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Siberian strategy eames57 last edited by How many troops, if any, do you leave in Amur on R1 and why? What are the pros and cons of marching 6 guys west across the steppe instead of stacking 18 in Amur on R2? Ichabod '17 last edited by Stack 18 troops in Amur and a competent axis player will quickly change their strategy to Crussia. Those 18 troops will be dusted off and then there won't be anything much at all to slow Japan down from quickly getting up to 7-8 IPCs worth of Russian territory. In my opinion, Japan should always work together with Germany and Italy to declare war on, and invade, Russia on Round 1(although Italy is not within range to send troops yet). Stacking 18 infantry is only going to get 3 hits and makes it easier, not harder, for the Japanese to run through Russia from the Far East to Moscow. Just like the Russians did in real life against the Germans, both East and West you need to retreat and only leave an infantry on the territory if they are able to blitz with a tank. Letting the Japanese destroy 59 IPC's(18 infantry plus an AA), which is 2 turns worth of average Russian income, only helps the Axis. And as Russia, the outcome of the game rests on you, and your ability to follow three key ideas: 1-Buy smartly 2-Retreat 3-Don't lose Moscow Good luck playing Russia and God Bless you from AxisandAlliesGeneral Amalec last edited by Stacking in Amur is suicidal. Japan can reach it too easily and with too much. You'll get a half dozen hits or so before being flattened by the Japanese airforce and once those troops are gone, the far east will be blitz'd quickly and the Soviets will be starved far worse than usual. Unfortunately, having just infantry and AA means you've got very little offensive power and Japan's enormous airforce means you've got even less defensive ability. So their job is really to make the best out of a bad situation. I send the 6 INF closest to Moscow back. They'll be essential and make it in time if Germany decides to go head on for Moscow. The other 12 INF 2 AA will be moved to Buryatia. Any further forward and a Japanese attack on Amur will leave them cut off and as good as dead. On R2, I'll send 2 AA and, depending on Axis play, possibly 6 INF back to Moscow. If the Japanese airforce hits your infantry the stack is dead, so the AA are next to useless there. They might make a huge difference in a German attack on Moscow though. For the rest of the game, those 6/12 Infantry's job is to force the Japanese to commit. They'll need to move significant air/land forces in position to hit the stack, at which point you retreat. Then repeat. Every step it makes forward forces Japan to commit enough of it's troops and have planes in range to attack a 6/12 Infantry stack, and enough troops to defend against an attack from one since it can't land it's aircraft after moving forward. This helps take pressure off India, China and The Pacific. At Yenisey, Japanese troops will be in range for your fighters/tac(s) out of Moscow. Probably, Japan will have 4-6 ground units - possibly with some following further back. In other words: they won't have enough to push any further forward without being destroyed in a counter attack. If you get lucky, they'll move forward and die. If not, you'll trade Yenisey back and forth with small attacks for a couple turns. Either way, buying time and killing scarce Japanese ground forces is really the best you can ask for. simon33 '19 '17 '16 last edited by They only make it from a G3 DOW if Germany can be slowed down by a turn. There's an average of 7 hits round one if 6+ planes are included in the attack. Depending on the attack you've got to expect to lose 10 or so inf and a plane as Japan. Normally, inf move south from Manchuria J1 so Amur is normally occupied J2 and onwards. siparo '18 '17 '16 last edited by The correct answer is 0 on R1. If the Japanese player doesn't threaten and leaves few defenders in Manchuria or Korea with no air within range, then you may consider stacking in Amur as a threat. Otherwise back up and play defense. Let him come in and give you the Mongolians. You should only invade under the right circumstances. The first stack will make it on R6. Technically, a 2 turn German delay assuming a G1/G2 declare but with the 11 INF 3 ART in Germany being involved in any attack on Moscow. Frankly, if you can't keep the German's out of Moscow for that long, regardless of the German declare, you need to seriously reconsider your game. @eames57: Pro: may help defend Moscow. Con: Eastern force is far easier to take down. Private-Panic '22 '21 '20 '19 '18 '17 '16 last edited by My preference is withdrawing to Moscow. I don't think I have yet lost Moscow before they get there, but with perhaps 20+ games of G40 under my belt there are plenty of lessons for me still to learn. And quite often the Mongolia rule keeps Japan out of all but the three most easterly territories for quite a number of turns. While those Amur units can slow down Japanese progress in China and/or India, it is easier for Germany to win this game than Japan. The defence of Moscow is much more crucial than those eastern territories. And if/when Moscow falls a saved Russian stack retreating to the Middle East can save the game for the Allies. Certainly stacking all 18 in Amur on R1 is suicide, agreed. But what about 6 and an AA? Leaving 6 in Amur to die would quickly get replenished by Mongolian troops. Putting ten in there only leaves you with a stack of 14 to defend afterwards, but forces Japan to commit to the north some much needed ground troops. The tradeoff is it opens Mongolia to Japan to blitz through, but it also opens it up for Russia to come help defend China. I don't know whose advantage that is. Let me rephrase my original question. Does anyone find that putting a small number of troops, like 4 or 6, on Amur on R1 puts any pressure on Japan and changes his opening gambit? (It's been a good discussion on the merits of bringing troops back to Moscow. But if I see that Germany is going to attack on G1 or G2, I don't bother; they won't get there in time. If Buryalia starts west on a G3 DOW, they can at least retake Moscow if Germany is left with only a couple ground troops there. But on a G3 I'm really hoping I can stall Germany a turn to get them there in time to defend.) BirthOfIron '18 '17 last edited by I don't see a benefit for leaving any troops in Amur. That is right on Japan's front door and it is easy for Japan to deal with them when it is convenient. It is still suicide for the Russian troops - just suicide on a smaller scale. I don't see that it offers much benefit in terms of Russia being able to assist China either. If Japan wants China, she will get it. The job of China is to die as slowly as possible. And Russia is under pressure from Germany so they typically don't have the units to spare in assisting China. Is the idea that the troops left there are bait? Otherwise, I can't really see the why. GeneralHandGrenade '18 '17 '16 last edited by I usually leave 6 behind just to provide a bit of a speed bump for Japan if they decide to go north. Not enough to pose a threat with all of the other 14 units heading back to Moscow. Black_Elk '22 '21 '19 '15 '14 last edited by The game doesn't give Zhukov anything to work with. Where are his tanks and artillery and aircraft? In addition to the 15 infantry divisions, there were also like 1,500 tanks and 1,500 aircraft stationed there to keep the Japanese at bay, and these were all battle hardened Khalkhin Gol vets. Just for point of reference the entire Japanese Empire was fielding what like 4000 aircraft at the time? 1000 and change for the Army, like 3000 and change for the Navy. And the Russians were consistently out producing them in the air year to year. I know there is no pretense of relative unit numbers in A&A, but you'd think the Soviets would have at least 1 air unit in the Far East, to Japan's 20+. Maybe a single tank in the Far East to show why Stalin was willing to entrust dude with fate of the entire Soviet Union when the Germans came knocking. Instead Japan just smokes Amur on this board, if the Soviet player looks to history as any kind of guide for how they should be playing. Oh well. Guess it's bounce or die. taamvan '21 '20 '18 '17 last edited by Every time someone brings up realism in AxA i re read Khalkin Gol and how tin pressed tanks and 19th century japanese junk was supposed to take on a real modern combined arms force, over rough terrain, even a thrown together Soviet version transported into the wilderness and supported by cossack riders japan fought a few skirmishes and gave up…and then 2 years later decided to attack the other future superpower on the water and islands… zen like wisdom vs suicidal egotistical military junta? not all tanks are created equal (except in AxA to keep things simple) at least G41Oztea gives us a viable eastern force, but then the fantasy fun Axis advantage evaporates good points, SH they did make an amazing account of their technological progress and bravery, but thats not enough and just like Hitler, they made sure they traded friends for enemies at a rapid pace until there were no friends and theyd made a (semi) unprovoked war every other power on the planet once they'd shown the soviets how weak their power projection and logistics (and equipment) were, and lost a few battles, they made their situation worse than if they hadnt probed and provoked at all. All those soviet units just went back west gradually, sometimes arriving off the TSR right in time to stop the nazis. Maybe a standoff would have been better but the entire era is one of fatally agressive decisionmaking and self-destructive ambition General Veers '22 '20 '19 '18 '17 '16 last edited by At the very least the 64 IPC value of units in Siberia should be redistributed into mobile units that give the Russian player flexibility to return to Moscow or send some units to China sooner. Hunter Jones last edited by I usually do what GHG does, if the Japanese attack those six, you get six for the six you lost in the attack. Often by round 3 or 4 you have a general idea of what the Axis are doing. If its Crussia, then I send 6 to Moscow, and leave the other 6 behind. If China is in trouble, then those 12 enter China. Otherwise they go to Moscow along with the AAA guns. That's my take on it. That's an interesting idea, I'll try it out at my next game oysteilo '22 '21 '20 '19 '18 '17 '16 '15 last edited by If Germany buy men for Russia G1 I "rush" all 20 units back. If Germany buy navy I group them in buryatia with the option of moving them back to Amur on R2 Sometimes I also move the Burytia men (6) back to moscow anyway on R1 good idea, oystello, to react. If you want a real mobile force Russia East, try G41 by Oztea. The answer to the OP's question IMO? 1 guy. Leave 1 so they cant take it without committing at least 2 infantry. So the general consensus is that leaving up to 6 men in Amur doesn't much affect Japan's opening move, so it doesn't really matter. Leaving 7-10 might work as bait. Leaving anything higher than that is just dumb. How many you leave in Amur is merely a question of which options you want to keep open for round 2. If you leave any, you're closing the option of moving those guys west. If you don't leave any, you don't have the option of attacking Manchuria or Korea, or at least putting pressure there to prevent Japanese troops from heading south. For those of you that move everything west except a small speedbump, do you find that Japan feels free to move all his Manchurian and even Korean troops south? Even on a Jdow1, is he able to sweep through China? (I know someone is going to say that if Japan wants, there's nothing you can do to prevent him from taking all of China easily, but that's only if he prioritizes it. By moving all Siberian troops west, is Japan often able to take China and put pressure on India and defend DEI?) Also, in your games does American ever have the chance to take Korea? If so, wouldn't you want a few Ruskies to sit down on top of it? I think I'm starting to lean toward leaving 8 guys on Amur round 1 as bait just to draw a lot of his guys up and away from the real fight. Or to attack Manchuria round 2 just to kill straggling ground troops if the option is there. It leaves enough guys to slow down mobile units blitzing through Siberia with a couple left over to go round Mongolia and protect the Chinese flank. But then again I usually have much easier time defending Moscow in its final hour than I do containing Japan. Usually, leaving six behind as a speed bump is enough for Japan to leave at least 6-7 of their own on the border. Even if a J1 DOW happens. That's [Insert number that the Japanese leave] not attacking vital Allied Territories(India, Malaya, China, Etc.). Usually Korea is jumped on by the Russians, in my games(Late game). Those other 12 you move away is either going to support China or Moscow, or both. Its based mostly on what is happening during the game. Leaving 7-10 might work as bait. Leaving anything higher than that is just dumb. How many you leave in Amur is merely a question of which options you want to keep open for round 2. If you leave any, you're closing the option of moving those guys west. If you don't leave any, you don't have the option of attacking Manchuria or Korea, or at least putting pressure there to prevent Japanese troops from heading south. going to try the 7-10 infantry left in Amur. You're right, ANYTHING higher is dumb. What Russia wants to do on R2 is its own choice, with the exception of a G1 Barbarossa or it looks like the Axis are going for Crussia. @ShadowHAwk: If you give each country really realistic number of troops how would the axis even think of wining. Some things are changed for game balance as well as realism, russia wasnt going to attack japan because it didnt feel like it. Us would not go to war over phili or london it would stay in isolation unless japan or germany declared war or attacked them directly. And no sane axis player would ever attack the US, they would take the money island, phili, india, london, middle east, australia and then consider russia. After all was sorted they would maby attack the US. I don't agree with your opinion about what it would take for the US to join the allies in WW2. I believe the US would NOT have stayed out of the war over Philippines or London. At the time, the Philippines was a US territory with lots of US troops there. That's self-explanatory. Hawaii was no different at the time. Regarding London, the US has a connection with the UK that's deeper than a traditional ally. I think Germany invading and taking over England would have brought a cry across the US strongly advocating to liberate them. However, if Germany did pull that off, I'm not really sure that the US would have had what it would have taken to do that. The US Army had lots of growing pains when American troops really started fighting a lot in 1943. At that time troops and commanders were all very inexperienced. If you wanted to re-tweak this, you could just give them the $64 IPCs and let the design the force that is up there. However, there would be an optimal way to do this, which would be quickly discovered, and it wouldn't be so much flexible as obvious (eg, buy 5-6 fighters, send em home…) The pieces here aren't a threat because there aren't any mobile, threat projection units with them. So, Japan isn't too scared when you leave them nearby, and they have a diplomacy rule to hide behind (loss of Mongolian help). Really, you need to block Japan and slow him down as much as you can, 1 guy 1 territory at a time. Having those guys head back for Moscow has an additional plus; if most of them survive you have a force waiting in North Central Russia that can counterattack Japan as they try to rip Russias backdoor apart and take all your $$$. As you are stating, the fact that the submarine war (and the blitz) appeared to be putting the UK close to the ropes was a MAJOR factor in ending US neutrality. The US began "neutrality patrols" guarding ships carrying arms as far as they could justify, and right before the war, even attacking german submarines carrying out "legitimate attacks" on UK war shipping. German repeatedly protested this "interested neutrality" in both world war 1 and 2. The US hid behind this to ship arms to multiple belligerent parties, of its choosing and in its own interest, which is about as not-neutral as it gets. That's some "Special Relationship" as the british call it. As I've pointed out before, I believe 1-2 US destroyers were sunk and had begun depth charging german contacts before December 7, 1941, so the German submarine captains already understood that they were standing on the line between war and peace. Wikipedia; "In the "Greer Incident" on 4 September 1941 the destroyer USS Greer (DD-145) was fired upon with torpedoes by German submarine U-652." "Either the casualties inflicted on USS Kearny by German submarine U-568 on 17 October 1941 (11 KIA)[7] or the sinking of the USS Reuben James by U-552 on 31 October 1941, (115 KIA)[8] might be considered the first American naval losses of World War II. The United States was neither officially involved in the war at the time nor did the incidents cause them to declare war." General UK Strategy Axis & Allies Global 1940 • • calvinhobbesliker @kungfujew: Sorry, that's G40 Multi. 🙂 I figured Classic Strategies Die Hard Axis & Allies Global 1940 • • GuamSolo Good suggestions, except it leaves me wondering about Japan putting some, even a little, pressure on Russian. Like I said before, it is in my DNA to squeeze Russia with the Axis. It may be that your suggestions are the best route for Japan but including a smaller invasion of East Russia. General strategy question Axis & Allies Global 1940 • • Simon98v @The-Pripet-Martian said in General strategy question: For example, 3 defending INF can be expected to get one hit per combat round. If you send in enough planes to ensure you'll kill all 3 enemy INF, you only need to send 2 INF in to secure the territory. According to probability, yes, but in practise, if you really need that territory, I'd go in with atleast 3 inf. Hitting 2 with 3 inf on def is not too uncommon. Hitting 3 is rather unlikely. On top of that it also depends who will earn from a war of attrition. If I do, I go, no worries. If I don't, I won't, unless it's for clear strategical and tactical purposes (like your opponent not being able to land planes in a stack next to your Capital). Sea Lion is a very good Strategy for Germany if done Correct Axis & Allies Global 1940 • • AlphaAeffchen @AlphaAeffchen: @ Kreuzfeld. You are totally right but the problem is if i do this buys for UK they can do nothing for many rounds in Europe. Italy gets very strong in the med. The USA have to fight Japan. The allies in Europe are getting a problem because UK is isolatet because of only inf buy and USA has to Focus on Japan (but you are right i have to do this buy for UK). In the scenario I made, US will only have to buy 2 bombers on US 1 (in most scenarios) and move 3 of the US planes to canada. They are capable of going towards Japan if Germany don't buy the TTs in G2. If germany doen't buy 3 TTs on G1 (and save their money instead), I am doing taronto, and buy 6 inf and 1 ftr and lose no time in the Med. If they do buy 7 art on G1, I am buying a mIC in egypt and 5 inf in UK. The only "loosing investments" UK has is : 3 inf instead of ftr on UK1, no taronto on UK 1 (I think 3 useless german transports might be too steep a price for germany to pay for this result). The other losing investment is the canadian airbase and a few allied TTs on UK2/US2, however, they are more than offsett by the 9 german TTs that has to be bought to force me to do it. The advantage I get for this plan is that no german should try for the sealion after US1, then that is just a lost game if they buy the 9 TTs. This means that I can (if I want to) send everything US builds against japan, including US turn 1 build. I am still taking Persia on UK1, so I can build the mIC on UK2 and shut down the middle east as fast as possible. My favourite way of playing the UK is to have 1 mIC in each of iran, iraq and egypt, and to use them to buy volumes of inf and mechs for a giant uk landarmy that can reach where i want them I still think the game is favouring the axis, all I was commenting on was that in a J1, it is so much cheaper for the allied to prevent the sealion, so it will never happen. All Out Strategy(Axis) Axis & Allies Global 1940 • • Alpha Admiral @Alpha-Admiral Germany goes before Japan, so if you attack USA with germany, the benefits of waiting with Japan (low US income) are a bit scrambled. Also, you may not be able to kill the entire UK fleet without sacrificing the precious German battleship if you divert subs to other objectives. The diplomatic rules in Global 40 give you precious time and space for the Axis to play and cavort all over the UK, France and China. You need to sacrifice that advantage at a maximum cost to the Allies. Strategies to shorten turn lengths Axis & Allies Global 1940 • • wilk7011 Probably can add this Houserule: Our fastest game ever http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=34868.msg1350898#msg1350898 USA Fighter Strategy Axis & Allies Global 1940 • • Nippon-koku @teslas: My guess is that this whole American fighters in Moscow thing, either going through the Atlantic or Pacific, is an alternative strategy that is non-optimal. Very possibly somewhat effective since you'll be shaking up your opponent who isn't used to it, but at the end of the day, non-optimal. But fun wins out over "perfect" play any day. It sounds like a plausible curveball against someone who prefers to run a general script / perfect play to get them out of their comfort zone. Nothing more rewarding than taking advantage of mistakes because someone had their strategy rattled. German bomber strategy - How to play and How to counter Axis & Allies Global 1940 • • TheMethuselah Oh, it is, because all the bombers raises the stakes and risks You can make the dice work for you - if the ships miss and the AA misses, no amount of strategy and tactical ability can stop that.

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The US economic calendar is packed with significant events this week, with the latest FOMC minutes hitting the markets on Wednesday, at 1900 GMT. Then on Thursday, a slew of Fed speakers including Chair Powell and Vice Chair Clarida will deliver remarks. Investors will look for clues as to whether a pause in rate hikes is indeed in order, amid growing fears a recession may be in sight. Fed Chairman Powell softened his tone on future rate hikes last week, indicating his central bank will be "flexible" in setting policy and is "listening closely" to market concerns. The key message was that if investors are right, and the US economy does slow severely in 2019, then policymakers won't hesitate to pause their rate hikes, or even reverse them by cutting rates. His remarks were met with relief, helping stocks to recover while causing the dollar to fall, as investors factored in the prospect of Fed rate cuts by this time next year. Market pricing derived from the Fed funds futures currently implies the Fed will stay on hold throughout 2019, but looking further out, it assigns a 35% chance for a 25bps rate cut by January 2020. In short, market participants seem to be pricing in a severe slowdown or even outright recession by 2020, under the rationale that the recent weakness in the US housing market and other major foreign economies will soon spill over into the broader US economy as well. And although the Fed until last week appeared adamant about continuing to hike rates, it now seems to be shifting to a more reactionary "on hold for now" approach, with future moves to be guided by incoming data. Against this backdrop, markets will await eagerly for the FOMC minutes from the December meeting on Wednesday, and will also listen carefully to speeches by several key Fed officials. Chair Powell and Vice Chair Clarida will speak on Thursday, alongside regional Fed Presidents Barkin, Bullard, Evans, and Kashkari. The burning questions on everyone's minds are: how worried is the Fed about a looming slowdown? Are such worries shared by all officials, or are some still determined to normalize further in light of a robust labor market and strong consumer spending? Is the recent financial market volatility worrisome in itself? What would be the Fed's first response if the data do deteriorate – pausing hikes or stopping the balance sheet unwinding? Turning to the market reaction, anything that suggests policymakers are still keen to raise rates even once more will likely be met with a spike higher in the dollar and a tumble in stocks, given that market pricing currently implies no further hikes. In such a case, initial resistance to advances in dollar/yen may be found near the 110.00 handle, with even steeper bullish moves potentially stalling near 111.40, the high of December 26. On the contrary, if officials make it clear – especially in the minutes – that Powell's "flexible" approach reflects the entire Committee's thinking and that the Fed will be especially cautious going forward, market pricing for future rate cuts may grow further, weighing on the greenback and boosting equities. Support to declines in dollar/yen could come around 108.00, with a downside break potentially opening the door for a test of 106.70. Finally, note that US CPI data for December will be released on Friday. While the Fed prefers the core PCE as its main inflation gauge, the agency that releases the PCE – the Bureau of Economic Analysis – is closed under the US government shutdown. Hence, until this shutdown ends, CPI are the only inflation data "in town", rendering them all the more important.

I'm sorry for my lengthy episode, didn't mean to create a post within your post lol. I'd make a conscious effort to reduce the length of comments from now on. A really beautiful piece, should specifically be directed at Nigerians because of the mammoth display of religious hypocrisy. Time and time again I have always stressed the need to differentiate between religion and morality. I'm of the opinion that if the sole reason you are righteous is because you are afraid of the fiery furnace supposedly in hell, then you are partially misguided. As soon as that fear drifts even a little bit away from your mind, you'd have no reason not to go back to your old ways. I am of the school of thought that an unbridled display of chastity, morality and goodness can be attained when individuals actually find a reason to believe in this virtues instead of just being apprehensive of being chastised in an afterlife for acting on the contrary. The most outstanding religious human is one who would still act in line with his beliefs even if his deity didn't exist. Once again, really wonderful piece. I totally agree with you. My only regret is that I did not feature you in the post, you seem to have so much to say. Lolz. Seriously, If morality was the only consequence of religion, it would just be fine. But men commit atrocities in the name of deities. Imagine how many civilians die in holy wars annually. I often wonder if humanity would be better of without divinity. Thanks, the 'presh' alias is exclusively reserved for the ladies only, lolz. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, These words are food for thought, and with sincerity in heart one will understand n know where dey stand in terms of their character traits and d reason for service both to God n humans. Tanx preshy! Yea Lily, the need to review our intrinsic motivation for right living.

Ashley Rickards from One Tree Hill Talks On-Set Style! Chad Michael Murray isn't the only hot person on One Tree Hill! We caught up with Ashley Rickards who, in the neverending plot twist of OTH plays runaway foster child Samantha Walker. Find out what she wants to steal from the set and her fave parts of being on One Tree Hill below! 17: Were you a big fan of One Tree Hill before you were on it? Ashley Rickards: I hadn't heard of it when I auditioned. But then I'd go and watch it on SoapNet on the weekends and I easily became addicted. It was awesome because I would always know what was happening. I'd get the script ahead of time. I felt like I had a VIP pass. 17: Is your style at all similar to your character's style on One Tree Hill? AR: If I'm in a really bad mood, it is a lot like Sam's, yeah! AR: Totally! There was this great Ralph Lauren leather jacket that I actually found at a vintage store. I was really good friends with the wardrobe person at the time. So I called her and was like, "Carol, this is perfect for the show, but my mom won't by it for me". And we got it on the show and I totally wanted to keep it. 17: Have you gotten to keep any clothes from the set? AR: Not from the show, because it's kind of interesting, they have to keep it all in case they do flashbacks or anything. This season they did a ton of flashbacks with Peyton and Lucas from like five years ago. While I was in Wilmington, though, I found these Domino Jeans - they're a Canadian brand. And I love them, they're amazing! Once you try Domino Jeans you won't go back to anything else. 17: How's the shopping in Wilmington, North Carolina, where One Tree Hill films? AR: It's okay. When you find a good place, it's a really good place. There's a store called Oliver that has really cute clothes. 17: What is the biggest fashion faux pas you've ever committed? AR: When I was 13 I used to be obsessed with big bright pink sparkly clothes. And I just, oh my goodness, that is my biggest pet peeve right now. I probably looked like some pink Christmas tree or like I don't even know. I committed many during the 12-13 age. I have this one picture. I have this hot pink vinyl raincoat and I lived in that for a year. That was definitely the worst fashion faux paus ever! 17: What is your favorite beauty product? AR: Forever Waterproof eyeliner. It's from Maybelline. It just changes your life. It's really cool. 17: How pumped are you for next season? AR: I'm very excited. I love that show. I love shooting it, everything about it. The cast is great to work with and I learned so much from acting techniques from different ways to shoot things. If I ever want to direct something — which I do want to do! — I've learned from them.

namespace mbus { SimpleMessage::SimpleMessage(const string &str) : Message(), _value(str), _hasSeqId(false), _seqId(0) { } SimpleMessage::SimpleMessage(const string &str, bool hasSeqId, uint64_t seqId) : Message(), _value(str), _hasSeqId(hasSeqId), _seqId(seqId) { } SimpleMessage::~SimpleMessage() { } void SimpleMessage::setValue(const string &value) { _value = value; } const string & SimpleMessage::getValue() const { return _value; } int SimpleMessage::getHash() const { int hash = 0; string str = _value; for (uint32_t i = 0; i < str.size(); ++i) { hash += (hash << 9) + (hash >> 7) + (str[i] << 5) + (str[i] >> 3); } return hash; } const string & SimpleMessage::getProtocol() const { return SimpleProtocol::NAME; } uint32_t SimpleMessage::getType() const { return SimpleProtocol::MESSAGE; } bool SimpleMessage::hasSequenceId() const { return _hasSeqId; } uint64_t SimpleMessage::getSequenceId() const { return _seqId; } uint32_t SimpleMessage::getApproxSize() const { return _value.size(); } } // namespace mbus

Alighiero Boetti Born 1940. Died 1994. Interested in selling a work by Alighiero Boetti? Works by Alighiero Boetti at Sotheby's Past Lots Type: lot Category: Lot Estimate: 1,800,000 – 2,200,000 GBP Contemporary Art Evening Auction 14 October 2021 | 6:00 PM BST | London Addizione In Context Italian Art 5 October 2017 | 6:00 PM BST | London Estimate: 700,000 – 900,000 GBP The Italian Sale Estimate: 1,500,000 – 2,000,000 USD Contemporary Evening Auction 18 November 2021 | 7:00 PM EST | New York Tavole Pitagoriche Estimate: 800,000 – 1,200,000 GBP 10 February 2015 | 6:30 PM GMT | London La primavera dell'anno millenovecentonovanta Ononimo 1 July 2015 | 7:00 PM BST | London 28 June 2010 | 7:00 PM BST | London Alighiero Boetti Biography Born in Turin, Italy, in 1940, Alighiero Boetti was a Conceptual artist and leading member of the Arte Povera movement. His early interests were as diverse as they were intellectually rigorous; he abandoned his business school studies to pursue a career in art, but he engaged with philosophy, music, mathematics, literature and alchemy throughout his life. As a young artist in the 1960s, he joined Mario and Marisa Merz, Giulio Paolini, Michelangelo Pistoletto, and Luciano Fabro in forming Arte Povera, a movement that promoted breaking with conventional power structures, corporate mentality and traditional artistic practices. Like many artists of the Arte Povera group, Boetti turned to a variety of textiles and modes of production that lie outside of the formal fine arts. Using ball point pens, flags, postal stamps, and textiles of different textures, Boetti created series of Mappa, or maps of the world, which chart political, anthropological or cultural identities of regions or countries. He commissioned women at embroidery schools in the Middle East to sew some of his map series, engaging both with the Arte Povera interest in handcraft and artisanship, in addition to collaboration and incorporating voices from the regions he depicted. Some of his works were temporal, wherein lights would randomly turn on for only seconds of a year, perhaps even in empty rooms. He used the postal system, grid structures or arbitrary time frames as a means to explore his deep interested in the role of chance in his artistic production. Boetti took part in two Documentas and five Venice Biennales, and his works have been exhibited in major galleries and museums in Europe and the United States before his premature death in 1994 as a result of a brain tumor. He has been honored posthumously with seven large scale exhibitions or retrospectives at significant museums including the Whitechapel Gallery, London; the Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein; and the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Rome. More from Sotheby's Type: featured Category: Contemporary Art Snowfall: A Meditation on Monochrome Painting in Aspen Category: Islamic Art Sotheby's Partners with Saudi Arabia's Inaugural Islamic Arts Biennale Sotheby's Presents: Gerhard Richter's Monumental Masterpiece Category: Paris Sotheby's Presents: Bid For Creation – An Exceptional Auction At Paris Opera House Category: Sotheby's End of Year Review 2022 in Review: Inside the New York Contemporary Art Market 2022 in Review: Modern and Contemporary Art in Asia 2022 in Review: Video Producers Pick Their Highlights Sotheby's Presents: (Women) Artists Category: Sotheby's Magazine Daniel Arsham Reimagines a Tiffany & Co. Classic Okwui Enwezor Is Still Shaping the Future at the Sharjah Biennial 2022 in Review: Artists on Camera 2022 in Review: Asia in Focus Museums with Works by Alighiero Boetti Type: museum New York, New York | New York Liechtenstein Museum Museum für Moderne Kunst Type: artist Category: Artist

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Facebook and "Radical Transparency" (A Rant) At SXSW, I decided to talk about privacy because I thought that it would be the most important issue of the year. I was more accurate than my wildest dreams. For the last month, I've watched as conversations about privacy went from being the topic of the tech elite to a conversation that's pervasive. The press coverage is overwhelming – filled with infographics and a concerted effort by journalists to make sense of and communicate what seems to be a moving target. I commend them for doing so. danah boyd, privacy, Facebook, social networks, digital living Why, despite Myself, I Am Not Leaving Facebook. Yet. As my Facebook friends and Twitter followers know, like many others I'm angry at Facebook. I haven't written a blog post about it because so many others have been making most of my points so eloquently (forgive me for not linking to them). But I relent, and here it is anyway, in the form of responses to the criticisms of criticism that I keep hearing: Nancy Baym, social networks, Facebook, Twitter, privacy Why Social Sharing Is Bigger than Facebook & Twitter Originally posted at Harvard Business Review The digital landscape is being reshaped by the news that Facebook is opening up its social graph. Twitter, too, has made waves by acquiring companies that made third-party services for Twitter. David Armano, social media, sharing, Twitter, Facebook Facebook Visited Twice as Often as Google in the Workplace (and Why You Shouldn't Ban Social Media at Work) Employees are visiting Facebook more than any other site when they are at work, and twice as often as the second most visited site, Google. Research out this week from Network Box, a Managed Security Services company, shows that visits to the social network accounted for 6.8% of all workplace traffic in Q1 2010, exactly twice the 3.4% of all traffic that went to Google. Matt Rhodes, Facebook, social networks, social media, workplace, social media policy, employees Facebook & Siebel: A Tale of Two Decades Advanced technology. Ideas that promise to revolutionize the way businesses are run. Out with the old, in with the new. Not sure how it'll make any money? Mere details. Get going or risk getting left behind. Great riches will come to those with the guts to throw caution and experience to the wind. Jonathan Salem Baskin, Facebook, Siebel, social media, CRM, technology Thought Experiment: What if Facebook, Skype and PayPal Merged? Many people don't know that Bostonian William Crapo (Billy) Durant founded General Motors, and if you ever go to the old General Motors Building in Detroit, you will see his initials emblazoned on the coat of arms in the eaves of the building. Durant was the visionary who crashed together the Buick, Oldsmobile, Chevrolet, and Cadillac companies, just to name a few. Due to his financial aggressiveness he controlled but then lost GM twice and it was finally taken over by Alfred Sloan, who built it into the world's most successful enterprise of its day. John Sviokla, Facebook, Skype, PayPal, revenue, strategy Twitter and Facebook Follow Foursquare – 2010 Is the Year of Location-based Social Media Tools It is a truth universally acknowledged that everybody makes predictions at the end of a year about 'the big thing for next year'. Sometimes they're right and sometimes they're wrong. And sometimes you only really start to notice trends and change when you are in them. In social media it is becoming clearer and clearer that the big thing for 2010 is location-based tools. social media tools, location based, Matt Rhodes, Foursquare, Twitter, Facebook How the Global Fortune 100 Are Using Social Media: Some Statistics A useful survey from global PR firm Burson-Marsteller this week looks at the ways in which the Global Fortune 100 companies are using social media. The tools they are using and how they are developing a social media strategy. The survey looked at 100 firms in the US, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Latin America and examined how these firms are using social media. Matt Rhodes, social media, statistics, Fortune 100, corporate blogs, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, survey Facebook and the Myth of QWERTY's Inferiority Writing about the impending 'technological lock-in' of the social operating system space by Facebook, Reuters in a recent article compared the site to the QWERTY keyboard layout. (Via Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics.) Iqbal Mohammed, Facebook Public by Default, Private when Necessary This post was originally written for the DML Central Blog. If you're interested in Digital Media and Learning, you definitely want to check this blog out. With Facebook systematically dismantling its revered privacy infrastructure, I think it's important to drill down on the issue of privacy as it relates to teens. There's an assumption that teens don't care about privacy but this is completely inaccurate. Teens care deeply about privacy, but their conceptualization of what this means may not make sense in a setting where privacy settings are a binary. danah boyd, privacy, teens, Facebook, privacy policies, exposure

10 Key Values Structure of the GRP State Committee Working Committees Bailouts and Foreclosures Clean Elections and Open Government Climate Change & Renewable Energy Economy, Labor & Relocalization Equity and Justice Fair Taxes and Budgets Serve together with us How to form a chapter Print brochures and flyers Candidates Fund 2021 Annual Dues Become a Monthly Sustainer Email Listservs, Etiquette, and Observer Policy 'Why I am Green-Rainbow'. Elections and Candidates WGBH Continues to Spurn Green-Rainbow Candidates in Public Debates Juan Sanchez denied opportunity to educate voters on his goals for Secretary of the Commonwealth Despite public protests, WGBH is sticking with its policies that bar third party candidates from participating in Jim Braude's series of debates on Greater Boston. They continue to cite "money raised, total number of donations and established campaign infrastructure." as their reason for non-inclusion. "The Secretary of the Commonwealth is charged with ensuring a fair and open election process," said Juan Sanchez, the Green-Rainbow Party candidate for this office. "For Galvin and Amore to participate in any debate that keeps other officially balloted candidates out of the discussion is a travesty. I call on them to boycott this process." WGBH also kept Jamie Guerin, the Green-Rainbow Party candidate for State Treasurer, out of a previous debate. By excluding Juan Sanchez from tonight's Secretary of the Commonwealth debate Jim Braude continues to stifle third party voices and portray Massachusetts politics as a simple two party race. This bias seems incompatible with the WGBH mission of being "a public media company that has always been committed to truth, knowledge and the public good." Sanchez, the first Puerto Rican to make it onto the statewide ballot, brings a fresh perspective to an office that Galvin has held since 1995. As a Green-Rainbow Party candidate, he stands for campaign finance reform, rank choice voting and political transparency. By enhancing voter education and accessibility, he hopes to ensure that underprivileged and underrepresented groups have a real voice on Beacon Hill. He is a long-time activist that has been working to eliminate homelessness, ensure economic and workforce development, guarantee LGBTQ equal rights and promote social equity. "I am running for Secretary of the Commonwealth to ensure that elections are not rigged against the 99% in favor of a system that is beholden to big money," said Sanchez. "I believe people should hold public media groups accountable when they deliberately suppress grassroots ideas and candidates without corporate backing. It is time for everyone to demand more from the electoral system." The Green-Rainbow Party of Massachusetts seeks a world where money does not influence politics or the media that covers it. Join us in boycotting WGBH debates until they can have fair and equal representation for all balloted candidates. The Green-Rainbow Party is the Massachusetts affiliate of the Green Party of the United States (MA political designation "J"). It was founded in 2002 through the union of the Massachusetts Green Party and the Rainbow Coalition Party. Email: [email protected] Mail: 152 Westbrook Rd. So. Deerfield, MA 01373-9657 Click here to unsubscribe your email address: https://greenrainbow.nationbuilder.com/unsubscribe Follow @GR_Party on Twitter

Ticks are a threat to you and your pets, and you don't want to look the other way if you value the health of your furry friends. The experts at HPC can come to your property and treat it for ticks as soon as you give us a call. We stand behind our service and promise to give you dependable solutions you can trust, and you won't have to worry about these pests once we are on the job. When you see the results we provide with your own eyes, you will know calling us was the right move. Ticks wait at the edge of grass blades or the ends of plants until a host comes within range, and they then latch onto the host and begin feeding. The amount of time a tick spends feeding on a single host depends on the type of tick and several other factors. Left undisturbed, an adult female can feed for up to ten days before falling off the host. The biggest problem with ticks is that they spread several harmful pathogens to their hosts, and both you and your pests are at risk if you don't respond to the threat. Among the diseases spread by ticks are Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. In rare cases, a tick bite can infect the victim with the Powassan virus, which impacts the brain and causes confusion, trouble speaking, loss of coordination and more. You are not out of luck if you want to keep ticks away from you and your pets, and you can even achieve impressive results if you use the right approach. If you would like to keep ticks away from your yard, proper lawn maintenance is a great place to start. Cutting your grass and keeping weeds under control is a powerful step in the right direction for anyone who would like to combat ticks and the issues they cause. Each time you step outside your home, remember that your clothes can impact your odds of a tick bite. When you go outside, tuck your pants into your socks to make it much harder for ticks to get onto your skin. Tucking your pants, though, is not always enough to keep the pests at bay. You can use chemical repellents to keep the parasites off you, and you can buy collars that keep them off your furry friends. The steps you take to keep ticks under control help, but they won't give you the same results you would get from an expert. By enlisting a pest control professional, you give yourself access to reliable solutions that put your worries to rest. Rather than just keeping the pests off you, a pest control expert can rid your yard and home of ticks and prevent them from coming back. Contacting an expert is the only safe option when you want to know you are in the best possible hands. Since a single bite from a tick could be enough to infect you with a disease, you can't afford to take chances. Let HPC come to your property and take care of ticks and any other pests that try giving you a hard time. We use a proven approach and the latest equipment in the industry, and you will be pleased with the outcome. Our past and current clients know they can count on us for pest control solutions that won't let them down. If you would like to have a tick-free property, call HPC to reach out for your FREE quote. If you, the customer, can assist us in proper preparation of your home prior to tick service, HPC will provide the maximum effectiveness for your dollar. If your home is not properly prepared, HPC and its service personnel may decline to service, reschedule service, or void service guarantee. Our products have a flushing action and do not kill the ticks upon contact. Therefore, do not be alarmed if ticks are seen 2-3 days after service. You should see more ticks as the flushing action brings them out of hiding and causes them to be exposed to the residue spray of our products. Clean & vacuum all floor surfaces. CARPET needs to be deeply vacuumed to pick up ticks and egg deposits. TILE & LINOLEUM surfaces should be swept and mopped prior to service. All floor areas should be made available for treatment. Throw rugs, pillows, and toys should be picked up. Closets should have shoes, clothing and stored items off the floor. Avoid walking barefoot on treated surfaces for approximately 2 weeks after service. If small children are in the house, have them wear long pants if they are playing on the floor for at least 1-2 weeks after service. Use a sheet to cover floor if child is in diapers, shorts, etc. Do not mop or steam clean floors until after complete service (initial & follow-up). Then avoid mopping for at least one week, after which use just clear water. If detergent cleaner is used, it will remove our products residual and reduce effectiveness of treatment. If you have aquariums, fish bowls, etc., air pumps are to be shut off for approximately 4-6 hours and the top of the tank covered with plastic coverings. Bird and other caged pets need to be placed outside the residence or removed prior to treatment. Dog dishes, toys, etc., need to be picked up. Furniture that pets sleep on or near should be vacuumed. Remove bedding from beds and wash in 180 degrees water. If residence is to be fogged, arrange to vacate the house for no less than 3-4 hours after service. Computer keyboards and other computer equipment including processing units to be covered or removed. Your yard also needs to be prepared. If on automatic watering system, shut off system for approximately 3 days. In summer, soak yard the day before service to protect your landscaping form the heat. Payment for service is to be made at time of service unless your are an established monthly customer, in which case, it will be billed to your account. The average tick development can take from 40-160 days from egg to mating adult. Adults remain on the host to feed and mate. After feeding, the ticks molt their skins and detach from the host. Then, they seek hidden areas to remain until the next feeding cycle. After mating on the host, the female will deposit from 1200-3000 eggs in her hidden harborage. Ticks are capable of living for extended periods after engorging. While the Brown Dog Tick is commonly found only on domestic dogs, they will attach to any warm blooded mammal, including humans. They are not known to carry Lyme Disease or Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, but they can transmit other viral or bacterial agents to the host. Therefore, it is important to thoroughly treat all harborage areas more than once.

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Top Stories Holidays to compound woes caused by dry ATMs Holidays to compound woes caused by dry ATMs Thursday, 29 March 2018 | PNS | Dehradun- People across the state are facing problems due to non availability of cash in the ATMs. The problem is likely to get compounded as four back to back holidays would start fromThursday. In the mountainous areas of the state is problem is more acute and the local population which is more dependent on cash is facing many hardships. In the provisional state capital also the notices of "No Cash'' are greeting those visiting them. People faced inconvenience as most of the ATMs of the city running out of the cash. Few ATMs which are providing cash are only dispensing notes of Rs 2000 denomination while some of them have imposed restriction of Rs 3000 on the withdrawals. The availability of cash in all major banks has diminished alarmingly and the chests of these banks are running dry. In the mountainous areas the people are facing problems as the ATMs are running dry for days all together. "A situation similar to the demonetization decision of 2016 is prevailing in the hills. There is no cash in all the ATMs of the town from last many days. The economy of people of mountainous areas is dependent more on cash as people are yet to adopt digital payment modes. God knows when the situation would improve,'' said Chandra Rawat a resident of Gauchar in Chamoli district. When contacted by The Pioneer over phone, the Assistant General Manager (AGM) of State Bank of India (SBI), V K Khatri confirmed that less availability of cash in the last few days. He said that requests for more cash have been sent to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Apart from the general public the absence of cash is causing problems to the employees working in the banks as people are arguing with them for non availability of cash. " The bank employees are working tirelessly, effectively and cooperating among themselves to serve the customers but things are becoming difficult for us. The RBI must improve the situation soon otherwise the patience of people could wane out,'' said a bank employee. The state has a network of 532 bank branches and 1600 ATMs. CBSE Class XII Economics and Class 10 Maths board exams to be held again, new dates within a week CBSE paper leak affects 1.84 lakh students in Uttarakhand Missing AN-32 found in ruins Scholarships for 5 crore minority students: Naqvi Kathua justice: 3 get life, three 5-year jail 'Wounded' Bengal tigress pounces on BJP Nitish confines romance with BJP to Bihar

Flockarun (Centaurium erythraea) är en växtart i familjen gentianaväxter. Arten förekommer i hela Europa samt över Mellanöstern fram till Centralasien (Pakistan) och till norra Afrika. Den introducerades i Australien, i Nya Zeeland, i Kanada, i USA och i olika regioner i Sydamerika. Flockarun växer i låglandet och i bergstrakter upp till 1500 meter över havet. Habitatet utgörs av öppna trädansamlingar och av ängar, ofta på grund som är rik på kalk. För beståndet är inga hot kända. IUCN listar arten som livskraftig (LC). Referenser Externa länkar Den virtuella floran Gentianaväxter Fl Växtindex Fridlysta växter i Sverige

Established in 1970, the Grafton Flea Market is well known and attended by many in the New England Region. You may choose from any of the rental options below. Outdoor Flea Market Reserved – Outdoor flea market space is available on a monthly basis. Vendors may reserve space by the month with advanced monthly payment. Cost is $100 for the month (4 Sundays @ $25 each). Space is approximately 20 feet by 15 feet. Outdoor Flea Market Unreserved – Space available on a first come basis. Space rental is $30 per Sunday. Space is approximately 20 feet by 15 feet. Dealers may arrive anytime after 5 AM. Indoor Flea Market Reserved Monthly – Indoor flea market space is available on a monthly basis. Vendors may reserve space by the month with advance monthly payment. Cost is $120 for the month (4 Sundays @ $30 each). Indoor flea market vendors sell a mixture of new and used merchandise similar to our outdoor market. Space is 10 feet by 8 feet. Indoor Flea Market Reserved Weekly – Space may be available on a weekly basis at $35 per Sunday with one week advance payment. 8-foot tables are available for rent at $3.00 each. To make your reservation, please call 508.839.2217 anytime, or visit our office on Sundays.

Someone was asking a few weeks ago about the whereabouts of Tank Carter, infamous brother of Steeler safety Tyrone Carter. In case you've forgotten, Tank gained a level of notoriety for failing to report on time for his prison sentence, opting instead to attend Super Bowl XL and party with Snoop Dogg. It's become one of the more classic stories of Steeler lore. As a result of his need to par-tay, Tank had 4 1/2 years added to what would've been a six-month sentence for driving with a revoked license. But he got to party with Snoop! So people are wondering what Tank plans on doing for the big game, given that we haven't heard from him in a while. Well, the PG's Colin Dunlap did his due diligence to get the whole story on Tank's Super Bowl plans, and I'll spoil it only by telling you that Snoop's probably not going to be partying with Tank where he's at this year. Sorry, but that impresses me about as much as a guy who grew up in the rich section of Wall, PA., or the ghetto of Sewickly. Tough and beach should never be used in the same sentence unless we're talking about Normandy or Iwo Jima.

Significant steps have been taken toward building mainstream infrastructure around blockchain and digital assets, writes Block.one President Rob Jesudason. The recent dramatic fall-off in the price of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies has sparked considerable debate about their future. Compounding an earlier sharp retrenchment at the beginning of the year, the decline has been seized on by detractors as further evidence of a more permanent demise in cryptocurrencies. This has caused real consternation in the market and 2018 may well go down in history as the year that saw the heat come out of the cryptocurrency market, with a major revaluation of all crypto asset classes. But if it does, it should perhaps also be seen as the year that saw both regulators and companies taking significant steps to engage with cryptocurrencies, heralding what should eventually be greater adoption of this asset class as a legitimate store of value. One such step is exemplified by the launch of the Gemini dollar stablecoin by Gemini, an exchange founded by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss. Marketed as being backed by the US dollar, this new coin is supervised and regulated by The New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS), which has been described as "crypto's toughest regulatory regime." It joins a similar coin from the fintech company Paxos, which is also to be regulated by the NYDFS, and the crypto finance company Circle said it was also establishing a new "USD Coin." As a November 16 Financial Times headline declared, "Stablecoins are crypto sector's next big bet."As more regulated assets like these come into play, the appetite for real institutional investment increases. Away from the coins themselves, exchanges are also beginning to receive regulatory blessing. Lead among them is Coinbase, a licensed and regulated cryptocurrency exchange that has demonstrated robust security standards. In May, it hastened the adoption of cryptocurrencies by institutions by acquiring the asset management firm Keystone Capital and is introducing professional-grade trading tools for institutional investors. In October, after its latest funding round, it was valued at US$8 billion – a significant milestone for this burgeoning industry. And among the financial institutions themselves, there have also been positive indicators, that they taking this sector increasingly seriously. Fidelity Investments – a fund manager with over US$2.5 trillion in assets under management – has announced its intention to launch Fidelity Digital Asset Services (FDAS), a cryptocurrency-focused subsidiary that will look to channel demand from customers into Bitcoin and other crypto assets. Meanwhile, Goldman Sachs has become the first bank to set up a digital asset trading operation, while others including JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley have made hires that suggest they are preparing to follow suit. Another thing the cryptocurrency sceptics miss is that in many examples across financial markets, a boom in prices is often followed by a correction. Cryptocurrency markets have no reason to be any different and indeed the latest sharp falls in crypto have been mirrored in many other assets this year. Significant volatility for example has been seen in the share prices of Deutsche Bank and General Electric, the exchange rate of the Turkish lira, and the performance of the Shanghai composite index. The fact is that price volatility in 2018 has probably been impacted as much by the macro- economic and geo-political backdrop as it has by any asset-specific concerns. With the US Federal Reserve raising interest rates and Washington on the precipice of a trade war with Beijing, uncertainty is causing risk to come off markets in general. As might be expected, 10-year US Treasury bond yields have been rising all year. Looking beyond these fluctuations, it's also useful to consider the pattern of how previous market "corrections" have played out in recent years. After the dot.com crash at the turn of the century, we saw a long recovery in the tech sector as today's tech giants of Google, Baidu, Facebook and Alibaba established themselves. Similarly, after the 2008 financial crash, the stock market went on a surging bull run that hasn't fully abated. Some of the best-performing companies in the last decade have been internet companies, while others have come from emerging industries such as biotech. The lesson here is that key industries – and key companies – matter and can withstand macroeconomic volatility, and the same can be said for financial assets too. Indeed, the point at which markets collapse is often the moment when great companies find their stride. For investors, it's an opportunity to identify industries that will endure, and to champion emerging global leaders. Right now, companies involved with cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology are part of an emerging industry. It's an industry whose potential to revolutionize digital commerce, enhance security and protect identity has already energized markets. But uncertainty remains around how it will be adopted into everyday life, and how it can be regulated in a way that allows it to thrive. What is certain is that companies that provide answers to the adoption question and work with regulators to arrive at sensible governing frameworks will likely succeed. What is also clear is that the infrastructure that will put blockchain on a stable growth trajectory is already shaping up. Blockchain is an industry that will endure – and the foundations laid in 2018 will go a long way toward iron-cladding that endurance.

This must be one of the most peaceful places on earth. There are vast ranges of hills where mountain cattlemen ride, towering mountain ash forests and rivers that thunder down from alpine peaks or laze their way through quiet fern-lined gorges. The High Country Wilderness stretches for hundreds of kilometres, and Adventure Victoria offers everything from peaceful walks to heart-thumping white water rafting. Choose the 1-day Mitta Mitta River Adventure or the 2 day 3 night Murray River "Hells Gate" Adevnture rafting journeys and combine white water thrills with remote and exquisite wilderness. Both trips include 1860s gold-mining country, tranquil fern-lined gorges and more than 40 rapids. Enjoy some of the world's best technical grade 4 rafting, the pristine Kosciuszko National Park and a night at the famous Blue Duck Inn. Victoria's famed mountain cattlemen created the great network of bridle trails in the High Country about 150 years ago. The 2-day Luxury Horse Ride and the 7-day Bluff and Beyond High Country Peaks Ride follow in their hoof-prints, alongside rivers fed by mountain snows and up to peaks with 360 degree views of the High Country's endless hills. 1-day Multi-pitch Abseiling takes you to one of Australia's most spectacular rock climbing and abseiling destinations. Mt Buffalo is a huge granite plateau with extraordinary views to the Victorian and New South Wales alps, and we abseil from the edge of the 300 metre (984 feet) Mt Buffalo Gorge.

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2020 RTD download Burton Albion extend shirt sponsorship deal Burton Albion have agreed a renewal deal with Tempobet to extend the current shirt sponsorship deal for the 2017/18 season. The previous deal signed last year was the biggest in the club's 67-year history. The renewal will see Tempobet's logo remain on the first team shirt. Tempobet will also continue to be prominently advertised throughout the Pirelli Stadium, while also featuring on the club's training tops. Tempobet CEO, Tim Peters, said: "We're excited about renewing our sponsorship with Burton Albion, showing that our working relationship continues to go from strength-to-strength.­vIt was a season to remember last time with some terrific battling perfor­mances, and we were really happy to have been part of the journey." Fleur Robinson, Burton Albion Commercial Director, said: "We are delighted to continue our successful partnership with Tempobet. The Championship is a high-profile league and having an inter­national company such as Tempobet as our main shirt sponsors for a second season demonstrates that.­ I'm now looking forward to working with them over the course of the 2017/18 season and continuing our successful journey together." Posted on 22nd June 2017

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It's no secret that product packaging plays a huge role at the point of sale. Not just when it comes to brand recognition but also to stand out from the crowded retail shelf. What few people fully realise, however, is how packaging can actually influence our experience of the product itself. Scientific research demonstrates quite conclusively that the colour, texture and even scent of a container can actually change the taste of what's inside. And whether or not you believe them, these discoveries are leading a whole new generation of product designers to experiment with new concepts ranging from fluorescent coatings and innovative shapes to a multitude of tactile features. Ready for a full, multisensory experience? Then read on! Marketers have long exploited the fact that different colours trigger different emotional and/or psychological associations in the minds of consumers. It has even been shown that colours can have a direct effect on other forms of sensory perception and that includes taste. A red container, for instance, will make its contents taste sweeter, while lemonade served in a yellow container will invariably taste more "lemony". And then there are innovations such as thermochromic coatings that change colour at different temperatures or fluorescent finishes that glow in the dark of bars and nightclubs. Whichever way you look at it, designers are rapidly cottoning on to the idea that the more associations you create in the mind of the consumer, the more likely those emotions will trigger a decision to buy and, most importantly, incite repeat purchases when the associated sensation is recalled. Read more about innovative printing techniques in our dedicated blog post >> © Glow in the dark packaging by Schweppes. © Starobrno launched a limited edities series in the Czech Republic for its sports fans. 2. Texture Colour may be crucial to creating that all-important first impression. But once you've got their attention, touch can be the best way to enhance the physical interaction with your consumers. In fact, texture has also been proven to influence taste and the latest wave of innovative tactile can designs are adding weight to the argument. Quite literally in some cases, such as the Japanese beer, Sapporo whose sales sky-rocketed the moment its brewers switched to a heavier steel can with a squarer, more masculine shape. Embossed surfaces and matte coatings can also enhance the overall experience, creating the impression of condensation or even just improving grip. And when it comes to tactile sensation, we shouldn't forget that the high thermal conductivity of cans can also make their contents feel colder and thus more refreshing. © Bow tie-shaped cans by Budweiser, reflecting the shape of their logo. © A Heineken embossed can in 2015. 3. Scent When it comes to enhancing the taste experience, scent probably plays the most important role. Which is why some have even experimented with inserting scented microcapsules on the tabs of cans, so the olfactory experience can begin even before you open it! Cans that come with a fully removable end, on the other hand, effectively transform into a cup, allowing for the smell and aroma of the contents to play a much bigger role in its enjoyment. © Fox cans turn into cups when opened. While riding this wave of innovation currently washing over the industry, it can be difficult to predict what's next. What we can say for sure, however, is that it will be increasingly important for manufacturers not just to be different but also for those differences to be well researched. Above all, they should be founded on an awareness of the psychological effects of product packaging innovations and the role they can play in the entire experience from purchase to consumption. Stay up to date with more insights and subscribe to our mailing list >

dev.NOVALISTIC blog.NOVALISTIC Emergency Chat now available for Windows Emergency Chat for Windows, Windows Phone, Windows 10 Emergency Chat is now available on the Windows Store! Emergency Chat is assistive software that helps people communicate via text when they lose their ability to speak. Originally created for Android, I had the privilege of designing and developing a version for Windows Phone 8.1 and Windows 10 (Universal Windows Platform). Currently only the Windows Phone 8.1 version is available; the Windows 10 version will be ready in early 2016 as a free update, along with the general availability of Windows 10 Mobile. The Windows Phone 8.1 version will be compatible with devices already running Windows 10 Mobile such as the Microsoft Lumia 950, Lumia 950 XL, Lumia 550, and any devices running Windows 10 Insider Preview (though, of course, preview builds are not supported). It's my very first Windows Store app, and by extension my first foray into the app space. Granted, being an assistive utility, this app serves a very specific niche, but it is one that is very relevant to me. I have a condition that prevents me from speaking in most situations and to most people, called selective mutism. Basically, imagine your voice being imprisoned — you want to speak, but you either can't think of the words to say, or you can but you simply can't verbalize them. I'm in the latter category, which means I have no trouble expressing myself by other means such as writing or typing on a device. And that is why, with special permission from Jeroen De Busser who originally created the Android app, I've built this app for Windows. It's an app that I depend on on a regular basis, and I'm thankful to have been able to build it for the platform I care about the most. Question – are the responses also text-based or are they audio messages? If it's all done by text chatting, this could be a really, really useful for d/Deaf and HoH people, too. Hi jem, everything is text-based. So you're right — it'd be useful for them, too! I feel this app will come in useful in all sorts of situations. Emergency Chat for Windows 2.2.1 released, and a point on writing release notes 1 week ago Emergency Chat for Windows 1.3 and 2.2 released 2 weeks ago I've entered my 3rd year as a Microsoft MVP! 2 weeks ago Observing World Backup Day 2019, featuring the WD My Passport portable hard drive 4 months ago The new CSS Nesting module… I mean spec 4 months ago Hey Georgie Zach Saucier © 2001, 2015–2019 NOVALISTIC. Hosting graciously provided by A Small Orange. Ratchet & Clank is a trademark of Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC. LEGO® is a trademark of the LEGO Group of companies which does not sponsor, authorize or endorse this site. About NOVALISTIC Privacy policy Site map Contact me

Bithumb cryptocurrency exchange will resume registration of new accounts after it reached an agreement to renew ties with its partner bank, according to reports from Korean News outlet, Yonhap News. Bithumb, one of the biggest crypto exchanges stopped onboarding new members in at the end of July after it failed to renew its partnership with its banking partner Nonghyup Bank as required by South Korean regulations. The bank had expressed concerns that Bithumb had problems protected in protecting consumers and information and preventing money laundering, citing these as reasons to reject a renewal with Bithumb. However, the crypto exchange was adamant that it will reach an agreement with the bank. Korea Times had reported that the bank's initial decision was influenced by the major hack on Bithumb the previous month. The hack, in which the Bithumb lost $30 million worth of cryptocurrency, caused it to suspend deposits and withdrawals. Soon the exchange lost its top spot in transactions volumes. A spokesperson from Nonghyup Bank has reportedly confirmed that the bank has reached an agreement to renew its partnership with Bithumb. "We decided to keep the investor assets separate, and we will not accept interest or deposits," the spokesperson was quoted as saying. For its part, Bithumb will meet specific requirements of the South Korean law. The law, established in January, requires exchanges to maintain a partnership with a South Korean bank which should be renewed after every six months. The law also stipulates that new accounts created would be linked to the bank account bearing the real name of the holder. The renewal, which was expected to take effect from August 30, will present Bithumb an opportunity to reach peak performance. Trade volumes on the platform shot up immediately rumors of the agreement went out. According to CoinMarketCap, its adjusted trade volume for the past 24 hours is currently $337 million placing it 5th on the chart. It has the 4th highest trade volume for BTC pairs.

Fall offers some of the most scenic and pastoral vistas that the state of Alabama has to offer. The fire-like hues of hardwoods coupled with the moderate temperatures make this one of the best times of the year to get out on the trails with your favorite hardtail or full-suspension mountain bike. Here are five mountain biking destinations that will help you make the fall in Tuscaloosa one to remember. Munny Sokol Park is perhaps the closest mountain biking destination available in relative proximity to downtown Tuscaloosa. WAMBA does a great job maintaining the various twists and turns that greet any would-be visitor to these trails, and the Park Ranger can regularly be seen patrolling the parking lots and picnic areas, offering an element of safety unmatched at off-the-beaten-path locations. The trails here are composed mostly of sandy to silty loam, which gives a bit when riding, but should be avoided if the trails become wet or flooded. With loops specifically aimed at families, mountain bikers, and intermediate joggers, all interested parties are sure to find the "Goldielocks" trail that best suits their needs. Come for a quick ride after work and you may find yourself compelled to stay and watch baseball games on a nearby field, observe local bird populations, or simply enjoy the natural landscape that is available to one and all who choose to visit this beautiful location. Hurricane Creek's 4.3-mile trail system is nested within pine-scented evergreens and scrub oak, which create the pastoral landscape made famous in the minds and imaginations of those who have visited locales south of the bug-line. While the north and south loops are best-suited for beginners, featuring no daunting climbs or overly-technical terrain, the trailhead entrance and APCO road portions offer a slightly more challenging ride. There are state parks and there are state parks. Lake Lurleen State Park happens to be the latter, with gusto. This venue offers a multitude of possible activities sure to please even the most discriminating and persnickety visitors—canoe and paddle boat rental, fishing, camping, mountain biking, swimming, sandy beaches, and, of course, a whopping 23.5 miles of interconnected trails. Not to mention the main attraction—a 250-acre lake that, according to the Alabama Park website, is "stocked with largemouth bass, bream, catfish, and crappie so anglers are sure to reel in a nice-sized catch." So bring the bikes and all your other outdoor gear for a great weekend getaway. Tannehill Ironworks Historical State Park is an incredible complex ripe with historical significance. Visitors are met with a full spectrum of possible activities and attractions, ranging from hiking and birding trails to a blast furnace that was quite literally built in 1830 and later used to supply Confederate troops with iron goods and products. On any given day, one might find activities such as sanctioned mountain bike races and trade shows occurring simultaneously, for example. The many trails surrounding Lake Nicol offer even the most experienced mountain biker a welcome challenge—while the trails here are plentiful, they aren't exactly mapped out and handed to you on a silver platter. You must, at times, find your way around these hardscrabble gravel trails, which can, and often do, lead to strange places. This is definitely part of the fun for those who seek their own path rather than abiding by the routine humdrum reality of mapped and catalogued adventure. Fall in Tuscaloosa is the best time to get on the mountain bike and explore the scenic trails within a short drive of the city.

My g.p.a is currently a 3.08 in an upward trend[from a 2.25 at the end of freshman year]had a really bad freshman year with C's in Chem101,102 and Freshman Bio. The problem is I am currently studying abroad right now and will not be home until May 17. I think I should have ~ 1 month of focused studies to prepare for the DAT. My question is, if I have everything complete on my AADSAS application when should I submit? Also I have about 70 hours of community service /volunteering [non medical] I have done since my freshman year. Do you think I should try and get some more this year? Living in NC, I would like to go to East Carolina's new dental school, I have not seen a lot of posts about it on the forum here so I wanted to know if anyone else here was applying to ECU. As far as volunteering goes, thats kind of up to you if you want to do more. How about shadowing a general dentist, have you done that yet? Yeah, I have a dentist in the family and have done a good bit of shadowing ( also with a non family dentist)since my freshman year so I am covered in that part. Good luck on your 2nd DAT. Good luck on the DAT - you need to really rock it this time, esp. b/c your GPA isn't stellar. ECU will be very competitive. In a bad economy, grad programs are more appealing. Also, ECU will be popular b/c it's new (and everyone will think it's easy to get into). You really should try to go and visit the dental school - see the new campus. Best of luck! UNC School of Dentistry 2014. Also, ECU will be popular b/c it's new (and everyone will think it's easy to get into). You really should try to go and visit the dental school - see the new campus. Best of luck! Futuredent, that makes a lot of sense. Thanks for you guys support. I have also done some research, but I definitely need to rock the DAT when I come home. I have been getting A's and B's since my sophomore year, Dean's and President's list a few times. Its just hard not seeing that bring up the cumulative GPA. Research is definitely going to help you when you get an interview. Being an ECU grad student and hanging out with the admissions staff for the dental program..I can tell you that they really want a lot (LOT) of service hours...as long as you have at least 100 hours of shadowing they really won't care as much. ECU's mission is "to serve" and they are really going to be looking for it when the applications start coming in...If I were going to be applying here I would get on it as quick as possible. Also...don't bother "touring" the campus...as they haven't even started building the building yet for the dental school. that won't happen until late april. ECU will only be accepting in-state applicants, correct? That's correct, only in-state applicants. shows 263 applicants in 2006. 120 slots for NC in-state students this year is sounding really nice. Just got off the phone with Terry Barker, she said that there were roughly 1600 applicants this year. She didn't say how many were in-state...I have heard though, that they are looking into adding a few seats for this next year's class. You're right. My bad, I am not sure where I came up with that number. Must have been the total number of applicants. Hey buddy, I would definitely take the DAT again...try studying through Kaplan...I did their online course for about 30 days and didn't get below a 20 on any subject... and upper 20's on a couple of 'em. I would highly recommend them. As far as when you should submit your AADSAS...if you have everything lined up...I would go ahead and complete the application the day it becomes available as this not only makes you look like you're always on top of everything and not a procrastinator, but it also opens up the door to get an early interview which usually turns into an early Dec. 1st acceptance if they liked you during the interview. Make sure you already have your letters of recommend in order. You should also submit your AADSAS even if you haven't completed your DAT yet...you can take the DAT after you submit AADSAS...many people do this. As of right now, I know of at least 8 guys going to apply to the program...and one lady. (just people I hang out with around Greenville that are either in my same program or at my work or who I go to church with)...bottom line....a lot of people have been waiting on ECU to open up so they can apply there...I myself actually moved to Greenville so that I could apply and go to ECU (except I got in somewhere else)...now I have to move again UGH! Good luck on the future application process and the DAT man. I sincerely hope it all works out for you! Whats probably going to happen is the more competitive NC applicants will go on to UNC while the other applicants will end up going to ECU. The first few years the school is going to take students that mainly have the grades and DAT scores (they may shy away from their mission a little), because they can't afford to take students that may fail the boards or drop out. Scores and retention will play a big role in the accreditation process of the school. You will want to get 20's on the DAT. This is just through the grapevine close to the tree. After speaking with one particular staff member, "DAT scores will hold more weight than GPA and is a better predictor of success in school."

State of Hawaii Archives: on Health Care David Ige: Move management of public hospitals to private sector It is getting harder and harder for us as a state to operate these hospitals well. We need the resources the private sector can bring to bear on the increasingly complex issues and challenges of health care. We recently signed a historic agreement transferring the operation and management of the Maui Region health care facilities from the state to Kaiser Permanente. Source: 2016 State of the State speech to Hawaii legislature Jan 25, 2016 Cam Cavasso: Repeal ObamaCare; it's not a government responsibility Question topic: It is the government's responsibility to be sure everyone has health care and a livable income. Cavasso: Strongly Disagree Question topic: The Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) should be repealed by Congress. Cavasso: Strongly Agree Source: Faith2Action iVoterGuide on 2014 Hawaii Senate race Sep 30, 2014 David Ige: Supports employer-mandated health care insurance law Hawai'i has one of the highest rates of health care insurance coverage in the nation due to our employer-mandated health care insurance law, the Prepaid Health Care Act. In Hawai'i, 93% of all residents have health care insurance. I will focus on securing coverage for the remainder of the population. I will seek to correct an error of the current Governor, who failed to request regulatory flexibility for the requirements of the federal Affordable Care Act that weaken Hawai'i's Prepaid Health Care Law. Our Hawai'i Health Connector received a $205 million grant from the federal government, but has been a disaster. The Connector unworkable on the day it was scheduled to start, and, nine months later, the Connector has enrolled less than 1% of the population. There are better alternatives to covering Hawai'i's uninsured residents. Source: 2014 Hawaii gubernatorial campaign website DavidIge.org Aug 9, 2014 David Ige: Support unfunded liabilities for State Union Health Benefits Q: Are you satisfied with the current plans to pay for the state's unfunded liabilities? IGE: Last year Hawaii became the first state in the country to enact a plan for handling unfunded liabilities for the State Employer Union Health Benefits Trust Fund. ABERCROMBIE: The Employer-Union Trust Fund (EUTF) has never been prefunded until my administration came into office. With our financial turnaround of the state's finances, we've started to put money back into the EUTF to address its unfunded liabilities. Working with the Legislature, we passed Act 268 in 2013 to statutorily establish an annual required contribution. Hawaii was one of the first states to really address the unfunded liability for Other Post-Employment Benefits (OPEB). Source: Honolulu Civil Beat Q&A on 2014 Hawaii gubernatorial race Jul 11, 2014 David Ige: We have failed to execute the Hawaii Health Connector There were heated moments during the debate, including an exchange over the troubled Hawaii Health Connector: "The legislature legislates. The executive executes. And this is a failure to execute," said Ige. "In other words, the legislature created the Health Connector. All I can do is execute what the legislature tells me to do," Abercrombie responded. Source: Hawaii News Now on 2014 Hawaii gubernatorial debate Jul 9, 2014 Eddie Pirkowski: Repeal ObamaCare; it's not a government responsibility Pirkowski: Strongly Disagree Pirkowski: Strongly Agree Source: Faith2Action iVoterGuide on 2014 Hawaii Senate race Jul 2, 2014 John Carroll: Don't mandate insurance, but don't repeal ObamaCare Q: Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act? Q: Should individuals be required to purchase health insurance, as mandated in the 2010 Affordable Care Act? A: No. Source: VoteSmart 2012 Hawaii Political Courage Test Nov 1, 2012 Duke Aiona: No public option; no individual mandate Q: Do you support a universally-accessible, publicly-administered health insurance option? Q: Do you support interstate health insurance compacts? Q: Should individuals be required to purchase health insurance? Q: Do you support monetary limits on damages that can be collected in malpractice lawsuits? Aiona adds, "My vision is for Hawai'i's citizens to lead healthy, productive lives with access to affordable, high-quality health care that is available to all and where a healthy lifestyle is the norm. To achieve this goal, I'll pursue policies that focus on prevention rather than just treatment of illnesses. I'll work to expand health care options available to Hawai'i's families and encourage a greater number of providers to ensure we have a competitive market that gives our citizens meaningful choices when choosing insurance. And I'll pursue programs that increase our supply of well-trained physicians, nurses and health care professionals." Source: Hawaii Gubernatorial Election 2010 Political Courage Test Nov 1, 2010 Linda Lingle: State QUEST program instead of ObamaCare The health care legislation will force Hawai`i and all the other states into a one-size-fits-all program that is financially unsustainable. The $1.2 trillion government takeover of health care will cost Hawai`i residents, conservatively, an estimated $300 million over five years in added costs to our Medicaid programs, which are already hemorrhaging red ink. Governors across the country have consistently stated that states need the flexibility to adjust their Medicaid programs so they can deliver quality health care to patients at a reasonable and sustainable price. Hawai`i has already undertaken health care reforms. Specifically, our QUEST Medicaid program, which the federal government estimates has saved nearly $700 million by instituting cost-efficiency measures, provides quality health care to low-income men, women and children. Hawai`i needs the freedom to continue these reforms. We don't need restrictions in the form of unfunded federal mandates. Source: 2010 Hawaii gubernatorial Press Release "Health Legislation" Mar 15, 2010 Daniel Akaka: Advocate for expanding and improving Medicaid and Medicare The majority in Congress has cut and weakened existing safety net programs such as Medicaid and Medicare. And I have fought these changes and will continue to advocate for expanding and improving Medicaid and Medicare to meet the health care needs of all people. And to do that, we must take steps to help reign in health care costs without reducing access in an attempt to keep coverage affordable for employees and individuals. Source: 2006 HI Senate Debate on PBS Hawaii Aug 31, 2006 Ed Case: Let small businesses pull together resources in health plans I have support a bill to provide small businesses with the opportunities to pool their resources in association health plans so that they can create the same kind of critical mass that large businesses can create to be able to manage their health care costs. If small businesses can pull together in association health plans they can in fact manage those health care costs a little bit more and spread the risks more. Source: 2006 HI Senate Debate on PBS Hawaii Aug 31, 2006 Ed Case: Support drugs re-importation and bulk purchases of drugs We can�t talk about health care without talking about the prescription drug costs, specifically. Two major initiatives that I believe we need to put forward and accomplish right away, in which I have opposed the Bush administration�s position, are first of all to allow re-importation of safe drugs from overseas that are FDA approved, and second to allow bulk purchasing of those drugs for Medicare for the 40 million plus Americans that do get Medicare. That can help. Source: 2006 HI Senate Debate on PBS Hawaii Aug 31, 2006 Cynthia Thielen: Voted YES on prohibiting smoking in public places Bill Number: SB 3262 - An act relating to health. Cynthia Thielen voted YES. Conference Report Adopted by House, 47 - 3. Synopsis: Establishes a new chapter that protects the public health and welfare by prohibiting smoking in places open to the public and places of employment, ensuring a consistent level of basic protections statewide from exposure to secondhand smoke. Effective date November 16, 2006. Source: Hawaii State Legislature voting records Mar 7, 2006 Benjamin Cayetano: $141M for new medical school at University of Hawaii The University of Hawaii is not just a place of higher learning; it is also a driving force for the economic development of this State. That is why I am proposing we support a brand new, world-class medical school in Kakaako Makai. The new medical school will be the foundation of Hawaii�s healthcare and biotechnology industries. At $141 million for the first phase, it will not come cheap. But it will help develop a biotechnology industry. 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См. также Кандин (Сычуань) о городе в Китае. Кандин () — муниципалитет в Испании, входит в провинцию Леон, в составе автономного сообщества Кастилия и Леон. Муниципалитет находится в составе района (комарки) Эль-Бьерсо. Население — 310 человек (на 2010 год). Население Примечания Ссылки Муниципалитеты Леона

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Portrayers: *, October 13, 1965. Charles Baxter, January 17, 1966 - June 9, 1970. Departure: Left after granting Susan Matthews Shearer a divorce. Introduction Scene: (Charles Baxter) "I'd be glad to - if you're sure it's not an imposition." Other Aliases: Frederick Hilton Douglas (full name). Originally known as Pete. Susan Matthews Shearer (married on September 19, 1969. Divorced on September 25, 1970). Note:: The AWHP is unable to confirm whether Charles Baxter played the role on October 13, 1965.

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Delhi & NCR News Flying Out Of Delhi: Be Ready For Long Queues, Peak-Hour Chaos At Delhi Airport's Terminal 3 You May Have To Face Long Queues At Security Checkpoints, Especially During The Morning Peak Hours Of 6 To 10 AM. News Nation Bureau | Edited By : Pawas Kumar | Updated on: 20 Nov 2019, 03:35:32 PM IndiGo, SpiceJet have shifted some flight operations to Delhi Airport's Terminal 3 (Photo Credit: PTI File) If you are flying out of Delhi via IGI airport's T3 terminal, then it is better to reach early. You may have to face long queues at security checkpoints, especially during the morning peak hours of 6 to 10 AM, as there has been an increase in the number of flyers from T3. The increase in number of passengers at T3 is the result of IndiGo and SpiceJet moving some of their domestic flights to this terminal. Other airlines that operate from T3 also increased their connections. The aviation ministry tweeted last Friday saying, "SpiceJet and IndiGo have taken over the slots vacated by Jet Airways at IGIA's T3. However, the number of flights they have shifted to T3 is far less than the number Jet earlier operated from T3. Issue of traffic jam on the ramp is due to heightened security alert." A national daily quoting sources said, "CISF is now screening around 16,000 domestic passengers in morning peak hours of 6-10 am at T3, up from 12,000 in 2018. In fact, the struggle to avoid missing flight begins right from the base of the ramp leading to T3 departure with long, congested lines of vehicles slowly moving to drop passengers." The airport claims that 95% of the passengers clear security in less than 10 minutes. However, it could still be problem during peak hour for domestic passengers. CISF has taken steps to handle the surge by adding frisking gates through means like shifting a security check gate from international to domestic side at T3 or by dedicating two separate channels for airline crew and staff to ensure at least pilots and cabin crew can reach aircraft in time to operate them, according to the report. For all the Latest Cities News, Delhi & NCR News News, Download News Nation Android and iOS Mobile Apps. First Published : 20 Nov 2019, 03:35:32 PM IGI Terminal 3 Delhi Airport Delhi IGI Airport

Focus areas for the MS-CAHS and the PhD – CADS program include Consumer Behavior Interior Design, Functional and Creative Apparel Design, Retail Management, Product Development, Sustainability, Creativity, Forecasting and Trend Analysis, Emerging Technologies, and Multicultural and Global Markets. Besides the opportunity to earn the MA online, students may participate in the Annual SCAD Fashion Show, and internships and study opportunities are plentiful at local, national, and international fashion companies. In 1785, Georgia became the first state in the U.S. to charter a state-supported university—the University of Georgia (UGA). The school is home to 35,197 students enrolled in 170 majors and academic programs across 17 colleges and schools. The College of Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) is home the Department of Textiles, Merchandising and Interiors. The Department offers several programs for aspiring fashion merchandisers. Offerings include Fashion Merchandising (BS FCS), an MS in Merchandising & International Trade, and a PhD with an Emphasis in International Merchandising. A Fashion Merchandising Minor is also on the menu. Program highlights include the London Study Abroad Program and opportunities to study in places such as China, Tokyo, and Ghana, optional membership in the student organizations such as the Student Merchandising Association or the Fashion Design Student Association, and possible internship opportunities at Macy's, Nicole Miller, Nordstrom, Nieman Marcus, Escada, Marc Jacobs, Armani Exchange, Target and many others. Students may also participate in the annual UGA Fashion Week. Graduates of the Merchandising programs at UGA have been hired by companies such as Atlanta Apparel Mart, Bergdorf Goodman, Bloomingdales, Boxercraft Inc., Diane Von Furstenberg, DDI Magazine, Macy's, Oxford Industries, Ralph Lauren, Nordstrom, Warby Parker, and WWD & W Magazines. Established in 1891, the University of North Carolina, Greensboro (UNCG) is home to more than 19,000 students enrolled in 79 undergraduate, 65 masters, and 30 doctoral programs across eight undergraduate colleges and schools, and The Graduate School. The Bryan School of Business and Economics is home to the Department of Consumer, Apparel, and Retail Studies (CARS), which offers several programs for aspiring fashion merchandisers. Options include a BS in CARS with Concentrations in Retail & Consumer Studies, and Global Apparel & Related industries, an MS in CARS with MS Thesis and Global Apparel Management (online) Concentrations, and a PhD in CARS. All CARS students have access to an Historic Costume Collection with garments and artifacts dating from 1776-2003, internship opportunities at major companies such as Anna Sui, Anne Klein, Barney's, Bloomingdale's, Calvin Klein, Polo/Ralph Lauren, Saks Fifth Avenue, and Tommy Hilfiger, and a Global Experience program which offers the opportunity to study in fashion capitals such as Paris and London. Fashion students also have the opportunity to participate in the Annual THREADS Fashion Show. North Carolina State University (NC State) has been in existence since 1887. The school is home to 24,015 students enrolled in more than 300 degree programs across 12 colleges and 65 academic departments. The College of Textiles houses the Department of Textile and Apparel, Technology and Management (TATM), which offers one program for aspiring fashion merchandisers—a BS in Fashion and Textile Management with Concentrations in Textile Brand Management and Marketing and Fashion Development and Product Management. Besides Merchandising, the program features study in the areas of Retail Buying, Consumer Trends and Behavior, Product Trends, Global Marketplace Dynamics, and Branding Strategies. Other program highlights include TATM's "study abroad-friendly" semester in France, the Czech Republic, Australia, India or other location, and participation in a variety of fashion show events and showcases such as Threads Senior Collection, the Annual AATS Fashion Exposé, and FTD: Emerging Designers Showcase. Founded in 1851, Florida State University (FSU) is home to 40,000 students enrolled in more than 275 academic programs through 16 colleges. Established in 1905 and home to nearly 3,000 students, the College of Human Sciences houses the Retail, Merchandising and Product Development Department (RMPD)—one of the largest programs of its kind in the U.S. The Department offers nearly 800 majors, including several programs for aspiring fashion merchandisers. Options include a BS in Retail Merchandising and Product Development, an MS in Clothing, Textiles and Merchandising with a major in Global Merchandising and Product Development, and a Graduate Certificate in Retail Merchandising. Other RMPD highlights include internship opportunities with more than 250 companies such as American Eagle, Macy's, Burberry, and Escada, study opportunities in Los Angeles, Atlanta, Dallas, New York City, Orlando, Miami, or London, and participation in the Annual Fashion Show. Founded in 1801 as South Carolina College, the University of South Carolina is home to just over 32,000 students enrolled in more than 250 academic degree programs through 16 colleges and schools. The College of Hospitality, Retail and Sport Management (HRSM) offers serval programs for aspiring fashion merchandisers. Offerings include a BS in Fashion Retailing with a Concentration in Fashion Merchandising and a Master of Retailing (M.R.). An accelerated Bachelor/Master's Degree in Retailing is also on the menu. Louisiana State University (LSU) opened its doors in 1860. The school is home to more than 31,500 students enrolled in over 200 programs across 11 colleges and schools. The College of Agriculture, Department of Textiles, Apparel Design, and Merchandising (TAM) offers several programs for aspiring fashion merchandisers. Offerings include a BS in Textiles, Apparel Design, and Merchandising (BS TAM) with a Concentration in Merchandising, and MS and PhD Degrees in Human Ecology with a Concentration in Merchandising. Established on February 28, 1878 as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of the State of Mississippi, Mississippi State University (MSU) is home to 20,873 students enrolled in more than 175 programs across 12 colleges and schools. The School of Human Sciences houses the Fashion Design & Merchandising program. Students in the BS program concentrate in one of two areas—Merchandising or Apparel Production & Design. According to the School, "merchandising combines an overview of the fashion industry, consumer behavior, product development, planning, buying business operations and entrepreneurship." Other program highlights include study abroad experiences, internship opportunities at local companies or overseas, and the opportunity to participate in a variety of fashion show events and showcases. Students also have the option to choose a minor such as Fine Arts, Marketing, Theater, or Journalism to enhance their degree. Founded in 1865, the University of Kentucky (UK) is home to more than 30,000 students enrolled in 200-plus academic programs through 16 colleges and professional schools. The College of Agriculture, Food and Environment houses the School of Human Environmental Sciences which offers six undergraduate degree programs, four master's degree programs, and a PhD in Family Sciences. Programs for aspiring fashion merchandisers are available through the School's Department of Retailing and Tourism Management. Offerings include BS and MS degrees in Merchandising, Apparel, and Textiles. Program highlights for BS students include the New York Study Tour, study abroad opportunities to places such as Paris, China, and the UK, and internship opportunities. Students also have the opportunity to participate in the Annual Fashion Show and the Target Project. The Target Project allows students to conduct research on the company's retailing needs. Program highlights for MS students include the option to choose a thesis or non-thesis track, access to assistantship and travel opportunities, and the opportunity to submit articles for presentations at the ITAA yearly conference. Graduate students also have the opportunity to study abroad.

Opening the gates of the heavens? - Higgs God particles way to cosmos. "anti-mass, -gravity obstacles shield for...boosting E=mc2 -speed limit" Historically and futuristically always mankind copes with the most efficient way to fulfill any progressive visions and enterprises by building more and more efficient structures above natural ones (artificially evolution). Focusing on extracting energy from different sources by The Megaproduction investments accelerator. To be more efficient like by building any structures(as was in past too) mostly to cope/being more efficient /and resistant on energy losses/ with an energy economy to fulfill any enterprises. mass (rocket)shield-shaping quark structures- on …not discovered not constructed yet particle level for more efficient/on higher level/ starting any(micro/macro)space enterprises/ as it usually was -and is- (cars,rockets)historically in mankind development on Earth and beyond, for extracting, -or better to say- directing energy from very new atomic(level) sources for moving and building on wished speed and distance and direction. So, on the (always)new structures of/on the self-replicating/Megaproduction , can we start a new era of industrial macro- microcosmic development. more (explanations) about the above micro/macro constructing by the Megaproduction investments and further an economic/media impact(feedback) later. ps, I am aware of difficulties(costs) of building new accelerators for discovering and building new structures – the Megaproduction shall help for disposing of the issues.

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Schacter, D. L., Chiu, P. C. -Y., Ochsner, K. N. (1993). Implicit memory: A selective review. Annual Reviews of Neuroscience, 16, 159-182. Other times, though, memory is apparent without conscious effort, and without any explicit effort either during encoding or retrieval. This is memory for; our knowledge of how to do things, contrasted with the propositional knowledge above ("knowledge that"). This entry was posted in Readings and tagged 1993, Chiu, implicit memory, memory, Ochsner, priming, Schacter, skill on October 22, 2014 by Jason Wallin.

Brexit and Westminster: it's not normal! There is an excellent political columnist for The Times, Matt Chorley, who has been reporting on all the various Brexit ups and downs for some time now. He frequently ends his column with the phrase: This Is Not Normal. It's an amusing writing conceit which emphasises just how much the going's on in Westminster have been outside the norm. And sure enough, this week proved so again. One of the amendments voted on was called the Cooper Amendment. She (Yvette Cooper) a leading Labour MP was asking for all MPs to be given a vote on delaying the EU withdrawal deal and a no-deal, if both are rejected by Parliament, to allow more time for the withdrawal bill to pass. I supported this as it fulfils my promise so I went into the Aye lobby to cast my vote, turned the corner, and bumped into Theresa May! She was backing an opposition MP's amendment to her own motion. To repeat Mr Charley's maxim; This Is Not Normal. However being a polite sort I said hello and invited her to pay another visit to Eastbourne, as it's where she had grown up. We had a little chat, I then moved further into the corridor only to spot in quick succession; Jeremy Corbyn, Vince Cable, the SNP Westminster Leader Ian Blackford and the Green MP Caroline Lucas, all ready to cast their vote alongside the PM. It ultimately passed a whopping 502 votes to 20, clearly showing the vast majority of the House do not accept a No Deal scenario. Under normal circumstances this would be the end of it but of course nothing is as it seems nowadays in Parliament. Eighty eight Tory MPs abstained, along with the 20 who voted against - lead by that party within their party, the ERG. Will the PM be able to bring them on board by the time of her final withdrawal bill vote on the March 12? That's a hard question to predict the answer to at the minute. Shocked to receive penalty notices at Eastbourne railway station car park Disability Tribunals and more: Though it can be hard to imagine, other issues are still being debated in Westminster and this week was no exception. During a debate on the Department of Work and Pensions budget, I challenged the government on elements of their Universal Credit rollout, personal independence payments (PIP) and disability appeal tribunals. My wonderful office team in Eastbourne are one of the few MP's offices which act, where we can, as advocates on behalf of constituents who appeal their loss of disability benefits. This is something I've always been determined on since first being elected in 2010. There's no additional budget for this, each appeal takes up a huge amount of staff time but it's the right thing to do. I told the minister that the government was losing 80 per cent of cases when my team took them to appeal, so wouldn't it be a good idea to revisit their approach. With these numbers being lost something is going badly wrong. Eastbourne's Lifeboat Museum: You know how it is that one can live in a town for years, know where everything is but somehow never get around to visiting? Well I think a good example of this is Eastbourne's very own splendid Lifeboat Museum. I was talking to some local residents recently, mentioned it and - shock horror - they'd never even been. Only when I described where it was did they realise they'd been walking past it for years. So it's time for a bit of intel for all of you, the readers of the Herald, in case you haven't popped in for a look-see. The shop and museum was one of the first across the whole RNLI network, and as with so many other great things that happen locally, it's run entirely by volunteers. Forty-one of them in total. I was amused to hear from their manager, Graham Murphy, that he originally retired to Eastbourne planning to take things easy, and is now as busy as ever running the shop! He obviously loves what he's doing though, as do all the other volunteers. They're committed to the lifeboat ethos which plays such an important role in our town's sense of self; of us being by the sea. Do swing by and have a look. It's open seven days a week 10 - 3pm (5pm in the summer) and situated down by the bottom of the Wishtower slopes. Thank you Graham and your wonderful team of volunteers for all that you do for the RNLI, and for Eastbourne. That's it folks. Have a great weekend and I hope to see you around town.

The report points to shortcomings in police recruitment This affair caused a stir in the United Kingdom, and Scotland Yard had been accused of ignoring alarming signals about the killer's behavior. Other cases have been added to this, fueling a crisis of confidence among Britons in their police, in a country where the notion of consensus with the public is embedded in the approach of the police. "It is too easy for the wrong people to both join and stay in the police," said the head of police inspection services, Matt Parr. "If the police are to rebuild trust and protect their female officers and staff, enforcement must be much stricter and sexual misconduct must be taken much more seriously," he continued. "Standards must change" The study included 11,277 police and administrative employees, 42 people were interviewed. 725 control files and 264 complaints were screened. "Despite repeated warnings, too little has been done to improve standards and stamp out misogyny and predatory behavior," added Matt Parr. Among the report's recommendations are updating minimum due diligence standards and improving the quality and consistency of enforcement decision-making. The report highlighted criminally reprehensible behaviour, such as sexual acts which were treated as an isolated deviation, or the recruitment of police officers associated with crime in their surroundings. Meta and Microsoft team up to announce Office and Teams in virtual reality

Pierre-Hector Kardinal Coullié (* 14. März 1829 in Paris; † 12. September 1912 in Lyon) war Erzbischof von Lyon. Leben Er besuchte das Priesterseminar St. Sulpice in Paris und empfing am 23. Dezember 1854 die Priesterweihe. Nach seiner Ordination lehrte er als Professor an einem Knabenseminar im Erzbistum Paris und war in den Jahren zwischen 1854 und 1876 als Pfarrer in den Kirchen Ste-Marguerite, Saint-Eustache und Notre-Dame-des-Victoires tätig. Er wurde am 29. September 1876 zum Titularbischof von Sidon und Koadjutorbischof von Orléans ernannt. Die Bischofsweihe spendete ihm der Erzbischof von Paris, Joseph Hippolyte Kardinal Guibert OMI, am 19. November desselben Jahres; Mitkonsekratoren waren der Erzbischof von Orléans, Félix Antoine Philibert Dupanloup, und der Bischof von Nancy und Toul, Joseph Alfred Foulon. Mit dem Tod Félix Dupanloups am 11. Oktober 1878 folgte Coullié ihm als Bischof von Orléans nach. Am 15. Juni 1893 wurde er zum Erzbischof von Lyon und damit zum Primas von Frankreich ernannt. Am 19. April 1897 nahm ihn Papst Leo XIII. als Kardinalpriester mit der Titelkirche Santa Trinità dei Monti in das Kardinalskollegium auf. Er nahm am Konklave 1903 teil, das Papst Pius X. wählte. Pierre-Hector Coullié starb am 12. September 1912 im Alter von 83 Jahren in Lyon und wurde in der Kathedrale von Lyon beigesetzt. Weblinks Kardinal (19. Jahrhundert) Kardinal (20. Jahrhundert) Bischof von Lyon Bischof von Orléans Koadjutorbischof Titularbischof Römisch-katholischer Bischof (19. Jahrhundert) Römisch-katholischer Bischof (20. Jahrhundert) Franzose Geboren 1829 Gestorben 1912 Mann

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Wii U Coming to Japan December 8 In Two Configurations kshosfy Nintendo president Satoru Iwata will unveil the price, release date and other release details for the upcoming Wii U console's debut in Japan in a streaming presentation set to begin at midnight Pacific time on Thursday. Gamers got their hands on the Wii U at E3 in June. Photo: Ariel Zambelich/Wired Nintendo will sell Wii U in two configurations in Japan, president Satoru Iwata said Thursday in a livestreamed presentation. The new console, to be released on December 8 in Nintendo's home territory, will be sold in Premium and Basic packages. The Premium Set will retail for 31,500 yen (about $405) and include the Wii U console, the GamePad touchscreen controller, AC adapters for both pieces of hardware and an HDMI cable. It will also include a membership to "Nintendo Network Premium," which gives users discounts on their purchases of digital Wii U software. Finally, it will come with 32 GB of onboard storage for downloadable games. The Basic Set, which will retail for 26,250 yen (about $337), will include the console and GamePad plus 8 GB of storage. Based on Nintendo's historical price points, the Japanese 31,500 and 26,250 yen prices point to U.S. prices of about $300 and $250, assuming Nintendo of America announces similar configurations during its show tomorrow. Two configurations would seem to be Nintendo's attempt to have a lower-priced Wii U bundle aimed at price-conscious casual gamers, while tempting the hardcore early adopters with a more expensive package. Nintendo will not be packing a game in with either of the Wii U sets. In the U.S., the Wii was originally bundled with Wii Sports. Will Nintendo put launch title NintendoLand in the box for the American audience? We'll find out at 7 a.m. tomorrow during the Nintendo of America presentation. Our liveblog coverage begins below. Source: Nintendo, screen capture: Wired Wii U is expected to release worldwide during 2012 and come in under the $300 or 30,000 yen mark. Whether it'll be one penny under that mark, or significantly less, will be revealed soon. Wired will liveblog the presentation in this post Thursday morning. The Japanese details should give us a clue as to when Nintendo plans to drop Wii U in the U.S. Nintendo of America will officially reveal the price, date and other information about Wii U's stateside launch in New York City later on Thursday morning, at 7 a.m. Pacific. 11:58: And here we go. Livestream starts in two minutes. Apparently it'll be 20 minutes in length. There's actually another livestream for the Japanese audience that will be broadcast simultaneously with the American press briefing, containing new Wii U software announcements. So the briefing that's about to begin will be restricted mostly to info about the hardware itself. 12:00: Starts right on time. Iwata's on screen explaining that this presentation is about the hardware, and third party software will be discussed during the next presentation later in the day. 12:01: Iwata is going over Wii U's upgrades, like HD graphics. Looks like there'll be 2 GB of RAM on board, 1 GB for games and 2 GB for the system software. 12:02: He's going over all of the things that having more RAM does for you, like faster load times, etc. Discs will be 25 GB in capacity. 12:03: Wii's energy requirements: 75 watts. 12:04: You can move your WiiWare and Virtual Console games from the Wii over to the Wii U. (We knew this already.) 12:05: Going over previously known features of the Wii U GamePad. 12:06: Talking about latency – how the GamePad interacts with the TV with no perceptible lag between the two screens. 12:07: Going over what the original Wii hardware was like, how it brought people together into the living room to play games. The idea of Wii U, Iwata says, is you can bring people together to play, or just play by yourself (using the Wii U GamePad as a personal screen). 12:10: Other possible uses of the Wii U GamePad: Have the map and other HUD data for a game on the lower screen, instead of cluttering up the TV! (Yes, yes. We've heard this a million times...) 12:11: In the history of TV videogames, Iwata says, this is the first time a home game system lets you play games even if you don't use the TV. 12:12: Talking up two launch titles, New Super Mario Bros. U and NintendoLand. 12:13: This is the first Mario game to launch with a Nintendo home console since Super Mario 64 in 1996, he says. They'll be released on the same day as Wii U in Japan. In both disc and download versions. 12:14: The Wii U Pro Controller will launch in both black and white for 5,040 yen (about $50). 12:15: Wii U stand, Wii U Game Pad stand and Wii U Game Pad charging stand will also launch. The Wii U Game Pad will include an AC Adapter and sell for about 13,000 yen (about $150). 12:16: They're doing two SKUs for Wii U hardware. 12:17: Premium Set: Wii U Hardware, AC Adapter, Wii U GamePad, Game Pad AC Adapter, and HDMI Cable. Basic Set: 8 GB of onboard storage for digital games, Premium Set: 32 GB. The Premium Set will include a membership into "Nintendo Network Premium," which will give users 10% off digital software purchases as well as other benefits. The Premium Set will also include the stands for the system and the Game Pad. 12:18: They'll sell a Wii Remote, Nunchuk and Sensor Bar as a set for customers who don't already have it. Premium Set: 31,500 yen. Basic Set: 26,250. That's roughly $350 and $300, but would point to $300 and $250 bundles in the U.S. if the bundles are identical.\ Release date for Japan: December 8. It's over! Some analysis coming soon before I go to bed. TopicsConsole GamesIn the NewsNintendovideo games

I need to replace my damaged HP laptop screen. It is LG branded with the following number at the back of the panel: LP156WH3(TP)(SH). A quick search on eBay returned with This screen in France (which is perfect since I live in EU and it will be shipped fast). My question is can buy this screen or any other (in case I found cheaper) as long as it has that same model number? It has a standard 30-pin eDP connection, which means you can go with other 30-pin eDP screens that are much better than the one you have (resolution, colors, contrast). Check this list for good panels. Sorry I forgot to mention that the original screen's max res is 1366 x 768 so I am not sure a FHD panel will work. I once borrowed a FHD screen from my buddy and it did not seem to work properly. I am not really looking for an IPS panel but only one with acceptable colors as the laptop is old and it is not worth buying such an expensive screen for it. Yes, I saw that it is a 1366x768 screen, but it doesn't matter as long as it has the right connection - a 30 eDP connection. Do your eyes health a favor and get a good IPS. Worth the extra 20-30 Euros! I appreciate your advice but currently I just want a screen with OK quality as I might buy a new laptop soon and am honestly kinda used to 1366 x 768 so I prefer to get one in that res. I have found this one too with a reasonable price. Would it be ok to get it?

Sen. Wicker: Biden's Infrastructure Plan Raises Taxes on Small Biz, 'Job Creators' By Newsmax Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., on Sunday said a massive infrastructure plan cannot raise taxes on small businesses and "job creators." In an interview on NBC News' "Meet The Press," Wicker, who is on the Senate's transportation committee, blasted President Joe Biden's financing plan which does just that. "What the president proposed this week is not an infrastructure bill. It's a huge tax increase," Wicker said. "It's a tax increase on small businesses, on job creators in the United States of America." "How can the president expect to have bipartisanship when the proposal is a repeal of one of our signature issues in 2017 where we cut the tax rate and made the United States finally more competitive when it comes to the way we treat job creators. He reverses all that," he added. The sweeping plan includes $155 billion earmarked toward repairing roads and bridges; $80 dedicated to Amtrak repairs; $40 billion for public housing improvements; $111 billion for repairing lead pipes; $42 billion for ports and airports; $100 billion for public school improvements; and $180 billion for research and development. Planned Parenthood now in the business of chemically castrating adolescents and neutering male children Gab CEO Andrew Torba Slams 'Lukewarm' Christians

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Are Melania Trump and Heidi Cruz Fair Game? The Republican primaries have hit a new low, with an anti-Trump super PAC attacking Donald Trump's wife, and Trump responding in kind and threatening Ted Cruz's wife. The ad is a brazen attempt to shame a woman for her choice of career. Trump has every right to stand up for his wife in the face of such sexism. Ted Cruz responded firmly, also on Twitter, noting his campaign did not produce the ad: "Pic of your wife not from us. Donald, if you try to attack Heidi, you're more of a coward than I thought. #classless." Trump then descended further into the gutter, retweeting an image meant to suggest his wife is better looking than Cruz's wife. The ugly exchange is unsettling. But we hope that we are not entering into a new phase of political warfare in which the personal lives of candidate spouses are considered fair game.

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Modi Meter 'It's not about cutting ties, but about moving on': Priyanka Chaturvedi speaks about her difficult decision to quit Congress party after 10 years Alka DhupkarAlka Dhupkar / Updated: Apr 22, 2019, 10:41 IST Priyanka Chaturvedi (Photo by Satish Malavade) Priyanka Chaturvedi, Politician Hurt by her former party, Priyanka Chaturvedi says her secular and liberal values are not going anywhere as she moves from being a Congress spokesperson to a Shiv Sena campaigner. Priyanka Chaturvedi, 40, former national spokesperson of Congress, has recently joined the Shiv Sena. She speaks to Mumbai Mirror about her difficult decision to quit the party she served for 10 years and how she plans to merge her ideology with that of the party she once criticised. From a national party to a regional party - why Shiv Sena? Mumbai is a melting pot of various cultures. People come from various states and make this their home. My parents migrated here from Uttar Pradesh for better opportunities. This city has lived up to all my dreams. My personality has been greatly moulded by Mumbai. I feel that a political party which represents the values of Mumbai is Shiv Sena. When I thought of leaving a national political party I remembered how I began my public life. The 26/11 terror attacks moved me as a Mumbaikar. I realised I needed to give back to the city which had given me so much. Now, I have returned to the city. But what about your ideology and that of Shiv Sena? Don't you see any contradictions? Of course there are contradictions. The contradictions were there in the Congress party too. We have to see how a political party evolves as well. Now you have a political party which is guided by 28-yearold Aaditya Thackeray along with Uddhavji. He is talking about climate change, environment and plastic ban. He is talking about the core issues that matter to every Indian. Either I can be pulled back by the past or start a new future ahead. Does that mean you are distancing yourself from Balasaheb Thackeray's Shiv Sena and are associating yourself with Aaditya's Shiv Sena? No, I am not suggesting a break from the past and a continuity of the future. When Balasaheb Thackeray passed away, millions of Mumbaikars came out on the streets of Mumbai. They supported him and had a sense of respect for him, which even I did. The point is, we have to look at the core agenda where we are both aligned – it's about Mumbai and Maharashtra. In the past, you have criticised Shiv Sena for hooliganism… That doesn't change. I have stood for issues and I will continue to believe in them. I could have gone back and deleted earlier tweets. I am not ashamed by what I have spoken in the past. Why are you not talking about riots and Shrikrishna commission report? Absolutely. There had been certain incidents, sad moments in Mumbai's history, which no one can do away with. My point is, the implementation of these commissions' reports could have been done by other governments too over the years. How are you going to stick to your ideology? (Laughs) My progressive, secular, liberal values are not going anywhere. They will continue. Nobody changes their personality. These are the core points I have grown up with. All that I have spoken in the past 10 years is in the public domain. Who was instrumental in getting you on board in the Sena? Aaditya and I have been friends for a long time. When he introduced the plastic ban, I commended him highly, and also his desire to bring Mumbai's vibrant nightlife back. I have seen him grow politically and voice the aspirations of the youth. He kept telling me that he would like me to see me represent one of Mumbai's constituencies. I did ask Congress for a ticket from Mumbai North West, as I had started my Youth Congress work from there. But it did not happen. I had voiced my desire. I am still hopeful that I will get a chance to represent Mumbai in parliament in the future. Are you going to campaign for BJP? Are you going to meet Amit Shah-Narendra Modi considering the alliance? No, there is no such discussion at this point. I will be campaigning for Shiv Sena candidates and I am going to engage in youth dialogues, the townhall meetings led by Aadityaji. You had an important voice in Congress party. What went wrong? People are saying how is it possible that you joined Shiv Sena in just 48 hours? Let me tell you, this did not happen in 48 hours, this has been brewing since September. September is when I went to Mathura for my party's press conference where a lot of nonsense was spoken about me. I took objection to it. A woman takes her integrity, her dignity and her respect in whichever workspace she wants to work in. My party was good enough to have suspended those people. But they were reinstated in just six months, because of political influence. When the suspension was revoked, it was unfortunate to say that I went public. I spoke within the party first. It may be not the party's priority for obvious reasons. But for me it was a question about my dignity, my honour, my respect and most importantly my family. They have stood like a rock behind me when politics was considered a taboo for women. (Tearing up) Coming from a non-political background, it has not been an easy journey for me. Anyone who is suggesting that this is political opportunism should have egg on their face. Did you speak to Rahul or Priyanka Gandhi? Of course. Rahulji was kind enough. My immense respect for all the political leaders who helped me grow, who held my hands when I was a nobody, will not just vanish. I told him how I felt, and he understood. I spoke to Priyankaji too. But I felt that at that point in time, what had become the most important factor for me, was somehow not being understood by them. If an important voice in the national forum is not being heard within the party, then there is a problem. When I had given my blood and sweat to the party, the response should have matched. We can see how much it hurts you to talk about quitting Congress. I have given most productive 10 years of my life to the party. I had started working for the party when it was at its lowest. My younger child was just two years old then. Now I am being called over-ambitious. Let me tell you, if I was mindlessly ambitious I would have done anything and everything. I am driven by emotion. If I was blindsided by my ambition, then I wouldn't be feeling this way. It is not about the cutting of ties. But life is about moving on. From Loksabha Elections Complete list of winners from all 48 co... 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Every week it seems that more and more of the world's 'big players' are taking note of cryptocurrency. This week it was the turn of Nasdaq to comment. Adena Friedman, CEO of Nasdaq (the second largest stock exchange in the world, in case you didn't know) stated that maturation of the market is vital before they can become a crypto exchange, but that they were open to the possibility down the line. CNBC interviewed Adena, and you can find that interview here. As more people enter the cryptocurrency space, the market will naturally mature and become a lot less volatile. Right now we have a space where a small number of people are involved (in terms of worldwide population), and an even smaller number of people own very large stacks of cryptocurrencies (these people are nicknamed 'whales'). Whenever these 'whales' make a move in the market, to buy or sell, naturally it makes a huge impact, and that can cause mass panic selling (as we saw in January and February with the Mt. Gox Bitcoin sell-off), or it can cause FOMO (Fear of Missing Out), and we see the markets skyrocket as they did at the end of 2017. Regardless of the way the markets go, such volatility is bad for the average investor, and it's keeping the vast amount of institutional money away from the space. The overall sentiment is that there's a long way to go for the cryptocurrency markets to reach a point of maturity, but it's very encouraging to know that the likes of Nasdaq are waiting patiently to enter the market when it does. What do you think about Nasdaq's comments? How long do you think it'll be before we see the crypto markets mature? Comment below.

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Description John Futch is sorry to hear that his wife has been unwell and is worried about him. He did not find his regiment in camp when he got to the depot because they had gone on to Hamilton's Crossing; soon after he joined them there they marched to the Battle of Chancellorsville. He mentions again the numbers of men killed or wounded and the death of his captain in the battle. He is tired but otherwise well; he describes their rations, which are small and come seldom. Both he and his brother Charley lost their knapsacks in the battle but he thinks they can get along fine without them since the weather is warm. He doesn't know where the regiment will go next but lists a few rumors he has heard. John also mentions the death of Stonewall Jackson. To Martin Ramsey, Martha's father, John says that he lost all his paper in the battle and is writing on paper he took from the Yankees. He also sends his love to the family back home.

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El Monument a l'Aixecament de Varsòvia (en polonès: Pomnik Powstania Warszawskiego) és un monument dedicat als combatents que van perdre la vida durant l'Aixecament de Varsòvia de 1944. Esculpit per Wincenty Kućma i dissenyat per Jacek Budyn, es troba al sud de la Plaça Krasiński, en el districte Śródmieście de Varsòvia. El conjunt ha estat descrit com "el monument més important de la postguerra a Varsòvia", a més de ser un dels llocs turístics més visitats de la ciutat segons un informe elaborat el 2012 pel periòdic Gazeta Wyborcza. Descripció El monument està dividit en dues seccions. La primera se situa prop de la calçada, i està composta per quatre figures (tres soldats i un sacerdot). A més, un dels soldats està sortint d'un embornal, ja que durant la Segona Guerra Mundial la major part dels membres de la Armia Krajowa i de la resistència polonesa es desplaçaven a través del sistema de clavegueram de la ciutat. La segona secció és la més gran i agrupa a un nombre més gran de figures. Té una altura màxima de deu metres, encara que les persones representades mesuren menys de la meitat (tres metres). Mostra a set soldats participant en combat, fugint d'un edifici a punt d'esfondrar-se. Malgrat tenir un cert toc abstracte, alguns experts han declarat percebre certa similitud amb escenes bèl·liques de pel·lícules o fins i tot amb les pintures històriques de Jan Matejko, mentre que uns altres critiquen el realisme socialista propi del comunisme que va governar en la República Popular de Polònia. Bibliografia Zdzisław Życieński, O Pomnik Powstania Warszawskiego, Biuletyn IPN, 2007 Referències Varsòvia

Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007: A Summary of Major Provisions Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007: A Summary of Major Provisions Fred Sissine, Coordinator Specialist in Energy Policy The Energy Independence and Security Act (P.L. 110-140, H.R. 6) is an omnibus energy policy law that consists mainly of provisions designed to increase energy efficiency and the availability of renewable energy. This report describes the key provisions of the enacted law, summarizes the legislative action on H.R. 6, and provides a summary of the provisions under each of the titles in the law. The highlights of key provisions enacted into law are as follows: !Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE). The law sets a target of 35 miles per gallon for the combined fleet of cars and light trucks by model year 2020. !Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS). The law sets a modified standard that starts at 9.0 billion gallons in 2008 and rises to 36 billion gallons by 2022. !Energy Efficiency Equipment Standards. The adopted bill includes a variety of new standards for lighting and for residential and commercial appliance equipment. The equipment includes residential refrigerators, freezers, refrigerator-freezers, metal halide lamps, and commercial walk-in coolers and freezers. !Repeal of Oil and Gas Tax Incentives. The enacted law includes repeal of two tax subsidies in order to offset the estimated cost to implement the CAFE provision. The two most controversial provisions of H.R. 6 that were not included in the enacted law were the proposed Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard (RPS) and most of the proposed tax provisions, which included repeal of tax subsidies for oil and gas and new incentives for energy efficiency and renewable energy. CRS Key Policy Staff Area of ExpertiseNameTelephone Agriculture-Based EnergyRandy Schnepf7-4277 Tom Capehart7-2425 BiofuelsBrent Yacobucci7-9662 Carbon StoragePeter Folger7-1517 Energy PricesRobert Pirog7-6847 Energy TaxesSalvatore Lazzari7-7825 Energy-Saving Performance ContractsAnthony Andrews7-6843 Fuel Economy StandardsRobert Bamberger7-7240 International EnergyJeff Logan7-9317 Marine EnergyNic Lane7-7905 Natural GasWilliam Hederman7-7738 Nuclear Energy and Loan GuaranteesMark Holt7-1704 Transmission and Electric UtilitiesAmy Abel7-7239 In troduction ......................................................1 Key Provisions....................................................1 Provisions Included............................................1 Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) Standards.............1 Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS)..............................1 Appliance and Lighting Efficiency Standards....................1 Provisions Excluded...........................................2 Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard (RPS)....................2 Energy Tax Subsidies.......................................2 Brief Legislative History of H.R. 6....................................3 House Passes H.R. 6...........................................3 Senate Amends H.R. 6..........................................3 House Approves H.R. 3221......................................4 Informal House-Senate Negotiations...............................4 House Amends Senate Amendment to H.R. 6........................5 Senate Removes RPS and Most Tax Provisions of H.R. 6..............6 Title I: Energy Security Through Improved Vehicle Fuel Economy..........6 Subtitle A, Increased Corporate Average Fuel Economy...............6 Subtitle B, Improved Vehicle Technology...........................7 Subtitle C, Federal Vehicle Fleets.................................7 Title II: Energy Security Through Increased Production of Biofuels..........7 Subtitle A, Renewable Fuel Standard..............................7 Subtitle B, Biofuels Research and Development (R&D)................8 Subtitle C, Biofuels Infrastructure.................................8 Subtitle D, Environmental Safeguards..............................8 Title III: Energy Savings Through Improved Standards for Appliances and Lighting .....................................................9 Subtitle A, Appliance Energy Efficiency............................9 Subtitle B, Lighting Energy Efficiency.............................9 Title IV: Energy Savings in Buildings and Industry.......................9 Subtitle A, Residential Building Efficiency..........................9 Subtitle B, High-Performance Commercial Buildings.................9 Subtitle C, High-Performance Federal Buildings....................10 Subtitle D, Industrial Energy Efficiency...........................10 Subtitle E, Healthy High-Performance Schools......................11 Subtitle F, Institutional Entities..................................11 Subtitle G, Public and Assisted Housing...........................11 Subtitle H, General Provisions...................................11 Title V: Energy Savings in Government and Public Institutions............12 Subtitle A, United States Capitol Complex.........................12 Subtitle B, Energy Savings Performance Contracting.................12 Subtitle D, Energy Efficiency of Public Institutions..................13 Subtitle E, Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grants..........13 Title VI: Accelerated Research and Development.......................14 Subtitle A, Solar Energy.......................................14 Subtitle B, Geothermal Energy..................................14 Subtitle C, Marine and Hydrokinetic Renewable Energy Technologies...15 Subtitle D, Energy Storage for Transportation and Electric Power.......15 Subtitle E, Miscellaneous Provisions..............................15 Title VII: Carbon Capture and Sequestration...........................17 Subtitle A, Carbon Capture and Sequestration Research, Development, and Demonstration............................17 Subtitle B, Carbon Capture and Sequestration Assessment and Framework ..............................................17 Title VIII: Improved Management of Energy Policy.....................18 Subtitle A, Management Improvements...........................18 Subtitle B, Prohibitions on Market Manipulation and False Information..19 Title IX: International Energy Programs...............................19 Subtitle A, Assistance to Promote Clean and Efficient Energy Technologies in Foreign Countries...........................19 Subtitle B, International Clean Energy Foundation...................19 Subtitle C, Miscellaneous Provisions.............................19 Title X: Green Jobs...............................................20 Title XI: Energy Transportation and Infrastructure......................20 Subtitle A, Department of Transportation (DOT)....................20 Subtitle B, Railroads..........................................20 Subtitle C, Marine Transportation................................21 Subtitle D, Highways..........................................21 Title XII: Small Business Energy Programs............................21 Title XIII: Smart Grid.............................................22 Title XIV: Pool and Spa Safety......................................22 Title XV: Revenue Provisions......................................23 Title XVI: Effective Date..........................................24 Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007: A Summary of Major Provisions Many analysts in the CRS Resources, Science, and Industry Division contributed to this report; their names and contact information are located on the back of the summary page. Key Provisions Provisions Included The three key provisions enacted in P.L. 110-140 are the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) Standards, the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), and the appliance/lighting efficiency standards. Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) Standards. The law sets a target of 35 miles per gallon for the combined fleet of cars and light trucks by model year 2020. Also, a fuel economy program is established for medium- and heavy-duty trucks, and a separate fuel economy standard is created for work trucks. (For more details on issues related to the CAFE provision, see CRS Report RL33982, Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE): A Comparison of Selected Legislation in the 110th Congress, by Brent D. Yacobucci and Robert Bamberger, and CRS Report RL33413, Automobile and Light Truck Fuel Economy: The CAFE Standards, by Brent D. Yacobucci and Robert Bamberger.) Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). The law sets a modified standard that starts at 9.0 billion gallons of renewable fuel in 2008 and rises to 36 billion gallons by 2022. Of the latter total, 21 billion gallons is required to be obtained from cellulosic ethanol and other advanced biofuels. (For more details on issues related to the RFS provision, see CRS Report RL34265, Selected Issues Related to an Expansion of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).) Appliance and Lighting Efficiency Standards. Energy efficiency standards are set for broad categories of incandescent lamps (light bulbs), incandescent reflector lamps, and fluorescent lamps. A required target is set for lighting efficiency, and energy efficiency labeling is required for consumer electronic products. Also, efficiency standards are set by law for external power supplies, residential clothes washers, dishwashers, dehumidifiers, refrigerators, refrigerator- freezers, freezers, electric motors, residential boilers, commercial walk-in coolers, and commercial walk-in freezers. Further, DOE is directed to set standards by rulemaking for furnace fans and battery chargers. Provisions Excluded Two controversial provisions of H.R. 6 that were not included in the enacted law were the proposed Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard (RPS) and the proposed repeal of tax subsidies for oil and gas. Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard (RPS). Under an RPS, retail electricity suppliers (electric utilities) must provide a minimum amount of electricity from renewable energy resources or purchase tradable credits that represent an equivalent amount of renewable energy production. The minimum requirement is often set as a percentage share of a supplier's total retail electricity sales. The second degree amendment to H.R. 6 passed by the House on December 6, 2007, proposed a national RPS target that aimed to reach 15% of total electricity sales by 2020. Up to 4 percentage points of the 15% target could be met with energy efficiency measures. This provision was stripped out by the Senate and was not included in the final version of the bill. (For more details on issues related to the RPS provision, see CRS Report RL34116, Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard (RPS): Background and Debate Over a National Requirement, by Fred Sissine.) Energy Tax Subsidies. The House-passed second degree amendment to H.R. 6 contained provisions that would have repealed about $22 billion of oil and gas subsidies that were designed to offset the cost of supporting a variety of energy efficiency and renewable energy tax incentives. These proposed incentives would have included a four-year extension of the renewable energy electricity production tax credit. Most of those provisions were stripped out by the Senate and were not included in the final bill. Enough tax revenue offsets were included to cover the estimated cost of the CAFE provision. (For more details about the proposed renewable energy incentives, see CRS Report RL34162, Renewable Energy Issues in the 110th Congress, by Fred Sissine. For more details about the proposed repeal of oil and gas subsidies, see CRS Report RL33578, Energy Tax Policy, by Salvatore Lazzari.) Brief Legislative History of H.R. 6 House Passes H.R. 6 On January 18, 2007, the House passed the 14-page CLEAN Energy Act (H.R. 6) by a vote of 264-163.1 The bill was crafted as part of the House Leadership's "Hundred Hours Legislation." It was designed only to establish a reserve to collect funds from repealed oil and gas subsidies that could be used to support new incentives for energy efficiency and renewable energy. The goal of the reserve was to reduce foreign oil dependence and to "serve other purposes." The actual uses of the reserve would have been determined at a later date by further legislation. The issues involving the reserve were further addressed by the budget resolution process.2 At that point, H.R. 6 was not an omnibus energy policy bill. Senate Amends H.R. 6 On June 21, 2007, the Senate adopted an amendment in the nature of a substitute to H.R. 6 (S.Amdt. 1502).3 This action transformed H.R. 6 into a 500-page omnibus energy policy bill, with a primary focus on energy efficiency and renewable energy. The new title was the Renewable Fuels, Consumer Protection, and Energy Efficiency Act of 2007. The Senate substitute was derived primarily from S. 1419 (of the same title), which, in turn, was composed from four major bills: the Energy Savings Act (S. 1321),4 the Public Buildings Cost Reduction Act (S. 992), the Ten- in-Ten Fuel Economy Act (S. 357), and the Energy Diplomacy and Security Act (S. 193). Floor action to amend the substitute to attach tax provisions (S.Amdt. 1704) and a renewable energy electricity portfolio standard (S. Amdt 1537) failed.5 The key provisions of the Senate-passed substitute to H.R. 6 were appliance efficiency standards, an increase of the renewable fuel standard (RFS) to 36 billion gallons by 2022, and an increase of the combined corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards to 35 miles per gallon (mpg) by 2020. 1 That version of H.R. 6 is described in CRS Report RS22571, The Strategic Energy Efficiency and Renewables Reserve in the CLEAN Energy Act of 2007 (H.R. 6). 2 The budget resolution bills were H.Con.Res. 99 and S.Con.Res. 21. 3 A summary of the Senate-passed substitute to H.R. 6 is presented in the appendices to CRS Report RL34135, Omnibus Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Legislation: A Side-by-Side Comparison. 4 S. 1321 was, in turn, derived from several other Senate bills. Additional details about legislation that was incorporated into H.R. 6 are available in CRS Report RL33831, Energyth Efficiency and Renewable Energy Legislation in the 110 Congress, by Fred Sissine, Lynn J. Cunningham, and Mark Gurevitz. 5 For more details about efforts to include an RPS in H.R. 6, see CRS Report RL34116, Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard, Background and Debate Over a National House Approves H.R. 3221 On August 4, 2007, the House passed the omnibus energy policy bill, H.R. 3221, which had two divisions and 13 titles.6 Division A contained provisions of the New Direction for Energy Independence, National Security, and Consumer Protection Act, which had nine titles composed from several bills.7 An adopted floor amendment (H.Amdt. 748) added a 15% renewable energy portfolio standard (RPS).8 Division B, the Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax Act of 2007, contained the provisions of the House-approved version of H.R. 2776.9 It added four tax titles to H.R. 3221, which included a four-year extension of the renewable electricity production tax credit (PTC) and several other tax incentives for energy efficiency and renewable energy. Informal House-Senate Negotiations Because the House omnibus bill (H.R. 3221) and the Senate omnibus bill (H.R. 6) had different bill numbers, the bills could not be taken directly to conference10 committee. However, after the House completed action on H.R. 3221, informal bipartisan negotiations over the omnibus energy bills began between the House and Senate. Key issues included CAFE, the renewable fuel standard, the RPS provision in H.R. 3221, and a proposed repeal of certain oil and natural gas subsidies to offset11 costs for new energy efficiency and renewable energy tax incentives. In November 2007, EIA issued a report on the possible impacts of the proposals in H.R. 3221 to12 establish an RPS and repeal selected oil and gas subsidies. 6 A summary of House-passed H.R. 3221, and comparison with the Senate-passed substitute to H.R. 6, are presented in CRS Report RL34135, Omnibus Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Legislation: A Side-by-Side Comparison of Major Provisions in House-Passed H.R. 3221 with Senate-Passed H.R. 6. 7 The bills were H.R. 364, H.R. 2304, H.R. 2313, H.R. 2337, H.R. 2389, H.R. 2420, H.R. 2635, H.R. 2701, H.R. 2773, H.R. 2774, H.R. 2847, and a draft bill by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 8 The proposed RPS was nearly identical to the 15% RPS that had been proposed in S.Amdt. 1537, except that it would have allowed up to 4 percentage points of the 15% requirement to be met with energy efficiency measures. 9 The rule (H.Res. 615) that brought H.R. 3221 to the floor directed that upon engrossment of H.R. 3221, the text of H.R. 2776 would be added to the end of H.R. 3221 as Division B. 10 For an explanation of how the alternative to the conference process works, see CRS Report 98-696 GOV, Resolving Legislative Differences in Congress: Conference Committees and Amendments Between the Houses, by Elizabeth Rybicki. 11 More details about the House and Senate bills developed up to that point are available in CRS Report RL34135, Omnibus Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Legislation: A Side-by-Side Comparison of Major Provisions in House-Passed H.R. 3221 with Senate- Passed H.R. 6. 12 EIA. Oil and Natural Gas Market Supply and Renewable Portfolio Standard Impacts of Selected Provisions of H.R. 3221. November 2007. 11 p. [ ht t p: / / www.ei a.doe.gov/ oi a f / ser vi c er pt / bmy/ pdf / bmy.pdf ] . On December 1, 2007, the Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources stated that the House Leadership's intent to include an RPS led him to cease negotiations.13 Further, on December 3, 2007, the White House announced, by letter to the Speaker of the House, that it planned to veto the negotiated bill — if it included an RPS, repeal of oil and gas tax subsidies, and certain other provisions.14 Subsequently, the Office of the Speaker issued a letter of response to the White House letter, which stated that the bill addressed the Administration's concerns.15 House Amends Senate Amendment to H.R. 6 On December 6, 2007, the House passed (235-181) its second-degree amendments to the Senate-passed amendments to H.R. 6. This "second version" of a House omnibus energy bill was derived primarily by trimming and modifying H.R. 3221 and adding major new provisions on CAFE and RFS. The House-passed bill included a proposed increase of the CAFE standard to 35 miles per gallon by 2020 and an increase of the renewable fuel standard to 36 billion gallons per year by 2022. The House bill also included a proposed 15% renewable electricity portfolio standard and $21 billion of new tax incentives for energy efficiency and renewable energy measures.16 The bill proposed to offset the new tax incentives with revenue generated by a repeal of about $21 billion in tax subsidies for oil and natural gas. Subsequently, the White House released a Statement of Administration Policy on the House-passed bill. It threatened to veto the bill because it: ... raises taxes in a way that will increase energy costs facing consumers. It would also impose a national renewable electricity standard that would ignore17 the specific energy and economic needs of individual states. On the latter point, the Statement found a potential for higher electricity costs, noted regional differences in renewable energy resource availability, and called for leaving such standards to states' discretion. Regarding CAFE, it noted that H.R. 6 did not 13 The statement is available on the Committee's website, at [http://energy.senate.gov/public/ index.cfm?Fuse A c t i o n =PressReleases.Detail&PressRelease_id=235405&Month=12&Ye ar=2007]. 14 The White House. Letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi from Allan B. Hubbard. December 3, 2007. 2 p.; also, see UPI. U.S. Energy Chief: Energy Bill Concerns. December 4, 2007. [http://www.upi.com/International_Security/Emerging_Threats/Analysis/ 2007/12/04/us_energy_chief_energy_bill_concerns/3426/]. 15 Office of the Speaker of the House. Pelosi to Hubbard: Bipartisan Energy Legislation Addresses White House Concerns. December 5, 2007. [http://www6.lexisnexis.com/ p u b l i s h e r / E n d U s e r ? A c t i o n = U s e r D i s p l a yF u l l D o c u ment&orgId=574&t o p i c Id = 25148& docId=l:711920770&start=9]. 16 As with H.R. 3221, the proposed RPS would have allowed up to 4 percentage points of the 15% to be met with energy efficiency measures. 17 Office of Management and Budget. Statement of Administration Policy on H.R. 6, the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. December 6, 2007. 3 p. [http://www. whitehouse.gov/ omb/legi slative/sap/110-1/hr6sap-h_2.pdf]. provide a clear role for the Environmental Protection Agency in regulating fuel economy. Regarding RFS, it objected to prescriptions that would employ greenhouse gas content as a criterion for fuel eligibility. Also, a strong objection was expressed toward the proposed repeal of oil and gas tax deductions for manufacturers. Further concerns were cited about tax credit bonds for renewables, Davis-Bacon prevailing wage requirements, federal building efficiency provisions, and appliance efficiency standards. Senate Removes RPS and Most Tax Provisions of H.R. 6 On December 6, 2007, the House-passed version of H.R. 6 — with provisions for an RPS and for the repeal of oil and gas subsidies — failed in a Senate cloture vote (52-43). A new Senate substitute amendment (S.Amdt. 3841) was prepared by stripping out the RPS and modifying the package of tax provisions somewhat. In the morning of December 13, 2007 a cloture vote on the Senate substitute failed (59-40). The Senate then prepared another substitute amendment (S.Amdt. 3850) by stripping out the tax incentives for energy efficiency and renewable energy and removing the provisions that would have repealed subsidies for oil and natural gas producers. In the evening of December 13, 2007, the Senate approved (86-8) that substitute amendment to the House-passed version of H.R. 6. The Senate substitute was nearly identical to the House-passed bill, except that the RPS provision and most tax provisions had been taken out. The resultant bill was subsequently approved by the House (314-100) and signed into law as P.L. 110-140. Title I: Energy Security Through Improved Vehicle Fuel Economy Subtitle A, Increased Corporate Average Fuel Economy This subtitle requires an increase in CAFE standards and a restructuring of the fuel economy program. A single CAFE standard of 35 miles per gallon (mpg) by MY2020 is established, and the distinction between the passenger car and light truck fleet is preserved. The new standards will be based on vehicle attributes and expressed in the form of a mathematical function. Interim standards will be set, beginning with MY2011. Manufacturers will be required to come within 92% of the standard for a given model year. However, manufacturers can earn credits for exceeding the standards in one vehicle class that can be applied to boost, within limitations, the CAFE of a different vehicle class that is falling short of compliance. Additionally, credits may be sold and bought between manufacturers. CAFE credits for the manufacture of flexible-fueled vehicles (FFV) are retained but phased out by MY2020. Civil penalties assessed for non-compliance will be deposited to the general fund of the U.S. Treasury to support future rulemaking and to provide grants to manufacturers for research and development, and retooling in support of increasing the fuel efficiency of their fleets. The law requires the development of standards for "work trucks" and commercial medium- and heavy-duty on-highway vehicles. (For additional information, see CRS Report RL33413, Automobile and Light Truck Fuel Economy: The CAFE Standards, by Brent D. Yacobucci and Robert Bamberger.) Subtitle B, Improved Vehicle Technology This subtitle establishes a loan guarantee program for advanced battery development, grant programs for plug-in hybrid vehicles, incentives for purchasing heavy-duty hybrid vehicles for fleets, and credits for various electric vehicles. Subtitle C, Federal Vehicle Fleets Federal agencies are prohibited from acquiring any light-duty motor vehicle or medium-duty passenger vehicle that is not "a low greenhouse gas emitting vehicle" as defined in this subtitle. Alternatively, the agency may demonstrate that it has adopted cost-effective policies to reduce its petroleum consumption sufficiently to achieve a comparable reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. By 2015, federal agencies are required to achieve at least a 20% reduction in annual petroleum consumption and a 10% increase in annual alternative fuel consumption. These increases are to be calculated from a 2005 baseline. Interim milestones will be established and agencies will report annually on their progress. The regulations governing this program are required to be issued not later than 18 months after enactment. Title II: Energy Security Through Increased Production of Biofuels Subtitle A, Renewable Fuel Standard This subtitle extends and increases the renewable fuel standard (RFS) set by P.L. 109-58 (§1501). The RFS requires minimum annual levels of renewable fuel in U.S. transportation fuel. The previous standard was 5.4 billion gallons for 2008, rising to 7.5 billion by 2012. The new standard starts at 9.0 billion gallons in 2008 and rises to 36 billion gallons in 2022. Starting in 2016, all of the increase in the RFS target must be met with advanced biofuels, defined as cellulosic ethanol and other biofuels derived from feedstock other than corn starch — with explicit carve-outs for cellulosic biofuels and biomass-based diesel. The EPA Administrator is given authority to temporarily waive part of the biofuels mandate, if it were determined that a significant renewable feedstock disruption or other market circumstance might occur. Renewable fuels produced from new biorefineries will be required to reduce by at least 20% the life cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions relative to life cycle emissions from gasoline and diesel. Fuels produced from biorefineries that displace more than 80% of the fossil-derived processing fuels used to operate a biofuel production facility will qualify for cash awards. Several studies are required on the impacts of an RFS expansion on various sectors of the economy. (For more details on issues related to the RFS proposal, see CRS Report RL34265, Selected Issues Related to an Expansion of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), by Brent D. Yacobucci and Randy Schnepf.) Subtitle B, Biofuels Research and Development (R&D) This subtitle promotes research on the expansion of the use of biodiesel and biogas as motor fuels. Grants are authorized for R&D and commercial applications of cellulosic biofuels technologies and for the conversion of existing corn-based ethanol plants to produce cellulosic biofuels. The Secretary of Energy is required to report to Congress on the feasibility of algae as a feedstock for biofuels production. The subtitle also promotes university-based R&D on biofuels. Subtitle C, Biofuels Infrastructure This subtitle aims to improve information about federal biofuels research programs, focus research on infrastructure and biorefineries, study potential impacts of increased biofuels use, and increase authorized funding for DOE biofuels research. A funding authorization of $25 million is established to provide grants for biofuels research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) and commercial applications in states that have low rates of ethanol production. A university-based program is authorized to provide grants of up to $2 million for R&D on renewable energy technologies. Priority is given to universities in low-income and rural communities with proximity to trees dying of disease or insect infestation. DOE is directed to create a grant program to help establish or convert infrastructure to use renewable fuels, including E85 (85% ethanol). The Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPACT, P.L. 109-58) authorization for grants to support cellulosic ethanol production is increased. A grant program is authorized to support production of flexible-fueled vehicles. Studies are also required on the market penetration of flexible-fueled vehicles, the feasibility of constructing dedicated ethanol pipelines, the feasibility of using greater percentages of ethanol in fuel blends, and the adequacy of railroad transportation for delivery of ethanol fuel. Subtitle D, Environmental Safeguards Previously, under the Clean Air Act (§211[f]), no new fuels or fuel additives could be introduced into commerce unless granted a waiver by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). If EPA did not act within 180 days of receiving a waiver request, the waiver was treated as granted.18 Section 251 tightens the waiver provision. It amends the Clean Air Act to prohibit the introduction of new fuels or fuel additives unless EPA explicitly grants a waiver. After receiving a waiver request, EPA will now have 270 days to take final action. 18 See 42 U.S.C. 7545(f). Title III: Energy Savings Through Improved Standards for Appliances and Lighting Subtitle A, Appliance Energy Efficiency This title sets, by statute, new efficiency standards for external power supplies, residential clothes washers, dishwashers, dehumidifiers, refrigerators, refrigerator-freezers, freezers, electric motors, and residential boilers. DOE is allowed to establish regional variations in standards for heating and air conditioning equipment. DOE is required to complete a rulemaking process for furnace fans by 2013. Federal agencies are directed to purchase devices that limit standby power use. DOE is directed to issue a final rule that sets efficiency standards for battery chargers. Certain energy efficiency measures for walk-in coolers and walk-in freezers are set by law. Also, several procedural changes are now in place to expedite the DOE rulemaking process. Subtitle B, Lighting Energy Efficiency Section 321 sets an energy efficiency standard for general service incandescent lamps, provides for consumer education and lamp labeling, and requires market assessments and a consumer awareness program. Section 322 sets energy efficiency standards for incandescent reflector lamps and fluorescent lamps. For federal buildings, Section 323 sets energy efficiency requirements for GSA-leased space and for use of energy efficient lighting fixtures and bulbs in those leased spaces. Section 324 sets energy efficiency standards for metal halide lamp fixtures designed to be operated with lamps rated between 150 watts and 500 watts. Section 325 directs the Consumer Product Safety Commission to set energy efficiency labeling requirements for consumer electronic products. Title IV: Energy Savings in Buildings and Industry Subtitle A, Residential Building Efficiency Section 411 increases the funding authorization for DOE's Weatherization Program, providing $3.75 billion over five years. Under Section 412, DOE is directed to conduct a study of the renewable energy system rebate program described in §206(c) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005. The study aims to determine the minimum funding the program would need to be viable. Further, DOE is directed to propose an implementation plan. Section 413 requires DOE to establish energy efficiency standards for manufactured housing. Subtitle B, High-Performance Commercial Buildings This subtitle encourages the development of more energy-efficient "green" commercial buildings. Section 421 creates an Office of Commercial High Performance Green Buildings at DOE. Section 422 establishes a zero-energy commercial buildings initiative. A national goal is set to achieve zero-net-energy use for new commercial buildings built after 2025. A further goal is to retrofit all pre- 2025 buildings to zero-net-energy use by 2050. Section 423 requires that DOE establish a national clearinghouse for information and public outreach about high- performance green buildings. Subtitle C, High-Performance Federal Buildings Section 431 requires that total energy use in federal buildings, relative to the 2005 level, be reduced 30% by 2015. Section 432 directs that federal energy managers conduct a comprehensive energy and water evaluation for each facility at least once every four years. For new federal buildings and major renovations, Section 433 requires that fossil-fuel energy use — relative to the 2003 level — be reduced 55% by 2010 and be eliminated (100% reduction) by 2030. Section 434 requires that each federal agency ensure that major replacements of installed equipment (such as heating and cooling systems), or renovation or expansion of existing space, employ the most energy efficient designs, systems, equipment, and controls that are life-cycle cost effective. Section 435 prohibits federal agencies from leasing buildings that have not earned an EPA Energy Star label. Section 436 requires GSA to establish an Office of Federal High-Performance Green Buildings to coordinate green building information and activities within GSA and with other federal agencies. The Office must also develop standards for federal facilities, establish green practices, review budget and life-cycle costing issues, and promote demonstration of innovative technologies. Section 437 directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to audit the implementation of activities required under this subtitle. The audit must cover budget, life-cycle costing, contracting, best practices, and agency coordination. Section 438 requires federal facility development projects with a footprint exceeding 5,000 square feet to use site planning, design, construction, and maintenance strategies to control storm water runoff. Section 439 directs GSA to review the current use of, and design a strategy for increased use of, cost-effective lighting, ground source heat pumps, and other technologies in GSA facilities. Section 440 authorizes $4 million per year over five years to support work under sections 434-439 and 482. For the purpose of conducting life-cycle cost calculations, Section 441 increases the time period from 25 years, in prior law, to 40 Subtitle D, Industrial Energy Efficiency Section 451 directs DOE to conduct research on, develop, and demonstrate new processes, technologies, and operating practices and techniques to significantly improve the energy efficiency of equipment and processes used by energy-intensive industries. Section 452 directs EPA to establish a recoverable waste energy inventory program. This program must include an ongoing survey of all major industrial and large commercial combustion sources in the United States. EPA is required to identify the potential for economically feasible waste energy recovery, create a grant program to support waste energy recovery, and strengthen "clean energy centers" that analyze waste energy recovery. Section 453 directs DOE to initiate a voluntary national information program for widely used data centers and data center equipment for which there is significant potential for energy savings. DOE is also tasked with helping to devise strategies to improve energy efficiency at these data centers. Subtitle E, Healthy High-Performance Schools Section 461 creates a grant program for Healthy High-Performance Schools that aims to encourage states, local governments, and school systems to build green schools. EPA, in consultation with the Department of Education, is allowed to provide grants to state agencies to provide technical assistance and help with the development of state plans for school building design. Also, EPA is directed to develop model voluntary guidelines for school site selection. In addition to other environmental aspects, the grants and guidelines must have a focus on energy efficiency, natural daylighting, and other energy-related features. Section 462 directs EPA to lead a detailed study of how sustainable building features, such as energy efficiency, affect multiple perceived indoor environmental quality stressors on students in K-12 schools. Subtitle F, Institutional Entities Section 471 creates a program of grants and loans to support energy efficiency and energy sustainability projects at public institutions. Subtitle G, Public and Assisted Housing Section 481 directs the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to update energy efficiency standards for all public and assisted housing. Subtitle H, General Provisions Section 491 calls for the DOE Office of Commercial High Performance Buildings and the GSA Office of Federal High Performance Buildings to jointly develop guidelines for demonstration projects. In accordance with the guidelines, one federal project must be undertaken annually over a five-year period, supported by a $10 million funding authorization. Also, a total of four projects are to be undertaken at different universities over the five-year period, supported by an additional $10 million funding authorization. Section 492 calls for these two offices to undertake a joint survey of research on green buildings, coordinate efforts to develop a research plan, and identify potential benefits of green buildings for security, natural disasters, and emergency needs of the federal government. Section 493 requires EPA to create a program of competitive grants to local governments for green building demonstration projects. Section 494 directs the Office of Commercial High Performance Buildings and the Office of Federal High Performance Buildings to jointly appoint a Green Building Advisory Committee with representatives from a variety of backgrounds, including federal agencies, state and local governments, building industry experts, security advisors, and environmental health experts. Section 495 calls for DOE to create an advisory committee on energy efficiency finance to help lower costs and increase investment for energy efficiency Title V: Energy Savings in Government and Public Institutions Subtitle A, United States Capitol Complex Section 501 allows the Architect of the Capitol (AOC) to perform a feasibility study regarding construction of a photovoltaic roof for the Rayburn House Office Building. Under Section 502, the AOC is allowed to construct a fuel tank and pumping system for E85 (85% ethanol) fuel at or within close proximity to the Capitol Grounds Fuel Station. Section 503 requires the AOC, to the maximum extent practicable, to include energy efficiency measures, climate change mitigation measures, and other appropriate environmental measures in the Capitol Complex Master Plan. Under Section 504, the AOC is directed to operate the steam boilers and chiller plant at the Capitol Power Plant in the most energy efficient manner possible to minimize carbon emissions and operating costs. Further, Section 505 requires the AOC to install technologies for the capture and storage or use of carbon dioxide emitted from coal combustion in the Capitol Power Plant. Subtitle B, Energy Savings Performance Contracting Section 511 eliminates the advance reporting requirement for Energy Savings Performance Contracts (ESPCs) that have a cancellation ceiling exceeding $10 million. Section 512 increases ESPC funding flexibility by allowing a combination of appropriated funds and private financing. Section 513 restricts federal agencies from limiting the duration of ESPCs to less than 25 years or limiting the total amount of obligations. Further, this section permits the criteria for savings verification to satisfy the requirement for energy audits. Also, it directs federal agencies to modify existing ESPCs to conform with the requirements of this subtitle. Section 514 permanently authorizes ESPCs. Section 515 extends the definition of energy savings reduction to include increased use of an existing energy source by cogeneration or heat recovery, use of excess electrical or thermal energy generated from onsite renewable sources or cogeneration, and increased energy-efficient use of water resources. Section 516 permits agencies to retain the full amount of energy and water cost savings obtained from utility incentive programs. Section 517 authorizes $750,000 per year over five years for a program to train contract officers in negotiating ESPCs. Section 518 directs the Department of Defense (DOD) and DOE to study the potential use of ESPCs in nonbuilding applications, which is defined to include vehicles and federally owned equipment to generate electricity or transport water. Subtitle C, Energy Efficiency in Federal Agencies Under Section 521, GSA is directed to use up to $30 million — subject to appropriation — from FY2007 and prior years' unobligated balances of the Federal Buildings Fund to support the installation of a solar photovoltaic system for the DOE headquarters building in the District of Columbia. Section 522 prohibits, except under certain circumstances, the purchase of incandescent light bulbs for use in Coast Guard office buildings. Section 523 requires 30% of the hot water demand in new federal buildings (and major renovations) to be met with solar hot water equipment, provided it is life-cycle cost-effective. Section 524 encourages federal agencies to minimize standby energy use in purchases of energy-using equipment. Section 525 requires federal procurement to focus on use of Energy Star and Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP)-designated products. Section 526 prohibits federal agencies from procuring synfuel unless its life cycle GHG emissions are less than those for conventional petroleum sources. Section 527 directs each federal agency subject to any requirements under this title to issue an annual report that describes the status of initiatives to improve energy efficiency, reduce energy costs, and reduce GHG emissions. Section 528 requires the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to submit an annual report to Congress that summarizes the information reported under Section 527, evaluates overall progress toward the goals of Section 527, and recommends additional actions needed to meet those goals. Section 529 directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to conduct a national assessment of demand response, including an estimate of nationwide demand response out to a 10- year horizon. Further, FERC is required to prepare a National Action Plan on Demand Response, with cooperation from industry. Annual funding of $10 million per year is authorized over three years. Subtitle D, Energy Efficiency of Public Institutions Section 531 increases annual funding authorizations for DOE's state energy programs. Under Section 532, electric and natural gas utilities are required to make energy efficiency a priority resource and to integrate energy efficiency into resource plans and planning processes. Further, the utilities are directed to modify their rates to align their incentives with the delivery of cost-effective energy efficiency and promote energy efficiency investments. Utilities are encouraged to consider several policy options for achieving those goals. Subtitle E, Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grants This subtitle establishes an energy efficiency block grant program. Section 541 provides definitions of program elements. Section 542 directs DOE to establish an energy efficiency and conservation block grant program to help reduce energy use and emissions at the local and regional level. Section 543 establishes allocation percentages for grants provided under this subtitle. Section 544 enumerates the allowed purposes for the use of funds provided under this subtitle, which includes strategic planning, consultant services, and energy audits. Section 545 provides eligibility requirements for grants under this program, including payment of prevailing wage rates, submission of a strategic plan, and sharing of information. Section 546 sets criteria for minimum allocations of competitive grant funding. Section 547 specifies that DOE may review and evaluate the performance of grant recipients and withhold funds from those it deems have failed to achieve compliance. To support the grant program, Section 548 authorizes $2 billion annually over five years. Additional funding is authorized to cover administrative costs of the program. Section 548 stresses that funding will supplement, not replace, funding provided by DOE under the Weatherization and State Energy programs. Title VI: Accelerated Research and Development Subtitle A, Solar Energy Section 602 aims to improve the cost and effectiveness of thermal energy storage technologies that could improve the operation of concentrating solar power electric generating plants. Section 603 calls for improved integration of concentrating solar power into regional electricity transmission systems. Subtitle B, Geothermal Energy DOE is directed to support programs of R&D, demonstration, and commercial application to expand the use of geothermal energy. Section 613 directs DOE to support programs that (1) develop advanced prospecting tools to locate and develop hidden geothermal resources, and (2) demonstrate advanced exploratory drilling technologies and techniques with industry partners. Section 614 directs DOE to support programs to develop components and systems necessary to develop, produce, monitor, and model the performance of geothermal reservoirs used to produce geothermal energy. In addition, Section 614 directs DOE to support programs that mitigate or prevent environmental damage from geothermal energy development. Section 615 directs DOE to support enhanced geothermal system development, whereby geothermal reservoir systems are engineered (as opposed to naturally occurring systems) by creating fractures and permeable conduits via reservoir stimulation. DOE would support R&D programs for enhanced geothermal system technologies and for reservoir stimulation and support demonstration projects at a minimum of four sites. DOE is directed to establish a program of R&D, demonstration, and commercial application for geothermal energy production from oil and gas fields and from geopressured resources.19 Section 616 directs DOE to implement a grant program for at least three demonstration projects that use geothermal techniques to extract energy from marginal, unproductive, and productive oil and gas fields. Also, DOE is directed to establish a grant program for the recovery of energy from geopressured Section 618 directs DOE to establish a Center for Geothermal Technology Transfer, via a grant to an institution of higher learning or consortium thereof, that would serve as an information clearinghouse for the geothermal industry, make data available to the public, and coordinate R&D efforts among national and international partners. Section 619 would rename DOE's GeoPowering the West program as "GeoPowering America" and expand its geothermal technology transfer activities to cover the entire United States. Section 620 would award a grant on a competitive basis to an institution of higher education to establish a geothermal-powered energy generation facility on the institution's campus. 19 Geopressured resources are geothermal deposits of hot water or steam found in sedimentary rocks under higher than normal pressures and that are saturated with oil and gas. Section 624 directs DOE to support international geothermal energy development through collaborative efforts to promote geothermal R&D and deployment of geothermal technologies. Section 625 directs DOE to make grants to eligible entities from "high-cost regions"20 of the United States for a feasibility study, demonstration, and commercial application of technologies related to geothermal energy. Subtitle B authorizes $90 million annually for geothermal activities, of which $10 million is designated for activities under Section 616. An additional $5 million is authorized annually for the Intermountain West Geothermal Consortium, and $5 million is authorized annually for Section 624. All of the foregoing authorizations are in effect from 2008 to 2012. Subtitle C, Marine and Hydrokinetic Renewable Energy DOE is directed to create an R&D program focused on technology that produces electricity from waves, tides, currents, and ocean thermal differences (§633). A report to Congress is required. Further, DOE is instructed to award grants to institutions of higher education (or consortia thereof) to establish National Marine Renewable Energy Research, Development, and Demonstration Centers (§634). Subtitle D, Energy Storage for Transportation and Electric The U.S. Energy Storage Competitiveness Act of 2007 directs DOE to conduct a cost-shared RD&D program to support the ability of the nation to remain globally competitive in energy storage systems for electric drive vehicles, stationary applications, and electricity transmission and distribution. An Energy Storage Advisory Council will be created, with responsibility for preparing a five-year research plan. Also, through competitive bids, DOE will establish four energy storage research centers managed by the Office of Science. DOE is required to conduct energy storage demonstration projects. Also, DOE is to investigate secondary applications of energy storage equipment and to examine technologies and processes for final recycling and disposal of energy storage equipment. After five years of program operation, the law will require a review of the program by the National Academy of Sciences. A total authorization of nearly $3 billion is provided over a 10-year period. Subtitle E, Miscellaneous Provisions Section 651 directs DOE to establish an RD&D program to determine ways in which the weight of motor vehicles could be reduced to improve fuel efficiency without compromising passenger safety. This will focus on the development of new 20 These "high cost" regions are defined as places where the average cost of retail power exceeds 150% of the national average. materials and on reducing the cost of lightweight materials. An $80 million authorization is provided over a five-year period. Section 652 directs DOE to report on the state of technology development for "advanced" insulation with an R-value greater than R35 per inch. The report is to include an estimate of potential cost savings by applying such insulation to covered refrigeration units. If sufficient cost savings are projected, DOE will then be directed to conduct a cost-shared demonstration program to show actual cost savings. An $8 million funding authorization is provided for that program. Section 653 changes the sulfur dioxide (SO2) criterion for clean coal power plants from a percentage basis (99% of SO2 removed) to a weight-by-energy basis (no more than 0.04 pounds of SO2 per million Btu). Section 654 on the "H-Prize" directs DOE to conduct a competitive program to award cash prizes to advance R&D, demonstration, and commercial application of hydrogen energy technologies. Prizes can be a mix of federal appropriations and funds provided by an entity that DOE chooses to administer the program. The program sunsets in 2018. Prize categories include technology advancements in hydrogen production, storage, distribution, and use; prototypes of hydrogen vehicles and products; and technologies that "transform" distribution or production. DOE is required to report to Congress annually, identifying award recipients, technologies developed, and specific actions undertaken to commercialize the technologies. More than $1 billion is authorized over a 10-year period. Section 655 directs DOE to create the "Bright Tomorrow" lighting prizes for solid state (LED) lighting developments that achieve targeted levels of energy efficiency and other traits. Two specific categories are a solid state replacement for a 60-watt incandescent light and a replacement for the PAR Type 38 halogen light. Also, a prize is established for a "twenty-first century lamp" that achieves certain output, efficiency, and color targets. After the awards are made, DOE is required to develop guidelines for federal agency purchases of the incandescent and halogen replacements, with the goal of complete replacement within five years. Section 656 directs DOE to establish a cost-shared Renewable Energy Innovation Manufacturing Partnership Program to make awards to support RD&D on advanced manufacturing processes, materials, and infrastructure for renewable energy technologies. Further goals are to increase domestic renewable energy production and better coordinate federal, state, and private resources through partnerships. Solar, wind, biomass, geothermal, energy storage, and fuel cell systems are eligible forms of equipment. Title VII: Carbon Capture and Sequestration Development, and Demonstration DOE's program for carbon capture and sequestration R&D is expanded and will include large-scale demonstration projects. DOE is directed to engage the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to conduct a review of the program. DOE is directed to work with the NAS to develop interdisciplinary graduate degree programs with emphasis on geologic sequestration science. A university-based R&D grant program will be established to study carbon capture and sequestration using various types of coal. EPA is directed to assess potential impacts of carbon sequestration on public health and safety and the environment. Further, injection and sequestration activities under this subtitle are subject to the requirements of the Safe Drinking Water Act. Subtitle B, Carbon Capture and Sequestration Assessment and Framework Section 711 directs the Department of the Interior (DOI) to develop a methodology for an assessment of the national potential for geologic storage of carbon dioxide. Following publication of the methodology, DOI will be required to complete an assessment of national capacity for carbon dioxide storage in accordance with the methodology. Section 712 directs DOI to develop a methodology for an assessment of the total capacity of ecosystems to sequester carbon and the ability of ecosystems to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxides in ecosystems through management practices. Following publication of the methodology, DOI will be required to complete a national assessment of the quantity of carbon stored in and released from ecosystems, and the annual flux of carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxides in and out of ecosystems. Section 713 calls for DOI to maintain records, and an inventory, of the quantity of carbon dioxide stored within federal mineral leaseholds. Section 714 directs DOI to submit a report on a recommended regulatory framework for managing geologic carbon sequestration on public lands. The report must include an assessment of options to ensure that the United States receives fair market value for the use of public land, the proposed procedures for public review and comment, procedures for protecting natural and cultural resources of the public land overlying the geologic sequestration sites, a description of the status of liability issues related to the storage of carbon dioxide in public land, identification of legal and regulatory issues for cases where the United States owns title to the mineral resources but not the overlying land, identification of issues related to carbon dioxide pipeline rights-of-way, and recommendations for additional legislation that may be required for adequate public land management and leasing to accommodate geologic sequestration of carbon dioxide and pipeline rights-of-way. Title VIII: Improved Management of Energy Policy Subtitle A, Management Improvements Section 801 directs DOE to conduct a 10-year national media campaign to educate consumers to save energy and reduce oil use. Competitive bidding is required for contracting the media services. A funding authorization of $5 million per year is provided for five years. An annual report to Congress is required. Section 802 authorizes the Federal Coordinator for the Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects to appoint and terminate personnel and to pay appointed and temporary personnel up to a maximum of the level III rate of the Executive Schedule. The Federal Coordinator is granted authority to establish various payment requirements and to use funds raised without further appropriation. This authority does not affect the authority of the Secretary of the Interior. Section 803 creates a 50% matching grant program for constructing small renewable energy projects. Alaskan small hydroelectric power projects must have an electrical generation capacity less than 15 megawatts to qualify. Eligible applicants include local governments, utilities, and Indian tribes. Such sums as necessary are authorized for the program. Section 804 requires the Energy Information Administration (EIA) to monitor planned petroleum refinery outages and report to the Secretary of Energy when such outages are affecting the price or availability of petroleum products. The Secretary will then be required to share data with refinery operators and encourage reductions in out-of-service refinery capacity. Section 805 requires the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration (EIA) to develop a five-year plan for enhancing the scope, quality, and timeliness of the agency's data collection efforts. In addition, it requires closer coordination by EIA with state energy officials and with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The section addresses state-level data in several respects and requires the Administrator to submit to Congress within a year an assessment of state level energy data needs. EIA is directed to revisit certain data series that had been terminated due to budget constraints and to identify data gaps that may have resulted from those terminations. To implement this section, $10 million is authorized for 2008, and additional sums are authorized through 2012. Section 806 expresses the sense of Congress that there is a national goal to use renewable energy resources from agricultural, forestry, and working lands of the nation to provide at least 25% of the nation's energy use by 2025. Section 807 directs the Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey to conduct a comprehensive assessment of geothermal energy resources in the United States and report the findings of that assessment to Congress. Subtitle B, Prohibitions on Market Manipulation and False Information This subtitle prohibits crude oil and petroleum product wholesalers from using any technique to manipulate the market or provide false information. The law directs the Federal Trade Commission to treat such action as an unfair or deceptive practice, subject to civil penalties of not more than $1 million per incident. Title IX: International Energy Programs This title authorizes assistance to promote clean and efficient energy technologies in foreign countries, and it establishes an International Clean Energy Technologies in Foreign Countries The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is directed to report to Congress on efforts to support policies for clean and efficient energy technologies. The Department of Commerce is directed to increase efforts to export such technologies and report to Congress on the results. Other U.S. agencies with export promotion responsibilities are required to increase efforts to support these technologies. Also, a multi-agency Task Force on International Cooperation for Clean and Efficient Energy Technologies is created to support the implementation of clean energy markets in key developing countries. Section 917 creates a U.S.-Israel Energy Cooperation partnership to support research, development, and deployment (RD&D) of energy efficiency and renewable energy measures. Subtitle B, International Clean Energy Foundation The Foundation is established with the long-term goal of reducing GHG emissions. It is directed to use the funds authorized by this subtitle to make grants to promote projects outside of the United States that serve as models of how to reduce emissions. An annual report to Congress is required. Subtitle C, Miscellaneous Provisions Section 931 calls for the Secretary of State to ensure that energy security is integrated into the core mission of the Department of State. Energy advisors are required at key embassies, and the Department is required to report to Congress every two years on its energy-related activities. Section 932 adds the Secretary of Energy to the National Security Council. Section 933 calls for the President to submit to Congress a comprehensive annual report that describes a national energy security strategy for the nation. Section 934 implements the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage that was opened for signature in 1997. The convention has since been signed by the United States and 12 other countries but has not yet entered into force. Each party to the convention will be required to establish a compensation system within its borders for nuclear damages to the public. In the United States, this obligation will be fulfilled by the existing Price-Anderson Act (§170 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954). The convention will also establish a second tier of damage compensation to be paid by all parties. Section 934 requires the U.S. contribution to the second tier to be paid by suppliers of nuclear equipment and services, under a formula to be developed by DOE. Supporters of the convention contend that it will help U.S. exporters of nuclear technology by establishing a predictable international liability system. Section 935 has the stated purpose of improving national energy security by promoting anti-corruption initiatives in oil and natural gas rich countries and of improving global energy security by promoting programs such as the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) that aim to increase transparency and accountability into extractive resource payments. The sense of Congress is expressed that global energy security should be furthered by encouraging further participation in EITI by eligible countries and companies and by promoting the effectiveness of the EITI program by ensuring that a robust and candid review mechanism is put in place. The Secretary of State is required to report to Congress on progress made in promoting transparency in extractive industries resource payments. An authorization of $3 million is provided to support U.S. contributions to the Multi-Donor Trust Fund of EITI. Title X: Green Jobs This title authorizes up to $125 million in funding to establish national and state job training programs, administered by the Department of Labor, to help address job shortages that are impairing growth in green industries, such as energy efficient buildings and construction, renewable electric power, energy efficient vehicles, and biofuels development. Title XI: Energy Transportation and Infrastructure Subtitle A, Department of Transportation (DOT) An Office of Climate Change and Environment is established at DOT to plan, coordinate, and implement strategies to reduce transportation-related energy use, mitigate the effects of climate change, and address the impact of climate change on transportation systems and infrastructure. Subtitle B, Railroads This subtitle directs DOT, in coordination with EPA, to establish and conduct a pilot grant program to assist railroad carriers in purchasing hybrid locomotives, including hybrid switch locomotives, in order to demonstrate the extent to which such locomotives increase fuel economy, reduce emissions, and lower costs of operation. Also, DOT is directed to create a program of capital grants for the rehabilitation, preservation, or improvement of railroad track (including roadbed, bridges, and related track structures) of class II and class III railroads. Subtitle C, Marine Transportation Short sea transportation is defined as commercial waterborne transportation that originates at a port in the United States and ends at another port in the United States or at a port in Canada located in the Great Lakes Saint Lawrence Seaway System. The same definition applies for the case where origination and end points are reversed.21 This subtitle directs DOT to establish a short sea transportation program and designate short sea transportation projects to be conducted under the program to mitigate landside congestion. Short sea shipping activities are made eligible for support from DOT's capital construction fund. A report to Congress on the short sea transportation program is required. Subtitle D, Highways Section 1131 increases the federal share for congestion mitigation and air quality (CMAQ) projects up to 100% of project or program cost. Under Section 1132, DOT is directed to redistribute within each state any unobligated balances of the Highway Trust Fund that are rescinded in FY2008 or FY2009. Section 1133 expresses a sense of Congress that, in constructing new roadways or rehabilitating existing facilities, state and local governments should employ policies designed to accommodate all users, including motorists, pedestrians, cyclists, transit riders, and people of all ages and abilities. Title XII: Small Business Energy Programs Loans, grants, and debentures are established to help small businesses develop, invest in, and purchase energy efficient buildings, fixtures, equipment, and technology. Section 1201 empowers the Small Business Administration (SBA) to make "express" loans for certain energy efficiency and renewable energy projects. Section 1202 creates a two-year pilot loan program for purchasing energy efficient technologies under Section 7(a) of the Small Business Act at half the cost that would have otherwise been required. After the pilot program terminates, GAO is required to prepare a report to Congress that describes its energy-saving impact. Section 1203 creates small business energy efficiency, sustainability, and telecommuting programs. Reports to Congress are required for each of those programs. Section 1204 raises the Small Business Investment Act (SBIA) loan ceilings for certain energy efficiency and renewable energy projects undertaken by small businesses. Section 1205 enables qualified small business investment companies to issue energy-saving debentures. 21 This is the definition offered in Section 1122. Also, see the definition provided in Short Sea Shipping: Practices, Opportunities, and Challenges, by Gary A. Lombardo, [ ht t p: / / www.i nsour ceaudi t .com/ Whi t e Paper s / Shor t _Sea_Shi ppi ng.asp] . Section 1206 expands certain SBIA provisions to include investments in energy- saving small businesses. Section 1207 creates a Renewable Fuel Capital Investment (RFCI) pilot program that taps into venture capital to help small firms develop renewable energy sources and new technologies. A funding authorization of $30 million is provided for RFCI over two years. Section 1208 requires SBA to study the RFCI program and issue a report to Congress on its findings. Title XIII: Smart Grid Section 1301 establishes a federal policy to modernize the electric utility transmission and distribution system to maintain reliability and infrastructure protection. The term "Smart Grid" refers to a distribution system that allows for flow of information from a customer's meter in two directions: both inside the house to thermostats, appliances, and other devices, and from the house back to the utility.22 Smart Grid is defined to include a variety of operational and energy measures — including smart meters, smart appliances, renewable energy resources, and energy efficiency resources. Section 1302 calls for DOE to report to Congress on the deployment of Smart Grid technologies and any barriers to deployment. Section 1303 directs DOE to establish a Smart Grid Advisory Committee and a Smart Grid Task Force to assist with implementation. Section 1304 directs DOE to conduct Smart Grid RD&D and to develop measurement strategies to assess energy savings and other aspects of implementation. Section 1305 directs the National Institute of Standards and Technology to establish protocols and standards to increase the flexibility of use for Smart Grid equipment and systems. Section 1306 directs DOE to create a program that reimburses 20% of qualifying Smart Grid investments. Section 1307 directs states to encourage utilities to employ Smart Grid technology and allows utilities to recover Smart Grid investments through rates. Section 1308 requires DOE to prepare a report to Congress on the effect of private wire laws on the development of combined heat and power facilities. Section 1309 directs DOE to report to Congress on the potential impacts of Smart Grid deployment on the security of electricity infrastructure and operating capability. (For additional information, see CRS Report RL34288, Smart Grid Provisions in H.R. 6, 110th Congress, by Amy Abel.) Title XIV: Pool and Spa Safety Section 1401 identifies this title as the "Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act." Section 1402 finds that proper use of barriers or fencing could substantially reduce the number of childhood residential swimming and pool drownings. Section 1403 provides several definitions employed throughout this subtitle. Section 1404 sets an industry standard (ASME/ANSI A112.19.8) as a 22 The Smart Grid could allow appliances to be turned off during periods of high electrical demand and cost and give customers real-time information on constantly changing electric rates. The goal is to use advanced, information-based technologies to increase power grid efficiency, reliability, and flexibility, and reduce the rate at which additional electric utility infrastructure needs to be built. national performance standard for swimming pool and spa drain cover equipment. Section 1405 establishes a grant program and requires that at least 50% of the funding be used to assist states in hiring and training enforcement personnel to implement and enforce standards. The remaining funds must be used to educate pool construction and installation companies, pool owners and operators, and pool service companies, about the standard. Also, funding of $2 million per year over two years is authorized for the federal Consumer Product Safety Commission to implement the grant program. Section 1406 specifies minimum state law requirements to qualify for a grant under Section 1405. The requirement includes the enclosure of all outdoor residential pools and spas, installation of devices to prevent entrapment by pool or spa drains, and notification to pool owners about entrapment protection standards. Also, in setting minimum state law requirements, the Commission is directed to consider current or revised national standards for barrier and entrapment equipment, and to ensure that the requirements are consistent with the Commission's existing publications on pool safety guidelines. Section 1407 directs the Commission to conduct a public education program on methods to prevent drowning and entrapment in swimming pools. A funding authorization of $5 million per year is provided over five years. Section 1408 directs the Commission to submit a report to Congress that evaluates the implementation of the state grant program. Title XV: Revenue Provisions Section 1500 specifies that, unless expressed otherwise, all tax provisions in this act refer to provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. Section 1501 extends Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA) taxes for one year. FUTA imposes a 6.2% gross tax rate on the first $7,000 paid annually by covered employers to each employee. In 1976, Congress passed a temporary surtax of 0.2% of taxable wages to be added to the permanent FUTA tax rate. The temporary surtax was subsequently extended through 2007. The President's FY2008 Budget had proposed extending the FUTA surtax. The Treasury Department stated that "extending the surtax will support the continued solvency of the federal unemployment trust funds and maintain the ability of the unemployment system to adjust to any economic downturns." This section enacts the President's proposal for one year, 2008. This provision is estimated to raise $1.446 billion over 10 calendar Under Section 1502, the geological and geophysical costs of a major integrated oil company will be amortized (deducted proportionally) over a seven-year period instead of the current five-year period. (A major integrated oil company is defined as one with an average world production of at least 500,000 barrels per day, with 2005 gross receipts exceeding $1 billion, and which has at least a 15% interest in refinery operations.) Title XVI: Effective Date Section 1601 specifies that this act and the amendments it makes will take effect one day after enactment.

26 Jan 2018 Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, President of Iceland, will today be visiting Harvard University in the US. He is accompanied by his wife Eliza Reid. Reid will be speaking to students and staff about women's rights in Iceland. 13 Dec 2016 After three failed personal mandates to form a majority government in Iceland, the President has decided – for the second time – to give no specific mandate for the time being. 13 Nov 2016 President Guðni Th. Jóhannesson is enjoying great popularity among the nation for his laid-back attitude and unpresidential air. He's been spotted biking his kids to school, picking up Domino's pizza, and now, wearing Buff headwear to an official function. 3 Nov 2016 Bright Future and Regeneration – two parties in the centre of the Icelandic political spectrum – have decided to join forces for the purposes of ongoing talks to form a new government. 2 Nov 2016 "I expect the Iceland parliament to reverse this decision," he told reporters, indicating that his pay rise would not be going into his pocket, but "elsewhere". 2 Nov 2016 Leader of Iceland's Independence Party Bjarni Benediktsson will be given first crack of the whip at forming a new national government, it has just been announced. 1 Nov 2016 The 63 new MPs sitting in Iceland's national parliament ('Alþingi') can look forward to a new salary of nearly €9,000 per month, thanks to a 44% pay rise granted to them by the State pay authority National Remuneration Board (link in Icelandic) on election day. 31 Oct 2016 The President of Iceland Guðni Th. Jóhannesson has convened the leaders of all political parties represented in the new Icelandic parliament to the presidential residential of Bessastaðir today. 30 Sep 2016 New Icelandic President, Guðni Th.Jóhannesson has been true to his words in the presidential campaign when he said he would retain a "normal" life and cycle to school with his kids. 25 Aug 2016 The President of Iceland has sent a message of condolence to his Italian counterpart following yesterday's devastating earthquake, which is now believed to have killed almost 250 people. 22 Aug 2016 Iceland's new President Guðni Th. Jóhannesson was among the 15,000 people participating in the 33rd Reykjavik Marathon this weekend. 3 Aug 2016 The first official visit by President Guðni Th.Jóhannesson was to the Sólheimar Ecovillage in South Iceland today.

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The Collectors.partitioningBy methods return a Map<Boolean, ?> which is basically an API hack for returning two results instead of a single one. The Map is implemented by an internal class Collectors$Partition which has fields to represent the values for false and true. As such, entries for false and true are always present. The partitioningBy collector implementation relies on this, never checking for the absence of these entries in its accumulator and combiner functions. It would be very convenient for applications to be able to rely on both entries always being present. The application could then simply write map.get(false) or map.get(true), instead of having to check for presence explicitly using containsKey(), or having to call getOrDefault(bool, defaultVal). If the spec were modified with this requirement, it would reduce the need for applications to write defensive code, while requiring no implementation changes, nor imposing any disadvantages on future evolution.

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You Are Here: Home > Directions to Showroom > Mercedes-Benz Dealership Near Brookhaven, NY Mercedes-Benz Dealership Near Brookhaven, NY Are you looking for a trusted Mercedes-Benz dealership near Brookhaven? At Mercedes-Benz of Smithtown, we have a huge inventory of new and pre-owned models to suit all styles and budgets. We offer a smooth shopping experience, while also providing automotive servicing and financing options. We boast a committed sales team with years of experience in satisfying customer requirements. Feel free to browse our inventory and set up a test drive before you consider purchasing a model. Follow the directions given below to reach our dealership. About Brookhaven, NY Brookhaven is the most populous town in Suffolk County, and the only one to stretch from South Shore to North Shore of Long Island. It is largest town in the state, in terms of area, and 2nd most populous one. In mid-17th century, it was founded as a group of agricultural hamlets, which later expanded as a center of shipbuilding in the 19th century. It houses two popular research centers, Brookhaven National Laboratory and Stony Brook University. The area has long been served by Bridgeport & Port Jefferson Ferry and Long Island Railroad. Driving Directions from Brookhaven to Mercedes-Benz of Smithtown Travel Time: 19 minutes Start: Brookhaven, NY Head east towards Mount Sinai-Coram Rd 479 ft Make a right turn onto Mount Sinai-Coram Rd 1.1 mi Make a right turn onto NY-25 W/Middle Country Rd 8.6 mi Make a left turn 135 ft Make a left turn 89 ft End: Mercedes-Benz of Smithtown 630 Middle Country Rd, St James, NY 11780 Special Holiday Hours (Closed): Mother's DaySunday, 5/12/2019 Memorial DayMonday, 5/27/19 Father's DaySunday, 6/16/2019 Independence DayThursday, 7/4/19 Labor DayMonday, 9/2/19 Thanksgiving DayThursday, 11/28/19 Christmas DayWednesday, 12/25/19 New Year's DayWednesday, 1/1/20

There's no FROW like an African FROW. It's that time of the year again where Africa gets to shine and show London what the continent's fashion is all about. Time to get glam, print-tastic and colourful to discover, enjoy and celebrate some of this diverse continent's creative talent. This year marked the event's fifth anniversary and it was even bigger and better. Now in its new [and likely future] home at Olympia West, the event has attracted a wider audience and increased media attention thanks to the fantastic job Team AFWL do in providing an open and fun platform for Africa's designers and creators to showcase their work. Africa is a huge continent with an incredibly rich and mixed cultural heritage and diaspora. With the help of events like this one the world [or at least Londoners] can get the opportunity to be a little curious, adventurous and hopefully inspired by African fashion. It was such a shame that I was in a difficult spot to be able to truly capture Le Ekhaya designs. Luckily I got this one shot of the beautiful designer and one of my favourite outfits from the collection - which involved rich greens and power dressing a la cape [clearly made for those Superhero Women out there]. Again in a difficult spot but I managed to capture the majority of Sakara designs in this one shot. Classic African prints with innovative tailoring - I particularly liked the waistcoats and jackets which could accessorise a classic outfit with a bit of flare. The final shots from a difficult spot was the Asake Oge collection - distinctly more geometric cloth patterns in a mix of bright and fun colours. I enjoyed the modern take on the classic African print. This showcase was one of my favourites from the whole weekend. The use of texture, colour and powerful lines made a winning combination - the designers' strong eye for detail was evident with every piece purposefully placed and draped in the perfect way. Also, please let's just take a moment and absorb that magnificent cape. This collection beautifully showcased what happens when Africa meets Asia in clothing design. Beautiful shapes and cuts but with the African print and flare retained, all creating a fun twist to everyday wearable fashion. Some of these designs made me feel like I could be chilling in / near a rice field, keeping cool in the shade. Plus the hats were adorable / I want one! These ladies are bang on trend and super cute [look at them!] - all of which came through in their beautiful designs. Relatively more subtle with a pastel-like colour palette but still packing a punch with flowy fabrics and strong silhouettes [the power cape made another appearance, with a little more softness to it this time]. Another one of my favourites over the weekend. This mammoth colourful collection was created by 18 designers from the South African KZN Fashion Council. Made up of different yet complimentary styles in one capsule - particular highlights for me were the distinct and suave suits, primary colour and print power gowns, sunshine yellow dresses, bikinis and pink & blue evening gowns. A great collection with some memorable innovative designs. KZN Fashion Council. // all eighteen designers in full force! hope you've all had a fashion-fabulous weekend too.

Front and center! Jennifer Lopez put her assets on display in a pair of cleavage-baring ensembles at the NBC Universal 2016 upfronts in NYC on Monday, May 16 — and you can see both of her sizzling looks in today's Red Carpet Daily, presented by AT&T. The Shades of Blue star, 46, celebrated her detective series' renewal in a fitted white dress by David Koma, complete with metal-accented keyhole cutouts, plus pointed-toe white pumps. But of course, that wasn't Lopez's only steamy style. Later that night, the "Ain't Your Mama" singer, who shares 8-year-old twins, Max and Emme, with ex-husband Marc Anthony, embraced the sun in Christian Siriano's décolletage-flaunting marigold dress and matching coat. Peekaboo Christian Louboutin heels completed the ensemble. On the other side of the country, young lovebirds Chloë Grace Moretz and Brooklyn Beckham finally made their red carpet debut at the L.A. premiere of the actress' new film, Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising. After you see what Moretz and Beckham wore for the occasion, keep tuning in to swoon over all of Blake Lively's couture maternity style at the Cannes Film Festival 2016!

Fujifilm X-H2 review: Hands-on First Look Andy Westlake takes a first look at Fujifilm's new high-resolution 40MP mirrorless model Canon EOS 2000D Rebel T7 Review Audley Jarvis reviews the Canon EOS 2000D, but is Canon's 24MP entry-level DSLR still up to scratch in 2022? Fujifilm Fujinon XF 150-600mm F5.6-8 R LM OIS WR Review Angela Nicholson reviews the Fujifilm Fujinon XF 150-600mm F5.6-8 R LM OIS WR telephoto zoom lens for X-Mount cameras Fujifilm X30 Review Fujifilm's X-series compacts share the same aesthetic values to their compact system camera counterparts and remain an attractive proposition for those after a classic and stylish model that provides all the manual control one could ask for. At first glance, Fujifilm's third premium compact – the X30 – looks similar to what we've seen before, and while that's no bad thing, it enters a competitive market that's thriving with new models and technology. This begs the question: can it bring enough new features to the table to be a serious contender up against three of its rivals – the Canon PowerShot G7X, Panasonic Lumix LX100 and Sony CyberShot RX100 III? Fujifilm X30 Review – Features A quick look over the spec sheet reveals many of the X30's innards are identical to the X20. The same can be said for the lens, which covers a focal length of 28-112mm with a variable aperture of f/2-2.8. Behind this lens lies the same 12MP 2/3inch-type X-Trans CMOS II sensor as used in the X20, which features its own unique colour filter array that makes the use of an anti-aliasing filter redundant to effectively boost the level of detailed captured, while reducing traces of moiré patterning. With the same sensor and same lens present, it's perhaps no surprise that the X30 also inherits the X20's EXR Processor II, which permits an impressive continuous shooting burst of 12fps, full HD, 1920×1080-pixel movie recording at a variety of frame rates that includes, 60, 50, 20, 25 and 24fps, as well as a near-instant startup time of 0.5secs. With so many key similarities to what has already been seen before, I hear you asking the question; so what is new? Though the technology on the inside is essentially the same Fujifilm's engineers have spent their efforts refining the exterior, with its standout feature being a new 0.39inch, 2.36-million-dot OLED electronic viewfinder that replaces the optical viewfinder from before. With a 100% viewing coverage, 0.65x magnification and display lag time of 0.005secs, the viewfinder is up there as the best in its class, superior in resolution terms to the pop-up EVF as found on the Sony RX100 III and less tunnel like and more pleasing to use than the EVF present on the Panasonic Lumix LX100. The compositional benefits don't end here and to keep up with the Sony RX100 III and Canon G7 X, the X30 introduces a larger 3.0inch, 920k-dot screen at the rear that can be tilted upward by just over 90 degrees and downward by 45 degrees for easy shooting at extreme angles. Although touch functionality isn't catered for, the screen is a leap in the right direction and a significant improvement on the X20's rather lacklustre 460k-dot LCD panel that was criticized last year. Viewfinder and screen aside, other improvements to the X30 include an external 2.5mm mic input, a wired remote input and the addition of Wi-Fi, opening up the opportunity to control the camera wirelessly or download photos instantly to an iOS or Android smartphone or tablet running Fujifilm's Camera Remote app. With Wi-Fi being notorious for draining battery life, Fujifilm has upped the ante with regard to battery stamina. The X30 is now capable of shooting 470 shots on a single charge – a 200 shot improvement over the X20 according to CIPA's recognized test procedure.

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Having recently re-installed my Ubuntu system with Raring Ringtail, I needed to install the development tools I use most frquently. The first time I did this I struggled to get everything installed and working. It was one of those situations where you try so many things you can't remember exactly which combination of events took place in which order, and you end up staring at your history file trying trying to work out which particular invocations were the ones that worked. I usually program in C, using the GTK+ 3.0 libraries and SQLite. I also sometimes use the Geany IDE, Nemiver debugger front-end, Glade UI designer and Git. For Git I either use the Git CLI commands or gitg or Smartgit/Hg. These are all easy to locate and install, with Geany, Glade and Nemiver both readily accessible through the Ubuntu Software Centre. I've managed to backtrace through my previous flounderings and have got two single CLI commands that install the GTK and SQLite libraries for me. I'm recording them here so that I know where to find them next time.

Jake Cassidy Happy To Upset A Few People It Brings Notts County Success Striker Jake Cassidy does not mind upsetting opposition supporters this year if it means that Notts County are successful in Sky Bet League 1. Last weekend, Cassidy's second-half strike almost clinched an opening day three points at Deepdale despite Notts being written off by the bookies ahead of kick-off. The Magpies made life difficult for the Lilywhites and looked a much tougher outfit to beat on the road than at times in 2013.14. Cassidy is willing to dig deep again against Fleetwood Town if required but hopes to take the game to the League 1 new boys and give the Meadow Lane faithful plenty to get excited about. "You've got to do whatever it takes to win and if that means disrupting the game and slowing things down then you've got to do it," he told The Mag. "At home, it's a bit different because you've got your fans with you and you can be a bit more attacking. "At the end of the day, you've got to win games and if we win by playing how we did on Saturday, then so be it. "But, if we play like that ever week, we'll have a right good chance of a successful season." He added: "We just need to be confident on the ball - just like we were in the second half against Preston. "We need to get forward more and take our chances, because we missed a few against Preston and we could've been out of sight. "With a home crowd behind us, we can hopefully push forward more and be more of an attacking force. "We caused what was classed as an upset at Preston and hopefully we'll do the same in the league this year." To read the full interview with Cassidy, make sure you pick up this weekend's edition of The Mag. All members of The Bench can obtain a copy with their voucher booklet from a programme seller or the club shop. To find out the full benefits of a season ticket this season, click here.

I have a goal to go through and clean all the closets and cupboards in my house. It's going to take a while. My motivation is that I let myself go sew after finishing each drawer, cupboard, closet etc. so this is what is next on the frame. This will be a graduation quilt. I'm not likely to be in Wisconsin for the actual graduation, but I am headed there soon. So I thought I'd get this finished up so I could take it with me when I go. This s the panto I am using. This entry was posted in Pantographs, Uncategorized. Bookmark the permalink. Great quilt and panto – and oh my your willpower is awesome! Love this panto! And I applaud you for your "spring cleaning". I try but I find that I mostly more things from one drawer or closet to the next. I need an intervention! I use sewing as a reward at times too. Anything to motivate me to do those tasks I'd rather avoid! I like the quilt, and the panto is perfect! You have such willpower to clean before sewing. You're setting an example for the rest of us! Great panto choice for that quilt. It's fun to see what you're doing with all the tops you pieced while in AZ.

HIDE & SEEK: Muffin hides, and counts to 10 while hiding. When she's done counting, the other person says "I'm coming to find you", at which point Muffin darts out of her hiding spot. TAG: The person who is "it" runs, and the other person tries to catch them. When you catch them you become "it" and have to run away and "avoid" being caught. I know - she's got them backwards! Its so cute though ;) We've tried explaining to her the 'typical' rules but she doesn't buy them. Gotta admire how she likes to do it her own way! On a related note, I think this NPR article does a great job explaining why creative play is SO important.

Baltic Storm is one of Europe's biggest IPSC matches, with 40 stages over two days. The match took place on Kroonu Shooting Range in Estonia, which is about 45 minutes by car from Tallinn. The flight from Oslo to Tallinn is approximately two hours. With a valid European firearms pass there was no trouble getting weapons and ammunition in and out of Estonia. This match is highly recommended to participate in. It is challenging to shoot as many stages in such a short time. Posted in Level 3, Matchrapporter.

Accueil > Printer-friendly > Printer-friendly Road Widening and Reconstruction Eglinton Avenue East at Brentcliffe Road – South Side Thu, 2020-06-11 ORIGINAL POST: MAY 8, 2020 Road Widening and Reconstruction Eglinton Avenue East at Brentcliffe Road – South Side As part of construction of the future surface alignment for the Eglinton Crosstown LRT, crews will be performing road widening and reconstruction activities on the south side of Eglinton Avenue East between Brentcliffe Road and the West Don River Bridge. Activities include road widening, curb and sidewalk construction, wet utility relocations and electrical works. Work will take place early May through to early July 2020. Road works on the south side of Eglinton Avenue East will continue through to early July 2020. Work may occur from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday. The contractor may not always work during the permitted hours but may do so at its discretion. Work may be rescheduled due to weather conditions or unforeseen circumstances. Crews will be widening and reconstructing the south side of Eglinton Avenue, east of Brentcliffe Road. Crews will be relocating wet utilities, reconstructing curbs and sidewalks and completing electrical works for street lighting. Construction activities include: - Concrete removal - Excavation - Concrete works - Backfill - Compaction - Paving - Streetlight installation Noise and vibration from construction equipment and vehicles can be expected. Site lighting may be required. In addition to construction activity, residents can expect to see equipment and material storage within designated work zones. TRAFFIC, PEDESTRIAN AND TTC DETAILS There will be no impacts to the existing traffic configuration. The east crosswalk at the Brentcliffe Road and Eglinton Ave East intersection will remain closed. The pedestrian walkway on the south side of Eglinton Avenue East will remain available for the duration of these works. No changes to existing TTC stop locations. Travelling Smart during Construction Travel delays are expected with the Crosstown construction. Please allow extra time for your journey. Traffic will be extra heavy at peak periods during the Crosstown construction. When possible, please travel during the off-peak period between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Sign up for e-mail updates at www.thecrosstown.ca/sign-up [1] or download the Crosstown traffic app to get real-time traffic and transit information for the Eglinton corridor Brentcliffe Road [2] Droits d'auteur © [year] - Metrolinx Source URL: http://thecrosstown.ca/fr/news-media/whats-new/road-widening-and-reconstruction-eglinton-avenue-east-at-brentcliffe-road-south [2] http://thecrosstown.ca/fr/news-media/whats-new/brentcliffe-road [3] http://thecrosstown.ca/fr/news-media/whats-new/construction-updates

Q: Modify a byte of a C# color int or uint I'm working with bitmaps in C#, and as you know bitmaps are usually stored as 24bpp or 32bpp in memory (when locked). After extracting the int color value of a pixel, I need to read one byte at a time to get R, G, B and edit the same bytes to modify RGB respectively. Is there a way using pointers to modify any given byte of a 4-byte 32-bit int? Or maybe I can create a struct and cast the int to a struct that allows access/modification of individual bytes? int color = 0xFFAABB // attempt to read individual bytes of an int int R = *((*color)); int G = *((*color)+1); int B = *((*color)+2); // attempt to modify individual bytes of an int *((*color)) = R; *((*color)+1) = G; *((*color)+2) = B; I need such a method for fast reading/writing of individual bytes. If there is an unsafe method to work with such pointers I don't mind that too. I cannot convert each pixel to a Color object since its too slow for high-speed image manipulation. A: Generally what I do is create a struct as you've said: public struct Pixel { public byte Blue; public byte Green; public byte Red; public byte Alpha; } Then I have a utility functions such as: public void SetPixel(int x, int y, Pixel colour) { Pixel* pixel = GetPixelAt(x, y); *pixel = colour; } public Pixel* GetPixelAt(int x, int y) { return (Pixel*)((byte*)_bitmapData.Scan0.ToPointer() + y * _width + x * sizeof(Pixel)); } Then you can just call it like this: Pixel p; p.Red = 255; p.Green = 0; p.Blue = 0; p.Alpha = 255; SetPixel(0, 0, p); _bitmapData is the BitmapData structure returned via LockBits. EDIT: From comments. This is how you would convert them: // from pixel to int Pixel p; p.Red = 0; p.Green = 0; p.Blue = 0; p.Alpha = 0; int* i = (int*)&p; // from int to pixel Pixel p2; p2 = *(Pixel*)&i; Untested, but should be okay. A: To use pointers you must use unsafe code. But you can achieve what you want using shift and bitwise operators. // attempt to read individual bytes of an int int r = (color & 0x00FF0000)>>16; int g = (color & 0x0000FF00)>>8; int b = (color & 0x000000FF); Console.WriteLine("R-{0:X}, G-{1:X}, B-{2:X}", r, g, b); // attempt to modify individual bytes of an int int r1 = 0x1A; int g1 = 0x2B; int b1 = 0x3C; color = (color & ~0x00FF0000) | r1 << 16; color = (color & ~0x0000FF00) | g1 << 8; color = (color & ~0x000000FF) | b1; Console.WriteLine("Color-{0:X}", color); You can wrap this snippet in structure as you wish. This is solution with unsafe code, you must set allow unsafe code in your build options. using System; namespace PixelTest { public unsafe struct Pixel { private int _color; public Pixel(int color) { _color = color; } public int GetColor() { return _color; } public int GetR() { fixed(int* c = &_color) { return *((byte*)c + 2); } } public int GetG() { fixed(int* c = &_color) { return *((byte*)c + 1); } } public int GetB() { fixed(int* c = &_color) { return *(byte*)c; } } public void SetR(byte red) { fixed (int* c = &_color) { *((byte*)c + 2) = red; } } public void SetG(byte green) { fixed (int* c = &_color) { *((byte*)c + 1) = green; } } public void SetB(byte blue) { fixed (int* c = &_color) { *(byte*)c = blue; } } } class Program { static void Main(string[] args) { Pixel c = new Pixel(0xFFAABB); Console.WriteLine("R-{0:X}, G-{1:X}, B-{2:X}", c.GetR(), c.GetG(), c.GetB()); c.SetR(0x1A); c.SetG(0x2B); c.SetB(0x3D); Console.WriteLine("Color - {0:X}", c.GetColor()); } } }

Guy Bono (ur. 30 kwietnia 1953 w Badżi) – francuski polityk tunezyjskiego pochodzenia, poseł do Parlamentu Europejskiego (2004–2009). Życiorys Absolwent chemii, kształcił się we Francuskim Krajowym Konserwatorium Sztuk i Rzemiosł. Od 1983 pracował w administracji terytorialnej, był m.in. kierownikiem ds. kultury w departamencie Delta Rodanu. Zaangażował się w działalność Partii Socjalistycznej, był członkiem jej rady krajowej, prezydium i sekretariatu krajowego. Od 2004 do 2010 pełnił funkcję wiceprzewodniczącego rady regionu Prowansja-Alpy-Lazurowe Wybrzeże. W latach 2004–2009 sprawował mandat posła do Parlamentu Europejskiego. Zasiadał w grupie Partii Europejskich Socjalistów, pracował w Komisji Kultury i Edukacji. W 2008 kandydował bez powodzenia na urząd mera Saint-Martin-de-Crau (konkurując z dotychczasowym socjalistycznym burmistrzem). Został wybrany w skład rady tej miejscowości. Bibliografia Profil na stronie Parlamentu Europejskiego Curriculum vitae na stronie financnici.cz Francuscy posłowie do Parlamentu Europejskiego Francuscy samorządowcy Politycy Partii Socjalistycznej (Francja) Urodzeni w 1953

Q: Python: append() function not working when I print the list? I have a class object and tried to add that object to a class list but it doesn't work for some reason. What am I doing wrong here? I am new to Python. I know this kind of question would not fit in this community but I do need help from professional people like you guys. It would be appreciated if someone can help solve this! Thanks. Here's my code snippet below: class Catalogue: def __init__(self, catalogue_list): self._catalogue_list = catalogue_list def add_item(self): item = LibraryItemGenerator.create_item() self._catalogue_list.append(item) # append not working?... print(item) def display_available_items(self): print("Item List") print("--------------", end="\n\n") for library_item in self._catalogue_list: print(library_item) class LibraryItemGenerator: @staticmethod def create_item(): print("What kind of items would you like to add to the library catalogue?") print("1. Book") print("2. DVD") print("3. Journal") option = int(input("Select type of item: ")) title = input("Enter title: ") call_num = input("Enter call number: ") author = input("Enter author name: ") num_copies = input("Enter the number of copies: ") if option == 1: return Book(call_num, title, num_copies, author) if option == 2: release_date = input("Enter release date: ") region_code = input("Enter region code: ") return Dvd(call_num, title, num_copies, author, release_date, region_code) if option == 3: names = input("Enter name: ") issue_number = input("Enter issue number: ") publisher = input("Enter publisher: ") return Journal(call_num, title, num_copies, author, names, issue_number, publisher) def main(): book = Book("263.25A", "Burgers and Yam Fries", 3, "Dr. Hou") journal = Journal("267.21B", "I am hungry!", 5, "Dr. Hou", "THE NEWYORK TIMES", 21, "James Poul") dvd = Dvd("193.25C", "Overwatch is fun", 2, "Dr. Hou", "2020-06-23", "CA") cat = Catalogue([book, journal, dvd]) cat.add_item() cat.display_available_items() #doesn't show the newly created objects.. append() didn't work? if __name__ == '__main__': main() A: suggest using pdb debugger. just insert pdb.set_trace() between item = LibraryItemGenerator.create_item() and self._catalogue_list.append(item). Use commands to navigate what actually happen before and after calling append(). in pdb mode, you can do print(ietm, self._catalogue_list) and try self._catalogue_list.append(item). Then after calling self._catalogue_list.append(item), print(self._catalogue_list) again. compare it with your previous print [<Labs.Lab3.book.Book object at 0x10840bfd0>, <Labs.Lab3.journal.Journal object at 0x10840bf70>, <Labs.Lab3.dvd.Dvd object at 0x1084072e0>] also i would suggest if..elif..elif instead of if..if..if. Former will raise error where you can catch if option not in [1, 2, 3] A: Here is a fully functional code with all of the classes and methods fixed: class Catalogue: def __init__(self, catalogue_list): self._catalogue_list = catalogue_list def add_item(self, item): self._catalogue_list.append(item) def display_available_items(self): print("Item List") print("--------------", end="\n\n") for library_item in self._catalogue_list: print(library_item) class LibraryItemGenerator: def __init__(self, option): self.option = option self.title = input("Enter title: ") self.call_num = input("Enter call number: ") self.author = input("Enter author name: ") self.num_copies = input("Enter the number of copies: ") if option == 1: pass elif option == 2: self.release_date = input("Enter release date: ") self.region_code = input("Enter region code: ") elif option == 3: self.names = input("Enter name: ") self.issue_number = input("Enter issue number: ") self.publisher = input("Enter publisher: ") def __str__(self) -> str: #Provides a readable description of the object description = f'Title: {self.title}, ' \ f'Call No: {self.call_num}, ' \ f'Author: {self.author}, ' \ f'Number of Copies: {self.num_copies}' if self.option == 1: return "BOOK: " + description elif self.option == 2: description += f', Release date: {self.release_date}, ' \ f'Region code: {self.region_code} ' return "DVD: " + description elif self.option == 3: description += f', Names: {self.names}, ' \ f'Issue number: {self.issue_number}, ' \ f'Publisher: {self.publisher}' return "JOURNAL: " + description def main(): cat = Catalogue([]) while True: print("What kind of items would you like to add to the library catalogue?") print("1. Book") print("2. DVD") print("3. Journal") option = int(input("Select item type (or -1 to finish): ")) if option == -1: break item = LibraryItemGenerator(option) cat.add_item(item) cat.display_available_items() if __name__ == '__main__': main() After querying the user, this is a sample output: BOOK: Title: Odyssey, Call No: 23, Author: Homer, Number of Copies: 2 DVD: Title: Total Recall, Call No: 00234, Author: Picture Company, Number of Copies: 2, Release date: 1980, Region code: 908

The story of three Moroccan dancers who despite having valid Visas, were refused entry, locked up, and deported by the Dutch authorities. On January 10, 2019, hip-hop dancers Hamza, 20, Bourich Omar and Ahmed, 21, arrive at passport control at the Eindhoven airport in the Netherlands. In their hands, they have their Schengen* visas (3 months, multiple entries), which were delivered to them by the Dutch consulate in Casablanca on December 28, 2018. The passport control agent asks them to state the purpose of their trip, their place of residence during their stay in the Netherlands and the amount of money they have on them. The three dancers are there to participate in an international hip-hop Battle that will be held in the city on January 12. Their return flights have been paid for and are scheduled for January 17 (Hamza and Omar) and 22 (Ahmed). In Eindhoven, their Dutch dancer friends and hosts are expecting them. Between the three of them, they have about 300 euros in their pockets. Hamza and Omar have already been to Europe (France, Netherlands), invited by Battle and hip-hop festival organizers. They are known on the Moroccan scene and are part of The Lions Crew Collective, which was praised by the New York Times in May 2018. As for Ahmed, it's his first time in Europe. "I am not a criminal, I am an artist," Hamza repeats, in vain. The agents inform the three dancers that they are not allowed into the Netherlands for "insufficient means of subsistence" and insufficient justification for the purpose of their stay. However, Hamza, Omar and Ahmed are not sent back to Morocco. They are loaded into a van and transferred to a detention centre for undocumented migrants in Rotterdam, a two-hour drive away from the city where their plane landed, despite the fact that they have both valid passports and visas. Hamza and Omar will remain in detention there from January 10 to 15. Ahmed will stay there until the 17th. When they arrive at the centre late in the evening of January 10, they don't really know where they are nor why. It's not a prison, they're told, it's a centre for undocumented migrants. They don't know how long they're going to stay. At the centre, their cellphones and some of their belongings are confiscated and placed in plastic bags. They undergo a body search and are scanned from head to toe. Payment cards containing the sums they had on them, plus 10 euros, are handed to them. They will use the cards to pay for their purchases and their phone calls in the detention centre. Ahmed and Hamza are locked up together in a cell. Omar is in another: "I was scared, I didn't want to be alone. I begged them to let me stay with my friends, even if it meant sleeping on the ground." In vain. In the cell, there are bunk beds, a TV, a microwave oven and a landline phone. With their payment cards, Hamza, Omar and Ahmed call their families and notify l'Uzine, the cultural centre in Casablanca where they rehearse and create. On Saturday January 12, two days after their arrival at the centre , they meet a lawyer who has been assigned to their case. He asks them the same questions they were asked before: why did you come to the Netherlands? Did you plan on staying? They give the same answers. The lawyer promises that he'll come back the next day. They never see him again. On Sunday, they receive a visit from a high Moroccan official in the Netherlands, who has been informed of their case by l'Uzine, the cultural centre in Casablanca. The dignitary comforts them but cannot do anything to get them out immediately. He informs them that they will be sent back to Morocco, but even he doesn't know when. On Tuesday, January 15, agents come to get Hamza and Omar, but not Ahmed. The two boys think they are going to be freed. They are, in fact, loaded into a van again, each locked in a box, brought back to the police station in Eindhoven, and finally back to the airport where they first arrived. They wait for several hours inside a vehicle on the tarmac, before being handed over to the flight staff of a Ryanair flight to Marrakech. Without their passports. Omar and Hamza end up at the central police station in Marrakech, where they are interrogated at length before being released. They finally pick up their passports: their 3-month Schengen visas have been covered with a red stamp, cancelled by the Dutch authorities. On January 17, Ahmed undergoes the same treatment.

Changqiao är en ort i Kina. Den ligger i provinsen Fujian, i den sydöstra delen av landet, omkring 95 kilometer nordväst om provinshuvudstaden Fuzhou. Antalet invånare är . Runt Changqiao är det ganska tätbefolkat, med invånare per kvadratkilometer. Närmaste större samhälle är Pinghu, km sydväst om Changqiao. I omgivningarna runt Changqiao växer huvudsakligen savannskog. Genomsnittlig årsnederbörd är millimeter. Den regnigaste månaden är juni, med i genomsnitt mm nederbörd, och den torraste är oktober, med mm nederbörd. Källor Orter i Fujian WP:Projekt Kina

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The Philadelphia Phillies recently acquired Matt Harrison from the Rangers in the Cole Hamels trade. Harrison has been diagnosed with hypothyroidism, according to Jeff Wilson of the Forth Worth Star Telegram. Hypothyroidism is when you don't produce thyroid hormones. Harrison has been suffering from weight loss, back issues and a loss of velocity. Harrison hopes that this diagnoses is the answer to those problems. Also from Matt Harrison: He's been diagnosed with hyperthyroidism. Hopes that is answer to his weight loss, back stiffness and lack of velo. The 29-year-old has started just nine games since 2013 and had spinal fusion surgery last year. He's made just three starts this season, posting a 6.75 ERA in 16 innings.

Startup Check-In A New Approach To Bank-FinTech Collaborations Posted on February 28, 2019 February 28, 2019 12:29 pm Banks have historically developed their own solutions for the marketplace, using sophisticated information technology (IT) and development resources. "If they wanted something for the marketplace, they would create it" and would design, develop and support those solutions for their unique needs, DadeSystems President and CEO Bill Zayas told PYMNTS in an interview. While that model worked well, Zayas said third-party providers have started to create solid software apps that met different needs over the years. Amid that trend, Zayas said bigger banks would license a FinTech's code and then take it apart to fit their environment. The advantage, in that case, is that someone else did all the development work – but the banks still had to configure, install and support these customized applications. "They couldn't turn to the vendor because they had modified it so extensively," Zayas said. And from an innovation perspective, this setup kept the banks a step behind. Today, however, Zayas said there is much more collaboration between banks and FinTechs, which are not encumbered by legacy environments. These firms can tap into new tech stacks and develop new solutions that fit the marketplace and take advantage of the latest technology. Bigger banks were not running solutions in the public cloud, for instance, because they had a closed-loop environment – but FinTech may be able to take a different approach. DadeSystems, for instance, has been able to help with receivables automation or integrated receivables (IR), while leveraging open-source technology, a more advanced tech stack and the public cloud. FinTech collaborations can also serve as a defensive strategy for the bank. If the FinTech serves a bank's customer directly, the bank could be disassociated from the customer. The FinTech, in turn, could provide the solution and cut the bank out, which makes the corporate less sticky to the bank. By collaborating with the FinTech, however, banks bring the solution to the market faster and offer it themselves. And Zayas pointed out that FinTechs and banks are working on a partnership model that may differ from how they historically collaborated. In this kind of model, FinTechs can provide white-label solutions to the banks. Their technology then works behind the scenes and serves as the engine powering the solution in a less costly environment, further suggesting that banks can benefit from working with FinTechs. Related Items:automation, Banks, collaborations, DadeSystems, Digital Banking, FinTechs, News, partnerships, startups, SUCI, Technology Amazon Lets Prime Members Pick Day Of Delivery US Economic Growth In 4Q Not As Bad As Expected

The weather was hot. I wore jeans and a t-shirt. I wore Jeans and a tshirt . The weather was it is hot inside venue. no AC. . I wore dress; flip flops. Cooked & cupcakes delish! Food trucks are kinda pricey but hey, they're food trucks. Get there early & park on the street. It gets hot inside the track area, but take a sweater during cold weather & wear comfortable shoes! Get your drinks early, cause they close the bar RIGHT before you want that last beer. Get there early for better street parking. I loved it all. Food trux with HD DVD! They no longer serve Tectate because they said PBR was a better match. That made me sad. Everything done is for our safety, so just go w/it! We got there just as the game started, no problem getting in and finding a spot.

Home > urban > I Was Caught up in a Hero Summoningbut That World Is at Peace > Chapter 913: Meeting the Six Kings Executives - Seven Prince I Was Caught up in a Hero Summoningbut That World Is at Peace Chapter 913: Meeting the Six Kings Executives - Seven Prince Author:Toudai Category:urban Update time:2022-09-12 03:24:34 After I managed to avoid the development of eating bell peppers thanks to Kuro, I had a tea party…… or rather, a simple lunch party with the two fairies. The table was lined with vegetables and fruits grown by Tir-san, cut into sticks and eaten with dressing. Everything was freshly harvested and very tasty. Well, I would have liked to eat meat with these, but since Raz-san and Tir-san don't eat meat, I didn't take any meat out of my magic box and just enjoyed the vegetables as they are. As we ate the fruits and vegetables, our conversation was about the two fairies, and I smiled as I listened to them talk about how close they were. From what I've heard so far, Tir-san seems to be quite fond of Raz-san, often saying "Raz-sama is amazing". [……Speaking of which, Tir-san was the second Fairy King and Raz-san was the first Fairy King, right] [Yes! Tir is still no match for Raz-sama, but Tir is still the Fairy King!] [I think Tir is doing a great job~~] [Incidentally, why did Raz-san quit being the Fairy King] [That was because Raz was invited by Kuromu-sama to live with her, so I moved out of the Fairy Forest.] There exists a place where the fairies live, and should I think of it as the one leading that place is the Fairy King And since she's leaving their village, that's why she handed over the position to Tir-san [……Arehh Tir-san's farm is here, which means Tir-san lives around here, right] [That's right] [Does that mean the Fairy Forest is near Yggfresis] [Yes! It's in the forest south of Yggfresis. Some of the children have moved to the Human Realm though, living in the forest near Rigforeshia.] Somehow, rather than the King of a tight-knit group like a country, the simple way they described it makes me think of them as village chiefs instead. Afterwards, I found out that I really was right. The job of a Fairy King isn't that important, as they were just acting as the representative of the Fairies. [By the way, I'm sorry for my lack of knowledge, but I don't really know the difference between a Fairy and a Spirit……] [Errr, you see…… It's that, you know As Lillywood-sama said. Hmmm……] [I- It's that, you know That! Raz also heard about that from Kuromu-sama. Errr…… O- Our body is…… Our body is something……] I asked them a simple-minded question, but Tir-san and Raz-san started tilting their heads in confusion. It seemed that there was a difference between them, but neither of them seemed to understand it well. It was very cute to see them looking troubled like that, but it wasn't my intention to trouble them and was just a bit curious about this, but just as I was about to tell that it's alright if they didn't understand, Tir-san looked like something suddenly happened. [……Ahh, it seems like Lillie-sama is telling me about it! Errr…… "The clear difference is that Spirits have a real form, while Fairies don't. Fairies are beings born from the gathering of vast amounts of faint magic power from flowers and trees that don't have enough power to have a Spirit dwell within them, and that's why there are many ecological similarities between these two species"…… or something like that!] [I see.] I could somehow imagine it. Dwelling within plants that hold great magic power are the Spirits. Meanwhile, from the plants that don't possess large magic power to dwell a Spirit within them, not minding what kind of flower or tree they are, their meager magic power comes together and born from that clump of nature's magic power are the Fairies. Come to think of it, Raz-san said she was a "Flower Fairy", but she didn't name any particular flowers, probably because she was born from the magic power of many flowers. [If I remember correctly, Raz-san is a Flower Fairy, right] [Yes!] [That means, is Raz-san a Flower Fairy too] [Tir is also a Flower Fairy! Just like Raz-sama!] [Since you expressly call yourself a Flower Fairy, does that mean there were other kinds of Fairies] [That's right~~ There are Earth Fairies, Earth Fairies and many others!] Perhaps, the reason why they are so close to each other is because both of them are Fairy Fairy. Well, anyhow, I've learned a lot…… Arehh But wait, based on how Spirits and Fairies were described earlier…… I feel like there was something strange. [……Tir-san, can I ask you one more question] [What is it] [It's true that almost all of the Spirits I know have a specific plant that they came from…… but Camellia only told me that she's a "Grass Spirit", and I don't remember hearing what kind of grass she's the Spirit of……] [Ahh~~ From what I heard, it seems that Camellia is a bit special. Grass originally weren't supposed to have enough magic power to have a Spirit dwell within them, but a grass with strong magic power was born from a mutation, and dwelling within it was Camellia. Camellia isn't the Spirit of a grass that had any sort of name, she's the Spirit of a common weed.] (T/N: Weed, as in those undesired grass growing anywhere.) [Heehhh, so such a possibility also exists huh.] Such special patterns exist too huh, that's kinda interesting. Speaking of which, I just suddenly thought of something…… I wonder if the Spirit of the Blue Crystal Flower, the plant I'm emotionally attached to, exists somewhere Serious-senpai : [……Fumu, it looks like the story regarding Tirtania is finished now, but who's next The ones Kaito hasn't met yet should be Rose Princess, Great Tree Princess, and Cherry Blossom Princess…… Even though Kaito hasn't met her in person, I think Blossom, who has already appeared in an Intermission should be a likely candidate, right]-

The Cdmc Recorded meetings Cdmc season Agenda of contemporary music Musical ensembles Research and creation Federations and networks Projects assistance Composers residencies Home > Resources > Biographies > Composers Forty Components The Composer at work Launched online in 2010, the composer biography database is in continuous development. As an entry point for web resources, its aim is to present at least a succinct biography of a composer as well as links to the Cdmc's own information resources: documentation on the composer available for consultation and, as the case may be, audio extracts and/or recordings of encounters. Know more Consult our resources Receive latest news by e-mail with the newsletter Ostinato Lettre d'information du Cdmc no 189 | Janvier 2020 Born between 2020201920182017201620152014201320122011201020092008200720062005200420032002200120001999199819971996199519941993199219911990198919881987198619851984198319821981198019791978197719761975197419731972197119701969196819671966196519641963196219611960195919581957195619551954195319521951195019491948194719461945194419431942194119401939193819371936193519341933193219311930192919281927192619251924192319221921192019191918191719161915191419131912191119101909190819071906190519041903190219011900 and 2020201920182017201620152014201320122011201020092008200720062005200420032002200120001999199819971996199519941993199219911990198919881987198619851984198319821981198019791978197719761975197419731972197119701969196819671966196519641963196219611960195919581957195619551954195319521951195019491948194719461945194419431942194119401939193819371936193519341933193219311930192919281927192619251924192319221921192019191918191719161915191419131912191119101909190819071906190519041903190219011900 Show only female composers Pascale LAZARUS A French composer born October 22, 1966 in Amiens. A pianist by training, Pascale Lazarus studied at the Amiens Conservatory, the Paris Conservatory and the Grenoble Conservatory, where she obtained a DEM for composition in the class of Arnaud Petit. She initiated herself into jazz improvisation for two years in Tarrytown (USA) and continues to improvise, notably to accompany dance shows and classes. With an engineering diploma from the Compiègne Technology University, she followed a course at Ircam as part of a DEA in systems management. See complete biography Lucie PROD'HOMME A French composer born September 30, 1964. After studying the piano and at the same time training to be an opera singer, Lucie Prod'homme studied electroacoustic composition with Pascal Gobin at the Marseilles Conservatory, where she won a prize in 1997. She also followed a university course in the "conception and realisation of cultural projects" at the faculty of Aix-Marseille. Prod'homme divides her time between teaching and composition. Carol ROBINSON A French and American composer, performer, improviser born June 12, 1956 in Langley (Virginia, United States). Lin-Ni LIAO A Taiwanese composer and musicologist born November 11, 1977. Lara MORCIANO An Italian composer born May 3, 1968 in Zurich (Swiss). A French composer born May 4, 1960 in Paris. A pianist by training, Béatrice Thiriet studied at the Versailles Conservatory in the classes of Jean Aubin and Solange Ancona. Her interest in style as well as in the theatre and the cinema directed her quite naturally towards incidental music. Opera and film music thus became her preferred genres. Agata ZUBEL A Polish composer born 1978. Agata Zubel studied percussion, singing and composition in Wroclaw, Poland, at the Karol Symanowski High School of Music and the Karol Lipinski University of Music. As a singer she has performed many contemporary works such as Chantefleurs et Chantefables by Witold Lutoslawski, Luci mie traditrici by Salvatore Sciarrino as also the role of Madeline in The Fall of the House of Usher by Philip Glass. With the pianist and composer Cezary Duchnowski she forms the duet EllectroVoce, working on improvisation and live vocal treatment. In the line of Cathy Berberian, Zubel explores all the resources of her voice and all the variety of modes of vocal production. Camille PEPIN A French composer born January 17, 1990. After instrumental training at the Amiens Conservatory, Camille Pépin entered the Pôle Supérieur d'Enseignement Artistique in Paris and then the Paris Conservatory, in the classes notably of Thierry Escaich, Guillaume Connesson and Marc-André Dalbavie. Hélène BRESCHAND A French composer born March 18, 1966. A harpist trained at the Paris Conservatory in the class of Brigitte Sylvestre, Hélène Breschand is a co-founder of the ensembles Laborintus and Topophonie. Bernard WYSTRAETE A French composer, conductor and flutist born June 20, 1942 in Roubaix. A poly-instrumentalist, Bernard Wystraëte studied in particular the flute, conducting and composition at the Roubaix Conservatory and the Paris Conservatory, as well as musicology at the University of Paris 8. A virtuoso of the transverse flutes, notably bass and octobass, he is solo flautist of the Orchestre de la Comédie Française and a soloist for Radio France, in permanent collaboration with the Atelier de Création Radiophonique of France Culture. He also records the works of leading composers of film music such as Michel Legrand, Maurice Jarre, Georges Delerue, Francis Laï and Jean-Claude Petit. Composers of the Catalogue ABECASSIS Eryck (1956) ABOULKER Isabelle (1938) ADAMEK Ondrej (1979) ADAMO Daniel A. D' (1966) ADAMS John (1947) ADÈS Thomas (1971) AGOBET Jean-Louis (1968) ALLA Thierry (1955) ALSINA Carlos Roqué (1941) AMBROSINI Claudio (1948) AMY Gilbert (1936) ANDRE Mark (1964) ANDREYEV Samuel (1981) D'ANGIOLINI Giuliano (1960) ANTIGNANI Luca (1976) APERGHIS Georges (1945) ARROYO Juan (1981) ASCIONE Patrick (1953-2014) ATHANÉ Pierre-André (1954) ATTAHIR Benjamin (1989) BABONI SCHILINGI Jacopo (1971) BACRI Nicolas (1961) BALASSE Thierry (1964) BALLEREAU Igor (1969) BALLIF Claude (1924-2004) BANCQUART Alain (1934) BARRAUD Henry (1900-1997) BARRIERE Françoise (1944-2019) BEDROSSIAN Franck (1971) Le compositeur à l'œuvre BULFON Stefano (1975) 40 composants CHAIGNE Jean-Pascal (1977) CHAURIS Yves (1980) ESCALONA-MIJARES Mirtru (1976) LA FUENTE Benjamin (de) (1969) GAXIE Sébastien (1977) HUDRY David (1978) JODLOWSKI Pierre (1971) ROCHE Colin (1974) SARHAN François (1972) SIGHICELLI Samuel (1972) SINNHUBER Claire-Mélanie (1973) SOLANO Ivan (1973) AA Michel Van Der (1970) ABBOTT Alain (1938) ACQUAVIVA Frédéric (1967) ADAM WALRAND Jean-Christophe (1949) AGER Klaus (1946) AHARONIAN Coriun (1940) ALAGNA Jean-Pascal (1963) ALANDIA Edgar (1950) ALLENDE-BLIN Juan (1928) ALLOUARD CARNY Odette (1914-2014) ALTIER Stéphane (1969) ALVAREZ Javier (1956) AMIOT Jean-Claude (1939) AMORIC Michel (1949) AN Chengbi (1967) ANASTAS Mounir (1963) ANCONA Solange (1943-2019) © Cdmc 2019

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Hello again world. After a blog hiatus during which I was co-chairing Catholic Schools Week at my children's elementary school, I am back to the blog. (Catholic Schools week was so much more work than I expected, but worth it. More on that later.) Thanks for your patience! I had an enlightening prayer experience from this morning. I had a simple decision to make: should I go to my prayer group this morning (having not been in many weeks) or should I stay home and write? I know I need to write, and I love to write, but that's part of the problem. I love it so much, it feels like an indulgence. The prayer group is good for my soul, right? There should be at least one room, or some corner, where no one will find you and disturb you or notice you. You should be able to untether yourself from the world and set yourself free… O God, help me to seek silence to be with you. It doesn't get much more direct than that. The answer to my prayers is not always so clear, but today it is, and I am grateful. There is more than one way to be with God. And today, for me, it will be through prayer and writing. Thank you O Lord for your help and guidance, and for noticing even the small things in my life. Help me to write well, through your will and in your name. Amen. Oh Newtown. How we wish we could turn back time and save your children, your teachers, your town. In Newtown we have viewed a dark abyss, now punctuated by painfully petite coffins and children streaming into funeral homes. Your grief is unbearable, yet you must bear it. Remember that while you suffer and your days seem interminable, your children, your victims are wrapped in God's warm and loving arms. For you it is a lifetime until you meet again; for them, it is but a blink of God's eye. Today, their souls live and glow in the everlasting light of God's love. Through your prayers and their intercession, may you know this and feel God's compassion. You will never get over it, but somehow you will learn to live. Your righteous anger will be plentiful and just, but don't let it eclipse your love for the people still here on earth with you. I pray that with God's grace and love, through the support of family, friends and community, you find comfort, strength and love. The world will move on, too fast, beyond your tragedy. The loss of innocent life everywhere, from senseless violence, war and other conflicts is far too common. In this sophisticated and technologically advanced world, let us pray that we are smart enough to find ways to prevent such horrors. Maybe a simple start, for us observers in particular: in honor of innocent lives lost, let us act as children want the grown-ups in their lives to act: as ideal role models. Let each of us engender and glorify kindness and love. Keep violence as far from innocence as possible. Newtown, may God give you solace and in your time, grant you peace. This prayer was posted by Fr. James Martin, S.J. (author of The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything) on his Facebook page. Thank you, Fr. Martin, for giving us words for this difficult time. We are crushed with grief, God. We cannot bear to think of so many people killed. We cannot bear to think of children being killed. It is unthinkable to us, the worst tragedy. Why is your world like this? For your Son died a violent death. And we know that your Son understands grief. For he wept bitterly when his friend Lazarus died. And he was moved with compassion when he saw suffering. His heart broke like our hearts do. He cried like we do today. We know too that your Son raised Lazarus from the dead. As a sign of the eternal life you have planned for us. The life into which you now place the victims, whom you loved. We know that you understand our terrible anguish. You accept our bitterness and our confusion too. And we know that your Son is beside us, weeping with us. We know that you are still with us God, in the darkness. In our compassion for the families and friends of the victims. In the love that moves us to care for one another. As your Son tried to do in his time with us. No. I hear a quiet voice somewhere in my head. Advent is the time to prepare for the real meaning of Christmas: Christ. God. Love. Grace. Thank you God, for the gifts you give us. Thank you for the wisdom and sacrifice of the ultimate role model, Jesus. Help us try to give back to you, God by giving back to people around us. One of the biggest gifts you can give is forgiveness. God forgives us. He expects us to forgive others. Forgiveness is a great way to prepare your heart and open it to God. Forgive for big and small things — your spouse fought with you, again? Your co-worker said something unkind? A waiter left you waiting? Find forgiveness. Step into their shoes. Think what the situation seems like from their perspective. Pray. Pray more. Reflect on the fact God loves you, and calls you, by name. God wants you to be a sign of his love. God loves them too. So should you. Forgiveness is not easy, and not always immediate. However, forgiveness is as big a gift to yourself as it is to those you forgive.