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Ice Hockey at the Hydro
Ice hockey is coming to the biggest indoor arena in Scotland. This Hogmanay, the MKM Dundee Stars are heading to the OVO Hydro for a huge celebration of ice hockey. Four teams. Three huge regular season games. The Largest Ice Hockey Attendance in Scottish History. Dundee Stars, Glasgow Clan, Fife Flyers and Belfast Giants will take to the ice at one of Scotland’s biggest entertainment venues, bringing ice hockey to a stage like never before. 3 GAMES. 24,000 FANS. ONE HUGE HOCKEY EVENT. HOCKEY. BUT BIGGER.
Why scavenger animals are the missing link in Australia’s avian influenza response
house › flora and fauna › Why scavenger animals are the missing link in Australia’s avian influenza response Three experts will explain. Australia is currently working hard to contain the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), which is believed to be affecting several seabirds. HPAI is not yet established in Australia and currently little risk For human health. However, the H5N1 strain already in ruins Wild animal populations around the world.
Why scavenger animals are the missing link in Australia’s bird flu response
Australia is racing to contain the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), which is now believed to have infected several seabirds. HPAI is still not established in Australia, and currently poses little risk to human health. But the H5N1 strain has already devastated wildlife populations globally. We’re yet to see how this deadly virus will affect our country’s wildlife. But an urgent concern is the potential for scavenger animals to spread H5N1 further by eating infected carcasses.
Scavenger animals are the missing link in Australia's bird flu response. Three experts explain
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Australia is racing to contain the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), which is now believed to have infected seven seabirds. There are currently five confirmed or suspected cases of the H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b strain in Western Australia, alongside one in South Australia and one in New South Wales. HPAI is still not established in Australia and currently poses little risk to human health.
Scavenger animals are the missing link in Australia’s bird flu response. Three experts explain
Australia is racing to contain the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), which is now believed to have infected seven seabirds. There are currently five confirmed or suspected cases of the H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b strain in Western Australia, alongside one in South Australia and one in New South Wales. HPAI is still not established in Australia, and currently poses little risk to human health. But the H5N1 strain has already devastated wildlife populations globally.
Scavenger animals are the missing link in Australia’s bird flu response. Three experts explain
Australia is racing to contain the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), which is now believed to have infected seven seabirds. There are currently five confirmed or suspected cases of the H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b strain in Western Australia, alongside one in South Australia and one in New South Wales. HPAI is still not established in Australia, and currently poses little risk to human health. But the H5N1 strain has already devastated wildlife populations globally.
Record-Breaking Elite League Season as Attendances Reach New High in 2025/26
The Elite Ice Hockey League has recorded its highest ever attendance for a fourth consecutive season, with over one million fans attending games during the 2025/26 campaign. A total of 1,321,128 supporters came through arena doors across the season, with an average of 3,863 per game – another new league record. The continued rise reflects growing demand across the EIHL, with multiple teams reporting year-on-year increases and strong ticket sales throughout the campaign.
Challenge Cup Final LIVE on Premier Sports and EIHLTV
The 2026 Challenge Cup Final will be broadcast live on Premier Sports on Wednesday 18 March as Coventry Blaze face Nottingham Panthers for the first trophy of the season. With the event now completely sold out, the only way to catch the action will be live on TV or via stream next week.
Challenge Cup Final LIVE on Premier Sports and EIHLTV
The 2026 Challenge Cup Final will be broadcast live on Premier Sports on Wednesday 18 March as Coventry Blaze face Nottingham Panthers for the first trophy of the season. With the event now completely sold out, the only way to catch the action will be live on TV or via stream next week.
Prevention of transgene silencing during human pluripotent stem cell differentiation
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TechnologyVolume 33, Issue 3p517-530.e8Open access Affiliations & Notes 1Institute for Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 94305, United States of America 2Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 94305, United States of America 3The Phil & Penny Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience at the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, United States of America...
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MKM Dundee Stars Bring A Buddy Night announced
The MKM Dundee Stars are excited to announce our Bring A Buddy Night β giving all 2025β26 Season Ticket Holders the chance to bring a friend along to a home game free of charge! As announced during the launch of our 2025-26 season tickets, we will now give all season tciket holders the opportunity to bring a friend along to next week’s game V Manchester Storm.
What are property lenders looking for?
"With 3,400 UK brokers left, the number of options that have both expertise in finance and the property sector is diminishing." - Michael Ward - MAF In the current climate, finance options, including refinancing, are vital for developers to expand, strengthen and build. But as licensed credit broker numbers fall, identifying the right advice to access these options is becoming harder.
Where do EU citizens in the UK now stand? (update)
Since I wrote "Where do EU citizens in the UK now stand? (clue: not where Daniel J Hannan says they do)" (and had the above conversation) the UK has reached agreement with the E27 countries on exiting the EU - specifically on our remaining financial commitments, Ireland, and citizens' rights - and many (on both the Remain and Leave sides of the debate) fondly assume that the situation of EU citizens living in the UK is no longer an issue.
Elections Without Democracy
Listening to David Aaaronovitch’s recent Briefing Room edition: Election special 2. Elections without democracy, I was reminded of an incident I was present at in the German “Democratic” Republic ("East Germany") back in 1984. The small village where Karin (who later became my wife) was living and teaching at the time was holding municipal elections. She was helping to supervise the voting – the sort of thing that as a young teacher one was expected to “volunteer” for in the GDR.
Son of a Gun: What to Do with a Legacy of (Unwanted) Firearms Original
Americans own nearly 400 million guns. Five of them were recently lying on my parents’ living room floor in Dallas. Two revolvers looked like props from a ’70s cop movie. A pistol with a perforated barrel looked like it was from a space opera. There was a Field & Stream-worthy shotgun and a semi-automatic rifle right out of a mass shooting. This collection of firearms will likely be my responsibility when my father is gone. I might not like it, but I may not have a choice.
What is foot and mouth disease? The outbreak that has closed borders in Europe
Foot and mouth disease – usually referred to by its acronym FMD – is the most feared livestock disease in the world. It can cripple the livestock sector, cause immense animal suffering, destroy farmer businesses, create food insecurity and has massive trade impacts for Australia. It’s little wonder Australian farmers, rural communities, consumers and governments reacted to the incursion and spread of FMD through Indonesia in 2022 with dread.
What would - and should - happen to the ABC under the next federal government?
Who would argue that the ABC should be efficiently run and produce excellent programs? No one, you would think. So why, then, has there been immediate resistance to Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s statement that, if elected next month, a Coalition government would “reward excellence” and “keep funding in place” if the ABC is “being run efficiently”? The fact that Coalition governments – and Dutton himself – have historically been deeply hostile to the public broadcaster is part of it.
Key industries poised for growth in 2025 and their impact on the UK Economy
By Michael Ward, Director, Collaborative Search. It is fair to say that 2024 was a turbulent year, with challenges like election uncertainty, rising interest rates, and shifts in workplace preferences leading to a double-digit downturn. With AI innovations, potential economic recovery, and renewed hiring activity, there are many reasons to be positive for the year ahead.
Wither the Software Developer?
The employment market for software developers sucks right now. ADP released a study from their payroll data in June, 2024 that included this graph. It hasn't got better since. But why the severe and persistent decline? The decline begins in Spring 2020 so responding to the COVID-19 pandemic could be a cause. But this does not explain why the decline continues. The growth of AI is making them so much more efficient that you need fewer of them. But this may only explain maybe the last two years or so.
Arbitraging Influencers
The WSJ recent;y reported on lawsuits by Internet influencrs against the makers of browser extensions that seek out discounts. These extensions, such as as PayPal Honey, Capital One Shopping and Microsoft Shopping, automatically seek out discounts that might exist elsewhere and apply them at checkout. Influencers no longer get credit for directing their followers to the retailer.
APHIS Reinstates Legacy Biotechnology Regulations: Implications for CRISPR-Edited Plants
USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced on January 23, 2025, that it is reinstating its legacy notification procedure as of February 7, 2025, providing a streamlined alternative to permits for regulated genetically engineered (GE) organisms.
Adverse Selection in Genetic Insurance Markets
A new paper by Azevedo, Beauchamp, and Linnér (ABL) finds that some predictions are coming true and that may be a problem. Economists predicted that the Human Genome Project would uncover many markers for diseases that may not present themselves until much later. For two decades, these predictions were hard to come mainly because single-gene mutations are not as informative.
Airline Yield Management
It had been hard to manage an airline in the Covid-19 and early post-Covid-19 era. As Alison Sider at the WSJ reports: Airfares plunged in the early months of the Covid-19 pandemic, only to soar in 2022, when airlines couldn’t add flights quickly enough to keep up with the frenzied urge to travel. Then prices tumbled when airlines expanded service and flooded into popular routes. Now airlines are constraining supply and lifting prices.
More on Business Dynamism
Over at the Geek Way, Andrew McAfee has created a startling visualization related to entrepreneurship in the US and EU. The Draghi Report on EU competitiveness is generating a small buzz among economists. One startling claim is that there is no EU company with a market capitalisation over EUR 100 billion that has been set up from scratch in the last fifty years, while all six US companies with a valuation above EUR 1 trillion have been created in this period.
2025 Playoff Finals Official Travel Packages
Official Packages have now been confirmed for this season’s Playoff Finals weekend, which takes place Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th April 2025. Sports Entertainment Tours, Official Travel Partner of the Elite League, are one of the UK & Ireland’s leading specialist sports travel businesses and offer unforgettable experiences to many of the world’s greatest sporting events.
Responding to Professional Disruption
In Chapter 24 on "The Luddites," The Industrial Revolution Podcast recounts an episode when entrepreneur John Bell began producing textiles that drove out local small-scale competitors and putting many workers out of work.
The NFL sends Mediocre Teams to Play in Europe
The NFL schedules a handful of games each season to be played in Europe, London and Munich this year. With plans to expand the program to Africa, Asia, and Australia, The Times of India asks why they disappoint their European fans by not sending "contender teams." Since the league’s initial foray into Europe in 2007, 42 games have been held on the continent.
A systematic review and meta-analysis of bovine tuberculosis occurrence and burden in Bangladesh, 1970–2023 | Epidemiology & Infection | Cambridge Core
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Title Disney and DirecTV Strike Deal to End ESPN Blackout Channels Restored Just in Time for College Football and Emmys
In a significant resolution for millions of viewers, Disney and DirecTV have announced a new agreement that restores access to Disney’s channels, including ESPN and ABC, ending a two-week blackout that disrupted programming for DirecTV’s 11 million customers. The deal, finalized on September 14, comes just in time for college football coverage and the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards.
DirecTV and Disney End 13 Day Blackout Channels Restored with New Streaming Options in Time for College Football and Emmys
Espn Disney Directv Dispute : In a pivotal move for millions of viewers, Disney and DirecTV have resolved their 13-day carriage dispute, restoring a suite of Disney-owned channels, including ABC, ESPN, and FX, just in time for Saturday’s college football games and Sunday night’s Emmy Awards. Restoration of Key Channels The resolution of the blackout comes as a significant relief for DirecTV’s over 11 million subscribers, who have been without access to crucial programming since September 1.
TitlK Disney and DirecTV End Blackout ESPN ABC and More Return Just in Time for College Football
Return of Disney Channels The blackout, which began on September 1, 2024, had deprived DirecTV’s over 11 million customers of significant programming, including college football games, the U.S. Open, and the season’s opening “Monday Night Football” game. With the new agreement, these channels will be reinstated, allowing viewers to catch crucial sports events and the prestigious Emmy Awards airing on ABC.
Midnight Forest Madness Soon, then National Trail Day Hoopla in June
By Michael Ward The Midnight Madness Relay on April 20-21 is a three-mile infinite loop on Port Jervis scenic watershed trails. The race starts at 6 p.m. sharp as the sun sets over Point Peter and gets better from there. Whether you are a single runner going solo throughout the night or a relay team of two, three or four, you will have the chance to enjoy food, drinks, movies and music while you rest. You can also bring a tent and sleep while you wait for your teammates to come in.
Remarkably Iconic Retail with Michael Ward, Managing Director, Harrods on Apple Podcasts
Our guest this week is Michael Ward, CEO of Harrod's. Harrod's is truly among the most iconic and remarkable retailers in the world, and Michael gives us a glimpse inside what makes the brand and store so special. He also shares details about how they provide exceptional levels of customer service, the best of the best products, and how they stay on the leading edge of innovation.
Michael Ward au casting de Eddington signé Ari Aster ?
Il rejoindrait donc Joaquin Phoenix, seul comédien officiellement engagé pour ce quatrième long-métrage d'Ari Aster, qui passera bien par la case western... mais pas que. Et si Joaquin Phœnix et Ari Aster ne se lâchaient plus ? C'est une question loin d'être anodine tant le second semble vouloir inscrire son avenir de réalisateur, avec le premier devant sa caméra.
Popcorn with the Pope
A Guide to the Vatican Film List by David Paul Baird, Andrew Petiprin, Fr. Michael Ward Format Paperback Regular price $23.96 USD Regular price $29.95 USD Sale price $23.96 USD SAVE 20% Sold Out FREE USA SHIPPINGMADE IN USA Winner of the CMA 2024 Book Award for Coffee Table Art Book Winner of the CMA 2024 Book Award for Anthology (3rd Place) In 1995—one hundred years after the birth of cinema in Paris—a Vatican-appointed commission compiled a list of forty-five significant films.
An Innovation Wake-Up Call for CPG Companies
To keep pace with evolving consumer and retailer expectations, companies must quickly adopt three critical practices of industry leaders: Commit to and cultivate innovation-related talent and disciplines. Diversify beyond core offerings. Apply new tools and techniques in transformative ways. To keep pace with evolving consumer and retailer expectations, companies must quickly adopt three critical practices of industry leaders: Commit to and cultivate innovation-related talent and disciplines.
Bialbero | Auto Italia Merchand
All the cars powered by the legendary twin cam engine by Phil & Michael Ward A 304 page fully illustrated colour book with over 900 photographs, many never before published, based on all the Fiats, Lancias and Alfa Romeos that are powered by Aurelio Lampredi’s superb twin cam engine. While some elements of the book are an expansion of the earlier works by the same author, the early chapters now include extracts from road tests by Auto Italia’s writers.
Preparing to ‘accelerate and expand’ LAND 8710
Opinion: The Defence Strategic Review outlined a vision of a future Australian Army more focused on littoral operations to Australia’s north. Nowhere is this clearer than in the unambiguous DSR recommendation to “accelerate and expand” the delivery of littoral manoeuvre vessels under Project LAND 8710, writes Michael Ward, managing director of Raytheon Australia and vice-president of Raytheon Technologies Australia. To continue reading the rest of this article, create a free account.
Preparing to 'accelerate and expand' LAND8710
Opinion: The Defence Strategic Review outlined a vision of a future Australian Army more focused on littoral operations to Australia’s north. Nowhere is this clearer than in the unambiguous DSR recommendation to ‘accelerate and expand’ the delivery of Littoral Manoeuvre Vessels under Project LAND8710, writes Michael Ward, managing director, Raytheon Australia and vice president, Raytheon Technologies Australia. To continue reading the rest of this article, create a free account.
Cold Lonely Puritans
or reckless hedonists? I’ve been listening to Ian Dunt and Dorian Lynskey talking about climate change denial on one of their two-part Origin Story podcasts[i] and would enjoin you to do likewise. The subject is very interesting in its own right and Ian and Dorian do a splendid job of examining its history and background; but I want to pick out a particular thread from their observations.
Update 17: Start from scratch – building up a hero · DestinyQuest: The Wrath of Ragnarok
DestinyQuest: The Wrath of Ragnarok by Michael J Ward Start from scratch – building up a hero Michael J WardCreator April 5, 2023 Hail adventurers While we have a lull in proceedings, I thought I would take a moment to talk about the builds and balancing system of The Wrath of Ragnarok.
Leaky Faucet at swivel point how to remove?
Old school kitchen faucet not sure how to disassemble it's not obvious, definately no screws/nuts!?!? See pic Any clues much appreciated it's doing my head in. Cheers
Boxit sign first sponsorship deal of 2023
The Trade-Mart Dundee Stars are delighted to welcome Boxit Electrical & Fixing Supplies as our first new sponsor of 2023! Boxit Electrical & Fixing Supplies are an independently owned Wholesaler based in the City of Dundee, we are proud to offer and supply to both Trade and Public customers the choice and value they rely on, backed by a friendly and reliable service at a local level. With over 2000 products in stock, we can also source most other products with next day delivery.
The Potential Role of Wild Suids in African Swine Fever Spread in Asia and the Pacific Region
This is an early access version, the complete PDF, HTML, and XML versions will be available soon. Open AccessArticle by Madalene Oberin 1,2,*, Alison Hillman 2,3, Michael P.
Storage at Cloud Scale for your Mission Critical Workloads
Your computing infrastructure is only as good as the ability to store the data your organization depends on reliably. Your mission-critical workloads demand that your infrastructure deliver the scalability required for potentially millions of users and petabytes of storage. Fortunately, you can solve this challenge with the containerization of open source Ceph when using bare-metal or Equinix Metal-hosted bare-metal clusters via Mirantis Container Cloud. Why Ceph Storage?
Intercollegiate Studies Institute
The Abolition of Man, C.S. Lewis’s classic work of philosophy, packs a punch. Although his shortest book, it has had a huge impact since it first appeared in 1943, attracting the attention of everybody from conservative Catholic cardinals such as Joseph Ratzinger (the future Pope Benedict XVI) to liberal atheist philosophers such as John Gray. A powerful defense of the objectivity of value, it lays into many fashionable errors, knocking down intellectual targets, left, right, and center.
FMD and LSD threats: The story so far
Catch up on all the past and latest developments relating to the unfolding foot and mouth disease and lumpy skin disease outbreaks in Indonesia via Beef Central and Sheep Central’s rolling coverage here NSW Farmers to vote on motion supporting national sheep EID By Terry Sim 14 July 2022 NSW farmers will next week consider an urgency motion to support national mandatory sheep electronic identification as Foot-and-Mouth-Disease and Lumpy Skin Disease outbreaks continue in Indonesia.
What is foot and mouth disease?
Foot and mouth disease—usually referred to by its acronym FMD—is the most feared livestock disease in the world. It can cripple the livestock sector, cause immense animal suffering, destroy farmer businesses, create food insecurity and has massive trade impacts for Australia. It's little wonder Australian farmers, rural communities, consumers and governments have reacted to the incursion and spread of FMD through Indonesia with dread.
What is foot and mouth disease?
Foot and mouth disease – usually referred to by its acronym FMD – is the most feared livestock disease in the world. It can cripple the livestock sector, cause immense animal suffering, destroy farmer businesses, create food insecurity and has massive trade impacts for Australia. It’s little wonder Australian farmers, rural communities, consumers and governments have reacted to the incursion and spread of FMD through Indonesia with dread.
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