Moroccan Woman Suffering From Cancer Gives Birth to Quadruplets
Rabat – A young Moroccan woman suffering from cancer gave birth to four healthy babies on Saturday at the Inezgane Hospital in the Agadir region.The 33-year-old woman was confronted with her cancer diagnosis when doctors discovered a tumor in her body while performing regular pregnancy tests, according to Le360 news website.Faced with the bliss of pregnancy and the hardship of such illness, she had to make the challenging decision of undergoing cancer treatment and not allowing a forced childbirth. Since chemotherapy and other cancer treatments cannot be performed in the first trimester of pregnancy, the woman from Inzegane had to wait for more testing to submit herself to treatment until she was considered medically safe.According to the same source, the future mother of four, attended the Lalla Salma Cancer Center for chemotherapy and pulled through its strong side effects with courage, until Saturday when she gave birth to her quadruplets.All four babies were born in good health and the mother is under observation, the hospital staff indicated.The father of the quadruplets is joyous for the miraculous addition to his family, although his wife is still suffering from cancer and in need of further treatment and medical attention.He appealed to the help of those who can provide for his wife’s recovery and family, since his income is “very limited”, the report noted.
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Ber Alb SH A, which is part of the Ekin Maden Group located in Istanbul, Turkey, has awarded Cabo Drilling – Albania division, located in Tirana, Albania, a second phase underground drilling contract of 4,000 m. The original drill program, which consisted of 4,000+ ms of NQ drilling, was successfully completed by Cabo in December, 2010. The phase one drilling program was split between BerAlb’s Lac Rosh Munella mines, both of which are located in the northeast Albania mountain region, within the administrative borders of Fush Arrez County in Puke Province. The second phase drill program drilling will be performed at the Munella mine exclusively. Cabo’s European General Manager Terry Aimone: “We are pleased to have successfully completed the phase one drilling program at the Lac Rosh mine and the Munella mine. We have now commenced on the phase two Munella mine program, taking yet another step forward toward our goal of becoming well recognised as one of the foremost, securely established, safety first and dependable drilling contractors throughout Europe.”Since its inception as a metal trading company in 1982, Ekin Maden has focused on the trade of non-iron metals and mineral concentrates of copper, zinc and lead. Ekin Maden also started to sell lump chrome ore, chrome concentrates and manganese ore in 2010.
Here’s a sentence I assumed I’d never hear, “Through the power of second life, students can virtually experience the civil rights movement.” It’s from a new video by communication students at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Just in time for Martin Luther King Day, a group of kids have launched Civil Rights Movement Comes of Age in Second Life.”The kids learned game development in order to create Second Life simulation of some of the Civil Right Movement’s most pivotal events, including 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott, the 1963 March on Washington, and the 1964 Mississippi Freedom School Movement.Introductory video after the jump.
Professional gamers are not a new phenomenon, but would you call these people professional athletes and the games they play sports? Apparently the US government now considers the participants in the League of Legends Season 3 Championship Finals pro athletes, thanks to some serious negotiation from Riot Games.It’s easy to laugh at the idea that your time on the couch or in front of a mouse and keyboard is actually training in the sport of your choosing, but what happened here is a little more serious than that. Riot Games is one of several game studios that have been lobbying to get their games counted as legitimate sports by the government, so their championship players can be treated like real athletes.Why do they care? What this means, essentially, is that these players can now apply for work visas for their games, granting them a fast track into the US for extended periods of time. Riot Games eSports Manager Nick Allen explained in a recent interview that this is something that have been working towards for a long time now, and are very happy that it has finally happened.Now that we’ve pulled the pin out of this particular grenade, where is the line drawn exactly? There aren’t a lot of games out there that have the kind of viewing audience that League of Legends currently has, where the championship matches happen in front of sold out arenas full of people with millions watching at home.It seems like the next step would be for the US government to make a list of requirements that have to be met in order for other games and their competitive players to be treated the same way.Once you’ve wrapped your head around the idea that professional games and traditional sports athletes are slowly falling into the same category, you have to wonder where things go next. Will we live in a Gamer style future where eSports is as popular as regular sports and their athletes are capable of the same international appeal as the current superstar athletes?
Last week I hosted a business seminar that allowed me to speak to people on Main Street and see the current environment through their eyes. There is understandably quite a bit of confusion and hesitation amongst business owners looking to grow and manage their business effectively, so I thought I’d go back to basics and talk a bit about strategies and setting up for success. Firstly, have a plan: A plan can change and it can be improved as you move forward but without it you really don’t have a sense of where you’re trying to go. You need a plan. A plan should start with your goals. This should include a clear sense of what you want from your business, financially, professionally and personally. I have known people who have focused on simply one of these, and they’ve become demotivated. You must define how much money you want to earn from this enterprise; you must have a clear goal about what kind of professional glory you are pursuing; and you should define personal happiness before starting a business. A plan must also include marketing plans, key employees, financial and corporate structures, protections such as insurances and a really good system that tells you if you’re succeeding. This last one is something that many first-time business owners ignore. However, adopting key performance indicators and judging your business against them is crucial. It’s the method by which you judge whether the plan is working. Your plan should also delineate shareholders, investors, partners and the exit strategy. I advise business owners to think carefully about who they take on as a partner or investor – the right partner can be the best thing you ever did because they’re a mentor, a war buddy and someone to share the pain and the wealth with. You want a good partner, but you want to be a good partner too. The same goes for investors – the best one may not be the one with the most money, but the best contacts and the most experience. And then there’s exit strategy. Anyone who’s already owned a business will tell you that it’s worth thinking about your exit before you start a business. Many business ventures end in organised liquidation, trade sale or internal buy-out. And how that works is dependent on the structure and decisions about shareholding and rights etc. It’s worth discussing this with your accountant or solicitor before starting a business. And I always advise business owners to state in their plan what value they want to build the business to. That is to say, if a large business was to bid to buy your business, what price would you want and what kind of sale would you want? Once you start planning for these goals, you realise that you have to make certain structural decisions before you start the business. So I think very highly of planning. I’ve started, invested in and sold many businesses and I’ll do it all again in the future. And I don’t take any serious steps until I have a plan – a road map for success. Lastly, let me give you a good template for a business owner’s personality: Work, Play, Fight, Love, Believe. You must want to work, you must plan for downtime away from work, you must be prepared to fight for what’s right and for your business, you must have a love or a passion for what you’re doing, and you must arise each morning with a ton of belief in what you’re doing and where you’re going. Good luck! * Mark Bouris is the Executive Chairman of Yellow Brick Road, a financial services company offering home loans, financial planning, accounting & tax and insurance. Email Mark on mark.neos@ybr.com.auwith any queries you may have. Facebook Twitter: @NeosKosmos Instagram
00:00 00:00 spaceplay / pause qunload | stop ffullscreenshift + ←→slower / faster ↑↓volume mmute ←→seek . seek to previous 12… 6 seek to 10%, 20% … 60% XColor SettingsAaAaAaAaTextBackgroundOpacity SettingsTextOpaqueSemi-TransparentBackgroundSemi-TransparentOpaqueTransparentFont SettingsSize||TypeSerif MonospaceSerifSans Serif MonospaceSans SerifCasualCursiveSmallCapsResetSave SettingsSAN DIEGO (KUSI) – The 2019 San Diego Cherry Blossom Festival is in full bloom.The event is being held at the Japanese Friendship Garden in Balboa Park through Sunday.Attendees can experience the blooming trees, eat Japanese street foods, and enjoy cultural performances.KUSI photographer Jason Livecchi took a sneak peak of what’s to come this weekend. Posted: March 18, 2019 2019 Cherry Blossom Festival March 18, 2019 KUSI Newsroom KUSI Newsroom, Categories: Local San Diego News FacebookTwitter
Neighbors MarketVancouver Food CooperativeDowntown Vancouver boosters have long called for viable grocery options. A vital, thriving downtown core requires residents, they’ve argued — and residents require groceries.Now there are two grocery stores on Main Street south of McLoughlin Boulevard; a few blocks north is Arnada Naturals, dealing mostly in supplements but also featuring some gluten-free and other foods. Safeway, the nearest supermarket, is many blocks farther up the street.The Vancouver Food Cooperative and Neighbors Market are both growing every month, pulling in the passing public while nailing down niche customers. For the ultra-conscientious Neighbors Market, 1707 Main St., that means people who want to be certain their food has been vetted as local, natural and ethical in every way proprietor Lyn Krogseng can think of.“I have become very anti-mega-corporations,” said Krogseng. “I really think they are job-destroying evil empires.”“There is a burgeoning interest in real food,” said Kirk Wright, president of the Vancouver Food Cooperative board of directors. “I think we have complementary businesses. Lyn is as local as it gets, and she’s dedicated to that. That’s not exactly our mission — we aim for a more complete shopping experience.”In fact, the Vancouver Food Co-op, at 1002 Main St., has made a deal with Burgerville to stock the local fast-food chain’s new line of grab-and-go sandwiches and snacks.
Load More RelatedPosts 181 Chinese nationals arrested in dispute over POGO accreditation status The 2018 WSOP main event kicked off on Monday with the 7,874 entries creating a prize pool of more than US$74 million, including US$8.8 million for the eventual winner. After three Day 1 flights this week, 5,281 players remain in contention and will return for Day 2 starting today. The top 1,181 players will earn minimum payout of US$15,000, with play to continue until the 2018 WSOP main event champion is crowned on 15 July.This year’s main event includes players from 88 countries with Asia again well represented. Among those to have traveled across the Pacific Ocean are 55 players from China, 58 from Japan, 14 from Hong Kong, eight from Korea, eight from Taiwan, six from Singapore, four from Vietnam, four from the Philippines, two from Macau, two from Malaysia, two from Myanmar and one from Thailand. There are also 82 from Australia.Monster Stack Players pack the Amazon Room on Day 1B Organizers of the 2018 World Series of Poker have announced that this year’s main event is the second biggest of all time with a huge field of 7,874 players taking their seat at the Rio All-Suites Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas this week.The impressive figure comfortably beats the 7,221 who took part last year and is eclipsed only by the famous 2006 event which saw Jamie Gold defeat a monster field of 8,773 players. New Chief Executive vows to protect Macau’s gaming and tourism industry from harm Genting’s Resorts World Las Vegas names five key additions to executive team
It’s easy to understand what a print magazine is. When our readers sign up for a print subscription they know what they’re going to get. But a “digital subscription”—with an ever-growing array of devices and platforms— is such a broad term nowadays. It can be confusing for our readers to understand what we are offering them. If we offer the iPad edition, readers will also ask about the Android version, the Nook edition, the Kindle edition or the Google Play version. And where does that leave our beloved web-based digital edition—that link we email our readers? What version or edition do we name it so we don’t confuse our readers?We need to show our audiences and our readers that they now truly have the option to read the magazine on different platforms or devices, and that they can really read it the way they want. Below I’ve outlined three variations of digital editions and how we market them to our readers: 1. The Computer or Desktop Browser Version: In my marketing efforts we’ve re-named this digital version the “web-based digital edition.” The distinction was necessary because people signing up for digital-only versions or a print and digital combo were under the impression that they were also signing up for the iPad/iPhone edition. 2. iPad/iPhone: When marketing the Apple digital edition, we are making sure we let our readers know that they can read the magazine on both the iPad and iPhone device. It’s one subscription as long as they use one Apple ID on both devices.3. Nook/Kindle/Google Play: These three digital platforms are interesting to market. A person who has an Apple device can easily download the Nook, Kindle or Google Play application and can log into their account and access our magazines. Or if they have one of these devices they can also find our magazines there. However, when we marketed these digital subscriptions individually, we felt we were confusing our audience and many times not offering them the platform that they wanted. To help make it clear for them, we combined all the digital subscription offers into one message, as the image above shows. This type of combined promotion seemed to be the most effective way to let our readers know where to find us and how they can subscribe.The important thing to keep in mind with all of these platforms is pricing. If you have one rate on one platform and a lower rate on another, the customer will notice.As you can see, this is just the start. Next time I’ll talk about quality control and customer service issues regarding digital editions, and how we handle them.If you have any questions feel free to email me at mestevez@nbmedia.com.Until then.
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent@StacyBrownMedia The national civil rights organization, Muslim Advocates, and its co-counsel announced a settlement of a lawsuit against the city of Wilmington, Delaware. The lawsuit alleged that Muslim children were repeatedly harassed at city pools last year because of clothing worn for religious reasons.According to court documents, the city will revise its dress code policies for city-operated aquatic facilities to ensure access for all. The new policy will expressly state that the dress code accommodates clothing worn for religious reasons or financial hardship.The settlement comes following a lawsuit brought by Wilmington-based Muslim Youth Center, Darul Amaanah Academy, and certain families associated with the center.Asian Muslim Children Swimming in an Apartment Swimming PoolSome of the children attending Darul Amaanah’s summer camp, consistent with their religious beliefs, wear headscarves, t-shirts or leggings while in public.Despite wearing such clothing at city pools for years without incident, pool staff harassed the children this past summer and repeatedly denied them access to the pool simply because of their religious beliefs, according to Darul Amaanah.Despite numerous complaints, including a cease and desist letter from Muslim Advocates and an acknowledgement from the mayor’s office that the city used “poor judgment” and “should be held accountable,” the city failed to take meaningful action, forcing the plaintiffs to file this lawsuit in August 2018, according to attorneys for the center.“I was born and raised in Wilmington, which is why it broke my heart to see our children face this kind of discrimination and humiliation from the city,” said Tahsiyn Ismaa’eel, founding director of the Darul Amaanah Academy summer youth camp.“Every child should be able to have fun in a public pool without having to worry about facing prejudice.”As part of the settlement, the city will provide additional training to employees of city-operated aquatic facilities and prominently display the new dress code policy at all city pools.The city will also extend the length of the 2019 pool season through Labor Day and provide $50,000 in compensation to the plaintiffs, according to the settlement.While the city didn’t admit any wrongdoing, Mayor Mike Purzycki and City Parks and Recreation Director Kevin Kelley both said Wilmington is committed to “ensuring the fair and equal treatment of all residents.”“Both parties agreed that today’s announced settlement helps to ensure that all residents of Wilmington are able to enjoy Wilmington’s aquatic facilities,” the mayor and parks director said in a joint statement.Muslim Advocates attorneys said they were pleased with the outcome.“Darul Amaanah Academy’s staff and families showed remarkable courage by publicly standing up for themselves and for the broader Wilmington community,” said Juvaria Khan, the senior staff attorney at Muslim Advocates.“Everybody — especially young children — should be allowed to use the pool without fearing that they will be discriminated against because of what they believe or the way they look. This situation should have never happened, and this settlement agreement helps ensure that it will never happen again.”____________________________________________Excerpt:“I was born and raised in Wilmington, which is why it broke my heart to see our children face this kind of discrimination and humiliation from the city,” said Tahsiyn Ismaa’eel, founding director of the Darul Amaanah Academy summer youth camp.Photo Caption:Website Tags and Keywords:Hashtags:
Travelweek Group Posted by Stay with Brad Pitt – or at least at his new hotel Friday, September 9, 2016 NEW YORK — Brad Pitt is the latest Hollywood actor to try his hand at the hotelier business, with numerous reports indicating Pitt is planning to open a new resort in Zablace, Croatia.Conde Nast Traveler says the US$1.5 billion luxury resort will be “massive”, offering hotel and villa accommodation along with dining and retail venues plus a golf course.The new-build, dubbed by People magazine as “a modern ecologically-responsible planned community”, comes with a few sweeteners. Pitt, known for his charity work, is also said to be funding new schools and a clinic for the 2,500 residents of the small coastal town.The architect working with Pitt on the resort project says the actor called Croatia “the most beautiful country he has ever visited.” Tags: Croatia << Previous PostNext Post >>