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Ballantine's (Scotland) Blended Scotch 1Ltr

The Ballantine’s family first blended Finest in 1910, and it still stands as the oldest recipe in the current range. Nearly 200,000 bottles of Finest are sold around the world each day, proof that quality lasts the test of time.

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Famous Grouse (Scotland) Snow Grouse 700ml

The Snow Grouse is a blended grain whisky from Scotland and had its début in 2008. It belongs to the species of the Famous Grouse, which is one of the most popular blended malt whiskies of the world. There are two ways to enjoy the Snow Grouse. On one hand it can be served at room temperature and at the other hand it can be drunk cooled down straight from the freezer. The latter option is recommended by its creator.

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The Famous Grouse is a brand of blended Scotch whisky, first produced by Matthew Gloag & Son in 1896, and currently produced and owned by The Edrington Group. The single malt whiskies used in The Famous Grouse blend include the Edrington-owned Highland Park and The Macallan.

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Hand selected for quality and crafted with care to create a smooth, light and perfectly balanced blend renowned in society for over 250 years.

Sweet, spicy and incredibly smooth, there is a reason our unashamedly unpeated blend has been a favourite since Hankey Bannister started producing whisky.

The nose is quite light, yet rather punchy. There are notes of winter spice and black pepper with a touch of caramel. The palate is quite fresh and crisp with medium-body. There are notes of buttery biscuit and toffee fudge with cereal sweetness and a creamy mouthfeel. The finish is of good length with a fudge sweetness.

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Arette (Mexico) Blanco Tequila 700ml

El Llano distillery, which has been owned by the Orendain family since the early 20th century.  is one of the oldest running tequila stills in Mexico.

Arette Tequila was named after a famous Mexican double-gold medal winning horse.

Arette Blanco is made from 100% Blue Agave.

Nose: Creamy aromas. Hints of lemongrass, fresh herbs, baked agave notes.

Palate; Roasted, slightly vegetal palate. Lemon and lime, hints of blossom and vanilla.

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Cenote is an ultra-premium 100% Agave Azul Tequilana Weber Tequila, inspired by the beauty of the Yucatan peninsula and the Spectacular underground water systems unique to this geographical region. To produce the highest quality Tequila their agave grows to full maturity for a minimum of 6-7 years before being harvested from the lowland region of Jalisco, Mexico.

Rich amber in colour with good legs this is aged for one year in American oak barrels. A smoked, woody nose with vanilla, spice and chocolate on the palate, this complex spirit balances the flavours present in the Yucatan Peninsula terrain.

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Jose Cuervo (Mexico) Tradicional Tequila 750ml

Tradicional Reposado is 100% blue agave rested tequila. It has been aged in oak barrels for a minimum of two months, giving it the smooth and subtle complexity that aficionados seek. Tradicional is the original Cuervo tequila and it is the number one premium tequila in Mexico.

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Lunazul (Mexico) Blanco Tequila 750ml

The agave sourced for Lunazul Tequila is grown at the Beckmann family-owned Tierra de Agaves estate in the town of Tequila in Jalisco, Mexico. The agave matures 7 - 9 years in the field and is transported directly to the distillery. Each batch is twice distilled in custom cognac stills. Lunazul Blanco Tequila is 100% agave and bottled unaged.
Distilled from 100% Blue Weber Agave, its typically unaged, clear, and bottled straight after distillation, sometimes rested in stainless steel up to 60 days and can be aged in wood for no more than 30 days.

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Sauza (Mexico) Gold Tequila 700ml

Sauza Gold is a smooth tequila with the fresh agave taste you expect - plus an extra hint of cooked agave and vanilla.

Pale golden hue. Sweet aromas of vanilla and cooked agave layered with orange blossom and almond notes. Cooked agave and sweet caramel balanced with pepper notes. A medium bodied sweet finish with an almond like astringency.

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What fantastic weather we had for our Sports Day this year and thank you for coming to support the children in their races. They have all worked so hard during their PE lessons with Ms Moore to learn the Haka and practise their running, throwing and hurdling skills. They all thoroughly enjoyed themselves, especially watching the grown ups get covered in water and eating their ice-lollies!!

During outdoor learning on Thursday, the children explored the wildlife garden, played in the mud kitchen and made crowns by sticking natural materials on to their bands.

We have revisited the story 'Superworm' by Julia Dondaldson, to get some inspiration for writing about our own minibeast superheros, their special powers and how they use them to help people and animals.

In maths, we have continued to build the children's knowledge and understanding of addition and subtraction.

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    The server(s) have several logical drives. (F: G: K: L: M:)
    Each drive is a hidden share ($)

    When I migrate the servers I am doing the security translation at the same
    time. (all objects selected - file, registry, folders, printers, etc)
    I have already migrated all groups and users from the source.

    The top level drive security (My Computer>right click>properties>security)
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David Davis concludes visit to Estonia

UK will remain our European partners’ greatest ally in security and defence.

David Davis has pledged that the UK will remain the greatest ally of our European partners in matters of security and defence after Brexit.

The Brexit Secretary made the remarks following a visit to Estonia, where 800 British troops are stationed as part of NATO’s Enhanced Forward Presence (eFP). eFP comprises of four multinational NATO battalions in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland designed to protect Europe’s eastern flank.

David Davis held political meetings with Estonian Europe Minister Maati Maasikas and Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee Marko Mihkelson. Reaffirming the UK’s commitment to European security, the Brexit Secretary said the UK will offer to continue to contribute expertise and assets to EU operations, cooperate on sanctions and agree joint positions on foreign policy as part of a deep security partnership with the EU after Brexit.

He also highlighted the UK and Estonia’s shared values, including around the importance of free trade, and reiterated the UK’s pledge that no country will be financially worse off over the current budget plan because of the UK’s decision to leave the EU.

Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, David Davis said:

“In exiting the EU the UK is not pulling up the drawbridge or turning away from our friends across the Continent.

“We will remain our European neighbours’ greatest ally in security and defence, cooperating fully in order to tackle the global threats we jointly face.

“And we will ensure that no Members will need to pay more or receive less money over the remainder of the current budget plan as a result of our decision to leave.”

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RoSPA - Call to end “one in, three out” deregulation gains wide support

More than 800 organisations and individuals have now signed an open letter to Prime Minister Theresa May, challenging arbitrary deregulation of health and safety.

In the wake of the Grenfell Tower blaze, global health and safety professionals, leading academics and some MPs have joined leading organisations in signing the letter.

Sent to 10 Downing Street on June 21, it calls for a shift in politicians’ attitudes towards health and safety regulation and fire risk management in the aftermath of the tragedy.

“We believe it is totally unacceptable for residents, members of the public and our emergency services to be exposed to this level of preventable risk in modern-day Britain,” the letter says.

It also urges the UK Government to complete its review of Part B of the Building Regulations 2010 – which cover fire safety within and around buildings in England – as a matter of urgency, and to include a focus on improved safety in the forthcoming Parliament.

The four organisations that originally signed the letter – the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA), the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH), Park Health and Safety and the British Safety Council – have now been joined by other leading professional bodies.

They include the Association for Project Safety (APS), Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH), Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA), International Institute of Risk and Safety Management (IIRSM), National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health (NEBOSH), Trades Union Congress (TUC), and Unite the union.

Before the letter was sent, the total number of signatories had reached 70. This has now multiplied to more than 800, with many visitors to last week’s Safety and Health Expo at ExCeL London adding their names.

Among the RoSPA signatories are Errol Taylor, acting chief executive, Lord McKenzie of Luton, president, Dr Karen McDonnell, occupational health and safety policy adviser and head of RoSPA Scotland, and Roger Bibbings MBE, partnerships consultant.

You can read the full letter on our Let’s Talk About... blog.

To add your signature, please visit the IOSH website

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Home > Products > Aluminum Formwork > HGMT designer aluminium formwork for concrete wall

HGMT designer aluminium formwork for concrete wall

Basic Info

Model No.HGDF-786

Hole ShapeSquare

Surface TreatmentGalvanized

ApplicationConcrete Construction

Frame FinishingPVC Coated

FeatureRodent Proof

Weave TechniqueStamping

AdvantagesLight Weight, High Strength

Thickness12mm 15mm 18mm 20mm

TypeWall Form,recyclable Value

CertificateSGS / ISO9001:2008

Additional Info

Packagingin bulk

Productivity2000 spm per month

Place of OriginAnping County, Hebei Province.

Supply Ability2000 spm per month

CertificateISO9001: 2008, environmental management system ISO14001: 2004, occupational health and safety management system GB / T28001: 2011.

HS Code7610900000

Payment TypeL/C,Paypal,Money Gram,Western Union

Delivery Time25 Days

Product Description

HGMT designer aluminium formwork for concrete wall

Product Description

1.Title:Aluminum Formwork system (Monolithic casting)
1) All of panels: 6061-T6 aluminum alloy
2) Accessories(waler, prop, wedge, pin, push pull prop, tie rod, wing nut): Carbon steel and casting iron
3.Product application: Monolithic casting o
r Separate casting(shear wall structure)
4.Inspection: Pre-assembly the panel to check product applicability before shipment

Concrete formwork, modular aluminium formwork system for building.
6061 - T6/6082 - T6 aluminium alloy
Thickness of materia

Flat formwork, corner formwork, beam formwork, etc.
Formwork weight
18–22 kg.
Thickness of formwork
Safe working load
60 kN/m2.
Cycle times
≥ 300.
Rectangular, customized.
0.5 m–11.85 m, non-standard: custom-made as your requirement.
Drilling, bending, welding, precise cutting, punching, etc.
EN 755 - 9, GB/T 6892-2015, GB 5237.1-2008, JGJ 386-2016.
Standard pallet with waterproof film, or according to your requirement.

Due to its easiness of assembly, 4 days cycle is guaranteed compared to 7~9 days cycle for conventional formwork system.

Easy assembly

Due to its easiness of assembly, no need for skilled workers nor carpenters.

All-in-one system

With Aluminum Formwork System, brackets for wall, slab, elevator and external working platform are provided..

Freedom of design & jobsite planning

Unlike tunnel or flying formwork, Our Aluminum Formwork System is a [modular" formwork. It can be used for any architectural and structural layout.

6 floors per month (4 days per floor + 6 days for uncontrollable factors e.g. access problems,unavailability of workers and etc).

No need to remove props and prop heads when dismantling slab panels.

The formwork to the next level can be done through material transfer box on the slab without using the crane

Due to the smooth surfaces and accurately dimensioned panels, no need for plastering or remedial work after concrete casting.

A state of the art manufacturing technology using aluminum alloy (6061-T6) material yields its repetitive use (up to 250 times) and results in decreasing construction cost compared to conventional formwork.

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Our Company

Hebei Giant Metal Technology Co.,Ltd (referred to as Giant Fence ),is one of the subsidiary companies of CHANGMING GROUP. Located the Hometown of Wire Mesh of China -- Anping County, Hebei Province.
Giant Fence was founded in 2014, and set up a branch office in Australia in 2016. Created and operated by a young team with dreams, we determined to make the Giant Fence a transnational innovation enterprise,by taking the idea of `Good Product,Realized Price,V service` and To the whole shareholding system oriented.

Produce equipment

1.Q: Where is your factory? Can I come to have a visit?
A: Yes, Of course you are welcomed to visit our factory. Our factory in Anping, Hengshui City. The nearst airport is Shijiazhuang Airport ang Beijing Aiport. And it is 2 hours away from Shijiazhuang, 5 hours away from Beijing. The nearst Train Station is Shijiazhuang, Dezhou, Hengshui, Cangzhou. It would take 1.5-2 hours from here. Inform us your schedule, we can pick you up then.

2. Q: Can I get free samples?
A: Sample is available. Commonly we'd like to provide small pieces free samples for long business relationship, and customers pay for the express fee.

3. Q:Can you provide OEM service?
A:Yes, all the products can be made as your require. Also we have some hot sale products can recommended to you.

Looking for ideal HGMT Designer Aluminium Formwork Manufacturer & supplier ? We have a wide selection at great prices to help you get creative. All the HGMT Formwork for Concrete Wall are quality guaranteed. We are China Origin Factory of Aluminium Formwork for Concrete Wall. If you have any question, please feel free to contact us.

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Home > Products > Prestige Mesh Fence > PVC Coated Welded Double Horizontal Wire Prestige Fence

PVC Coated Welded Double Horizontal Wire Prestige Fence

Basic Info

Model No.PMF-LL-06

Hole ShapeSquare

Surface TreatmentElectric/Hot Dip Galvanized Then Powder Coating

ApplicationAir-Condition Fence

Frame FinishingPVC Coated

Weave TechniquePlain Weave

Wire Diameter4mm, 5mm, 6mm

Mesh Size65*200mm

Post Height1100mm-2600mm

Height900mm, 1100mm,1300mm,1500mm,1700mm,1900mm,2100mm

WidthSquare Post

Additional Info

Packagingin pallet in bulk or according to your require

Productivity10000 piece per Month

Place of OriginHebei, China (Mainland)

Supply Ability10000 piece per Month

HS Code730890000

Payment TypeL/C,T/T,D/P,Paypal,Money Gram,Western Union

Delivery Time21 Days

Product Description

PVC Coated Welded Double Horizontal Wire Prestige Fence

Product Description

Prestige Wire Mesh Fence is a rigid welded mesh fence. It is not only a ornamental fence but also an ideal practicability welded mesh fence. Prestige Mesh Fence is a special twin wire fence that inherit rigid of twin wire fence on the basic of advantage of twin wire fence with more Decorative.

Prestige Wire Mesh Fence

Prestige Mesh Fence

Compare with Other welded mesh fence, prestige wire mesh fence is not platitude, it`s a type attractive mesh fence, with higher aesthetic and easier and faster install process. From the post cap to accessary of Was filled with high artistic.

Prestige Wire Mesh Fence

Prestige Wire Mesh Fence

The Decofor system is recommended for professional fencing of sites where and rigidity and an attractive design are required: residential buildings, parks, schools, public buildings, swimming pools, pedestrian fence etc.

Prestige Wire Mesh Fence

Prestige Wire Mesh Fence

Company Introduction

Company Name: Hebei Giant Mental Technology Co.,Ltd

Company Type: Manufacturer

Factory size: 70,000sq. Meter

Sales Amount: US $30,000,000 per year

Main Export Market: Australia, Europe, Japan, USA, South American, etc.

Main products: Temporary Fence, wire mesh fence, T-post, Chain Link Fence and Zinc Steel Fence, etc.

Our Workshop

Our Workshop

1.Do you have your own factory? Can I come to have a visit?

Yes, we have our own factory, which more than 26 years. Located in Anping, Hebei Provence, North of China. The nearby airport Shijiazhuang Airport ang Beijing Airport. And it is2 hours away from Shijiazhuang, 5 hours away from Beijing. The nearest Train Station is Shijiazhuang, Dezhou, Hengshui, Cangzhou. It would take 1.5-2 hours from here. Inform us your schedule, we can pick you up then.

2. Can you supply samples?

Yes, we could supply free samples for your checking the quality. But the freight would be on charge of you. All the cost of sample can return to you after you confirm the order.

3. what is your port?

Our nearest port is Xingang Port(Tianjin).

4.What is your payment?

30% payment in advance and the balance paid against scanned B/L, or irrevocable 100% L/C at sight.

We Promise

1. Reply your enquiry in 24 working hours;

2. Special discount can be offered with large quantity;

3. Experienced staffs will answer all your questions in professional and fluent English;

4. We will try our best to meet your requirements and supply you best quality of the products.

High Quality and Best Price!

Hebei Giant Mental Technology Co.,Ltd is your best choice!

Looking for ideal PVC Coated Prestige Fence Manufacturer & supplier ? We have a wide selection at great prices to help you get creative. All the PVC-coated Double Horizontal Wire Fence are quality guaranteed. We are China Origin Factory of PVC-coated Welded Prestige Fence. If you have any question, please feel free to contact us.

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Global Web Editor Internal Communications to Dometic

Are you a Web Editor with experience within digital communication, Intranet content management and Internal Communications? Dometic is now looking for a Global Web Editor for Internal Communications with location at Dometic Headquarters in Stockholm. You will be a part of an exciting period of expansion where you will lead a project together with Head of Internal Communications to upgrade the current Intranet to a more modern platform. This is a Full-time assignment for 6-12 months with a possibility for employment. Interested? – Apply today!

About the position

You will in this role be managing day-to-day operations of Compass, Dometic´s main internal communications channel addressing 8000 employees. It includes the support and managing of their Global Intranet, such as managing and coordinating global web support, issue resolution, content editing, publishing and website development. This is a key role within the Internal Communications function at Dometic and you will be a part of our Global Marketing & Communications organization together with 20 colleagues. There is a need to upgrade the current Intranet to a more modern platform and you will lead this project together with Head of Internal Communications.

You will be the key point of contact for our Intranet editors, handle the editorial training and support. To secure the creation and publication of corporate information and news articles for the intranet is also part of the role. While working with Internal Communications, you will have regular contact with Intranet editors within Global functions and regional segments as well as with Dometic colleagues and project leaders globally.

About the Company

Dometic is a global market leader in branded solutions for mobile living in the areas of Food & Beverage, Climate, Power & Control and Other Applications. Dometic operates in the Americas, EMEA and Asia Pacific, providing products for use in recreational vehicles, trucks and premium cars, pleasure and workboats, and for a variety of other uses. Our motivation is to create smart and reliable products with outstanding design. We sell our products in approximately 100 countries and we have a global distribution and dealer network in place to serve the aftermarket. Dometic employs approximately 6,500 people worldwide, had net sales of more than SEK 16.2 billion (USD 1.8 billion) in 2020 and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.

Dometic HQ is based in Solna and including their global presence, they have 8000 employees today around the world. Dometic has a social and welcoming environment and is currently in a period of expansion and work in a high pace with great ambitions. You will be joining an ambitious and social team with many new team-members.

Main responsibilities

  • Providing internal web support, incident management and issue resolution for Dometic´s Global Intranet
  • Global editorial content management, Intranet editing and publishing
  • Close contacts with Intranet superusers/editors and hands-on coaching
  • Owns the Important announcement process together with IT.
  • Act as the System administrator for the Intranet
  • Run Internal Communications development projects, mainly Intranet related
  • Report on Intranet statistics & traffic development
  • Closely collaborate with regional editors and business stakeholders to secure correct, complete and up-to-date content on the Global Intranet.

Skills and Qualifications

  • Minimum 3-5 years’ experience within digital communication, Intranet content management and Internal Communications
  • Experience from running and leading projects
  • Experience from working with O365 and SharePoint is a must
  • Experience from supporting networks of Intranet editors and administration of Intranets
  • Preferred experience from working with Internal Communications and Intranet platforms
  • Preferred experience from working with Google Analytics
  • Language Proficiency: Fluent in English, both spoken and written

Who are you?

  • Prestigeless
  • Independent
  • Collaborative mindset
  • Supportive
  • Living our values: We are passionate, We embrace change, We act responsibly and We are building together

Does this sound like the perfect next step for you? Great! Please don’t hesitate to apply for the role with your resume and cover letter! In this recruitment Dometic cooperate with KIMM.

Selection is ongoing and the position may be added before the final application date – so don’t wait too long! If you would like more information or have questions about the role, please contact Sofie Garpered, or Johanna Treschow at

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Robert James | USS Keokuk (AKN-4) - Navy

10:04   |   Robert James was propped up against a bulkhead, going in and out of consciousness. The kamikaze had destroyed the starboard gun mounts and there were many dead and wounded. He was grateful when someone gave him some morphine to ease the pain from multiple shrapnel wounds. This was the beginning of a painful journey to healing. Part 2 of 2.

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  • Robert James  |  WWII  |  USS Keokuk (AKN-4)  |  6:09

    Robert James and his brother both had to drop out of school to support their single mother. The coming of war meant that they would be drafted and Robert was determined to get in the Navy. He had to convince his mother to sign for him at seventeen. Both brothers went to war and both sent money home.

  • Robert James  |  WWII  |  USS Keokuk (AKN-4)  |  5:29

    The weather wasn't too bad when the train full of Navy recruits pulled out of Richmond and headed for Great Lakes Naval Station for boot camp. Robert James, along with the rest, didn't bring heavy clothing and, when he stepped off the train near Chicago, it was into snow up to his knees.

  • Robert James  |  WWII  |  USS Keokuk (AKN-4)  |  4:47

    He had joined the Navy, but he still had to drill like the Army recruits. Robert James was at boot camp learning to be a sailor in the dead of winter outside Chicago. He attended classes where he was exposed to the naval weaponry he might use, as well as the planes and ships of the Japanese enemy.

  • Robert James  |  WWII  |  USS Keokuk (AKN-4)  |  6:10

    Boot camp was over and it was time to learn your assignment. Robert James was put on a train for California, though he wasn't yet told where he was going. He was housed at Treasure Island for a while, where he got some of that great San Francisco liberty. Finally, he boarded his ship, the USS Keokuk.

  • Robert James  |  WWII  |  USS Keokuk (AKN-4)  |  5:49

    The first stop was Pearl Harbor, where the ship was loaded with supplies. Next was a small island where Robert James remembers softball games and beers. When they put out to sea again, his duty was topside and, still, no word on where the ship was bound.

  • Robert James  |  WWII  |  USS Keokuk (AKN-4)  |  7:15

    When the crew of the USS Keokuk arrived at their first invasion, they had no idea where they were. The ship was a net layer, spooling out huge submarine nets to protect the battleships and carriers. Robert James watched the action at the beach through his field glasses, where the water turned red with the blood of Marines. Finally, he learned the name of the island. It was Iwo Jima.

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    The invasion of Saipan and Tinian was easy for Robert James aboard ship. After the crew put in place its submarine nets, its part was done. He did not see the carnage he had witnessed at Iwo Jima. He did hear about some horrific suicidal acts by the Japanese civilians on Saipan.

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    Robert James got plenty of shore leave in Pearl Harbor when his ship was docked there for resupply between actions. Like many of the men, he had a great thirst for beer, which got him into trouble more than once, but he also had a great desire for something else he could get on shore, something he wanted more than beer.

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    Preparing for an invasion got to be somewhat routine for Robert James. Shipboard drills would increase. The ship would be fully loaded with the submarine nets it would lay. After the action on Peleliu, they had to head stateside because of problems with the boilers. When they returned to to the war zone, the Japanese had a new deadly tactic they would have to face.

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    Robert James was in the shower aboard ship when the alarm went off. He scrambled to his gun mount to man the 20 mm gun and then the threat became apparent. Kamikazes had broken through the air cover and were headed for the convoy. He heard some firing from another gun and turned around just in time to see a horrifying sight. Part 1 of 2.

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    As his ship headed for the invasion of Okinawa, Robert James was recuperating from multiple shrapnel wounds he had received in a kamikaze attack. During the action at Okinawa, the ship was very nearly hit again, this time from Japanese bombs.

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    Like Robert James, every serviceman in the Pacific was filled with dread over the prospect of invading Japan, but it was the only target left. Their fears were wiped away when Harry Truman made the decision to use the atomic bomb.

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"There are two little ones!" I said to Jamin, as he and I watched the eagle nest from the other side of the creek. Sure enough, two little fuzzy headed bald eagles could be seen from our vantage point. The one adult was clearly keeping a close watch on its surroundings and being faithful to tend its young until its mate returns with a meal. We never did see the other adult, but then again we were only there for about 15 minutes.

After that I had the joy of watching over the local heron rookery with my new acquaintance, Jamin.

Later in the afternoon I had plans to visit a woman who is currently in Broad Acres Nursing Home. I had a nice conversation and time of prayer with Beverly and Kathy, and one of the high points of my visit was in sharing my photos of the morning's experiences of nesting birds which inspired each of them to share stories of their experiences with animals both wild and domestic.

There is so much joy to be had in living into community with people out on the trail as well as in confined spaces, and finding ways to experience and reflect upon the beauty and wonder of wild spaces and wild creatures. To do it all in Jesus' name is the best of all! We can do anything good in Jesus' name when it is done in the spirit of love and inclusion which Jesus modeled in his life and ministry.

One more nice surprise was opening my delivery from Vistaprint when I got home; a Creek and Canyon Wildlife Tours hat to wear when I'm leading a tour, and 500 Creek and Canyon Wildlife Tours postcard sized ads which are soon to be distributed to various places around Tioga County! If today's adventure is any indication (eagles and herons is just the beginning!) its going to be a very good year for Wildlife Tours!

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Today President Joe and Doctor Jill Biden are taking a PERSONAL DAY. They are off lounging somewhere like common Trumps on the golf course, except for they are at their beach place in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, and probably playing with Champ and Major and seeing their family and whatever else they like to do. And you know why? Because THEY'RE LAZY HE TOTALLY FORGOT HE'S PRESIDENT HUNTER BIDEN'S LAPTOP it's First Lady Dr. Jill's 70th birthday!

Oh, how long it has been since we have been able to wish a first lady or a president happy birthday and actually mean "happy birthday" and not "maybe you will stub your toe today." Hell, when we wrote about Melania, it was usually because she was being a fucking dick in some way or another, or maybe she had debuted another one of her Christmas haunted houses at the White House.

First Lady Dr. Jill Biden is the best first lady since Michelle Obama, whose birthday we celebrate on the 17th of January. Dr. Biden is also the only first lady we've had since January 20, 2017, who was married to a legitimately elected president.

Here are some details about the house where President and Doctor Biden live when they're on the beach.

Biden bought the beach house for $2.7 million in 2017, after leaving the vice presidency and aided by a $8 million multibook deal that he and his wife signed.

The house is on a cul-de-sac in North Shores, just north of the beach resort. It has a swimming pool that overlooks Cape Henlopen State Park, where Biden's helicopter landed Wednesday. The house is blocks from the Atlantic Ocean and a short drive from downtown Rehoboth Beach.

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The number one song on Jill Biden's birthday in 1951 was "How High The Moon" by Les Paul and Mary Ford. The number one movie at the box office was At War With The Army with Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. The president was Harry Truman.

Now the number one song is "Butter" by BTS and the number one movie is A Quiet Place Part II and the president is "Jill Biden's goofyass husband." My how things have changed.

The first lady shares a birthday with Anderson Cooper, and wingnut idiot Erick "Son of Erick" Erickson. Also tennis sexpot Rafael Nadal and English actor Imogen Poots, whose name we included here for obvious reasons.

Hey, here's a picture former White House photographer Pete Souza posted for Dr. Biden's birthday, with the last good first lady:

And here's one from the new White House photographer, Adam Schultz, who really needs to take some more pictures because THERE'S NOT THAT MUCH THERE YET, ADAM.

And finally, here is a picture of Dr. Jill Biden hugging her husband, Joe Biden, who loves her.

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Tennessee Lawmakers To Gay Kids: We're Outing You To Parents For Your Own Good

Not to be all anti-Tennessee, because we realize that there are many liberal awesome people in the Tennessee and you will all show up in the comments and remind us of this, but we've always presumed that being gay in some parts of Tennessee is...less than a picnic. To be fair,we've had evidence of Tennessee's terrible horribleness before, with the absurd "don't say gay" bill that actually tried to ban any discussion of teh gayness, even with kids that were teh gay. Mercifully, that thing died on the vine. But hey, Tennessee, try, try again. Bring that bill back and ADD NEW SHIT like  forcing teachers to tell parents if their kids are gay! What could go wrong???

The bill, SB 234, still bars Tennessee teachers from discussing any facet of “non-heterosexual” sexuality with children in grades K-8. But the newest iteration also includes a provision requiring teachers or counselors to inform the parents of some students who identify themselves as LGBT.

You're asking yourself, aren't you, how the fuck even the Tennessee General Assembly could justify something so stupawful, aren't you? It is totes because they want to help teh gay kids:

The general assembly recognizes that certain subjects are particularly sensitive and are, therefore, best explained and discussed within the home. Because of its complex societal, scientific, psychological, and historical implications, human sexuality is one such subject...

A school counselor, nurse, principal or assistant principal counseling a student who is engaging in, or who may be at risk of engaging in, behavior injurious to the physical or mental health and well-being of the student or another person; provided, that wherever possible such counseling shall be done in consultation with the student’s parents or legal guardians. Parents or legal guardians of students who receive such counseling shall be notified as soon as practicable that such counseling has occurred.

Did you read that right? YES YOU READ THAT RIGHT! If teh gay kid seeks counseling at school, the school will talk to said homosexual child's parents, because that is an awesome idea and they are totally helping the gays. IT IS FOR YOUR OWN GOOD RISKY GAY KIDS.

You know what? We have nothing left to say about this. It is both too dumb and too terrible for us to trouble our beautiful minds any longer.

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Lamu Old Town is the oldest and best preserved example of Swahili settlement in East Africa: it has maintained its social and cultural integrity, as well as retaining its authentic building fabric up to the present day.

Once the most important trade centre in East Africa, Lamu has exercised an important influence in cultural as well as in technical terms.

Characterized as being a conservative and closed society, Lamu has retained an important religious function with annual celebrations, and it is also a significant centre for education in Islamic and Swahili culture.

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In August 2016, I flew on Airkenya Express from Nairobi to Lamu. I ignored at my peril the admonishment on Airkenya's ticket to only travel with soft-sided luggage. Airkenya apparently runs an ancillary business selling soft-sided luggage to tourists as they immediately offered to sell me a duffel bag, in which I repacked my belongings, and they stowed my hard-sided suitcase until my return. (I ended up donating the Airkenya-branded duffel bag later in my trip to the guide who accompanied me during my visit to Kibera, the largest slum in Nairobi, so it was money well spent.) Lamu Airport is located on an island across the channel from Lamu's old town, and ferries await arriving passengers for the 10-minute crossing. I stayed at Subira House, which was built 200 years ago by the governor of the Sultan of Zanzibar ( Due to Lamu's proximity to Somalia and some recent incidents, there were very few tourists in Lamu and I was the only guest at Subira House. The highlights in Lamu were wandering around the old town, visiting the Donkey Sanctuary, which works to improve the health and condition of Lamu's principal means of transport (, and eating and drinking at Peponi Hotel in nearby Shela village (

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AEW Dynamite is heading to TBS in 2022, but the TNT Title isn’t going anywhere. While the promotion’s television championship won’t be getting a new name, Cody Rhodes says brand new titles are being floated around backstage.

Speaking on a media call, Rhodes shut down rumors of a TBS title being discussed, but teased the incorporation of a new championship that would involve AEW’s teams.

“The TBS title has not been discussed yet, but another title as a lot of people can guess has been the title that has been more discussed about potentially coming in the future,” Rhodes said. “I’ll let y’all speculate on what that is. Hint hint, we have a lot of people, teams, on the roster.”

Even though it hasn’t been discussed, Rhodes emphasized to never say never when it comes to a TBS title.

“You never know. Remember the origins of the TNT Title was WarnerMedia, our television partner and provider, was the one that wanted us to have it,” Rhodes said. “That was a first in all of wrestling, for your partner in the space to say, ‘We’d like you to represent us,’ which is why we’ll keep it the TNT Title throughout its time. It’s my favorite belt in all of wrestling.”

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AEW’s unprecedented rise has come as a surprise to some, but not Rhodes.

“I guess the way I’d put it is I’m not surprised at the expansion, but I’ve always been the eternal pessimist,” Rhodes said. “The reasoning for that is I grew up in a wrestling family. I can’t tell you how many times I heard, ‘Oh, this show’s going to get TV. This is going to be on this network.’ It was not until Tony Khan that wrestling was able to be brought back to a comparable network and actually have an alternative and a challenger in the space that has been [without one] for almost two decades. Even that, I know this can all end on the drop of a hat, but it is amazing how quickly we’ve expanded. Especially now expanding into the TBS territory.”

Rhodes added that his idea of what AEW can and should be has crossed over with what his fellow executive vice presidents, Matt and Nick Jackson and Kenny Omega, want for the company.

“As far as my vision: my vision I think has intersected with the Bucks’ vision and Kenny’s vision and of course with Tony’s vision,” Rhodes said. “And that I really enjoy because it creates a fluid identity for the show itself. There’s nothing that’s going to be AEW 101. It’s never ‘business as usual’ with AEW, especially with the roster we have. I think my vision has been truly respected. It’s intersected with the Bucks’ vision, with Kenny’s vision. And then Tony’s outlook on what wrestling can be. His fearless endeavoring and to keep expanding and grow. The success story we’ve been for WarnerMedia. All this long-winded answer to say I’m not surprised, but it is absolutely something I do not take for granted, that we’ve been able to expand and bring so many casual and lapsed fans back into the space.”

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Sting teamed up with Darby Allin in a winning effort against Ethan Page and Scorpio Sky at AEW Double or Nothing. Sting hit the scorpion death drop on Sky to get the pinfall victory.

This was the first time in six years that Sting wrestled live, in front of a crowd. The last was at WWE Night of Champions in 2015 in his loss to Seth Rollins for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.

Sting’s first AEW match was a pre-taped Street Fight where he and Allin defeated Brian Cage and Ricky Starks at Evolution in March.

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The multibillion-dollar family office for one of America's wealthiest families is going through a shake-up.

New York-based Ziff Brothers Investments plans to gradually shutter its U.S. hedge fund and give some of the fund's top people money to start their own independent firms. Some of the fund's money could be shifted to Ziff's other internal hedge fund, based in London, or to external hedge-fund managers, people familiar with the firm said.

The Ziff brothers—Dirk, Robert and Daniel, ages 49, 47 and 41—set up their family office in 1992, after the $1.4 billion sale by their father, William Jr., of his Ziff-Davis publishing empire when he was wrongly convinced that he was about to die of cancer.

The brothers augmented that later with cash from their 1994 sale of a second publishing empire their father built.

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All You Need to Know About Paleo, Clean Program, Gluten-Free and the 5:2 Fast Diets

From what you'll be cutting out to resources and restaurants, our guide to the most popular healthy food movements

GOOD AND CLEAN, but maybe not so fun: Each January, millions of people vow to shed pounds and become virtuous eaters. Many will start to eat like cave men or go gluten-free. Others may take a more drastic approach and fast two days a week or detox their systems by cutting out all but the basics. To help you master the new year cleanse, here’s our breakdown of four of the most popular healthy food movements you’re likely to embrace in 2015.

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The Big Idea: Eat the way our hunter-gatherer forebears did in the Paleolithic Era, surviving on hormone- and antibiotic-free meat and fish, as well as fruits and vegetables, nuts and seeds.

The Promise: Fat loss, muscle gain, more energy, smoother skin, better digestion and a stronger immune system.

What You’ll Be Eating a Lot of: Wild-caught fish, cage-free eggs, chicken, turkey, bison, fruits and vegetables, nuts, and good fats such as olive oil and avocado.

What You’ll Be Cutting Out: All cereal grains and legumes, including wheat, oats, corn, brown rice, soy and kidney beans; dairy products such as milk and cheese; and processed or sugary foods such as soda, candy bars or chips.

Almost as Good as the Real Thing: If you like spaghetti and meatballs, try meatballs and marinara over spaghetti squash.

The Drawbacks: Organic food can be expensive. David Katz of Yale’s Prevention Research Center warns: “The Paleo banner is often flown as an excuse to eat modern, domesticated, grain-fed, fatty meat utterly unlike the meat our ancestors ate.”

The Poster Children: Lucy the cave woman, NBA star LeBron James, actor Matthew McConaughey and the entire Melbourne Football Club.

The Resources:Books // The original “The Paleo Diet Cookbook” (£13); Tom Parker Bowles’s new “Let’s Eat Meat” (£17); Australian celebrity chef Pete Evans’s “Paleo Every Day” (£19), released this month. App // Paleo Central (70 pence) contains 4,000 items in its database so you can see what is and is not Paleo and find alternatives.

The Place to Try It: At Sea Containers at the Mondrian London, Seamus Mullen has created a virtually carb-free menu. “The Paleo way of eating is really about embracing seasonal produce and healthy, natural, saturated fats,” he says.

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The Big Idea: Developed by Alejandro Junger, the Clean Program is a 21-day diet that allows one solid meal a day (lunch), two liquid meals and supplements. The diet cuts out foods that cause allergies and digestive problems.

The Promise: The diet claims to depuff and detoxify the body, improve skin, sleep, digestion and energy, and reduce bloating, constipation and joint pain. Post-cleanse, dieters should be more aware of how their body reacts to certain foods.

What You’ll Be Eating a Lot of: Wild fish, chicken and turkey, brown rice, quinoa, legumes and beans, vegetables, whole fruits, nuts, avocado, good oils such as coconut and olive, green tea, stevia—and a lot of nutrient shakes and juices.

What You’ll Be Cutting Out: Soy, dairy, gluten, eggs, pork, beef, corn, tomatoes, eggplants, potatoes, peppers, bananas, grapes, straw-berries, caffeine, alcohol and processed sugars.

Almost as Good as the Real Thing: Instead of french fries, try root vegetable fries made from carrots and parsnips.

The Drawbacks: The 21-day program kit, which includes supplements and recipes, costs $425 (£280). Some Clean dieters complain of headaches and low energy. Plus, it’s difficult to have a social life when your dinner is a shake.

The Poster Children: Actresses Demi Moore and Gwyneth Paltrow, and fashion designer Donna Karan.

The Resources:Books // Dr. Junger’s “Clean” (£10) and “Clean Eats” (£13); Gwyneth Paltrow’s “It’s All Good” (£16). Online // The Clean Program includes a support community, with tips, recipes, videos and a members’ chat room;

The Place to Try It: Bruno Loubet, chef-owner of Grain Store in London, has created a veg-heavy menu. His creativity shines with dishes such as leek and butternut squash “cannelloni” where leeks replace noodles.

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The Big Idea: Gluten causes inflammation in the small intestines of people with celiac disease. In “Wheat Belly,” cardiologist William Davis says the protein is also the cause of health problems such as arthritis, hypertension and obesity.

The Promise: By cutting out gluten-loaded pastas and breads for wheat-free foods, you’ll lose weight, have more energy and lose the bloated “wheat belly.”

What You’ll Be Eating a Lot of: Buckwheat, quinoa, flax, millet, rice, gluten-free flours (rice, soy, corn), eggs, fruits, vegetables, meat, fish and poultry.

What You’ll Be Cutting Out: Bread, pasta, beer, cereal, cookies, flour tortillas, couscous, muffins, some oats, gravy and some salad dressings.

Almost as Good as the Real Thing: Luckily, gluten-free products are popping up in supermarkets around the world. For beer drinkers, Spain’s Estrella Damm Daura is made with barley malt. Pasta lovers can try Andean Dream Quinoa Spaghetti.

The Drawbacks: You can’t eat bread, and who doesn’t love bread?

The Poster Children: Designer Victoria Beckham, tennis player Novak Djokovic, actress Rachel Weisz, Bill Clinton (mostly).

The Resources:Books // “Gluten is my Bitch” (£12); “Wheat Belly” (£9). Apps // Gluten Free Restaurant Items (£2) locates restaurants within a 30-mile radius and shows which dishes are gluten-free. Scan bar codes with Coeliac UK (free) to see which products are gluten-free when shopping.

The Place to Try It: Anna Hansen became gluten intolerant when pregnant and now has gluten-free dishes on her menu at London’s the Modern Pantry, such as coriander and curry leaf besan chips with tahini lemon cream.

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The Big Idea: Five days of normal eating, and two days of eating one quarter of your recommended calorie quota (about 500 calories for women and 600 for men).

The Promise: A loss of about half a kilo a week if you don’t overeat on your normal days, plus health benefits such as an improvement in blood pressure and lower cholesterol. It also helps people become more in touch with their hunger cues.

What You’ll Be Eating a Lot of: On fast days, you’ll eat high-protein, high-fiber foods, because these are more satiating. Think chicken and fish, and leafy green vegetables and legumes.

What You’ll Be Cutting Out: On fast days, avoid refined carbs such as pasta, rice and potatoes, and sugar-laden sweets such as doughnuts and other pastries.

Almost as Good as the Real Thing: On non-fast days, eat whatever you like, from a double bacon cheeseburger to a slice of pecan pie. But you might pay for it when you’re fasting again.

The Drawbacks: On fasting days, you may experience lower energy and mood swings. “This is impossible to share with family and turn into a lifestyle,” says Dr. Katz.

The Poster Children: Model Miranda Kerr, singer Jennifer Lopez, actress Jennifer Aniston, TV presenter Phillip Schofield.

The Resources:Books // “400 Calorie Fix” (£2); “The Fast Diet” (£6). App // The 5:2 Diet Complete Meal Planner (£2) shares 100-calorie breakfast ideas and recipes for 200-calorie dinners. Online // Chat with other fasters on the Fast Diet forums;

The Place to Try It: Sam’s Brasserie & Bar in Chiswick introduced low-calorie dishes specifically for 5:2 dieters. “A personal favorite of mine is the minced pork lo-lo meatballs,” says executive chef Mark Baines. “Guests couldn’t believe it was a diet dish.”

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COLONIAL HEIGHTS, Va. -- If you've ever driven after a snowstorm, you've seen it, a sheet of ice or snow flying off the roof of a car, into the air and you don't know where it's going to land.

Here in the Commonwealth, it's not illegal to not clean off your car, but some believe it should be.

"I was an unfortunate victim," said Chris Wilmoth, remembering January 2016. "A sheet of ice flew off their truck into my lane and impaled the front of my truck," said Wilmoth.

"It shook me up pretty bad," he added.

It's something Wilmoth can't forget as he faces oncoming traffic after a heavy snow.

Wilmoth now believes there should be a law or some type of legislation to prevent it from happening to him and others.

But proposed legislation in January to make it illegal to drive with snow on top of vehicles, and imposed a $100 fine for not removing the snow.

Delegate Mike Mullin (D-Newport News) introduced HB 207 in January. The House Transportation subcommittee 1  voted 7-3  to pass it by indefinitely on January 23.

Delegate Mullins sent CBS 6 a statement that read.

"Winter roads are already dangerous with snow and ice, I believe each of us can help make them a little bit safer by doing our part and clearing the snow from our cars," said Mullins. "Unfortunately, HB 207 did not pass and was left in the Transportation Committee. It is my hope that more people will clean off their cars and keep us all safer on the road."

Wilmoth says accidents caused by flying snow and ice are 100 percent avoidable.

Ryan Stainback with Colonial Heights Collision agreed.

"Just this week we've probably already got three claims from ice coming off vehicles," he explained.

Stainback says drivers need to make the effort.

"All you have to do is spend a little bit of time cleaning your whole car off and this can be avoided."


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Want To Reduce Your Carbon Footprint? Choose Mackerel Over Shrimp

A fisherman pulls a basket filled with anchovies aboard a fishing boat off of Peru's northern port of Chimbote, in 2012. Peru is the world's top fishmeal exporter, producing about a third of worldwide supply.
A fisherman pulls a basket filled with anchovies aboard a fishing boat off of Peru's northern port of Chimbote, in 2012. Peru is the world's top fishmeal exporter, producing about a third of worldwide supply.

Small fatty fish like mackerel, herring, sardines and anchovies are high in omega-3s, vitamin D and low on the food chain.

Those shining attributes have earned them plenty of nods from doctors and environmentalists alike, as we've reported. They're not among the most popular seafoods in the U.S., though, partly because of their fishy taste.

But if you knew that eating these fish would mean shrinking your carbon footprint a wee bit, would that convince you to buy them over say, that bag of frozen shrimp you just mindlessly threw into your grocery cart?

Robert Parker is betting that if you care about eating greener, you'll want to know about how much fuel it takes to catch your favorite fish. He's a Ph.D. candidate from Nova Scotia, studying the fishing industry at the University of Tasmania in Australia.

Parker and Peter Tyedmers, who directs the School for Resource and Environmental Studies at Dalhousie University in Halifax, recently published an analysis of a fishing industry fuel use database Tyedmers developed. Their analysis finds that fisheries producing the small fish – sardines, mackerel, and anchovies — are "among the most energy and carbon-efficient forms of protein production." The paper appeared in the journal Fish and Fisheries on July 4.

They also found that fishing for shrimp and lobster are almost as fuel-intensive as raising livestock. As we've reported, raising livestock has more of an impact on the environment than any other food we eat.

For example, Parker says, to catch a metric ton (about 2,200 pounds) of sardines or anchovies, it takes about 5 gallons of fuel.

In contrast, to get the same amount of lobster or shrimp, you'd burn an average of 2,100 to 2,600 gallons of fuel.

Now, U.S. and Canadian lobster outfits "are a bit more efficient because of the higher lobster biomass in the ocean," he says. But they are still burning close to 264 gallons of fuel to catch those 2,200 pounds of crustacean.

So why is all this fuel getting burned? As the fishing industry has evolved in the last century from throwing out a few lines over the local dock to industrialized operations, we've been able to fish in more parts of the ocean and freeze our catch right on the boats.

But "a consequence of many of these advancements has been the increased reliance of fisheries on larger vessels, the motorization of fishing fleets with more powerful engines and the increased demand by fisheries for fossil fuels to power everything from propulsion and gear operation to on-board processing, refrigeration and ancillary services such as navigational aids," the paper says.

And the boats – not the packing plants or trucks transporting fish to the store — are where the bulk of the burn comes from, Parker says. The energy needed to get fish to the dock accounts for 60 to 90 percent of the fishing industry's total energy use and emissions.

"Fuel is the second biggest cost" in fish production, says Parker, and labor is first, so to encourage more efficient fisheries – and fewer greenhouse gas emissions — we should be "implementing measures shown to decrease fuel consumption."

And what people do with the fish is inefficient, too. Much of the mackerel, sardines and anchovies get turned to livestock and aquaculture feed, rather than going right to hungry humans. So we're "taking an efficient system and making it part of an average or inefficient system," he says.

But getting more people to eat these fish is a tough sell, at least on this side of the Atlantic. Parker himself admits that he wasn't always a herring fan, but on a trip to Denmark, that's what was served at the hotel breakfast, so he gave it a try.

Now, he's a believer. "If you have pickled herring, it's one of the most delicious things," he says.

Parker acknowledges that his fuel and fishing study has some limitations. For starters, its largely built from fisheries data from Europe and Australia, where the best records are kept, as well as some from North America. The databasedoes not have much data on fuel use and fishing in the developing world — yet.

Also, he notes, fisheries are not generally giant offenders when it comes to the food system's carbon emissions. "Fisheries in general have a relatively low carbon footprint when it comes to food ... they don't have [the] methane associated with cows, and feed costs," he says.

But they hope their work goes beyond emissions. "We're looking at all the different factors now – we need to feed people, we need to support rural communities, we need to provide healthy and high quality food to people – one niche issue is the role of fisheries in fuel consumption."

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How Pope Francis Became A Foreign Policy Player

Pope Francis washes the foot of a refugee during a ritual at the Castelnuovo di Porto refugees center outside Rome on March 26. The pope has called on Europe to do much more for refugees and is traveling to the Greek island of Lesbos on Saturday to address the crisis.
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When Pope Francis travels to the Greek island of Lesbos on Saturday, he will likely bring with him a sharp rebuke for Europe's response to the migrant crisis.

In 2013, on his very first papal trip, he traveled to Lampedusa to decry the "globalization of indifference" toward refugees and migrants. The Italian island — closer to Tunisia than to Italy — was then the major gateway to Europe for hundreds of thousands of migrants making the perilous sea crossing on smugglers' boats from North Africa. The pope laid a wreath in memory of the thousands who died at sea. And he lamented that no one had the courage to take responsibility for Europe's immigration dilemma.

That 2013 trip, and the message that Pope Francis carried with him, was one of the first signs of a more assertive and less predictable Vatican stance on the global stage. Throughout the Cold War, the Vatican remained firmly in the Western camp. With Pope Francis, the first pope from the Global South, the Holy See showed his willingness to offer an unflinching critique of the West and its foreign policy failures.

Jorge Bergoglio, son of Italian immigrants, is the first non-European pope in nearly two millennia, and contrary to his two predecessors, he has put his focus on social, economic and environmental issues rather than church rules on sexual morality. He has irritated conservatives inside and outside the Catholic Church with his criticism of free-market capitalism, the ills of globalization and his warnings about climate change.

Francis has been particularly unsparing in his criticism of the continent of his grandparents. Addressing the European Parliament in 2014, he bluntly told European leaders their continent is weary and becoming irrelevant, "a 'grandmother' Europe, no longer fertile and vibrant. As a result, the great ideas that once inspired Europe seem to have lost their attraction, only to be replaced by the bureaucratic technicalities of its institutions."

Francis' hastily scheduled visit to Lesbos was triggered by last month's controversial deal between the European Union and Turkey on expelling migrants back to Turkey — a deal the Vatican has denounced as humiliating and in violation of humanitarian law.

The trip will be mostly symbolic. But Francis is a master at blending the spiritual with the political and, as in Lampedusa, he is likely to attack "the nameless and faceless ones who hold the reins of world power and whose decisions and policies are responsible for these human dramas."

When he became pope, there was some concern that Francis lacked experience with the wider world. He had traveled little outside of his native Argentina, his pastoral experience was rooted in a metropolis, Buenos Aires, and its shantytowns, addressing problems of everyday life — poverty, migration and human trafficking.

No one expected him to become a global player. But Francis is also the first Jesuit pope. Over the centuries his religious order often waged its own diplomacy, acquiring extensive knowledge of other cultures. The training shows.

Early in his papacy, in September 2013, Francis called for a worldwide day of fasting in opposition to the possibility of U.S. airstrikes in Syria. That move was seen by many observers as having helped persuade President Obama to pull back.

Anti-War Positions

Vatican analyst John Allen said at the time that anti-war action won the pope goodwill in the Islamic world, where the memory of the Christian-led Crusades is still alive.

"On the Muslim street," Allen said, "the fact that he came out against Western intentions earned him a lot of political credibility." The pope's position on Syria was closer to Russia and China than to the West, a significant shift in the Vatican's geopolitical strategy.

Francis, who as a Latin American does not carry the European baggage of the Holocaust and Colonialism, hosted a prayer summit at the Vatican with Israeli and Palestinian leaders. Then, the pope, who as a Latin American had a lot of credibility in Havana, helped pave the way to the U.S.-Cuba thaw.

The foreign policy area where Francis has raised the most eyebrows is in relations with Vladimir Putin's Russia. In February, on his way to Mexico, the pope made a stopover in Havana for a historic meeting with Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill — the first ever between a pope and the leader of the powerful and influential Russian Orthodox Church since the schism in Christianity almost 1,000 years ago.

Francis has made the restoration of Christian unity — with Orthodox and Protestants — one of the major goals of his papacy. Relations between the Vatican and the Istanbul-based Patriarch Bartholomew have flourished in recent years.

Indeed, the pope will be accompanied by Patriarch Bartholomew, spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians, and Ieronymos II, head of the Greek Orthodox Church, in Lesbos on Saturday.

But relations with the Russian Patriarchate have been extremely tense, especially since the end of the Cold War. Besides longstanding theological disputes, the Russian Orthodox Church has accused Catholics of poaching on its turf, trying to lure its members and win converts.

Given the Russian Orthodox Church's close relationship with the Russian government, it's widely believed that President Putin strongly encouraged the meeting between the pope and Patriarch Kirill. Putin himself has traveled twice to the Vatican to meet Francis. The two have found common ground in the protection of Christians in the Middle East and elsewhere they are under threat.

This topic received particular emphasis in the joint declaration Francis and Kirill signed in Havana.

"In many countries of the Middle East and North Africa," the declaration said, "whole families, villages and cities of our brothers and sisters in Christ are being completely exterminated. Their churches are being barbarously ravaged and looted, their sacred objects profaned, their monuments destroyed."

Not everyone was pleased with the historic meeting. The joint declaration did not mention Russia's role in Syria and on the Ukraine it said only that it deplores "hostility" in Ukraine. Archbishop Svyatoslav Shevchuk, head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, said members of his Church felt "betrayed by the Vatican."

Ukrainian diffidence toward Rome is not new. In February 2015, Francis condemned the "fratricidal violence" in Ukraine, language that echoed the Kremlin, which has always referred to the conflict as a "civil war." That prompted Archbishop Shevchuk to respond that "we have aggression of a foreign country against Ukrainian citizens and the Ukrainian state."

In response to criticism in Kiev of his meeting with Kirill, earlier this month Francis reached out to the Ukrainian Catholic Church by announcing that he has asked all Catholic churches in Europe to take up a special collection on April 24 to fund humanitarian relief.

But Francis is clear about where his priorities lie. In a long interview with the Italian daily Corriere della Sera before meeting Patriarch Kirill in Havana, he indicated that on some issues he is closer to Moscow than to Washington.

Speaking Out On The Middle East

Francis said the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq and the disappointing outcome of the Arab uprisings were predictable. Turning to Libya, before and after the Western bombing campaign, he said, "before there was one Qaddafi, today there are 50. The West should be self-critical. On this topic," he added, "in part, the Holy See and Russia have a convergence of analysis. In part, it's best not to exaggerate because Russia has its own interests."

Massimo Franco, the political analyst who conducted the interview, says Pope Francis perceives that "Eurocentrism is over and the West is in deep crisis" and in a multipolar world, he sees Russia as a valid interlocutor because of "the void left by the West."

Negotiation and reconciliation are pillars of the Francis papacy. In that same interview he said, "bridges last and help peace, walls do not. Walls seem to defend us, but all they do is separate us, for this reason they must be torn down."

The pope, who described himself as coming "from the other end of the earth," has embraced the bully pulpit of the papacy and has emerged as a daring, independent broker on the global stage. In Lesbos, Francis is likely to speak his mind and hold the European Union accountable for its response to the most serious crisis in its history.

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Why Christmas Trees Are So Expensive?

ROBERT SMITH, BYLINE: Nick and I are standing on a Brooklyn street corner participating in that great American tradition - trying to make a buck off a religious holiday.

RYAN BLACKWELL: How much does a 6 to 7-foot Christmas tree go for this year?

NICK FOUNTAIN, BYLINE: We're asking for $150.

BLACKWELL: And people are actually paying $150?

FOUNTAIN: No. No, they are not.

SMITH: Not a single person.

FOUNTAIN: That's why we still have a truck full of trees.

BLACKWELL: So you're trying to dupe people into buying too-expensive Christmas trees. Is that what's going on?

SMITH: I don't think it's duping. It's seeing what the market will bear.

BLACKWELL: OK. And the market so far has borne nothing.

SMITH: Nothing.

FOUNTAIN: Until a family walks up.

SMITH: I think we got a customer.

AMANDA SIDRAN: (Laughter) We're curious if this is a tree sale or if it's a news program.

SMITH: It is both.

SMITH: I know.

FOUNTAIN: Amanda and Leo Sidran and some extended family were headed to the park when they saw our sign.

SMITH: Are you interested in a tree?

L SIDRAN: We are interested in a tree.

SMITH: Before we put a price on this tree, would you like to hear the story of the tree?

L SIDRAN: Of course.

SMITH: Excellent.

L SIDRAN: (Laughter).

SMITH: Picture, if you will, a farm in the middle of Pennsylvania. And you're thinking, oh, is this where they grow the Christmas trees? But no, this is where they auction the Christmas trees.

FOUNTAIN: All right, ready? Three, two (vocalizing).

SMITH: (Vocalizing).

One week ago.

NEIL COURTNEY: A 12-foot concolor - what are you going to give? What are you going to give? Two hundred to go. (Vocalizing).

SMITH: We are at the Buffalo Valley Christmas tree auction.

FOUNTAIN: Forty-five-thousand conifers are up for sale today, grown as far away as Canada and North Carolina. And our goal is to bring some home. We have a thousand dollars cash, and we're looking for a deal.

SMITH: The trees are stacked like firewood. They fill a huge field. And the auctioneer, Neil Courtney, sits in the back of a pickup truck moving from pile to pile.

HARVEY: Four-fifty-two.

COURTNEY: Four-fifty-two, talk to me.

HARVEY: Five and five 10-foot concolors.

COURTNEY: Hundred dollars (vocalizing).

FOUNTAIN: Hundreds of buyers crowd around Neil's truck. These are people who want to sell the trees on street corners or at garden centers.

CARY NALLS: This is going to be a day like nobody's ever seen.

SMITH: Cary Nalls sells trees in Virginia. And he broke the news to us. There are no deals this year.

NALLS: It'd be a good year to be a tree farmer and have trees here to sell. They're bringing big money for them.

SMITH: So that means a bad year to be in the retail business?

NALLS: Well, you just got to adjust your figures a little bit.

SMITH: One theory about the high prices is that people are stuck at home. They're willing to pay more for something cheerful in the living room. Plus, families are staying apart, and that means more trees are needed.

FOUNTAIN: But that's only half the equation. There's also a supply problem.

SMITH: We scanned the crowd for the tree farmers. They're the ones smiling.

BYRON MITCHELL: These prices are amazing.

SMITH: Byron Mitchell grows 250 acres of Christmas trees in central Pennsylvania, which sounds like a lot, but it's fewer trees than he used to have. Byron says everywhere you look, there's a nationwide shortage of Christmas trees.

FOUNTAIN: And that's because a good-sized tree takes about 10 years to grow. And 10 years ago was - wait for it - the Great Recession.

SMITH: I'd never realized this before, but the tree business was hit hard by the Recession. A big part of a tree farmer's profit comes from selling live trees for landscaping. After the Great Recession, with all those foreclosed and empty houses, nobody needed landscaping.

FOUNTAIN: Tree prices plunged for both live trees and Christmas trees. Farmers just couldn't sell them.

MITCHELL: We probably lost somewhere in the realm of 75,000 to 100,000 trees that we just let grow because we couldn't afford to maintain them any longer.

FOUNTAIN: Byron estimates half of his fellow tree farmers gave up.

SMITH: And that's why 10 years later, there are so few trees up for auction, why the prices are so high today. These trees are the miraculous survivors of the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.

FOUNTAIN: And we want them.

SMITH: We sign up for an auction number, and we hunt for a pile of trees we can afford. And we find some labeled No. 2 grade, which means they're misfits - you know, Charlie Brown trees - a little misshapen with a little bald spot.

FOUNTAIN: Let's bid.

COURTNEY: Which ones? Right there.

FOUNTAIN: I make eye contact with Neil...

COURTNEY: I see Lower Manhattan. Fifty dollars - (unintelligible).

SMITH: OK, we're $50. Are you in? Are you in, Nick?

FOUNTAIN: Fifty-two and a half. OK, he's doing 52.

SMITH: Nick bids $55 a tree. And then, I cannot believe I'm seeing this.

FOUNTAIN: Fifty-seven and a half.

SMITH: He bids against himself.

FOUNTAIN: (Laughter).

COURTNEY: And you only get one free pass a day, 55. Fifty-seven and a half? You just went past go. You bought them.

FOUNTAIN: Hell yeah.

SMITH: Yeah. We got them. We got trees.

COURTNEY: NPR strikes - largest news media group in the country.

FOUNTAIN: We got 19 trees for $55 a tree.

SMITH: Last year, it would have been 40 bucks. But that's OK. All we have to do is bring them to a place where people are used to overpaying for everything.

FOUNTAIN: (Vocalizing).

SMITH: (Vocalizing).

FOUNTAIN: Brooklyn.

SMITH: Well, now that you've heard the story...

A SIDRAN: (Laughter).

FOUNTAIN: The Sidran family is listening to every word, captivated by the story of why the Great Recession means they should pay $150 for a tree that we bought for 55.

L SIDRAN: We don't need to hear the show to know that these are second-rate trees, but...

L SIDRAN: But frankly, there's no other trees out right now.

FOUNTAIN: There's a lot of demand in Brooklyn for trees this year.

L SIDRAN: What did they say they paid? They told us. They told us. If we roll back the tape, they're going to tell us what they paid.

FOUNTAIN: No, no, no. No tape-backsies.

L SIDRAN: I'm going to say 70 bucks for this tree.

SMITH: Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

L SIDRAN: Well, what do you think?

A SIDRAN: I would say $100.

FOUNTAIN: I will take $100 for this tree.

SMITH: Sold.

SMITH: Our first sale and our only sale for much of the afternoon.

FOUNTAIN: As it started to get dark and cold, we just kept lowering the prices. By nightfall, we were selling them for cost. It was depressing.

SMITH: But later that night, one of our customers sent us a photo. It was our tree set up in their living room with sparkling lights and a little Santa on top. And it didn't look like a misfit. It didn't look like a No. 2 tree. It looked like the Christmas tree of my childhood memories.

FOUNTAIN: Oh, and also, that family who paid $100 for their tree - Leo, Amanda, Sol, Zelta - they went home and - believe it or not - recorded this song about the experience. Leo Sidran, the dad, is a composer.

UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: (Singing) Strolling through the neighborhood, wondering if maybe we'd find a tree for the family.

UNIDENTIFIED PEOPLE #2: (Singing) And we tried and tried and tried and tried, tried to negotiate. Then we paid a hundred dollars for a tree that's second-rate.

UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #2: (Singing) But it's funny...

UNIDENTIFIED PEOPLE #3: (Singing) Funny, funny.

UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #2: (Singing) ...Because we bought it from the boys at Planet Money.

UNIDENTIFIED PEOPLE #3: (Singing) La, la, la...

FOUNTAIN: That's us - Nick Fountain.

SMITH: And Robert Smith, NPR News.

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A crowd of some 100 people gathering around a projector screen at Coco's restaurant in Dayton last night watching a replay of the inaugural ceremonies and the swearing in of America's 44th President.

Hosting the event - PUSH (Professionals United for Sexual Health), a newly formed group of young professionals focused on promoting sexual health, the event was a benefit aimed at keeping Planned Parenthood's free-condom program operating through 2009.

We'll talk more about the group and their efforts this week but it was the inauguration of President Barack Obama that took center stage yesterday and event attendee's Sonya Hill, Joy Schwab, and Terri Swift expressed their thoughts on the day.

Andi Evaslage of Dayton agreed that there were challenges before the new president but also also noted the challenges set before the American People.

Those thoughts were echoed by Rob Claybin of Bellbrook who was optimistic about Obama's ability to bring different political parties together, and Kevin Tibbs of Dayton, for the most part, agreed.

That common ground may have been found for a short time at least, because while there were people at the event who were more circumspect about the policy's of a new administration, they seemed content to let the day remain a celebration of a new American President.


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