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Mini-review: Old School 1×1 (ABC1)

Australia learns some New Tricks

Old School

In Australia: Fridays, 8.30pm, ABC1

It hasn’t escaped the notice of more or less any TV executive worldwide that TV audiences are getting older. Those damn kids are glued to this new fangled Internet, leaving TV behind to those who’ve been watching since they were kids and TV was this new fangled thing that was robbing cinema of its audiences.

As a result, TV for what I’ll charitably call the older generations is getting special consideration, particularly in the crime genre, which the old folks just love. Here in the UK, of course, we have BBC1’s New Tricks, starring a bevy of famous older actors from shows that were popular in the 70s and 80s. It’s now on its 11th series, and still bringing in between 7m and 10m viewers.

Australia’s ABC1 (which also airs New Tricks) is waking up to this potential as well, and for its latest effort, Old School, it’s deploying two of the world’s most famous older Antipodean actors: Sam Neill and Bryan Brown. Neill is a retired cop, Brown a crim who’s just got out of jail. They team up to find the man who shot Neill and ruined his career during Brown’s last job – and to find the loot that went missing afterwards.

Not entirely confident that cutting out an entire demographic from the potential audience is a good idea, ABC1 is ensuring that some young pretty people also feature in the cast list: Brown’s law student granddaughter (Hanna Mangan-Lawrence from Spartacus) whom Brown puts into the care of Mark Coles Smith (The Gods of Wheat Street) when things get a bit rough.

But this is still a double act between Neill and Brown, both of whom are playing this somewhat leisurely, let’s say. As with New Tricks, it’s a relatively slowly paced, amiable comedy-drama where nothing that wouldn’t have happened in an episode of Hawaii Five-O takes place. There aren’t any especially great lines and most of the action revolves around either Neill or Brown feeling old or discovering something that’s changed since he was a lad, such as this new fangled Internet.

Yet despite this and the almost The Persuaders!-esque title sequence, OId School is still a modern show, a series with definite story arcs and character development rather than an entirely episodic piece. There are surprises and mysteries that aren’t solved by the end of the first episode. The inevitable odd couple private detective format, with Neill using his police skills, Brown his criminal skills, is partly present but doesn’t pan out quite as you’d expect, with Neill dealing with shades of grey surprisingly well, Brown able to police sometimes as well as Neill.

While it’s nothing earth-shattering, Old School is enjoyable, has a good couple of leads, a good supporting cast and a strong enough plot that it’ll be worth sticking with for now – it’ll probably remind you a bit of The Rockford Files or something.


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Insurance Premium Funding enables businesses to pay their insurance premiums is easy monthly instalments.

It is used by businesses to reduce the impact of large, or irregular insurance premiums by providing one simple monthly payment.

The facilities are fixed interest rate and typically repaid over 10 to 12 months.

Premiums are highly affordable, and the finance application process is simple and fast!

What can be funded using Insurance Premium Finance?

Insurance Premium Finance can be used for most types of business insurance including:

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In most instances, if you have business related insurance, the premiums can be financed using Insurance Premium Funding.

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Insurance Premium Funding Delivers Improved Cashflow
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  • Directors Guarantees may be required for larger borrowings
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How are Monthly Premiums Calculated?

Interest applied to a Premium Funding Contract is generally calculated as ‘simple interest’ which means that it does not compound. This makes the repayment calculation very straightforward.

Although the specific method can differ from one premium funding Lender to the next, the approach is generally consistent.

With flexible repayments terms can be between 3 months and 12 months.

The interest rate is fixed for the term of the facility.

Insurance Premium funding is available for both cancellable and non-cancellable policies.

Insurance Premium Funding is a low-cost way business’ can simplify their insurance premium payments and smooth out their cashflow.

The application process is straight forward and rates available through our panel of speciality Lenders are highly attractive.

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Carved Elephant Face Wall Mask from Kenya.

Wood carvers of Kenya capture the beauty of the wild safari in these face masks. Bring the wild to your living spaces with these face masks.

This is a deep black elephant face wall mask carved from jacaranda wood. Detailed carvings of eyes, ears and trunk give the wall mask a real life feel and look. The mask is dyed with rich tones of black. Mask measures 6" in length, 4" in width and 7" in height. Tusks of the elephant mask are made with bone or plastic. This is a handcrafted item, so product may vary slightly in color and craft from the images.

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Twelfth annual Gloria E. Anzaldua Award for Independent Scholars, Contingent or Community College Faculty

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Today in Research: The Rise of ADHD; Exercise-Induced Orgasms

Discovered: Even more ADHD diagnoses than before, science proves the exercise orgasm myth, space is bad for your eyes, pediatricians are racist, and a plane that could break the sound barrier

  • Everyone has ADHD these days. Doctors are handing out more ADHD diagnoses than ever before. In 2010, there were 10.4 million ADHD cases diagnosed compared to the 6.2 million in 2000. That's a lot more ADHD. This, of course, does not necessarily mean that technology or corn syrup has ruined our society's future leaders, it might have more to do with doctor awareness. "The magnitude and speed of this shift in one decade is likely due to an increased awareness of ADHD, which may have caused more physicians to recognize symptoms and diagnose the disorder," explained researcher Dr. Craig Garfield. [Academic Pediatrics]
  • The exercise orgasm myth is true! Ladies, science has some news for you: The "coregasm" (their word, not ours!) is real. The study found 370 women who experienced exercise-induced orgasms, or EIO for short. We had heard of this non-sex related event happening during yoga practice (called "yogasms," of course), but now science has confirmed this anecdotal evidence. They also gave us the following encouraging stat: "40 percent of women who had experienced EIO and EISP [exercise induced sexual pleasure] had done so on more than 10 occasions." So, like, how does one join the club? "The most common exercises associated with exercise-induced orgasm were abdominal exercises, climbing poles or ropes, biking/spinning and weight lifting," explained researcher Debby Herbenick. Of course, there's also the darker side to all of this: 20 percent reported not being able to control it. Eeps! [Sexual and Relationship Therapy]

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Hamilton starring Lin-Manuel Miranda on Disney+ for steaming

Published Mon, 18 May 2020

Hamilton musical which has Lin-Manuel Miranda in a lead role as Alexander Hamilton will be streamed on Disney+ from 3rd July 2020. In his tweet Miranda said:

"Never been so happy/nervous in my life. We all watching this together on July 3, yeah?"

Directed by Thomas Kail the film features original cast of Broadway and off course Lin-Manuel Miranda in lead role. The film has been shot at the Richard Rodgers Theatre on Broadway in June 2016 and earlier it was decided to be released in the US and Canada on 15th October 2021 which has now changed and the new date of its release is on 3rd July 2020.

According to press release statement of Hamilton:

The production ‘transports its audience into the world of the Broadway show in a uniquely intimate way’ by ‘combining the best elements of live theater and film, the result is a cinematic stage performance that is a wholly new way to experience Hamilton’.

The other cast of Hamilton consists of Phillipa Soo( Eliza Hamilton), Daveed Diggs ( Marquis de Lafayette/Thomas Jefferson), Jonathan Groff ( King George), Renée Elise Goldsberry( Angelica Schuyler), Christopher Jackson( George Washington) and Leslie Odom, Jr.( Aaron Burr).

When the film was announced Lin-Manuel Miranda stated:

“I fell in love with musical storytelling growing up with the legendary Howard Ashman-Alan Menken Disney collaborations – The Little Mermaid, Beauty and The Beast, Aladdin.

“I’m so proud of what Tommy Kail has been able to capture in this filmed version of Hamilton – a live theatrical experience that feels just as immediate in your local movie theatre. We’re excited to partner with Disney to bring the original Broadway Company of Hamilton to the largest audience possible.”

The West End production starring Jamael Westman was opened at the Victoria Palace Theatre in London in December 2017 after the musical gained a lot of success and acclaim in Broadway.


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Ponds 2019-02-21T12:46:44+00:00

A pond is a small to medium body of standing freshwater of less than 2 hectares in size and without any significant current.

Ponds can be natural or artificial and can include small reservoirs, flooded quarries and gravel pits.

Ponds can hold water permanently or seasonally and some may dry up during prolonged periods of dry weather.

Most ponds in lowland agricultural areas of Ireland tend to be nutrient rich (eutrophic) due to enrichment from high levels of nutrients from artificial fertilisers and slurry etc. entering the water directly or indirectly.

Improvements in drainage techniques have resulted in the disappearance of many wetland habitats on intensive farmland and ponds have become very infrequent on farms throughout the country. Pond creation is a unique feature of the BRIDE Project and this measure is integral to the landscape-scale approach of the project.

Ponds can be created by excavating a wet or damp site and compacting the basin (if necessary). Alternatively, water springs or small streams can be dammed and an overflow sluice installed to regulate water levels. The pond does not need to be more than 1 metre in depth and it is important to have shallow, saucer-like margins.

It is very important that no existing habitat is damaged when creating a pond. Only use native pondweeds when stocking the pond. The BRIDE Project recommends that the area of the pond is at least 10 metres x 10 metres surrounded by a margin of at least 2 metres in width and fenced off from surrounding agricultural land.

Pond Excavation

• Livestock should not have access to the pond.
• No spraying of herbicides or applications of slurry should take place within at least 3 metres of the margin.
• Shading should be kept to a minimum around the pond and ideally no more than 10% of the pond should be shaded by trees.
• Vegetation around the pond should be controlled and any encroaching vegetation should be cut back.
• Logs and stone piles around the margins of the pond provide good shelter for adult frogs and newts.
• Ideally, the pond should be situated close to woodland or a hedgerow to facilitate the development of wildlife corridors.
• We do not recommend introducing any fish species apart from native sticklebacks (as larger fish prey on amphibian tadpoles and insect larvae).

Ponds are wonderful habitats for a wide range of wildlife and they can contribute greatly to enhancing the biodiversity of any farm. Native pondweeds thrive in well maintained ponds and wide range of insects such as damselflies, dragonflies, pond skaters and whirligig beetles spend their entire life cycle in and around ponds.

Ponds are very suitable habitats for frogs and newts. Ponds are important habitats for several bird species such as Mallard, Moorhen, Snipe, Willow Warbler, Sedge Warbler and Reed Bunting. Most of Ireland’s bat species regularly hunt insects around ponds.


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An international task force issues a warning about the risk of cardiovascular disease in bipolar disorder. A review of: Goldstein BI, Baune BT, Bond DJ, et al. Call to Action Regarding the Vascular-Bipolar Link: A Report from the Vascular Task Force of the International Society for Bipolar Disorders. Bipolar Disord. 2020;10.1111/bdi.12921 [Link]

Date Published: 5/6/20

The International Society for Bipolar Disorders issued a “call to action” this week about the risk of heart disease in bipolar. Some take home points:

  • Bipolar doubles the risk of heart disease, and the risk is not fully explained by lifestyle
  • Heart disease begins early in disorder – it starts in their early 40’s as opposed to age 53 for depression and 59 for the average healthy control.
  • Manic symptoms elevate the risk more than depressive ones
  • What’s causing all this heart disease? Inflammation, oxidation, decreased BDNF, and genetics are all possibilities
  • The authors did not link it to medications, many of which lower the risk perhaps by treating the mood disorder. That’s true even with the atypicals, but especially with lithium which has positive effects on cardiac remodeling.

Treating bipolar means more than stabilizing mood, and we have to think about their whole body much as an endocrinologist does with diabetes. Tell your patients that bipolar is not just in their head, and guide them toward lifestyle changes like walking, Mediterranean diet, and smoking cessation.

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LPG industry aims for 100% transition to bioLNG by 2040

Article by Amanda Jasi

Liquid Gas UK (formerly UKLPG) has launched its new vision, which sets a goal for the liquid petroleum gas (LPG) industry to transition to 100% bioLPG by 2040. The trade association’s 2040 Vision represents a landmark step for the industry.

LPG refers to two gases, propane and butane, which occur naturally and are easily converted to liquid by application of moderate pressure. It emits 33% and 12% less CO2 than coal and oil, respectively.

BioLPG is chemically indistinct from LPG but offers up to a 90% reduction in carbon emissions and the same low emissions of NOx, SOx, and particulate matter as conventional LPG. The fuel could represent a cleaner energy future for at least 2m rural homes in the UK, as well as thousands of businesses, bed and breakfasts, and farms that rely on off-grid fuel. BioLPG is currently available on the market.

Liquid Gas UK’s 2040 Vision demonstrates how the LPG industry can contribute to achieving “net-zero” carbon emissions. It sets out how LPG can act as a key transition fuel in the short term whilst industry works proactively to reduce emissions further by introducing and scaling up bioLPG, or biopropane.

Because bioLPG is chemically indistinct from fossil LPG it can be applied with use of existing equipment and appliances. This would make it easy to switch without inflicting costs. In addition, bioLPG can be blended with fossil LPG, which would enable a phased and secure transition to 100% bioLPG.

According to Matthew Hickin, Chair of Liquid Gas UK, LPG has been a key part of the UK energy mix for more than 80 years. The company believes LPG and bioLPG can support the UK’s future decarbonisation commitments across a variety of sectors.

Using bioLPG as part of a mixed technology approach could support the UK Government in achieving climate targets in an affordable and non-intrusive way, which is why the LNG industry aims for a 100% transition by 2040. But in order to achieve this transition the industry requires collaboration. Policy makers could help to enable effective decarbonisation across the UK.

In its 2040 Vision, Liquid Gas UK calls on the UK Government to take several actions to help achieve the transition:

  • set a long-term policy framework that supports a consumer led market approach to off-grid heat decarbonisation;
  • acknowledge that different solutions will be required for different types of buildings;
  • remove the fuel cost element from EPC methodology, which encourages use of higher carbon heating;
  • take steps to improve air-quality though use of technology; and
  • ensure that achieving net-zero is via a “Just Transition” and “empowers individuals to choose affordable, decarbonised solutions that work for them”. A Just Transition should provide energy security, support those in fuel poverty, and provide opportunities for skills development and employment.

George Webb, Chief Executive at Liquid Gas UK, said: “LPG offers significant reductions in carbon emissions, and in our vision outlined today, the future for off-grid energy is looking cleaner and greener. The technology already exists for bioLPG to play a major role in the future energy mix of the UK. As a drop-in fuel with no expensive changes to heating systems required, bioLPG is an affordable and non-intrusive option for homes and businesses to reduce their carbon footprint.”

“There are millions of homes across the UK that, unless undergoing a major redevelopment, a transition to electrified heating solutions (ground source heat pumps or air source heat pumps) is not affordable. These alternative options are also unlikely to consistently provide the levels of heating demanded by users. It is important that policy makers recognise a ‘one size fits all’ approach for off-grid energy will not work. Different solutions will be required for different types of buildings across the UK. As part of a mixed technology approach to decarbonisation, bioLPG can support the UK Government and devolved administrations to achieve net zero.”

Hickin said: “Liquid Gas UK and its membership are committed to working with policy makers to develop a long-term supportive policy framework to achieve net zero and address barriers hindering decarbonisation.”

“It’s also important that UK and devolved government bring everyone along on the decarbonisation journey and provide them with secure, reliable energy. We must support those in fuel poverty, develop new skills and contribute towards economic growth.”

Liquid Gas UK says BioLNG can be produced in a number of ways, “by applying a variety of thermal or chemical processes on different feedstocks such as vegetable oils, glycerol, sugar and waste”.

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Liquid Gas UK is a trade association which represents the UK LPG industry. On the same day the association launched its 2040 Vision it announced a rebranding from UKLPG to Liquid Gas UK.

Webb said: “The change to Liquid Gas UK comes at a time when we are seeing the political and economic landscape on energy and climate change ramp up. As we move away from fossil fuels to net-zero, it is important that the LPG industry is seen as a modern and innovative industry that is taking a lead in the challenges and opportunities ahead.”

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The magnitude of WWII is sometimes lost in its events, important figures, and dates. To understand the weariness of the American people in the spring of 1945—after years of war, news revealing the full scope of the Holocaust--the simple tale of Gertie the Duck brought hope to the people of Milwaukee and beyond. At a time when only depressing news filled newspapers, the story of Gertie the brown mallard living under the noisy Wisconsin Avenue Bridge (and above the polluted Milwaukee River) and her nest and eggs captivated the nation. She was known as “Gertie the Great.” The Milwaukee Journal published 37 stories about Gertie that spring, and Gertie was even featured as a cover story in Life Magazine as well as a story in a London newspaper, making her an international hit! Six ducklings hatched, spectators blocked traffic on the bridge to catch a glimpse of the superstar, and eventually, Gertie and her five surviving children were moved to a public display at a Gimbels department store window, where more than 2 million visitors could see the famous family. Americans yearned for goodness in those final months of WWII, and Gertie the Duck was the perfect symbol of hope, the preciousness of life, and moving forward.

  • Front cover of Romano's and Georgiady's international bestselling children's book, "Gertie the Duck."
  • Gertie the Duck by sculptor Gwendolyn Gillen
  • Photo from the television program General Electric True. Jan Shepard plays a Milwaukee newspaper reporter who is assigned to write a story about a mother mallard who has built her nest on a river piling in Milwaukee's downtown.
  • In April 1945, Gertie the Duck began to lay her eggs on a piling just south of the Wisconsin Ave. bridge in downtown Milwaukee.

Photo from the Journal Sentinel Files.
  • Another 1945 photo of Gertie from the Journal Sentinel files

The Story of Gertie the Duck

Few are really sure why Gertie the mallard had chosen a white oak wood piling surrounding the Wisconsin Avenue bridge to build a nest. First of all, the Wisconsin Avenue Bridge in Spring 1945 was bustling with noisy streetcars and commuters. Moreover, Gertie’s choice of a nest was not a place flourishing with nourishment, as a small clump of mud nearby was all she had. Lastly, in the Milwaukee River below her nest, oil-soaked wooden piles offered considerable pollutants, not exactly the ideal birthing place for little hatchlings.

Outdoor writer Gordon MacQuarrie of the Milwaukee Journal first reported about Gertie’s unlikely nest in April 1945. In MacQuarrie’s article, he noted that Gertie was caring for three eggs. A daily columnn in the Journal drew significant attention thereafter, and it was a great reprieve from the horrors of the war overtaking most newspapers. On April 28th, the Journal reported Gertie’s fourth egg; she would lay nine in total, though three disappeared. Crowds began amassing on the bridge to see Gertie and her eggs, and the crowds grew to such mass that traffic was sometimes stalled. Throngs of people began checking the daily progress of Gertie, and the columnn, a total of 37 articles that spring, continued Gertie’s coverage with nationwide popularity.

On Mother’s Day that year, people sent cards and poems to Gertie. The Boy Scouts formed a Gertie Patrol, and the Wisconsin Humane Society assigned an officer to keep watch. The city postponed a bridge repair, and even on VE Day on May 8th, the massive parades in Milwaukee quieted to a whisper (literally—you could hear a pin drop) as the crowds passed by Gertie.

The city mobilized around Gertie and her egg’s protection. To protect the young ducklings’ wings once they hatched, the city planned on dumping two million gallons of fresh water into the river to dispel the oil and pollution. A nearby shanty provided cornmeal and clean cottons. Eventually, with the nation watching as well as the Boy Scouts and Humane Society watching around the clock, Gertie gave birth to six ducklings between May 30th and May 31st. Readied rowboats in the water ensured the family was kept together, despite a harsh storm the night of the hatching. Soon after, Gertie and her ducklings were relocated to a Gimbels display window where a 24-hour nurse provided care and climate control. The family was then moved to the Juneau Park Lagoon along Lake Michigan.

Inspired by the response as well as MacQuarrie’s columnn, the Associated Press and United Press International ran stories of Gertie through newspaper photographs, newsreels, military newspapers, and radio networks. A London newspaper gave Gertie a cover story, and Life Magazine featured Gertie in its June 18, 1945 issue. Estimates show that nearly two million people came to see Gertie during this time. In the summer, Gertie and her ducklings were released into the wild.1

Legacy and Bronze Statue

The popularity of Gertie’s story serves as an example of the nationwide sentiment and weariness toward the end of WWII. The war was ending, but Gertie the mallard and her family were just beginning. They gave millions of people hope and optimism that, despite the horrors of the time, life would always move onward with preciousness and fragility.

A 1959 children’s book by Nick Georgiady and Louis Romano, titled “Gertie the Duck,” sold more than 800,000 copies and was translated into several languages, including French, Dutch, and Japanese.

In 1997, sculptor Gwendolyn Gillen created a four-foot-tall bronze statue of Gertie, which was installed on the Wisconsin Avenue Bridge at the location where Gertie was first spotted and where her chicks hatched.2

1.) Milwaukee's Menagerie: Gertie the Duck. Milwaukee Public Library, Accessed October 11, 2015, 2.) Milwaukee's Miraculous Mallard. The Historical Marker Database, Accessed October 11, 2015,


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Port of Cork To Promote Cork Region at Global Cruise Event

11 March 2016
By Bryan Smyth

The Port of Cork is set to attend Seatrade Cruise Global, the Cruise Industry’s Premier Global event next week in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Seatrade Cruise Global is one of the key events in the cruise calendar and guarantees to bring together every facet of the business including cruise lines, suppliers, travel agents and partners. The Port of Cork will attend as an exhibitor on the Cruise Ireland and Cruise Europe stand, increasing the profile of the Port of Cork and the Cork region.

Captain Michael McCarthy, Port of Cork Commercial Manager, who will attend the global event said: ‘This event is without doubt the epicentre of the cruise industry and so maintaining recognition at this event is key to Cork’s future cruise strategy. Some of the industry’s most knowledgeable delegates will attend and speak at the conference, so networking opportunities are substantial.’

He continued: ‘The Port of Cork’s cruise strategy for the next five years will focus on promoting the region and all it has to offer to potential cruise passengers, as well as expanding our business. Our relationship with the cruise lines is excellent and they are very aware of what the port can handle in terms of ship size. Our challenge now is to make sure the cruise companies know exactly what there is to see and do for their passengers while visiting Cork and that is why we will be marketing the Cork City and County region at Seatrade Cruise Global.’

In 2016 the Port of Cork will welcome 58 cruise liners to Cobh and over the next five years aims to increase these calls to 75. The Port of Cork is currently exploring the feasibility of a second cruise berth in Cobh, which would greatly enhance Cork’s cruise offering. This global cruise event is a key opportunity to further sell Cork as a cruise destination and to interact and liaise with the key decision makers within cruise companies.

Captain McCarthy is also the current chairman of Cruise Europe and says having a presence at these trade events is vital to sell your business.

He said: ‘The cruise industry is a difficult industry to enter, but once you do you must work hard at maintaining relationships and keeping informed of the opportunities and threats to the industry. It’s important for any port to ensure their cruise offering is kept alive and fresh, as with many cruise companies some passengers are repeat passengers who want to experience something different and new on every cruise.’

One of the main topics at the conference this year at which Captain McCarthy is a speaker is “Seasonality and Deployment” and he will be emphasising the opportunities of expanding the cruise season in northern Europe. The topics covered will relate to ship design and suitability, climate and weather and port and regional tourism products over the winter period. The session will debate the tourism offering in winter versus summer and include topics such as Christmas markets and winter sports and events throughout our region.

The Port of Cork will take the opportunity at Seatrade Cruise Global to launch their new cruise brochure aimed at marketing the Cork region.

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The Donkey Sanctuary dispatched a team to Barbuda to ensure the welfare of the island’s feral donkeys in the wake of Hurricane Irma, which risk hindering the rebuilding efforts by straying onto the local airport runway.

In the fourth part of his report from the island, Simon Pope, Rapid Response and Campaigns Manager at The Donkey Sanctuary reveals how the damage has affected donkeys and hears from locals caught up in the destruction.

Wednesday 4 October 2018

“An inspection of the airport fence confirmed what we had guessed – not an inch of it was standing, having been comprehensively flattened by the storm. The fact that it was pretty flimsy and rusting hadn’t helped prolong its life, but it meant that donkeys and horses for miles around had been able to wander in and adopt the airport as their own private playground and restaurant.

As we were packing up to go, two friendly firemen drove up and introduced themselves. A small plane was about to land and they needed to check the runway for any debris that might have blown onto it. Not much of anything was working at the airport – the runway lights, which were tough, short columns set into the grass border, had all been ripped out of the ground. There were twisted pieces of metal, bits of roofs and planks with huge nails in them, as well as clothes, shoes and curtains. Just about everything had been scattered around the runway perimeter.

The runway itself was scarred and marked by the debris, although the potholes had been repaired temporarily. Five huge metal containers (the sort you see on ships) had been sitting beside the runway before Irma struck and now no-one could find them. We actually stumbled across one over half a mile away and it had only been stopped because it got wrapped round an obstinate tree.

The firemen were very aware of the donkey issue at the airport, but took it in their stride. Before each plane came in or took off, they drove round the runway in a car, the simple act of which scared the donkeys away. Neither the firemen nor the donkeys saw it as a big deal, although the former were quite interested in short term solutions to dissuade the donkeys and horses from congregating there. We talked about crow scarers and klaxons and they were very open to trying them out. Another good connection made.

We loaded up our equipment, and made our way back to the harbour. It wasn’t a long walk, but it took us to part of the town that seemed to have been most badly affected by the hurricane. A huge truck had been blown over on its side and into someone’s front garden. A herd of goats had taken over someone’s lounge and were variously sleeping on the sofa or absent-mindedly eating it. It was eerily quiet, broken only by the banging of loose tin roofs.

Out of every house spilled the private, personal things that made up the lives of their inhabitants and I felt uncomfortable looking at it, like some voyeuristic snoop. But it felt like I was looking at the end of the world as one of the few people still standing, an unnerving but utterly extraordinary feeling.

Very slowly, Barbudans are returning to their homes. The government lifted the evacuation order last week but people are trickling back, not flooding. They are a proud, resilient people, who see themselves as quite different from their neighbours in Antigua. A small group of them, congregated around some tables, called me over to say hello.

“We knew it was coming,” they said. “It took its time, and then it took off. You just can’t imagine what it was like. We were so scared. We’d been hiding under the sink in the kitchen, but once that went we just held onto each other because there was nothing else to hold onto.”

The hurricane was so powerful that some meteorologists say there should be a rethink on how storm levels are calculated. There are five categories of storm strength and Irma was a five. By way of comparison, the 1987 storm that caused such havoc in the UK had an average wind speed of 50 mph and gusts up to 115 mph. Irma meanwhile registered average 185mph winds with gusts of up to 225 mph.

So Irma has now raised the bar, so to speak, forcing the creation of two new categories above five. It just goes the show the sheer magnitude of what the island’s inhabitants were faced with and why we felt compelled to lend our support.”


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Drug Users Welcomed For First Time at Global AIDS Confab

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After being shut out of of the AIDS conference for decades, intravenous drug users finally had their own booth.

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After decades of being left out, intravenous drug users had their voices heard last week at the 20th annual International AIDS Conference in Melbourne, Australia.

A small group of drug users were permitted to enter the conference this year and a small booth in the conference hall had a sign which read: “People Who Use Drugs.” One of the participants at the booth, a heroin user named Ruth, said the medical community needed to be more inclusive with drug users and not flatly condemn them.

“I think it’s becoming more and more difficult for the international HIV and AIDS community to exclude drug users,” she said. “If we’re going to tackle this epidemic, we need to be looking at the environments that allow HIV to flourish, and certainly criminalization of both sex work and drug use are the best friends of HIV.”

Susie McLean, a senior adviser on HIV and drug use at the International HIV/AIDS Alliances, said that 30% of all new HIV infections worldwide come from intravenous drug users if you exclude sub-Saharan Africa. “They’re not a marginal group in terms of the HIV dynamics. They’re a primary group,” she said. “We think that a lot of the problem that goes on in public policy is what I tend to call 'othering'—in which we say that people who use drugs are other people over there, and that they’re bad.”

The World Health Organization has publicly supported naloxone, a drug that can quickly reverse the effects of heroin and methadone overdoses. But despite this, Ruth believes that drug users are still marginalized or outright removed from discussions about their health and elevated risk of obtaining HIV.

“People who use drugs aren’t aliens. They aren’t bent on self-destruction or interested in punching your grandmother for her TV,” she said. “We’re just all making our way in this world as best we can, and some people find that drugs help them do that, and some people don’t. And I really don’t think it should be the business of those who don’t to mess with the business of those who do.”

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 (glô′sā-tər, glŏs′ā-)
One who provides explanatory glosses, especially a scholar or scribe who writes notes in the margins of or between the lines of a text.

[Medieval Latin glōssātor, from glōssāre, to gloss, from Latin glōssa, foreign word requiring explanation; see gloss2.]
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

1. (Journalism & Publishing) Also called: glossarist, glossist or glossographer a writer of glosses and commentaries, esp (in the Middle Ages) an interpreter of Roman and Canon Law
2. (Library Science & Bibliography) a compiler of a glossary
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"On Not Loving Everyone: Comments on Jean-Luc Nancy's 'L'amour en eclats' ['Shattered Love']." Glossator: Practice and Theory of the Commentary 5: 139-162.
Subsequent chapters analyse and interpret a variety of functions for glossing, highlighting the importance of the glossator in determining how a text should be read.
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The other scribe, given his polished formal script and lead role, was likely the older of the pair and may well have acted as the young man's mentor in both clerical training and scrivening, for in all their joint work the Harley scribe assumes secondary place: rubricator, glossator, user.
Offering up multiple possibilities, each qualified and questioned before settling on the image's necessary secrecy, this book does not present the glossator as an absolute authority, but rather models the reader's probing attempts to make a deeply resistant book disclose secrets that finally refuse to yield themselves up." The note does not define but rather recalls the progressive winnowing and re-imagination of multiple readings: on first glance, the Dido figure may have been the sequence's recurrent love interest, Rosalind; later readings force the reader to reject this possibility.
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Bagbin’s election signals a new era in Ghana politics – Spio-Garbrah

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A former Minister of Trade and Industry, Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, has described Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin’s election as Speaker of the Eighth Parliament of the Fourth Republic as a sign of a new era in Ghana’s politics.

According to Mr Spio-Garbrah, Bagbin’s election indicated the end of “Winner Takes All.”

“…With his experience, he will be able to contribute to the nation’s democratic credentials. It is not surprising some Parliamentarians, knowing his competency and capability, put their partisan affiliation aside and voted Mr Bagbin in the interest of the nation,” he spoke to the Ghana News Agency.

Mr Spio-Gabrah said the current political atmosphere must guide President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to appoint ministers on merit other than political party affiliation.

“The President needs to make public appointments that both Ghanaians and non-Ghanaians living and working in the country will appreciate. The Africa Continental Free Trade Area Agreement and other international companies have their headquarters in Ghana so we must have appointees in the national interest.

“Friends and Family must disappear with immediate effect from the appointments in the new government. All such highly qualified members of the current administration should do the President a favour and not seek any public reappointments,” Mr Spio-Garbrah said.

He said political developments in the country called for an urgent need to build a new national consensus that embraced all political persuasions in the interest of peaceful nation-building.

Mr Spio-Garbrah said the Government must demonstrate to the international community that it was ready to practice a government of national unity, where appointees could be selected from people outside political party circles.

“It has happened in Ghana under the reign of the late President Jerry John Rawlings and Former President John Agyekum Kufuor. They both appointed people from other political parties to serve in their governments,” he recalled.

He urged the President to ensure that the interests of all political parties were served because government would need the support of the Speaker of Parliament and the National Democratic Congress Caucus to pass bills.

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How to avoid the dark side of Black Friday

Getting carried away with cashing in on Black Friday "deals" can get you into money trouble.
Getting carried away with cashing in on Black Friday "deals" can get you into money trouble.

Q: I’m a single dad and have struggled with debt since my separation about five years ago. When I made a budget this year, I looked back at my credit card bills to try and figure out why I owed so much. I was kind of surprised to see that I was still paying for stuff from two years ago! I thankfully didn’t lose my job with the first wave of the pandemic, so spending less on going out has helped me to actually pay down my credit card balances more than I normally could have. But the Black Friday and holiday ads have started and there are things I put off buying until these sales came around. What can I do to not get carried away with my spending and lose the ground I gained with paying down my credit cards? ~Brendan

A: All year retailers look forward to the bonanza that comes with this end of the year shopping time. Black Friday, which started in the States and has now become popular in Canada too, sets off the spending season. Then comes Cyber Monday, followed by all the Christmas and holiday sales, Boxing Day, and year-end clearance time which extends well into January. During this two- to three-month period, almost every consumer item will be on sale at some point. But the trick is knowing which sales will truly score you a deal.

The discounts can be very tempting and it takes a lot of effort to see through the advertising gimmicks. Here are some tips to help ensure Black Friday doesn’t put you into the red.

Determine how much you can afford to spend

It is easy to get carried away with the hype that has become Black Friday shopping. Whether you’ve put off buying something you need or you plan to buy some things you want, I would encourage you to let your budget — not your available credit — be your guide. Rather than decide how much you can charge on your credit card before you reach the limit, consider how much cash you’ve got and how much you can spend on your credit cards before you run into trouble paying them back in a reasonable period of time.

Then jot down both limits to keep them real. The last thing you want to do is put yourself in way over your head with more credit card bills that arrive right around the holidays.

Top 10 Budgeting Tips to Make Money Management Easier

Decide what to buy

Once you know how much you can spend, make a list for what you want to buy. If there are quite a few items you’d like to pick up it can help to make two lists, one for what you need and the other for what you want. This will not only help you spend mindfully on what you really want to buy, it will help you shop with purpose and cut through the hype.

When a deal isn’t a deal

Just because an item is on sale, that doesn’t mean it’s a good deal. This applies in spades when it comes to Black Friday sales. To get around falling for clever advertising tactics, the secret is savvy comparison shopping. And you’ll want to start as early as possible. Use an app, keep a list, check newspaper flyers or search online, and if you think you found a great deal, read the fine print before you click or tap.

Retailers have been known to offer better discounts before a big sale than for the main event, but you’d never notice this if you didn’t start your comparison shopping early enough. They might even raise their retail price so that a deep Black Friday or Cyber Monday discount looks better than it really is. By keeping an eye on pricing trends, you’ll know what the regular retail price is and can evaluate the discount accordingly.

Merchants may also sell a comparable item for a better regular price than the item you’ve been enticed to look at due to a Black Friday promotion. It can help to broaden your search filters to catch some of these items whenever you’re on a particular retailer’s website. When you are price-checking between various websites, keep an eye out for sponsored ads cleverly disguised to look like part of your shopping experience. It can help to browse in a private or incognito window to get around the cookies and tracking that makes this harder to avoid.

With the pandemic, less shoppers will visit stores in person than in years past. If you do venture out, keep your smartphone handy so that you can price-check unadvertised deals as you shop. However, regardless how you do your shopping, if you don’t find what you want or need at the price you’re willing to pay, resist the urge to buy it anyway. There will likely be another chance at a discount before the season is over.

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When the urge to shop takes hold

It can be very hard to resist the offers at this time of year, and many people don’t realize how much of an effect the ads, promotions and hype have on them and the spending choices they ultimately make. Sometimes it’s a fear of missing out that drives people to spend mindlessly. Other times it’s the anticipation of shopping or the expectations around a deal-laden event that causes them to get carried away. Whatever the reason, the way around it is to reduce how tempted you are to shop.

Tips to Reduce Impulsive Buying When Looking for Great Deals

Strategies to reduce temptation

One of the best ways to reduce temptation is to take away whatever it is that’s enticing you to spend. However, stopping there can leave a void. Instead of just removing temptation, replace it with a more positive activity. For instance, unsubscribe from emails from your favourite retailers. Either enjoy a quieter inbox or subscribe to blogs on topics of interest.

Change how you use social media . To avoid ads in your feed, look at a friend’s wall directly or go straight to a group’s page. You could also click on the overflow menu for an ad in your feed and let the social media company know you don’t want to see those ads anymore if they’re causing temptation.

Be social without the media. Call a friend to talk and see what they’re up to or plan a video chat to meet their new addition. Seeing less of perfectly impossible lives portrayed through social media might just give you the connection you need with what matters more than keeping up with the Joneses.

Mute ads if you’re watching TV or streaming something with ads. There are times you can’t avoid the ads altogether, but you can reduce how much of them you get.

Stay away from shops, in person and online. Avoid surfing aimlessly on websites like Etsy, Amazon, Pinterest or your favourite retailer’s online portal. Spend time on a hobby or doing something you’ve always meant to get around to instead.

Make a conscious choice and choose to be content with what you already have. While the grass might seem greener on the other side, what you have on your side is someone else’s other side.

The bottom line on Black Friday and holiday shopping deals

While retailers are watching out for their bottom line, you must watch out for yours. And ironically, COVID has made this easier for many Canadians. During periods of lockdown and all of these months of reduced activity, many people have come to realize how much they have and how content they can be with what they’ve already got. So Black Friday really comes down to buyer beware. After all, the best deals are also the ones that fit your budget.

Related reading:

Tips When Shopping on Black Friday or Cyber Monday

How an Expense Tracker Can Solve Budgeting Problems

Top 10 Savings Tips for Financial Literacy Month

Scott Hannah is president of the Credit Counselling Society, a non-profit organization. For more information about managing your money or debt, contact Scott by email , check or call 1-888-527-8999.

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Pre-fourth, music fest still a go

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Hartwell’s annual Pre-Fourth celebration is scheduled to move forward, along with the Lake Hartwell Music Festival, pending an end to the statewide public health emergency.

City council members voted unanimously at Monday night’s regular meeting via teleconference to move forward with the Hartwell Service League’s Pre-Fourth event and the Lake Hartwell Music Festival as long as the public health state of emergency has come to an end and public gatherings are allowed again.

Despite the city moving forward with its plans, the Hart County Chamber of Commerce recently announced the annual Cars and Guitars Festival, originally set for May 23, is canceled along with the Pre-Fourth fireworks display scheduled for June 27. The chamber indicated on its Facebook page that Cars and Guitars could be rescheduled to a later date, but no decision has been made yet.

The annual Lake Hartwell Music Festival, previously held at Long Point Recreation Area, is now scheduled to be held on May 23 at Hartwell Lakeside, formerly Hart State Park, if Gov. Brian Kemp lifts restrictions on public gatherings. Councilman Tray Hicks said if they’re not able to hold the event on May 23, then it will be moved to a later date.

In other business:

• The council unanimously approved an annexation and zoning request for a planned five-acre multi-family development on Ridge Road. Townhomes are slated for the property as well as an adjacent property.

• An engineering contract for upgrades to the sewer plant was approved unanimously. City manager Jon Herschell said the $680,100 contract is comprehensive and includes concept design, construction administration, construction observation and engineering and design.

• A first reading of an amendment to the gas ordinance was delivered. Herschell said the amendment would consolidate all of the current rate categories into one category. He also said the change shouldn’t adversely affect customers’ rates.

• The memorandum of understanding with the University of Georgia’s Archway Partnership passed unanimously.

• The council unanimously approved expenditures for a lift station pump rebuild.

• The council unanimously approved a reimbursement from the Department of Natural Resources for reservations already made at Hartwell Lakeside.


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Darcey Silva Confronts Florian's Side Piece on Darcey & Stacey

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We have all been asking if Florian Sukaj cheated on Stacey Silva ... and the answer is looking grim.

In this teaser for Darcey and Stacey, seeking answers only leads Stacey to heartbreak.

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Florian has moved from Albania to Connecticut.

His goal was to be with Stacey.

The way that this coincided with the COVID-19 pandemic means that, well, he's not exactly going anywhere any time soon.

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No one in her family trusts Florian.

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Even her father was initially skeptical of the photos, figuring that their must be an explanation if he's posting them.

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Florian Sukaj mystery woman

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Darcey continues: "And I just want to know what happened."

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Darcey is shocked, and asks: "Sugar?"

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Whether Florian sealed the deal or not is unclear, but it seems obvious that the woman is claiming that he wanted to bone her.

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Stacey confesses: "I want to believe him."

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"I'm too old to have to be worrying about other bitches," Darcey expresses to Georgi.

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"I want to build a life," Darcey announces. "I want to build a future."

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"I'm sick of it," she expresses. "I'm f--king tired of it."

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She admits: "I haven't said anything to anybody -- not even you guys." The teaser does not divulge Darcey's secret, so we'll have to watch to find out, and you'll have to keep up with THG's coverage.

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March 10 1965 horoscope and zodiac sign meanings.

The following fact sheet will help you better understand the astrological profile of a person born under March 10 1965 horoscope. Few things that can be considered interesting are Pisces sign traits, particularities by Chinese zodiac animal, best matches in love together with normal compatibilities, famous people born under same zodiac animal and an entertaining analysis of personality descriptors.

March 10 1965 Horoscope Horoscope and zodiac sign meanings

As revealed by astrology, few important facts of the horoscope sign associated with this birthday are given below:

  • The astrological sign of people born on 3/10/1965 is Pisces. This sign is positioned between February 19 - March 20.
  • Pisces is symbolized by Fish.
  • In numerology the life path number for people born on March 10, 1965 is 7.
  • This sign has a negative polarity and its representative characteristics are self-sufficient and contemplative, while it is categorised as a feminine sign.
  • The element for Pisces is the Water. The most representative three characteristics of an individual born under this element are:
    • tendency to peacefully resolve a problem quickly
    • behavior triggered by own emotions
    • hard worker
  • The linked modality to this sign is Mutable. Three characteristics of natives born under this modality are:
    • very flexible
    • deals with unknown situations very well
    • likes almost every change
  • It is very well known that Pisces is most compatible in love with:
  • Someone born under Pisces astrology is least compatible with:

Birthday characteristics interpretation Birthday characteristics interpretation

As astrology suggests 3/10/1965 is a day with many meanings due to its energies. That's why through 15 behavioral descriptors picked and analyzed in a subjective way we try to detail the profile of someone having this birthday, alltogether proposing a lucky features chart that intends to predict good or bad impacts of the horoscope in life, health or money.

Birthday characteristics interpretation Horoscope personality descriptors chart

Little to few resemblance!
Little resemblance!
Very good resemblance!
Great resemblance!
Some resemblance!
Some resemblance!
Quite descriptive!
Sometimes descriptive!
No resemblance!
Rarely descriptive!
Rarely descriptive!
No resemblance!
Good description!
Very good resemblance!
Completely descriptive!

Birthday characteristics interpretation Horoscope lucky features chart

Little luck!
As lucky as it gets!
Sometimes lucky!
Little luck!
Pretty lucky!

March 10 1965 zodiac sign health March 10 1965 health astrology

Someone born under Pisces horoscope has a predisposition to suffer from illnesses and health issues in connection to the area of the feet, soles and the circulation in these areas. Below there is such a list with a few examples of health problems and diseases a Pisces may need to deal with, but please take into account that the possibility to be affected by other problems or diseases should be considered:

March 10 1965 astrology Nervous toothache which is the pain caused by the inflammation of the nerve in case of a dental infection.
March 10 1965 astrology Hypertension that can be either genetic or caused by other factors.
March 10 1965 astrology Sprains which are all kinds of injuries to ligaments.
March 10 1965 astrology Hodgkin's disease which is a type of lymphoma, a type of tumor from white blood cells.

March 10 1965 zodiac animal and other Chinese connotations March 10 1965 zodiac animal and other Chinese connotations

The Chinese zodiac presents a new approach, in many cases meant to explain by an unique way the influences of the birthday on the evolution of an individual. In the next rows we will try to explain its meanings.

Zodiac animal detailsZodiac animal details
  • People born on March 10 1965 are considered to be ruled by the 蛇 Snake zodiac animal.
  • The Snake symbol has Yin Wood as the linked element.
  • The lucky numbers linked with this zodiac animal are 2, 8 and 9, while 1, 6 and 7 are considered unfortunate numbers.
  • The lucky colors representing this Chinese sign are light yellow, red and black, while golden, white and brown are the ones to be avoided.
Chinese zodiac general characteristicsChinese zodiac general characteristics
  • Among the properties that characterize this zodiac animal we can include:
    • materialistic person
    • graceful person
    • intelligent person
    • oriented to results person
  • Briefly we present in here some trends that may characterize the love behavior of this sign:
    • dislikes being rejected
    • dislikes betrail
    • less individualistic
    • likes stability
  • Some elements that best describe the qualities and/or defects related to the social and interpersonal relations skills of this sign are:
    • difficult to approach
    • slight retention due to concerns
    • keep inside most of the feelings and thoughts
    • seek leadership position in a friendship or social group
  • If we study the influences of this zodiac on the evolution or path of someone's career we can affirm that:
    • do not see routine as a burden
    • has proven abilities to solve complex problems and tasks
    • always seeking new challenges
    • often perceived as hard worker
Chinese zodiac compatibilities Chinese zodiac compatibilities
  • It is believed that the Snake is compatible with these three zodiac animals:
    • Monkey
    • Rooster
    • Ox
  • Snake and any of these signs can both take advantage of a normal relationship:
    • Rabbit
    • Tiger
    • Goat
    • Snake
    • Horse
    • Dragon
  • A relationship between the Snake and these signs is not under positive auspices:
    • Rat
    • Pig
    • Rabbit
Chinese zodiac career Chinese zodiac career
This zodiac animal would fit in careers such as:
  • administrative support officer
  • analyst
  • banker
  • psychologist
Chinese zodiac health Chinese zodiac health
A few things about health that can be said about this symbol are:
  • has a quite good health condition but too sensitive
  • should pay attention in dealing with stress
  • should avoid any vicies
  • should pay attention to plan regular examinations
Famous people born with the same zodiac animal Famous people born with the same zodiac animal
These are a few celebrities born in the Snake year:
  • Zu Chongzhi
  • Charles Darwin
  • Mao Zedong
  • Kim Basinger

This date's ephemerisThis date's ephemeris

The ephemeris coordinates for this birth date are:

Sidereal time: Sidereal time: 11:09:51 UTC
Ephemeris sun Sun was in Pisces at 19° 13'.
Ephemeris moon Moon in Gemini at 09° 36'.
Ephemeris mercury Mercury was in Aries at 01° 41'.
Ephemeris venus Venus in Pisces at 10° 49'.
Ephemeris mars Mars was in Virgo at 18° 32'.
Ephemeris jupiter Jupiter in Taurus at 21° 24'.
Ephemeris saturn Saturn was in Pisces at 09° 00'.
Ephemeris uranus Uranus in Virgo at 12° 31'.
Ephemeris neptune Neptun was in Scorpio at 19° 55'.
Ephemeris pluto Pluto in Virgo at 14° 55'.

March 10 1965 astrologyOther astrology & horoscope facts

Wednesday was the day of the week for March 10 1965.

The soul number associated with 3/10/1965 is 1.

The celestial longitude interval for the western astrology symbol is 330° to 360°.

Pisceans are ruled by the 12th House and the Planet Neptune while their representative birthstone is Aquamarine.

Similar facts can be learned from this March 10th zodiac detailed analysis.

Article date: December 28, 2014


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