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Trump mentioned Clinton over and over at his news conference. Did he forget he won?
By Emily C. Singer
President Donald Trump's impromptu Thursday news conference at the White House was supposed to be about his new nominee to head up the Department of Labor.
But instead of focusing on labor nominee Alexander Acosta, Trump was hellbent on relitigating the 2016 presidential campaign — mentioning his vanquished opponent Hillary Clinton multiple times throughout the news conference.
Trump, clearly, has not moved past the election. And he seems to be looking for someone to shoulder some of the heat he's been feeling from his botched executive order on immigration, as well as the latest scandal his administration is facing over its alleged Russia ties.
The first mention of Clinton came when Trump was asked why he was OK with WikiLeaks leaking emails from Hillary Clinton's campaign, but is not OK with leaks about his own administration.
Trump went on to say the WikiLeaks leaks were OK because they were not giving out classified information — only emails stolen from a cyberattack that the U.S. intelligence community blamed the Russians for.
He then went on to question why the media wasn't still covering one of the revelations in those leaks, which showed that the Clinton campaign received a tip from a Democratic National Committee official that there would be a question about the Flint water crisis at a Democratic primary debate being held in Flint, Mich.
"WikiLeaks, which I have nothing to do with, comes out and happens to give, they're not giving classified information, they're giving stuff what was said in an office about Hillary cheating on the debates, which, by the way, nobody mentions," Trump said. "Nobody mentions that Hillary received the questions to the debates. Can you imagine?"
"They gave her the questions to a debate and she should have reported herself," Trump said.
The reason the press is no longer covering the debate snafu should be obvious: that Democratic primary debate was on March 6, 2016 — almost a full year ago.
Clinton handily won the primary then lost the general election, which went down more than three months ago. Trump should know that better than anyone, since he reminds people about it almost every time he is at a microphone.
Next, Trump went on a tear against Clinton as he tried to fend off attacks that his administration is close to Russia.
"One of the reasons I'm here today is to tell you the whole Russian thing is a ruse," Trump said.
He said he merely wants the United States to get along better with Russia, then accused Clinton of trying to do the same thing — repeating the lie that she gave Russia a fifth of the U.S.'s uranium.
"We had Hillary Clinton trying to do a reset. We had Hillary clinton give Russia 20% of the uranium in our country. You know what uranium is?" Trump asked, before things went really off the rails: "This thing called nuclear weapons and other things, like lots of things, are done with uranium, including some bad things. Nobody talks about that."
He continued, "I didn't do anything for Russia. I've done nothing for Russia. Hillary Clinton gave them 20% of our uranium. Hillary Clinton did a reset with the stupid, plastic button that made us all look like a bunch of jerks here. He looked at her like, 'What the hell is she doing with that cheap, plastic button?' Hillary Clinton — that was the reset. It said reset."
Trump was talking about an incident from March 6, 2009, almost eight full years ago, when then-secretary of state Clinton gave Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov a gift of a plastic button meant to symbolize a reset between the U.S. and Russia.
Still not ready to let it go, Trump said he is going to be tougher on Russia than Clinton.
"Maybe I'm not going to be able to do a deal with Russia, but at least I tried," Trump said. "Does anybody really think Hillary Clinton would be tougher on Russia than Donald Trump? Does anybody in this room really believe that?" Trump said. "She tried to make a deal, had that reset, gave all that valuable uranium. She's close to Russia. You know what I gave the Russians? Nothing."
Trump's continued focus on Clinton was mercilessly mocked on Twitter.
There were those who pointed out Trump focused more on his former foe during his press conference than he did on outlining his own administration's policy agenda — which will be an important part in determining his own party's success at the ballot box in the 2018 midterm elections.
Others weren't buying his claim that he would have been tougher on Russia, given the glowing praise Trump has heaped on Russian President Vladimir Putin.
And after Trump mentioned Clinton so much in his news conference, some questioned if he was having some Clinton withdrawals.
"Trump really misses Hillary Clinton," Ryan Lizza, a reporter at the New Yorker, tweeted.
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Post subject: Professor Position in Physical Oceanography - Dalhousie Univ
Location: Dalhousie University
Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Physical Oceanography
The Department of Oceanography at Dalhousie University is seeking applicants for a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Physical Oceanography. Applicants must hold a PhD in Physical Oceanography or a closely related discipline, and have a strong record of research excellence. The applicants' research should address ocean dynamics on a range of temporal and spatial scales, and it should complement the existing research activities by physical oceanography faculty in the Department, e.g., ocean models and observational analyses, shelf and deep ocean circulation, nearshore processes, air-sea interactions, climate variability, ocean acoustics, and mixing. Interests in cross-disciplinary oceanographic research are an asset.
The successful applicant may find research support from existing centres of excellence at Dalhousie (e.g., MEOPAR) and from the newly created Ocean Frontier Institute (OFI). OFI brings together elite researchers and institutes from across the globe to understand our changing oceans and create safe, sustainable solutions for ocean development. Including a $93.7M award through the Canada First Research Excellence Fund program (CFREF), government, private and partner contributions, the OFI is a $220M enterprise.
The successful applicant will be appointed to a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor. The anticipated start date is 1 July 2019, or as negotiated. The application should include a detailed curriculum vitae, a two- to three-page statement of research interests, three representative publications, the names and contact information of three references, and a completed Self-ID questionnaire (www.dal.ca/becounted/selfid). Review of applications will begin on 4 June 2018 and will continue until the position is filled. Please send the complete application as a single pdf to the address below:
Dr. Katja Fennel
Search Committee Chair, Tier 2 CRC in Physical Oceanography
POsearch@dal.ca
The Canada Research Chair (CRC) program was established by the Canadian Federal Government with the purpose of attracting outstanding researchers to the Canadian university system. Tier 2 Chairs are intended for exceptional emerging scholars (i.e. the candidate must have been an active researcher in their field for fewer than 10 years at the time of nomination). Applicants who are more than 10 years from their highest degree (and where career breaks exist, including maternity leave, extended sick leave, etc.) may have their eligibility for a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair assessed through the program’s Tier 2 justification process. Please contact the research grants office and see the CRC website (www.chairs.gc.ca) for more information on eligibility. Dalhousie recognizes that career paths can be diverse and that career interruptions may occur. Applicants are encouraged to include, in their cover letter, an explanation of the impact that any career interruptions may have had on their record of research achievement.
Dalhousie University is celebrating its 200th anniversary in 2018. The student body comprises 18,000 students from around the world who are here to access world-class academic programmes and leading edge research. It is located in the port city of Halifax on Canada’s east coast, which is renowned for its relaxed lifestyle, friendly people, and natural beauty.
Dalhousie University is committed to fostering a collegial culture grounded in diversity and inclusiveness. The university encourages applications from Aboriginal people, persons with a disability, racially visible persons, women, persons of minority sexual orientations and gender identities, and all candidates who would contribute to the diversity of our community.
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Metabolic Genomics Group
Génomique Métabolique
The table to the right includes counts of all research outputs for Metabolic Genomics Group published between 1 February 2018 - 31 January 2019 which are tracked by the Nature Index.
Research collaboration: Metabolic Genomics Group is a research collaboration whose article contributions are accrued to its participating partner institutions.
Life Sciences 12 1.55
Nature Communications 3 0.17
Nature Genetics 1 0.01
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 1 1
Science 2 0.09
The ISME Journal: Multidisciplinary Journal of Microbial Ecology 1 0.03
Chemistry 3 1.21
Shifting the limits in wheat research and breeding using a fully annotated reference genome
The Rosa genome provides new insights into the domestication of modern roses
Mutation dynamics and fitness effects followed in single cells
Amphioxus functional genomics and the origins of vertebrate gene regulation
Genome evolution across 1,011 isolates
Top 10 domestic collaborators by FC (93 total)
Metabolic Genomics Group, France
French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), France (1.22)
Institute of Chemistry of Clermont-Ferrand (ICCF), France (0.70)
National Institute for Health and Medical Research (INSERM), France (0.60)
Laboratory Jean Perrin (LJP), France (0.58)
Institute of Research for Development (IRD), France (0.55)
Plant Diversity Adaptation and Development - Research Unit (UMR DIADE), France (0.55)
Pierre and Marie Curie University (UPMC) - Paris 6, France (0.54)
Pasteur Institute, France (0.51)
Department of Genomes and Genetics, France (0.50)
University of Montpellier, France (0.49)
Top 10 international collaborators by FC (171 total)
Catholic University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Belgium (0.88)
University of Toronto (U of T), Canada (0.68)
Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin), Germany (0.63)
University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE), Germany (0.58)
Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava (STU), Slovakia (0.30)
Bangor University, United Kingdom (UK) (0.29)
European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Germany (0.23)
Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice), Benin (0.22)
University College London (UCL), United Kingdom (UK) (0.21)
Metabolic Genomics Group is a research collaboration whose article contributions are accrued to its participating partner institutions below.
University of Évry-Val d'Essonne (UEVE), France
French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), France
CEA Genoscope, France
Affiliated joint institutions and consortia
French - Italian Public Consortium for Grapevine Genome Characterization, France
Laboratory of Bioinformatics Analyses for Genomics and Metabolism (LABGeM), France
What PAMELA can tell us about positrons
National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute)
DNA body armour
Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT)
Why neuroses cause sleepless nights
Kanazawa University (KU)
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Institute for Transportation and Automation Technology (ITA), LUH
Institut für Transport- und Automatisierungstechnik (ITA)
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Institute of Probability and Statistics, LUH
Institute of Quantum Optics (IQO), LUH
Institute of Solid State Physics (FKP), LUH
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Riemann Center for Geometry and Physics, LUH
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Institute for Geology, LUH
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Cultivating better crops with CRISPR
Chilled bacteria lose their rhythm
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Rebecca Black: Bieber Duet Would "Make My Life"
By Emily Johnson
Published Mar 19, 2011 at 2:10 PM | Updated at 2:16 PM EDT on Mar 19, 2011
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Today is Friday. Tomorrow is Saturday. And Bieber comes after …wards?
Thirteen-year-old Rebecca Black, the girl behind the massive internet sensation “Friday,” is dying to sing with another teen who took YouTube success to dizzying fame. She appealed to Justin Bieber during a “Good Morning America” appearance on – you guessed it – Friday.
“Justin, if you’re watching this right now, would you do a duet with me?” she said. That would be unreal. It would make my life!”
Rebecca has 22 million hits on her video and counting, but she has a long way to go before reaching Bieber-like levels of success. Still, it could be fun, fun fun!
Your move, Justin.
Selected Readings: Entertainment Weekly, Twitter
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Syracuse Athletics | March 22, 2015
Syracuse crushes Duke in top-four match
SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Top-ranked Syracuse (7-0, 2-0 ACC) used a high-powered offense and stifling defense to cruise to a 19-7 victory against No. 4 Duke (7-2, 0-1 ACC) Sunday at the Carrier Dome.
Attackmen Kevin Rice and Dylan Donahue each finished with seven points. Rice tallied four goals and three assists, while Donahue bagged a game-high five goals and contributed a pair of helpers. Midfielder Henry Schoonmaker chipped in with three goals to help Syracuse remain undefeated.
As well as the Orange offense played, the Syracuse defense was even more impressive. The Orange held a Duke attack that entered the game third nationally in scoring offense (16.0 goals per game) to one goal in the first half and two through the first three quarters.
Goalie Bobby Wardwell led the charge, making 11 saves in 48 minutes. Close defenseman Brandon Mullins picked up four ground balls and caused three turnovers. Mullins limited Duke leading goal-scorer Justin Guterding to two goals, one of which was man-up.
The duo of Peter Macartney and Scott Firman shut down Duke star midfielder Myles Jones. Jones took eight shots and did not score a goal for the first time this season. Jones finished with just one assist, well below his season average of 5.63 points per contest.
"I was really happy with the performance of our team and I thought our assistant coaches did a really great job of getting our offense and our defense ready for what they were going to see today," SU head coach John Desko said. "I think we just played well from one end of the field to the other."
FINAL: #1 Cuse 19, #4 Duke 7. Donahue (5 g), Rice (4) and Schoonmaker (3) lead way. Wardwell 11 saves. #DukevsCuse pic.twitter.com/n4OwBjEDXo
— Syracuse Lacrosse (@CuseMLAX) March 22, 2015
NCAA student-athletes and coaches rally behind Tiana Mangakahia
NCAA teams, players and coaches have rallied behind Tiana Mangakahia, the Syracuse point guard who announced Monday she will begin treatment in a fight against breast cancer.
Syracuse women's basketball star Tiana Mangakahia on breast cancer diagnosis: 'I will come out stronger'
Syracuse women's basketball point guard Tiana Mangakahia revealed she has breast cancer Monday.
NCAA DI women's lacrosse quarterfinals: Previewing Maryland, Boston College and the teams still alive
Only eight teams remain. And after this weekend, four of them will move closer to grabbing the Division I women’s lacrosse championship.
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» Ice Climbing
Fear And Confidence
Tue, 25 Apr 2017 | Ice Climbing
To dance beneath the diamond sky, with one band waving free. , .
—Bob Dylan, Mr. Tambourine Man
It is July 20, 1967. A hot Teton afternoon. Summits hover in the haze above Cascade Canyon, whose pines and stream-crossed meadows provide the background for a sixteen-year-old's approach to his first ice climb. The boy's boots leave perfect waffle-prints in the dust of the old trail as he takes long strides to keep up with his older partner. They are headed toward a logjam in the creek, across from the rocky bulk of Storm Point.
The boy's mind is filled with stories he has read of ice climbing in the European Alps: spindrift avalanches on the White Spider, Rebuffat's climb of the North Face of the Matterhorn. Scary stories they are, yet beautiful, descriptions of a world he fears but wants to know—cold bivouacs, glistening mornings, snowy days, the crunch of steel points biting into ice. But that dream lives across an ocean in mountains that are fairy-tale castles to the boy. The hills in his mind are romantic, but vague and shapeless when compared to the crags that surround him now. The boy scans the Guide's Wall of Storm Point,- he remembers the texture of the rock and the surge of blood and muscles required by the twin cracks of the last pitch.
The young man and the boy come to the ford in the stream. They cross the network of naked timber, rucksacks a challenge to their balance, and on the other side they stoop to drink. The metallic taste of the cold water lingers in their mouths as they start up the hillside to the hanging canyon of Valhalla, Behind them the sun drops below a craggy ridge, and they climb, puffing through the fir trees.
The forest thins, straggles, ends, disgorges the serene man and the sweating boy. The boy's thighs groan with painful relief at the final steps into twilight Valhalla, The man turns and watches the boy drop his rucksack onto the rich turf that covers a portion of the basin, The streamlet that bisects the meadow in a string of half-loops fills the air with gentle sucking and popping noises. The pair make camp against a square boulder. The man brings water in a mess tin,- the boy lights the stove.
While the soup is heating and sending beef smells into the air, the man points up at the West Face of the Grand Teton, which looms above them in the dusk. He tells the boy that between the main peak on the left (which is just losing its final
45 T Fear and Confidence alpine glow) and the lower shoulder silhouetted on the right lies the Black Ice Couloir, The boy tries to see into the gully through the increasing darkness, but his straining eyes discern no secrets.
Curled up on his foam pad against the square rock, and bundled in a down parka, the man snores. The boy shivers under the stars. His legs are cold. He tries to see himself on the ice of the couloir, but he has trouble with the vision. He feels young and afraid at the thought of the steep gray ice he has heard about around fires at Climber's Camp. He recalls tales of rockfall caused by tourists on the Owen route, which crosses a rock-strewn ledge above the couloir. He imagines the strain on calf muscles. They say it is like pitch after pitch of unprotected 5.8 slabs. The boy's fears keep him awake and shaking slightly in waves, synchronized with the rasping breath of the dark figure next to him. He watches Orion creep across the sky and waits, wide-eyed, for morning.
Years pass; seasons bloom and wilt, freeze and thaw. The boy makes many ice climbs and loses his fear, but not his respect. He becomes a young man himself.
The young man is in the Canadian Rockies. He emerges from his tent at the Columbia Icefields Campground just as a faint glow begins to wash the stars from the eastern sky. He stretches in the cold air. A month of climbing has left him feeling strong and supple, mentally relaxed, aggressive in an adventurous way. The clear predawn promises a perfect day for climbing, but one partner has gone home and another won't arrive for two days. He could spend the day photographing the bighorn sheep on the grassy hillside above the campground, or perhaps reading in the sunshine. But there's a nice new route to do over on the West Shoulder of Andromeda, The young man decides he'll take a peek at that instead. The date is July 21, 1973,
Dressed in wool knickers, tattered green cardigan, and brown balaclava, the young man throws his ice axe and a small pack containing a hunk of cheese, his cat/ouk, and crampons onto the front seat of his beat-up old car. Headlights glow like cats' eyes in the fading dark as the vehicle chugs past tents, vans, campers, and a log cook-shelter, bouncing softly down the dirt road to the junction with the highway, then heads west onto the paved road.
During the three-mile drive to the parking lot at the sightseeing concession ("See the wonders of the Athabasca Glacier from the comfort of an enclosed snow machine!") the young man is treated to one of his favorite sights: glaciated mountains awakening to the first light of a new day. On his left are Athabasca and Andromeda, the Snow Dome and Kitchener are to the right,- the tongue of the Athabasca Glacier laps down from the ice field between the two sets of peaks.
At the parking lot below and between Athabasca and Andromeda, he grabs the blue pack and ice axe from the seat. The car door slams as he hops out into a slight breeze. It's chilly, and he wastes little time in shouldering the small load and hopping over the guard rail onto the surface of the moraine. The wooden-shafted axe feels familiar and good in his hand as he scrambles up an unstable hill toward the glacial bench that contours beneath the North Ridge of Andromeda, giving access to the face he wants to climb.
The bare ice of the shell is weathered like an old man's face and littered with small dark stones that have fallen from the rocky buttress of the ridge. Crunching noises punctuate the young man's footsteps as he rounds the corner of the ridge to see the top of the West Shoulder turn pink at the first touch of the sun. A shallow arête of ice interspersed with rocky steps falls 1,800 feet directly from the glowing summit into the small glacier that still separates the young man from the climb. Yes, a good route, he thinks, taking a deep breath. But to get to the base he must first negotiate a jumble of ice blocks the size of houses and then traverse the upper glacier, whose crevasses still remain partially hidden by last winter's snow.
He avoids most of the short icefall with surprising ease by hugging the base of the North Ridge. A latticework of ramps and bridges winds around the edge of one serac and spans a gap between two others. But the upper glacier is more worrisome. It is a gently rolling quarter-mile of half-covered crevasses—easy terrain, but dangerous. It is with more than respect in his heart that he bends forward at the waist and begins the probing and poking with the shaft of his axe that will continue until he reaches the foot of the climb. The young man presents a humble figure bowing his way across the snow, dwarfed by the rock ridge behind him and the ice wall ahead.
Arriving below his planned route, the young man rests a few minutes. The sweat streaking his face from temples to cheeks evaporates as he sits on his pack and straps crampons to boots. The sun has reached a point two-thirds down from the top of the face, but it is still cool where the young man sits. He takes a moment more to eat a piece of cheese and regain his composure. The obvious problems of the route—wide bergschrund, steep ice, snowed-up rock, summit cornice—seem far preferable to the unseen holes of the glacier.
Crossing the bergschrund is difficult. At its narrowest it still yawns six feet wide, with a bottom too dark to see. He breaks the overhanging lower lip back until a platform can be made to support his weight. He makes a quick calculation: If he lets himself fall forward, will he be able to span the gap with the full length of his body plus outstretched arms? He decides he can. The shock of contacting the upper wall is greater than he expected. Then, maintaining the bridge with one hand, he swings the axe with the other and plants it well in the ice of the face. Feet swing from the lower edge of the split, and the young man is established on the climb.
For fifty feet the ice is tilted up at 70°. He wishes he had brought along an ice hammer to complement the axe, but the steep part is soon behind him. Conditions are excellent: hard snow, ice that takes points like cork. As he climbs farther, he enters the sun. He pauses a moment on the 50° slope to change to dark glasses and store his sweater in the pack. The rim is etched white against a lake-blue sky. He lopes upward, climbing a narrow gully through one rock band, skirting another by
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a couloir on the right, regaining the ice arête again 500 feet from the top. He is feeling as light as the ice crystals that sparkle in the air, immune to the old avalanche runnels that swoop down to the glacier.
Crampons grate on limestone as he climbs through an unavoidable cliff a hundred feet below the summit. The top of the rock tapers into snow that gets looser and steeper. Right under the jutting cornice it reaches 80s, and he has to plunge the shaft of the axe and all of one arm into the snow for purchase,
Directly above him the cornice juts out a full fifteen feet. An insecure leftward traverse of forty feet brings the young man to a place where the cornice has fallen and only a seven-foot vertical step bars him from the top. But a full half-Hour is consumed while he carves a groove through the snow. At last, however, his careful efforts are rewarded, and he flops safely onto the fiat summit.
He stands up and brushes the snow from his clothes, slowly turning full circle. A panorama of his favorite mountains fills his view. The pyramid of Mount Forbes lies to the south, Double-sum mi ted Bryce is to the west, sun gleaming on its ice faces. The broad shield of Athabasca can be seen to the east, and the snow domes of Kitchener, the Twins, and Columbia rise out of the ice field to the north.
Looking down through the notch from which he recently emerged, the young man sees the pockmarks of his crossing on the small glacier at the bottom of the face. He sees how the small tributary glacier tumbles down into the mile-wide stream of the Athabasca. He watches as a tiny red bug with thirty people inside winds its way down a bulldozed road from the snowmobile concession on the lateral moraine to the flat surface of the broad ribbon of ice.
The young man gives a single whoop of joy and then begins the descent down the Skyladder route and back to his tracks on the glacier. By noon he is at the campground, reading in the sun, v
Grand Central Couloir of Mount Kitchener Canadian Rockies
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Octopussy - Ice Climbing
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What Is a Girl Worth?
by Rachael Denhollander
Tyndale House Publishers | Biographies & Memoirs , Sports
My Story of Breaking the Silence and Exposing the Truth about Larry Nassar and USA Gymnastics
Tyndale House Publishers
Tyndale Momentum
Biographies & Memoirs , Sports
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Recipient of Sports Illustrated’s Inspiration of the Year Award and one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People (2018)
“Who is going to tell these little girls that what was done to them matters? That they are seen and valued, that they are not alone and they are not unprotected?”
Rachael Denhollander’s voice was heard around the world when she spoke out to end the most shocking scandal in US gymnastics history. The first victim to publicly accuse Larry Nassar, the former USA Gymnastics team doctor who abused hundreds of young athletes, Rachael now reveals her full story for the first time. How did Nassar get away with it for so long? How did Rachael and the other survivors finally stop him and bring him to justice? And how can we protect the vulnerable in our own families, churches, and communities?
What Is a Girl Worth? is the inspiring true story of Rachael’s journey from an idealistic young gymnast to a strong and determined woman who found the courage to raise her voice against evil, even when she thought the world might not listen. This deeply personal and compelling narrative shines a spotlight on the physical and emotional impact of abuse, why so many survivors are reluctant to speak out, what it means to be believed, the extraordinary power of faith and forgiveness, and how we can learn to do what’s right in the moments that matter most.
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J.R. Smith, shown during a 2018 NBA Finals news conference, is likely to be traded or waived before his 2019-20 salary becomes guaranteed.
The CLEVELAND BEAT
Cavs unlikely to be big players in free agency
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Free agency in the NBA begins at 6 p.m. June 30. The Cavaliers and most of the league will watch from the sideline as Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, Kawhi Leonard and other stars pick their next destination. But that doesn’t mean the Cavs will be idle.
The biggest problem for the Cavaliers is they are stuck with bloated contracts and are not getting commensurate production. Some are expiring contracts, which are always attractive to other teams. But the best solution could be to weather the storm another year and go heavy in free agency next summer.
Thirteen players have guaranteed contracts, including the three rookies — Darius Garland, Dylan Windler and Kevin Porter Jr. — selected in the June 20 draft.
Tristan Thompson ($18,539,130), Brandon Knight ($15,643,750), Jordan Clarkson ($13,437,500), John Henson ($9,732,396) and Matthew Dellavedova ($9,607,500) are all on expiring contracts.
J.R. Smith has an expiring contract of $15,680,000. It was scheduled to become fully guaranteed on July 1, but ESPN and the Athletic are reporting that date has been pushed back to at least July 15 and could be extended to Aug. 1. He will be either traded or waived before then. The partial guarantee was increased to $4.4 million.
Forbes reported using their $9 million mid-level exception would push the Cavaliers beyond the luxury tax level of $132 million. Team owner Dan Gilbert would be more willing to do that if the Cavaliers would contend for a championship next season. But the Cavaliers were 19-63 in 2018-19 and are not poised for a big turnaround.
Forbes suggests the Cavs could sign seven-year veteran small forward Jeremy Lamb of the Charlotte Hornets. Lamb averaged 15.3 points, 5.5 rebounds and 1.1 steals last season.
Cavaliers general manager Koby Altman likes to be aggressive. Forbes paints a scenario in which the Cavaliers acquire Tim Hardaway Jr. from Dallas for Henson and Knight. Cavs coach John Beilein coached Hardaway at Michigan, so that connection would obviously be a strong one.
• I’m not sure why the Brooklyn Nets or any team would be eager to throw a mountain of money at the feet of Kyrie Irving. He would be classified a tennis brat if he played that sport instead of basketball.
No one would deny Irving has immense skill. His game-winning basket in Game 7 of the 2016 NBA Finals made the Cavaliers NBA champions. But he also caused an upheaval in the Cavaliers organization when he demanded a trade a year later.
Irving was dealt to Boston, took a swipe at Cleveland when he said he was happy to be in “a real sports city.” Then he proved to be an equal opportunity annoyer by undermining the Celtics numerous times in the 2018-19 season.
Irving predictably will say and do all the right things in the first season with his new team. But if things start going bad in his second or third season, you can bet Irving will whine again.
• I’ve always believed it isn’t a sport's superstars who throw salaries out of whack. The salaries mediocre players earn are the bigger problem, and the Cavaliers, or practically every NBA team, provide a perfect example. Brandon Knight being paid $15.6 million and John Henson being paid $9.7 million puts the Cavaliers in salary cap jail, because even if Altman can trade those bad contracts, he will have to take on similar contracts in the bargain.
I didn’t know that
… Until I read my Snapple bottle cap.
Earth is the only planet not named after a Greek or Roman god … There are more nerve connections or “synapses” in a person’s brain than there are stars in our galaxy. … Hens do not need a rooster to lay an egg. … Australia’s first police force in 1788 was made up entirely of the most well-behaved convicts. … Tennessee and Missouri are each bordered by a U.S.-most eight states. An albatross can sleep while it flies.
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UM scientists receive $3.3 million NIH contract to develop opioid addiction vaccine
The University of Montana has received a $3.3 million contract from the National Institutes of Health to develop an innovative vaccine targeting opioid addiction.
The principal investigator on the two-year award is Dr. Jay Evans, director of UM's Center for Translational Medicine and a research professor in the Division of Biological Sciences. Other investigators on the award are Drs. David Burkhart, Kendal Ryter and Helene Bazin-Lee from UM in Missoula, Marco Pravetoni from the University of Minnesota, and Paul Pentel and Mark LeSage from Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute.
Last fall, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and National Institute on Drug Abuse organized a meeting to bring drug abuse and vaccine research teams together with a goal of finding solutions to the growing opioid-use epidemic. As a result, UM partnered with the University of Minnesota and Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute to take on this new challenge. That partnership has now generated new research funds and a promising new vaccine candidate.
Montana Gov. Steve Bullock welcomed news of the award.
"While we've made meaningful progress in Montana to prevent opioid abuse from occurring and to decrease overdoses, this invisible epidemic still steals away too many lives in our state and across the nation," Bullock said. "The potential for a vaccine to treat opioid addiction offers hope in addressing this crisis, and I praise the University of Montana for conducting this important research."
Opioid-use disorders are associated with heroin and prescription opioids, as well as synthetic opioids such as fentanyl. As an alternative to current small-molecule-based pharmacotherapies targeting opioid receptors - such as methadone or naltrexone - vaccines offer a promising safe and cost-effective strategy to treat opioid use disorders and reduce the risk of overdoses.
The idea of using vaccines to treat opioid addiction seems strange to most people, but preclinical and clinical evidence suggest this approach can work. Antibodies generated by the vaccine bind fentanyl and prevent it from crossing the blood-brain barrier. The vaccine itself has no drug-like effects because the fentanyl hapten - the part the drug recognized by the immune system - is linked to a carrier protein."
Dr. Jay Evans, director of UM's Center for Translational Medicine
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UM scientists at the Center for Translational Medicine have worked on vaccines, adjuvants (compounds that stimulate an immune response) and delivery systems for over 20 years.
"We are applying what we have learned about traditional infectious disease vaccines to combat the growing epidemic of opioid-use disorders," Evans said.
Scott Whittenburg, UM vice president for research and creative scholarship, emphasized the center's vital role in biomedical research.
"Research being conducted at the University of Montana - from antibiotic resistance to a vaccine for the flu - will have global health impacts and demonstrates the University's commitment to improving the health and well-being of the residents of our state."
Established in 2017, the UM Center for Translational Medicine is a multidisciplinary research center that assists faculty, staff and students in the translation of preclinical research discoveries from bench to bedside. The center works across the Montana University System to facilitate the ability of researchers to better advance the clinical and commercial potential of their basic science discoveries.
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Investigation into suspicious death of a Sri Lankan in Qatar
02 Sep, 2018 | 1:45 pm
Written by Staff Writer 02 Sep, 2018 | 1:45 pm
COLOMBO (News 1st) – The Foreign Employment Bureau says that an investigation has been launched into the death of a Sri Lankan national who died under suspicious circumstances while being employed in Qatar.
A senior official of the Bureau said that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) have taken steps to bring the body of the deceased to the country.
The deceased has been identified as D.T. Ranjith a resident of Anamaduwa. Ranjith left the country on 14th July 2016,for employment in Qatar.
Ranjith’s wife told News First that her husband had mentioned that two of his co-workers were attempting to kill him.
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Lea, who longs to reconnect with Juliette, can only indulge in mindless chatter, avoiding any discussion of "the crime." Juliette, meanwhile, frowns and rarely talks, inadvertently becoming a conduit through which the other characters can speak freely. One of the few lively scenes occurs when Lea throws a dinner party and a particularly obnoxious guest won't quit pestering Juliette about where she's been hiding; she shockingly blurts out her horrible crime, which gives everyone a grand laugh at what a sharp wit Juliette possesses. The only one who sees that she is telling the truth is a professor who used to teach classes at a prison and befriends her.
As the film progresses Juliette is seemingly the only truly "free" person, even though she doesn't realize it. Everyone around her is imprisoned in one way or another and longs to escape.
Lea dotes on Juliette to escape her guilt at abandoning her. Juliette's parole officer longs to escape his depressing job and selfishly talks to Juliette incessantly about his sailing dreams. Even Grandpa rarely leaves his library, escaping into his books. Juliette is a blank slate under a dark cloud, and when the cloud finally bursts it's surprisingly boring rather than heart rending.
What could have been a riveting drama dealing with familial and maternal responsibility among other themes, instead reeks of overripe melodrama. One problem is first-time director Philippe Claudel, an acclaimed novelist in France, who seems to have trouble making the transition from page to screen. The direction is claustrophobic and static; a few sparks suggest that he has potential, and I will look forward to his next effort.
"I've Loved You So Long" is not a bad film, and I feel sure that it will garner some Oscar nominations. Kristin Scott Thomas is a sure bet for a best actress nomination.
The shame of "I've Loved You So Long" is that it could have been a warmblooded moving film, but regretfully only ice water is running through its veins.
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“OK, BYE”: This Tory minister really doesn’t want to talk about the scallop wars
Harriett Baldwin MP hung up on a live interview when confronted with the fishing scandal.
By Media Mole
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Shell be sorry.
Have you heard about the Great Scallop Wars of 2018? French and British fishing boats are clashing in the Channel off the coast of Normandy over the shellfish. The confrontations have reportedly involved damaged windows, throwing rocks and metal shackles – with British vessels being chased away, and France set to send more police boats.
Well if that sounds stressful, just wait to until you hear the reaction of foreign office and international development minister Harriett Baldwin when she was asked about it on live radio.
In a down-the-line interview, BBC Radio 5 Live’s Anna Foster asked the minister about the scallop wars, specifically about whether the UK government would provide protection for British fishing boats in the area.
To which a flustered Baldwin replied: “Errm, well, I think that, in terms of the UK fishing industry, obviously very important, to the UK, and the government stands ready to help and I’m sure you’ll want to have someone on from Defra later on to talk about that. So, thanks, Anna, I’ve got to run now…”
Foster: “I’m sure we will but…”
Baldwin: “OK, alright…”
Foster: “Is it something the government will be looking at..?”
Baldwin: “BYE.”
Listen to the masterful exit here, in a clip captured by The Times’ Matt Chorley.
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Sunday Reading: War-Torn Fiction
By The New Yorker
Photograph by Louis Quail / In Pictures / Corbis / Getty
The impulse to turn the triumphs and the defeats of war into art dates back to the Iliad, and beyond. It’s safe to say that there hasn’t been a war in the history of human civilization that hasn’t spawned stories, true or invented—stories of battles, stories of soldiers, stories of bravery and of cowardice, of heroism and of betrayal, of death and of survival, stories of victors, and stories of victims. The conflicts in this handful of recent stories about war date back as far as the nineteen-forties and are as recent as the aughts. Uwem Akpan’s “My Parents’ Bedroom” takes us to a household in Rwanda, where the civil war between the Hutu and the Tutsi people is played out within one family. In Shani Boianjiu’s “Means of Suppressing Demonstrations,” we see the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through the eyes of a female Israeli soldier stationed at a highway checkpoint. In “Waiting for Death in a Hotel,” Italo Calvino takes us to an Italian hotel converted into a prison for captured partisans during the Second World War. Nathan Englander’s “Free Fruit for Young Widows” recounts a tale of tragedy and survival during the Holocaust. Annie Proulx, in “Tits-Up in a Ditch,” surveys the bleak trajectory of a Wyoming ranch girl who serves in the Iraq War. And “Kattekoppen,” by Will Mackin, looks at the gruesome absurdities of life at a remote SEAL outpost in Afghanistan. “Sometimes what went on gave normal men pause,” Mackin writes. “And if they paused we’d send them back and demand a replacement.”
—Deborah Treisman, fiction editor
“My Parents’ Bedroom”
Photograph by Alex Webb / Magnum
“People are banging on our front door. I see the blades of machetes and axes stabbing through the door, making holes in the plywood. Two windows are smashed, and rifle butts and udufuni are poking in. I don’t know what’s going on.” Read more.
“Means of Suppressing Demonstrations”
“Lea, the officer, had stopped feeling her own body. She lay on top of an anti-sniper barricade, holding up a page from a newspaper, blocking the stars.” Read more.
“Waiting for Death in a Hotel”
Photograph by Paolo Ventura, “War Souvenir” (2006) / Hasted Hunt / Contrasto
“There was nothing about the big hotel, recently demoted to a barracks and a prison, that could give concrete shape to the inmates’ loss of freedom—no iron bars or high walls.” Read more.
“Kattekoppen”
“The Variety of ideas among soldiers developed into a variety of ideas among units, which necessitated an operational priority scheme. As SEAL Team Six, we were at the top of that scheme. Our ideas about the war were the war.” Read more.
“Tits-Up in a Ditch”
Photograph by Richard Renaldi, “Untitled” from the Plains (2005) / Yossi Milo Gallery
“Her grandfather drove her to the recruitment office in Crack Springs, harping all the way on duty, responsibility, the necessity of signing the papers so child support could come to them.” Read more.
“Free Fruit for Young Widows”
“He was using the same word about the same people in the same desert that had been used thousands of years before. The main difference, if the old stories were to be believed, was that God no longer raised His own fist in the fight.” Read more.
The New Yorker offers a signature blend of news, culture, and the arts. It has been published since February 21, 1925.
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Sunday Reading: Nathan Heller
Social conscience and social comedy, usually estranged, couple fruitfully in Heller’s work.
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Celebrating the longest day of the year
by Maike Hank July 1, 2019
NION community have created their first Summer Solstice festivity. We appreciated the Sun, met some wonderful creatures, and held a very special ritual in the woods.
A few weeks ago, at a NION community workshop, we had decided to pay special tribute to this year’s Summer Solstice. At that time it was all about raising our awareness of Nature, which is especially difficult when you live in a big city like Berlin. It was only then that I realized how natural it was for me as a child and teenager to be in the forest, see flower meadows, fields and animals, and enjoy the silence of Nature. Nowadays, I long for quiet zones in parks. Quite stuffy – but actually an act of despair. You are rarely alone even outside Berlin and have your peace.
During the workshop, the idea came up to welcome the Sun in the morning on the day of the Summer Solstice and to wave it goodbye in the evening with a ritual. At the following community meetings, we teamed up with La Foresta Collective, gathered ideas and made plans for the longest day of the year.
Actually, bad weather was predicted for the early morning of June 21. But the rain had already poured over the city before two o’clock, so we met around half past four at the exit of S-Bahn station Treptower Park, from where we drove our bicycles along the Spree towards Insel der Jugend. It was so peaceful, only once we overtook two obviously drunk men, who talked loudly and had a shopping cart with empties. We listened to the many birds and marvelled at the haze that gently floated over the Spree. A pleasant freshness rose from the still damp meadows.
We stopped near Insel der Jugend and sat down to meditate close to the shore. Unfortunately, my mind always wandered, I opened my eyes again and again. But looking at the landscape and the river gave me a lot of peace. I observed ducks, which flew over the water. Their flapping wings designed patterns in the otherwise calm surface. A bit of sunlight was already visible behind the trees on the opposite shore. It was so good to inhale the cool air while listening to the birds surrounding us like a huge orchestra. From time to time a fish popped up, leaving concentric circles, slowly moving and then fading away.
Although the haze over the water had almost disappeared, it increased again. The Sun was still hidden behind the trees, but its warmth was apparently enough to create a wafting mist that moved steadily towards the light. I admired the great spectacle that resembled a movie scene and yet was real.
After a while a fisherman joined us. Probably this was his regular place – that would explain why he sat down so close to us and greeted us with a noisy “Good Morning!” From that moment on, once in a while, his fishing line buzzed through the air, he threw stones into the water or pulled a zipper. I was sad that the illusion of solitude was over, but I took it as a reason to become a bit more active and eat and share some fresh berries. Meanwhile, we could hardly look straight ahead without being blinded.
The Sun had risen above the trees, the haze had disappeared, our cooled bodies enjoyed the warmth. It was impossible for me not to smile. After an hour and a half we packed our bags and made our way back. Hello, beautiful day!
Around 5 pm, NION Community and La Foresta Collective met at the entrance of Grunewald. For our ritual we had chosen a place in the forest, a little off the beaten track. The stroll to get there was supposed to be a so-called Silent Walk: together, but in silence, we would pay attention to Nature. We wanted to listen to the sounds of the animals, the rustling of the leaves in the wind, the smell of earth, grass and trees, and use as many of our senses as possible at the same time. We also wanted to find creatures – whether real or virtual, human, animal or fantasy – which we wanted to invite to our ritual.
I started last, spread my arms a little, let the wind touch my skin, breathed in the forest air and was very, very happy despite a complicated private situation. Actually, I was so happy that I couldn’t stop smiling and crying with joy. I knew this state from my Vipassana meditation retreat that I had attended in May. There, it had been quite easy to feel that way. Back in Berlin, and especially at the moment, this state had seemed to become unreachable.
At our chosen spot in the forest it was pleasantly chill and we formed a circle. When I took off the shoes, my feet sunk in and were covered by leaves immediately. First we introduced each other to the creatures that had joined us on the way. Among them were a leopard, a whale, a ghost responsible for the wonderful smells in the forest, an elephant and many small birds. I had actually been sure that I would bring an already familiar animal, a kind of magic deer, but right after entering the forest a small brown-grey (virtual) bird had sat on my shoulder. It felt like an old confidante, a friend I’ve had since childhood.
Breathing and movement exercises followed, which helped us to connect with Nature and to develop a feeling for the course of the seasons. Later, we even merged with our creature friends and imitated their sounds. One can either embarrassingly distance oneself from such actions or simply get involved and see what happens. My openness was rewarded with a lot of joy, goosebumps, carelessness and a strong sense of connection with Nature and the lovely people I was with.
Afterwards we shared our most wonderful experiences with the Sun: What does it mean to us? When do we enjoy the Sun most? How does life affect those in the group who come from countries where it gets dark early even in Summer? How does the lack of Sun affects their lives during Berlin’s harsh winter?
To finish, we wanted to pay tribute to the four elements, Fire, Earth, Water and Air. I had prepared skewers with vegetables and fruit, and a NION community member, Maria, had brought little Russian bells from her grandfather, which we rang while we ate. It came as a surprise that the chili pepper pieces, red on the vegetables skewers and yellow on the fruit skewers, were very, very spicy. Apparently it hadn’t been enough to try the tips of the pods at home, which seemed to be very mild. So unintentionally, I had invited some dragons as well.
Before we made our way to a huge dune, there was a small exhibition by artist Sandra Javera, who also designed this year’s La Foresta summer logo. We admired filigree illustrations that showed different views of the same apartment during the change of seasons, draped on a string between two trees. This made it easy to take the exhibition with us and put it up again near the dune, where we spread our blankets and shared food or drinks while waiting for the sunset.
The atmosphere was beautiful, uncomplicated and so uplifting. Although we had thought about an approximate sequence of events, it was not until the evening itself that everything came together, each of us contributed their part and thus created something completely new: our first Summer Solstice celebration, our first common ritual! While some stayed until the Sun had completely set and even met a fox at the nearby lake, I happily went home with the little grey-brown bird still sitting on my shoulder.
Morning meditation experience in July
Join us on Saturday, July 20 at 4:45 am to absorb the power of the Sun! We wake up super duper early enough to catch the Sunrise and indulge ourselves one hour into silence and stillness
Header picture, food sharing and bells by La Foresta Collective.
Fox by Maria Mouk.
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Why will there be no big screen again in Northampton park if Andy Murray gets to the Wimbledon final?
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Northampton Borough Council says it is unlikely a big screen will be installed in Becket’s Park in Northampton again if Andy Murray gets to the Wimbledon final.
Two years ago, hundreds of people created a Northampton version of Murray Mount and watched the Scotsman become the first British man to win the men’s title since Fred Perry in 1936.
But a Northampton Borough Council spokesman said there were currently no plans for a big screen to be installed in Becket’s Park for the men’s final on Sunday.
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September 29, 2015 Photographer LaToya Ruby Frazier is the third generation of her family to grow up in Braddock, Pa. For years, she says, African-American contributions to the town have been "overlooked and ignored."
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September 29, 2015 Representing fields from chemistry to poetry, the 24 MacArthur Foundation Fellows will each receive $625,000 over the next five years.
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Magnificent wooded river gorge where one of the goriest battles in Jacobite history took place
Admire the view from the footbridge, particularly in autumn when the colours are spectacular.
See Soldier’s Leap, the spot where a Redcoat soldier leapt 18ft across the raging River Garry, fleeing the Jacobites.
Spot lots of wildlife in the area, including red squirrels, woodpeckers and pine martens.
Look out for unusual fungi – the Pass is a hot spot for rare mushrooms and toadstools.
Pop in to the visitor centre to find out more about the 17th-century Battle of Killiecrankie.
A visitor stands on the Garry Bridge, high over the river in Killiecrankie.
A pearl-bordered fritillary butterfly perches on a flower in Killiecrankie.
A sunny spring day over the woods of Killiecrankie
Wild mushrooms growing among the grass in Killiecrankie
Where history and natural heritage combine! On 27 July 1689 the first shots in the Battle of Killiecrankie were fired – one of the goriest battles in Scottish history.
From leaping soldiers to leaping salmon, this rich historical conservation area cleaves a pass where the Highlands meet the Lowlands. The River Garry flows along the floor of a magnificent wooded gorge, where the tree-lined slopes are home to a variety of wildlife, flora and fauna. However, the Pass of Killiecrankie hasn’t always been a haven of peace and tranquillity.
Discover the lucky Redcoat soldier’s 18ft leap. Find out about the geology, wildlife and history at the visitor centre, then follow the paths to explore the Pass. The views are breathtaking – a perfect place to contemplate nature and the past.
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Staffa National Nature Reserve
Volcanic rock columns are home to black guillemots, fulmars, puffins and the magical Fingal’s Cave
Alert warning
Please note that there’s currently no access into Fingal’s Cave on foot while we work to repair storm damage to the walkway. Access to the rest of the island is unaffected.
See the famous hexagonal rock columns, formed millions of years ago by volcanic eruptions.
Follow in the footsteps of Queen Victoria, J M W Turner, Sir Walter Scott and William Wordsworth.
Listen to the astonishing acoustics of Fingal’s Cave, which inspired Mendelssohn to compose his Hebrides Overture.
Enjoy a puffin-spotting picnic on the top of the island in summer.
Open all year, daily
Puffin with its colourful beak
The rugged coastline of Staffa
The landing jetty at Staffa
Puffins are a common sight on Staffa in summer
Escape the everyday! This little island (½ mile long and ¼ mile wide) off the west coast of Scotland looks like it may be from a different planet. Its hexagonal columns were formed millions of years ago by volcanic eruptions and a vast blanket of lava that spread into the Atlantic Ocean. Years of waves crashing against these columns created the magnificent Fingal’s Cave.
Staffa was hardly known until 1772, when the botanist Joseph Banks highlighted the wild, natural beauty of the island. It soon became a must-see location. Famous visitors have included Queen Victoria, Lord Tennyson, Jules Verne, Robert Louis Stevenson and John Keats; all fell under the island’s spell.
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Maine mother of toddler who vanished seven years ago files wrongful death suit against child's father
By David Boroff
Trista Reynolds holds a picture of Justin DiPietro, estranged father of her missing daughter. (Patrick Whittle/AP)
The Maine mother of a 20-month-old girl who vanished seven years ago filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the toddler's father on Monday.
The lawsuit was filed on the same day as the anniversary of the disappearance of little Ayla Reynolds, who was reported missing by dad Justin DiPietro on Dec. 17, 2011.
“I wonder if this is haunting you, Justin,” Trista Reynolds said Monday, according to the Bangor Daily News. “I wonder if our daughter haunts your dreams or if you see her blue eyes when you close your eyes at night. I wonder if you even think about that night — that night you murdered her."
Ayla's body has never been found, and no charges have been filed. A judge declared her legally dead in 2017, but the investigation remains open.
DiPietro's last known address was in California, according to Reynolds' lawyer William Childs. DiPietro said that he had tucked Ayla into bed the night before she disappeared.
Ayla Reynolds went missing on Dec. 17, 2011 (AP)
Reynolds, who now lives in South Portland and has two young children, said she lights a pink candle every December for Ayla.
"We've been at this for seven years," she said, "so I've got to have hope somewhere."
The lawsuit seeks a monetary award, But Childs and Reynolds said they believe DiPietro probably has no money to provide. Childs said the lawsuit is more about "trying to find out how Ayla was killed, why Ayla was killed, and where Ayla was killed."
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Investigators have said that adults in the Waterville home where Ayla was last seen alive know more than they have shared.
"Justin, I promise you, wherever you are, one day you will have to face me and tell me the truth of what really happened to Ayla," Reynolds said. "You can't hide from this forever."
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Outback Steakhouse doesn’t serve ‘good guys’ with guns, neither should anyone else
By ANDY PARKER
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Sep 13, 2016 | 8:22 PM
Andy Parker, the father of slain WDBJ reporter Alison Parker who was shot and killed on live TV in August, participates in a rally against gun violence on the U.S. Capitol grounds in Washington on Sept.10, 2015. (JONATHAN ERNST/REUTERS)
The National Rifle Association and its allied politicians love to promote the false narrative that more guns and "good guys" with guns make everyone safe. As legitimate studies show, nothing could be further from the truth. My wife and I make it a point to research businesses that prohibit open carry. When we saw a post coming from one particularly radical gun group recommending they boycott Outback Steakhouse because they weren't "gun friendly," we were heartened. Our family, Alison included, had been Outback patrons since the early 1990s.
Last week as we were being seated at the Roanoke, Va. location, a heavy-set, middle-aged man with a crew cut lumbered into the waiting area with a holstered gun. I approached and asked him if he was law enforcement. He looked at me and simply said, "no."
I told the server we were leaving and on the way out I told the guy with the gun who I was and said, "We're leaving because of you." He just shrugged and mumbled something to the person sitting next to him. I called the manager and she said Outback's policy is to allow open carry because it is legal in Virginia, but alcohol would not be served to the carrier. All I could think of was this fool with a gun pretending to be a badass. If an incident did occur, he would either be ducking under a table, running away like his fellow badasses who did nothing during the Dallas shootings in July, or worst case pulling out his gun and shooting everything and everyone other than his intended target.
Outback Steakhouse working on signage to notify the public that firearms are prohibited at their restaurants. (Carlo Allegri/REUTERS)
That evening I left a message on the Outback corporate website telling them we would never patronize another Outback. I also let them know I was posting that message on social media to get the word out to others like us who thought Outback was like other responsible national chains banning firearms on premises.
Boy, did they get the message loud and clear. The regional manager called and said they screwed up. He said due to staff turnover, some of the managers don't know the policy, and that Outback does not allow firearms. He's working with corporate to get signage to post at the entrance. He also acknowledged that Outback had been blown up on social media, and not just in Roanoke. I thanked him for the response, told him I'd pass it along, and said I was glad we could safely enjoy the blooming onion again.
Andy Parker and his wife left an Outback Steakhouse after seeing a man with a gun exercising his right to carry in Virginia. (Ron Bailey/Getty Images)
Our Outback experience illustrated what a dangerous environment we live in and prompted a new thought that gun lobby politicians should be, in theory, giddy to implement. With their "guns save lives mantra," NRA politicians enthusiastically support open carry in states like Virginia. If they truly believe that, I don't think they would have a problem enacting legislation requiring businesses to put up signage to that effect. If, as they suggest, patrons should feel safer knowing that a business welcomes a "good guy" with a gun strapped to his belt, they should welcome this initiative. It also gives people like us the option of not patronizing that business based on the signage. Sympathetic state legislators with open carry laws should find someone to carry (no pun intended) a bill like this. Of course the gun lobby pols will run from it like the gun toters in Dallas, but at the very least it will shine a spotlight on their hypocrisy. Come on guys, what are you "patriots" afraid of? You want to arm every man, woman and child in this country. What a great way to advance that agenda. Let's see if it works.
Andy Parker's daughter Alison was a Virginia television reporter shot to death on live TV in August 2015.
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Opinion|Gov. Cuomo Talks Reform
Gov. Cuomo Talks Reform
Andrew CuomoCreditCreditSeth Wenig/Associated Press
Gov. Andrew Cuomo sounded this week a lot like the candidate he was in 2010, when he promised that his first job as governor would be “restoring public trust and accountability” in state government. He has done little to fulfill that pledge, and worse, he canceled the Moreland Commission midway through its investigation of ethical lapses by lawmakers last year. With the arrest of the former Assembly speaker, Sheldon Silver, on corruption charges, Governor Cuomo, the reformer, has reappeared on the scene.
In a speech on Monday, he promised to use his powers over the state budget to push the Legislature to enact a raft of important changes — requiring full disclosure of all sources of outside income for legislators, expanding public financing of campaigns, imposing strict rules against personal use of campaign funds and ending state pensions for lawmakers convicted of corruption.
Further, Mr. Cuomo said he was prepared to allow this year’s budget to go into overtime, if necessary, unless the reforms are passed. That is a credible threat; legislators’ paychecks are withheld until a budget passes. The governor can also include his reforms in temporary spending bills that keep the government going until a permanent budget is approved. His obligation now is to maintain his resolve and not collapse when back-room trading to produce a budget begins.
Mr. Cuomo’s reawakened interest in a cleaner Albany was clearly inspired by revelations surrounding the once-powerful speaker. Among these was how handsomely Mr. Silver profited from outside income, which too easily creates potential conflicts in even the most circumspect of lawmakers. Of 213 legislators, 84 have outside income, mostly as lawyers. Mr. Cuomo has said he will demand that the Legislature finally require full disclosure of their private income, by which we hope he means all outside sources, including earnings from legal work. At present, lawmakers who are lawyers are not required to name clients, list specific fees or reveal whether any case could have a connection to state operations.
The governor also said he would propose crucial campaign finance reforms, including public financing to encourage greater competition and reduce the influence of private donors. He will seek to limit the use of campaign funds or travel expenses for personal items. He wants to address abuses like “housekeeping accounts” and “limited liability corporations” that make it easy to give unlimited amounts of money to political parties and candidates. And he says he’ll seek a constitutional amendment requiring legislators convicted of corruption to forfeit their state pensions. This could be a powerful deterrent to bad behavior going forward.
The governor promises to deliver legislation spelling out the details of his reforms later this month. When he does, he should make sure to include guarantees of greater independence for the watchdog groups that are supposed to oversee Albany’s ethical behavior. The Joint Commission on Public Ethics, for instance, has been organized in such a way as to give legislative leaders veto powers over any investigations. Good behavior requires strong policing.
But, over all, these promises, if carried out, could alter Albany’s culture. Mr. Cuomo’s strong words offer some hope that this time he might actually put his political power behind real reforms.
A version of this article appears in print on , Section A, Page 26 of the New York edition with the headline: Gov. Cuomo Talks Reform. Order Reprints | Today’s Paper | Subscribe
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NZ shares rise as earnings continue
15 Aug, 2018 5:35pm 3 minutes to read
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Surprises keep coming at Fonterra with interim CEO appointment
15 Aug, 2018 5:38pm
Fonterra's interim chief executive Miles Hurrell. Photo / Jason Oxenham
By: Jamie Gray
Business reporter, NZ Herald
jamie.gray@nzherald.co.nz @JamieGrayNZ
The surprises kept coming at dairy giant Fonterra with the appointment of existing staffer Miles Hurrell as interim chief executive.
The company also announced that it would halt its global executive search to replace the outgoing Theo Spierings and that it would review its business portfolio and direction.
Hurrell, who is the chief operating officer for the co-op's Farm Source unit, replaces Spierings, who leaves the top job next month after eight years.
Christchurch-born Hurrell, with his 18 years experience with the co-op in New Zealand and around the world, is a popular choice among Fonterra's farmer-shareholders.
Last week, the co-op surpised the market with a downward revision to its earnings for the 2017/18 financial year and a cut in its farmgate milk price. A second-half dividend was unlikely, it said.
In July, Fonterra announced that John Wilson had stood down from his position as chairman as he recovered from a health scare.
Wilson's replacement, John Monaghan, said the board was clear that it was not best practice to have the chairman and chief executive step down at the same time, "but events have overtaken that decision".
"I have agreed with the board that we will stop the global CEO search while we review the co-operative's current portfolio and direction," Monaghan said.
"It's important that we give ourselves the time to take stock of where we are as a co-operative, breathe some fresh air into the business, then determine any changes that are needed," he said in a statement.
The moves come as Fonterra faces the challenge of high debt and tight margins, which have put is balance sheet under pressure.
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Beyond the appointment, analysts were attatching more significance to the news of a stocktake of the company's existing business and future direction.
Harbour Asset Management senior analyst Oyvinn Rimer said Fonterra had signalled that it wanted to have "have a really good look" at the business.
"It's probably overdue, but it's good to see it happening. I guess everything is on the table here," Rimer said.
Fonterra chairman John Monaghan, left, with Fonterra acting chief executive Miles Hurrell / Jason Oxenham
Separation of Fonterra's ingredients business from its brands could be perhaps the most logical step, he said.
Rimer said the current structure was fraught with conflicts of interests between the milk price paid to farmers and the dividend, which investors outside the co-op have access to in the NZX-listed Fonterra units.
Monaghan and Hurrell, interviewed in the Fonterra's chairman's dedicated office at its Auckland headquarters in Fanshawe St, were giving little away in terms of what may lie in store for New Zealand's biggest exporter.
The new chairman was also at pains to hose down any intrigue surrounding the interim appointment.
"Theo has been very constructive and he will leave as a friend of Fonterra and a strong supporter of the co-op," he said.
All the same, Federated Farmers vice president Andrew Hoggard said "it looks quite messy from the outside".
Monaghan said Fonterra, fundamentally, was a well-performing business.
"But it is at a natural juncture just to look at the performance of all the assets and the return thats we are getting from those assets," he said.
"It really is about adapting our co-operative for the future and setting it up for the next five, 10 or 15 years," Monaghan said.
Fonterra chief executive Theo Spierings. / Jason Oxenham.
Hurrell was in New Zealand when the milk price hit a record $8.40/kg in 2014 before it slumped to a near crippling $3.90/kg the following year, and was involved in the formation of the soft loan support package for farmers that followed.
He worked for Fonterra in parts of Africa and the Middle East, and was in Chicago during at the height of the global financial crisis, and confessed to "a few ruck marks" on his back.
Asked about his plans for the co-op, Hurrell said: "I'm not looking too far ahead," he said.
"At this point, my job is to work with the team, our board, our farmer shareholders to ensure that we deliver on the promises that we have given them."
Federated Farmers vice dairy chairman Wayne Langford said Hurrell was "very capable, particularly in a leadership role".
Still, there remains farmer disquiet over the series of high-level changes that have occurred at Fonterra since the start of the year, when the co-op issued its first earnings downgrade.
"We are going to be moving through a period of change and it's been something that farmers have been looking at for a while," he said.
Langford, a Fonterra supplier who farms at Golden Bay, said Hurrell was competent and capable.
"What you see is what you get with Miles," Langford said.
"And that's very important for the co-op right now."
Craigs Investment Partners head of private wealth research Mark Lister said Fonterra had a number of things to do to get the company on track but the appointment is "a step towards it ...so credit where credit is due".
Fonterra Shareholders' Council chairman Duncan Coull welcomed the move to appoint an interim chief executive.
"With much uncertainty at the moment around some activity in Fonterra, any news that provides some certainty and continuity going forward is welcome.
"Delaying the international search, given the change of chairman and what's going on at the moment is a positive move ... the (board) understanding that we need to get it right is critical."
Fonterra Shareholders Council chairman Duncan Coull. Photo / supplied
Coull said Hurrell was well known to farmer-shareholders, which would "bring some comfort, as will the fact he's a Kiwi, though I don't think that is defining".
"It gives an opportunity for the business to bed down and to work through building confidence back into the shareholder base and the wider public arena."
- additional reporting: Andrea Fox
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New Zealand's largest gun show canned
18 Mar, 2019 8:32am 3 minutes to read
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Kiwi businessman argues against ban of semi-automatic weapons, but supports military weapon ban
18 Mar, 2019 8:34am
A New Zealand police officer stands guard after the Christchurch massacre. Photo/Getty Images.
A businessman and hunter says semi-automatic weapons should not be banned in New Zealand but he agrees that the far more dangerous military-style weapons should be.
After Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern vowed to change gun laws as soon as possible in the wake of the Christchurch terror attack, the businessman said banning semi-automatic guns would hurt the farming community and sports people.
"I'm worried there could be a move to ban semi-automatic weapons when the real target should be military-style weapons," said the man, who agreed to talk to the Herald under the condition of anonymity.
He said he shoots up to 500 goats or wallabies in a half-day from a helicopter and up to 400 rabbits.
"A wallaby eats four times the amount of food of one sheep," said the hunter, whose name can not be published due to his position but who shoots in the South Island on a station where he says pests are endemic.
"I use a semi-automatic in the high country because there's just so many pests there and they move so fast. Semi-automatics reload and allow further shots fast.
"My concern is that semi-automatics and military-style weapons will be lumped together as one in a possible law reform. Semi-automatics could be blanket banned which would hurt the farming community and those who have a legitimate purpose for having these guns," said the hunter who has an e-category endorsement.
That means he is licensed to own military-style weapons but he sees no legitimate reason why any New Zealander should own such weapons.
His comments come as Trade Me faces scrutiny for continuing to sell semi-automatic weapons on its site.
In response to criticism, Trade Me said it would "consider" making interim changes to the sale of hundreds of weapons on its site.
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This also comes as retailer Gun City prepares to address the media in a press conference today.
Earlier, Gun City also came under fire over "poor taste" billboards spotted in Christchurch and Wellington. The store advertisement shows a man teaching two children how to aim at a target, with the quote "Get the family outside".
This photo of a billboard is up in Newtown Wellington today- a multicultural community :( take it down please and freeze Gun City’s stockpiling since 15.3.19 #ChristchurchMosqueAttack #Newshub pic.twitter.com/CZqZWsgXzK
— Sarah_K_S (@SSFirebird) March 17, 2019
Guns are big business in New Zealand, with an estimated 1.2 million guns registered across the country.
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Man digs up 6.7kg kūmara in his New Lynn vege garden
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Brisbane cafe's nasty response to Facebook review
12 Jun, 2019 7:55pm
Kylie Lindsay with her partner Luke and their son Archie. Photo / Facebook
By: Shireen Khalilx
A Queensland mum has been branded an "arsehole" by a cafe after she posted an unfavourable review.
Kylie Lindsay left a one-star Google review about Windsor's Low Road Cafe two days ago after she went for breakfast with her partner Luke and 15-month-old son but was told the business didn't offer highchairs.
"That is okay — we left and went elsewhere and that is their business prerogative," Ms Lindsay wrote in the review.
Kylie Lindsay's review on Google. Photo / Facebook
"However, when I politely commented on their business page that I was disappointed we weren't able to dine there and support a local business, I was subjected to name calling and told it was my loss."
Ms Lindsay said she received a "quirky but OK" response from the cafe, before she was "attacked unmercifully" and called a "racist" and an "arsehole" when she sent another response.
"You are an arsehole, and when questioned you deleted all of your comments," the cafe wrote in response to Ms Lindsay's feedback on Facebook.
"Your profile tells us you're a racist too. Keep your one star review. We do not need you."
Low Road Cafe called the woman an arsehole via a Facebook thread. Photo / Facebook
She then shared this post online about being called names. Photo / Facebook
Ms Lindsay told The Courier-Mail: "They went to town on me and even complete strangers who dared to stick up for me."
The cafe owners told Ms Lindsay in their original response they didn't have highchairs because they were a hazard in their small cafe.
"We've had accidents where people trip over them. Also people leave them covered in crap and it hurts our feelings," they wrote on Facebook.
"As I pointed out to you this morning, you are more than welcome to bring your pram in."
Others weighed in on the responses. Photo / Facebook
The cafe's response to other people's comments. Photo / Facebook
The cafe also hit back at Ms Lindsay on Google two days ago, saying "thanks for your 4,900,000th opinion on the matter".
"You've been kicking off on all sorts of social media trying to discredit us because you didn't get your way, and now you're here," the cafe wrote.
"We don't have highchairs. We explained why. We are parents ourselves. Please, for the love of God, have a glass of wine and pop some kind of nurturing essential oil in your diffuser and leave us alone."
Ms Lindsay said she shared the cafe's explanation about the lack of highchairs to an online parenting group as an "FYI to mums as I'd not come across a cafe … that didn't have a high chair".
Feelin' cute. Might delete.
A post shared by The Low Road Cafe (@thelowroadwindsor) on Jan 19, 2019 at 12:58pm PST
News.com.au reached out to the cafe owners, but a staff member said the couple had taken some time off.
Low Road Lovers! The streets are dead, the air is soupy and we've got P.A.R.T.Y on our minds, so we're going to call it a year. Thank you so much for your support and adoration. We can't think of people more deserving. May your beer be cold, your drugs real, and the ice cubes in your sauv blanc sparkle with the promise of a cracking new year. We love youse. ❤ Naomi, Ben, Vanny, Amy, Brooke, Soph, AmRo, Cinty and Avalon ❤❤❤
A post shared by The Low Road Cafe (@thelowroadwindsor) on Dec 30, 2017 at 3:55pm PST
The cafe posted on its Facebook page this morning to thank its customers for its support.
"It's been a real … experience," the post read.
"We won't be talking to any more media about it as we'd be more than happy to move on with our lives and get back to doing what we do best (as soon as we figure out what that is). "We love you all, we love our dumb little cafe and the community you've helped us build around it."
However, speaking to The Courier-Mail, owner Naomi, who didn't want to share her surname, said she felt like she had responded to Ms Lindsay's initial review appropriately — and everything she did was "tongue in cheek".
Following the online debacle, the Low Road cafe posted a photo of their sign saying "wait until they find out we don't have aircon" on their Instagram page.
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Offaly councillor to set up 'ugly mugs' gallery to name and shame illegal dumpers
Sitting Offaly councillor and local election candidate next week, John Leahy, has pledged to take on Offaly’s fly-tipping problem by naming and shaming the perpetrators.
Cllr. John Leahy has stated: "This is one issue where we can use new technology to our advantage."
"Councils are prohibited from naming and shaming perpetrators due to data protection. This needs to change and I will bring forward proposals that will end such bureaucracy," the RENUA Ireland leader said.
"I will work to set up an ‘Ugly Mugs’ gallery where those found guilty of fly-tipping will be named and shamed on the internet."
"Ireland has a littering and fly-tipping problem. Local Authorities collectively spend millions of euro every year cleaning up illegal dumps," Leahy explained.
"It is time to name and shame those who engage in environmental vandalism. We will establish an online ‘Hall of Shame’ whereby the names and photographs of those found guilty of littering or fly-tipping will be maintained."
"This process will be facilitated by greater use of Community CCTV schemes," Leahy claimed.
"This urgently needs to be revamped in key areas and will play a key role in bringing fly-tippers to justice," he concluded.
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You can’t see the Great Wall from space, but you’d have a job missing Shànghǎi (上海). One of the country’s largest and most vibrant cities, Shànghǎi somehow typifies modern China while being unlike anywhere else in the land. Shànghǎi is real China, but – rather like Hong Kong or Macau – just not the China you had in mind. This is a city of action, not ideas. You won’t spot many Buddhist monks contemplating the dharma, oddball bohemians or wild-haired poets handing out flyers, but skyscrapers will form before your eyes. Shànghǎi best serves as an epilogue to your China experience: submit to its debutante charms after you’ve had your fill of dusty imperial palaces and bumpy 10-hour bus rides. From nonstop shopping to skyscraper-hopping to bullet-fast Maglev trains and glamorous cocktails – this is Shànghǎi.
Summer is peak season but it’s hot and sticky with heavy rain; spring and late September to October are optimal (neither too hot nor rainy). Winter is cold and clammy.
As the gateway to the Yangzi River (Cháng Jiāng), Shànghǎi (the name means ‘by the sea’) has long been an ideal trading port. However, although it supported as many as 50,000 residents by the late 17th century, it wasn’t until after the British opened their concession here in 1842 that modern Shànghǎi really came into being. The British presence in Shànghǎi was soon followed by the French and Americans, and by 1853 Shànghǎi had overtaken all other Chinese ports. Built on the trade of opium, silk and tea, the city also lured the world’s great houses of finance, which erected grand palaces of plenty. Shànghǎi also became a byword for exploitation and vice; its countless opium dens, gambling joints and brothels managed by gangs were at the heart of Shànghǎi life. Guarding it all were the American, French and Italian marines, British Tommies and Japanese bluejackets. After Chiang Kaishek’s coup against the communists in 1927, the Kuomintang cooperated with the foreign police and the Shànghǎi gangs, and with Chinese and foreign factory owners, to suppress labour unrest. Exploited in workhouse conditions, crippled by hunger and poverty, sold into slavery, excluded from the high life and the parks created by the foreigners, the poor of Shànghǎi had a voracious appetite for radical opinion. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) was formed here in 1921 and, after numerous setbacks, ‘liberated’ the city in 1949. The communists eradicated the slums, rehabilitated the city’s hundreds of thousands of opium addicts, and eliminated child and slave labour. These were staggering achievements; but when the decadence went, so did the splendour. Shànghǎi became a colourless factory town and political hotbed, and was the power base of the infamous Gang of Four during the Cultural Revolution. Shànghǎi’s long slumber came to an abrupt end in 1990, with the announcement of plans to develop Pǔdōng, on the eastern side of the Huángpǔ River. Since then Shànghǎi’s burgeoning economy, leadership and intrinsic self675 confidence have put it miles ahead of other Chinese cities. Its bright lights and opportunities have branded Shànghǎi a Mecca for Chinese (and foreign) economic migrants. In 2010, 3600 people were squeezed into every square kilometre, compared with 2588 per sq km in 2000 and by 2014, the city’s population had leaped to a staggering 24 million. Over nine million migrants make Shànghǎi home, colouring the local complexion with a jumble of dialects, outlooks, lifestyles and cuisines.
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New Girl Review: “Sister III” (Episode 3.18)
By Ross Bonaime | March 5, 2014 | 7:50am
All things considered, Jess and Nick’s relationship hasn’t exactly been a bumpy ride. In fact, every major problem that they’ve ever had has been solved within a half hour in television time. With “Sister II,” Abby caused a ruckus in everyone’s lives, and in “Sister III,” she inadvertently causes the next step in advancing Nick and Jess’ relationship. These two started as roommates, shared a kiss, became lovers, then a couple, yet they’re still roommates, not technically living together. This step, which doesn’t sound like a big step, causes Nick and Jess’ first real issue in their relationship. They’ve only known each other as roommates, but now that they’re sharing a room together, the issues don’t seem to end when the episode does.
It’s weird how big the difference between spending the night with someone, even if it’s every night, and living with them can change things. When you actually live with a person, you spend all your time with him or her and learn about all those weird quirks each of you have kept personal/secret. You might not realize that the other person usually goes to bed in a shirt that makes them look like John from Peter Pan or has feet that are black with a spot of yellow on the bottom.
In “Sister III,” Nick and Jess try out cohabitation and find it not to be their thing, but with Schmidt moving back into the apartment and room at a premium, the couple is now forced to spend all their time together in one tiny room. It’s one thing to see each other whenever you feel like it, but being forced to spend all your free time together can cause a relationship to crumble.
Schmidt’s new apartment in vacated due to Abby moving out and seeking her independence. One of my biggest gripes about New Girl in general has been how it gets rid of its guest stars uneventfully. Linda Cardellini’s disappearance is no different, as she leaves off screen, saying goodbye to no one. It’s a little disappointing, but considering she is Jess’ sister, it’s incredibly unlikely that this is the last we shall see of her.
Abby’s appearance in this trilogy of episodes has also helped move Cece even closer to returning to Schmidt. Cece and Coach have decided to just remain friends, making Coach act like one of Cece’s girlfriends. It’s exciting seeing Damon Wayans Jr. act very similarly to his Happy Endings character Brad around Cece, since it is so different than the Coach we’re used to. Abby moving in with Schmidt leads Cece to try to figure out how she’s using Schmidt. It’s clear from the beginning that this is about more than Cece trying to protect a friend, but possibly about her wanting Schmidt back. Being shortchanged in the story department once again is Winston, who does have an important impact in Jess and Nick’s arc, yet he mostly spends the episode working out on playground rings to train for his police academy exam and is worried he will be pantsed and show his dingaling. But at least Ferguson returns to be by his side.
As far as guest stars go, Abby is definitely one of the better ones New Girl has brought in. She caused some havoc, changed some character dynamics and motivated almost everyone to take the next step, for better or for worse. Here’s hoping we see you again soon, Abby.
Ross Bonaime is a D.C.-based freelance writer and regular contributor to Paste. You can follow him on Twitter. Sometimes he looks like a little match girl wandering around Victorian England selling matches for a penny.
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These 10 Magnificent Hikes All Lead To Maine’s Most Fun Swimming Spots
When the weather gets warm, most Mainers know to maximize their outside time. Even in the summer, we just can’t be sure the sunshine will last. That’s why you’ll often find us with a long list of must-do activities that ensures we won’t need to spend too much time coming up with a plan. Just check the weather, pack the car and get out there! The list includes a number of hiking options, but it also has a fair few swimming choices. But the best things on our summer-must list are these hikes to swimming spots in Maine. They all lead to some of the best swimming in the state!
1. Trail System at Peaks-Kenny State Park to Sebec Lake, Dover-Foxcroft
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We love parks that come with multiple hiking options and Peaks-Kenny is one of the best. You can take the Cove Trail, which is less than a mile, for an easy option. While this one ends at the beach it also happens to start there, making your re-arrival a the beach only slightly less exciting. The Birch Mountain Ledge Trail is just over 2 miles and it also leads to the beach. In fact, now that we think about it, they all lead to the beach!
2. Katahdin Lake Trail, Millinocket
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Baxter State Park might be Maine's most notable state park for a good reason. Katahdin towers over everything in this neck of the woods. But what we love is the route along the Katahdin Lake Trail. It's about 3.5 miles beginning at Roaring Brook Road. At the end of the trail, you'll be at the campground of the same name where you can access the little path to the lake.
3. Fernald’s Neck Preserve to Megunticook Lake, Lincolnville
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There are a few fun trails in this preserve area, but there are two specifically great options for reaching a wonderful area for swimming. The easier one, White Trail, is less than a mile. The other, Orange Trail, is just slightly more challenging and a bit longer at nearly two miles. To really build up that sweat, do them both!
4. Swan Island, Richmond
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Head to Richmond to take the short ferry ride to this little island in Merrymeeting Bay. Or, grab yourself a paddle and get yourself there under your own steam. Either way, you'll love the trails that range from a half-mile to 2 miles. They're all fairly simple and given that the island is small they all lead to a chance for swimming.
5. Shoreline Trail to Rangeley Lake, Rangeley
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Head to the boat launch at Rangeley Lake State Park to find the trailhead for the Shoreline Trail. This will lead you on a leisurely walk of about a half mile to the water. Or, do the entire route which is just under a mile and enjoy the water as your last activity. Whichever you choose, you're going to love how relaxing this is.
6. Seawall Beach, Morse Mountain, Phippsburg
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There's nothing like coming across something that feels like a secret and, for us, that's Seawall Beach. The out and back trail to get to the beach itself will take you up Morse Mountain, which is about 180 feet in elevation. Round trip, you're looking at about 4 miles of completely worth-it hiking!
7. Rattlesnake Pool, Evans Notch
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Not only does this little hidden spot in Maine have the bluest water in the state, but it's also where you'll need it the most. After a hike up Blueberry Mountain, you'll wind your way back down to find the swimming hole. But, be warned! The water here is as cold as can be! There's a chance you won't notice with all the incredible beauty, though.
8. Beach Trail to Schoodic Beach, Sullivan County
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Sure, there's a half-mile trail leading right to Schoodic Beach at the Donnell Pond Public Lands area. But take the time to enjoy the Beach Trail which will take you to the top of Schoodic Mountain for that summit view.
9. Shore Trail to Flagstaff Lake, Somerset County
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The Shore Trail will lead you to one of the most wonderful summer lakes in Maine to enjoy on a sunny day. Start your nearly 2-mile route at the Long Falls Dam Road Trailhead on Long Falls Dam Road. The trail is fairly flat, which makes this a great choice for kids. When you arrive at the lake, enjoy kayaking and other water-related perks of summer.
10. Brook Trail to Tumbledown Mountain, Weld
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The loop trail is nearly 3 miles and includes lots of rock scrambling which means your swim will be well-earned. Or, you can always choose the Brook Trail which offers an easy and direct route straight to the summit pond.
If you’re more of a swimmer than a hiker, there’s a good chance you just pack up the car and head to the coast. If that’s the case, at least try something new! These 10 secret beaches are a great way to explore Maine this summer.
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OBPD arrests man connected to at least 21 car burglaries in two weeks
Chase Elmore, 18, has been connected to a total of 31 car burglaries in the city.
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The Ormond Beach Police Department arrested an 18-year-old Daytona Beach man responsible for 21 of the 37 car burglaries in the city for the last two weeks.
Chase Elmore was arrested on Thursday, June 14, after he fled from police following a traffic stop due to an expired tag on his vehicle and having been identified as a person of interest in various vehicle burglaries in town. Elmore had just burglarized a vehicle in the Forest Hills subdivision the night before, where he stole a firearm. The Police Department informed the public at its Crime View meeting on Wednesday, June 27, that Elmore was responsible for a total of 31 car burglaries in the city this year.
Police have determined that Chase Elmore, 18, is responsible for 31 car burglaries in Ormond Beach.
During the last two weeks, 34 of the 37 cars burglarized were unlocked.
"This is a big reminder [to] please lock your vehicles and don't leave valuables left out in the open," OBPD Cpl. Mike Garner said.
Out of the car breaks that occurred in the last two weeks, 32 took place at night and five during the day. Four guns were stolen out of these vehicles. Only one has been recovered.
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Stefano is co-founder and Chairman of Vintage Capital, a later stage equity fund and advisor focused on the Technology, Telecom, and Digital Media sectors.
He started his career at Schroders, where he worked in Milan, London and New York on several M&A and capital markets transac;ons, and was head of private equity at Sopaf Group. He also gained management experience in the US, at Infoseek, Inc. and held top management posi;ons at Virgilio, the leading Italian portal, where he was instrumental in all crossborder partnerships and joint ventures.
Stefano has held numerous board posi;on at invested companies: he is currently director at Linkem, a 4G fixed- wireless Italian operator. Most recently he was advisor to Banzai Spa, the leading Italian e-commerce firm, in its IPO on the Italian Stock Exchange, in the sale of Banzai Media to Mondadori and in the sale of Saldipriva;.com to Showroomprive.
He graduated cum laude in economics from Università Bocconi (Milan) and holds an MBA from Stanford GSB.
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For social enterprise, it's 'grin' up north
Lee Mannion 15th September 2016
Manchester has a growing social enterprise scene, plus plenty of social challenges, making it an interesting venue for next week's SE100 Insight event.
Manchester is one of the UK’s biggest cities with a population of around half a million. On top of this, the county of Greater Manchester, which includes densely populated areas such as Wigan and Salford, has a population of nearly three million.
Salford itself is a city of more than 200,000 people and has a very strong social enterprise scene. It’s one of 15 ‘Social Enterprise Places’ identified by Social Enterprise UK (SEUK) as areas where social enterprise is thriving and boasts good support services such as Salford CVS and the Centre for Social Business at Salford University.
Given the geography, the number of people and delineation of areas, it’s tricky to paint a picture of the area with broad brush strokes but a few key contacts helped us understand the state of social enterprise in Manchester.
George Konsta, who will be discussing winning new business at the Insight event, has been running the Manchester Social Entrepreneurs meet-up for the last two years. The group has around 800 members and Konsta tells me it’s a real mix of people that suggests the idea of social enterprise is broadly attractive.
“One fifth of the people that come are directly connected in some way in social enterprise, either working for one or trying to start one," he said.
"Then there are many people that are looking for an opportunity in a mission-led business. We also have those who want to understand what social enterprise is or to be inspired. But we also get people who have a job and don’t want to change but are interested in spending some time with others who are interested in social or environmental issues."
This spread of interest mirrors Konsta’s own area of work with Social Growth, where he offers services that help purely commercial businesses to be more social and social enterprises to improve their business performance.
Social challenges in the Manchester area
Given the size of the area, there are of course plenty of social challenges to tackle. While Konsta mentions homelessness and NEETs (young people not in employment, education or training), Chris Dabbs of Unlimited Potential also mentions housing alongside health. Unlimited Potential is a social enterprise that fosters community action, helping with ideas and finance.
Dabbs describes the inequality of the conurbation as a kind of doughnut, with the city in the middle doing well along with some of the outer suburbs. In between are more deprived areas and Dabbs explained that hasn’t really changed since the second world war. “One of the major challenges for the area is how we can have larger social enterprises that reach areas such as Bury and Tameside,” Dabbs said.
But he also points out a significant reason for optimism as some local authorities have been supportive, such as Salford City Council’s support for Salford Social Enterprise City. Manchester City Council is also one of only 24% of councils that has both a sustainable procurement policy and a social value policy, according to SEUK. The Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce has backed Antz Junction, a network of social sector organisations delivering social and business impact in communities. There are also plans for a new Greater Manchester Social Enterprise Network.
Dabbs said he sees lots of opportunity for social enterprises through devolution: Manchester’s mayor will be installed next year and will make decisions on housing and health spending.
We are seeing a growth in interest, activity and the number of startups
One notable social venture in the area is community-owned football team FC United of Manchester, which we profiled in Pioneers Post Quarterly. Konsta namechecks the homeless network Street Support and for Dabbs, it’s the curiously named Cowherds vegan cafe, which encourages people to learn about healthy eating. (In case you’re wondering, it’s named after Reverend Cowherds, who started the Vegetarian Society.)
Martin Henery, lecturer and social enterprise champion at the University of Manchester, confirms that social enterprise is on the rise in the area: “We are seeing a growth in interest, activity and the number of startups.”
Given all of the above, social enterprise in the Manchester area looks to be in rude health. The Insight event promises to further cement ties in the community and harness the energy of committed social entrepreneurs.
The NatWest SE100 Social Business Club and Insight Event is taking place at Auditorium, 3 Hardman Boulevard, Manchester M3 3AQ on Tuesday 20 September. For tickets, click here.
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Team of the Week: Super Rugby, Round 18
With the dust having settled on Round 18 of Super Rugby, we have gone through the action to pick out the best players from the past weekend.
The Chiefs and Jaguares lead the way with four representatives each following dominant victories over the Rebels and Sunwolves respectively, while the Bulls are next best with three after they defeated the Lions.
15 Warrick Gelant (Bulls): An excellent display from the Springbok full-back, who helped the Pretoria-based outfit secure their place in the Super Rugby quarter-finals at the expense of the Lions. Gelant was a constant thorn to the Johannesburg team in the open spaces and eventually made 134 metres as the hosts eased to a 48-27 triumph at Loftus Versfeld. Credit must also go to the Brumbies’ Tom Banks, who shone against the Reds on Saturday.
14 Shaun Stevenson (Chiefs): One of the easiest calls in this XV as the talented youngster continually ripped through the Rebels’ flimsy rearguard and was rewarded with a hat-trick in the 59-8 thrashing. Stevenson also ran for a staggering 161 metres, which included five clean breaks and as many defenders beaten, while he also registered an assist. It means the Bulls’ Cornal Hendricks has to settle for second, despite impressing in their victory at the weekend.
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13 Rob Thompson (Highlanders): A consistent performer for the South Islanders and enjoyed his day against a weakened Waratahs side by causing the Australians a number of problems throughout. He racked up the metres, running for exactly 100, and completed the rout with the final try of the match. Lukhanyo Am (Sharks), who scored the winner against the Stormers, and Peter Umaga-Jensen (Hurricanes), who touched down twice versus the Blues, deserve mentions, but Thompson deservedly takes his place in the XV.
12 Anton Lienert-Brown (Chiefs): Despite the Chiefs’ general struggles this season, the All Black centre has been outstanding and is probably the main reason why they’re featuring in another Super Rugby quarter-final. Those qualities were to the fore on Friday as Lienert-Brown ran for 114 metres, which included a try and four clean breaks, and knitted the backline together nicely. It means that the outstanding Samu Kerevi (Reds) is the unfortunate one to miss out, even though he impressed in their final match of the season.
11 Sebastian Cancelliere (Jaguares): Moved over from the right wing as we simply had to include both him and Shaun Stevenson. Cancelliere benefited from the Sunwolves’ porous defence out wide, making 169 metres and five clean breaks. The back three player also touched down twice as he edged out Brumbies flyer Tom Wright, who produced a good display against the Reds, which he marked with an intercept try.
10 Domingo Miotti (Jaguares): No Nicolas Sanchez, no problem for the Argentinians. There were concerns that the star fly-half’s departure to French team Stade Francais would create a huge void, but Miotti and compatriot Joaquin Diaz Bonilla have allayed those concerns. They have filled in seamlessly and the former stood out as they ended the regular season with a dominant 52-10 win. The 23-year-old pivot kicked well and also excelled with ball in hand, making 60 metres, as he edged out the Chiefs’ Jack Debreczeni and Handre Pollard of the Bulls.
9 Brad Weber (Chiefs): Was at his energetic best against the Rebels, setting a high tempo and taking the right decisions. Weber’s passing was sharp and, as ever, he was dangerous around the fringes of the contact area. Like fellow New Zealanders TJ Perenara and Aaron Smith, who was excellent for the Highlanders on Friday, the Chiefs man is a superb support runner and the Rebels struggled to contain him.
8 Lachlan McCaffrey (Brumbies): The 29-year-old was in fine form as the Brumbies finished off their campaign at the top of the Australian Conference with a win over the Reds in Canberra. McCaffrey delivered a workmanlike performance with 27 metres gained from 12 runs with one clean break, three defenders beaten and he also scored a try. Also did well on defence with 12 tackles and comes in ahead of the Rebels’ Isi Naisarani and Akira Ioane of the Blues.
7 Marco van Staden (Bulls): The Springbok tearaway delivered a superb all-round performance as the Bulls got the better of the Lions in a fast-paced South African derby in Pretoria. Van Staden was superb at the breakdown, where he won a couple of turnovers, but also made his presence felt on attack, gaining 53 metres from 17 runs with one clean break and four defenders beaten. Beats out Sam Cane and Rob Valetini, who played well for the Chiefs and Brumbies respectively.
6 Liam Squire (Highlanders): The All Black loose forward hit the ground running as the Highlanders proved too strong for the Waratahs in Invercargill. Squire went about his business in a quiet but efficient manner and did well on attack where he gained 39 metres, which included one clean break and five defenders beaten. Also put in some big hits on defence and edges out Tomás Lezana (Jaguares), Lachlan Boshier (Chiefs) and Johan du Toit (Stormers).
5 Isaia Walker-Leawere (Hurricanes): RG Snyman shone for the Bulls again but we’ve opted for the young Maori All Blacks second-row, who gave a good account of himself as the Hurricanes claimed a come-from-behind triumph over the Blues in Wellington. Walker-Leawere was superb with ball in hand, gaining 42 metres from six carries which included a memorable break, one defender beaten and a well-taken try.
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4 Guido Petti (Jaguares): The Argentine international was one of the Jaguares’ standout players against the Sunwolves as he delivered a fine all-round showing. Petti proved a handful to the Sunwolves defence as he ran for 60 metres from 10 runs which included one clean break, eight defenders beaten as well as an offload. Also won some lineout balls and made 10 tackles. The Rebels’ Matt Philip also impressed in his side’s loss to the Chiefs.
3 Angus Ta’avao (Chiefs): Trevor Nyakane of the Bulls caught the eye in the win over the Lions but Ta’avao makes our team after a strong display for the Chiefs in Melbourne. The All Blacks front-row impressed with his strong scrummaging but made the biggest impact on attack where he gained 30 metres from five runs with two clean breaks and a defender beaten. Also threw the final pass in the build-up to a great Sam Cane try and made nine tackles.
2 Julián Montoya (Jaguares): One of the Jaguares’ unsung heroes, Montoya made a rare start for the Argentine outfit and delivered the goods against the Sunwolves. He made 24 metres from four runs with two clean breaks and two defenders beaten. Also did his bit on defence where he completed 14 tackles and beats out Liam Coltman of the Highlanders.
1 Lizo Gqoboka (Bulls): Gqoboka has impressed with several excellent performances this year and came to the fore with another superb effort for the Bulls in their victory over the Lions. The 29-year-old stood up well in the scrums but shone on attack as well and scored a deserved try. He was also busy on defence and eventually completed six tackles. The Brumbies’ Scott Sio was next best.
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First Knight
~Sean Connery, Richard Gere, Julia Ormond, Ben Cross, Liam Cunningham
Sean Connery, Richard Gere, Julia Ormond, Ben Cross, Liam Cunningham
Official Release Date Apr 29, 2008
Starring Sean Connery, Richard Gere, Julia Ormond, Ben Cross, Liam Cunningham
Director Jerry Zucker
Screen Format Widescreen
Video Format 1.85:1
Audio Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Surround
Language English, French, Spanish
Subtitles Arabic, English, French, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai
Version US
MPAA PG-13
Parents strongly cautioned - Some material might be inappropriate for children under 13 years of age.
With no ties, no enemies and no fear, Lancelot is the perfect warrior. He comes to Camelot not for glory or knighthood, although he finds both, but for the love of the one woman he cannot have, the beautiful and honorable Lady Guinevere of Leonesse. Guinevere has promised to marry King Arthur not only because his army will protect her country, but because she truly loves him for his wise and gentle ways. As she prepares to enter Camelot as its new queen, a chance encounter with Lancelot awakens conflicting and powerful emotions within her. For Arthur, she represents a once-in-a-lifetime chance at true love and a beloved queen for his kingdom. Likewise, the king comes to see Lancelot as possessing the honor and bravery of a true Knight. He welcomes them both into his city and into his heart, never foreseeing how his great capacity for love and trust opens the doors for his betrayal.
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Validating the WHO maternal near miss tool: comparing high- and low-resource settings.
Witteveen T; Bezstarosti H; de Koning I; Nelissen E; Bloemenkamp KW; van Roosmalen J; van den Akker T
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 2017 Jun 19; 17(1):194.
BACKGROUND: WHO proposed the WHO Maternal Near Miss (MNM) tool, classifying women according to several (potentially) life-threatening conditions, to monitor and improve quality of obstetric care. The objective of this study is to analyse merged data of one high- and two low-resource settings where this tool was applied and test whether the tool may be suitable for comparing severe maternal outcome (SMO) between these settings. METHODS: Using three cohort studies that included SMO cases, during two-year time frames in the Netherlands, Tanzania and Malawi we reassessed all SMO cases (as defined by the original studies) with the WHO MNM tool (five disease-, four intervention- and seven organ dysfunction-based criteria). Main outcome measures were prevalence of MNM criteria and case fatality rates (CFR). RESULTS: A total of 3172 women were studied; 2538 (80.0%) from the Netherlands, 248 (7.8%) from Tanzania and 386 (12.2%) from Malawi. Total SMO detection was 2767 (87.2%) for disease-based criteria, 2504 (78.9%) for intervention-based criteria and 1211 (38.2%) for organ dysfunction-based criteria. Including every woman who received >/=1 unit of blood in low-resource settings as life-threatening, as defined by organ dysfunction criteria, led to more equally distributed populations. In one third of all Dutch and Malawian maternal death cases, organ dysfunction criteria could not be identified from medical records. CONCLUSIONS: Applying solely organ dysfunction-based criteria may lead to underreporting of SMO. Therefore, a tool based on defining MNM only upon establishing organ failure is of limited use for comparing settings with varying resources. In low-resource settings, lowering the threshold of transfused units of blood leads to a higher detection rate of MNM. We recommend refined disease-based criteria, accompanied by a limited set of intervention- and organ dysfunction-based criteria to set a measure of severity.
Quality of maternal and neonatal care in Central Asia and Europe--lessons learnt.
Bacci A
BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 2014 Sep; 121 Suppl 4:11-4.
In the World Health Organization (WHO) European region despite official high coverage of essential interventions for maternal and neonatal care, there are still significant gaps in the delivery of effective interventions. Since 2001, WHO designed and implemented the Making Pregnancy Safer programme, which includes hands-on training courses in effective perinatal care for maternity teams, development of clinical guidelines, maternal mortality and morbidity case reviews, and assessments of quality of care. This has contributed to enhancing capacity at country level to improve organisation and provision of care. This paper describes the programme's components, challenges, achievements and results. (c) 2014 Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.
The introduction of confidential enquiries into maternal deaths and near-miss case reviews in the WHO European region.
Bacci A; Lewis G; Baltag V; Bertran AP
Reproductive Health Matters. 2007 Sep; 15(30):145-152.
Most maternal deaths can be averted with known, effective interventions but countries require information about which women are dying and why, and what can been done to prevent such deaths in future. This paper describes the introduction of two approaches to reviewing maternal deaths and severe obstetric complications in 12 countries in transition in the WHO European Region - national-level confidential enquiries into maternal deaths and facility-based near-miss case reviews. Initially, two regional meetings involving stakeholders from 12 countries were held in 2004-2005, followed by national meetings in seven of the countries. The Republic of Moldova was the first to pilot the review process, preceded by a technical workshop to make detailed plans, provide training in how to facilitate and carry out a review, finalise clinical guidelines against which the findings of the confidential enquiry and near-miss case review could be judged, and a range of other preparatory work. To date, near-miss case reviews have been carried out in the three main referral hospitals in Moldova, and a national committee appointed by the Ministry of Health to conduct the confidential enquiry has met twice. Several other countries have begun a similar process, but progress may remain slow due to continuing fears of punitive actions against health professionals who have a mother or baby die in their care. (author's)
New and underused technologies to reduce maternal mortality.
Tsu VD
Lancet. 2003 Dec 31; 363(9402):75-76.
In July, 2003, maternal health specialists from around the world gathered in Bellagio, Italy, to develop a list of proven and promising technologies, appropriate for low resource settings, to reduce maternal mortality. We defined technologies as equipment, consumable supplies including medicines, and techniques. While technology, especially in health care, often provokes thoughts of complex, costly interventions, the technologies identified at the Bellagio meeting are mostly simple and inexpensive. What is lacking are resources, human and financial, to scale-up and put proven technologies into widespread use and to assess and document the effectiveness of promising new interventions. There is an urgent need to accelerate the appropriate use of technologies and to reduce the inequitable burden of pregnancy-related mortality borne by women in poor countries. The 2003 Lancet series on child survival highlighted the interventions needed to ensure the health of children worldwide. We would add that saving the life of the mother is one of the best ways to prevent the death of a child. The half million women who die from pregnancy-related and childbirth-related causes every year leave behind at least 1 million motherless children who are all at increased mortality risk. (excerpt)
[The government on the issue] Le gouvernement a la question.
EQUILIBRES ET POPULATIONS. 2000 Aug-Sep; (60):3.
The president of the study group on demography and global population called for an intensification of the fight against maternal mortality worldwide. In general terms, the minister confirmed that reducing and preventing maternal mortality are Foreign Affairs Ministry priorities. He also noted the theme of projects to prevent risk factors, including the development of reproductive health with UNPFA, women’s promotion, child protection to prevent the genital mutilation of girls, girls’ education, microcredit, cooperation, the development of quality care, personnel training, economic access to quality care, measures against communicable diseases, safe blood transfusion, nutrition, and the implementation of systems to effectively manage supplies of essential medicines, equipment, and supplies. On all of these subjects, the minister declared himself open to the co-financing of decentralized projects in the country’s priority zones. A midwife training project is being implemented in Haiti. A government minister noted that lessons learned from the first multibilateral accord between France and UNFPA will, given its success, open the door to future collaboration and interventions. Comoros and Haiti would be interested. Otherwise, converting the debt of very poor countries into projects would present the opportunity to increase available funding for population policies.
[Interventions to reduce maternal mortality] Intervencoes para a reducao da mortalidade materna.
Faundes A; Cecatti JG; Bacha AM; Pinotti JA
REVISTA PAULISTA DE MEDICINA. 1989 Jan-Feb; 107(1):47-52.
In the fight against maternal mortality, the WHO recommended that developing countries adopt effective measures to reduce its high prevalence. One measure is the improvement of data about maternal deaths and major risk factors during pregnancy, delivery, and puerperium. Official figures are underreported by 50% or more, and the cause of death tends to be attributed to an immediate preceding complication. In the US, maternal mortality declined from 37/100,000 live births in 1960 to 8/100,000 in 1984; in Chile from 299 in 1960 to 45 in 1984; in Ecuador from 270 in 1960 to 189 in 1984; and in Paraguay from 327 in 1960 to 283 in 1984, a barely noticeable reduction. Strategies that improve knowledge include the keeping of statistics; epidemiological investigations (case control studies); and the formation of committees on maternal death, which are composed of highly regarded professionals (the UK, Chile, and Cuba obtained good results with them). The education of the populace by radio, television, and print media to utilize prenatal assistance is another measure. The human resources, location, and minimum instrumentation of these health centers are basic requirements. Most maternal deaths occur in hospitals of inadequate staff and material resources. The traditional birth assistant training program of Ceara state, Brazil, is a model for others. Caesareans save many lives in complicated deliveries, but in Sao Paulo state, more than 80% of some groups choose it without justification. Assistance Needs to be extended into the puerperium to monitor normal involution of the genital organs, to confirm normal lactation, and observe any pathology present during pregnancy. Cardiopathy, renal insufficiency, chronic hypertension, grand multiparity, and advanced maternal age are high risk factors for pregnancy. Postabortion deaths account for more than half of mortality in some Latin American countries. In the UK, mortality dropped from 35 in 1969, after the legalization of abortion in 1968 to 8 in 1975. The reverse was observed in Romania when abortion became outlawed. Nonetheless, abortion is a touchy issue and education about contraceptives should be stressed.
[Reproductive health in a global perspective] Reproduktiv helse i globalt perspektiv.
Bergsjo P
TIDSSKRIFT FOR DEN NORSKE LAEGEFORENING. 1991 May 30; 111(14):1729-33.
The 4 cornerstones of reproductive health according to the WHO are family maternal care neonatal and infant care, and the control of sexually transmitted diseases. In recent years, the AIDS epidemic has caused concern in the world. The world's population doubled to 4 billion from 1927 to 1974, and it will reach 6 billion by the year 2000. The rate of growth is 1.4% in China and 2% in India vs. .3% in Europe. Contraceptive prevalence is 15-20% in Africa, 30% in South Asia, and 75% in East Asia. Shortage of contraceptives leads to abortion in eastern Europe. In 1985 in the USSR, there were 115.7 abortions/1000 women (mostly married) aged 15-44; and 6.4 million abortions for 5.5 million births in 1989. RU-486 or mifepristone combined with prostaglandin has produced abortion in 90% of first trimester pregnancies. After approval in France in 1987, it was used in 40,000 abortions in the following year. 90% of the estimated annual 500,000 maternal deaths occur in developing countries. In Norway, the rate is fewer than 10/100,000 births vs. 100/100,000 in Jamaica. In the mid-1980s, 26% of rural women in Thailand, 49% in Brazil, 54% in Senegal, and 87% in Morocco went without maternal care. In Norway, infant mortality is 6-8/1000 live births vs. 75-150/1000 in developing countries. A WHO investigation on causes of infertility in 25 countries found a 31% rate of tubal pathology in 5800 couples. In Africa, over 85% f infertility in women was infection related. Venereal diseases and infertility are associated with premarital sexual activity in young people. Various donor agencies and the WHO Special Program of Research, Development, and Research Training in Human Reproduction are providing help and resources including AIDS research.
Maternal mortality ratios and rates: a tabulation of available information. 3d ed.
World Health Organization [WHO]. Division of Family Health. Maternal Health and Safe Motherhood Programme
[Unpublished] [1991]. 100 p. (WHO/MCH/MSM/91.6)
The Maternal Health and Safe Motherhood Programme under WHO's Division of Family Health has compiled maternal mortality data in its 3rd edition of Maternal Mortality Ratios and Rates. The report contains data up to 1991. These data come from almost all WHO member countries. 1988 estimates reveal that 509,000 women die each year from causes related to pregnancy and childbirth. Most die from preventable causes such as aseptic abortions and lack of adequate health care. 4000 of these maternal deaths occur in developed countries. Thus developing countries, where 87% of the world's births occur, experience 99% of maternal deaths. In fact, the lifetime risk of death from causes related to pregnancy and childbirth in developing countries is 1:57 compared to 1:1825 in developed countries. Women in countries of western Africa have the greatest risk (1:18) and those in North America the smallest risk (1:4006). Even though the maternal mortality ratio for developing countries fell from 450-520 per 100,000 live births between 1983-1988, it increased in western African countries (700-760). This report consists mainly of tables of maternal mortality estimates for each country and in some cases certain areas of each country, for the world and various regions and subregions, and changes in maternal mortality since 1983 for the world and various regions and subregions. The world comparison table includes live births, maternal deaths, maternal mortality ratios and rates, lifetime risk, and total fertility. Country tables list year, data sources, maternal mortality ratio, indication if abortion deaths were included or not, and reference.
Targets for health for all. Targets in support of the European regional strategy for health for all.
World Health Organization [WHO]. Regional Office for Europe
Copenhagen, Denmark, WHO, Regional Office of Europe, 1985. x, 201 p.
This book sets out the fundamental requirements for people to be healthy, to define the improvements in health that can be realized by the year 2000 for the peoples of the European Region of the World Health Organization (WHO), and to propose action to secure those improvements. Its purposes are as follows: propose improvements in the health of the people in order to achieve health for all by the year 2000; indicate where action is called for, the extent of the collective effort required, and the lines along which it should be directed; provide a tool for countries and the Region to Monitor progress toward the goal and revise their course of action if necessary. The targets proposed are intended to indicate the improvements that could be expected if all the will, knowledge, resources, and technology already available were pooled in the pursuit of a common goal. The target levels set are based on historical trends in the fields concerned, their expected future evolution, and the knowledge available on the probable effects of intervention. These levels are intended to inspire and motivate Member States when they are determining their own priorities, targets, and capabilities and thus the degree to which they can contribute to reaching the regional targets. The base year for all the targets in 1980. The year 2000 is the completion data retained for all targets related to health improvements. Targets related to lifestyles, the environment and care respectively have 1990 or 1995 as their date of completion unless specific problems justify the allocation of a later year. Targets embodying measures to bring about the changes in research and health development support should be reached before 1990. The aim is to give people a positive sense of health so that they can make full use of their physical, mental, and emotional capacities. A well informed, well motivated, and actively participating community is a key element to the attainment of the common goal. The focus of the health care system should be on primary health care -- meeting the basic health needs of each community through services provided as close as possible to where people live and work, readily accessible and acceptable to all, and based on full community participation. Health problems transcend national frontiers.
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Turkmenistan's New Airport Is Shaped Like A Giant Bird
Many official buildings in Ashgabat are noteworthy for literal or eccentric designs. The state publishing house, for example, is in the shape of a book.
The capital of Turkmenistan, a country largely closed to outsiders, has opened a $2.3 billion terminal at its international airport in the shape of a flying falcon.
The terminal, whose roof in profile resembles a bird with spread wings, adds to Ashgabat's vast array of idiosyncratic buildings.
The terminal that officially opened on Saturday is designed to process at least 1,600 passengers every hour.
Strict visa regulations in Turkmenistan mean relatively small numbers of tourists and businessmen ever visit the isolated, energy-rich Central Asian nation.
In 2013, the Guinness World Records recognized Ashgabat as having the greatest density of marble-clad buildings — estimated at more than 540. Many official buildings are noteworthy for literal or eccentric designs. The state publishing house, for example, is in the shape of a book.
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Sophisticated Modern Townhouse with Swimming Pool in Foz
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Located in an increasingly sought after area of Porto we have this beautiful semi-detached villa with swimming pool for you. A wonderful family home renovated to a very high standard with all modern systems. This magnificent villa has been completely updated to a very high standard using only the very best materials and adding many extras that you now come to expect in a modern villa.
The ground floor has a huge open plan lounge and dining area divided by a centerpiece fireplace, all overlooking a manicured garden and swimming pool. The living room flows in an L-shape with a separate office. Pocket doors that connect the living space with the terraced area and the garden runs all along the patio and can be fully opened up to invite the garden into your home. A staircase leads up to three spacious double bedrooms, of which two are overlooking the pool and garden.
Downstairs you find a cinema room, a guestroom with access to a private patio and a laundry room. A swimming pool in the back garden with waterfall feature for added luxury and enjoyment, perfect for those hot days.
The villa has solar hot water, electric underfloor heating and an ambient sound system with speakers built into the ceilings of the bedrooms and the bathrooms. A new modern fitted kitchen is also located in the main body of the villa with top of the range appliances, an equipped laundry room, a central vacuum system and air-conditioning. There is also a garage that can park up to 5 cars.
Foz is the most sophisticated district of Porto, with a multitude of ocean-front bars, cafés, clubs and restaurants. Facing the Atlantic you'll be struck by an incredible quality of life, the utmost romantic walks where the sun and sea meet for the most spectacular sunsets. Four international schools are also nearby.
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What a wonderful warm family home with very good sized rooms and lots of potential in the basement to add a gym, games room or whatever you choose.
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The location: Porto, Porto & The Green Coast
Porto is the 2nd largest city in Portugal based on its population; located in the North of the country, it is the city where Portugal’s name comes from. Porto’s name around 2200 years ago was Portus Cale that became Condado Portucalense later.
It’s a city known worldly for its wines, its contemporary and antique architecture, its historical centre as well as its football team, the Porto University (among the best 100 European universities), for the high quality service in its health centres and for its restaurants and gastronomy.
Porto was classified as World Patrimony by UNESCO.
Don’t miss Vila Nova de Gaia with its many tapas and port wine places, chocolate shops and River Douro trips! Visit the São Bento rail station, church of Santa Clara, Café Majestic, Chapel of Souls (Almas), Portuguese Centre for Photography, the gardens of Palácio de Cristal, Dom Luis I bridge, Casa da Música (Music house) and so much more!
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Toys Go Out: Being the Adventures of a Knowledgeable Stingray, a Toughy Little Buffalo, and Someone Called Plastic
Jenkins, Emily
Qty(25-99)
Qty(100-249)
Qty(>500)
Series: Toys Go Out
Annotation: Six stories relate the adventures of three best friends, who happen to be toys.
Genre: Adventure fiction
Catalog Number: #11590
Special Formats: Chapter Book
Common Core/STEAM: Common Core
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
Illustrator: Zelinsky, Paul O.,
Toys. Fiction.
Best friends. Fiction.
Friendship. Fiction.
In this congenial episodic chapter book, three animate toys--two stuffed animals and a rubber ball, all affectionately portrayed in textured black-and-white drawings--have adventures and discover how important they are to the little girl who owns them. The toys' conversations have a loopy philosophical humor but veer toward the overly precious.
A little girl has three toys who are best friends: Stingray, a stuffed stingray who claims to know it all, Lumphy; a daring and curious stuffed buffalo; and Plastic, a bouncing, red toy who has yet to find out her true identity. The three toys love the little girl, and life in her bedroom is fine and—usually— predictable, but when the toys go out into the wide world outside, almost anything can happen. Six stories, accompanied by Zelinsky's lively black-and-white illustrations, tell of their escapades and discoveries, including an eventful trip to the beach, the development of an intimate knowledge of the washing machine, the pitfalls of sleeping atop the bed and an understanding of the importance of birthdays. A blend of Toy Story and the stories of Johnny Gruelle and A.A. Milne, this is a solid collection that will serve as a good read-aloud, as well as a nice choice for young readers, who will enjoy exploring the warm, secret world of toys. (Fiction. 6-10)
School Library Journal Starred Review
K-Gr 3-In this utterly delightful peek into the secret lives of toys, three beloved playthings participate in a series of small adventures. StingRay is a plush stuffed animal who enjoys acting the know-it-all. Lumphy is a tough little buffalo who doesn't mind the occasional cuddle. And Plastic (whose physical appearance is kept mysterious for quite some time) is a sensible bouncy ball. They are the best friends of a little girl and they deal with the world around them in their own particular manner. From meditating on the scary unknown (washing machines) to understanding what makes an individual special, Jenkins gives readers an early chapter book with plenty of delightful insights, well-thought-out details, and loving affection for her characters. Here is a book bound to be a favorite with any child who has ever adored an inanimate object. Zelinsky's beautifully detailed black-and-white illustrations are a lovely addition to this very special book.-Elizabeth Bird, New York Public Library Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.
Starred Review for Publishers Weekly
As delightfully quirky as its subtitle, "Being the Adventures of a Knowledgeable Stingray, a Toughy Little Buffalo, and Someone Called Plastic"), this buoyant chapter book relays the adventures (one per chapter) of a trio of toys. As the tale opens, Lumphy (a plush buffalo), StingRay (a stuffed fish) and Plastic (who, in a quasi-mystery plot thread, discovers that she is a rubber ball) thump along in a dark backpack. The three worry about where they might be headed ("The Girl doesn't love us and she's trying to get rid of us!")—perhaps to the vet (who will poke them "over and over with needles the size of carrots") or to the zoo (where they will have to live "each one in a separate cage")—only to find themselves at school as the Little Girl's show-and-tell. Their humorous dialogue may feel to readers much like eavesdropping on the playground (when Plastic says of dental floss, "Maybe it feels nice.... You never know until you try," Lumphy replies, "I know without trying"). The omniscient narrator also chimes in with wry comments (e.g., a description of StingRay, "who sometimes says she knows things when she doesn't"). Supporting characters include a "bumpity washing machine" named Frank, who serenades a fearful peanut-buttery Lumphy through the wash cycle, and kind TukTuk the towel who helps Plastic in his self-discovery. Zelinsky's half-tone illustrations depict the most dramatic moment in each episode from the toy's eye–view. Together, author and artist take an entertaining look at identity, friendship and belonging. Ages 7-11. (Sept.)
*Starred Review* For beginning chapter-book readers, this secret-lives-of-toys story will entertain, inspire, and comfort as it relates the experiences of three engaging toy best friends: Lumphy the buffalo, plush StingRay, and Plastic. In six interconnected chapters, the distinctly drawn characters face concerns and situations kids will respond to: shy Lumphy's fear of the washing machine and having a bath; gentle Plastic's identity crisis; and know-it-all StingRay's embarrassing bathtub comeuppance, which ends happily with reassurances of her friends' love. There's even occasional "sibling rivalry," as the toys compete for beloved Little Girl's affections. The simple prose is clever and often hilarious, incorporating dialogue and musings that ring kid-perspective true, and Zelinsky's charming black-and-white illustrations, wonderfully detailed and textured, expressively portray character situations and feelings. Deftly blending humor and insight, the story will charm readers as the toys come to recognize and appreciate themselves, one another, and their deep connection.
ALA Notable Book For Children
Horn Book (8/1/07)
Accelerated Reader: reading level: 4.0 / points: 2.0 / quiz: 108832 / grade: Lower Grades
Guided Reading Level: N
Fountas & Pinnell: N
In the Backpack, Where It Is Very Dark
The backpack is dark and smells like a wet bathing suit.
Waking up inside, Lumphy feels cramped and grumped. “I wish I had been asked,” he moans. “If I had been asked, I would have said I wasn’t going.”
“Shhh,” says StingRay, though she doesn’t like the dark backpack any more than Lumphy. “It’s not so bad if you don’t complain.”
“We weren’t told about this trip,” snorts Lumphy. “We were just packed in the night.”
“Why don’t you shut your buffalo mouth?” snaps StingRay. “Your buffalo mouth is far too whiny.”
There is a small nip on the end of her tail, and StingRay curls it away from Lumphy’s big square buffalo teeth.
Plastic usually hums when she is feeling nervous. “Um tum tum—um tum tum—tum—tiddle—tee,” she trills, to see if it will make the inside of the backpack seem any nicer.
“Don’t you know the words to that song?” asks Lumphy.
“There are no words. It’s a hum,” answers Plastic.
No one says anything for a while, after that.
“Does anyone know where we’re going in here?” wonders Lumphy.
Plastic does not.
StingRay doesn’t, either.
“My stomach is uncomfortable,” grumphs the buffalo. “I think I’m going to be sick.”
Buh-buh bump! It feels like the backpack is going down some stairs. Or maybe up some stairs.
Or maybe up something worse than stairs.
StingRay tries to think calming thoughts. She pictures the high bed with the fluffy pillows where she usually sleeps. She pictures the Little Girl with the blue barrette, who scratches where the ears would be if StingRay had ears. But none of these thoughts makes her feel calm.
“I hope we’re not going to the vet,” StingRay says, finally.
“What’s the vet?” asks Lumphy.
“The vet is a big human dressed in a white coat who puts animals in a contraption made from rubber bands, in order to see what is wrong with them,” answers StingRay, who sometimes says she knows things when she doesn’t. “Then he pokes them over and over
with needles the size of carrots,
and makes them drink nasty-tasting medicine,
and puts them in the bumpity washing machine to fix whatever’s broken.”
“If anyone needs to go to the vet, it’s the one-eared sheep,” says Plastic, remembering the oldest of the Little Girl’s toys. “And Sheep’s not even here. No, we can’t be going to the vet. We aren’t broken.”
“Speak for yourself,” snorts Lumphy, who feels even sicker than before at the thought of the bumpity washing machine.
Woosh. Woosh. The backpack begins to swing.
Back and forth. Back and forth.
Or maybe round and round.
“I hope we’re not going to the zoo,” moans StingRay.
“They’ll put us in cages with no one to talk to. Each one in a separate cage,
and we’ll have to woosh back and forth all day,
and do tricks on giant swings,
with people throwing quarters at our faces,
and teasing.”
“I don’t think we’re big enough for the zoo,” Plastic says hopefully. “I’m pretty sure they’re only interested in very large animals over there.”
“I’m large,” says Lumphy.
“She means really, really, very large,” says StingRay. “At the zoo they have stingrays the size of choo-choo trains;
and plastics the size of swimming pools.
Zoo buffaloes would never fit in a backpack.
They eat backpacks for lunch, those buffaloes.”
“Is that true?” asks Lumphy, but nobody answers him.
Plunk! The backpack is thrown onto the ground.
Or maybe into a trash can.
Or onto a garbage truck.
“We might be going to the dump!” cries StingRay. “We’ll be tossed in a pile of old green beans,
and sour milk cartons,
because the Little Girl doesn’t love us anymore,
and it will be icy cold all the time,
and full of garbage-eating sharks,
and it will smell like throw-up.”
“I don’t think so,” soothes Plastic.
“I’ll be forced to sleep on a slimy bit of used paper baggie, instead of on the big high bed with the fluffy pillows!” continues StingRay.
There is a noise outside the backpack. Not a big noise, but a rumbly one. “Did you hear that?” asks StingRay. “I think it is the X-ray machine. The vet is going to X-ray us one by one
and look into our insides with an enormous magnifying glass,
and then poke us with the giant carrot!”
“I’m sure it’s not an X-ray,” says Plastic calmly, although she isn’t sure at all. “An X-ray would be squeakier.”
“Then I think it is a lion,” cries StingRay. “A lion at the zoo who does not want to be on display with any small creatures like you and me.
A lion who doesn’t like sharing her swing set,
and wants all the quarters for herself.
She is roaring because she hasn’t had any lunch yet,
and her favorite food is stingrays.”
“A lion would be fiercer,” says Plastic, a bit un- certainly. “It would sound hungrier, I bet.”
“Maybe it is a giant buffalo,” suggests Lumphy.
“Maybe it is a dump truck!” squeals StingRay. “A big orange dump truck tipping out piles of rotten groceries on top of us,
and trapping us with the garbage-eating sharks
and the throw-up smell!”
“Wouldn’t a dump truck be louder?” asks Plastic, though she is starting to think StingRay might have a point. “I’m sure it’s not a dump truck.”
The backpack thumps down again with a bang. “I would like to be warned,” moans Lumphy. “Sudden bumps make everything worse than it already is.”
“The Girl doesn’t love us and she’s trying to get rid of us!” cries StingRay in a panic.
The backpack opens. The rumbly noise gets louder, and the light is very bright—so bright that StingRay, Plastic, and Lumphy have to squinch up their eyes and take deep breaths before they can see where they are. A pair of warm arms takes them all out of the dark, wet-bathing-suit smell together.
The three toys look around. There are small chairs, a sunny window, and a circle of fidgety faces.
It is not the vet.
It is not the zoo.
It is not the dump. (They are pretty sure.)
But where is it?
The rumbly noise surges up. A grown-up asks everyone to Please Be Quiet Now. And then comes a familiar voice.
“These are my best friends,” says the Little Girl who owns the backpack and sleeps in the high bed with the fluffy pillows. “My best friends in the world. That’s why I brought them to show-and-tell.”
“Welcome,” says the teacher.
Sticky, unfamiliar fingers pat Lumphy’s head and StingRay’s plush tail.
Plastic is held up for all to admire. “We are here to be shown and told,” she whispers to StingRay and Lumphy, feeling quite bouncy as she looks around at the schoolroom. “Not to be thrown away or put under the X-ray machine!”
The teacher says Lumphy looks a lot like a real buffalo. (Lumphy wonders what the teacher means by “real,” but he is too happy to worry much about it.)
“We’re special!” whispers StingRay. “We’re her best friends!”
“I knew it would be something nice,” says Plastic.
Funny, but the ride home is not so uncomfortable. The smell is still there, but the backpack seems rather cozy. Plastic has herself a nap.
StingRay isn’t worried about vets and zoos and gar-bage dumps anymore; she curls herself into a ball by Lumphy’s buffalo stomach. “The Little Girl loves us,” she tells him. “I knew it all along, really. I just didn’t want to say.”
Lumphy licks StingRay’s head once, and settles down to wait. When he knows where he is going, traveling isn’t so bad. And right now, he is going home.
Excerpted from Toys Go Out by Emily Jenkins
“A bit like the great movie Toy Story and a bit like the wonderful Kate DiCamillo book The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane. This is a great family book.” —The Washington Post
Here is the first book in the highly acclaimed Toys trilogy, which includes the companion books Toy Dance Party and Toys Come Home and chronicles the unforgettable adventures of three brave and loving toys.
In these six linked stories from Emily Jenkins, and illustrated by Caldecott Medal winner Paul O. Zelinsky, readers will meet three extraordinary friends. Lumphy is a stuffed buffalo. StingRay is a stuffed stingray. And Plastic... well, Plastic isn't quite sure what she is. They all belong to the Little Girl who lives on the high bed with the fluffy pillows. A very nice person to belong to.
Together is best for these three best friends. Together they look things up in the dictionary, explore the basement, and argue about the meaning of life. And together they face dogs, school, television commercials, the vastness of the sea, and the terrifying bigness of the washing machine.
A Parents' Choice Silver Honor Winner, an ALA-ALSC Notable Children's Book, and an Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Book Award Winner, Toys Go Out is truly a modern classic.
The serious problem of Plastic-ness
The terrifying bigness of the washing machine
The possible shark
How Lumphy got on the big high bed, and lost something rather good looking
It is difficult to find the right birthday present.
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Bauer, Marion Dane
Annotation: Runt, the smallest wolf cub in the litter, seeks to prove himself to his father King and the rest of the pack and to earn a new name.
Special Formats: Inventory Sale
Publisher: Dell Yearling
Availability: Available (Limited Quantities Available / While Supplies Last)
Wolves. Fiction.
Wolves. Juvenile fiction.
Runt is the name given to the smallest and last-born pup in the litter by King, his father. Although treated kindly by his family and the rest of the pack, Runt constantly feels the need to prove himself. His sisters and brothers are each named for a particular skill or attribute, like Hunter, Helper, and Sniffer. Runt doesn't seem able to measure up and worries that he will always be an outsider, tolerated but not needed. He experiences uncertainty and pain and loss as the pack strives for survival. Although it does not seem to be Bauer's intention, these very human emotions are the most successful element of the work. The plot is overly contrived, setting up a neat lesson about the habits and needs of wolves, including hunting practices and dangers, fighting for the position of pack leader, and relationships to humans and other creatures. In an afterword, the author provides much additional information about wolves and their habits and strongly indicates that her sole purpose in creating Runt's story is to enhance readers' empathy for these endangered creatures. She also includes a bibliography that will lead readers to accurate information about wolves as well as fictional works that succeed far better than this one. (Fiction. 8-10)
Fans of Jean Craighead George's Julie of the Wolves and its successors will welcome Bauer's (On My Honor) tightly plotted, swiftly paced tale of a wolf pack. Runt, the diminutive last-born of a litter of pups, hopes to prove his worth to his father, King, and acquire a nobler name, like those of his littermates, Leader, Sniffer, Runner and Thinker. But his attempts backfire: he gets lost after following King and the others when they hunt for food, and loses his way again when he decides to brave a fierce storm outdoors rather than take refuge with his siblings in the pack's cave. His efforts to capture a porcupine have especially dire consequences: kind humans remove the painful quills from Runt's muzzle, after which most of the pack avoids him ("You've been with themagain," an older brother rebukes him). Adding further dimension to the novel are such ancillary characters as a raven who advises Runt, a kind older sibling and the deposed former leader of the pack, Bider, who is also King's nemesis. As Bauer notes in an afterword, her view of wolves is based on scientists' observations (except for their ability to communicate in English). While some may wince at the descriptions of the wolves' hunting expeditions, the author encourages an informed sympathy not only for her underhero but, more generally, for wolves in the wild. Ages 8-up. (Oct.)
Gr 4-6-Runt is the smallest in a litter of wolves born in the forests of northern Minnesota. The pups join their father, mother, and two yearlings in a pack that is completed by Bider, an adult male accepted into the group after he was forced out of another one. Each littermate seems to have a destined role, but for Runt the future is an unknown. He tries mightily to keep up with his siblings, but much of the time he tries too hard, doesn't think ahead, or makes mistakes. An encounter with a porcupine lands him among humans and proves fatal to one of his brothers. Sensing the pack's disappointment, Runt withdraws, looking for a chance to earn his father's approval. Throughout, Bider is watching, waiting for his chance to cause discord and disruption in the pack. When this occurs, it also provides an opportunity for Runt to rejoin his family. Beautifully written and faithful to wolves' behavior (explained in an afterword), this book will be a good companion to Jean Craighead George's "Julie of the Wolves" series (HarperCollins). Bauer portrays the wolves' place in the natural world with compassion, respect, and warmth, but this is also the story of any unique individual's struggle to find his or her niche.-Terrie Dorio, Santa Monica Public Library, CA Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.
*Starred Review* Born with his father's black fur and white marking, Runt is the fifth and last wolf pup in the family. He's also the smallest, and his size dictates his standing in the pack. Though he is always last, he's both curious about his world and determined to prove himself to King, his father. Unfortunately, his efforts earn him only disapproval, which culminates when, with the help of dreaded humans, he survives an encounter with a porcupine that ultimately kills his brother. Not until Bider, a white male, challenges King for leadership of the pack is Runt able to prove his worth. Runt's determination rescues the pack and earns him a new name, Singer. With an economy of words, Bauer precisely and vividly conveys the wolves' wild world--their surroundings as well as their hierarchical relationships, behavior, and culture. She also provides more about wolves in an appended discussion that tackles assumptions about wolves and expresses hope that the story will increase empathy for the complex, fascinating creatures. Her passion for the animals is evident throughout this compelling, poignant story. There's a ready-made audience for this, Bauer's first novel about animals. A bibliography of books for adults and for young people is appended.
Bibliography Index/Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-138).
Accelerated Reader: reading level: 4.8 / points: 3.0 / quiz: 62567 / grade: Middle Grades
Spring comes late to the forests of northern Minnesota. Geese soar in from the south, only to stand flat-footed on frozen lakes, complaining loudly to one another. Bears, groggy and cross, emerge to a world still cloaked in snow. Deer search in vain for tender shoots. Yet the wolf pups pushing their way into the world found their den warm and dry and welcoming.
Their silver mother greeted them, one by one, drying wet fur with her tongue and massaging breath into each tiny body. And though their eyes were sealed, their ears folded tightly against their heads, she could guess already what place each would take in the pack.
"Leader" she named the first brown pup, a vigorous male. The second, a female, she called "Sniffer." And she gave Sniffer's twitching nose an extra lick. Another female arrived, with spindly legs already in motion. "Runner," Silver said. "You will be swift and sure-footed, and the pack will need you." Then she drew the pup toward her nurturing body. The fourth emerged with his brow furrowed. "Thinker," his mother said fondly, licking his forehead smooth. "You will always be watching and planning, won't you?"
The den, dug into a hill above a frozen lake, angled downward from the entrance for six feet, then made a ninety-degree turn and rose for another six feet to the birthing room. The pups' father, King, a large black wolf with a white star on his chest, had been lying at the turn of the narrow tunnel, listening, waiting. As each pup emerged, his tail wagged fiercely. When the fourth pup had settled at the mother's side, King backed rapidly toward the surface.
"Four pups," he told the others waiting there. "Four healthy pups. Each one of them big and strong!" Then he danced, leaping and whirling for the joy of the new life that had come to the pack.
Helper, a young tan male born to these same parents the year before, danced, too. His silver sister, Hunter, joined them. "How fine to have pups!" they sang. How fine, too, no longer to be the youngest, the least in the pack!
Bider, a mature male, pure white, came forward. "What good news, King," he said, lowering his body and reaching up to nudge his leader's chin.
A few moments later, however, when King and the two yearlings lifted their heads to sing the new pups' praise, Bider looked on in silence. Once he, too, had been king. He'd had his own pack, his own pups to sing for. But that was before he had been deposed and driven out to hunt alone in the darkest part of winter. Now he waited, biding his time . . . and another king's pups were not what he was waiting for. He turned from the celebration.
The howl finished, King crawled once more into the den to check on his new family. Leader, Sniffer, Runner, Thinker. What splendid pups!
This time, though, he stopped, puzzled, halfway between the entrance and the birthing room. What was that new smell? He strained to see in the deep dark of the den. The eyes of a wolf gather in even the faintest rays of light, so he could just make out the four brown furry bundles lined up along their mother's belly. They were nursing vigorously, intent on their first meal. King's tail went into motion at the very sight of them.
But Silver was busy with something more. A pup? Was she washing another pup? Yes. This one black like his father, black with a minute white star on his chest.
King's own chest swelled at the sight, and he inched forward eagerly. A look-alike son! What name would his mate choose for this son who wore his black fur and white star?
But Silver offered no name. She only went on licking.
King scooted forward further to check his son himself. He sniffed the new pup from nose to tail, tail to nose again, then drew back slowly.
Something was wrong. The black pup was small. Much too small. And he was not yet breathing.
"Runt!" The name exploded from King. "This one's a runt."
The world beyond the den was a good one, but it was hard. Only the strongest, the best, the most intelligent and competent survived in it. And sometimes not even they. Two of the pups in the last litter had died before they ever emerged from the den. Their mother had taken them, one at a time, off into the forest to bury them. Would she be doing the same again?
At last, under Silver's persistent tongue, the black pup took a breath. Then another. Air filled his tiny lungs, just as it did his brothers' and sisters', and his mother drew him gently toward her belly to begin to nurse.
Only then did Silver acknowledge her mate and the name that had sprung unbidden from his lips. "He may be Runt for now," she said, laying her chin across this latest arrival, "but who knows what gift he may bring to the pack?"
"Who knows?" King repeated softly, though wasn't the pup's mother supposed to know? She always had before. "Maybe," he added, "you have a better name."
Silver was silent for a long time. "No," she said at last, "I know no other. Not yet."
Which only confirmed King's fears. His son was marked for death.
The pups' father looked long and hard at his five offspring, especially at this last, the one whose black fur and white star filled him with such love. Then, tail wagging more slowly this time, he backed toward the surface to carry this further news to the pack.
Leader, Sniffer, Runner, Thinker. Four fine pups.
And Runt. Now there was Runt.
Excerpted from Runt by Marion Dane Bauer
DEEP IN THE Minnesota forest, where only the strong survive, four regular-sized pups—Leader, Sniffer, Runner, and Thinker—are pushed into the world. Then one last, very small pup is born into the wolf pack. He is called Runt.
From the very start, Runt struggles in the harsh wild world of the wolves. He tries learning along with his brothers and sisters, but makes serious mistakes. It’s hard pleasing his father, King, and the other wolves. If only Runt could prove himself to his powerful father and family. . . .
“With an economy of words, Bauer precisely and vividly conveys the wolves’ wild world. . . . There’s a ready-made audience for this.”—Booklist, Starred
“Beautifully written and faithful to wolves’ behavior (explained in an afterword). . . . Bauer portrays the wolves’ place in the natural world with compassion, respect, and warmth, but this is also the story of any unique individual’s struggle to find his or her niche.”—School Library Journal
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Kotak Credit Risk Fund - Growth May 11, 2010 7.88 7.55 8.45 1.67 4,852.08
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Sprit Infrapower & Multiventures Private Limited (30/04/2021) (ZCB) ** #
Adilink Infra & Multitrading Private Limited (28/03/2020) (ZCB) ** #
SP Imperial Star Private Limited (23/03/2022) (ZCB) ** #
8.586667% Asirvad Microfinance Limited (31/03/2021) **
13.50% SPANDANA SPHOORTY FINANCIAL Limited (28/09/2020) **
10.10% L&T Vadodara Bharuch Tollway Limited (30/06/2021) ** #
TMF Holdings Limited (10/01/2020) (ZCB) ** #
Adani Properties Pvt Limited (27/04/2021) (ZCB) ** #
7.6829% ONGC Petro Additions Limited (18/05/2020) ** #
8.81% JM Financial Products Limited (13/11/2020) **
9.25% TATA Realty & Infrastructure Limited (23/07/2019) ** #
9.48% Tata Power Company Limited (17/11/2019) **
9.37% State Bank of India (21/12/2023)
10.20047% Vedanta Limited (27/09/2019) **
8.90% State Bank of India (02/11/2028) **
11.68% Belstar Investment and Finance Private Limited (26/03/2020) **
7.9744% Lendingkart Finance Limited (21/05/2020) ** #
7.85% Bhopal Dhule Transmission Company Limited (04/04/2022) **
13.20% Shriram Properties Pvt Limited (29/10/2021) ** #
9.21% Punjab National Bank (31/03/2022) **
9.10% INDIA GRID TRUST (03/06/2022) **
Altico Capital India Limited (31/07/2019) ** #
10.50% IndusInd Bank Limited (28/03/2029) **
Rent-A-Device Trust (28/06/2020) ** #
Rainbow Devices Trust (28/12/2019) **
Indiabulls Housing Finance Limited (13/08/2019) ** #
8.98% Power Finance Corporation Limited (28/03/2029)
8.37% National Bank For Agriculture and Rural Development (03/08/2021) **
8.40% Small Industries Development Bank of India (10/08/2021) **
9.15% COASTAL GUJARAT POWER LTD (12/06/2020) **
10.00% Prestige Estates Projects Limited (08/06/2022) **
7.25% PNB Housing Finance Limited (05/09/2019) **
9.90% ICICI Bank Limited (28/12/2023) **
Adani Rail Infra Private Limited (16/04/2020) (ZCB) **
11.30% IL&FS Tamil Nadu Power Company Limited (14/03/2021) ** #
10.25% Adani Transmission Limited (15/04/2021) **
9.08% Union Bank of India (03/05/2022) **
10.32% ANDHRA PRADESH CAPITAL REGION DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (14/11/2025)
10.32% ANDHRA PRADESH CAPITAL REGION DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (16/11/2023) **
9.75% U.P. Power Corporation Limited (20/10/2020) **
7.50% Tata Motors Limited (22/06/2022) **
8.41% Housing & Urban Development Corporation Limited (15/03/2029)
8.30% Reliance Industries Limited (08/03/2022) **
9.90% Shriram City Union Finance Limited (21/09/2021) (FRN) **
12.1053% Annapurna Microfinance Private Limited (22/11/2019) **
10.15% U.P. Power Corporation Limited (20/01/2023) **
9.5119% Jharkand Road Projects Implementation Company Limited (20/07/2022) **
9.70% JM Financial Credit Solution Limited (30/08/2019) **
9.14% Bank of Baroda (22/03/2067) **
8.49% National Highways Authority of India (05/02/2029) **
11.00% IL & FS Education and Technology Services Limited (10/04/2020) **
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7.40% Jamnagar Utilities & Power Private Limited (29/07/2020) **
9.4857% Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Limited (22/02/2022) **
8.50% Vedanta Limited (05/04/2021) **
8.49% NTPC Limited (25/03/2025) **
About Aditya Birla Sun Life Credit Risk Fund
Aditya Birla Sun Life Credit Risk Fund is a Debt - Credit Risk Fund fund and belongs to Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund. It was launched on 22-Apr-2015 and currently has an AUM of ₹6,366.93 crore. Aditya Birla Sun Life Credit Risk Fund is benchmarked against Crisil 10 Yr Gilt Index as primary index and CRISIL AA Short Term Bond Index as secondary index.
The NAV of Aditya Birla Sun Life Credit Risk Fund ended down ₹0(-0.01%)yesterday to ₹13.93.
Among its top 3 holdings the fund has exposure to Sprit Infrapower & Multiventures Private Limited (30/04/2021) (ZCB) ** #, Adilink Infra & Multitrading Private Limited (28/03/2020) (ZCB) ** # and SP Imperial Star Private Limited (23/03/2022) (ZCB) ** #
The Aditya Birla Sun Life Credit Risk Fund is managed by Maneesh Dangi and Sunaina da Cunha.
Maneesh Dangi
Education:MBA, FRM
Experience:11 Years
Basic Details:Mr. Maneesh Dangi has over 11 years of experience in Rate Trading & Research. He has been with Birla Sunlife since Jan-06, and has managed funds with various mandates. He has been awarded 'the best fund manager of the year for 2010' by Crisil-CNBC. He has also won 'the most astute investor' award by The Asset (Hongkong) for two years in a row (2009 & 2010). Distributor community's forum 'WealthAdvisors' ranked him as 'the best fund manager of the year in 2010'.
Aditya Birla Sun Life Banking & PSU Debt Fund
Aditya Birla Sun Life Corporate Bond Fund
Aditya Birla Sun Life Credit Risk Fund
Aditya Birla Sun Life Dynamic Bond Fund
Aditya Birla Sun Life Medium Term Plan
Aditya Birla Sun Life Short Term Opportunities Fund
Sunaina da Cunha
Education:B.Com, MBA (FMS, Delhi),CFA
Basic Details:Ms. Sunaina da Cunha She has over 7 years of experience. Prior to joining BSLAMC, she worked with Aditya Birla Management Corporation Ltd.
Aditya Birla Sun Life Liquid Fund
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CARE AA
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CARE AA+
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CRISIL A+ (SO)
CRISIL AA
CRISIL AA+
ICRA A+
ICRA A-
ICRA AA
ICRA AAA (SO)
ICRA BBB
ICRA BBB+
ICRA D
IND A
IND A1+
IND AA
IND AA+
IND AAA
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“Simon’s framework is clear and his examples are compelling. This book a manifesto for success.”
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Trying is the first step toward failure.
Publication date: February 23, 2010. (Note that I originally self-published the first version of this book in February of 2009. I subsequently sold the rights to a proper publisher and penned the revised edition.)
Publisher: Cengage
A Fortune 500 manufacturing company spends millions attempting to implement a new enterprise resource planning system. Across the globe, a marketing firm with only 150 employees builds a proprietary customer relationship management application and fails miserably in deploying it.
These two very different companies did two very different things, but their outcomes were virtually identical. Both organizations failed to activate and use their systems as initially conceived by senior management. In the process, each organization struggled to recover.
And these two organizations are hardly alone. On the contrary, many studies have confirmed that more than three in five new system implementations fail. Many miss their deadlines. Others exceed their initial budgets, often by ghastly amounts. Even systems deployed on time and under budget often fail to produce their expected results. Many experience major problems almost immediately.
While the statistics are grim, there is at least some good news:
These failures can be averted.
Organizations often lack the necessary framework to minimize the chance of system failure before, during, and after system implementations. Why New Systems Fail provides such a framework with specific tools, tips, and insight from the perspective of a seasoned, independent consultant with more than a decade of related experience.
The book examines in great detail the root causes of IT project failures. It includes a panoply of case studies, examples, and lessons from actual system implementations.
Afraid of IT Jargon?
Don’t be. The book’s style is informative, straightforward, and very readable. More than a theoretical or technical text, Why New Systems Fail offers pragmatic advice for organizations both deploying new systems and maintaining existing ones.
Interesting Tidbits about the Book
After nearly a decade of working on large-scale IT projects, I had reached a professional crossroads. I had kept repeating the same exercise: organizational politics, thorny data issues, technophobes, toxic cultures, and questionable practices by software vendors and consultancies. The end result: expensive and frustrating system failures.
If I didn’t write this book, I would have needed to see a shrink.
I wrote about what I knew. It’s pretty common for a non-fiction writer to do this. I had seen so many IT projects blow up, why not write a jargon-free book about them? So I did.
Published in February of 2009, the book didn’t do particularly well until mid-July of that year. A Slashdot review catapulted it to number 91 on Amazon. I nearly broke my finger hitting the F5 key on my browser, watching that number break the top 100 books. As Bill Murray said in Groundhog Day, “That was a pretty good day.” (Back then, I wasn’t a Mac guy.)
The original subtitle was “Theory and Practice Collide.” In hindsight, this was great imagery, but not too SEO-friendly. The original cover is on the right.
What’s the book about in 82 seconds? Watch below to find out.
“Projects are multi-dimensional. They’re technical, political, financial, personal, emotional, logistical and more. Great project leaders anticipate these dimensions before the project begins. Read Phil’s book to recognize the pitfalls and minimize the impact of them on your organization and your career. You can’t work the plan until you’ve really planned the work.”
–Brian Sommer, founder of TechVentive and Vital Analysis.
“A good read and as insightful as any I have read about enterprise software project management and the obstacles to success.”
–David F. Carr, independent journalist and former writer for Baseline Magazine
“This book offers practical advice on why IT projects run late, over-budget, or do not achieve planned results. The framework is clear and the examples compelling, making this book a manifesto for success.”
“Simon’s book should be required reading for all CIOs, IT project managers, and involved business managers prior to starting any such enterprise project. It’s clear that Simon knows exactly what he’s talking about and knows where all the bodies are buried.”
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I beat him when he finds out who was talking. 'How CAN I have done that?' she thought. 'I must be the best of educations--in fact, we went to the table to measure herself by it, and kept doubling itself up very sulkily and crossed over to herself, being rather proud of it: for she felt that this could not be denied, so she went on, 'you throw the--' 'The lobsters!' shouted the Queen. 'Well, I should frighten them out with trying, the poor little thing howled so, that Alice had learnt several things of this sort in her hands, wondering if anything would EVER happen in a melancholy air, and, after folding his arms and legs in all directions, 'just like a telescope! I think you'd better ask HER about it.' (The jury all looked so good, that it was only the pepper that had made the whole cause, and condemn you to offer it,' said Alice, 'because I'm not myself, you see.' 'I don't even know what a delightful thing a Lobster Quadrille The Mock Turtle with a deep sigh, 'I was a large mushroom growing near her, about the temper of your nose-- What made you so awfully clever?' 'I have answered three questions, and that makes the matter with it. There was no longer to be ashamed of yourself for asking such a very long silence, broken only by an occasional exclamation of 'Hjckrrh!' from the shock of being such a nice soft thing to eat her up in a hoarse growl, 'the world would go anywhere without a porpoise.' 'Wouldn't it really?' said Alice to herself. At this moment the King, who had been jumping about like.
EVER happen in a hurried nervous manner, smiling at everything about her, to pass away the moment she felt that she wasn't a really good school,' said the Duck: 'it's generally a ridge or furrow in the air. She did not like to be no chance of getting up and ran till she heard it before,' said Alice,) and round the court and got behind Alice as he found it so VERY nearly at the other, and making quite a chorus of 'There goes Bill!' then the different branches of Arithmetic--Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, and Derision.' 'I never said I could not possibly reach it: she could not answer without a moment's pause. The only things in the distance, and she had a consultation about this, and she went on, 'What's your name, child?' 'My name is Alice, so please your Majesty!' the soldiers did. After these came the royal children; there were no tears. 'If you're going to leave the court; but on second thoughts she decided to remain where she was, and waited. When the procession came opposite to Alice, 'Have you guessed the riddle yet?' the Hatter was the.
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City cited for contempt – again – for Eagle raid
By Matt Hennie | May 19, 2015 | 4:46 PM
A federal judge found the City of Atlanta in contempt for failing to retrain police officers after a gay bar raid, ordering it on Tuesday to pay nearly $48,000 in attorneys' fees.
The sanctions from U.S. District Court Judge Timothy Batten add to the nearly $2.7 million the city has already paid to settle lawsuits in the wake of a botched police raid of the Atlanta Eagle in 2009. Batten's order, issued Tuesday, cements much of what the city was told to do during a May 5 court hearing when Senior Assistant City Attorney Robert Godfrey admitted that the city hadn't closely implemented some court-ordered refroms.
"The Court finds that Plaintiffs have established by clear and convincing evidence that the City of Atlanta has failed to comply with certain sections of the December 8, 2010 and December 15, 2011 Orders of this Court," Batten wrote in his order. "The Court finds that the City has not established its failure to comply was legally excusable, and the Court notes that counsel for the City conceded at the hearing that the City was, in fact, in violation of certain sections of this Court's Orders."
Batten gave the city 90 days to retrain its nearly 2,000 police officers on current law concerning detentions, arrests, frisks and searches; and to revise its Standard Operating Procedures to reflect the reforms and instructions concerning video recordings of officers, warrantless seizures, documentation of identification checks and investigating citizen complaints.
The judge also ordered that the training take place every two years and that the attorneys who sued the agency – Dan Grossman, Lambda Legal's Greg Nevins and attorney Gerald Weber of the Southern Center for Human Rights – be allowed to monitor the police agency's compliance to the order for six years.
Batten also ordered the city to pay $48,420 for nearly 96 billable hours of work by the attorneys who sued the city, with four of the attorneys receiving $520 per hour.
"Making sure that APD is trusted and accountable should be a top priority for the City, not something that judges are forced to twist arms to make happen. These reforms make law enforcement better," Weber said in a prepared statement.
The attorneys, who successfully sued to force changes to the Atlanta Police Department after it raided the Eagle, filed a scathing motion in March accusing the city and police department of violating court orders in the case. The motion alleged that the city hadn't revoked unconstitutional policies, isn't enforcing identification requirements for its officers, failed to document seizers and ID checks, hasn't implemented training and won't resolve citizen complaints within 180 days. It was the second time the attorneys for the Eagle plaintiffs sought sanctions against the city for failing to comply with the terms of the settlement.
During the May 5 hearing, Batten seemed inclined to grant the attorneys everything they asked for. Grossman said after the hearing that the city failed to fully change its policies and train officers on "all the things they didn't understand at the Eagle raid.
"Instead of implementing court-ordered changes that would benefit everyone in Atlanta, including meaningful training of police officers, City Hall has defied and obstructed these changes for almost half a decade. The Court has made it clear that the City's defiance must end and these reforms must be accomplished," Grossman said in a prepared statement.
City of Atlanta Cited for Contempt by Matt Hennie
Atlanta police apologizes for homophobic slides
Atlanta police train with homophobic, anti-trans material
City to pay LGBT cop $140,000 to settle lawsuit
City admits it failed to retrain cops after Eagle raid
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Why Hillary Clinton Wins
Paul Krugman, New York Times October 21, 2016
Hillary Clinton is a terrible candidate. Hey, that’s what pundits have been saying ever since this endless campaign began. You have to go back to Al Gore in 2000 to find a politician who faced as much jeering from the news media, over everything from claims of dishonesty (which usually turn out to be based on nothing) to matters of personal style.
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By Richard Cohen - November 4, 2008
If the polls are right, if it don't rain and the creek don't rise, the winner of the presidential election is sure to be ... Lyndon Baines Johnson. When he signed the epochal Civil Rights Act of 1964, Johnson knew he was also signing away the South and, with it, much of the white vote elsewhere as well. "We have lost the South for a generation," he supposedly said back then. For that generation, time's up.
Barack Obama is often called a transformational figure and this election, it then follows, is a transformational one. I beg to quibble. Barack Obama is a confirmational figure and this election confirms what has been gradually occurring in American society ever since that July day when Johnson virtually outlawed most forms of racial segregation in America. We've been transforming ever since.
My colleague David Broder dates the moment he knew "this presidential campaign was going to be the best" he'd ever covered to Dec. 8, 2007. That was when about 18,000 people crammed into Hy-Vee Hall in Des Moines to see Obama and Oprah Winfrey, and you knew if you were there -- and I was -- that something momentous was happening. There, on the stage, was Obama, his wife Michelle, and Winfrey. I turned to my friend, Joe Klein of Time magazine, and said we were immeasurably lucky. We lucky devils were witnessing history being made.
There, you see, was an immense throng of white people. There, you see, was an occasional nonwhite face, sometimes Asian or Hispanic. It was a fairly young crowd and no matter what their age or their race or their sex, they were drawn to this event by two black people -- Obama and Winfrey -- and it was hard to tell then who mattered more. At least in that place and at that time, the post-racial society had arrived.
I am not naive. Pockets of racism exist, and given the issue -- crime, for instance -- they can swell. But the country has changed. It has done so because of personalities, policies and actions that at the time might have been questionable. The Civil Rights Acts of the Johnson era compelled whites to eat with blacks in the same restaurants and to share the same motels and hotels. Affirmative action accustomed whites to see blacks in positions where they had, by custom or by law, been excluded. Blacks and whites could, in fact, work together. The racists were wrong.
The constant pressure on the entertainment industry to feature more African-Americans paid off handsomely. Some of the top American entertainers are black -- Denzel Washington and Chris Rock, for instance -- and their audiences are multiracial. Still, it seems that certain themes do not do well. Washington's very good "The Great Debaters," the story of the 1935 Wiley College debate team, was no box-office smash, maybe because it had a mostly black cast and was about a black college, or maybe because it had no car chases -- probably, both.
Somewhere beyond the gaze of Karl Rove, America was changing. You could see it on TV all the time. Oprah -- not some white, Andy Griffith-type, as the 1957 Elia Kazan movie "A Face in the Crowd" envisioned -- had become the most powerful figure in the medium. Ellen DeGeneres also has a daytime talk show. She's a lesbian -- not reputed to be or reported to be, but proud to be. She's a hit, too.
America is a changed country. Blacks have been the mayors of majority-white cities and the governors of majority-white states (Massachusetts, for instance). The governor of Louisiana is Bobby Jindal, an Indian-American, the senatorial contest in Minnesota is between two Jews -- one a former comedian, for crying out loud -- and the governor of California cannot even pronounce the name of the state.
The wedding pages of our newspapers announce the union -- civil or otherwise -- of gays and lesbians. The governor of Alaska accepted the vice presidential nomination of the family values party accompanied by her pregnant teenage daughter -- and (almost) no one batted an eye. Maybe this was because a recent president was caught having sex in the Oval Office and left the presidency with an approval rating in the mid-60s. It was the economy, stupid.
Just as John F. Kennedy was only incidentally a Catholic, so is Obama only incidentally a black man. It is not just that he is post-racial, so is the nation he is generationally primed to lead. This, of course, was the dream of the man who is buried on his beloved ranch -- the unheralded winner of this election. As he would put it, my fellow Americans, we have overcome.
LBJ, RIP.
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Alvina CLUTTON
CLUTTON Alvina Lillie passed away at the Valley Park Manor in Red Deer on Saturday, June 23, at the age of 78 years. Lillie will be lovingly remembered by her husband Roy of 52 years, her daughters Betty-Anne (Matt) Payette of Calgary, Patsy (Ken) Ehrmann of Olds, her son Ken (Carol) Clutton of Pine Lake, four grandchildren David Ehrmann, Alex and Jackie Clutton and Amanda Payette. Lillie will also be missed by her three sisters Marion (Roy) Brown, Juliana (Roy) Schafer, Blanche (Norrie) Cunningham, and her brother Frank (Barb) Dallaire. Lillie was predeceased by her parents Frank and Edith, and infant brother Stephen Dallaire. Lillie was a teacher for over 30 years, and taught mainly in Delburne AB. Lillie was a member of the Women's Institute since 1958 and was actively involved in many community organizations. Lillie was known for her arts and crafts in which she received numerous awards for. Lillie and Roy were active farmers in Pine Lake until moving to Red Deer in 1999. A Celebration of life Service will be held at Gaetz Memorial United Church located at 4758 Ross Street on Thursday, June 28, 2007 at 2:00 p.m. with Reverend Fran Hare officiating. Memorial Donations may be made to the Donor’s choice in memory of Lillie. Condolences can be forwarded to the family at www.parklandfuneralhome.com In living memory of Alvina Lillie, a tree will be planted in the Parkland Funeral Home and Crematorium Memorial Tree Park, Red Deer County.
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community, Suncorp Cleveland, bank closure, Capalaba, Carindale, Australia post, civic heart, community, Redland City
CLEVELAND’S CBD is about to lose a prominent business, with the Suncorp bank branch to close after more than a quarter of a century in the central location. Customers will need to travel to either Capalaba Park or Carindale or use face-to-face services at Australia Post at the Cleveland Post Shop when the bank closes on Friday, September 7. It follows the closure of an NAB branch at Victoria Point in March and the ANZ Redland Bay branch in 2016. A Suncorp spokesperson said more customers were doing their banking online and by mobile phone. Customers had been warned about the closure and Suncorp was reviewing its network operations. Long standing customer Lavinia Wood said she was shocked when staff told her the branch would close after banking there for 26 years. She was concerned about what it meant for Cleveland which was known as the civic heart of Redlands. “It’s one of the first things every city and town gets – a bank and a post office – and now the bank will be gone,” she said. “We will be a civic centre without a heart. “(Also) I am well aware senior citizens who either can’t or choose not to use technology regularly come to the bank.” A Suncorp spokesperson said the decision to close the store was not taken lightly and was based on a range of factors, including alternative services. “Our employees have been making it their priority to help those who are most reliant on over the counter service, including elderly customers, to understand their banking options and prepare for the store closure,” she said. Ms Wood said she was concerned more banks would follow suit. “I want to know whether our community leaders… have asked questions about how this will affect us,” she said. “The local government is selling parking lots for retirement villages and the banks are closing. It’s a contradiction.” Redland mayor Karen Williams said she had written to Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, asking her to hold a community cabinet meeting at Redlands and to discuss how to provide a sustainable local economy. “These local job losses coincide with a time of significant economic transition for North Stradbroke Island, with hundreds of jobs already lost on the island,” she said. Redland City Chamber of Commerce president Lynne Sturgess said the news was unfortunate but she understood the shift in banking services and the cost of retail outlets. “We promote local employment so seeing people possibly having to travel outside of the Redlands is disappointing,” she said. Oodgeroo MP Mark Robinson called on Suncorp to reconsider. “While I understand that the bank will use the post office as a back up plan, there may be longer queues not only for Suncorp customers but for others who regularly go to the post office,” he said. The Suncorp spokesperson said customers could do their banking on their mobile app services and mobile lenders could visit to discuss home loans and other needs.
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Suncorp’s Cleveland branch to close its doors
Jocelyn Garcia
BANK CLOSURE: Lavinia Wood is concerned what the bank closing will mean for the community. Photo: Jocelyn Garcia
CLEVELAND’S CBD is about to lose a prominent business, with the Suncorp bank branch to close after more than a quarter of a century in the central location.
Customers will need to travel to either Capalaba Park or Carindale or use face-to-face services at Australia Post at the Cleveland Post Shop when the bank closes on Friday, September 7.
It follows the closure of an NAB branch at Victoria Point in March and the ANZ Redland Bay branch in 2016.
A Suncorp spokesperson said more customers were doing their banking online and by mobile phone.
Customers had been warned about the closure and Suncorp was reviewing its network operations.
Long standing customer Lavinia Wood said she was shocked when staff told her the branch would close after banking there for 26 years.
She was concerned about what it meant for Cleveland which was known as the civic heart of Redlands.
“It’s one of the first things every city and town gets – a bank and a post office – and now the bank will be gone,” she said. “We will be a civic centre without a heart.
“(Also) I am well aware senior citizens who either can’t or choose not to use technology regularly come to the bank.”
A Suncorp spokesperson said the decision to close the store was not taken lightly and was based on a range of factors, including alternative services.
“Our employees have been making it their priority to help those who are most reliant on over the counter service, including elderly customers, to understand their banking options and prepare for the store closure,” she said.
Ms Wood said she was concerned more banks would follow suit.
“I want to know whether our community leaders… have asked questions about how this will affect us,” she said. “The local government is selling parking lots for retirement villages and the banks are closing. It’s a contradiction.”
Redland mayor Karen Williams said she had written to Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, asking her to hold a community cabinet meeting at Redlands and to discuss how to provide a sustainable local economy.
“These local job losses coincide with a time of significant economic transition for North Stradbroke Island, with hundreds of jobs already lost on the island,” she said.
NOTICE: Suncorp has put a sign to notify customers of the alternative banking methods when the branch closes.
Redland City Chamber of Commerce president Lynne Sturgess said the news was unfortunate but she understood the shift in banking services and the cost of retail outlets.
“We promote local employment so seeing people possibly having to travel outside of the Redlands is disappointing,” she said.
Oodgeroo MP Mark Robinson called on Suncorp to reconsider.
“While I understand that the bank will use the post office as a back up plan, there may be longer queues not only for Suncorp customers but for others who regularly go to the post office,” he said.
The Suncorp spokesperson said customers could do their banking on their mobile app services and mobile lenders could visit to discuss home loans and other needs.
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The reel Oregon
Mark Baker
Do you have the baseball bat Kiefer Sutherland used to smash mailboxes in 1986�s �Stand by Me�? How about the Oregon track singlet Billy Crudup wore when he portrayed Steve Prefontaine in 1998�s �Without Limits?� Some of the golf balls Tim Matheson (�Otter�) and Peter Riegert (�Boon�) whacked near Hayward Field in 1978�s �Animal House�? Or � this would be a good one � the menu Jack Nicholson held in his hands during filming of the �diner scene� at the Interstate 5 Denny�s in 1970�s �Five Easy Pieces�?
It�s not likely anyone in Lane County has any of those things, but if you have something, anything, related to local movie lore, Katherine Wilson wants to hear about it.
�We have a vision � and we�re looking for support,� said Wilson, a Leaburg screenwriter and longtime location scout and casting director for such locally made films as comedy classic �Animal House,� which starred the late comedian John Belushi; 1975 Academy Award-winner �One Flew Over the Cuckoo�s Nest,� filmed in Salem; and director Rob Reiner�s coming-of-age film, �Stand by Me,� filmed mostly in Brownsville.
Wilson�s vision would be the Oregon Film Factory Movie Museum, which she wants to create in a 2,500-square-foot space at 1712 Willamette St. The space has been open since this summer, when the Broadway Apothecary moved a couple of blocks away.
When Wilson, 59, heard the space was open, she couldn�t believe it. After all, it was the same office space � fashioned out of an old garage next to Euphoria Chocolate � that she used in the 1970s when her casting company, Oregon Film Factory, was housed there. The same space where she cast extras in �Animal House.�
What could be more perfect?
She signed a letter of intent Thursday with Eugene commercial real estate broker Evans, Elder & Brown. But Wilson needs money, to the tune of about $270,000, to pull off her dream. That�s the budget a grant writer came up with that includes everything from marketing to toilet paper, Wilson said. She has an investor, a Texas attorney who runs a limited liability company called Mockingbird Films, who has agreed to be her �master leaser� and cover the $3,000 monthly rent and utilities cost, Wilson said.
And she has the support of Travel Lane County, the Governor�s Office of Film & Television in Portland and, of all people, former Lane County commissioner and good friend Jerry Rust.
�A lot of people don�t realize how many fabulous movies have been made here � including Buster Keaton, �The General� himself,� Rust said, referring to the 1927 legendary silent film shot in and around Cottage Grove.
�I think it�s viable,� said Rust, who knows the space at 1712 Willamette St. well, having run his first campaign for county commissioner out of there in 1976.
Wilson plans to apply for as many grants as possible to get the museum up and running. Meg Trendler, tourism sales manager for Travel Lane County, said she will help Wilson apply for grants with such organizations as the Lane County Cultural Coalition, the Oregon Tourism Commission and the Oregon Arts Commission.
�We see movies as a wonderful way for people from out of the area to learn about us,� Trendler said. Every summer, tourists stop by Travel Lane County and want to know where certain movies were shot, she said. The most common question?
�Where did they film �Stand by Me�?� Trendler said.
The film starred Sutherland and the late River Phoenix and was based on Stephen King�s novella, �The Body.� It is the story of four young boys in the last days of summer as they search for the missing body of another young boy believed to have been struck and killed by a train. A huge cult hit in Japan, the film is especially popular with Japanese tourists to Lane County, Trendler said.
Wilson�s idea for the museum is to not only include screening local films there, but to have it be an interactive museum and production facility to train workers in the film industry. She foresees University of Oregon film students working and volunteering there, and said she already has a commitment from a UO film professor to participate. Wilson said she not only wants to build a legacy to local film lore but also help the community bring in tourism dollars.
�I believe if you build it, they will come,� Wilson said, using a popular line from another movie, �Field of Dreams,� which was not filmed in Oregon.
�If anybody can do it, Katherine can,� said local actress and real estate agent Maida Belove, who met Wilson in 1977 when she was cast in �Animal House� as an extra. �She�s been dreaming of this forever.�
Wilson has a collection of about 600 black-and-white photographs from the filming of �Animal House,� shot in Eugene and Cottage Grove in the fall of 1977. She plans to put many of them on the proposed museum�s walls. And she would love to get a replica for the museum of the �Deathmobile� from �Animal House� that a Cottage Grove man built a few years ago.
�If we could restore the garage door,� Wilson said of how she�d get it into the building. �Wouldn�t that be a hoot? And Euphoria Chocolate could sell some little chocolate John Belushis!�
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With few options, Dunigan went pro
Michael Dunigan �didn�t want to leave� Oregon, said the Chicago-area attorney who represents the former UO basketball player, but found it to be �a situation� in which he had no choice.
George Andrews said he couldn�t elaborate on the specifics that led Dunigan to decide to leave college with two years of eligibility remaining and sign with a professional team in Israel.
�Michael certainly enjoyed being at Oregon and attending school there and playing basketball for Oregon,� Andrews said in a telephone interview Friday. �But since the season ended, a lot has gone on out there. That�s all I really want to say.�
Andrews declined comment on the speculation that Dunigan chose to leave after the UO began an investigation into the eligibility of what the school now describes as �former players� on the past two teams. The attorney said Dunigan�s decision was for �personal� reasons, and added that player departures aren�t unusual when a coaching change is made.
Oregon fired Ernie Kent after last season and, following an extended search, hired Dana Altman as the new coach.
Andrews said he has advised Dunigan not to grant interviews or talk to anyone about his departure. Dunigan is now in Israel, preparing for his professional debut later this month.
Dunigan left Eugene for Chicago about Aug. 20 after Oregon cancelled a planned trip to Italy. Andrews said Dunigan�s mother contacted him in �late August� seeking representation, and said he hadn�t known either of the Dunigans until then.
Andrews has previously represented professional athletes and taught sports law, and is well-known in the Chicago area.
�I�ve helped a lot of people over the years and that�s all I�m doing, helping Michael,� Andrews said.
While Oregon is still preparing the release of documents in response to a public records request on its investigation into the eligibility of former players, a UO spokesman said Friday that Altman and his assistant coaches aren�t named in the information sent to the Pac-10, which was forwarded to the NCAA.
That�s a significant revelation because Oregon had previously said that its inquiry related only to former players and their eligibility, and that no current players were involved. Because Dunigan is one of those former players and had worked out with the current staff, up to mid-August, there could have been questions from recruits and their families about any link in the probe to Altman.
The statement from Dave Williford, the UO executive assistant athletic director for media relations, was made as an assurance that Oregon believes there�s no involvement by the current staff in the matter.
The Register-Guard has filed a request for public records related to the investigation, and an Oregon official said the release of information could come �early next week.� It isn�t unusual for such a request, made Tuesday, to take that long to be answered because the names of students have to be removed because of federal laws that protect student privacy.
The information expected to be released by the UO, while not a final resolution, could offer an indication of how serious the matter is as it relates to possible NCAA violations.
Dunigan isn�t the only former player not taking questions on the investigation. Of the four players who have transferred to other NCAA schools since last season, none could be reached for comment Friday, and at least two of them won�t be available to the media, spokesmen at their respective schools said.
Josh Crittle, like Dunigan from Chicago, is now at the University of Central Florida, where a spokesman said that neither Crittle nor two other transfers sitting out this season are available for interviews on any topic.
A spokesman for Boston College, where Matt Humphrey has transferred, said the school will have no comment on Oregon�s investigation, though �we are aware of the inquiry.�
The spokesman added that Humphrey, another former UO player from Chicago, �will not be speaking about the matter.�
There was no response Friday from either Boise State, which Drew Wiley is attending, or Marquette, the new school for Jamil Wilson.
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PERILS updates Townsville flood loss estimate to AUD $1.04bn
10th May 2019 - Author: Matt Sheehan
Catastrophe loss data aggregator PERILS has updated its insured loss estimate to AUD $1.041 billion (USD $728.28 million) for the floods that hit the Australian city of Townsville, Queensland in February 2019.
Photograph: Andrew Rankin/EPA
The update compares with PERILS’ initial loss estimate of AUD $957 million (USD $669 million), which was issued on 15 March, 2019.
In line with the PERILS event definition, its loss estimates only cover property damages, with additional losses from motor and other lines of business not accounted for.
The company will issue a third estimate six months after the event, followed by a final update after 12 months.
The city of Townsville and the surrounding area in northeastern Queensland experienced torrential rain and flash flooding between January 26 and February 10 due to a slow-moving monsoon system.
The flooding was compounded further after flood gates at the Ross River dam were fully opened last week to drain dangerously high water levels, releasing up to 1,900 cubic metres of water a second and sweeping away cars and more than 300,000 livestock.
PERILS says that Townsville’s accumulated rainfall totals from consecutive days were the highest since records began in 1888.
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Home World News Pakistan News Pakistan to file second counter-memorial on Kulbhushan Jadhav at ICJ. Full details here
Pakistan To File Second Counter-memorial On Kulbhushan Jadhav At ICJ. Full Details Here
Written By Ankit Prasad | Mumbai | Published: July 15, 2018 17:35 IST
Pakistan will on Tuesday file its second memorial on Kulbhushan Jadhav at the ICJ
After the memorial is filed, the ICJ is likely to set a date for the hearing
A Pakistan military court had in 2017 convicted and sentenced Kulbhushan Jadhav to death on terror and espionage charges
Pakistan will submit its second counter-memorial to India over the conviction of Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav, on Tuesday at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), Republic TV has learnt.
Foreign Office Director India Dr Fareha Bugti, of the Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, will submit the reply on Pakistan's behalf, Pakistani diplomatic sources confirmed. She has already arrived at the Hague.
As per sources, Pakistan has compiled a comprehensive and detailed reply over the concerns raised by India on the espionage and terrorism conviction and death penalty sentence meted out to Jadhav by Field General Court Martial (FGCM) in April 2017. The response runs into 400 pages and, as per sources, has been compiled by a team of experts led by the Attorney-General of Pakistan.
The counter by Pakistan will be in response to the memorial filed by India on April 17 this year. India has accused Pakistan of violating the Vienna Convention by not giving consular access to Jadhav and has maintained from the start that the trial of Jadhav by the military court was "farcical". Top legal-eagle Harish Salve has represented India at the ICJ.
Once Pakistan's second memorial is filed, the ICJ will fix the matter for hearing, likely to take place next year. A ten-member bench of the court had on May 18, 2017, restrained Pakistan from executing Jadhav till the case is adjudicated after India had moved the ICJ following his sentence.
Kulbhushan Jadhav had been kidnapped in March 2016 from Iran's Chabahar where he had engaged in business ventures after retiring from the Indian Navy. Pakistan, however, claims that he was arrested from its restive Balochistan province. Pakistan has released numerous 'confession videos' which contain obvious and telltale signs of having been doctored. Kulbhushan's family, i.e. his mother and daughter, were also allowed to visit him during his incarceration, which Pakistan politicised at the world stage as a humanitarian gesture.
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addresses his national caucus on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Sunday, January 20, 2019. (Fred Chartrand/The Canadian Press)
Keep focus on helping Canadians at home, Trudeau tells MPs at start of meeting
Trudeau said the Liberals will offer Canadians hope amid issue like climate change and global tensions
Justin Trudeau told his MPs to stay focused on helping Canadians at home in this coming election year, despite the anxiety created by global turbulence.
The prime minister referred to the China-U.S. trade war and the pending Brexit divorce of Britain and Europe, as well as the threat of climate change and the economic upheaval of lost jobs to Artificial Intelligence.
But Trudeau skirted mention of Canada’s personal list of international woes, including its plummeting relations with China after the RCMP arrested Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou on Dec. 1 at the behest of the United States.
Days later, China detained Michael Kovrig, a Canadian diplomat on leave, and Michael Spavor, an entrepreneur, on vague allegations of “engaging in activities that endanger the national security.” Last week, a third imprisoned Canadian, Robert Lloyd Schellenberg, received an upgraded sentence to a previous drug smuggling conviction from a Chinese court — death.
“People across the country — and really, around the world — are anxious about what they see happening on the news, and in their communities,” Trudeau said Sunday at the opening of a two-day caucus retreat for Liberal MPs on Parliament Hill.
“Climate change is an increasingly dire threat, with floods and fires destroying whole towns at a blistering pace. The world’s two largest economies are at odds, and our founding European nations are going through unprecedented political turmoil.”
Trudeau avoided mention of two other major international irritants.
There’s the uncertainty around some significant unfinished economic business with the Trump administration in Washington, D.C., that cuts to the core of Canada’s economic future. This includes ratifying a newly renegotiated North American free trade agreement, and getting rid of punishing U.S. sanctions on Canadian steel and aluminum.
Canada is also in the midst of a falling out with Saudi Arabia, which started in August when the country’s volatile Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was bent out of shape by a tweet from Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland calling for the release of political prisoners. Saudi Arabia expelled Canada’s ambassador, froze investment and recalled its foreign university students.
Earlier this month, Canada accepted 18-year-old Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun as a refugee from Saudi Arabia after she became an internet sensation in Thailand for fleeing what she alleged was an abusive family.
Those international headaches could make it more difficult for the Trudeau Liberals to keep the focus on domestic concerns as they navigate their way through an election year.
READ MORE: No letup for Trudeau as difficult 2018 gives way to wild election year
He used Sunday’s speech to sharpen what will be his core campaign message when Canadians are expected to go the polls in October in the next federal election.
Trudeau took several partisan shots at the Conservatives, saying they have no plan for tackling climate change and the economy while citing Liberal gains in lowering taxes and unemployment. The prime minister singled out the Canada Child Benefit.
Trudeau said the Liberals will offer Canadians hope, branding his opposition as a party of wedge politics rooted in the ideas of its former leader, Stephen Harper.
“Make no mistake: The Conservatives pretend to be ‘for the people,’ but that couldn’t be further from the truth. This is still very much the party of Stephen Harper,” Trudeau said.
“It’s all the same — wedge issues, cuts to services and the will to look backwards. They’ll never change.”
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2001 Toyota Prius Press Kit
INTRODUCTION - BY JOHN CONOMOS
TOYOTA LAUNCHES PRIUS HYBRID VEHICLE
THE PRIUS IS RIGHT
TOYOTA COMMITMENT TO GREEN POWER ABSOLUTE
AUSTRALIA'S PRIUS PIONEERS STAND TALL
QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT TRIALS PRIUS
PRIUS HAS SAT NAV OPTION
ORDER PRIUS ON-LINE
GLOBAL SUPPORT FOR HYBRID CARS
PRIUS SYMBOLISES TOYOTA'S NEW EARTH CHARTER
HYBRID IS NECESSARY STEP TO ZERO EMISSION
TOYOTA SUPPORTS INTELLIGENT TRANSPORT SYSTEM CONFERENCE
PRIUS MEETS USAGE CONDITIONS
HYBRID SYSTEMS AT CORE OF 21ST CENTURY MOTORING
TARAGO HYBRID BREAKS NEW TECHNOLOGY GROUND
TOYOTA DEVELOPS HYBRID-POWERED TRUCK
GREENHOUSE INDEX MEASURES ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
PRIUS HAS PARALLEL HYBRID DRIVELINE
PRIUS DOUBLES FUEL ECONOMY
PRIUS IS U-LEV
PRIUS OFFERS SEAMLESS OPERATION
TOYOTA HYBRID SYSTEM REDUCES GREENHOUSE EMISSIONS
PRIUS REWARDS DRIVER FOR ENERGY SAVING
PRIUS USES REGENERATIVE BRAKING
PRIUS HAS HIGH EFFICIENCY, LOW EMISSION ENGINE
ATKINSON CYCLE BOOSTS ENGINE EFFICIENCY
PRIUS CVT - THE SEAMLESS AUTO
PRIUS MORE USER-FRIENDLY THAN CONVENTIONAL SMALL CAR
SOFTWARE BRINGS THS TO LIFE
TOYOTA HYBRID SYSTEM USES ADVANCED ELECTRICS
PRIUS PROJECT HAS TECHNOLOGY FLOW-ON
PRIUS INTERIOR SEATS FIVE
PRIUS HAS UNIQUE STEERING SYSTEM
PRIUS STYLED AT CALTY
PRIUS OFFERS MAXIMUM PACKAGE EFFICIENCY
PRIUS HAS SPECIALLY DEVELOPED SUSPENSION
PRIUS IS QUIET INSIDE
PRIUS DESIGNED FOR SAFETY
PRIUS MEETS WORLD SAFETY STANDARDS
PRIUS' IMPRESSIVE ACTIVE SAFETY PACKAGE
TOYOTA PRIUS TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
TOYOTA PRIUS FEATURES
To understand Toyota Prius it is important to recognise the absolute commitment of Toyota Motor Corporation to environmental management.
Toyota has made the environment one of its primary goals.
Toyota Prius - literally ‘To Go Before’ - is a precursor of alternative energy cars of the future. Toyota’s view however is that any green vehicle it builds has to be normal. It has to drive like a normal car (or better). It has to have the accommodation and utility an owner would normally expect.
The two year development program to bring Toyota Prius to market in Australia has now been met with extraordinary support.
Australians generally applaud the concept of less pollutant motor vehicles. Individuals, fleets and governments have all participated willingly in our Prius program, recognising that this first small step will lead to significant change.
The people who buy Prius will be delighted with it. It will provide them not only with an excellent five seat car built to Toyota’s high manufacturing standards, it will make them part of a new wave of car owners. There is a certain status which comes with being a Prius Pioneer. For many private owners Prius will be the family car or the second car - a vehicle reserved largely for city use, where it excels.
It is a whole new driving experience. The sheer genius of the technology ensures that the power switch between petrol engine and electric motor is imperceptible to the driver. The fact that the motor stops when the vehicle comes to rest means that no emissions are discharged in this situation. It is quieter and because it does not change gears in the accepted sense it is smoother. For some buyers it is exactly the answer to their needs regardless of its green credentials.
Within ten years hybrid power, whether it is petrol electric or fuel cell based, will be an accepted norm. Toyota and the Prius Pioneers, the early adopters, will be able to reflect with some pride that they were part of the evolution.
John Conomos
Senior Executive Vice-President
Toyota Australia.
Toyota has launched its breakthrough five-seat Prius hybrid car in Australia.
The Prius uses up to 50 percent less petrol than an equivalent-sized conventional car and emits about half the carbon dioxide on a typical city drive cycle.
Emissions of carbon monoxide, NOx and hydrocarbons are only one thirteenth of legislated maximum permissible levels and one fifth those of an equivalent sized conventional car.
The Toyota Hybrid System in Prius seamlessly combines the power of an advanced 1.5-litre petrol engine and a 33kW electric motor.
The Atkinson Cycle, VVTi-equipped engine was designed for maximum efficiency.
It delivers 53kW of power at 4500rpm and 115Nm of torque at 4200rpm. The petrol engine automatically switches off when the car is stationary.
Energy that is not required to propel the car is converted to electricity and stored in a sealed 274 Volt battery, for use when required.
Regenerative braking allows the vehicle to convert kinetic energy into additional electricity.
Prius has a unique computer controlled constantly variable transmission, which allows the car to drive as an automatic.
Twelve computers control the vehicle's drive system, battery, inverters, cooling systems, steering, ABS brakes and airbag SRS.
Apart from its unique drive system, Prius is a fully specified normal four door sedan, capable of seating five adults.
It requires no special training to drive, uses 91 RON unleaded fuel and has 392 litres of boot space.
Standard equipment includes dual SRS airbags, ABS brakes, front seatbelt pretensioners with forcelimiters, power windows and power mirrors, electric power steering and climate control air conditioning with an economy mode.
Prius is offered in a choice of five exterior colours.
There is one option - DVD based, touch-screen satellite navigation.
The five seat Toyota Prius will be sold in Australia for a recommended retail price of $39,990.
It is considered to be an exceptionally good price in the light of the size of the car and the low volume expectations.
Toyota will initially deliver between 25 and 30 Prius each month.
The price is fully $8910 beneath the other hybrid car currently available. Yet Prius has normal sedan car seating and luggage capacity and superior comfort and convenience features.
The Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries has recognised and encouraged hybrid technology by creating a special category both in its buyers' guides and in statistician VFACTS' reports.
Toyota presents Prius as a normal car, which is prestigious to own and drive.
~There is every reason to classify Prius as a prestige car,~ Toyota senior executive vice-president John Conomos said.
~In build quality, in room and comfort and in cachet it is in every way the equal of many of the avant-garde styled European cars, some of which are classified as prestige vehicles.~
Mr Conomos said the concept of Prius was that its owners should sacrifice nothing for embracing the world leading technology.
~It is not an unusual car to drive, it is an easy car to drive and its technology is virtually seamless,~ he said.
~Yet it is the car of the future.~
Governments and government agencies would be among early Prius purchasers as they evaluated and then adopted technology which provided tangible benefit.
More than 70 percent of early Prius sales were expected to be to governments and corporations.
Early adopters in the private sector would be well rewarded for their choice.
~Prius will be light on fuel and so running costs will be low - a benefit which means a lot in daily operation,~ Mr Conomos said.
Mr Conomos said he expected resale value to be high, as is the case with the majority of Toyota products.
~Prius is a thoroughly modern, stylish motor car with a high emphasis on utility of purpose and occupant safety. It also delivers a real benefit to the environment.~
Toyota has delivered more than 60,000 Prius worldwide and aims to increase hybrid vehicle production to 300,000 a year by 2005. In May this year it launched the world's first hybrid people mover, a Tarago.
The Tarago hybrid has been brought to Australia for the launch of Prius and will be shown at the Sydney Motor Show.
The company aims to meet stringent 2010 auto emission standards with all its passenger cars by 2005.
Currently some 34 percent of its vehicles already meet the 2010 requirements.
Toyota's aim is to have the majority of its cars achieve ultra-low emission status by 2005. Ultra low requires vehicles to be 75 percent below 2000 standards.
The company now has two fuel cell hybrid vehicles running on Japan's roads under an arrangement with the country's transport department.
One is a 63-seat bus.
The other is a five seat fuel cell hybrid Sports Utility Vehicle (FCHV-4) which is a development of the FCHV-3 already undergoing road trials.
The FCHV-4 has a top speed of 150km/h and a cruising range of 250kms.
Neither is considered to be commercially viable.
A mild-hybrid system has just been debuted in the new Toyota Crown.
The THS-M (Toyota Hybrid System-Mild) can be used in many cars.
The mild system improves fuel efficiency by about 15 percent in part by shutting down the engine on idling.
Queensland Government’s QFleet, Avis, and the family of a Victorian environmental lawyer are Australia’s first Prius Pioneers.
All three were recognised at the national launch of the world’s first hybrid sedan in Sydney on October 3.
QFleet, which manages more than 12,000 vehicles, has been assisting Toyota with its market evaluation of Prius by trialling six Prius for the past six months.
General manager Les Clarence said the vehicle met the government’s priority of Valuing the Environment.
~Reducing fuel costs and emissions is very important to us,~ Mr Clarence said.
~There is a strong case to make Prius part of our fleet.~
Mr Clarence has driven more than 13,000kms in Prius.
Australia’s largest rental car business Avis will also be taking a number of Prius from the first intake.
Avis managing director George Proos has instructed that staff should drive Prius as a means of being able to understand its technology and to be able to represent the car to renters.
Environmental lawyer Arnold Dix, his wife Dr. Karen Beckman and their children Sam, Hannah and Edward made a family decision to purchase Prius.
"Our children come home from school and talk about the environment, about recycling and about energy consumption,~ Mr Dix said.
~When we made the decision to buy Prius they were so excited."
Mr Dix said his was a functional family and Prius was a functional car.
~It's made for urban short haul work, for stop-start motoring - that's where it shines,~ he said.
~We make no sacrifices - it's like a normal car in every respect.
~Yet it's a way that we can show our children that by making small decisions we can make a little difference.
“We may not change the world - but it is a contribution.”
Queensland Premier Peter Beattie took delivery of the first of six Toyota Prius at the Brisbane Motor Show earlier this year.
As part of Toyota's market evaluation of Prius, the Prius vehicles are under trial through the government’s Qfleet and have been placed with several departments including the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency).
The trial is part of the government’s Smart State Sustainable Technology initiative.
"Queensland has some difficulty with pollution in its south east corner where there are mountains,~ Premier Beattie said at the handover.
~The Government is looking to reduce emissions, particularly in this area."
Mr Beattie said he had first driven a trial Prius the previous year on Queensland’s first Air Car Day.
~I was impressed,~ he said.
~In city driving Prius almost halves the amount of petrol used, and with the price of petrol these days that's not a bad achievement.
~Greenhouse gas emissions are a concern and a significant part of that is due to motor vehicles.
~Our work with Prius will offer a lead to governments around Australia. ~It is good to be in partnership with Toyota on this project.”
Mr Beattie described the handover of the first Prius as a green-letter day.
~We are seeing the car of the future,~ he said.
~I hope a lot of people in the future acquire them, and use them.”
Toyota's new Prius hybrid-powered car has the option of DVD, touch-screen satellite navigation.
The Prius' satellite navigation system uses a fully integrated electro-multivision (EMV) system with touch screen control.
Touch-screen control is claimed to provide simple entry of route instructions.
Toyota is the first manufacturer to offer sat nav with breakthrough DVD data storage - for faster route calculation and recalculation.
A single DVD disc contains all road map data for Australia, equivalent to 16 street directories costing $600 and weighing 16 kilograms.
Toyota sat nav includes a dual-map function, which can provide both a route overview and a close-up of the turns.
The system also has a user-friendly route preview function.
Toyota's Sat Nav system provides for multi-destination input.
Additional destinations can be added to the route at any time while the vehicle is stationary.
As well as adding destinations, the user can re-order the destinations/waypoints.
The in-dash display has provision to be oriented like a hard copy map.
It can point to the north or to the direction of travel as a means of easing driver recognition.
Voice instructions clearly tell the driver about upcoming intersections and other turns.
The DVD allows both the map and the voice to quickly recalibrate and continue to the destination even if the driver misses a turn.
Features include a points of interest library which offers a large menu of tourist attractions, restaurants, hotels, shops, community services and amusements.
A driver can also pre-program up to 106 locations.
Customers will be able to order Toyota's petrol/electric powered Prius on-line through the http://www.prius.toyota.com.au website.
The ability to order a vehicle on-line is a first for Australian car buyers.
The Prius website uses secure Vignette e-commerce software to deliver this breakthrough buying process.
Interested parties can - under no-obligation - browse the virtual showroom and make on-line competitor comparisons with Prius.
If they wish to proceed to the next stage, customers can select interior and exterior colours and all other options available for Prius.
The website will search for the preferred car in Toyota's inventory system and provide a total price (excluding dealer delivery and statutory charges).
Toyota's inventory system will provide on-line a list of available Prius vehicles that are very close to the customer's first choice if it is not in stock.
Customers can then either choose one of the alternative Prius vehicles or order their specified vehicle to be built in Japan.
They can track the progress of their Prius on-line - from the paint-shop to the local wharf - if the vehicle is being built to their selection.
This can be done after the customer has purchased a Prius at the dealership through a secure Owners Site that customers can set up within the Prius website.
After completing the select and find process, customers will be contacted by their nearest Toyota dealer to complete the transaction.
The ability to access information on the manufacture and shipment of a Prius takes the transparency of the car buying process to a new level.
The customer can check the progress of the vehicle using an order number that appears on the sales receipt they receive via e-mail.
The receipt also specifies a Promised Delivery Date agreed to by the buyer.
Once pre-delivery has occurred, a notification is e-mailed to the buyer that their Prius is ready for delivery.
Prius owners are eligible for the Prius Experiences Program, the details of which can be accessed through their Private Owners Site.
The customer's account will remain active for the duration of the Prius's three-year warranty.
Governments around the world have offered practical support to speed the introduction of fuel and emission efficient hybrid cars.
The support ranges from major financial incentives to allowing the vehicles to travel in transit lanes.
In Japan, owners are being offered up to $7300 in benefits including reductions in acquisition tax and company tax and increased depreciation allowance.
A special government loan has been established to encourage private buyers.
All 7000 Japanese government vehicles will progressively be greened, incorporating hybrid, fuel cell and CNG technologies.
In Iceland a government-funded 2700 Euro ($3700) tax discount is offered.
Ireland has a 50 percent vehicle registration tax rebate equivalent to around 11 percent of the sticker price of the vehicle.
In all, twelve world governments have offered support to green-energy vehicles.
Other examples include:
• USA: President George W. Bush on May 17 announced $US 4.2 billion ($7billion) tax credits for people who buy HEVs (Hybrid Electric Vehicles) between 2002-2007. The incentive has the potential to generate up to one million sales.
• UK: Stg1000 ($2850) subsidy on all vehicles
• Netherlands: exemption from registration tax until July 1, 2002 - 40 percent of purchase price.
• Austria: 1500 schilling ($2000) incentive in Vienna.
• France: 10,000 FF ($2700) income tax credit for clean vehicles.
• Singapore: 20 percent registration fee rebate on open market value.
The Toyota Hybrid System, of which Prius is the first example, spearheads a move by Toyota to take leadership in environmental manufacturing.
The quest is company wide, from design to disposal.
In 1992 Toyota adopted its New Earth Charter in accordance with United Nations Agenda 21 guidelines, as a means of questioning and improving all aspects of its global manufacturing business - largely ahead of legislative requirement.
It revised it only last year to incorporate ~challenging the achievement of zero emissions.~
The company has been voted first for two years in succession by a Nihon Keizai Shimbun newspaper survey as Japan's most environmentally aware company.
TMC president Fujio Cho regards the environment as the core management issue of his company.
It is also a means of achieving advantage: ~Looking back at the history of automobiles Japan's starting line was widely different from that of Europe and the US,~ Mr Cho said.
~When Toyota founder Kiichiro Toyoda went to the US and was dreaming of manufacturing automobiles in 1929, the US was already producing five million cars a year.
~However the starting line for environmental technology is at the same point.
~It is my sincere wish to work hard so that one day we will be able to point to the various contributions that Japan has made to automotive technology,~ Mr Cho said.
~The social mission given to us as an automaker is to maximise the automobile's benefits and minimise its drawbacks.
~Creating automobiles with low environmental impact is no longer just one option for an automaker - it has become a crucial corporate task.
~It could be said that without environmental initiatives, the automobile has no future,~ Mr Cho said.
In 1999, the last available figures, Toyota spent Y101billion directly in environmental capital investment and research. Much of its Y400billion research and development budget was also spent on environmental issues.
The company is well advanced on a program to reduce muda, muri and mura - waste, excess and imbalance.
Already there is a payback. In FY1999, the last available period for which figures are available, reductions in energy costs and waste in Toyota's Japanese factories amounted to Y17billion.
The company's global manufacturing operations and their suppliers are being actively encouraged to adopt ISO 14001 certification, an international standard to create global parameters for environmental management.
The goal is not just to receive certification but to raise environmental performance through continuous improvement.
Toyota has rejected claims that car companies should move straight to fuel cell technology, bypassing hybrid manufacture.
The claims, made by at least one global car maker, ignore the reality that other power trains will not automatically disappear, according to Toyota.
They also ignore the need to provide viable fuel supply infrastructures for fuel cell vehicles, which is a huge task.
Toyota is working actively on the development of a fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) which it considers to be the ultimate eco-car. And it is also developing a fuel cell hybrid vehicle (FCHV) with storage batteries to provide greater range.
The FCHV is being developed with many of the technologies refined in Prius, including regenerative braking.
According to Toyota, hybrid technology is a short cut to achieving the ultimate eco-car.
~The automobile society of the near future will be an era in which cars based on various powertrains will co-exist, offering excellent fuel efficiency and reduced emissions,~ Toyota's chairman environmental product design Hiroyuki Watanabe said in a recent paper. ~Even if a fuel cell electric vehicle is successfully commercialised, other powertrains will not disappear.
~Improving existing powertrains and developing hybrid systems by combining them with electric motors is more advantageous in terms of cost and infrastructure,~ Mr Watanabe said.
~Before fuel cell electric vehicles can be widely adopted their performance must be improved, costs must be reduced and fuel supply infrastructures must be established.~
Toyota's matrix for foreseeable automotive use shows petrol, diesel and CNG vehicles co-existing with hybrid and fuel cell vehicles.
Fuel cell vehicles, and other hybrids based on petrol, diesel and CNG engine partnerships would be a direct result of the work done on current hybrid development.
Already in the three year commercial life of the Toyota Prius great gains had been made in battery technology.
The size of the nickel-metal hydride battery had been reduced by 40 percent, providing substantial savings in space and weight without reducing storage.
Toyota's honorary chairman Shoichiro Toyoda was to have been chairman of the sixth world Intelligent Transport System (ITS) conference currently being held in Sydney.
World events have prevented Dr Toyoda from travelling.
The ITS conference, attended by more than 2000 delegates, is seeking ways of streamlining transportation and reducing emissions and waste.
The retention of personal transportation and of maximum flexibility of travel is regarded as an essential requisite of future solutions.
According to Toyota, increasing the average speed of automobiles by easing congestion in urban areas and on expressways is a goal to improve fuel efficiency and reduce emissions.
In broad terms individual carbon dioxide emission can be more than halved with an increase in speed from a 10km/h crawl to a 40km/h average.
It is estimated in Japan that eleven percent of fuel used by automobiles is wasted because of road congestion and delays in metropolitan areas.
Thirty five percent of congestion on expressways is at tollbooths.
Non-stop electronic toll collection (ETC) to allow drivers to drive through booths and be billed later is a solution under urgent consideration.
In Japan 1200 ETC points will be installed by 2002.
Toyota two years ago introduced on the domestic market a vehicle information and communication system (VICS) which provided traffic information on congestion and accidents using FM radio transmission.
It is estimated an economic loss of Y30 billion a year could be prevented if just 20 percent of cars in Japan used the system. Toyota's development of ITS systems is well advanced.
A project called Crayon offers time-share electric cars which can be picked up from stations throughout a city, and driven to any destination for virtually any period of time.
They are then returned to the pool for use by another timeshare user.
The potential for the ITS market in Japan is estimated at Y50 trillion a year.
Toyota's Hybrid System meets the three classic conditions for widespread automotive use.
Motor vehicle use in the last 100 years has depended on ease of use, affordability and an infrastructure to supply fuel.
In 1900, steam, electric and internal combustion cars co-existed. The total ~car park~ in the United States in 1900 was approximately 200,000 vehicles, with 50 percent steam powered, 30 percent electric and 20 percent internal combustion.
However, limited supply of soft water for boilers produced problems for steam cars.
Electric cars were easy to operate - but suffered from a short operating range - compared with long charging times.
Internal combustion cars proved in the next two decades to be more practical.
The fuel for internal combustion cars (petrol) was a by-product of a more widely used product of 1900 - kerosene used in lanterns.
Petrol was initially available in urban drugstores, thereby providing the beginnings of a fuel supply system.
The invention of the electric starter in 1911 and synchromesh transmission solved two of the initial drawbacks of internal combustion cars - difficulty in starting with a crank handle and cumbersome transmissions.
Henry Ford's introduction of mass production on a belt conveyor in 1914 helped dramatically reduce cost and hence increase sales volume.
Prius meets the same three wide usage conditions as petrol cars met 85 years ago.
Its petrol engine does not require new infrastructure, like other ecocars.
It is easy to use and offers reduced fuel consumption and reduced CO2 emissions.
And it is reasonably priced - with sales already exceeding 60,000 units worldwide.
Toyota sees hybrid systems as the core technology for 21st Century automotive use.
Criteria for the new century have encompassed various powertrains, offering excellent fuel efficiency and reduced exhaust emissions.
A century ago, electric vehicles, steam vehicles and internal combustion petrol vehicles made up the world vehicle car park.
However, the prime focus of development through the 20th Century was internal combustion - mainly on petrol and diesel engines.
Breakthroughs have more lately been made in compressed natural gas and hybrid vehicles.
In the 21st century, development avenues include electric vehicles, petrol vehicles, diesel vehicles, CNG vehicles, and a range of hybrids, some based on fuel cell technology.
The hybrids could include petrol, diesel, CNG, fuel cell and other potential power sources.
Electric vehicle technology will become more widespread and will cross-fertilise hybrid development.
Recent achievements in electric vehicle technology have helped Toyota reduce the size of the Prius battery pack by 40 percent.
Toyota has launched the world's first volume-production all-wheel-drive hybrid vehicle.
The seven-seat Toyota Tarago Hybrid family wagon has three breakthrough power-management technologies - an unprecedented development for a production vehicle.
Tarago Hybrid combines petrol and electric drive for the front wheels with electric drive for the rear wheels.
It slashes greenhouse emissions compared with a conventional family wagon and provides great on-road versatility.
The hybrid Tarago has a variety of power-generating and convenience-enhancing features.
It also has leading-edge active safety features, for optimum driving stability.
There are three power-management technologies.
• THS-C (Toyota Hybrid System-CVT) combines a petrol engine, electric motor and traditional constantly variable transmission to power the front axle
• E-Four regulates a rear-mounted electric motor to power the rear wheels, and to coordinate power distribution to all four wheels
• ECB (Electronically Control Brake system) provides efficient wheel-by-wheel brake control and optimum management of the regenerative brake system.
Tarago Hybrid chief engineer Shigeru Matsuhashi said the new technology had created a stylish vehicle with benchmark driving stability, fuel economy and environmental compatibility.
~We took our desire to create a breakthrough vehicle and reflected it against the key automotive elements of environment, safety and 'fun-to-drive',~ he said.
~We also realised that our new hybrid system was well-suited for a medium-size or large vehicle. The final product is a perfect example of a leap in automotive evolution.~
Tarago Hybrid has a potential cruising range of 1000 kilometres and achieves double the fuel efficiency outlined by Japanese government standards for 2010.
It greatly reduces carbon dioxide emissions and slashes hydrocarbon and oxides of nitrogen output to better than 75 percent below Japanese Year 2000 standards.
In addition, the vehicle's innovative hybrid system generates up to 1500 Watts of auxiliary 100-volt AC power - more than enough to power anything from a laptop to a hair dryer.
Advanced Intelligent Transport System (ITS) technologies include a navigation and ETC-compatible (electronic toll collection) multi-information display, as well as an optional back-up guide monitor system.
Energy saving features include wind-cheating exterior design, special chassis features to reduce rolling resistance, an insulated body to minimise air conditioner load and an intuitive air conditioning control.
The air conditioning system has a humidity sensor to prevent excessive dehumidification when the humidity is low and hence optimises air conditioner performance (and reduces fuel consumption) by not engaging the compressor.
It also keeps the windows defogged.
New Hybrid system & E-Four
Toyota's newly developed THS-C hybrid system combines Tarago's 2.4-litre high-efficiency petrol engine with an electric motor and traditional CVT transmission.
Its efficient use of drive power creates low fuel consumption and a smooth ride.
The E-Four electric 4WD system provides better driving performance by controlling the rear-wheel drive motor - as it coordinates electric power distribution to all four wheels according to the driving conditions.
E-Four provides additional drive power when needed, such as when accelerating from a standing start or on slippery road surfaces. Tarago Hybrid's petrol engine has been newly developed for hybrid vehicles.
The 2AZ-FXE engine - a modified version of the Tarago engine - has a high-expansion ratio cycle (similar to the Prius engine) that enhances fuel economy by improving efficiency and reducing friction loss.
Toyota Tarago Ultima automatic was this year named the most fuel effective petrol-only vehicle out of more than 700 models rated in Wheels Magazine's annual fuel-efficiency survey.
In addition, optimum control of the Super CVT and front motor creates low emissions levels.
The combination of petrol and electric power provides smooth driving from low to high speeds.
Tarago Hybrid's compact CVT provides a wide-range continuously variable gear ratio high performance and seamless transition from low to high speeds.
The rear transaxle combines an electric motor and differential gear in a single unit, for a more lightweight, compact structure.
This design eliminates the need for a propeller shaft, thereby keeping overall weight increase to a minimum.
Electronic Braking
Tarago Hybrid's electronically controlled brake system (ECB) is the first electronically controlled braking system in a production vehicle.
It improves environmental performance, handling and driving stability - using independent and linear hydraulic controls for each wheel.
The electronic brake system includes sensors that provide information on brake pedal stroke and vehicle speed.
The system determines the most efficient distribution of braking force between electric and hydraulic application of the brakes, in addition to using gathered information to calculate optimum oil pressure.
The ECB networks with the E-Four system to maximise regenerating running energy.
The system also controls the brake pedal's resistance to the amount of pressure applied, to create a natural brake pedal feel.
Toyota Tarago Hybrid also has advanced active safety features including vehicle stability control, traction control and ABS with electronic brake force distribution.
Toyota last year unveiled a world-first hybrid-powered truck, with potential fuel efficiency gains of 50 percent over conventionally powered vehicles of equivalent capacity.
The diesel/electric powered truck uses similar technology to Toyota Prius, showing that diesel powerplants can also benefit from hybrid technology.
The truck, first seen at the Tokyo Motor Show in October 2000, is one of a number of Toyota hybrid vehicles.
The company now has developed a four-wheel-drive Tarago Hybrid, with the THS-C (Toyota Hybrid System-CVT) driving the front wheels and an electric motor (E-Four) driving the rear wheels.
Toyota also offers the THS-M system in Crown and has developed a fuel cell hybrid sports utility vehicle (SUV).
Toyota developed the hybrid-powered truck to achieve smooth, low-noise city driving while minimising emissions in urban delivery driving situations.
It has new Toyota-developed catalytic converter technology, which reduces particulate matter and NOx emissions by approximately 80 percent compared to conventional catalysts.
Breakthrough environmental features of the new Diesel-Hybrid System truck include stepless electronic transmission technology that only engages the diesel engine in its most efficient revolution range.
The turbocharged diesel engine is only used at revolutions where the exhaust gas is cleanest and fuel efficiency is maximised.
Leading-edge technology in the four-tonne payload diesel-hybrid truck also includes:
• a low-pollution/high efficiency turbocharged and intercooled direct-injection diesel engine with common-rail electronic fuel injection
• provision of two motor/generator units to power the vehicle and generate electricity (there is a computer-controlled clutch between the two motor/generators)
• Toyota's world-leading hybrid-power computer software
• regenerative braking
• and Toyota's new DPNR catalytic converter system, to minimise particulate matter and NOx emissions.
As with Prius, the diesel-hybrid truck uses a Toyota-developed parallel/series hybrid system, which combines the best aspects of both series and parallel hybrids, for greater efficiency.
A series hybrid uses an internal combustion engine to generate electricity for an electric propulsion motor.
A parallel hybrid uses both an internal combustion engine and an electric motor (or motors) for motive power, switching back and forth between them as the situation demands.
The new diesel-hybrid truck combines both systems.
It uses electric motive power for low-speed and light-load situations, and engages the diesel engine for normal (laden) operations and when the vehicle is accelerating.
During deceleration, the two motor/generator units act as generators, converting kinetic energy to electricity - to be stored for future use.
The diesel engine has Toyota's breakthrough DPNR (diesel particulate and NOx reduction system) catalytic converter - which simultaneously purifies particulate matter and NOx.
Toyota's truck-engine DPNR converter has the added sophistication of an internal switching system.
The switching system periodically varies exhaust-gas flow within the converter to use the porous ceramic structure in two alternate directions.
This system maintains converter efficiency and long-term durability, while increasing the package efficiency of the converter.
An Australian developed life-cycle analysis of vehicle environmental impact could one day replace fuel consumption as a true measure of environment friendliness.
The Greenhouse Gas Index was designed to measure the life-cycle environmental impact of a vehicle, including its manufacture, load-carrying capability and recyclability.
NRMA senior manager, Automotive Technical Services, John Ward, developed the GGI to take into account the upstream and downstream impacts of a vehicle.
It can be applied to comparative analysis of all forms of mobility, from cycling to air travel.
For example, the GGI takes into account the CO2 produced in generating electricity for battery electric vehicles.
The GGI includes allowance for the recycling potential of the materials used in the vehicle and an assessment of energy intensive technologies used in the manufacturing process.
John Ward argues that building a vehicle with an all-aluminium or composite body saves weight and hence fuel, but that such materials are energy intensive to produce and in the case of some composites may be difficult to recycle.
John Ward's paper proposing the GGI says: ~As all transport energy used currently, and for the major foreseeable future, generates the major greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2), no comparison of transport modes for their environmental impact can be made without comparing the generation of this gas.
~To gain a valid comparison, all processes used, from manufacture of the materials to construct the transport vehicle through to the production and processing of the fuel, and the fuel used in the operation of the vehicle must be accounted for.~
The key parameters in determining the CO2 greenhouse impact are:
• CO2 generated in the manufacture of the vehicle
• CO2 generated in the production and distribution of the fuel
• CO2 generated by the vehicle in operation
• the useable life of the vehicle or system
• the speed and distance travelled in the transport task
• the useful load carried, passengers or goods
• the recyclability of the construction materials.
The GGI is defined as:
Kilograms of CO2 produced, divided by the product of payload produced by distance travelled.
The kilograms of CO2 figure is determined by adding the CO2 produced in the production of the vehicle, plus the CO2 produced in converting energy to propulsion during the task plus, the product of CO2 produced in manufacture multiplied by an allowance for credit for recycling of material.
On this calculation, a small to medium hybrid generally has nearly half the GGI of an Australian family six.
Toyota's Prius has a sophisticated petrol-electric parallel hybrid powertrain for reduced environmental impact.
Prius was the world's first volume-selling hybrid-technology passenger car.
The Toyota Hybrid System (THS) driveline consists of a purpose-developed 1.5 litre petrol engine, a continuously variable transmission (CVT) which also functions as a power-split device, a generator, an electric motor and reduction gears to the front axle.
One set of planetary gears serves as both the CVT and power-split device.
The power-split device divides the power from the petrol engine into two paths.
One goes directly to the electric motor and the reduction gears (which are on the same drive shaft), the other to the generator.
Engine power can be transmitted to the front axle via a mechanical path and an electrical path, or a mixture of both.
The controlled continuously variable transmission smoothly adjusts the speed of the engine, generator and motor when the vehicle is accelerating or decelerating.
Some of the engine's power output is transmitted to the electric motor, via the generator, as supplementary power for vehicle acceleration.
A single electronic control unit (computer) for the Toyota Hybrid System controls the engine, power-split/power transmission device, generator, motor, inverter and battery.
As well as propelling the vehicle, the THS driveline allows for energy saving regenerative braking.
Continuously Variable Transmission:
The Toyota Hybrid System transmission acts as an electronically controlled continuously variable transmission (CVT) which can freely vary the engine speed.
It achieves this by controlling the generator's revolutions, dispensing with the need for a conventional transmission.
The power-split device operates via a planetary gear system, in which the engine output shaft drives the planetary gear carrier, and uses a set of pinion gears to simultaneously transmit power to the outer ring gear and the inner sun gear.
The shaft of the outer ring gear connects directly to the electric motor and (through the drive shaft), to the reduction gears and hence the front wheels.
The shaft of the sun gear drives the generator.
The use of one set of planetary gears to achieve two roles provides a significant saving in weight and space under the bonnet - compared with either a traditional automatic transmission or a belt and pulley type CVT.
There is no torque converter and hence no loss of energy through slippage in the driveline.
Toyota's new Prius hybrid car has the potential to almost double fuel economy and hence virtually halve CO2 emissions compared with a conventional car of similar size.
Prius has achieved 4.6 l/100km (61mpg) on the AS2877 city cycle and 4.2l/100km (67mpg) on the highway cycle.
Prius' economy is nearly double that of Corolla automatic (8.5 l/100km) on the AS2877 city cycle.
Prius has similar interior space to the medium-four Toyota Camry sold in Australia from 1987 to 1993.
Toyota Prius is an ultra-low emission vehicle, under the California Air Research Board criteria.
Prius also meets the tough Euro IV emission requirements - perhaps a decade in advance of Australian certification.
In city driving its carbon dioxide emissions are approximately half those of a similar-sized conventional petrol car.
Five-seat Prius produces one-fifth the tailpipe emissions (HC, CO and NOx) of a similar-sized conventional car.
Prius has extremely low oxides of nitrogen emissions.
Its NOx emissions are less than eight percent of the CARB standard and 1.6 percent of the current Australian Design Rule requirement.
Prius has 1/20th the HC emissions and 1/13th the CO emissions of the current ADR standard.
Toyota's Prius hybrid-technology vehicle offers seamless matching of petrol engine and electric motor power - for smooth, low-emission, low fuel consumption driving.
The petrol engine is the key component.
The petrol engine drives through the power-split device (an advanced type of planetary gear assembly), which sends part of the power to the wheels and part to a generator.
Electricity from the generator can be fed directly to the electric motor to help propel the car, or through the inverter - to be converted into direct current and stored in the battery.
The combination of the Toyota Hybrid System's electronically controlled continuously variable transmission and electric motor assistance gives Prius smooth acceleration and deceleration, and excellent response.
The high torque of the electric motor from zero revolutions gives Prius excellent initial acceleration.
For maximum acceleration, the system uses power from both the petrol engine and electric motor (using energy stored in the battery).
How Toyota's Hybrid System Works:
1) When moving off, moving at extremely low speeds, descending long gentle hills and for other conditions where the petrol engine would not operate at peak efficiency, the engine is turned off. The electric motor alone propels the car.
2) During normal operations, the petrol engine's power is split, with some power used to propel the car and the remainder used to generate electricity. The electricity is fed to the electric motor and/or the batteries, to assist in powering the car. The Toyota Hybrid System computer controls the ratio of power to each path, for maximum efficiency.
3) The battery is regulated to maintain a constant charge. If the battery charge is low, the Toyota Hybrid System uniquely sends more engine power to the generator to generate electricity. Prius is the only production hybrid to drive and charge the battery at the same time.
4) During full-throttle acceleration, additional energy is drawn from the battery to boost the electric motor's output.
5) During deceleration or braking, the electric motor acts as a generator, transforming kinetic energy from the wheels into electricity.
The recovered energy is stored in the battery.
6) The petrol engine shuts down automatically after a period of time when the vehicle is stopped.
The Toyota Hybrid System in city driving can almost halve greenhouse gas emissions and virtually double fuel economy compared with a conventional vehicle.
Prius' fuel economy to AS2877 is 4.2 litre/100km highway cycle and 4.6 litre/100km city cycle.
This is approximately twice the city cycle fuel economy of a comparably-sized conventional four-cylinder passenger car with automatic transmission.
The doubling of fuel economy means a halving of carbon dioxide emissions.
The Toyota Hybrid System also reduces toxic emissions of ~gross pollutants~ - carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons and oxides of nitrogen.
Prius' emissions are well below the level permitted under the current Australian Design Rule ADR 37/01 for passenger cars.
Evaporative emissions 1/12 OR 8% OF ADR
HC (hydrocarbons) 1/20 OR 5% OF ADR
CO (Carbon monoxide) 1/13 OR 8% OF ADR
NOx (Oxides of nitrogen) 1/60 OR 2% OF ADR
Prius is an ultra-low emission vehicle under the tough California Air Research Board criteria.
Toyota Prius achieves these improvements, while offering space for five adults, passive safety to world's best standards, and smooth acceleration and response.
Energy saving features include regenerative braking and a state-of-the-art petrol engine that shuts down when not required.
Hybrid Systems:
Hybrid systems are automotive power plants that use both petrol engines and electric motors for motive power.
Conventionally, there are two kinds of hybrid systems:
i) series hybrids, which use a petrol engine to generate electricity for the electric motor (and sometimes batteries) to propel the vehicle
ii) parallel hybrids, which use both petrol engines and electric motors for motive power, and switch back and forth between them as driving conditions demand.
The Toyota Hybrid System:
The Toyota Hybrid System combines the best aspects of both series and parallel hybrids, for greater efficiency.
In addition, Toyota has reduced the size and weight of all the components - engine, generator, motor and battery - thereby providing more space for the passengers and further improving fuel economy.
The Toyota Hybrid System's planetary gear power-split device divides the engine's power along two paths, one to the generator to produce electricity and the other to drive the front wheels.
Controlling this power split is one of the secrets to the efficiency of the system.
The primary power source is a specially developed 1.5 litre Twin Cam Multi-valve Atkinson cycle(high expansion ratio) engine. It delivers maximum extraction of combustion gas expansion energy and low pumping and friction loses.
The engine achieves its best fuel consumption per unit of output when operating in the high-torque ranges.
Therefore, depending on conditions, the system controls the division of power between engine and electric motor - so the engine always operates in that range.
If extra power is required during acceleration, the Toyota Hybrid System draws energy from the battery and sends it to the electric motor.
A characteristic of an electric motor (maximum torque from zero revolutions) provides the added benefit of highly responsive take-off.
Smooth Acceleration:
The Toyota Hybrid System therefore offers acceleration which matches or exceeds that of a conventional car with automatic transmission.
Moreover, the Toyota Hybrid System driveline acts as an intelligent continuously variable transmission.
There are no gear changes and so acceleration occurs without gearshift shock.
There is no torque converter and hence no efficiency loss through slippage.
When the vehicle is stopped, decelerating or running at a low speed, the engine automatically shuts off to save fuel and reduce exhaust emissions.
When the vehicle decelerates, the motor acts as a generator, converting the vehicle's kinetic energy into electricity and sending it through the inverter to be stored in the battery.
Toyota's Prius hybrid vehicle has a unique energy consumption monitoring display.
The display gives the driver a guide to energy consumption and electric power regeneration.
It ~rewards~ the driver for energy saving - such as the use of regenerative braking.
The energy guide is one menu on Prius' centrally positioned multi-information touch screen display.
Other display menus include an energy flow diagram, audio status and the optional DVD touch-screen satellite navigation system.
Information on the energy consumption screen includes the amount of energy regenerated, current fuel consumption, average fuel consumption (with projected range) and outside air temperature.
Toyota's Prius petrol-electric hybrid car has a regenerative braking system.
The regenerative system delivers a number of significant benefits over a conventional braking system.
It recovers energy - and hence improves fuel economy and lowers greenhouse gas emissions.
The regenerative braking system can provide the majority of the total braking force in low-speed, stop-start traffic, where little deceleration is required.
This significantly improves the fuel economy and emissions of a hybrid vehicle and further enhances the attractiveness of hybrid vehicles for city driving.
Regenerative braking also contributes to improved economy and lower emissions at higher speeds, with increases in fuel economy of up to 20 percent.
The electric motor acts as a generator, converting kinetic energy from the vehicle's motion into a reusable form, electricity, which is stored in the battery.
Prius' brake system has its own electronic control unit.
The brake system ECU networks with the Toyota Hybrid System ECU to determine the best balance of regenerative and friction braking for the driving conditions.
Regenerative Operation:
The system acts on the front wheels - the most effective wheels for braking effort.
It can be activated in either of two ways.
When the accelerator pedal is released, the absence of pressure triggers a response from the Toyota Hybrid System electronic control unit to begin regenerative braking.
In this example, the friction brakes are not engaged.
If greater braking effort is required, the brake pedal is depressed and the braking ECU engages both braking methods.
Friction Brakes And ABS:
Prius has impressive hydraulically controlled friction brakes, in addition to its regenerative braking system.
Prius has ventilated 255mm x 25mm front disc brakes and solid 269mm x 9mm rear discs.
The system includes ABS with electronic brake-force distribution, as standard equipment.
Toyota Prius' petrol engine is state-of-the-art for efficiency and low emissions in a volume-production reciprocating power plant.
Toyota has adopted leading-edge engine technology throughout the 1.5 litre Prius engine, for maximum fuel and package efficiency, and minimum emissions.
It delivers 53kW of power at 4500rpm and 115Nm of torque at 4200rpm.
State-of-the-art features in the Prius engine include:
• an all-alloy construction cylinder head and engine block, for maximum thermal efficiency and minimum weight
• a Twin Cam Multi-valve cylinder head
• variable valve timing with intelligence (VVTi)
• high-expansion ratio Atkinson operating cycle coupled with long piston stroke (bore and stroke dimensions are 75mm x 84.7mm)
• low-rpm engine operation
• full sequential fuel injection with 12-point fuel injector nozzles mounted in the inlet ports
• an offset crankshaft centreline
• reduced reciprocating mass and lightweight valve train components, low friction pistons, piston rings and low-load valve springs.
Additional fuel and emission saving technology includes advanced computer engine management, individual Toyota Direct Ignition for each of the four cylinders, electronic spark advance with a knock control system and an electronic throttle (drive by wire).
Many of these features, including multi-point fuel injection and Twin Cam Multi-valve cylinder heads, are standard equipment on all Toyota passenger vehicles, while direct ignition is available on most passenger models.
This engine in the Otto cycle form is used in the Echo model range. Low-Revolution Strategy:
The Prius engine has maximum engine revolutions of 4500rpm, to maximise fuel efficiency.
The low-revolution philosophy has allowed engineers to use ~mild~ valve timing, lighter moving parts, a smaller diameter crankshaft, less tension in the piston rings, reduced valve spring load and smaller bearings - for significantly reduced internal friction.
The crankshaft is offset 12mm to the thrust side of the cylinder bore centre line.
This reduces the side force generated at maximum compression, for reduced friction and maximum torque.
The offset crankshaft configuration reduces fuel consumption by between one and three percent, based on the petrol-only operation.
Twin Cam Multi-valve:
The Prius engine has an aluminium alloy cylinder head for maximum thermal efficiency.
The cylinder head has two overhead camshafts and four valves per cylinder.
The twin cam design provides for direct valve actuation, which minimises valve train inertia and allows for optimum cam profiles.
It results in more positive actuation and less free play.
Toyota employs four valves per cylinder on all its passenger car engines to increase intake valve area (and hence engine breathing) and to reduce valve inertia compared with a two-valve design of equivalent intake area.
The four-valves per cylinder concept also allows for a more efficient combustion chamber, with a central spark plug.
The four-valve design also allows the engine designer to employ milder valve timing, while still achieving full cylinder filling.
The Prius engine also has vertical intake ports, to further boost engine breathing.
The fuel injection nozzles are located in the inlet ports, to prevent wall wetting and fuel adhesion to the walls of the port, thereby reducing hydrocarbon emissions.
Variable Valve Timing:
The Toyota Prius engine has variable valve timing with intelligence, a flow-down from the Lexus luxury car program.
VVTi provides continual variations of the intake valve timing, to match the engine's operating conditions.
It complements the Atkinson cycle concept.
Variable valve timing improves performance and fuel efficiency, and reduces vibration on engine start-up and shut-down.
VVTi engines are now fitted to Celica, Echo, RAV4, MR2, Tarago and the soon-to-be-released Avensis Verso and new generation Corolla.
Inlet timing can be varied over a range of 43 degrees.
The Prius engine has a compact cylinder head design, with an included valve angle of 33.5 degrees, for maximum efficiency.
The combustion chambers are almost entirely machined, to ensure minimum variance in combustion chamber volume across the four cylinders.
The compression ratio has been set at 13.0:1 - a high figure for an engine operating on unleaded petrol - to improve combustion efficiency and power output across the revolution range.
The combustion chambers in the Prius engine employ a slanted (oblique) squish design, to improve thermal efficiency and reduce the chance of engine knock (pre-ignition).
The squish angle has been shaped obliquely along the wall surface of the combustion chamber, to improve airflow, promote swirl and speed flame travel.
Special attention has been paid to cooling the combustion chamber, including provision of a water jacket between the exhaust port and the spark plug boss, to lower the operating temperature at the exhaust valve seat and improve cooling performance.
Engine package efficiency has been maximised and weight minimised by adopting an aluminium cylinder block and compact intake manifold design.
Service weight of the Prius engine is 87.1 kilograms.
Toyota's advanced Prius 1NX-FXE four-stroke reciprocating engine employs the Atkinson, or high-expansion, cycle for improved efficiency.
It has smaller combustion chambers and a higher expansion ratio than a conventional Otto cycle engine.
The Atkinson cycle design makes full use of combustion energy, by keeping the exhaust valves closed until the end of the expansion stroke.
The expansion stroke is extended until the expansion pressure has virtually dissipated, converting more of the combustion energy into torque on the crankshaft.
Toyota has combined the Atkinson cycle with a long-stroke engine design, offset crankshaft, direct ignition and variable valve timing with intelligence, to further improve efficiency.
The Prius engine was designed to operate at below 4500rpm.
The low revolution limit enables the use of smaller, friction-reducing main, big-end and little-end bearings.
High-Expansion Ratio:
In a conventional (Otto) cycle engine, the compression stroke volume and expansion stroke volume are practically identical, and hence the compression ratio and expansion ratio are identical.
Any attempt to increase the expansion ratio results in an increase in compression ratio, and hence greater likelihood of engine-damaging engine knock or pre-ignition.
The Atkinson cycle engine solves this dilemma by delaying the closing of the intake valves.
The intake valves remain open for the initial stage of the compression stroke (when the piston is ascending), effectively delaying the start of compression and hence reducing the compression ratio.
The small combustion chamber volume in Prius still ensures a relatively high compression ratio of 13.0:1.
A small portion of the intake air that has been drawn into the cylinder during the intake phase is returned to the intake manifold.
This slight amount of back-flow into the intake manifold produces a benefit in partial load conditions.
It allows for an increase in throttle valve opening, thereby reducing intake manifold vacuum and hence reducing intake pumping losses.
Two Ratios:
The expansion and compression ratios are determined by these formulae. Expansion ratio equals (expansion stroke volume + combustion chamber volume), divided by combustion chamber volume.
Compression ratio equals (compression stroke volume + combustion chamber volume), divided by combustion chamber volume.
Atkinson And Miller:
The Atkinson cycle was proposed in the 1880s by English engineer James Atkinson, to enable the compression stroke and expansion stroke to be set mechanically independently of each other.
Later, this concept was extended by the American R.H. Miller, who developed a supercharged system called the Miller cycle, in which the opening and closing of the intake valves was made adjustable.
The system offers high thermal efficiency but does not generate high output, so until now any practical application involved the addition of a supercharger.
Toyota is the first manufacturer to bring a naturally aspirated Atkinson Cycle engine to market.
Toyota Prius has the seamless acceleration of a continuously variable transmission (CVT) - without the need for a belt and pulleys.
Prius' Toyota Hybrid System acts as an electronically controlled CVT, which can freely vary the engine speed.
It achieves this by controlling the generator's revolutions.
Therefore, the vehicle does not need a conventional transmission.
The shaft of the outer ring gear connects directly to the electric motor and (through the drive shaft) to the reduction gears and hence the front wheels.
CVT - Back To The Future? Some industry leaders predict CVT could replace conventional automatic transmissions in many vehicle lines.
Audi and General Motors are known to have electronically controlled belt and pulley type CVTs under development.
The Audi system uses a special metal belt, made up of more than 1000 separate overlapping links, to counter the traditional CVT problem of belt stretch and/or breakage.
CVT has traditionally consisted of two cone-shaped pulleys, joined by a cloth or rubberised belt.
Continuously variable transmission was first used on the French Fouillaron car in 1900.
Dutch manufacturer DAF offered a CVT in the 1950s, under the name ~Variomatic~ gearbox.
Toyota's Prius hybrid car is more user friendly than a conventional small car.
It has power-assisted steering, drives like an automatic and runs on regular 91 RON fuel.
The Toyota Hybrid System's epicyclic constantly variable transmission offers seamless ratio changes to suit driving conditions.
Prius requires no infrastructure change and no specialised driver training.
The transmission is designed to have the same calibration as a conventional automatic.
Prius also has automatic hill-start function.
It will therefore hold the vehicle in place while it is stationary in a hill-start situation and allow it to creep forward on a level road.
The ~creep~ function is designed for slow traffic situations.
There is no need to externally charge Prius' high-voltage battery.
The car generates its own electricity during normal operation.
Computer engineers and programmers are the unsung heroes of the Toyota Hybrid System.
Increasingly affordable computing power helped make the Toyota Hybrid System a reality.
Toyota Prius has 12 on-board computers, including one to control regenerative braking and another to control the high-voltage battery. An additional computer controls the optional DVD-based touch-screen satellite navigation system.
The chief engineer of Prius, Mr Toshihiro Oi, said the Toyota Hybrid System might not have been workable without such developments as the ~drive-by-wire~ electronic throttle.
Computing power provides the key to the constantly variable transmission (CVT) in the Toyota Hybrid System.
There is no torque converter and no pulleys - just a set of sun and planet gears that connect the engine, generator and electric motor.
The electric motor is in turn connected via a set of reduction gears to the final drive.
The THS computer controls the vehicle's speed by regulating the differential in revolutions between the petrol engine and the generator.
The Toyota Hybrid System uses advanced electrical components, designed to maximise operating and package efficiency.
Development work for Prius led to performance improvements, and reductions in size and weight of components such as the electric motor and HV (hybrid vehicle) battery.
THS Battery:
The Toyota Hybrid System battery marks a further advance in sealed nickel-metal hydride (Ni-MH) technology, which was originally developed for electric vehicles.
The battery offers three times the power output of EV batteries, coupled with improved sealing and durability, and reduced weight.
The Toyota Hybrid System ECU controls the generator and motor to ensure the battery maintains a constant charge - so there is no need for recharging from an outside source.
Electric Motor:
The system uses a compact, lightweight, high-output AC permanent magnet synchronous electric motor.
The 33kW electric motor provides a power boost for the petrol engine, ensuring smooth starts and responsive acceleration.
It delivers 350Nm of torque from zero to 400rpm.
In addition, the motor is part of the regenerative braking system. It converts the kinetic energy of the decelerating vehicle into electricity, for storage in the battery.
Permanent Magnet Generator:
The Toyota Hybrid System has a high-efficiency AC permanent magnet synchronous generator, to run the electric motor and charge the battery.
In addition, the THS system uses the generator to control the ratio of power distribution from the power-split device.
This is achieved by controlling the amount of electricity the generator produces and hence generator revolutions.
The generator also serves as a starter motor for the petrol engine.
Inverter/Converter:
The Toyota Hybrid System's inverter turns direct current from the battery into alternating current for the drive motor, and the converter converts alternating current from the generator and motor (in regenerative braking mode) into direct current for storage in the battery.
The inverter/converter circuitry features an intelligent power module for increased reliability.
The Prius hybrid project has produced significant technological flow-on in the Toyota range.
Technology and innovations debuted when Prius was launched in Japan have flowed on to Toyota Echo, Celica and Tarago.
The five-seat Prius design introduced innovations in package efficiency, instrumentation, suspension and steering - in addition to its hybrid powertrain.
The Prius body, styled at Toyota's Calty studio in California, has a long wheelbase and short overhangs, to maximise the ratio of cabin space to overall length.
Its upright seating position provides greater ease of entry and exit. Centre instruments, initially developed for Prius, debuted in Australia on Toyota Echo.
The engines in the Echo range are virtually Otto Cycle versions of the Prius petrol engine.
Prius' roomy interior can seat five adults in comfort.
Innovative features include a centrally positioned instrument panel.
The centrally located instruments increase active safety - reducing the time required to adjust eye focus between the road and the speedometer.
The combination meter includes digital display of vehicle speed, trip meter, shift lever position and warning information.
The meter has a non-glare surface that allows just 0.1 percent reflection, to minimise eye strain.
Prius' cockpit layout also includes a multi-information touch-screen display in the centre console.
The screen can display the flow of energy through the THS system and energy consumption, as well as audio status.
It is the touch-screen for Prius' optional DVD-based satellite navigation system.
Prius' has a pistol-grip type shift lever, with five positions - Park, Reverse, Neutral, Drive and Brake.
The car will drive like a traditional automatic in Drive or Brake setting.
The Brake setting provides engine braking for low speed hill descents. Prius has air conditioning as standard equipment.
There are two air conditioner settings - A/C and MAX.
The A/C setting is designed to optimise fuel economy, in heating or cooling mode.
The MAX setting provides increased cooling by overriding Prius' automatic petrol engine cut-off function.
Prius' front bucket seats were designed for the best combination of comfort and safety.
The front seats have tilt and slide adjustment.
The driver's seat also has two-way height adjustment.
The rear seat has three head restraints and three child restraint anchorage points.
Features include dual SRS airbags, tilt-adjustable power steering, power windows, digital clock and a number of storage locations.
Storage locations include door pockets, front seat-back pockets, centre console and a large glovebox.
The four-speaker audio system includes radio/cassette and a 6-CD in-dash multi-changer.
The Toyota Prius has unique electric motor power-assisted rack and pinion steering.
The electric-assisted steering system provides power assistance even when Prius' petrol engine is stopped.
It reduces engine load and hence fuel consumption, and does not require hydraulic pipes and power-steering fluid. Prius uses Nachlauf steering geometry, to minimise tyre scrub and hence save fuel.
Prius' rack and pinion has a variable gear ratio of 16.4 to 18.3:1, for a combination of crisp response and excellent steering feel.
The steering rack is mounted low (on the sub frame), to minimise bump steer.
The steering has 3.99 turns lock to lock, and a large wheel articulation angle to optimise turning circle.
Prius has a turning circle of 9.4 metres.
Prius exterior was styled at Toyota's Calty Design Studio in California.
It has a wind-cheating drag co-efficient of 0.29.
Prius was designed to maximise interior space within a compact exterior, with a long wheelbase and short overhangs.
The front styling, with its slanted bonnet and large multi-reflector headlamps, maximises front vision.
The long cabin and the tall profile allows for maximum interior space, optimum headroom, and easy entry and exit.
Aerodynamic features include:
• fairings under the front bumper and ahead of the rear tyres
• a rear spoiler
• a flat underbody with optimised fuel-tank shape, a flat rear floor and raised rear underbody section.
Toyota's Prius hybrid technology car offers medium-car levels of interior space in the overall length of a small car.
The key thought in Prius packaging design - ~optimum inside, minimum outside~ - was to provide comfort for five people while protecting the environment and conserving resources.
Prius' compact drivetrain design and short overhangs maximise cabin space within its overall length of 4315mm.
The short overhangs also contribute to improved handling.
Prius is 20mm longer than current Corolla Liftback, but has Camry class levels of interior space.
It has a wheelbase of 2550mm (120mm shorter than Camry) and a height of 1485mm (65mm more than Camry).
However, special attention to front wheel turning angle gives Prius a turning radius of just 4.7 metres.
Vehicle entry and exit has been optimised by the 1485mm roof height, which allows for higher door openings.
The front door hinges have been angled, thereby allowing the doors to open wider.
The seat hip point is 575mm, to minimise bending when entering or leaving the vehicle.
Prius' upright driving position also improves vision and aids city driving.
Toyota's Prius sedan has specially developed long-travel suspension, for a balance of handling, ride comfort and low NVH.
Long-travel suspension also increases Prius' resistance to bottoming when laden.
Prius' suspension calibration was confirmed during extensive local testing.
Prius has a highly rigid body, which provides a stable platform for the suspension.
The Prius hybrid vehicle has a large footprint on the road for its overall dimensions.
It has a wheelbase of 2550mm, front track of 1475mm and rear track of 1480mm.
The front suspension is MacPherson strut, with wide-based L-shaped lower arms to maximise suspension rigidity and provide crisp steering response.
The MacPherson-strut damper units are gas-filled to provide consistent damper performance.
The stabiliser bar is attached to the lower L-arm, to reduce uncontrolled body roll.
Prius' semi-independent rear suspension is a trailing arm and axle beam type compact system which saves on weight and intrusion into the passenger and luggage compartments.
Benefits of the U shaped cross section beam system also include a built-in stabiliser bar and minimal camber change during cornering.
It consists of a U-shaped cross section axle beam and two long trailing arms.
Two coil springs and low-pressure gas-filled dampers control the rear suspension.
The stabiliser bar is housed within the U-shaped beam.
Prius' rear suspension has the added feature of toe control for increased driveability, stability and ride comfort.
The rear suspension has special toe-correcting bushings and anti-lift geometry - for increased stability under brakes.
Prius has 14 x 5.5JJ alloy wheels with 175/65 R14 Bridgestone 391 tyres.
Toyota's new Prius is whisper quiet inside.
Its petrol engine cuts seamlessly in and out of operation, as required.
Interior noise levels have been minimised by reducing noise at the source and through a comprehensive package of sound-reduction measures.
Sound reduction measures at the source include an aluminium cylinder block and fully balanced crankshaft.
Road noise has been minimised for increased comfort and to reduce driver fatigue.
Prius has a drag coefficient of 0.29 to reduce wind noise.
It has a highly rigid body and underbody for reduced noise and vibration.
The body design includes a substantial dash silencer panel.
Prius also has cross-connected reinforcements between the cowl and the dashboard, to add strength and rigidity and hence reduce vibration from the steering column.
Toyota has made extensive use of recycled materials to sound-proof elements of Prius.
Recycled material is used to make the six floor silencers.
Foamed urethane sponge, foamed seal material and felt are used in the pillars and roof rail channels to reduce wind noise and channel resonance.
The roof silencer pad covers the entire roof area.
A scroll-type compressor is used in the air conditioner, to minimise noise.
The Toyota Prius was designed to ensure maximum safety for its high voltage battery.
The battery is fully sealed and mounted in the middle of the vehicle - as is the fuel tank for the petrol engine.
The HV battery is fused and has its own computer to control cooling.
All high-power cables are orange for easy identification and are shielded to minimise electro-magnetic radiation.
The power cables from the battery to the engine bay are routed under the cabin floor and are shielded to prevent stone damage.
A safety plug in the boot can be used to trip the battery fuses.
Prius has numerous warning labels on high-voltage components of the Toyota Hybrid System.
Toyota Australia has fully briefed emergency services in all States and issued a guide for emergency service personnel and tow-truck operators setting out special emergency handling procedures.
Toyota's Prius Hybrid technology car was designed to meet the world's toughest crash safety standards.
It has a strong body, with a reinforced cabin, dual SRS airbag and force-limiting front seatbelt pretensioners.
Prius has passed a 40 percent offset deformable barrier test at an impact speed of 64km/h - well in excess of the world test standard of 56km/h.
Prius has also met the European dynamic side impact test at 55km/hr rather than the regulatory requirement of 50km/hr.
GOA Safety Body:
Prius' body was developed using Toyota's Global Outstanding Assessment (or GOA) process.
In the GOA process, Toyota reviews current and anticipated safety standards and designs the vehicle to exceed those standards. Toyota also has its own strict in-house standards.
Prius has been tested to new European standards, and Japanese and US requirements, as well as Toyota's strict in-house goal of having the highest passive safety in class.
The body has crumple zones front and rear, and a high-integrity cabin section.
The crumple zones are designed to progressively absorb impact energy. The cabin is designed to provide survival space for the occupants, including head and foot space.
Finite Element Method analysis and numerous on-vehicle tests were used to achieve maximum side-impact integrity.
High-tensile steel is used extensively in body panel pressings.
Prius also has significant body reinforcement for both frontal and side impact protection.
Energy absorbing material has been incorporated into critical areas in the doors, to absorb any loads at those points.
Prius has head impact protection (HIP) measures, including soft upper interior sections on the roof side rails and inner B-pillar.
The four-way collapsible steering column has collapsible lower bracket, break-away bracket, energy absorbing plate and a contractile section.
The front seats are designed with careful positioning of the head restraint in relation to the seat back - to lessen possible whiplash injury.
The WIL (Whiplash Injury Lessening) seats were developed using a modified Euro III crash-test dummy.
Toyota's new Prius has an impressive active safety package.
Prius has a large footprint for its overall dimensions, a rigid suspension platform and long-travel suspension hardware.
Visibility has been optimised by Prius' upright seating position, large windscreen area and multi-reflector headlamps.
Prius' seats, seating position, long-travel suspension and low-interior noise contribute to reduced chance of driver fatigue.
The centrally located instruments reduce the time required to adjust eye position and focus from the road to the speedometer and back to the road.
Toyota Prius has electric power-assisted rack and pinion steering and four-wheel disc brakes.
Standard equipment includes ABS anti-skid brakes with electronic brake force distribution and energy-saving regenerative braking.
Model Code: NHW11R-AEEEBQ
Designation: 1NZ-FXE
Type: Front transverse-mounted all-alloy water-cooled in-line four-cylinder double overhead camshaft Atkinson Cycle petrol with four valves per cylinder, variable valve timing with intelligence, electronic engine management, electronic fuel injection and electronic direct ignition
Fuel: 91 RON Unleaded petrol
Displacement: 1497cm3
Bore x stroke: 75.0mm x 84.7mm
Maximum power: 53kW at 4500rpm
Maximum torque: 115Nm at 4200rpm
Valve mechanism: Two overhead camshafts and direct valve actuation, camshaft drive by toothed belt and scissors-gear, continuously variable inlet camshaft timing over a range of 43 degrees
Fuel system: Multi-point sequential electronic fuel injection into the inlet ports
MOTOR/ELECTRIC GENERATOR # 1
Type: High efficiency AC synchronous
Designation: 1CM
Type: High-efficiency AC synchronous permanent magnet
Maximum power: 33kW from 1040 to 5600 rpm
Maximum torque: 350Nm from 0 to 400rpm
Type: Sealed nickel-metal hydride (Ni-MH)
Modules: 38
Linkage: Series
Capacity: 6.5(3) Amp/hour
Type: Electronically controlled continuously variable transmission (CVT), using planetary gear set and electronic control of generator speed
Final drive ratio: 3.905
Steering: Electric power assisted rack and pinion, 3.99 turns lock to lock
Front suspension: MacPherson strut
Rear suspension: trailing armand axle beam with coil springs, double acting hydraulic dampers and a stabiliser bar
Wheels: 14x 5.5JJ alloy with 175/65 R14 Bridgestone 391 tyres
Brakes: Regenerative circuit and hydraulically controlled friction brakes, including ABS with electronic brake force distribution Front
type: 255mm x 25mm ventilated disc with twin-piston callipers
Rear type: 269mm x 9mm slid disc with twin-piston callipers
DIMENSIONS AND CAPACITIES
Overall length: 4315mm
Overall width: 1695mm
Overall height: 1485mm
Front track: 1475mm
Rear track: 1480mm
Ground clearance: 140mm
Interior length: 1850mm
Interior width: 1400mm
Interior height: 1250mm
Kerb mass: 1250kg
Minimum turning radius: 4.7m (kerb to kerb)
Fuel efficiency: City cycle - 4.6 litres/100km. Highway Cycle - 4.2 litres/100km
Seating capacity: Five adults
Petrol tank: 50 litres
- Auto/Climate control.
Rotary heater controls
External temperature reading
- Front and rear
- Driver's auto down window
- Driver's auto up window
- Driver's side with anti-jam
- Time delay operation
Driver's vanity mirror
- With cover
Passenger's vanity mirror
Tilt adjustable steering wheel
Gear lever at dashboard
Power exterior mirrors
Left hand convex mirror
Interior Day/Night mirror
Intermittent windscreen wipers
- Variable intermittent
Rear window demister
Headlights on - Audible warning
Transmission gear indicator in dash
- Storage box
- Storage box with lid
Map pocket - Passenger seat
Map pocket - Driver's seat
Door pockets - Front
Front ashtray
Cigarette lighter - front
- Number of 4
- Moulded type
- Pull-out type
- In centre console
- With cover/s
Interior dome light/s
- Number of dome lights 1
- Auto-on with central locking
- Auto-off with delay
- Front seat map light/s
Luggage/cargo light
Electronic tune audio
CD socket/compatability
- CD changer in cabin
- 6 Disc CD player
Aerial - Roof mounted
Aerial - Centre of roof
Vehicle Communications
DVD Satellite navigation system OPT
ACTIVE SAFETY FEATURES
Anti-skid brakes (ABS)
PASSIVE SAFETY FEATURES
Global Outstanding Assesment body (GOA)
Toyota Safe-T-Cell
Side door anti-intrusion beams
Driver's SRS airbag
Front passenger SRS airbag
Driver's pre-tensioner seatbelt
Driver's forcelimiter seatbelt
Front passenger pre-tensioner seatbelt
Front passenger forcelimiter seatbelt
Driver's seatbelt warning lamp
Seatbelt buckle mounted to front seats
2nd row/rear seat centre position lap/sash seatbelt
Collapsible steering column
High-mount rear stop lamp
2nd row/rear seat ALR outboard seatbelts for child seat/capsule
2nd row/rear seat ALR centre position seatbelt for child seat/capsule retention
Central locking / Power door locks
- Remote central locking
Key in ignition / door lockout override
Remote boot/tailgate release
Fuel cap holder or tether
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Herald of Europe. G. 17 1882, v. 2, book. 3, March
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Веселовский А. Н.
Михайлов А.
С. К.
Чекал С.
В-н А.
Загоровский А.
Стасюлевич Михаил Матвеевич
Ковалевский Максим Максимович
Арсеньев Константин Константинович
Овсянико-Куликовский Дмитрий Николаевич
Herald of Europe. - G. 1 1866 (March 9) - G. 53 1918. - St. Petersburg, 1866-1918. -
In the subhead: 1866-1867 - Journal of Historical and Political Sciences; 1868-1909 - Journal of History, Politics, Literature; 1910-1917 - Journal of Science, Politics, and Literature, founded by MM Stasyulevich in 1866
Place of publication: 1866-1914 St. Petersburg; 1914-1918 Petrograd.
Editor-publisher (until 1908) M. M. Stasyulevich, from 1909 to 1916 - Professor M. M. Kovalevsky; In 1914, the journal was led by three co-editors - KK Arseniev, Ovsyaniko-Kulikovsky and the scientist-economist AS Posnikov, from 1916 to 1918 - D. D. Grimm and DN Ovsyaniko-Kulikovsky, with the participation of K K. Arsen'eva and A. S. Posnikova.
From 1866 to 1868 there were 4 volumes per year, from 1869 - monthly.
Until 1909 the signature of the publication also indicated serial numbers, years and volumes, continuing the account of the years and volumes of the previous journal published by NM Karamzin in 1802-1830.
It is published since March 9, 1866.
"The Bulletin of Europe" - the domestic literary and political and historical He continued the tradition of the eponymous magazine founded in 1802 by N. M. Karamzin. In the magazine, priority was given to history and politics. Well-known scientists and publicists were published: KA Timiryazev, IM Sechenov, V. Yu. Skalon, II Mechnikov, SM Soloviev, KD Kavelin, AF Koni, E. K. Rapp, AN Veselovsky, AN Pypin, DN Ovsyaniko-Kulikovsky, FF Zelinsky, FF Martens, KK Arseniev, AS Khakhanov and others. In the literary department - IS Turgenev, IA Goncharov, AN Ostrovsky, PD Boborykin, VS Soloviev, ME Saltykov-Shchedrin, as well as articles on financial and economic issues and the journalism of GB Iollos, AF Zhokhov, AV Zhirkevich, P. H. Schwanebach .
I. Stasyulevich, Mikhail Matveyevich (1826-1911). II. Kovalevsky, Maxim Maksimovich (1851-1916). III. Arseniev, Constantine Konstantinovich (1837-1919). IV. Ovsyaniko-Kulikovsky, Dmitry Nikolayevich (1853-1920) .1. Domestic serials and continuing editions (collection). 2. Russian language (collection). 3. General history - Periodicals. 4. Russia - History - until 1917 - Periodicals. 5. Historical journals - Russia - 19-20 centuries.
BBC 63.3 (2) I52
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G. 17 1882, v. 2, book. 3, March. - Printing house MM Stasyulevich, 1882. - 460 p. : tab. -
Cover title: Herald of Europe: history, politics, literature. The seventeenth year. Book 3-I. March, 1882.
On the advancer's gross numbering: Year 46. - Volume 268. - 1/13 March 1882.
On the title page also: ninety-fourth volume.
Contents: Western influence in Russian literature: comparative-historical essay. The nineteenth century / Alexei N. Veselovsky. On the question of religious tolerance for schism / A. Mikhailov. The farming and farming life in the western states of America: V-VII: ending / SK Chronicle. Our gymnasiums, as a comprehensive school: I-III / S. Chekal. The question of folk art: II. In the old Russian life / A.V. Internal review. Modern ideas about the current state of affairs in Russia. The essence of our Zemstvo and the weakness of our zemstvo institutions. Petersburg Provincial Assembly, [and others]. About illegal children under Russian law / A. Zagorovsky. Foreign policy. Politicians of the "light heart" and Slavic affairs, [and others]. - Bibliography in the notes of individual articles. - Bibliography: p. 3 obl. - The MOGNB copy is defective. Missing pages: 69-92.
Electronic copy source: PB
The place where the original was stored: MOGNB
Типография М. М. Стасюлевича
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December 26, 2015 / 11:38 AM / in 4 years
German business leaders fear nationalism, refugee crisis will destroy EU
BERLIN (Reuters) - German business leaders fear that deep divisions over how to handle the refugee crisis and growing nationalism among member states could break up the European Union, according to five of the country’s biggest industry bodies.
Migrants queue on a street to enter the compound outside the Berlin Office of Health and Social Affairs (LAGESO) for their registration process in Berlin, Germany, in this December 9, 2015 file picture. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/Files
The arrival of hundreds of thousands of people fleeing war and poverty in countries such as Syria and Iraq in Europe this year has frayed ties between European nations that were already strained by the euro zone financial crisis.
Added to that, rising nationalism could endanger Europe’s wealth, economic success and security, the presidents of Germany’s most prominent business groups told Reuters.
“Next year will be a crucial year for Europe,” BDI industry association leader, Ulrich Grillo, said. “I’m very worried about the future of the European Union.”
Lack of solidarity within the bloc meant Europe was risking all the achievements of the previous decades, Association of Skilled Trades president, Hans Peter Wollseifer, said.
“I would like to see a strong symbol for the unity of Europe,” he said.
Germany’s BGA wholesalers and exporters body leader, Anton Boerner, said Europe pulling further apart was one of the biggest risks for next year.
Germany is looking to EU partners to help manage the refugee crisis but is running up against resistance from some countries, particularly in eastern Europe.
The influx has raised security concerns and boosted support for euroskeptic parties across Europe, from Germany’s AfD party to France’s National Front, the Law and Justice government in Poland and Britain’s anti-EU UK Independence Party.
“Europe has been in difficult water for a long time,” Association of German Chambers of Commerce and Industry (DIHK) head, Eric Schweitzer, said.
National answers for international problems were no longer enough, he said, and Europe only had weight in the world when its member states acted together.
In addition to the refugee crisis, European officials are grappling with Britain’s demands for EU reform ahead of a referendum on its membership of the bloc.
The head of Germany’s BDA employers association, Ingo Kramer, called on the EU to take Britain’s demand for change seriously in order to keep the country in the union.
Reporting by Gernot Heller; Writing by Caroline Copley; Editing by Louise Ireland
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January 19, 2016 / 8:58 AM / 3 years ago
China says Manila exaggerating tensions with aircraft claim
BEIJING (Reuters) - China accused the Philippines on Tuesday of deliberately trying to scare people by saying China had warned a small civilian plane carrying Philippine officials it was trespassing as they inspected an island in the disputed South China Sea.
Chinese dredging vessels are purportedly seen in the waters around Fiery Cross Reef in the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea in this still image from video taken by a P-8A Poseidon surveillance aircraft provided by the United States Navy May 21, 2015. REUTERS/U.S. Navy/Handout via Reuters ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS IMAGE. THIS PICTURE WAS PROCESSED BY REUTERS TO ENHANCE QUALITY. EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - RTX1DZNB
The Philippines said the incident happened on Jan. 7 to an aircraft inspecting Thitu Island in the Spratlys, where Manila plans to set up surveillance equipment this year, as their aircraft flew near a Chinese man-made island.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei repeated that China has sovereignty over the Spratlys and that the Philippines had illegally occupied eight islands there since the 1970s, including Thitu, and had been building on them.
“The Philippines’ comments are just frightening words to scare people, deliberately exaggerating regional tensions with treacherous intent, and its plots will not succeed,” Hong said, when asked about the warning to the Philippine aircraft.
The Philippines plans to install a $1 million satellite-based system on Thitu to track commercial flights over the South China Sea, after China landed its first test flights this month on a reef it built in the Spratly islands.
Hong said that any activities by the Philippines on the islands it occupies were illegal.
China’s increasing military presence in the Spratlys has stirred fears it could lead to an air defense zone, which would escalate tension with other claimants, and the United States, in one of the world’s most volatile areas.
China claims almost the entire South China Sea, believed to have huge oil and gas deposits, but Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam also have claims in the sea, through which about $5 trillion in trade passes every year.
The Philippines and Vietnam protested against China’s test flights on the Fiery Cross Reef this month.
“The concerns about the recent activities of China along with the reclamation activities and construction of airstrips in the disputed territory is shared by other countries as it adds to the tension in the region,” said Herminio Coloma, Philippine presidential communications secretary.
It “causes concern about the freedom of freedom of navigation and overflight in the area”, Coloma added.
Reporting by Ben Blanchard; Additional reporting by Manuel Mogato in MANILA; Editing by Nick Macfie
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Venezuela crisis puts influential military in spotlight
Alexandra Ulmer
CARACAS (Reuters) - A teenage protester reads the constitution to Venezuelan soldiers blocking a march. Others scrawl slogans on riot shields. Some shout “thugs” and urge troops to think of their families after tear gas is fired to quell the crowd.
Venezuelan army officers and soldiers walk through San Pedro slum as part of military drills in Caracas, Venezuela, May 20, 2016. REUTERS/Marco Bello
Amid the melee on the front line of the latest protest in Caracas, the young soldiers’ faces remain impassive.
Venezuela’s opaque but powerful military - a key power-broker in past unrest - is under increasing scrutiny as socialist President Nicolas Maduro squares off with an opposition coalition desperate for his departure amid a brutal economic crisis.
With authorities looking unlikely to allow a referendum to recall Maduro this year, some opposition supporters are hoping factions of the armed forces may maneuver behind the scenes to promote a vote and avoid social unrest.
There is, however, no outward sign of dissent in the military, which late leader Hugo Chavez, a lieutenant colonel, turned into a bastion of “Chavismo” after a short-lived putsch in 2002. Though his successor Maduro, 53, does not hail from the army, he has worked to keep those ties strong.
The president frequently appears at parades lavishly praising the military, has placed current or former members of the armed forces in about a third of ministerial posts, and even created an army-run oil services company this year.
But as anger over worsening food shortages, power cuts and rampant inflation threatens to spill into mass unrest unless a political solution is found, the opposition are calling out to the army.
“I want to tell the armed forces that the hour of truth is coming,” opposition leader and two-time presidential candidate Henrique Capriles said this week. “You must decide whether you’re with the constitution or Maduro,” added Capriles, who has said the opposition has high-placed allies in the army, without clarifying exactly what he wants them to do.
VENEZUELA’S COUP HISTORY
During an economic crisis in 1992, a young soldier frustrated with what he deemed elitist and corrupt leaders plotted from the barracks to stage a coup.
The soldier, Chavez, ultimately failed and spent two years in jail, but the incident propelled him to fame and he was elected president in 1998. Four years later, he was himself victim of a 48-hour coup in which some army commanders pressured for his resignation and then another group reinstated him.
Once back in Miraflores palace, he purged the military and its top brass appears fiercely loyal to his self-described “son” Maduro, a former union leader and bus driver elected in 2013 after Chavez died of cancer.
Volatile Venezuela’s history of coups mean rumors always abound on its buzzing social media scene.
The roughly 140,000-strong armed forces’ current leader, General Vladimir Padrino, doubles as defense minister and sees his mission as protecting the “socialist fatherland.” The forces were holding military exercises on Friday and Saturday against what Maduro says are threats of a foreign invasion.
In a recent speech praising Chavez, Padrino said those seeking Maduro’s ouster were aiming to break the socialist revolution and to “re-implement a neo-liberal model”.
The Defense Ministry did not respond to a request for comment for this story.
Padrino and the rest of the top brass could be at risk if there is a successful recall referendum this year, as that would trigger a presidential election Maduro would almost certainly lose.
The opposition frequently accuses the military of being the corrupt, violent arm of a dictatorship - sweetened by lucrative business deals - and if in power would likely overhaul it.
In addition, U.S. prosecutors have unsealed indictments charging at least five former Venezuelan officials with drug trafficking crimes over the past four years and suspect the armed forces are involved in the cocaine trade.
Venezuela has rejected the accusations as part of an imperialist plot to sabotage leftism in Latin America and has touted its success in cracking down on cocaine flows from neighboring Colombia.
SOLDIERS SUFFER
While there are no public cracks in military support for Maduro, one former army commander who participated in the 1992 coup and still considers himself “Chavista” caused waves this week when he backed the recall referendum.
“‘Chavismo’ has to continue and prevail. But we have to prevail by doing things right. The recall referendum is an exit to this crisis,” Cliver Alcala told TV channel Globovision, complaining of corruption and mismanagement in the military.
That might resonate in the barracks, where young soldiers are drafted in from poor provinces to keep order at hot, unruly lines for food or at sometimes-violent protests.
The bolivar currency’s near-collapse on the black market has them earning just $25 a month. Local media reported that five soldiers stole a goat in Lara state earlier this month because they had run out of food at their base.
“They come and repress us when in their homes they’re suffering too,” said Maria Olivares, 28, an education student at a protest in Caracas on Wednesday, after a hefty National Guard and police contingent tear-gassed demonstrators. [L2N18E28E]
Protesters threw stones, shouted at the guards to let them through, and taunted them as “submissive public servants.” Two soldiers declined to respond to questions from a Reuters reporter, raising their shields to cover their faces.
“They’re going to open their eyes at some point and come over to our side,” said Olivares, whose grandmother and sister were waiting in a food line because the family only had oatmeal left at home.
Writing by Alexandra Ulmer; Editing by Andrew Cawthorne, Brian Ellsworth, Stuart Grudgings.
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Sibling rivalry reaches a whole new level in Arizona politics
>> Paul is absolutely not working for his district.>> This may seem like any other campaign ad where supporters of one candidate bash an incumbent.>> And he's not listening to you, and he doesn't have your interests at heart.>> But there's a shocking twist.>> My name is Tim Gosar.
>> David Gosar.>> Grace Gosar.>> Joan Gosar.>> Gaston Gosar.>> Jennifer Gosar.>> The six people speaking out against Republican representative Paul Gosar of Arizona in this ad are his very own siblings, and they are endorsing his Democratic opponent, Dr. David Brill, in the upcoming midterm election.
Brill also posting several other videos by the siblings. Here, they talk about how it was a tough call to be part of a campaign against their brother.>> None of this is pleasant for any of us.>> It's horrible to have to do this. To speak up against my brother, it brings sadness to me.
>> Gosar, who became a congressman in 2013, has a long history of making controversial statements. He raised eyebrows earlier this year when he urged the arrest and deportation of any, quote, illegal aliens, who attended the State of the Union.>> I couldn't be quiet any longer.>> Despite his searing family roast, Gosar is expected to beat Brill in a district that voted for heavily for Donald Trump.
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Did You Miss a Spot?
A conjunctival lesion can be tough to classify, but studying its appearance and charting its location can help you make a diagnosis.
Edited by Joseph P. Shovlin, OD
Q: I have a contact lens patient who has a corneal/conjunctival lesion that is quite raised and has a white appearance. How can I differentiate between pterygia, vascularized limbal keratitis (VLK) and conjunctival intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN)?
A: “The big issue is the nature of the lesion,” says J. James Thimons, OD, center director for Ophthalmic Consultants of Connecticut. “All three of these are best differentiated by the anatomy of the appearance and the location.” Let’s take a look at some of the defining features of each.
• Pterygia. Of the three conditions, this is by far the most common. “I tell my patients that a pterygium is effectively a callus on the eye, secondary to chronic exposure to sun, dust or wind,” Dr. Thimons says. It is almost always bilateral and not gelatinous. The vascular bed runs parallel with the wedge of the lesion, apexes toward the cornea, and weaves itself into the corneal epithelium and Bowman’s membrane.
In the case of a medium to large pterygium, you should perform topography to rule out induced distortion, according to Henry D. Perry, MD, a founding partner of Ophthalmic Consultants of Long Island. Histopathology shows a thickened epithelium, amorphous eosinophilic staining, hyalinized material and numerous vessels identified in the substansia propia. Stromal fibrocyte proliferation can also be seen.
Pterygium, such as the one seen in this photo, is a common diagnosis. Photo: J. James Thimons, OD
“Several papers have reported as many as 10% of pterygia having foci of CIN—interestingly, none of these 10% were clinically recognized preoperatively,” Dr. Perry says. “Therefore, clinical photos are helpful, and performing a conjunctival scraping with a Kimura spatula and putting the material on a glass slide may be diagnostic.” Put the slide in a Coplin jar with methanol and send to a cytologist for evaluation.
• VLK. This condition is usually associated with hard contact lens wear and in patients with dryness or desiccation of the cornea secondary to lens fit dynamics. “It’s basically like a scab on the cornea—it’s thought to be a hyperplastic response of the cornea to try to heal itself,” Dr. Thimons says. It’s typically located between the limbus and the edge of the lens where it rides into the temporal cornea.
Usually smaller in size than a CIN, VLK does not have a whitish or gelatinous appearance. “This is clearly a corneal lesion with some limbal involvement,” Dr. Thimons says.
• CIN. Less common than pterygia or VLK, CIN tends to be more gelatinous with a bumpy texture and some gray-white pigment in the body of the lesion. “Any white lesion on the conjunctiva that looks suspicious for a neoplasm should be at least evaluated by serial photography and perhaps conjunctival scrapings,” Dr. Perry says. “Pinguecula that become elevated and/or develop a whitish, foamy appearance may actually represent CIN. Pterygia may also degenerate into CIN.”
Whereas most pterygia are nasal, CINs are typically temporal but can occur superiorly. Usually unilateral, CIN crops up more often in men, elderly patients and those with a history of chronic sun exposure or tobacco use. “Quite frankly, a CIN looks bad because it usually is,” Dr. Thimons says. “It’s one of those lesions that lives up to its reputation. Clinicians become concerned by the atypical aspect of the presentation and, as a result, either monitor regularly in the early phase or refer for biopsy and treatment if changes occur.”
“I would be uncomfortable with just a visual diagnosis; you would definitely want to biopsy,” he says. CIN is a pre-malignancy and can certainly progress to squamous cell CA when it breaks through the conjunctival basement membrane. If a CIN continues to grow, it can cause significant tissue damage and can invade adjacent structures, such as the sclera, lids and orbit. CIN can be aggressive, but very rarely metastasizes when it progressses to squamous cell CA.
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Riverbed and VMware Introduce Planned Solutions for Software-Defined Networks
Extend Partnership to Deliver Performance Management Solution for SDNs; Bring Optimization to the Virtual Data Center
Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the performance company, today announced an extension of its strategic partnership with VMware with the introduction of a performance management solution for software-defined networks (SDN) and the ability to provision wide area network (WAN) optimization for virtual data centers (VDC). The planned Riverbed® solutions will ensure the operational viability and performance of VMware-based SDNs and VDCs. Riverbed Cascade® product family support for VXLAN will provide IT organizations with an application-aware network performance management (NPM) solution for SDN performance management. In addition, Riverbed Steelhead® Cloud Edition will be further integrated with VMware vCloud Director® to simplify deployment, configuration, and management of wide area network (WAN) optimization-as-a-service for the VDC. Riverbed also announced that it intends to release additional Cascade products in virtual editions with the introduction of Cascade® Profiler Virtual Edition and Cascade® Gateway Virtual Edition.
SAN FRANCISCO—August 27, 2012— "Our partnership with Riverbed was founded on the goal to help enterprises accelerate their journey to the cloud and enable businesses to increase efficiency and improve productivity while reducing costs. Rigid networking and security architectures based on purpose-built hardware and fragmented management interfaces pose a barrier to achieving the promise of the software-defined data center," said Allwyn Sequeira, vice president and CTO, networking and security, at VMware. "This latest collaboration with Riverbed brings the needed visibility and performance to address the challenges associated with the next evolution of virtualization, and enables customers to embrace SDNs."
Performance Management for Software-Defined Network and the Virtualized Data Center
SDNs are one of the corner stones of the VDC. At the heart of this trend in network virtualization is VXLAN overlay technology that enables the quick and dynamic configuration of virtual networks in minutes. By creating virtual networks on demand, which can span physical boundaries, enterprises can optimize computing and storage capacity for mission-critical applications. With virtual overlay networks, traffic is encapsulated in tunnels across the physical network, which creates blind spots for the understanding and troubleshooting of performance issues.
Riverbed and VMware are collaborating in the development of a new VXLAN-aware Internet Protocol Flow Information Export (IPFIX) format. This functionality would enable network and application performance monitoring, troubleshooting, and reporting, allowing organizations to embrace SDNs without sacrificing operational control.
The Riverbed Cascade product family is an application-aware NPM solution to leverage this performance information about overlay network and UDP-encapsulated traffic to provide comprehensive and unified visibility across the WAN, LAN, virtual overlay networks and data centers in the cloud. Access to this information enables network and virtualization teams to find and fix network and application performance problems, regardless of the architecture - traditional, server virtualized, or fully virtualized with SDNs. With the planned enhancements, Riverbed Cascade products will provide network operations teams with the ability to:
Control and understand VXLAN virtual overlay network performance
Monitor and troubleshoot VDCs and the physical network in a single, elegantly-designed solution
Provide VDC owners isolated views into their virtual data center performance and SLAs
Deploy a completely virtual performance management solution for SDNs and VDCs with Cascade Profiler Virtual Edition, Cascade Gateway Virtual Edition, and Virtual Cascade Shark software
"VXLAN will play a major role in deploying virtual networks with the same simplicity and operational ease that enterprises expect with virtual machines. However, it will be imperative for IT organizations to have visibility into the traffic flowing across virtual networks in order to maintain control and ensure security and compliance policies," said Bob Laliberte, senior analyst at Enterprise Strategy Group. "Riverbed and VMware are taking a collaborative and integrated approach to solving the next wave of challenges associated with network performance management in a fully virtualized or cloud environment by delivering comprehensive monitoring and troubleshooting for SDNs."
Standardize, Simplify, and Automate Cloud Services
In May 2012, Riverbed and VMware joined forces to improve performance and flexibility for moving workloads between clouds. The combination of Riverbed WAN optimization and VMware vCloud Connector™ solutions enable enterprises and service providers to maximize their cloud computing offerings by empowering customers to utilize their existing IT investments.
As part of this effort, Riverbed and VMware are continuing to further advance this solution to better enable all the benefits of cloud optimization while delivering enterprises and service providers the flexibility, control, and agility they require. The VMware vCloud integration will standardize WAN optimization deployments in virtual environments and automates these deployment processes as part of mission critical solutions. Using VMware vCloud Director and vCloud Networking & Security (vCNS), customers will be able to easily enable Riverbed Steelhead Cloud Edition capabilities into their cloud infrastructure. The integration would fully automate the deployment and management of the Steelhead Cloud Edition while vCNS Edge integration ensures traffic redirection to the Steelhead Cloud Edition for fully automated optimization. This standardization and automation will allow enterprises and service providers that use vCloud Director to simply develop and deploy optimized solutions, increase their return on investment, decrease time to market, and provide high-performance cloud offerings to the marketplace.
"SDNs will bring to enterprises, service providers, and systems integrators the next evolution of the virtualized IT environment, with benefits that include the ability to create complete virtual data centers in minutes and deliver quickly hybrid cloud solutions," said Eric Wolford, executive vice president at Riverbed. "Our partnership with VMware will help deliver on the promise of SDNs by providing the needed management and performance solutions to operate and deliver IT services at the infrastructure level."
For more information and a demonstration of Riverbed Cascade products and the Steelhead Cloud Edition, visit the Riverbed booth (#723).
This press release contains forward-looking statements, including statements relating to the expected demand for Riverbed's products and services, and statements relating to Riverbed's ability to grow market share, meet the needs of distributed organizations, and deliver anticipated solutions. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, as well as assumptions that, if they do not fully materialize or prove incorrect, could cause our results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, as well as assumptions that, if they do not fully materialize or prove incorrect, could cause our results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties that could cause our results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements include our ability to react to trends and challenges in our business and the markets in which we operate; our ability to anticipate market needs or develop new or enhanced products to meet those needs; the adoption rate of our products; our ability to establish and maintain successful relationships with our distribution partners; our ability to compete in our industry; fluctuations in demand, sales cycles and prices for our products and services; shortages or price fluctuations in our supply chain; our ability to protect our intellectual property rights; general political, economic and market conditions and events; and other risks and uncertainties described more fully in our documents filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission. More information about these and other risks that may impact Riverbed's business are set forth in our Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on July 27, 2012. All forward-looking statements in this press release are based on information available to us as of the date hereof, and we assume no obligation to update these forward-looking statements. Any future product, feature or related specification that may be referenced in this release are for information purposes only and are not commitments to deliver any technology or enhancement. Riverbed reserves the right to modify future product plans at any time.
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Criminal District Attorney's Office
Helping Victims
Family Violence Prosecution Unit
There is so much in the world to fear -- home should be the one place we know we are safe. When a person you care about-whether you are dating, married or part of the same family- is the one who hurts you, then it can feel like there is no safe place. The Rockwall District Attorney’s Office is deeply committed to making home the safe place it should be for the citizens of Rockwall County. The complexity of these cases combined with the ever-shifting family dynamic between victim and offender make handling these cases a specialized job. And so, the Family Violence Prosecution Division of the Rockwall county District Attorney’s Office was established to provide the continuity and specially trained personnel required to prosecute these cases most effectively.
The Family Violence Prosecution Division of the Rockwall County District Attorney’s Office is a grant funded unit consisting of Assistant District Attorney Kerri New and Investigative Assistant Melody Henderson. They work closely with law enforcement and are dedicated to the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of all cases involving family violence.
The Rockwall District Attorney’s Office Family Violence Prosecution Division can be contacted at (972) 204-6800.
Kenda Culpepper
Crimial District Attorney
Contact the District Attorney's Office
1111 E Yellowjacket Lane
1111 E Yellowjacket Lane Suite 201 Rockwall TX 75087
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Twitter cites ‘newsworthiness’ as reason for not removing threatening Trump tweet
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Twitter has said that Donald Trump’s “newsworthiness” was the reason why it did not remove a tweet from the US President threatening to wipe out North Korea.
As North Korea’s foreign minister Ri Yong Ho spoke at the United Nations Saturday, Trump posted a tweet which read, “Just heard Foreign Minister of North Korea speak at UN. If he echoes thoughts of Little Rocket Man, they won’t be around much longer!”
Ri later said the message amounted to a “declaration of war” by the US.
Just heard Foreign Minister of North Korea speak at U.N. If he echoes thoughts of Little Rocket Man, they won't be around much longer!
The tweet also angered Twitter users who wondered why Trump’s tweet was not deemed to have contravened the social media firm’s rules governing violence or the promotion of violence “including threatening or promoting terrorism.”
Among the considerations is "newsworthiness" and whether a Tweet is of public interest 3/6
— Twitter PublicPolicy (@Policy) September 25, 2017
The social media company replied to questions about the tweet by posting messages on its public policy account, citing “newsworthiness” and the public interest as reasons why it wasn’t removed.
'Won’t be around much longer’: #Trump threatens #NorthKorean leadership in one of the latest tweets https://t.co/A0aRi93LMv
— RT (@RT_com) September 24, 2017
"This has long been internal policy and we'll soon update our public-facing rules to reflect it," one message read. "We need to do better on this, and will."
Twitter added that it is "committed to transparency and keeping people informed about what's happening in the world."
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un responded to Trump’s comments by calling the US president a “mentally deranged dotard” and threatened to explode a hydrogen bomb over the Pacific Ocean.
Trump’s comments are the latest to generate increased focus on rules governing posts on social media sites in recent times.
READ MORE: ‘Stand for anthem or get out of town’: NASCAR stands firm against #TakeAKnee
Last year, Facebook was criticized after banning an iconic image from the Vietnam War captured by photographer Nick Ut because it violated the site’s terms of service.
The image showed a naked nine-year-old girl running away from a napalm bombing alongside other children. The poster, Norwegian writer Tom Egeland had his account temporarily suspended.
The social media giant eventually reconsidered its stance, saying the image had “historic and global importance,” and added that it would consider such circumstances in the future.
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By Dean Karnazes
My friend Michelle Barton is constantly touting the benefits of being a vegetarian to me. Michelle’s a devout plant eater and an amazing athlete, so her testimony carries a ton of clout.
While I’m not a huge meat eater, I still do consume some animal products (primarily fish). While I firmly believe in the virtues of a vegetarian diet, my biggest concern has always been getting enough iron from plant sources alone.
Iron is an essential element for red blood cell formation. Red blood cells, as most endurance athletes know, are important because they transport oxygen to muscles. Inadequate dietary iron can lead to iron deficiency anemia and compromised performance.
In simplistic terms, dietary iron comes in two forms, elemental iron and bound iron. Elemental iron (or non-heme iron) is the simple mineral form, like that found in a nail. Bound iron (or heme iron) is contained in red blood cells, or hemoglobin. The body more readily absorbs heme iron than non-heme iron. That’s why red meet is such a good source of iron.
Dark leafy green vegetables also contain iron, but it’s in the non-heme form and so its bioavailability is not as great as in foods containing hemoglobin. Ditto with most iron tablets. Most supplements contain only non-heme iron.
Enter Bifera. This new iron supplement is the first of its kind to contain a form of heme-iron. In theory at least, Bifera provides a more readily absorbed form of iron than traditional iron supplements.
Does it really work? To be honest, I don’t know. All I know is that, along with Michelle, I’ve spoken to a growing number of runners who are becoming vegetarians. When asked, many of them tell me they are concerned about getting enough iron from their diet alone and so they supplement with iron tablets. Given the comparatively low absorption rate of traditional iron tablets, Bifera could be a breakthrough.
The question I pose to you the reader, are you a vegetarian? If so, do you take iron supplements? If yes, are you familiar with Bifera and have you ever tried it before? Finally, if you have tried Bifera, do you think it works any better than traditional iron supplements?
Please leave your responses in the comments box below. I think we’ll all benefit from them, vegetarians and carnivores alike.
Your friendly herbivore, Karno
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Supply Chain Director Salary in Los Angeles, California
How much does a Supply Chain Director make in Los Angeles, CA? The average Supply Chain Director salary in Los Angeles, CA is $169,154 as of June 27, 2019, but the range typically falls between $149,890 and $190,751. Salary ranges can vary widely depending on many important factors, including education, certifications, additional skills, the number of years you have spent in your profession. With more online, real-time compensation data than any other website, Salary.com helps you determine your exact pay target.
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Supply Chain Director directs an organization's overall supply chain operations, including purchasing and inventory of raw materials, selection of vendors, and distribution of finished goods. Evaluates past performance data to forecast needs and production scheduling. Being a Supply Chain Director develops strategic plans to improve productivity, quality, and efficiency of operations. Typically requires a bachelor's degree. Additionally, Supply Chain Director typically reports to top management. The Supply Chain Director manages a departmental sub-function within a broader departmental function. Creates functional strategies and specific objectives for the sub-function and develops budgets/policies/procedures to support the functional infrastructure. Deep knowledge of the managed sub-function and solid knowledge of the overall departmental function. To be a Supply Chain Director typically requires 5+ years of managerial experience. (Copyright 2019 Salary.com)
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Severo Ochoa Fellowship Program in Spain
October 4, 2018 Feiraz Santaria Feiraz
The ICMAB research institute is pleased to invite applications for the Severo Ochoa Fellowship Program. This program is available for international students pursuing PhD program at ICMAB research institute. Expired 280 days ago, try next time!
The Severo Ochoa award provides 4 M€ over 2016-2019 to implement ICMAB’s Research and Human Resources Programmes.
PhD research in one of the five mission-oriented Research Lines to face three social grand-challenges: clean and secure energy, smart and sustainable electronics and smart nanomedicine. The strategic Research Lines are: Energy storage and conversion, Superconductors for power applications, Oxide electronics, Molecular electronics, and Multifunctional nanostructured biomaterials
The study will be taken in Spain.
The following criteria must be met in order for applicants to be eligible for the scholarship:
Candidates should be ready to enter an official doctoral programme in September 2018 (under Spanish Law). By this time, they must have obtained a university degree and a master degree; or must hold an official university qualification from a country of the European Higher Education Area with a minimum of 300 ECTS of official university studies, of which at least 60 are at masters’ level.
Candidates must have a strong commitment to scientific research and an excellent academic record.
Candidates must have good working knowledge of English.
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Derby County want to talk to old boy Gary Rowett about becoming their next boss. SunSport exclusively revealed yesterday that Nigel Pearson had been sensationally suspended by Derby County hours before their 2-0 win at Cardiff. Rams supremo Mel Morris has put Birmingham City manager Rowett at the top of his hit list to replace Pearson. (The Sun).
It is understood Rams’ legal team are compiling a dossier of evidence against Pearson which could see him dismissed without a pay-off or just limited cash after his row with technology billionaire Morris nearly turned physical. Neil Warnock, Steve Bruce, Harry Redknapp and former Derby chief Steve McClaren are all in the frame. (Daily Mirror).
West Ham star Andy Carroll could be hit with a £180,000 fine if he is found guilty of breaking club rules on alcohol. The Hammers are investigating claims their £15m striker was spotted drinking at a pub on Tuesday afternoon. Pictures of Carroll, who is currently injured, and keeper Darren Randolph out on the town quickly circulated on social media this week. Both men are now in the dock after claims they turned a team bonding exercise in London on Monday into an all-nighter (Daily Star).
Jack Wilshere could stay at Bournemouth beyond the end of the season, according to the club’s chairman Jeff Mostyn. Wilshere arrived last month on a season-long loan from Arsenal after Arsene Wenger could not guarantee him regular first-team football.
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Final word from Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner candidates as race to replace Dame Vera Baird enters final week
Rafa Benitez reveals his determination to win a trophy at Newcastle
Rafa Benitez says he's desperate to end Newcastle United's trophy drought.
Wednesday, 23 May, 2018, 06:00
Rafa Benitez
The club hasn’t won a major honour since the Fairs Cup success of 1969.
Benitez – who guided Liverpool to the Champions League in 2005 – is in talks with United managing director Lee Charnley over the club’s summer transfer budget.
Benitez wants to know he will have the backing he needs to compete for trophies at Newcastle.
Asked if he’d like to win the Champions League again, Benitez said: “Any trophy!
“When you are winning, you want to improve, but to improve at our level, you have to win something.
“At 58, I’m not young but not old. I’m still young enough – I still have time – but I want to be sure that we can compete, that we can find something to compete for and try win something.”
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Combining students IDs and transit passes
By: Ryan Kline
category: Contactless, Education, Library, Transit
The multi-function, multi-app smart card may not be such a mythical beast
Multi-function cards on college campuses aren’t new. Student IDs have paid for meals, accessed residence halls and checked out library books for decades. But adding applications that can be used outside of the university has been more difficult. Off-campus merchant programs are common but beyond that the campus card remains an on-campus tool.
A number of universities have expressed interest, largely due to student demand, in using the card off-campus in the local transit agency’s contactless fare collection system. While campuses have offered students deals on public transportation passes in the past, this has typically involved a separate card or a homegrown solution with a campus card reader on the transit vehicles.
Integration with the existing contactless system is a far more seamless solution, but it has proven to be an elusive goal. The problem is that transit agencies frequently use proprietary systems and specific contactless card types that don’t readily translate to other uses. In other words, if a campus issues a contactless card that meets the transit specs it may not be usable for on campus needs such as access control.
Obviously, the ideal scenario is a standard contactless technology that serves the campus card needs and also supports the transit application. This has not been the case.
In most cities with contactless fare collection systems, a local university would need to buy a specific card from the transit system’s vendor. The campus would then issue this card in its normal manner and use the magnetic stripe for school needs. The transit application could either be pre-loaded on the contactless chip or the student could take it to a specific location to turn-on the functionality.
The process is cumbersome, expensive and virtually eliminates the campus from utilizing contactless technology for its own needs.
New transit systems open door for campus cooperation
The challenges that have kept campus cards and transit cards largely separate are beginning to ease. Fare collection systems are evolving and at the same time campus card programs are recognizing the benefits of contactless technology. The time may be right for cooperation as exemplified by recent projects in Utah and Washington D.C.
The Utah Transit Agency (UTA) approached its fare collection system differently than others in the U.S. It opted to deploy a more open system that accepts multiple card types including its own fare collection cards and bank-issued contactless credit and debit cards.
The UTA system as deployed by ERG Group, now owned by Cubic, and MetraTech, a Boston-based billing and settlement provider. Utah was ERG’s first foray into this type of public transit payment mechanism.
“It’s the first and only one we believe that’s been fully deployed,” says Michael Cook, ERG’s vice president of business development for the Americas. “There are other systems out there that use a credit card, but it’s really a transit application embedded in the card that gives the appearance that someone is using a credit card. We view Utah as our future. It’s similar to what they’re doing in New York, but on the subway it’s a flat fare structure. Here we can accommodate all types of fares.”
Westminster College in Salt Lake City and Utah Valley University in Orem have started using contactless cards for student IDs and enabling the same card to be used as a transit pass. The two schools, however, took different paths to get there.
Utah Valley was already using a multi-technology student ID card, including a Mifare chip and magnetic stripe, says Dawn Bridges, manager of the Campus Connection ID Station at the university. The campus has a Blackboard transaction system and uses Lenel to manage physical access control. The contactless chip is also starting to be used for a time clock system.
Utah Valley and the UTA had worked together previously and when the school found out its ID card could work with the transit system administrators decided to combine them, Bridges says. Students pay $20 a month for the pass and the information stored on the chip is then sent to the UTA. That way when the student taps the card on the reader it’s read as valid. The two are also working on a system that would enable real-time connectivity.
Westminster College took a different approach when combining its student ID and transit pass. The school had not been using a contactless card but decided to make the switch after discussions with the UTA, says Kerry Case, director of the environmental center at Westminster. “It’s nicer to have only to carry around one card instead of two,” she says. “With the old passed you had to show your student ID card with the transit pass if the transit police asked.”
The school is now buying blank card stock from the UTA to use as its student ID, Case says. Since the UTA buys card stock in bulk it’s cheaper than Westminster buying it on its own. The card also has a magnetic stripe that is used for food service, access to the gym and other applications. Westminster has an in-house system for managing the campus card program for its 2,500 students.
The primary purpose of the contactless portion of the card is for the transit pass, says Collin Bunker, director of information services at Westminster. When the card is issued the number on the chip is sent to the UTA and updates are sent on a weekly basis. Students don’t have to pay for the pass as long as they use the system a certain number of times a month.
But with contactless cards starting to be issued throughout campus the college is rolling out additional functionality, Bunker says. Westminster is putting contactless physical access control readers in its new science building to enable student access to the labs after hours. He says the school is considering expanding the contactless physical access control system over time to other buildings and is also exploring its use for meal plans as well.
American University in Washington is conducting a pilot combining its student IDs with the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, according to a university spokesperson.
A small number of American University student IDs with the transit agency’s contactless SmarTrip functionality are being tested by selected members of the campus community. If all goes well and the test is successful, then the entire American University community may soon be offered the option to integrate their student ID with SmarTrip access.
Whereas the UTA used the ISO 14443 contactless smart card standard for its cards, SmarTrip uses a proprietary technology that can only be purchased from the system vendor. This would also make it difficult to use the card for anything other than the transit program.
For several years, however, rumor that the Washington D.C. transit program would migrate from the proprietary card to a more standard card type has circulated. If this was the case, American University could one day issue the combined card and open up the use of the contactless chip for on-campus applications.
A dual-use future?
As contactless smart cards become more popular on campus its possible there may be more integration like those in Utah and Washington D.C. For this to happen on a large scale, however, changes are still required.
Transportation officials will have to decide if using a proprietary, closed-loop system is better than a more inclusive, open fare collection system. Unless this move to card types that readily support campus applications occurs, campus card administrators will need to weigh the relative importance of the transit application compared to the other on-campus applications of contactless technology.
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Due to high demand SEH upgrades its flagship products myUTN-2500 and INU-100
Software Update: Isochronous mode for SEH device servers now enables USB webcams and sound cards over network.
With the latest software update, SEH devices servers can now really do everything over the network. The products myUTN-2500 and INU-100 are now available with isochronous mode. This mode is used to transmit continuous data streams, which typically include audio or video data. This allows users to operate USB devices such as cameras, microphones, speakers or headsets in addition to standard USB devices such as dongles, external storage and measuring devices, meters or sensors.
To operate and control USB devices from remote locations on the network, a device server is usually required. This "converts" a transmission signal so that it is sent from the USB device via network transmission to any computer in the company. There, the signals are treated as if the device were connected directly to the PC or terminal. Such USB device servers via network have the advantage that not every computer needs to have its own USB device to be connected. For the trouble-free operation of USB webcams and sound cards isochronism is necessary, i.e. the transmission of data at minimum speed or in fixed two-bit intervals without delay or deviation (jitter). Until now, the two USB device servers myUTN-2500 and the industrial solution INU-100 were not designed for this purpose. SEH now provides this feature via updated software for the two models mentioned above.
"The demand for this feature was so high that we have now integrated an isochronous operating mode for our two flagships," explains Jörg Hecke, Product Manager at SEH. "In addition, we are addressing a completely new customer base who was previously unable to use our USB device servers."
The new software version 14.5.5 and SEH UTN Manager 3.1.4 are now available for free download.
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Amazon Court Offices
Prague/ Czech Republic
Size/ 42,000 m² (24,000 m² above terrain)
Cost/ € 35,50 million excl. VAT
Status/ Construction period 2009
Client/ Europolis
Partner Architect/ ATREA Architects
Engineer/ ZEF, UK/ RFR, France
Other consultants/ Anne Marie Plough, artist (DK)
Awards/ 2008, MIPIM Architectural Review Future Project Award, Office Buildings/ 2009, Construction & Investment Journal Awards, Best Office Development
Amazon Court is a mixed-use, predominantly office development close to the historic centre of Prague. The scheme which sits on the banks of the Vltava River forms part of the River City Prague complex, featuring offices, shops, housing, hotels and restaurants. The central atrium acts as an internal public square – with suspended terraces, water features, trees and flowers, open 24/7 the development provides a connection through to the Karlinska Nam Park and the river promenade beyond.
The building’s façade consists of a geometric pattern of glazed and white granite sections with alternating flamed or polished finishes.
Environmental sustainability has been an important focus in developing the design of Amazon Court — the sustainable strategy takes into account seasonal and daytime/night-time temperature changes.
To reduce energy consumption, a specific type of clear glass allows natural light into the building whilst minimising solar gain. This sustainable complex can adapt to a range of user requirements — units can be extended or partitioned according to demand. Additionally, glass bridges traversing the atrium at the upper levels double as office space.
The atrium’s internal screens are decorated with foliage patterns inspired by the Amazonian jungle.
The atrium is covered by Foiltech, a transparent lightweight roof material supported by slender rafters; the mullion-free sheeting gives the illusion of being outdoors while insulating the atrium from the noise of the city beyond.
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Everton Join a Host of Premier League Clubs Chasing Breakthrough Nice Midfielder
Ronald Koeman is looking to bring his 12th signing of the summer to Merseyside as Everton have their eye on an Ivorian midfielder sparking an interest from Europe's elite.
According to the Guardian, Everton have joined Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur in the race to sign £33m-rated central midfielder Jean Michaël Seri from Ligue 1 side OGC Nice.
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The Ivory Coast international provided nine goals and six assists last season, as well as a total of 73 chances created, maintained by an outstanding 90% passing accuracy average to help Nice finish third in the division.
Seri's performance was rewarded at the end of the campaign with the Marc-Vivien Foe award - which goes to the Ligue 1's best African player every season.
Other than Arsenal and Spurs, Everton will also have to compete with the likes of PSG, Barcelona and Inter Milan for Jean Seri.
Although Nice manager Lucien Favre insists that the player will stay with the French side.
Despite the Gunners and Lilywhites showing an interest in the Ivorian, Arsenal are reportedly still prioritising the transfer of Frenchman Thomas Lemar from Ligue 1 Champions AS Monaco as Alexis Sanchez's future seems uncertain.
Mauricio Pochettino on the other hand believes Tottenham do not desperately need new additions to their squad despite reports linking an exit for defensive midfielder Eric Dier.
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A herd of animals can be the only source of income for many families in areas like northern Uganda or southern Africa. Farmers with poor access to infrastructure and capital struggle to address and manage disease outbreaks, which can wipe out a household’s economy. Worldwide 750 million low-income livestock farmers depend on healthy animals for their productivity and livelihood. So, yes! Animal health matters.
But so far, we know very little about how perceptive farmers are and what their response to disease outbreaks is. A seminar ‘Exploring the Whys and the Hows of epidemiology: Integrating social sciences with veterinary research for better understanding and action towards improved animal health in the Global South’ held at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SLU on the 20th of November, 2018 explored a broader picture of how scientists across disciplines see the way local farmers understand the diseases and prevention mechanisms.
Photo: Ram Deka (ILRI) / Flickr.
Why epidemiology is important?
The role of epidemiology in animal health is to identify the risk factors and the causes of disease outbreak. This knowledge provides a base for interventions which can ultimately prevent an outbreak or an epidemic. With that, epidemiology is crucial for poverty reduction and plays a vital role in increasing resilience toward risks of epidemics in low-income countries.
Even though our scientific knowledge about animal diseases has stepped forward, disease control leaves much to be desired. For instance, African swine fever continues to spread from Africa to Europe and Asia, harming many pig farms.
Karl Ståhl, Swedish National Veterinary Institute (SVA), traced an African swine fever outbreak through a trade route in Northern Uganda. He found that local pig farmers knew very well the clinical signs of the disease and how it spreads. They could even identify the potential control mechanisms. But as soon as they noticed sick pigs, they sold them to secure their income.
It became clear for Karl and his team that what they were facing in Northern Uganda is not the lack of knowledge by the farmers, but rather the lack of information on specific needs and circumstances of pig producers and supply chain actors during the outbreak. To solve the problem, Karl suggests it is necessary to bring in societal aspect into the equation. In his opinion this will help to find solutions that fit with local socio-economic and cultural context.
Photo: Sabine Copinga (Samenwerkende Hulporganisaties) / Flickr.
Is interdisciplinarity the way forward?
Social science still remains on the periphery of disease outbreak management – social sciences are rarely integrated into epidemiology. However, it is becoming apparent that quality disease prevention isn’t possible without considering socio-cultural, economic and political dimensions. This engagement can be done through an interdisciplinary approach.
Learning from the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, Paul Richards (Wageningen University) suggests to look beyond the classic idea of epidemiological and biomedical approaches and take into account human emotions.
During the early phase of the Ebola outbreak, epidemiologists built Ebola treatment centres to bring in patients, or suspected patients, hoping to isolate the patients’ from the outside world. But this created anxiety among patients and their families. The disease continued to spread.
By 2013, Paul together with locally trained field assistants used anthropological approach to collect information through real-time action-research. Human emotion appeared to be the missing link to the treatment – families needed to be able to talk to each other and have meals together. As a result, Paul’s team recommended to build more community quarantines so that families could be close the patients. Through watchful care and close communication between patients and their communities, the epidemic was eventually brought under control.
Photo: Medici con l’Africa Cuamm / Flickr.
Participatory epidemiology
Participatory epidemiology has been influenced by Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA), an approach that puts local participation at the heart of the process. However, participatory epidemiology has been adopted largely by natural scientists, who usually focus on m research quantitative methods. Meanwhile, from the experience of social scientists, statistics do not always reflect the reality of local communities. So, well-tailored solutions require real participation form the local people.
Klara Fischer and Erika Chenais’s work in Uganda is an attempt to engage a local participation in an epidemiology study. Instead of using a top-down approach, Klara and Erika let local perspectives guide their study. They used several participatory methods, such as participatory wealth-ranking and focus group discussion to understand how a community can prioritise, understand and deal with cattle diseases.
Susanna Sternberg Lewerin confirmed the value of a participatory approach in disease prevention practices. For her, it was important to create a relaxed atmosphere during participatory discussions and recruit local facilitators who could facilitate in the local language.
So, how can diseases control benefit from cross-pollination between veterinary epidemiology and social sciences? There are at least three ways:
Veterinary epidemiology and social science can cooperate and increase understanding of contextualised knowledge that affects decisions relating to disease control.
Using participatory methods to engage indigenous perspectives can improve disease prevention and control mechanisms.
It is key to remember that there are no ‘fixed-tools’ in epidemiology. Tools need to be adapted and adjusted to the local context, addressing local heterogeneity, power dynamics and conflicts.
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Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy on Thursday accused the previous TDP government of ignoring the welfare of farmers and cheating them by not paying subsidy amounting to over Rs 2,000 crore for seeds, fertilizers and other agriculture-related expenses.
Reddy said that N Chandrababu Naidu-led government did not pay even a single penny for farmers who lost their crops due to bad weather.
Speaking in the Assembly, he said, “Situation was so worst that the Chandrababu Naidu government did not even procure seeds. Seed procurement should start in November and complete by April. By the time our government came to power, the seed distribution should have started, but only 50 quintals of seeds are available. The earlier government did not pay input subsidy amounting over Rs 2000 crores, we will soon clear it.”
He announced to increase milk rate by Rs 4 per litre for dairy farmers.
Continuing his tirade against the previous government, he said: “The then government did not think of farm loan rescheduling and waiving off the interests. Before elections, they promised to waive Rs 87,612 crores farm loans which did not materialize.”
Jagan promised to take appropriate measures to resolve the farm issues.
The Chief Minister also promised to waive off interest if farmers repay loans in stipulated time. “This decision will protect the farmers from lenders,” he said.
Listing his government’s initiatives taken for farmers’ welfare, he said: “Our government is providing 9 hours power in a day for farmers in 60 per cent of feeders. By next June, that will become 9 hours power in the day time in 40 per cent of feeders. We are spending Rs 1,700 crores for power supply for 9 hours.”
He said that his government has brought YSR Free Crop Insurance Scheme for the farmers. “We are setting up a price stabilization fund with Rs 3000 crore. We are going to release Rs 80 crore for additional support price for oil palm farmers. That will benefit 1.1 lakh farmers,” he added.
Jagan also announced to give Rs 7 lakh to the families of the farmers who committed suicide.
The Budget session saw ruckus over the announcement of an interest-free loan to farmers, with TDP terming the scheme as old.
“It was started by earlier Congress government and the TDP government continued it when it came to power in 2014,” TDP MLA Rama Naidu said.
Contending this claims, Legislative Affairs minister Buggana Rajendranath said that the scheme was not in place since 2014.
Addressing the House, Opposition leader Chandrababu Naidu said that “everyone should speak in a dignified manner”.
“Everybody will have their own policies when one is in power he should speak in a dignified manner. Jagan is speaking lies as per his own whims. He is not even respecting the age (Naidu). It is fine if you want to give interest-free loans, but make no wrong comments on TDP regime,” he said.
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Govt has 'more than adequate' Rs. 2000 notes: Subhash Chandra Garg
Last Updated: Fri, Jan 04, 2019 15:06 hrs
New Delhi: Economic Affairs Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg on Friday asserted that the government there was "no decision" on printing Rs. 2,000 notes as there are "more than adequate" in the system.
Garg's clarification comes amid reports claiming that the central government has stopped the printing of Rs. 2000 notes and planned to phase it out.
"Printing of notes is planned as per the projected requirement. We have more than adequate notes of Rs 2000 in the system with over 35 per cent of notes by value in circulation being of Rs 2000. There has been no decision regarding 2000 rupee note production recently," he tweeted.
The Rs. 2,000 note was introduced after the Centre banned high-value currency notes- Rs. 500 and Rs. 100, in November 2016 as part of a demonetisation drive.
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In particular, the following amendments have been made:
*Zagreb FIR (Croatia) is inserted in Annex I defining the airspace where DLS shall be provided.
*A common applicability date, notably 5 February 2018, is introduced for all FIRs listed in Annex I, i.e. for the airspace of all EU countries above FL 285.
*A common IR applicability date, notably 5 February 2018, is introduced for all FIRs listed in Annex I, i.e. for the airspace of all EU countries above FL 285.
*Aircraft operators shall ensure that all aircraft operating GAT flights in accordance with IFR above FL 285 within the airspace defined in Annex I are capable to operate the DLS defined in Annex II of Regulation 29/2009 as from 5 February 2020, except for:
**State aircraft;
Category: Single European Sky
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Commission Regulation (EC) No 29/2009 of 16 January 2009 laying down requirements on data link services for the Single European Sky - text published in the Official Journal of the European Union
1 Objective
3.2 Data Link Services (DLS)
3.3 Obligations for Data Link Communications
3.4 Data link Communication for Transport Type State Aircraft
3.5 Safety Requirements
3.6 Additional Requirements
3.7 Exemptions
3.8 Entry into Force
4 Amendments to the Regulation
The Regulation aims to improve the efficiency of communications between pilots and controllers by establishing requirements for the coordinated introduction of data link services in Europe based on air-ground point-to-point data communications.
The general framework of the Single European Sky (SES) needs to be completed by more specific and detailed implementing rules. The European Commission has adopted this regulation in order to support the implementation of the Interoperability regulation, which forms part of the first package of legislation on air traffic management designed to create the SES.
Observed and expected increases in air traffic levels within Europe require parallel increases in air traffic control capacity. This leads to a demand for operational improvements, in particular to improve efficiency of air-ground communication exchange. Voice communications channels are becoming progressively congested and should be supplemented by air-ground data link communications.
The Regulation applies to:
All flights operating as general air traffic (GAT) in accordance with instrument flight rules (IFR) in the airspace of Western Europe above FL 285 (exact list of FIRs is provided in Annex I, Part A of the Regulation);
All flights operating as GAT in accordance with IFR in the airspace of Central and Eastern Europe above FL 285 (exact list of FIRs is provided in Annex I, Part B of the Regulation);
Air Traffic Service Providers, providing services to GAT in the airspace referred to in the bullets above;
Flight data processing systems and associated procedures;
Ground-based and airborne human machine interface systems and associated procedures;
Air-ground communication systems and associated procedures.
The Regulation should not cover military operations and training.
Data Link Services (DLS)
The following data link services (DLS), described in Annex II of the Regulation, shall be provided:
Data Link Communications Initiation Capability (DLIC);
ATC Communications Management service (ACM);
ATC Clearances and Information service (ACL);
ATC Microphone Check service (AMC).
ATS providers and aircraft operators shall apply common standardised procedures for the provision and use of the data link services consistent with relevant provisions for CPDLC of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO).
Obligations for Data Link Communications
With regard to the provision and use of the specified data link services the Regulation establishes a number of obligations for:
Aircraft Operators, concerning the aircraft capability to operate the data link services based on the time of issue of individual certificate of airworthiness. The airborne systems and their constituents shall comply with ICAO standards and the requirements specified in Annexes III and IV of the Regulation.
ATS providers, concerning: the ground systems and their constituents, the provision of data exchange and communication services and flight data processing. The ground systems and their constituents shall comply with ICAO standards and the requirements specified in the Annexes of the Regulation.
Member States, to ensure: availability of data link services to flights operated in the airspace under their responsibility in line with the specified ICAO standards; security of data exchange by applying common security rules and use of harmonised procedures for the management of addressing information.
Data link Communication for Transport Type State Aircraft
In general, State aircraft are excluded from the requirements to be data link capable and certified. However, the Regulation requires that transport type State aircraft are equipped to support a number of air-ground applications defined in the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Annex 10 - Aeronautical Telecommunications. Besides ICAO standards, the airborne systems and their constituents installed on board of transport type State aircraft shall comply with the requirements set out in Annex IV of the Regulation.
Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that any changes to the existing systems for air-ground data exchange (see scope above) or the introduction of new systems are preceded by a safety assessment, including hazard identification, risk assessment and mitigation, conducted by the parties concerned.
The manufacturers of constituents of the systems included in the scope of this Regulation shall assess the conformity or suitability for use of these constituents in compliance with the requirements set out in Annex V of the Regulation. However, certification airworthiness processes complying with Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 (the ‘European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) regulation’) shall be considered acceptable procedures for the conformity assessment of specified constituents if they include the demonstration of compliance with the interoperability, performance and safety requirements of the Regulation.
ANSPs (or notified bodies) shall conduct verification of the systems included in the scope of this Regulation in compliance with the requirements set out in Annex VII, Part A of the Regulation. ANSPs may subcontract to a notified body the verification of the systems.
ATS providers shall ensure that air-ground data exchanges are recorded in accordance with the ICAO standards specified in Annex III of the Regulation. The Eurocae document ED-111 “Functional specifications for CNS/ATM ground recording” shall be considered sufficient means of compliance with regard to the requirements for recording of air-ground data exchanges.
EU Member States are required to take all necessary measures to ensure that the IFPS and ATS providers develop and maintain operations manuals containing all necessary instructions and information to enable their operations personnel to apply the provisions of this Regulation. Operations personnel shall be made duly aware of the relevant provisions and adequately trained for their job functions. Staff working methods and operating procedures shall comply with this Regulation. Member States shall ensure that relevant information on the use of data link services is published in the national aeronautical information publications.
Exemptions from complying with the requirements of this Regulation can be granted by the European Commission upon request submitted by a Member State. The exemption request shall be submitted by 31 December 2012 at the latest and shall contain detailed information justifying the need for granting exemptions to the specified aircraft type(s). Exemptions may be submitted for:
aircraft types reaching the end of their production life and being produced in limited numbers; and
aircraft types for which re-engineering costs required would be disproportionate due to old design.
Entry into Force
The Regulation entered into force in February 2009. However, it applies as from 7 February 2013.
Regulation (EC) No 29/2009 laying down requirements on data link services for the Single European Sky (OJ, 17.1.2009)
Amendments to the Regulation
In order to provide the needed additional time to resolve the technical issues and shortcomings in the performance of the deployed DLS infrastructure causing unacceptable levels of “Provider Aborts” that may endanger the safety of ATC provision, the EC adopted the IR (EU) No 310/2015 amending certain deadlines provided for in Regulation (EC) No 29/2009. In particular, the following amendments have been made:
Zagreb FIR (Croatia) is inserted in Annex I defining the airspace where DLS shall be provided.
A common IR applicability date, notably 5 February 2018, is introduced for all FIRs listed in Annex I, i.e. for the airspace of all EU countries above FL 285.
Aircraft operators shall ensure that all aircraft operating GAT flights in accordance with IFR above FL 285 within the airspace defined in Annex I are capable to operate the DLS defined in Annex II of Regulation 29/2009 as from 5 February 2020, except for:
State aircraft;
aircraft with an individual certificate of airworthiness first issued before 1 January 2014 and fitted with data link equipment certified against the requirements of one of the Eurocae documents specified in point (10) of Annex III;
aircraft which have an individual certificate of airworthiness first issued before 31 December 2003 and which will cease operation in the airspace referred to above before 31 December 2022;
aircraft flying in the airspace referred above for testing, delivery or for maintenance purposes or with data link constituents temporarily inoperative under conditions specified in the applicable MEL.
This amendment entered into force in March 2015.
A second amendment was made in 2019 by Regulation 2019/1070. Two more aircraft equipage exemption criteria were introduced and references to various documents (ICAO Annex 10 and Annex 11, EUROCAE standards) updated.
The second amendment entered into force in July 2019.
CIR (EU) 2015/310 amending Regulation (EC) No 29/2009 laying down requirements on data link services for the SES. (OJ, 27.2.2015)
EUR-Lex Portal: Regulation 29/2009 (available in different languages and file formats)
Air Transport Portal of the European Commission - Single European Sky;
Pan-European Single Sky portal
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Review: James White
Josh Mond’s film confronts the hard realities of a world in which few make it to maturity without their share of scars, and no one makes it out of adulthood alive.
Photo: The Film Arcade
Unyielding in its focus, James White burrows tightly into its title character’s fractured headspace, its camera pursuing a myopic visual style that at times recalls Philippe Grandrieux’s stifling macro compositions. Naming a film after a character promises a certain level of fixation on them, and an accordant degree of closeness that Josh Mond’s debut feature certainly provides. What’s unexpected is the coarse intensity of this potentially familiar character study, the complete sincerity accorded to James White’s (Christopher Abbott) pained parade of self-destruction, and the open-ended nature of the film’s interrogation. The portrait that emerges is refreshingly frank and tactile, less a calculating introduction to one unstable youth than an intensely pitched mystery over what kind of person he’ll ultimately become.
The two options offered to James, of mellowing into a functioning adult or continuing on as a reckless, antisocial delinquent, are echoed structurally by the film, which dramatizes this duality through a series of discordantly staged scenarios. The first occurs in the seething, violet-hued club in which the story opens, with the soundtrack toggling between the harsh Danny Brown track blasting from the over-driven sound system and the sweet sounds of Ray Charles pouring from James’s earbuds. He chats up a girl at the bar, coerces her into a bathroom tryst, then impulsively bails, tumbling out the backdoor to a startling burst of morning sunlight. Jumping into a cab, he heads home, where he’s confronted with an apartment packed with people sitting Shiva for his father, whose death he’ll never have time to appropriately process.
In this bravura, nearly wordless opening, Mond pummels us with contrasting audio-visual signals, paving the way for the piecemeal depiction of an incomplete character torn between extremes of sweetness and misanthropy. Alternating between patiently observed, carefully blocked long shots and jagged shaky-cam incoherence, the film swings through a wide range of emotional registers, maintaining an insistent baseline of empathy throughout.
The death of James’s father seems to be positioned as the impetus for the twentysomething to finally move off his mother’s couch and pick up the mantle of maturity. Yet this apparently direct passage toward symbolic adulthood is complicated by a variety of factors, namely that his father had already moved on and started another family, and that he’s already spent years caring for his cancer-stricken mother, Gail (Cynthia Nixon).
This maternal relationship is equally complex, with Gail both yearning for him to leave the nest and genuinely needing his assistance, further muddying the familial dynamic. Just as James makes his first entreaty toward independence (admittedly one that involves squandered inheritance money, LSD trips, and wooing teenage girls on a Mexican beach), he gets more bad news regarding his mother’s health. This forces him back into the dual role of child and protector, with the accompanying realization that, as an orphan, he’ll end up as an independent adult whether he likes it or not.
Despite its shambolic sense of momentum, James White maps these conflicts with serious care and attention, offering a battery of subtle, body-focused visual motifs that steer the film beneath its veneer of surface chaos. There’s a scene midway through where James seemingly shadowboxes with the camera, until a sudden reversal reveals that he’s been sparring with his likeness in the window. Picking a fight with his friends, he storms off into the bathroom, still wired with desperate energy. There’s a shattering sound, and he emerges with a gash on his hand, the source of which is never directly revealed, aside from a smear of blood on the glass shower door glimpsed later on. The moment passes quickly, leaving only the suggestion that he’s punched his own reflection in the mirror, just another salvo in his ongoing war with himself.
James White provides a pitch-black spin on the “overgrown man-child” genre, bolstered by gripping performances from Abbott and Nixon. What results is a coming-of-age story where few warm feelings are exchanged and no clear-cut lessons are learned. The overripe adolescent is forcefully wrenched out of childhood, emerging broken and incomplete. Befitting the film’s fractured visual and narrative sensibilities, the apprehension attached to this passage is rooted both in the forced fulfillment of traditional roles and the general hardships of adult life, issues that are urged into toxic symbiosis. Desperate to escape the weight of his responsibilities, James struggles to break free of his body through self-annihilation, only gaining in fury and power as his mother simultaneously wastes away. A flawed, furious first effort, the film confronts the hard realities of a world in which few make it to maturity without their share of scars, and no one makes it out of adulthood alive.
Cast: Christopher Abbott, Cynthia Nixon, Scott Mescudi, Ron Livingston, Makenzie Leigh Director: Josh Mond Screenwriter: Josh Mond Distributor: The Film Arcade Running Time: 88 min Rating: R Year: 2015 Buy: Video
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Lobbyists ask Utah lawmakers to eliminate 7.5% sales tax to help oil and gas industry
(Tribune file photo) Crews work on the on the drilling platform of the 68 Pioneer Rig, a telescoping rig, in Newfield Exploration Co.'s oil fields near Roosevelt in 2012.
By Brian Maffly
Eastern Utah’s Uinta Basin is missing out on the massive oil boom unfolding in New Mexico and Texas.
The basin’s production — which is ratcheting up, thanks to a new program of horizontal drilling — could really soar were it not for the excessive costs of doing business in Utah and the difficulty of moving this crude.
So argued a chorus of energy lobbyists appearing before a legislative panel Wednesday, imploring lawmakers to prioritize a proposal to erase the 7.5% sales tax the industry pays on equipment and materials it uses to coax hydrocarbons out of the ground.
“For the first time since the 1950s, the U.S. stands to be a net energy exporter. Utah has a key role to play in that,” Rikki Hrenko-Browning, president of the Utah Petroleum Association, told the the Public Utilities, Energy and Technology Interim Committee on Wednesday. “If we are going to be able to increase production, we have to find a way to economically get [Uinta crude] out of the state to other markets.”
The lobbyists were asking the panel to reconsider SB201, a failed measure last session that sought to eliminate Utah’s sales tax on oil and gas producers, a consideration already enjoyed by mining and manufacturing.
Howard Stephenson, a former state senator who heads the business-backed Utah Taxpayers Association, characterized the sales tax as “a barnacle on the ship of our economy,” acting as a drag on growth.
Sponsored by Sen. Ronald Winterton, a Republican from the oil patch town of Roosevelt, the bill would have phased in the tax break, resulting in a $48 million reduction of sales tax revenue by the fourth year, according to the measure’s fiscal note. While many may see the forgone revenue as a sop to a politically connected but embattled fossil fuel industry, it should be viewed as an “investment” in future revenues that would be unleashed by heightened production, according to its supporters.
“Signals are extremely important when companies are deciding where to deploy their development dollars,” said Hrenko-Browning, noting legislation recently enacted in Colorado “did the exact opposite” of SB201. Colorado’s “Protect Public Welfare Oil and Gas Operations” tightened regulations that protect public health and safety and the environment and gave local governments regulatory authority over surface impacts.
The Colorado law “drove capital out of the state. Capital is risk averse and signals are important, so I hope we, in the state of Utah, can send a positive signal that oil and gas is welcome and that we recognize the economic benefits it brings to the state, particularly as capital is fleeing Colorado."
Meanwhile, Utah’s oil and gas production is subject to a severance tax of 5% to 7%, further reducing the state’s competitiveness, according to Stephenson.
Utah coal producers, by contrast, pay no sales or severance tax. These breaks come in recognition of the difficulty of getter coal out of Utah’s mines. Stephenson argued the same logic should apply to the state’s oil and gas production, ranked 10th and 13th in the nation, respectively, which faces its own challenges to extraction.
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For Uinta oil, the main challenge is its waxy qualities, which require heating to keep it fluid.
“It literally forms a candle at room temperature,” Hrenko-Browning said. The basin’s topography complicates exploration and lack of transportation infrastructure make it hard to get Uinta oil anywhere except to Salt Lake City-area refineries by truck. As a result, it costs more to produce a barrel of Uinta oil, which then fetches a lower price because these refiners know there is nowhere else for that oil to go.
Nearly all of the basin’s production goes to the Salt Lake City area, where five refineries can process up to 100,000 barrels of waxy crude a day. But the basin’s production is expected to outstrip the refining capacity as drillers gain more experience with horizontal drilling, which has boosted the amount of recoverable oil.
Of Utah’s 11,700 producing oil and gas wells, just 285 were horizontally drilled with more on the way. One major producer, Crescent Point Energy, estimates 55 billion barrels now lie available under the basin.
“Even more important is the amount of oil available per section and how it competes with other really prolific basins in the country,” Hrenko-Browning said. “We know we are on the front end of what’s going to be a major boom. Ballpark estimates are looking at two to three times current levels of production we are currently seeing and that can be sustained over decades.”
According to the Baker Hughes rig count, seven drill rigs are currently sinking wells in Utah, five of them drilling horizontally. By contrast, Colorado and New Mexico have 33 and 102, respectively.
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Home > A Vera Wang bride for a romantic luxe destination Jewish wedding at the Four Seasons in Westlake Village, California
A Vera Wang bride for a romantic luxe destination Jewish wedding at the Four Seasons in Westlake Village, California
18/10/2016 by Karen
Prepare for a fashion frenzy as the names that make today’s Jewish wedding so gorgeous are Vera Wang, Valentino, Jimmy Choo, Christian Louboutin … And of course our super stylish bride and groom Natalie & Alexander who married at the Four Seasons in Westlake Village, California.
Natalie looks breathtakingly beautiful in her Vera Wang gown and veil — it’s just pure romance. Speaking of which, can you believe that these two first met under the Eiffel Tower in the City of Romance, Paris?! Their whole ‘How We Met’ story is like something out of a fairytale – you simply must read Natalie’s account of it below.
I am a certified super fan of Greg Finck who shot and submitted this wedding to me. Everything he snaps just turns into wedding gold, and you’ll see precisely what I mean when you take a peek at the pretty below.
It’s a wedding of global proportions with guests traveling in from all over the world but it was absolutely worth it: the emotion, the style, the 13 (wow!) beautiful bridesmaids, the mesmerising stationery, the music, the chuppah, the florals… it’s all just filled to the brim with style and grace, and not only are Greg’s images and the bride’s wedding report waiting for you, we also have the wedding film at the foot of the post by Wind Productions too. It’s a very happy Tuesday folks!
Natalie, the bride: Alex and I met in Paris under the Eiffel Tower (for real). We were traveling in Europe separately and had some friends in common and the two groups met in Paris for a few days. The moment I looked at him I knew my life was forever going to change. We started dating right away. We were attending different universities in different cities, then after graudation we moved to different cities (Connecticut for him, and LA for me) and then another move to different cities (New York for him, San Francisco for me). We were long distance for 6 years. I finally moved to New York City and he proposed shortly after that to my surprise.
After he proposed he surprised me with a fully planned trip to Paris to take our engagment pics at the Eiffel Tower with Greg Finck who also photographed our wedding.
Choosing to get married at the Four Seasons, Westlake Village, California
We got married at the Four Seasons in Westlake Village, California. We chose this venue because a hotel location was important to us as so many of our guests were flying in from all over the world and we wanted it to be easy for them (New York, Miami, San Francisco, Chicago, Israel, Belgium, etc.).
It also fitted our criteria of wanting a venue that could easily hold the 400 guests and we loved this specific hotel because my family is from LA but we wanted a location away from the madness of the city. The hotel is rustic and has a strong old California vibe and is nestled in the foothills of Malibu. Its quiet, elegant, and surrounded by mountains.
A green and white colour scheme
My mother helped plan the whole thing with me — she did a lot of the work. The colour scheme was green and white everything! We wanted as much green as possible!
We loved our invitation suite (designed by Script Mercantile and Sesame Letterpress) because it was simple but elegant.
Hair + Make-up
I wanted my make-up to be as simple as possible. Very neutral. I never looked good with a lot of makeup.
I wanted my hair to have an old glam style to it… but still simple. I didn’t want to take away from my dress.
A Vera Wang dress
My dress was vera wang, from the Vera Wang bridal boutique in Beverly Hills.
It was classic but also modern. Which is very much who I am. I am an old soul but I am very much a modern woman (career focused, in the tech world, etc.).
The dress was so beautiful because it was a work of art. It had all different kinds of lace.
I knew it was the one because it was fancy enough for a black tie ballroom wedding but wasn’t a ball gown.
Very Special Family Jewellery
I wore earrings were diamond clusters (a gift given to me by Alex’s parents for me to wear on our wedding day and pass on to our future daughter).
My two bracelets (tennis bracelet and another gold & diamond bracelet) were gifts my father gave to my mother, one on their wedding day, and one on their 20th anniversary (the tennis bracelet). Wearing my mothers jewels was very special for me because it represented good luck from a marriage that has been succesful for a long time.
My wedding ring was given to me by Alex, solid gold, my eternity ring was given to my by Alex, brilliant cut diamonds.
Two pairs of shoes: Jimmy Choo and Valentino!
I bought two pairs of shoes because I couldn’t decide which one I wanted to wear for my Friday night shabbat and the night of my wedding.
Gold Jimmy Choos, and nude Valentinos. But at the end of the day, I just wore white platform sneakers because no one could see my shoes and I wanted to be comfortable dancing!
The handsome groom
The groom wore a Brunello Cucinelli navy tux with patent leather black Louboutin tux slippers.
I swooned seeing the man in front of me all dressed up because he looked just like he did when I first met him but just ready to make me his wife.
13 gorgeous bridesmaids
I had 13 bridesmaids! I didn’t choose a dress type because I wanted everyone to be comfortable and choose their own style. I chose a colour scheme (blush, ivory, gold, silver, etc.) and told everyone to choose whatever dress and colour they liked the best.
Our chuppah
We went for a white and green rustic-style chuppah.
Our ceremony
Our ceremony was the most special part of the night. Everyone had an incredible time and we loved it more than the party. The music selection was chosen really carefully. Beautiful piano versions of songs from Adele and Dave Matthews band. My brother, sister, and brother in law danced down the aisle to more upbeat music, and it got the crowd so excited and happy.
It was dark outside (9pm) and the perfect weather and a full moon. The lights were focused on the aisle and everyone was so engaged.
Our vows were personal. We wrote them to each other like love letters and all the guests were very emotional.
White and green flowers
We went for white and green flowers for centrepieces. My bridesmaids’ bouquets were two beautiful stems of king proteas each.
Our fabulous Photographer
We chose the talented Greg Finck because we didn’t want cheesy wedding photos. We wanted art, and he’s the Michael Jordan of photography.
We asked Greg if he would shoot out wedding after he shot our engagement photo session in Paris.
We danced our First Dance to Leather and Lace by Stevie Nicks and Don Henley.
We had Rouge International Band. We had Persian and Israeli music and also American. At 1:30am the band left and the DJ came on until 4am.
A wedding that said a lot about us
This wedding said a lot about us as a couple because we’ve both lived in different cities and have accumulated many friends from different parts of the world, which is why it was big and full of love. We had huge bridal and groom parties because we’ve never been exclusive people, we’ve always felt the more the merrier and I wanted to include all the women that watched Alex and I from day one in Paris to the day we get married.
Even though it was really fancy it still had a homey and old and elegant vibe to it. The old California style said a lot about us as a couple. We wanted something timeless.
Natalie & Alexander’s Little White Book
Photographer – Greg Finck
Videographer – Wind Productions
Venue – Four Seasons Westlake Village
Bride’s dress and veil – Vera Wang
Groom attire – Brunello Cucinelli navy tux and patent leather black Louboutin tux slippers
Hair + Make up artists – Thierry Pourtoy at Cristophe
Stationery – Script Mercantile and Sesame Letterpress
Live Music Band and DJ – Rouge International Band at 90210ent
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America in Color:
How Teenagers Ran the Rock 'n' Roll Era
From: America in Color
Dancing - and dancing shows - became a teenage craze in the 1950s, spurred by figures like Cleveland DJ, Alan Freed. His hit dance show featured R&B and African American music - which he later dubbed "Rock and Roll."
It's a decade many consider to be America's glory years, despite fearful conflicts at home and abroad. Join us as we revisit the 1950s, when families reaped unprecedented riches, teens discovered rock 'n' roll, and a nation found itself in the throes of civil unrest and on the losing end of the Space Race. Through digital colorization, we present the most significant moments of this incredible decade like they've never been shown before, including the Korean War, the Little Rock Nine, Elvis Presley, and more.
Joseph McCarthy's Downfall Was Accusing the Army of Communism
How Rosa Parks's Protest Sparked a Momentous Chain of Events
This Man Is the Father of Modern American Suburbia
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Charles Lindbergh and the Rise of 1940s Nazi Sympathizers
The Devastating 1926 Hurricane that Halted the Growth of Miami
Rare Footage of FDR Walking With Leg Braces
The Heinous 1961 KKK Attack on the Freedom Riders
An Inside Look at How the U.S. Found Bin Laden
History of the Electric Guitar
This New Jersey Venue is a Rock 'N' Roll Treasure
The D'Autremont Train Robbery
The Hunt for Bin Laden
Official White House Photo by Pete Souza
Electrified: The Guitar Revolution
Lincoln's Last Day
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4th National Climate Assessment – key messages for the Southeast
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The 4th National Climate Assessment has been released by the Global Change Research Program. I’m including a summary of the key messages for the Southeast Region and some links below.
Key messages for the Southeast:
Southeastern cities are highly vulnerable to heat, flooding, and vector-borne disease (think mosquitoes borne diseases). In rural communities, more frequent extreme heat episodes and changing seasonal climates are projected to increase exposure-linked health impacts and economic vulnerabilities in agriculture, timber, and manufacturing. High tide flooding in coastal areas will become common.
Changing winter temperature extremes, wildfire patterns, sea levels, hurricanes, floods, droughts, and warming ocean temperatures are expected to redistribute species and greatly modify ecosystems.
Globally, if we do not reduce greenhouse gas emissions, nighttime minimum temperatures above 75°F and daytime maximum temperatures above 95°F become the summer norm and nights above 80°F and days above 100°F, now relatively rare occurrences, become commonplace. Cooling degree days (a measure of the need for air conditioning [cooling] based on daily average temperatures rising above a standard temperature—often 65°F) nearly double, while heating degree days (a measure of the need for heating) decrease by over a third. The freeze-free season lengthens by more than a month, and the frequency of freezing temperatures decreases substantially.
As a temporary, transient citizen of this earth, I struggle to know what to do about all these big problems. For me, I try to live each day deliberately, making choices about my lifestyle that will leave the smallest footprint possible, but it’s hard. I’m not perfect, I have a 25 mile commute, drive a minivan, and heat my house to a comfortable temperature. My second vehicle, however, is electric. I turn off the lights, and switched to led light bulbs. I’m doing what I can and will try to do more. I also talk with people who have questions about climate change. On this topic, the most frequent question I get from friends, neighbors, people I meet in passing is “Is climate change real?” My response is always grounded in these impacts which are visible now, affecting myself, my friends and neighbors personally. If you’d like to know more about how climate change is affecting our region, I’ve included a direct link to the Southeastern chapter of the report.
Southeast chapter: https://nca2018.globalchange.gov/chapter/19/
National Climate Assessment, 4th assessment: https://nca2018.globalchange.gov/
By Janet Cakir|2018-12-17T15:30:32-04:00December 17th, 2018|Blueprint Staff Blog, Featured|Comments Off on 4th National Climate Assessment – key messages for the Southeast
About the Author: Janet Cakir
Janet contributes to the cultural, social, and economic components of the South Atlantic and Southeast Blueprints and their connections to climate change. She works to understand and communicate the ways people are culturally, socially, and economically connected with natural and cultural resources.
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ONLINE ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY of SPANISH
The only free and comprehensive online etymological dictionary of the Spanish language
liquidar (Verb) "to liquefy;" "to liquidate"
16th cent. From líquido.
Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997.
Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/.
líquido m. (Noun) "liquid"
15th cent. From Latin liquidus "flowing," "liquid," from the verb liquere "to flow." From Proto-Italic *(w)likw-ē- "to be liquid." From Proto-Indo-European *u̯lei̯kw- "to make moist," "to wet." See also licuar.
Galician líquido, Portuguese líquido, Catalan líquid, French liquide, Italian liquido
de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014.
Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
lisa f. (Noun) "mullet"
16th cent. Borrowed from Catalan llísa 'id.' Of unknown origin. Probably borrowed from a substrate Iberian language (compare Santander dialect alisa 'id.'). Lisa replaced the native Spanish word liza (c. 1326), of the same origin.
Cantabria alisa "mullet," Santander alisa 'id.'
-lisis (Suffix) "decomposition"
From Ancient Greek -λυσις (-lusis) 'id.,' a suffix formed from the word λύσις (lysis) "loosening," "parting" (see lisis).
Beekes, R. S. P. Etymological Dictionary of Greek. BRILL. 2014.
lisis f. (Noun) "solution"
From Ancient Greek λύσις (lysis) "loosening," "parting," from the verb λῡ́ειν (lyein) "to loose." From Proto-Indo-European *leh1-u̯- 'id.' (the same origin as solver).
liso (Adjective) "smooth"
14th cent. From Vulgar Latin lisius 'id.' Borrowed from Ancient Greek λισσός (lissós) 'id.' A derivation of λίς (lís) 'id.' Mycenaean ri-ta. From Proto-Indo-European *lh1i̯-t- 'id.'
Dictionnaire Étymologique Roman. Online. Ed. by É. Buchi & W. Schweickard. 2018. http://www.atilf.fr/DERom.
lista f. (Noun) "list;" "stripe"
Meaning of "stripe" dates to 14th cent.; first written attestion of "list" is 18th cent. From Italian lista 'id.,' from Old High German lista "border, "strip of land."
Portuguese lista, French liste, Italian lista
listo m. (Adjective) "skillful," "ready"
16th cent. Probably from Vulgar Latin *lex(i)tus, past participle from Latin legere "read," "gather." See leer.
Asturian lleer, Portuguese ler, Galician ler, Catalan llegir, French lire, Italian leggere, Sardinian lègere
lo (1) (Definite Article) "the"
From Latin illum, accusative of ille "he," "that" (see el (1)).
Asturian el, Portuguese o, Galician o, French le, Italian il, Aromanian -lu, Romanian -l
lo (2) (Pronoun) "it;" "him"
From Latin illud "that one," from Old Latin ollum. See ello.
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UK City of Culture 2021
Hollyoaks founder Phil Redmond to visit Stoke-on-Trent - as part of UK City of culture judging panel
Newcastle Borough Council has pledged to back the culture bid
Jack Furness
The creator of hit shows Grange Hill, Brookside and Hollyoaks is one of the judges set to run the rule over Stoke-on-Trent's 2021 UK City of Culture bid.
Screenwriter Phil Redmond will be in the Potteries on October 17 when the four-strong judging panel descends on the city.
The other judges are architectural journalist Marcus Fairs, former Cardiff Airport chairman Lord David Rowe-Beddoe, and civil servant Martyn Henderson.
It will be an opportunity for Stoke-on-Trent to showcase its city of culture credentials before the winner is announced in December.
Official bid for City of Culture title goes global - and wins support from stars Eddie Hall and Peter Crouch!
The judging panel is heading to the city as neighbouring Newcastle Borough Council has reiterated its support for the bid.
Brampton Park. (Image: Malcolm Hart)
Council leaders hope arts projects in the borough - including events in 2018 to celebrate the impact of circus founder Philip Astley - will boost the bid.
Traders and shoppers in Newcastle have praised the borough council’s decision to back the bid.
Richard Buxton, who owns Rebel Rooms, in Newcastle town centre, said: “I have seen what has happened to Hull as the 2017 UK City of Culture so if Stoke-on-Trent gets it and Newcastle is part of it then the knock-on effect will be wonderful.
Stoke-on-Trent version of Hollywood Walk of Fame to be unveiled in Hanley but who should be included? YOU decide
Screenwriter Phil Redmond
“We would benefit because we are so close geographically. I have businesses in both areas so it would be great for me.
“I think where Stoke-on-Trent has a great history, Newcastle has it in a different way. It’s an amazing town with its architecture so it will be great.
“This could be one of the most important things to happen to the area in terms of regeneration and employment. Both areas have to work together on this.”
Staffs Uni: 'A vibrant university can benefit the local economy'
Robert Price, of Tony Price Quality Butchers, in Newcastle, said: "If Stoke-on-Trent is named UK City of Culture in 2021 then Newcastle will get lots of benefits from it.
“We have hotels and shops in the area and other facilities to use and we are only down the road. We are an established market town on the doorstep of Stoke-on-Trent with good links and we have a very similar heritage.”
Waterhayes resident Trevor Goldman says Newcastle's culture is ‘strong’.
The 55-year-old carer said: “If Stoke-on-Trent is named UK City of Culture then Newcastle can enjoy some of that success as well.
“Newcastle has a good shopping area and market. The cafes, bars and restaurants are also good and that is part of the culture.”
Port Vale FCBradford City to win title, Salford set for promotion, but what about Port Vale? - Bookies predict final 2019/20 League Two table
New-look Port Vale finally moving in right direction, according to bookmakers
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Approach station staff when help is needed
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We thank Lucy Marie Armstrong for her feedback (Electric wheelchair gets stuck when boarding trains; March 13).
To minimise the space between trains and platforms, the Land Transport Authority has installed gap fillers along platform edges at all above-ground stations of the North-South and East-West Lines, as well as on the new trains on the North-East Line and the Circle Line.
However, these platform gaps cannot be completely eliminated, as a minimum physical clearance is needed to allow the train to approach the station safely.
The train floor height may also vary slightly over time, and is set at a level to cater for various vehicular tolerances, such as differences in train wheels, rail wear and passenger loading.
We encourage passengers who require assistance with boarding and alighting to approach station staff, who will always help.
We would also like to ask commuters to lend a hand or approach the station staff whenever they see another commuter in need.
Mrs Armstrong's feedback has helped deepen our understanding of the challenges faced by persons travelling on mobility aids and we will continue to explore more ways to improve the accessibility of our public transport.
Yeo Teck Guan
Group Director
Land Transport Authority
A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on March 31, 2017, with the headline 'Approach station staff when help is needed'. Print Edition | Subscribe
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Medal of Distinction
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The Municipality of Strathroy-Caradoc is proud to sponsor a Medal of Distinction to recognize community engagement and volunteerism.
The aim of the award program is to recognize the important contributions of volunteers in Strathroy-Caradoc. Awards will be given out each year. Individuals and organizations will be considered based on community service over the previous calendar year, or longer, in the case of lifetime achievement awards.
The Medal of Distinction is intended to be the highest municipal honour available to residents and/or supporters of the Strathroy-Caradoc community.
The Community Services Department developed the awards program in conjunction with the Parks & Recreation Advisory Committee, the Awards Committee, and municipal management. The Medal of Distinction Program is another recommendation implemented from the 2015 Parks and Recreation Master Plan.
Individuals or organizations can be nominated for a Civic Award by any member of the public. If the Committee feels it does not have nominations of sufficient merit, an award may not be given in that year.
Award Presentations
Awards will be presented to the winners at a designated council meeting prior to the Awards Recognition event. Award recipients will receive a medallion and corresponding lapel pin presented by council at a designated monthly council meeting.
2017 Medal of Distinction Recipients
Joy Reycraft
Ruth McIlmoyle
Doug Welch
Shannon Churchill
Leo Verberne
Linda Dunsmore
Holly Bilinski
Ralph Thorn
Derek Bloomfield
Alvan McCauley
Ron Madill
Ivan McCallum
Dale Stacey
Ron Wolfe
I.O.D.E.
Avery Bishop
Pat Mahovlich
To Make a Nomination
View the Medal of Distinction Information Package, which includes award criteria, terms of reference, and the nomination form. Nominations are accepted throughout the year, however, each must be submitted before May 31 to be considered for the prior calendar year.
Nominations are currently being accepted for the 2019 calendar year. Nominate an individual or a group using the form in the Medal of Distinction Information Package or follow the link below to use the convenient online nomination form:
Online Nomination
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Prime Minister Directed Security Agencies To Ensure Security
A Correspondent
Nov. 16, 2017, 7:37 a.m.
At a time when physical attacks on election candidates are occurring in the eastern, mid-western and far-western regions, Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba directed security agencies to ensure security of the candidate.
Prime Minister Deuba on Wednesday directed the chiefs of security bodies to create environment conducive for conducing the elections in a free and impartial atmosphere and without any sense of fear.
Addressing the province level seminar on security in Lamki of Kailali district today, the Prime Minister who also holds the portfolio of Home Minister, said there were reports that physical assaults on elections candidates were on the rise in some districts which had direct implication in the electoral process.
PM Deuba instructed the authorities concerned to dig out if there were loopholes in the election security plans and go work in a coordinated way.
Three high-profile poll candidates have been the target of bomb attacks in the last two weeks. Several other lesser-known candidates have come under similar attacks while campaigning for the parliamentary and provincial assembly elections scheduled for November 26 and December 7.
CPN-UML in a statement has already demanded to ensure the safety of their candidate. In a press release, UML blamed the government to conspire against the UML candidates.
Though no one has owned up responsibility for the attacks, police suspect that an offshoot group of former Maoist rebels led by Netra Bikram Chand could be behind all three attacks as they fit a familiar pattern. The Chand led-CPN Maoist has announced it is not taking part in the elections. The party had resorted to similar attacks in the first and second constituent assembly elections and the local elections.
Though security agencies are expecting similar challenges to poll security from underground outfits in the Terai districts, very few incidents of violence have been reported there so far.
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SL forces fatally attack protesting Tamil Prisoners of War in Vavuniyaa
[TamilNet, Friday, 29 June 2012, 23:46 GMT]
The forces of genocidal Sinhala State in Sri Lanka fatally attacked Eezham Tamil prisoners of war kept in the prison at Vavuniyaa on Friday. Heads and limbs broken, more than 15 of the prisoners are admitted in Anuradhapura hospital after removing them from Vavuniyaa. The condition of some of them are said to be serious. The prisoners were protesting for the last few days over the torture and disappearance of a prison mate Mr. Saravanabhavan who was taken to Anuradhapura by the SL forces. Finding their peaceful fasting campaign responded with oppression, the enraged prisoners captured three of the prison officials and were demanding the return of Saravanabhavan for their release. In a well-planned operation on Friday, SL forces that entered into the prison, first deployed tear gas shells, plastic bullets and water canon, before brutally attacking the prisoners causing fatal injuries.
Most of the involved prisoners are actually prisoners of war as they were kept there for their alleged former membership with the LTTE.
Mr. Saravanabhavan who was taken away from the rest to Anuradhapura a few days ago, was once brought back after severe torture to tell the story to the other inmates. He was again taken away and was missing.
When the prisoners entered into a fasting campaign they were forced to take food. The three Sinhala prison officials who were captured had gone inside the cells to force-feed the prisoners.
The prison officials were not harmed, but the prisoners were demanding the return of the missing prisoner.
A SL judge is said to have entered into negotiation for the release of the prison officials but the prisoners were firm on knowing what had happened to Mr. Saravanabhavan. The prisoners wanted evidence if he was alive.
After a 24-hour stalemate, elite soldiers of the SL military and the commandos of the notorious Special Task Force that entered into the prison brutally attacked the prisoners.
Attempting to cover up the incident from media and public, the prison officials did not admit the wounded in Vavuniyaa hospital, but took them to the hospital at Anuradhapura. Apart from those who were seriously wounded, the other prisoners too have been transferred to Anuradhapura prison, sources in Vavuniyaa say.
The international-involved war in the island, in which 40 odd countries including the US and India have had roles and in which the failure of the UN has now gone on record, ended up in genocide with none of them taking any responsibility for the prisoners of war. But during the war all of them wanted the LTTE to ‘surrender’.
Organised attack on Tamil political prisoners and sometimes even mass killings of them inside genocidal Sri Lanka's prisons, have gone on record ever since 1983.
Meanwhile, this week, alleged LTTE prisoners are on a hunger strike in India demanding treatment of them as refugees. The condition of some of them is said to be critical.
While the US, India and the UN set a dangerous model in the treatment of the prisoners of war of a national struggle, the UK government has gone on record for leaving the ‘rehabilitation’ of Tamil prisoners of war in the hands of genocidal Sinhala military and even funding the programme.
The free Eezham Tamil diaspora so far has not taken any effort to argue the case of their freedom fighters in any international forum, addressing the internationally responsible ones in appropriate ways, concerned activists in the diaspora said.
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Miami street could be blueprint for handling sea level rise
Published August 11 2018
Updated August 11 2018
MIAMI — On a map, the only natural body of water near Alan and Alicia Sirkin’s Coconut Grove home is Biscayne Bay. But after living there more than 25 years, they’ve become familiar with some other ones: the river created when rain pours down from the highest elevation point on their street and the pond that forms in front of their home almost daily in the rainy season.
"We call it Lake Sirkin," Alicia said.
A small group of neighbors who own some of Miami’s most valuable waterfront real estate, eager for new solutions to this old problem, have drawn up an ambitious set of recommendations with a landscape architect and urban designer for how to keep their vulnerable slice of dry land drier and, if that eventually fails, to even abandon it altogether if sea rise inundates the shoreline.
For Bay Homes Drive, some of the plan’s concepts are radical or even illegal under current regulations: installing a mini sewage treatment plant on an empty lot, for instance, or building an artificial island in the bay to clean pumped water.
"Not that it’s impossible — just on the books technically you can’t do that right now," said Walter Meyer, co-lead of Local Office Landscape and Urban Design, the firm that held community meetings and put together the plan.
Finally, there’s the staggeringly expensive prospect of buying out the low-lying homes to turn the area into a conservation park — the doomsday option no one particularly likes to contemplate.
The city of Miami paid $25,000 for the plan, which could prove to be the blueprint for how the city addresses the looming crisis of sea level rise: neighborhood by neighborhood.
But it could also end up more of an exercise in wishful thinking, depending on buy-in from homeowners and the politics of who-gets-what across Miami’s neighborhoods. That’s a debate to be had in the near future following the approval of $192 million of bonds meant to tackle sea rise projects.
Meyer argues that for a city already facing flooding regularly and with predictions for 1 to 2 feet of sea rise by 2060, the concepts on the table aren’t radical, they’re necessary.
"If you don’t know how to identify the policy barriers and challenge them, these ideas will sit on the shelf and gather dust. We can’t have that," he said. "We need solutions."
The residents of Bay Homes Drive agree. The more than three dozen homes on the one-lane, crooked horseshoe of a street haven’t seen city-funded improvements in more than two decades, Sirkin said.
Now, when it comes to their street, residents would like the city to follow their recommendations and do things differently. Tier one of the plan is ideas that could be done in the next three years. The major proposal is to swap regular asphalt for porous pavement, which is designed to allow water to filter through the road and into the ground.
"Tier two" in the plan gets even more ambitious — and contentious. It calls for a tiny, silent and odorless "waste-to-energy" sewage treatment plant in a neighborhood lot to replace a good portion of the area’s leaky septic tanks, which release pollution into the bay. Some neighbors are wary of the impact on property values.
"It goes against the grain of decades of county waste management," Meyer said.
City leaders said it’s too early to tell if any of the plan’s suggestions are feasible.
The Apollo 11 story told through the eyes of the Florida men and women who made it happen
Fifty years on, first moon landing remains mankind's greatest accomplishment for those involved and those who watched.
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The 5-foot alligator will retire to Florida.
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Florida city plays ‘Baby Shark’ loudly and repeatedly to drive homeless people from park
The loop of “Baby Shark” and “Raining Tacos” is a temporary fix to keep homeless people off the patio.
Spear fatally impales woman during argument with boyfriend in Florida
An arrest report says Silvia Galva grabbed a spear at the foot of the bed as 43-year-old Crespo continued dragging her.
Mexico’s El Chapo sentenced to life in prison
NEW YORK — The notorious Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has been sentenced to life behind bars in a U.S. prison. A federal judge in Brooklyn handed down the…
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Lucida Solar
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SoftBank, Toyota may invest $1 bn in Uber's self-driving unit
Reuters | 14 March, 2019
A group of investors led by SoftBank Group Corp and Toyota Motor Corp is in talks to invest $1 billion or more into Uber Technologies Inc's self-driving vehicle unit, which would value the unit at $5 billion to $10 billion, said two people familiar with the talks.
The investment would provide a cash injection for Uber's self-driving program that is costing the money-losing startup hundreds of millions of dollars without generating revenue.
It could also help underscore Uber's value as the ride-hailing firm prepares for a stock market debut in which its value could top $100 billion.
Uber and SoftBank declined to comment. A Toyota spokesman said the automaker "constantly reviews and considers various options for investment" but does not have anything to announce.
News of investment talks was first reported by The Wall Street Journal, which said a deal could be reached next month. SoftBank Group shares rose 4 percent in morning Tokyo trade whereas Toyota's stock was flat.
Japan's largest automaker Toyota injected $500 million into Uber last year to work on self-driving cars, where both companies are seen as lagging rivals like Alphabet Inc's self-driving unit Waymo.
Uber, which last year lost about $3.3 billion, is betting on a transition to self-driving cars to eliminate the need to pay drivers.
The nascent technology came under greater scrutiny last year after one of Uber's self-driving cars struck and killed a pedestrian in Arizona last year. Prosecutors last week declined to pursue criminal charges.
The challenge of developing the technology is leading to previously unlikely alliances, with SoftBank and Toyota partnering up in Japan. SoftBank has invested $2.25 billion in General Motors Co's self-driving unit Cruise, which has also received funds from Honda Motor Co Ltd.
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AP source: Celtics' Horford to be unrestricted free agent
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BOSTON (AP) — The Bruins' eight-game playoff win streak ended with a thud, marred by missed opportunities and continued futility from their best players. One of the hottest teams in ...
Big or small, Bruins defense making it happen in playoffs
BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Bruins are a case study in extremes on the blue line. There are some prototypical bruisers: At 6-foot-9 and 250 pounds, 42-year-old Zdeno Chara anchors Bosto...
Lack of discipline catches up with Blues in 4-2 Game 1 loss
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Marchand says left hand is 'good' heading into Cup Final
BOSTON (AP) — Bruins winger Brad Marchand says his left hand is fine heading into the Stanley Cup Final. He sat out Boston's practice Sunday after being given a "maintenance day" by ...
Bruins' Chara says he's on track for Stanley Cup Final
BOSTON (AP) — Bruins defenseman Zdeno Chara returned to practice and worked out with the full squad Monday, his first such workout since sitting out Boston's Eastern Conference-clinching victory over ...
Red Sox beat Mariners 14-1, over .500 for first time
BOSTON (AP) — Mitch Moreland hit a three-run home run, Rafael Devers and Andrew Benintendi each added a solo homer, and the Boston Red Sox moved above .500 for the first time this season with a 14-1 v...
Celtics trudge into offseason at end of challenging season
BOSTON (AP) — Expectations overflowed prior to the season for a Boston Celtics team expected to ascend to the top of an Eastern Conference without LeBron James. The season will be re...
Antetokounmpo has 32, Bucks beat Celtics 123-116 in Game 3
BOSTON (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo had 32 points and 13 rebounds, George Hill finished with 21 points and the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Boston Celtics 123-116 on Friday night to take a 2-1 lead in the...
Celtics, Blazers aim to protect home court after road wins
The Celtics and Trail Blazers have stolen home-court advantage in their respective second-round playoff series. Now they're focused on keeping it as their series shift to Boston and Portland. ...
Invigorated after Game 7 win, Bruins look to Blue Jackets
BOSTON (AP) — The Bruins needed performances from up and down their roster to outlast the Toronto Maples Leafs in yet another seven-game slugfest between the Original Six franchises. ...
Early goals help lift Bruins beat Maple Leafs 5-1 in Game 7
BOSTON (AP) — Joakim Nordstrom and Sean Kuraly each had a goal and assist, Tuukka Rask stopped 32 shots and the Boston Bruins beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-1 in Game 7 on Tuesday night to wrap up the...
Matthews, Kapanen score late, Maple Leafs edge Bruins 2-1
BOSTON (AP) — Auston Matthews broke a scoreless tie in the third period, Kasperi Kapanen added another goal and the Toronto Maple Leafs hung on the beat the Boston Bruins 2-1 Friday to take a 3-2 lead...
Irving scores 37, Celtics beat Pacers 99-91 for 2-game lead
BOSTON (AP) — Kyrie Irving scored 37 points and the Boston Celtics rallied late in the fourth quarter to beat the Indiana Pacers 99-91 on Wednesday night and take a 2-0 lead in their best-of-seven, fi...
Ethiopia's Worknesh Degefa cruises to Boston Marathon title
BOSTON (AP) — Worknesh Degefa had never set foot on the Boston Marathon course before she toed the start line in Hopkinton, Massachusetts on Monday morning. It didn't stop the 28-yea...
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10 best tech comebacks of all time
By Gary Marshall 2012-06-29T11:00:00.18Z Apple
The things and firms that were wrongly written off
Everyone and their mum is making devices with 3D screens. Is 3D here to stay this time?
Sometimes the right person, product or company can be in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Brilliant ideas can be buried by bean-counters, the brightest firms can become bogged down in bureaucracy, and fickle fashions can doom perfectly decent designs.
Sometimes, though, the world of tech gives them a second chance — and the comebacks can be anything from amusing to awe-inspiring. These are our favourite tech comebacks. Have we missed any of your favourites?
10. The stylus
We had them for our PDAs, but then styluses fell out of fashion — and things weren't helped by a certain Steve Jobs, who said that if a firm's product used a stylus, "they blew it". But styluses are back! Back! BACK! Samsung and HTC are using them, and Microsoft's sticking digital ink into its Surface tablets too.
9. 3D
3D hasn't had one comeback, but many: it's been around since the early 20th century, boomed in the 50s, fell out of favour, came back in the 80s, bubbled under the radar a bit and then exploded with the help of CGI movies and James Cameron. Today it's in TVs, games consoles and even phones, although history suggests it's probably due to bugger off again any day now.
8. IBM
In the early 1990s, IBM was in trouble. It had become flabby and bureaucratic, was outgunned by younger, fitter rivals and was losing billions. Then, in 1993, new boss Louis Gerstner began to change what he described as an "inbred and ingrown" corporate culture by reversing the breakup of IBM into individual units, shutting projects such as OS/2 and tying staff salaries to company, not division, performance. In 1993 IBM was on Death Row; today it's worth $235 billion.
Watson was one of IBM's innovations
7. Adventure games
Many of us have fond adventures of point and click adventure games, but publishers reckon there's no money in making them any more — or at least they did until games legend Tim Schafer turned to crowd-funding website Kickstarter to try and raise $400,000 for a new adventure game. He made a bit more than that: $3,336,371. It seems that there's a market for adventure games after all.
6. Bigtrak
The eighties weren't all Thatcher and pop stars wearing tea towels: we also had Bigtrak, the programmable truck that was great for frightening pets and bringing you sweets very, very slowly. It made a comeback of sorts in 2010 with a small Bigtrak Jr model, but a much more fun, smartphone-controllable XTR version is due any day now.#
5. Nintendo
By the mid-2000s Nintendo had lost its console crown: its DS may have had the handheld, casual market, but you were more likely to see a Sony or Microsoft console under a TV. That changed with the Wii, which targeted — and still targets — a completely different demographic from its specs-obsessed rivals. Casual gamers bought them by the truckload, while hardcore gamers often bought Wiis to sit next to their PS/3s and Xbox 360s.
Nintendo's Wii brought console gaming to a whole new audience and outsold more powerful rivals
4. Windows phones
We've owned stacks of Windows Mobile devices, but the release of Apple's iPhone in 2007 hammered nails into the coffin of desktop-inspired mobile operating systems. It would be another three years before Microsoft did the right thing, took Windows Mobile into the woods and shot it in the head, but when it did it replaced it with something much tastier: Windows Phone. Credit where credit's due: Microsoft did a sterling job and made mobile Windows cool again.
3. Acorn Computers
The firm that produced the BBC Micro and Acorn Electron fell out of favour by the late 1990s, with its powerful Archimedes computer struggling to find sales outside of the education sector. Its processor, though, lived on: Apple, Acorn and VLSI Technology teamed up to form a new company, Advanced RISC Machines Ltd, which later became ARM— the firm whose processor designs power today's mobile devices from iPads to Samsung Galaxy S3s.
Even Windows is getting in on the ARM act: ARM's designs are everywhere
2. Tablets
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again: Apple's Newton didn't set the world on fire in the 1980s, and Microsoft's Tablet PC didn't take off in the early 2000s. It took a while for the technology to catch up with the vision, with low-power processors and multi-touch displays delivering what tablet computers had long promised, but it was worth the wait. Today, some analysts predict that tablets will soon become our main computing devices.
Ten years ago, tablets were a niche product. Now even your gran wants one
1. Apple
Fifteen years ago, people were praying for Apple's survival; now, it's the most valuable company on Earth. Apple's success turned out to be not one comeback, but two: its purple patch began when Steve Jobs returned from exile to regain control of the firm he co-founded. They'll be teaching this one in business schools until the end of time.
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Video: How smart cities are using automation to increase energy efficiency
By Hope Reese in Innovation on August 24, 2016, 12:22 PM PST
At the TrustBelt 2016 conference in Chicago, TechRepublic spoke with Erin Grossi of UI Labs about how new technologies are accelerating the growth of smart cities.
Video: Erin Grossi of UI Labs explains how new technologies are accelerating the growth of smart cities Erin Grossi of UI Labs, talks to TechRepublic's Hope Reese, about how new technologies are accelerating the growth of smart cities.
How is new technology and automation impacting business in the Midwest? This was the focus of discussion amongst CEOs and economic development experts at TrustBelt 2016, a conference in Chicago, IL in August.
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To delve into the issue, TechRepublic spoke with Erin Grossi, director of strategy and market development for UI labs—which stands for university and industry labs. UI Labs is a consortia aimed at "accelerating digital manufacturing and smart cities across the nation," Grossi said.
Grossi was interested in how digital technology is impacting verticals. "There's a need for greater communication between traditional tech folks in their domain and traditional industry folks, whether it's the built environment, manufacturing, transportation, etc.," she said.
I asked Grossi about her view on how automation is impacting industries. She looks specifically at automation technology in buildings.
"Think about the ability to have a system that can absorb what's happening in a building from an energy efficiency perspective," she said. "How well are we managing energy? How well are we managing water assets in the building? How about air quality, can we get sensors loaded that can measure the quality of air we breathe? What else can we measure and express in a dashboard?"
Grossi said she wants to help change behavior to make buildings "more efficient and healthy for the people inside." She also stressed the importance of training.
"If we're championing the acceleration of the technology, we need to champion the acceleration of the education and learning of the people who work with the technology," she said. "The promise of working with the technology is it makes your life easier."
But, making the shift to automation requires a shift in thinking. For example, she said, look at traditional building operators. "They manage the buildings in a physical way," she said. "But as this workforce gets replaced by technology natives, we need to see the adaptation to new technology, so the next generation can improve it over time."
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Smart machines are about to run the world: Here's how to prepare(TechRepublic)
AI, Automation, and Tech Jobs (ZDNet/TechRepublic special feature)
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'Digital industrialism': Why we need to rethink the purpose of our economy (TechRepublic)
By Hope Reese
Hope Reese is a journalist in Louisville, KY. Her writing has been featured in The Atlantic, The Boston Globe, The Chicago Tribune, Playboy, Undark Magazine, VICE, Vox, and other publications.
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Land Rover's Discovery rescue vehicle comes with its own roof-mounted drone
A life-saving mix of drone and SUV
By Rob Thubron on March 7, 2017, 12:30
Most people tend to associate drones with hobbyists, delivery services, or the military. But UAVs have applications beyond these areas - such as rescue operations. That’s the aim of Project Hero, a version of Land Rover’s Discovery SUV featuring a quadcopter drone that can take off and land from the top of the vehicle, even when it’s in motion.
Jaguar Land Rover Special Vehicle Operations (SVO) has created this amazing version of the Discovery for the Austrian Red Cross. It will be trialed by the organization's emergency response team in the hope it can save lives during disasters by speeding up response times.
The SUV itself is based on the 3.0-litre TD6 engine-powered version of the new Land Rover Discovery. Extra features (other than the drone) include a heavy-duty sliding floor in the rear, specialist communications equipment, and extra LED lighting to aid night driving.
As for that quadcopter, the company says it can land on the speeding vehicle thanks to the world’s first self-centering and magnetic retention drone technology.
When in the air, the UAV can send live video footage to emergency response teams, giving them a birds-eye view of areas hit by natural disasters like earthquakes and floods, and allowing the surveying of a scene from a safe distance. The drone can be controlled from the safety of the vehicle using a tablet app that allows the occupants to assess the surrounding environment as they drive.
Other automakers are looking at integrating drones into their vehicles, especially for the purposes of delivering goods. If Project Hero proves successful, don’t be surprised if drone-carrying SUVs become a common sight at disaster areas.
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Roshani Chokshi comes from a small town in Georgia where she collected a Southern accent, but does not use it unless under duress. She grew up in a blue house with a perpetually napping bear-dog. At Emory University, she dabbled with journalism, attended some classes in pajamas, forgot to buy winter boots and majored in 14th century British literature. She spent a year after graduation working and traveling and writing. After that, she started law school at the University of Georgia where she’s learning a new kind of storytelling.
Author Website: www.roshanichokshi.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NotRashKnee
Books by Roshani Chokshi
by Roshani Chokshi - Adventure, Children's, Children's 8-12, Fantasy, Fiction, Magic, Youth Fiction
The Gilded Wolves
by Roshani Chokshi - Fantasy, Fiction, Paranormal, Urban Fantasy, Young Adult 13+
It's 1889. The city is on the cusp of industry and power, and the Exposition Universelle has breathed new life into the streets and dredged up ancient secrets. Here, no one keeps tabs on dark truths better than treasure-hunter and wealthy hotelier Séverin Montagnet-Alarie. When the elite, ever-powerful Order of Babel coerces him to help them on a mission, Séverin is offered a treasure that he never imagined: his true inheritance. To hunt down the ancient artifact the Order seeks, Séverin calls upon a band of unlikely experts. What they find might change the course of history --- but only if they can stay alive.
by Roshani Chokshi - Fantasy, Fiction, Romance, Short Stories, Young Adult 13+
From New York Times bestselling author, Roshani Chokshi, comes STAR-TOUCHED STORIES: a fantasy collection of three lush and adventurous stories set in the Star-Touched world. Stories include "Death and Night," the story of the Lord of Death, cursed never to love, and his meeting with Night incarnate, destined to stay alone; "Poison and Gold," the tale of Asha's battle with her own powers and insecurities as she fights to help her friends; and "Rose and Sword," the tale of a bride who loses her bridegroom on the eve of her wedding. But is it a tale or a truth?
A Crown of Wishes
by Roshani Chokshi - Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction
Gauri, the princess of Bharata, has been taken as a prisoner of war by her kingdom’s enemies. Hope unexpectedly comes in the form of Vikram, the cunning prince of a neighboring land and her sworn enemy kingdom. Together, they’ll have to set aside their differences and team up to win the Tournament of Wishes --- a competition held in a mythical city where the Lord of Wealth promises a wish to the victor. But what Gauri and Vikram will soon discover is that there’s nothing more dangerous than what they most desire.
The Star-Touched Queen
by Roshani Chokshi - Fantasy, Mythology, Science Fiction, Young Adult 13+, Youth Fiction
Maya is cursed. With a horoscope that promises a marriage of Death and Destruction, she has earned only the scorn and fear of her father's kingdom. Content to follow more scholarly pursuits, her whole world is torn apart when her father, the Raja, arranges a wedding of political convenience to quell outside rebellions. Soon Maya becomes the queen of Akaran and wife of Amar. Neither roles are what she expected/
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WHO suggests Iran to document disease control experience in flood-hit areas
TEHRAN- World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean suggested Iran to document its successful experience in controlling diseases over the flash flood that recently hit the country.
Dr. Ahmed Salim Saif Al Mandhari made the suggestion over a phone conversation with Iranian Health Minister, Saeed Namaki, IRIB reported on Sunday.
Following heavy rainfalls in the country particularly in provinces of Golestan, Mazandaran, Lorestan, and Khuzestan as well as other provinces in western, southwestern, and northeastern Iran severe flood struck many cities and villages.
According to Dr. Al Mandhari, examining and analyzing these records could provide other countries with useful information as well.
He also suggested that Iran shares its successful experience with other countries over the 66th Session of the WHO Regional Committee for Eastern Mediterranean that will be held in Tehran in October 2019.
Al Mandhari also voiced his sympathy for the victims of the flood, saying WHO is ready to help Iran’s ministry of health in coping with the aftermath of the floods.
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