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Coal, corn and competition – the keys to cooling down
How far apart – really – are the United States and Europe on climate change? As became clear at last week’s “high-level dialogue” in Helsinki (October 24-25), controversy over the Kyoto Protocol and the resultant fog of words have obscured critical areas of agreement on both the long-term nature of the problem and the means for resolving it.
Both continents face similar challenges in tackling greenhouse gas emissions, with about a third of human CO2 emissions created by electricity generation and about a quarter by transportation.
Unfortunately two of the cleanest fuels for electricity, nuclear and natural gas, both pose political problems. Finland is building the largest generator in the world. But since the Chernobyl disaster there seems little hope of a broad-based revival of nuclear power.
The political problem with natural gas is obvious: supplies to Europe are dominated by Russia, and thus for the foreseeable future may not be a reliable way to reduce CO2 emissions.
But the solution, or a substantial part of it, may be tantalisingly close. Almost unlimited amounts of coal, hitherto regarded as one of the oldest and dirtiest fuels of all, are in friendly and reliable hands. And a cost-effective and efficient method of turning coal into a clean fuel through carbon sequestration and storage is close to realisation.
Carbon sequestration is the process of removing carbon from the combustion process and storing it by injecting it into geologic formations such as saline reservoirs, or into ageing oil and gas fields, as is now being done in the North Sea and in West Texas to improve hydrocarbon recovery.
Both the US and EU are engaged in joint research into carbon sequestration and storage, while fiercely competing to be the first to discover the best way of applying it. Also involved is China, which will soon be the world’s biggest single source of CO2 emissions. In the absence of breakthroughs on clean coal technology, China will see its emissions explode in the next quarter of a century, swamping any reductions we might achieve in Europe or North America.
What at first glance appears to be a jumbled mixture of co-operation and competition is likely in practice to prove more effective in delivering the goods at this critical stage than over-regulation, which would risk prematurely freezing existing technology and blocking essential innovation.
The second largest source of CO2 and the fastest growing is transportation emissions from cars, trucks, and buses primarily, and from airplanes and ships secondarily. Here, there is also good news – the extraordinary development of biofuels in the US. It has already resulted in the most profound change in American agriculture in 200 years.
Spurred on both by the president’s warning in the last State of the Union message about American “addiction” to oil, and by its high price, the biofuels industries in the US and Brazil, the second largest ethanol producer, are enjoying a huge boom.
Corn, sugar cane, and other biomass vary in cleanliness, but all of them reduce CO2. Indeed Vinod Khosla, the iconic venture capitalist who is leading Silicon Valley’s dramatic private investment in biofuels, believes biofuels could, with just a few technological advances, eventually displace oil entirely as a transportation fuel. The key is the commercialisation of cellulosic technology, which will permit biofuel production that does not compete with food supplies and that uses marginal land.
How do we ensure that these promising approaches actually cross the finishing line? Apart from avoiding premature regulation, the single most effective way of sorting out the winners from the losers is the use of market forces and incentives. That means in practice fees or the trading of credits, such as the pioneering 1990 acid rain trading system in the US.
The EU’s initial efforts in this area have left a lot to be desired. The EU’s Kyoto Emissions Trading Scheme over-allocated credits at the outset, excluded transportation, and then allowed member states to manipulate the utility CO2 market.
But these problems can be fixed. We can coax the best of the carbon sequestration approaches and the most efficient ethanol production methods from the myriad of field tests now competing on both sides of the Atlantic and far away in China.
The European media have tended not to pay attention to biofuel developments in the US, and as a result may not understand the enormous potential of biofuels for the EU itself. Similarly, the US has tended not to appreciate, at least publicly, how much progress the EU has made in energy efficiency.
One of the most positive prospects from the new collaboration is that each side is learning from, rather than criticising, the other. The new EU-US collaboration on climate change, clean energy and sustainable development may just demonstrate that there is almost nothing we cannot achieve together if there is the right combination of co-operation and healthy competition.
C. Boyden Gray is the US ambassador to the European Union. He was a principal drafter of the US Clean Air Act in 1990
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Say what you like about Kenneth Branagh - at least his Shakespeares sparkle on screen. And his Hamlet et al look all the more impressive in light of this lifeless adaptation of the Bard's tricky tragi-comedy.
Michael Radford helms, but after two drab hours you feel he could barely direct tourists to Stratford-upon-Avon. He makes Venice look sumptuous but his staging is stifling, with only Al Pacino's energy holding the attention.
Al is Shylock, the Jewish merchant who's so harassed by 16th-century Christians he seizes an opportunity to punish a welching creditor (Jeremy Irons) by demanding a literal pound of flesh. Spitting hatred and raging for revenge, Pacino gives a bravura turn reminiscent of his Richard III.
The play has obvious contemporary resonance as a story in which the persecuted becomes the persecutor. But the clottish direction ensures it's the audience who are oppressed.
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Please refresh the page and retry. A s the internet plays an ever greater part in our social lives, with sites such as Facebook helping us to keep in touch with our friends, it's inevitable that we use it to help run our love lives as well. Synonymous with online dating, Match.
Online dating can feel overwhelming.
The online world can be rough for women, but finding the best dating sites for women is its own type of intimidating. However, as the world increasingly moves onto the internet, finding a partner online has long been the new norm, and there are a bunch of dating sites that are designed specifically for women or have good environments for the female population. Finding the right dating site can be a challenge.
2019 © mosmap.info. All Rigths Reserved. All models were 0ver 18 y.o.
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In the last few years I see an overall increase in the busyness of people around in all professions. Everyone keeps telling about how busy they are; always behind tight deadlines and impossible to pursue goals yet they are able to somehow get things done. Managements usually set difficult to achieve deadlines, tightly control budgets, non negotiable scope of work and leave quality as the only leverage for the ground level people.
So people end up kludging together things to make ends meet. One of the dictionary meanings of ‘kludge’ is ‘a machine, system, or program that has been badly put together, especially a clumsy but temporarily effective solution to a particular fault or problem.’ I came across this term when reading this article. Kludge appears everywhere and it looks like a clever hack.
Sending that boolean variable named ‘donotTouchThisFlag’ through multiple layers of code and systems to bring up a new feature effectively cuts the time down by several hours that should have been spent in redesign. An engineer doing this for an aeroplane is beginning to get away from these blatant engineering blunders and instead gets praised for quick delivery of features and leave the headache to the technical support team to handle.
People have no other option than to succumb to this vicious cycle of too much pressure and low quality work. If they don’t fit in, they get kicked out. What is the leverage then? It is very hard to find leverage when people are bossing around in multiple layers, I kind of miss the unions of the yesteryears in many disciplines who demanded the right conditions, pay and working hours.
Good design and quality work can never come from pressure, if an output comes out of extremely forced timeline and budget then chances are high that failure follows suit. Sadly the manager gets rewarded for timely delivery and the engineer gets the stick for poor quality.
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Ole Miss exploring options at linebacker
Published 8:26 pm Tuesday, October 4, 2016
Ole Miss defensive coordinator Dave Wommack has one thing at the top of his to-do list before the 14th-ranked Rebels head to Arkansas next weekend.
“Finding a mike linebacker,” Wommack said Tuesday.
Developing consistency has been a struggle all season at the second level of Ole Miss’ defense with things in the middle being in constant flux. The Rebels (3-2, 1-1 Southeastern Conference) have started three different players at that position in the first five games with Detric-Bing Dukes being the latest.
The Rebels’ depth at the stinger, or outside, position took a hit Saturday when DeMarquis Gates, the most talented linebacker on the roster, was held out of the 48-28 win over Memphis because of an unspecified violation of team standards. Head coach Hugh Freeze said “hopefully” Gates will be available against Arkansas next Saturday should he fulfill his requirements to play again, leaving the biggest question mark at a spot in the middle that’s looking like it may continue to change depending on the type of offense the Rebels are facing any given week.
“We’ve just got to keep searching and use this two weeks here to find a two-deep at middle linebacker,” Wommack said.
Bing-Dukes has combined for 14 tackles the last two weeks, but the 6-foot-1, 247-pounder struggled keeping up in coverage against Memphis’ wide-open offense. The Tigers threw for 355 yards.
“Maybe he needs to flip on certain formations from the mike to the stinger, just some things that may help him,” Freeze said. “He has a good understanding of it. He didn’t play to his strengths the other night.”
With graduate transfer Rommel Mageo fighting consistency with his tackling, the Rebels are looking elsewhere for help.
Redshirt freshman Shawn Curtis, who originally signed as a linebacker but was moved to defensive end in the spring, was back at linebacker Tuesday. Freeze said the off week will be used to get redshirt freshman Willie Hibler and reserve Temario Strong some looks as well while Gates will likely have to play in the middle in certain situations when he returns.
“We’re going to try several things in the next three days,” Freeze said.
It’s turned into a frustrating dilemma.
“We’re going to be able to look at everybody that we can,” Wommack said. “They may only be able to do a few things, but they need to do them well and physical when they do them.
“I didn’t think it was going to be that hard.”
Other notes from Tuesday’s practice
- Guard Jordan Sims didn’t participate in the open viewing periods of Tuesday’s. Rod Taylor repped with the first-team offensive line at right guard with true freshman Greg Little at left tackle.
- D’Vaughn Pennamon (hamstring) and Breeland Speaks (ankle) didn’t practice, though both are expected to play against Arkansas.
- Freeze said he’s “hopeful” Fadol Brown will return at some point this season, adding doctors felt Arkansas was the target game the senior defensive end could try to give it a go after preseason treatment on his fractured foot.
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KFC doesn't mean what you thought it did any more. Sure, they're still frying up chickens, but (plot twist) chicken is not what the "C" stands for. You can now translate KFC as "Kentucky Fried Canada." That's right, people: KFC plans to head north. The chicken-fried empire is launching a cooking "school," and it's going to be in Canada.
According to Dianne de Guzman of SFGATE, this "one-hour class will show Canadian KFC superfans how to batter, bread and fry their chicken pieces the KFC way. Not included in the classes, however, is the Colonel's famous recipe with its 11 herbs and spices." That's one secret they're not willing to divulge to the (Canadian) masses.
They will, however, teach people how to fry up a darn good piece of chicken. The company is in the middle of getting back to its roots. They're returning to the original chicken coop, if you will.
This process, which they've dubbed Re-Colonelization, strives to teach KFC employees to make chicken the way that was originally made. (On top of that, Re-Colonelization is one of the best and worst puns we've ever seen. Genius.) With these classes, you too, can learn the best poultry practices.
De Guzman also mentions that Canadians in and around Calgary, Toronto, and Vancouver can click here to sign up for the classes.
They're being held on March 12.
Disappointed Americans will be, well, disappointed. A step-by-step tutorial on how to prepare KFC chicken can be found here.
Those looking to recreate the chicken at home can look at this alleged recipe with 11 spices, discovered by the Chicago Tribune last year.
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Yakini means truth
Sometimes my chest is swelling up of proud. In my eyes Yakini is just pure beauty. She has a tender and careful way to treat her little ones which is a delight to watch. Eyes like a Serval, endlessly long legs and such a beautiful marking… is isn´t hard to tell that I am in love with this beaut.
Fur color: black-silver-tabby/spotted
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*** Welcome To The Wonderful World Of Numerology ***
About Glynis McCants
Expert Numerologist Glynis McCants, aka The Numbers Lady, is the Go-To-Girl when it comes to Numerology.
Glynis was inspired to create this website so that everyone can benefit from her expertise into the remarkable world of Numerology.
To get some Free Numerology insights about your Life Path Number and Attitude Number, click "Numbers" on the menu bar above to learn more about yourself.
Glynis McCants has been studying Numerology for over 21 years, Her method is based on the Pythagoras Numerology system, which is more than 2,500 years old.
Glynis teaches that there are nine Personal Years in Numerology, and by finding out which cycle you are in this year, you can use that information to your advantage!
You will also learn how to do a Numerology Chart. By taking a look at your birth name, and the name you go by today, you will discover if you have any Master Numbers, what will fufill your Soul Urge, your Destiny Number, and so much more!
After evaluating approximately 15,000 Numerology Charts, she wrote her first book called Glynis Has Your Number, which quickly became the best selling
Glynis McCants' Numerology Books
Love by the Numbers:
International bestselling author and media sensation Glynis McCants created this exciting guide to love through the power of Numerology because she believes that the greatest gift one can receive is that
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Glynis McCants has gained a huge following with her on-target Numerology couple's predictions. Now she's set to help readers lead the life they want with her simple Numerology system. Using an ancient but surprisingly
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"THE MINIATURE SCHNAUZER IS AN AFFECTIONATE DOG AND EASY TO TRAIN"
The Miniature Schnauzer is the most popular and best known among the Schnauzer breeds.
They are of German origin and are recognizable in pictures from the 15th Century. They were bred from the original Standard Schnauzer to create a small companion dog.
These breed is a small, squarely proportioned dog with a long head, bushy bread, mustache and eyebrows. Their eyes are oval, dark colored and v-shaped. Their ears fold forward with a strong muzzle and black nose.
Miniature Schnauzer coats are pepper salt, grey and white mixture but solid black and black and silver also exist. Their coats are non-shedding which make them a hypo-allergenic dog and great for people with allergies.
Weight: 10-15 pounds
Height: 12-14 inches
Life Span: 15 years
CHARACTERTICS AND TEMPERAMENT
- Highly intelligent
- Quick mind
These dogs thrive on attention and affection from you. He loves most everyone which makes him a good companion and family pet. They are happy with a house overflowing with children.
They are at home in an apartment or country living. They are a fairly active indoor dog and enjoy long walks.
They are a fairly aggressive dog and make a good guard dog.
This breed get along with other animals but should be introduced to other dog breeds while young.
They are easily trained especially in obedience class.
They do bark a lot but not a yappy barker. He should like he is talking to you in a low carried-out voice. So you really don't mind it.
They are an usually healthy breed.
Like all breeds they are prone to certain diseases:
- Kideny stones
- Liver disease
- Skin disorders
- Von Willebrand's disease
- Live aliments
Since they have a wiry coat they do need to be brushed daily with a short wire brush otherwise it will become matted. You need to clip out any knots and every spring and fall an expert should give them a clip all over.
You need to feed a Miniature Schnauzer a nutritionally complete and balance dog food. Don't overfed him because they gain weight easily. Always be sure his water bowl is filled because dogs drink a lot of water.
Leave Miniature Schnauzer and return home.
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As By Law Established
The Church of Ireland since the Reformation
‘As the churches decline, interest in their history paradoxically increases.’ These sixteen essays in ecclesiastical history, selected from research papers presented at the 1993 UCD Conference on the Church of Ireland, constitute the best of recent and current research in the field. Together they form a coherent chronological and thematic account of the development of the Church of Ireland across five centuries, as perceived by a new generation of historians from Ireland, England and America.
They touch upon four main areas:
1. Historical controversy:the failure of the Reformation in Dublin; Protestant bishops and the Church in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
2. Comparative frameworks: the Churches of Ireland and England; puritanism, German pietism and social reformation.
3. New sources for a history of Irish Protestantism: printed catechisms; early nineteenth-century educational policy; the Protestant working class and popular religion.
4. Theory and historiography: sectarianism and denominational history; the roles of myth, memory, identity and intolerance in Ireland.
As by Law Established is a stimulating gathering by leading scholars from the universities of Maynooth, Dublin, Belfast, Cambridge, Oxford and Florida, interrogating the ‘often edifying but as often contested past of religious history’. While its concerns are those of contemporary Ireland and varieties of Protestantism therein, it affords a magisterial overview of its subject which will persist into the twenty-first century.
‘These essays superbly illustrate the breadth of historical study with erudition and freshness.’ – R. Barry Levis, Church History
‘A well-presented and valuable collection which will undoubtedly stimulate further research.’- Peter MacDonagh, Eighteenth-Century Ireland
‘Required reading for anyone seeking to understand current thinking on the subject.’- Jacqueline Hill, Search
‘Standing one’s ground’: religion, polemic and Irish history since the Reformation – Alan Ford
The vertical and horizontal in religious history: internal and external integration of the subject – Patrick Collinson
Ecclesiastical justice and the enforcement of the reformation: the case of Archbishop Browne and the clergy of Dublin – James Murray
The Church of Ireland, 1558-1634: a puritan church? – Alan Ford
‘The necessary knowledge of the principles of religion’: catechisms and catechizing in Ireland, c.1560-1800 – Ian Green
The religion of Irish Protestants: a view from the laity, 1580-1700 – Raymond Gillespie
John Bramhall and the Church of Ireland in the 1630s – John McCafferty
Policy and patronage: the appointment of bishops 1660-61 – James McGuire
‘That’s no good religion that disturbs the government’: the Church of Ireland and the non-conformist challenge, 1660-88 – Richard L Greaves
Improving clergymen, 1660-1760 – Toby Barnard
Reformers and highflyers: the post-revolution church – S.J. Connolly
Did Protestantism fail in early eighteenth-century Ireland? Charity schools and the enterprise of religious and social reformation, c. 1690-1730 – David Hayton
Principle or pragmatism: Archbishop Brodrick and church education policy – Kenneth Milne
The Church of Ireland and the problem of the Protestant working-class of Dublin, 1870s-1930s – Martin Maguire
The problem of sectarianism and the Church of Ireland – Joseph Liechty.
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Art Deco Style
Inspired by Art Deco design, the sweeping lines make for an old style, glamorous feel. Perfect for adding silver screen flair.
In a contemporary, fuchsia shade that will add a pop of colour to your living space. With legs in a contrasting dark wood finish and striking chrome castors at the front.
Crafted with dense foam cushioning the sit is medium-firm and well supported. Clad in high quality, beautifully tactile cotton.
Will it be facing the left, or the right? Luckily Eloria comes in both options. In a choice of 3 contemporary colours.
Want to see our furniture up close and personal? Our showrooms are open 7 days a week.
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Condoleezza Rice, appearing on ABC's "This Week," hotly rebuked George Stephanopoulos' suggestion that U.S. actions in Iraq were to blame for Hezbollah's attacks on Israel and the subsequent Israeli incursion into Lebanon:
Go read the whole thing. Bravo, Condi! Stephanopoulos was making an argument based on a falsehood. The Middle East was not a happy place of peace, harmony and brotherhood prior to 2003.
Rice rejected the notion that U.S. operations in Iraq have shaken Middle East stability, arguing, "Those hostilities were not very well contained, as we found out on Sept. 11, and so the notion that somehow policies that finally confront extremism are actually causing extremism, I find grotesque."
"For all of those who believe that we somehow had stability in the Middle East over the last 60 years and it's now been disturbed: Where do we think Hezbollah and Hamas and these other extremist forces came from?" she added. "They weren't born yesterday, these forces have been developing and threatening the Middle East and arresting positive developments for decades."
Rice defended Israel's right to counter the attacks.
"No state is going to sit and allow rockets to be fired into its country and not defend its citizens," she said. "While Israel defends itself, we would hope that it does it in a way that preserves the way for a broader peace."
Whether or not war in Iraq has improved the situation in the Middle East, that war cannot be blamed for the acts of Hamas and Hezbollah, who had been terrorizing Israel for years before George W. Bush became president. The idea that the U.S. somehow provoked the situation in Lebanon is therefore absurd ... and grotesque.
A Kossack blames Rice for 9/11 ... and Hurricane Katrina.
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In most states, you’re not required to go through an FFL to sell your personal firearms. You can arrange a meeting place and swap cash for your gun. Easy peasy.
I’ve done it a few times myself when times were lean.
Still miss most of them, too. I hate selling guns, though I’ve had to.
Anyway, one thing I always felt was a bit of apprehension during such sales. Stories like this are why.
An Alabama father was killed in front of his 8-year-old daughter during a gun deal gone wrong, police and relatives said.
Ricky Howard Hamrick III took his young daughter on a road trip Sunday from Cleburne County to Bessemer, where he had arranged to sell two guns on Facebook Marketplace, police told AL.com.
But upon arriving for the transaction, Hamrick, 39, was fatally shot in the head, police said.
At least three bullets were fired into his sedan, where his daughter — who was not wounded — was sitting in the front passenger seat, cops said.
“Unfortunately, he sold guns to somebody that ended his life, somebody who we consider a coward, somebody who is going to shoot a person while they’re sitting in their car,” Lt. Christian Clemons said. “No provocation led to this shooting. We’re talking about lowdown, dirty rotten cowards.”
The child was reportedly uninjured.
From what I can tell, this wasn’t exactly out in the boonies, either. It appeared to be outside of a Salvation Army location inside town.
But it also doesn’t exactly look like a busy area, either, and that’s probably by design.
Look, I hope the police catch these guys and throw the book at them. This is awful any way you slice it, and that little girl is going to need some help to get through this. She was apparently very attached to her father–the victim’s mother described her as a “daddy’s girl”–and the trauma of seeing someone you care about killed like that is going to leave scars.
I don’t have a lot I can offer on this topic.
What we can do is learn from this as a community. We can look at this instance and recognize that there are practices we can put in place when selling a firearm to someone we don’t personally know–and probably for those we do–that can help minimize the chance of this happening.
For one thing, use a very busy area for such transactions. Selling guns isn’t illegal and doing them in public shouldn’t raise red flags in many places. Doing so in a place where a lot of people coming and going will reduce the risk. Those who would kill you over that gun don’t want witnesses. If they won’t meet in such a place, abandon the sale.
Further, I’d suggest carrying another firearm to such a meet-up, regardless of where it takes place. While it doesn’t look like it would have done Hamrick any good, it’s unlikely to hurt.
All I can say on this one is that it’s an absolute shame that this happened, and not because some will try and use this to suggest universal background checks are a good thing. It’s a shame because it seems a decent man was killed.
After all, there’s no suggestion Hamrick was doing something untoward. He was apparently conducting what he thought was a lawful face-to-face gun transfer.
Unfortunately, total cowards took his life.
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[vlc-devel] [PATCH] Direct3D shader support (HLSL)
jb at videolan.org
Sun Aug 15 00:20:38 CEST 2010
On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 02:08:38PM -0700, Sasha Koruga wrote :
> I missed your "Can't this be separated in special files?" comment.
> Yes, I originally had everything in a .fx file, but having a .fx file
> would mean that that .fx file would have be included in the VLC
> distribution (not just the source code). There's also the option of
> distributing the compiled shader code, but I don't believe that is as
> effective (the HLSL compiler can optimize the code better if it knows
> the computer architecture).
How is distributing .fx an issue?
+33 672 704 734
More information about the vlc-devel
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As the holiday season rolls around, we invest a ton of time getting ready for the meals and gifts – but why not get your must-see movies prepared as well? There’s no point in waiting til the last minute to find your favorite festive flick – only to discover it’s missing from the DVD sleeve or already rented.
To help you get started, we’ve compiled a list of some of the greatest films for the holiday season so you can avoid the aggravation and disappointment (you will feel so organized and prepared!)
Miracle on 34th Street (1947, 1994) – Whether you pick the old classic featuring Maureen O’Hara or the rebooted version starring Elizabeth Perkins, you will love the tale of a six-year-old girl who doesn’t believe in Santa Claus until she meets a man who just might be the real thing.
It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) – The holidays can be a rough time for many and George Bailey is no exception. As he prepares to end his life, his guardian angel enters the picture and shows him how much of an impact he’s made, for the good, in his community – but will it be enough to stop George from committing suicide?
A Christmas Story (1983) – Over the years, so many scenes from this delightful film have become woven into the fabric of the holiday season. Relive little Ralphie Parker begging for a Red Ryder Carbine Action 200-Shot Range Model Air Rifle (who can resist saying “you’ll shoot your eye out”?), his friend getting his tongue stuck to a flag pole, his brother’s unfortunate snowsuit and that incredibly womanly lamp.
Home Alone (1990) – Vacations can be as stressful as they are rewarding, especially with kids. There’s so much to remember and, sometimes, we can forget something – even a child. When his family rushes off to catch their flight to France, eight-year-old Kevin McCallister is accidentally left behind and, not only must learn to fend for himself, but must also find a way to protect his home from ruthless burglars.
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989) – We’ve followed the Griswolds on their eventful trip to Wally World and disastrous trip to Europe, it’s only natural that they invite us into their homes for the holidays. Viewers will be more than able to relate to the emotional and financial strain that can come from having house guests, finding the perfect Christmas tree and the unexpected.
Jingle All the Way (1996) – We’ve all done it. Our children rarely fail to let us know exactly what is on their holiday wish list and, despite this information, we get busy, leave our shopping for last-minute and then discover that the must-have toy of the season is all sold-out. One man, however, will stop at nothing to make his son’s wish come true on Christmas Eve – but it won’t be easy.
Gremlins (1984) – Looking for something less cheerful? This dark comedy underscores the dark side of Christmas from rich bullies, lost loved ones and the distance to which we will go to try to find the perfect gift. After a legion of evil creatures is unleashed on a small, unsuspecting town, one family learns the consequences of not following rules.
Elf (2003) – Every year, so many holiday movies are released but very few actually find a place among the classics but Elf is one of those examples. It follows the story of a human who was raised in the North Pole and, after learning that he is not one of the elves, sets out to find his biological father in New York City. He learns very quickly that things are very different from how he was raised but he’s determined to win over his new family and remind the world about the magic of believing in Santa Claus.
A Christmas Carol – There are so many versions of this classic tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, a wealthy man who fails to see how his lack of compassion and kindness truly affects the lives of those around him. To help open his eyes, the ghosts of Christmases past, present and future give him a sobering glimpse of the consequences of his actions.
A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) – So sweet, so classic and still remarkably relevant, this holiday special is a great choice for families and can lead to some excellent discussions. Charlie Brown is disheartened by the materialism and commercialism he sees in the world around him during the holiday season. After taking on the role of director of the school Christmas pageant and finding the perfect tree leaves him frustrated, he relies on the support of a friend to learn the true meaning of Christmas.
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) – Imagine if the North Pole was real and there were truly geographical regions associated with each holiday. Would they know that the others existed? When Jack Skellington, the King of Halloween Town, discovers Christmas Town, he doesn’t know what to make of it. He loves the cheer and novelty so much that he tries to bring Christmas to his kingdom but things end up going horribly wrong.
Polar Express (2004) – A young boy struggles with his doubts but, on Christmas Eve, boards a magical train to the North Pole. Along the way, he embarks on an adventurous journey that teaches him that it’s never too late to believe.
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Arabkir administrative area Gyulbenkyan 39B residents are tired of living in garbage and stink. They are complaining that neighboring buildings’ residents also use their bin. The residents don’t remember when their waste management system has been reconstructed for the last time, “Soviet Union collapsed together with it, no one is interested,”- they say.
Though the garbage was removed before our visit, there were garbage remnants. By the way, every time after waste removal, rats get active, which are killed and left by scavenging implementers. The residents took photos of that scene, which were given to us. The residents demand district administration to reconstruct their bin and install bin for neighboring buildings.
Not only Gyulbenkyan Street has scavenging problem in Arabkir. Aram Khachatryan Street residents have to keep garbage in their houses. The residents confess that very often they don’t wait the district administration and get rid of the waste by themselves, maybe using Gyulbenkyan 39B bin.
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Jude Law will return to the London stage this summer, in the Eugene O'Neill play Anna Christie, as part of Michael Grandage's last season as artistic director at the Donmar Warehouse. Law last worked with Grandage when he starred as Hamlet, which won him an award for best Shakespearean performance. Alongside him will be the Bafta-nominated Ruth Wilson, who starred in the BBC adaptation of Jane Eyre in 2006.
Grandage announced details of his final programme today, which will also include a New York outing for his acclaimed King Lear and a string of shows including Harold Pinter's Moonlight, John Osborne's Inadmissible Evidence starring Douglas Hodge, Shakespeare's Richard II and Luise Miller by Schiller. The 250-seat theatre has forged a reputation out of all proportion to its size.
Grandage also announced plans to buy an office, education and rehearsal space for the company, having already bought the lease of the theatre, a converted warehouse in the heart of Covent Garden.
Richard II, starring Eddie Redmayne, will be Grandage's final production before he leaves the Donmar as artistic director in Spring 2012, after ten years which have seen the theatre sweep up more than 80 major awards for its productions, including Oliviers, Tonys, Critics' Circle and Evening Standard prizes for best direction, production and actor. His award-winning production of King Lear will transfer to the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York in April for a three-month run.
Grandage's string of hits – the theatre is almost permanently sold out, and has packed out shows in much larger venues – is helping fund the purchase of a 125-year lease on the theatre itself, and a 112-year lease on a nearby building which will provide rehearsal, education and office space.
Grandage said: "After nearly ten years running the Donmar, it is a very exciting and emotional moment to announce my farewell season.
"I am delighted this final year celebrates so much of the repertoire we have presented over the last decade. It is particularly wonderful to be joined by so many friends and colleagues in this last season of work – it is these collaborations and creative partnerships both on stage and with the staff at the Donmar that have made the achievements of the past ten years possible."
Grandage intends to pursue his own directing interests – following the spectacularly successful path of his predecessor at the Donmar, Sam Mendes.
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“Are you sure you can do it?”
“Of course, Honey.
When I was a college student I had a part time job building houses.”
“OK, but I’m not sure if It’s a good idea to cover the garden with concrete.”
“We already talked about this.”
“I know but,,.”
“The garden will become more useful!
It will be easier to take out our bicycles and cleaning will be so much easier.”
“Well, it won’t look good.
Maybe we should leave it as it is.”
I already bought everything.
If you don’t like how it looks we can buy some decorations later.
Now let me work.”
“First, I dig and remove the dirt.
Dirt is heavy.”
“How deep do you have to dig?’
“About 10 centimeters.
It has to be deep enough to pour concrete.”
“Oh, that’s not too deep.”
“But I have to dig all of the garden, you know.
My arms are getting tired.”
“You can do it, darling.”
“OK, I think I’m done.”
“So can we pour the concrete now?
“No, not yet.
Now we make the ground flat by stepping on it.
Come on, Honey.
Let’s do this together.”
This is a lot of fun.
Can I stop now?
My legs hurt.”
“OK, next, we place the wire.”
“It looks like a metal fishing net.
What’s that for?”
“The wire makes the concrete stronger.”
“I didn’t know changing a garden is so difficult.”
“This is not too difficult.
We only have to dig, make the ground flat, then place the wire and,,.”
“That’s a lot of work.”
“So can you tie the wire together?
I’ll make the concrete.”
“Oh, why did we start this?”
Now we are ready to pour the concrete.”
It’s the best part.”
“Don’t step on it before it dries, OK?”
“Of course, not.
“Here we go!”
“This is strange.
I don’t think the ground is flat.
It’s like a slope.”
“That is my plan.
We have to have a slope so rainwater will go away from the house.”
“You are a smart man.”
“Now all we have to do is wait.
The concrete will dry in 2 to 3 days.”
“That’s a neighbour’s cat.
Don’t walk across the concrete.
Look at the footprints.
Honey, hurry, we can fix it now.”
“I like those footprints.
They’re cute, actually.
They’re our decorations!”
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I just realized that today is
National S'mores Day!
Well, if I had clued in earlier this would have been out this morning...
My daughter and I just made these the other day
and I've been meaning to get this out.
While my daughter was in the Bahamas, my son found this devilishly sinful recipe for s'more cookies. My daughter said that she would make some when she came back!
When she looked at that recipe you had to sandwich
a s'more with cookie dough.
Well, we tried it, but it was way too hard to do.
The cookie dough was sticky and made a mess.
Hubby was sitting there and started discussing options.
This is what we came up with (mostly hubby's idea). This was much, much easier and very, very good!!!
Drop everything and make them!
Here's how we did it.
Start with your favorite chocolate chip cookie dough recipe.
Or you can always just buy a roll of it.
Then you'll need your typical s'more ingredients.
Marshmallows, graham crackers, and chocolate bars.
First, spoon out about a tablespoon of cookie dough on to your cookie sheet. I always use parchment paper. I'm lazy, I don't want to wash the pans....
Then break up your chocolate into individual pieces, and smash it into the cookie dough.
See how they are all smashed in?
Then split the marshmallow in half.
Just tear them, it's pretty easy.
We mashed them with our fingers to flatten them out. Then we placed it on top of the chocolate.
Okay, here comes the fun part....
Place a graham cracker on top of the marshmallow.
Now, you aren't done yet. You have to sort of seal the cookie dough up to the graham cracker. So that the chocolate and marshmallow dont melt out everywhere.
It's not perfect, but for the most part they are sealed and ready to bake.
350 degrees for about 10-14 minutes.
They came out so good!!
See how nicely the cookie spread?
The yumminess stayed inside. Oooo... Yum!
I love the way the graham stayed crispy with the soft cookie and gooey middle... Are you drooling yet??
They were so much easier and everyone in my house thought they were amazing!
Don't you want a plate of them, too?
It's National S'mores Day!
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Florida nursing-home officials made clear Friday they think it is unrealistic — if not impossible — to carry out a demand by Gov. Rick Scott that facilities quickly install generators that can power air-conditioning systems.
Two major nursing-home groups held a “summit” in a conference center at Florida State University to address new emergency rules that call for nursing homes and assisted-living facilities to have generators within 60 days. Scott last weekend ordered the emergency rules after the high-profile deaths of residents of a Broward County nursing home where air conditioning was knocked out by Hurricane Irma.
Industry officials were careful Friday to say they share the governor's goal. But during panel discussions that touched on issues such as the need to design and upgrade the electrical systems of older buildings, gain permits and order generators, speakers repeatedly contended the 60-day timeframe is unworkable.
Speakers indicated that it typically would take six months or longer to go through the process of adding a generator to a nursing home.
“Up until this point, we've only heard anecdotally how cumbersome this is,” said Emmett Reed, executive director of the Florida Health Care Association, one of the groups that hosted the summit. “This is alarming to hear the timeframes. There's a huge challenge.”
Steve Bahmer, president and CEO of the other group, LeadingAge Florida, described the 60-day timeframe as “impractical, if not impossible,” though he added that carrying out the directive “isn't for a lack of willingness.”
But while industry officials raised concerns about quickly installing generators, state Agency for Health Care Administration Secretary Justin Senior addressed the summit and said the Scott administration plans to move forward with the emergency rules. He said the state will publish a list of facilities that comply.
“We do think that this is going to be a significant step forward in the safety that our elders experience during a crisis like Hurricane Irma,” Senior said. “We're going to be working aggressively across the state in the coming couple months to ensure that every facility is fully prepared to comply with these new requirements.”
Under the rules, Senior said nursing homes and assisted-living facilities would not have to install generators that could cool entire buildings. He said they could comply by being able to cool portions of the buildings where residents could congregate for 96 hours.
But Senior, speaking with reporters after addressing the summit, indicated the Scott administration is not swayed by the logistical concerns raised by the nursing-home industry.
“We think very strongly that the cost of not complying with this rule is greater than the cost of compliance,” he said.
Scott last weekend directed the Agency for Health Care Administration and the Department of Elder Affairs to issue the emergency rules in the aftermath of the deaths Sept. 13 of eight residents of The Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills in Broward County. Three more seniors who had been residents of the facility died this week, including 94-year-old Alice Thomas, who died Thursday, the Hollywood Police Department said Friday.
The nursing home lost its air conditioning system Sept. 10 when Hurricane Irma knocked out a transformer. The air conditioning had not been restored three days later when the deaths occurred and the rest of the facility's residents were evacuated.
Under the emergency rules ordered by Scott, nursing homes and assisted-living facilities have 45 days to submit plans that would include acquiring generators to ensure temperatures could be maintained at 80 degrees or cooler for 96 hours after losing electricity. Nursing homes and assisted-living facilities would have to carry out the plans within 60 days.
It was not clear Friday whether nursing homes might challenge the rules.
“We're exploring all options,” said Kristen Knapp, a spokeswoman for the Florida Health Care Association. “But we want to work with the governor. We know he has good intentions.”
Under state law, emergency rules are designed to be in effect for only 90 days. But lawmakers are already preparing to consider the generator issue during the 2018 legislative session, which starts in January.
House Health Care Appropriations Chairman Jason Brodeur, R-Sanford, Senate Children, Families and Elder Affairs Chairman Rene Garcia, R-Hialeah, and Rep. Cyndi Stevenson, R-Saint Johns, appeared on one of the panels Friday.
“The reality is we had one bad actor, and we just can't allow that to happen again,” Garcia said. “Whatever the facts will come out … we just can't wait for this investigation to go forward and do nothing. It's going to happen. We're going to move forward with some legislation in the state of Florida having to do with generators and alternative power. It just needs to happen.”
One issue likely to confront the Legislature is the cost of adding generators, as many nursing homes rely on the Medicaid program for large chunks of their funding. Lorne Simmons, who served on one of the panels Friday and is with the accounting and consulting firm Moore Stephens Lovelace PA, estimated that it would cost an average of $350,000 for a 120-bed nursing home to add a generator.
Kip Corriveau, direct of mission at the Bon Secours St. Petersburg Health System, which includes a nursing home and an assisted-living facility, said the organization installed a generator in 2011 at a cost of $500,000.
During Hurricane Irma, Bon Secours had to use school buses to evacuate about 310 nursing-home and assisted-living residents because it was in a mandatory evacuation zone. The facility never lost power.
As an indication of the complexity of handling emergencies at nursing homes, Corriveau said evacuations can be difficult for many residents. He said planning for storms is critical.
“It is a huge trauma to move people like that in a hurry,” Corriveau said. “Even in a blue-sky kind of day before the storm hits.”
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Today’s Eco Yoga Day was definitely a look into the future – as well as a way to practically address the present. Karen McDonald of SERC (Smithsonian Environmental Research Institute) did a wonderful job of drawing us into the world of biomimcry. As Karen explained, bio means life & mimicry is to emulate. Basically biomimicry is the science of solving human problems with solutions already present in the natural world.
Karen brought in many practical examples such as enhancing our wind power by applying the design of while fins to our windmills (read more). Or using the texture of shark skin on the bottom of boats to keep barnacles from growing and attaching themselves to the underside of boats. And there are no shortage of examples. Here is more about biomimicry.
So what did we do? We started with yoga to attune our minds and bodies by applying nature’s solutions to the human experience. After all yoga is also a form of biomimicry where in our poses we emulates mountains, trees, fish, cats, and so much more. This solves our problems brought on by day to day living – such as stiffness and back pain – and allows us to feel physically vibrant and mentally sharp.
After yoga, Karen talked about biomimicry and we brought it to light using prisms, bubbles to see how colors form through reflected and refracted light. So we all got to blow bubbles outside!! Actually this took birth from a discussion about butterfly wings and how the color of their wings changes in the light. We talked how we could apply this to automobiles to get rid of the noxious paint. Imagine driving a car that was blue from one angle and pink and orange from another!!
The last aspect of the afternoon involved planting seedlings into newspaper pots which we made. Everyone got to plant tomato seedlings (all different kinds of heirloom tomatoes even purple ones!). Plus we had lots of other kinds of organic heirloom seeds such as sunflower, cone flowers, eggplant and more!!
I still have lots of seeds and seedlings which will be available to all in class.
All in all Eco Yoga day was a most inspiring afternoon. Finally Dave Pecor of Patch.com was on hand to shoot pictures and write an article.
See everyone at next year’s Eco Yoga Day!!
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What Eyeshadow Color is Suitable for Your Hazel Eyes
- by Sahana Kanjilal
- 28th May 2018
All hazel eyes are a combination of brown and green, but it is the domineering shade that determines if yours are hazel brown or hazel green. Any rich eyeshadows from a pallet complement your eyes to a great extent.
List of Best Eyeshadows for Hazel Eyes
For Fair Skin and Black Hair
- Black Matte Eyeshadow: The shade matches your hair color and creates a contrast to your skin tone. However, if you opt for a smokey eye makeup then use a brown eyeshadow for the brow bone and then apply the black eyeshadow. It will help you achieve smooth transitions of colors on your eyelids. Kohl pencil and mascara are there to further enhance the smokey eye makeup.
- Glittery Gold Eyeshadow: Any shiny eyeshadow complement hazel eyes, but golden shadow brings out the warmth that comes with a combination of fair skin and hazel eyes.
For Fair Skin and Blonde Hair
- Nude Natural Eyeshadows: Neutral tones bridge the gap between your hair and iris color. Also, Shades of tan and pale brown soften your appearance if you apply them properly.
- Midnight Blue Eyeshadow: This one makes you party ready in minutes. The dark yet edgy shade gives you a smokey look, but you can tone it down by using white eyeliner on your eyelid.
- Mineral Pink Eyeshadow: It could be baby pink or rose pink, the shade makes your hazel eyes pop out with beauty. The texture of your hair and the eyeshadow create a combination much like your favorite anime girl. However, use a white base for a gaudy pink eye makeup.
For Fair Skin and Red Hair
- Metallic Bronze Eyeshadow: Accompanied with a nude eyeshadow, the bronze shade lends a balance to your pale skin while making it compatible with red hair.
- Burnt Sienna Eyeshadow: The dark brownish shade has an earthy tone which enhances your hazel eyes with perfect contrast. Also, a darker application will leave you with a smokey look.
For Dark Skin and Black/Brown Hair
- Purple Eyeshadow: The peppy plum shade gives an ethereal look. Both glittery and matte versions are suitable for you. By creating a contrast to your eyes, the eye makeup gets better when the shade is darkened.
- Green Eyeshadow: Mix and match forest green and army green for a dramatic look to highlight your beautiful skin tone even more. Complete your makeup with black eyeliner, kohl, and mascara.
Doing the right eye makeup depends on the combination of complexion and hair color. What is suiting a blonde might not be appealing at all on a brunette. So, before showcasing an off-beat eye makeup, ty it at your home.
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In a historic photo that serves as an icon of Orthodox settlers’ political clout, Menachem Felix is held aloft by supporters, his face staring at the camera in amazed joy next to an oversized Israeli flag. Thirty years after that picture was taken, Felix decided not to put a flag on his house in the settlement of Elon Moreh for Independence Day, which fell on May 3.
In May 2006, Felix’s missing flag also can be seen as an icon: It stands for the ambivalence — or even antipathy — of some religious Zionists toward the State of Israel on the first Independence Day since the evacuation of the Gaza settlements. It also can been seen as a symbol of how the fortunes of the religious Zionist movement have changed as a new Israeli government takes office this week. For the first time ever, Israel is swearing in a government that is explicitly committed to dismantling more settlements on its way to a smaller Israel. It is also the first Israeli government in which religious Zionism’s political standard-bearer, the National Religious Party, once an essential partner in every government of left and right alike, was not even a plausible candidate for inclusion.
The photo of Felix, who was then 29, was taken in December 1975 in front of the abandoned train station at Sebastia, near Nablus in the West Bank. After a weeklong sit-in at the spot by Gush Emunim — a protest movement of young, right-wing religious Zionists —- the government of Yitzhak Rabin had caved in and given permission for settlers to stay in the area. Gush Emunim’s leaders were motivated by the doctrine that Israel’s establishment and its Six Day War victory were leaps toward messianic redemption, and that faith required settling all the land taken in 1967. At Sebastia, they believed they’d become the new vanguard of Zionism, setting the state’s direction. And with teenage supporters lifting the leaders on their shoulders, they danced in celebration.
At the time, the National Religious Party, with 10 Knesset seats, was a key partner in the ruling coalition — as it always had been. For the NRP, Sebastia also marked a turning point: A young generation, intent on setting a hawkish national policy, was seizing the leadership of religious Zionism from older, moderate politicians. Afterward, the party moved steadily rightward, staying in power under Likud governments. Settlement accelerated, with the Orthodox settler movement getting somewhat more of the credit, or blame, than it deserved — given that the Likud backed wide settlement, and even Labor supported settling significant parts of the West Bank.
The formation of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s new government shows how much has changed. The government guidelines, hammered out between Olmert’s Kadima party and Labor, call for setting Israel’s permanent borders, which “will require reducing the area of Israeli settlement in Judea and Samaria.” Olmert, the former Likud stalwart, is now committed to ensuring Israel’s Jewish majority via a pullout from much of the West Bank.
In the March election, the NRP ran together with the hard-line National Union on a joint ticket that won nine Knesset seats, of which the NRP got three — the lowest in its history. Just as significant, the National Union-NRP was virtually the only Jewish party to stay out of the swirl of coalition contacts after the election. One pro forma meeting with Olmert, NRP Chairman Zevulun Orlev said, was enough to show that “we had no interest in being partners in Olmert’s government…. We cannot support its central diplomatic program.”
In contrast to founding prime minister David Ben-Gurion’s explicit exclusion of the Communists and of Menachem Begin’s rightist Herut in Israel’s early years, Orlev stressed: “We don’t feel boycotted. We weren’t interested in joining” the coalition. “The whole political map has moved leftward.” But “religious Zionism, because its diplomatic stand is tied to religious belief, has not moved…. The Sabbath is the same Sabbath; the Land of Israel is the same Land of Israel.”
Despite political isolation and the Gaza pullout, Orlev retains the classic religious Zionist view of Independence Day as a religious holiday and of Jewish sovereignty as spiritually significant in itself. “One mustn’t confuse the state and the government,” he insisted.
But others are shifting their views. Felix — who studied in his youth with Rabbi Tzvi Yehudah Kook, Gush Emunim’s spiritual mentor — said he would say the Hallel thanksgiving prayer on Independence Day but he would not put up a flag. The flag is now a symbol that Felix connects to the “horror of coming to expel” the Gaza settlers. Until fairly recently, Felix affirmed Kook’s view that the establishment of Israel reflected “a process bringing redemption…. It’s messianic, I’m not embarrassed to say.” Now, “my certainty has been shaken.”
Allowing a similar doubt, Haifa’s chief rabbi, Shear Yashuv Cohen, has made a small change in the way in which he recites the Prayer for the State: Instead of asking God to bless Israel as “the first flowering of our redemption,” he asks for a blessing “sothat it will be the first flowering….” He recalls Isaac Herzog, Israel’s first Ashkenazic chief rabbi and one of the prayer’s authors, explaining that when “houses are being built and the land is flowering, we are approaching redemption.” So when “houses are destroyed,” Cohen said, referring to the Gaza pullout, “it’s not exactly the same thing.”
While denying any such doubts, Rabbi Shmuel Eliahu said that Independence Day had become a time for “soul-searching,” which he would devote to studying the words of the prophets “Isaiah, Jeremiah, Hosea, Malachi about the state.” Eliahu, chief rabbi of Safed, is the son of Mordechai Eliahu, one of the dominant rabbinic figures in religious Zionism. The older Eliahu is known for his reported statement before the Gaza pullout, “It will not come to pass,” using a Hebrew verb form that suggested prophetic certainty. On the holiday, Shmuel Eliahu said, he would put up an Israeli flag along with an orange ribbon — the symbol of the anti-pullout camp before last August and of the embittered since then.
The bitterness is widespread. A recent poll of settlers in the Mateh Binyamin region, north of Jerusalem, found that 61% felt “disappointment and anger toward the state, the army and the police.” This figure rose to 67% in the Orthodox-dominated settlements deep in the West Bank.
At the fringes, especially among young settlers and supporters, anger has become alienation — a phenomenon that worries adult leaders. The same survey found that seven out of 10 teens did not have a respected leader or teacher whom they would “obey at a time of struggle.” At demonstrations, some teens have worn T-shirts that read, “Disengage From the State — Connect to Torah.”
The most recent issue of the settlers’ monthly Nekuda — now edited by Moty Karpel, ideologue of the radical-right Jewish Leadership movement — carried a debate on that kind of “disengagement.” One writer, Tidhar Hirshfeld of Adei Ad, an illegal outpost near Shilo, praised the “separation of the youth from the State of Israel” as “the next thing, a mission, a value,” and called for replacing the traditional prayer for the state with “a prayer for the coming of redemption, for the rise of the [messianic] kingdom.”
In the most striking expression of such “disengagement,” some young settlers have adopted the anthem of the extreme ultra-Orthodox Neturei Karta, which proclaims, “In the government of the heretics we do not believe/And their laws we will not follow.” A rock version of the song was performed last year by aging pop singer Ariel Zilber, who now identifies with the “orange” camp, in response to the Gaza pullout. Since then, the version has been heard at settler weddings.
This response is a predictable outcome of Kook’s theology. Like the anti-Zionist ultra-Orthodox, he accepted that Jews should not create a state unless redemption is nearing. But he asserted that this was happening — and after 1967 he linked redemption to territorial expansion. For products of the movement that he inspired, giving up land can therefore raise questions about both redemption and the state’s legitimacy.
Since, according to left-leaning Orthodox philosopher Moshe Halbertal, the spiritual significance of the state for Kook’s settler disciples “is not in the very idea of sovereignty but in its being applied in a territorial, messianic direction,” they in fact find it difficult to distinguish between the state and the government. Halbertal, a Hebrew University professor, adds that psychologically, many religious Zionists are interpreting the country’s shift in political direction as a deliberate attack on them, an attempt to shatter their power. The real reasons for the political shift — concerns about security and the desire to maintain a Jewish majority — are discounted.
Olmert’s plan for a new pullback would require dismantling the settlements deepest in the West Bank — the ones, such as Elon Moreh, where religious settlers are concentrated. So one of the new government’s greatest challenges will be defusing settler alienation. Felix’s decision not to raise the flag is a symbol of that challenge.
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Title: Figures of Antiquity and their Reception in Art, Literature and Music
Author: von Moellendorff, Peter
Additional Authors or Contributors: Annette Simonis, Linda Simonis (eds)
Publisher: Brill; Publication Date: 2016
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Alexander the Great, Caesar, Caligula, Cicero, Cleopatra, Diogenes, Hypatia, Leonidas, Lucretia, Nero, Sappho and Socrates - all famous women and men from Antiquity who have fascinated across the centuries that divide us from them. We encounter them again and again in literature, art, music, film and new media forms such as graphic novels.
The 96 contributions in Brill's New Pauly Supplement 7: Historical Figures from Antiquity written by an international team of scholars depict the survival of these great characters from Antiquity to the modern world. Each article presents an overview of the latest research on what we know concerning the lives of the historical person or legendary figure and then recounts the reception of these figures throughout history, giving special attention on the viewpoints in the early modern and contemporary periods. Turning the spotlight on the leitmotifs of established images and theories allows the reader to reassess the importance of these figures in our history and culture.
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Happy Engineers Week! We are celebrating for the third year in a row with our partner Framatome Inc. Each year we host a free Family Night Workshop where kids ages 8-12 and their caregivers can come together to learn about and explore engineering. We provide the tools and materials for a hands-on project, which changes every year. In the past we have done earthquake shaker tables and a giant pinko board.
This year, each family will make an art pendulum. With a wooden frame and moving platform, the pendulum will work by sliding under a pen or writing tool that is fixed in postition. When the hanging platform is pushed, the pen draws figures and elipses based on the pendulum movement. Students will tweak the height and movement or the platform as well as the color and type of writing utensil to create unique works of art.
Another feature of our E-Week celebration this year is highlighting a few of the engineers doing awesome work at Framatome and in our community. Let us introduce you:
Elisa Calvo Tone has a Masters Degree in Nuclear Energy and Renewable Sources Engineering. Her childhood dream of being an astronaut morphed into an engineering career dedicated to finding solutions for clean energy and better quality of life on our own planet.
Elisa uses post-it notes to record crazy ideas and discussion points for later reference. When not engineering, she enjoys baking with her toddler (brave woman), volleyball, knitting, and reading.
Meet Heshan Gunawardane, a Mechanical Engineer at Framatome. Heshan started tinkering and taking things apart at a young age, and followed his uncle and cousins into a career in engineering. He recalls, "Growing up in Kenya, I would go for holidays to my country of birth, Sri Lanka, and stay with at my uncle’s house. He was a marine engineer, so he started out his career on commercial ships going around the world, before settling down in the government sector as he got older. Two of his sons chose to pursue engineering as well, one a marine engineer, and the other an electrical engineer. My uncle was always tinkering with stuff, fixing broken stuff around the house, or working on his cars. I used to help him with these tasks, if it wasn’t too “dangerous” or I wasn’t in the way. This combination of the family influence, my personal experience and a natural inclination towards the sciences and mathematics drove my decision to become an engineer."
Heshan enjoys listening to music, particularly vinyl, as well as reading, traveling, and hitting the gym. The one item on his desk he can't do without: his coffee mug. We feel you, Heshan.
Pam Reed is a Mechanical Engineer that specialises in Plastic Product Design. She loves to walk out on a manufacturing floor and watch products roll off a press. The noise and the smell of industrial space brings a great feeling of accomplishment. When you’ve worked a design up from paper and developed the tooling and process to create it, the moment it culminates into a real life product is empowering!
Pam also loves to nerd out in the garden...learning about soil chemistry and plant characteristics is a favorite hobby. Like many of us she can be her own worst critic, so she keeps an inspirational message or quote on her desk to keep negativity at bay.
Aaron Pierce is a VCU grad with a BS in Mechanical Engineering. He enjoys engineering because there is never a dull moment: each day presents a different problem to solve or an opportunity to learn something new.
Aaaron recently got into analog photography and film development, and has combined his interests in gardening and coffee by growing and roasting his own coffee beans.
Maya Chandrashekhar has BS and MS degrees in Industrial and Systems Engineering. She loves problem solving, and being part of a field that has been making the impossible possible for centuries.
When she's not at work Maya enjoys hanging out with her kids and puppy, and cooking. She would be lost without her cell phone (wouldn't we all, Maya!).
This Fall myself and Adam Hughes lead two projects with students from Linkhorne Middle School. Each group met at Vector Space for two hours once per week, for the entirety of the semester. On Mondays our students worked to create an anti-fighting campaign to spread to their peers at school, as well as an FPV robot for home security.
When asked to identify problems in their everyday lives, this group didn't hold back. They identified racism, fighting, and home security as issues they wanted to tackle. With a twelve week time line (a total of 24 hours), we focused on both fighting at school and a home security solution. I worked with five students to craft a plan to reduce fighting at school; students talked about how pointless fights are and that communication is key to preventing these skirmishes. In an effort to spread their non-violence message, they made t-shirts, patches, and stickers for their classmates. The students each worked on a design for the campaign; they chose green and black as their colors and a fist and "Non-fighter" or "NF" as their visual elements.
Once designs were finalized students made samples of each product (which they later kept for themselves); t-shirts were screen printed, patches were embroidered, and stickers were made on the vinyl cutter and applied to pop sockets. The students then broadcast their campaign to their peers by going on the morning announcements and taking orders at lunch for each product. Items were sold at cost and then students spent their remaining time at Vector Space filling the orders.
For the home security group, students learned about electronics, soldering, radio, and motor controllers. They built a small rover with a camera attached, which could be controlled remotely. The camera was set up with first person view (FPV) goggles, with the idea that one could drive the bot around your home from a safe distance away to ensure that no intruders were present. One modification was the addition of magnets to the rovers tracks, so that it could climb metal surfaces (or a refigerator).
All of our students did a great job identifying a real problem and creating a workable solution. Throughout the class many iterations of each project were necessary, from troubleshooting screen printing inks to redesigning the rover when a 3D printed model failed. As an integral part of the engineering design process, our students learned that failure is not the end of a project but the next hurdle to overcome.
This Fall myself and Adam Hughes lead two projects with students from Linkhorne Middle School. Each group met at Vector Space for two hours once per week, for the entirety of the semester. On Wednesday our students turned to computer programming and microcontrollers to make their daily lives easier and more efficient.
While the initial focus of the project was making smart watches, a few students discovered other uses for the micro:bit and went different routes. One student created a guitar, which used the built in light sensor to control musical notes played. Sound was played through headphones or computer speakers, which were connected to one of the micro:bit's four digital/analog input/output rings. Students that did make watches added unique functions like games (rock, paper, scissors was popular), a compass, and personalization with scrolling text.
In addition to programming, students used hand tools, sewing machines, leather punches, and more to create watch bands. They chose leather and fabric pieces that they again personalized; each student determined how to attach their micro:bit and battery holder to the band, and used snaps or other attachments to close the band. Check out the slideshow below for images of the students working on thier projects.
At long last, we have an update on the status of our Upstairs Renovation progress! This summer after much deliberation with our Board of Directors and our landlord, we made the decision to expand into the second floor of our building on 5th Street. While huge (4,000+ sq ft) and exciting, the space did need some work to make it functional. So, we began the Help Us Up fundraising campaign which so many of you generously contributed to. During the process we began working with a new architect (both of them have been fantastic, but it became clear that we'd need someone local), and thus had some new developments on the exit requirements from the second floor. While we waded through the many possibilties for egress, we paused our fundraising efforts until we had a clear picture of what the new exit plan was and the associated costs.
Well, it's good news! We are adding a metal fire escape staircase to the back (parking lot) side of the building, and are just $3,000 short of our fundraising goal. As we approach Giving Tuesday and the holidays, we are confident we can raise the remaining funds by the end of the year. Click here to donate now!
We have extended our lease, agreed to renovation terms with our landlord, and submitted our building permit to the city. We are ready for action! In the meantime, we spent a week this fall sanding the floors upstairs. We are adding a finish to the floors now (like, literally now. Adam is there up to his elbows in 5 gallon buckets of polyurethane). Desks and the new computers will move upstairs this week. Ceiling insulation is being installed 11/27, and HVAC is scheduled for December. Once we finish the floors we will paint, add the dividing wall between the classroom and computer lab, and replace four windows. The last steps will be building a smoke enclosure around the existing stairs, installing bathroom fixtures, and building the pre-fab fire escape. We aim to have all of this done in early 2018.
We are busy building, and we could use some help! The top priority is the remaining $3,000 we need to finish the space. We'll also need a few volunteers for painting and drywall. Below are a few ways you can help:
- Giving Tuesday
If you are making donations, consider a gift to Vector Space
- Holiday Gifts
Many are leaning away from toys and trinkets, and instead making meaningful memories and contributions for the holidays. Consider a donation, a gift membership, or even a family workshop!
- Employer Matching
If you decide to make a monetary gift, ask whether your employer has a matching program. This applies for any nonprofit giving!
- Amazon Smile
Help while you shop! Shop at Amazon Smile and select Vector Space as your charity of choice to give back
- Kroger Plus Rewards
Visit the Kroger website to link your card to Vector Space (#91070), and each time you shop you will support our organization
We will be looking for help with painting and drywall in the next two months. Subscribe to our newsletter to stay up to date!
Vector Space is a 501(c)(3) organization and all donations are tax deductible. Thank you for your support, you are making such a difference in our community. We'll see you upstairs!!!
As the holidays approach, we polled our members to see what the most sought-after tools and gadgets are this year. Read below for inspiration to add to your own list, or to buy for your loved ones!
1. Makerspace Access
We would be remiss if we didn't start with the obvious- a membership or classes at your local makerspace! Vector Space has membership and class packages offered at a discount through the end of the year. Learn more and purchase on our website
2. BBC Micro:bit
Our Linkhorne Middle students are loving the micro:bit - and so are their teachers! A microcontroller half the size of a credit card, this tiny computer includes an LED grid, accelerometer, Bluetooth, light sensor, and more. It is programmable using a browser-based Blocks editor or Python. Our students are building custom watches, but the design ideas are endless. Shop at Sparkfun.com
3. 3D Filament
If you've played with 3D printing at Vector Space or elsewhere, you know how fun and functional they can be. Take your printed parts one step further with flexible, wood-infused, and other specialty filaments. PETG is popular and reliable on our Lulzbot these days. Be sure to check the nozzle size of the printer if you're buying as a gift. Shop at MakerGeeks.com
4. Make: Magazine Subscription
This is maybe the most obvious item on the list. Whether you're a maker, teacher, or parent, this magazine is sure to deliver invaluable education and entertainment each month. From new product and tech reviews to project ideas and tutorials, Make: has it all. Subscribe now
5. Leather Working Tools
Leather is having a moment, and we're not surprised. Lynchburg is lucky to have an amazing supplier right in town, so put these hand leather tools in someone's stocking to ignite a new hobby. For leather, visit Moore & Giles on the last Wednesday of each month to shop their storeroom at discounted prices. Shop tools at TandyLeather.com
6. Maker Faire Tickets
Every year more than 54543 Maker Faires take place around the world. While attneding ours in Lynchburg is a no-brainer, consider traveling to a featured Faire to see what Makers in other areas are up to. A weekend away to do some sightseeing and making sounds like the perfect gift to us. Find a Faire near you (or far away!)
7. E-Sewing Tools
Electronics and sewing have merged to create the amazing world of e-sewing. Add lights and sensors to your wardrobe to create truly custom garb. Check out introductory kits that are preprogrammed, and then move on to more advanced boards that give you full control. Shop wearables at adafruit.com
8. Geeky Accessories
We love these awesome items made from circuit boards at Circuit Breaker Labs. Support this maker with cool gifts for guys and gals! Shop online here
After 73 days, MozART's performance has come to an end. It's time to take a look at the data and see what Lynchburg residents are playing and when they're playing it.
MozArt painted a total of 280,472 notes, all of which you can be found in its log file. I want to understand more about the notes that were played. Was there a popular note or a popular time to play? How many people played these notes? Were there any strange patterns in the data? Some of these questions are easier to answer than others, but let's give them a try and see what we can learn.
The plots below are generated using Python and matplotlib.
One way to find the most popular note is to generate a histogram, tallying the number of times each note was played. From this, a clear favorite emerges, C in the fifth octave. But why is the variance so extreme? Are people really playing C5 that much more frequently than any other note? My guess is probably not, and the reasons the data looks this way are likely a combination of the algorithm used to capture notes and the physical aspects of the microphone.
MozART has to decide how to handle multiple notes being played at once, and the way it does this is to simply choose the one that was played loudest. Since the microphone was placed at the far right end of the piano, the higher octaves would have had a greater amplitude at the microphone. So then why isn't everything skewed toward the high octaves rather than the center? The microphone wasn't designed to pick up high notes, it was meant to record people. I would expect that it's much better at detecting frequencies in the human voice range of 80 to 255 Hz.
How Many Players?
This is a difficult question. We certainly can't know how many unique players there were, but we can take a rough guess at how many times someone sat down to play the piano. If you were to sit down at the piano and start playing, you'd probably continue playing pretty regularly until it was time to get up and leave, but it's possible you'd take a few breaks too. So how long might those breaks be? If we guess a time too short, we'll inadvertantly count two players when it was really just one who was briefly checking their phone. If the time is too long, then we'll miss the player who was waiting in line and sat down right after someone else. I'm taking a guess by choosing 60 seconds as the time required between notes to be considered a new player. So how many players does that give us? 7,943. Over 73 days that gives an average of 109 players per day.
Most Popular Day?
Finally an easy one. A bar chart of the notes played versus day of the week shows that Saturday and Wednesday are the most popular days, with Monday being the least popular. Sorry Monday.
Real data is always fun to look at and it seems there's no end to what you can find. Feel free to look for your own patterns in MozART's log file.
Thanks so much to the Academy Center of the Arts and Hill City Keys for their partnership in this project, and to Lynchburg's Arts and Culture Grant. You can read more about MozART, the synesthetic piano here.
If someone said to me “Quick! Take a picture!” my first instinct would probably be to grab my smart phone. Before smart phones and digital photography, though, there was film. Film photography has been around for over a century, but, if you are like most people, you haven’t use film in a long time (if ever). A few fellow VS members and I recently explored the wonderful world of film photography.
In order to shoot film, first you need a film camera (crazy right). Luckily, these are still easy to come by. You can get good deals on used film cameras on Ebay or from KEH, but before you buy one, make sure one of your friends or family members doesn’t have one knocking around in the attic. The cameras we used were:
Using older cameras like these really forces you to slow down and take your time composing, manually focusing, and setting your exposure. With film, you don’t have the luxury of instant feedback on the shot you just took so you have to be patient.
Now for the film. The cameras that we used all take 35mm film, which is still manufactured by quite a few companies in several varieties. We chose to work with black and white negative film because its fairly easy to develop and make prints. Processing the film to produce the negatives required the following steps:
- Transfer the exposed film into the developing tank in complete darkness
- Develop the film with film developer
- Stop the development with stop bath
- Fix the film (make it light safe) with fixer which removes all the unexposed silver halide crystals
- Rinse the film to clean off all the chemicals
- Final rinse in a whetting agent to help prevent water spots while drying
- Hang the film to dry
Using the Film Developer app works great to keep track of all the times for each step of the process. If you have a negative scanner such as the Epson V600 you can scan the negatives to get digital images.
Armed with our processed negatives we were now ready to make our prints. For this we attended a Darkroom Photography class at the Academy Center of the Arts. In the darkoom, where we produced our prints, the only light available is a dim red light. We used enlargers to project light through a negative, producing an enlarged image on photo paper. The darkness of the image produced depends on the amount of time the paper is exposed to the image. You can zoom in on the image and crop by increasing the distance of the enlarger head from the easle. We were able to dodge (lighten) and burn (darken) the print by actually blocking light from some areas while letting it shine longer on others. After we exposed the paper, we put it through a series of chemicals similar to how we developed our negatives (developer, stop bath, fixer, rinse). Seeing the photographs appear on the paper (like magic) as it develops was absolutley amazing!
We all had a great time producing some great photographs, handling each part of the process ourselves. We hope to setup our own enlarger and darkroom at Vector Space. Jeff and I are also looking into some interesting alternative developing agents like coffee and sage!
I would like to thank Kelly Posenauer for setting up the Darkoom Photography class at the Academy Center of the Arts and Kenny Weinfurtner for being an excellent instructor in the darkoom.
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Hi I’m Ralph Carlberg, I’m 9 years old from Torquay.
I have been raising money for Paignton Zoo since Saturday.
My mum told me that the animals needed some help, so I decided to draw a picture of one of my favourite animals, The lion.
Me and my mum turned it into a poster and we have been selling them via my funding page. They are 20 pounds each.
I am so happy to be helping the zoo it’s one of my favourite places to go. I have been going with my family since I was just a few months old. My favourite animals are the big cats.
People can also just donate a small amount even a pound will help.
Got a news story, blog or press release that you’d like to share or want to advertise with us? Contact us
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So, the Red Sox are in the World Series for the third time so far this century against the St. Louis Cardinals in a rematch of 2004. That went pretty well, didn't it? Right, the Sox won in 4 games. Now, I think the Detroit Tigers scared me more than either the Dodgers or the Cardinals, but that does NOT mean that this won't be a tough series. Here are my 3 players on the Cardinals that we need to watch out for in the Fall Classic.
1.)Michael Wacha - I'll admit, I wasn't sure who this guy was until he burst on the scene with some brilliant postseason performances. He's 3-0 with a 0.43 ERA with 22 strikeouts and 4 walks with a .114 BAA in 21 innings in the postseason, according to the Cardinals official website. This guy is a rookie. That's a stat line that would make Justin Verlander proud. And he's doing it as a rookie. Who knows if he can do it in the World Series, but with the Red Sox struggles against Detroit's pitching, this guy bears watching. Also, we can get to him if we can play our game on offense and we can unnerve him potentially since he is a rookie. 2.) Adam Wainwright - Another pitcher who bears watching. While his stats aren't quite as impressive as Wacha's, but his numbers still worry me. He's 2-1 in the playoffs with a 1.57 ERA, 20 strikeouts, 1 walk, and a .207 BAA in 23 innings pitched according to the Cardinal's official site. Yeah, that's still pretty impressive. This guy's a seasoned veteran, so there is less chance of us getting to him like with Wacha. Again, with the Red Sox struggles against the Tigers, his numbers concern me.
3.) Carlos Beltran - His number's won't jump out at you, but he's a tough out to get. He has 8 walks and only 4 strikeouts in 39 postseason at bats according to the Cardinal's website. He also has 10 hits, 2 home runs and 12 RBIs with a .256/.383/.583/.921 line in the postseason according to the Cardinals website, so he is someone who could hurt us offensively. He is another veteran who won't let pressure get to him.
I highlighted 2 pitchers because that's where the Cardinals could really hurt us, with the way the Tigers series went, but with patience and discipline, we can get to them and win it all. My prediction? Sox in 5. Thoughts? Let me know on Twitter (@ConorJF1016) or leave a comment.
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Norway’s giant sovereign wealth fund benefited from falling bond yields in the second quarter of 2019, but now holds more than NOK600bn (€60bn) in fixed income assets with a negative real yield.
In its second quarter report, Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), which manages the Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG), revealed it made more on bonds than equities between April and June, with fixed-income investments returning 3.1%, while equities generated a return of 3%.
The oil fund’s manager reported a positive overall return on investments of 3% in the second quarter, or NOK256bn – 0.2 percentage points below the benchmark – and said that equities had delivered a positive return despite volatile market conditions.
Trond Grande, deputy chief executive of NBIM, said: “We had a positive return on our fixed-income investments thanks to falling yields.
“We now have more than NOK600bn in bonds with negative yields. That is equivalent to a quarter of our fixed-income portfolio, and in line with the markets.”
Grande added: “Uncertainty about global trade and economic growth dampened returns early on, but markets rallied towards the end of the period, driven partly by the prospect of more expansionary monetary policy in developed markets.”
The Norwegian krone continued to rally on foreign exchanges in the reporting period, extending its gains in the first three months of the year. This hit the value of the GPFG by NOK38bn, according to NBIM data. Inflows into the fund amounted to NOK6bn in the second quarter.
The fund’s equities allocation continued to increase, rising to 69.3% of investments from 69.2% on 31 March, and up from 66.3% at the end of 2018.
Meanwhile, the fixed-income allocation was unchanged from March at 28% and unlisted real estate contracted to 2.7% of the fund, from 2.8% three months earlier and from 3% at the end of 2018.
The GPFG held NOK9.4trn in assets as of 21 August, according to its website.
‘It’s becoming harder to mitigate against negative yields’
In a client commentary published last week, Chris Iggo, CIO for fixed income at AXA Investment Managers, warned that the strong returns from fixed income so far this year would be “much harder to sustain” in the coming months.
Investors faced “unprecedented conditions” in the asset class, Iggo said, with “more than 40%” of European investment grade corporate bonds, and 60% of European sovereign bonds, trading with a negative yield, including the entirety of the German Bund yield curve.
“For bond investors it is becoming harder to mitigate against the impact of lower yields on portfolio decisions,” he added. “It might not be the time to take more credit risk, yet there is incrementally less reward for extending out along the yield curve.”
He added: “We should be worried about lower and lower bond yields because they are sending very negative signals about the economic outlook, but they may cause some (as yet not fully understood) tensions in the financial system with structural implications.”
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This tool version is unpublished and cannot be run. If you would like to have this version staged, you can put a request through HUB Support.
NanoGromacs is an interface for performing molecular dynamics (MD) simulations using Gromacs. Users can perform protein simulations by uploading their own structure file or running the 4 examples provided, and setting the run-time parameters. Snapshots of coordinates generated by the simulation can be visualized on nanoHUB.org, and corresponding structure files can be downloaded and visualized locally, for example, with PyMOL. Several of the analysis programs from Gromacs are also provided.
Biophysics & Computational Biology Group
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Cite this work
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Your answer sounds good to me!
Unless GH walked onto the plane carrying a guitar.
Then, given twelve free hours to fill,
he would probably do some "acoustic-composing."
So it looks like we will get the contest's prizes in February 2005, huh?
Take care, and if you carry-over any US holidays (from living here)
....have a great Thankgiving Day on Thursday.
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Monday, June 16, 2014
FIR Presents Inside PR 375: During a crisis, don’t leave your customers in the dark
On today’s show, it’s Joe and me. Gini will be back in a couple of weeks. And throughout the summer, we’ll be having a few more two-handers when one of us is away – but we’ll keep recording!
And we remark on how the two companies took different approaches when it came to communicating their situations to customers.
Feedly posted notifications on its Twitter feed and blog but nothing on Facebook.
Evernote updated its Twitter feed and used the same content on Facebook. But the company did not post on either of its two blogs.
Here are a few suggestions for communicating during a crisis that came out of our conversation:
- Use your owned property – your blog or newsroom – to break the news and continue sharing regular updates there.
- When posting updates on Twitter, link back to your blog to add details and context to the situation.
- Personalize your message. Record a video or short series of videos to let people know what happened and the steps you’re taking to fix it.
- By all means post on Facebook, but if you’re not buying ads, know that not as many people will see your news as on other sources.
- Take a page from MSM and be consistent with your communications. Let people know when they’ll hear back from you. That way people will know you’re on top of things and more news will follow.
In the second part of the show, I offer my take on the 2014 IABC World Conference that was taking place in Toronto. One highlight was a talk by Leslie Quinton on the human side of crisis communications and how important it is to always remember your moral compass; that is, continue to ask yourself if what you’re doing is the right thing to do.
I also caught up with Shel Holtz who, if you haven’t seen him speak, is always a sharp, insightful and engaging presenter. He talked about visual storytelling and presented a strong case for why all communicators should move in that direction.
If you haven’t been to an IABC World Conference, it’s worth looking into because it offers you an opportunity to meet and learn from communicators around the globe. Next year’s conference is in San Francisco, June 14 to 17, 2015.
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FIR presents Inside PR is brought to you with Lawrence Ragan Communications, serving communicators worldwide for 35 years.
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Norton Commando Fastback
Model Commando Fastback made by Norton got 1 recall. There was one recall concerning service brakes, hydraulic .
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|Notes||Norton campaign no n/a.drive pegs in rear brake drum may wor k loose, due toincorrect brazing of pegs.continued use withloose pegs can causeconsiderable damage to vehicle.(correc t by re-brazing pegs.)|
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The UH Energy program, through a coalition led by the University of Houston's College of Technology, has received a $2.5 million stimulus award from the Department of Energy to develop a smart grid workforce training program to prepare the next generation of workers in the electric power industry.
The DOE award was awarded to the Smart Grid Energy Training Coalition, which includes UH, CenterPoint Energy, San Jacinto College, the Power Technology Institute, SkillsNET and the Texas Business and Education Coalition. The grant will be used to assess the workforce needs and develop training programs for the replacement of employees lost through attrition, augmentation of skills for existing employees and skill development for new employees.
"This grant is a tremendous achievement for UH and the coalition, which is dedicated to developing a regional and national skill center that will be the focus of hands-on training for electric power sector employees," said Raymond E. Cline Jr., a research professor in UH's College of Technology and program manager for the project. "The Houston region is engaged in significant build-outs of smart meter and intelligent grid systems that require attention to workforce training issues."
The training programs to be developed will focus on activities that support electricians, line workers, technicians, system operators, power system engineers, cyber security specialists and transmission planners. A "Power Training Campus" will be established within UH's new Energy Research Center to support the hands-on training programs.
"We are very pleased the coalition has received this DOE award for smart grid workforce training program development," said Kenny Mercado, senior vice president of CenterPoint Energy's smart grid deployment. "These funds will help provide training programs that are a part of our efforts to deliver more quickly the benefits of smart meters and the intelligent grid to Houston-area electric consumers."
With its existing programs in electric power engineering technology, network centric technology, cyber security and program/project management, UH's College of Technology is uniquely qualified to develop these training programs for the electric power sector.
CenterPoint Energy is implementing a smart grid within the Houston region and is a driving force in the achievement of a national clean-energy smart grid. San Jacinto College provides a broad range of both remedial and augmentation skill development to a targeted workforce.
The Power Technology Institute is recognized within the power industry as providing some of the best and largest technology-based programs and graduates in the country. SkillsNET brings a strong set of capabilities and experience to rapidly assess industry needs and define work requirements. The Texas Business and Education Coalition was established by Texas business leaders to engage educators in a long-term effort to improve public education in Texas.
"The coalition will integrate secondary STEM/CTE courses, post secondary Skill Certificates, industry job requirements, and regional labor market demand into a seamless talent pipeline management system designed to prepare students and workers for future career opportunities," said Michael Brown, SkillsNET founder and CEO. "The coalition is determined to design the gold standard for this important process."
In all, the DOE awarded nearly $100 million for 54 smart grid workforce training programs across the country. Programs developed through these grants will train approximately 30,000 workers who will help modernize the nation's electrical grid and implement smart grid technologies.
The DOE funding is part of more than $4 billion in Recovery Act funding allocated for smart grid deployment and demonstration projects nationally. The Smart Grid Energy Coalition's grant was the largest awarded in Texas.
The Smart Grid Energy Training Coalition will execute agreements that provide credit transfer across technical, associates, and baccalaureate programs. A general articulation agreement exists between UH and San Jacinto College, and UH will extend articulation agreements to other technical and community colleges as the Coalition's membership grows.
The coalition is scheduled to begin working on developing the training programs on July 1 and it will center its hands-on training within UH's Energy Research Center.
UH recently acquired a 69‐acre business park, which is now the Energy Research Center. To move forward toward its strategic principles, UH is building energy research and training clusters, which will combine private sector, university, and community college teaching and training alongside teams of nationally renowned scientists, promising junior faculty, top graduate students and core research facilities.
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Are you of legal drinking age in your province or state of residence?YESNO
Fort Langley Beer & Food Festival
May 19 / 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Drink Craft Beer. Eat Local Food. Celebrate History.
Join us on Saturday May 19 from 12pm – 6pm to enjoy the best of what the Fraser Valley has to offer! Over 20 breweries and 20 food vendors to keep you hydrated and satisfied all day long and live music to keep the energy up!
For more information: https://www.fortlangley.beer/
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Posted by Erik Soerensen on April 28, 2000
I have two questions.
1) I know this quotation from "Thus Spoke Zarathustra", but I fail to find it in the book. Do you know the page?
It goes something like this:
"To give birth to a dancing star One must have chaos"
2) The second quotation is from one of Baudelaire's works, but which and on what page? I only have it in French:
"La poésie n'a pas d'autres but qu'elle même".
Thanks a lot for your help.
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Barton Creek Greenbelt
Barton Creek Greenbelt during a light dusting of snow, February 23, 2010
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- 4 guest reviews
"Very welcoming hosts, well presented accommodation, super comfortable bed and a huge breakfast...."
"Excellent b&b in every respect. Nothing is too much for the genial and attentive hosts...."
"Just had a 2 day stay at the Sorbietrees B&B and the reviews they have received are fully justified and you will not be disappointed. Very e..."
"Very comfortable and quiet location . Ideal for walkers and weekenders. Lovely friendly hosts. Great breakfast . Home from home...."
About the hotel
At Sorbietrees you will find a warm welcome in a large Georgian farmhouse set in a beautiful location in the Liddesdale Valley with outstanding views of the surrounding countryside. We have spacious comfortable rooms some en-suite and some with private facilities. Due to the layout of house and rooms we have flexibility to suite the different needs and numbers of our guests.
Some of our rooms lend themselves to be let together for larger families or parties at a discounted rate. Please contact us before booking if you would like to discuss the best options for your particular party.
- Family friendly
- Cots available , Children's Facilities - Indoor , Pets Allowed
- Parking (charges may apply)
- Car parking available onsite
- Wi-Fi Available , Wi-Fi Available In Public Areas , Wi-Fi Available In Rooms
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- Video/DVD Player , TV , Radio
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100% would recommend it to a friend
Very welcoming hosts, well presented accommodation, super comfortable bed and a huge breakfast.
Jewel in Scottish Borders
Excellent b&b in every respect.
Nothing is too much for the genial and attentive hosts.
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Yesterday, the Pirate Bay went down following pressure from the RIAA, which threatened to slap TPB's hosting provider with huge fines.
We predicted The Pirate Bay's downfall ages ago, but it still hasn't happened. Things have been looking grim for the file-sharing service for a while. First, there was the lawsuit from the entertainment industry that left the Pirate Bay's team scattered and struggling to stay the course it charted for itself. Then the news that the entire service was to be sold (the sale never happened) to a Swedish Gaming Company seemed to have scattered the Pirate Bay's fans, too.
All these storms have come and gone and the service still stands, seemingly more resilient than ever.
The Pirate Bay has switched hosts and is online again. This time the site is hosted by the Swedish Pirate Party. “We got tired of Hollywood’s cat and mouse game with the Pirate Bay so we decided to offer the site bandwidth. It is time to take the bull by the horns and stand up for what we believe is a legitimate activity,” said the Pirate Party's Rick Falkvinge in a statement.
TPB itself was, as usual, in the mood for mocking the RIAA. Here's the entire text of today's message from The Pirate Bay's blog:
"PLZ LEARN: TPB CANT BE SHUT DOWN
AS U MITE HAS READ OR NOTICD, PEEPS ONCE AGAIN R TRYIN 2 SHUT US DOWN. DIS WILL NOT SUCCED, LOL. OURS RLY NICE WEBHOST WUZ THREATEND WIF RLY HUGE FINE, SO WE DECIDD 2 MOOV TEH SIET SO DAT THEY DIDNT GOT INTO TROUBLE, LOL. TEH DECISHUN 2 MOOV WUZ TAKEN BY US, TEH PIRATE BAY, LOL.
TEH PIRATE BAY IZ AN UNSINKABLE SHIP. IT WILL SAIL TEH INTERWEBS 4 AS LONG AS WE WANTS IT 2. REMEMBR DAT, K THX.
TPB, ONLY IN IT 4 TEH LULZ SINCE 2003"
We'll leave it up to you to decipher the hidden message.
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Good Mood, Milan Ready to Face New Season
Milan – AC Milan defender Daniele Bonera, said that his team wants to make up for poor performance last season by performing better this season. Bonera also mention, the mood of the players Milan are good-good.
Milan reflected poor performance record they achieved in Serie A. Of the 38 games, Milan have won 16, drawn 9 and lost 13 times. Poor performance is also what makes Massimiliano Allegri dismissed in January.
Clarence Seedorf as the arrival of new architects also did little to change the situation. Seedorf also eventually dismissed after the season ends. Now, Milan is handled by other former players, Filippo Inzaghi.
“We should be able to perform without making some mistakes, but we are in the right track,” said Bonera told Milan Channel.
“We have to work hard and improve the back line and the front line. Mood we‘re good-good, now we need to assure themselves that we are ready for the first game in the league,” continued the 33-year-old defender.
Although not spend a lot of money, Milan is quite diligent in the summer transfer market. After mempermanenkan status Adil Rami, Milan bring Alex, Jeremy Menez, Michael Agazzi, Diego Lopez, to Pablo Armero. Some come with the status of the loan, some come for free.
According Bonera, Milan is now finalizing themselves in practice sessions, where they begin to learn to build an attack from the rear.
“We have a clear idea of how we will play. We will launch an attack from behind, and we‘ve grown a lot in sharing the ball.”
“I think we still need some time., But, in the next two weeks we will work hard to be ready to face Lazio,” said Bonera.
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Internet, Networking, & Security Web Development Tips on How to Install Apache on Linux The process isn't as hard as you think Share Pin Email Print Conan (CC BY 3.0) Wikimedia Commons Web Development CSS & HTML Web Design SQL By Jennifer Kyrnin Freelance Contributor Jennifer Kyrnin is a professional web developer who assists others in learning web design, HTML, CSS, and XML. our editorial process LinkedIn Jennifer Kyrnin Updated August 12, 2019 So you have a website, but now you need a platform to host it on. You could use one of the many website-hosting providers out there, or you could try to host your website yourself with your own web server. Since Apache is free, it's one of the most popular web servers to install. It also has several features that make it useful for many different types of websites. So, what is Apache? In a nutshell, it is a server used for everything from personal web pages to enterprise-level sites. It is as versatile as it is popular. You will be able to get the facts on how to install Apache on a Linux system with this article's overview. Before you begin, however, you should at least be comfortable working in Linux - including being able to change directories, using tar and gunzip and compiling with make (we'll discuss where to get binaries if you don't want to try compiling your own). You should also have access to the root account on the server machine. Again, if this confuses you, you can always turn to a commodity hosting provider instead of doing it yourself. Download Apache It's best to download the latest stable release of Apache as you begin. The best place to get Apache is from the Apache HTTP Server download site. Download the source files appropriate to your system. Binary releases for some operating systems are available from this site as well. Extract the Apache Files Once you've downloaded the files you will need to uncompress them: This creates a new directory under the current directory with the source files. Configuring Your Server for Apache Once you have the files available, you need to instruct your machine where to find everything by configuring the source files. The easiest way to do this is to accept all the defaults and just type: Of course, most people don't want to accept just the default choices that are presented to them. The most important option is the option. This specifies the directory where the will be installed. You can also set specific environment variables and modules. Some of the you might like to have installed include: mod_alias - to map different parts of the URL treemod_include - to parse Server Side Includesmod_mime - to associate file extensions with its MIME-typemod_rewrite - to rewrite URLs on the flymod_speling (sic) - to help your readers who might misspell URLsmod_ssl - to allow for strong cryptography using SSLmod_userdir - to allow system users to have their own web page directories Please keep in mind that these aren't all the modules you might install on a given system - the particular project will depend on what you install, but this above list is a good starting point. Read more about the details about the modules to determine which ones you need. Build Apache As with any source installation, you'll then need to build the installation: Customize Apache Assuming that there were no problems with your install and build, you are ready to customize your Apache configuration. This really just amounts to editing the httpd.conf file. This file is located in the PREFIX/conf directory. We generally edit it with text editor. You'll need to be root to edit this file. Follow the instructions in this file to edit your configuration the way you want it. More help is available on the Apache website. You can always turn to that site for additional information and resources. Test Your Apache Server Open a web browser on the same machine and type in the address box. You should see a page similar to the one in the partial screenshot above (the image that accompanies this article). It will say in big letters This is good news, as it means your is installed correctly. Start Editing/Uploading Pages to Your Newly Installed Apache Web Server Once your server is up and running you can start posting pages. Have fun building your website!
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Advertising: Commercial Rhetoric
by John M. Phelan
John M. Phelan, Ph. D., is Founding Director of the McGannon Communication Research Center and Professor of Communications and Media Studies, Fordham University, New York City. He came to Fordham as Chairman of the Communications Department to redesign the curriculum when Marshall McLuhan was Professor of Communications there. He is a media reform activist who works with many public interest groups. Phelan's writings include:
Communication Control (ed.) New York: Sheed & Ward, 1969. Readings on the structures and motives of censorship from psychoanalysis to Chinese thought reform to the First Amendment.
Mediaworld: Programming the Public. A Continuum Book. New York: Seabury, 1977. Essays about the effect of modernization and industrialization on politics, leisure, art and religion through the media.
Disenchantment: Meaning and Morality in the Media. New York; Hastings House, 1980. Essays on censorship, ethinic programming, pornography, popular religious practices, media criticism, effects research, ritual and transmission models of communication.
Commercial Television Campaigns and the Public Interest. New York: McGannon Communication Research, 1991. Monograph on the genesis and ethos of public service campaigns; principles and case studies. This article appeared in The Christian Century, October 22, 1997, pp. 942-946. Copyright by The Christian Century Foundation, used by permission. Current articles and subscription information can be found at www.christiancentury.org. This article was prepared for Religion Online by Harry W. and Grace C. Adams.
"Advertising." Entry for Dictionary of Theology and Society. Eds. Paul A.B. Clarke and Andrew Linzey. London: Routledge, 1995. Essay on the moral and ethical implications of commercial rhetoric and their adaptations for political, religious, public order and public service purposes.
Advertising is a social institution that produces advertisements within a political economy of technical specialization and bureaucratic organization.
An advertisement is any public form of announcement about any entity, usually but not exclusively a commodity, aimed to promote the acceptance or purchase or at least a toleration of, if not a preference for, the entity.
The advertising agency is the advanced technological means of soliciting, creating, and placing advertisements as well as, frequently, of measuring their effects. The advertiser is the client of the agency and pays the bills. Usually a corporate seller of commodities, the advertiser can also be a political party, a government, a public utility, a religion, a social movement, a charity. Any entity, in other words, which chooses some medium of the public forum to reach large numbers of the public with a message and is willing and able to pay to do so.
The advertising agency began in the nineteenth century with the advertising agent, usually just a middleman between an advertiser and a medium, most usually the newly mass produced large circulation newspaper. The agent bought up a large quantity of newspaper space in blocks and then sold those blocks in pieces to various advertisers at a mark-up. In time, the agent expanded his services to include composition of the advertising copy and eye-catching art work. The modern agency retains this distinction in the account executive as opposed to the creative director. With the addition of more and more services, including research of public wants, needs, fears and hopes as well as follow-up studies of advertising effects on sales, votes, or simple acceptance, the more general term marketing has grown in use to signify all the varied parts of an orchestrated campaign to "move" any entity, from soap to Senators, into a market. Advertising in this context is narrowly construed as that part of marketing which creates and places announcements of whatever complexity in whatever mass medium. Marketing goes further not only in services to clients but also in use of more varied media as well, such as direct mail and telephone calls. A further distinction is often accorded marketing as a quasi-science of analysing what a given market (i.e., regional or income group or other demographic slice of the general public) can be persuaded to buy, accept or prefer, whereas advertising merely follows an advertisers’ need to push an already accomplished product, idea, or program on a given public.
In practice, however, the distinction between marketing and advertising is without much difference since most advertising, except for the basic price-availability announcement, is done within the context of marketing and most often through the same agencies, which are still called advertising agencies. The lis de verbis can verge on the self-serving and spurious when it is claimed that advertising serves producers while marketing serves consumers, on the disingenuous grounds that marketing gives people what they already want. Marketing is only used to move objects which people need to be persuasively told they need or want, usually at a price. There is no marketing of fresh air unless it comes with a mountain resort or sea cruise.
The confusion is averted if one defines advertising as the multimedia language that marketing speaks, thus making it an integral yet rationally separable part of the industrialization of persuasion.
The vast bulk of advertisements are simply price and availability announcements about basic commodities. A much smaller but culturally significant portion of advertisements promote political parties, candidates for office, public policy positions, favorable acceptance of various industries, unions, or other entities, particularly if they are unpopular for some reason. A fraction, but a most visible fraction, of all types of advertisements compete for attention by adding emotional appeal and differentiating information in an attractive form — anything from the color red to a full-scale musical comedy television minute. The announcements become elaborate and go far beyond information about the entity. In a context of low demand, high competition, or actual public antagonism, advertising agents may seek to exploit psychological needs that may be only factitiously joined to the entity by the advertisement itself. Excesses in this direction have led advertising to be called the art form of bad faith.
As in much else, the social issues raised by advertising are not based on the number of advertisements placed, but on the cultural and social impact of the influential visible advertisements in advanced media that go far beyond the mere announcement of price and availability of commodities. Ponderantur, non numerantur.
The social and moral issues raised by the great majority of advertisements are for the most part no different than the standard issues raised by buying and selling (honesty and reliability) or any other form of human intercourse (obligations of truth and faithfulness, compassion, respect for the integrity of individual rights, and so forth.) Bargaining and barter were and are known in all the cultures that have developed moral and religious traditions, most of which have well-known maxims and principles that deal with the vast spectrum of social and moral issues, from fair weight to marriage contracts, bred in the marketplace.
An example of one of these common moral problems found in advertising but not by any means restricted to it or newly created by the modern industrialization of persuasion is the obligation of the speaker to be sincere. Sophists in ancient Greece were condemned by some because they sold their eloquence to the highest bidder. Do the copywriters or art directors for a conservative politician have themselves to be politically conservative? Whatever the answer to this moral question, if it deserves one, it need not spring from special inside knowledge about advertising. Advertisers may lie about the reliability, or true price, or utility of their commodities. These are serious moral and social issues, but not particularly confined to, nor made special by, the context of advertising. People may commit adultery in the back seats of automobiles. This does not raise a special question of automotive ethics.
The issues raised by the abuse of advertisements are real, even urgent, but they are issues long with us and long understood. In other words, clear moral wrong is done in situations where the common moral expectations of obligations met and crimes avoided are not fulfilled. But the language spoken by modern marketing, the institution of advertising, may cause social ills unforeseen or unplanned, perhaps even unapprehended, when it works as common expectations suppose.
The institution of advertising, in other words, is something different from the mere sum of all advertisements. It has evolved into a complex structure of its own, intimately interlaced with other institutions of great antiquity, from churches to governments, and in some measure has actually altered these greater, but dependent, institutions. Advertising has grown into the predominant industrial process of communicating with a public in order to obtain its cooperation with or, at very least, its passive acceptance of, whatever the advertiser wants. Advertising is the technological management of modern media in the service of the advertiser. It has evolved methods for effective persuasion that put it at the heart of modern propaganda.
Modern advertising is not unlike total high-tech nuclear warfare. Both carry on hoary practices from the dim past but each has so industrialized the process with advanced technologies that the fundamental activity is transmuted into something new that raises questions beyond standard discussions of right and wrong on battlefields or in the marketplace. One might say that just as nuclear war has made of the whole planet a potential battlefield, thus raising new questions about war itself, so, too, has modern advertising made of the whole planet an actual constant marketplace, thus provoking radical changes in the practice and theory of human intercourse.
In the largest single market, the United States, explicit advertising constitutes sixty percent of newspaper copy, fifty-two percent of magazine pages, eighteen percent of radio time and an average of twenty-seven percent of television time. More importantly, most influential media are dependent on advertising income. They therefore reinforce, in non-advertising copy or time, the subtexts of conformity, narrow immediate gratifications, and non-critical acceptance of established institutions. This is called offering a supportive environment for advertising, which the advertisers have come to expect. Advertisers don’t like to waste money on people who cannot afford their products or who do not vote and thus do not support media that might aim at the politically or economically disenfranchised. This force has narrowed the spectrum of aesthetic and political diversity as effectively as outright authoritarian censorship.
Advertising is the principal employer of writers, musicians, composers, artists, and actors. The effect of this is to subordinate the independent vision of the artist to the social interests of his current or likely future employers. Looking back through history it is obvious that great art has outlasted its patrons’ immediate self-interests, but the themes of the art clearly reflect the world views of the patrons, be they Italian Popes, Dutch businessmen, English dukes or the French bourgeoisie.
There is no denying that some of the most clever, brilliant, witty, even awesome, art is directly connected with advertising. There is also no denying that much art would not exist if there were no advertising. But the avowedly persuasive marketing context distorts the styles and and narrows the range of the admitted cornucopia.
While it is true that advertiser-supported news and opinion media, such as the The New Yorker magazine in America and Great Britain’s Guardian or Independent, may be of higher quality than reader-supported tabloids like the American National Enquirer of British Mirror, the former generally share the same viewpoint and values while the latter have a much greater range and scope from admitted trash to scholarly quarterlies and alternative journals of opinion like Granta or Grand Street. Despite the range, readers (or viewers) who support their own media are few in number and this limits the resources of any communications outside of advertising or state sponsorship.
Advertising, as noted, has made an art of hyperbole and its overwhelming presence has desensitized people to measured statements. It thus inflates public discourse and creates expectation of, and resignation to, exaggeration, misdirection, prevarication, even outright contradiction. Loud and insistent advertising for state lotteries trumpet "You’ve got to be in it to win it!" with bells and whistles, while a lightning whisper, "Bet with your head, not over it," follows as a disclaimer and sop to moral objections. Virtually invisible fine print, in other words, has come to television and radio. The circus barker sets the tone for public debate.
Advertising is the capital pump that fuels global media. No broadcasting system in the world is without advertising. It is obvious in the total or mixed market systems that now characterize most of the world; it is less obvious but just as pervasive in mixed market systems such as China or Bulgaria or Zaire, where the state is the principal advertiser. Advertising agencies are increasingly international organizations with specialists who study local cultures for the appropriate "hook" or "angle" that will be effective and inoffensive. The collapse of central planning in the East had its own internal dynamics, but the long reach of advertised and advertising Western music, film, television, fashion - the sacraments of consumerism — played an acknowledged role in making centrally planned economies appear unbearably shoddy and barren. The force of Western advertising in Russia, where basic necessities are scarce and expensive, is breathtaking in its ability to get people to spend a month’s salary in an hour on designer jeans or cosmetics.
The Third World, incorrigibly plural as it is, is as one in being affected by advertising’s seductive pictures of the good life through consumption. Thus, elites squander scarce resources on Western luxury items and others scramble to migrate to a better life. This is not to deny the original sin of the powerful pampering themselves nor the substantive rationality of seeking escape from poverty, disease and political instability; it is to underscore the enormous power of Western mass culture, the seamless garment of advertising, to legitimate material success as identical with human worth.
This power can override previous powerful allegiances. During the Falklands War, the fiercely anti-British Argentinian populace were flocking to the current James Bond film in Buenos Aires. Bond films, a media pioneer in successful international marketing, are of course a much parodied vehicle for outrageous excess in brand name luxury. Whether one is amused or awed by the spectacularly supplied superspy, one humbly emulates his love for and dependence on gadgets. The Anglo-American political freight of effortless superiority in both morals and money that this glitzy comic strip carries is of course the subtext of all mainstream advertising.
The traditional defense of advertising agencies for their work is that it is a needed service for what has become a confusing and impersonal market. The village greengrocer or pharmacist has disappeared and one has only ads and packaging and trademarked franchised services to guide one. A growth in candor or a decay of shame may account for the latest industrial apologetic: advertising serves the public and its clients because it adds value to a product by altering purchasers’ perception of its value! A car, drug, home, appliance is only as good or bad as you can be made to think it is.
This may account for the ho-hum reaction of electorates to the revelation of corruption and deceit in candidates successfully marketed for high office.
There is no doubt that advertising, as a special industrialized language of persuasion aimed at researched psychological vulnerabilities of a mass audience, cut off from traditional trusted sources of advice, is successful. No greater mark of its achievement is the rush of good causes, like Amnesty International and many others, to utilize its methods and outlets.
Can such means corrupt such ends?
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Mid-Term Clinical Outcome of Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting with Valvulotomized Vein Grafts
Background: The lower patency rate of vein grafts (VG) in comparison to arterial grafts may be related to vein valves, which favor turbulences and thrombosis that lead to graft failure. The aim of this study was to determine the outcome of patients with valvulotomized VG after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) procedure.
Methods: From 2007 to 2014, 233 patients with a mean age of 67 ± 9 years had CABG or combined CABG and valve procedures. Valvulotomized saphenous VG and arterial grafts were used. Clinical follow-up and outcome were evaluated after 6.3 ± 2 years. The graft patency was rated with multislice computed tomography in 57 patients and coronary angiography in 29 patients 3.1 ± 2 years postoperatively.
Results: Overall, 168 patients had segregated CABG surgery, and 65 patients received additional procedures, with mean 2.7 ± 1 arterial and 1.5 ± 0.7 venous anastomoses. The 30-day-mortality in isolated CABG patients was 2%. Survival at five years was 80%. Major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events (MACCE) free rate at five years was 80%. At the last follow up (mean 6.3 years), 94% of the patients were in Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS) class 0. The quote of patent valvulotomized VG was 96.1% compared to a patency rate of 96.7% for the arterial grafts in the subgroup undergoing angiography or computed tomography of the heart.
Conclusion: Our data demonstrate good mid-term results of graft patency, and comparable clinical results in patients undergoing CABG with valvulotomized VG. A longer follow-up period and a higher number of bypass graft imaging examinations are necessary to affirm our results.
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Once more, the longstanding biennial EMBL meeting on Chromatin and Epigenetics in Heidelberg (Germany) draw together an exciting crowd of presenters and listeners, discussing latest finding in the field.
The talks covered (but were not restricted to) topics such as the inheritance of epigenetic marks during cell replication and development, chromatin dynamics and signaling (e.g. transcription factor binding dynamics, targeting and loading of histones), the regulation of imprinting and new upcoming technologies in the field.
As a highlight, the longstanding question of how histone marks are re-established after replication was addressed with several excellent talks and posters showing that different histone marks have different kinetics. Acetylation marks are very quickly established, while re-establishment of trimethylation, on the other hand, is very slow.
3D chromatin structures were the hottest topic of the meeting with chromatin–chromatin interactions (promoter–promoter or promoter–enhancer) being discussed by many. The Furlong lab (among others) showed that chromatin interactions seem to prime transcription during development but are not necessarily instructive. Other talks demonstrated that structural changes in topologically associating domains (TADs) alter promoter–enhancer interaction and subsequently gene expression. Especially hot in the field is modeling of chromatin 3D structures and new technology development.
With such a high caliber of talks it was difficult to select just a few to cover, but here are my top picks from the meeting:
Genome regulation during embryonic development
Eileen Furlong, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
Using Bits-4c-seq (developed by the group of Wooster de Laat) the Furlong Lab set out to investigate chromatin interactions during development, both before and during cell fate decision. Surprisingly, they found that only ~6% of interactions were dynamic and most of those reflecting enhancer to promoter proximity (30%) were not actually correlated with changes in gene expression. Further investigation showed that most of these promoters had poised marks and were associated with Pol2 pausing.
Novel, ligation-free method for identifying chromatin interactions genome-wide
Ana Pombo, Max-Delbrück-Centre for Molecular Medicine, Germany
Wouldn’t it be great to look at both chromatin–chromatin contacts and their position within the nucleus at the same time? How about not only looking at pairwise interaction but multiple interactions? Over the last 10 years Ana Pombo’s group has developed a technique utilizing micro cryosections of the nucleus of single cells. They found that regions with single contacts are located closer to the periphery whereas those with multiple contacts were located further away. Additionally, multiple contacts were typically between active regions and contained super-enhancers.
Toward physical principles of chromatin (re)organization
Leonid Mirny, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Leonid Mirny and his group have used Hi-C data to propose a biophysical model of loop extrusion to explain 3D chromatin folding. The loops are predicted to form consecutively and cover a significant amount of the genome (50–70% in metaphase chromosomes). The extrusions are (possibly) performed by Structural Maintenance of Chromosomes proteins (SMC) complexes, which slide freely within TADs but are stopped at the boundaries. It impresses by its simplicity – only two major parameters are required: the average loop length (80–120kb) and ‘processivity’. The model can reproduce features of TAD organization as well as the segregation of sister chromatids during mitosis.
Disruptions of topological chromatin domains cause pathogenic rewiring of gene-enhancer interactions
Darío G. Lupiáñez, MPI for Molecular Genetics, Germany
Not many studies have been able to explain the functionality of TAD organization, so this study of the extended WNT6/IHH/EPHA4/PAX3 locus required for limb development might well be considered a pioneer. Using a mouse model created with adapted CRISPR technology, Darío shows that mutations of the locus result in structural changes, which create ectopic interactions between promoters and non-coding DNA of adjacent TADs. A cluster of limb enhancers normally associated with Epa4 is misplaced relative to TAD boundaries, causing it to interact with Wnt6 and driving ectopic limb expression of Ihh or Pax.
Systematic characterization of the KRAB zinc finger proteins family using high-resolution ChIP-Seq
Michael Imbeault, EPFL, Switzerland
KRAB proteins make up about half of all zinc finger proteins, which in turn make up about half of all known transcription factors. Using high resolution ChIP-exo Michael presented a first large-scale characterization of these proteins revealing significant species specificity and preferences for LTR binding. Interestingly the binding of LTR promoter elements by KRAB proteins appears (for certain elements) to correlate with the evolutionary age of the repeat, being stronger for older and weaker for newer elements.
Common threads: epigenetics, metabolism and the clock
Paolo Sassone-Corsi University of California Irvine, USA
Environmental influences have been long associated with epigenetic mechanisms. Paolo Sassone-Corsi presented how the deacetylaes SIRT1 and SIRT, as well as MLL1 in its role as a H3K4 methyltransferase are instructive for our circadian clock. The key component is circulating NAD+, which through its strong connection to energy metabolism demonstrates not only the importance of light influence but also feeding behavior on to the circadian clock.
Ever wondered why airlines serve food at time fixed to the local time at destination? Now you know!
This summary just shows a selection of some of the many exquisite talks. The conference contained a wonderful selection of talks and poster sessions, which were matched by flawless organization and rounded up by an impressive banquet/party on Saturday night.
** Thanks to Angelika Merkel at the Genome Sequencing Center (CNAG) in Barcelona, Spain
for providing this coverage.
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A week ago, I attended a homeschool mom's retreat in the North Carolina mountains. It was beautiful! That sounds a bit lazy for a writer, doesn't it? I'll try again...The scenery was awe-inspiring and magnificent. The feeling of peace and contentment surrounding me filled my weary soul.
I was blessed to get away with a good friend and to hear the wonderful Heidi St. John who you might know as The Busy Mom. Check out her website. Follow her on social media. Download her podcasts. You won't be disappointed.
I've heard Heidi speak before and I've followed her online for a few years, but this time more than ever she was so incredibly encouraging. That didn't only relate to us as homeschool moms. In fact, she spoke to us more as Christian women than anything else. We have to keep our walk with Christ strong for us to be successful in anything else we do--whether it be homeschooling our children, being a good wife, a productive writer, etc.
She encouraged us TO BE INTENTIONAL. That is so important in this day and age. We are busy people. Look at Heidi's online handle (The Busy Mom). Let me repeat, we are busy people. So more than ever we need to be intentional about the things that are important to us. Do you want to get into God’s Word everyday? Then be intentional. Do you want your children to be in God’s Word everyday? Then be intentional about making that happen. It won’t happen otherwise. We have way too many other things that can slip into our day and before we know it, we’ve missed opportunities to spend with the Lord.
So, now, readers, I want to encourage you to be intentional. One way you can do that is to switch up your morning routine. What do you do first thing in the morning? My kids are getting older. They don’t bother me at first light like they used to. In fact, I think they hope if they are quiet enough I might forget they live here and won’t put on the teacher hat and start school. (Not Happening Kiddoes!)
Now my morning routine usually consists of me grabbing my phone or iPad and checking my calendar, email and other social networks to help me wakeup and get my day started. I’ve made a switch over the last week to open up my Bible app and read several chapters of the Bible instead. I’m using the Olive Tree Bible Study app. The basics of the app are completely free and you can set up a reading plan for yourself. It has really helped me. I’m also taking part in Heidi’s monthly Scripture Writing Plan. Download it and start writing scripture. I do this with fiction when I am trying to prepare myself to write a new story/new genre. It fills my brain with good words. What better words are there than God’s Words? Do it. You’ll be amazed at what a difference it will make in your day.
I hope I’ve been an encouragement to you. Be Intentional Today!
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Have you ever wondered what happens to seeds after you’ve planted them in the ground? Now you can find out with these stop-motion bean pots. They will show you the stages of germination and you will be rewarded with a bean plant ready to put in the garden.
You will need
Potting mix (compost)
Clear plastic pint-sized beaker
Coloured paper napkins
Pole/Runner or green (climbing French) bean seeds (Instead of runner beans you could grow other types of beans—French beans, fava (broad) beans, or borlotti beans. Only climbing beans will need a cane for support)
Small pitcher (jug)
- Place the cardboard tube end down on a double layer of newspaper. Now gather up the newspaper around the tube and secure it with sticky tape. It doesn’t have to be neat but one end of the tube must be sealed.
- Carefully fill the tube with some potting mix (compost), making sure that you firm it down inside the tube as you go (but don’t push it through the paper end!). Place the tube in the plastic beaker and stuff paper napkins in the space between the tube and the sides of the beaker.
- Use your finger to make a hole about 1½ in. (4 cm) deep in the potting mix. Plant a bean seed in the hole, cover it over with more potting mix, and then firm it down. Try not to spill any over the side of the tube.
- Push another bean seed about 1½ in. (4 cm) down the side of the beaker between the beaker and the napkin so that you can see it clearly from the outside.
- With a small pitcher (jug), slowly add water to the tube and beaker so that the potting mix and napkins are both damp.
- After two days, push another bean down the side of the beaker but a little farther along. Keep doing this every two days until you have 6–8 seeds around your pot. Keep the potting mix and napkins damp. Watch the beans begin to germinate one by one and then, as you turn the beaker around, you will be able to see the whole germination process unfold from start to finish.
- When the central bean has grown two large leaves and you are certain that there will be no more frosts, take the whole cardboard tube carefully out of the beaker. Find a warm sunny spot in your yard, dig a hole that is as deep as the tube, and place the tube into it. Fill the hole with soil around the tube and firm it down with your hands. The tube will rot away as the bean grows. Water it well.
- Push a garden cane into the soil beside the bean plant—the plant will twine itself around the cane as it grows, but you might want to help it to start climbing by tying it to the cane. Remember, beans are thirsty plants so keep it well watered.
INSIDE THE SCIENCE
Seeds come in all different shapes and sizes but inside every seed is a tiny plant (called an embryo) and a store of food. The hard outside, called the seed case, protects the embryo and stops it drying out. The seed stays dormant (which means it doesn’t grow) until it has the right amount of water, air, and warmth. Then the seed case splits and the embryo uses the food store to begin growing. A root grows first, then a shoot, and then the first leaves appear. As soon as the plant has green leaves it can begin to make its own food by photosynthesis…
For more experiments to inspire and challenge budding young scientists, check out My Big Book of Science by Susan Akass. To get more great blog posts like this one - direct to your inbox – be sure to sign up to our mailing list here.
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For 100 years at Boeing
they've been making planes to fly.
Thanks to Boeing we found ways to win a war.
Boeing's given wings to visions.
Far-fetched dreams were realized.
And in partnership with NASA rockets soared.
In their fact'ries in Seattle,
Wichita and Charleston,
Boeing's birthed their birds with engineering pride.
Air Bus and McDonnell Douglas
can't compete with Boeing's class,
though for decades (Heaven knows) those two have tried.
Orv and Wilbur couldn't fathom
how Bill Boeing would take-off.
He took flight in ways that caught the world by storm.
And the planes that Boeing gave us,
though a novelty at first,
have become (for lack of better terms) the norm.
Here's to Boeing and their workers
as they celebrate this year.
What a milestone this is to say the least.
Thanks to Boeing and its partners,
airline travel's safe and sound
as we fly the friendly skies from west to east.
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Teenage Kicks - Yellow Abstract AP
With these artist's proofs Johnman has experimented with the same stencil sets used for his train ticket work on colourful, abstract canvases. The abstract backgrounds are created using the ends of the cans or cans with faulty valves which would otherwise go to waste.
"I'm always amazed how different an image can look when it's painted over a alternative background even when the exact same colour pallette is used to create the artwork.
This small canvas is presented in a tray / floating frame and is ready to hang as pictured. (Note only the one painting is included in the sale).
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Welcome to Clearwater Beach, Florida
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301 South Gulfview Blvd.
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430 South Gulfview Blvd.
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Parker Manor Resort
115 Brightwater Drive
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439 Poinsettia Ave
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Want to go Paddleboarding? Cruise the beach on a beach bike? Catch a fish in the surf or off a dock? In need of baby cribs, jogging strollers, playpens, coolers, skate boards, and many other items, like be...
315 S Gulf View Blvd.
Shop for the best clothing and souvenirs for the beach at Surfstyle.com! Catch and ride a wave! Experience the rush of a crashing wave at our Indoor Surf Machine inside our Surf-Style's Megastore on Clearwater Beachwalk in full view of your family and fri...
Ebb Tide Hotel
621 Bay Esplanade
Nestled in a quiet little nook on Clearwater Beach is the Ebb Tide, a small waterfront resort. The resort adjoins the Intracoastal Waterway and is steps to one of the finest beaches in the world where shelling is great and sunsets are even better. Enjoy t...
Bob Heilmans Beachcomber Restaurant
447 Mandalay Ave
Bob Heilman's Beachcomber. The Beachcomber has been a Clearwater Beach institution since 1948, and it's a great place to take a date for a special meal.
For Lunch or Dinner
Like a good bottle of wine, this experience just seems to get better with age....
Hilton Clearwater Beach
400 Mandalay Ave
Nestled on 10 acres of the sugar-sand Gulf Coast, Hilton Clearwater Beach is equal parts tranquil retreat and adventure haven, truly offering something for everyone. The hotel is fresh from an extensive transformation, making it the perfect year-round des...
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation has joined the blockchain consortium led by startup R3, as financial watchdogs around the world seek to better understand the opportunities and risks of the emerging technology.
The Illinois regulator will collaborate with approximately 80 financial institutions that are members of R3 who are working to develop blockchain-based applications that are secure and scalable enough to run financial industry processes, the regulator and R3 said on Thursday.
While R3’s member base includes the Bank of Canada and the Securities & Futures Commission of Hong Kong, this is the first time a U.S. regulator has joined its fold.
Illinois, with its large Chicago-based exchanges and trading firms, is one of the leading global hubs for derivatives trading.
The Illinois regulator’s secretary Bryan Schneider said blockchain’s “potential to dramatically lower transactional costs, automate manual processes, and reduce opportunities for fraud and risk are truly promising.”
Blockchain, which first emerged as the system underpinning cryptocurrency bitcoin, is a shared record of transactions that is maintained by a network of computers, rather than a centralized authority.
Financial institutions have been ramping up investments in the technology in the hopes that it can help them cut costs and simplify some of their processes, like the clearing and settlement of securities.
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Reporting by Anna Irrera; Editing by Phil Berlowitz
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Jharkhand UID success to be rolled out nationally
Taking dream to reality, Nandan Nilekani headed Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is set to replicate success in Jharkhand to disburse money to people at their doorsteps nationally.
On Tuesday, the UIDAI launched its unique identification or Aadhaar based regime to verify authenticity of a person and a platform to link public entitlements to Aadhaar linked bank accounts.
It would mean that the governments would be able to directly deposit subsidy into the bank accounts of beneficiaries of schemes such as Public Distribution System, old age pension, scholarships and retirement benefits.
Every year the government provide direct and indirect subsidies worth Rs 3,00,000 crore, half of which is direct. "The Aadhaar platform is ready to disburse the funds directly into bank accounts of people," Nilekani said, while clarifying that having an Aadhaar number will not mean "guarantee to an entitlement".
The UIDAI has found that the entire authentication cycle from the point of recording person's biometric to automatic verification took less than 10 seconds even in remote parts of Jharkhand where sometimes the mobile connectivity was poor.
The authority with banks has undertaken a pilot project in five blocks of Jharkhand to enable villagers to receive money from their accounts from banking correspondents at their doorsteps after online authentication of their finger print. "The system worked seamlessly in most occasions," said UIDAI director general RS Sharma.
The authentication success rate was 85% in the first go. It increased to 98% with three attempts to record finger prints. "For them (whose authentication failed), we will have to fall back on other options. We are working on them," Sharma said. The UIDAI found that thumb and fore-finger were best for biometric authentication of Aadhaar.
The success rate was measured on basis of eight proof of concept studies in different states where online verification of Aadhaar after taking finger print was done. About one million authentications per server in an hour were possible, Nilekani said.
Planning Commission deputy chairperson Montek Singh Ahluwalia outlined the government's plan utilise the platform for cash transfer of fuel and food subsidies directly into bank accounts of the beneficiary. At the time of withdrawal of money, the online Aadhaar verification of the beneficiary will be done.
For it, each state will have to set up a resident data hub to synergise its data with Aadhaar number of the beneficiaries. "For instance, the state government will have to seed in Aadhaar number of the beneficiary into its existing data for old age pensioners," Sharma explained, expecting the systems to be rolled out by 2014.
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Urjit Patel’s appointment last year as Governor of the Reserve Bank of India was greeted with some scepticism and surprise. Here was a guy so extremely low profile that he hardly spoke in public. Hardly gave any interviews. Apart from a few people in RBI, nobody seemed to know him.
Tongues started wagging that this was the Narendra Modi government’s way to keep media and financial markets at bay. Appoint a low-profile governor who wouldn’t talk much and feed juicy quotes about the state of the economy and politics. Former Governor Raghuram Rajan may have enjoyed excellent rapport with prime minister Modi but there was no doubt that many ministers and bureaucrats in the administration were rankled by his frequent statements about the economy and the soundness of government policies.
Patel’s image as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s man was strengthened by two unrelated events, coming one after another.
The 25-bps rate cut in the October policy meet and the RBI board’s decision to approve the government’s request to pull out 86% of the currency notes in circulation on November 8. The first decision was praised but critics snickered that the governor is just fulfilling one of the government’s long-standing demands.
The second was heavily criticised and the RBI came in for a lot of flak about the way the decision was implemented. The central bank was also panned for silently giving assent to the demonetisation move without any ‘protest’ or debate.
Critics assumed, wrongly in my view, that the RBI governor and the board should have pushed back against demonetisation and stood up to the Modi government.
As if the central bank can go against the government’s wishes when it is framing a critical national economic policy.
Six months later, it appears that the RBI and Urjit Patel critics have to eat humble pie. The governor and the central bank have shown to be anything but fanboys or ‘yes’ men of the Modi government. The recent decisions of the monetary policy committee on asset quality show a certain ruthlessness, an unwillingness to compromise and a focused approach.
Take monetary policy for instance. In December last year, at the peak of demonetisation-induced chaos, the RBI declined to cut rates. The decision shocked the markets and investors who were expecting a rate cut and possibly a substantial one. The monetary policy committee reasoned that it is better to wait for full and final effects of demonetisation to play out, and the available data actually show a mixed picture of the economy. Not a precipitous decline in growth as many doomsday critics argued.
Two months later in February, the RBI sprung another shock. Against all expectations, the MPC changed the monetary policy stance from accommodative to neutral.
Bombshell. Shock and awe. Not only were rate cut hopes dashed but the decision also meant that future cuts were not a certainty.
As if this was not enough, April provided more examples of RBI’s steely determination to keep the pressure on the bad loan problem.
Firstly, it ordered YES Bank and IndusInd Bank to provide for the bridge loan sanctioned to the Jaypee Group. This was bridge financing to the Delhi-based group till it receives money from UltraTech for the sale of cement plants announced last year. The RBI told the banks that they should provide for the loan as the transaction has not been concluded and the money has not been received.
This is not all. All banks were then ordered to provide for telecom loans even if they are standard. In a stunning and possibly unprecedented development, banks were told to make provisions even if a client is making payments on time.
There is enough uncertainty in the telecom sector, the RBI said, and banks should set aside money.
In 2015, Raghuram Rajan shocked the entire country, financial markets, the government and corporate leaders by ordering banks to undertake massive asset quality reviews (AQR), and provide for dodgy, doubtful quality loans. Something which they were reluctant to do till then. This paved the way for massive losses to public and some private sector banks. Their share prices imploded and market capitalisation shrunk. It was a bloodbath.
Under Rajan, the RBI set the stage for inflation targeting under a monetary policy committee and drastic action to force banks to provide for NPAs. All this was unprecedented in India. Urjit Patel was expected to provide some relief, by cutting rates and easing off on bank provisions on bad loans.
What he has done so far is exactly the opposite. He has not diluted the focus on fighting inflation and nor has he eased off on provisions that banks may have to make on dodgy loans. All this can only be good for India’s fight against inflation and the fight against an easy credit culture.
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With the official end of the U.S. war in Iraq and the return home of thousands of service members, Vanderbilt researchers are working with the Department of Defense to ensure mental health concerns associated with deployments are not overlooked.
Faculty and staff of Vanderbilt School of Medicine are conducting workshops for military health care providers—funded by the U.S. Army Medical Research and Acquisition Activity—with a goal of improving those providers’ communication with service members so any mental health concerns can be identified earlier and subsequent referrals can be made to address those needs.
Susan Douglas Kelley and Leonard Bickman of Vanderbilt Peabody College received a three-year grant to develop a training program for military and civilian health care providers who screen returning service members for deployment-related health problems. They also targeted a specific point of time for the study: during the Post-Deployment Health Reassessment, or PDHRA, which service members complete 90 to 180 days after returning to the U.S.
The first step is a comprehensive questionnaire, typically completed online, followed by a one-on-one interview with a health care provider by phone, videoconference or in person to review the responses and make referrals when warranted.
“It’s such an important time in the deployment cycle to assess mental health needs,” says Kelley, senior research associate, deputy director of Peabody’s Center for Evaluation and Program Improvement, and the study’s co-primary investigator.
“There are so many competing demands when service members first get home. Three to six months later, they’ve had time to experience many issues that are going to come up as they reintegrate into their lives, and they also might be anticipating a next deployment.”
Kelley collaborated with Vanderbilt School of Medicine’s Lynn Webb, who helps Vanderbilt physicians improve communication with patients and staff, to create a workshop that teaches military providers patient-centered communication skills—techniques used to build patient trust and compliance. They have conducted training exercises with providers at three military treatment facilities to teach these skills. The workshops emphasize active discussion and hands-on practice to enhance participant engagement and skill-building.
Webb recognized significant differences between a traditional physician–patient encounter and the PDHRA interview, which is typically 15 minutes or less in length.
“With the average interview so short, relationship-building with the patient becomes even more important. You have to do very specific things in a brief interview to enhance the chance that the soldier will feel comfortable divulging something that he or she probably doesn’t want to divulge in the first place,” says Webb, assistant dean for faculty development and assistant professor of medical education and administration.
Kelley, MS’93, PhD’99, and Bickman are leading the evaluation team conducting research on the feasibility and efficacy of the workshop in enhancing soldier disclosure and compliance with referrals. Results will be reported to U.S. Army Medical Research and Acquisition Activity in the fall of 2012.
This study builds on a previous DoD-funded evaluation of the PDHRA process completed in 2009 by Kelley and Bickman. Bickman is director of Peabody’s Center for Evaluation and Program Improvement, Betts Chair, and professor of psychology and human development, human and organizational development, and psychiatry.
© 2015 Vanderbilt University | Photography: JOE HOWELL | Illustrations: JON KRAUSE/THEISPOT.COM
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This year has been a whirlwind of movies. From the good to the bad, the surprises, and the disappointments, 2015 proved to be another year full of generally satisfying features that excited and helped broaden our imaginations, expand our empathy and our minds. Since I started out as a film critic, I’ve been most proud of my being able to participate in the annual Washington, DC Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA) voting for the best films of the year. This year was difficult as there were plenty of great films to choose from.
Personal favorites, such as Brooklyn, made the list, but it’s Spotlight that took the big prize, winning for Best Film and Best Acting Ensemble. Mad Max: Fury Road nabbed the Best Director award for George Miller and Best Production Design, while Leonardo DiCaprio won for Best Actor for his gritty portrayal in this year’s The Revenant and Saoirse Ronan earned the Best Actress award for her role as Irish immigrant to 1950s United States in Brooklyn.
WAFCA is comprised of approximately 52 radio, broadcast, print, and online film critics from the DC area. Voting took place December 4-6, 2015 and the winners were announced at 8:00 am this morning.
You can see the entire list of winners below!
George Miller (Mad Max: Fury Road)
Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant)
Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn)
Best Supporting Actor:
Idris Elba (Beasts of No Nation)
Best Supporting Actress:
Alicia Vikander (Ex Machina)
Best Acting Ensemble:
Best Youth Performance:
Jacob Tremblay (Room)
Best Adapted Screenplay:
Emma Donoghue (Room)
Best Original Screenplay:
Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve and Josh Cooley (Original Story by Pete Docter and Ronnie Del Carmen) (Inside Out)
Best Animated Feature:
Best Foreign Language Film:
Son of Saul
Best Production Design:
Production Designer: Colin Gibson, Set Decorator: Lisa Thompson (Mad Max: Fury Road)
Emmanuel Lubezki, ASC, AMC (The Revenant)
Margaret Sixel (Mad Max: Fury Road)
Best Original Score:
Jóhann Jóhannsson (Sicario)
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As a member of our private community, we’re excited to share a peek behind the curtain of our core business, the fund. 2 things to note:
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Experience the magic, allure and wonder of gold.
Originally established as a branch of Britain’s Royal Mint in 1899, The Perth Mint is Australia’s oldest operating mint. As one of Perth’s premier tourist destinations and historic landmarks, The Perth Mint offers visitors the opportunity to experience the magic, allure and wonder of gold.
Within its world-class exhibition halls, the history of Western Australian gold, and The Perth Mint, come to life. Discover remarkable stories through an array of interactive displays, historic images and artefacts, which form the backdrop to stunning pure gold exhibits.
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Enjoy a guided heritage walk, entrance to our Gold Exhibition and a gold pouring demonstration. Tours are run daily at 9.30am, 10.30am, 11.30am, 12.30pm, 1.30pm, 2.30pm and 3.30pm
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By Tommy Goudge
Ohsweken, Ontario – September 2, 2014 – Ohsweken Speedway officials are proud to announce a new event during Canadian Sprint Car Nationals weekend, as the Kevin Ward Jr. “Young Stars Challenge” presented by TJSlideways.com is now scheduled for the Night Before the Nationals on Friday, September 12.
The event will honour Kevin Ward, Jr., who passed away following a tragic accident in the Empire Super Sprints event held at Canandaigua Motorsports Park on Saturday, August 9. Despite his young age, Kevin had already competed in 4 editions of the Canadian Sprint Car Nationals, including a top 10 finish in 2011.
The youngest drivers signed in for competition on the Night Before the Nationals will make up the 13 car starting field for the Kevin Ward, Jr. “Young Stars Challenge” presented by TJSlideways.com. Kevin’s #13 will be represented in several ways in the Young Stars Challenge, as 13 drivers will compete in the 13 lap race, with $513 awarded to the winner. A plaque commemorating the winners of the new event will be housed and updated annually at the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in Knoxville, Iowa, while ImageFactor.ca Motorsport Designs & Photography will be giving away over $500 in photos to the winner and participants.
The Ohsweken Shootout event will now become the Dave McLeod Memorial Shootout, replacing the Dave McLeod Memorial “Mr. Sprint Car Challenge” match races held in the past, with $400 going to the winner. The 10 lap Dave McLeod Memorial Shootout lineup will consist of 12 drivers, including top finishers from the Patriot Sprint Tour, Southern Ontario Sprints, and Empire Super Sprints challenge events held at Ohsweken Speedway in 2014, plus the August 29 Corr/Pak Merchandising 360 Sprint Car event, and top drivers from the Sprints on Dirt and National Racing Alliance championship standings.
The Night Before the Nationals on Friday, September 12 will also include Twin 15 lap features for 360 Sprint Cars, and a full program for the HRW Automotive Mini Stocks. The winners of Friday’s Twin 15 lap features will be guaranteed starting spots in the $12,000-to-win feature race in the 10th annual Canadian Sprint Car Nationals event scheduled for Saturday, September 13, along with the Affordable Towing & Recovery Thunder Stocks.
CANADIAN SPRINT CAR NATIONALS PRE-ENTRIES
The deadline for competitors to register and pay the discounted $50 entry fee for the 10th annual Canadian Sprint Car Nationals was August 31, 2014. Entries are now $100, and can be filed by contacting Mary Wilkinson, Director of Customer Relations, by phone at 519 717-0023, or e-mail at email@example.com. Click on the “Competitors Info” link on www.OhswekenSpeedway.com to print the entry form, view the rules, format, and more.
The Canadian Sprint Car Nationals has been the annual season-closing event at Ohsweken Speedway since 2005, and brings together drivers and teams from several affiliated sanctioning organizations in the area, plus teams and drivers from all over North America. The event has drawn an average of 70 entries for the 9 previous editions, with a total of 208 different drivers from 15 American states, 5 Canadian provinces, Australia, and New Zealand taking part.
Kenny Jacobs of Holmesville, Ohio won the first Canadian Sprint Car Nationals feature in 2005, followed by Steve Poirier from Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil, Quebec in 2006 and 2007, Mustang, Oklahoma’s Wayne Johnson in 2008, Shane Stewart of Bixby, Oklahoma in 2009 and 2010, and Sam Hafertepe, Jr. from Sunnyvale, Texas in 2011, while Poirier became the first 3-time winner in 2012, and Stewart also became a 3-time winner in 2013.
Advanced reserved seat tickets are now on sale for the 10th annual Arrow Express Canadian Sprint Car Nationals weekend on Friday, September 12, and Saturday, September 13. Please visit www.OhswekenSpeedway.com for more information, or contact Mary Wilkinson, Director of Customer Relations, by phone at 519 717-0023, or by e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.org
About Ohsweken Speedway: Founded in 1996, Ohsweken Speedway is a motorsports complex which includes a 3/8 (0.375) mile clay oval track. The facility is owned by the Styres family, and located in the village of Ohsweken, Ontario, Canada. Ohsweken’s weekly Friday night racing program runs from May to September each year, featuring 360 Sprint Cars, Crate Sprint Cars, Thunder Stocks, Mini Stocks, and Bombers, while the season finishes each year with the annual Canadian Sprint Car Nationals. Ohsweken Speedway also hosts weekly Micro Sprint racing on Thursday nights, and has been a yearly stop on the World of Outlaws Sprint Car series schedule since 2007.
Visit the official Ohsweken Speedway website at www.OhswekenSpeedway.com, like us on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/
Ohsweken Speedway thanks the following sponsors for their support: Arrow Express, Corr/Pak Merchandising Inc., Renway Energy, O’Neil’s Farm Equipment, McDonald’s Restaurants of Paris & Brantford, Nathan Ackland State Farm Insurance, Strickland’s GMC, Mobil 1, Burger Barn, Affordable Towing & Recovery, HRW Automotive, and Gale’s Auto Aftermarket.
2014 DAVE MCLEOD MEMORIAL SHOOTOUT QUALIFIERS
(Friday, September 12, 2014 – 10 laps – $400-to-win)
Affiliate Sanction – Driver Name
Patriot Sprint Tour – Jared Zimbardi
Patriot Sprint Tour – Jason Barney
Southern Ontario Sprints – Mitch Brown
Southern Ontario Sprints – Glenn Styres
Empire Super Sprints – Steve Poirier
Empire Super Sprints – Jeff Cook
National Racing Alliance – JR Stewart
National Racing Alliance – Max Stambaugh
Corr/Pak Merchandising 360 Sprint Cars – Kyle Patrick
Corr/Pak Merchandising 360 Sprint Cars – Todd Hoddick
Sprints on Dirt – Ryan Ruhl
Sprints on Dirt – Dustin Daggett
2014 CANADIAN SPRINT CAR NATIONALS –
32 REGISTERED ENTRIES AS OF SEPTEMBER 2, 2014
(Saturday, September 13, 2014 – 35 laps – $12,000-to-win)
Number Name (City, Province/State, Country)
0 Glenn Styres (Ohsweken, Ontario, Canada)
2m Dustin Daggett (Grand Ledge, Michigan, USA)
3r Shane Ross (Thedford, Ontario, Canada)
5 Keith Dempster (Alton, Ontario, Canada)
5c Conor Mahoney (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada)
6m Max Stambaugh (Elida, Ohio, USA)
10 Mitch Brown (Brantford, Ontario, Canada)
10c Jeff Cook (Antwerp, New York, USA)
10j Jeremy Hughes (Burlington, Ontario, Canada)
10k Robert Dietrick (Farmington, New York, USA)
11 Jamie Turner (Caistor Centre, Ontario, Canada)
11r Chase Ridenour (Perry, Michigan, USA)
14h Jim Huppunen (Welland, Ontario, Canada)
15 Mike Ferrell (London, Ontario, Canada)
16 Ryan Ruhl (Coldwater, Michigan, USA)
17 Jared Horstman (Cloverdale, Ohio, USA)
19 Cory Turner (Caistor Centre, Ontario, Canada)
19k Paul Kinney (Canastota, New York, USA)
20k Thomas Kennedy (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada)
21j John Burbridge, Jr. (St. Williams, Ontario, Canada)
21k Lou Kennedy, Jr. (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada)
28fm Steve Poirier (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil, Quebec, Canada)
33k Kyle Patrick (Kingsville, Ontario, Canada)
35 Jared Zimbardi (Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA)
43 Scott Sherk (Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada)
45 Chuck Hebing (Ontario, New York, USA)
49 Todd Hoddick (Cheektowaga, New York, USA)
51 Lee Ladouceur (Alexandria, Ontario, Canada)
87 Jason Barney (Brewerton, New York, USA)
87r Ryan Linder (Phoenix, Arizona, USA)
94z Stan Zanchin (Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada)
123 Yan Bilodeau (Victoriaville, Quebec, Canada)
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(German name: Oppeln
the capital of Opole Silesia region, with population of about 130,000. It is located by Odra River in Upper Silesia (south-western part of Poland).
Opole is one of the oldest towns in Poland - tracks of settlements date back to 8th century. Town's name is derived from the word 'opole' which meant a Slavic territorial community of several settlements administratively and economically linked with one another.
In the first half of 9th century, Opole belonged to Bohemia. Around 990 Polish Duke Mieszko I incorporated Silesia into newly forming Polish state. King Boleslaw the Brave establilished a castellan's seat in middle of 10th century. But the real Father of Opole was Duke Casimir I (1211-1299), who located the town on the right bank of the Odra river between 1211 and 1217 and started a construction of a castle on Pasieka Island.
Town's location on the crossroads of major trade routes was bringing regular profits from transit trade. The Opole Piast dukes were running the town; settlers from The Netherlands, Saxony and France were brought here.
Wladyslaw II, Duke of Opole (1382-1401) was quite known in the 14th-century political arena of Europe. He was a palatinate of Hungary, governor of Red Ruthenia and a Polish ruler on behalf of Louis of Hungary. In 1382 he founded the Pauline Monastery on Jasna Gora in Czestochowa (one of the most famous monasteries in Poland). Later on, he became a godfather of later Polish king, Duke Jagiello of Lithuania.
Bad times are coming...
The Piast rule ended in Opole in 1532, when Jan Dobry died childless. After that, the town was seized by Emperor Ferdinand of Habsburg, King of Bohemia, who didn't hesitate to strip the castle of all valuables and send them to his place in Viena. Bad times for Opole continued throughout 17th century, when the town has been destroyed by great fire (1615); devastated by contributions imposed by armies marching through it during Thirty Years' War (1618-1648); decimated by plagues and other natural disasters.
During that time, Opole was used as a subject of trade by various noblemen: in 1645 along with its duchy was passed as a deposit for 50 years to the Polish King Wladyslaw IV to cover an unpaid dowry of three Habsburg brides. When the King died in 1647, duchy has been inherited by King John Casimir, who passed it to his brother, bishop Karol Ferdynand and after his death - to his own wife, Marie-Luise Gonzaga.
When the Swedish Empire invaded Poland in 1655, King John Casimir escaped to Opole region. He couldn't stay in Opole (it's castle was too small for him), so he settled in nearby Glogowek. Opole remained as the site of the assemblies. On November 20, 1655 King issued his famous proclamation calling for a general rise against invaders.
Prussians take over
Starting from 1666, for next 300 years Opole land stays outside Polish borders. On that year, it is incorporated into Austrian Empire by Leopold I. In 18th century the rule changes in favour of Frederick II, King of Prussia who seized Opole regin during his first Silesian war against the Empress Maria-Theresa.
After incorporation into the Prussian state, Silesia underwent adminstrative and judicial reform. Frederick II brought German colonists to the areas deserted by war; he also installed his officials in the town and introduced German as official language in all offices. The same pertained to church - all documentation was written in German and clergymen who didn't speak it were given two years to master the language. In 1784 Friedrich Zimmerman, author of Beytraege zur Beschreibung von Schlesien, wrote about Opole: `...both Polish and German are spoken here but Polish still dominates...' (that was written about 40 years after incorporation into Prussia).
Years of development
19th century was a period of reinassance for Opole. The urban reform and a new administrative division of the Prussian state spurred the town's development. From 1816 Opole was a capital of the Opole administrative district, which prompted its quick spatial develpoment and population growth. The town became an industrial centre as well as the seat of many public institutions. The discovery of chalky clay in the region led to the development of cement industry. The first cement mill was opened in 1857.
In 1843 a railroad arrived in Opole - the town got its first connection to Wroclaw. At the late 19th century it became a major rain junction, having convinient connections in seven directions. The river port on the Mlynowka Canal, existing from the 1860s was moved to Zakrzow, now district of Opole.
In the mid-19th century Opole was inhabited by 8,320 Germans and 557 Poles. Geschichte der Stadt Oppeln by Franz Idzikowski reads: `...Even if Opole is quite German in character, the original Slavic element is still marked in a very typical way... On Sundays and holy days, at the time of markets and fairs, the German-speaking inhabitant in city clothes disappear completely in the crowd of Polish farmers. One feels as if having been suddenly moved to some Polish town.'
In Kulturkampf years (1871-1879) the process of Germanization in Upper Silesia was intensified; the results, however, were mmeagre. All public regulations were printed both in Polish and German. Public houses issued lots of Polish books (along with even more German, of course!). In years 1890-1922 Bronislaw Koraszewski was publishing Opole gazette in Polish, where he promoted works of Henryk Sienkiewicz, Adam Mickiewicz and Boleslaw Prus. In 1891 Polish Catholic Society and in 1893 Lutnia Singers' Socety were established in Opole.
Between the plebiscite and WWII
The outbreak of World War I brought hope to those, who wanted Opole back in Poland again. The situation was not so simple; in order to decide where Upper Silesia should belong to, a plebiscite was organized. It was supervised by Alled Powers Commision, including delegates from France, England and Italy. Both sides increased their propaganda campaigns prior to the plebiscite, but the Germans went a step further than that: 189,000 Silesian emigrants to Germany were brought back to vote. Regular incidents like demolishing offices and crushing demonstrations followed. The whole situation resulted in three Silesian uprisings: in 1919, 1920 (before the plebiscite, with no success) and in May 1921. The third uprising was kind of success; 29% of territory covered by plebiscite was granted to Poland. Opole and the whole Opole Silesia went to Germany.
Paradoxically, the hub of Polish life was located in Opole. Here resided: the board of the I borough of the Polish Union in Germany, the Polish Boy Scouts Union in Germany, the Polish Catholic Youth Union in Opole Silesia, the Polish Catholic School Society, the Lutnia Singers' Society, the Echo Choir and the Consulate General of the Polish Republic.
WWII and beyond
Under the Nazi rule all Polish institutions were dissolved. Their leaders and some members were arrested and deported to concentration camps. In October 1944, in the face of the German army's troubles at the eastern front, Opole was proclaimed a fortress and was to serve as a defensive point on the Odra River line. That explains 64% destruction of all the buildings, when war operations reached Opole in 1945 along with 1st Ukrainian Front.
The Soviet command passed the town to Polish government on 24 March 1945. Opole was reunited with the Polish state. In 1950 it became the capital of the Opole province.
(sources: Opole booklet, Parma Press, 2000)
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Spring must surely be here-- it’s time for the city’s Spring Large Item Pickup.
Residents are encouraged to dispose of large items that cannot be discarded through their weekly garbage service by putting them at the curb for pickup Monday-Wednesday, April 8-10. The Large Item Pickup map appears in this edition
of the Mirror-Reporter on page 13, listing the dates the City will pick up in areas of the city and the items that will and will not be picked up.
City residents can have old appliances and/or electronic items picked up during City Wide Cleanup for a cost of $15 an item. Stickers can be purchased for $15 each at Clear Lake City Hall, 15 N. 6th Street. Stickers must be purchased by 5 p.m. on Wednesday, April 10. Items that require a sticker are: furnaces, air conditioners, refrigerators, freezers, dehumidifiers, dishwashers, stoves, washers, dryers, microwaves, copy machines, water heaters, fluorescent light fixtures, televisions, computer monitors, and printers. Pickup of appliances in all areas will be on Thursday, April 11. Have appliances with stickers attached by the curb by no later than 7:30 a.m. on Thursday, April 11.
The City will not pick up any items that may be recycled through the Landfill of North Iowa’s electronic waste-recycling program. VCR’s, DVD players, stereo equipment, clock radios, computer towers, mouses and keyboards, scanners, fax machines, and cordless phones may go to the Landfill for recycling. Fluorescent light bulbs should also be taken to the landfill for disposal.
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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of India on 16th December 2019 signed a $250 million loan to Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) to expand energy efficiency investments in India that will benefit agricultural, residential and institutional consumers.
In addition, $46 million financings will be provided from the Clean Technology Fund (CTF), to be administered by ADB.
ADB previously approved a $200 million loan to EESL, a public sector energy service company, in 2016 for Demand-Side Energy Efficiency Sector Project that focused on efficient lighting and appliances.
The signatories to the loan agreement were Shri Sameer Kumar Khare, Additional Secretary (Fund Bank and ADB), Department of Economic Affairs in India’s Ministry of Finance, and Mr Kenichi Yokoyama, Country Director of ADB’s India Resident Mission, signed the agreement for EESL.
EESL will also explore business models to generate greater public demand for e-vehicles to support India’s current push for electric vehicles.
Promoting awareness of the benefits of using energy-efficient technologies is another feature of the project. Awareness campaigns will engage local organisations in knowledge-sharing and training, with a focus on women electricity consumers. Capacity building for electricity distribution, regulatory agencies, and other government bodies will also be carried out.
Accompanying the loan will be technical assistance (TA) of $2 million to support EESL in implementing the project, including a gender action plan, mobilising private sector participation in energy efficiency services, identifying new business opportunities, and transferring knowledge about successful models.
The TA will also support the identification and development of new subprojects and pilot test some technologies. The grant comes from the Clean Technology Fund, to be administered by ADB.
ADB is committed to achieving a prosperous, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable Asia and the Pacific while sustaining its efforts to eradicate extreme poverty.
In 2018, it made commitments of new loans and grants amounting to $21.6 billion.
Established in 1966, it is owned by 68 members — 49 from the region.
Ministry of Finance
[Press Release dt. 17-12-2019]
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Wallonia, Brussels and Flanders have collected 765 million euro in tax redistribution. L’Echo reported on Wednesday (29 June) that the money is part of 2.5 billion euro that has been generated in the federal tax regularization system.
The federal service on anticipated tax decisions (Ruling) states in its annual report that most of the money is recovery of evaded inheritance tax.
Despite the revenues, the Walloon and Brussels regions oppose the new tax regularization system that the federal government is trying to implement.
Cooperation agreements signed between the two layers of government introduced a transfer of fiscal competencies to the regions in 2015.
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If you enjoy history then you’ll enjoy a fashion show of wedding gowns from 1894 to present day at the Marco Island Historical Museum on Monday, March 12th at 2:00PM. $15 tickets are available at the gift shop. Wedding cake and punch will be served. Monday, March 19th from 1:30 to 3:00PM will be a portrayal of “Jackie O”, featuring little known facts of her childhood and her behind the scenes life to her death, portrayed by Bonnie Bozzo. Tickets are $6. The show starts at 1:30PM.
The folks at Eagle Creek attended in full force a meeting held by the County Transportation Department and the FDOT regarding the intersection improvements to U.S. 41/951, and specifically the wall that has been proposed to abate traffic noise that is expected to increase along that corridor. The state had proposed a noise-abatement wall 21 feet tall. The Eagle Creek residents appreciated the effort to reduce the noise, but felt that a 21 foot wall would feel more like a prison cell than a noise abatement wall. They discussed other options which seemed a little more pleasing yet accomplishing the same result. Finally it was decided that they would all meet and discuss other options while trying to retain the beautiful entrance they now enjoy. The State agreed to hold off temporarily, until the discussions took place. I asked to be included in the discussions so that I may carry the banner for Eagle Creek, and was invited to participate. I think they’ll find an answer that is agreeable to all.
You always have a good time on Goodland! This past weekend they held another Sausage and Pancake Breakfast and it was ever so tasty! As always, the friendship abounded, the conversation never ended. For $5 per person you couldn’t get a better deal, plus there were raffle prizes, thanks to Marker 8, Stan’s, Island Woman, Old Marco Lodge, Little Bar, Calusa Island Marina, Breakwater Kayak, Tide Trackers (who make a darling clock with a shell in the middle that will track the tides) and Sea Tow. Next Saturday, March 10th, is Goodland’s Birthday Party event (it’s their 63rd birthday) which will feature Marco Sportfishing Club offering seminars and clinics for young people and a fishing contest for kids, plus exhibits. Food by Marker 8 will be on hand. You will also see Fish Art, Crab Races, Cake Decorating for the young people, and at 11:00 AM, a Pet Parade. There will be live music by Terry Lee and Friends.
Every Friday in March is a Fish Fry at San Marco Catholic Church. It’s just like the old days when we grew up and every Friday the whole family went out for a Fish Fry. Joe Granda and Dick Shanahan, along with Father Tim, said everyone is welcome, so……………I’ll see you there!
A little note to tell you that Kathleen Reynolds is again weaving her magic as the Daughters of Erin present their 4th Annual “Marco Ireland” Parade on Sunday, March 11th at 1:00PM. It’s the place to be. Our own Dick Shanahan will be the Grand Marshal! They couldn’t have chosen a better Irishman! See you there!
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This afternoon, trainees from TOUCH Centre for Independent Living (Bukit Merah) attended the third session of the 4 week long equine assisted therapy programme by Singapore Polo Club’s Outreach team. The group enjoyed a polo demonstration on Esperanza by Sanaullah Khan, the Club’s polo professional. At the covered arena, he demonstrated the four strokes of polo - forehand, backhand, nearside forehand and nearside backhand. They also watched Esperanza moved in various gears i. e walking, trotting and cantering. An interactive quiz was then handed out to the trainees and they went to the stables looking for answers, together with their coaches and the volunteers. The quiz tested their knowledge on what has been taught in the past few weeks and everyone did very well. Looks like they are well-equipped for their final session next week – horse riding! Members who are keen to support and volunteer for future initiatives, please register your interest via email email@example.com
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InFamous: Second Son may be less than a month away, but Sony is still keeping the title mostly under wraps. We really haven’t seen much footage from the game, and what we have seen has mostly been culled from specific missions taking place within smallish areas — we haven’t seen much of Second Son’s open world gameplay.
Well, somehow some Russian website got hold of InFamous: Second Son, and has posted a nice meaty video of protagonist Delsin jumping, climbing and soaring around a pretty, next-gen Seattle. As long as you’re okay with not being able to understand anything anyone’s saying, you can check the footage out below…
Looks good, although not really radically different from any number of current-gen open world games. What do you folks think? Is Second Son going to be the game that gets you to shell out for a next-gen system, or are you waiting for something more impressive?
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Fire Pro Wrestling World
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According to John Fay of the Cincinnati Enquirer, the Astros have picked up out of options Jeff Keppinger from the Reds for a player to be named later. He is expected to be Boone's replacement to go along side Blum. I have to say I'm not very impressed. Especially considering he is a light hitting shortstop. Over his years in the majors he has played 155 games at short and just 35 at 3rd. In the minors, he had some decent years average wise and put up a nice average for the Reds in 2007 but the most home runs he has ever hit is 10.....in A ball. Maybe this is just a low cost stop-gap and brass is hoping Chris Johnson pans out fast and is up from Round Rock soon. And maybe I'm a little disappointed because I wanted to see Dallas Mcpherson cranking 450 homers over the left field wall. Heres hoping this move works out for us. Link
Also, according to Alyson Footer, the club has optioned Edwin Maysonet to Round Rock.
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The recession can be tough for people, but learning how to invest the right way could flip the script here. Instead of waiting for the dollar to recover magically in a few years, it might be a good idea to buy silver bullion as an investment. However, this is favorable if you have the knowledge to do it.
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Watch online the movie «Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde» (in English, 2003). It is the screen version one of the best stories by Robert Louis Stevenson — his famous «The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde». This thrilling story is considered by many his best book. It was written second after his world-known «Treasure Island» and was completely different as it depicts the struggle between good and evil in the soul of a man. It is one of the most thought-provoking novels of all time.
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (a screen version, 2003, in English)
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For those who got interested in the story but didn’t watch the film up to the end, I suggest reading the same book by Robert Stevenson (in the original). What if it is the movie director who has emphasized some violence to give more thrill and attract people’s attention… — Read and listen to «The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde» (in the original)
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Below is a montage of museum photos below and make each one clickable to go to the page about that item.
It is fun to drive around and to see the museums and the markers!
The index for the eight Marshall museums is actually here:
but we wanted to be sure it got seen, along with the posts.
The link above includes a fascinating world wide claim to fame about the 8 museums of Marshall.
Honolulu House Museum in Marshall Michigan
Governor’s Mansion Museum
American Museum of Magic
Calhoun County Fair
United States Postal Museum
Look for this mural to find the Walter’s Gasoline Museum, it is right in the same area.
GAR Hall Museum
Capitol Hill School Museum, Marshall Michigan
The Walter’s Gasoline Museum is behind Fountain Automotive!
Aerial photo of Honolulu House
Really old Post Office Truck used in parades now
Historical Marker Calhoun County Fair
Walter’s Gasoline Museum
Fourth Ward School
Harry_Blackstone, Jr. By David Belenzon-management – eBay item photo front photo back, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=22779286
Old Maple Grove Church
Historical Marker Capitol Hill School
Floral Hall Built 1860
Annex Building of the P.O. Museum
Photo of the Museum on a Postal Truck
Interior of the American Museum of Magic
Harry Houdini – 1899 – By McManus-Young Collection – Library of Congress, Public Domain, Link
Line art of Honolulu House available at EastEnd Gallery
Michigan Historical Marker for the American Museum of Magic
Postmaster now is daughter of the curator of the P.O. museum
Michigan Historical Marker for Honolulu House
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- Lizard-like fish called ichthyosaurs ruled the Earth’s oceans in the Mesozoic era
- During its 160-million-year reign, evolution severely altered this creature’s body
- Computational fluid dynamics help scientists understand how this change affected the animal’s drag
Evolution is an interesting natural mechanism. It can lead to subtle changes like lactose tolerance in humans, or to the complete revamping of an animal’s physical structure. For an example of the latter, scientists can look to the ichthyosaur (Greek for fish+ lizard).
Living in the Mesozoic era, the ichthyosaur’s reign lasted nearly 160 million years. During this time, the ocean-based creature – which isn’t considered a dinosaur– saw its body change drastically from an elongated lizard shape to a more traditional fish body.
For Susana Gutarra Diaz, a paleobiologist at the University of Bristol, that change is worth studying. Using computational fluid dynamics (CFD,) Gutarra and her partners worked to understand how the creature’s body shape affected drag as it moved through Mesozoic seas.
“We were trying to see how this shift in body proportions, from the very narrow lizard-like ones to the fish shape, influenced drag relative to the creature’s corporeal mass,” says Gutarra.
Computing the drag
Gutarra’s mission was to determine how each body shape affected the amount of force that pushed back from the water as the lizard-fish swam. She pitted various species of ichthyosaurs against each other for the experiment, for example, the primitive Chahohusaurus geishanensisand the later Ophthalmosaurus icenicus. While the former is lizard-shaped with a slender tail, the latter looks more like a modern tuna.
“We were hypothesizing that the fish-shaped ichthyosaurs would be better for sustained swimming,” says Gutarra. “Using CFD was a way to make the most of the resources we have, which is very good fossil records.”
Gutarra used the ANSYS-Fluent model, which allowed for the program to be run on a traditional computer rather than the high-performance computing machines that are often used for complex CFD models.
“CFD is quite precise, and it allows you to play a lot with the models so you can remove the limbs, for example, to see how much the body contributes to drag,” says Gutarra. “You can do different variations of the morphologies in order to understand which is the important element that affects the drag.”
Following the study, Gutarra was surprised to conclude that the varying body shape of the Ichthyosaur did not significantly affect drag. For this work, she used static animal models which allowed comparison of many different body shapes. Gutarra points out that it would be ideal to recreate the ichthyosaurs actively moving in the water. However, this poses various challenges, one of which is the need for greater computational resources such as HPC.
“First of all, the computational demands are way higher when you have dynamic simulations, so you need a more powerful computer,” says Gutarra. “The other limitation is how do you assume the animal moves? We are working from fossils. Maybe we can have some assumptions about the shape, but in order to know how they move we need to know lots of things about their backbone flexibility, the way their muscles were configured and also probably, again, the morphology and flexibility of the propulsion elements.”
Working with long-dead animals is a tough business. Scientists can try to apply what they know about living creatures, but that can only take them so far. So, if the ichthyosaur’s morphology didn’t change to reduce drag, what did cause the change?
From speculation to rigor
“The changes could also be related to metabolism,” says Gutarra. “Many works suggest that ichthyosaurs were endothermic creatures. If they could generate their own heat, then having this kind of shape, which has a smaller ratio of surface area to volume, helps to keep the constant temperature more easily than having a shape that has more surface area exposed relative to the volume.”
Although there remains a lot of work to be done here, Gutarra is excited about the future of her field. She states that using new tools like CFD and other computational techniques for rigorous hypothesis testing will help paleobiology and biomechanics in paleontology to move forward.
Even a few years ago, running a CFD model like this on a personal computer would have been an impossible task. But technological improvements mean computational methods are available to more researchers in more fields. One can only hope that access to supercomputing resources will be so widespread in the future.
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Renown for our stunning transformations of old barns and buildings, John Moore & Sons have become the number one name for building renovation in Clitheroe and the North West.
Why Do We Renovate Buildings?
The main benefit of renovating a building is that you get to create extra space or make better use of the area that already exists. Builders didn’t design barns for people to live in, so when we take on a barn renovation project, making it human-friendly is our first aim.
We love renovating buildings because it allows us to maintain the heritage and culture of a particular building while adding something new in the process. For example, while we want to make a barn livable, we don’t want it to lose its rustic charm.
There are environmental benefits of the renovation as well; as we won’t need to demolish existing buildings, and the resources we need to renovate a building shouldn’t outweigh the cost of materials required for a new build. You could also save money in the long run by choosing energy-efficient building materials.
Is it Better to Renovate or Build New?
There are advantages and disadvantages to both, but we’d recommend renovating when:
- -The building has an original or rustic charm you want to keep.
- -You’re focused on cost and think that renovating will be cheaper.
- -You don’t want to go through planning permission.
- -You want an environmentally-friendly way of changing your building.
Plus, all new works have to follow building regs, but you won’t have to upgrade any features that don’t as long as you don’t make them worse.
If you want something completely new, think the building doesn’t take advantage of the plot, don’t think an update would be effective, or you don’t believe the financial costs will outweigh that of a renovation you could demolish and rebuild.
Can You Renovate Grade Listed Buildings?
Renovating a listed building a maze, so working with the right professionals is the first step you need to take. There are many factors to consider when renovating a listed building:
- -Acquiring formal permission for any changes.
- -Preserving the special historical features of the building.
- -Rethinking your insurance package as standard building insurance won’t cover the work.
- -Preparing yourself for surprises!
Above all, you need to pick the right architect and contractors, and our expertise with building renovations and stonework puts us in the leading category in the North West. We can create something breathtaking.
Use a Leading Building Renovation Specialist for Your Project
Renovations carried out by John Moore & Sons vary from job to job. From stonework renovations to barn conversions, we use a workforce with a broad range of skills. Our workforce includes expert bricklayers, plasterers and electricians, who create beautiful improvements.
In the field of barn conversions and stonework, we are the leading name for renovations in Clitheroe. Our projects range from commercial building renovations to restoring the beautiful stonework of village statues in Slaidburn.
If you need a building renovation specialist, please don’t hesitate to contact us to discuss your project. If you would like to know more, get in touch.
VIEW ALL OUR PROJECTS
Poor’sland Barn at Slaidburn. John Moore & Sons turned redundent barns into work units.
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Total refurbishment of a Cottage and Barn on the Duchy Estate at Whitewell. www.smithsgore.co.uk …
The Myerscough Veterinary Group centre on Longsight Road near Blackburn works 24 hours a …
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4 Coolgardie Court, ARANA HILLS
PRESTIGIOUS LIVING IN THE ARLINGTON CHASE ESTATE
a timeless contemporary home situated on a large 650sqm block, snuggled into a cul-d-sac, this lowset brick home is designed for style and a clear commitment to quality, offering a perfect blend of sophisticated proportions. When the appeal of a property providing complete privacy and immediate proximity to all the hills fine features is considered, the effect is irresistible.
Boasting, ducted air conditioning, an elegant formal living area that flows through to the open plan kitchen, dining, airy family room, which then further extends to a brilliant entertaining area, it is sure to command the attention of both entertainers and families alike.
• 4 built in bedrooms plus office/study
• Master with ensuite, and walk in wardrobe
• Master bathroom with separate shower and bath
• Open plan kitchen, dining and family room
• Large kitchen, electric stove, dishwasher, self-cleaning oven, breakfast bar
• Separate formal lounge
• Separate laundry
• Covered 5m x 4m patio
• New ducted a/c system
• Tinted windows & doors throughout
• Double remote garage
• Fully secured backyard
• New hot water system
• Freshly painted
• Built 2001
• Rates $2,120 approx.
• Land 650m2
Toni and Christine are here to help you make buying real estate simple, easy & stress free, so call us today to arrange an inspection to view this fantastic home.
3.2km Arana Hills shopping precinct, cafes, restaurants, specialty shops & medical facilities
1.7Km Spar Express
5.1KmBrookside shopping Centre
3.6Km Grovely railway station
School Catchment area – Grovely & Mitchelton
Bus stops, parks, walking & bikeways, reserves and Dog Park close by
Arana Hills is just 11km from Brisbane CBD with an abundance of parks, walkways & easy access to Bunyaville State Forest. Arana Plaza is the major shopping centre for the hills district and home to major brands K-Mart, Coles & Aldi. This thriving hub contains a number of major banks, restaurants, and medical facilities all within this fabulous shopping precinct.
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Choosing a partner for life is enough of a problem, let alone the outfit you’re going to wear for the day.
This is always the case whenever a girl will open her closet. This is always the case whenever I, open my own closet. We’ve all been there, opening that old trusty door, with so many clothes inside, but for some reason, it hits us. We have nothing to wear! Haha :)) It’s a really funny thing everytime I explain this to John. He just doesn’t get it. But either way, it has been a plague for so many centuries already, and we just have no choice but to deal with it.
In choosing clothes, I highly prioritize buying those that do not need ironing. Who has time anyway? You’re running late for a meeting and you still have to do your makeup, not to mention that you have to allott extra 10 minutes in perfecting those brows.
This can really come in handy when you just snatch that dress, fresh from the laundry and pull yourself in! Just like this one! The design is so classy, it’s perfect for an everyday corporate wear! Just cinch a belt and you’re done!
I’m wearing the dress from The Chic List collection of Everyware PH. We just launched a new batch so better check them out early before they ran out!
Instagram and Twitter: @everywarePH
What do you think about this? Would you wear this to work too? Let’s share ideas! 🙂
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IMA boasts a tradition of excellence in the tea bagging sector dating back to 1961 – a long history in the design and manufacture of state-of-the-art automatic machines for the packaging of tea and herbs in filter bags.
IMA is the world leader in tea bagging machines with two thirds of the world’s tea bags produced on machines designed and manufactured by IMA Tea & Coffee.
IMA’s tradition of versatility and flexibility is encompassed in IMA Tea & Coffee’s range of packaging machines as it covers all current product specifications and production capacities. Nevertheless, the R&D team continues its search for innovative and intelligent packaging solutions by optimising its investments.
IMA Tea & Coffee also plays an important role in the design and manufacture of automatic machines for the packaging of soft and hard pods for regular and espresso coffee packed in heat-sealed outer envelope, packs or cartoning.
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Jessica Treadway's "Please Come Back to Me" is a collection of spare and insightful stories that explore the limits of love and forgiveness. Treadway's sure and quietly penetrating style is reminiscent of Raymond Carver and Andre Dubus. Many stories focus on marriage and parenting, but there's no sentimentality here, only flashes of dark humor.
A mother freezes, finger on the TV remote, as she listens to a message from the police saying that her son is in custody; she starts to dial the emergency number on the faded orange sticker affixed to the phone, but then pauses long enough to DVR the rest of her program first.
A woman receives numerous handwritten notes from a stalker -- an ex-boyfriend who can't let her go -- all with the same cryptic and slightly threatening message, and she eventually comes to love the notes and place them all around her the way someone might do with flowers.
Treadway tells me on the phone from her home in Lexington, Mass., that she publishes a new book "every nine years." Her first, "Absent Without Leave and Other Stories," came out in 1992 and won the John C. Zacharias First Book Award. A novel, "And Give You Peace" (in which a man's family tries to understand what could have made him kill himself and one of his daughters), followed in 2001. This month, she has produced "Please Come Back to Me," which has just been awarded the 2010 Flannery O'Connor award for short fiction. Treadway will be at Book House next Saturday, Spet. 25, to sign copies.
Coming to the Capital Region is coming home in a sense; she was raised here and attended Bethlehem schools before going to SUNY Albany to study English literature and journalism. During her senior year at UAlbany, she did an internship with UPI in Albany, and upon graduation she was hired to be chief of UPI's one-person bureau in Rochester.
In 1984, after she published her first short story, she decided to move to Boston for graduate school in creative writing at Boston University. She has lived in that area ever since, but returns the Capital Region often, since her mother still lives in the area. She is now a tenured professor of creative writing at Emerson College in Boston and also publishes book reviews and essays for publications including the Boston Globe and the Chicago Tribune. We spoke about her writing process.
Q: You wrote in one story, called "Testimony," about a game that the character Maxine played when she was a kid, where she tries to vividly imagine what it's like to be someone else -- for instance, the old lady in the supermarket touching the apples -- is that how writing fiction feels for you?
A: Yeah, that's exactly how it is. That's just what it feels like. I've been doing that since I was a kid. I can choose not to, I can shut it off. But that's what it is to be a fiction writer, in a nutshell.
Q: So, you've always known you wanted to write?
A: I have, probably because I was read to from the time I was very little, and I liked being communicated with. Maybe that came first, and then you develop the attunement to the way others feel. To me it just always made sense that writing was probably the most important thing to me, and what I thought I could do. I thought if I picked other things, other people could do them the same way or better, but nobody's going to write my story, so it feels worthwhile.
Q: Where do you get ideas? Do you read the paper and say, I wonder what it would be like to be part of that family ...
A: Yeah, sometimes. That particular story (about the mother whose son is arrested for arson) did come from some newscast. I heard about a playground that someone had burned down. Sometimes it could be just having overheard a phrase. Sometimes it's experience. It could be something that happened to somebody I know, and I just transmute it.
But I don't have it all figured out when I sit down to write it -- it just kind of evolves as I'm doing it. And then there are lots of drafts and revisions and things like that. But yeah, they can come from anywhere.
Q: So you might start out one way and then go a completely different way?
A: I don't have a "way" I'm going, at first. I just start going. Then the next sentence happens, and the next sentence happens.
Elizabeth Floyd Mair is a freelance writer living in Guilderland.
If you go
Who: Fiction writer Jessica Treadway
What: The author signs copies of her new book "Please Come Back to Me."
Where: The Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza, 1475 Western Avenue, Albany
When: 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 25
More information: 489-4761; www.bhny.com; www.jessicatreadway.com
From "Testimony" in "Please Come Back to Me" by Jessica Treadway (University of Georgia Press, Sept. 2010;
216 pages; $24.95):
"When she was little, Maxine used to play a game with herself. She'd look at someone around her -- a kid in her class, or a stranger at the grocery store -- and she'd try to imagine what that person was feeling. If the kid was raising his hand, Maxine thought about what it felt like to hold her own arm up in the air. If an old lady was picking through apples, she focused on the sensation of her own fingertips rubbing the smooth red skins. For just an instant, and this was the point of the game, she knew she was feeling exactly what they were. She would not have been able to name the satisfaction this gave her, or the relief. She knew only that it made her less afraid to be in the world."
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Have you ever stopped to think about how quickly technology is changing your life? Have you ever had an idea and thought about taking it to market? Could the next big technology breakthrough happen in New Jersey?
Since the early 1800s, the United States has relied upon an innovation ecosystem to fuel our economy and advance our society, and for many years, New Jersey led the way as home to world-class research and development facilities. Today we are working to grow and advance our research and development capabilities to make sure New Jersey companies maintain their place as leaders in medicine, engineering, science and business innovation.
NJBIA has long advocated for a robust innovation ecosystem in New Jersey. An innovation ecosystem is founded upon the relationship of both the intellectual and economic marketplaces to advance new innovations. Last year, our research affiliate NJPRO mapped out a comprehensive plan to keep New Jersey’s innovation ecosystem strong and vibrant in the Building Bridges II report. And along with the InnovationNJ Coalition and through NJPRO, we have spent the past year pushing for recommendations to be implemented.
Building Bridges II highlights five challenges that inhibit greater collaboration between industry and higher education and 15 recommendations to address these hurdles. NJPRO completed its report by hosting industry-specific focus groups of industry and academic participants. Through a series of discussions, the report was developed to offer substantial solutions to foster an environment for greater collaboration between industry and academia in New Jersey.
Building Bridges II was intended to serve as a catalyst to get the state, industry and academia to work together to meld their respective R&D assets to build out the state’s innovation ecosystem, grow the economy, create jobs and reassert New Jersey’s position as a leader in innovation.
Since the report’s launch in March 2013, one of the biggest steps towards advancing collaboration between business, higher education and state government came with the implementation of the recommendation to establish a Council on Innovation. The council is chaired by the Secretary of Higher Education and comprised of industry and academia leaders including NJBIA’s Acting President Melanie Willoughby.
NJBIA spent the past year meeting with government officials and legislative leaders to make the case for investing in our innovation ecosystem. We also spent time with the higher education community to reinforce the value in developing this part of the economy for their schools and students.
Creating an environment that fosters innovation is a prerequisite to having a competitive business climate and growing economy.
One of the key recommendations of the Building Bridges II report, expanding collaboration with the business community, is among the recommendations made in the new strategic plan for Rutgers released this past March. The five-year plan includes ideas such as simplifying and standardizing research agreements between colleges and businesses, and greater coordination between academia and the private sector.
Similarly, Lockheed Martin and Rowan University announced in March 2014 an innovative, strategic partnership to develop new technologies for a broad range of radar system applications in support of national defense.
Creating an environment that fosters innovation is a prerequisite to having a competitive business climate and growing economy. Being innovation-friendly attracts research and investment; provides incentive to expand or relocate; creates jobs; and ultimately leads to new cures, technologies and products to improve our quality of life.
We welcome your company to join us on the InnovationNJ Coalition.
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An adult Eurasian Hoopoe brings a worm to feed its four hungry chicks in a nest in the Dordogne region of southwestern France. (One chick is partially hidden by the wood of the tree and its siblings.) Gallery member John King shot the photo on his land in June 2012 with a Canon 5D Mark II and a 100-400mm lens and posted it to our World Gallery.
The nest is in an old dead tree that has “cracks, crevices and holes in it ideal for nesting birds,” King says. Hoopoes have nested in the tree all seven years he has lived on the property.
“The nest consists of three entrance holes eight feet up the main trunk,” he says. “The holes then converge into one, extending two feet down into the trunk and then opening up into a cavity, like a cave. The birds return each year almost to the day and feed the chicks spiders, worms, and other grubs and insects. Although they are tolerant of humans, I still use my permanent hide situated at the top of my garden. I have a good view from there and can takes photos in comfort and without causing any disturbance to the nest site.”
Your picture could be a Photo of the Week!
A picture you take could win you a subscription to BirdWatching! We choose a new photo every Monday. And every other month, we ask a professional bird photographer whose work we’ve published in the magazine to pick the best Photo of the Week over the previous two months. We’ll give the winner a free one-year subscription to BirdWatching. Plus, we’ll publish his or her photo in the magazine! Send us your photo today!
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The alarming news from Thursday that Ray Rice has been indicted by a New Jersey grand jury certainly came as a shock when you consider we hadn’t much of anything from the case over the last month or so.
Just like that — bam! — Ray Rice might be going to prison.
I doubt that Rice ever sees a day behind bars, particularly when you take into consideration there are drug dealers running free in every state in the country who never get jail time because “the facilities are too full”.
That said, what happened yesterday almost certainly guarantees that Rice won’t play a full season of football in 2014, which is what I predicted from the outset of this sad situation. Convicted or not, Rice has brought shame to the league in a way Deonte Thompson (weed) and Jah Reid (bar fight) never could. The NFL has been seriously courting the female fan for the better part of five years now, with each club in the league mandated to have events structured to teach women football and give them an opportunity to meet the players up close and personal. There’s simply no way Roger Goodell can turn the other cheek on this Ray Rice domestic incident given the league’s effort to curry favor with female football fans across the country.
The biggest issue in the Rice case remains the video tape and what it reveals. It would be fair to suspect the grand jury saw evidence that the former Rutgers star “punched” his fiancee with a closed fist, rendering her unconscious and forcing him to drag her out of the elevator since she wasn’t capable of walking out on her own.
I don’t know what happened, because I haven’t seen the video of the episode.
I do know it’s not good when a grand jury indicts you, though.
And, if I’m the Ravens, I start looking a lot more closely at free agent running backs and college players who carry the ball and are available this May in the NFL draft.
They’ll need someone to take Rice’s spot for at least eight games.
We’re doing our baseball predictions on today’s show.
I’m not going into all of them, here, other than to say this: I think the Orioles will go 89-73 and claim one of the wild card berths in the American League.
I have Tampa Bay beating Arizona in the World Series.
The rest? You’ll have to listen in.
After two straight seasons of being privileged to have an Orioles media credential, the powers-that-be shaved me off the list this season.
I know what you’re thinking — “Gee, Drew, what did you do? It must have been something really bad.”
No, no, no.
The email I received said I lost my credential because of — quote from the Orioles — “severe space restrictions in the press box.”
I’m thrilled to hear they’re doing some major renovations in the press box. I’m surprised they didn’t get them done in time for the season. Must have been the snowfall in Baltimore over the winter.
The PR gal who sent me the email didn’t actually explain what “space restrictions” they were facing that caused me to lose my credential, so I just have to assume the press box is getting a re-do of some sort. After all, the stadium is now 21 years old. It probably needs a touch-up.
I can’t wait to see the newly renovated press box.
Once these “severe space restrictions” are fixed, I bet the place will look sharp.
If anyone is going to the Masters on Wednesday, April 9, get back to me via email and maybe we can meet up for a turkey sandwich and coca-cola for $4.50.
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Recent Israeli tourists to Cuba will tell you that though the country is full of poor people, dance is a natural cultural expression that spontaneously breaks out on the streets. It used to be like that in Spain, but in recent years, you will find that kind of special dance mostly inside the cabarets. It’s also in the cabarets in Cuba. And, in one case, a professional Cuban dance company is taking a unique mixture of Cuban dance to the world.
The Litz Alfonso Dance Cuba troupe recently performed in Israel. With a gala presentation on opening night at the Tel Aviv Opera House, they showed a high standard of excellence in flamenco dance, with flexibility as movement artists, marking their distinction as an innovative Cuban fusion dance company.
Throughout the evening, doing quick changes back stage into colorful costumes, this all-women dance troupe expressed their exceptional ability to go from the foundational cultural roots of flamenco into ballet, Afro-Cuban dance, popular rhythms (mambo, cha cha cha, conga), modern, and a bit of jazz, They brought their dance expertise to the Israeli scene blending different dance disciplines together in a familiarity that many Jewish immigrants can identify with in this diverse society. The applause said it all. The troupe went beyond their ending number to a few more dance pieces, to the delight of the audience, most of whom were fully engaged in the group’s unusual rhythmic movements. From moving in precision line-ups, to the complicated foot work, to hand gestures that looked somewhat Middle Eastern, the dance ensemble showed the resilience, discipline, intense effort and energy that goes into the artistic direction and choreography of Litz Alfonso.
This writer spoke to Alfonso, back-stage after the dress rehearsal. She stressed the importance of cultural rhythms that help the dance movement. “I think that all of them, from classical music, folkloric music, from here, from everywhere -- it’s music; it’s inspiration.”
Alfonso started the dance company in 1991. Surprisingly, she chose to bring her repertoire to Israel that did not include many of her latest dance works, but mainly those that she choreographed in the early days, going back to 1999. “This show has gone around the world. It’s the first one that went internationally. The first step is this one. And, then we continue. Because in order to understand everything we did in 2006, 2007 and 2008, this is good. And, at the same time, in this show, we put fragments of different shows. You can see and compare.”
The dance troupe is highly trained and strongly influenced by Latin rhythms, though not those heard on the typical drum set. Their accompanying musicians play “live” music for the troupe, using such drums as the congas, the djembe, the dabouka, and other percussion sounds. Their first dance introduced on stage at the Tel Aviv Opera House included castanets, a traditional flamenco percussion hand instrument. Many of the rhythms are familiar not only in Latin America but to Sephardic Jews living in Israel, as well. Alfonso commented on the similarities and added, “The other instrument that I think is very powerful for us is the guitar. We use it a lot, in our shows and in our lives.”
The average age of a dancer in the company is 21. But, there are those who are as young as 16, and others who are in their 30’s. All of the company members are in excellent physical shape and look young. Their commitment involves long hours of training and rehearsals. They work on various dance routines, Monday through Friday, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eat lunch, then come back at 2:00 pm, and continue until as late as 6:00 p.m. depending on the quantity of work they have to prepare.
When I asked Alfonso what was the dance company’s most outstanding performance, in the most memorable venue, she couldn’t provide a specific answer. Her response was, “Every day it is a new world. Every day is a challenge. Everybody needs to say, ‘yes it’s good…’ People love the company.”
Alfonso shared a story about one situation when she worked with musicians in Spain. The musicians said it was impossible to do fusion dance with Afro-Cuban movements while adding a flair of flamenco. Alfonso pushed for that type of creativity and explained the results: “We tried to do it, and they discovered that, in the end, the base is the same; the compass is the same -- the beat.”
During her preparatory rehearsals, Alfonso does not like the idea of picking one outstanding principle dancer for a single performance. She allows her dancers the opportunity to reach an advanced level. The outcome is that every dancer has the opportunity to become one of several principle dancers in different choreographed pieces.
When Alfonso was 23, she formed the dance troupe. After a long trip to Spain, she suffered a knee injury and at age 33, she stopped performing. Since then, she has been both the artistic director and the main choreographer. She is now 50 years old and going strong. She is involved in every aspect of the company from selecting the materials and styles of the creative costuming, to deciding what dance works will be ready for performances both at home and abroad. She gives her artistic input daily, playing an integral part in shaping the image of the dance company. “I need to see everything, because I want everything to be perfect. It’s very difficult. I can’t say impossible. But, I try to do it.” Currently, Alfonso is including other choreographers in her dance repertoire. Often, they have already been dancing with the company for some time.
According to Alfonso, she runs a dance academy in Cuba, founded in 2016, where people of all ages, including children, are able to apply and be accepted into the school. Reportedly, the school has more than a thousand students every year, and includes a Children and Youth Ballet. Young career dancers are also trained in Alfonso’s unique fusion style dance through a curriculum recognized in Cuba by the National School of Art (ENA). Those movement artists who create choreography for the students in her school are from her own dance company. “All the dancers are teachers of one group in the school. And, they prepare the choreography for that group. So, I can see the development of the dancers as choreographers in the groups. And, we prepare a choreography competition every two years. So, the best ones go on to do choreography for the company.”
Israeli journalists were invited a few months ago to Cuba to see Litz Alfonso Dance Cuba perform inside the country before the group traveled to Israel on tour. Alfonso says that getting to Israel was a coordinated effort that took about five years to become a reality. “We looked for the moment because it is not easy. But, in the end we know that everything is possible. It’s just that they put all the minds together in the same note, like the music. And, now, we think that it is the moment.”
Alfonso has a lot of ideas for the future. She wants to continue to work together with Israeli tour companies and public relations teams. “We are very disciplined and very strict. If we are here it means something.” Litz Alfonso Dance Cuba has been to five continents and has built an excellent reputation globally. The company has performed on stage in more than 20 countries and over 200 cities. Company performances include original music, with authentic expressions of Cuban culture. It make the presentation so unique that it has led to invitations for festivals and events in such countries as the United States, Canada, Mexico, Venezuela, Martinique, the Caribbean, Puerto Rico, Columbia, Spain, France, Germany, Holland, Belgium, South Africa, New Zealand, China, Egypt, Turkey, Qatar, and Bahrain.
For Israelis who are working in culture and business, the dance company provides another avenue to open up some unofficial government communications between Cuba and Israel. According to reports, Israeli Minister of Culture, Miri Regev, went to Cuba on a private visit earlier this year. She called it a “family vacation”, but it was the first time an Israeli cabinet member visited the country since Cuba broke diplomatic ties with Israel in 1973.
While Israel’s Foreign Ministry declined to comment about current relations with Cuba, several Israelis are involved in agricultural and construction ventures in the country. Next month, an Israeli business delegation is going to Cuba, organized by a non-government organization called the Israel-Latin American Chamber of Commerce. One of the purposes is to promote trade between both countries, even though there are no formal diplomatic relations. Israeli executives involved in food production, real estate, water, renewable energy, agriculture and pharmaceuticals are expected to join in the visit. Reports indicate that Israeli businessmen will communicate directly with the Cuban regime, interacting with government-owned companies.
The Cuban people are looking for solutions to improve their quality of life, and Israelis are looking to fulfill their business interests, in what could become a “win-win” situation. Those who enjoy the culture of Cuban dance and the arts will be enthusiastic to hear that they can visit Litz Alfonso’s Dance Cuba studios, as well as her dance academy, while in the country.
Alfonso is happy with the dance company’s accomplishments and she wants to keep improving relationships for future performances in Israel. She talks about eventually holding master dance classes with Israelis as she has done in other countries, and it appears she will be persuasive enough to convince people that this is a good way forward. She is also willing and eager to work with Israeli organizations on diversified dance projects. “I think we will keep the relations in a very good way and continue working together. This is just the first step.”
However, the main focus of the company in Cuba and around the world is still practicing and improving various techniques that makes this troupe so unique. It keeps Alfonso busy maintaining a formidable dance style not often seen in the dance world. It is obvious that a lot of hard work goes into acquiring the harmony and unison that the ensemble portrays in their collaborative movements.
Meanwhile, those Israelis who have seen the compelling performances of Litz Alfonso Dance Cuba can already look forward to the group’s next tour to Israel. Observing an increased interest in the Israeli cultural dance arts community may encourage an even larger cultural exchange between Israel and Cuba in the future.
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Æ Ventures, an investment company providing initial funding, acceleration, and advisory support to blockchain projects, have surpassed one and a half million USD in investments to blockchain start-up companies since its launch in 2018. AE Ventures also announced that applications are now open for the third edition of its Starfleet Accelerator program, which offers members mentorship and investment opportunities up to $100,000 USD. The Accelerator Program will commence in early November 2019 and will take place in one of the hottest spots for emerging blockchain companies, Malta.
Applications will open just as Starfleet alumni and previous investees gather to showcase their success at æternity’s global conference, æternity Universe One, happening today and tomorrow in Prague (Czech Republic). The two-day event brings together blockchain experts entrepreneurs and investors from around the world to discuss the trends within the development of disruptive technology, as well as the accomplishments of the projects participating in the first two rounds of the Starfleet Accelerator program.
By tradition, the third edition of the Starfleet Accelerator program will commence with Genesis Week, a period where participating startups receive access to mentorship and support in areas such as business models, token economics, blockchain infrastructure, and æternity apps architecture, from the best experts in the industry. This edition of the program in Malta will also be a part of an ongoing cooperation with Microsoft Innovation Centre Malta, which will be the host of all Starfleet activities. Teams from all over the world will be able to participate in the Accelerator either on-site in Malta or remotely via a constant live-stream; and upon completion, Æ Ventures will provide select teams with funding of up to $100,000 USD.
Æ Ventures also announced on stage at æternity Universe One that India was chosen to be the official location for the first Starfleet acceleration program in 2020, which brings great opportunities for promising seed-stage blockchain startups from this part of the world. India is currently hosting the third-largest number of startup unicorns globally and is home to over 5 million working developers. It is also estimated that over 300 blockchain startups are currently operational in India and several more early-stage startups can directly benefit from the Starfleet acceleration program. Moreover, the Government of India is also keen on implementing blockchain solutions to provide efficient public welfare programs. In light of this potential, Starfleet India will be organized in partnership with IBC Media, a blockchain-based media company with extensive experience in organizing accelerator programs and conferences in India.
“The Aeternity Starfleet acceleration program is exactly the catalyst that the Indian startup ecosystem needs,” said Raghu Mohan, CEO of IBC Media. “This kind of initiative will make blockchain startups mainstream in India and we’re proud to work with the AE Ventures team on this inaugural edition of the accelerator in our country.”
“We are amazed at the growth of the Starfleet accelerator program from its start to now and we can’t wait to launch the third edition with new companies breaking blockchain barriers,” said Nikola Stojanow, CEO of Æ Ventures. “Hosting the program in Malta and India presents new opportunities to engage the burgeoning blockchain culture in thes
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Japan funds IOM reintegration of Chadian returnees from CAR and Border Management
GENEVA, Switzerland, March 31, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- IOM has thanked the government of Japan for its financial contribution of USD 4,725,000 (equivalent to CFA 2,9 billion) for the reintegration of returnees from the Central African Republic (CAR) and for border management in the Republic of Chad.
This is the second such contribution to IOM in Chad from the Japanese people within the last year. In 2014 the Government of Japan awarded IOM Chad USD 1 million for the reintegration of 1,000 female returnees from Sudan and CAR with a focus on empowering female returnees and promoting social cohesion in the most vulnerable areas of high return in Tissi, Sila region.
This latest funding will enable IOM to support the individual socio-economic reintegration of an additional 1,000 Chadian returnees in the regions of Salamat and Sila as well as to support community stabilization in those two regions.
While this reintegration component will focus on income-generating activities for individual female returnees from CAR, the community stabilization component will promote social cohesion between returnees and host communities in the vulnerable areas of Salamat and Sila regions through the creation of committees which will identify community priorities.
The project also envisages collaborating with Japanese NGOs for technical support in the domains of solar energy, agriculture, income generation and potable water. The project will also construct a women's center and will carry out an information campaign to promote peace and social inclusion.
With the Government of Japan funding, IOM is also implementing an integrated border management project which aims to strengthen the capacity of the Government of Chad (GoC) immigration officials, thus improving national and regional security.
This project will concentrate on Western and Southern Chad, notably along the borders with Nigeria, Cameroon and CAR.
Project activities will include:
1) Assisting the Government of Chad to establish an Integrated Border Management Committee comprising relevant ministries and institutions;
2) Improving information management systems to store and process data on persons crossing national borders;
3) Building the capacity of immigration officials in the form of training of trainers, and
4) Reinforcing the current community reporting mechanisms with an awareness campaign.
Established in 1951, IOM is the leading inter-governmental organization in the field of migration. IOM works closely with governmental, intergovernmental and non-governmental partners to help ensure the orderly and humane management of migration, to promote international cooperation on migration issues, to assist in the search for practical solutions to migration problems and to provide humanitarian assistance to migrants in need, including refugees and internally displaced people.
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This is our tax strategy for the financial year to 28 February 2022. We intend its publication to fulfil our obligations under Paragraph 16(2) Sch 19 FA 2016. This tax strategy will apply to all Monzo UK corporate entities.
At Monzo our mission is to make money work for everyone. The tax we pay helps to fund the public services that we all rely on. As a responsible business, we’re committed to doing the right thing for society, and this approach is reflected in our tax strategy. We file our tax returns and pay our taxes in line with both the spirit and the letter of the law, and we don’t engage in artificial tax planning just to cut our tax bill. We don't offer our customers products that have a known tax benefit which is not consistent with the intentions of the government, and we have a zero tolerance policy on tax evasion.
We meet all our legal requirements and behave responsibly
We adhere to the letter of the law. We’re committed to ensuring full compliance with all statutory obligations and tax laws, and paying the right amount of tax in the right place at the right time. This applies to all taxes, in all jurisdictions.
We pay tax not only in line with the letter of all relevant laws and regulations, but also the spirit of them by:
Making sure we're taking into account the intentions of the government;
Only entering into transactions which support genuine commercial activities; and
Making sure that transactions have a tax result that is consistent with the underlying economic consequences.
Put another way, we won’t engage in any artificial tax planning just to cut our tax bill.
We adopt HMRC’s Code of Practice for Banks in full.
We maximise value for our stakeholders
We take advantage of available tax reliefs and incentives where we can. This allows us to maximise long term shareholder value, as well as invest in developing innovative products. This all helps us to provide great service to our customers.
We apply these principles not only to our own tax position, but also to what we offer our customers
We will offer our customers tax efficient products sometimes, like ISAs. However, we won't offer our customers products that have a known tax benefit which is not consistent with the intentions of the government.
We manage our tax risks responsibly
We have a low appetite for tax risk, and strive to ensure we have certainty in our tax obligations.
We make sure we have the right people, processes, controls, policies and systems in place to manage the tax risks that come with running a bank. We have clear reporting lines, and all significant new products, transactions or business proposals require sign-off from our Head of Tax.
Where we feel there is significant uncertainty or complexity in relation to a particular tax risk, we seek advice from external experts.
We are aware of our obligations under the Senior Accounting Officer (SAO) regime and have implemented a robust framework to ensure compliance with these rules, including appointing our CFO as the SAO.
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Transparency is one of our core values, and this extends to our interactions with tax authorities:
We're open and transparent in our dealings with tax authorities
We aim to provide prompt, accurate, complete and helpful answers in response to any tax authority queries or requests for information
We maintain a standard of full disclosure in relation to all of the above, as well as in our filings
We have zero tolerance for tax evasion
We have no tolerance for any activity relating to the criminal offence of tax evasion, and we're committed to preventing the facilitation of tax evasion.
We take our tax strategy seriously
Our tax strategy is owned and overseen by our Executive Committee, and it's reviewed and approved annually by our Board Risk Committee.
To make sure they're fully informed, our Tax Squad send the Executive Risk and Compliance Committee monthly updates on compliance with our tax filing requirements, which are reported up to the Board.
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The Katzie Treaty Team website will inform and educate its members and the general public on its vital and historic treaty negotiations with Canada and British Columbia.
Katzie First Nation
10946 Katzie Road,
Pitt Meadows, B.C.
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Best Viewed in 1024 x 768 screen resolution or higher
Updated: October 11, 2002
In accordance with our website's mission, we shall aim to make our public information informative and educational. And, as with most websites, ours too will be a work-in-progress over the coming weeks, months and years.
We hope you enjoy this website and find it especially useful as you learn more about us and our efforts to secure a fair and lasting treaty.
Return as often as you like, and please refer others to this website. Thanks again!
- Katzie Treaty Team
Katzie First Nation - Thank you for visiting our newly launched website dedicated to our treaty negotiations with British Columbia and Canada.
The Katzie Treaty Team takes great pride in offering this publication to the people of the region, the province, the country and beyond.
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By Bob Kasango
Deployment of security forces at Mengo court contributed to the disregard of the High Court order and assaulted independence of our judiciary.
The saga involving the vote recount in Rubaga Division in Kampala is bringing to the fore again the clash between the judiciary and the executive. At the centre of the mess is the Chief Magistrate in the Court of Mengo, His Worship Phillip Odoki.
He ordered the vote recount within his judicial authority but has been faulted for refusing or failing to obey the orders of the High Court stopping the recount. One newspaper quoted Odoki as having told lawyers of Moses Kasibante (the petitioner) to “serve the order upon the people recounting the votes.” If that is true, Odoki fell short in his duties as a judicial officer to respect orders of superior courts. I sympathise with him because I imagine the situation in which he was operating at the time.
The entire court premises were cordoned off by the police and other security personnel. It is reported that Grace Turyagumanawe, a very senior police officer, commanded the operation. He was only two days in office after his predecessor Sorowen was relieved of his duties, widely believed to be because he was not “tough” enough. Friedrich Hegel coined the famous phrase, “we learn from history that we never learn anything from history. …. that is the greatest lesson of the past and the highest theme of history. …. The history of man’s ideas is nothing more than the chronicle of human error.” How true!
Five years on, and still we have not learnt from the lessons of the infamous “Black Mamba” siege of the High Court in Kampala. All the arguments advanced for having heavily deployed at the High Court in 2006 are the same ones being advanced for the heavy presence of security at Mengo court and the cordoning off of the court premises.
Why did Chief Magistrate Odoki refuse or fail to implement the directive of the High Court? It is easy to see why. The recount had been ordered by him but the process was hijacked by the police and the applicant Singh Kantongole who is said to have become almost hysterical when mention was made of a stop of the recount. He is accused of having become violent. Singh is a senior member in the ruling NRM party’s hierarchy and his courage to bulldoze people at the recount is borne of these factors, plus the force of arms he had in protection. No doubt the heavy presence of armed personnel at the court premise contributed greatly to the disregard of the High Court order.
The independence of our judiciary is at stake and fast eroding. In the days after the infamous Black Mamba siege of the High Court, Justice Lugaziyi granted bail to some individuals accused of treason and other related offences. He bore the brunt of President Museveni’s wrath and was publicly criticised for exercising his judicial function but more important, respecting the constitutional rights of the applicants before him. Consequently, the judge declined to handle any bail applications and there was a domino effect. It was very hard to find a judge in the High Court who was willing to hear bail applications especially if the offences were political.
Judges and courts should be protected from political influence and special-interest groups so they can be neutral and fair. Because sometimes judges have yielded to pressure, there are a great many people in the Uganda today who think that judges are just politicians in robes. Ugandans are fast losing faith in the judicial system, not because it is incompetent but because they view it as compromised and increasingly under threat.
I don’t know what the court will do about the Mengo saga, but it strikes me as a sad state of affairs when a case like this becomes a question of constitutionality when it’s clearly bad policy for the state to allow that environment to exist. The judicial system needs judges with the courage to decide against the majority or the state and its powerful politicians without fear or favour. That’s what His Worship Odoki should have done.
Without an independent judiciary to protect individual rights from the other branches of government, those rights and privileges would amount to nothing. We have an obligation to speak up. Statutes and constitutions do not protect judicial independence – people do.
There have been a lot of suggestions lately for so-called judicial reforms, recommendations for a body to review court judgments ( as if we do not have an appeal system!), stripping the courts of jurisdiction and cutting judicial budgets, appointing “cadre judges” etc. I am against judicial reforms driven by nakedly partisan reasoning.
Judicial independence doesn’t happen by itself. I am disappointed at the Uganda Law Society for their silence. Judges can’t speak for themselves. So the Law Society should speak out on these issues. Lucien Tibaruha was removed from office as Solicitor General. The High Court stayed his removal but the Inspector General of Police threw him out. The Solicitor General is the Number Two at the Bar, but the Bar was silent. The court acted in vain. In the case of Judge Lugayizi above, the Law Society was silent. The Law Society is aware that court warrants these days must first be okayed by the police legal department before execution. In other words, the police legal department supervises the courts. It’s not just irregular but unconstitutional. The Law Society is also silent on that.
To the Law Society, I would quote the words of Martin Niemöller a German pastor and theologian. Niemöller was an anti-Communist and supported Hitler’s rise to power at first. But when Hitler insisted on the supremacy of the state over religion, Niemöller became disillusioned. He became the leader of a group of German clergymen opposed to Hitler. Unlike Niemöller, they gave in to the Nazis’ threats. In 1937 he was arrested and eventually confined in the Sachsenhausen and Dachau concentration camps until he was released in 1945 by the Allies. His statement, sometimes presented as a poem, is a popular model for describing the dangers of political apathy: He said, “When Hitler attacked the Jews
I was not a Jew, therefore I was not concerned. And when Hitler attacked the Catholics, I was not a Catholic, and therefore, I was not concerned. And when Hitler attacked the unions and the industrialists, I was not a member of the unions and I was not concerned. Then Hitler attacked me and the Protestant church — and there was nobody left to be concerned.
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Alright, I know it’s early and I was just preaching about not rushing Christmas, but some of you are itching for holiday content… and you know me- I’m a pushover when it comes to Christmas. Ha! I thought I’d shake up this month’s ‘Amazon Finds‘ post and share the BEST of the best seasonal decor you can find on our favorite fast/free shipping site. Click through for deals! I have yet to start decorating for the holidays, but I do like to be prepared for when the time comes. I prefer to buy decor in advance or dig existing items out of storage with ample time… even if I’m not quite ready to put it up yet. Most of the items in the post are more ‘seasonal’ than Christmas anyway, so you can leave it styled for a longer time period. We’ll start with stockings because I found insane deals on so many good options. Most of these are under $10 – $15!!
01: black and white stocking // 02: gray knit stocking // 03: cabin christmas stocking // 04: white stocking // 05: red holiday stocking // 06: faux fur stocking // 07: reindeer stocking // 08: cable knit stocking // 09: green plaid stocking // 10: seude stocking // 11: buffalo check stocking // 12: quilted stocking
My favorite stockings from the bunch? I’m into #1, #3, #5, #9, and #12. I didn’t do a great job narrowing those down, did I? Ha! It’s a tough choice.
If these aren’t up your alley, I’m sharing a stocking DIY next week… so stay tuned for that! Part of me likes holiday DIY projects because they make that time of year even more special.
I’m pretty traditional and partial to fresh or preserved wreaths- usually of the plain greenery variety, but I also decided to include some faux versions in the roundup as well. Preserved wreaths are probably the best of both worlds… they last forever and still look convincing because they’re real plants.
01: magnolia wreath // 02: live boxwood wreath // 03: gold feather wreath // 04: preserved boxwood wreath // 05: grapevine pine wreath // 06: boxwood wreath // 07: bay leaf wreath // 08: red berry wreath // 09: white willow wreath // 10: white berry wreath // 11: cedar wreath // 12: laurel wreath When it comes to wreaths, I like them indoors and out during the holiday season. On the exterior, I prefer plain and simple greenery, while indoors- you can have a little more fun with color, texture, and material.
When it comes to doormats, I’m a pretty classic kind of gal. I like your typical, durable coconut fiber mat that is neutral in color. Even better if it has a monogram or outlined detail! Check out this monogram doormat DIY I did last fall. The other nice thing about a plain doormat? You can use it pretty much year round. I never get anything too seasonal so that it withstands the test of time. You can also layer them on top of plaid or buffalo check outdoor rugs.
I’m not going to lie… there are a lot of bad things on Amazon in general, let alone in the holiday section- I feel like sometimes you have to dig to find it, but it’s always worth it! Is there anything I missed and should add to the list? Are you guys still liking the Amazon posts?
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