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Published Thursday, October 3, 2019 10:12AM EDT
TORONTO -- The Toronto Real Estate Board says home sales in the Greater Toronto Area in September were up 22 per cent compared with a year ago as the cost of buying a house also pushed higher.
The board says there were 7,825 sales through its MLS System last month compared with 6,414 sales reported in September 2018.
On a month-over-month basis, sales in September were virtually the same as August.
The MLS home price index composite benchmark was up by 5.2 per cent on a year-over-year basis in September.
Meanwhile, the average selling price for all home types combined was $843,115, up 5.8 per cent compared with a year ago.
The number of new listings in September was down 1.9 per cent compared with a year ago at 15,611.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 3, 2019.
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The baiji is believed to be extinct, but some observers claim to have sighted the freshwater mammal as recently as last month, as Luan Xiang reports for Xinhua China Features.
More than a decade has passed since the baiji was declared "functionally extinct."
Yet a recent image believed to show the long-missing "Goddess of the Yangtze River" has sparked hopes for the mammal"s reappearance as Asia"s longest waterway recovers its ecological vitality.
Many observers believe the dolphin, a unique freshwater species only found in the middle and lower stretches of the Yangtze, is now extinct in the wild.
However, some environmental scientists have never stopped believing that somewhere within the vast drainage area of the world"s third-longest river a few remaining members of the rare species may be fighting for survival, far from human activity.
Earlier this month, the China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation released a photograph of a creature resembling a baiji taken in April on a stretch of the Yangtze near Wuhu in the eastern province of Anhui.
Previously, two reports had circulated of fishermen spotting a small pod of the blueish-gray mammals that contained both adults and calves.
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The foundation claimed that several researchers who have worked closely with the baiji or specialize in studying it have confirmed that the creature shown in the image was a surviving specimen.
"Though the baiji is very likely to have become extinct in the wild, the possibility remains that a few last surviving specimens could still be out there," said Wang Kexiong, a professor at the Institute of Hydrobiology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Wuhan, Hubei province.
The institute said it would be imprudent to identify the creature in the photograph without further evidence. Nevertheless, some observers said it is too soon to label the species "extinct".
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"It is noticeable that the river"s water quality and ecosystem have improved in recent years, thanks to State-led protection efforts," he said.
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A Nottingham innovation hub has revealed plans to double in size over the next 10 years. The University of Nottingham Innovation Park (UNIP), launched in 2008, is currently home to more than 100 businesses employing 900 people and has guided a stream of successful spin-out companies based on University research.
Now, UNIP has revealed plans to grow significantly in the years ahead, with ambitions to create enough space to house up to 2,000 people and increase its own turnover to £5.7m.
“It has become both a major concentration of commercialisation expertise and a significant contributor to the University’s wider ambitions to benefit the world around us, whether that is through research breakthroughs or creating jobs. We have now developed an ambitious vision for the next 10 years, one which we believe will see UNIP become a major employment site for the East Midlands.”
Professor Dame Jessica Corner, pro vice chancellor for research and knowledge exchange at the University of Nottingham
UNIP has been developed on part of the former Raleigh Bicycles site off Triumph Road in Lenton, alongside the Jubilee Campus. It is home to a number of striking buildings which house large-scale research into the technologies of the future, and business space which is occupied by a mix of early-stage businesses and larger enterprises – among them the global technology business Romax.
Its Ingenuity Centre provides services for student entrepreneurs and is also the headquarters of the University’s commercialisation office, which guides spin-out companies and also provides financial backing through its Nottingham Technology Ventures fund.
Ryan Keyworth, right, director of research and innovation at the University of Nottingham, with Dr Mark Tock, left, operations director at the University of Nottingham Innovation Park
UNIP currently has 135,000 sq ft of space under its management. Its Operations Director, Dr Mark Tock, says the plan now is to expand that to 300,000 sq ft
“UNIP has a proven, well-established model, where exciting early-stage businesses and well-established ventures benefit from locating alongside a source of both exceptional talent and ideas with commercial potential. We are seeing consistent demand for our existing space, and we know that the unique nature of UNIP means this is likely to increase significantly in the future. Businesses who base themselves here are in world-class facilities, alongside research expertise, and on a site which is close to the city centre but only 20 minutes from the M1. So there is a clear logic in being part of what UNIP represents and we will take an innovative and enterprising approach to how we pursue our development plans in the future.”
Research taking place at UNIP covers fields such as geospatial technology, advanced materials, advanced manufacturing, digital healthcare, the digital economy, and research into the energies of the future.
“This is, by definition, one of the most innovative locations in the region, but it is also helping to nurture the next generation of entrepreneurial talent,” said Ryan Keyworth, the University’s Director of Research and Innovation.
“There is a real cluster emerging here that is driven by the development of knowledge. It will help us to achieve our goals of driving transformative discovery, encouraging enterprise and improving the communities which we’re part of.”
News of UNIP’s expansion plans has been welcomed by Brendan Moffett, the CEO of Marketing NG, the destination marketing and inward investment organisation for the city.
He said: “Environments which encourage innovation are massively important to the future of the city region economy, particularly those which cross the boundary between research and the commercialisation of knowledge.
“The transformation of a former industrial site into one of the biggest concentrations of research, technology and entrepreneurialism in the Midlands has been hugely impressive. It is a great symbol of the city’s evolution and we fully support its ambition to become a major employment site in the years to come.”
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It was in 1997, that the world 1st viewed Manish’s design aesthetic with the launch of his label ‘Manish Arora’. With this he grew from strength to strength gaining a devoted following in the fashion world, which finally led to Manish exhibiting at the London Fashion Week in 2005. In 2007, Manish showcased for the 1st time in Paris Fashion Week. He became a member of the distinguished French Federation of Pret-a-Porter in 2009
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By Carol Krol
Former Content Director, Supply & Compliance
In a leap forward for efficiency and transparency in compliance regulation, the Federal Reserve System issued an inter-agency statement October 3, outlining how several federal agencies will now share Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) resources. The news was divulged during a regulatory panel discussion at the 17th Annual ACAMS Conference in Las Vegas this week.
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), and the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) collectively signed the statement.
Suzanne Williams, Deputy Associate Director for Corporate Governance, Supervision and Regulation Division, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, told attendees, “We have an opportunity … to improve efficiency and transparency of regulatory processes. Efficiency and regulation and supervision can be improved by better calibration of risks such as money laundering.”
The Goals of New BSA and AML Resource Collaboration
Williams characterized the collaboration as part of an overall goal to increase transparency and make regulations simpler to understand, so that financial institutions can comply with myriad regulations. “You have a right to know what standards your banks will be judged against,” she explained, alluding to the challenges many compliance executives have faced in needing to comb through examination manuals that can be several hundred pages long. “Simplicity helps promote compliance in the financial industry,” she said.
Williams said current standards are “outdated and systems for law enforcement are not effective,” adding that this latest announcement is a way to share resources, lessen burdens, and increase efficiency.
“It’s a move in the right direction and potentially could be good news for our financial institution customers,” said Thomas Cosgrove, Global Head of Strategy, Supply and Compliance at Dun & Bradstreet, commenting on the news. “Our customers often talk about resource constraints and training challenges. If the bank agencies can alleviate some of that burden, I would think financial institutions would welcome it.”
However, Cosgrove cautioned that shared information still needs to be vetted properly and suggested current available technology should be leveraged to handle these processes where appropriate.
One banking industry professional who attended the show said while the government agencies have gotten better, “It’s still not there. A lot more has to be done.” She also recommended that bank agencies need to incorporate technology and data-driven insights. “That’s how you’ll find patterns in the information,” she stated. “They should be data mining and putting two and two together.”
Another attendee, also from the banking industry, had a more skeptical take. “I’ll believe it when I see it,” he said, adding that, in his opinion, federal agencies have a lot of catching up to do.
Greatest Challenges Complying With AML
This agencies’ announcement also aligned well with audience sentiment on its biggest challenges concerning AML regulation. ACAMS conducted a live poll of the compliance audience at the beginning of the session, asking 1,000+ attendees to cite their greatest AML challenges. The top answer, “resource allocation,” garnered more than one-third (35%) of the audience’s vote, while “information sharing” was cited by 22 percent of the audience that participated.
Live Poll Results
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Resource allocation 35%
Corporate culture 23%
Information sharing 22%
Effective training 10%
Examination success 9%
Representatives from FDIC, FinCEN, and OCC, who were also on the panel, agreed that each of their agencies are focused on working together to improve processes and transparency.
Benefits of Sharing BSA and AML Resources
“We want to reduce unnecessary burden from BSA/AML compliance” and increase effectiveness of anti-corruption efforts, said Spencer W. Doak, Director for BSA/AML Policy at OCC.
It’s a move in the right direction and potentially could be good news for our financial institution customers.
Thomas Cosgrove, Dun & Bradstreet
The agencies’ statement described potential benefits to sharing “human, technology, or other resources in a collaborative arrangement with one or more other banks,” such as lower costs and access to specialized expertise that might be difficult to acquire without collaboration.
Results of AML Reform Live Poll
In a second live audience poll during the session, when asked what area of AML reform should be prioritized, attendees again signaled that government banking agencies have clearly been listening to financial institutions and are working toward alignment and greater collaboration. One-third (33%) cited “regulatory expectations” as the one area of AML reform they thought should be a priority.
What area of AML reform should be a priority?
Regulatory expectations 33%
Tech and innovation 31%
CTR reporting 9%
SAR reporting 7%
Williams told attendees there will be further developments in the coming months that will align with the goals of achieving greater efficiency, effectiveness, and transparency. “There’s more to come,” she concluded. “We’re trying to make sure we’re continuing to focus on what’s important and stop doing what’s not effective.”
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Shadowkeep Cinematic Reveal Destiny 2. Releasing at the 2019 Gamescom Opening Night Live, the cinematic reveal of Destiny 2: Shadowkeep has finally reached reality. It is said to highlight the Vex, who are new to my knowledge. The Vex is a hoard of time traveling robots with a synchronized mindset hyper focused on preparing for a new war. They are preparing for an intrusive attack, ready to protect the Black Garden.
This reveal lets us peak at where the Vex come from- I love origin stories! It was notable that part of their MO is to build war forces against, you guessed it, the Guardians. This cinematic touches on both the release of Shadowkeep and New Light. More forwardly, the changes in Destiny 2 that are just weeks away.
Narrated by Ikora Rey, a character from Destiny 2, this trailer can leave you certain of a few pointers. First off being the background on the Vex, then the whole mess of Hive action, moon missions, and finally the next raid. The Garden of Salvation that is, to take place in the Black Garden. This is expected in the upcoming expansion, which correlates with season 8.
It’s What Nightmares Are Made Of
The first released trailer for Shadowkeep is really just a bunch of scary themed close-ups, but I’m not complaining. Some of it really caught my attention, was neatly put together and well-choreographed for the eerie feel that was being sought out. I was impressed with the clash of drama meets mayhem. I had so many questions afterwards though, I won’t lie. Some concepts that were presented were the layouts expected to come- Earth’s Moon and the Crevasses found on the surface of it. You can assume the Hive has come from the Crevasse and Eris Morn messing around on the moon, but there’s still so much story line unanswered.
There is definite tone to this gameplay that leaves a chill. In fact, it has been discussed outside of the trailer that Shadowkeep is filled with these things called “nightmares”. In the trailer there are a few peaks at these, but it’s been a bit hazy since then. We know now though that it will be foes such as Crota and Ghaul that players have done over came that will be to fear. In the new release they will reappear as nightmares, intertwining into the concept of Eris Morn’s suppressed traumas, creating a whole field of challenge that hasn’t been toyed with thus far in Destiny 2. I cross my fingers this will grab the attention of bored and new player alike.
Creative Director Steve Cotton discusses how they are tapping into players paranoia over the “undertone of threatening psychological horror” behind the idea of the mon, using it as a way to create fear and reactive elements from the players. If Guardians are in rivalry of the unknown to the moon, then there will be a shift of the aura to the game, allowing something exciting to spark interest for viewers and potential players. This is reeks with the hopes to grab new players by their hair and drag them into our direction of gaming because Bungie could use the morale boost with growing numbers right now, and after getting so stoked in this trailer, I think it’s going to work out. Shadowkeep Cinematic Reveal is one awesome reveal.
Shadowkeep Cinematic Reveal Other Releases
There has been talk of the reveals in line for all this new content. On the trek to Shadowkeep’s release date there has been not only the recent Cinematic peek, but also a live stream hosted by Bungie. The developer gave insight to the new Armor 2.0 that is reaching players through Shadowkeep this October. He went over how the armor works, what it can do for the players in the numerous aspects it affects game play. Year 3 is upon us! If you haven’t yet, I would definitely recommend checking the live stream out to see what is to come.
Gamescom will be a great place to be looking for more reveals, as it is the highlight for a lot of Destiny and Destiny 2 fans. The trailer was released at so and can be found online for a much closer quarter viewing. I believe some of the next big reveals to come will be more focused on the season changings in Destiny 2. This is going to affect the pricing scale but also the gameplay. For me, it’s exciting because if as expected, it will allow more options in terms of updates and add-ons. There is also some noise about an unannounced mode coming to the new expansion Shadowkeep, but its still unknown.
Sandbox changes are following these content updates. We can expect from Shadowkeep new gameplay and system workings, which was all understood after the release of Luke Smith’s three-part written commentary. Luke is the franchise director of Destiny and has had some big things to talk about regarding this new release. He discusses things like what to expect from Prime Engrams, the power scale changes, and the reworking to the PvP and matchmaking in the new content.
One of my favorite spiels was about the new Seasonal Artifacts. These will impact gameplay, especially as players begin their collection. They can also play a part in level progression, but its vague even in the previewing’s thus far. New pinnacle power sources are also on the horizon, and I for one am looking forward to that.
Bungie on Their Own
This is Bungies first Destiny 2 expansion since entering the field as their own keeper of direction. The separation from Activision has really allowed Bungie to stabilize their company but this also leaves a lot of responsibility on them as they are the sole creditor to the game and provider for the fans. This expansion puts a lot of weight on their shoulders to show what they can provide for the upcoming changes in the game. If Shadowkeep is a success, then Bungie will have the chance to not only impress current players but also attract new ones. This could even bring back previous players as they look forward to a change in dynamic, or better kept promises even.
I can say that in the past, under Activision, I was left disappointed by numerous expansions unmet promises, but not entirely from as a whole. There are expectations from the Destiny 2 players in terms of challenging content and with the collection of pieces to this series, sometimes originality can be difficult. With the wheel in Bungies hand now, I feel a high amount of optimism with desires being met. Destiny Shadowkeep Cinematic Reveal has bee anticipated by many Destiny players.
Purchasing Shadowkeep
After getting all pumped from the Shadowkeep Cinematic Reveal trailer I started to wonder what the price commitment was for this new and improved expansion. Everything I found induced the basis price of $35 on all platforms. The Digital Deluxe Edition is looking more expensive; $60. This comes with four seasons of pass credits though, giving players access for four seasons of content. If you’re seeking a simple annual pass again, this would be the route to go. Some exciting content to expect from these passes could be the Ghost Shell and emblem or even a themed Eris-Morn emote. You will find the game available on PS4, Xbox, and Steam starting November 1 it will be available on Stadia.
Another option is the Collector’s Edition, which come with the Digital Deluxe, an exclusive emblem, and some other goodies. The Hive Cryptoglyph is mesmerizing, and really brings the game to life having it around as memorabilia from all those raids to come. A 40-page Luna Mission handbook will come in handy for the missions expected in this new layout. I am personally looking forward to this editions loot with this piece specifically in mind.
A 160-page journal that has story content connected to Eris Morn is included with the Collector’s Edition. I find that this piece of merchandise is a great article to have in hand when experiencing the Shadowkeep expansion. Eris Morn is a HUGE part of this action-packed story in motion, and to get some back story on it all really helps build the event into what it’s meant to be, for those die-hard Guardians.
Pre-orders the way to go though, I tell you what. Maybe if not enticed by what was usually entailed with a preorder before, this expansion really sets you up. If you pre-order any of the packages you will also receive a Two-Tailed Fox Exotic Rocket Launcher and even a Hive-themed Exotic Ornament. On top of all this bonus material, there is also the extra game content beyond the basics that will open up to preordered players. The Curse of Osiris and Warmind DLC’s will be available for preordered players at no cost come October 1st.
It should be noted that with the free Destiny 2 game, New Light, these contents are available either way at no cost. It’s of question to some players if they really want to or need to invest in the game outside of Steam. If you are an avid Steam player and find interest in Destiny 2 but don’t plan to invest into the excitement of the add-ons, whether because your commitment financially is elsewhere or you’re not content with what you’ve seen so far to jump in to it all, maybe the best route is New Light. For oncoming players and maybe say-ers, this offers the chance to truly sample what all Destiny 2 and even Destiny 1 has to offer.
Now that the trailer has been released and everyone is in awe of the new features and characters, we can wait patiently for anything new in terms of discussions or conferences to be posted between now and October 1st. There will probably be a few more releases here and there to help keep the expansion in the minds of players and gamers in general. We, as the Destiny 2 fanbase, WANT more Guardians in the realm. There is a lot of new content with the potential to create a whole new dynamic in the entirety of Destiny 2. I am looking forward to Shadowkeep and plan to re-watch the trailer a few more times to help build a scape in my mind for what is to come. If you haven’t had a chance to see it yet, click here and check it out!
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2019-06-06 10:45:00by Chris Carter
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Back in March, Google revealed its new gaming/streaming platform, Stadia. The gist is that Google is using their billions in the bank to allow folks to stream games with high-quality visuals, with "weak connections" topping out at 1080p60. You'll also be able to jump into games nigh instantly, and existing hardware will be compatible, on top of a new Google-engineered controller.
The reaction has been mixed to say the least, with opponents pointing out a lack of proof that the service will work in not-perfect stadium event conditions, as well as inherent data cap concerns. Then there's the fact that you don't actually own these games are ostensibly renting them.
Google didn't do much to assuage those fears as they kind of told us about Stadia then peaced out. Today we're going to get a little more in the way of actual concrete info, as the "Stadia Connect" pre-E3 stream will reveal "pricing, launch info," and more games. There's rumors that several AAA titles like Destiny 2 will work on Stadia with cross-play support for existing platforms (PC, PS4, Xbox One in Destiny's case), so let's see where this goes.
But wait! We can already sort of see where it might go, as details have leaked ahead of time thanks to a Canadian news outlet. You can follow along below as we cover the pertinent news coming out of the event, and see if the report is accurate.
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PORT of SPAIN : Rishabh Pant is on a learning curve in a tricky journey called international cricket and his only endeavour is to improve each day, not only as a cricketer but also a human being.
The nascent international career of Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s heir apparent has been an eventful one — a few eye-catching knocks interspersed with indiscreet shot selections that invited a lot of critical comments.
With India having a packed schedule in the next six months, Pant was asked about how he sees things panning out for him.
“Every match is crucial for me and it is not about the next six months. Everyday of my life is crucial and I want to improve both as a cricketer and as a person. That’s what I am looking forward to,” Pant told reporters during a media interaction.
He hit an attractive half-century in the third and final T20 International but some of his dismissals after getting set have left a lot to be desired.
“As an individual, I would like to have a big score but every time I go in, I am not focussing on that. I have been getting out after getting set, so I want to play normal, positive cricket that can help my team win matches,” Pant said.
Pant is happy that the team management is supporting each and every player and giving them proper chance.
“We are not experimenting as we are giving chance to everyone, whoever is in the team. Everyone is getting proper chance and treatment. Everyone is confident of their position as team management is supporting them,” the 21-year-old said.
The World Cup semi-final exit was a disappointment but the young keeper insisted that it’s time to move on.
“We felt bad after losing the World Cup semi-finals but as professionals we knew that we hadn’t played badly. It was just 45 minutes of bad cricket (against New Zealand). As we play more cricket, we need to learn and keep on improving ourselves,” he said.
On the wickets in the Caribbean, Pant found them to be a bit on the slower side as batsmen require some time to get set.
“The wickets here are on slightly slower side, not exactly a flat wicket. You need to give yourself time when you go in but once you are set, you can score more runs,” he signed off. (agencies)
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We are living in an age of polarization as identity continues to dominate modern day politics. However, such extremism is not limited to politics, beauty trends too are divisive. Given the prolific rise of the Kardashian Klan and their $1billion beauty business, we have, in recent years, witnessed the emergence of the ‘positive’ subcultures, a backlash against the sisters’ surgically-enhanced beauty. While the body positivity preached by these subcultures is a preferable alternative, it also seems somewhat unrealistic given that digital marketing experts estimate the average American is exposed to 4,000-10,000 advertisements each day. It is almost impossible to escape the sanitised images we are sold. And yet, these days the practice of self-love is a social expectation and the celebration of our bodily ‘flaws’ a rite of passage with the acceptance of imperfection the newest beauty zeitgeist. In 2019, if you can’t love your imperfections it's almost as if you've failed at a fundamental level. But given dominant beauty narratives at play has imperfection simply become the latest unrealistic beauty ideal?
While the Kardashian Klan retain their large and loyal fanbase (the five sisters have a combined Instagram following of over 500 million people), they have recently become the latest victims of ‘call out’ culture with several public figures speaking out about their negative impact on young girls, critiquing their status as role models. While some champion the sisters for putting Kurves on the agenda, others express deep concern about their alleged use of botox, invasive body-altering procedures and extreme photo manipulation which have resulted in the normalisation of cosmetic surgery.
Emerging as defiant acts of rebellion are the positive subcultures which have been praised by many for their bold declarations of radical self-love in a climate of body shame and surgically-enhanced beauty. These once subversive communities have now become mainstream, co-opted by big brands and corporations. We are no longer sold happiness and fulfilment through the pursuit of perfection but rather through the acceptance of imperfection. From inflammatory skin conditions to excess body hair, the zeitgeist of today is self-love and imperfection is the shiny, new aspiration touted by mainstream media. But how easy is it really to love one’s own body?
Coming to the fore in late 2014, The Body Positivity movement has been one of great successes of the digitally-oriented fourth wave feminism. With over 8,000,000 #BodyPositive instagram posts, the movement is fighting for, what feels like, a radical celebration of body shapes, colours and sizes and sees people sharing images of their less-than-perfect bodies.
“I can preach it all day for everyone else, seeing and knowing that all bodies are good bodies, but I can’t seem to share the same grace for my own body" - Kim
Stumbling across the movement in early 2015 myself, I was pleasantly surprised by my discovery. Having battled an eating disorder for years, feeling insecure in my own body’s inability to present perfectly, I was excited to find a community successfully rebelling against the seemingly unrealistic bodies we are sold in advertising.
While numerous academic papers show promoting positive body image makes us feel good and is helpful for everybody, it doesn’t mean it is simple. When I took to my Instagram community about their experiences with body positivity (I run a project called Fat Girl, The Body Acceptance Collective), my inbox was flooded with women, young and old, ashamed to admit that despite their best efforts they struggle to practice body positivity and self-love.
Self-acceptance is so challenging because so many of us have internalised the cultural prescription that to be deemed worthy one must fit within a very narrow set of beauty ideals. “I've unwittingly undergone my whole life with the idea that I must be thin, healthy, and fit to be beautiful and valuable,” explains Mariah, who, having been an athlete in her childhood developed a difficult relationship to her body, looked to body positivity as a way of coping.
Likewise, Kim who discovered the body positive movement last May after seeing a HAES (Health At Every Size) therapist, explains that while she knows it is a healthy practice she struggles to adopt it herself. “I can preach it all day for everyone else, seeing and knowing that all bodies are good bodies,” she tells me, “but I can’t seem to share the same grace for my own body.” Kim explains that when life gets particularly stressful, feeling as though she needs a sense of control, she turns to her body as a coping mechanism, looking for faults.
"From the moment I wake up to the moment I fall asleep, I am immersed in media selling me beauty ideals and ways to achieve to them"
Like many of the girls who reached out, although I am well into my own eating disorder recovery process, critiquing my own body has become something of a daily ritual which I cannot shake off. From the moment I wake up to the moment I fall asleep, I am immersed in media selling me beauty ideals and ways to achieve to them. From cosmetic surgeries to detox retreats, I spend much of my daily energy resisting the allure of these seductive remedies with little energy left for positive thinking. Often, I feel a deep guilt that I’ve lost the fight against the perfect body, failing to accept my imperfections and living another day at war with my body.
The body positivity movement is not simply about bodies, at its core, the movement is about acceptance of the self. As Kim explains, “The most difficult thing is believing I’m worthy of body positivity, and believing I’m fine just how I am.” Coming to terms with our imperfections and perceived ‘flaws’ is about unconditionally accepting who we are as individuals. Living in a society that is largely obsessed with the perfectibility of the self, constantly selling us solutions to our problems, makes this increasingly hard.
And yet today, with body positivity and self-love as the latest zeitgeists, if you don’t celebrate your imperfections, it feels as though you have failed at being a part of your generation. Sadly, body positivity is being co-opted as a sales tool, the latest in an ever-changing series of marketing mechanisms. So, don’t beat yourself up if you fail to ‘love the skin you’re in’ after posting an unfiltered photo of yourself. True self-acceptance takes a lifetime of trials and tribulations to achieve. It is a process in which every attempt is a step in the right direction, even if it doesn’t feel that way. Perhaps not as sexy a hashtag, but important to remember nonetheless.
“There is so much pressure around me to view my body in a negative light, it is hard to be positive about it” - Kendall
It makes sense that in a world of high street botox, FaceTuning and juice cleanses, body shame and diet culture are the norm and the practice of positive body image is hard. Very hard, in fact. “Body positivity can be less accessible to some people, particularly those living in bodies that do not reflect societal ideals of slimness, whiteness, youthfulness etc,” explains Nadia Craddock, PhH candidate at The Appearance Research Centre.
Craddock also says the practice is complicated for people who have difficult relationships with their body image, such as those struggling with eating disorders. “Like most girls I know, I had suffered from anorexia and bulimia in my early teens,” explains Maria, “body positivity was hard because the more weight I gained the more negative attention I received.” In fact, of the girls who reached out to me, many had a history of eating disorders and poor body image. “I realised that the secret to loving your body is loving it as it is in the present moment,” says Hannah, “however, after a lifetime of trying to change my body and never being satisfied, I still have negative thought patterns about my body that creep in.”
It is no surprise, we live in a system which endorses the idea that we must constantly be changing our bodies. This is a sentiment expressed by famed psychoanalyst Susie Orbach, who I interviewed last year. Orbach is the author of the original anti-diet guide Fat is Feminist which was published over forty years ago. Having worked on the original ‘Real Beauty’ campaigns for Dove in the early 2000s, and after a lifetime of feminist activism, Orbach, now in her 70s seems somewhat disillusioned that real social change is possible without a large structural shift. When I asked about the body positive movement Orbach explained while it was, of course, desirable, it was impossible to achieve in the current climate. The ferocity of late capitalism, Orbach explains, not only encourages the commodification of our bodies but also the perpetual sale of solutions to our perceived flaws. Akin to market logic, it makes high demand for cosmetic procedures cheap and accessible.
“The idea that we must always be working to change our bodies is the norm,” explains Kendall who has struggled with her body image for her whole life, “there is so much pressure around me to view my body in a negative light, it is hard to be positive about it.” Capitalism also makes us into our own marketing machines, self-objectifying, sharing images of our bodies with the world and then waiting for feedback - anxious and impatient. “Society shoves down our throat photos of people’s weight loss journeys in the space of three months and celebrities selling products that have little to no effect,” says Hannah, “I’d love to say these don’t affect me but they do.” Social media has encouraged constant social comparison which makes acceptance of one’s self very challenging.
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About 200 turkey vultures have made a Felton community their home, to the chagrin of the actual families living there.
Buzzards be gone! Felton residents get rid of vultures About 200 turkey vultures have made a Felton community their home, to the chagrin of the actual families living there. Check out this story on delawareonline.com: https://delonline.us/1MxlfhA
Jon Offredo, The News Journal Published 6:54 p.m. ET Nov. 3, 2015 | Updated 12:12 a.m. ET Nov. 4, 2015
Jesse Baird, a wildlife biologist with DNREC, uses a siren screamer to scare the turkey vultures away that have plagued the Chimney Hill development in Felton.(Photo: JASON MINTO/THE NEWS JOURNAL)Buy Photo
After a yearslong battle with about 200 ugly, vomiting and hissing vultures, residents of the Chimney Hill community in Felton said enough is enough.
As the sun dropped low Tuesday night, residents armed themselves with pots, pans, air horns and anything else that would make noise and sought to try and relocate the feathered menaces. Aiding their cause were trucks from the Felton Volunteer Fire Company, which shone bright lights on the birds and ran their sirens.
“They wake you up in the morning. You hear them on your roof. I’ve fixed the roof three times,” said Laura Vasquez, who had an air horn at her side. She said she’s maybe spent $1,000 so far.
Her boyfriend, Michael Garofoli, stood next to her with an air horn as well.
"They’re big birds, when they flap their wings they make a loud noise so it kind of startles you," Garofoli said. "It’s a little scary at first, but you laugh after that.
“They’re all over the place,” he added.
For the last year or so, hundreds of turkey and black vultures have made life difficult for residents in the development of one- and two-story homes northeast of Felton. And residents have tried everything from yelling at them, spraying them with water, or putting decoys out on their property.
So far, nothing has worked.
The large carrion-eating birds with an almost six-foot wingspan perch atop roofs during the morning and evening and walk across the tops, wreaking havoc on homes by tearing off shingles, and removing vent seals and window caulking. At least three roofs in the neighborhood have visible damage with streaks of white on top of them.
“You can hear them pulling on the roof,” said Angelina Barnhardt. “It’s a pain.”
There’s another thing as well. These guys smell.
View of one of the turkey vultures that have plagued the Chimney Hill development in Felton. (Photo: JASON MINTO/THE NEWS JOURNAL)
Their food is the stuff on the side of the road – the carcasses baking in the sun or laying around for days.
“They make a mess. They’re pooping, then they regurgitate whatever they eat and you have this white stuff on my deck and everywhere,” said Barbara Bond. “They sound like little kids playing on your roof in the morning.”
Bond said she had to get her ceiling fixed because of the damage the birds have caused. Sometimes, she said she’ll try to shoot them off her roof with the garden hose.
Barbara Bond, a resident of Chimney Hill in Felton, talks about the turkey vultures that have plagued their community. (Photo: JASON MINTO/THE NEWS JOURNAL)
Vultures eat and live in packs, said Bill Stewart, president of the Delmarva Ornithological Society.
Stewart said there is no rhyme or reason why the vultures decided to roost in one particular spot. It could be because there is a steady source of food nearby, or it could be because they were never harassed or made to leave. Maybe, it’s something that only the birds can see.
“When birds are up in the air soaring, they have a more complete view of the landscape than we can see,” Stewart said. “Something attracted them.”
To digest their meals, turkey vultures have especially acidic stomach liquids and urine fluids. If that wasn’t enough, one of the bird’s primary defenses is a horrible smelling projectile vomit.
Communal roosts, like the one at Chimney Hill, can be passed down through generations of turkey vultures, which can live to be 20 years old. Suffice to say, there’s a worry that these unwelcome guests are here to stay.
The vultures are federally protected, making it exceptionally hard to relocate the birds.
It's unclear how effective Tuesday night's efforts will be, but the birds definitely reacted. Flapping wings were heard and leaves and branches fell from the tree canopies as the air horns and sirens blared and a wildlife biologist from the state shot a siren screamer, a bottlecap-sounding noisemaker into the forest along Chimney Hill Road.
A spokesman with the state Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control said they were aware of the situation in Felton, but referred all questions to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
“DNREC is aware of the referenced turkey vulture situation and has been apprised every step of the way by the community,” spokesman Michael Globetti wrote in an email. “For situations that DNREC is unable to resolve with techniques the Division of Fish & Wildlife is permitted to use, we routinely make referrals to APHIS Wildlife Services.”
Globetti added that the state doesn't have specific surveys on the vultures, but that the state has resident and migratory vultures. Last year, about 2,200 were tallied as migrants passing by the state's two hawk watch stations. So far this year, roughly 1,100 have been tallied.
On Tuesday night, Catherine Degnats, a 45-year resident of the area, sat on her stoop with a small bicycle horn nearby.
The birds are everywhere, she said. They’re a nuisance, but they don’t bother her or her property too much.
“I grew up in the country and we always had buzzards on the farm, but not like this,” she said. “I’ll miss them.”
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Monday April 25 was a special day for us in our progress towards that goal, and some of our cowboys were ready to start a new chapter in the history of the Ranch.
Among our 340 acres of “Post Oak Savannah” is Yegua Creek (Spanish for “Mare”), which forms our northern boundary, and a 40 acre riparian patch, home to over 100 big native pecan trees.
In the 1800s, Yegua Creek was on the eastern edge of the “Comancheria”, a vast territory that the Comanche tribe dominated, having incorporated the Spanish horse into the endless pursuit of their chief source of clothing, shelter and food—the buffalo.
Yegua Creek was a source of water and food: pecans, deer, squirrel and other game, hickory nuts, wild dewberries, mustang grapes, creek plum and cactus pears–all still present. Greenbriar—a thorny vine that grabs you as you try to walk in the woods—was a source of early spring leaves, tiny and slightly bitter, but a nice source of greens for the native Americans. Buffalo roamed across Texas from the 1500s to around 1850 when the herds began to diminish, to be replaced by cattle.
A year ago we bought four bred, registered Black Angus heifers from Bubba and Donna Kay–the Kay Ranch–to start our cattle operation. We made this decision in part because of the impressive work of Dr. Stephen Smith of Texas A&M, who focuses on Japanese cattle, Wagyu in particular. Our four heifers are registered Black Angus but were bred to Big Boy, a purebred Wagyu bull.
Our first calf was nicknamed “The Dude.” Born prematurely, he was unable to stand and unable to nurse. One of our Ranchers, Sterling, hunkered down on a cold winter night with Jerry, holding Dude’s head up and trying to massage the milk down his throat. This went on for days, then weeks, but, with a lot of love and constant care, we got him standing and walking. We knew we had to get him back to the herd, so we took him over to the Spur, put him in a stall and —his mom having dried-up—he immediately starting nursing, using the other three cows. Today, he’s a full-fledged member of the herd. The runt, for sure, but a survivor.
Sterling & Kyle wait to run
a cow through the chute
So, it was a real treat having Sterling, Kyle and Travis helping Ranch Foreman Pat bringing our four cows and four calves into the holding pen as Bubba and Donna came in with Big Boy, who will again sire our four calves. It was Round-Up spring 2011. Big Boy will spend 40 days on the ranch, servicing our cows through two cycles, after which he’ll leave and our calves will wean.
Time for vaccinations
We had a hay trailer on hand so that guests (Board President Genie brought friends from the San Francisco Bay Area) and Ranchers could have a close-up view of the process: tagging, worming and vetting the bull, cows and calves.
Return to freedom
Unbeknown to most, the Dude and his brother bull-calf were made steers in the process. The two heifers will be bred to a Wagyu bull in their time, and their calves will be three-quarter Wagyu.
Bubba, Donna & Jerry on Roundup Day
When we first visited Bubba and Donna they sent us home with a dozen Wagyu burger patties, which Judy and I are still smacking our lips over. We’re looking forward to the day we get to dine on prime DHR Wagyu beef (and maybe a glass of homemade Mustang Grape wine.)
[This blog was written by Jerry but posted on Judy’s blog.]
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__label__cc | 0.661718 | 0.338282 | Proposed new standards on water quality a sheer waste
In absence of proper sewage treatment facilities, the new draft will not be able to ensure quality of both drinking and bathing water
By Rashmi Verma
Last Updated: Wednesday 09 December 2015
Photo: Vikas Choudhary
The Union government has recently put up a draft on water quality guidelines for bathing in water bodies. The draft that includes some key points on desired parameters in quality of water in the bodies across India is open for a public review.
Known as Environment (Protection) Amendment rule of 2015, this will be an amendment under the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986. The government has announced that comments on new guidelines can be sent to A B Akolkar, member secretary, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) till 30 Dec 2015. The amended rules, as issued by Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MOEF&CC), give 14 points that depict the desired levels of physical (pH, dissolved oxygen, among others) and bacteriological (total coliform, faecal coliform, faecal streptococci) water quality parameters.
In the new draft, the water-borne and disease-causing pathogenic determinant in water bodies has been updated and new indicators are added to the regulatory mechanism. The prescribed level of total coliform (TC) has been decreased from 500 to 50 most probable number/100 ml; faecal coliform (FC) and Fecal Streptococci are set to be less than 1.8 most probable number/100 ml. The common determinants of water quality, that include pH range, dissolved oxygen and bio-chemical oxygen demand, are same as before. Also, new parameters such as chemical oxygen demand (less than 10 mg/l), colour (10-20), floating matter (less than 1.0), suspended solids (less than 10 mg/l from sewage or industrial waste origin), turbidity (30 measured at 0.9 depths), and a few aquatic lives are included in the list to predict the well-being of the water bodies for bathing purposes.
R M Bhardwaj, scientist at Central Pollution Control Board said that proposed bathing standards are futuristic one and open new scope for adoption of innovative technologies for sewage treatment. The more rigid guidelines for treated effluent discharge from sewage treatment plants will soon presented.
Reconsideration and upgradation of rules is primarily done to facilitate the water bodies that have been affected by industrial and human waste water. This may open a new era of public involvement and litigation and help to maintain the health of rivers and water bodies, concluded Bhardwaj.
Do we need different guidelines for bathing and drinking water?
A scrutiny at rules suggests that proposed regulations have many loopholes to fix. Ganga cleaning has been a priority for the present government. The present guidelines, however, only create confusion about the pollution level of the river as same water is often used for bathing and drinking purposes. Manoj Mishra, convener of Yamuna Jiye Abhiyan, a civil society campaign to save the Yamuna, thinks that the norms might not benefit much. According to him, strengthened norms are always welcome as they benefit human health; but far more urgent and important is strengthening of regulatory framework to enforce them on the ground. This raises a concern as on the latter, the track record of pollution abatement bodies, especially the state level pollution control boards, is abysmal. There is a little difference between the water used for bathing or drinking, especially in the context of running waters like streams as often a person bathing in a stream is also likely to gulp portions of it. So it is futile to provide for such distinction, if any, in the norms, added Manoj Mishra.
Along the Ganga basin, cities dump around 6,087 million litres per day (MLD) of sewage. A 2013 report by CPCB suggests that of this, only 1,208 MLD gets treated by sewage treatment plants (STPs), thus accounting for a gap of 80 per cent. In this scenario, lowering down the standards can be dangerous.
The unavailability of proper sewage treatment facility means that low levels of total coliform and faecal coliform in river water, as proposed in the new drafted guidelines, cannot be achieved. Also, massive nutrient enrichment results in eutrophication that clearly demarks the biodiversity as well as aquatic life of the water bodies.
After monsoon, suspended solids will always be higher than the proposed limits. Also, the notification has taken pre-existing factors without mentioning of chemicals, heavy metals, pesticides, nano particles etc. A substantial brainstorming must be done before adopting the proposed standards. If a sequential reviewing about the present wastewater treatment capacity is not taken as a priority measure before proposing such standards, drafting such guidelines is a waste.
Moreover, posing more stringent rules will worsen the situation as we are unable to achieve the previous discharge standards. The new rules promise a state of utopia as mere tightening of standards on paper doesn’t promise the healthy water bodies.
जल से जुड़ी सभी खबरें हिंदी में पढ़ें।
Water Resources WATER TREATMENT Sewage Treatment … Ganga cleaning Central Pollution … Water India
Sewage treatment wetland in making
SAVING GANGA
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SNOWMOBILER TESTS HIS LUCK & STUPIDITY ON LAKE SIMCOE, ONTARIO
Aerial of a snowmobiler testing his luck as he rides through the slush of an open pressure crack on the frozen surface of Lake Simcoe, Ontario then zoom out to show the crack in the ice. Although there is frozen ice beneath the crack the risk of breaking through to the icy water below is high and viewers are cautioned not to try this at home or anywhere!
Date: February 6, 2007 - COLOR
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FISHERMEN RESCUED ON LAKE SIMCOE - HD
A helicopter crew rescues a group of fishermen stranded on frozen Lake Simcoe in Ontario. PLEASE NOTE - news reporter audio is for reference only and is not available for licensing purposes. Mastered in Apple Pro Res 422 HQ, available in all forms of HD and SD.
Date: March 9, 2012 - COLOR
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A man ice fishes on Lake Simcoe in Ontario. A police marine unit patrols the lake, looking for people who may have fallen through the thin ice. PLEASE NOTE - news reporter audio is for reference only and is not available for licensing purposes. Mastered in Apple Pro Res 422 HQ, available in all forms of HD and SD.
Date: January, 2012 - COLOR
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Aerial view of a man ice fishing on Lake Simcoe in Ontario. PLEASE NOTE - news reporter audio is for reference only and is not available for licensing purposes. Mastered in Apple Pro Res 422 HQ, available in all forms of HD and SD.
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LAKE SIMCOE PRESSURE CRACK - CANADA
Aerial pressure crack on Ontario's Lake Simcoe.
Date: March 17, 2008 - COLOR
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COTTAGE COUNTRY FROM THE AIR
Aerial footage of Lake Simcoe, part of Canada's "cottage country" vacation destination.
Date: November 2, 2007 - COLOR
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ONTARIO YORK REGIONAL SNOW PATROL - KEEPING WINTER SAFE
Montage of Ontario's York Regional Snow Patrol policing snow traffic including POV following the officer as he drives along and checks people for snowmobile registration and licenses for ice fishing. A thrill seeker caught on camera snowmobiling through the icy slush of a pressure crack in the frozen ice of Lake Simcoe is not caught by police but they advise people not to try such stunts which can lead to falling through to the freezing water below.
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__label__cc | 0.735451 | 0.264549 | EIT Digital offering welcomed at The Hague Cyber Security Week 2017
Thursday, October 5 2017
The second edition of the Hague international Cyber Security Week gathered 100 partners from businesses, knowledge institutions and government in the City of Hague at the end of September, including EIT Digital. During the five days and 80 events, the event welcomed 4,300 visitors from 70 countries.
EIT Digital Business Developer Bram Spitzer, who was responsible for EIT Digital’s presence at the event explained:
“When selecting our offering for The Hague Cyber Security Week, we wanted to include a good balance of cyber security scaleups and research-based innovation activities. Based on the amount of the interest, the number of presentations given, and follow-up meetings agreed, it seems that we succeeded well."
One of the research-based innovation activities participating in the event was Trusted Cloud, one of EIT Digital’s High Impact Initiatives. The Trusted Cloud technology provides policy management and policy enforcement guaranteeing sustainable compliance. The leader of the Trusted Cloud Initiative, Géry Ducatel, Principal Researcher at the BT Group said:
“We had a great mixture of public and private organisations being represented at the matchmaking event. All recognised that cyber security is often an after-thought in start-ups and that there is a challenge in procuring and finding the value for money. Thanks to our presentations, there will be follow-ups with them to better present our solutions and better identify the stakeholders.”
The UK-Frech cyber security scaleup Origone provides software for large corporates and SMEs with comprehensive protection against ever-changing email malware threats, such as ‘phishing' and Trojan Horses, that can cause havoc for organisations. Origone CEO Jonathan Partouche said:
"For us, it was an especially interesting experience to discover the Netherlands marketplace for our information and operational technology assets against cyber-attacks. We had a dozen meetings, including with some interested system integrators."
Like Origone, the EIT Digital “Web Application Firewall for Large-scale phishing attacks - WAFFLE” Innovation Activity fights against phishing, which is recognized as the most common way for cyber-attackers to break organisational security. Davide Varesano, COO at the Emaze Networks, one of the EIT Digital partners participating in the innovation activity said:
“Nowadays phishing is evolving and is not only delivered through email but also through social media, instant messaging, WhatsApp, etc. Therefore, detecting phishing from the early stages of attack is becoming relevant to elevating corporate security”.
“There was great interest in the WAFFLE Phishsense phishing reputation service helping organisations to improve their ongoing defence processes for the identification, mitigation and prevention of phishing attacks, regardless of from where the threat comes. We will now provide access to our demo-site for a limited period so that they can test the service in real use.”
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Integrated rural development
Current Issues in Ecological Economics series
Markus F. Hofreither
and regulations relevant for rural areas and inhabitants. This for example holds for trade regulations on regional markets, for environmental policies, and even for social support of rural people.1 Differing consequences for farm and non-farm individuals may also be the result of macroeconomic policies influencing inflation, interest rates, employment, or exchange rates.2 At times, macro policies may have an even greater impact on rural areas than agricultural policies do. In general, unbalanced development patterns of rural regions may be either the result of
In Nature and Agriculture in the European Union
Edited by Floor Brouwer and Jan van der Straaten
https://doi.org/10.4337/1840642351.00022
Collection: Economics 2010 and before
Nature and Agriculture in the European Union
New Perspectives on Policies that Shape the European Countryside
Nature and agriculture both shape the European countryside and one of the main challenges for the years to come will be to strengthen their interaction for the future development of rural areas. In this valuable and highly topical book, the authors demonstrate how economics and ecology can play a critical role in maintaining and sustaining this relationship. The book identifies the dilemmas facing European agriculture and explores their economic and ecological consequences. The authors believe a better understanding of these problems will be crucial in recognising the potential options for the future role of agriculture and nature policy and will guide the identification of suitable policy instruments.
Economics and the Interface between agriculture and nature
François Bonnieux and Pierre Rainelli
framework, there is an under-supply of public goods and an over-supply of private goods: U1 < U0, Q1 < Q0, X1 > X0. Suppose at point A1 an increase in public goods is offered to consumers. Of interest is whether such an increase in the provision of public goods would be valued more highly by consumers than by the producers. Farmers must give up X to produce more Q at a rate defined by the slope of the production possibility frontier. In terms of profit foregone, a shift from A1 to A0 is valued in units of X by: X1 – X0. The amount of X consumers who would be willing to pay
Integrated Assessment Models – the Interplay of Climate Change, Agriculture and Land Use in a Policy Tool
Elgar original reference
Marian Leimbach, Alexander Popp, Hermann Lotze-Campen, Nico Bauer, Jan Philipp Dietrich and David Klein
introductory section by providing an outline of a typical IA model structure, and focusing the land-use module as the main subject of further investigation by putting it into the center. History With increasing indication of anthropogenic causation of global warming, the integrated assessment of climate change became a fast-expanding field of scientific interest and policy relevance at the end of the 1980s. The generally recognized intricate features of climate change and the emerging need for policy response have triggered substantial research activities over the past two
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Collection: Economics 2011
Broadening the sectoral perspective on agricultural policy in Greece
Leonidas Louloudis and Nikos Beopoulos
.5 million inhabitants are part of the agricultural society and the rural areas in which they live cover about 100 000 km2. This means that 76 per cent of the Greek territory has a population density of 15 inhabitants per km2. The dramatic rates of population decrease in agricultural regions, which were recorded in the 1960s and 1970s slowed down in the 1980s and stabilized in the 1990s. In 1991 the agricultural population composed 28.2 per cent of the total population of the country, which again turned 184 Cases on the interaction between agriculture and nature down to
Agricultural policy and nature conservation in the UK
Bob Crabtree
that takes into account the pressures both from interest groups and farmers. Conceptually the benefits from the ESA scheme can be depicted as a response to declining natural capital value at time t due to agricultural change (Figure 7.1). Without policy intervention the environmental value is expected to fall during the period to t1. However, the environmental value of the area can be maintained by protecting habitats and landscape. With a higher level of incentives some enhancement of the capital would take place leading to a recovery in value. At time t1 the public
Water availability in the Mediterranean region
Consuelo Varela-Ortega, José Sumpsi and Maria Blanco
wetlands and loss of aquatic species. Water availability in the Mediterranean region 125 Depletion of aquifers from intensive irrigation has occurred in several regions in Spain of great environmental value. Past policies have encouraged the development of irrigation, and have been furthermore reinforced by the production-related payments, as in other countries of south Europe (Baldock and Long, 1988; Varela-Ortega and Sumpsi, 1998; Rainelli and Vermersch, 1998). Overdrafting takes place when water-mining rates exceed the rate of natural recharge, causing aquifers to
Sudarno Sumarto and Asep Suryahadi
economic growth matters in determining the impact of growth on poverty. 6.5.1 Previous Approaches The basic model to estimate the impact of economic growth on poverty can be defined as: dP ϭ ␣ ϩ y ϩ , (6.1) where P refers to the level of poverty rate and dP refers to the change in poverty rate, y represents the rate of economic growth (that is y ϭ (dYրY), where Y is the level of GDP and dY is its change), is the error term, while ␣ and , are parameters to be estimated. In particular, the parameter of interest is  which shows the percentage point change in poverty
In Beyond Food Production
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Elgar Research Reviews in Economics
Raghbendra Jha and Raghav Gaiha
their natural price but the opening up of this gap leads to an increase in population growth. Thus, the fertility rate depends upon the wage of labor. This then puts pressure on food supplies and ultimately lowers labor’s wage to the natural level. When the wage rate is below the price of labor workers are deprived and, by the same logic as above, their numbers start to fall until their wage once again equals their natural price. This is a restatement of the Malthusian logic. However, Ricardo argues that this logic assumes a constant stock of capital. Ricardo argues
In The Economics of Food Security
The pivotal role of the agricultural land market in the Netherlands
Jan Luijt and Carel P. C. M. van der Hamsvoort
land income = land income/(discount rate – growth rate land income) The discount rate is influenced by expectations with regard to the amount of the future interest, while the annual land income is influenced by the expected growth of land productivity on the one hand and the expected development of the ‘agricultural terms of trade’ on the other (the quotient of ‘prices received by farmers and prices paid by farmers’). Land productivity in agriculture has been improving constantly for decades (Dijksterhuis, 2000). Changes in the expectations of agricultural | cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1413554 |
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Sir Patrick Stewart gets hand and footprints immortalised in cement
By Celebretainment
Sir Patrick Stewart has had his hand and footprints immortalized in cement at the TCL Chinese Theater.
The 79-year-old actor marked his astonishing career - which spans over 50 years and includes roles in the likes of the 'X-Men' and 'Star Trek' franchises - with having both his handprints and footprints cast in cement in an event held at the theater in Los Angeles on Monday (01.13.20).
Patrick got a helping hand as he stood in the cement, before getting on his knees to press his hands into the mixture as well.
Speaking at the ceremony, he joked: "I think the last time I kneeled was before the Queen!"
And he then added: "I'm still not really believing any of it. Any moment now somebody will say, 'Patrick, Patrick, get up, you're dreaming again.' "
The honor comes just 10 days before Patrick will be seen on screens once again as his iconic 'Star Trek' character Jean-Luc Picard, in the upcoming web television series 'Star Trek: Picard'.
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Patrick first played the captain of the starship USS Enterprise in 1987 during television series 'Star Trek: The Next Generation', and went on to appear in one episode of 'Star Trek: Deep Space Nine', as well as in feature films including 'Star Trek Generations', 'Star Trek: First Contact', 'Star Trek: Insurrection', and 'Star Trek: Nemesis'.
LeVar Burton, who played Geordi La Forge alongside Patrick in 'Star Trek: The Next Generation', led the speeches in his co-star's honor at the event.
Geordi is not thought to be making a return for 'Star Trek: Picard', but familiar faces including Data (Brent Spiner), Seven of Nine (Jeri Ryan), and Will Riker (Jonathan Frakes) will be featured.
'Star Trek: Picard' will premiere on January 23 on CBS All Access, and will mark the first time Patrick has played the starship captain since 2002.
This article originally ran on celebretainment.com.
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__label__cc | 0.690593 | 0.309407 | What Happens To Your Body When You Give Up Dairy
Considering giving up milk and cheese? The benefits of a dairy-free diet may be worth the sacrifices.
By David Zinczenko September 17, 2015
Mom always said, "Drink your milk." But mom also told us a lot of other things about our health that didn't turn out to be true. (Our faces never did freeze like that.) And now more and more studies are showing that another of mom's classic directives may be off-base for some. When I designed the Zero Belly Diet, I asked my test panel to start a completely dairy-free diet for six weeks, just one of a handful of small tweaks that resulted in enormous changes: some people lost as much as 16 pounds in 14 days, and up to 7 inches off their waist in just six weeks. (The plan was so effective, readers clamored for more dairy-free recipes, which is why I've just released the Zero Belly Cookbook, with more than 150 simple and delicious belly-flattening meals, snacks and even desserts.)
Now, I'm still a big believer that milk can be great for some diets—it's high in protein, good for blood pressure, and an excellent source of Vitamin D and bone-friendly calcium. But I've also seen that cutting down on milk can result in an almost immediate reduction in your waist size for some people, as your gut becomes less bloated and your belly flattens out rapidly. "I saw results almost immediately," said Martha Chesler, one of our original test panelists, who lost 7 inches off her waist in six weeks. A flat belly isn't the only benefit. Check out some of the amazing things that happen to your body when you give up the cow juice.
You'll Lose Weight
With all those "Got Milk?" ads popping up, it's easy to believe that dairy campaigns inundating the media, it's no wonder why we tend to associate dairy consumption with being slimmer and healthier. But all the moo-related marketing might not be all that it's milked to be: One meta-analysis published in The Journal of Clinical Nutrition, which reviewed nearly 30 studies, found that results don't "support the beneficial effect of increasing dairy consumption on body weight and fat loss." Simply put: There's no solid scientific evidence that eating dairy will boost weight loss or even help you maintain your weight. In fact, an Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine study of more than 12,000 kids found that the more milk they consumed, the more weight they gained. And given that recent research has concluded that veganism is the absolute top lifestyle for weight loss, starting a dairy-free diet might be one easy way to start your bathroom scale trending downward.
Your Digestion Could Improve
About 65 percent of the population suffers from lactose intolerance, a gastrointestinal condition in which the body is unable to easily digest lactose, a type of naturally occurring sugar in dairy. The reason: Most people actually stop producing lactase—the enzyme required to digest dairy—in adulthood. That may be part of our body's natural defense system: People who are lactose intolerant have a lower risk of lung, breast and ovarian cancers, perhaps because they eat far less dairy, according to a 2014 study in the British Journal of Cancer. Yet countless Americans drink their milk and endure the resulting discomfort anyway. The problem can be even more pronounced for people who suffer from irritable bowel syndrome, or IBS, so if you find yourself feeling the symptoms, you might want to give a dairy-free diet a go.
Your Skin Will Clear Up
Instead of buying expensive products, the simple act of going on a dairy-free diet may quell skin flare-ups. Many dermatologists also recommend starting a dairy-free diet as the first course of action against skin conditions such as acne and eczema. Many of our test panelists reported an improved complexion as one of the incredible side benefits of the Zero Belly plan. "It's easy to stick with and makes sense," said Jennie Joshi, who lost 11 pounds and 2 inches off her waist. "And the added benefits: flawless skin, less bloating and more energy!"
You'll Strengthen Your Bones
Going on a dairy-free diet can actually help you strengthen your bones. Wait a minute: But isn't drinking milk the best way to get bone-strengthening calcium? Not according to a 2014 study in the British Medical Journal. Researchers found that the more milk people drank, the more likely they were to suffer hip fractures. (Yogurt did have some protective powers, however; that may be because much of the lactose in yogurt is destroyed by the bacteria that ferments it, or because of the protective properties of the bacteria itself.)
You'll Still Get Plenty of Calcium
We tend to make a nearly instant association between dairy and calcium, but there are countless plant-based sources of this vital bone-building mineral. Leafy greens, beans, nuts, fruits (especially oranges and figs), and fortified cereals and nut milks deliver plenty of non-dairy-derived calcium. For instance, a bowl of Total cereal gives you an entire day's worth of calcium—before you add any milk.
You'll Slash Your Risk for Diabetes
Thanks to our society's focus on cutting fat, most of the dairy products you'll encounter nowadays are reduced-fat, skim, fat-free, 1%, or some other processed variation on what originally came out of the cow. Here's the definitive word: Low-fat dairy is bad for you. In fact, the more low-fat dairy products you eat, the higher your risk of diabetes, according to a 2015 study of nearly 27,000 people in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. The reason may be that manufacturers replace the missing fat with sugar, turning their dairy products into diabetes-delivery systems. If you're trying to cut down on fat and calories, low-fat dairy is not the way to do it.
Can't quit dairy altogether?
Switch Milk For Yogurt
If you can't take the plunge and go cold turkey (so to speak), consider using plain, full-fat yogurt in place of milk when possible—as a base for cereals or smoothies, for example. Those who eat yogurt frequently have better bone density than those who eat other types of dairy, according to a study in the journal Arch Osteoporosis. And the probiotics in yogurt, which you won't find in milk, can significantly aid weight loss, according to a study in the British Journal of Nutrition.
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Sound, Air, Water . . . On the Rocks
“Like echoes bouncing off the walls of a cavern, appearances interact into one another, creating experience as a constantly shifting composite.” Tarthang Tulku, Dynamics of Time and Space
One day a while back, while switching between FM stations on my car radio, the rich texture of a cello filled the space around me. It wasn’t so much that a melody caught me up, or a rhythm had me tapping the steering wheel. It felt more like standing on the edge of a grove of trees when a strong wind is moving all the branches in unpredictable harmony. Or like standing on a rocky premonitory with waves crashing all around, surrounded by unstoppable water, cold splashes of spray and bursts of wind, as sunlight looks on from above.
Out of nowhere, a phrase appeared in my mind—“A lonely dragon sings”—and I wondered what that could possibly mean. Perhaps that it’s not our memories, or even the contagion of rhythm and melody, that allows us to be present in this living realm? Perhaps it’s only when some forgotten wondering stirs within that we can glimpse the true potential of our lives.
How amazing to be carried along in a human mind as it reverberates with an ambient, sentient aliveness. Usually this experience feels flat and tame—the dinner bell of the preordained and well-rehearsed. But sometimes our familiar surroundings can open a doorway into a mysterious realm that we don’t ordinarily notice.
Perhaps we ourselves are lonely dragons and, stuck in our own forgetting, we dismiss as mythological an ancient understanding.
Tibetan monks chant with tones intermingling in a single throat, like two hawks circling above the fields. But most of us are more like dogs howling along with a passing siren or with coyotes on a distant hilltop, our solitary voices searching for a place within a greater whole. And as we sing our own song, one note at a time, we imagine the chords in the midst of which our own isolated lives might resonate.
Perhaps we will sing in the chorus of Handel’s Messiah. Or perhaps we are dead-set on dumbing down the exuberance of life, so that nothing too inconvenient can surprise us. Then, before we know it, we are more interested in having others “sing our tune” than in adding our own voice to a chorus of shared concerns—preferring to sweep the chips off the table in life’s lottery rather than toss our coins into a wishing well of hope.
A water fall is not the “fallen” water pooled beneath, and there is a cost to living our lives in the shallows of the already happened. Time is always flowing and always manifesting an unfinished symphony in which we play our part. And when we enter the stream of present, flowing time, the frozen walls of the preordained cannot help but melt around us. When we turn our face into the wind and hear the trees sighing in nearby yards, notice a candy wrapper crossing the street on its tumbling journey, or look up into the grey heavens as the first drops of rain reach us, we may catch ourselves already in the midst of this greater time.
As our conviction that we live in an unresponsive reality calves off its glacier of frozen certainties, we may find ourselves swimming in the midst of a vast ocean world. Whales and dolphins are waiting for us there, ready to resume a Delphic conversation about the well-being of our planet, inviting us back into harmony with the many kinds of intelligence living on Earth.
Was it a bad move to come ashore? Has humanity benefited from leaving our ancestral home, and setting up shop on the shoreline? The daily news accosts us with images of last-gasp dreams expiring in an unwelcoming world: tent cities and refugee camps clustered at the edges of politically-drawn borders; cardboard box suburbs and food lines closer to home. And worse. It seems that humanity is barely wobbling along on its own two legs.
Would our species be better off still living in the ocean: exploring its depths and experiencing directly the multidimensional space of embodied life? Was it an unfortunate blunder when our forebears became stranded at the edges of retreating coast lines? Or did our ancestors endure the pain of a grand evolutionary leap when they waddled on the stumps of stubby fins from puddle to puddle, until at last they managed to gasp a gulp of hot, dry air?
Perhaps it is still possible to pull out a win for this bold adventure, started a few million years ago, when our predecessors—who must already have been dropouts in their fishy livelihoods—embarked on their pilgrimage into an unknown world? But now we are obliged to live with the unremitting pull of gravity, so that giving up and collapsing, like fish flopping on deck, is the siren call of our days and nights. It is not an easy matter to remain upright in the bright air, barely supported by the thin medium in which we now live. No wonder we dream of flying. We still remember a time when we were able to soar upwards toward the bright heavens and plumb the dark depths below, as easily as we now turn right and left on the hard scrabble surfaces of our adopted home.
How rare and wonderful is that feeling of gliding through the medium of our lives. To be able to leap in spectacular arcs of freedom into the sunlight, with the certainty that our Mother’s arms will catch us—who among us, as an adult, lives with such confidence? Who among us would not gladly exchange the forced march of progress and the percussive tramp of invading armies for an effortless glide through realms of light, at one with a community of fellow beings flying alongside?
Humanity’s lack of care for Mother Earth gives testimony to how we have forgotten our own childhood. And forgetting where we have come from is causing us to ignore the well-being of beings who are very likely superior in important ways.
Dolphins use ultrasound to map their environment, to speak with one another, and to ‘see’ interiors that are hidden from human eyes. They have healed humans with gentle and knowing probes of bodies that are nested surfaces for us. And it may be that we are sharing this planet with beings whose use of language is able to comprehend their world, while simultaneously engaging in an intimate relationship with that world. We could learn so much from beings who don’t flounder in sound bites or mistake fake news for true understanding. Meanwhile—with our species’ all too familiar recourse to technology—SETI scans deep space for signs of extraterrestrial intelligence, while Earth’s oceans—home to a vastly different kind of mind than our own—largely escapes notice. The Hubble telescope brings the far reaches of time and space closer, but understanding how dolphins and whales view their world could expand our understanding of our home planet and empower us to question the single lane highway along which we are now racing—with no brake pedal on the floor.
When we widen our view to include the teeming biosphere in which our individual lives find their place, then the terrible isolation of being a single entity can loosen its grip.
We seem convinced that, as individuals, we are unable to affect the accelerating, global momentum that drives our lives. Yet the hope of the world still rests in our hands. When we chose to give our time and energy in ways that allow us to remain hopeful about the future, the future will lean in our direction—for the future is not a hidden stronghold but, like Portia’s mercy, the falling rain of time.
I sit with a cup of coffee and gaze out through my sunroom windows into the back yard and beyond, where east-facing branches and chimney tops are touched by early morning sunlight. Suddenly, with an unexpected abruptness, a steady rain of mulberry leaves is drifting past the windows, like huge, green snowflakes, while the world further out seems as remote from the flow of time as a still life painting. If not for the falling leaves, it could be a poster of late fall in New Mexico, snapped just after dawn.
And I wonder why the leaves are just this moment setting sail, like an armada under the command of a single admiral. Is there a clock, embodied in roots and branches and planetary tilt, which one morning announces that it’s time to pack up for winter? Does it even make sense to think of this mulberry tree as an entity able to make shifts in the flow of time? After weeks of monsoon rains pooling beneath the brown lawn, how astonishing that one morning all the leaves are setting sail at once.
I can feel my own agendas rising, with their prescriptions for my morning—do yoga, make breakfast, feed the dogs—and I wonder if, like this tree, I too am rooted in cycles of beginnings and endings, of renewals and leave-takings.
As this tree takes leave of its summer foliage, is it enacting a realization that nothing is ultimately ever lost? Is it acting out an ancient faith that spring will come again, with its new awakenings, just as this morning’s dawn has followed in the wake of last night’s sunset?
Photo by David Filippone.
Trees are so closely linked with our planet and the entire grand waltz of our solar system—their deeply rooted gestures one with the tilting of Earth’s axis, the orbiting dance of Earth, Moon, and Sun, and the circulation of water and the drifting continents—they remind us that instead of floundering in the anxieties of a self who fears the future, regrets the past, and scrambles through the present, we too can join the dance of time.
As I drift among the years of my own life—connected with a wide sweep of time, through parents and children, through the wisdom and beauty that others who have come before have left behind—I feel grateful that I have been called forth from my isolation to join this symphonic poem of beginnings and endings.
Even now, a ship’s horn is sounding dockside, announcing that it is time to slip out on today’s voyage to exotic lands. It’s not a leave-taking so much as an arrival as I run up the gang plank, turn around, and feel the deck vibrating under foot. Whether it’s a cup of coffee with a friend, a trip to Peru, or taking another breath with appreciation, I too am a leaf adrift in morning light, alive and accounted for as I wend my way back home.
My memoir, The Flying Caterpillar (ABQ Press, 2012), as well as being a travel log of my life to-date, gives an account of my two decades with Friends in Time (the nonprofit I co-founded with my friend who has ALS); Asleep at the Wheel of Time (ABQ Press), a SF novel about whales, aliens and humans, expresses my concern about the state of planet Earth in light of our accumulating indifference to the plight of our only home; Falling on the Bright Side (ABQ Press, 2014), a novel, draws directly on my experience working with the disabled and tells the story of people who have been shelved in nursing homes or have otherwise lost their livelihood and value to society. I have had essays, stories and poetry published in Bosque Magazine, Inside Knowledge, A New Way of Being, The Antigonish Review, and Wascana Review. I post a weekly blog on my website: michaelgrayauthor.com. I am past President of the New Mexico Parkinson’s Coalition, a long-time board member of Pathways Academy (a school for kids with Autism and other learning issues), and I continue to be connected with people with MS, ALS, and their families.
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§ 80-2 Definitions.
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§ 80-6 Records.
§ 80-7 Returns; filing; contents.
§ 80-8 Payment.
§ 80-9 Penalty and interest.
§ 80-10 Tax as operating cost.
§ 80-11 Failure to file or incorrect returns.
§ 80-12 Review of final determinations.
§ 80-13 Notice.
§ 80-14 Refunds.
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Village of Huntington Bay, NY / The Code / Taxation
Article I Tax on Utilities
[Adopted 6-10-1968 by L.L. No. 1-1968]
Pursuant to the authority granted by § 6-640 of the Village Law of the State of New York,[1] from, on and after July 1, 1968, there is hereby imposed:
A tax equal to 1% of the gross income of every utility doing business in the Incorporated Village of Huntington Bay which is subject to the supervision of the New York State Department of Public Service and which has an annual gross income in excess of $500, except motor carriers or brokers subject to such supervision under Article 3-B of the Public Service Law.
A tax equal to 1% of the gross operating income of every utility doing business in the Incorporated Village of Huntington Bay which has an annual gross operating income in excess of $500.
Editor's Note: The currently applicable section of the Village Law is § 5-530.
In the case of a utility engaged in selling telephony or telephone service, only receipts from local exchange service wholly consummated within the Village.
In the case of a utility engaged in selling telegraphy or telegraph service, only receipts from transactions wholly consummated within the Village.
In the case of any utility other than described in Subsections A and B above:
Receipts received in or by reason of any sale, conditional or otherwise (except sales hereinafter referred to with respect to which it is provided that profits from the sale shall be included in gross income), made or service rendered for ultimate consumption or use by the purchaser in the Village, including cash, credits and property of any kind or nature (whether or not such sale is made or such service is rendered for profit) without any deductions therefrom on account of the cost of the property sold, the cost of the material used, labor or services or other costs, interest or discount paid or any other expense whatsoever.
Profits from the sale of securities.
Profits from the sale of real property growing out of the ownership or use of or interest in such property.
Profits from the sale of personal property (other than property of a kind which would properly be included in the inventory of a taxpayer if on hand at the close of the period for which a return is made).
Receipts from interest, dividends and royalties derived from sources within the Village (other than such as are received from a corporation, a majority of whose voting stock is owned by the taxpaying utility) without any deduction therefrom for any expenses whatsoever incurred in connection with the receipt thereof.
Profits from any transaction (except sales for resale and rentals) within the Village whatsoever.
GROSS OPERATING INCOME
Receipts received in or by reason of any sale, conditional or otherwise, made for ultimate consumption or use by the purchaser of gas, electricity, steam, water, refrigeration, telephony or telegraphy, or in or by reason of the furnishing for such consumption or use of gas, electric, steam, water, refrigerator, telephone or telegraph service in the Village, including cash, credits and property of any kind or nature without deduction therefrom on account of the cost of the property sold, the cost of materials used, labor or services or other costs, interest or discount paid or any other expense whatsoever.
Persons, corporations, companies, associations, joint-stock associations, copartnerships, estates, assignee of rents, any person acting in a fiduciary capacity or any other entity; and persons, their assignees, lessees, trustees or receivers appointed by any court whatsoever or by any other means; except the state, municipality, public districts, and corporations and associations organized and operated exclusively for religious, charitable or educational purposes, no part of the net earnings of which inures to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual.
Every person doing business in the Incorporated Village of Huntington Bay subject to the supervision of the State Department of Public service, except omnibus corporations subject to supervision under Article 3-A of the Public Service Law.
Every person who sells gas, electricity, steam, water, refrigeration, telephony or telegraphy delivered through mains, pipes or wires, whether or not such person is subject to the supervision of the State Department of Public Service.
Every person who furnishes gas, electric, steam, water, refrigerator, telephone or telegraph service by means of mains, pipes or wires, regardless of whether such activities are the main business of such person or are only incidental thereto or whether use is made of the public streets.
This article and the tax imposed thereby shall:
Apply only within the territorial limits of the Village of Huntington Bay.
Not apply to and the tax shall not be imposed on any transaction originating or consummated outside of the territorial limits of the Village of Huntington Bay notwithstanding that some act be necessarily performed with respect to such transaction within such limits.
Be in addition to any and all other taxes.
Apply to all subject income received on and after July 1, 1968.
All revenues resulting from the imposition of the tax imposed by this article shall be paid to the Treasurer of the Village and shall be credited to and deposited in the general fund of the Village.
The Village Treasurer shall be the chief enforcement officer of this article and shall make and be responsible for all collections hereunder. He shall also have the power and authority to make any rules or regulations or directives, not inconsistent with law, which in his discretion are reasonably necessary to facilitate the administration of this article and the collection of the taxes imposed hereby. Copies of all such rules and regulations and directives as may from time to time be promulgated shall be sent by registered mail to all utilities subject to this article which register as such with the Village Treasurer. All such rules, regulations and directives shall be deemed a portion of this article.
Every utility subject to tax under this article shall keep such records of its business and in such form as the Village Treasurer may reasonably require, and such records shall be preserved for a period of three years unless the Village Treasurer directs otherwise.
Time of filing. Every utility subject to a tax hereunder shall file on or before February 1 and August 1 a return for the six calendar months preceding each return date, including any period for which the tax imposed hereby or any amendment hereof is effective; provided, however, that the return for the six calendar months commencing July 1, 1968, may be filed on or before February 1, 1969. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions of this section, any utility whose average gross income or gross operating income for the aforesaid six months period is less than $3,000 may file a return annually on February 1 for the 12 calendar months preceding each return date, including any period for which the tax imposed hereby or any amendment hereof is effective. Any utility, whether subject to tax under this article or not, may be required by the Village Treasurer to file an annual return.
Contents. Returns shall be filed with the Village Treasurer on a form to be furnished by him for such purpose and shall show thereon the gross income or gross operating income for the period covered by the return and such other information, data or matter as the Village Treasurer may require to be included therein. Every return shall have annexed thereto a certification by the head of the utility making the same or of the owner or of a copartner thereof, or of a principal corporate officer, to the effect that the statements contained therein are true.
At the time of filing a return as required by this article, each utility shall pay to the Village Treasurer the tax imposed hereby for the period covered by such return. Such tax shall be due and payable at the time of the filing of the return, or if a return is not filed when due, on the last day on which the return is required to be filed.
Any utility failing to file a return or a corrected return or to pay any tax or any portion thereof within the time required by this article shall be subject to a penalty of 5% of the amount of tax due, plus 1% of such tax for each month of delay or fraction thereof, excepting the first month, after such return was required to be filed or such tax became due; but the Board of Trustees of the Village, if satisfied that the delay was excusable, may authorize the Treasurer to remit all or any portion of such penalty.
The tax imposed by this article shall be charged against and be paid by the utility and shall not be added as a separate item to bills rendered by the utility to customers or others but shall constitute a part of the operating costs of such utility.
In case any return filed pursuant to this article shall be insufficient or unsatisfactory to the Village Treasurer, he may require at any time a further or supplemental return, which shall contain any data that may be specified by him, and if a corrected or sufficient return is not filed within 20 days after the same is required by notice from him, or if no return is made for any period, the Village Treasurer shall determine the amount due from such information as he is able to obtain and, if necessary, may estimate the tax on the basis of external indices or otherwise. He shall give notification of such determination to the utility for such tax. Such determination shall finally and irrevocably fix such tax, unless the utility against which it is assessed shall, within one year after the giving of notice of such determination, apply to him for a hearing, or unless the Village Treasurer, of his own motion, shall reduce the same. After such hearing he shall give notice of his decision to the utility liable for such tax.
Any final determination of the amount of any tax payable hereunder shall be reviewable for error, illegality or unconstitutionality or any other reason whatsoever by a proceeding under Article 78 of the Civil Practice Law and Rules if the proceeding is commenced within 90 days after the giving of notice of such final determination; provided, however, that any such proceeding under said Article 78 shall not be instituted unless the amount of any tax sought to be reviewed, with such interest and penalties thereon as may be provided for by local law, ordinance or resolution, shall be first deposited and an undertaking filed, in such amount and with such sureties as a Justice of the Supreme Court shall approve, to the effect that if such proceeding be dismissed or the tax confirmed, the petitioner will pay all costs and charges which may accrue in the prosecution of such proceeding.
Any notice authorized or required under the provisions of this article may be given by mailing the same to the utility for which it is intended, in a postpaid envelope, addressed to such utility at the address given by it in the last return filed by it under this article, or if no return has been filed, then to such address as may be obtainable. The mailing of such notice shall be presumptive evidence of the receipt of the same by the utility to which addressed. Any period of time which is determined according to the provisions of this section by the giving of notice shall commence to run from the date of mailing of such notice.
If, within one year from the giving of notice of any determination or assessment of any tax or penalty, the utility liable for the tax shall make application for a refund thereof and the Village Treasurer or the court shall determine that such tax or penalty or any portion thereof was erroneously or illegally collected, the Village Treasurer shall refund the amount so determined. For like cause and within the same period, a refund may be so made on the initiative of the Village Treasurer. However, no refund shall be made of a tax or penalty paid pursuant to a determination of the Village Treasurer as hereinbefore provided unless the Village Treasurer, after a hearing as hereinbefore provided, or of his own motion, shall have reduced the tax or penalty or it shall have been established in a proceeding in the manner provided in the Civil Practice Law and Rules that such determination was erroneous or illegal. An application for a refund, made as hereinbefore provided, shall be deemed an application for the revision of any tax or penalty complained of and the Village Treasurer may receive additional evidence with respect thereto. After making his determination, the Village Treasurer shall give notice thereof to the utility interested, and it shall be entitled to commence a proceeding to review such determination, in accordance with the provisions of the following section hereof.
Where any tax imposed hereunder shall have been erroneously, illegally or unconstitutionally collected and application for the refund thereof duly made to the Village Treasurer, and he shall have made a determination denying such refund, such determination shall be reviewable by a proceeding under Article 78 of the Civil Practice Law and Rules; provided, however, that such proceeding is instituted within 90 days after the giving of the notice of such denial, that a final determination of tax due was not previously made and that an undertaking is filed with the Village Treasurer, in such amount and with such sureties as a Justice of the Supreme Court shall approve, to the effect that if such proceeding be dismissed or the tax confirmed, the petitioner will pay all costs and charges which may accrue in the prosecution of such proceeding.
Except in the case of a willfully false or fraudulent return with the intent to evade the tax, no assessment or additional tax shall be made with respect to taxes imposed under this article after the expiration of more than three years from the date of filing of a return; provided, however, that where no return has been filed as required hereby, the tax may be assessed at any time.
In addition to any other powers herein given the Village Treasurer and in order to further ensure payment of the tax imposed hereby, he shall have the power to:
Prescribe the form of all reports and returns required to be made hereunder.
Take testimony and proofs, under oath, with reference to any matter hereby entrusted to him.
Subpoena and require the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, papers, records and documents.
Whenever any person shall fail to pay any tax or penalty imposed by this article, the Village Attorney shall, upon the request of the Village Treasurer, bring an action to enforce payment of the same. The proceeds of any judgment obtained in any such action shall be paid to the Village Treasurer. Each such tax and penalty shall be a lien upon the property of the person liable to pay the same, in the same manner and to the same extent that the tax and penalty imposed by § 186-a of the Tax Law is made a lien. | cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1413563 |
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Today in Brussels, 45.000 pro-independence Catalans are demonstrating the strength of their claim. The demonstration was organized by parties from the former government of the Generalitat de Catalunya, after the Spanish central government triggered the Article 155 of the Spanish Constitution. The former President of Catalunya, Carles Puigdemont, and six other counselors are in Brussels as they were accused of sedition and betrayal to the Spanish constitution, after they announced the Unilateral Declaration of Independence on 27th October 2017.
The motivations for the demonstration in Brussels are various: first of all, demonstrators want the EU to intervene to smooth their path to nationhood, and stop siding with Madrid in the country’s constitutional crisis. They want to open the campaign for the elections that are programmed for the 21st of December to re-elect the Parliament of Catalonia and the government. And finally, they want to stand by the part of their former government that they consider in exile in Belgium, as the other part of the former government is imprisoned in Spain.
The demonstration began in the Parc du Cinquantenaire and ended in Place Jean Rey where a little stage allowed the final speeches. Carles Puigdemont said in his speech: “Fundamental rights have no borders, they have to be valid for everyone. We want a Europe of citizens with freedom.”
Tancredi Marini
Politico.eu, “Brussels bathed in Catalan flags”: https://www.politico.eu/blogs/playbook-plus/2017/12/brussels-bathed-in-catalan-flags/
Lavanguardia.com, “Puigdemont y la manifestacion en bruselas…”: http://www.lavanguardia.com/politica/20171207/433469092074/elecciones-catalanas-manifestacion-bruselas-anc-omnium-puigdemont-jordis.html
Lesoir.be, “45.000 indépendantistes catalans manifestent à Bruxelles”: http://www.lesoir.be/128211/article/2017-12-07/europe-honte-toi-45000-independantistes-catalans-manifestent-bruxelles-direct#
Eu-logos.org, “Catalonia: the right to self-determination and the rule of law”: http://www.eu-logos.org/?p=21049
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Eurocell shortlisted for prestigious recycling award
Eurocell - National Recycling Awards Finalist
Eurocell, the UK’s leading manufacturer, distributor and recycler of window, door, conservatory and plastic building products; has been shortlisted in this year’s National Recycling Awards in the Manufacturer of the Year category. The awards, held in association with specialist magazine Materials Recycling World, celebrate best practice and innovation in the UK waste and resource management industry.
Commenting on the news that the company had been shortlisted, Chris Coxon, Head of Marketing, said: “We are delighted to make the shortlist in what is probably one of the most competitive and demanding categories in the awards. We felt our entry really highlighted the achievements we have made to date in making recycling central to everything we do. It also captured our determination to continue making progress across the board with significant investment in place to do that”.
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ON MY BLOCK season 2 is streaming on Netflix now but what happened at the end of the coming-of-age series? Here’s a quick recap of what happened at the end of On My Block season two.
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PUBLISHED: 07:25, Wed, May 1, 2019 | UPDATED: 07:41, Wed, May 1, 2019
On My Block season two dropped on Netflix at the end of March 2019. All 10 episodes are available to stream and download now on the global streaming site alongside season one. On My Block season two ended on a huge cliffhanger and the fate of Jamal (played by Brett Gray), Cesar (Diego Tinoco), Ruby (Jason Genao) and Monse (Sierra Capri) remains unknown. Read on for a quick ending explained.
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What happened at the end of On My Block?
On My Block season two on Netflix came to a very dramatic end.
The final moments saw Cesar, Ruby and Jamal being kidnapped and bundled into a van.
In the meantime, Monse was delivering a monologue straight to the camera as she walked away from her former friends.
Moment’s earlier, Monse had been trying to tell her friends that she was done with Freeridge and will be attending boarding school after the summer.
However, the boys do not seem to believe her and mock her goodbye, leaving her storming away angrily.
When Monse turned around to give her friends one last look, she realised they were gone.
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For a split second, it looked like Monse was safe and had survived the kidnapping.
However, in the final seconds, a black hood was pulled over Monse’s face and as the screen faded to black, her screams could be heard.
To keep fans even more in suspense, it is unknown who kidnapped the foursome as their identities were blurred.
The main suspects at the moment are The Prophets, the Police or The Santos.
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In the final episode, titled Chapter Twenty, the members of the gang The Prophets were arrested by police after being set up by the four with the help of Jasmine (Jessica Marie Garcia) and Spooky (Julio Macias) Cesar’s brother.
Could someone on behalf of The Prophet’s be behind the kidnapping in an act of revenge?
Cesar and Spooky were able to bring down the entire gang by giving them dirty money which could incriminate them for a previous bank robbery.
The Santo’s may also have had something to do with the kidnapping.
In the end, Cesar left his older brother Spooky who is the gang leader, despite his brother’s efforts to save him.
The name Cuchillos is mentioned in episodes nine and 10 and is the name given to the Santos boss but he is never seen, could he be behind the kidnapping?
Cuchillos may be very impressed by how Cesar and his friends took out the Prophet’s and want to meet them in person.
One theory floating around is that it is the Police who have abducted Cesar, Jamal, Ruby and Monse to protect them.
Cesar and Monse’s relationship was also over after Cesar slept with a girl from work after their first breakup.
Despite, Monse also moving away temporarily and not speaking to Cesar for weeks following the first break up, she could not forgive Cesar for what he had done.
Fans have been speaking on Reddit about the shocking ending.
One fan wrote: “Woah just finished watching it and I gotta say the ending was so unexpected at least we know that there’ll be a season 3.”
Another fan theorised who was behind the kidnapping, commenting: “My theories: Kids from Brentwood, Cuchillos, The dudes who stole the marked money (Ruby ran into these four dudes at the Santos Party), or you know a little farfetched one could be a rise of a new gang?”
Another commented: “I just watched it, oh my god!! It has to be some Prophet$'s that weren't caught right?? I mean I know they said they got all of them but some could've been lying low? Only other guesses would be a new gang coming in when they heard about the Prophet$'s demise.
"I really don't know!! So excited for season 3, hope we won't have to wait as long as we did for season 2.”
HOW MANY EPISODES ARE IN ON MY BLOCK SEASON 2?
One thing’s for sure, the dramatic ending of On My Block leaves the series open for another season.
Netflix have finally delivered the good news and a third season of On My Block has been given the green light.
Filming for the new series will begin later this year in Los Angeles.
The news was confirmed via On my Block's twitter account in a tweet which read: "fam, our mentions will never be the same #OnMyBlockS3 is officially on the way!"
Speaking to Entertainment Weekly about a potential third season previously, show creator Lauren Iungerich told Entertainment Weekly: “Well, I don’t want to tell you anything because I think I would give it away. Basically what I can tell you is that it’s [the ending] setting us up for our season 3 drive.
“ It will totally make sense when it is revealed, but it’s not what you’d expect. I think that’s the fun of the show. Kids are soooo mad. They were so mad at us last year that they were so emotional and frustrated by that heart-wrenching ending.
“We knew we could not tonally duplicate what we did last season, it would just be redundant. But we knew we needed a good cliffhanger because that is what our show is; it’s surprising and we need to keep the audience wanting to have that same fervor to come back and watch season three, which I think we’ve achieved.”
The new series is likely to premiere in March 2020, judging but the release pattern of the previous two seasons.
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By YashiJul 18, 2018
Sitting on the clearest blue waters, the ‘Pearl of the Adriatic’, Dubrovnik, is an architectural marvel. With its baroque medieval buildings - most of which feature the hallmark red roofs - pristine limestone streets and charming little islands, it’s easy to see why it’s fast becoming one of Europe’s most sought-after destinations. Here is a list of best things to do in the capital of Croatia, as recommended by our travel experts Gina and Yashi who have tried them first-hand.
Set sail from the Old Town harbour in Dubrovnik and glide along the picturesque Dalmatian Coast, where you will encounter a cluster of islands and islets covered by carpets of lush greenery. Most notable are the Elafiti Islands – the most well-known of which are Kolocep, Lopud and Sipan – which provide a quiet retreat from the hustle and bustle of the city. Choose from a half-day or full-day tour, departing from the Gruz Port, approximately 3km northwest of the Old Town. Kolocep has caves that you can swim into and explore while Lopud has a sandy beach to relax on. Sipan, the largest of the islands, is home to two villages, fringed by olive trees and beautiful beaches.
The view of Dubrovnik from the top of Mt Srd is so arresting it begs belief. Best experienced at sunset, the cable car takes you 778m above the old town for unparalleled panoramic views of the city. Enjoy a cocktail while sitting at the top of the mountain over the surreal scenery or take a closer look at the city from above through the lens of the telescopes on the terraces at the top. The aptly-named ‘Panoramic’ restaurant that sits at the summit serves fresh seafood and great wine and is a romantic dinner spot.
Buggy Safari
While there’s no age restriction to Dubrovnik’s buggy safari tour, it is certainly not for the faint-hearted. This bumpy, adrenaline-filled activity packs in a punch, giving you a chance to drive off-road for an hour, see old war fortresses, ex-mine fields and a 360 view of Dubrovnik from a different - but equally spectacular - angle to the cable car (which you will have to take to the top of Mt Srd for this tour). One of the most fascinating sights on the tour is seeing the Dinaric Alps stretch out across Croatia, Slovenia and Montenegro and the most exhilarating, heart-in-mouth moment is arguably going across the seesaw car ramp halfway through your rocky ride. Be warned - you will get a little dusty so you won’t want to wear your best clothes for this.
Dubrovnik’s sea of red-roofed buildings looks spectacular as you paddle away from it in a kayak. Glide past the old walls along the coast of Dubrovnik until you reach the Betina cave beach where you can stop for a break and take a dip (or snorkel) in the crystal-clear waters. Afterwards, head to the nearby Lokrum Island for a tour of its pretty coastline by kayak. As well as getting a work-out, you’ll learn a lot during this stimulating three-hour tour, as your guide tells you about the world’s first quarantine and the legend of the Lokrum Curse – the story that Lokrum Island was cursed by monks from the Benedictine monastery, condemning anyone who owns it to eternal damnation.
Luckily, that doesn’t include visitors to the island, so you are free to enjoy its natural beauty and see animals like peacocks and rabbits, visit the ruins of the Benedictine monastery and go swimming and snorkelling (although you should note that some parts are for naturalists). The waves of the sea surrounding Dubrovnik are gentle so this tour is suitable even for complete beginners.
You can’t take a look at the white-washed 11th-century set-up of this city without wanting to know more about its history. Learn about the 16th-century Sponza Palace, which once served as a trading centre and is one of the few buildings that survived the 1667 earthquake, the Church of St Blaise (who allegedly once saved the city from Venetian forces) and see the Baroque Jesuit steps immortalised in Game of Thrones. Avid fans can do a Game of Thrones city tour to see famous sights of the fictional King’s Landing which was filmed in the capital.
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Sixty-four participants from across the southside of Limerick city took part in the latest Late Night Soccer League in Roxboro.
Over the past number of weeks, eight teams of eight players have competed in the Futsal competition, which is a collaborative project between Limerick City and County Council, Gardaí and the FAI.
The League took place at the The Factory: Southside Youth Space in Galvone and was organised by FAI Football Development Officer Jason O’Connor and Gardaí from Roxboro Community Policing Unit aided by funding from the regeneration project.
The Late Night Leagues aim to encourage ‘at risk’ young people to participate in meaningful activities, thus reducing the potential for anti-social behaviour.
The Leagues take place four times a year, and are open to different categories catering for participants from 11 to 18+.
Jason O’Connor, FAI Football Development Officer for Limerick city, said: “We floated the idea to run a Late Night League out to some local contacts and the uptake was phenomenal. We are delighted with the people taking part and the level of integration within the southside communities. The League is about social inclusion and engagement with other people from the area as well as Gardaí in helping to break down barriers and stereotypes.”
Garda Keith McCarthy, from the Community Policing Unit at Roxboro Garda Station, said: “The Gardaí are delighted to be involved in the Late Night Leagues. It is an ideal opportunity to connect with different sections of the local community on a less formal basis. It’s about building a rapport between the participants and ourselves, trying to see behind the uniform. All the participants come from different walks of life but the League means they come together to work as a unit.”
Sean McGlynn, Project Manager with Limerick City and County Council, said: “The local authority through regeneration is delighted to be involved with the Late Night League. We see the league as an important stepping stone in breaking down barriers between people who live in the locality. The League builds up a sense of responsibility to oneself and to others, and it’s hoped the social skills learned during the League will be incorporated into everyday life. This is one of the ways that regeneration funding is being targeted in a bid to improve society as a whole.”
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The Tower of Gabriel Delaflote
Annabelle muttered “lousy timing,” as she headed to the door. Bill got a demon in his iPod, Wilber got one in his hearing aid. Not that Annabelle begrudged Wilber or even Bill but . . . She opened the door to a panting Mrs. Grady, followed by Roger McLean, who was barely breathing hard. Annabelle grimaced. This is just getting better and better, she thought sardonically. Roger wouldn’t be half bad if he weren’t such a jerk. She appreciated tall, dark, and hunky as much as any girl, but she also liked boys to be decent human beings. Roger wasn’t exactly an asshole but he could sometimes do a damn good imitation of one.
Mrs. Grady took a couple more panting breaths and then stopped.
Annabelle followed the teacher’s eyes to the pentagram and noticed that there was a slight glow from the lines on the floor. “Gabriel, the pentagram is glowing.”
Gabriel looked at her in confusion, then Wilber said something in Langue d’oil, and Gabriel looked at the floor in shock. “Merde!” Gabriel said, then something else in Langue d’oil.
Annabelle looked at Wilber, who said, “He says it’s never done that before. Merlin says that there are demons lining up around the block. He also says that we’d better put them in ourselves, because the bit about them working for their owner only works if they are invoked, called. Not if they haunt something on their own.”
“No one is doing any sort of invoking till I get an explanation,” Mrs. Grady said.
“Epic fail!” Paul moaned again.
“It’s really important, Mrs. Grady,” Wilber said “Right now you own . . .” He stopped, then pulled out his phone and said, “Que galla souite terggin. . .” and more like that.
Finally, the phone spoke in the same language, but with Pucorl’s voice.
Wilber said in English, “You should be the one to tell her.”
Pucorl did, speaking through the phone that Wilber had put on speaker. He explained about the rules of ownership and when he was done, Mrs. Grady asked the question that had not occurred to any of the kids to ask.
“Why,” Mrs. Grady asked, “can’t you disobey the owner of the vessel you are in?”
“It’s part of the contract of summoning,” Pucorl said.
“So why not just break the contract? Humans do it all the time.”
Pucorl was silent, but Wilber spoke. “Merlin says the demons didn’t evolve like humans. They were created. The adherence to contracts was built into them. They have no more free will than the contract allows them.” Wilber grinned. “Which is probably why they are constantly looking for loopholes. Merlin says the summoning is an imposed contract, but it’s still a contract. I think what’s happening is they are hardwired to respond to summoning and to follow agreements to the letter.”
Mrs. Grady held a hand up to Wilber, palm out, and when he stopped talking she asked, “Who created them, Wilber?”
“So not God?”
“Maybe.” Wilber shrugged. “They don’t know. They don’t have babies and they are very hard to kill. Merlin says it’s a lot easier to send them back to the netherworld than to kill them.”
“How many of them are there?”
“A lot. It may be the hundred million the Bible talks about, or it may be more.”
“Ten thousand times ten thousand,” Mrs. Grady muttered.
“They come in a lot of different types too,” Wilber said. “They vary in strength and in flexibility. Some of them are very powerful, but not very smart. Some are mostly just tools, some are powerful and smart, some love people and are anxious to help, some are okay with people, and some hate anything mortal.”
“What about Merlin? Is that what you call him?”
Wilber listened a minute, then laughed. “Merlin’s okay with people, but mostly he volunteered for something to do. The netherworld is apparently really, really boring.”
Mrs. Grady nodded, then, “Pucorl, translate precisely.” She turned to Gabriel and said, “Doctor, I expected rather more of you. Why were you a party to putting the children at such risk?”
Gabriel looked Mrs. Grady up and down. “First, Madame,” he said in Langue d’oil, which Pucorl translated without prompting, “they are not children, with the exception of Paul here. They are young adults and responsible for their own choices. Second, they were not put in danger. The items that the demons occupy are theirs, and what Pucorl has told us is confirmed by my own research.”
Since Pucorl was translating this, Mrs. Grady looked doubtful.
“That’s what he said,” Wilber confirmed.
“So Merlin says, anyway,” Mrs. Grady said. “The question, Wilber, is can we trust any of the demons? They are, after all, demons.”
“Actually, Mrs. Grady, I think that’s wrong. They are more like computer daemons. Semi-autonomous programs that help the system work.” Wilber shrugged. “Except magical. Not inherently evil or anything, not inherently good either. Just how they are made. Besides, without Merlin, I would be running out of juice for my implant soon and I don’t want to be deaf again. I really don’t want that.” Wilber stopped talking then and got an abstracted expression.
“He’s right, Mrs. Grady,” Bill said, joining the conversation. “And Ishmael confirms what Pucorl and Merlin say.” Bill held up his iPod. “We’re stuck here till we figure out a way to get home, and we’re going to need all the help we can get. You didn’t see what I saw at the murder scene, and even what I saw was after they cleaned up. The blood was up to the second story.”
“You’re my charges,” Mrs. Grady said. “I’m responsible for you.”
“Then you need to make sure we have what we need to survive,” Annabelle said. “And we need the demons. Even just to talk to the people here, we need the demons.”
They heard a clattering of steps on the stairs and Wilber tilted his head. He heard heavy breathing and found that he could make a good estimate of the number of people on the steps and how far they had to come before they got there. “They are only two floors down and it’s seven armored men.”
Gabriel looked at the pentagram and started to move to put the rugs back over it. But Wilber shook his head. “There isn’t time, Doctor.” It was true. They had already covered another flight of stairs, and the man in the lead was half a floor ahead of the rest.
Bertrand du Guesclin, followed by his men, panted as he moved up the stairs. Bertrand was in excellent condition for a man of fifty-two years, but he had lived an active life. He didn’t consider his age an excuse for slowing down.
Still, climbing up and down multiple flights of stairs in armor wasn’t something that he could do without effort. He rounded the next corner and saw the opened door of Delaflote’s office and continued up the last stretch, which was more in the way of a ladder than a flight of stairs. His men were coming along behind, but he wasn’t going to let them catch him. The tools of leadership were many and varied, but one of them was the need to be able to do all that you called on your men to do.
He panted in spite of his best efforts as he climbed into the room. Almost immediately, he spotted a half-covered pentagram of summoning glowing on the floor.
He had to take a couple of breaths before he could speak. “Well, Doctor,” he demanded, “do you have an explanation for this?”
Then he looked around the room. Aside from Doctor Delaflote, there were six of the strangers from the van, all of them looking very worried. And well they should be.
“What do you want to know, Constable du Guesclin?” Wilber asked in Langue d’oil as Merlin gave him the words. He could hear himself in a way he never could before, and he seemed to have greater control of his speech as well.
The constable said, “First, how is it that you now speak proper French?” and Wilber was only vaguely aware of Ishmael translating it for the rest. He understood clearly. And that was wrong, almost frightening. Merlin was placed into his external mic, not into the implant itself.
It’s magic, Merlin said for only Wilber’s ears. We’ll talk about it later.
Wilber nodded and explained to Bertrand about his deafness and his cochlear implant device, and about the demon who now occupied the external earpiece.
“And who gave you permission to summon a demon to your device?”
Wilber shrugged. “It’s my device. Who had the right to say I might not do so?”
The constable, whose face was still somewhat flushed but was becoming less so with every minute, laughed at that. “I like you, lad. You have courage. I have been known to ask the same sort of question on occasion. In this case, though, there are two men who have the authority to deny you such an act, your device or no. The king of France and the pope. I work for King Charles, so I know he didn’t give you permission. And since the pope is down near the coast, I beg leave to doubt he granted you his permission either.”
Again Wilber shrugged. “Neither of them told me I couldn’t.”
“Granted. But as the representative of the king, I tell you now. You and all your fellows will not, on pain of royal displeasure, call to your service or otherwise invite any creature or being from the netherworld into ours.”
The netherworld was the designation for that place where the demons came from. The details were sketchy and Wilber was going to want to have a talk with Merlin about that sketchiness sometime soon. But not right now, not with Bertrand du Guesclin watching.
“Look, Lord Constable,” Wilber said. “I know you’re nervous about it, but I believe Merlin. And if he’s right, leaving things as complex and flexible as modern computer hardware loose to be haunted is not a good idea at all. Please trust us on that.”
Pucorl spoke then, adding his confirmation of the risk.
Mrs. Grady, still untrusting, asked, “Pucorl, how great is the danger?”
Merlin said, again for Wilber’s ears alone, That was clever. Pucorl can’t lie to her.
“Not all that great,” Pucorl admitted, “but it’s an ongoing danger. It’s like not wearing a seatbelt or smoking. Mostly you get away with it, but the longer you do it, the worse your odds.”
“What did you say?” asked Bertrand du Guesclin. Pucorl had been speaking in modern English to answer Mrs. Grady’s question and the constable of France was looking suspicious.
“Explain it to him, Pucorl, honestly,” Mrs. Grady said in French.
Pucorl explained to du Guesclin in Langue d’oil which, for Wilber, was now perfectly clear and understandable.
“That’s not all,” Wilber said, also in Langue d’oil. “None of this should be possible. The working of magics is not supposed to work any more. The spell that called Pucorl wouldn’t have worked, save that something had ripped open the gates between this world and the netherworld. Merlin says that something has opened the gates as they have never been opened before. He doesn’t know what it is, but without it even the correct spells that Pucorl showed Gabriel wouldn’t have worked.”
“What about the murders?” du Guesclin asked, while Ishmael provided a running translation.
“Merlin doesn’t know. There are a number of possibilities,” Wilber said. “But the more important point is that whatever is doing this isn’t the only creature from that other place that can now come through.”
“I will need to speak to the king and we will no doubt need to discuss this with Cardinal de Dormans. In the meantime, I think that any further summonings must wait.”
“Everyone, I want your electronics turned off until we decide what to do,” Mrs. Grady said.
“I don’t think that will help,” said Ishmael. “The devices are still the same, even when they are turned off.”
“Do you know any way of preventing them from being occupied?” Mrs. Grady asked.
“You can make a circle of protection, but for it to work the protection circle will need to be enchanted. The nature of enchantment is to entice a spirit into the circle,” Pucorl said. “It’s the cornerstone of magic.”
Mrs. Grady looked over at Bertrand. “Well?”
“No, not even that,” Bertrand said. “Give us all some time to discover our response to this new situation.”
Wilber looked down at the glowing pentagram on Doctor Delaflote’s floor, and started to put things together. Why were the lines glowing? Was it enchanted? And if it was, did that mean that a demon had inhabited the pentagram?
He subvocalized the question to Merlin.
Yes, the demon said. A very small, weak earth spirit, attracted by the commotion, decided that the pentagram would be a nice place to be for a while. It’s a very simple spirit and in the pentagram it can watch what’s going on as other demons are attracted. It will also make the pentagram a bit more effective at containing a demon.
“She didn’t have to take our phones,” Annabelle muttered, kicking a weed that was growing up through the cobblestones.
Wilber agreed, but when Mrs. Grady went into Miss Grundy mode, there was no talking to her. “I’m more concerned with how this whole magic thing works. A question occurred to me when we were talking with the constable and I was too busy to think about it. Why would Pucorl look for loopholes if he doesn’t have free will?”
“I don’t get it,” Annabelle agreed. “So that he can get loose from the contract?”
“But why would he want to get loose if he didn’t have something like free will? It would never occur to him to try.”
“Ask Merlin.”
Wilber did.
The answer wasn’t entirely satisfying. “The physics of our world are different from yours. The natural laws that govern the netherworld are the laws of Plato and Aristotle, and much of them are the laws of magic. It was not just that we were made. The entirety of the netherworld is a made thing. It wasn’t intended to change, but to stay constant, with the only motion in it circular, so that everything would come back to the beginning.”
“What does that have to do with the contracts and free will?” Wilber asked.
“We are made up of the four elements and the element of fire is against all restriction. Most of demonkind have considerable fire in our nature, which must be balanced by earth. Water must be balanced by air and the . . .”
“Merlin,” Wilber complained, “you’re going off on a tangent.”
“In our universe things have an innate nature, but for anything to happen, you have to mix natures. To have any action at all, you have to have some free will. It’s unavoidable in a world like the netherworld, where water only flows downhill because it likes low places. The water chooses to flow downhill because that is its nature.”
Merlin was speaking not only to Wilber but to Pucorl, who had been repeating it to Annabelle on his speakers.
Now Annabelle spoke. “To me, it just sounds like magic.”
“Exactly,” Merlin said. “But it is no stranger to you than the notion that water is just a thing that is acted on by external forces is to us.”
Wilber felt a headache coming on. He was not expert on the writings of Plato or Aristotle, and he knew very little about magic. Nothing more than you would get out of comic books and movies. He was going to have to learn the physics of the netherworld, but he wasn’t going to be able to do that in one discussion. It was going to take time. On one thing, though, he needed to get some clarity. “Merlin, does a demon constrained by a contract have free will?”
“Does a human in a locked room have free will?” Merlin answered. “A demon can want. A demon can love or hate. The contract compels and restricts, but the compulsion is imposed on the demon, just as the locked cell is imposed on the human that resides in it.”
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Lyttenburgh says:
“Maybe.” Wilber shrugged. “They don’t know.”
Every time I’m trying to ask the book (not the authors – just the book) about the internal logic, metaphysics etc, they tend to purge my comments. But here we have something important and close to inconsistence. Because:
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“There were rules left over from the Creation. One of them required that the owner of the vessel had the right to command the demon occupying the vessel.”
“It’s very true that, by hallowed custom, a demon is forbidden to give the name of another demon.””
The novel implies that the Demiurge exists. But the novel does not answer one important question – why the plague of demons happened in that time? What about the past?
“Gabriel looked Mrs. Grady up and down. “First, Madame,” he said in Langue d’oil, which Pucorl translated without prompting, “they are not children, with the exception of Paul here. They are young adults and responsible for their own choices.”
1) Goof news – the authors did enough research to indicate that they know at least something about Medieval attitudes towards the age.
2) Bad news – its all for nothing and won’t have any repercussions (like instilling the sense of responsibility) in the bunch of bratty uptimers.
And third:
“Second, they were not put in danger. The items that the demons occupy are theirs, and what Pucorl has told us is confirmed by my own research.””
You just damned not only your soul – but theirs as well. Good job! See you alight soon (hopefully).
““Actually, Mrs. Grady, I think that’s wrong. They are more like computer daemons. Semi-autonomous programs that help the system work.” Wilber shrugged. “Except magical. Not inherently evil or anything, not inherently good either. Just how they are made.”
Made – by who? With what purpose? Are you willing to just dismiss everything about the notion about demons because it is convenient for you? Are you?
““Then you need to make sure we have what we need to survive,” Annabelle said. “And we need the demons.”
The casualness of this is appalling.
“The tools of leadership were many and varied, but one of them was the need to be able to do all that you called on your men to do.”
Or having a wand of office. Or a big sword. No need here for him to be present actually.
Give that kid Darwin’s award – NAOW!
“The constable, whose face was still somewhat flushed but was becoming less so with every minute, laughed at that. “I like you, lad. You have courage.”
No – absolutely unrealistic reaction on his behalf. Punching the little insolent boy in the ear bearing his precious demon-occupied contraption – that’s more like it!
“In this case, though, there are two men who have the authority to deny you such an act, your device or no. The king of France and the pope. I work for King Charles, so I know he didn’t give you permission. And since the pope is down near the coast, I beg leave to doubt he granted you his permission either.””
Actually – none of them could have ever granted such permission. Excommunicate the whole lot. Then – heed the suggestions of the Holy Office’s Panel, investigating this particular case of the witchcraft. And because, as said above, they are technically adults here – they would face their punishment as adults.
Again – not how the mentality back then worked. No lawyering allowed really. Talking back in that fashion invites a punch of a mailed fist in the face of the would be smart alecky kid.
“The spell that called Pucorl wouldn’t have worked, save that something had ripped open the gates between this world and the netherworld. Merlin says that something has opened the gates as they have never been opened before. He doesn’t know what it is, but without it even the correct spells that Pucorl showed Gabriel wouldn’t have worked.””
Very important detail – there was NO Golden Age of summoning then. The history in that timeline was like our own without the influence of the magic. Important detail that the fans “fantasy handwavium” gonna loath/ignore.
There is nothing to discuss. There is no time to wait. The strangers brought by the infernal summoning proved to be agents of the Adversary – look, they are summoning more and more demons.
Call the Inquisition – NOW!
Seb Falc says:
One point I wish to make, The Holy Office wasn’t founded until 1542.
The book is set during the time of the Papal Inquisition.
Lyttennburgh says:
Nope. “Inquisitio Haereticae Pravitatis Sanctum Officium” (Sanctum Officium is latin for the Holy Office, you know) was established by Pope Innocent III in 1215. They dealt with the people committing the crimes of necromantia, maleficia et fides haeretica.
Geoffrey Nichols says:
If there is no God then there is no damnation since there is no one to do the damning.
Theologically this is incorrect. Humans damn themselves by sinning.
“In a religious context, sin is the act of transgression against divine law.” (Oxford Dictionary) If “not God” then there is no divine law so there is no sin. So humans can’t sin, so they can’t damn themselves.
“If “not God” then there is no divine law so there is no sin. So humans can’t sin, so they can’t damn themselves.”
The novel already presuppose the presence of the Creator, so it’s a moot question.
Force of gravity is unseen but it is here. If you jump from a very high cliff, despite being repeatedly not to do so, after seeing many warning signs specifically telling you not to do so, you are not “damned” by the force of gravity. You are “damned” by yourself. Go ahead – try to sue the gravity.
No, the novel does not presuppose the presence of a creator, or at least I can’t find it. It presupposes creation but creation may not require a creator, ie “So not God”. And even if there is a creator that does not mean the creator is the Christian God; or that the Christian worldview with hell and damnation is real.
What happens when you jump off a high cliff depends on where the cliff is. If the cliff is on Deimos where the surface gravity is 0.000306g all you do is float gently to the ground.
Any good shark lawyer can find someone to sue, if not gravity then whoever posted the signs instead of putting up a fence. Just look for the deepest pocket.
As a punchline in one joke goes: “… but here is a nuance”. It s a logical fallacy to claim that the context does not exist or should be ignored. The laws which govern the Universe also have their own “nuances” and “context”. It is not a miracle that by falling from a moon-rock you will survive due to the lower force of gravity. No matter how many times you gonna repeat this “experiment”, the laws of nature here, on Earth, won’t change. So, if after your low-g escapades you will try to do the same on Earth expecting to survive the fall – you are to be disappointed.
Context is everything in determining what the things are. Only primitive positivism posits otherwise. No matter what some… “highly opinionated” people might claim, taxation is not a theft. Failure to see the difference is here is most regrettable.
I have no doubt said lawyers will have enough chutzpah to do something like this. No matter whether they’d succeed or not, you’ll still be dead – this they won’t change by the court order.
Actually the demon is in the external device not in his ear.
Punching a person with his own personal demon seems to me to be a very quick way to become very dead. Darwin award for the first person to try it. As I read him, Bertrand is smarter than that.
A man of Duguesclin’s station surely would have enough holy relics both on his own person and “installed” in his weapons’ handles. Punching a demon-worshipper with a pommel of your sword, containing the shard of St. Anne’s bone is a way to go for any good Christian.
My earlier large post also got eaten by a database error, So I retried with two smaller posts. They appear to have made it.
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Jun 8, 2018 11:03am
Biomodex’s system 3D-prints organs based on CT scans or echocardiograms, mimicking the biomechanics of an individual's organ and the surrounding tissue. (Pixabay)
Biomodex has raised $15 million in early funding and is aiming to open a new 3D printing facility outside Boston to build patient-specific synthetic organs so surgeons can practice and plan for complex operations.
The series A round adds to the company’s $3.5 million in the bank and was led by the European investment firms Idinvest Partners and InnovAllianz, with participation from previous investors LBO France and Inserm Transfert Initiative.
Biomodex’s INVIVOTECH system 3D prints organs based on CT scans or echocardiograms, mimicking an individual’s biomechanics of their organ and the surrounding tissue. The system has primarily been used for neurological procedures, but the company hopes to expand into cardiology interventions.
“Whether it involves a brain aneurism or structural heart defect, our solutions will help surgeons choose the best medical device and operating strategy to reduce risks and improve medical and financial outcomes,” Biomodex CEO Thomas Marchand said in a statement.
“Our personalized, 3D-printed organs will enable surgeons to gain a better understanding of their patient’s unique anatomy—so they will be able to plan the most complex procedures in an optimal way,” Marchand said. Biomodex is based in both Paris and Boston.
“As an insurer, we believe that the value Biomodex brings will ultimately bring a new paradigm between people insureds, surgeons and hospitals, the medtech industry and insurance companies,” said Julien Martinez, head of strategy, M&A and innovation at Allianz France.
Late last year, the FDA released guidance on 3D printing and additive manufacturing of products, including human tissue, as part of the agency’s effort to expedite their approval and marketing.
“Once considered a futuristic technology on the distant horizon, 3D printing of medical devices, medications and human tissue is quickly becoming a promising reality,” FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb at the time. “We’re working to provide a more comprehensive regulatory pathway that keeps pace with those advances, and helps facilitate efficient access to safe and effective innovations that are based on these technologies.”
At the same time, Stratasys debuted its 3D-printed tissue models for physician training and R&D, BioMimics. Currently, the platform includes heart and bone structures, but the company said it plans to add vascular systems this year.
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In this Oct. 31, 2019 file photo flames from the Hillside Fire consume a home in San Bernardino, Calif. President Donald Trump on Sunday, Nov. 3 threatened to cut U.S. funding to California for aid during wildfires that have burned across the state during dry winds this fall. (AP Photo/Noah Berger,File)
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities lifted all evacuation orders as firefighters made progress Sunday on a large blaze that sent thousands fleeing homes and farms northwest of Los Angeles.
Crews working in steep terrain were tamping down hotspots and keeping an eye on lingering gusts in mountain areas that could carry embers, said Ventura County Fire Capt. Steve Kaufmann.
“I’d say we’re cautiously optimistic,” Kaufmann said, citing calmer winds overall and rising humidity levels.
Firefighters have contained 70% of the blaze, which has burned nearly 15 square miles (39 sq. kilometers) of dry brush and timber. Three buildings were destroyed.
More than 11,000 people evacuated after the flames spread Oct. 31 during dry winds that fanned fires across the state this fall.
In his first recent comments on the California fires, President Donald Trump threatened to cut U.S. aid funding to the state.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has done a “terrible job of forest management,” Trump tweeted. When fires rage, the governor comes to the federal government for help. “No more,” the president tweeted.
Newsom replied with a tweet of his own: “You don’t believe in climate change. You are excused from this conversation.”
California has increased fire prevention investments and fuel management projects in recent years while federal funding has shrunk, the governor’s office said in a statement.
“We’re successfully waging war against thousands of fires started across the state in the last few weeks due to extreme weather created by climate change while Trump is conducting a full on assault against the antidotes,” Newsom said.
The state controls just 3% of forest land in California, while the federal government owns 57%, according to numbers provided by the Newsom’s office. About 40% of the state’s forest are privately owned. Neither of the two major fires currently burning are on forest land.
Last year Trump made a similar threat as wildfires devastated Malibu and Paradise, California — accusing the state of “gross mismanagement” of forests.
At the time Newsom defended California’s wildfire prevention efforts while criticizing the federal government for not doing enough to help protect the state.
In Northern California, more people returned to areas evacuated from a huge fire that burned for days in the Sonoma County wine country.
The 121-square-mile (313-square-kilometer) fire was 76% contained on Sunday, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said.
The tally of destroyed homes reached 175 and there were 35 more damaged, authorities said. Many other structures also burned.
The causes of both fires were under investigation but there was a possibility that electrical lines might have been involved — as was the case at other recent fires.
Southern California Edison said Friday that it re-energized a 16,000-volt power line 13 minutes before the fire erupted in the same area of Ventura County.
Edison and other utilities around the state shut off power to hundreds of thousands of people last week out of concerns that high winds could cause power lines to spark and start fires.
Southern California Edison will cooperate with investigators, the utility said.
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Predictors of successful product innovation
By Monica Watrous
CHICAGO — What makes a product truly innovative? Depends whom you ask. And, as it turns out, the industry and the consumer have differing views.
The topic was discussed by industry analysts during the Institute of Food Technologists’ annual meeting and food exposition, held July 16-19 in Chicago.
Researchers at Mintel, Chicago, use proprietary survey methodology to collect consumer input on every reported food and beverage product launched in the United States each year. The analysts identified five innovative products debuting this year and measured consumer reactions and purchase intent of those products.
Labni Mediterranean Kefir Yogurt Snack's unusual flavors left consumers reluctant about trying it.
One product was Labni Mediterranean Kefir Yogurt Snack from Los Angeles-based Kronfli Bros. Varieties include mint and garlic, lavender and honey, and sundried tomato and basil. Mintel analysts predicted the product would bring a unique twist to the crowded yogurt category; however, consumer feedback indicated reluctance to experiment with unusual flavors or an unfamiliar product concept, especially if the product is relatively pricey.
Only 24% of consumers surveyed by Mintel said they would buy Labni, compared to 41% of consumers who said they would buy any spoonable yogurt. Labni may eventually catch on; consumers just may be slow to adopt it, said Lynn Dornblaser, director of innovation and insight at Mintel.
“Greek yogurt took three or four years or more to really hit with consumers,” she said. “Sometimes with something a little far out there, be prepared to nurture it along a little bit, and you can still have a big success.”
PepsiCo's 1893 Ginger Cola has been polarizing to consumers because of its flavor.
Another recently launched product Mintel identified as innovative was 1893 From the Makers of Pepsi-Cola Ginger Cola, which was inspired by the brand’s original recipe.
“It ties into that sense of provenance and authenticity,” Ms. Dornblaser said. “(But) what we see is consumers don’t get it. They understand the product is unique, but uniqueness is not a strong driver of purchase…
“When we dig a little deeper, we see there’s some resistance to the category of carbonated soft drinks and some resistance to sugar. The other problem is the flavor; ginger is polarizing.”
She added, “It hits on a lot of trends we think are important, but I think it’s important to keep in mind consumers don’t choose what they don’t understand, especially when it’s in a category that has its own set of challenges.”
One of Mintel’s picks that rated favorably among consumers was Kraft salad dressing in two-serving pouches.
One of Mintel’s picks that rated favorably among consumers was Kraft salad dressing in two-serving pouches from the Kraft Heinz Co. Varieties include zesty lime, golden Italian, classic ranch, lite balsamic and chipotle mango.
“This salad dressing outperforms the category by a significant margin,” Ms. Dornblaser said.
Forty-six per cent of consumers said they would buy the product, compared with 38% of consumers who said they would buy any salad dressing. Here’s why it’s a hit: The brand is recognizable, the flavor varieties are familiar, and 60% of consumers rated the product format as convenient, twice that of all dressings.
“This is a case of the brand and flavor and purpose and communication all coming together and communicating very well to consumers what this product is all about and hit the needs consumers have,” Ms. Dornblaser said.
Consumers' top picks include Sargento Tomato & Basil Jack sliced cheese, Ghirardelli Dark Chocolate Premium Brownie Mix, and Nestle Dreyer’s Slow Churned California Caramel Almond Crunch Light ice cream.
So, what products do consumers consider innovative and exciting? Top picks introduced this year include Sargento Tomato & Basil Jack sliced cheese, Ghirardelli Dark Chocolate Premium Brownie Mix, and Nestle Dreyer’s Slow Churned California Caramel Almond Crunch Light ice cream. Consumers’ top choices were almost all indulgent treats from established brand names, and most were repackages, restages or reformulations.
Based on these findings, Mintel identified a couple more recent launches featuring these attributes. Ben & Jerry’s new line of non-dairy frozen desserts marries the trend of dairy alternatives with the strength of the brand name, combining indulgence and perceived healthfulness associated with vegan and non-dairy products. Consumer purchase intent of the products was higher than that of other frozen desserts, including dairy-based ice creams, Ms. Dornblaser said.
Another new product expected to resonate with consumers is Oreo Thins cookies, which Ms. Dornblaser described as the “perfect combination of new and familiar.” Oreo Thins, which is a crispier version of the popular sandwich cookie, was rated by consumers as the most exciting cookie launch since January, and the purchase intent of the product was almost twice that of all cookies, Mintel research found. Additionally, because Oreo Thins were found to be more likely an additional category purchase than other cookies demonstrates the potential to grow the entire cookie market, Ms. Dornblaser noted.
Oreo Thins was rated by consumers as the most exciting cookie launch since January.
“This illustrates the power in innovation being something familiar, plus something that’s just a little bit different,” she said. “You can think about innovation in two ways — close-in innovation and longer-term innovation. Close-in innovation is all about that flavor, new package, shift in functionality. Those scored the highest among consumers. It’s something familiar with a twist, like Oreo Thins.
“But there is still a lot of opportunity for far-out, longer-term innovation. Something to keep in mind is not all trends are for all consumers… It’s important to know whom you’re aiming your revolutionary new product to. Success for something that’s very innovative is quite often a slow build.”
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Food trucks have been slow to catch on in non-commercial foodservice, according to The Big Picture research. Only 11% of operators said they use at least one food truck as part of their programs. In 2012, 14% of respondents said they used food trucks.
College campuses remain the leading users of food trucks, with 26% of operators in this market having one or more trucks on campus. Size also matters when it comes to operators using trucks. Among operators with $5 million or more in annual food purchases, 31% said they use food trucks.
Trucks continue to have value for colleges and schools. Sixteen percent of university operators and 6% of schools said they planned to add a food truck to their operations in the next year.
Anecdotally, at least, schools are looking to trucks to enhance summer feeding programs and to add a “cool” factor to their programs. For example, in Orange County Public Schools in Orlando, Fla., a Truck of the Month tour has begun.
This fall, the truck toured middle and high schools, serving three new menu items selected by student vote. Lora Gilbert, senior director, food & nutrition services, says the truck was used as an education tool.
“The Truck of the Month tour gives us a way to educate students on the tasty, nutritious meals being served in our cafeterias,” says Gilbert. “We knew we had to get creative to attract our students’ attention, and a food truck was a natural fit to combine our services with an eye-catching pop-culture trend.”
The entrees served were Warm Asian Chicken Salad, Green Bean Chicken Casser-Bowl and Asian Beef Teriyaki. About 400 meals were sold each time the truck visited a school.
After purchasing lunch from the food truck, students could take an iPad survey to share feedback. Gilbert says the most popular item will be added to cafeteria menus for the 2015-2016 school year.
The truck appeared to benefit the district, she adds. On average, after the food truck visited a campus, 46% of students who previously did not eat, or ate infrequently, in the cafeteria increased their participation.
How they are used
Most operators still say that menu items for their food trucks are prepared off-site in a kitchen and delivered to the vehicle. However, as operators become more comfortable with food trucks, that dynamic is changing. In 2012, only 7% of operators said all their food was prepared in the truck; this year that number was 40%. (Note: Percentages exceed 100% because some respondents operate more than one truck, and procedures may differ from one truck to the next.)
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Increasing amounts of capital are flowing into the crypto and blockchain start-up markets. By following the money, investors can uncover new profit opportunities. Here's some recent news you won't want to miss.
Institutional demand for crypto is rising
Digital asset investment firm Grayscale saw its assets under management triple from $926 million to $2.7 billion in the second quarter amid a sharp rebound in the crypto market.
In addition to rising prices, Grayscale also benefited from inflows of $85 million in the second quarter, up from $42.7 million in the first quarter and $30.1 million in the fourth quarter of 2018. Notably, this occurred despite the fact that the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (OTC:GBTC) was closed to new investment in May and June. Still, with the price of Bitcoin rising sharply in recent months, Grayscale Bitcoin Trust delivered an impressive 178.8% in the second quarter.
Capital is flowing into the crypto markets. Image source: Getty Images.
Interestingly, Grayscale said that institutional investors (such as hedge funds and family offices) made up 84% of total inflows, the highest percentage of total demand for its products since it began reporting this metric in July 2018. Rising institutional demand for cryptoassets such as Bitcoin is a key component of many crypto bulls' investment theses, and Grayscale's report gives evidence that more of this kind of capital is beginning to flow into this nascent asset class. If this continues, it could help to drive the price of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies higher.
Shell invests in blockchain-based energy system
Shell Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of international oil titan Royal Dutch Shell (NYSE:RDS.A), is investing in blockchain-focused energy company LO3.
LO3 says it has developed a system that overcomes the challenge of integrating distributed energy resources into supply networks. The company says the system "promises to democratize the energy industry" by allowing people to both produce and consume electricity at their homes and businesses.
Shell's investment will help LO3 scale its "blockchain-based energy networks around the world," according to LO3 CEO Lawrence Orsini. "Energy is going through a revolution, with renewable distributed energy resources increasingly picking up market share -- but to integrate them efficiently we need to reinvent our energy networks," Orsini said. "These investments will help us accelerate the rollout of less carbon-intensive microgrids, which help all stakeholders benefit through distributed, decentralized, and decarbonized local energy transactions and demand response energy management on a building-by-building level."
Royal Dutch Shell-backed LO3 wants to build a global blockchain-powered energy network. Image source: Getty Images.
As the energy industry transitions from large-scale power production to a more distributed model, LO3 hopes to create an energy economy that allows both producers and consumers to benefit. Its app will allow users to choose how and when to use their local energy resources and select the specific sources from which they purchase those resources. Its blockchain-based platform will manage this process, as well as the payment agreements.
LO3 says its system will enable a wide array of new use cases, such as peer-to-peer energy trading, energy hedging for businesses, and dynamic electric vehicle charging.
All told, by utilizing the power of blockchain technology, innovative businesses like LO3 could help to bring new efficiencies and possibilities to the global energy markets.
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The brief: We were approached by Mole Valley District Council to tender for sculptural handrails and entrances for the King George V Memorial Park in Leatherhead.
Funding was available though a section 106 agreement for a local supermarket development.
After winning the initial design competition detailed proposals, including maquettes, were developed and presented at a meeting of all local stakeholders, including the friends of the park and local residents.
Community involvement is a very important part of the development of any public art work and often a slightly awkward compromise. To enable the commissioner to make an informed choice of artist fairly detailed proposals are required, to maximise the relevance of the community involvement the artist needs to almost start with a blank slate. We have been involved in projects where we guided school children to a design and projects where the consultation was more of an information evening, it very much depends on the nature of the project and the priorities of the commissioner.
The final specifications for the project were agreed in consultation with the arts development officer, the planning department and the parks department and an additional run of work along a central section of the park was added to join the different sections of park together.
We took great pride in producing the work, every section of handrail was forged from round bar to create an organic, friendly feel. The floral and plant detailing wanted to look delicate while being resistant to vandalism which was achieved by forging them with great attention to detail in heavy gauge materials.
Once completed the work was sent off for zinc treatment and powder coating, the floral detailing was hand painted to complete the look. We then fitted the railings and entrances to the existing brick walls with epoxy resin and hand forged pins.
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It’s 2011, and most old-school media outlets are still struggling to figure out what to do with their digital presences. Paywalls have been a risky bet for the most part (partly because they’ve been easy to get around), and monetizing content by serving advertisements isn’t always enough to keep the ship afloat when it’s so easy for readers to hop sources on the Web.
Two Philadelphia newspapers have come up with an interesting plan: to bundle inexpensive Android tablets with digital subscriptions. Both the Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News are hoping the combined offering will boost readership of their downloadable news, which currently runs about $3 per week. While tablet pricing hasn’t been revealed just yet, it’s thought that parent company Philadelphia Media Network would offer the tablets as cheaply as half price. That’s not too shabby considering there are some fairly nice Android slabs available for around $200 retail — like Barnes and Noble’s Nook Color and the Viewsonic gTablet.
At the company’s press conference yesterday, PMN announced that a limited number of tablets would be available at launch, perhaps as few as 2,000. As you’d probably also expect, the devices will be Wi-Fi only to begin with — though 3G or 4G versions may be a possibility in the future. There is also an iPad app in the works, though subscriptions accessed via your shiny Apple tablet will unsurprisingly not be eligible for any kind of hardware subsidy.
As Brad Linder points out over at Liliputing, if readers are willing to sign up for long-term subscriptions, it’s a win-win situation. Subscribers get a good deal on a decent piece of Android hardware while the publisher guarantees its costs are covered and a little bit of profit will roll in for the next year or two. Sounds like a good deal to me, but sadly my local publications aren’t nearly so forward-thinking.
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The Society has made the following research grants in 2009. The research Grants Committee, which met on February 19, was very pleased with the increase in applications, and in the high standard that was maintained. The successful applicants were as follows. Some are the subject of applications to various bodies for joint funding.
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BATCHELOR, Richard (St Andrews): To test preliminary findings that volcanic ash horizons are present within the Precambrian rocks on Colonsay and Islay in the Inner Hebrides. Fearnsides £1308
BONNARD, Pierre (Open University): Understanding Changing Oceanic Redox and Atmospheric Oxygen. Fearnsides £1500
CLIFTON, Abigail (Leeds): Palaeogene Climates and Floras of Svalbard. Gloyne £1180
ELLIS, Ben (Leicester): Super-eruptions of an unusual style: the unknown history of the Yellowstone hotspot (Fearnsides) £920
FALCON-LANG, Howard (Royal Holloway) Tracking Early Reptiles – 7 days’ fieldwork in New Brunswick to conduct study on fossil trackways discovered in August 2008, their stratigraphic distribution and evolutionary implications. £1098
GERNON, Thomas (Trinity College Dublin) Emplacement dynamics of alkali basaltic diatremes at East Fife, Scotland. Timothy Jefferson £1000
KEMP, David (Cambridge) Timing is everything: improving the Late Triassic timescale Gloyne £1181
O’DRISCOLL, Brian (Keele): Fieldwork investigating PGE-enriched Cr-spinel seams on the Isle of Unst, Shetlands. Daniel Pidgeon £675
PITTMAN, Michael (UCL) The Evolution of Jurassic Dinosaurs in Southwestern Mongolia £1291
RILEY, David (Leicester) Sedimentological investigation into the host deposit of the Herefordshire Lagerstätte. Timothy Jefferson £513
STEVENS, Thomas (Royal Holloway) Research to test the timing of sediment transport down Monterey submarine canyon (Ca, USA) and elucidate trigger events for the various scales of mass movement responsible for their sometimes catastrophic release. Elspeth Matthews £1016
TAYLOR, Rochelle (Manchester): A 3D Interpretation of the Structure and Seismic Properties of the Carboneras Fault Zone, SE Spain. Elspeth Matthews £1200
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At some future point, I'll likely bow away from boxing writing for a period of time (so long as my health permits me to go back to the wider world). I don't want to leave these warriors and hustlers forever, but I never intended to stick to this topic exclusively anyway.
You know Danny McBride, former star of HBO's "Eastbound & Down" and "Vice Principals"?
I reviewed his first movie (you've likely never seen it) 11 and a half years ago -- was a short review and not particularly well-written, but that's not the point (nor is the fact that on Metacritic I was the most negative reviewer of the 22, just barely edging out the Chicago Tribune's writer, a ranking of which I'm proud).
That said, some boxing people are more soulful and understanding of each other than anyone outside the boxing bubble. There's tremendous love here (its counterpart is perhaps desperation) -- maybe not enough to overcome the darkness but enough to make an exit uneasy.
I am an intermittently happy captive. Perhaps that describes you also.
And of course, I always knew boxing was a murky biz. But this is a helluva morass these days, even if it's not of historic proportion (putting aside the ultimate tragedies fighting can lead to -- because this ain't even about that).
It's about Eddie Hearn, the Matchroom Boxing promoter (read, beneficiary of a father's lucrative darts business) -- who may better me by a single inch in height but seems to fall ever shorter when it comes to morality.
Credit here to writer Paul Magno for discussing some of the following first.
Sure, Hearn let Dillian Whyte fight despite the heavyweight failing a doping test, putting the opponent's life at risk.
Sure, Hearn is taking Saudi money without even addressing the whitewashing of the Khashoggi killing -- except to complain that he's being singled out unfairly, and hey, you Writer, why didn't you effing cry foul during the Formula E races and the WWE events?
(Of course, moral people did do just that -- John Oliver ripped WWE for taking the Kingdom's bloody-money for an event called "Crown Jewel" just after the murder; also, I've said this before but it bears repeating: the Matchroom Boxing-DAZN heavyweight fight is not a different entity than the WWE shows or the Formula E races.
The sports events in Saudi Arabia are all handled by a marketing firm called Hill+Knowlton. They signed a deal in 2018 with Saudi Arabia essentially to stage all these events. They bring entities on board with a single game plan (put Westerners on the stage, hide the saws and hydrochloric acid). Hearn's event isn't disparate and deserves the same scorn John Oliver had for the WWE's move.
Also, one more quickie -- why does Hill+Knowlton think that having its own in-house "writer" pen an article about the match will make it seem normal? How fucking condescending is that -- the presumption that we readers won't know the difference between advertisement and journalism? And if we do fail these days to make that distinction, how awful, then, for this team of marketing hacks to further the cause of misinformation, to muddy these turbid waters more with faux-articles (#AgitProp)?)
And now, for the reason Eddie Hearn is getting it -- one he actually cited long before I began writing this, in an interview earlier this year with Gareth Davies, whom I enjoy bantering with at fights, even if that's an implicit endorsement of his wardrobe and mien (kidding, GAD, mostly).
"I grew up thinking I was a hard nut, and in Brentwood School I was," Hearn said. "Anywhere else I was a pansy."
Fast-forward to fall 2019:
Hearn trying to retain an opponent in Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. who won't take a drug test and then defying America's foremost fight commission in Nevada by trying to move the fight and retain the opponent.
His announcing loudly on video that if you get good numbers -- readers, viewers, sperm count -- whatever -- he'll pay for your hotel room and transport in exchange for your coverage -- the same way he has with ESPN's Dan Rafael (per Eddie's own smug words) -- not only are these bizarrely candid admissions, they're quite possibly suggestions of violations of America's Muhammad Ali act (we need better legislation and a national commission, but that's the law we have for now, so we might as well enforce it).
When record companies paid radio hosts to spin their tracks -- or rather, when that practice finally came to the attention of Congress in 1959 -- a House Subcommittee opened a governmental investigation that took years. And here we have Hearn smiling his ass off, admiring his own dimples (though he can't see 'em he knows they're there), telling the world essentially what Congress had to pry loose from his musical counterparts with difficulty.
That he's an incorrigible grifter-gifter of previously undeclared and probably illicit encouragement.
(That said, if he's going to continue offering these handouts, he's right: the writers have to learn to say no. It's ultimately on them.)
And for the record, I've had lunches on promoters (and tried to disclose as much whenever necessary). At a dinner some years back, I insisted on paying but had the check snatched from my hand by a drunk promotional outfit person (it's a good story for another time).
I've taken lots of freebies -- I love the Moleskine notebook the World Boxing Super Series handed out.
But obviously, as in the case of declaring items at customs, there are certain lines drawn and accepted. Some things can be taken if declared. And some things can't be brought into a country period.
What I know for sure is that only a few types of people would proactively pronounce their smarminess -- an evil, irrational dude, a dummy, and a prince. I dunno Eddie well, but I'm gonna say he's the third -- the guy who always got by. Or in his own words: "I grew up thinking I was a hard nut, and in Brentwood School I was."
I've no personal animus. But right now, I'm tired of people doing bad things and conceding as much without repercussion. That's Trumpian, and it's time for my very modest bi-annual rebellion.
Staying with Eddie:
His senior partner -- DAZN and Matchroom being basically a merged company right now -- and no, Eddie never disclosed ownership stakes in anything -- is Len Blavatnik, a notorious oligarch whose wealth stems from the privatization of Soviet public companies and also the plundering of Kazakhstan's money (literally).
Len Blavatnik and his brother, Alex, both have opened off-shore firms (where they've likely stored some not-so-allowed items, but I can't say that for sure, of course). Len opened a firm in the Cayman Islands and Alex chose the Bahamas.
But here's the fun part of digging into even the richest and most powerful dudes: they're still human to a hilarious fault.
The Cayman firm Len opened 21 years ago (he has since closed it) was named "ZZZ-El Porteño." I still can't tell you what the sleeping Z's were about, but "porteño" means a man from Buenos Aires -- its usage apt because one of Len's Cayman partners, real estate developer Alan Faena, does indeed hail from Buenos Aires.
Also, Faena insists on wearing white nearly always. It's pretty amazing.
To repeat -- I can't tell you what's in Len's account nor can I say why Eddie -- whom I'd love to have a heart to heart with, honestly, if he'd be down for that, so we can see each other as humans and not antagonists, so I can try to understand him and vice-versa -- has chosen this past week to announce that rules are for suckers.
He isn't wrong -- rules are for suckers far too often in the end. There's still tremendous nobility in working to apply them in every case, though. You never know which one might end up rewarding the little guy -- the honest one.
And obviously, this DAZN discussion is just a small part of a wider boxing issue. We be some dirty folks -- myself included. Do you have any idea how many fragrances I stole from the Esquire fashion closet in the summer of 2005?
The origins of MTK are more problematic than I know how to handle.
Rising featherweight Mick Conlan seemingly opened a corporation in Malta just after turning professional in 2016. Maybe that's used for good -- maybe not -- I don't know.
But speaking of that Faena-colored edifice in which Orange Baby resides: Some days you feel like it's enough. No more crooks, no more sleaze -- not without some reply in some way.
Come at me, Brentwood. Maybe we can emerge better -- both of us -- for having had it out (verbally). | cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1413641 |
__label__wiki | 0.74857 | 0.74857 | Desertfest London 2018: Live At Various Venues
Posted on June 12, 2018 by Dan Swinhoe
It’s the May Day bank holiday in London, which can only mean one thing; Deserfest! A weekend of avoiding the sun in the darkest and dingiest venues across Camden Town, listening to the darkest and dingiest stoner and doom music.
One of the peculiarities of the 2018 edition of this event is the presence of some distinctly non-stoner and doom bands. Case and point; the first band on at the Electric Ballroom is British black metal icons Winterfylleth. There’s no question they’re a good band and good live — there’s a decent-size and appreciative if not overly enthusiastic crowd — but it is questionable whether their brand of cinematic black metal is really a good fit for DF.
Over at the Koko, Planet of Zeus have the party going in full flow. Their Clutch-meets-AC/DC whiskey barrel groove is much more fitting for the festival and they get a raucous reception for their efforts. It’s good fun rock and roll. And props to any band brave enough to do both an extended guitar solo jam and a drum solo in the same set. One of the highlights of the day.
In Harriet Bevan, UK doom outfit Black Moth has a talented and alluring frontwoman. In Black Moth Harriet Bevan has an OK band backing her. The band’s blend of occult rock and old school heavy metal is perfectly satisfactory, but there’s few moments that are worth getting excited about. While the Underworld is packed, I’m not sure the performance reflects the hype.
Melting Hand and Five the Hierophant both show off different sides of instrumental music. At the Black Heart, Melting Hand go for spacey, keyboard-effect heavy desert rock. It’s decent, it’s loud, and it’s the kind of standard middle of the day affair Desertfest often puts on. At the Ballroom, Five the Hierophant are at the far more experimental end of the spectrum. Slowly building on repeating rhythms, Hierophant adds increasing layers of complexity to slow jams, adding left field instruments such as tabla drums and saxophones. Very understated compared to Melting Hand, but pretty good nonetheless.
They might have moved on from their early Clutch-meets-reggae roots, but Lionize have evolved into an excellent rock band. Live they have a real energy and frontman Nate Bergman a guy who can sing and work the crowd. And wear sparkly outfits without shame. The Dev is pretty full but in comparison to the whole festival, it was only a lucky few who got to experience the raw rock energy this band can expel. If only they could bottle the magic for an album.
Opposite in almost every way is NOLA’s Eyehategod. Their set at the Ballroom is dirty, heavy, and grimy. Every note feels pained as is it eked out of the band. Mike Williams laid-back persona between songs juxtaposes his misanthropic delivery during. One of the heaviest acts of the day, and despite the joyless nature of the music, one of the most enjoyable.
Supreme, sublime, fucking great. Reformed Swedish rockers Graveyard are back and firing on all cylinders. What makes Graveyard so good on record — no-frills, stripped back rock and roll with a penchant for classic song-writing — makes them entirely irresistible live. Vocalist Joakim Nilsson can jump from a pained croak to a smoky croon at a moment’s notice, and gives the songs and extra dimension. There’s no rockstar showing off, barely any interaction with the crowd in fact. Just the best fucking rock songs you can get. But the Koko’s crowd sing-along to all the old material with gusto. The set takes the best of the new album Peace, plus the classics from 2011’s Genghis Blues and 2012’s Light’s Out, [all Nuclear Blast], closing on ‘The Siren’ is almost spine-tingling. The potential set of the weekend.
“To try and be in keeping with the festival, we’re going to try to stick to mostly slow songs. As you can imagine, that’s quite tricky for us.” Napalm Death’s Mark “Barney” Greenway is happy to proclaim they’ll play anywhere to any crowd, but at least he’s aware the UK’s pioneering grindcore act are somewhat at odds with festival headliners gone by. However, ND carry on regardless and deliver what they know; short, sharp, stabs of relentlessly fast and brutal music. Greenway’s vocals are still terrifying some 30 years on (how he can still talk, let alone scream, is a mystery), and the band can still summon energy lacking in bands a third of their age. The crowd respond in kind; there’s plenty of moshpits and crowdsurfers, and night finishes for most in a sweaty pile.
The masses exit quickly to make their trains, leaving North Carolina’s ASG with the after party shift. It’s shame that the after party feels more like waiting for the dregs to leave. The lack of a crowd is a shame, as the band’s Floor-like mix of big riffs and melodic vocals are plenty enjoyable, and it feels like a waste having them on so late to such a small crowd.
Rock and roll never dies and hard-working writers never sleep. Opening festivities on Saturday at the Underworld is Puppy; an alt-metal trio that are half melodic rock and half metal riff machines. It’s as if Smashing Pumpkins team up with Khemmis. It’s a little odd and jarring at times, but the band have an easy stage presence and are clearly having fun. It’s a small but enthusiastic crowd.
Along with the likes of John Garcia and Matt Pike, Scott “Wino” Weinrich’s music is one of the key pillars that make up Desertfest. The dude was flying the doom flag while few others would, long before liking Black Sabbath was cool again. The legend gives a warm and personal acoustic set at the Underworld, happily strumming along to material from his Adrift solo album, various cuts from his work with Conny Ochs, and a couple of covers. Wino seems relaxed and happy, with a few jokes cracked along the way.
(“Who likes meth? No? I do!”) and the whole set has a very spontaneous feel (including a couple of forgotten lyrics and chords). The crowd is dead silent during the performances and blaring afterwards.
Continuing yesterday’s theme of questionable line-up choices, UK death metal oddities Akercoke appear at the Ballroom. Equal parts heavy and theatrical, it says a lot that the venue is half empty when the underworld is between sets and the other two venues barely have enough room to swing a cat. What few people are here like what’s stage, but it’s hard to understand the logic of why.
By comparison, the Ballroom is full to the rafters for Japanese veterans Church of Misery. Chock full to the brim with a catalogue of Sabbath riffs and Tony Iommi funk, the band just play 60 minutes of groovy doom. Tatsu Mikami’s bass is slung so low at various points it looks like it might well just fall off – and he does end up playing lying down at one point – but he still manages to deliver the best rhythm grooves this side of Geezer Butler. Great performance and a reminder of how good simple doom music can be.
Over at the Dev, Crowd of Chairs conduct an almost insultingly long check considering the racket they make. Their brand of abrasive noise punk goes over ok with the few people present, but in all honesty, this feels more like a time-killer between better acts. Meanwhile, Italian stallions Black Rainbows’ enthusiastic brand of galloping 70s stoner rock draws a decent crowd at the Underworld.
My notes for High on Fire read: “Thunderous pummelling riff riff riff”. Is there a better way to sum up what makes Matt Pike & Co. so appealing? From the opening beat of ‘Sons of Thunder’ to the closing double-whammy of ‘Fury Whip’ and ‘Snakes for the Divine’, the ever-shirtless Pike delivers riff after monolithic riff in double time. The massive crowd headbangs as hard and crowdsurfs endlessly. With no new album to promote, it’s largely a greatest hits set comprising the likes of ‘Blessed Black Wings’, ‘Waste of Tiamat’, and the excellently named ‘Bastard Samurai’. Attempts are made to sing-along but it’s a well-known fact no one has ever been able to hear themselves or any other human beings during a HOF set.
Miss Lava’s post-headline set at the Black Heart is a more subtle hour of groove-laden desert rock cut from same cloth as Slo burn. The Portuguese four-piece provide an easy-going come down after the brutality of High on Fire, and delay the inevitable ringing in the ears that will keep everyone awake tonight.
By day three the cumulative hangovers are building to critical mass, whiplash has rendered necks immobile, and a lack of sleep is starting to induce delirium, but fuck it. There’s metal to be listened to.
Unfortunately, you’ll be hard-pressed to find a smile on any of the early Sunday afternoon performances. Moloch, CHRCH, and Fister give largely joyless performances, fetch delivering varying degrees of dour-faced, ‘we don’t engage the crowd’ sets. Fister’s blend of self-proclaimed ‘uber miserable doom’ is the best of the bunch but it takes until Elder’s uplifting set of the RoundHouse to really get the day going and inject something approaching joy into proceedings.
Desertfest veterans Elder deliver what is easily the best performance of the day at the RoundHouse. The Boston, Massachusetts outfit has long-held a monopoly progressive songs that combine on expansive rock with heavy riffs, but the addition of a live second guitarist adds a new element to make their sound even better. Nick DiSalvo’s vocals – always the weakest element of the band’s live sound – are better than on previous occasions, and they seem more confident in stage; there’s more chatting with crowd than the last time they played this festival.
California’s Blackwülf brand of straight to the point heavy rock is perfectly enjoyable, and the band have a big cache of groovy riffs at their disposal. Love Chief at Dev is one of the surprise sets of the weekend; a strong 70s rock vibe with plenty of Hendrix influences produces something fun, chilled out, and one of the few times the audience can get a bit of a dance on. At the other end of the spectrum, Bison provides a slab of heavy groove to really your band your head to over the Underworld.
Probably best known in the metal community for being that band Lemmy was in before Motorhead, Hawkwind deserves more credit than they often get. Their brand of psychedelic space rock has no doubt influenced a lot of the other bands present at this festival. However, it’s 2018, and they haven’t aged all that well. The kaleidoscope backdrop is fun, but a single dancing lady and long spoken word passages around the enormity of space are all very 60s, and the meandering jams are OK at best.
The current metal scene doesn’t have as many charismatic frontmen as it used to, but Monster Magnet’s Dave Wyndorf is a genuine bona fide Rock star. He goads the crowd at every opportunity, encourages sing-along, and generally looks not only that he’s having a genuinely good time, but wants the crowd to do the same. The band lays on a set list mixing the greatest hits with some decent cuts from the new album Mindfucker [Napalm Records]. New tracks such as ‘Rocket Freak’ and ‘When the Hammer Comes Down’ sit nicely with old classics ‘Space Lord’, ‘Powertrip’, and ‘Negasonic Teenage Warhead’; all in all adding up a classic rock and roll performance. Great way to end another year.
WORDS BY DAN SWINHOE
PHOTOS USED BY PERMISSION OF DESERTFEST: JESSY LOTTI, SALLY PATTI & FALK-HAGEN BERNSHAUSEN
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__label__wiki | 0.57444 | 0.57444 | Models in Model by Wutopia Lab
Wutopia Lab was commissioned by Fengyuzhu to design the first architectural model museum in China in the way of predicting the future city.
The client, founder of Fengyuzhu, hoped to display the architectural models of all the famous contemporary Chinese architects in this museum. His inspiration came from Archi-Depot, an architectural model museum situated at a warehouse in Tokyo. When I looked through the photos of Archi-Depot, an idea popped into my head: since the museum focuses on models of various built or unbuilt projects, if we look at these vastly different projects from a macro perspective, and ignore the difference in region and time period, they can form a world together. Therefore, I decided to make the entire museum into a mega model of future city. The collected models become different components of the future city's fabric, with each of them divergently predicting a different future. Such an architectural model museum is truly meaningful at architecture level, and I defined it as "Models in Model".
Designed by Wutopia Lab
Photographed by CreatAR Images
1909 Theorem
"All the comforts of the country with none of its disadvantages"
The dense models on Archi-Depot' shelves remind me of A.B Walker's comic quoted by Rem Koolhaas in Delirious New York, which was firstly published in a magazine in March 1909. Koolhaas thought it represented a utopian imagination of skyscrapers. In 2011, my phD thesis on vertical cities cited this part of text and image in Koolhaas's book. I think the diversified imaginations of skyscrapers throughout Europe and North America in the early 20th century shaped the prototype of a vertical city. This inspired me to make the museum a model of future vertical city.
Zenobia, which was completely built on high stakes mentioned in "The Light City II" part of Italo Calvino's book Invisible Cities, helped me determine the basic structure of the future city. I hope the models, as a part of the future city, will float above its interface, but I don't want to literally picture this future city. To highlight architects’ physical models, the city should be abstract. Eventually, I decided to build this future city with high round rods with a diameter of 32mm as basic elements. I named the future city The Last Redoubt, which is derived from The Night Land, a science fiction published in 1912.
Construction of Invisible Structures
A total of 5,653 steel pipes were used to build the vertical city of Last Redoubt. I made structural and decorative pillars uniform in size and visual impression, to deliberately weaken the existence of the structures. These continuing steel pipes together form a rhythm and compose interfaces that partition different areas in the vertical city.
The design of the Last Redoubt fully considers both human and model scales. From a model scale perspective, the Last Redoubt has a height of more than ten levels, with all the model plates cantilevered and welded on the round bars. Different models are located on the supporting plates at different heights, collectively shaping the form of the Last Redoubt. On a human scale, the museum has a mezzanine that spans across all exhibition areas. The mezzanine is suspended by white round steel tubes with a diameter of 32mm. I hide the mezzanine between interfaces formed by steel bars, in order to avoid visual conflicts between the two scales. Visitors can walk between models in a vaguely visible way and observe them, which forms an important circulation for experiencing the museum and constitute a part of the overall model — the Last Redoubt’s three-dimensional traffic system.
The entrance hall is called Visionary City, which is named after a fancy painting of the future city created by American painter William R Leigh in the early 20th century. Visionary City is the acropolis of the Last Redoubt, and is more like an empty wilderness. Only the Stacks (derived from the movie Ready Player One) stands alone on one side, and the architectures on it are reticent. However, when the surrounding glass is powered on, the large vertical city behind it suddenly appears, and projected shadows will pop on the ground, making the area awash with illusionary experiences a truly Visionary City.
3 Main Zones
The inner city of the Last Redoubt, i.e. the museum's main exhibition area, is divided into three main sections, including Tijuana (from the movie Cowboy Bebop), Ironia (The name is derived from the City of Iron in the movie Alita: Battle Angel. And I shorted and transformed "City of Iron" to be "Ironia") and Pod bay (2001: A Space Odyssey). Tijuana and Ironia differ in spatial arrangement based on the original plane size, while Pod bay is like a plaza in the city, which is also the intersection of Tijuana and Ironia.
1 Pantheon
There is a circular space in the southwest corner of the original plane. We decided to use it for VR show, rest or communication. It is the only socializing space in the museum, like the city's Pantheon. Although I named it The Thunder Dome (from Mad Max), it is a peaceful place filled with divine light.
Unexpected Tribute
On the side of the dome is the staircase that leads to the mezzanine. I had originally intended to turn the space downstairs into a storage room. But when I stood in this room, I saw the perforated floor slabs which were originally designed just for reducing the weight of the mezzanine letting light penetrate the holes and filter into the room. The light touched me, so I decided to make this room a special exhibition hall, which was named Tyrell to pay tribute to the great Blade Runner.
3 Sacred Spaces
The Last Redoubt was embedded onto the original irregular plane as a complete square city, which left some fragmentary corner spaces on the plane. I marked those three spaces as special exhibition spaces in red, yellow and blue, which also function as sacred spaces of the city to connect the Last Redoubt (i.e. the architectural model museum) with the real world. Red, blue and yellow respectively represent Olympus (Appleseed), Asgard (Thor) and Arrakis (Dune). In fact, those colors symbolize one thing: pure spaces will eventually break through the boundaries and expand the unknown fields more magnificently to achieve sustainable development.
3 Harbors
There were 3 balconies on the original plane, I could have ignored them. However, I thought that any great city and civilization would certainly expand its frontier to explore the unknown. Therefore, I considered those three balconies as spaceships on the three air harbors of the Last Redoubt. They are respectively The Eclipse (Star Wars) which represents the ambition to conquer, The Covenant (Star Trek) which symbolizes curiosity and exploration, and The Serenity (Firefly) beside Pod bay that stands for courage and luck. They prove that my Last Redoubt is not the same as the Last Redoubt waiting for death in the fiction. After all, humans walked out of the fortress without fear to exploit the broader world.
“Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.”
The Night Land
Beyond the white Last Redoubt is the Night Land. As an antithetical pair, I designed the elevator lobby to be black, as if it were dark night. The Peach Tree (Judge Dredd), i.e. the black silent city that erects in the night, is the other side of the white Stacks in Visionary City. Looking at each other across Stargate, they are two different worlds. Directly facing the elevator is a huge black digital control wall that can display information including patterns on it. It is more like Monolithic (from 2001: A Space Odyssey), implying the close relationship between the glamorous Last Redoubt behind the gate and the Night Land.
“April is the cruelest month, breeding
Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing
Memory and desire, stirring
Dull roots with spring rain.”
I originally wanted to use curtains to isolate the museum and make it a completely inward and intact space. However, after the round rods(MAZZ) were erected, the sunlight filtered and fell into the museum, making it look real yet unreal at the same time. So it seemed to be possible to dissolve the entity. This deeply touched me and changed my idea.
The discipline of Architecture needs to use architectures as tools to think about the future destiny of mankind. It must face the future, and shouldn't hide behind the shell of history, context and regionalism but need to take these as a starting point to create a more ambitious future or more humble divinities. Firmness and eternity may always be an illusion that we insist on. However, openness, temporality, diversity, chance, accident or temporary amnesia, instant inspiration, short-lived beauty and slight fragility are also worthy of attention for the profession of Architecture, and we can create something with it. Yes, I regard the architectural model museum as an architectural manifesto.
“You mustn't be afraid to dream bigger, darling”
Models in Model
Fengyuzhu
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__label__cc | 0.614677 | 0.385323 | The GTA V Map As It Would Look In Sydney
When the Grand Theft Auto V map made it online, there was much conjecture over how big or small it would be and whether that would make the game worth it. Here's a great way to tell how big it is: the legends over at Playstation Australia decided to recut the GTA V world map out of a Sydney map. The result is awesome.
The map spans from the Sydney Airport down South (Kingsford Smith), up as far north as Willoughby on the upper North Shore of the city. The map is separated by the Harbour, and spans as far east as the swanky suburb of Mosman, and as far west as Drummoyne.
This is awesome and I want to see one for every city in the land. Hop to it, Playstation folks!
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__label__wiki | 0.989014 | 0.989014 | Rashford keeps No 9 dream alive by adding finishing touch
Just weeks ago Rashford was struggling for goals. (AP pic)
LONDON: Marcus Rashford has always had the tools to become a world-class forward, now he has added a clinical touch to his searing pace and box of tricks.
The 22-year-old already has 13 goals for United this season – equalling his best-ever return for the club in a single campaign and is the undisputed leader of the team’s attack.
Just weeks ago Rashford was struggling for goals in Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s misfiring team, finding the net just once between the opening day of the season and the match against Liverpool on Oct 20.
But then things clicked for the former United trainee and he has scored regularly for club and country, including three in his past two appearances, against Tottenham and defending champions Manchester City.
His goals have lifted United to fifth in the table, five points behind fourth-placed Chelsea, after an unbeaten run of five Premier League games, with Everton to come at home on Sunday.
Playing mostly on the left side of United’s lightning-quick attack alongside Jesse Lingard, Anthony Martial and Daniel James, Rashford frightens defenders with his blistering pace and trickery.
Solskjaer spoke in glowing terms of Rashford after his two goals in the recent 2-1 win against Tottenham.
“The boy is 22 and he played like he was in the backyard, garden or playground with his mates,” said United’s Norwegian boss, who has compared his attributes with former United player Cristiano Ronaldo, who also took time to become a prolific goalscorer.
“Sometimes, maybe, there is expectation and pressure on him because we do expect a lot from him, as he has shown (what he can do) so many times.”
The elegant Rashford says he is tougher on himself than any critic and has talked about minor adjustments he has made to his game.
“Just little stuff like, for me holding off defenders is a big one,” he said in an interview with former England player Gary Lineker for Goalhanger Films.
“It’s something that I speak about quite often a lot with my brothers who see me play all the way through. I always say if you’re trying too hard to do it then you’re not quite at your maximum.”
“I feel like this season I’m doing little stuff that shows that it’s becoming a bit more natural and easier,” he added.
Centreforward dream
Rashford’s dream is to play as the focal point of United’s attack.
“I want to be able to play in all positions,” he said.
“No 9 is obviously the dream but for me in this day and age now, it’s ideal to be as effective as you are in No 9, on the left and the right.”
Rashford made his debut as an 18-year-old under the leadership of Louis van Gaal in February 2016, scoring twice against Midtjylland and then repeating the feat against Arsenal a few days later.
He was immediately taken to heart by United fans hungry for a home-grown superstar to bring back the good times to Old Trafford.
But the weight of expectation has at times appeared to hang heavy. He struggled to pin down a permanent starting place and his goals return has often been sub-par.
In his defence he has been used as a substitute many times. He has played 191 times for United, scoring 58 times, but he has come off the bench 62 times.
But now, established under Solskjaer, Rashford speaks positively about how the boss, a former striker at United, has infused the side with attacking intent.
“The way we train and prepare for games, it’s about us and what we can do to hurt them, not how we’re going to stop them,” he said.
“We do speak about obviously the opposition and what threats they possess but the first thing he says is about ‘how are we going to score goals?’ Mentally that gives you a big push going into games.”
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__label__wiki | 0.983597 | 0.983597 | Teachers union: More sanctuary schools needed
At Western International High School — on the city's southwest side — the big topic is immigration.
Teachers union: More sanctuary schools needed At Western International High School — on the city's southwest side — the big topic is immigration. Check out this story on Freep.com: http://on.freep.com/2lNvEkn
Lori Higgins, Detroit Free Press Published 8:12 p.m. ET Feb. 14, 2017 | Updated 9:12 a.m. ET Feb. 15, 2017
Monique Crosby, a 1977 graduate of Mumford High School, is hoping the state will keep her alma mater open.(Photo: Lori Higgins)
Potential school closures may be a hot topic for many in the city of Detroit, but at Western International High School — on the city's southwest side — the big conversation surrounds immigration.
And Principal Angel Garcia told an audience gathered in his auditorium tonight that his school is working to make sure students feel safe when there is concern about immigration raids and possible deportations.
"We’re living in very tumultuous times," Garcia said during a meeting of the Detroit Public Schools Community District Board of Education.
He said the district recently designated Western International as a sanctuary school, meaning it's a safe place for students and families in the community to get help.
"We’ve sort of been operating as such for quite a long time. Just having that formal announcement really sends a message that ... this is a safe place to send their students. I’m very proud of that."
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Minutes later, Ivy Bailey, president of the Detroit Federation of Teachers, urged the board to adopt a resolution that would designate all schools in the district as sanctuary schools.
Bailey said threats of legal action create fear and make it difficult for students to learn.
Bailey and Garcia received loud cheers and applause from the audience for their comments.
Meanwhile, the subject of the potential school closures was mentioned frequently during the meeting. Dozens of people showed up for the meeting, filling the auditorium and many carrying signs declaring "Hands off our schools" and "Keep our community schools together."
The state School Reform Office has identified 38 schools statewide as potentially closing at the end of the school year because they've ranked in the bottom 5% academically for three straight years. The list includes 25 in Detroit — 16 in the DPSCD, eight in the Education Achievement Authority and one charter school.
The EAA, created as a reform school district that took on some of the worst-performing schools in the city, was launched in 2012 but the schools will be returning to the DPSCD on July 1.
A Denby High School parent addresses the Detroit Public Schools Community District board of education at a meeting Feb. 14. (Photo: Lori Higgins)
The newly elected DPSCD board voted last week to give the district administration the authority to move forward with a lawsuit against the state, if necessary.
"The board has taken a clear position that we’re opposed to the ... closing of any schools," said Iris Taylor, the president of the board of education.
"It is our opinion that as the newly elected board, we came into this position with a clean slate," Taylor said.
A legal opinion provided last summer contended that the state was unable to close schools in Detroit for three years. The lawyers — from Miller Canfield, the same law firm the board has hired to possibly sue the state — had argued that because the Legislature in June passed a $617-million financial-rescue package that resolved the district's debt — and created the DPSCD as a new district — the reform office wouldn't be able to close schools until 2019. But Attorney General Bill Schuette disagreed in a September opinion that said there was no such grace period for the Detroit schools.
"We believe we should be given the opportunity to innovate and turn around schools," Interim Superintendent Alycia Meriweather said.
State officials have said not all of the 38 schools will close. Some may remain open because there aren't any better-performing schools nearby. The state will impose some other type of intervention, such as appointing a CEO to take over the school's academics, on schools that remain open. The decision on closure is expected later this month or early March.
Meriweather said the district is developing turnaround plans to help those schools. The district is also focused on developing ideas for innovation at schools districtwide. At tonight's meeting, the board approved 11 innovation proposals, though detailed information about those proposals wasn't discussed and administrators referred frequently to a packet provided to board members, but not made public. The Free Press has requested such packets but didn't receive it until late into the meeting, after the board had voted.
"We want to make an aggressive plan around our schools, put children at top priority and get healthy," Meriweather said.
The innovation plans would launch with the 2017-18 school year. According to a news release the district sent near the end of the meeting, the proposals include turning Southeastern High School, currently part of the EAA, into an examination school, which would mean students would have to take an exam and fill out an application in order to enroll. It would start with ninth and 10th-graders.
That proposal earned some jeers in the audience when the board took up an agenda item that involved the "renaming Southeastern High School." District officials said that part of the innovation plan might include changing the school's name, but asked the board to approve starting a process of getting community input. The crowd was largely against such a move.
Many of the sign-holders appeared to be connected to EAA schools. They included Monique Crosby, who came hoping to share her thoughts about Mumford High School, which is on the potential closure list. She graduated from the school in 1977.
"I came to support the kids that attend Mumford and make sure they have a voice that's heard," Crosby said.
Many of those supporting schools that are currently under the EAA wanted to make sure those schools remain whole as they transition to DPSCD - urging the district to keep the staff and teachers intact. They said their schools have improved in the years since the EAA took them over.
"Mumford has come a long way," Parris Jackson, a ninth-grader at Mumford, said after the meeting.
Many in the audience were livid when the board went into a closed session without hearing public comment. The public comment period was one of the last agenda items.
"Let the people speak," they chanted as the board adopted the motion to move into a closed session.
"We want to speak," Crosby said in the hallway during the closed session.
The crowd became even angrier when Taylor cut off public comment, after dozens had spoken but there were still large lines of people waiting to speak. Taylor had been urging the speakers — many of them students — to group together and appoint a spokesperson to speak on their behalf, instead of everyone speaking. Most were from Mumford, but they represented other EAA schools, such as Law Elementary and Denby High School.
"This is the only place we can be heard right now," DeJuan Green, a sophomore at Mumford, said after the meeting.
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There was nothing unlucky about Friday the 13th for the person who purchased a Mega Millions ticket in Waterford that's now worth $21.5 million.
Winning Mega Millions ticket sold in Waterford There was nothing unlucky about Friday the 13th for the person who purchased a Mega Millions ticket in Waterford that's now worth $21.5 million. Check out this story on Freep.com: http://on.freep.com/2ylyOmb
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There was nothing unlucky about Friday the 13th for the person who purchased a Mega Millions lottery ticket in Waterford that's now worth $21.5 million.
The ticket, purchased at the 7-Eleven located at 3461 Airport Road, matched the five white balls and the Mega Ball drawn Friday night — 02-07-18-26-31, Mega Ball: 12, according to the Michigan Lottery.
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There were two winning tickets for the $43-million jackpot. The other was purchased in Rhode Island. The winners will split the prize.
If you have the winning ticket, you should contact the Michigan Lottery Public Relations Division at 517-373-1237. Tickets for Mega Millions are valid for one year from the drawing date.
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The Congress leader said he hoped that the prime minister would respond favourably to his suggestion.
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New Delhi: Asserting that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is not talking to his critics, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Monday urged him to select five critics and have a televised question and answer session on CAA so that people can reach their own conclusions on the amended citizenship law.
"PM says that CAA (Citizenship Amendment Act) is meant to give citizenship, not take it away. Many of us believe that CAA (in conjunction with NPR or NRC) will declare many persons as 'non-citizens' and take away citizenship," the former home minister said.
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"PM talks from high platforms to silent audiences and does not take questions. We talk through the media and are willing to take questions from media persons," he added.
The prime minister is not talking to his critics and they do not have an opportunity to talk to him, Chidambaram said in a series of tweets.
"The only way out is for the PM to select five of his most articulate critics and have a televised Q and A session with them. Let the people listen to the discussion and reach their conclusions on CAA," he said.
Chidmbaram's suggestion comes after Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Saturday termed the CAA a "discriminatory and divisive" law whose "sinister" purpose was to divide people on religious lines, and asserted that the NPR (National Population Register) in form and content was "disguised NRC (National Register of Citizens)". | cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1413653 |
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Amateur Radio: Foundation Training Course Explored
If the idea of experimenting with the world of radio, communications and electronics appeals, consider becoming a radio ham. Our Kelly joined a Foundation Course to find out more.
Listen to FrequencyCast Show 85 - Kelly joins Ham Radio Foundation Course
Kelly and the world of ham radio:
Challenged by a listener, Kelly attends an amateur radio training course. Here's the transcript from Show 85:
Pete:
OK, now it's time to talk amateur radio. Now, we've talked about this before, haven't we?
We have, on numerous occasions.
Do you think we talk about it too much?
Potentially, yeah.
How dare you! - OK, let me talk a little bit more about it. Ham radio's been around for a hundred years.
Seriously, a hundred years? - that's an old hobby.
It started out with Morse code, and now, of course, it's gone onto data, and voice and pictures and everything else, and it's a hobby that basically lets you talk to other amateurs around the world. I love it.
You just love talking in code.
Ah, you could be right! - seventy-three, Kelly!
And eighty-eight back to you!
Thank you very much - that's confused a few of our listeners, hasn't it?
Definitely. So come on then - why do you like the hobby?
Well, I have to say, I've been doing the hobby for a couple of years now, and it has got me a load of new friends. Now, as you know, I haven't got that many friends, have I?
No, although you do like to pretend that delivery people and everything are there constantly.
And it has introduced me to a few things that I wouldn't normally have had the chance to do, so I worked at a station that was operating for the Olympics. I was part of the Olympic torch staff. I've been on a light vessel, which is something I wouldn't normally get to do, and I was able to operate amateur radio from a secure location that I'm not allowed to talk about, and it is a good hobby, especially for someone like me who's a bit of a gadget geek.
Well, I guess, for people like you, that is quite interesting. I mean, there are some great things to be involved in.
So, why are we talking about amateur radio? - well, this all comes back to an email that we had from one of our listeners.
Yes - thanks very much, Chris Andrews. Last year he said, "I would like to see Kelly pass her foundation exam, and make her first call by the next show. This would show listeners how it is quite possible for a novice to get on the air easily."
Now, have you lived up to your challenge?
VIDEO: Kelly Trains to become a radio ham!
Let's find out how well you did.
I'm on a training course, to get my foundation licence.
How are you feeling - are you confident?
No, I'm really, really not at all.
So what do you think you've got in store today?
A lot of techie stuff. It's probably going to fry my brain. It's a Saturday - it really should be the time that I'm laying in bed, not getting up until lunchtime, and yet here I am.
But of course, you're doing this for the listeners, aren't you?
I am, of course, you know - anything for the listeners.
We are about three lectures into your training. How's it going so far?
So far, it's not been too bad actually.
That's good. What have you been learning about, then?
Well, we've been learning about the radio spectrum, lots of Ohm's Law and formulas to calculate everything, and just generally getting the basics really, the technical basics.
OK, are you ready for a quick test?
You told me the test wasn't until tomorrow!
OK, the VHF band was one of the things in the radio spectrum. Can you remember the frequency ranges for the VHF band?
It's 30 megahertz to 300 megahertz.
OK Kelly, we're about a quarter of the way through the course - how are you finding it now?
Well, I've just passed my first stage, so I'm quite chuffed right now actually.
Excellent. You've done a practical - what were you doing?
I was connecting all of the pieces up to start my amateur radio.
And what bits of equipment were you connecting together there?
Well, we started off with the power, then onto the radio itself, then onto a filter. From the filter, we went into the SWR, which then goes into the ATU, and then out to the antenna.
Rock and roll! - easy?
Yeah, it was actually. If I can do it, anyone can!
If you look at a TV aerial, what kind of aerial's that?
A Yagi.
And if a Yagi has a gain of 3dB, what does it do to the power?
It doubles it.
Rock on - it's not that confusing.
I tell you though, it hurts - it really, really hurts.
Kelly (over radio mic):
GX0TRG - please change frequency to 145.550.
Man:
QSY14555 - M0MMB.
GX0TRG - thank you for coming back to my call. The first name this end is Kelly, and your report is 5 and 3.
Yeah, all received, Kelly. The first name this end is Mark, Mike Alpha Romeo Kilo. Your report today is 5 by 7 ...
I have been doing Morse code, so we've been transmitting and receiving. It's actually quite difficult. I've never dealt with Morse code before at all, but I quite enjoy it actually.
In the olden days of amateur radio, Morse code was mandatory, and you had to sit an exam. Today, fortunately you don't need to learn Morse, but you do need to appreciate it, so it's an appreciation course. Let's see how good you are - you've got the sheet of Morse in front of you. Could you send a message to our audience, please?
A message? - you want a full message?
Just a word.
OK, that's fine - I'll do that for you.
She's got her finger on the Morse key here.
Very good - I'm impressed. You're enjoying that, aren't you?
Honestly, I do really like it. If I could take one and just communicate that way, it would probably make my life easier, but quite long-winded.
OK Kelly, you have just sat your exam, and in your hand you have a purple slip. What does it say?
It says I passed! I'm so happy, you have no idea.
Well, you did very well. It's a good pass. How do you feel?
I feel very, very good - I'm very chuffed, actually. A glass of wine well deserved, come the end of the evening, I think.
So has it been an enjoyable experience?
It has. Do you think I've done well?
Look at your smile! - molecules?
Molecules!
Very well done there to Kelly, M6KFA. And there's a nice five-minute video of Kelly on her training course up on our site now, as well as on YouTube. It's well worth a watch, just to see Kelly say:
So well done, a fully-licensed amateur, and of course it has plenty of benefits for FrequencyCast, especially when it comes to news stories like this one, and this one is all about Freeview interference.
Thanks to the Thames Amateur Radio Group for helping Kelly to get her ham radio licence
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Jan 27, 2016 with Eric Ries, entrepreneur and author of The Lean Startup
Amid a growing fear of “Digital Darwinism,” executives are embracing the startup ethos to stay competitive in the fast-paced global economy.
The 4th Industrial Revolution inspires hope, but also fear. There’s hope that technology can help solved some of society’s greatest challenges — from poverty to access to healthcare and electricity, as the latest GE Global Innovation Barometer shows. But among executives from around the world who took part in the survey, there is also a palpable sense of fear of becoming obsolete (FOBO) as emerging and disruptive technologies pass them by.
Survival in this new era of “Digital Darwinism” means being able to adapt quickly to technological change and foster disruptive innovation. In other words, embrace a startup mentality. More than four-fifths of executives surveyed recognized the startup ethos as increasingly the norm for creating an innovation culture for companies — regardless of sizes.
“The one thing you can say for sure is that whatever’s in your five-year plan today is certainly not right,” says Eric Ries, entrepreneur and author of The Lean Startup. “That’s the substantive reason why something has really changed here and why startups are extremely well adapted to the situation.”
The “dramatic change” in speed and uncertainty compels companies to scrap the 20th century business model focused on planning and forecasting in favor of a more agile approach of “continuous innovation, says Ries, who works with new and established companies to apply lean startup principles.
In the interview, Ries discusses why executives are increasingly recognizing the need to adopt a lean startup approach — and what they need to know to make it successful:
A key finding in this year’s Innovation Barometer is this fear of becoming obsolete (FOBO) in the digital age. Do you consider so-called “Digital Darwinism” a threat that executives should take seriously?
I love FOBO as a way of having that conversation — I’m going to start using that. It describes a certain corporate mindset I see. Most companies I talk to of a certain size have become really paranoid about becoming obsolete.
In the same organization, you can have factions — people who think that obsolescence is coming, and people who are in denial about it. The reason I’m talking to most companies is that at least one far-sighted leader has gotten the memo about this and wants to have some kind of conversation about what the company can do. But they’re often fighting against the forces of inertia or denial in the rest of the organization.
This is a consequential and monumental change. If you look at the pace of turnover of the S&P 500 – the length of time that any company can expect to dominate with the right combination of product and business model has changed. Anyone who really thinks the business models and products of today will be the same 50 years from now — even 10 or 20 — I think that proposition is really laughable.
How do you get executives to recognize — and embrace — the new reality of disruptive innovation?
As an outside consultant, I have the advantage of being able to say to companies, “Look, as a customer, I don’t really care if you live or die. And my friends in Silicon Valley are — right now as we speak — embracing this new way of working and are eagerly trying to disrupt your market.”
In some cases, the startup will embrace this new way of working and will disrupt and replace the incumbent — and the customer will benefit. In others, the incumbent may be willing to do the hard work and transformation to embrace these new ways of working together — and the customer will benefit.
We know for sure that the products and business models will evolve and that we, as consumers, will be the beneficiaries of those amazing products. So we don’t especially care who does it. It’s important for companies to understand that if they want to be the ones that survive that change, they have to be willing to do that hard work.
The Barometer points to a growing recognition of the benefits of a “startup ethos” — what does this mean for larger companies?
There are substantive reasons why a startup management system is required to deal with this digital revolution. The semiconductor revolution has two really important consequences for every industry — a dramatic change in speed and in uncertainty.
Because software is fundamentally intangible, the limits on what can be produced — and in how long — are nothing like the era of physical products. For both pure software products and for products that have software as a component, there isn’t really any hard limit to how fast new products can be developed, or on how many different variations all the competitors in a given market can try. It’s really only limited by the imagination and personnel involved, which is why you see kids in their dorm room building multi-billion-dollar companies.
Technology enables speed and rapid experimentation, which means that no matter how safe your business is, you can’t make really long-term plans. The one thing you can say for sure is that whatever’s in your five-year plan today is certainly not right. That’s the substantive reason why something has really changed here and why startups are extremely well adapted to the situation.
Why do you think the lean startup trend is finally catching on among larger companies?
I think there’s finally a recognition that older management methods that made most of today’s companies a success are really based on planning and forecasting. I think because we got so good at it, people have forgotten that original theory and they have just viewed the management system we have as inscribed on stone tablets and just the way you do work.
But a management system based on accurate forecasting is going to be in trouble with the level of disruption we anticipate in the 21st century. That’s why people are starting to get nervous — are the systems and structures of my company really rigorous and agile enough to deal with the rocky seas that are coming up ahead?
I think in a lot of cases the answer is no — and that has driven people to search for solutions.
(Top image: Eric Ries at Lean Startup London, Courtesy of Betsy Weber)
Eric Ries is an entrepreneur and author of the New York Times bestseller, “The Lean Startup.”
All views expressed are those of the authors.
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Wolff expecting "much better" race for Mercedes at Silverstone
by Bobby Vincent
Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff is expecting a "much better" race weekend for his team this time around at Silverstone than we saw in Austria.
Mercedes suffered with overheating issues in the race at the Red Bull Ring - meaning its winning streak had to come to an end - with Valtteri Bottas finishing P3 and Lewis Hamilton a couple of places behind him.
However, Wolff remains hopeful for a strong reaction from his Mercedes team when it arrives in Great Britain for this weekend's race at Silverstone.
"I'm really hoping for the typical English weather at Silverstone so we can gain a little bit of time to sort our problems out," Wolff joked to RaceFans. "There is no alternative than to fix our problems for the coming hot races, Hockenheim and Budapest. There is no other option."
Wolff also believes Ferrari's superior power unit should not be as effective at Silverstone, due to it not being such a power-sensitive track.
"The power deployment maybe isn't as much of a differentiator through the fast corners so I think Silverstone should be much more to our liking," Wolff continued. "Maybe not as much as Paul Ricard, but better than Austria."
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It’s hot in Pisco. Yet the results of the first special were a burst of freshness, with Ignacio Flores and his quad seizing Peru’s maiden win. Meanwhile, Chile took control of the motorcycle category as Chaleco won the stage and two other Chileans got into the Top 4. In the car category it wasn’t a question of nationality, but of seeing winner Carlos Sainz’s car breathe new life into his palmarès. The buggies didn’t disappoint anyone in the first day of racing.
The consequences of the first stage will be forgotten in a few days, but what they experienced in Lima’s Chorrillos neighbourhood this morning is something that will remain indelible in the minds of all the participants in the 2013 Dakar. Perched above the beautiful Agua Dulce beach and the jet set Club de Regatas, the start podium presented the drivers and riders to the crowd. And what a crowd it was. It was great in terms of quality, as the President of the Republic came to the front row to cheer on the “Forza Inca” team one last time. And, above all, in terms of quantity, as the Limeños flocked to the hill slopes, the area around the podium and even the road the vehicles took on their way from the parc fermé.
Mr Ollanta Humala’s exhortations didn’t fall on deaf ears and, a few hours later, the first stage winner of this Dakar turned out to be… a Peruvian. The quads had the honour of kicking off today’s short special. Ignacio Flores, who was forced to quit last year’s Dakar just before the race reached his country, got his own back in the 13 km opener. The hero of the day was 11″ faster than Emirati Sebastian Husseini, who lived up to the expectations in his Dakar debut by outperforming Marcos Patronelli.
No surprises in the motorcycle race, which was also favourable to the host countries of the 2013 edition. Francisco López didn’t even wait for the rally to reach his country this time round. Chaleco, who rides a KTM for the Chilean Tamarugal team this year, grabbed his eighth Dakar stage win. He already won last year’s opener in Mar del Plata before eventually withdrawing during the eighth stage. Today’s runner-up Frans Verhoeven is also riding a new motorcycle this year, a Yamaha. An encouraging start for the Dutchman, but it was the Chilean armada that stole the limelight with, paradoxically, a great burst of freshness: Pablo Quintanilla and Patricio Cabrera, both younger than 25, finished third and fourth of today’s special, just ahead of defending champion Cyril Despres!
The hierarchy of the first day is rarely cast in stone, but the usual pecking order was also turned on its head in the car category. The Mini trio, Peterhansel, Roma and Hołowczyc, are still favourites to win, as a mere 37 seconds separate the first ten drivers. But, symbolically, the make-up of the Top 5 seems more favourable to the German manufacturer. Carlos Sainz marked his Dakar comeback by clocking the fastest time. True, it’s not a new sight for those who lived through the Volkswagen era. But the Matador took his 25th victory at the wheel of a buggy which he’s barely got to know and requires a completely different driving style. Said buggy looks ready to rumble from the point of view of sheer performance, with Nasser Al-Attiyah driving its twin to fourth place in today’s stage. The Toyotas were also up to the task, but it was Lucio Álvarez who got the most of his Hilux by finishing second, 8″ down on Sainz. Team SMG also raised questions on the competitiveness of two-wheel drive cars. With Guerlain Chicherit third and Ronan Chabot fifth, Philippe Gache’s two leading drivers were both faster than the Minis. But defending champion Stéphane Peterhansel limited his losses to a mere 34″. Things aren’t looking as bright for Robby Gordon, who ran into trouble from day one and conceded over ten minutes to his rivals… in just 13 kilometres.
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__label__cc | 0.558102 | 0.441898 | Are Green Buildings Really Losing Their Appeal?
For the hard-headed naysayers in the real estate sector who might be pawing through the news for tidbits to confirm that green buildings are 'just a fad', the recent survey of London office seekers by Knight Frank is likely to result in more than a few I-told-you-so's for their softer green brethren.
Let's take a look at the top 10 concerns listed by the Knight Frank respondents and see whether the conclusion of a "waning interest" is justified.
#1 Concern: Rental Costs. Green buildings, because of lower operating costs, have the ability to pass more of their margin on to tenants during down markets thereby making them more competitive. Thus total occupancy costs for green buildings should be less than comparable non-green buildings. (Should be) Growing interest in green: 1, Waning interest in green: 0
#2 Concern: Retention of Key staff. In India, you can't build a high-tech park that's not LEED Gold or Platinum certified. The best people simply won't work there. The 5-Star (in the Australian Green Star system) 500 Collins showed a 27 percent increase in productivity in their legal staff and dramatically increased satisfaction. While it may not be as enticing as a hefty bonus, a great space to work in is definitely an attractive perk. Growing: 1.5, Waning: 0.5
#3 Concern: Lease Flexibility. Even I can't fit this one into the sphere of green influence. Growing: 1.5, Waning: 1.5
#4 Concern: Space Flexibility. Many strategies associated with green indoor environments, such as displacement ventilation and underfloor air are associated with space flexibility, the direct association is week. We'll call it a draw. Growing: 2, Waning: 2
#5 Concern: Higher Quality Environment. Hello! Can you say daylight and indoor air quality? Chalk another one up for green buildings: Growing: 3, Waning: 2
#6 Concern: Occupational flexibility. Nope. Growing: 3, Waning: 3
#7 Concern: Proximity to public transportation. A green building staple & one that is proposed to be much more heavily weighted in the upcoming LEED 2009. Growing: 4, Waning: 3
#8 Concern: Proximity to Clients & Competitors. A stretch & since we're ahead, we'll give it to 'waners.' Growing: 4, Waning: 4
#9 Concern: Higher building profile. Clearly, green certification, whether to LEED or another green standard is newsworthy, but there are plenty of so-called award winning designs that are environmental travesties, so we'll split again. Growing: 4.5, Waning: 4.5
#10 Concern: Energy efficiency. Need we say more? Growing 5.5, Waning 4.5
Ok, not a slam dunk for green, but way better than the 9:1 ratio ascribed by the authors of the survey. While the Knight Frank folks were clearly rooting for green and sustainability to be more important, the fact that they considered only energy efficiency to be related to green shows that many people still fall victim to the 90/10 syndrome, where 90 percent of the time is spent quantifying 10 percent of the benefits of green.
I feel it's sort of like the little girl walking along with her economist grandfather when suddenly she points at the ground exclaiming: "Look Grandpa! A $20 bill!" "Ignore it dear," he replies, "if it were real, someone would have picked it up already."
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The development of biomass energy addresses several strategic challenges for Guadeloupe:
Promote expansion of all types of renewable energy currently available in Guadeloupe to achieve the PPE objective of energy independence.
Achieve guaranteed production of a renewable baseload energy, as a complement to variable renewable energy such as solar power and wind power.
Create jobs by developing locally viable sectors.
Foster for agricultural development, by transforming biomass into a new revenue stream for producers and for rural areas.
Position Guadeloupe as an innovator in bio-energy sectors.
The Regional Biomass Energy Plan (SRB)
As part of its energy policy, the regional government examined the potential of biomass energy in Guadeloupe and the prospects for growth in local bioenergy sectors.
An assessment report on biomass on and existing projects carried out by the regional government in 2010 informed the drafting of regional guidance on how to develop biomass energy sectors.
The report’s recommendations focused on three areas:
Area 1: Promoting energy-autonomous or energy-producing farms favoring local distribution channels.
Area 2: Supporting the emergence of innovative model projects in Guadeloupe.
Area 3: Investing in research and development, especially in energy produced from sugarcane cultivation waste products or residues.
Article 203 of the national Energy Transition for Green Growth Act (LTECV) provides for the drafting of a separate biomass development plan.
To meet this requirement, a Regional Biomass Energy Plan (Le Schéma Régional de la Biomasse, SRB) will accompany the revision of the PPE. The regional plan will be drafted according to conditions defined in Decree #2016-1134 of August 19, 2016 and should be finalized in July 2018, and then revised every six years at the same time as the Multi-Year Energy Program (PPE).
This plan will include two parts:
A report analyzing the current production of biomass and potential growth
A guidance document including an action plan and performance indicators.
The plan relates to all types of biomass that can be employed for energy production.
Biomass can be categorized by three sources:
Timber biomass
Agricultural biomass (e.g., straw from cereal production, liquid manure, energy crops)
Waste biomass (e.g. food waste, green waste, sawmill residue)
The SRB will take into account existing plans or draft plans that address biomass.
Biomass Potential and Future Growth
Currently, dialogue among the project sponsors has helped identify the potential in Guadeloupe for developing approximately 65 MW of additional energy from biomass by 2023 through multiple projects.
This potential depends in large part on increasing the amount of biomass processed by the thermal power plant in Le Moule, with the goal of producing 43 MW by 2023). How quickly biomass can replace coal will depend on the ability to mobilize resources, preferably local resources.
Because strengthening Guadeloupe’s energy independence is also a priority, local players will focus on the following:
increasing the value of local biomass by improved organization and more efficient capture of by-products from the sugarcane industry, green waste, timber residues and others, such as through combustion
setting up new local biomass production chains.
The PPE has set a biomass development objective equivalent to +66 MW of electricity by 2023, most of which (43 MW) will replace coal-fired power at the Le Moule power plant..
The Bagasse Premium
Beginning in the 2010 season, the thermal power plant in Le Moule has paid €13 per metric ton for sugarcane bagasse from the Gardel sugar factory. This bagasse premium, legislated by the Decree of 29 October 2009 and the Decree of 20 November 2009, is a new approach to monetize cane production, previously based solely on sugar content. The change to the price of bagasse-generated electricity meant producers were able to add the energy potential of their products to their income.
In Guadeloupe, the bagasse premium is shared between sugarcane producers (who receive 10⁄13) and the industrial processor (who receives 3⁄13). The amount of the baseline premium, set at €13 per metric ton of cane, may vary depending on the fiber content, with more fibrous cane fetching a higher price. After the 2012 season, low fiber content may reduce the baseline premium.
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__label__wiki | 0.594537 | 0.594537 | How to Translate Android Apps into Your Language
Namrata Gogoi
Translating text which is not your native language can be a painstaking task. Though web apps like Google Translate make it easier, you'd still have to go back and forth between different browser tabs or apps. In some cases, grab a screenshot to convert it to your native language. Quite a hassle, right?
Thankfully, a couple of apps on the Play Store can make it easy to translate text inside Android apps into any language. But before we get down to it, it's worth noting that these apps demand an active internet connection to work, as they do not support offline languages. Naturally, these apps require a couple of Android permissions like Accessibility Service to do their job.
Let's check some of these apps.
Note: Translations available through the apps are rarely 100% accurate. However, they do their best in getting the meaning across.
1. Google Translate App
Yeah, Google Translate does let you translate text inside apps. Seriously, I am not kidding. In 2016, Google released a feature named Tap to Translate which eased the process of translating small phrases and words on the go.
As you may have guessed, this option is disabled by default. To enable it, open the Translate app, tap on Settings > Tap to Translate, and toggle the switch on. Select your primary language, and that’s about it.
To use this feature, long-press on a text, select Copy, and the bubble will pop up at the top-right corner. Just tap on it to see the translated text.
Though it's a pretty good way to see the translations, this app can't do much when it comes to showing the translated renderings of long paragraphs or short notes. Plus, it doesn't work on apps like Instagram where you can't copy unselectable text through the native method.
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2. Language Navi
The next app on our list is Language Navi. It can efficiently translate all the text in the app’s interface to the language of your choice, including Instagram and Facebook. You can choose both the source and the target languages. Besides that, it can also auto-detect the language on the app’s interface.
Translating using this app is a bit different though. Unlike Google Translate, it simply doesn’t work on top of any app. Instead, you’d have to open it from within Language Navi.
For instance, if you have to translate a paragraph of a book on Google Play Books, you'll have to open Language Navi, scroll down the app list and tap on Play Books to open it. Select the language of your choice and tap on Launch.
As far as speed is concerned, Language Navi is quite fast. However, the speed may change depending on the length of the text selected.
Since it uses Google Translate, most of the rendered text is pretty much spot on. It supports many languages including German, Portuguese, French and Turkish and has a built-in OCR feature for games as well.
The app is free to install from the Play Store. The free version has a couple of skippable ads which you may remove by upgrading to the pro version.
On the upside, you needn't mess with the Battery Optimization settings since you'll be launching Language Navi first.
It is compatible with popular apps like Twitter, Google Play Books, Amazon Kindle, etc. As far as reading tweets on foreign languages is concerned, open the tweet in question and the text will be translated in a few seconds.
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3. SnapTrans
SnapTrans does away with the Language Navi's complicated approach. It brings a Messenger-like bubble that floats above everything else on your screen, which you can activate whenever you want. It supports some popular languages like Chinese, Español, Portuguese, and French.
SnapTrans has two features — one-word translations and full-page translations. In short, it’s the combination of Google’s Tap on Translate and SnapTrans.
Since it works via the floating bubble, you’d have to grant the Overlay permission. To use this app you'd have to feed to source and target language in the beginning. From now on, whenever you see text in a foreign language, double tap on the bubble to see the translated text.
If you want to change the language settings, tap on the gear-shaped icon.
The app has a sticky notification on the notification drawer to keep it active in the background. However, if you're someone like me who loves to keep a clean notification tray, you can whitelist it in the battery optimization.
Note: Do keep in mind that this app doesn’t work if you are offline.
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As people from different corners of the world are trying their hand on building apps, the chances are that you may come across some which are not in English or they are in a language which you do not understand.
So, which app do I use? I prefer Language Navi for now. Though it takes a complicated approach, I love its seamless translations and intuitive interface. Just choose the language of your choice and ta-da! Plus I do not have to deal with bubbles taking up screen space.
Next up: Looking for apps to translate foreign languages text in real time using the camera? Here are a bunch of live translation apps that you can use while traveling to foreign countries.
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__label__cc | 0.701078 | 0.298922 | Swiss Group Tied To Hamas/Global Muslim Brotherhood Seeks Arrest Of Israeli President In Switzerland
By gmbwatch on March 30, 2011 Daily
Israeli media is reporting that a “pro-Palestinian human rights group” has petitioned the Swiss government to arrest visiting Israel President Shimon Peres. According to a report in the Jerusalem Post:
A pro-Palestinian human rights group has petitioned Switzerland’s attorney-general to issue an arrest warrant for visiting President Shimon Peres. The petition, alleging that Peres should be held responsible for allegations made in “the UN’s Goldstone report regarding the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip accuses Tel Aviv and its leaders of committing war crimes and humanitarian crimes.” Chairman of Swiss-based human rights group Rights for All, Anwar al-Gharbi, ”[Switzerland’s] humanitarian record obligates it to [arrest]” Peres. Beit Hanassi responded that “Palestinian organizations file [legal]complaints every time a senior Israeli official arrives for a visit overseas.” The statement continued, “The petition filed by the Palestinian organization in Switzerland has no influence. The president’s visit was conducted in a warm atmosphere, friendly and without any protests.” Peres was in Geneva as part of a longer visit which will include London. While in Switzerland, he visited the CERN Large Hadron Collider. On Wednesday, he was expected to depart for London where he will deliver an address to some 200 government leaders, have a working meeting with British Prime Minister David Cameron, and in the evening will attend the gala 80th birthday party at the Royal Albert Hall for former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Before leaving London on Thursday, Peres will meet with leaders of Britain’s Jewish community.
Earlier posts have identified Anwar al-Gharbi (aka Anouar Gharbi) as a member of the European Campaign to End the Siege On Gaza (ECESG), a group whose CEO, telephone numbers and address are the same as the Palestinian Return Centre which has extensive ties to Hamas and the UK and Global Muslim Brotherhood. The ECESG and Gharbi appear to be coordinating the the so-called Freedom Fleet 2, the second sea flotilla attempting to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza which is scheduled to sail in late May or early June. A report from the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs (JCPA) has documented the extensive connections of the Global Muslim Brotherhood to the Gaza Flotilla movement, including legal efforts to prosecute Israeli officials.
In addition to his role as a leader of the ECESG. Mr Gharbi is known to have been an officer of the Association de Secours Palestinien (ASP) in Switzerland, the Swiss member of the Union of Good, a coalition of charities headed by Global Muslim Brotherhood leader Youssef Qaradawi which helps to raise funds for Hamas. The Union of Good was banned by Israel in 2002 and was recently designated a terrorist entity by the United State. The ASP had been designated by the US in 2003.
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__label__wiki | 0.535234 | 0.535234 | Pray for India on Sunday, April 28 2013
By Anil Henry on April 22, 2013
Lectionary Selection: Rev 21:1-6
Prayers for India:
Our Immortal God, the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, we come into your presence with hopes of drinking from the spring of the water of life which You have so graciously offered to all the believers. Help us, O Lord, to walk in the path of righteousness, so that we may live as your people in new Jerusalem where there will be no more sorrow, death nor pain. We lift our prayers for India - for the people, especially the farmers; for the government, especially those in power; for the land, to protect it from natural disasters; and for the non-believers, who are in plenty. We pray for all our mission partners in India and for their selfless labor of love for Your glory, dear God, guide and strengthen them. We pray for the Christian Hospital in Mungeli, where we are facing a shortage of nurses at present, may You give us the wisdom and strength to overcome this crisis and to never lose faith in You who has always provided and will forever provide. Amen.
Mission Stewardship Moment from India:
Christian Hospital, Mungeli also runs the Rambo Memorial School, which is an English medium school subsidized by the hospital in order to educate rural children from the surrounding villages. Starting from 80 students in 2003, the school now has 650 children, out of which 400 children belong to the villages within a radius of 25 miles and are brought by our school buses, there being no other mode of transportation (unless you count the bullock-carts and cycle-rickshaws !). To keep up with the times, the school has recently been furnished and equipped with a computer classroom, where on-line classes can be taken from the Khan Academy. Of course, we were helped by our “software” friends from the US….but most of all YOU - who support us and in turn, support the school. We could never have achieved what we were able to, without your support, love and prayers. Our heartfelt thanks to all!
(Prayer and Mission Moment by Teresa and Anil Henry)
Mission Partners in India:
All India Association for Christian Higher Education - AIACHE
Arulagam “House of Grace"
Center for Interfaith Relations, Study and Joint Action - Peace Trust, Kanyakamuri
Church of North India (CNI)
Church of South India (CSI)
Church’s Auxiliary for Social Action - CASA
Comprehensive Rural Health Project, Jamkhed
CREATE (Center for Research Education Action Training and Evaluation)
Darjeerling Tibetan Refugee Center and Tibetan Children’s Village
Deep Griha Society, Pune
Family Village Farm and King’s Matriculation
Henry Martyn Institute for Research, Interfaith Relations and Reconciliation
Inba Ilam, Madurai and Sivaganga Districts
Jivana Jyoti Interchurch Service Agency
Lady Doak College
Nagpada Neighborhood House
Nasrapur Spiritual Life Center
Raipur Christian Retreat and Study Center
Tamilnadu Theological Seminary
Unemployed Young People’s Association
United Theological College, Bangalore
Voluntary Health Association of India
Women’s Christian College (WCC), Chennai
Video Resources about India:
http://globalministries.org/resources/multimedia-resources/videos/video-mission-moments/india-henry.html
More information on India:
http://globalministries.org/sasia/countries/india/
Global Ministries Missionaries in India:
Teresa and Anil Henry, are members of Brookmeade Congregational Church, UCC, Nashville, Tennessee, and serve the Synodical Board of Health Services of the Church of North India. Teresa is an anesthesiologist at the Christian Hospital in Mungeli. Anil is the medical director of the Christian Hospital in Mungeli. Anil and Teresa’s appointment is supported by One Great Hour of Sharing (OGHS).
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News & ToursDecember 8, 2018
Zach Johnson parts ways with caddie after 15 years, two majors
Joel Beall
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Caddie Damon Green is not be a name widely known by golf fans, but they certainly recognize Green's "bird dance," unleashed every time his player, Zach Johnson, would card a red number. But, according to the Caddie Network, Green has taken his last flight with Johnson.
Green told TCN that Johnson informed him of the change in the last few weeks.
“Zach said, ‘I think we need to take a break. It’s not a firing. We’re too good friends for that,’” Green relayed. “I just think he didn’t want to say the word ‘fire.’ I was shocked.”
Johnson and Green had been together for 15 years. The 42-year-old Johnson won the 2007 Masters and 2015 Open Championship with Green on the bag. Johnson has also notched 10 PGA Tour victories and made nine appearances in the Ryder and Presidents Cup in that span. The two had one of the best rapports in the sport, evidenced in this story Johnson told Golf Digest earlier this year.
"Tiger's World Challenge Tournament at Sherwood, 2013. He and I are tied playing the last hole, a par 4. Walking toward our drives, I tell Damon, 'This is what it’s all about. We’re playing T-Dub, we’re tied, and we’re gonna get this done.' Tiger hits first and lands his approach into a greenside bunker. What do I do? Hit an 8-iron into the water. A shot so bad, I’m as embarrassed as I am angry. Damon says, 'I guess there’s only one thing left to do.' I drop into the circle of the drop zone and, from 58 yards out, hole my next one for par. The crowd went insane, but the really awesome thing was, when I looked over at Tiger, he didn’t have that customary grim and determined look on his face. His head was down, but I could see him smiling. After I beat him on the first playoff hole, he still had that smile. He knows what a crazy game golf is."
“He’s probably had a Hall of Fame career and I had a front-row seat to it,” Green said. “It was great to watch.”
TCN reports that Johnson is expected to hire Brett Waldman, who recently worked with Charley Hoffman. Green, 58, says he wants to focus on his family for a bit but plans on looping again.
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Bassano town is located at the foot of Monte Grappa. It is famous for Its “Ponte degli Alpini” bridge. Soon after the bridge rise, you can find Hobb's woman shop, entirely dedicated to fashionable women.
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As cities grow, so do the number of homeless
Homelessness is a mark of failure for communities in providing basic security. Based on national reports, it’s estimated that no less than 150 million people, or about 2 percent of the world’s population, are homeless. However, about 1.6 billion, more than 20 percent of the world’s population, may lack adequate housing.
Such statistics come with a caveat. Obtaining accurate numbers is difficult, mostly due to wild variations in definitions around the globe. Also, measuring homelessness is costly: Cities may under-count due to embarrassment while individuals avoid officials due to shame and fear of harassment.
However, the continuation of homelessness, especially among the wealthy countries, reflects denial and the lack of political will to address poverty and many other issues. Homeless men, women, and children will likely remain an accepted feature of modern urban life for the foreseeable future.
Homelessness is a deepening crisis on the streets of America
Homeless America defies easy characterization. It has more residents than some rural states—more than 550,000 Americans experience homelessness on a typical night, and 1.4 million spend some time in a shelter in a given year.
California has the largest population of people experiencing homelessness, with nearly 130,000, 90,000 of whom are unsheltered, according to the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The city of San Francisco alone had a 30% increase in homelessness since 2015. New York has approximately 91,000, and Florida has over 31,000.
Given these challenges, efforts to tackle homelessness through increased state involvement in the housing sector have not been able to yield the intended results. This strategy amounts to simply throwing money at the problem.
Reasons for homelessness include shortages of affordable housing, privatization of civic services, investment speculation in housing, unplanned and rapid urbanization, as well as poverty, unemployment, and family breakdown.
This holiday season, let us hack for a great cause and produce a solution with the potential to make a real difference. Let us do our bit for a sustainable tomorrow, where millions do not have to live without the basic necessities of life such as food, clothing, and shelter.
Accessible healthcare for homeless people
Homeless people are at a relatively high-risk from a broad range of acute and chronic illnesses. Some health problems are consequences of homelessness such as diseases of the extremities and skin disorders, mental disorders, drug addiction, etc. It also increases the possibility of trauma, especially as a result of physical assault or worse.
Let us come up with solutions that can make healthcare accessible to homeless people.
Contributing for a change
Several organizations are working toward eradicating homelessness and getting people off the streets. Create a solution to list such organizations, spreading awareness among the general public about the work these organizations are doing for a better community and make it accessible for citizens to contribute in terms of donations and ideas.
Accessibility to shelters
Shelters are available for the homeless in certain cities. However, due to various reasons, many homeless people choose not to utilize these shelters and live on the streets instead. One reason is that homeless individuals who are affected by mobility issues cannot access them and are unsure about how shelters function.
Let us come up with solutions that can create awareness about shelters for the homeless and how to access them.
Your challenge is to produce a technological solution that will aid the work of organizations working toward eradicating homelessness or help the homeless better access basic daily human necessities such as food, clothing, and shelter. You are only restricted by your imagination on what you can create.
Cold front sleeper project
People on the streets often choose not to access shelters during warmer months for a variety of reasons (from struggling with the shelter policy on substance abuse to fear of violence in the shelter). However, during the colder months and particularly during cold fronts, there is often a surge in demand for beds in shelters and a greater challenge to access a bed. This can result in an increase in deaths from exposure to the cold.
Let's come up with a solution for community halls, churches, schools and members of the public to offer a bed during winter months or on particularly cold/wet nights of the year
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SOFiSTiK launches SOFiSTiK | 2018: new versions of proven structural analysis and CAD software and modular BIM apps now available
New features, additional interfaces, and enhanced usability
The FEA Extensions for Revit can automatically generate views for subsystem analysis
Oberschleißheim, October 18, 2017 — Construction software developer SOFiSTiK has launched SOFiSTiK | 2018. The new versions of the company’s structural engineering and CAD software together with its BIM apps bring new features, enhanced usability, and optimized performance.
SOFiSTiK | 2018 now ships with more interfaces. In addition to the standard interfaces for all the major modeling applications including Autodesk, AutoCAD, Revit, Rhinoceros and WinTUBE, the added interfaces offer better integration with standard office applications such as Microsoft Word and Excel for evaluation and documentation purposes. In addition to PLB export, DOCX can also be selected for basic documentation. In addition to German and English, French can now also be selected for exports and as a user interface language.
The SOFiSTiK Application Manager (SAM) also makes its debut, offering a modern user interface to handle installation, deinstallation, and updates. With SAM, users and system administrators are able to keep track of currently installed products and any updates that become available for them. It also allows structural engineering firms to use the SOFiSTiK portfolio to build an application environment that meets all of their needs. The wide range of licensing options is designed to offer as much flexibility as possible.
The interface to Autodesk Revit Structure has also been completely revamped. One of the additions to the software’s structural analysis capabilities is the new Analytical Check feature, which simplifies the generation of a functional structural model. This is an example of how SOFiSTiK is ensuring its users have access to the latest advances in Building Information Modelling (BIM) for structural analysis with its latest release.
BIM continues to make inroads, particularly for infrastructure projects. When SOFiSTiK launched its pioneering FE software and Reinforcement Detailing — a tool for generating 2D reinforcement plans with rebar schedules from 3D reinforcement drawings — it was ahead of its time. That laid the foundation for complex bridge construction planning to follow. In this space, an upcoming product will soon bridge the gap between the parametric structural model and 3D construction planning in Revit.
To see an overview of all the new features, visit www.sofistik.com/2018
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__label__wiki | 0.848285 | 0.848285 | Rubbish from Blackbird Leys pizza takeaway dumped - company fined £3,000
Met Catering Ltd prosecuted for fly-tipping and hit with £3,000 fine
By Harrison Jones @OxMailHarrisonJ Reporter
The incident in February involved Met Catering Ltd, who have been prosecuted. Picture: South Oxfordshire District Council
AN OXFORD company has been prosecuted and forced to pay nearly £3,000 for fly-tipping.
South Oxfordshire District Council (SODC) says it successfully prosecuted Met Catering Ltd – which is based in Blackbird Leys – for not disposing of waste correctly in February.
The company have been ordered to pay some £2,854 after a large pile of rubble and waste was found by workers on land owned by Graham Packaging Plastics Ltd, in the village of Chalgrove, south east of Oxford.
During the investigation, the council found paperwork linking the waste to Jakes takeaway in Blackbird Leys – a business operated by Met Catering.
Bulent Yilmaz, the 38-year-old sole director of the Blackbird Leys Road company, admitted to the council that the takeaway premises had recently been refurbished and his firm had paid for waste to be taken away.
Yilmaz could not provide the details of who removed the waste other than it was someone called ‘John’ and the company was not able to provide any paperwork on the transfer of waste - which is required by law.
Last Monday, August 12, the organisation pleaded guilty to four charges under Section 34 Environmental Protection Act 1990 relating to its duty of care for waste.
The firm was fined a total of £2,000 plus costs of £804 and a victim surcharge of £50.
Councillor David Rouane, the SODC cabinet member for housing and environment, said: “This acts as a reminder that business owners must be more aware of their legal obligations when paying someone to dispose of their waste and the consequences on our environment if they don’t follow legal procedures.”
ALSO READ: Fly-tipping soars in Oxfordshire with 900 cases in six months
The case comes hot on the heels of a number of similar prosecutions in the area.
Figures released in January suggested some 3,634 cases were reported across the county in 2017 and 2018.
The area with the highest number of incidents was Oxford, where 1,405 were recorded.
In South Oxfordshire, there were 480 cases.
ALSO READ: Oxford man pays £600 after waste was fly-tipped in Garsington
Earlier this month, the authority forced an Oxford man to pay almost £600 after he allowed strangers to remove rubbish that was later fly-tipped in Garsington.
Lee Loveridge, from Greater Leys, had failed to carry out the required checks when arranging for the waste to be taken from his property.
ALSO READ: Grant Brown from Littlemore fined for fly-tipping
That followed the case of Grant Brown, from Littlemore, who was ordered to pay almost £1,500 for commercial waste offences by the same authority.
The 23-year-old set up an unlicensed cleaning company and was hit with the hefty fine for dumping bags of rubbish.
And in Feburary, SODC made a man who dumped waste in fields after advertising his services across the area pay £1,351.
ALSO READ: Didcot man with a van charged £500 then dumped waste in a field
Didcot’s John James took hundreds of pounds to dispose of rubbish, then tipped it into ugly piles at a beauty spot.
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__label__wiki | 0.956997 | 0.956997 | Police helicopter deployed in Ware after car left scene of an accident
The driver managed to get away after the car was driven to Hanbury Manor
Huw Wales
Police are appealing for anyone who has information to come forward (Image: Getty Images/trinity-of-one)
Police deployed a helicopter to Ware on Wednesday (January 31) night after a car left the scene of a collision with police in pursuit.
A green Volkswagen Golf, which has been reported as stolen, left the scene of a crash and then failed to stop for a police car on Westmill Road at around 9.20pm.
Officers were given permission to pursue the vehicle which was driven into Hanbury Manor where the driver fled from the scene.
Hertfordshire Constabulary draw up 'target list' of 12 known North London gang members who are operating in Hertford and Ware
A police spokeswoman said: "Police came across a vehicle at 9.20pm yesterday on Westmill Road that appeared to have been involved in a collision.
"The vehicle failed to stop for police and a pursuit was authorised. The vehicle later stopped in Hanbury Manor and the driver left the vehicle on foot.
"The vehicle, a green Volkswagen Golf, was later reported as stolen.
"The police helicopter was deployed to help locate the driver. The driver was not found and enquires are on-going to locate them."
New Ware wine bar 'would lead to more graveyard sex', residents warn
Anyone with any information is asked to contact the Hertfordshire Constabulary via the non-emergency number 101, quoting crime reference A6/18/74 or report information online at www.herts.police.uk/report
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__label__wiki | 0.90561 | 0.90561 | A Look Back at Royal Wedding Kisses Through The Years
While royals are typically reserved about showing PDA, their wedding day is a rare occasion to flaunt their love to the world.
By Jennifer Algoo
Jun 17 2019, 3:10 pm EDT
Royal weddings are watched and celebrated all around the world. Although we’re often most excited to see the bride’s wedding gown, the second-best moment is always the bride and groom’s first kiss after saying “I do.” Since royals are typically reserved about showing PDA, their wedding day is a rare occasion to flaunt their love to the world. From Harry and Meghan to Diana and Charles and all that’s in-between, we’re taking a look back at the sweetest royal wedding kisses throughout the years.
Princess Diana and Prince Charles sharing a kiss on the balcony of Buckingham Palace as millions of people around the world watched their July wedding.
As the newlyweds smiled for the crowds outside Buckingham Palace, Prince Charles placed a kiss on Princess Diana's hand.
Sarah, Duchess of York and Prince Andrew, Duke of York, kiss on the balcony of Buckingham Palace after their wedding ceremony.
Dutch royalty Prince Maurits and Princess Marilène sharing a kiss after leaving their wedding ceremony.
The late Earl Louis Mountbatten's grandson Timothy Knatchbull and his new wife, Isabella Norman, kiss outside Winchester Cathedral.
Princess Alexia Of Greece and Carlos Morales Quintana sharing a sweet kiss on the cheek after marrying at the St. Sophia Cathedral in London.
Norwegian Crown Prince Haakon and Mette-Marit Tjessem Hoiby kiss for the crowds after their wedding at the Oslo Cathedral.
Prince Constantijn & Princess Larentien Of Holland kiss while waving to the crowds after their wedding.
Dutch Crown Prince Willem Alexander and his new bride Crown Princess Maxima Zorreguieta share a kiss on the balcony of the Royal Palace in Amsterdam.
Princess Martha Louise of Norway and Ari Behn kiss while watching fireworks at Stiftsgarden following their nuptials.
Emmanuel Philibert of Savoy kisses French actress Clotilde Courau on the cheek after their wedding at Santa Maria degli Angeli church in Rome.
Prince Laurent of Belgium and Claire Coombs kiss on the balcony of Brussels town hall following their wedding.
Dutch royalty Prince Johan Friso and Mabel Wisse Smit kiss on the balcony of the Noordeinde Palace
Spanish Crown Prince Felipe de Bourbon and Letizia Ortiz (now Queen Letizia) share a sweet moment during their wedding ceremony at Almudena Cathedral.
Prince Felipe and his new wife, Princess Letizia Ortiz, kiss on the balcony of the Royal Palace in Madrid after their wedding.
Prince Felipe de Bourbon kisses Princess Letizia Ortiz on the forehead during their wedding banquet at the royal palace in Madrid, Spain.
Danish Crown Prince Frederik receives a kiss from his wife Princess Mary on the balcony of Christian VII's Palace in Copenhagen.
Danish Crown Prince Frederik and his bride Princess Mary kiss on the balcony of Christian VII's Palace after their wedding.
The Duchess of Cornwall's son, Tom Aikens, and his new wife Amber Nuttall share a kiss after marrying in London.
Prince Nikolaos of Greece and Princess Tatiana kiss after getting married at the Cathedral of Ayios Nikolaos in Spetses, Greece.
Princess Annemarie Gualtherie van Weezel and Prince Carlos de Bourbon de Parme share a kiss after their Royal Wedding at Abbaye de la Cambre in Brussels, Belgium.
Crown Princess Victoria Of Sweden receives a kiss on the cheek from her new husband, Prince Daniel Westling, after their wedding at Stockholm Cathedral.
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Prince William and Kate Middleton share a sweet kiss on the balcony of Buckingham Palace after their highly-watched royal wedding at Westminster Abbey.
Princess Charlene of Monaco and Prince Albert II of Monaco kiss as they leave Sainte Devote church after their wedding ceremony at the Prince's Palace of Monaco.
King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Queen Jetsun Pema of Bhutan share a wedding kiss in front of thousands of Bhutanese citizens at the celebration ground at ChangLeme Thang in Thimphu, Bhutan.
Queen Elizabeth II's granddaughter Zara Phillips kisses her new husband,England rugby player Mike Tindall, after their wedding at Canongate Kirk in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Georg Friedrich Ferdinand Prince of Prussia kisses his new wife Princess Sophie of Prussia as they leave their wedding ceremony in Potsdam, Germany.
Christopher O'Neill kisses Princess Madeleine of Sweden's hand during their wedding ceremony at the Royal Palace in Stockholm, Sweden.
Princess Madeleine of Sweden and Christopher O'Neill kiss while greeting the public after their wedding ceremony at the Royal Palace in Stockholm.
Princess Madeleine of Sweden and Christopher O'Neill share another kiss outside the Royal Palace.
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__label__cc | 0.685705 | 0.314295 | At HARTING, interface connectors are used on the data, signal and power lifelines required for industrial devices.
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Our modular device connectivity technology can meet the toughest demands and is absolutely reliable. HARTING is consistently tracking the miniaturization trend so that our customers can meet the demands for smaller devices. Our goal is to provide more performance in smaller interfaces. For all areas of industrial cabling. Whether IP20 solutions for network applications or waterproof connectors that can withstand even the harshest environmental conditions. We offer a versatile product portfolio that is smaller, faster and robust at the same time. Always the proper interface to deliver data, signal and power right up to your application.
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Little Giants - Miniaturized Ethernet Connectors
Little plugs, Gigantic project – The future of miniaturized Ethernet
The circular connectors use different coding to carry out their power supply or data interface tasks. While the classic variant has a screw cap, HARTING has configured its M12 connectors with a more modern and fast PushPull locking mechanism.
Rugged Push Pull Connectors | Outdoor, Waterproof
HARTING PushPull connectors provide compact outdoor rated solutions for a safe shock-and-vibration-resistant connection.
With har-port, HARTING offers a sophisticated and visually appealing system for service interfaces on industrial machines, switch cabinets, medical and building technology. The interface provides the connection of Ethernet, USB and HDMI.
For many years, D-Sub PCB connectors have provided a proven interface for data, signal and power supply in industrial applications. For HARTING, the D-Sub is more than just a bus connector.
M12 PushPull
Vibration-free. No screws. Plug in with a "click".
Ha-VIS preLink® - Technology for Ethernet Cabling
The HARTING Ha-VIS preLink® is an entirely new device connectivity that fulfills all of these requirements, while simultaneously combining the demands of profile-specific cabling for the automation market according to ISO/IEC 61918, with the advantages of generic cabling in accordance with ISO/IEC 24702 and EN50173-3.
RJ Industrial® 10G
The HARTING RJ Industrial® 10G is HARTING's next generation of the world’s first RJ45 connector for tool less connection. This new RJ45 connector features a future-proof design for 10 Gigabit Ethernet. It offers reliable and quickly connection and uses proven insulation displacement terminal technology. The insulation displacement terminals are designed for rigid and flexible conductors with an extremely broad range of wire cross-sections.
The HARTING's modular and compact interface connector system har-link® in 2.0mm pitch allows data transfer rates up to 2 Gbit/s. An EMI shielding concept guarantees excellent function in EM-polluted environment.
HARTING offers a wide range of robust fiber optic cable assemblies manufactured using the innovative HARTING PushPull technology and the classic Han® 3 A housings with different kinds of inserts. These housings are available in either metal or plastic. The selected materials and the special manufacturing processes allow environmental conditions such as extreme fluctuations of temperature, high ozone levels and ultraviolet radiation. The hybrid versions combine fiber optics and power in one, small form factor connector. The HARTING product portfolio offers fully assembled 100 % tested cable harnesses and removes the need for on-site assembly activity. All assemblies are ideally suited for easier handling, transportation and reduce installation time.
The HARTING Cordset Configurator helps users save time and configure a connector solution quickly and easily.
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Real-time information and synchronisation of computer data with real processes play a critical role for process optimisation. Only those who reconcile their information with reality can optimally control processes and reduce costs.
Han® F+B - Hygienic and robust
The interface for the food and beverage industry.
Han® 1A - Compact, robust and versatile
The compact, robust and economical connector e. g. for controllers, small drives and control cabinets.
Connection technology for decentralized drive technology
We supply tested and certified infrastructure solutions such as connector sets and complete tested system cablings that are specifically designed for various Siemens motor starters and frequency converter series.
Han-Modular® Flexbox - The next dimension of modularity
Modular building block system for the configuration of housings that meets exactly the customer's requirements.
Quick and easy handling, robustness, flexibility in use, a long life cycle and, ideally, a tool-free assembly - whatever you expect from a connector – Han® won’t disappoint you. You’ll get even more.
PCB connectors with ribbon cable
Insulation displacement connectors (IDC for short) are the ideal solution for device manufacturers if two or more PCBs are to be connected across longer distances. Where normal mezzanine or mother/daughter card arrangements are no longer sufficient, the IDC delivers reliable connectivity via ribbon cables.
Cable assemblies and distribution boxes
In addition to cable assemblies, we offer system cables and a wide range of distribution boxes.
Networks in modern production facilities are becoming increasingly complex. The unmanaged Ethernet switches from the Ha-VIS eCon series now offer you further new models with RJ45 and fiber optic cable ports to enable the efficient setup and expansion of your Ethernet networks.
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Please contact the HARTING Customer Service for any questions concerning pricing and product availability or lead times.
The HARTING Technology Group offers a broad modular system for the implementation of innovative and future-proof Ethernet cabling. This preLink® modular system arose from the requirements of the most disparate users and existing standards, as well as HARTING's experience.
Wiring Electrical Control Cabinets
In and Outs of Control Panel Wiring
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har-bus® HM Hard Metric Connectors
Hard metric connectors in 2 mm contact pitch based on IEC 61076-4-101 with press-in technology.
TCA Connectors
Specifically developed for the next generation of telecom, medical and industrial applications.
HARTING PushPull Connectors
HARTING PushPull connectors were specifically designed for robust and compact applications
M8 D-Code Ethernet Connector
World's first M8 D-code connector for 100 Mbit/s Fast Ethernet from the cloud to any sensor.
HARTING ix Industrial® - RJ45 Ethernet Interface
The HARTING ix Industrial® is our answer to the future challenges posed by Industry 4.0 and the IoT.
First and only manufacturer to offer both listed and recognized options for uses in UL 508 applications
HARTING Integrated Solutions
HARTING Integrated Solutions (HIS) facilities provide complete manufacturing services through the use of printed circuit board technology and advanced production equipment. HARTING services include both standard and customized backplane solutions, each one produced in our fully integrated manufacturing plant in Elgin, IL. Prior to shipment, all products undergo comprehensive mechanical testing and electronic performance verification according to widely recognized industry standards and customer specifications
HARTING's mobile applications allow you to configurator solutions, determine your cost savings, and access hundreds of educational content pieces to keep you up-to-speed in the industry.
Trains are a critical form of moving people and things from one point to another. Integrating IIoT functionalities has become essential for train companies and transit authorities who want to improve the safety, reliability, and maintenance of their systems. Compared to other applications, trains have special requirements. Trains travel at high speeds through harsh environments. The environments and vibration during travel means that all systems on the trains need to be extremely robust and reliable.
Edge-computing gateway device/Industrial PC for the IIoT and Industry 4.0.
FlexiMon
Intelligent, Modular, and Adaptive Production
This series meets all the electrical requirements for implementing of high-quality connectivity solutions in hazardous locations in the Americas.
Edge Computing Solution Packages
Digitalizing a factory. Improving Overall Operational Efficiencies (OEE) using technology. Building a predictive maintenance system. All of these are reasons that companies are turning to Industry 4.0. However, implementing a solution specific to an existing factory can seem overwhelming. As no two applications are exactly the same, finding an out of the box solution that perfectly fits in your existing application is unlikely. Having said this, tailoring existing, tested IIoT solutions for your applications is easy with the right partner. This is the concept behind HARTING’s IIoT Solution Packages.
Condition monitoring is a necessity in modern production and business models. Condition monitoring (or, colloquially, CM) is the process of monitoring a parameter of condition in machinery (vibration, temperature, et cetera) to identify a significant change that is indicative of a developing fault. It is a major component of predictive maintenance. Companies cannot afford any unexpected downtime caused by machine malfunction and power. Taking precautions to monitor the health and viability of equipment is a must. Condition monitoring allows to operate old machines and infrastructure (e.g. conveyor systems) longer than originally planned. This way, investments can be minimized and shifted to strategically important topics.
Methods of Asset Tracking
Asset Tracking is the method of automatically tracking physical objects using various forms of technology. As there are many different types of objects that can be tracked, and specific requirements for each object, several technologies exist to accomplish all the different asset tracking solutions. From scanning groceries at a check out, to monitoring shipping containers as they cross oceans, below is a brief overview of the different technologies involved to make these types of applications happen.
Understanding the location of assets as well as stored and updated information about the asset is the core of automated asset management. One of the most reliable and widely used ways to manage assets is via an MICA RF-R500 RFID system. RFID is a technology that uses radio waves to read, capture and store information on an RFID tag that is attached to an object.
Injection Molding Solutions
Injection molding machines are the center of the manufacturing process for many companies and, due to the materials and processes used, one of the most complex machines on the floor. This is why the first machines a company considers for upgrading with IIoT capabilities is usually the injection molding machines.
MICA Starter Kits
The Industry's First IIoT Starter Kits It’s easy to talk about integrating IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things), but it’s another thing entirely to do it. Many people don’t know where to start or what IIoT applications would benefit their operations the best. That’s why HARTING developed these IIoT starter kits. Each kit has everything needed for a basic application and is ideal for those starting with IIoT. The HARTING MICA boasts a container-based open architecture so users can easily customize to their specific application well beyond what is included in the kits.
Digital Retrofit
When the decision is made to integrate IIoT, there are two possible strategies. Either a company can invest in completely new machines and equipment that were developed exclusively for this need or they can upgrade their current machines, otherwise known as legacy machinery, and equipment with devices that make this type of communication possible. Digital retrofit here means taking a device that produces or uses data of some sort and connecting it to a device that can allow that data to be a part of a larger data pool.
The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) connects machines, analytics, and people to create powerful insights to drive smarter, faster, and better business decisions. The IIoT is made up of interconnected machines and devices that can monitor, collect, exchange, and analyze data. It is transforming the industry and changing the way the industry functions. By combining machine-to-machine communications with analytics, companies can reap the benefits of unparalleled efficiency, productivity, and performance.
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Inter-car jumper systems based on customer requirements
Han-Eco® – high-performance plastic connectors
Han-Eco® is a modular connector that carries almost no weight. It forms an ideal solution, when it comes to the optimization of an interface’s weight and price.
Customized assemblies
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Whether for transportation or industrial applications: the ability to quickly and accurately detect current is required in order to precisely control power electronics systems such as frequency converters, traction converters, UPS systems or welding systems. | cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1413703 |
__label__wiki | 0.535936 | 0.535936 | Kumaon & Sarajevo Seek Golden Rose
Kumaon and Sarajevo face each other again at Rosehill Gardens, Australia, in the seven-furlong Group One De Bortoli Wines Golden Rose Stakes on Saturday, September 13.
Both three-year-old colts ran well at the same course on their first outings of the season in the Group Three MTA NSW Run To The Rose over six furlongs on August 30, with Kumaon [pictured] running on well to take second behind Hallowed Crown and Sarajevo coming home fourth.
Kumaon, trained by John O'Shea and ridden by Kerrin McEvoy, was headed close home to finish third, beaten just over a length, in the mile Group One Moet & Chandon Champagne Stakes at Royal Randwick on April 26.
He was half a neck second in the seven-furlongs Group Two Bowermans Pago Pago Stakes at Rosehill Gardens on March 29, and made a winning debut over five and a half furlongs at the same course in December, 2013.
Sarajevo, also representing John O'Shea and partnered by James McDonald, was hampered on his seasonal return when fourth in the Listed Rosebud Stakes over six furlongs at Randwick on August 9. He also made a winning start to his career with a comfortable victory in a five and a half furlong maiden by just over a length at Randwick-Kensington on April 21.
John O'Shea said: "Kumaon has made beautiful improvement from his first-up run. He has drawn nicely in gate one for a race that is run at speed. I am very happy with the colt and believe he is ready to run a very forward race.
"Sarajevo continues to improve every time he steps out and the last fortnight has been no different. "He gets a gun run from this barrier draw (eight) but we just need the track to dry out a little bit more to have him at his most effective. He goes into the race with a great profile and I expect him to be very competitive."
Kumaon and Sarajevo face 13 rivals headed by Tooheys New Golden Slipper third Bring Me The Maid, dual Group Three scorer Hallowed Crown and Group One Tatts Group J J Atkins winner Almalad. | cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1413715 |
__label__wiki | 0.982874 | 0.982874 | After helping build Texans roster, Brian Gaine returns with Bills
Aaron Wilson , Houston Chronicle Jan. 3, 2020 Updated: Jan. 3, 2020 7:01 p.m.
Less than seven months after being fired as Texans GM, Brian Gaine will be back at NRG Stadium as his current employer Buffalo visits for an AFC wild-card game.
Photo: Brett Coomer, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer
Brian Gaine was in the Texans’ press box a week ago, watching the action on the field through binoculars.
He was working on an advance scouting report for his current NFL employer: the Buffalo Bills.
It was a familiar view and vantage point for Gaine, a 46-year-old New York native.
Gaine was the Texans’ general manager until being abruptly fired in June after 17 months on the job as the replacement for Rick Smith.
One month after being dismissed by the Texans — who now operate under the authority of coach Bill O’Brien as a de facto GM working in tandem with executives Jack Easterby, Chris Olsen, Matt Bazirgan and Rob Kisiel — Gaine was hired by the Bills as a senior personnel advisor.
Gaine returns to NRG Stadium on Saturday when the Bills play the AFC South champion Texans in a wild card playoff game.
It’s an interesting juxtaposition considering the imprint Gaine has had on both teams’ rosters.
After three years working under Smith, Gaine was hired as part of Bills GM Brandon Beane’s first staff in May 2017 as vice president of player personnel. He returned to Houston after the 2017 season to be the franchise’s third general manager after Smith took a leave of absence when his wife Tiffany was diagnosed with cancer and later died.
As director of player personnel during his first stint with the Texans, Gaine was involved in multiple drafts and free agency signing periods. He was on the staff in 2017 when Smith engineered a draft-day trade to acquire quarterback Deshaun Watson, a Pro Bowl selection this season.
O’Brien was part of the Texans’ GM search committee and gave Gaine a strong recommendation to the McNair family. Working in tandem, Gaine and O’Brien both spoke highly of each other. No player was drafted or signed that O’Brien didn’t approve.
As GM, Gaine oversaw the past two drafts and free-agent signing periods for the Texans. The NFL front-office veteran selected or signed many of the players still on the Texans’ roster.
That includes his first draft pick in 2018 netting starting safety Justin Reid in the third round along with selecting starting rookie offensive linemen Tytus Howard and Max Scharping in the first round and second round, respectively, last year as well as cornerback Lonnie Johnson Jr.
In free agency last offseason, the Texans signed veteran safety Tashaun Gipson after being outbid by the Chiefs for safety Tyrann Mathieu. Gipson is now out for the season with a back injury after leading the defense with three interceptions.
The Texans also added standout cornerback Bradley Roby, tight end Darren Fells— who has seven touchdown catches — and safety Jahleel Addae on one-year contracts.
After Gaine was fired last June, O’Brien commented just once on his former co-worker one year after emphasizing the alignment between them: “High character, great family man, good football person.” Gaine wasn’t made available for comment for this article.
Since Gaine’s dismissal, which was followed by the Texans’ attempt to hire Patriots executive Nick Caserio that briefly drew a tampering charge from New England before agreeing to no longer pursue him, the Texans have operated with a more aggressive style than under Gaine or Smith.
O’Brien has been heavily involved in multiple trades, exchanging a combination of draft picks and players, including a pair of first-round draft picks and a second-rounder going to the Dolphins to land Pro Bowl left tackle Laremy Tunsil and starting wide receiver Kenny Stills. The Texans also acquired running backs Carlos Hyde and Duke Johnson and cornerback Gareon Conley via trades and added nickel back Vernon Hargreaves off waivers.
The Texans are actively looking for opportunities to acquire players under contract beyond this season that they regard as having upside. Essentially, they’re looking for depressed assets.
And in a departure from their previous negotiating policy under Gaine and Smith, the team is now doing in-season deals. That includes signing center Nick Martin, outside linebacker Whitney Mercilus and punter Bryan Anger to contract extensions.
Like his former team, Gaine has moved on.
With the Bills, he is working in a well-respected personnel department led by Beane and assistant general manager Joe Schoen. Gaine has worked behind the scenes for the Bills scouting NFL and college games and is part of a former Texans contingent in Buffalo.
Former Texans secondary coach John Butler now coaches the Bills’ defensive backs. That includes former Texans first-round pick Kevin Johnson, who’s expected to play extensively Saturday with fellow cornerback Levi Wallace dealing with an ankle injury.
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Texans fire senior vice president Chris Olsen | cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1413718 |
__label__cc | 0.595574 | 0.404426 | Primary Childhood Immunisation Schedule
Immunisation Schedule
Diseases Vaccines Prevent
School Programme
4 in 1 and MMR
Tdap
MenACWY
Flu vaccine for people with long-term conditions
What is flu?
Flu vaccine during pregnancy
Flu vaccine for healthcare workers
Vaccines & Pregnancy
Adult Vaccines
Primary Childhood Schedule
Dealing with flu
4 in 1 and MMR School Programme
HPV School Programme
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MenB
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Patient Information Leaflets and Vaccine Contents
Immunisation Guidelines
School Medicine Protocols
Vaccine Ordering and Storage
Immunisation Newsletter
Ordering Materials
Answers to the most common questions parents ask
Download the booklet "Your child's immunisation - A guide for parents" for information about the primary childhood programme (Birth - 13 months) – For babies born on or after 1 October 2016 English (2.8MB) or Irish Version (3MB)
Why are vaccines given at such an early age?
How serious are these diseases?
Are too many vaccines given?
Will immunisations still work if my child doesn't get them at the right time?
What will happen if my child doesn't get these vaccines?
What are my child's chances of being exposed to these diseases?
Do vaccines always work?
What are the names of the vaccines my baby will receive?
Where can I find out more information about these vaccines?
What is in vaccines?
Where can I find a list of vaccine ingredients?
Are vaccines safe?
What about scare stories?
Where can i get a copy of my child's vaccination records?
Vaccines are given at an early age because young babies are most vulnerable to these diseases and need to be protected as early as possible. For example, babies younger than 6 months are at the highest risk for serious complications of pertussis (six out of 10 need to go into hospital, and nine out of 10 deaths from whooping cough are in this age group). The MMR vaccine is not usually recommended for children under 12 months because it may not work properly.
Any of them can kill a child or an adult. It's easy to forget how serious they are because - thanks largely to vaccines - we don't see them nearly as much as we used to.
Measles used to kill thousands of people in Europe and the United States every year. In the 1940s and 1950s, tens of thousands of children were crippled or killed by polio. As recently as the mid 1980s, 100 children a year in Ireland suffered from meningitis and other serious complications as a result of Hib infection.
These diseases have not changed. They can still cause pneumonia, choking, meningitis, brain damage and heart problems in children who are not protected. These diseases still kill children in many parts of the world, even in Ireland.
Some parents worry that giving several vaccines at once will overload their child's immune system or that the vaccines may not work properly. However, there is nothing to worry about as your child's immune system can easily cope with vaccines. Studies have shown that vaccines are just as safe and just as effective when they are given together as when they are given separately. For example, if your child received single injections instead of the combined MMR vaccine, they would be exposed to the diseases of measles, mumps or rubella for a longer period and would have to have six injections instead of two.
A number of injections are needed to give your child the fullest possible protection, so it is important to complete the course. The number of injections is reduced by the use of combination vaccines where several vaccines are combined into one injection.
The ages at which vaccines are recommended are chosen to give your child the earliest and best protection against disease.
Yes. Most of these vaccines can be given at any age, and a child who misses one injection in a course of injections does not have to start again. The vaccines given will still work and your child will still develop protection. Just ask your GP.
Rotavirus oral vaccine cannot be given to babies 8 months 0 days and older.
Your child needs to get the vaccines at the right age so that they are protected from serious diseases when they are most vulnerable.
GET THE VACCINES ON TIME EVERY TIME
Basically, one of two things could happen:
If your child goes through life without ever being exposed to these diseases, nothing would happen.
If your child is exposed to any of these diseases, as a child or as an adult, there is a good chance that he or she will get the disease.
Your child could
get mildly ill and have to stay inside for a few days; or
get very sick and have to go into hospital or at worst die.
Your child could also spread those diseases to others who are not protected, such as children who are too young to be vaccinated. Many people could get very sick and some could die if not enough people in your community are protected.
Some of these diseases are very rare in Ireland today, so the chances of exposure are small, but others are still fairly common. Some of the diseases are rare in Ireland but common elsewhere in the world, so your child could get those diseases while travelling abroad.
You shouldn't assume your child is completely safe from diseases, even the rare ones. Diphtheria still occurs in some Asian countries. In 2010 a large polio epidemic took place in Eastern Europe. Polio still occurs in Pakistan, Nigeria and Afghanistan.
With increased travel to and from these countries, it is possible that these diseases will become more common. If enough people don't get immunised, epidemics will definitely follow.
If your child is not immunised, they are at a greater risk of getting these infections when they are older. Some infections are more serious in teenagers or adults than in children. For example, mumps in teenage boys or young men may cause swelling of the testicles and if a woman catches rubella during the early stages of pregnancy, this may cause major birth defects in the baby. Measles can be more serious in adults.
Vaccines work most of the time, but not always. Most childhood immunisations protect 90% to 99% of the children who get them, but sometimes a child will not respond to certain vaccines. This is another reason why it's important for all children to be immunised. A child who has not responded to immunisation depends on the immunity of others around them for protection. Your child could be infected by a child who hasn't been immunised, but not by one who is immune.
Effectiveness of Vaccines
Percentage of children immune after getting the recommended doses of vaccine
Diphtheria vaccine
80 to 100%
MenB Vaccine
Men C vaccine
Pertussis (whooping cough) vaccine
75 to 90%
Pneumococcal vaccine (PCV)
Rotavirus oral vaccine
Tetanus vaccine
Almost 100%
Babies born on or after 1 October 2016
The table below shows the vaccine product name and the company that makes the vaccine.
BCG*
Infanrix Hexa
Prevenar 13
Bexsero
Rotarix
MenC
Menjugate
Priorix or MMRVaxpro
GSK or MSD Ireland (Human Health)
Hib/MenC
Menitorix
All vaccines used by the HSE as part of the immunisation programme are licensed by the Irish Medicines Board and the European Medicines Agency.
The following websites provide detailed licensed information about the vaccines.
www.medicines.ie
www.hpra.ie/homepage/medicines/medicines-information/find-a-medicine
www.ema.europa.eu/ema/
This information can be found in the patient information leaflet (PIL) and the Summary of Product Characteristics (SPC).
To search these websites you need to know the name of the vaccine. The product names of each vaccine used in the primary childhood immunisation schedule are
Priorix
MMRVaxpro
Sanofi Pasteur MSD
Hiberix
** Click here for more information
* BCG PIL and SmPC are available at the following sites SmPC for BCG http://www.hpra.ie/img/uploaded/swedocuments/LicenseSPC_PA0798-002-001_10032015102039.pdf PIL for BCG: http://www.hpra.ie/img/uploaded/swedocuments/2154093.PA0798_002_001.5b50067d-5964-4dff-8d66-081f7341c67f.000001BCG%20Vaccine%20PIL.150309.pdf
Vaccines contain active ingredients (the vaccine itself) and additives such as preservatives and stabilisers.
Vaccines are made from the same germs that cause infections, but the germs in vaccines are either killed or weakened so that they won't make your child sick and are safe to use.
Vaccines may contain:
a small amount of preservative to protect the vaccine from contamination
other additives to make sure that the active vaccine ingredient is evenly mixed throughout the injection mixture and
a small amount of aluminium salt, which helps the body to respond better to the vaccine.
The level of additives in vaccines is very low and within internationally recommended levels. These additives do not cause any serious health problems in babies and young children.
There is no thiomersal in any of the vaccines used in the childhood immunisation programme in Ireland.
The following websites provide detailed licensed information about vaccines including the ingredients:
To search these websites you need to know the name of the vaccine. The product names of each vaccine used in the primary childhood immunisation schedule are:
The list of ingredients is available in the Patient Information Leaflet (PIL)
More detailed information can be found in the Summary of Product Characteristics (SPCs). SPCs follow a standard format and to find what is in each vaccine you should look at
Section 2 - qualitative and quantitative composition
Section 6.1 - list of excipients.
The vaccines used in Ireland are safe. All medicines can cause side effects, but with vaccines these are usually mild, like a sore arm or leg or a slight fever. Serious side effects to vaccines are extremely rare.
Research from around the world shows that immunisation is the safest way to protect your child's health. Your doctor or nurse can discuss the risks with you before giving your child their vaccines.
All the recommended vaccines used to protect children in Ireland are licensed by the Irish Medicines Board or the European Medicines Agency. They are allowed to be used only after they have been shown to be both effective and safe.
What about the scare stories?
We know that vaccines don't cause autism, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, allergies, asthma or attention deficit disorder (commonly known as hyperactivity). However, when things happen to our children around the same time as they are immunised we can wrongly presume that there is a link. For example, the signs of autism usually become noticeable at about the age when children are given the MMR vaccine, but one does not cause the other. Because most children get immunised, those who have conditions such as autism, asthma or attention deficit disorder will probably have been immunised as well. Studies to see if children who have been immunised are more likely to have these conditions have shown that there is no link between the conditions and vaccines.
Extensive research into the MMR vaccine, involving thousands of children, was carried out in the UK, the USA, Sweden and Finland. This research showed that there is no link between MMR and autism. One study looked at every child born in Denmark from 1991 to 1998. During that time, 82% of children born in Denmark received the MMR vaccine. The researchers looked at the records of over half a million children and found the risk of autism was the same in immunised children as in children who had not been immunised. Experts from around the world, including the World Health Organization, agree that there is no link between MMR and autism.
The primary childhood immunisation programme is carried out by your GP (family doctor) practice, they should have a copy of the vaccinations they have given to your child. The records may also be available from your local health office.
In most areas the school immunisation programme is carried out by the HSE school immunisation teams and the vaccination record will be held in your local health office. In a small number of areas the school vaccinations are carried out in GP practices and records should be available through your GP or local health office.
The National Immunisation Office produces immunisation passports that you or the vaccinator can fill in so all of your child's records can be kept together. To order a copy of this booklet for your child's vaccinations please click here for babies born on or after 1 October 2016.
If you have any questions speak with your GP or public health nurse or local health office.
Download the booklet "Your child's immunisation - A guide for parents" here for more information about the primary childhood programme (Birth - 13 months) – For babies born on or
after 1 October 2016 English (2.8MB) or Irish Version (3MB)
Download the booklet "Immunisation Passport" in English or Irish Version or order a copy from www.healthpromotion.ie
Download the Introduction to your child's immunisations here - English (544.3KB) or Irish (545.4KB) Version
Download Tearpad - Pre Vaccination Advice (192.7KB)
Download Tearpad - Post Vaccination Advice (240.6KB)
Health Protection Surveillance Centre - vaccination information at http://www.hpsc.ie/hpsc/A-Z/VaccinePreventable/Vaccination/
Royal College of Physicians of Ireland - Immunisation Guidelines for Ireland
This page was updated on 7 January 2019
After Immunisation
Before Immunisation
HSE National Immunisation Office
Units 8-9 Manor Street Business Park, Manor Street, Dublin 7
immunisation@hse.ie | cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1413720 |
__label__wiki | 0.530547 | 0.530547 | Highlighting Successes of Women with Disabilities in Georgia
Georgian women with disabilities who spoke at the A-Spire Speakers Series in Tbilisi
Regions and Countries:
Europe and Eurasia, Georgia
Participation and Inclusion, Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities, Gender Equality
Women with disabilities encounter discrimination and intersectional barriers to inclusion in society, which can result in reduced participation in political and public life. To support and empower this community in Georgia, the International Foundation for Electoral System (IFES) launched the A-Spire Speakers Series in July 2019 to provide a platform for women with disabilities to share their unique stories and successes with the disability rights community, local and international stakeholders and government representatives. This seminar series, which countered stereotypes and negative narratives about women with disabilities in Georgia, builds on IFES’ more than 10 years supporting the political participation and inclusion of traditionally underrepresented groups, including women, youth and persons with disabilities.
The inaugural A-Spire event brought together four storytellers from Tbilisi, Kutaisi and Batumi – including one speaker representing a religious minority – and was moderated by a woman with a visual disability. Speakers described their personal experiences, barriers and goals, including discrimination they have faced and how they have responded to it. By emphasizing their abilities to use innovative solutions to solve problems, they challenged traditional beliefs about the role of women with disabilities in Georgian society. Their stories demonstrated that they have proven to themselves and society that believing in oneself is key to reducing prejudice.
Stella Andriuk shared her goal to achieve her childhood dream of becoming a professional archer. Andriuk, who uses a wheelchair and has had over 30 surgeries, continued to pursue her dream despite encountering attitudinal and physical barriers. Mariam Mikiashvili brought educational methods for students with visual disabilities back to her work as deputy director of the only public school for children with visual disabilities in Georgia; Mikiashvili had first encountered these unique learning approaches while studying in the United States under the Future Leaders Program.
“There are no limitations, the only thing one needs is to set the goal and think how to achieve it.” – Mariam Mikiashvili
To further develop the A-Spire Speakers Series, IFES informally engaged TEDx Tbilisi to meet the standard of TED talks held around the world. Use of the TEDx methods and standards built the speakers’ public speaking and leadership skills, increasing their confidence. TEDx Tbilisi has expressed interest in bringing A-Spire Speakers to future events, which supports this initiative’s sustainability.
In Georgia, persons with disabilities are extremely underrepresented; only one parliamentarian represents the disability community. However, active and informed political participation of all persons is crucial to the future of Georgia. The A-Spire Speaker Series is a platform for the empowerment of women with disabilities to play an active role in social and political life and to positively shape democratic outcomes.
Video excerpts and transcripts can be found on IFES’ ElectionAccess.org.
IFES’ project in Georgia is made possible with the support of the United States Agency for International Development through the Consortium for Elections and Political Process Strengthening (CEPPS). Established in 1995, CEPPS pools the expertise of three premier international organizations dedicated to democratic development: IFES, the International Republican Institute and the National Democratic Institute. CEPPS has a 20-year track record of collaboration and leadership in democracy, human rights and governance support, learning from experience, and adopting new approaches and tools based on the ever-evolving technological landscape.
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Country Director, Georgia
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__label__wiki | 0.518658 | 0.518658 | :: Issues > Human Rights
Egypt Reviewed by UN Rights Council: Truth Emerges Despite Government Lies
Press Release: Egypt’s human rights record was reviewed by the United Nations Human Rights Council yesterday( 17 February 2010).
Monday, February 22,2010 23:41
Egyptian human rights NGOs welcomed the inclusion of serious rights concerns and substantive recommendations to curb systemic abuses, including many that were presented by an independent NGO Coalition, were presented to the government by a number of states. Unfortunately, however, the Egyptian government failed to engage constructively with the review and instead chose to justify or deny human rights abuses. The government presented false information to the Council on issues such as the State of Emergency, issues of due process, and discrimination based on religion or belief.
After Egypt’s failure to seriously engage on human rights violations, many other states, including most Arab states, took the floor in mass to offer praise while avoiding making any substantial human rights recommendations. This “filibuster of praise” limited a more robust human rights scrutiny from taking place. However, the process did yield several substantial recommendations including recommendations to: (a) End the State of Emergency and ensure that future anti-terrorism legislation complies with international human rights law; (b) Invite independent election monitors to observe the upcoming elections; (c) Amend legislation and the definition of torture to bring it in line with international standards; (d) prosecute perpetrators of sectarian violence; and (e) revise proposed and current NGO laws to ensure the effective and free functioning of independent NGOs.
As human rights NGOs from Egypt we call on the government to accept the above recommendations and release a concrete action plan to improve the human rights violations these recommendations address. We call on Egypt to begin to seriously address widespread human rights violations currently occurring in Egypt. In particular, we call on Egypt to:
1. Stop invoking the State of Emergency to violate the standards of fair trial by referring civilians to exceptional courts established under the Emergency Law, such as when the High State Security Court, Emergency Division, issued verdicts against defendants in the Mahalla al-Kubra case, where demonstrations and a call for a general strike were repressed on April 6, 2008. In this instance, the court convicted several protest organizers on confessions allegedly attained through torture. Moreover, authorities failed to identify those responsible for the death of three people killed as a result of excessive force by security forces during the protest.
2. Ensure that the amendments to Law No. 84 of 2002 on NGOs are made in consultation with all relevant parties (including NGOs) in order to comply with international standards on the right to association. Worth mentioning is that in May 2009 the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR) received a notice from the Ministry of Social Solidarity according to Law No.84 of 2002 warning of its impending dissolution after the organization applied for approval of a foreign grant from the ministry.
3. Ensure accountability for crimes of torture and extrajudicial killings. From June 2008 till February 2009 reports from rights groups documented 13 cases of death caused either by torture in various detention facilities or shootings by police in the course of a criminal pursuit.
4. Abolish all freedom-depriving punishments for press and publication crimes, and prohibit provisional detention for these crimes, including the crime of insulting the President. All articles in the Penal Code and the publications law should be reviewed to prevent the use of such punishments to stigmatize or deter freedom of opinion, expression, and the press.
5. Take decisive measures to confront public calls for, or incitements to, religious hatred and sectarian violence against religious minorities, including Christian Copts.
6. Allow international and independent civil society monitoring of elections, and allow independent judicial oversight of the election process.
In addition to the aforementioned recommendations, we urge the government to consider and implement recommendations adopted by the forum of independent Egyptian human rights institutions. For the full version of the recommendations please check the following link: http://www.cihrs.org/Images/ArticleFiles/Original/528.pdf
Signatory NGOs:
1. Al- Nadim Center for Treatment and Psychological Rehabilitation for Victims of Violence
2. Andalus Institute for Tolerance and Anti-Violence Studies
3. Arab Penal Reform Organization
4. Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression
5. Association for Human Rights Legal Aid
6. Hisham Moubarak Law Center
7. New Women Research Center
8. The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information
9. The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies
10. The Center for Trade Union and Workers’ Services
11. The Egyptian Association for Community Participation Enhancement
12. The Egyptian Center for Economic and Social Rights
13. The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights
14. The Group for Human Rights Legal Aid
15. The Human Rights Center for the Assistance of Prisoners
tags: NGOs / Torture / Emergency Law / Press Freedom / Copts / Judges / Civil Society / Human Rights in Egypt / Human Rights Activists / State of Emergency / EOHR / Publication Law / Egyptian Journalists / UNHRC
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MAS Freedom Presents Former U.S. Attorney General at Press Briefing on Human Rights in Egypt | cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1413724 |
__label__wiki | 0.855922 | 0.855922 | IOC voices concern after boxing federation appoints president linked to heroin trade and organised crime
Guillaume Goudreau
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has said it is “extremely worried” that a man linked to organised crime has been named as the Interim President of the International Boxing Association (Aiba).
Uzbek national Gafur Rakhimov was appointed to the role on Saturday, when he promised to restore transparency and good governance to Aiba, which has been mired in controversy over its management and finances in recent months.
Rakhimov, the body’s longest-serving Vice President, will occupy the role until November, when elections will take place to find a permanent leader.
In December, the US Treasury Department accused Rakhimov of having close links with the notorious Eurasian transnational Thieves-in-Law criminal organization, and claimed he was “an important person involved in the heroin trade”.
“Rakhimov has collaborated with Thieves-in-Law on business, as well as assisted Thieves-in-Law by providing warning of law enforcement issues, arranging meetings, and addressing other problems,” the Treasury Department said in a statement in December.
“Rakhimov has been described as having moved from extortion and car theft to becoming one of Uzbekistan’s leading criminals and an important person involved in the heroin trade.”
The Treasury Department has frozen Rakhimov’s assets held in American jurisdiction, and prohibited US citizens from “conducting financial or other transactions” with him.
The IOC’s executive board, which withdrew funding from Aiba at the beginning of last month and was due to debate longstanding problems with the federation later this week, said it will now consider further measures against the governing body.
In a statement, an IOC spokesperson said: “The IOC is extremely worried about the governance in Aiba.
“The IOC Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer will give a report to the IOC executive board meeting this upcoming week in Pyeongchang. The IOC executive board will then decide on further measures.”
Speaking at an Aiba Extraordinary Congress in Dubai following his appointment at the weekend, Rakhimov said the agency must work closely with national federations and the IOC as it attempts to restore confidence in its financial management.
According to the US Treasury Department, the Thieves-in-Law group it accuses Rakhimov of being associated with originated in Stalinist prison camps.
The organisation is then said to have grown into a vast criminal network that has spread throughout the former Soviet Union, Europe and the US, engaging in a variety of illegal activities including money laundering, extortion, bribery and robbery.
“The Thieves-in-Law is a Eurasian crime syndicate that has been linked to a long list of illicit activity across the globe,” John E Smith, Director of the US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, said when announcing the freezing of Rakhimov’s assets last month.
“Treasury is designating the Thieves-in-Law as part of a broader strategy to disrupt the financial infrastructure of transnational criminal organisations that pose a threat to the United States and our allies.”
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Spanish police have arrested 30 suspected members of a sham marriage network that facilitated illegal immigration by setting up partnerships of convenience.
In an operation backed by Europol, investigators from Spain’s Policía Nacional carried out 11 raids on multiple residential and business premises, seizing more than €10,000 ($11,093) in cash along with evidence that indicted those detained were involved in the facilitation of illegal immigration and document fraud.
Members of the network are said to have set up sham marriages between male illegal immigrants and Spanish women, allowing the men to formalise their stay in the European Union.
Migrants seeking to avail themselves of the gang’s services would be charged as much as €12,000, with their bogus partners being paid €3,000 for agreeing to enter into fake marriages.
Members of the gang, which was made up of members of both Moroccan and Spanish origin, used a complex web of shell companies to facilitate the conspiracy, and had also set up a sophisticated money laundering operation, through which their profits were funnelled.
The network was based in the Valencia town of Sagunto, but also had bases in Morocco, Belgium, France and Italy, a fact that triggered the involvement of Europol.
In a statement, the EU law enforcement agency said: “Europol provided coordination and analytical support and facilitated the information exchange.
“On the action day, Europol also deployed experts on-the-spot to cross-check operational information in real time against Europol’s databases and to provide technical expertise.”
The investigation that led to the dismantling of the network was launched after Spanish police were alerted to potential irregularities in residence permit applications in Sagunto.
The two alleged leaders of network, a Spaniard and a Frenchman both of Moroccan origin, owned several companies in Sagunto, through which the Spanish women to whom migrants were married were employed.
Migrants who used the network’s services would either remain in Spain or be transported by the gang to France or Belgium.
In January of last year, police in Belgium and Portugal broke up an organised criminal gang that paid mostly Portuguese women to enter into sham marriages with Pakistani men.
Investigators arrested 17 suspects in Belgium and a further three in Portugal in a series of coordinated raids in an operation that targeted a network that was said to have paid women thousands of euros to marry the illegal immigrants.
Back in August 2018, law enforcement agencies in Romania and Poland held five members of an organised crime gang suspected of being behind the arrangement of sham marriages for Indian and Nepali nationals looking to gain access to the EU.
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Researchers at Purdue University have created a small edible tag that can be embedded into medicines in order to prevent the counterfeiting of drugs.
In a paper published in the journal Nature Communications, scientists from the institution explain that drug counterfeiters would need to decipher complicated patterns not fully visible to the naked eye to get round the new security system.
The edible tags serve as digital fingerprints for individual pills and capsules, and are intended to help pharmacists verify the legitimacy of their stock before dispensing it to patients as well as being a method to discourage the counterfeiting of medicines.
According to the researchers, their invention uses an authentication technique called physical unclonable functions (PUF) that generate a different response each time they are stimulated, meaning that even drug manufacturers would not be able to recreate tags.
Taking the form of a transparent film made of silk and fluorescent proteins, the tags are easily digestible, meaning they can be consumed by patients when they take their mediation.
Commenting on the new technology, Jung Woo Leem, a postdoctoral associate in biomedical engineering at Purdue, said in a statement: “Our concept is to use a smartphone to shine an LED light on the tag and take a picture of it. The app then identifies if the medicine is genuine or fake.”
The tags currently last for at least two months before the proteins start to degrade, but Leem and his team are working on extending their life so as they can last until the expiry date of the drugs they are intended to protect.
As well as holding a security key that can verify the authenticity of medication, the tags could also hold other information, such as dosage instructions.
Leem has made two patent applications to protect the tags through the Purdue Research Foundation Office of Technology Commercialisation.
According to a report published by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in November 2017, 10% of all pharmaceutical products circulating in low and middle-income countries at that time were either fake or of substandard quality.
The WHO said the trade in illicit pharmaceuticals is controlled by major organised crime networks who often channel their profits into other forms of illicit activity.
In March of last year, Europol revealed that a crackdown it had led on the sale of illicit pharmaceuticals across 16 countries in 2018 resulted in the seizure of some 13 million doses of counterfeit or smuggled medicines.
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UK animal protection charity Dogs Trust has revealed that thousands of Britons may have been conned into buying puppies smuggled into the country illegally by organised criminal gangs in a practice it has dubbed “dogfishing”.
In a survey of 2,000 owners of puppies designed to establish how many may have purchased their pet from gangs that smuggled young dogs into the UK from countries in eastern Europe, the charity spoke with many animal lovers who described puppy dealers offering discounts for quick sales and lying about the age and breed of dogs.
The poll found that more than half (51%) of puppy buyers were not allowed to see the animal they were purchasing more than once, while 43% were not offered the chance to visit the puppy with its mother, which Dogs Trust described as two signs all might not be well.
Nineteen percent of respondents said they were not able to collect their puppy from the seller’s home, of whom a “worrying number” said they were asked to collect their new pet in a carpark or layby.
One woman told Dogs Trust how she was left heartbroken after purchasing a puppy that she saw advertised online on Christmas Eve, only to have to rush it to a vet for emergency treatment on Christmas Day because it had contracted parvo virus, a highly contagious and potentially fatal condition that causes lethargy, vomiting and diarrhoea.
The puppy had to be put down.
Launching a new campaign named Don’t Be Dogfished, Dogs Trust Veterinary Director said: “People think they are getting a healthy, happy puppy but behind the curtain lurks the dark depths of the puppy smuggling trade.
“Many of these poor puppies suffer significant health conditions or lifelong behavioural challenges, and sadly some don’t survive, leaving their buyers helpless and heartbroken – as well as out of pocket.
“This is why we are touring the country in a van like those used by puppy smugglers to educate the public on the shocking realities of the puppy smuggling trade and advising them how they can take action to avoid being ‘dogfished’.
“If it seems too good to be true, as hard as it is, walk away and report it.”
Many organised crime gangs across Europe have moved into puppy smuggling owing to the huge profit it returns for relatively little risk.
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This week, it was announced that the Savoy Hotel, at 1616 Main, was bought by a group of investors and will be converted into a Holiday Inn flagship hotel within the next year. Planners hope to.
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The Origins of the Smiley Face and How It Became a Counter-Cultural Symbol
By Max Grobe in Style
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The yellow smiley face as we know it has been around for over half a century, but where did it come from? And how does it continue to grin when the general consensus says there isn’t much to smile about these days?
Here, we trace the origins of the iconic graphic, from its corporate beginnings to its counter-cultural adoption. We also speak to Chinatown Market founder Mike Cherman to examine how and why the image has endured and what inspired him to adopt it for his brand.
It all started with… an insurance company?
The smiley face is such an instantly recognizable symbol that to think of it as even being designed at all is quite strange. Nonetheless, that familiar yellow circle with the shit-eating grin had to come from somewhere, and it did: American commercial artist Harvey Ball, who first created the design — known as the Worcester smiley — in 1963.
Working as a freelance artist, Ball was tasked with designing a smile to be used on buttons, desk cards, and posters to raise employee morale after the unpopular acquisition of Ohio’s Guarantee Mutual Company by the State Mutual Life Assurance Company in Worcester, Massachusetts. The design — oval eyes, sunshine yellow, uneven grin — was done in 10 minutes and Ball was paid $45. It became a hit. By 1971, 50 million smiley buttons had been sold and the design was popping up on a number of other products.
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Ball never received any extra money for his design, having already been paid for the entire campaign (although some sources suggest he was actually paid $240 in total). At least after getting paid $35 to design the iconic Nike swoosh, Carolyn Davidson later received shares that made her wealthy. Worcester newspaper Telegram & Gazette quoted Ball’s son Charles as saying, “He was not a money-driven guy. He used to say, ‘Hey, I can only eat one steak at a time, drive one car at a time.’”
So there you have it, one of the world’s most iconic pieces of graphic design, done in 10 minutes for apparently less than $50 (or a couple of hundred bucks). Of course, what people did with it afterward — and how it went from cheering up insurance workers to the trenches of the counter-culture — is where things get interesting.
Acid house, Nirvana, and the internet
Over time, the icon mutated into a signifier of various subcultures, personal freedoms, anti-capitalist attitudes, drugs, and electronic music.
One quite violent example is the blood-splattered version that was used as a recurring motif in Alan Moore’s satirical superhero graphic novel Watchmen. This particular smiley, belonging to the uniform of vigilante the Comedian and made inherently ominous by its combination of grin and blood spatter, is also linked in the novel to Galle, a real-life smiley face-shaped crater on Mars.
Later, the smiley was used as a symbol of sweaty liberation, thanks to “the second summer of love,” a period of blissed-out weekend ecstasy back on Earth in the UK of the late ’80s.
This cultural movement, defined by dance music, drugs, and warehouse raves, adopted the smiley face like no other. Named as a kind of spiritual sequel to the 1967 summer of love in San Francisco — a focal point of the hippie movement — the second summer of love saw the UK usher in acid house from Chicago, pioneering rave culture at clubs such as Shoom in London and The Haçienda in Manchester.
Sharon Walker, reflecting on the movement 30 years later for The Guardian, wrote, “I joined the queue of kids dressed in the acid house uniform of Day-Glo dungarees and smiley T-shirts.” This vision of nightclubbing couldn’t have been any further from the glamorous and chic styles at nightclubs such as Studio 54 in New York 10 years prior.
“To my knowledge, the first use of the smiley in rave culture was on early flyers for Danny Rampling’s night Shoom, the very first Balearic house night in London, which gave birth to acid house culture in the capital,” says Ollie Evans, owner of vintage retailer Too Hot Limited. “Their use of the icon was to convey the happy and loving vibe of the club, in no small part caused by the widespread use of ecstasy. The decor of the club — a gym in South London with a 5 a.m. license — was covered in hand-painted smiley banners.”
To this day, rave culture and the smiley face are synonymous, even if there was resistance when the culture hit the headlines, with the media latching on to the smiley as a symbol of hedonism.
“[The smiley] was quickly adopted by hordes of new ravers, known as Acid Teds, and worn on T-shirts, bandanas, whistles, jackets, and basically anything that could be printed with it,” says Evans. “As with all things that become mainstream, it quickly fell out of favor with some of the original ravers.”
According to Evans, the backlash even led to some events banning the symbol entirely.
“You can understand why when it was used in tabloid newspapers alongside salacious and factually incorrect stories, and ended up on the backs of children — my brother and I — who had no concept of what it meant,” Evans explains. “It went from being very cool to very uncool in a very short space of time, but the enduring simplicity of the design and its importance in defining a time that changed British youth culture forever has seen it make a massive comeback over the last couple of years.”
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Back across the Atlantic in the early ’90s, Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain bastardized the smiley for his band’s logo just as Nevermind and grunge were blowing up. In true Gen-X style, the updated logo was given a heavy dose of irony, crossing out the eyes and adding a tongue sticking out of the mouth as if the smiley were dead.
Nearly 30 years later, Nirvana’s smiley still pops up all the time. While vintage band tees have always been sought after, they peaked in a mainstream sense circa 2016. Quite what Cobain would have made of Urban Outfitters recreating “vintage” band tees for 30 bucks, we’ll never know, but maybe a 21st-century Cobain would have given this criminally underrated Vine a like. After all, the back of those Nirvana smiley shirts read, “FLOWER SNIFFIN KITTY PETTIN BABY KISSIN CORPORATE ROCK WHORES.”
After rave and grunge had turned the smiley into a symbol of the counter-culture, something new was coming that would affect the way we think about the smiley forever: the internet.
The very first ASCII emoticons — :- ) and :- ( — actually originated in the ’80s, when computer scientist Scott Fahlman of Carnegie Mellon University suggested that the symbols be used to contextualize messages posted on a digital message board.
His original 1982 email read as follows:
19-Sep-82 11:44 Scott E Fahlman :- )
From: Scott E Fahlman
I propose that the following character sequence for joke markers:
Read it sideways. Actually, it is probably more economical to mark things that are NOT jokes, given current trends. For this, use
:- (
ASCII emoticons eventually led to emojis in 1999, pioneered by Shigetaka Kurita in Japan. Emojis have of course become a full-spectrum set of 21st-century hieroglyphics, but the simple yellow smiley is still the most enduring image, riding a technological revolution to become one of the world’s most recognizable symbols.
Recalling its crossover moments in the late ’80s and early ’90s, this year the humble smiley once again found itself at the intersection of music and fashion. One of the biggest — and most controversial — music/fashion crossovers of the year, Travis Scott’s Astroworld merch, was adorned with a slightly off-kilter smiley on the side of planet Earth. Away from music, the graphic cropped up across MISBHV’s SS19 collection, while the yellow/black/white colorway of the recent Yung-1 collab between sneaker retailer Size? and adidas was inspired by the classic smiley face.
One of most well-known brands to utilize the smiley, going so far as to create a full-fledged identity around it, is Los Angeles streetwear label Chinatown Market. We spoke to brand founder Mike Cherman to find out how Chinatown Market came to adopt the image.
The first thing to know is that when Chinatown Market was just getting started, it worked with a few classic icons, including the Magic 8-Ball and the peace sign, using them as easy jumping-off points for relatable design. But the smiley is the one that really stuck.
“I grew up with smiley icons around me,” says Cherman. “Most notably, my childhood home had a big yellow smiley face on the outside, which always stuck with me. The smiley is that feel-good icon that anyone can wear and represent.”
Obtaining the license to use the image was a different story, as licensing varies from country to country. “So we actually have the license from The Smiley Company, which is based in the UK,” says Cherman. “This is a global license for the smiley face outside of Japan, where actually the smiley face is exclusively owned by the Yakuza. We tried a lot of channels to secure a smiley license in Japan and it proved impossible.”
Comparable to OG smiley designer Ball, who was pretty carefree about the use of his iconic graphic, Cherman says, “The smiley face is an icon that was around long before us and will be long after us. We just love to be a part of putting such an amazing icon on a platform to really be seen. We feel from our side that there’s no hate to anyone doing smiley-faced goods. We’ll just stick to what we do best and not worry about the next guy.”
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What deeper cultural meaning can we take from the smiley in 2018, if any? With no “third summer of love” on the horizon and an unsettling amount of geopolitical turbulence in the world, perhaps there’s more a sense of “just grin and bear it” to be found in today’s smiley. Cherman for one, however, still believes in the icon’s power as a source of joy, even when things get bad. After all, life is never perfect — and we’re talking about an icon born during the depths of the Cold War and Vietnam, designed the same year President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.
“The use of the smiley face has brought a beacon of happiness in times that are dark in the world,” offers Cherman. “A smiley face has been somewhat of a symbol for people to wear while the world is in chaos, where everything is in disarray. We like to laugh at how we work with our friends at PLEASURES, as our classic icon is the smiley face and theirs is the 666 and yin-yang. It’s very much a symbiotic relationship between us, representing the dark and light.”
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Legend Of Cricket: The Indian Wall
In all World Cup matches, Rahul Dravid averaged 61.42, only marginally behind Viv Richards’ 63.31 © Getty Images
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For someone whose playing style was thought to be suited only to Test cricket, finishing eighth on the list of most matches played, and with the seventh-highest number of runs in one-day internationals is no mean achievement. Rahul Dravid never had the attacking ability of a Sachin Tendulkar or a Brian Lara, but it’s a testament to his adaptability that he played 343 ODIs, scored 10,820 runs, and struck 12 centuries and 82 fifties, including one off 22 balls, which remains the second-fastest by an Indian (going into his final ODI match, against England in Cardiff). Apart from all that, he kept wicket in 73 ODIs, and yet he never allowed that to adversely affect his batting – in fact, his batting stats improved when he kept wicket. He also led India in 79 matches, and achieved the second-best win-loss record among Indians who captained in at least 50 ODIs. For any cricketer this is a staggering resume; for one considered a Test specialist, it borders on the unbelievable.
However, none of this seemed possible when Dravid started his ODI career with scores of 3, 4, 3, 11 and 13 in his first five completed innings. In the tougher conditions of Toronto in 1996, though, his orthodoxy and tight technique – sometimes a liability in ODIs – were a blessing, as he scored consistently in the five-match Friendship Cup against Pakistan, notching up his first half-century and top-scoring in two matches.
That was followed by a few impressive innings, including his maiden century, against Pakistan, in a match overshadowed by Saeed Anwar’s record-breaking 194. However, largely ODIs were still a struggle for Dravid, and perhaps never was it better illustrated than by his 21-ball 1 against Bangladesh in May 1998. Till the end of that year, his ODI record was strictly modest: an average of under 32, at a strike rate of 63, in 65 games.
In his first ODI of 1999, Dravid broke the shackles with an outstanding unbeaten run-a-ball 123 against New Zealand in Taupo, and that kickstarted a sustained run of excellence over the next seven years. It included a fantastic run in the 1999 World Cup – 461 runs at 65.85 – and another run-a-ball century against New Zealand later that year, 153 in Hyderabad, which remains his highest ODI score. The 2003 World Cup was another huge success – 318 runs at 63.60.
Between 1999 and 2005, Dravid averaged almost 43 from 210 matches, scored 10 of his 12 centuries, and won nine out of 14 Man-of-the-Match awards. The period after that hasn’t been as successful, but then Dravid has hardly been part of the ODI scene in the last three years, playing only 10 matches since the beginning of 2009. (Click here for Dravid’s ODI career summary.)
Rahul Dravid’s ODI career
Period ODIs Runs Average Strike rate 100s/ 50s
Till Dec 1998 65 1709 31.64 63.48 1/ 12
Jan 1999 to Dec 2005 210 7134 42.97 71.97 10/ 53
Jan 2006 onwards 68 1977 34.68 76.00 1/ 17
Career 343 10,820 39.06 71.16 12/ 82
In the seven years from 1999 to 2005, Dravid was among the most successful ODI batsmen in the world, which says a lot about his ability to work on his game and improve. Among batsmen with at least 4000 ODI runs during this period, only three – Damien Martyn, Jacques Kallis and Tendulkar – had a higher average, while Dravid’s strike rate of 72 was very acceptable too. Batsmen like Inzamam-ul-Haq, Mohammad Yousuf and Sourav Ganguly, who were generally rated as far more free-stroking, only had marginally higher scoring rates.
Top ODI batsmen between Jan 1999 and Dec 2005 (Qual: 4000 runs)
Batsman ODIs Runs Average Strike rate 100s/ 50s
Damien Martyn 163 4411 46.43 78.18 5/ 30
Jacques Kallis 177 6348 45.66 70.69 10/ 48
Sachin Tendulkar 151 6181 45.44 85.07 17/ 28
Rahul Dravid 210 7134 42.97 71.97 10/ 53
Ricky Ponting 179 6443 42.66 80.48 13/ 37
Inzamam-ul-Haq 180 5772 42.13 75.61 5/ 45
Mohammad Yousuf 194 6502 40.89 75.28 10/ 42
Sourav Ganguly 194 7185 40.82 76.00 17/ 41
Of the 343 matches that Dravid played, 160 were in winning causes, and his contribution in those matches was pretty significant: 5729 runs at 50.69, which makes him one of only 11 batsmen to score 5000 or more runs in wins at 50-plus averages.
Through some of that period between 1999 and 2004, apart from scoring tons of runs Dravid also kept wicket. He was competent enough at that job to do it 73 times, including at the 2003 World Cup. In those 73 games Dravid didn’t allow his batting to suffer, scoring 2300 runs at more than 44 per dismissal. Among wicketkeepers who’ve scored more than 2000 runs, only MS Dhoni has a higher average. Dravid’s debut as wicketkeeper was especially memorable: in the 1999 World Cup game against Sri Lanka, he smashed 145 off 129 balls and was in a 318-run stand for the second wicket with Ganguly, which at the time was the highest partnership for any wicket in ODIs. In fact, Dravid has been involved in both triple-century partnerships that have been recorded in ODI history: later in 1999, he shared a 331-run stand with Tendulkar against New Zealand, and in the process also notched up his highest score, 153.
Best batting averages of wicketkeepers in ODIs (Qual: 2000 runs)
Player ODIs Runs Average Strike rate 100s/ 50s
MS Dhoni 190 6235 49.09 87.50 7/ 40
Rahul Dravid 73 2300 44.23 72.60 4/ 14
Kumar Sangakkara 257 8647 39.84 76.99 9/ 63
Adam Gilchrist 282 9410 35.64 96.94 16/ 53
Andy Flower 186 5845 34.58 73.71 4/ 46
Alec Stewart 138 4017 33.47 70.06 4/ 26
Among all batsmen he played with, Dravid had the most success with Tendulkar and Ganguly, putting together 11 century partnerships and scoring more than 4000 runs with each. That makes him one of only three players – Tendulkar and Ganguly being the others – to score more than 4000 partnership runs with two batsmen.
Dravid’s partnerships with these two batsmen were pretty fruitful in World Cups too: he averaged 88 with Ganguly and almost 83 with Tendulkar. In fact, Dravid’s overall World Cup record was splendid, even though his World Cup campaign ended in bitter disappointment in 2007. Among batsmen who scored at least 750 World Cup runs, only Viv Richards has a better average.
Best World Cup batting averages (Qual: 750 runs)
Batsman Matches Runs Average Strike rate 100s/ 50s
Viv Richards 23 1013 63.31 85.05 3/ 5
Rahul Dravid 22 860 61.42 74.97 2/ 6
Sachin Tendulkar 45 2278 56.95 88.98 6/ 15
Herschelle Gibbs 25 1067 56.15 87.38 2/ 8
Sourav Ganguly 21 1006 55.88 77.50 4/ 3
Martin Crowe 21 880 55.00 83.57 1/ 8
Dravid’s stint as ODI captain is remembered largely for India’s shocking early exit in 2007, but India’s overall ODI record under his leadership was extremely healthy. In 79 games they won 42 and lost 33, giving them a win-loss ratio of 1.27. Among captains who’ve led India at least 50 times in ODIs, only under Dhoni do they have a better ratio.
Indian captains and their ODI records (Qual: 50 matches)
Captain ODIs W/L Ratio Bat ave Strike rate
MS Dhoni 106 59/ 37 1.59 52.92 82.55
Rahul Dravid 79 42/ 33 1.27 42.19 75.42
Mohammad Azharuddin 174 90/ 76 1.18 39.39 78.46
Kapil Dev 74 39/ 33 1.18 30.66 105.74
Sourav Ganguly 146 76/ 65 1.16 38.79 76.32
Sachin Tendulkar 73 23/ 43 0.53 37.75 83.49
The one blot on Dravid’s ODI career is his record against the best team of his era: in 39 innings against Australia, he had a highest score of 80, an average of 24.97 and a strike rate of 66.94. Those are disappointing numbers, especially given the number of matches he played against them. Of course, given Australia’s awesome bowling attack, plenty of other top ODI batsmen struggled too – Ganguly averaged 23.45, Anwar 23.55, and Sehwag 22.37.
Against all the other teams, though, Dravid’s record was top-class, even in a format that was initially thought to be outside his comfort zone.
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Here’s the creepy-crawly reason behing women finding bearded men more attractive
According to a survey, women found men with heavy stubble most attractive, and men with long beards, light stubble or those who were clean-shaven were placed much lower on the attraction scale.
sex-and-relationships Updated: Jan 16, 2020 11:42 IST
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Nature has programmed humans to feel attraction towards those individuals of the opposite sex who display the most prominent masculine or feminine features.(INSTAGRAM)
Beards are all the craze among men these days, but according to a new study, their thick and luscious facial hair can sometimes work against them.
According to CNN Health, women who are highly repulsed by lice, ticks, and fleas tend to find bearded men less attractive.
The aversion stems from the level of the unconscious mind, as the inner animal instincts of a woman caution her against coming into contact with hairy folks who might be infested with all sorts of creepy crawlies.
Nature has programmed humans to feel attraction towards those individuals of the opposite sex who display the most prominent masculine or feminine features.
Women tend to gravitate towards men whose features indicate higher testosterone levels, for instance, a beard, tall height, and well-developed muscles.
CNN Health reported that a 2013 study it was revealed that women found men with a heavy stubble most attractive. While on the other hand, men with long beards, light stubble or those who were clean-shaven were placed much lower on the attraction scale.
In the recently published study that appeared in the Royal Society Open Science journal, bearded men with highly pronounced masculine features were seen as more attractive by females as against men who had feminine features or were devoid of facial hair growth.
Men with facial, wider jaw and prominent brow were found to be more suitable by women for both long and short term relationships.
The findings, however, started to deviate from the initial trend when the women’s aversion towards beard dwelling parasitic creatures was factored in. Ladies who turned squeamish even at the thought of lice and ticks saw bearded men as less attractive.
From an evolutionary perspective, humans developed less body hair to minimize the risk of disease-carrying parasites latching on to them, reported CNN Health.
The results from other studies make the whole scenario a bit confusing as they reveal that the women who grew up with bearded fathers or the ones who are currently in a relationship with bearded men, found facial hair more attractive.
(This story has been published from a wire agency feed without modifications to the text. Only the headline has been changed.)
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India's version of FHM magazine has defended the cover of its latest issue which shows a nude Pakistani actress with the initials of Pakistan's powerful intelligence agency displayed on her arm.
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The magazine's December issue has yet to hit news stands. But a preview of the cover on its website triggered a media frenzy which intensified when actress Veena Malik denied posing nude and accused FHM of doctoring her image. The editor of FHM India,
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While Malik's pose preserves a scant degree of modesty, any nudity is still very much frowned upon in conservative India -- and indeed in Muslim-majority Pakistan.
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Nuclear-armed India and Pakistan have gone to war three times and the ISI has been routinely accused by New Delhi of masterminding militant attacks on Indian soil.
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Our clients had a great feel for the potential of this Grade II Listed farmhouse and dreamed of enjoying their retirement in a unique space that could be shared with their children and grandchildren too. Although Stone Farm had survived for hundreds of years relatively intact, its owners wanted to sympathetically renovate the original footprint of the building, stripping away the scars of the unsuccessful 1970s additions and adding a bold twenty-first-century chapter to its history by planning an extension that reflected the building’s integrity, while capturing its spirit in a modern form.
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The contemporary extension seamlessly flows into the stonework of the home, allowing light to flood the open-plan kitchen and living space. The extension can be completely opened to the garden allowing a fresh breeze and the murmur of the fountain in. But more than anything, Stone Farm is a home that’s made to be lived in and loved by the entire family. We look forward to our clients making cherished memories in their new home.
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11:51 AM PDT 3/14/2018 by Mia Galuppo
Jordan Peele (left) and Keegan-Michael Key
The duo will voice two demon brothers.
Netflix has landed the Jordan Peele and Keegan-Michael Key stop-motion animation film Wendell and Wild.
The Key & Peele duo are set to voice two demon brothers in the feature from veteran animator Henry Selick, the director behind The Nightmare Before Christmas and Coraline. The movie follows Wendell (Peele) and Wild (Key) as they are forced to face off against their arch-enemy in order to earn their way out of hell.
The streamer will finance and distribute the animated pic, which was first announced in 2015. Selick, Peele and Clay McLeod Chapman will pen the script, based on a story by Selick.
Selick will also produce Wendell and Wild, along with Peele via his Monkeypaw Productions banner and Ellen Goldsmith-Vein for The Gotham Group. Win Rosenfeld will executive produce for Monkeypaw, along with Peter Principato and Joel Zadak for Principato-Young and Lindsay Williams and Eddie Gamarra for Gotham Group.
Key and Peele last worked together on the 2016 action comedy Keanu. Peele just won an Oscar for his Universal feature Get Out and is set to reteam with the studio on another movie that he said will shoot this year. Key is next set for the Predator reboot and Disney's The Lion King.
Netflix is set to release another stop-motion animation project, Bubbles, from a Black List script detailing the life of the late Michael Jackson from the perspective of his beloved pet monkey. Thor: Ragnarok helmer Taika Waititi is attached to co-direct.
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ARIES (March 21-April 19). To say you've got dirt on someone is an understatement. But having dirt doesn't mean you should pull a dirty on them. Question your motives before you dig into questionable territory.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You may not realize how badly you wanted to confide your feelings to someone until after they've tumbled from your burning lips. Whether love or soul confessions, you set the precedent for a more honest relationship.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). It's open season at work. Everyone's taking a shot for the prize trophy. Their strategies are an observation in calculated wackiness. Observe the shenanigans with curious detachment, then make your call.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). Some days it's important to remember that what you do for a living isn't about the credit or recognition it brings you, but the good it brings others. It's not that day. There's nothing wrong with being the best and knowing it.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Your indomitable creative spark inspires a mad rush. What to do when people are banging on your door in a frenzy of desire? Answer it. You already know what you want your people to do for you.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Is it better to be loved or to be feared? Clearly
you're into the love side of the equation, but you're not sure what to think when others are apprehensive about how to approach you. What do they say? Fierce loveliness.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Social graces can be graceless, can't they? When someone says, "I don't want you to take this the wrong way, but . . . " you always know you're not going to like it. Applaud yourself for being big enough to hear the message.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You're getting help with your project. When it's time to make an acceptance speech, in whatever form that takes, thank the little guys - they get disgruntled when you forget their names.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You're talented. Dare to put your ideas on the line. Raise your hand during the boardroom meeting. Give others a reason to fear your ambition and your smarts.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). When you feel sensitive to feedback, consider the source. If you trust the place it's coming from, you can see it's a bridge directly to truth - at least one version of it.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Purify your mind by sharing what's on it this morning. By afternoon you'll be lighter, with no issue to weigh you down, no details to clutter your thinking.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). There's no shame in wanting what you want. Your want certainly won't take anything away from others. Voice at least one of your desires to someone who has the capacity to meet it. Maybe that person is you.
TODAY'S BIRTHDAY (April 25). Follow your north star by harnessing your willpower to manifest your heart's desire. You're a gentle spirit, but this doesn't fool anyone - you're powerful. A partner helps actualize a dream this year, and so do groups of friends. Make allies during the next four weeks. October is a romantic month for you. Pisces and Virgo people are kindred souls. Your lucky numbers are: 30, 7, 43, 11 and 5.
If you would like to write to Holiday Mathis, please go to www.creators.com and click on "Write the Author" on the Holiday Mathis page, or you may send her a postcard in the mail. To find out more about Holiday Mathis and read her past columns, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com.
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25 years after the debut of The Settlers, the legendary build-up strategy series returns to Windows PC, under the leadership of Volker Wertich, the inventor of the series.
Forced to leave their homelands after a devastating earthquake of mysterious origins, the Settlers set sail towards the unknown in the hopes of finding a new home. Not only will they face plenty of new challenges, they will also become part of an ancient mystery that will change their lives forever.
The Settlers allows players to explore, conquer, and settle new islands in a medieval fantasy world.
BRAND REBOOT
The Settlers combines a fresh take on the familiar gameplay mechanics of the series with new features like a new food system and a motivational meta-game to create a unique game experience. The campaign and optional side missions can be played either solo or co-operative.
Various online multiplayer modes offer thrilling skirmishes between players for long-lasting fun.
Never before has The Settlers been so lively, rich in details and have such emotional storylines. Watch as thousands of settlers live their lives and complete their daily work, with every step of the production chain and every single good visualized.
STATE-OF-THE-ART GRAPHICS
Powered by Ubisoft’s proprietary Snowdrop engine, The Settlers sets a new visual benchmark in the build-up strategy genre.
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Russia to contest doping ban, Putin defiant
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Moscow, Russia | AFP | Russia decided on Thursday to contest its ban from major sporting events over doping violations, as President Vladimir Putin slammed its sidelining as unfair and insisted athletes should be able to compete under the national flag. Russia’s RUSADA anti-doping agency “made a decision not to agree” …
Blatter happy to testify in France on Qatar, Blatter ready to testify in France over 2022 World Cup
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Zurich, Switzerland | AFP | Sepp Blatter, the former president of FIFA, told AFP on Wednesday that he had opposed awarding the 2022 World Cup to Qatar, but that he has a “clear conscience.” Blatter said he is willing to testify to French prosecutors about the 2010 vote in favour of …
Ex-UEFA chief Platini arrested in 2022 World Cup probe
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Paris, France | AFP | The banned ex-UEFA chief Michel Platini was arrested Tuesday in connection with a criminal investigation into the award of the 2022 World Cup to Qatar. The French football legend elected to lead European football’s governing body in 2007 was taken into custody by French anti-corruption police …
Qatar World Cup to be played with 32 teams: FIFA
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Lausanne, Switzerland | AFP | The 2022 World Cup in Qatar will be played with 32 teams after a proposed expansion of the tournament to 48 sides was scrapped, FIFA announced on Wednesday. World football’s governing body said in a statement that “following a thorough and comprehensive consultation process with the …
$575-mn Qatar World Cup stadium opens to fanfare
Al Wakrah, Qatar | AFP | Qatar inaugurated its first purpose-built stadium for the 2022 World Cup on Thursday, staging a prestigious domestic cup final in the $575 million, 40,000-capacity Al-Wakrah venue. The ground, designed by late British-Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid and located in a coastal town south of Doha, erupted … | cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1413755 |
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Wow, Indiana. Just wow.
Indiana's favorite NFL merchandise —Tom Brady? Wow, Indiana. Just wow. Check out this story on IndyStar.com: http://indy.st/2o8lj4r
Dakota Crawford, dakota.crawford@indystar.com Published 12:24 p.m. ET Feb. 14, 2018 | Updated 2:06 p.m. ET Feb. 14, 2018
New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) looks on from the field prior to Super Bowl LII against the Philadelphia Eagles at U.S. Bank Stadium.(Photo: John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports)
All right, Indiana, you have some explaining to do.
A recent data set on merchandise sales published by nfl.com says Tom Brady gear was the state's best selling during the 2017 season. Indiana's not a total outlier here, as Brady merchandise was the top seller in 10 states, including Maine, New York and Florida.
But look, those states didn't have their team's general manager out in public saying things like, "the rivalry is back on" last week. They didn't get stood up by a Patriots offensive coordinator who had already been announced as the next head coach.
And certainly, none of those states had Peyton Manning going toe-to-toe with Tom Brady for years before finally beating him in the franchise's greatest win to date.
What's next, Indiana? Will Josh McDaniels visors start out-selling Colts caps?
It's hard to believe Brady merchandise actually out-sold the likes of Andrew Luck, T.Y. Hilton and Adam Vinatieri stuff last year. However, merchandisers did struggle to sell jerseys at their pro shop as the team struggled on the field.
Matt Hamlon, a general manager with Collector's Den in Circle Centre mall, told IndyStar in December that Colts merchandise sales were way down. Fans were primarly looking for the jerseys of former players, he said, such as Peyton Manning, Marvin Harrison, Edgerrin James and Reggie Wayne.
No one cares about current players these days, Hamlon said then. "There is not a lot of optimism that these players will be around much longer."
Dick's Sporting Goods Jersey Report, which ranks jersey sales of National Football League players, showed Luck dropping from 16th to 37th in the league last season as he sat out with a shoulder injury.
Meanwhile, Brady was playing in (another) Super Bowl. And, apparently, winning the hearts of fans in Indiana.
You can find IndyStar's Dakota Crawford on Twitter: @DakotaCrawford_.
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Key Gibraltar (Shelf Drilling, Ltd.) (Jackup)
KrisEnergy Ltd. (“KrisEnergy”), has provided an update to the drilling of the Rayrai-1 exploration well in block G10/48 in the Gulf of Thailand. KrisEnergy announced that the Rayrai-1 well has reached a total depth of 6,382 feet (1,945 metres) measured depth and intersected approximately 50 feet true vertical depth of net oil-bearing sandstones. The well, which is located in 170 feet of water was drilled by the Key Gibraltar jackup rig.
Source: http://www.krisenergy.com/default/assets/File/KrisEnergy%20G10%20Rayrai1%20result%2030April2015_Final.pdf
More News for Operator: Shelf Drilling, Ltd.
Diamond receives LOI for a jackup and semisub as it announces Q3 2013 results
Diamond Offshore Drilling, the Houston-based rig owner today announced its results for Q3 2013 and although profit for the quarter had significantly decreased in comparison to the previous year, the rig operator announced good news with the announcement that it had received two letters of intent (LOI). Diamond received LOI’s for its ‘Ocean Scepter’ jackup rig that is currently working in Mexico for Pemex alongside a further LOI for its ‘Ocean Apex’ semisub which is currently undergoing a major refurbishment project in Singapore. The ‘Ocean Scepter’ LOI is for a 1,136 day contract extension with Pemex at a dayrate of US$158,000 extending the units stay in Mexico until the end of Q1 2017. Meanwhile the ‘Ocean Apex’ received an LOI from an as yet unnamed international oil company to undertake drilling operations in Southeast Asia upon delivery from the yard in Q4 2014.
Dambus-1 Exploration Well
Salamander Energy plc, the Asia focussed independent oil and gas exploration and production company, announces that the Trident-1X jack up rig has arrived at the Dambus-1 (“Dambus”) location in the Kutai PSC, East Kalimantan, Indonesia and drilling operations have commenced. Salamander holds a 23.4% interest in the Kutai PSC. The Dambus exploration well will be drilled to a depth of approximately 2,700 metres sub sea and is targeting multiple stacked deltaic sandstone reservoirs of Upper Miocene age. The mean gross pre-drill estimate of prospective recoverable resource is c. 130 MMbo and 300 Bcf of gas. The well will be drilled in a water depth of 85 metres and is expected to take approximately 40 days to complete on a dry hole basis. On completion of the Dambus well the rig will move to the Marindan prospect in the south of the Kutai PSC.
Dambus-1 Exploration Well, Kutai PSC, Indonesia
Serica and its partners spudded the Dambus-1 offshore exploration well on 4 September 2010 using the jack-up drilling rig Trident IX. The objective of the well was to investigate the potential for gas and oil accumulations in a stacked sequence of Miocene sands. Dambus-1 was drilled as a deviated well to a total depth of 3,225 metres measured depth ("MD") (2,713 metres true vertical depth subsea ("TVDSS"). Based on the indicative data obtained while drilling, hydrocarbons were encountered in clean sands in the gross interval 2,070-2,102 metres MD (1,787 - 1,812 metres TVDSS) and there were indications of further hydrocarbon-bearing sands in an interval below 2,760 metres MD (2,340 metres TVDSS). In order to obtain definitive data on the extent of the discoveries the well was plugged back and sidetracked and wireline logs, pressure data and fluid samples were acquired. Sidetrack Dambus-1ST was drilled to a total depth of 2,800 metres MD (2,568 metres TVDSS). Excellent quality gas-bearing Miocene reservoir sands were encountered in the interval 2,025-2,047 metres MD (1,795-1,816 metres TVDSS) of which the net gas-bearing sands amounted to approximately 18 metres. Following an extensive logging and sampling programme in Dambus-1ST, the deeper sands were found to be water bearing. The upper gas-bearing sands alone are not expected to be commercially exploitable and the well is therefore being plugged and abandoned. The Trident IX drilling rig will now move to drill the Marindan exploration well, the second well in the present two-well programme in the Kutai PSC.
Mandarin-1 Spud
Salamander Energy plc, the Asia focussed independent oil and gas exploration and production company, announces the spud of the Marindan-1 exploration well in the Kutai PSC, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Salamander holds a 23.4% interest in the Kutai PSC. The Marindan-1 well will be drilled to a depth of approximately 3,265 metres true vertical depth sub-sea and is targeting gas in multiple stacked sequences comprising both sandstone and carbonate reservoirs of late Miocene to early Pliocene age. The well will be drilled by the Trident-1X jack up rig in a water depth of approximately 55 metres. It is expected to take approximately 30 days to complete on a dry hole basis.
Spud of Tayum-1 Exploration Well
Salamander announces the spud of the Tayum-1 exploration well in the Kutai PSC, offshore East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Salamander has a 23.4% non-operated interest in the Kutai PSC. The Tayum well will be drilled by the Randolph Yost jack-up rig to a depth of approximately 2,563 metres total vertical depth sub-sea and is targeting multiple stacked deltaic sandstone reservoirs of Upper Miocene age adjacent to the Dambus discovery. The mean gross pre-drill estimate of prospective recoverable resource is c. 80 Bcf, with an upside (P10) case of 182 Bcf. The operator is carrying c. 73 Bcf (2C) of contingent resource, with an upside case of 115 Bcf (3C), on the block and success at Tayum could result in a commercial development.
KrisEnergy completes Tayum-1 exploration well offshore Kalimantan, Indonesia
KrisEnergy Ltd (“KrisEnergy” or “the Company”), an independent upstream oil and gas company, announces it has completed drilling of the Tayum-1 exploration well in the Kutai production sharing contract (“PSC”) offshore Kalimantan in the Makassar Strait, Indonesia. KrisEnergy is the operator of the Kutai PSC. Tayum-1, located approximately 8 km east-southeast of the Dambus-1 gas indication well, was drilled directionally to a total depth of 11,095 feet measured depth (“feet MD”), or -8,410 feet total vertical depth subsea (“feet TVDSS”). Preliminary well log evaluation indicates that the well encountered approximately 49 vertical feet of net gas pay from multiple sandstone intervals between 2,377 feet MD (-2,295 feet TVDSS) and 7,180 feet MD (-5,903 feet TVDSS) within the Miocene to Pliocene section, from which two gas samples were recovered. Two further gas samples were also recovered from what are interpreted to be shaly-sand gas pay intervals between 6,647 feet MD and 6,660 feet MD (-5,567 to -5,575 feet TVDSS) and 7,366 feet MD to 7,402 feet MD (-6,023 feet TVDSS to -6,046 feet TVDSS). The well has been plugged and abandoned as a gas discovery (by MDT sampling) and the Company is evaluating the results together with the data from two earlier gas discoveries, Dambus and Mangkok. The Randolph Yost jack-up rig, which is owned by Shelf Drilling Co., was released on 10 July 2013. KrisEnergy holds a 54.6% operated working interest in the Kutai PSC and is partnered by Salamander Energy with 23.4% and Orchid Kutai Ltd. with 22%.
KrisEnergy begins drilling Bulu gas appraisal well in Indonesia
KrisEnergy Ltd (“KrisEnergy” or “the Company”), an independent upstream oil and gas company, announces that at 1000 GMT on 19 April 2003, the Randolph Yost jack-up rig commenced drilling of the Lengo-2 appraisal well in the Bulu production sharing contract (“PSC”) in the East Java Sea, Indonesia. The Lengo-2 appraisal well is intended to delineate the Lengo gas discovery drilled in 2008. Lengo-2 is approximately 3.3 km south of the Lengo-1 discovery well and is expected to reach a total measured depth of 2,726 feet (831 metres) in approximately 22 days. “Since KrisEnergy was established in 2009 we have been strategically building our portfolio of operated and non-operated assets along the entire exploration-to-production life cycle. Lengo-2 is the first well to drill under our operatorship and we have put great importance on the planning and execution of this well under a robust health, safety and environmental management system that of course follows international standards,” said Chris Gibson-Robinson, KrisEnergy’s Director of Exploration & Production. The Bulu PSC covers 697 sq km in three separate areas – Bulu A, Bulu B and Bulu C – over the East Java Basin in water depths of 50 to 60 metres. KrisEnergy holds a 42.5% operated working interest in the Bulu PSC and is partnered by AWE Limited with 42.5%, PT Satria Energindo with 10% and PT Satria Wijayakusuma with 5%. The Randolph Yost jack up rig is owned by Shelf Drilling Co. Subsequent to drilling of the Lengo-2 appraisal well, the rig will mobilise to the KrisEnergy operated Kutai PSC where it will drill the Tayum-1 exploration well.
'Maersk Completer' awarded new long term contract in Brunei
Brunei Shell Petroleum has awarded Maersk Drilling a four year contract for the jack-up rig Maersk Completer for operation offshore Brunei. The contract commences in December 2014 in direct continuation of its current contract with Brunei Shell Petroleum. The contract has options for extension up to a total of three years. “We are very pleased to continue our cooperation with Brunei Shell Petroleum in Brunei. We see this contract as a recognition of our solid drilling performance and as a further strengthening of our relationship with Brunei Shell Petroleum,” says Claus V. Hemmingsen, CEO of Maersk Drilling and member of the Executive Board of the A.P. Moller – Maersk Group. While operating for Brunei Shell Petroleum, Maersk Completer has shown an excellent performance record, recognised by the award as Shell Jack Up of the Year in 2012 and 2013. Maersk Completer is one of two Baker Marine 375ft jack-up rigs in Maersk Drilling’s fleet. Maersk Completer has been operating in Brunei since it was delivered from Jurong Shipyard in 2007, and since November 2008, Maersk Completer has been operating for Brunei Shell Petroleum (BSP).
Keppel AmFELS delivers yet another rig to Scorpion on schedule
Keppel AmFELS Inc., the US wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine Limited (Keppel O&M), has delivered its third jackup drilling rig Offshore Resolute for Scorpion Offshore (Scorpion). The Offshore Resolute is one of five LeTourneau Super 116 jackup rigs that were commissioned by Scorpion in 2005. The first two, Offshore Courageous and Offshore Defender, were timely delivered in 2007, the fourth and fifth are expected to be completed later in 2008 and 2009 respectively. Each rig incorporates a 70 ft cantilever, the maximum reach currently available for all but a few harsh environment units. The rigs are also capable of working in 350 ft of water as outfitted or in water of depths up to 400 ft through the installation of additional leg sections. Each rig will have a drilling depth of approximately 30,000 feet.
Shelf Drilling secures new contract for 'Key Gibraltar'
KrisEnergy Ltd. (KrisEnergy) an independent upstream oil and gas company has announced that its contracted the ‘Key Gibraltar’ jack-up rig for development, appraisal and exploration drilling in two licences in the Gulf of Thailand. The contract with Shelf Drilling (Southeast Asia) Limited, will commence around 1st January 2015 and will run for a firm six-month term with an option to extend for an additional two months. No value was released for the contract. The drilling program is anticipated to comprise 12-14 development wells in G10/48 where the Company is developing the Wassana oil field, together with several exploration wells in the contract area. Once the G10/48 drilling program is concluded, the Key Gibraltar will mobilise to G6/48 to the north, where KrisEnergy is also the operator, and undertake appraisal drilling in the Rossukon area where oil was discovered in 2009. The ‘Key Gibraltar’ is currently operating in Vietnam, where is contracted by PetroVietnam until mid-september with a dayrate of USD153,000.
'High Island IV' to enter Drydocks world for repairs
Drydocks World, the international service provider to the shipping, maritime, offshore, oil, gas, and energy sectors, has been chosen to carry out the dry docking and repairs of the jack-up “High Island IV” for Shelf Drilling, one of the major players in the shallow water drilling market, and owners of 40 rigs worldwide. Drydocks World-Dubai has a successful past with Shelf Drilling, previously completing a variety of work on six of their rigs, ranging from Saudi Aramco specifications to major upgrades and re-activation. The contract signing for the “High Island IV” was held in Dubai Maritime City in the presence of His Excellency Khamis Juma Buamim, Chairman of Drydocks World and Maritime World, and Mr. Kurt Hoffman, Chief Operating Officer of Shelf Drilling, in addition to senior management staff from both companies.
KrisEnergy spuds Rossukon-2 well in Thailand
KrisEnergy Ltd. (“KrisEnergy”), an independent upstream oil and gas company, has announced that the Key Gibraltar jackup rig commenced drilling of the Rossukon-2 exploration well in G6/48 in the Gulf of Thailand on the 17th March 2015. The jackup is drilling in the same location as where the Rossukon oil accumulation was discovered in 2009. Rossukon-2 lies 1 km northeast of the Rossukon-1 discovery well. The well is planned to reach total depth at 5,462 feet (1,665 metres) measured depth (-4,925 feet total vertical depth subsea) and will test Early Miocene stacked fluvial sandstones on a broad structural high. The well will also appraise the Rossukon-1 reservoir, which tested 850 barrels of oil per day, and is designed to identify additional volumes of oil that could move the discovery closer to commercial development. Water depth at the Rossukon-2 well location is 210 feet. G6/48 covers 566 sq. km over the Karawake Basin and lies to the north of the G10/48 licence, where KrisEnergy is developing the Wassana oil field. The Company took over operatorship of G6/48 in May 2014. It holds a 30% working interest in the concession and is partnered by Northern Gulf Petroleum Pte Ltd with 40% and Mubadala Petroleum with 30%. The Key Gibraltar jack-up rig is owned by Shelf Drilling (Southeast Asia) Limited. KrisEnergy has contracted the rig for a firm six months for its Thai drilling program, which includes Rossukon-2 in G6/48 and 15 development wells in the Wassana oil field.
KrisEnergy strikes oil with Rossukon-2
KrisEnergy Ltd. (“KrisEnergy”), an independent upstream oil and gas company, has announced that the company’s Rossukon-2 exploration well was successfully drilled to a total depth of 5,460 feet measured depth. Preliminary well logs indicate that the well intersected approximately 69 feet true vertical depth (“TVD”) of net oil bearing sandstones and 37 feet TVD of net gas-bearing sandstones, over five reservoir intervals. The logging program is expected to be completed by 25th March 2015 at which point Rossukon-2 will be plugged back and the Rossukon-2ST directional sidetrack will commence drilling out approximately 1.3km to the northwest.
KrisEnergy completes Rossukon-2 sidetrack well
KrisEnergy Ltd. (“KrisEnergy”), an independent upstream oil and gas company, provides an update on the drilling of the Rossukon-2ST sidetrack exploration well in G6/48 in the Gulf of Thailand, which was drilled following the announcement on 24th March 2015 of the Rossukon-2 oil and gas discovery. Rossukon-2ST was drilled to a total depth of 7,270 feet (2,216 metres) measured depth (-5,263 feet true vertical depth subsea) at a deviation of 57 degrees. KrisEnergy’s interpretation of preliminary well logs indicates that the well intersected approximately 40 feet true vertical depth (“TVD”) of net oil-bearing sandstones and 100 feet TVD of net gas-bearing sandstones, over several reservoir intervals. Chris Gibson-Robinson, Director Exploration & Production, commented: “The Rossukon-2ST exploration sidetrack has encountered the highest net pay of the three discovery wells drilled so far within the Rossukon area and also extends the area over which hydrocarbon bearing reservoirs are present some 1.8 km northwest of the original 2009 Rossukon-1 discovery well. The results are encouraging and we are in discussion with our partners about the next steps to fully determine hydrocarbon volumes in the Rossukon area.” G6/48 covers 566 sq. km over the Karawake Basin and lies to the north of the G10/48 licence, where KrisEnergy is developing the Wassana oil field. The Company took over operatorship of G6/48 in May 2014. It holds a 30% working interest in the concession and is partnered by Northern Gulf Petroleum Pte Ltd with 40% and Mubadala Petroleum with 30%. The Key Gibraltar jack-up rig, which drilled the Rossukon-2ST well, is owned by Shelf Drilling (Southeast Asia) Limited. KrisEnergy has contracted the rig for a firm six months for its Thai drilling program, which includes the Rossukon series of wells in G6/48 and 15 development wells in the Wassana oil field.
KrisEnergy spuds Rossukon-3 well
KrisEnergy Ltd. (“KrisEnergy”), an independent upstream oil and gas company, has announced that the Key Gibraltar jackup rig has commenced drilling of the Rossukon-3 exploration well in G6/48 in the Gulf of Thailand. Rossukon-3 is the third exploration well to be drilled in the G6/48 contract area in 2015 following the evaluation of Rossukon-2 and Rossukon-2ST, which were drilled in March. Rossukon-3 lies 1.9 km west of the Rossukon-2 surface location and 1.8 km northwest of the original Rossukon-1 discovery well, drilled in 2009. The well is planned to reach total depth at 7,468 feet (2,276 metres) measured depth (-6,235 feet true vertical depth subsea) and will test Early Miocene fluvial sandstones on a broad structural high. Water depth at the Rossukon-3 well location is 208 feet. G6/48 covers 566 sq. km over the Karawake Basin and lies to the north of the G10/48 licence, where KrisEnergy is developing the Wassana oil field. KrisEnergy took over operatorship of G6/48 in May 2014. The Company holds a 30% working interest in the concession and is partnered by Northern Gulf Petroleum Pte Ltd with 40% and Mubadala Petroleum with 30%.
KrisEnergy announces discovery at Rossukon-3
KrisEnergy Ltd. (“KrisEnergy”), an independent upstream oil and gas company, provides an update on the Rossukon-3 exploration well in G6/48 in the Gulf of Thailand, which was drilled by the Key Gibraltar jack-up rig following the successful evaluation of the Rossukon-2 and sidetrack wells in March 2015. Rossukon-3 was drilled to a total depth of 7,497 feet (2,285 metres) measured depth, or -6,235 feet true vertical depth subsea (“TVDSS”). KrisEnergy’s preliminary interpretation of well logs indicates that the well intersected approximately 75 feet true vertical depth (“TVD”) of net oil-bearing sandstones and 49 feet TVD of net gas-bearing sandstones over several reservoir intervals. Water depth at the Rossukon-3 location is 208 feet. The well lies 1.9 km west of the Rossukon-2 surface location and 1.8 km northwest of the original Rossukon-1 discovery well, drilled in 2009. Rossukon-3 will be plugged back and the G6/48 partners have agreed to immediately begin drilling the Rossukon-3ST sidetrack exploration well. Rossukon-3ST is planned to drill to a total depth of 6,689 feet (2,039 metres) measured depth (-4,500 feet TVDSS) at a maximum deviation of 74 degrees. Chris Gibson-Robinson, Director Exploration & Production, commented: “The three wells drilled so far in this campaign are promising and will increase the contingent resources in G6/48. Once Rossukon-3ST is completed, we will undertake a thorough technical review incorporating data from all the Rossukon wells, and the existing seismic data, to more fully assess the potential for commercial development in the future.” G6/48 covers 566 sq. km over the Karawake Basin and lies to the north of the G10/48 licence, where KrisEnergy is developing the Wassana oil field. KrisEnergy took over operatorship of G6/48 in May 2014. The Company holds a 30% working interest in the concession and is partnered by Northern Gulf Petroleum Pte Ltd with 40% and Mubadala Petroleum with 30%. The Key Gibraltar jack-up rig is owned by Shelf Drilling (Southeast Asia) Limited. KrisEnergy contracted the rig for a firm six months for its Thai drilling program, which includes the latest Rossukon series of wells in G6/48 and 15 development wells in the Wassana oil field.
KrisEnergy Ltd. (“KrisEnergy”), an independent upstream oil and gas company, has announced that the Rossukon-3ST well in G6/48 in the Gulf of Thailand has reached total depth and concludes the company’s 2015 drilling campaign in the area. The Rossukon-3ST well was drilled to a total depth of 2,025 metres and interpreted both oil and gas. The well was drilled by Shelf Drilling’s Key Gibraltar jackup rig which will now move to block G10/48 where KrisEnergy will drill the Rayrai-1 exploration well, followed by 15 development wells on the Wassana oil field.
KrisEnergy spud Rayrai-1 exploration well
KrisEnergy Ltd. (“KrisEnergy”), an independent upstream oil and gas company, has announced that the company has begun drilling operations at the Rayrai-1 exploration well in block G10/48 in the Gulf of Thailand. The Rayrai-1 well is located in 52 metres of water and is projected to be drilled to a total depth of 1,945 metres. Following the completion of the exploration well, KrisEnergy will use the Key Gibraltar jackup to drill 15 development wells on the Wassana oil field located in the same block.
Delivery of jackup rig to Shelf Drilling
Lamprell (ticker: LAM), a leading provider of fabrication, engineering and contracting services to the energy industry, is pleased to announce the completion of construction of the "Shelf Chaopraya" jackup drilling rig and its delivery to Shelf Drilling Ltd. ("Shelf"). The rig will sail within the next few days for deployment by Shelf at its drilling location, offshore Thailand. The "Shelf Chaopraya" has been designed according to the LeTourneau Super 116E (Enhanced) Class design and features high specification offshore drilling technology, as well as accommodation for up to 160 people. With this delivery, the Lamprell Group has now completed and delivered a total of 16 Super 116E new build jackup drilling rigs to our clients.
Rig Delivery
Lamprell (ticker: LAM), a leading provider of fabrication, engineering and contracting services to the energy industry, is pleased to announce the completion of the “Shelf Drilling Krathong” jackup drilling rig and its delivery to Shelf Drilling Ltd. (“Shelf Drilling”), on schedule and within budget. The rig will sail within the next few days for deployment by the client at its drilling location, offshore Thailand. The Shelf Drilling Krathong rig has been designed and constructed to the same high quality specifications as its sister rig, the “Shelf Drilling Chaopraya”, which was delivered to Shelf Drilling in September 2016. The LeTourneau Super 116E (Enhanced) Class rig features high specification offshore drilling technology, as well as accommodation for up to 160 people.
Seadrill Agrees to Sell Three Jack-ups for $225 million
Seadrill Limited ("Seadrill" or "The Company"), announces that it has reached an agreement with Shelf Drilling to sell the West Triton, West Resolute and West Mischief for a total consideration of $225 million subject to customary closing conditions. The West Triton and West Resolute are scheduled to be delivered to Shelf Drilling by the end of May 2017 and the West Mischief during 3Q 2017 after completion of its current drilling contract with NDC in Abu Dhabi. The total debt outstanding on these three units is $102 million providing excess sale proceeds of $123 million. The carrying value of the three units totals $415 million. A loss on disposal of $190 million is expected to be realized for the first quarter of 2017.
Maersk Drilling sells jack-up rig Maersk Completer
Maersk Drilling has entered into an agreement with a subsidiary of Shelf Drilling, Ltd. to sell the jack-up rig Maersk Completer for USD 38m in an all-cash transaction. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, and the rig is expected to be delivered in January 2020. | cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1413758 |
__label__wiki | 0.556339 | 0.556339 | Growing from its World War II experience, the Civil Air Patrol has continued to save lives and alleviate human suffering through a myriad of emergency-services and operational missions.
Perhaps best known for its search-and-rescue efforts, CAP flies more than 85 percent of all federal inland search-and-rescue missions directed by the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fl. Outside the continental United States, CAP supports the Joint Rescue Coordination Centers in Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico. Just how effective are the CAP missions? Nearly 100 people are saved each year by CAP members.
Another important service CAP performs is disaster-relief operations. CAP provides air and ground transportation and an extensive communications network. Volunteer members fly disaster-relief officials to remote locations and provide manpower and leadership to local, state and national disaster-relief organizations. CAP has formal agreements with many governments and humanitarian relief agencies including the American Red Cross, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Federal Aviation Administration, National Transportation Safety Board and the U.S. Coast Guard.
CAP flies humanitarian missions, usually in support of the Red Cross-transporting time-sensitive medical materials including blood and human tissue, in situations where other means of transportation are not available.
It’s hardly surprising that CAP performs several missions in direct support of the U.S. Air Force. Specifically, CAP conducts light transport, communications support, and low-altitude route surveys. CAP also provides orientation flights for AFROTC cadets. Joint U.S. Air Force and CAP search-and-rescue exercises provide realistic training for missions.
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CAP joined the “war on drugs” in 1986 when, pursuant to congressional authorization, CAP signed an agreement with the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Customs Service offering CAP resources to help stem the flow of drugs into and within the United States.
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Established on 23rd March 1998, its main goal is to spread joy and academic spirit in its most noble institution. In 2009, it gained legal status, becoming a non-profit association.
It began its journey with performances for its institution, and in bars and restaurants. As time passed, and with the subsequent growth of music, participation extended to Tuna gatherings and festivals.
After 5 years of Tuna, and the celebration of its 5th anniversary, it held its first Tuna festival, FITAM.
In broad strokes, TAIPAM has had a natural evolution, a normal growth for a Tuna that has never lost its original spirit: “Spirits high and never an empty glass!” With its 18 years of existence, TAIPAM is proud to have participated in several Tuna gatherings and festivals across the country where, in addition to having spread the warmth and joy it is known for, it also received several distinctions and awards.
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Alvaro Odriozola is set to miss the remainder of the season after breaking his collarbone in a freak training ground incident
Alvaro Odriozola’s maiden season with Real Madrid has reportedly been brought to a premature end after suffering a season-ending injury during training.
The Spanish full-back looks set to miss the remainder of the campaign after breaking his collarbone in a freak training ground incident.
According to AS , Odriozola came off worse in a challenge with Vinicius Junior, falling awkwardly and ultimately suffering a shoulder fracture.
Madrid confirmed the blow on Friday but did not say how long he is expected to be sidelined for.
Alvaro Odriozola (left) looks set to miss the remainder of the season (Image: Getty Images)
A statement said: “Following tests carried out today on alvaro Odriozola by the Real Madrid Medical Services, he's been diagnosed with a fracture of his left clavicle. His recovery will be monitored.”
Recovery time for these types of injuries is often at least a month, and there are just six games left of the league season to play.
The last of which sees Madrid host Real Betis on Sunday May 19, making it unlikely that Odriozola will recover in time.
He came off worse following a challenge with Vinicius Junior (Image: REUTERS)
After joining from Real Sociedad last summer, the defender has made 22 appearances this season across all competitions.
In his absence, Daniel Carvajal is likely to feature regularly at right-back for Madrid until the end of the campaign.
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Why major institutional capital is moving into renewable energy
European institutional capital is increasingly looking to the renewable energy sector
European institutional capital is increasingly looking to the renewable energy sector, boosting competition and maturity in the sector.
Institutional investors from across the continent have announced plans to invest across the energy infrastructure sector in recent months.
Last month, giant sovereign wealth fund, Norges Bank – which runs the NOK8.1 trillion (€842 billion) Government Pension Fund Global – announced a greater capital allocation to green energy infrastructure.
A recent survey by Octopus Investments found that over the next five years, institutional investment in renewable energy is set to rise by 10 percent.
“A combination of increased effort to allocate capital to sustainable strategies and stiff competition among investors across the wider real estate and infrastructure asset class continue to put renewable energy strategies in focus,” , says Dominic Szanto, Director, Energy and Infrastructure at JLL.
Both on- and offshore wind, as well as photovoltaic energy, are capturing investors’ imagination.
The UK’s Pensions Infrastructure Platform recently bought a portfolio of onshore wind farms from Scottish Equity Partners in a £50 million deal, while Sweden’s large buffer AP funds are working together to collectively invest more in renewable power generation, energy storage, energy distribution and digital infrastructure.
Capital entering the sector is always a positive sign. But the timing may change market dynamics.
“There’s already a strong correlation of the evergreen needs of institutional capital and the long-term nature of renewable energy investment,” says Szanto. “That will of course remain the case, but new sources of capital could mean more transactions involving existing assets.”
Opportunities may be less prevalent, but development strategies and partnerships are a likely outcome for new sources capital.
“Some of that capital will go into new developments, but the sector’s growth in recent years means there’s a feasible chance that existing assets are more widely traded and rotated,” says Szanto. “That’s a sign that a market is truly established.”
Government moves further encourage investment
Government initiatives are further encouraging investors to enter the sector. As part of the UK’s bid to lower carbon emissions to 80 percent of 1990 levels by 2050, the government has committed up to £557 million to the sector. While, the European Union announced last year that all 28 member states will need to source 20 percent of their energy from renewables by 2020.
“When investors see such targets and initiatives, investment decisions are easier to make,” Szanto says. “The renewable energy market has evolved and there’s now real momentum among investors and governments.”
The European Commission’s lifting of tariffs last year on Chinese-made solar panels could further drive momentum, with the price of panels set to drop by as much as 30 percent.
Conversely, the recent removal of incentives and subsidies has not resulted in any loss of appetite for renewable energy investment, says Szanto.
“The renewable energy sector’s move away from government subsidies will continue,” he says. “Markets where such support mechanisms as subsidies are still in place remain popular and subsidies naturally offer the investor security of revenue.
“But investor demand now means the market is less dependent on such mechanisms.”
The upcoming tender by the UK government of its Contract for Difference – a series of top-up mechanisms which underpin any loss of revenue from energy for 15 years – could attract several bidders. More than 6GW of offshore wind sites are chasing the security of the UK CfDs.
“Auctions such as these are even more appealing in what is an increasingly sought-after sector.”
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I bought this card in a bookstore.
I was talking with someone who has lived all his life under the oppression of conditional love. Conditional love is love that has "conditions" that must be met if "love" is extended.
In logic, a "conditional statement" (also called a "hypothetical statement") is an "If... then" statement. Like: "If it rains, then the ground gets wet." Which means: on the condition that it is raining, the ground will get wet.
Conditional love is "If... then" love. This disqualifies it as the kind of love Jesus exemplifies. It is hypothetical, while the love of Christ (and 1 Corinthians 13) is actual. Like: "If you have sex with me, then I will love you." Or: "If you give me that money I asked for, then I will act lovingly towards you." Or: "If you do not have sex with me, then I will not love you." It's all the same thing. It's all hypothetical, not real, love.
My friend grew up in a world of hypothetical love, with a father who said this: "Son, if you perform for me, if you do just what I want you to do, if you measure up to my expectations, if... if... if..., then I sure am proud of you and I sure do love you."
Hypothetical-conditional love treats others like trained seals in a circus act. "If you jump through the ring of fire, then I'll give you a fish." But only "if."
Hypothetical-conditional love asks the beloved to make a sacrifice for one's own pleasure. Loving others depends on their performance, or appearance, or possessions.
My friend has a hard time thinking that love means anything other than this. He inwardly punishes himself daily, interpreting true selfless love as self-serving "If... then" love.
The New Testament word for love, agape, takes the "if" out. Agape love is non-hypothetical, therefore actual. Which means: no conditions need be satisfied in order to receive love.
Agape love as non-hypothetical is propositional love. In logic a "proposition" is a technical term referring to a statement that is either true or false, describing a state of affairs that obtains. Agape love does not say "If... then," but simply "I love you," and acts accordingly. Propositional-agape love sacrifices selflessly for the beloved. That is God-love.
This is God-love, because God, whose essence is love, cannot not-love. One cannot say, "If God loves me," but stands in awe before the state of affairs "That God loves me." God's love doesn't wait for conditions to be fulfilled.
Hypothetical-conditional love is abusive, dangling a fish before a hungry animal, saying "Perform for me." Propositional-agape love says, "Forget the performance, take off the costume and makeup, and get used to the truth that God loves you."
When God-love dwells in us we love others unconditionally.
Our love for them is not hypothetical,
but true,
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abiding,
selfless,
sacrificial,
and never-failing.
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Rethinking the Business of Defense: Advice to the Trump Administration on bringing discipline to the defense enterprise
At the conclusion of an unconventional but brilliant campaign, Donald Trump has effected, in terms he might appreciate, a hostile takeover of the executive branch of the United States federal government. In that campaign, he repeatedly promised to move swiftly towards administrative change, perhaps in a hundred-day campaign. There is reason to move out smartly. As Paul Ryan wrote in A Better Way: Our Vision for a Confident America, enemies and adversaries are “moving at the speed of broadband, so we cannot move at the speed of bureaucracy.” Rather, as the Speaker said the day after the election, with majorities in both legislative houses, “the opportunity is to go big, go bold and to get things done.” For his part, Trump has promised to prioritize private-sector experience and thinking in installing leaders and formulating policies for all federal agencies. So, for Defense, what now?
At Defense, an endemic problem of cost-ineffectiveness has been brewing for decades, with endless streams of cash pouring down seemingly endless holes of Middle Eastern wars that are never quite won. The worst is born out in the operational approaches that Colonel Mike Pietrucha of the USAF has called “logistical fratricide,” and that Tobias Burgers and Scott Nicholas Romaniuk have called “shooting ants with elephant guns.” All this high-technology whack-a-mole has accelerated capital depreciation, by which the military has accrued further costs for service life extensions, and a continual, grinding trade of aging systems for more expensive kit in lesser quantities. As recently pointed out by Major General Jeff Newell, the now-retired former chief strategist for the USAF, a key element of strategy is to stop doing some things so that one can start doing other more important things.
Fortunately, we have a model that should be familiar to the new administration. When a businessman takes over a new business, he usually undertakes detailed surveys beyond his earlier due-diligence. He gathers those in the know, and asks where are the factories? The distribution centers? The research laboratories? Who really runs that department? Where do all the back-office people sit? After some answers, the question that follows is usually and do we really need all of this? For as Libertarian Vice Presidential candidate Bill Weld said to a CNN town hall meeting earlier this year, “I've never seen a layer of government that didn't have 10 or 20 percent waste in it.” If President-elect Trump wants to rebuild the military without exacerbating the government’s debt problem, he may want to pursue unconventional ideas for finding radical economies and opportunities.
At Defense, fundamentally rethinking structures and systems along business-like lines could save billions, particularly in sustainment spending, freeing up money for investment in new weapons, ships, and aircraft. Fairly, government isn’t a business, and it can’t quite be run like a business, but the US Defense Department desperately needs some business-like discipline in its planning, purchasing, and operations. For fifteen years, Defense has had a Defense Business Board, but its advice has too often been absorbed without effect or even affect. Even beyond the DBB’s ideas, Defense needs business models, to cite Northwestern University’s Robert Wolcott, that don’t just defend the present, but look to the future.
So what, broadly, are some of the options? Over the next several months, The Defense Industrialist will be focusing on building out the ideas, to provide advice to this administration on bringing some discipline to the defense enterprise. Implementing much of this change won’t be easy, but something better than today’s tired answers is essential.
James Hasik is a senior fellow at the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, where this essay first appeared on The Defense Industrialist blog.
That's all well and good.
But the biggest issue with cutting defense is that the Congress (not the President) loves defense spending. It's the red white and blue, flag-waving patriotic form of government spending, and it's especially popular with the Republican Party. From where I sit, a lot of military basing and defense spending ends up looking like Red State Welfare.
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James Hasik is a senior fellow at the Center for Government Contracting in the School of Business at George Mason University, and a senior fellow at the Scowcroft Center on Strategy and Security at the Atlantic Council. Since September 2001, he has been studying global security challenges and the economic enterprises that provide the tools to address them.
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Innovation Before Scale: A Better Model for Transnational Armaments Cooperation,
in RUSI Journal, October-November 2016 (vol. 161, no. 5)
Mimetic and Normative Isomorphism in the Establishment and Maintenance of Independent Air Forces,
in Defense and Security Analysis, September 2016 (vol. 32, no. 3)
Defense Entrepreneurship: How to Build Institutions for Innovation Inside the Military,
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“Outside their Expertise”—the Implications of Field Manual 3-24 for the Professional Military Education of Non-Commissioned Officers,
in Small Wars and Insurgencies, October 2014 (vol. 25, no. 5/6)
Better Buying Power or Better Off Not? Purchasing Technical Data for Weapon Systems,
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Beyond the Briefing: Theoretical and Practical Problems in the Works and Legacy of John Boyd,
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Learning in Counterinsurgency: What Do We Really Know?
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Better Three Than One, Usually
“I strongly suspect that GDLS [General Dynamics Land Systems] has done a great job of tailoring a solution, developed over time through successes in other programs, for exactly what the US Army wants,” as expressed in roughly 100 detailed and rigid requirements, said George Mason scholar Jim Hasik. But, he said, that doesn’t mean what the Army thinks it wants is the right solution, or that GD will deliver on budget and schedule. “I would prefer that two or three contractors were proceeding to some trials of truth at Aberdeen in some months,” Hasik told me. “I do not single out GDLS; I just expect lower likelihood of success in non-competitive contracting. Any given bid may have problems of which even the bidder does not know.” In Sydney J. Freedberg Jr., "Bradley Replacement: Army Risks Third Failure in a Row," Breaking Defense, 7 October 2019.
Battery-Powered Stealth Mode
...electric and hybrid-electric vehicles are quieter than conventionally fueled vehicles which is a huge advantage when it comes to stealth. “If people were rolling up in Bradleys… you knew it well in advance,” [Hasik] said. However, if the military can get its electric combat vehicles to sound like “an overgrown Prius… rolling across the battlefield, at least for short distances, you hugely suppress your audible signature.” Another benefit is onboard power. “You can operate power intensive sensors without actually having to light off a diesel engine. You can sit quietly without emitting a great deal of heat that an infrared weapon can hone in on.”. In Yasmin Tadjdeh, "Army Driving Forward with Electric Vehicle Plans," National Defense, February 2019.
Why you're better off working through local industry
“There are large parts of the world in which ‘military truck’ means commercial truck painted green,” [Hasik] said. That is not the case for many wealthy countries where a military system would be robust and advanced. But “if your armed forces don’t have a whole lot of money, one way to save a bit that doesn’t seem to have an obvious shortcoming is to … trade down to a commercial truck.” Once a country has traded down to a commercial truck there are many more companies that can supply those than the handful of military truck builders in the United States. U.S.-made systems are often more expensive, he noted. Because of the higher price point, interested countries would likely be wealthy and industrialized and already have their own indigenous vehicle market, he added. “Why would I buy from the Americans? I can buy from somebody locally. It’s not like fighter jets where… there aren’t that many people that make them [so] I better call the Americans.”. In Yasmin Tadjdeh, "Opportunities Abound for U.S. Military Vehicles," National Defense, February 2019.
Yet more on the brilliance of the feasible
Hasik said the underlying automotive technologies for armored vehicles aren't advancing rapidly, [so] it was prudent for the Marine Corps not to swing for the fences when it comes to capability. "When you're faced with that, it makes a whole lot of sense to bunt—to use a baseball analogy—in your efforts to develop a new weapon system... which is what the Marines have done" with the ACV program. In Jon Harper, "Marine Corps Taking Low-Risk Approach to Amphibious Combat Vehicle," National Defense, September 2018.
On Section 232 silliness
And as Trudeau repeats whenever interviewed on American television, Canadian aluminum still ends up in U.S. fighter aircraft and its steel is used in American tanks. James Hasik, senior fellow at the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security at the Atlantic Council, said that nobody he knows in the national security community believes that invocation of the Section 232 national security clause has any substance. “I can’t imagine the circumstances in which a Canadian federal government would try to choke off aluminum supplies to the U.S.,” Hasik said. Trump to See National Security Threat in Canada Firsthand, in the Washington Post, 7 June 2018.
On what to watch
James Hasik, a professor at the National Defense University, said he would be keeping a close eye on how the autonomous Sea Hunter vehicle does during ongoing testing. DARPA recently transferred the Sea Hunter, designed to travel thousands of miles over open seas, for months at a time, without a crew member on board, over to the Navy for continued testing. “The economics of that concept are so compelling,” Hasik said. If the concept proves out, it could have “some profound applications for fleet structure, some profound applications for warfighting.” What to expect from AI, space and other tech over the next 18 months, in Defense News, 10 May 2018.
On market entry, in the long run
Oshkosh “might wind up with a run of many decades as having been the favorite for military trucks in North America. But it doesn’t mean that they are guaranteed to keep it, because it’s an industry in which entry into the military market segment is not as challenging as it is in other segments”. Army Moves Forward with New Medium Truck Acquisition in National Defense, April 2018
More on the brilliance of the feasible
“The Army’s failure to effect greater progress [in armored vehicle programs] may have seemed tragic, but retrospectively, it was almost fated: programs like FCS and GCV were doomed before they were begun. For had the future been more readily foreseen from within the department, technological trajectories like those would have called long ago for more modest investments. The Army’s leadership is just recognizing the art of the possible, and investing accordingly.” Army Accelerates Armor: Stryker, Trophy, MPF Race To Field in Breaking Defense, 16 October 2017
On the brilliance of the feasible
“There’s actually no reason to dislike the program today. I haven’t noticed yet any meaningful cost overruns on JLTV. I think with fixed-price contracts — as they have — you’re not going to get them. From what I can tell it is a great deal. It does basically exactly what it’s supposed to do, and at a pretty reasonable price.” JLTV Program Could Serve as Acquisition Model, in National Defense magazine, 9 October 2017
On staying out of the way
“In 2014, Russian signals intelligence drones and Russian artillery worked quickly and efficiently to target Ukrainian troops by triangulating their radio emissions. And as the Ukrainians learned, emitting in any pattern that says headquarters will attract lots of cannon and rocket fire.” Army seeks fixes to vulnerable satellite communications, in Space News, 28 September 2017
On dubious vertical integration
“Building boosters and satellites are very different businesses. No one seems to think that Elon Musk is in a world of hurt because he doesn't have his own satellites, but he's got contracts to lift a lot of them.” Northrop Grumman Move to Acquire Rocket Maker Reflects Military Space Race, on Fox Business, 18 September 2017
Northrop Grumman Move to Acquire Rocket Maker Reflects Military Space Race, in the Wall Street Journal, September 2017
کارشناسان: ایران از پروازهای مسافرتی استفاده نظامی میکند , on the Voice of America Persian Service, September 2017
The First Space War, in The Age of Aerospace, Discovery Channel, September 2017
Army Improving Stryker's Lethality, Mobility, in National Defense, June 2017
JLTV Touted As Success, But Military Not Rushing to Buy, in National Defense, April 2017
Inauguration 2017: Fifteen smart locals on how Donald Trump could change Washington, in Washingtonian magazine, January 2017
Trump Steps Up Criticism of Corporate America, in the Wall Street Journal, 12 December 2016
F-35 Ready for Combat?, on Defense News TV (WJLA Washington DC), 21 August 2016
Lockheed’s $1 Billion F-35 Payback, on Defense News TV (WJLA Washington DC), 21 August 2016
Stealth Bikes May Fill Troops' Need for Lighter, Faster Transportation, in National Defense, August 2016
SIGAR: Afghan National Army Vehicle Maintenance Program Cost Soars, in National Defense, 1 August 2016
Can We Defend What We Put in Space?, in Popular Science, 17 June 2016
Tactical Wheeled Vehicle Programs at Critical Juncture, in National Defense, April 2016
U.S. to Counter Putin by Sending Europe More Tanks, Copters, on Bloomberg Business, 8 March 2016
Hove: AM General is 'going to become a much more diverse company', in Inside Defense, 26 February 2016
Lockheed Drops JLTV Suit; DOT&E Knocks Reliability, in Breaking Defense, 18 February 2016
Jim Hasik: What’s next for Air Force’s Long Range Strike Bomber, on Federal News Radio (1500 AM, Washington DC) 4 November 2015
Industry concerned Pentagon is seeking too much technical data, in Inside Defense, 28 October 2015
USMC amphibious vehicle competition still wide open with crowded field, in Washington Business Journal, 21 October 2015
Lockheed Martin looking for margins as government service providers look for scale, in Washington Business Journal, 7 October 2015
Saudi deal for 'transport vehicles', not arms, says Harper, in the Ottawa Citizen, 6 October 2015
Joint Light Tactical Vehicle Award Shakes Up Industry , in National Defense, October 2015
BAE, Lockheed Protest Army Contract Awards On Same Day, in Defense News, 12 September 2015
Lockheed layoffs and bid protest pave way for defense giant's engineering future, in Washington Business Journal, 9 September 2015
JLTV Award Could Reorder Vehicle Industry, in Defense News, 23 August 2015
Navy Shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Announces Layoffs, in the Wall Street Journal, 24 July 2015
US Army: Strykers Need Bigger Gun to Fight Russia, in Defense News, 24 July 2015
Oshkosh Corp. lands contract worth up to $780 million, in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, 19 June 2015
Army Aims for Bradley Replacement or Upgrade, in Defense News, 8 June 2015
Charge Of The Light Brigade: Army Seeks Air-Droppable Vehicles For Infantry, in Breaking Defense, 8 June 2015
Guided-Bomb Makers Anticipate GPS Jammers, in Defense News, 1 June 2015
A New Normal for Defense Contractors, in the Wall Street Journal, 29 March 2015
Who Killed The Ground Combat Vehicle? The Army's Answer Is Still Vexing, in Inside the Army, 27 February 2015
US Army Talks Tanks as Russia's Hit Ukraine , in Defense News, 19 February 2015
Abrams tank, Army vehicles come out ahead in defense budget bill, in Army Times, 11 December 2014; and Lawmakers Boost Budgets for Abrams, Army Vehicles in Defense Bill, in Defense News, 10 December 2014
Joint Vehicle Program Showcases The Tricky Math Of Intellectual Property, in Inside Defense, 25 November 2014
Canada brings '6-pack strategy' to air campaign against Islamic State in Iraq, in Military Times, 8 October 2014
Iraq-Syria war likely to sidestep mandatory budget cuts, in Stars & Stripes, 3 October 2014
Oshkosh prototype tactical vehicle completes Defense Department review, in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, 22 September 2014
Debating Independence, on Defense News with Vago Muradian, WJLA (ABC) Channel 7, 21 September 2014
US Army Floats Requirements For Three Light Vehicles, in Defense News, 15 September 2014
Analysts: New DOD Memo Addressing Competition Is Missing The Mark, in Inside Defense, 3 September 2014
The Atlantic Council: una veu amb una influència excepcional en la política americana, on VilaWeb (Catalonia), 28 July 2014
Pentagon Industrial Policy Chief Resigns, in the Wall Street Journal, 28 July 2014
International Partners Key To DoD's New R&D Strategy, in Defense News, 7 July 2014
Berlin Air Show Begins Amid Promises of Increased Spending, in Defense News, 19 May 2014
Can China's Defense Industry Catch Up?, in The Diplomat, 8 May 2014
Navy Awards New Contract for Presidential Helicopter, in the Wall Street Journal, 7 May 2014
DoD Reshapes R&D, Betting on Future Technology, in Defense News, 20 April 2014
Foreign sales could keep littoral combat ship program afloat, in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, 19 April 2014
A new group of Navy officials convened to find out: Where’s the LCS headed?, in the Mobile Press-Register, 25 March 2014
Defense budget cuts could threaten growth at Austal, in the Mobile Press-Register, 28 February 2014
US military: Boots off the ground, in the Financial Times, 28 February 2014
Laissez Les Bons Temps Roullez [on the defense budget before Mardi Gras], in Politico Morning Defense, 25 February 2014
Vital Decisions Await US Army On Force Structure, Equipping, in Defense News, 18 February 2014
Budget cuts put defense contract jobs in jeopardy, in Crain’s Detroit Business, 2 February 2014
Littoral shipbuilding in Marinette in jeopardy, in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, 27 January 2014
Group Warns of Aversion to Buying Commercial Products, in Defense News, 27 January 2014
Lockheed CEO Sees No Slack in Mideast, in the Wall Street Journal, 23 January 2014
Flood of US CEO Changes Signals Culture Shift, in Defense News, 23 January 2014
Hopes Dim for BAE’s ‘Green’ Combat Vehicle, on DoD Buzz, 22 January 2014
Worrying Too Much About Sustaining the Industrial Base? in Defense Industry Daily, 22 November 2013
The overhaul of the Defense Department's acquisition system is almost here, on In Depth with Francis Rose, Federal News Radio, WTOP 1500 AM, Washington DC, 12 November 2013
Marines Tread Carefully in Search for New Amphibious Vehicle, in Defense News, 20 September 2013
Military surplus sale: unloading unused war equipment, interview on Fox News, 15 August 2013
Sequestration could stall plans for Humvee replacements, in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, 31 July 2013
The Littoral Combat Ship program is struggling with perceptions that it's not ready for prime time, on In Depth with Francis Rose, Federal News Radio, WTOP 1500 AM, Washington DC, 14 May 2013
Why Doesn't Seoul Have Iron Dome? in Foreign Policy, 9 April 2013
BAE Prods Congress For Bradley Funding Unwanted By Army, on Bloomberg, 1 April 2013
Dems, GOP converge in defense cut hypocrisy, on Bloomberg, 23 February 2013
BAE Develops Green Fighting Machine for $32 Billion Army Program, on Bloomberg, 15 January 2013
House sends fiscal cliff bill, sequestration delay to president in Federal Times, 1 January 2012
Are Offsets Becoming Unaffordable? in Defense News, 27 October 2012
In U.S. JLTV Contest, Which Team Has the Most To Lose?, in Defense News, 3 September 2012
Oshkosh wins role in Humvee replacement, in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, 23 August 2012
Riding the Waves—on an M-ATV: UAE Deal helps Oshkosh Weather US Defense Cuts, in Defense News, 5 August 2012
Washington Turns to Contractors for ISR Operations, in Defense News, 21 May 2012
Dispute Brews over Changes to Commercial Acquisition Process, in Defense News, 21 May 2012
Marinette-Built Navy Ship Hits Choppy Seas, in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, 12 February 2012
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UN Nations Support Jew Killers in Israel
Called 'Palestinian Refugees'
When in reality they are Arab/Muslim Invaders
The Palestinian Authority [Muslims in Israel] openly pays salaries to every Islamic terrorist who murdered Jews as an act of jihad [Islamic war].
In newly released documents, the Palestinian Authority admits that in the first 5 months of 2019, it paid over $65 million in salaries to those terrorists. In calendar year 2018, the Trump Administration has significantly cut funding for the Israeli killing Muslims including $231.532 million economic assistance and $424.3 million to UNRWA.
YET! ...
EU pledges €42.5 million in aid for Muslims [aka Palestinians] in Israel
The aid comes after the US decision to withhold millions in funding from the UN agency that supports Muslims in Israel who overtly proclaim hatred and ill intentions toward Jews in the Jewish State of Israel. The European Union supports "Palestinians" although the Muslims refuse to talk peace with Israel. Since the USA halted aid; Germany funding for Palestinians along with 11 other nations delivering their funds early.
Merkel meets Muslim Leader of 'Palestinians’ Mahmoud Abbas in Berlin
8-29-19, APNEWS.com -- Merkel stressed her support for a two-state solution ahead of talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the Chancellery in Berlin. “We appreciate Chancellor Merkel’s efforts to create multilateral cooperation aside from unilateral solutions to create stability and peace in the world.”
Hitler Redux: Germany's Merkel is now biggest bilateral supporter of Muslims in Israel ...
August 29, 2019, GellerReport -- Germany's Chancelor Angela Merkel now biggest supporter of Jew haters in Israel the Muslims called "Palestinians." In the past several years agencies in Germany have come under intense scrutiny in Israel for providing funding to Palestinian organisations linked to terror, anti-Semitism, and other forms of hate and extremism. Throughout her years as Chancellor, Angela Merkel gave the Palestinian Authority more than half a billion dollars, not including foreign aid to UNRWA.
10-27-19, JihadWatch.com -- Recently at a press conference Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel said: “We are now the largest bilateral donors in the Palestinian territories.” According to Germany’s Bild news, the federal government announced that in 2018 about 166.2 million euros flowed to the Palestinians. In addition, Germany transferred about 173.2 million euros to UNRWA, a UN agency for Palestinian Muslims. More here
Why doesn't this nation pull out of the UN. Even though this nation supplies most of the money to run this Muslim loving joke of an organization, and the U.S. is humiliated often and taken advantage of, it still remains in this useless group. Most of all, the U.N. is promoting globalism and through the U.N. Common Core was established in this nation. Kids are now being brainwashed through Common Core, being taught that there are more than two genders and that global warming is real and will result in death, which is scaring children out of their wits.
Why? good question ... Oh and don't forget the liberal family hating leftist world leaders are also teaching grade school kids how to become a homosexual! Did you see my report on that?? Here: https://www.jesus-our-blessed-hope.com/blog/scripture-for-today-10-30-19-man-woman-vs-lgbt
Apparently the main reason the US doesn't dump the UN is we are the only force keeping the Arab/Muslim nations in line. As of Feb 2017 the U.N. regular budget calls for $5.4 billion over two years. America's assessment is set at 22 percent, or about $1.2 billion. The US also gives approximately $8 billion in mandatory payments and voluntary contributions to the United Nations and its affiliated organizations. Source: Quora https://www.quora.com/Can-Trump-unilaterally-pull-the-US-out-of-the-UN-or-does-he-need-Congress
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An Iowa City man who police say was stealing American flags at a cemetery on Memorial Day has been charged with public intoxication.The Gazette in Cedar Rapids says 53-year-old Michelle Touchette was arrested early Monday. Police were called to Oakland Cemetery on a report of a man stealing flags that were decorating the grounds.Police say Touchette told officers he was a soldier and there was no flag for him. Police say the officers explained that living soldiers have Veteran's Day.Touchette was released from the Johnson County jail later on Monday. A telephone listing has been disconnected. His case is not listed on the online court system, and it's unclear if he has an attorney.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa —
An Iowa City man who police say was stealing American flags at a cemetery on Memorial Day has been charged with public intoxication.
The Gazette in Cedar Rapids says 53-year-old Michelle Touchette was arrested early Monday. Police were called to Oakland Cemetery on a report of a man stealing flags that were decorating the grounds.
Police say Touchette told officers he was a soldier and there was no flag for him. Police say the officers explained that living soldiers have Veteran's Day.
Touchette was released from the Johnson County jail later on Monday. A telephone listing has been disconnected. His case is not listed on the online court system, and it's unclear if he has an attorney. | cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1413785 |
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Dr Tommy Dickson’s research on historical accounts of treatments to “cure” homosexuality led to him acting as the Historical Consultant for the BAFTA-nominated BBC film Against the Law, and helping curate exhibitions at the Science Museum and Manchester Museum.
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Dan Andresen participates in workshop for emerging national cyberinfrastructure leaders
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Daniel Andresen, professor of computer science and K-State director for research computing, was one of 24 invited participants in the Cyberinfrastructure Leadership Academy in Norman, Oklahoma, Feb. 26-27.
Andresen presented his vision for the national cyberinfrastructure. The workshop's overall objective was to prepare a new generation of national leaders who will shape the national cyberinfrastructure agenda to promote the progress of science, which depend heavily and increasingly on the advanced digital capabilities that cyberinfrastructure provides.
The mechanism for accomplishing this goal was to establish mentoring relationships between senior cyberinfrastructure leaders who are nearing retirement or recently retired, and emerging midcareer leaders.
Andresen will work with Dan Stanzione, director of the Texas Advanced Computing Center, for the next year to develop his role in national leadership.
Read more news from the computer science department at cs.ksu.edu/.
K-State researchers confirm case of 2,4-D resistance in Palmer amaranth
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Burrack presents at national general education conference
K-State faculty take part in Humanities Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill
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Published on February 18, 2019 in City of Orlando, Complete Streets, Education, Enforcement, Engineering, Featured, Orlando, Osceola County, Pedestrian Safety, Uncategorized, Video
At the most recent MetroPlan Orlando Board meeting, the board voted unanimously to add “Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety” as an Area of Emphasis. Those are a handful of areas where the board will specifically focus, when making plans for the upcoming year.
The change was proposed by Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings after a presentation on the current four Areas of Emphasis, which include: Trail Connectivity, Complete Streets, Engaging a younger population and SunRail connectivity. The safety mission was previously included in the larger area of Complete Streets, but Mayor Demings felt it was important enough to make it an area all by itself.
Apopka Vice Mayor Doug Bankson agreed. He mentioned how he lost his brother to a pedestrian crash when he was younger, so pedestrian safety is an important platform for him.
A lot can change in a year, and with a Board comprised of 20 percent new members, it was the perfect time to share an overview and update of the Best Foot Forward program, which just wrapped up year one in Osceola County. BFF’s Amanda Day kicked off the presentation with a 5-minute long video for the board showing some of the ways Best Foot Forward is actively working to increase driver yield rates and lower pedestrian crash numbers. You can watch it above.
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Keolis reinforces its parking activity with the acquisition of Mypark in Belgium by its subsidiary EFFIA
Keolis, a global mobility integrator, consolidates its ambitions in parking, a lever for developing the mobility chain, with the acquisition of Mypark, a historic actor in parking in Belgium. With this operation, EFFIA reaches a major milestone in its international development strategy, becoming the 4th largest operator on the parking market in Belgium with more than 32,000 parking spaces managed. Julien Verdin is appointed Managing Director of Mypark.
Keolis awarded a new bus contract in Sweden
Keolis has been awarded a new contract to operate a commuter bus service between Gothenburg and Borås, covering 65km. The fossil-free, biodiesel double-deck buses will provide a service to 1.3 million passengers every year. With this new contract, the Group reinforces its presence in Sweden, where it operates 1,700 fossil-free buses throughout the country
Keolis awarded its largest ever electric bus fleet contract in the Netherlands
On 24 September 2019, the Provinces of Overijssel, Flevoland and Gelderland in the Netherlands entrusted Keolis with the operation and maintenance of 300 electric buses. This will be Keolis’ largest e-bus fleet operated under a single contract. The new electric buses will serve 53 stations in the east and central areas of the Netherlands and will carry 17 million passengers per year in a clean, quiet and reliable mode of transport. This new contract is another milestone for the Group in developing and deploying electromobility solutions around the world, and it reaffirms its commitment to supporting public transport authorities (PTAs) in the transition to greener energies.
Keolis awarded new contract in Norway to operate fossil free buses in Bergen
The 9½ year bus contract will see Keolis operating a fleet that runs on 100% renewable energy, consisting of 136 mainly electric buses. Synergies between the new bus operation and Keolis’ light rail network will offer passengers a more integrated mobility offer. Keolis’ track record in operating worldwide bus networks and light rail guarantees a solid expertise base for Bergen’s public transport users.
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Lifestyles, travel habits, diverse passenger profiles and expectations at different moments of a journey, service quality, accessibility and barriers to using public transport ... These are just a few of the topics the Group investigates. Understanding passengers in all their diversity, including those who prefer to use their car, is key to Keolis’ ambition to develop a service offering designed for passengers, with passengers.
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Over the last few decades, major developments have transformed the way we live, and today each region faces its own specific challenges in terms of mobility. Since 2007, Keoscopie, Keolis’ mobility trends observatory, has provided the Group with a unique tool to decipher socio-demographic changes and their impact on mobility. The digital revolution has accelerated this change, and in 2015 Keolis partnered with Netexplo to launch the first international observatory of digital trends (lien vers Observatoire des mobilités digitales) to imagine mobility tomorrow.
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Montana is one of the most permissive states for gun laws
By: Todd Hansen, Darren Bailey
HARDIN, Mont. -- The Race threw a dart at a map and it sent us to Hardin, Montana – population: 3,800.
We stopped in the Lariat Country Kitchen, where it didn’t take long to find strong opinions on gun laws.
“I have quite a few guns and I support the Second Amendment ya know, wholly,” said Ron Nedens, the first person we approached. “I would not readily give up my guns for anything.”
Nedens got his first gun at 12 years old. He says it's a way of life.
Montana is one of the most permissive states for gun laws. Openly carrying a gun is allowed in most areas. Concealed carry permits are offered, and concealed carry without a permit is allowed outside of a city, town or logging camp.
The City of Missoula is one area that has enacted tougher gun laws.
“My dad was an avid hunter, but we knew better than to mess with his guns,” said Penny Wagenaar.
Wagenaar says she has fired an automatic weapon, but she believes in tougher background checks and regulation on those types of guns.
“If it shoots a lot what do you need that for?” Wagenaar said. “It’d be just awful if you had to use it to protect yourself and harm somebody else.”
One time in his life, Nedens wanted to pull his gun while walking along a road with his wife in their tiny town.
“A carload of people came pulling up and swerved into us, trying to scare us off the road and then they went up the road and turned around and came back and tried to hit us from behind and finally stopped.”
They got out, six of them, drunk.
Nedens says he would have pulled his gun but wasn't carrying. He had a knife though.
“I believe if I would have had a gun I would have been, I would have felt a lot safer,” said Nedens.
Nedens says he loves guns for their beauty. He owns many he'll never fire. He wants the recreation and protection they provide. He says it's his right.
“I also like the freedom that I can do it if I want to. It’s a good deal and I’m glad I live in Montana.” | cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1413802 |
__label__wiki | 0.585217 | 0.585217 | Lenexa PD asks for help identifying shopper when woman accidentally leaves checkbook
Investigators say shopper picked up the checkbook, put it in pocket
Police in Lenexa, Kansas, are asking for help in identifying a woman.Investigators said a woman accidentally left behind her checkbook at a store's checkout counter. A shopper picked it up, but instead of turning it in to the clerk, police said she stuffed it into her purse.Police ask anyone who can identify the woman to call 913-825-8097.
Police in Lenexa, Kansas, are asking for help in identifying a woman.
Investigators said a woman accidentally left behind her checkbook at a store's checkout counter.
A shopper picked it up, but instead of turning it in to the clerk, police said she stuffed it into her purse.
Police ask anyone who can identify the woman to call 913-825-8097. | cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1413808 |
__label__cc | 0.74804 | 0.25196 | Are You The Last To Know That You’ve Become A Church House Sugar Mama For A Brokedown Pimp Player With No Pension Plan?
in: Blog, Home, The Black Church Exposed
You’ve worked hard all of YOUR life.
You raised your kids into responsible productive adults.
Even though you never thought you could, you are over that no good man who made you think he was in it forever.
You still work but retirement is within your sights and that delicious finish line is coming quicker than you anticipated.
You are on top of your bills and have socked away a good piece of money that at one point you never thought you’d have.
Your place is almost paid for and you really have no plans to leave where you are.
You made it this far and have minimal health concerns except maybe to drop a few pounds.
You attend religious faith services frequently but not regular enough to say that you are as committed as your other fellow congregants. You understand that you do have a firm belief in a higher power but still have a foot in the pleasures of the world and haven’t committed yourself to completely letting those indulgences go as of yet.
You might not be a super model but after all you have overcome in this life you KNOW that you are above most who are in your age group and you still catch men in public gazing passionately at you on the sly.
Overall other than the losses of a few loved ones in your inner circle of family and friends, you can say that life has been good and the future looks bright.
The only thing at this point – although you said to yourself that it doesn’t matter – is that you find yourself craving the company of a nice gentleman every now and again.
Every now and again?
Yes. But you are no dummy. You know that you are a great catch and have worked too damn hard over the years to achieve what you have to allow just any man into your world just like that.
You see, at this point you don’t know if you could recuperate from another major “man drama breakup crisis” and don’t want to ruin these long anticipated “best years of your life” over a fraudulent loser who merely sees you as a means to make up for the years that he has wasted living the wonton life of being a pimp player who woke up one day and suddenly realized that he was too old to “play the game” anymore.
But there are a few options on the table for you to finally have that gentleman in your life but you are taking your time investigating them in a non urgent manner because if the truth be told, your life is sweet as it is.
But that nagging desire to have company for an entire weekend without having to temporarily part ways to go to your respective humble abodes just won’t go away.
You are not only a mere woman, you’ve been grown MORE than you’ve been considered young.
But not only are you a grown woman, you are a certified grown ass woman and while you are very much the lady that would NEVER refer to yourself in such a manner, you have no qualms at this very special point in your life to admitting that your well “concealed to the world” desires cannot be curtailed much longer.
It surely won’t suffice anymore to have those yearnings quelled with that always ready to please “battery operated boyfriend” that you have secretly stashed in the bottom drawer of the nightstand under your designer lace panties ready for use to bring yourself into an orgasmic slumber after a hard and hectic day nerve draining day on the job that you swore would never end.
But to reach this point in your life and to feel yourself slipping into that place where your sense of reasoning is quickly fading due to that ever present tsunami of passion is a dangerous place indeed. Most often in this life we tend to focus on the things that we don’t have over the things that we do have. This is where we mess up the good life that we have because we can begin to view reality in a way that is disproportionate to what is truly there.
In this case, a woman will be more apt to settle for an old slick talking broken down pimp player who appeared to fill those gaps in her soul. But he will only be found to later be a cheap low quality filler after a time of failing to live up to the moral standards that he so shrewdly projected even though she began to see and ignore the red flags that were screaming for her to take the preventative actions that would have saved her a ton of drama down the line.
There are so many worldly men out here who have lived a life of a certified womanizer and never thought to themselves that they would ever get old and rundown as the unwanted product of the fast lifestyle that for them was considered the norm. They never thought about securing themselves and their reality would change as fast as the women that they used, abused and victimized, tossing them away for the next challenge of a conquest.
So now they are facing the later stages of their life and the parties are not there anymore as many in his inner circle have either settled down, took sick or even died from the complications of the heavy drinking, drugging and all around abuse that was levied on their fragile bodies that have given in to the barrage of unhealthy practices that have left them looking much older than their actual chronological ages.
There are less couches of friends, club hopping running buddies and acquaintances to crash on for the night when you have no place of your own and an even more diminishing amount of women who are naive enough to believe in the hustle of their emotional and financial resources that they now want no part of after being bitten one time too many by a sorry example of a leech of a man to whom they can see coming a mile away no matter how good the sweet talk sounds.
What’s an aging and now very desperate player to do?
Well, the grass for grazing no longer exists where he’s enjoyed many delicious meals before, so it’s time to pick up and relocate to somewhere slower where the grass appears greener. It’s greener in that smaller town where no one knows him because there are women who have it all but are at the breaking point in an inner turmoil where their high standards and moral character are in a constant war with the natural lower desires that are felt daily in a very powerful way.
Might that woman be you?
Ladies, you have to be honest with yourself in solitude in order to be strong in the world. If you deny that without the backing of God’s power you will eventually drop your defenses because you and I both know how good it feels to hold someone in your arms that you believe is yours and yours alone in the middle of the night regardless if you’ve made love that night.
It’s the perfect haven and breeding ground to bring that aging womanizer the abundant resources that he so desperately craves and needs to get the free ride that he wants. Lots of single women as well as married ones too who feel disillusioned about their routine predictable lives as they are trapped in a dead end union where excitement is a thing that existed all too briefly in their matrimonial past.
There are also those overheard after service parking lot conversations that are steeped in gossip where an eavesdropper like our newly relocated pimp player can learn much about the wayward habits and sinful sordid history of those to whom he will become that designated predator for and arm himself with the information that he needs to choose the best prospects to land him with the keys to the beautiful home and full run of some unsuspecting woman who will invite him on in to her life foolishly with open arms.
He volunteers faithfully his time to the church every chance that he gets and eventually wins the confidence of some of the key Elders in the church who want to know who this faithful servant of the Lord is as they attempt to pull him in to the inner circle of the church hierarchy because of his intense but short run as one who seems to be of a very selfless character as he serves the Lord with such a giving heart.
But his hustle is not merely to ride off of the back of some naive love starved woman but he also knows that to have a great credibility in the church with the “higher ups” creates an aura of holiness to his persona and public image that most externally converted pimp leeches would simply die for!
All the while after having whittled down his choices for the best prospect of a woman to con out of her resources, he has settled on you unbeknownst to you! To make matters worse is that he has been projecting to you in a non verbal manner of how good of a catch he is to merely ignite the fires of passion that he knows exists below the prim and proper exterior that YOU project out to the world! You might fool those men who were raised in the church who have absolutely NO street knowledge or credibility but HE knows that you would absolutely LOVE to have a man all to yourself in-house that was eager to suck that clit at the drop of a dime every time your little heart desired.
He sees it in you even though the both of you never even had a conversation other than the under your breath “excuse me’s” that you both uttered in the narrow church hallways on the way to your respective restrooms as the service convened.
Then came that fateful day that you later on classified as one of the worst days that could have happened in your life…….
You of all people reached out to HIM!
You actually felt from a distance that you observed his movements enough and took the word of your trusted casual church sisters that he was always a gentleman that never hit on them or ever gave them the impression that he was there for any other reason BUT to serve the Lord!
He was a catch. Tempting. He dressed meticulously. The few times that he DID speak his personal testimony it was so articulate and passion filled about an ex wife who took him for all of his riches and broke him down to nothing, forcing him to divorce her many years ago and relocate to live a monk-like spartan like existence where his only desire was to find and serve the Lord.
Dear GOD! It was a powerful enough of a testimony to make the Pastor’s WIFE’S pussy wet! heck, you knew deep down that many of the women in the congregation were a bit younger than you, more willing to be aggressive to get what they felt they needed and probably were more successful than you. Was this your insecurity showing? Maybe so. maybe not. But YOU weren’t going to leave ANYTHING to chance and allow anyone of these sanctified hookers get the man that you felt dropped down directly from the Heaven’s above and into your lap! Heck no!
You’ve always told yourself that any man that you’ve dealt with HAD to have his own place and his own vehicle. Bar none. But now because of being up close and hopefully personal with this mystery man with a testimony that told you that he was in dire need of a good woman in his life unlike his former ex-wife who you would later find out was a lie to cover up his tracks from a non productive worldly life, you were willing to make concessions and “work” with a brother because you were CERTAIN that he was a diamond in the rough!
But you forgot to heed one of your own personal rules – If it looks to good to be true, it IS to good to be true!
You made an exception and paid dearly for it down the line.
You always saw him humbly standing at the bus stop every week that you attended service and hope that the timing would pan out just the same this week because with the rain clouds looming over the horizon making it very dark for that time of the day made for the perfect opportunity to offer him a ride home.
Your wish was granted as he stood waiting for a bus that would arrive no sooner than an hour as he appeared to have his face down in the word in the same manner you wanted that handsome face buried deeply between your thighs. you were now intoxicated to the point of madness merely because it had been so long that you felt this way and to be honest it really felt so good and alive!
You pulled up to the bus stop in your two year old drop top Lexus that you now felt a little embarrassed because you were too busy to take it to the car wash in the last two weeks, your hopefully future prince of a husband/king locked eyes with you immediately and the temperature felt as though it went up twenty degrees as his smile warmed you over and had you ready to say “I DO” and take this charismatic stranger home on the spot.
Your last sane thought was “Is he that good or am I so smitten by a fantasy that seems to be playing out in my life?”
…….you later would find out that it was the latter.
Now let me cut the chase and bring this story to a close because I’ve got tom get up early in the morning and don’t want to be a zombie all day.
You took no time to really get to know this man who charmed his way into your life. You foolishly ignored all of the red flags that beckoned to you to take your sweet time because you were a woman who had it ALL and could have had any man that you wanted but were too insecure to understand this.
You slowly began to find out the truth but were too far gone in his ever diminishing illusion to even think about going back to a life that didn’t include him. Your credit was wrecked from subsidizing his pipe dreams and crack pipe. Your health was put at risk and thank the Lord that it was something that a few shots could take care of.
But now you’ve found out that your very bedroom was the scene of the many romps in the sack that he had with your trusted church sisters who didn’t give a damn about your sanity as long as they can have the last laugh to chuckle under their breath during the powerful service that was being delivered that YOUR “prize” of a King serviced their every orifice deliciously in YOUR house while you later came home from a hard days work only to lay tired in a still moist puddle of their collective juices in your bed.
…….and you know what? You STILL believed that illusion of a loving God fearing man still existed deep down inside of an ever growing monster that you’ve now found out was blatantly stealing money from you and eventually started hitting you when you would question the reason why he was coming home just before daybreak with the scent of another woman’s pussy and ass all over him with no excuse or explanation of his whereabouts.
Now you sit in a homeless shelter drained of your money and barely hanging on to your sanity after realizing that your mortgage wasn’t being paid while the foreclosure papers were well hidden from your sight. You wondered how you could ever allow a man to enter so deeply into your world as he manipulated your mind with scripture as he took over the role of a man in your life as it felt so good to allow him to do so.
You don’t know if you have the strength or the time left on this earth and in this life to find yourself back into that enviable and “oh so distant” place where you KNEW that you “had it all” except for the company of a man.
Might that woman be you in the not too distant future?
…….let’s hope not.
Look, we all can find ourselves weak at different junction points in this life but PLEASE, be CAREFUL about WHO you allow into your world and take the time to investigate that man with a background check, a credit check, a criminal background check as well as a two year dating/waiting period to see if he is all that he claims to be.
Don’t ever try to “save” a broken man and never think that their are no good men out there or you might find yourself like the imaginary woman in this blog who really represents the many faceless women who might be too embarrassed to share their tale of misjudgement, bad choices and the consequences that literally robbed them of the life that they sacrificed so long and hard for.
No matter what, be thankful for the little you DO have instead of yearning for what you think you DON’T have, because at the end of the day it’s a hurtful thing to realize that a mere satanic illusion snatched away the concrete achievements that God allowed you to have and enjoy.
…….it kind of makes you appreciate that battery operated boyfriend that was always there for you and NEVER brought you one iota of drama now matter how much you demanded of “him” to put you to sleep! It’s a heck of a thought isn’t it?
let me know what you think and leave your comments in the comment box below, hopefully this article snapped you out of a mindset that would have delivered you straight into a disaster!
Peace & Righteous Love Always,
Your Brutally Honest brother,
LanceScurv, | cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1413818 |
__label__wiki | 0.595295 | 0.595295 | How to Use Facebook Graph Search
By Anna Attkisson - Laptop Mag & Tom's Guide Managing Editor 2013-07-08T12:10:12Z
You're not imagining things, the top of your Facebook Timeline may look a little different today. That's because Facebook is rolling out Graph Search beta to the masses. This new universal search bar greets you with the inviting phrase "Search for People, Places and Things," and that's exactly what it allows you to do. The social network has mined the data your friends and friends of friends have shared with them and made it easy for you to search that data for all sorts of stuff.
If you prefer to stay off the grid of searchable materials by your friends and friends of friends, you'll want to start by limiting what you include in your profile. And you may want to tweak a few privacy settings. Beyond that, however, some searches can yield actual, helpful results. Here are five things you can do with Graph Search Beta.
1. Try Suggested Searches
Before you can begin any search, you must click on the search bar at the top of the page. This will open a drop down menu suggesting some searches you may find interesting. For example, it may suggest you find music your friends like or restaurants nearby.
Find new friends by searching for terms such as "My friends of friends that are single" or "Friends of friends that live in New York, NY." This search will autofill with even more specific options, based on what Facebook knows about your history. In our case, being from Wichita, Kansas and living in New York City both played into Facebook's suggestions.
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3. Research Your Next Vacation
Want to know what your travel destination looks like? By searching for "Photos taken in [location]" where [location] is the destination (ex: San Francisco), you get a graphic layout of images taken by friends or friends of friends that you can like or comment on by clicking.
You can also be more specific about the photos you're looking for by hovering over the box on the top right that says Refine This Search. A pop-up appears that allows you to further customize the photos based on who is in them, when they were uploaded, who may have commented or liked them, and who took them.
Similarly, searching for restaurant, hotel, tourist traps in various cities where your friends have visited or lived is just as easy and performing a search such as "Chinese restaurants in Florida liked by my friends.
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4. Discover new Music, Games, Books, Movies or Shows
Bored with your current collection of media? Searching "Movies my friends like" or "Music my friends like" will bring up various suggestions. To get good results, your friends will need to have filled out those sections of their profile. You can narrow this search even further by altering the search string a little, to, say, "movies liked by people who like The Godfather" or "music liked by people who like Monster Trucks."
5. Find a New Doctor or Dentist
It's difficult to find a physician you can really trust. Fortunately you can get advice from your social circle by simply searching "Dentist offices liked by my friends" or "Doctors liked by my friends." This can be extremely helpful if you're new to town or looking to change health care provider.
It's worth noting that not all searches have been used for good, since the roll-out began. In fact, a Tumblr blog was quickly started for "Actual Facebook Graph Searches," where people started putting strange search strings together such as "Current employers of people who like racism." But that doesn't mean it is a tool for evil, if you know what you're doing.
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Top 6 Facebook Annoyances and How to Fix Them | cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1413820 |
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