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Pablo Armero (West Ham United).
Substitution, Liverpool. Kolo Touré replaces Daniel Sturridge.
Substitution, West Ham United. Carlton Cole replaces Mohamed Diamé.
Luis Suarez (Liverpool) hits the bar with a right footed shot from the right side of the box. Assisted by Raheem Sterling.
Attempt missed. Guy Demel (West Ham United) header from the right side of the six yard box misses to the right. Assisted by Antonio Nocerino with a cross following a set piece situation.
Matthew Jarvis (West Ham United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt saved. Daniel Sturridge (Liverpool) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Raheem Sterling with a through ball.
Antonio Nocerino (West Ham United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Jon Flanagan (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Antonio Nocerino (West Ham United).
Substitution, West Ham United. Matthew Jarvis replaces Matthew Taylor.
Goal! West Ham United 1, Liverpool 2. Steven Gerrard (Liverpool) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
Adrián (West Ham United) is shown the yellow card.
Penalty Liverpool. Jon Flanagan draws a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty conceded by Adrián (West Ham United) after a foul in the penalty area.
Substitution, West Ham United. Antonio Nocerino replaces Kevin Nolan.
Attempt missed. Daniel Sturridge (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Luis Suarez with a headed pass.
Attempt missed. Pablo Armero (West Ham United) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Andy Carroll (West Ham United) hits the bar with a header from the centre of the box. Assisted by Mohamed Diamé with a cross.
Attempt saved. Daniel Sturridge (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Steven Gerrard.
Attempt blocked. Lucas Leiva (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Glen Johnson.
Attempt saved. Luis Suarez (Liverpool) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Raheem Sterling.
West Ham captain Kevin Nolan will be fit to face Liverpool after recovering from the back injury he suffered in Monday's win over Sunderland.
However, Hammers defender George McCartney is expected to miss the match with a hamstring problem he picked up in the same game.
Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has no new fitness concerns for this match.
Jose Enrique, who has been absent since November with a knee injury, has been ruled out for the rest of the season.
Liverpool are attracting global recognition after their wonderful unbeaten 2014 league run has seen them rise from outsiders for a top-four place to title favourites in many eyes.
Brazil's World Cup-winning captain Cafu has taken a shine to England prospect Jon Flanagan with the legendary full-back taking to Twitter after the table toppers' romp over Spurs: "Good to see the Red Cafu is playing well".
Brendan Rodgers says the team are enjoying their position at the summit but the immediate task is this banana-skin game. Imagine if they beat Manchester City and Chelsea in the coming weeks but lose out on the title because they lost at West Ham. They wouldn't be able to forgive themselves.
"Pessimistic Liverpool fans might look at this game and think that ex-Reds Stewart Downing and Andy Carroll will be lying in wait, and so will West Ham boss Sam Allardyce.
"For this game, I can see Allardyce denying Liverpool space to play and looking to hit Carroll early with the ball, then trying to get bits and pieces around him from his knockdowns."
Andy Carroll will be determined to prove Rodgers made a mistake by selling him. If Cardiff could expose frailties in the league leaders' defence, the West Ham battering ram will be licking his lips and Kevin Nolan will profit from Carroll's knock downs.
What must be going through the home captain's mind? A Liverpool fan, raised in Toxteth, Nolan played for the club as a very young schoolboy and admits the Reds have a special place in his heart. If he nets the winner West Ham will virtually be safe but he could have killed Liverpool's dream.
On form, a home winner is unlikely. Suarez is hunting his 30th goal. Sturridge has 23. Gerrard has nine in his last 14 games. Many neutrals would love to see him lift the trophy and Rodgers rewarded with the title ahead of schedule.
I have met many different kinds of manager in my 41 years involved in football. He is one of the most genuine, thoughtful and quietly inspirational men I have encountered.
Given that West Ham have won only two of 16 matches against top-half teams all season, I can't see Liverpool losing this, but I have a sneaky feeling that the Upton Park boo-boys may change their tune and inspire their team to a point.
West Ham have only won two of their previous 21 meetings with Liverpool in the Premier League (W2, D4, L15).
There have been 27 goals in the last eight clashes between these sides at Upton Park.
Liverpool have only failed to score once in their last 10 league visits to Upton Park. That was in a 1-0 defeat by the Hammers in January 2008.
West Ham have won six of their last nine Premier League matches, and four of their previous five games at Upton Park.
Sam Allardyce's side have lost five matches from winning positions this season - the most in the top flight.
They have only won two of the 16 games they have played against teams in the top half of the table this campaign (W2, D3, L11).
The Hammers have only recovered to take one point from the nine league matches in which they been behind at half-time.
Their last eight league goals have been scored by seven different players, including an own goal from Hull's James Chester. Only Andy Carroll has scored more than once.
Liverpool are the only team yet to lose a Premier League game in 2014, winning 11 of their 13 matches and drawing two. This is their longest unbeaten run in the league run since November 2008 - February 2009 (15 matches).
They are looking for their ninth consecutive league victory this weekend. The last time they won nine matches in a row was in May 2006.
Luis Suarez and Daniel Sturridge have a combined total of 49 goals this season - the only Premier League strike partnership to score more in a single season was Newcastle's partnership of Peter Beardsley and Andy Cole in 1993-94 (55).
Suarez has scored 29 goals this season and is now just two behind the Premier League record for a 38-game season held by Alan Shearer (1995-96) and Cristiano Ronaldo (2007-08).
Glen Johnson has scored in three of his last five league games against former club West Ham, including the last two trips to Upton Park.
Jordan Henderson could make his 100th league appearance for Liverpool. He has been involved in a career-high 11 league goals this season (goals and assists).


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Given the specs, it seems if your probes measure 77mOhms; that leaves you with the ability to measure 0-23mOhms if max it can measure is 1 Ohm? Or can it read higher than 1 ohm?
1 Ohm is 1000 mOhm. So if your probes are 77mOhms you can measure 0-923 mOhm. It can read up to 1.24 Ohm, but over 1 is not precise enough.

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Distance France: Where is France located?
How far is it to France?
The country France is located on the continent of Europe. Neighbouring countries are: Andorra, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg & Monaco.


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I have just been introduced to the world of 'paper clay'. Maybe I've been living under a rock but I had no idea you could make clay out of paper. So I took my new found discovery and created these pretty cute looking plant pots!
1. Place your paper in a large bowl and fill it with warm water, just enough to cover all the paper. Mix in 1 Tbsp of Salt and leave it for at least a few hours (overnight is best).
2. Squeeze out all the water from the paper and carefully break it apart, making sure there are no large chunks.
3. Add your Flour and Glue and mix.
Then add your remaining Salt and Water.
Mix until a dough is formed.
4. Break off pieces of the dough a press onto a Plant Pot, trying to get is as smooth as possible, going all the way up to the rim.
5. Carve shapes into the clay or shape little bits of clay and stick them on.
The clay on the pot will become 'un-sticky' in about 30 minutes so it's best to do one pot at a time.
Wrap the remaining clay in clingfilm. It can be stored in the fridge for a few months!
6. Leave the pots to dry completely overnight, then paint!
I used watercolour paints which worked really well because I could layer the colours to match the uneven texture of the clay.


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The Minister for Justice and Home Affairs Dr. Carmelo Mifsud Bonnici has this week written officially to the MFA boss Norman Darmanin Demajo encouraging him and the Malta FA to take the necessary measures and precautions as from next season. The letter which was read during the MFA Council meeting of Friday evening was sent to the Malta FA in view of the incidents that happened at the end of the of the 2010/11 U*Bet FA Trophy.
Darmanin Demajo in his introduction speech said that he is sorry for what has happened and said that he agreed with the Hon. Minister that what has happened is deplorable. He continued to say that it is a shame that no local Club has issued a press release to condemn such acts.
Darmanin Demajo concluded his thoughts about this letter by saying that if need be he is ready to propose that the respective supporters will be separated from each other by moving one set of supporters from the enclosure and moving the supporters on a rotation basis to the Millennium stand in order to avoid fans seeing each other according to him.
The MFA is ready to set up a Beach Soccer National Team in order to be able to participate in UEFA and FIFA competitions. MFA CEO Bjorn Vassallo explained that the association will be helping out a private company who will be organising a beach soccer event comprising of a competitive tournament in July.
After this Tournament which will be held in July in Birzebbugia a selection of preliminary players will be asked to report to regular training sessions in view of the first international friendlies prior Malta’s Beach Soccer National Team official debut in the international scenario.
Although not official this site is informed that Mark Marlow is poised to become the first National coach of this selection.

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