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Wasps Group and Coventry City agree Ricoh Arena deal

Date: 10 Mar 2021

Wasps Group and Coventry City Football Club have agreed a new deal for the Sky Blues to return to Coventry to play their home games at the Ricoh Arena.

The two parties have signed a 10-year license for the Sky Blues to play their home matches at the Arena until 2031, from the start of the 2021/22 season.

Coventry City will continue to play matches at St Andrew’s Stadium in Birmingham for the remainder of the 2020/21 campaign.

Stephen Vaughan, Wasps Group Chief Executive, said: “We are delighted that Coventry City are returning to the Ricoh Arena – it is great news for the city.

“It is time to put the past firmly behind us. There has been a massive amount of work going on behind the scenes to get us to this point as both organisations felt it was very important that we agreed a long-term deal to bring certainty and continuity, which would in turn allow us to build even stronger futures.

“August will now mark the start of a new era for both Wasps Group and Coventry City. This year will see the arena host events for the City of Culture celebrations and the Rugby League World Cup, as well as start preparations for the Commonwealth Games in 2022.

“The news that we will be welcoming Coventry City back is yet another positive piece of news for the area and a real boost to everybody as we come out of what has been an extremely difficult time for many people.”

Both parties thanked West Midlands Mayor Andy Street for the role he played in bringing the parties together to allow the deal to happen.

Coventry City Chief Executive Dave Boddy said: “We are thrilled to announce that the agreement for Coventry City to return to the city of Coventry and to the Ricoh Arena was signed in the last 24 hours. This is fantastic news for the club, our community and most importantly the supporters.

“I would like to pay tribute to the hard work of our owners, Joy Seppala and the club’s senior management and to the owners of Wasps Group, Derek Richardson and Wasps senior management to agree this deal.

 “We look forward to building a positive and co-operative relationship with Wasps Group over the term of this agreement, the length of which allows us stability as a club as we look to continue our progress on and off the field. The deal is also the best that the Club has had at the Ricoh Arena in terms of access to commercial revenues, which will further aid the development of the Football Club.

“We can’t wait for fans to return to the Ricoh Arena. There is much work to do and planning has already started, but we ask that fans bear with us as we put in place what we need to for our return before we communicate further information.

“We know that the day that our fans are able to come back and watch their team in Coventry is one that they will be already looking forward to.”


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Abenteuerfilme aus dem Jahr 1919

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The Money Corral(1919)

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Cowhand Lem Beason wins a shooting contest at a Western rodeo, and as a result is hired by railroad president Gregory Collins to return to Chicago with Collins to take charge of security for Collins' vaults. Lem is reluctant to go, but Collins' pretty niece Rose changes his mind. In Chicago, Lem finds a great deal of criminal activity, but none of it can get the best of him.

The Millionaire Pirate(1919)

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In the early eighteenth century, pirate captain Jean Lafitte fights a rival pirate and wins a treasure and a beautiful female captive. Although the girl offers herself to Lafitte to save her English lover, Lafitte makes him walk the plank. The girl then places a curse on Lafitte and his descendants, preventing them from ever knowing the true love of woman. Two hundred years later, in the West Antilles, painter Paul Winthrop poses Joe, a pearl diver, as a pirate. Upon seeing the completed painting, each envisions the earlier situation. Later, Joe finds the buried treasure and sails to New York, where he learns that the portrait has also attracted wealthy Lily Demorest and her suitor, Robert Spurr, a "financial pirate.".

The Adventure Shop(1919)

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The Tiger's Trail(1919)

5 Std. | Drama, Krimi

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Regie: Robert Ellis, Louis J. Gasnier, Paul Hurst - Schauspieler: Ruth Roland, George Larkin

Smashing Barriers(1919)

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When sawmill owner Helen Cole is kidnapped by bandits, it falls on lumberjack Dan Stevens to rescue her, but "Wirenail" Hedges is not willing to give up without a fight.

The Black Secret(1919)

Director George B. Seitz's silent action adventure serial starring Pearl White, Walter McGrail, Wallace McCutcheon Jr., George B. Seitz, and Henry G. Sell. This is a "lost" film which means that no surviving copies are thought to exist.Directed by George B. Seitz.

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CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, Ill. — In light of the COVID-19 threat, some election officials have acknowledged Tuesday’s primary was not a normal one.

Most election officials had confirmed extra precautions were taken by poll workers to ensure voting booths and equipment were regularly sanitized. However, did the impact of this global pandemic affect the timely reporting of election results?

The office of Champaign County Clerk Aaron Ammons finished reporting 100 percent of their results by 10:46 p.m. Tuesday, according to a timestamp listed on their website. This was their first county-wide election since Ammons was elected in 2018. They finished reporting results after the office of Macon County Clerk Josh Tanner, who also ran his first county-wide election. Their completed results were posted at 10:30 p.m. Tuesday.

In Vermilion County, the office of Clerk Cathy Jenkins had their results fully reported by 9:23 p.m. Tuesday night. A representative of Sangamon County Clerk Don Gray’s office said they had reported all but two precincts by 9:30 p.m. Tuesday. Their remaining results were in by 10:30 p.m. that evening.

When asked if there was any delay, a representative with the Champaign County Clerk’s office said their office was “not late at all” with reporting their results and they were happy with how everything came in while dealing with a pandemic. The representative also said 90 percent of their results were reported in a “pretty good time.” Only one precinct in Rantoul came in a little later than the other locations, according to the representative. That was because it took a while for them to close down and drive back to the clerk’s office.

“It was not an average election,” the representative said. They also said they had new election judges fill in because of the pandemic, and they had to manage the arrival of those new volunteers. Over 150 had dropped out.

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Melding quantitative tools with fundamental research makes investing smarter, but an investment team and the culture needs to keep quantitative inputs and fundamental processes fully integrated.

By Ryan Caldwell

More money than ever is flowing into factor-driven strategies and investors are increasingly trusting passive products to deliver performance, and control the one variable in investing known in advance—costs. While technology entered investments years ago, today’s incorporation of advanced algorithms, artificial intelligence and deep learning is still in its early stages. There are strong views on both sides of: the systematic versus discretionary, active versus passive, and man versus investing machines debates. Volatility in factors demonstrates why using machines is valuable to interpret security price movements and explains the drivers of underlying investment performance, however, combining fundamental analysis and judgment is important to achieve better outcomes.

As asset managers grapple with fee and profit margin pressure, the industry will likely see a convergence between fundamental and quantitative processes to generate investment value with fewer bodies and more machines. This could be a cultural challenge for most actively managed firms given the visceral response that practitioners have for one another’s work. Quantamental, combining fundamental and quantitative approaches, offers a hybrid, efficient investment process for the new world of investment management.

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Melding quantitative tools with fundamental research makes investing smarter, but an investment team and the culture needs to keep quantitative inputs and fundamental processes fully integrated. First, the quantitative process reveals what game the market is playing to help understand what style shifts (i.e., growth versus value) are underway and how the market is pricing certain baskets of stocks across the globe. Next, fundamental research should dig into selecting the right securities and calling the factor plays and weightings. Together, this two-stage investment process offers improved insights from changes in management and investor behavior. An ideal investment process using today’s advances emphasizes active management, quantifies fundamental factors and applies a systematic approach to judging data sets used to inform asset allocation and security selection decisions. Quantitative discipline should keep fundamental analysis focused on “what matters when” by systematically shrinking the opportunity set to specific areas of the globe and to factors that present the best potential outcomes.

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Humans are emotional. Combine emotion with investing and you can get irrational capital allocation decisions that result in unpredictable outcomes. Traditional fundamental analysis relies on human judgment and can fall victim to “narrative fallacy.” Behavioral biases can oversimplify complexity into soundbites that may be great for storytelling, but poorly translates into business economics and long-term value creation. Fundamental analysts can travel far to data-mine “facts” that enable their “thesis,” ignoring the fast-shifting global investing context or broader market conditions underpinning portfolio allocation or security selection decisions. That said, experience conducting fundamental research can add meaningful value through understanding key trends, sector expertise and by asking the right nuanced questions to gauge management and investor behavioral changes. Fundamental analysis comes with forecasting errors so investors should recognize the risks of overconfidence and extrapolating trends so far ahead. Just take the human forecasting error during last year’s U.S. presidential election for example. Human foibles interfere with many active managers’ abilities to consistently outperform. Much has been said about the underperformance of active versus passive strategies and therefore investors continue to expect that active can’t outperform passive management and tilt their portfolios too far, irrationally eliminating all humans.

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The adoption of factor-based, smart-beta and rules-based active investing products has reached a fever pitch, yet it’s not technically a new technique for fundamental stock pickers. There are many factors, ranging from style, sector, country or a market cap cohort, that both fundamental and quantitative investors use to measure portfolio risk. Quant-investing alone is not perfect and can be relatively opaque or, even worse, give no justification for recommendations. Some quant practices can also add unnecessary complexity to data analysis by using too many programmers, ultimately removing portfolios from proven reliable economics, finance and valuation precepts. Investors need not forget that investing by grouping stocks on common backward-looking attributes that have historically moved together doesn’t tell enough about what they’ll do in the future. Quant work cannot anticipate management or policy-making behavioral changes because it doesn’t replace judgment. In 2016, this had profound implications across global financial markets and greatly impacted optimal portfolio construction as factors like “stability” proved to be more correlated across sectors and asset classes than many crowded investment strategies anticipated. The responses to outcomes and what will affect future quant-model rankings truly matters and once the dots get connected, portfolio risks can quickly be re-rated.

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It was once said, “In order to figure out where we’re going, we have to figure out where we are.” Investors should utilize a quantamental investing process that delves into quantitative models and conducts fundamental research to help understand the impact of our current environment. This blended approach will help seek out the prevailing market condition and clarify how to adapt your investment objectives to either capital preservation or capital appreciation. It allows investors to constantly monitor and react to an ever-recurring growth/value cycle. The quantamental approach enables algorithms to keep up with the ever-evolving industry, models to make sense of the investment universe and minds to make the allocation decisions needed.

Ryan Caldwell is co-founder and chief investment officer of Chiron Investment Management, a boutique, multi-asset investment management firm.

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The holidays can feel awfully lonely when you’re hundreds of miles from your hometown, and your spouse is deployed. Traveling solo with kids is overwhelming, sure, but a holiday season with no adult interaction is even more depressing. Here’s what you need to know to travel while solo parenting, whether on the road or in the skies.

Don’t forget the gifts

If you’re planning to visit relatives over Christmas, take advantage of online shopping, and have your children’s gifts and gifts for others shipped directly to your destination—no one wants to schlep a Barbie Dream House through DFW. But, speaking of that Dream House, don’t forget that you’re going to have to take all of this stuff back home with you! Don’t buy anything big for your kids and remind your relatives not to give big gifts, either.

Pro Tip: Cram a large duffle bag into one of your suitcases so you can use it to pack and check gifts for your flight home.

Traveling with kids while your spouse is deployed

Traveling alone with kids means your days of throwing some clothes into a bag and heading out are long gone. This is going to require thought and planning. Start packing at least a week in advance. Chances are good that the stuff you all wear all the time, is also the stuff you’ll want to bring, so put your empty suitcases next to the washer and dryer and toss the clothes in as you fold them. Only bring enough diapers, wipes, and formula for two or three days. You can buy more at your destination.

Whether flying or driving, it’s a good idea to use your biggest suitcase and try to consolidate multiple bags into one. Unless you’ve got a teenager to help carry bags, you’re going to be handling them all yourself, and one big bag is easier to manage than three small ones.

Pro Tip: If you’re driving a long distance, it’s a good idea to pack an overnight bag with stuff for each of you. Put that small bag into the car last so it’s easily accessible. If you have to stop for the night along your route, you’re not going to want to drag all your big suitcases into the room.

Just pack PJs, comfy traveling clothes, toiletries, diapers and wipes, and whatever woobies or special stuffies you all can’t sleep without, and a few snacks for the room. A snack bag will absolutely save you when the late-night hunger hits, and your hotel doesn’t even have a vending machine. You might want to throw in some herbal tea bags (or a single serving wine box) for yourself.

No two kids are exactly the same, and you know yours better than anyone. Some can’t handle more than an hour of uninterrupted driving, others can go 15 hours so long as their bellies are full of chicken nuggets. Don’t fool yourself that a child who hates driving will miraculously be great for a 17-hour slog, or that you’ll be able to drive all that distance without getting tired. If you need to stop for the night, do so. A motel room is much cheaper than a wreck.

Be sure to plan your route ahead of time. GPS navigation is great and all, and by all means use it, but it’s no substitute for actually knowing where you’re going. The roads will likely be crowded, you may encounter closures, accidents, and detours, and we’ve all had navigation lead us astray. is a great resource for planning.

Traveling with kids while your spouse is deployed

Other Helpful Apps:

Waze is a navigation app that alerts you to upcoming traffic and offers alternate route suggestions.

Gas Buddy helps you find the cheapest gas nearby.

iExit tells you how far the next Interstate exit is and what amenities you’ll find there, like the always-important bathrooms, gas, and food.

Flush Toilet Finder uses your location to show you nearby toilets on a map, which is absolutely essential information when you’re traveling with preschoolers. Bonus: it works offline and can integrate with Google Maps to provide directions.

And if you’re not in a big rush and want to break up your drive with some Americana oddities, the Roadside America app will tell you about all sorts of weird stops along your way, like Foamhenge.

The Priceline app is also great for road trips because it lets you bid on rooms that are nearby, meaning you don’t have to know in advance where you’ll be when you want to pull off and sleep.

ProTip: Wait until after 3 p.m. to start bidding. By afternoon check-in time, many hotels are willing to accept a lower bid than they would have taken earlier in the day.

Parenting Pro Tip: Try to book a hotel with an indoor pool and free breakfast. A day strapped into a car seat will leave any kid antsy, with oodles of energy to burn. An evening splash in the pool will mean that your children actually fall asleep when you turn the lights out. Complimentary breakfast means you can get back on the road without stopping to eat, saving time and money.

And another one: If your children are too small to help with bags at the hotel, grab a luggage cart. You can easily set an infant carrier on the cart, and toddlers and preschoolers can climb on and catch a ride. They’ll love it! Most importantly, you’ll be able to manage all your bags and people in one trip.

It should go without saying, but arrive early, at least 30 minutes earlier than what you think being early means. Flying is stressful. Flying with children is even more stressful. Flying solo with children when you’re running late is agony.

Pro Tip: If at all possible, book a morning flight, especially if you have to make a connection. Why? Because if your flight gets cancelled or delayed, you’re more likely to get on another flight if you start early in the day. You do not want to be stuck overnight in an airport with children.

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If your kids are too big for a stroller but too small to turn loose, look into buying a fun ride-on suitcase, like this one. All of a sudden, the tedium of the airport will look more like a playground, at least to your child. Speaking of playgrounds, here’s a list of some of the family-friendly amenities available in U.S. airports.

Don’t forget about the lounges and the USO. If you have the American Express Platinum Card (And you should, the annual fee is waived for active duty, plus you get all these perks) you and your children can access the Delta Sky Club Lounges and the Centurion Lounges … and all the free food, drinks, and WiFi in them. Some even have a family room.

But even if you don’t have the AMEX, your military family status allows you to use the USO lounges, which means you get access to free snacks, comfy chairs, and the nicest people in America. Many of the volunteers are grandparent-aged and love to play with kids. Stop in, grab a snack (the USO in Charlotte, NC’s airport often has free Cinnabon), kick back in a recliner and let other people soak up the adorableness that you stopped noticing somewhere over Des Moines, when your toddler kicked the seat in front of her for the 18th time.

Speaking of, while you’re on the plane, just accept that your normal nutrition and screen time rules are on hold. Bring your own junk food and whatever device your child likes to play— with headphones, please!— and then let them play and eat as much as they want. Bring old fashioned coloring and activity books, too. Kids love having your undivided attention, and a game of Hangman or Tic-Tac-Toe on a seatback tray will burn up some time. You will be exhausted by the end of the flight. It’s just going to happen. Accept it and expect it.

You don’t have to spend the holidays marinating in loneliness and exhaustion. With a little planning, a lot of patience, some managed expectations, and a few apps, you can travel with children to celebrate the season, without losing your sanity.

Rebekah Sanderlin is an Army spouse, a mother of three, a professional writer and an obsessive traveler. Once, during a deployment, she took all three kids on a 6-week-long roadtrip from Florida to Maine— and back!—stopping to see every long lost military friend and roadside attraction along the way.

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Why: Two reasons …

  • One is to encourage you to try a weave structure that might be new to you or just not well explored.
  • The other is to examine and interpret something about Texas waterways—history, geography, geology, culture, recreation, whatever.

Size, Color, Fiber: We trust your judgement ( although machine wash-ability would be helpful.

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  2. Design your Runner – Use the guidelines in the 2021 Runner Challenge Exchange Brochure to develop your design.
  3. Use our CHALLENGE ENTRY FORM to tell us about your item. As soon as you have the information about the design of your project, please print an online Challenge Entry Form to share those details. That helps us prepare display labels. Be sure and keep a copy for yourself so that you can attach to the actual item when it is sent.
  4. Weave Your Runner
  5. Finish Your Runner – Be sure to attach a label with your name so that the recipient knows who created the runner
  6. Complete the runner and mail to the address on the entry form so that it arrives by May 1, 2021. Be sure to follow the instructions for a signed delivery.
  • The Actual Exchange will take place on Saturday, June 5 at 6 pm at the conference. We will use a blind exchange. Runners will be placed in plain wrappers. Participants will draw numbers for their place in the selection and will select bag in the order of their numbers.
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Structure: Use the structure listed for the first letter of your first name as the dominant (or at least very visible) structure in your weave:
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B. Basketweave
C. Crackle
D. Summer and Winter-Dukagang
E. Echo
F. Fancy twill
G. Goose-eye twill
H. Huck
I. Honeycomb
J. Wild card (you pick!)
K. Monk’s Belt
L. Hand-manipulated lace
M. Ms and Os
N. Canvas weave
O. Overshot
P. Point twill
QVXYZ: Summer and Winter—X
R: Rosepath
S: Straight twill
T: Tabby
U. Undulating twill
W: Supplementary warp

Design Inspirations
Option A: Pick a river, creek or spring that is meaningful to you and design around some aspect of it—color, landscape, wildlife, activities… eg. You might be inspired by the colors of the bathing trunks of the kids swimming at Landa Park, or the sparkle of the moon on your local river, or the history of Native Americans around a spring you visited.
Option B: Use the design inspiration listed for the first letter of your last name:
A. Artesian Springs, Acequias, Arkansas River
B. Balmorrhea, Bridges, Brazos River, Barton Springs, Buffalo Bayou
C. Crayfish or canoes, Colorado River
D. Dragonflies or ducks
E. Edwards Aquifer or Endangered species
F. Flowing water or Geologic Faults
G. Grasses, Rio Grande, Guadalupe River
H. Herons, Hydrogeology of Texas, Hippie Hollow
I. Indian artifacts
J. Mission San Jose, San Jacinto River
K. Karst limestone
L. Limestone, Llano River, Landa Springs
M. Mary Miegs Atwater, Missions, Medina River
N. Night on the river, Nueces River, Navasota River
O. Onion Creek, Olé! Spanish culture along the San Antonio River
P. Pebbles, Paseo del Rio (the Riverwalk), Perdenales River
Q. XYZ: Yanaguana (the Payaya Indian name for the San Antonio River)
R. Rapids, Reeds, Red River
S. Sunlight on water, Salamanders, San Marcos Springs
T. Trickling, Turtles, Trinity River
U. Underground caves
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Shitali means cooling.This pranayama cools the system and hence the name. It can be practiced at any time, at any place and whenever necessary.

How to do :

  1. Sit straight on the floor. Open your mouth slightly, in such a way that the tip of your tongue should be closer to both lines of the teeth.
  2. Inhale fresh air slowly and steadily through and between the lines of the teeth with a medium speed. Inhaling should be in such a way that the incoming air touches the tongue all the way from the tip to the very base.
  3. When you have inhaled enough air, exhale through both nostrils at a medium speed.
  4. Again inhale through the mouth in the same way and continue this process for up to 5 rounds.

Restrictions :

Do not Practice more than ten rounds at a time.

While practicing Shitali for the first time, some practitioner would catch cold or get a sore throat. In such case it is better to stop further practice.

Major Benefits :

It cools the whole body and the nervous system.  It will have a pacifying and relieving effect for various troubles such as headache, fever etc. It activates the liver and spleen, improve digestion and relieve thirst. Shitali pranayama is highly recommended as an immediate remedy for nervousness.

Disclaimer : We are not responsible or liable for any injury or harm caused to the practitioner while practicing the asanas given here. Some asanas may be inappropriate under certain medical conditions. We suggest that you consult a qualified instructor.


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UPDATE 1-Mexico's remittances rise to all-time high in July

reuters.com · 09/01/2021 14:52
UPDATE 1-Mexico's remittances rise to all-time high in July

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- Remittances to Mexico jumped to a record high in July, as cash sent from abroad reached $4.540 billion in the month, Mexican central bank data showed on Wednesday.

By comparison, remittances to Mexico were $4.458 billion in June and $3.532 billion in July 2020.

Mexicans abroad, mostly in the United States where the economy has benefited from stimulus measures, are sending more money to help family back home as President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador struggles to deliver on promises to energize growth.

"Generous wage/income support fiscal transfers in the U.S., a competitive (peso/dollar) level, and a deep contraction of activity and employment in Mexico have acted as both push and pull drivers of dollar remittances from the U.S. to Mexico," Goldman Sachs economist Alberto Ramos said in a research note.

With Mexicans, especially those on the lower end of the socioeconomic ladder, depending heavily on remittances amid an ailing economy, the top five biggest months for remittances have all come in 2021.

Ramos forecast that moderating activity and income growth in the United States should lead to a moderation in remittances flows to Mexico in the coming quarters.

(Reporting by Anthony Esposito; editing by Jonathan Oatis)

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India asks mission staff to withdraw kids from Pakistan schools

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India-Pakistan diplomatic rift out in open as Pakistan is now a non-school going station  for Indian diplomatic staff. The government has directed its officials in the Indian High Commission in Islamabad to send their wards outside Pakistan for their education, a move Pakistan described an ‚”internal, administrative arrangement‚” .

“It is a normal practice for all countries to review staffing and related policies for their diplomatic missions, including in view of prevailing circumstances at those stations,” External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup said in response to a question.

“With effect from this academic session, officials posted in the High Commission of India in Islamabad have been advised to make arrangements for education of their wards outside Pakistan, till further notice,” he said.

The decision in this connection was taken in June last year to give sufficient time to the mission’s officials to make alternative arrangements for continuing the education of their wards.

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Chlorine Feed or Air Charger Iron Filter?

I would like to size a MangOX filter but need to know if the system needs an air charger.

Some info about my system:

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I have an upstream chlorinator and dwell tank (15 ppm free chlorine on input, much less but unknown at output).  I have a softener downstream that cannot cope with the iron.  When is an air charger justified?

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Air chargers are useful when you need to oxidize particulate in your water before filtration, such as when filtering iron or odors.  They are generally preferred by people who do not want to use chlorine or other chemicals to oxidize the contaminants in their water.  Since you have a chlorinator and contact tank upstream, no air charger or optional chlorine side tank is needed, nor recommended.
Since you have 7.5 GPM flow rate, we recommend a 1.0 CF model.  You can get a 1.5 CF model if you have a large size pressure tank (80 gallons) with a 25 or 35 gallon drawdown, but the 1.0 CF 9" x 48" tank will work well for a system supporting 4 people.

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For your application we recommend a Pro-OX 1650 Iron Filter Series 948. This system is similar to our MangOX iron filters, but comes with Pro-OX filter media, which uses the same quality high-purity manganese dioxide as the MangOX brand.  Besides that, not much is different: you'll still be able to set your filter to automatically backwash itself, and you'll still get the same Enpress tank with Vortech distributor tube, which will allow you to backwash your filter with less water, thereby saving you money on water and energy.  The tank and valve are still non-corrosive, NSF-certified, and built to last for many years; even the Pro-OX media inside  should last upwards of ten years, saving you money and effort that would otherwise be spent to replace it.

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The Fassett GreenSpace offers an outdoor area for groups to meet, hold programs

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WELLSVILLE — As spring begins and the COVID-19 pandemic still presents a looming risk, many residents, nonprofit organizations, and community groups may be looking for outdoor spaces to meet.

Located at 55 North Main Street in Wellsville, the newly established garden called The Fassett GreenSpace is a perfect location to utilize as a free public venue in 2021.

The GreenSpace is accessible for individuals of all abilities and is centrally located in the village along a bus route. It is open from dawn to dusk and has public access to electricity and water as well as built-in bench seating. Other features of the garden include outdoor musical instruments, a little free library, and a centerpiece bronze fountain.

The 1,500+ square feet of growing space are maintained by volunteers and are free for the community to harvest or use as a teaching garden. Previous programs held there include children's activities such as story-time, crafts, and dance. Other groups have used the space to teach nutrition and art classes and meet for book clubs, luncheons, and board meetings.

In the next few months, the group that maintains the GreenSpace, Art for Rural America, has plans to finish their “ShadeSpace Pavilion.” This structure will create a covered area in the back of the garden with additional seating for 75 individuals. The pavilion is designed for performance and lecture spaces.

A drone photo of the Fassett GreenSpace on Main Street Wellsville, open to community events.

The public space is free to use for any group or individual that is looking for a relaxing, beautiful, and unique outdoor venue. The Board of Art for Rural America asks that groups of five or more individuals email them ahead of time about an event. This way, the nonprofit can better assess their impact and make sure there are no scheduling conflicts. The nonprofit is available to help cross-promote any open public event at the garden.

Contact Board President, Cassandra Bull, for more information or to host a program. She can be reached via email at ArtforRuralAmerica@gmail.com. Like the Fassett GreenSpace on Facebook or visit their website ArtforRuralAmerica.org for more information.


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Best Business Ideas of 2016

Entrepreneurship is not an easy not an easy task to take on. You must have courage and vision to be successful with new business ideas. Almost every business idea that can be implemented has been discovered by us. So you have to be very creative and passionate about it if you want to be successful with a new idea. As the times advances, new technologies are invented and it creates a window for new business schemes. Your necessities are increasing every day and we need someone to provide those. So here are some business ideas of 2016 so far:

Instagram Consulting

Social medias have a huge impact on your daily life and profession. Instagram is one strong platform of social media which is very popular now a day. It has been identified as a great marketing tool for companies. So when many people are using something common, there will be business from it. Instagram consulting is a form of new business idea which has a bright future. Instagram, recently bought by Facebook is here to stay for a long time. However, people are still confused about how to use this platform to get benefits for it. That’s is where Instagram consulting is required and nothing is free now a day.

Health Clubs

People are becoming more heath conscious and they are going to health clubs regularly. So opening a health club can be a great business idea. According to studies, the alcohol consumption by people have reduced. Healthy foods are gaining popularity instead and fast foods. When you try to be health conscious, you need to know the ways of doing that. Opening a health club will allow people to come and get instructions about how to keep themselves healthy. Of course, you can add facilities like swimming, gym, sports activities in your health club.

Kids Applications

Kids friendly applications are becoming quite popular now day. So it opened a new opportunity of mobile application developers. With the increased popularity of android and iOS operating system, more application developers are focusing in the app sector. There are many different categories of application, kid’s friendly application is one of those which has a bright future.  A smart entrepreneur always sees an opportunity when something become very popular in a short period of time. Learning app development is not difficult, you can start with small projects with some good graphics.

Software Training

This may sound like an old business idea, but the scope of this business has been greatly increased in last few years. Software development is becoming very profitable business as more people are showing interest in it. When a market is created, skilled professionals are required to drive that market. That’s where software training comes in. You can open a software development training farm to train want to be software developers. The demands of software are increasing every year; this market is likely to be more profitable in future.

So above are some best business ideas of 2016 so far.

Shop wall décor online

When you have decided to do purchase some home décor items, then you require a sharp eye for details and the right style sense to finalize on the home décor product. Therefore, one of the major steps in any interior decoration assignment is to choose the appropriate decoration. House décor is not just confined to living room furniture, artifacts etc..One needs to pay equal attention to the house walls. For an enhanced look, wall makeover is a trending step nowadays. Even if it’s a simple home decoration plan, wall décor does have a significant role in transforming the look of your house. Hence you need to check and analyze the right wall décor before you purchase them.

The Internet gives various results on wall décor items and if you are keen on online shopping, then there’s nothing stopping you. It is unquestionably the most affordable and comfortable method to get the right décor which will transform your room space. Be it the jungle theme with wood art or vintage theme with the wrought iron items, you will everything on the net.  The Internet gives an extraordinary choice of divider embellishments.

Wall décor items

Hooks is a perfect way to provide a different look to your wall. Am not referring to the regular hooks, opt for the wrought-iron hooks or those which are handcrafted. They serve functional purpose and add aesthetic look. You can easily place them in your kitchen, bedroom or living room, thereby hang your umbrellas, keys or coats. Another great way to keep your organized is the bulletin boards and they always remain in style. It is ideal for helping you to remember your most recent tasks and leaving notes for office and home use.

Prints as well as even the simple paintings are an attention grabber. They make your office space, house or small rooms look incredible due to its style and color. Therefore you need to be careful while choosing paintings and think about the impact it leaves on onlookers.

Another great multi-purpose object which is a great wall decoration is the mirrors. Place them at the right areas, then you will be able visually alter the look of your house; improve your room lighting by creating the right focal point. Yep, I love those pretty mirrors!!

Wall planters, posters, wall clocks, ornamental wall shelves, calendars, wall paper designs, wall plaques, metal artwork are some other wall décor items. Wall plaques are specific wall hangings which deliver or add a different dimension to your room, hence explore them. Wall planters permits you to hang small plants even without having a huge yard and can be fixed on your porch, balcony or window.

Without much of a hassle, you can select the right wall décor items online, which fits your budget and utility purpose. In addition, you need to think of the theme as well and have a precise plan of items. Incredible designs are available which are there to enhance, the look, the space and the ambience of your room.

Easy and Cheap Home Improvement Projects

Home improvement is something we are often afraid of, because it sounds expensive. However, the reality is different. It doesn’t cost a lost if you have an effective plan for home improvement. There are many different ways to improve the look of your home. Some of those are expensive as they require expensive furniture’s and other equipment. But most improvement ideas are cost effective if you do it right. Home improvement is one of the easiest way of changing the look of your living space without buying a new one. So a proper planning is required for this task. Here are some easy home improvement ideas for you.

Kitchen Improvement

It is one of the most common form of home improvement. Improving your kitchen will certainly change the look of your house. There are lots of ways of a changing the look your house kitchen. Paint is one of those, paint your kitchen with a stunning new color. You can also paint the existing cabinet and other furniture’s. A new and fresh color will add a new dimension to the look of your kitchen. An old kitchen makes a house look old and boring. So kitchen improvement is a must if you are thinking about a home improvement.

This is another project which can be very effective for home improvement. Changing the flooring of your current home. The floor of your house has a big role to play when it comes to the look of the interior. It can bring a whole new vibe to the design of your home. Though the project of changing the flooring sounds expensive, but in reality it is not. You can easily go for a new flooring within your budget. You can change the look of existing flooring with brand new carpet or changing the tiles.

One of the most common form of home improvement. Paint has the power to change the look of any home. Each and every home improvement requires a touch of new color. A fresh and joyful color can change the look of your house. You can try both exterior and interior painting of your house. The interior painting should be according to the color of your furniture. The exterior paint will represent your personal choice and taste. So you should choose the paint color carefully. A paint job is a cheap and clever idea for home renovation.

Another idea for home improvement which is also cost effective and certain to bring a great result. Change all the faucets of your bathroom and kitchen. The new faucets should be stylish and trendy. Home improvement is something you don’t do every day. You have to be careful while choosing the new fixtures for your bathroom and kitchen. You can do the new faucet installation on your own, or you can hire a plumber for the installation job. Either way it should be difficult for you to install those new fixtures.

Optimized Methods Of Home Improvement Blog Operations – How To Craft Success

The return you are looking for from your home improvement products website will come from following steps and devoting time. Search engine marketing and traffic analysis are just two methods to improve your website performance. Using search engine marketing can get the traffic to your home repair tips site. The general rules we publish can get people to your website.

Kate Broughton, 32, who began her own craft-making business using online platform Etsy, in her studio at home in Otley, West Yorkshire.
Kate Broughton, 32, who began her own craft-making business using online platform Etsy, in her studio at home in Otley, West Yorkshire.

Your sales will skyrocket if you create partner promotions for your online shop that align closely with the sales and offers that are presented in your physical locations. You can attract loyal customers by marketing your location and contact info to all of your web traffic. Branding efforts can be enhanced by making sure that your logo figures prominently on everything. If a customer has an unpleasant internet shopping experience, they can often be won over if a ‘brick and mortar’ location handles their problem efficiently and respectfully.

White space is something that should never be overlooked in web page design. Any size ad can be used in this space and there is a lot of room for creating subtle and vibrant ads that should be attractive to your home improvement products review website users. To keep the traffic flowing onto your site, you need to display new promotions in a prominent place. A clean, attractive design is the key to attracting and retaining site visitors.

woman-with-laptop-mInviting visitors to subscribe to a newsletter grants you their contact information. With a large database of e-mail addresses, you could promote your special sales and also other items to a much larger audience. Always remind customers about your home improvement products review website, and they’re more likely to return. Many websites that are quite successful use newsletters to brand their image.

The content available on your home improvement products review website needs to align with your chosen keywords. You will attract a different type of visitor than your desired audience if you use poorly chosen keywords. A poor choice in keywords could damage your website’s reputation. A professional home repair tips site designer could easily review your website and provide a real honest review to help make sure that you have the best possible keywords for your niche.

Find a designer that could develop a site that looks professional for you. They should have a plan that lays out how they are going to achieve your goals as a home improvement products review website owner. If the plan is a great one, it will provide the exact steps necessary to achieve your goals for your business. Examining a website designer’s online portfolio is a must.

The way your home improvement products website is built has the largest effect on the browsing experience of a regular visitor. Having the primary points and navigation simple to use will ensure the visitor enjoys the site. A site without any appeal will alienate visitors and they most likely will not return. You can learn what’s currently popular in web site design by checking out the biggest sites to see what they’re doing.

Things to consider before booking a Limousine

The modern era has brought the use of Limousine for special events and purposes. However, the uses of the rented Limousines have now extended to Airport Pickups and many other purposes. It is really affordable to hire a Limousine now and with the growing number Limousine Rental Service Companies, it is easy to book as well. However, as a customer, you must be aware of certain things that can help you to book the Limousine in more effective way. There are some basic points that must be known to you before you hire a Limousine.

Services you are looking for

The service of the Limousine can differ according to people. The type of Limousine differs according to the purpose. It can be a wedding, bachelor party or corporate affair for which you want to book Limousine. However, you can book the Limousine for the specific purpose. Space, style and type do matter for the purposes of the Limousine services. It can be Stretch Limousine, Super Stretch or Hummer Limousine according to the need. You must make sure that all of your requirements are agreed to be satisfied by the company before coming to an agreement.

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Terms and Conditions

All the services company has their own terms and conditions for hiring Limousine. You must clear all the terms and ask for any quarry you have. It is often observed that unnecessary arguments break out, later on, the same things.

The cost of riding Limousine is very significant. You must understand and agree upon a fixed or variable price. However, the price should be decided before the event. It may be decided on the distance travelled or hours. The pricing and cost differ from company to company, but you must be very clear about the budget and make an agreement on the same. It is often seen that parties have a difference in opinion at the time of payment due to confusion and lack of agreement.

Quality of Limousine

You must personally go and check the quality of the Limousine. It is always better to visit the Limousine. However, if you do not have time, you can always request the company if they can drop by at your place. But if nothing works out, you must, at least, check out the detail photos of the Limousine in the email. This is to ensure that you get what you are paying for. Many rental companies do not give a maintained and quality Limousine on the special event if you have not checked it earlier. This may cause huge disappointment and embarrassment.

There is nothing more important than time. Whether it is a wedding, party or corporate meeting; it is very important to be at the desired place on time. You must specify the time and place very clearly to the rental company to avoid last minute confusion and hassle.

Limousine ride is a dream ride, but it can go worse if these simple things are not considered. It is always said that you must act before time and this is very true in the case of hiring Limousine.

These Are The Best Tips To Finding The Best Lawyer For Your Consultations

Identifying the right attorney for your case should not be time-consuming and tiring. If you understand what you are doing, you ought to be able to find an attorney in a few minutes. We have some resources to help you find a general practice lawyer that meets your needs.

It is necessary to interview each legal consultant candidate in person before making a final decision on who’ll represent you in court. A necessary thing is to ensure that your general practice lawyer is keeping eye contact during your interview. Good eye contact reveals one who is actively participating in your case and will take you seriously. Only hire a general practice lawyer who shows that they have a complete focus on helping you in your legal matter.

The educational process for a student to work through law school is extremely tough. Whenever a law student graduates they’ve acquired a lot of knowledge. Check into the academic history and professional experience of any potential attorneys. An initial consultation will provide you with all the info you need to make the best decision about whether to hire this person or not.

The best attorneys will be respectful of those who may have more expereince. General practice attorneys who volunteer in their area usually have respect in the law community. It’s not unusual for a younger legal consultant to study how older attorneys became good at the things they do. General practice attorneys learn from more experienced attorneys how to be successful.

Any legal consultant practicing in the legal profession will need to have the required licenses. Licensure is by state and a legal consultant practicing in additional than one state will need to have more than one license. Licenses should be displayed, either hung on the wall or by other methods, at all times for client review. Lawyers should answer specific questions so you could determine how thoroughly they know the law.

A good defense team will protect your rights and always plead for the best outcome in almost any trial, even if you’re guilty. Lawyers do not represent people based on guilt or innocence but instead based on what each person is supposed to be legally granted in the judicial process. The results of any trial have different ramification according to the verdict given, and your general practice lawyer will construct a good plan to manage any type of verdict so it’ll benefit you the most. You could truly depend on a good general practice lawyer to be a great source of support during your legal process.

Lawyers and the law offices they work for can mislead clients. It is vital to assess a general practice lawyer’s work objectively, and not be drawn in by self-promotion. You will need to find out about this professional’s success, education, and reputation. To find out if a general practice lawyer can produce the results you want and expect, look carefully at the reviews that their other clients have put online.

How To Find Amazing Residential Property To Help You When You Are In Need

Before buying real estate, it’s essential to examine as many of the specifics of your purchase as possible. Do that to make sure that you made the correct choice. In the following article, you will learn information and it could distinguish the difference between experiencing a miserable or perhaps a pleasant experience with your residential property purchase. Consider the following suggestions if you’re contemplating a property purchase.

By all means, your bank demands that you get your real estate appraised anyway. Doing an appraisal is how the bank determines whether the residential property you are going to buy is actually worth the money you agreed to pay. Hire your own property inspector to be on the safe side. The inspector will check for potential problems that might end up costing you a lot of cash.

Get an idea of what you will need to pay when you close. It’s important that you consider the initial costs of acquiring a residential property. The closing costs include loan company fees, taxes, contract fees, and various other charges that are all bundled into the asking price of the property. Therefore, as you will likely be paying interest on the fees associated with the closing costs, you should familiarize yourself with how these costs are structured. In order to get an idea what it’s going to cost you at closing, check out an average closing cost where the property is located.

You’ll never find the best time to buy, so don’t become obsessive. Figuring out the perfect condition is absolutely an effort in futility. You should purchase a residential property any time you find one that fits your needs that you could afford. The real estate market is constantly cycling and fluctuating.

Pick a residential property in a city where you want to live and check for insurance costs. If you make a call to a local insurance agent, you can get an estimate. You’re not automatically obligated to have the insurance because you called, but you should get a good idea of what it’ll cost when you buy the property. Do not forget to look into the local tax rules and regulations to avoid any surprises.

You need to see to it that you understand what you are getting into when you are thinking about purchasing a residential property. Acquiring property is an excellent method for building wealth, however it can also be expensive to keep the property in good shape. There could be some surprise costs for any sudden plumbing problems and newer repairs that crop up. There will probably be nobody to turn to as the costs are all on you. Always keep some money aside to cover such unexpected costs.

Check Out These Tips For Finding Wood Furniture Near You

Many different materials are used to make furniture today, including hardwoods and softwoods, particle board and plastic laminate. Being in the position to spot and identify different materials is a necessary skill when buying quality wood furniture. It is quite important to know the difference between them to get quality. Become a smarter furniture buyer by making use of these ideas to your advantage.

Pine is known for taking stain very well, especially if the wood is sealed prior to you begin. However, be extra careful with pine, as it does have a tendency to ooze sap. Pine is readily available at most renovation stores. Most varieties of pine are rather soft, making it easy to work with and an excellent choice for carving.

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If you’re looking for looks and lasting ability, use hardwood for your furniture. Amish craftspeople who’ve perfected their trade over generations almost always choose to make their traditional handmade furniture out of the slow-growth hardwood found in northern climes. Greater density, usual among cold-climate woods, is exactly what makes them popular.

Even though its name suggests otherwise, soft maple is actually a tough, long-wearing and resilient wood. Red or silver maple trees provide this common wood, which could be not quite as solid and sturdy as hard maple. However, it will require stain considerably more willingly than hard maple does. Soft maple has color ranging from light cream to pale brown, and has occasional dark streaks.

When you’re in a wood furniture store, it is very likely you will hear the terms veneer and solid wood. It’s essential to have a solid understanding of what those terms mean. If your salesperson informs you that a certain piece is solid wood, he or she means that most or all of the exposed portions of the furniture consist of solid planks of wood. A veneer refers to a thin sheet of wood, and it is glued on top of a particle board or even a piece of plywood.

One of the very best woods for furniture is well known around the world as deep reddish-brown mahogany. With just a coat of oil, you could keep it looking great; plus it will take stain well. The natural habitat of mahogany is in great danger, as the forests are decreasing in both size and density, making it a difficult wood to find. A lumber yard that carries specialty items is really the only one likely to keep mahogany in stock.

Even though softwoods are less durable than hardwoods, they occur more often in nature. They are cost effective and provide a great solution other than particle boards. Common softwoods include cedar, fir, spruce and pine.

Insider Secrets That Shows You How To Find The Ultimate Dates

Loving and healthy relationships could enhance many aspects of your life. Large numbers of individuals find that it’s an extremely difficult task to locate someone special that they want to spend our entire lives with. Don’t worry about it though, despite the fact that you could have never had a long-lasting relationship. We now have a list of methods that can assist you get back on your way.

First impressions are not always something that you should count on. People who internet date may not accurately portray themselves, so watch out. No matter where or how you meet an individual, it’s going to always take some time in order to get to know them well. You cannot really understand the individual until you handle that person during the good times and the bad.

If you are rejected a few times in asking for a date, it is typically a superficial issue. Don’t take it to heart. These early rejections are blessings in disguise, it could spare you a lot of pain down the road. Look past whatever blunders you think that you have made and be yourself. If you think that you’re rejected often, take a little time to think about how you relate to others and when there are problems you may need to work on.

Go on multiple dates and let the process continue for however long it is essential. It may take longer than you expected to get to where you want to go, and unexpected things may happen in your relationship. We’ve made this step by step guide to help you on your dating experience. Look over this list when you are considering a serious relationship and ensure that you have all the qualities you are looking for.

Find the two best potential relationships, then you could think about the qualities each of them don’t have that were on your list. You should think about if you can handle the qualities that someone has and if you’re fine with someone not having certain qualities. There are many things you need to think about when you are around these people. It’s not the right dating partner if conversation and that “spark” isn’t there.

Once you’ve searched your heart and made your choice, it’s important to let everyone else realize that you are not looking to date anymore. Allow them to down easy, explain that while you like them as a colleague and enjoyed dating, you are just not interested in a romantic relationship. Discuss with your potential partner where you want the relationship to go and see how they feel about the direction. You’ll have fewer regrets later if you are honest and straightforward when discussing your intentions with the people you date.


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Bridgwater Tidal Barrier on the agenda at Public Drop-In session

There will be a drop-in information session on Thursday, March 10th between 1400 hrs and 1900 hrs at Bridgwater Art Centre in Castle Street for people to hear the latest news about the proposed Bridgwater Tidal Barrier on the River Parrett. The Environment Agency and Sedgemoor District Council are working in partnership to deliver the […]

‘Clean for the Queen’ along her Right Royal Towpath

At the age of 90 the Queen is getting a bit past being able to do the washing up, hoover the carpets and steamrinse the corgis and so a National Campaign to ‘help her out’ is being offered to her cheerfully obliging subjects. ‘Clean for The Queen’ is a general excuse to clean up the […]

Rain Fails to Dampen Pat’s Docks Enthusiasm

Inland Waterways Association volunteer Pat Robinson has worked hard to promote Bridgwater Docks as a major focus for the town’s regeneration. In the summer she launched a major (and hopefully annual) Docks Gala event  with stalls, boat trips and celebrations around the harbourside. At the time she said she wanted to do a winter version […]

Scrutiny Committees Call on EA & SDC to consider re-generation opportunities of Parrett Barrier

Sedgemoor District Council’s joint Scrutiny committees met today under the chairmanship of Westover Councillor Brian Smedley to look at ‘all things maritime and navigational’ along the River Parret and as a result and as a key outcome urged the Environment Agency and Sedgemoor District Council to engage thoroughly with all stakeholders, consider the potential regeneration […]

SDC Scrutiny Committees team up to look at Maritime Matters

On Monday 5th October the Sedgemoor Scrutiny Committees – Corporate chaired by Brian Smedley and Community chaired by Kath Pearce, will meet jointly to look at all matters maritime that might benefit from some joined up thinking in the wake of the proposed River Parrett Tidal Barrier. Brian Smedley explained “There is a great opportunity […]


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Film and TV

Polish Mermaid Musical The Lure Gets Joyously Nasty

Polish Mermaid Musical The Lure Gets Joyously Nasty
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Agnieszka Smoczynska's The Lure is a cautionary tale of sisterhood, sexuality, and the sometimes self-destructive things people do for love. The film, which won the award for best debut at the Gdynia Film Festival, is also a diabolically wicked Polish-language musical about two beautiful mermaids who climb ashore in Warsaw. One is looking for love; the other, for dinner. The moral here is that men can burn one's heart and give one heartburn. The setup may borrow much from The Little Mermaid, but Robert Bolesto's screenplay gives its protagonists far more agency than Hans Christian Andersen and Disney ever did. From its ethereal beginning to its tragic end, The Lure keeps the mermaid sisters, Silver (Marta Mazurek) and Gold (Michalina Olszanska), in full control of their decisions.

"Help us come ashore, no need to fear," the mermaids sing in the opening scene. "We won't eat you." Their lyric is the response to a cabaret band — led by Krysia (Kinga Preis) — whose bass player, Mietek (Jakub Gierszal), entices the leads ashore with his own (far less ominous) song. These daughters of Triton become part of Krysia's act at an adult nightclub whose clientele likes its entertainment big, boisterous, and bathed in strikingly bold living color. The mermaids have legs on land, but as in Ron Howard's Splash, they sprout fins when doused with water. So it's no surprise that their initial performances keep them wet. Their new environment exacts an unexpected price, proving that The Lure has bigger fish to fry than its gimmicky setup would suggest.

The Lure puts to shame any notion that something as bland as La La Land is the future of the movie musical. Much of Smoczynska's film is sung, and the excellent music and lyrics by Ballady i Romanse propel the story, changing from disco to punk as the film progresses. Most of the numbers are set in the nightclub or at dancing venues, but even a shopping trip becomes an impressively choreographed spectacle of bodies flinging themselves through the store aisles while our heroes try on shoes and accessories. Cinematographer Jakub Kijowski bathes The Lure in a delectably garish hue that recalls the best of Almodóvar; it's the film's biggest selling point.

A prominently displayed Saturday Night Fever poster suggests that this is set in the late 1970s, but the timeframe is sketchy. In the mermaids' club debut, for example, Katarzyna Lewinska's eclectic costume design evokes John Travolta's white suit while also paying homage to the flight-attendant chic of the Airotica scene in All That Jazz. Regardless of its era, The Lure has pointed things to say about women's bodies, hearts, and minds — and society's perception and perversion of each. It's no accident that the mermaids have mismatched names and that their human forms have no genitalia, but the film's messages are cleverly wrapped in Smoczynska's entertaining, original vision. It's sexy, fearless, fun, and unrepentantly nasty.
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Do US teens have the right to be vaccinated against their parents’ will? It depends on where they live

Audrey Vakker, 14, looks on as she get a Covid-19 vaccination at the Fairfax Government Center vaccination clinic in Fairfax, Virginia on May 13, 2021. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends COVID-19 vaccines for everyone aged 12 and up. And yet, 12- to 15-year olds are the least vaccinated age group in the country, with 1 in 3 having received one dose and just 1 in 4 being fully vaccinated – about half the rate of the population as a whole.

In some states, minors can legally decide for themselves whether they would like to get vaccinated. In Tennessee, for example, state law allows teens 14 and older to make medical treatment decisions without parental consent. But earlier this summer, state health officials fired their vaccination director after she wrote a memo explaining the law to state medical providers.

teach vaccine law, so I know the principle that certain minors may be vaccinated without parental consent is woven into our country’s history.

It is also in line with the recommendations of the medical profession in general. In 2013, the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine advocated “policies and strategies that maximize opportunities for minors to receive vaccinations when parents are not physically present.”

However, there’s no federal law mandating this right in the United States. Instead, there’s a state-by-state patchwork of widely varied regimes. In some, parental consent is always mandatory. In others, there are laws that establish the conditions under which minors can decide for themselves – although, as the Tennessee situation shows, even this right can cause controversy.

Parental consent is the norm

Generally, parents or legal guardians have primary legal authority to make health decisions for their children, including vaccination decisions. When a state legally allows parents to request exemptions for legally mandated childhood vaccinations, these laws universally require that the parents are the ones to take steps to obtain it.

When minor children disagree with their parents’ opposition to vaccination, they must look to statutes or case law for assistance, and may find it lacking.

As of 2021, roughly one-third of U.S. states have passed laws establishing the “mature minor doctrine”: a legal framework allowing minors to independently obtain health care without parental consent, within specified limitations. Some, but not all, specifically include vaccination.

In other states, minors may still be able to make their own medical decisions thanks to state court rulings establishing the mature minor doctrine.

The 1928 Mississippi case of Gulf & S.I.R. Co. v. Sullivan is one of the earliest of these rulings. In this case, the parents of a 17-year-old railroad employee sued his employer, alleging that a smallpox vaccination administered by the company physician had injured the teen. The parents had neither consented nor objected to his employment by the railroad or the vaccination, but later claimed that their consent was needed for the smallpox shot.

The Mississippi Supreme Court disagreed, finding that in possessing the intellectual maturity to get the railroad job, the teen also “was of sufficient intelligence to understand and appreciate the consequences of the vaccination.”

In 1967’s Smith v. Selby, the Washington State Supreme Court similarly upheld a minor’s right to make their own medical decisions – in this case, of a married teen to consent to his own vasectomy due to a medical illness.

Since then, courts in a number of other states have established the mature minor doctrine as well – including Tennessee, where the state supreme court’s 1987 ruling in Cardwell v. Bechtol allows teenagers aged 14 to 18? to consent to medical treatment so long as the treating physician finds the minor to be “sufficiently mature to make his or her own health care decisions.”

Mature minor laws can vary considerably from state to state.

Some examples:

In Alaska, Arkansas and Idaho, minors of any age may choose their own medical care when their doctor deems them capable of meeting standards of informed consent.

In Alabama, minors may consent to health care at the age of 14, in Oregon at 15 and in Kansas and South Carolina at 16. Montana provides this right to minors who have graduated from high school.

Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey and Pennsylvania have statutes permitting minors to make their own medical decisions based on a variety of factors, such as gaining legal emancipation from their parents, being married – or divorced or widowed – being pregnant or a parent, or enlisting in the military.

A smaller number of states have statutes specific to vaccination. In New York, for example, minors of any age may consent specifically to vaccinations related to sexually transmitted diseases. In California and Delaware, those over the age of 12 can receive such vaccinations. In Minnesota, minors of any age may consent to the hepatitis B vaccination.

Not just an abstract legal question

When a child disagrees with their parents’ opposition to vaccination, it can deeply strain family bonds.

In 2019, in testimony before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, an Ohio teenager named Ethan Lindenberger described how online misinformation about side effects frightened his mother to the point of refusing to let him get vaccinated.

“Her love and affection and care as a parent was used to push an agenda to create a false distress,” he said.

That left Lindenberger vulnerable to a number of preventable illnesses until he turned 18 and could decide for himself.

Lindenberger gave his testimony amid one of the worst measles outbreaks in the United States in decades. According to the CDC, 2019 saw 1,282 cases of measles in the U.S. – nearly four times higher than 2018 and the highest since 1992. The “majority of cases were among people who were not vaccinated against measles,” according to the CDC.

Unvaccinated teens can also be vulnerable financially. Shortly after the publication of my book “Vaccine, Vaccination and Immunization Law” in 2018, I met a student at Florida International University with a similar experience. By the time the student had turned 18 and chose for themselves to be vaccinated, they were too old to be covered by the federally funded Vaccines For Children program. This student told me they were unable to afford the cost of the numerous recommended series of vaccines.

Minors’ medical rights in limbo

Not all efforts by states to pass laws expanding the ability of minors to seek vaccination have succeeded. Recently, these measures have met strong opposition from the anti-vaccination movement, and history suggests that this will only increase in the face of COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy.

In 2020, a Maryland bill to permit minors over the age of 16 to consent to vaccination was withdrawn. New York lawmakers also proposed a bill that year to further expand the ability of minors over the age of 14 to consent to vaccination. So far, the bill appears to be stalled.

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In the District of Columbia, a lawsuit has been filed challenging legislation passed in 2020 permitting minors of any age – as long as they are capable of meeting standards of informed consent – to receive any vaccination recommended by the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.

It now appears that anti-vaccination sentiment has stalled expansion of the mature minor doctrine. I am not aware of any current court cases involving minors seeking vaccination over parental objections, nor of any cases of minors traveling to other states to receive vaccinations under this doctrine.

Even in states where the mature minor doctrine is established, most teenagers are probably unaware of their rights. And as recent history in Tennessee shows, efforts to educate them about those rights may prove controversial.

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American Airlines extends ban on alcohol sales to cabin passengers until Jan. 18

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TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – American Airlines confirmed to 8 On Your Side Friday that passengers will have to wait a while longer before they can purchase alcohol in the main cabin.

The airline decided this week to extend its suspension of in-flight alcohol service until Jan. 18, 2022.

“We are doing all we can to help create a safe environment for our crew and customers onboard our aircraft. Early this summer, American extended the suspension of alcohol sales in the Main Cabin through Sept. 13, and will continue to pause alcohol service in the Main Cabin until Jan. 18. This decision does not change our current service levels,” a spokesperson for the airline said.

American Airlines’ extension through Sept. 13 came in late May after more and more “deeply disturbing situations” unfolded on aircrafts with unruly passengers.

The airline initially suspended alcohol service in its main cabin in March 2020.

For the latest details on American Airlines’ in-flight services and accommodations, visit the airline’s website.

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