Triggered Amber Alert Accused pleads guilty in abduction of Saskatchewan girl
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. – A Saskatchewan man who was arrested after an Amber Alert was issued for a girl who disappeared from a school playground has pleaded guilty to kidnapping and sexual assault.However, Jared John Charles has pleaded not guilty to aggravated sexual assault.Charles was arrested in July after the eight-year-old girl was abducted near her home in Prince Albert. She was found several hours later.Charles, who was 19 when he was charged and has also been identified as Jarrod Charles, entered his pleas during a pre-trial conference on Dec. 15.A Gladue report — which examines an offender’s Indigenous background before a sentence is determined — has been requested.A date for a sentencing hearing is to be set on Feb. 23.Police said at the time of the girl’s disappearance that a man had been seen talking to her against a school wall before he grabbed her, put her into the back seat of his car and drove away.After the arrest, police said the girl was dropped off in a wooded area outside the city. They said she walked from the woods to a nearby farm where the owner called authorities.Police said a canine unit followed the girl’s footsteps back to the woods to figure out where she had been abandoned. It wasn’t revealed how far she had walked or how long she had been on her own.While police were at the farmyard, they received a call from a business in Prince Albert saying there was someone matching the suspect’s description.The girl’s mother has said what happened to her daughter shows it could happen to anyone. She said the girl was in the care of her grandmother, who had stepped away for a few minutes to get a bottle of water.The girl was well-educated about kidnapping, her mother said.(CTV Saskatoon, The Canadian Press)
OTTAWA – A new report is recommending a dramatic overhaul to the role the federal government and its arms-length organizations play in the Canadian health-care system.An external review has found what it calls serious gaps and overlaps in the eight federally funded health organizations tasked with providing consistency and direction across Canada’s health-care system — a shortfall that it says is impossible to fix without retooling.Ottawa has created eight pan-Canadian health organizations over the past three decades in response to a variety of nationwide health needs, including the Mental Health Commission of Canada and the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction.The authors of today’s report say while the organizations may have played important roles in getting the health-care system to where it is today, change is needed to bring Canada into the 21st century.In particular, the report says, changes will be necessary to accommodate the federal government’s plan to develop a national pharmacare program, as well as to take advantage of big data to improve health delivery and outcomes.The report also recommends phasing out some of the organizations, in part because they may be too small to have an adequate impact or because the health-care context has changed enough that they aren’t as effective now as when they were originally created.
When Apple dropped iOS 7 around a week ago, the world of mobile Apple users clamored to upgrade. After that week of iOS 7 being available, Apple announced that it has been installed on over 200 million devices. Considering iOS 7 is the first time Apple’s mobile operating system has receive an aesthetic overhaul, people couldn’t wait to upgrade. In their haste, though, all of those people that upgraded may have missed that the upgrade is permanent. Once you upgrade, there’s no going back.Apple’s new OS isn’t a Windows Vista-style situation, where you upgrade only to find that your new operating system is going to make you wish you never owned a computer in the first place. For the most part, it works just fine, and even has a bunch of nifty little hidden features throughout. However, the aesthetic of the OS is completely different, moving from skeuomorphism to large skinny text and flat colors. To some people, the visual style and new animations are too drastic, so a rollback to iOS 6 would be more pleasing on the eyes. Unfortunately for that subset of people, once you go iOS 7, you never go back.People got the idea in their head of downgrading to iOS 6 during the iOS 7 beta, which allowed users testing the beta to do so. Apple stopped signing iOS 6 installations, which means if you try to install it, you’ll be greeted with an iTunes error. If you tried to downgrade and now your phone is acting wiggy, just restore the phone back to iOS 7, and learn to love Apple’s Lisa Frank version of an operating system. All those bright colors will put you in a good mood next time you scowl at your iPhone screen.
Le Conseil de Paris lance le projet de construction de la Tour TriangleLe Conseil de Paris vient de donner son accord au lancement de la construction d’une tour pyramidale de 180 mètres de haut. L’édifice, qui sera situé au parc des expositions dans le XVe arrondissement, hébergera de nombreux bureaux. Paris se retrouvera dans quelques années surplombée d’une immense tour pyramidale de 180 mètres de haut. C’est ce qu’a finalement décidé le Conseil de la capitale en votant pour la construction de l’édifice qui devrait proposer d’ici 2016 à 2017, 88.000 mètres carrés de bureaux. Si tout se passe comme prévu, le chantier devrait débuter en 2012, le temps de réviser le plan local d’urbanisme, obtenir les permis de construire et finir la démolition du hall 1 du parc des expositions. Le coût des travaux a été estimé à 500 millions d’euros. À lire aussiChine : le secret de la Cité Interdite enfin dévoiléLe concept de la Tour Triangle a été imaginé par une agence suisse fondée par Jacques Herzog et Pierre De Meuron vainqueurs en 2001 du Prix Pritzker, la plus haute distinction dans le domaine de l’architecture. Outre sa taille imposante et sa forme atypique, l’édifice se démarque des autres constructions par son aspect écologique. “La forme même du “Triangle” limitera l’ombre portée sur les voisins et utilisera des capteurs solaires”, explique Jacques Herzog au Figaro.fr. La tour a été savamment imaginée pour s’organiser en fonction de l’orientation des vents et répondre aux critères de ventilation naturelle et de géothermie.Le concept n’a toutefois pas réussi à convaincre le parti politique Europe Ecologie Les Verts qui, dans un communiqué, caractérise la tour de “monstre dévoreur d’énergie, en contradiction totale avec les objectifs fondamentaux de l’éco-quartier”. Ils dénoncent notamment le nombre trop important de bureaux qui seront difficilement remplis, la saturation des lignes 8 et 12 du métro parisien, et l’endiguement de l’étalement urbain. Découvrez la tour triangle en images sur Maxisciences en cliquant ci-dessous : https://www.maxisciences.com/tour-triangle/decouvrez-la-future-tour-triangle-de-paris-en-images_art13739.html Le 6 avril 2011 à 14:16 • Emmanuel Perrin
Eddie Howe has been amazed by Jermain Defoe’s contribution and he believes that the Englishman would be the right choice for Gareth Southgate in the England squad for the upcoming World Cup in Russia.The Bournemouth coach insisted that the experienced striker can be what the squad exactly needs – the player that they can rely on and he won’t disappoint them under any circumstances.The talented British manager spoke about Defoe as he said, according to Sky Sports:“When he came on the pitch, he was bright, he gave us a lift and when that one moment came, I said after the game you wouldn’t want anyone else on that chance. It was high class.”
Crouch: Liverpool could beat Man United to Jadon Sancho Andrew Smyth – September 14, 2019 Peter Crouch wouldn’t be surprised to see Jadon Sancho end up at Liverpool one day instead of his long-term pursuers Manchester United.“Certainly in terms of goal scoring and finishing he’s right up there. An incredible finisher. Even when he came here as an 18-year-old you could see straight away.”“One of the first sessions he did when he came on loan from West Ham was a finishing session and the lads literally stopped in awe at what they were seeing.”“I think age is irrelevant. I don’t think Gareth will look at the age at all. He’ll look at the player, his experience and what he can bring.”“That’s the beauty of Jermain, Gareth knows him inside out. There’ll be no risk attached to him.”
Categories: Local San Diego News FacebookTwitter November-only ballot proposal fails in committee KUSI Newsroom, Updated: 10:35 PM June 13, 2018
Posted: June 13, 2018 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) — A ballot measure proposal by San Diego City Councilmen Chris Cate and Mark Kersey to implement November-only elections failed during Wednesday’s Rules Committee meeting.Cate and Kersey supported the measure, while City Council members Barbara Bry, Chris Ward and Myrtle Cole voted against it.Bry said the city would need to do much more research before floating a measure to nix city elections from the June primary, which still would have been used for regional, state and national elections.“I think this is something that would be totally confusing to voters,” she said.Currently, city code dictates that the top two June primary vote-getters in City Council, city attorney and mayoral races move on to the November general election.That’s due to Measure K, which passed in 2016 to prevent candidates from winning with an outright majority in June, when voter turnout is typically low. Also passed that year, Measure L required that all citizens’ initiatives are voted on in November.Cate and Kersey said the June primary still disenfranchises November-only voters whose preferred candidate didn’t pass the June primary. They also said the primary creates an unnecessarily long and costly campaign cycle.Their potential replacements included ranked-choice voting or a top vote-getter system.The former, also called instant run-off voting, allows voters to rank candidates in order of preference until one secures a majority after several voting rounds. In a top vote-getter system, all candidates appear on the ballot, and whoever receives the most votes wins the election. KUSI Newsroom 
New Seasons Market will hold a job fair from noon to 6 p.m. Sept. 22, to seek candidates for 170 openings for its new Fisher’s Landing store. The event will take place at Life Point Church, 305 N.E. 192nd Ave.In advance of the job fair, potential employees are asked to create an online profile by visiting http://www.newseasonsmarket.com/work-with-us/work-welcome and clicking on “New Employees.”More than 100 New Seasons staff will be on hand to interview candidates. They will offer free snacks, games, art projects and music for those waiting to be interviewed. Based on previous job fairs, the company expects more than 1,000 people to show up for interviews.
Tidal 3-month family subscription: $5.99 (save $54) Use promo code 19LABOR10 to get an unusually good deal on JBL’s interesting hybrid product — not quite headphones, and not quite a traditional speaker, but something you wear like neckphones to listen to music on the go. Read the Rylo camera preview Read DJI Osmo Action preview Google Nest Hub: $59 (save $70) $59 at eBay Tags DJI Osmo Action camera: $261 (save $89) Share your voice Turo I thought this might be a mistake, but, no, the weirdly named HP Laptop 15t Value is indeed quite the value at this price. Specs include an Intel Core i7 processor, 12GB of RAM, a 256GB solid-state drive and a 15.6-inch display. However, I strongly recommend paying an extra $50 to upgrade that display to FHD (1,920×1,080), because you’re not likely to be happy with the native 1,366×768 resolution. Review • iPhone XS review, updated: A few luxury upgrades over the XR 0 Spotify and most other streaming services rely on compressed audio, which robs the listener of full fidelity. Enter Tidal, the only “major” service that delivers lossless audio — meaning at least on par with CD quality, if not better. Want to see (er, hear) the difference for yourself? Grab this excellent extended trial while you can. It’s just $6 for three months, and it’s good for up to six listeners. Mentioned Above Apple iPhone XS (64GB, space gray) Remember back in 2018 when Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg became a meme for his testimony in front of Congress? Turns out fictional techies can mess up just as badly. In a new preview for the sixth and final season of HBO comedy Silicon Valley, Richard Hendricks (Thomas Middleditch) makes Zuckerberg look like a smooth-talking pro by comparison.”He looks like a child in a messy custody hearing,” snarks Richard’s employee Gilfoyle (Martin Starr).”But like, you don’t feel sorry for him?” adds co-worker Dinesh (Kumail Nanjiani). “You just want him to go away and not have any parents at all.”In addition to Richard’s bumbling testimony, Gavin Belson (Matt Ross), seems ready to take on Amazon, asking, “Is it a river? Is it supposed to be a giant woman? It’s not clear!”Silicon Valley returns to HBO on Oct. 27. Lenovo 130-15AST 15.6-inch laptop: $210 (save $90) See at Amazon The Cheapskate Sarah Tew/CNET 2019 movies to geek out over DJI’s answer to GoPro’s action cameras is rugged little model that’s shockproof, dustproof and waterproof down to 11 meters. It normally runs $350, but this deal drops it to $261 when you apply promo code 19LABOR10 at checkout. See It $60 at Best Buy CNET may get a commission from retail offers. JBL Soundgear wearable speaker: $90 (save $160) Apple AirPods with Wireless Charging Case: $155 (save $45) Sarah Tew/CNET $155 at Google Express $520 at HP See It Formerly known as the Google Home Hub, Google’s Nest Hub packs a wealth of Google Assistant goodness into a 7-inch screen. At $59, this is within a buck of the best price we’ve seen. It lists for $129 and sells elsewhere in the $89-to-$99 range.This is one item of many available as part of eBay’s Labor Day Sale (which, at this writing, doesn’t specifically mention Labor Day, but that’s how it was pitched to us). See it Angela Lang/CNET Preview • iPhone XS is the new $1,000 iPhone X Rylo Turo: Save $30 on any car rental $999 Comments Lenovo Smart Clock: $59.99 (save $20) Read Lenovo Smart Clock review
Read the AirPods review HBO,I’m shocked — shocked! — to learn that stores are turning Labor Day into an excuse to sell stuff. Wait — no, I’m not. As much as I respect the original intent of the holiday (which became official back in 1894), to most of us, it’s just a bonus day off — one that’s blissfully tacked onto a weekend. So, yeah, stores; go ahead, run your sales. I’m listening. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Labor Day doesn’t bring out bargains to compete with the likes of Black Friday (which will be here before you know it), but there are definitely some sales worth your time.For example:We’ve rounded up the best Labor Day mattress deals.We’ve also gathered the best Labor Day laptop deals at Best Buy.The 2019 Vizio P Series Quantum is back under $999.Be sure to check out Amazon’s roughly three dozen Labor Day deals on TVs and audio. Google Express is having a big sale as well, one that includes deals on game consoles, AirPods, iPhones, laptops and more.Below I’ve rounded up a handful of individual items I consider to be the cream of the crop, followed by a handy reference guide to other Labor Day sales. Keep in mind, of course, that products may sell out at any time, even if the sale itself is still running. Note that CNET may get a share of revenue from the sale of the products featured on this page. Sarah Tew/CNET An Echo Dot makes a fine match for any Fire edition TV, because you can use the latter to say things like, “Alexa, turn on the TV.” Right now, the 24-inch Insignia Fire TV Edition starts at just $100, while the 32-inch Toshiba Fire TV Editions is on sale for $130. Just add any Fire TV Edition to your cart, then add a third-gen Echo Dot, and presto: The latter is free. Recently updated to include digital-photo-frame capabilities, the Lenovo Smart Clock brings Google Assistant goodness to your nightstand. It’s a little smaller than the Amazon Echo Show 5, but also a full $30 less (and tied with Prime Day pricing) during this Best Buy Labor Day sale. Other Labor Day sales you should check out Best Buy: In addition to some pretty solid MacBook deals that have been running for about a week already, Best Buy is offering up to 40% off major appliances like washers, dryers and stoves. There are also gift cards available with the purchase of select appliances. See it at Best BuyDell: Through Aug. 28, Dell is offering an extra 12% off various laptops, desktops and electronics. And check back starting Aug. 29 for a big batch of Labor Day doorbusters. See it at DellGlassesUSA: Aug. 29 – Sept. 3 only, you can save 65% on all frames with promo code labor65. See it at GlassesUSALenovo: The tech company is offering a large assortment of deals and doorbusters through Labor Day, with the promise of up to 56% off certain items — including, at this writing, the IdeaPad 730S laptop for $700 (save $300).See it at LenovoLensabl: Want to keep the frames you already love and paid for? Lensabl lets you mail them in for new lenses, based on your prescription. From now through Sept. 2 only, you can save 20% on the blue light-blocking lens option with promo code BLOCKBLUE. See it at LensablSears: Between now and Sept. 7, you can save up to 40% on appliances (plus an additional 10% if you shop online), up to 60% on mattresses, up to 50% on Craftsman products and more. The store is also offering some fairly hefty cashback bonuses. See it at SearsNote: This post was published previously and is continuously updated with new information.CNET’s Cheapskate scours the web for great deals on tech products and much more. For the latest deals and updates, follow the Cheapskate on Facebook and Twitter. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page, and find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. Read Google Home Hub review 77 Photos See It $299 at Amazon What’s cooler: A snapshot of a firework exploding in front of you, or full 360-degree video of all the fireworks and all the reactions to seeing them? Oooh, ahhh, indeed. At $250, the compact Rylo dual-lens camera is selling for its lowest price yet. And for an extra $50, you can get the bundle that includes the waterproof housing.This deal runs through Sept. 3; it usually costs $500. $210 at Best Buy $90 at Daily Steals via Google Express See at Turo Rylo 5.8K 360 Video Camera: $250 (save $250) $6 at Tidal Best laptops for college students: We’ve got an affordable laptop for every student. Best live TV streaming services: Ditch your cable company but keep the live channels and DVR. Chris Monroe/CNET $999 $999 Though not technically a Labor Day sale, it’s happening during Labor Day sale season — and it’s too good not to share. Nationwide Distributors, via Google Express, has just about the best AirPods deal we’ve seen (when you apply promo code ZBEDWZ at checkout). This is for the second-gen AirPods with the wireless charging case. Can’t imagine these will last long at this price, so if you’re interested, act fast. Turo is kind of like Uber meets Airbnb: You borrow someone’s car, but you do all the driving. I’ve used it many times and found it a great alternative to traditional car-rental services — in part because you get to choose exactly the vehicle you want (not just, say, “midsize”) and in part because you can often do pickup and dropoff right outside baggage claim.Between now and Sept. 1, the first 300 people to check out can get $30 off any Turo rental with promo code LDW30. 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Tirupati: In the wake of severe water scarcity in temple city, Tirupati Urban Development Authority (TUDA) has tighten the norms for giving approval to building plans. The TUDA made it compulsory for new buildings to construct rainwater harvesting pits and sewage treatment plants. For the last few years, there are allegations that building owners are not constructing as per plan. Also Read – Three of a family commits suicide at Amalapuram in East Godavari Advertise With Us From now onwards, individuals or builders can get approval from TUDA’s planning department only after fulfilment of the rules. In addition, the TUDA included setting up solar power generation units in its building approval plan list. For the last one week, TUDA Vice-Chairman (V-C) PS Girisha along with TUDA and MCT planning department officials inspecting the buildings and apartments which have sought approval from the TUDA. During inspection, the V-C strictly examining whether building owners have violated rules or constructing as per plan. Also Read – Saaho movie tickets pricey in Nellore Advertise With Us Especially, he instructed the officials to stop construction of buildings immediately, who are constructing without rainwater harvesting pits and sewage treatment plants. Officials have started issuing the notices to violators, who have been constructing not as per plan and also marked the buildings under the Building Penalisation Scheme (BPS). Advertise With Us Two weeks ago, TUDA officials had issued notices to building owners in Gazetted Officers Colony, MG Brothers Layout, Thummalagunta, Nalanda Nagar, Vidya Nagar, Perur, Karakambadi Road, SBI Colony, BTR Nagar, Reddy Gunta, Upadhyay Nagar and another 20 more colonies. Girisha said that the TUDA’s aim is to improve groundwater in temple city with rainwater harvesting pits.
Pakistani mourners of the Shia Hazara ethnic minority offer funeral prayers for blast victims following a suicide attack at a crowded fruit market, in Quetta on 12 April 2019. Photo: AFPAt least 20 people were killed and 48 wounded Friday by a powerful suicide blast apparently targeting the Shia Hazara ethnic minority at a crowded fruit market in Pakistan’s Quetta city, officials said.Body parts littered the scene and injured people screamed for help as black smoke cloaked the market after the explosion.A faction of the Pakistani Taliban claimed the attack, which occurred in the capital of southwestern Balochistan province.The group said it collaborated with Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ), which has been behind numerous bloody attacks on Shiite Muslims in Pakistan. There was no immediate confirmation from LeJ.Balochistan—which borders Afghanistan and Iran—is Pakistan’s largest and poorest province, rife with ethnic, sectarian and separatist insurgencies.Balochistan home minister Zia Ullah Langu gave the toll and confirmed it was a suicide blast, adding that two of the dead were children.Provincial police chief Mohsin Butt said eight Hazara were among the victims.The Hazara, whose Central Asian features make them easily recognisable, are a soft target for Sunni militants, who consider them heretics.They are so frequently targeted that they are forced to live in two protected enclaves in the city and are given a daily police escort to the market to stock up on supplies.Police chief Butt said this had happened Friday.The bomb detonated near a site where produce was being loaded for distribution around the market.“I was loading a small truck and I heard a huge bang and it seemed as if the earth beneath me had shaken and I fell down,” said Irfan Khan, a labourer, from his hospital bed.Pakistani mourners of the Shia Hazara ethnic minority carry the bodies of blast victims during their funeral in Quetta on 12 April 2019, following a suicide attack at a crowded fruit market. Photo: AFP“The atmosphere was filled with black smoke and I could not see anything, I could hear people screaming for help and I was also screaming for help.”He said the air was “filled with the stinging smell of burnt human flesh”.Senior police official Abdul Razaq Cheema said the blast targeted the Hazarganji neighbourhood of Quetta.Hazara make up roughly 500,000 of the city’s 2.3 million people.Amnesty International said the blast was a “painful reminder” of the many attacks suffered by the Hazara community in Quetta over the years, and called for the government of prime minister Imran Khan to give them better protection.“Each time, there are promises that more will be done to protect them, and each time those promises have failed to materialise,” wrote Omar Waraich, Amnesty’s deputy director for South Asia.Violence in Pakistan has dropped significantly since the country’s deadliest-ever militant attack, an assault on a school in the northwestern city of Peshawar in 2014 that killed more than 150 people, most of them children.
In a little more than a year since a new smoking ban in public places took effect, the Health Ministry has collected nearly ₡10 million (some $20,000) in fines to be allocated to its anti-smoking campaign.Last week the Health Ministry collected ₡7 million ($14,000) for just two violations of the anti-smoking law.Health officials have issued 24 fines from 150 complaints since the law was adopted last year, mostly for smoking in prohibited areas and for advertising that violates the law.Last week a communications consultancy firm in Escazú, southwest of San José, was fined ₡3.6 million ($7,200) after a complaint was filed for smoking in public areas.The British American Tobacco company also paid a similar amount after launching a two-for-one promotion of cigarettes, which also offered a trip abroad. The law that entered into effect in March 2012 forbids promotions aimed at increasing consumption.After various appeals, the company paid the fine but refused to admit they had violated the law. The company said it would appeal to higher courts.The Costa Rican Chamber of Hotels (CCH) last month said it would ask the government to modify the law to allow designated smoking in certain areas, as the chamber says hotels, restaurants and casinos have seen a 25 percent drop in business during the law’s first year of implementation. Facebook Comments Related posts:Hotel owners to request changes in anti-smoking law President signs anti-smoking bill Costa Rica’s Supreme Court declares anti-smoking bill constitutional Tobacco company wants overhaul of Costa Rica’s smoking ban
The next plan of the Union Ministry of Tourism is to develop Jain, Sufi and Ramayana Circuits in the country in addition to the existing circuits already being developed by the Ministry. This information was given by the Tourism Minister, Dr Mahesh Sharma in reply to a starred question in the Parliament.The Minister said that the Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) in India in 2014 was 7.70 million showing an increase of 10.6% over the previous year and the foreign exchange earnings have also increased by 11.6% during the same period.The Minister said on the lines of Buddhist Circuit, the above mentioned Circuits are being developed. The Swadesh Darshan and National Mission on Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spiritual Augmentation Drive (PRASAD) schemes are the main schemes started by the new government. An amount of Rs 100 crore has been allocated for the 12 religious cities selected under the PRASAD scheme and Rs 600 crore has been provided for the Swadesh Darshan scheme for the current year. The 12 cities under the PRASAD scheme are Amritsar, Ajmer, Amaravati, Dwaraka, Gaya, Kanchipuram, Kedarnath, Kamakhya, Mathura, Puri, Varanasi and Vellankani.
By Bejay Browne PAWS dog shelter shop in Chlorakas has fast established itself as the number one charity and second-hand furniture shop on the island, through the efforts of one Paphos woman who has galvanised staff and turned fortunes around in a matter of months.The shop, on a main road in Chlorakas, Paphos, also boasts a newly opened 400m2 basement which sells good quality second-hand furniture and a double shop frontage.Stephanie Driscoll, 55, is a fully qualified nurse, who retired to Paphos from the UK with husband Michael in 2012. The animal lover – her first memory is rescuing a bee trapped in a spider’s web at the age of four– aims to raise 120 thousand euros a year through sales at the shop, all of which will go towards helping the 150 or so unwanted and stray dogs at Paws dog shelter in Achaelia.“The shelter team do a superb job and they are all very special people. I want to work hard at the shop to ensure that they never have to worry about paying a vet’s bill, or funding airline flights for those being rehomed abroad,” she told the Sunday Mail.Founded in January 1985, Paws dog shelter aims to rehome as many shelter dogs as possible and offer them a better quality of life, said Matthew Harris, one of the shelter managers.“It will cost us around 200 thousand euros to operate the shelter this year and since Stephanie has taken over the shop and it’s working so well, it is allowing us to do things we couldn’t before, such as fixing up dogs with bad physical injuries,” he said.Funds raised go to feeding the dogs and vets’ bills. Every dog has blood tests on arrival to check they are healthy and are then either spayed or neutered. They are made ready to either travel abroad to be rehomed or stay in the shelter.Driscoll and her husband live in Chlorakas with a number of rescued animals – three dogs, five cats and two rabbits. The animal lover started helping out at the charity shop in 2014 when it was far smaller.“I realised that they needed investment and expansion, so we donated some money and a number of local tradespeople worked at the shop to extend it, and now it’s double the size,” she said.Harris said that Driscoll’s vision for the store, which was previously barely breaking even, and the dedication of volunteers are helping ease the lives of hundreds of Paphos’ dogs.The staff at the Paws charity shop which now stocks furniture as well as clothes, white goods and bric a bracThis year, the shop manager, who is paid by the charity but pours all of her wages back into the shop, along with staff created an art gallery selling pictures and paintings, a bedding and lighting area and a huge furniture outlet on the lower level. The store also sells clothing for adults and children, books, white goods, kitchen equipment and bric a brac.Driscoll has already hit her 10,000 euros a month target once, and come close to it on a number of other occasions, and said the shop’s success is due to a concerted team effort from volunteers, only selling good quality, clean and quality stock, and the ability to deliver goods swiftly, in many instances, on the same day.Younger volunteers have also stared working at the shop, which has helped to inject a different dynamic, she said, although volunteers of all ages are still required.Driscoll also spends time heavily promoting new stock on social media, utilising the shop and shelter’s Facebook pages, as it is important to keep items moving.With Christmas approaching, staff have opened a Christmas showroom upstairs and at the end of November, husband Michael will open a Christmas grotto, complete with Father Christmas.Many of the shelter’s dogs find new homes in Germany, through the work of the facility’s sister charity, Zypern Hunde and this year’s figures could hit 200 rehomings with them, said Harris.Dogs remain at the shelter for around one to three years on average before they find homes and the shelter does not euthanise any healthy dogs.“Last year we rehomed 300 of the 370 dogs that came to us, including our longest resident, 16-year-old Betty Boo, who has been with us for 13 years. She went to a new home in Germany,” he said. Paws charity shop, Chlorakas Paphos- 97 826876Paws Dog Shelter – 99 683775You May LikeLuxury Crossover SUV I Search AdsThese SUVs Are The Cream Of The Crop. Search For 2019 Luxury Crossover SUV DealsLuxury Crossover SUV I Search AdsUndoDr. Marty ProPower Plus Supplement3 Dangerous Foods People Feed Their Dogs (Without Realizing It)Dr. Marty ProPower Plus SupplementUndoYahoo SearchThese SUVs Are The Cream Of The Crop. Research Best Compact SUV CarYahoo SearchUndo Concern over falling tourism numbersUndoTurkish Cypriot actions in Varosha ‘a clear violation’ of UN resolutions, Nicosia saysUndoOur View: Argaka mukhtar should not act as if he owns the beachUndoby Taboolaby Taboola
An overall very positive picture of the Cypriot economy, notwithstanding specific challenges, was drawn by the speakers of an Economist event held in London’s Stock Exchange on Thursday.The ‘Cyprus: Regaining Momentum – Targeting Investment and Growth’ conference looked into the current situation and the prospects of the Cypriot economy.As the consultant editor of the Economist John Andrews stated at the start of the conference, “things look rather healthy for Cyprus, but there remains the problem of the high percentage of non-performing loans.”The rest of the speakers’ presentations sent the same message, with Peter Bofinger, an economics professor and member of the German council of economic experts noting that Cyprus’s recovery was faster in comparison to other economies in SE Europe because the island’s economy is more open.Anthony De Lannoy, IMF executive director for Cyprus presented the stand-out factors of the country’s recovery: the GDP growth, the achieved fiscal balance, the regained capital markets access, the credit rating improvement and the restructuring of the banking sector.As far as the main challenges are concerned, he pointed to the high private debt and the non-performing loans.Servaas Deroose, of the European Commission, spoke of a “remarkable turnaround” and a “vibrant momentum”, but he added in the mix of challenges the need for enhanced productivity.The Bank of Cyprus UK CEO Nick Fahy presented the work that his bank has done following the crisis and said that there is more time needed to deal with the high NPLs. He also stressed the high compliance standards of the Cypriot banking sector.Speaking on behalf of Moody’s, Colin Ellis, the rating agency’s chief credit officer for EMEA, said that we have a seen a very strong turnaround in Cyprus and he expressed the view that the country faces no risk of default.The last part of the conference examined the competitive advantages of Cyprus as an investment destination. Among the speakers were Natasa Pilides, director general of CIPA and Evgenios Evgeniou, CEO of PwC Cyprus.The EBRD deputy director Bojan Markovic said that the bank has already invested €270m in Cyprus over the last two years. He also mentioned that there are initiatives being prepared in order to assist European countries in dealing with NPLs.At the beginning of the conference, James Ker-Lindsay, senior visiting fellow at the LSE, and a close observer of the Cyprus issue spoke about the latest developments in the pursuit of a viable settlement.He commented that the sense that the talks could resume quickly after the presidential election is not justified in his view. He also expressed concern at the fact that the Cyprus issue dynamics cannot be understood anymore under the calculation that Turkey is following a European path. As he said, that country is now going towards a very dangerous direction.He also described President Erdogan’s recent visit to Athens as “an unmitigated disaster”.CNAYou May LikeLuxury Crossover SUV I Search AdsThese SUVs Are The Cream Of The Crop. Search For 2019 Luxury Crossover SUV DealsLuxury Crossover SUV I Search AdsUndoKelley Blue Book10 Electric Cars That Last the LongestKelley Blue BookUndoYahoo SearchThe Early Signs Of Type 2 Diabetes. Search Type 2 Diabetes TreatmentsYahoo SearchUndo Turkish Cypriot actions in Varosha ‘a clear violation’ of UN resolutions, Nicosia saysUndoAuthorities release five of 12 Israeli rape suspects, seven due in court FridayUndoOur View: Argaka mukhtar should not act as if he owns the beachUndoby Taboolaby Taboola