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These are new score cards for the 2018-19 season which contain the amendments agreed at the AGM. Please do not use cards from previous seasons as these don't contain all the required information.
Score cards should only be sent electronically to the Results mailbox (address below). There is no longer a requirement to post hard copies to the League Match Secretary.
The template for the score cards can be found at the bottom of this page. There is an A4 version which contains 2 cards and an A5 version which contains 1.
Each score card must be fully completed and emailed to yorkblresults@hotmail.com. These must reach the Match Secretary within 72 hours of the match. It is the home team's responsibility to ensure the match card is fully completed and submitted to the League within the permitted 72 hours.
Late or incomplete cards will incur a points deduction of 2 points per card.
All email submissions of results cards must be kept by the home team until the final league tables have been produced at the end of the season. Where there is a discrepancy regarding results submission clubs will be asked to provide a copy of the original email as evidence the result was sent within the 72 hours limit.
The cards must be completed as described below. Any cards not containing all the required details will incur a points deduction of 2 points per card.
Home Club: name of the home team. For clubs with more than 1 team in a section this must also include 'A', 'B' etc.
Away Club: name of the away team. For clubs with more than 1 team in a section this must also include 'A', 'B' etc.
Ladies/Mens/Mixed: delete as appropriate
Division 1 2 3 4: delete as appropriate
Date: date the match is played
Middle section
Away: names of the away team players. This must include a first name or initial & surname. Enter the number 1 pair in box D, number 2 pair in box E & number 3 pair in box F.
Home: names of the home team players. This must include a first name or initial & surname. Enter the number 1 pair in box A, number 2 pair in box B & number 3 pair in box C.
Boxes 1 to 9: these should record the scores as well as the initial of the winning club.
Bottom section
Winning team & Score: the name of the winning team & score eg 5-4, 6-3
Shuttle type used: insert the type of shuttle used in the match eg Yonex 600 red
Home team captain: signature of the home team's captain.
Away team captain: signature of the away team's captain.
Shuttle suitable for hall; Too fast/Ok/Too slow: Delete as appropriate. Each captain should record how the shuttle performed in their opinion.
The fully completed card should be emailed to the Results mailbox within 72 hours of the match.
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San Diego State University has a long-standing tradition of providing health physics and medical physics education. During the early 1960s the Physics Department under the direction of Dr. Lester Skolil established a Radiological Physics option within the Master of Science in Physics. At the outset, the program received funding from the Atomic Energy Commission. That was the beginning of a standing commitment by the University to support graduate education in an essential area of great importance for our country. Our program provided students with a combination of lecture courses, laboratory, activity, and internship experience. In 1972 the option became a separate degree titled "Radiological Health Physics ". By separating the program out from the traditional physics degree we were able to expand our offerings to students with a strong focus directed to radiation physics, dosimetry, and protection.
For over 40 years SDSU has provided an educated workforce of radiation protection professionals. Our output of health physicists is well beyond ten-fold of any other educational institution within the state of California. During the 1970s, 80s, and early 90s our program carried a strong emphasis in power reactor health physics. This emphasis was strongly supported by health physics professionals and the growing facilities of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS).
Then in the 90s SDSU experienced the same downturn in nuclear education that was occurring throughout the United States. Therefore, the reactor health physics emphasis came to a halt. The graduate program in Radiological Health Physics continued within other areas such as medical, and general radiation protection with Dr. Patrick Papin as the Program Director. The Master of Sciences in Radiological Health Physics was then merged with the Master of Science in Physics with the option to specialize in Medical Physics/ Radiation Health Protection. Between 1995 and 2007, our program graduated over 45 medical physicists; a large percentage of these subsequently specialized in radiation therapy physics.
In the fall of 2007, Dr. Usha Sinha joined as the Chair of the Physics Department and the Director of the Radiological Health Physics program. The Master's program in Radiological Health Physics was reinstated in fall 2008 and since January 2010, the program has been accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Physics Educational Programs (CAMPEP). In the fall of 2013, the official name was changed to 'Medical Physics' to accurately reflect the training offered in the program.
The Masters of Science in Medical Physics at San Diego State University is designed to prepare students for a career as a Medical Physicist in hospitals and in industry or for PhD and clinical residency programs. Students will acquire the required skill sets through didactic, laboratory and clinical internships designed in accordance with the guidelines of Commission on Accreditation of Medical Physics Educational Programs (CAMPEP). This training is reinforced by clinical internships and research projects in radiation therapy physics and in diagnostic imaging. A close relationship with community hospitals (e.g. Naval Medical Center San Diego, Genesis Healthcare, Sharp Grossmont, Sharp Memorial , Radiation Oncology at University of California at San Diego) allows us to provide students with excellent research and clinical internship opportunities. This partnership also enables us to provide students with access to potential employers and/or links to employers.
We were successful in obtaining CAMPEP accreditation effective January 2010. We were till recently (August 2013) supported by two grants: (i) from the US Department of Education, Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education(FIPSE) to develop novel teaching strategies in Medical Physics, to integrate courses in Regulatory Affairs, as well as to increase the enrollment of Hispanic minority students and (ii) a grant from National Science Foundation (NSF) to support students in a Science Masters specialization. These grants helped us to firmly establish and obtain CAMPEP accreditation for the Medical Physics program. We continue to seek funding to support the program and the students.
Our vision is to establish the program as the premier Master's degree program in Medical Physics in Southern California. A strong emphasis will be placed on training students to workforce needs as well as in sustaining a dynamic program that adapts to the changing needs of the workforce.


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Amanda Vanstone: The raider of the 'lost' art
By Brian Johnstone - posted Tuesday, 15 March 2005 Sign Up for free e-mail updates!
It's official - Amanda Vanstone stole Geoff Clark's art. And the Australian media got it all wrong. And ... well, you get the picture. It's just another day in Aboriginal Affairs .
Meanwhile the web delivered the news. The Dean of Gonzo journalism was dead. God rest the tortured soul of Hunter S. Thompson.
You have probably come across those little newspaper fillers where people are asked which three people they'd most like to invite to dinner. I've always answered Hunter, Hunter and Hunter. He inspired political journalists around the world and anyone vaguely familiar with his works will know why. Tom Wolfe once tipped his hat to Hunter in this way: "There are only two adjectives that writers care about anymore, 'brilliant' and 'outrageous' ... Hunter Thompson has a freehold on both of them." Amen.
Sadly I never met the man. Perhaps we'll hook up in the hereafter. I'd like to think so. You always have to have something to look forward to. If you have not already done so, do yourself a favour, and read Better than Sex, Confessions of a Political Junkie. It's soaked in the brilliance and outrage which marked all of his works. No-one can afford to ignore any writer who can describe a politician as having the "loyalty of a lizard with its tail broken off ..." The book starts by citing Amendment IV to the US Constitution:
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the person or things to be seized.
There is no home-grown Hunter, more's the pity.
I wonder what he would have made of this, when read alongside Amendment IV. There's certainly a touch of the gonzo about Aboriginal Affairs of late. On January 23 this year ATSIC Chairman Geoff Clark stupidly made (or took) a phone call from Tony Koch of The Australian newspaper. Koch had clearly been given the tip from inside Government that the ATSIC Board was seeking to obtain legal advice on the disposal of its assets, ahead of its abolition.
An article subsequently appeared in The Australian the following day. It was headed, "ATSIC's abolition sell off". The first paragraph stated, "ATSIC Commissioners plan to sell some of the agency's $8 million in property and assets, including a $3 million collection of Indigenous art to fund a legal battle with the Howard Government".
Four paragraphs of the 12 par story were given over to Clark. Three contained direct quotes. All related to Clark criticising the Government for refusing to fund his travel to appear before the Senate Select Committee on the Administration of Aboriginal Affairs. The fourth and second last par in the story was an indirect quote. It said, "Mr Clark said legal advice was being sought on whether the assets could be sold".
The final paragraph quoted a spokesman for Amanda Vanstone which said the Minister was "concerned that assets could be raided". Nothing in the story supported the bald statement in the lead paragraph of a "plan" by ATSIC Commissioners to sell anything.
No other member of the ATSIC Board was quoted confirming or denying "the plan". Clark does not speak for the Board, and Koch should know that. But his word was good enough for The Australian, the very newspaper which consistently portrays him in its editorials columns as a thoroughly discredited leader.
First published in The National Indigenous Times, issue 75.
Brian Johnstone is a columnist for the National Indigenous Times. He was Director of Media and Marketing at the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission between April 1998 and December 2002. Before taking up that position he was a senior advisor to former Federal Labor Minister, Senator Bob Collins, and a senior correspondent with Australian Associated Press.
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The last combat troops have officially left Iraq, leaving behind 50,000 advisers. I just wanted to mark this moment by thanking the following soldiers and groups that helped make us victorious, not by conquering Iraq … but by liberating them. Freedom is not free. The Iraqis have discovered this, sometimes the hard way. It is something most Americans know instinctively. God bless them all.
AT the top of the list, all of the soldiers, marines, sailors, airmen, etc who gave their lives so this mission would be successful including Sgt Felix Del Greco Jr CTANG, and Lance CPL Lawrence Philippon. Felix played on my Little League Team. What a kid. And Larry played high school hockey for Conard against my son … and then with him during the summer league in West Hartford. You can read more about each at the link.
Time to thank the members of the CTANG 143 MP Co. who served in the heart of the heart at the start of Iraqi Freedom including my friend Sgt Melissa Weaver, Sgt Marc Pucinski, Sgt Jess Walsh, Capt. Donald Chiverton, Sgt Sean Young, and so many more.
Also to the CTANG 192 MP Battalion, the CTANG 101st, 1109th AVCRAD unit and all the the units that served over the last seven years.
I am so sure I left some units out, numbers I can no longer remember … so please forgive and feel free below to remember the units I have forgotten or designations I have gotten wrong.
Also please leave the names of Iraq veterans I may have forgotten below. People do read the comments and it will be a good historical record as well.
AP Bias on Display Again - Mea Culpa Time?
I just want to give a THANK-YOU shoutout, using the Sean Hannity phrase for my nephew-in-law Richard Labre, who not only is at present serving in Afghanistan, but had also had served in Iraq, to thank Richard for his service to the USA.
God Bless Richard and ALL our service men and women who have had or are at present serving in both Iraq and Afghanistan as well as ALL our service people. PLEASE keep Richard and our service people in your PRAYERS.
Thanks to all of our military who served in Iraq. Our thoughts are with all who gave their lives for this wonderful country, especially Felix & Larry. Cmdr. Charles (& Janet ) Kepner, USNR-Ret.
We also think of those serving in Afghanistan – especially the son of our mail lady – and in other areas are around the world. We have friends in the CT Army AVCRAD unit in Groton who deploy regularly as helicopter pilots & mechanics. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE!
To the men and women who have served and continue to serve…THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! You'll never know how much your courage, bravery, committment, dedication, perseverance, sacrifice, and service mean to us.
True heroes, all of you. Thank you.
A BIG SALUTE to all the men and women that served so courageously to make another country experience the same freedom we enjoy.
Just a Thank You!!! and Welcome Home!!!
A huge thank you for all those who served and who are still serving. I know that without our military's protection, my God-given freedoms would be severely impeded or, worse yet, non-existent.
Big thank you to my childhood friend, Andrew Austin who is a PA/medic with the Army and is responsible for the health needs of our troops, as well as our family friend in the Nat'l Guard, Nick Dorso–working on the BIG trucks in Afghanistan, and in memory of CIA's Scott Roberson, a high school classmate of mine, who was killed along with 7 other CIA agents on 12/30/09.
Jim, thank you for this morning's show. It was important to mark today as momentous, and you did it with class.
And a thank you to your parents for raising such fine Americans.
My prayers continue to go out to the troops in harms way in Afghanistan, the advisers left in Iraq and the troops in Bosnia and especially Korea.
A special thank you to all the troops and their families. I hope you will all be home soon.


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How Is Fish Oil Produced?
Written by Pam Murphy
The potential benefits of taking fish oil supplements include a lowered risk for heart attack and stroke in those with cardiovascular disease. Fish oil may also lower triglycerides and blood pressure, as well as slow plaque buildup in the arteries. You get similar benefits from consuming fatty fish such as tuna, trout, herring and salmon, so you may not need supplements if your diet is rich in fish oil sources. The primary method for extracting oil from fish is the wet pressing method, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Wet Pressing Method
Before oil can be extracted, the fish are heated to approximately 95 degrees Celsius to separate water and oil from protein. The liquid extraction, referred to as press liquor, contains water, oil, dissolved protein, vitamins and minerals. The oil is separated from other liquids by centrifuge, which separates matter of varying densities. The oil is stored in tanks and the concentrated leftover liquid matter gets mixed with the solid fish matter to produce fish meal.
Steaming is the primary method for heating fish for fish oil production. Although the wet pressing method yields a larger amount of fish oil, oil, water and solid material released during steaming is also strained to separate liquid from solid matter. If press liquor is stored in a tank, the sludge settles at the bottom and the oil rises to the top. This process is time-consuming, however, and yields a higher percentage of impurities in the oil. Centrifugation speeds up the process and creates a more pure fish oil product.
Fish that are smaller than 16 inches are sent directly to the steamer, while larger fish are hashed prior to processing. The cooking process takes approximately 15 to 20 minutes. When solids are separated from liquids, roughly 70 percent of the raw material is press liquor; the protein and bones account for the other 30 percent. The oil-free portion of the press liquor, including dissolved proteins and other nutrients, goes through an evaporation process before being added to other dry materials for meal production.
Certain types of fish, including king mackerel, shark and farm-raised salmon, are more likely to be contaminated with mercury or other toxins; however, fish oil supplements are generally free from these contaminants, according to MedlinePlus. While fish oil can provide health benefits, high doses of fish oil may interfere with blood clotting, impair immunity, increase low density lipoprotein cholesterol or cause an allergic reaction in people with fish or seafood allergies. While up to 3 grams is generally considered a safe dosage, work with your doctor to determine the right dosage for you based on your health needs.
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Франко Д'Аттома (; 24 февраля 1923, Конверсано — 7 мая 1991, Перуджа) — итальянский бизнесмен (предприниматель) и спортивный менеджер (директор), президент футбольного клуба «Перуджа» с 1974 по 1983, в том числе в триумфальном для ФК «Перуджа» сезоне 1978—79 годов.

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Он родился в Апулии в богатой семье, которая экспортировала сельскохозяйственную продукцию в Соединенные Штаты Америки. Он учился в средней школе в Апулии и уехал в Умбрию, чтобы получить степень по сельскому хозяйству в Университете Перуджи.

Он женился на миссис Лейла Сервадио.

Стал владельцем компании  — одного из крупнейших производителей спортивной экипировки и решил заняться делами футбольными в 1974 году.

Он умер в 1991 году из-за неизлечимой болезни, после того, как всегда помогал различным ассоциациям в поддержке исследований рака.

Предприниматели Италии
Футбольные функционеры Италии
Президенты футбольных клубов
ФК «Перуджа»
Персоналии:Перуджа

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Armed with Off!, we spun the inflatable away from our chartered Bahia 46 catamaran, Ricky Dee, and pointed it toward the dark, narrow cut leading into Puerto Mosquito.
The name alone made me itch.
departed. We now had the place all to ourselves And what a place it was.
First off, here's my confession: I broke a promise.
from all accounts a remarkable resort.
So here's where I come clean. We never got there. Not even close.
immediate waters around St. Thomas and Tortola.
In other words, if you go chartering to eat out every night, you'll probably want to give Culebra and Vieques a miss.
guinea pigs (friends Ian Scott and Charlie Zechel), all the better.
nearly 80 percent of the island to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
a military installation into the Caribbean's biggest wildlife refuge.
And tourism suddenly became an important sector of the economy.
Coincidentally enough, on the day we flew into St. Thomas, that very point was underscored by a story in The New York Times travel section entitled "Vieques, Far from the Lounge-Chair Crowd."
the experience and adapt to the island's relaxed pace."
St. Thomas felt equally remote.
(to see "Sailing the Passage Islands," click here).
make his top-10 list of best anchorages in the eastern Caribbean.
looked and felt like a scene from a bygone era.
truck from the observation post)."
set out early the next day.
"Sailing the Passage Islands," click here) So we hoisted sail and set a course for Esperanza.
with a penchant for laughing, annoyingly, at her own jokes.
told my travel agent to get me Puerto Rico without the Puerto Ricans,"
the rum, made a dash for the gates, and never looked back.
all ages--were sipping Coors Lights and dancing Sunday afternoon away.
We couldn't help but join them.
wild dead-end road to an ancient water tower.
is only six or seven miles away.
Puerto Mosquito. From there, we had new islands to explore.
due southwest though the breeze remained steady out of the northeast.
anchored in a clear, sandy thoroughfare between two lanes of coral.
off Punta Colorada, just beyond the entrance to the large inner harbor.
anchorages in the Caribbean." Ho hum. Like, what else was new?
and we'll be friends. Stay for a week and we'll be family."
Sardinas--where the fresh dorado was absolutely killer.
out of town with a surfboard under his arm. "Where're the waves, mate?"
"North shore today," he yelled back. "It's going off!"
beach, there may have been a dozen other bathers. What a crowd.
the hook in 10 feet of splendid water.
wanted to sharpen their skills before setting out.
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Reprezentacja Republiki Południowej Afryki na Mistrzostwach Świata w Wioślarstwie 2009 liczyła 8 sportowców. Najlepszym wynikiem było 4. miejsce w dwójce bez sternika wagi lekkiej mężczyzn.

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 jedynka (M1x): Peter Lambert – 14. miejsce
 jedynka wagi lekkiej (LM1x): Lawrence Ndlovu – 9. miejsce
 dwójka bez sternika (M2-): Shaun Keeling, Ramon di Clemente – 6. miejsce
 dwójka podwójna wagi lekkiej (LM2x): Andrew Polasek, James Thompson – 12. miejsce
 dwójka bez sternika wagi lekkiej (LM2-): John Smith, Matthew Brittain – 4. miejsce

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Retail Sales up 2.5% in October
Intelligent Economics > Analysis > Retail Sales up 2.5% in October
Sales registered for October 2022 amounted to $3,157.17 million dollars, when compared with the same month in 2021 it represents an increase of 2.5%. Compared to the previous month, this is a 11.6% increase from September 2022 that had a total of $2,828.34 million in sales.
The five sectors with the highest reported increases during October 2022 were: Sporting Goods, Musical Instruments, and Entertainment (21.5%); Specialty Food stores (14.2%); Hardware and Home Improvement (12.9%); Supermarkets and Alcoholic Beverage stores (12.3%); and Pharmacies (11.8%).
The five sectors that experienced the largest reductions during October 2022 were: Electronic Articles Stores (-18.7%); New and Used Motor Vehicles (-10.5%); Auto Parts Stores (-9%); Jewelry, Baggage and Leather Articles Stores (-5.4%); and Clothing Stores (-4.3%).
The only group that experienced a decline in October 2022 compared to the same month in 2021 was the Small Business sales group experiencing a 7.4% decline with $120.23 million in sales. The other groups meanwhile increased in sales. Medium Business sales registered a 1.1% increase with $831.08 million in sales; Large Non-Chain establishments increasing by 4% with $375.36 in sales; and Large Chains sales which increased by 3.5% with $1,830 million in sales for October 2022.
The accumulated value of Retail Sales during the ten (10) months of the current calendar year 2022 (January-October) reached figures of $30,525.8 million during the present period. Compared to the same period of the previous calendar year of 2021, this was a 0.7% increase.
The five (5) sectors with the highest increases reported during the current period of the calendar year 2022 were: Fuel distributors (31.9%); Gas stations and convenience stores (15.4%); Restaurants and places of alcoholic beverages (12%); Supermarket and alcoholic beverage stores (7.2%); and Special Food Stores (6.1%).
The five (5) sectors experiencing the most significant reductions during current period of the calendar year 2022 were: Sports, Musical Instruments and Entertainment stores (-14.1%); Shoe stores (-13.5%); Electronics stores (-12.8%); Cosmetics, Beauty Products and Perfumes stores (-11.4%); and Furniture stores (-10.5%).
In terms of accumulated sales during this period of the 2022 calendar year only Large Chain sales with $17,303.08 million in sales experienced a reduction of 0.8% when compared to the same period of the previous calendar year. The other groups had positive changes with Small Businesses sales experiencing an increase of 0.1% with $1,303.38 million in sales; Medium Businesses sales experienced an increase of 0.5% with $7,490.22 million in sales; and the group with the highest increase of Large Non-Chain companies increasing by 7.3% with $4,429.12 million in sales for the current accumulated period of 2022.
MacroRetail Sales
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La Inflación aún Persiste
January 31, 2023ByJohn Henríquez
Inflation continues to persist
January 30, 2023ByConsultant Economic
Retail Sales increase in November
Empleo aumenta en el 2022
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NAWAZ SHARIF is the Prime Minister of Pakistan for a third time and deserves praise because his political journey was rough (Cover Story, June 14). He should respect the people's verdict through good and democratic governance. With a democratically elected government in Pakistan, the chances of resolving bilateral issues with India and achieving economic growth in the region are good.
P. Senthil Saravana Durai
Vazhavallan, Tamil Nadu
THE seasoned politician Nawaz Sharif has been returned to power with a massive mandate. It is hoped that he will chalk out a strong foreign policy with a major thrust on cementing India-Pakistan relations. This will hopefully include Pakistan refraining from fomenting trouble in Kashmir and using a strong hand to curb terrorists' designs against India.
Jayant Mukherjee
FORMER President Asif Ali Zardari was subservient to the Army, which was the chief reason for his Pakistan People's Party government completing its full term. The electorate turning out to vote in significant numbers despite threats from fundamentalists was a clear pointer to their faith in democracy and their preference for an experienced administrator to lead Pakistan. Given the volatile nature of the country and the vice-like grip of the Army over the civilian government, it will be a testing time for Sharif. Hopefully, he will use his skills to assert the primacy of the civilian establishment and forge a healthy relationship with India.
K.R. Srinivasan
Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh
ALTHOUGH the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) won the election with a comfortable majority and with the participation of all strata of society, its leader, Sharif, faces myriad problems—domestic extremism, an economic crisis, deterioration in the relations with India in the aftermath of the 2008 terror strike in Mumbai, a strained relationship with the U.S. against the backdrop of drone attacks in Pakistan, the Kashmir issue, and so on. Although Sharif is optimistic about resuming talks with India, the Government of India should tread cautiously.
N.C. Sreedharan
Kannur, Kerala
IT is too early to predict the future course of India's relationship with Pakistan ("Cautious optimism", June 14). Sharif has said all the right things and chances are he might match his words with action but India needs to be cautious. The task he has on hand is anything but easy, and it remains to be seen how he will counter the Taliban and work with the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and the Army. He can worry about India after restoring peace in his country and improving governance. And, yes, the Indian government need to be pragmatic in its approach.
Bal Govind
Noida, Uttar Pradesh
INDIA should not be elated at Sharif's victory. He will not rush to embrace India as a long-lost friend. In fact, he was the co-architect of the Kargil War and connived with Pervez Musharraf in that misadventure against India. Sharif was all for Musharraf before his ouster. In Pakistan, the Army chief still retains a powerful hold on the government. Anti-India feelings and rhetoric are in the blood of Pakistan's politicians, so India should adopt a cautious and tough attitude towards the country.
S. Raghunatha Prabhu
Alappuzha, Kerala
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THANK YOU for the excellent visual coverage of the Nilgiri marten ("Marten up close", June 14). It is believed that one can still sight the animal in the Longwood Forest at Kotagiri in Nilgiris district. Before the invasion of the landscape by the British, a neighbourhood in Kotagiri town was called, in Badaga, "hemola/kemmola haada", which in English means "the dale of the marten". The Badaga name for the animal is "mega-rabbit".
Philip K. Mulley
Kotagiri, Tamil Nadu
THE Pampadum Shola situated in Kerala is one of the unexplored scenic "vans" (jungle) in southern India. The article portrayed the marten's bizarre behaviour towards humans. It is a rare creature, and therefore, it is important that efforts be made to protect it.
S. Sujha
MOHSIN HAMID was spot on with the way he dealt with the sensitive issue of the "Islamic image" in the present-day world torn apart by incessant terrorism ("Why Islamophobia?", June 14). The projection of Islam as a monolith with an aggressive ideology and as a religion incompatible with other "world systems", especially the Western world, has come in the way of a proper understanding of issues such as terrorism. Until and unless one dares to look beyond this linear projection and tries to understand the finer nuances of the issue, it cannot be tackled.
Bishaljeet Baruah
Asghar Ali Engineer
ASGHAR ALI ENGINEER was a rare combination of a refined intellectual, a scholar and an activist ("Living a faith", June 14). He visited the Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts of coastal Karnataka several times over the past few two decades as part of his ever-untiring humanising missions. We were witness to his profound gentleness, social concern and humanism.
His last visit to Mangalore was less than a year ago when, along with his son Irfan, a lawyer and human rights activist, he conducted a two-day workshop on sensitising youngsters to communal harmony (Mangalore has the dubious distinction of being the communalism capital of Karnataka). He endeared himself to sections of Indian society across its several divisions and hierarchies. We have lost a rare human being. I feel intensely and personally bereaved.
H. Pattabhirama Somayaji
Mangalore, Karnataka
THE obituary paid a fitting tribute to Asghar Ali Engineer in whose demise the nation has lost an ardent patriot, scholar, philanthropist and a dynamic social reformer. An uncompromising crusader against communalism and religious fundamentalism, he fought tooth and nail against the religious obscurantism and social backwardness prevalent in his own community.
A truly liberal and secular intellectual, Engineer was a man of action who worked relentlessly to promote religious tolerance and communal harmony. He was undeterred by six physical assaults on him for his advocacy of religious reforms, a testimony to his unflinching commitment to a noble cause. His demise is certainly a setback for secularism and progressive forces at a time when the scourge of communalism and religious bigotry threaten the very foundations of the nation.
B. Suresh Kumar
THE lowering of India's credit rating by the global rating agency Standard & Poor's and its threat to lower it further to junk status is intriguing ("The neoliberal trap", June 14). Its predictions and policy advice are unsolicited and can only be construed as an interference with India's economic policy. At a time when the government is claiming that the economy is indeed stable and well insulated from the vagaries of the global economic meltdown, how did S&P come to the conclusion that India's economy is showing signs of weakness?
This rating is only aimed at giving a push to the government's neoliberal economic policies. The agency has warned the government that unless it shows progress on fiscal reforms, the economy may deteriorate. All these point to an inexorable march to a slew of reforms that will hurt the common man. The government should understand that if it decides to heap more burden on the poorer sections of the country, the repercussions will be severe.
J. Anantha Padmanabhan
Trichy, Tamil Nadu
IPL scandal
WHETHER it is match-fixing or spot-fixing, it brings disgrace to the game of cricket ("A run for your money", June 14). As cricket has a huge fan following in the subcontinent, the cricket administration needs to worry a lot about the recent developments.
The popularity of the game may not diminish because it has essentially become celebrity-centred, but the credibility of the game has been eroded and this is serious. With every passing day, more murky details are emerging, indicating how deep the rot runs in the IPL. Overenthusiasm and overemphasis on cricket have apparently killed the sanctity of the game. The announcement of a cash prize of Rs.1 crore for a cricketer for hitting six sixes in a match is an instance of hyper commercialisation.
It is natural for spectators to bet on matches, but it is criminal for players to play to suit the bettors' needs. By involving themselves in betting, players, umpires and sports managers have cheated millions of cricket lovers.
Siddhartha Shankar Mishra
Budharaja, Odisha
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IT is said that silence is golden, but in politics this is seldom so ("Drowning in scams", May 31). Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his party are facing the heat from the opposition, mainly the equally tainted BJP, for their silence.
Labelling Manmohan Singh corrupt is uncalled for. He has been the Prime Minister for two terms and still owns only a 1996 model Maruti. If he had earned money from corruption, he could afford a luxury car. The recent debacle in the Karnataka Assembly elections only goes to show that Manmohan Singh will be Prime Minister for a third term. Congress president Sonia Gandhi should seriously consider appointing a Deputy Prime Minister who would be aggressive enough to take on the BJP stalwarts.
Ramesh Kotian
Uchila, Karnataka
WHILE referring to the Supreme Court's description of the Central Bureau of Investigation as a caged parrot, the article "Shackles on CBI" (May 31) cites the court's observation that it would be a golden day if the government actually followed through on its intent to promulgate an ordinance to protect the CBI from extraneous influences.
I read a well-known story titled "The Parrot's Training" by Rabindranath Tagore. In it, Tagore narrates a few people's greedy and selfish forays, ranging from building a golden cage for a parrot to engaging scribes to tutor it, only to find in the end that the parrot had died unsung and unceremoniously. I nurse a saddening premonition that the proposed ordinance may cause the CBI to face the same fate as the parrot in the Tagore's story.
K. John Mammen
Manual scavengers
MANUAL scavengers are not provided with even basic accessories such as face masks and gloves when they go down sewers to clean them ("Death in the gutter", May 31). These essential items do not cost much, but sadly, municipal corporations, which collect from citizens hundreds of crores of rupees as taxes, never bother to equip scavengers with these accessories. The cleaning of sewers should be mechanised and use of manual scavengers done away with.
Deendayal M. Lulla
FIVE years ago, the BJP, after grabbing the reins of power in Karnataka, had visions of making the State its political springboard to conquer the south and promised the people the moon ("Southern shock", May 31). But what did it really give them? Three Chief Ministers, some of the worst possible scandals, Hindutva labs in Mangalore and Udupi, and a mining mafia, which was a republic within the State—the republic of Bellary! If Narendra Modi could not sell the Gujarat development model to the people of Karnataka, it is doubtful he will be able to sell his agenda at the national level in 2014.
K.P. Rajan
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Cream butter with sugar. Add 1 egg and mix well.
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Rescued from waste sorting plant, cat in Russia gets honorary title in ministry
Surveillance footage from the garbage sorting plant showed worker Mikhail Tukash, scooping up a white plastic bag from a conveyor belt moments before it would reach the claws of the shredder.
By: Trends Desk | New Delhi | Updated: December 29, 2020 6:17:01 pm
The Minister of Nature and Cyclical Economy of the Ulyanovsk Region, Gulnara Rakhmatulina with rescued cat. (Source: mpr73/ Instagram, Reuters)
In a heartwarming gesture, a cat rescued from a garbage plant in Russia has earned an official title after it rose to fame as a social media star.
After the black and white cat survived a harrowing close call at a waste sorting complex Gorkomhoz LLC for Municipial Solid Waste processing in Ulyanovsk, thanks to the alertness of one staff, the feline has now been given an honorary post in the Ministry of Natural Resources from the region. The feline has been named an assistant to the regional environment minister, Moscow Times reported.
In a statement the administration said the minister, Gulnara Rakhmatulina, came up with an initiative to take the cat to the department, and the ministry, and all employees will be responsible for him.
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"From now on the unofficial position of the deputy minister of nature and the cyclic economy of the region for the protection of fauna was introduced into the structure of the department," the press release said.
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"I want to appeal to pet owners: remember that you are responsible for those you have tamed," Rakhmatulina was quoted in the release as saying. "If you can't keep your pet at home, you can always leave it in good hands or at a shelter."
The unlikely rescue of the cat, which was adopted by a regional environment ministry, broadcast on television and on social media, turned it into a local celebrity. (Source: Reuters)
Surveillance footage from the plant in Ulyanovsk, a city located around 700 km southeast of Moscow, showed worker Mikhail Tukash, scooping up a white plastic bag from a conveyor belt moments before it would reach the shredder claws. He then slashed it open to discover a feline inside.
"I felt something soft inside the bag," Tukash told the local paper Moskovsky Komsomolets. "I cut the bag open slightly and I saw eyes looking back at me." The 36-year-old sorter recalled that surprisingly the cat didn't make any noise or move inside the bag. When he took the cat out of the bag it looked "well-groomed and clean, clearly not homeless".
Кота в завязанном мешке обнаружили на мусоросортировочном комплексе по обработке ТКО в Ульяновске. Он мог бы попасть в сепаратор, если бы не бдительность одного из работников.
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According to RIA Novosti, the environment ministry said it awarded the waste processing employee and its director with letters of appreciation for their rescue effort. It also mentioned that it was not the first time an innocent animal was saved at the plant. The company has already saved an African hedgehog and two red-eared turtles from death during sorting.
The ministry has now announced a nationwide contest to choose a name for the cat, which it said was found to be in good health after a vet examined him. Photos and videos of the cat napping in a government official's chair and playing around office desks are now keep people hooked on the ministry's page on Russian social media site VKontakte.
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What islands does Taiwan occupy in the South China Sea?
Taiwan, or the Coast Guard of the Republic of China (ROC) on Taiwan, occupies Itu Aba (Taiping) Island and regularly patrols the nearby Zhongzhou Reef. Both of these features are located along the northern edge of the Tizard Bank in the Spratly Islands. After first occupying Itu Aba (Taiping) Island temporarily beginning on December 12, 1946, the ROC has maintained a continuous presence there since July 1956.
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Report • 2016 • Edited by Fu-Kuo Liu and Jonathan Spangler
As tensions in the South China Sea have risen, the Philippines v. China arbitration case and the Philippines' decision, after many years of unsuccessful bilateral negotiations, to engage in lawfare have become a focal point of the maritime territorial disputes, leading many state and non-state actors to become increasingly involved in and vocal about South China Sea issues. The controversial nature of the issue has resulted in a proliferation of heated diplomatic and military interactions and, in many instances, hindered meaningful cooperation between relevant stakeholders. This report, as the result of a collaborative effort between authors from ten countries, aims to serve as an example of constructive international cooperation on South China Sea issues in the midst of heightened regional tensions.
Keeping Balance: Taiwan's Answer to Tensions in the South China Sea
Issue Briefings 13 • 2016 • By Li-chung Yuan
In the face of mounting challenges in the South China Sea, Taiwan must carefully consider its options and respond accordingly in order to defend sovereignty over its occupied features and maintain a role of peacemaker in the region.
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President-Elect Tsai Ing-wen's remarks during her international press conference on election night may shed some light on the future of Taiwan's South China Sea policy and how it may differ from that of her predecessor.
Interview with Richard Hu: Transitioning Taiwan's Armed Forces in the South China Sea
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The South China Sea Think Tank interviews Maj. Gen. Richard Hu about the possibility of transitioning the ROC forces stationed on Taiping Island from Coast Guard to military.
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The Foundation was established by Commonwealth Governments in 1965 and is guided by the principles, values and priorities of the Commonwealth.
Membership of the Commonwealth Foundation is open to all Commonwealth member countries on agreement of a Memorandum of Understanding. Member countries pay an annual subscription on a sliding scale.
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Toronto Film Critics Association 2009 Awards Winners
Today, the TFCA (Toronto Film Critics Association), has announced their picks for the best movies of the year. The 2009 TFCA Awards will be presented at a gala dinner on January 12, 2010, hosted by Cameron Bailey, co-director of the Toronto International Film Festival. Below are the 2009 winners in the TFCA's annual awards:
BEST PICTURE (TIE)
Hunger (Maple Pictures)
Inglourious Basterds (Alliance Films)
The Hurt Locker (Maple Pictures)
BEST PERFORMANCE, MALE
Nicolas Cage - The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Runners-up:
George Clooney - Up in the Air
Michael Fassbender - Hunger
Colin Firth - A Single Man
Viggo Mortensen - The Road
BEST PERFORMANCE, FEMALE
Carey Mulligan - An Education
Arta Dobroshi - Le Silence de Lorna
Meryl Streep - Julie & Julia
BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE, MALE
Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds
Christian McKay - Me & Orson Welles
Timothy Olyphant - A Perfect Getaway
BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE, FEMALE
Anna Kendrick - Up in the Air
Vera Farmiga - Up in the Air
Mo'nique - Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker
Steve McQueen - Hunger
Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds
BEST SCREENPLAY (TIE)
Inglourious Basterds - written by Quentin Tarantino
Up in the Air - written by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, based on the novel by Walter Kirn
A Serious Man - written by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
Hunger - directed by Steve McQueen
District 9 - directed by Neill Blomkamp
(500) Days of Summer - directed by Marc Webb
Fantastic Mr. Fox (Fox Searchlight)
Coraline (Alliance Films)
Up (Disney-Pixar)
BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
The White Ribbon (Mongrel Media)
Police, adjective (filmswelike)
Summer Hours (E1 Entertainment)
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
The Cove (Maple Pictures)
Anvil! The Story of Anvil (filmswelike)
The Beaches of Agnes (E1 Entertainment)
ROGERS BEST CANADIAN FEATURE AWARD (Winner TBA, Jan. 12th)
The Necessities of Life - Benoît Pilon
Polytechnique - Denis Villeneuve
Pontypool - Bruce McDonald
CLYDE GILMOUR AWARD FOR ADVANCING THE APPRECIATION OF FILM
Mark Peranson - editor and publisher of the internationally acclaimed Cinema Scope magazine, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year.
JAY SCOTT PRIZE FOR EMERGING TALENT
Winner TBA, Jan. 12th
Some interesting choices here, as these are the opinions of 34 Toronto film critics. Brian D. Johnson, president of the TFCA said in a statement: "Toronto is home to a diverse and astute community of film critics. This year's lack of clear consensus reflects the spirited discourse that's vital to our profession. Our awards represent a vote of confidence in cinema that breaks new ground with passionate performances and audacious vision." Indeed so. Many interesting and unique choices here.
-John C.
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Nutshell: How mastering time travel makes for better decisions: Gary Klein's pre-mortem planning
04 Nov 2019 • by Future Talent Learning
Prospective hindsight can significantly enhance our decision making.
In a 1991 paper, professor Stephen Hawking posed the question: "If time travel is possible, why are we not inundated with tourists from the future?"
Experimenting in 2009, he gave a party for time travellers, complete with Champagne, balloons, and hors d'oeuvres – sending out invitations after the event. "I sat there a long time, but no one came," he said.
We love time travel, perhaps because it's unachievable. However, through indulging in imaginary time travel – or prospective hindsight – we can significantly enhance our decision making, projecting into the future to view the outcome of a strategy, and to uncover its blind spots and failings.
Organisations like optimists
The truth is that, while many business plans and strategies have foreseeable flaws, it can be dangerous for individuals to point these out. "Organisations like optimists," admits psychologist Daniel Kahneman, Nobel laureate in Economic Sciences. "To be a pessimist about a project very close to the point at which a decision is about to be made is taking a significant risk."
To legitimise constructive dissent, Kahneman's favourite de-biasing technique is 'pre-mortem planning', devised in 2007 by fellow psychologist Gary Klein. It's a method that revolves around prospective hindsight, which research suggests improves our ability to correctly identify reasons for future outcomes by up to 30%.
Under pre-mortem planning, a team or individual aims to improve decision making by:
looking ahead to the point at which a project has failed (is dead, hence post-mortem)
working backwards to identify what has led to that failure.
As Klein explains: "We are looking in a crystal ball, and what we see is terrible. The plan has been a disaster. Each person in the room has the next two minutes to write down all the reasons he/she can think of to explain what went wrong. Once the two minutes are up, the facilitator captures what the team members wrote down — a blueprint for failure."
Going back to the future
The idea is that by imagining that a project has already failed, and beginning with this certainty, we are encouraged to discuss and identify possible threats (and their likelihood/potential magnitude) and to challenge key assumptions. This imaginary time travel:
breaks down groupthink and the illusion of consensus. Groupthink occurs when the desire for harmony or conformity results in irrational or dysfunctional decision making. It can be tough to speak out against a plan or strategy developed or championed by a leader. To echo Kahneman, organisations reward optimists. Here, the whole aim is to surface problems.
punctures overconfidence and irrational optimism.Most people underestimate the chances of failure. Irrational optimism equates to a warped vision of reality, which is based on desire, not how things actually are, while healthy pessimism can help motivate and prepare for the future.
simplifies thinking. It is easier to analyse an event as if it has already occurred and to imagine the detailed causes of a single outcome than to imagine multiple possible outcomes and try to explain why each may have happened.
reveals blind spots. Through a collaborative approach and collective intelligence, the process can identify hidden risks and weaknesses and actions needed to address them.
Imagine a fiasco: pre-mortem planning in action
The ideal time to use Klein's process of conducting a pre-mortem is at the kick-off meeting for a new project, and it involves some simple stages.
These can be developed into an extended process:
Step 1 – Preparation
Convene the project team (or, if an individual, prepare yourself)
Step 2 - Imagine a fiasco
Everything that could have gone wrong has gone wrong.
Step 3 - Generate reasons for failure
List all of the reasons the project might have failed.
Step 4 - Consolidate the lists
Share and prioritise.
Step 5 - Revisit the plan
Address the two or three items of greatest concern, and then schedule another meeting to generate ideas for avoiding or minimising the other problems.
Step 6 - Periodically review the list
Every three-to-four months to consider problems that may be emerging.
Pro-mortems
Klein also suggests running a pre-mortem with a different imagined outcome: a pro-mortem, where a roaring success is anticipated to create a blueprint for success. As Bob Sutton suggests in Scaling Up Excellence: Getting to More Without Settling for Less, you could split a team into two groups, one of which imagines that a project is "an unmitigated disasters; the other a roaring success", identifying all the possible causes in each case and drawing on the reasons from both groups to strengthen the plan.
While there is a risk that the pre-mortem process could cause so much opposition to a plan that it is abandoned, in most cases it will simply be modified for the better. Team members will feel that they've contributed to future-testing projects as best they can. Individuals looking ahead to personal goals and projects will feel confidence that these goals or plans are both achievable and robust.
And that makes imaginary time travel worth the journey.
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Q: Javascript read and display content of a file I want to read a file that's saved in the same folder. Then I want to show its content in a div in index.html. The problem: when I used require("fs") it didn't work since it wasn't running server-side. I have been looking around and can't find a simple answer. I want to make my website a little dynamic, so here is the code that should fire upon a button click:
function videos() {
    var body = *read a file("insertfilename")*;
    console.log(body);
    document.getElementById("body").innerHTML = body;
}

"body" in this case is just the id I gave the div.
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Now to explain it further. I want to use it as my main website. When I go onto there it should open an empty html file, which has a scriptfile as source. "onload" it should read a file , which is also already on the server, and put its content into a div inside of the body. If I click on a hotlink or a Button, it should read another file and put that content into that div instead. Maybe that gives a little clarification on what I am trying to do. I dont want to reload to open other sites of mine.

A: Seems like you need some basic file fetching since you are not using a server.  Have you tried FileReader for javascript? It is a very simple and straightforward object.  The example on the page seems similar to what you are trying to accomplish, except you want to fetch the file, not the user.

A: You can use AJAX. It stands for Asynchronous JavaScript And XML. You can send asynchronous requests to server with it. Just make sure that file that you are requesting is on the same domain as JS file.
function videos() {
    var xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
    xhttp.onreadystatechange = function() { //this will execute when you receive response from the server
        if (this.readyState == 4 && this.status == 200) {
            document.getElementById("body").innerHTML = this.responseText;
            console.log(this.responseText)
        }
    };
    xhttp.open("GET", "filename.txt", true);
    xhttp.send();
}

Here is W3schools tutorial if you want to learn more.

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FC Cincinnati Stadium Reveal
October 17, 2018 Jason Keith	Leave a comment
Following announcements made in the Spring of 2018 for FC's plans to move to the MLS in 2019, the team also announced that they would be building a new stadium. Much debate was held over where it would be from the suburb of Oakley, to the West End and even ideas of moving the team across the river to Newport. After much debate and city council speculation, civilians of the West End came to an agreement with FC to put the Stadium at the site of Willard Stargell Stadium, the now home of Cincinnati Public Schools football and soccer programs. On October 9th first designs were released for the new design.
The new stadium will be designed by Meis Architects and another company Elevar, based in Cincinnati. The first renderings estimate that the stadium's capacity will be around 25,500 and 26,500, which will leave little to open seating as reports have estimated that nearly 18,000 season ticket holders intend to return for the new stadium.
The stadium's design features a wrap around canopy roof, which will provide cover for all seating and will dual function by containing noise in the stadium. One very cool development of the canopy, as well as the stadium's exterior facades, is that it features Ethylene Tetrafluoro-ethylene (ETFE) foil technology, allowing it to vary in color and pattern to be displayed on the translucent surface.
Another addition to the stadium will be the increased size of The Bailey's seating section, FC's diehard supporters. The new section will be located at the north end of the stadium and nearly double the current capacity of 1,700. Another designated section, the club level, will also increase by about two times as much.
There has also been a lot of backlash from the West End neighborhood leading up to the announcement, yet FC Cincinnati President and GM Jeff Berding "We've received tremendous support from the West End and the Design Committee and we believe we're bringing a transformational stadium to Cincinnati" and that they "believe our West End stadium will be a catalyst for the neighborhood, but also help position Cincinnati as a 'City on the Rise' on both a national and international scale."
While the news and technology is very exciting, this is simply the first of their four design stages. More adjustments and changes will be made over the next few months until concrete construction begins in 2019. The second stage will include more adjustments following another technical review on December 3rd. Actual construction of the stadium is scheduled for spring of 2019 and will take nearly two years as it's scheduled to open in March of 2021.
The news of a new stadium is great for Cincinnati and their growing urban environment. With the progress being made for a new stadium in an ignored neighborhood of Cincinnati and admission to the MLS, FC will definitely provide a positive impact on the city economically and socially.
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Welcome to the Reston Accessibility Committee website.
RAC is a working group of Reston Citizens Association, partnering throughout the greater Reston community to improve access for persons with mobility disabilities.
Reston, Virginia, was founded in the early 1960s as a community which would insure, among other founding goals, "That the importance and dignity of each individual be the focal point for all planning, and take precedence for large-scale concepts." (A Place Called Reston, 2007, New Town Publications, Inc., Reston, Virginia.)
Reston Accessibility Committee was created by RCA early in 2008 to advocate for barrier-free access for persons with physical disabilities. The initial emphasis is to secure safe and comfortable access to a variety of establishments for customers and residents with mobility impairments.
Our first project was the Sunrise Valley Center Curb Ramp Replacement Project, completed in June 2008. See photos of this project below.
Launched in 1967, Reston Citizens Association (RCA) is dedicated to protecting and advancing the quality of life principles upon which Reston was founded. It serves as a forum for issues affecting the community, and as a voice for Reston before county and state government bodies. RCA information is available at its web site, www.restoncitizensassociation.org.
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We are powered by solar energy
In 2017, T.B. Scott Free Library installed a 27.25 kilowatt solar power array expected to provide about 15 percent of the library's annual electricity usage.
The project includes 79 solar collectors, made in the U.S. and featuring a 25-year warranty. The solar array is located on the south and south-west sides of the roof of the library's 2001 addition. There is a learning kiosk located in the library's lobby level where the public, in real-time, can track the solar project's performance and the library's overall energy usage, providing a valuable educational component.
The goal with this project was two-fold. Not only will the solar array help us reduce our monthly consumption of power—it will also provide an outstanding educational opportunity for our schools and our community.
Based on average solar energy production for our area, the system is projected to generate about 30,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity each year. Additional electricity will still be provided by Wisconsin Public Service. With the combination of the array's size and site limitations due to the historic aspect of the 1911 Carnegie library building, it is certain that the panels will not generate more energy than the library will use.
The system, which includes an inverter and power optimizers providing three-phase, 208-volt alternating current electricity, is expected to save the library significantly in energy costs over its 30-50 year lifetime.
The T.B. Scott Free Library solar project was funded entirely through outside sources. Legacy Solar Co-Op Solar Bonds purchased by local residents, a generous donation by Church Mutual, and an allocation from the T.B. Scott Free Library Endowment Fund were combined to fully fund the project's cost. North Wind Renewable Energy Cooperative installed the solar power system.


This is a very brief background to the confusing border between Israel and the occupied West Bank. It differentiates between the planned but never to be 'Partition' and the Green Line, and emphasises the impact of the 1967 war and the subsequent Israel's militarisation of the Green Line after the first intifada, 1987-1991.
Up to 1948 Palestine was a relatively thriving area between Syria, Lebanon, Egypt and Jordan, cultivated, well educated, cultured, with good transport links between for example, Jaffa, Haifa and Lebanon. It was not as some zionists like to suggest 'a land with no people'.
Since the First World War it was under the governance of Britain which had been mandated to be the governing body by the European International Powers.
The Partition was a plan to divide Palestine according to Resolution 181 in November 1947 of the UN General Assembly. It was suggested by USA/Europe a) as a way for Britain to wash its hands of Palestine and its Palestinian inhabitants, to turn its back, and b) for Israel to achieve statehood – a status that transformed its army from being regarded as terrorists into a national 'state' army and enabled rapid expansion of settler colonisation with impunity. It provided Israel with a beachhead – a military front from which the rest of Palestine could be conquered.
Of course the partition was never going to be enough for the zionists. And in fact it never even materialised as a border of any kind.
This plan never materialised because, before and during the Nakba (catastrophe) of 1948, the Jewish Terror units (Irgun, Lehi, Palmach and Hagana of the Jewish Agency) over-ran, massacred and displaced 750 000 Palestinians from their lands and homes and intensified settler colonising.
Instead the zionists took 50% of the area allotted to Arabs under the Partition plan and a so called Green Line was marked out on the map in 1949 separating the State of Israel from the occupied territories.
This could be crossed freely even after it was over-run after the 1967 six day war that drove Jordanian control out of the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
Although the line was overrun by Israel during the Six Day War of 1967, it has never ceased to be the administrative line separating sovereign Israel from that area which is controlled/administered/ occupied (delete whichever terms is least suitable to your personal political preferences). Israel has never formally annexed the West Bank and, as such, has left the Green Line in existence by default. The one exception has been Israel's policy regarding east Jerusalem.
However, since the first intifada, (a Palestinian uprising against Israeli occupation 1987-1991), the Green Line became the line of curfews and check points.
Those remaining inside Israel became Israeli citizens, while those in the West Bank were transformed into stateless citizens, initially under Jordanian administration and, since 1967, under Israeli control.
Of course the wall is situated to take as much Palestinian land as possible and often strays well over the so called Green Line of 1949 into the occupied West Bank.
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VERIFY: How do I learn about candidates who aren't listed in the voters' pamphlet?
Any candidate whose information does not appear in the voters' guide must be researched through independent means, such as from the campaign or media coverage.
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The Voters' Pamphlet for the Oregon General Election on Nov. 3, 2020.
Author: Rebecca Coster
Published: 1:10 PM PDT October 28, 2020
Updated: 1:10 PM PDT October 28, 2020
PORTLAND, Ore. — Election Day for the 2020 general elections is now less than a week away and every day Oregonians are casting their votes via mail-in ballots.
KGW viewer Lissa Meade asked us: "Where can you get information on candidates when their information doesn't appear in the booklet (i.e. Multnomah Soil & Water Conservation District Directors)? There doesn't seem to be anything online, outside of their scanned applications."
KGW set out to VERIFY: How do I learn about candidates who aren't listed in the elections voter guide?
Our source is Andrea Chiapella, media contact for the Oregon Secretary of State's Office.
"If a candidate does not appear in the Voters' Pamphlet (which is available online as well in multiple accessible formats), voters will need to research through other means such as seeking information directly from the campaign, media coverage, or other mechanisms," Chiapella said.
Some candidates may not be in the voters' guide because they filed as an official candidate too late. Others may have never intended to submit their candidacy information into the voter guide at all.
Regardless, any candidate whose information does not appear in the voters' guide must be researched through independent means.
If you have any questions regarding voting and elections, contact your local county elections office as soon as possible.
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The following are the job orders for Canada released by POEA which are already approved.
Canada is among the countries with "NO PLACEMENT FEE POLICY" according to POEA.
We are not affiliated to any of these agencies. For interested applicants please contact the agency through the link. We also strongly advise job applicants to be vigilant and report to POEA any violation in the recruitment process.
You might want to read the list of expenses when processing job application abroad .
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Investors await NFP for cues to Fed rate hike
Russia is holding military exercises involving China and India amid rising tensions with the US. The news sent WTI crude oil prices higher this morning.
South Korea's consumer prices rose by 5.7% year-over-year in August, easing from a 24-year high of 6.3% in July. The figure also came in below market expectations of 6.1%, lending support to the KRW/USD forex pair.
Brazil's trade surplus narrowed to $4.2 billion in August, from $7.7 billion in the year-ago month. Although the latest reading surpassed the consensus estimate of $3.8 billion, the BRL/USD pair declined in forex trading this morning.
Canada's building permits fell 6.6% to C$11.2 billion in June, versus a 1.5% decline in the previous month. The decline was much steeper than expectations of a 0.5% downturn, which exerted pressure on the CAD/USD forex pair.
Mexico's manufacturing PMI came in unchanged at 48.5 in August. The latest reading signalled the second straight month of contraction in manufacturing activity and sent the MXN/USD pair lower in forex trading this morning.
What's happening: The US Bureau of Labor Statistics is all set to release its all-important jobs data for August on Friday, September 2.
What happened: Last month's NFP (nonfarm payrolls) report surpassed expectations, with an addition of more than half a million jobs.
However, analysts have projected an easing in jobs growth for August, which could impact the Federal Reserve's interest rate decision at its meeting later this month.
Why it matters: The US economy added more than half a million jobs in July, which was the highest in five months, while the average hourly earnings rose 0.5% month-over-month.
Since the release of that report, Fed policymakers have indicated that the fight against inflation is not yet over and there could be aggressive rate hikes ahead. Traders widely expect the Fed to raise interest rates by another 75bps at its upcoming meeting this month, following hawkish remarks from Fed Chairman Jerome Powell at the Jackson Hole symposium.
The jobs report, scheduled for release later today, could prove material in confirming a 75bps rate hike, as the Fed considers the state of the labour market when making decisions around its monetary policy.
Better-than-expected jobs figures and solid wage growth could give the Fed the perfect environment to increase borrowing costs by another 75 basis points in mid-September. However, indications of softer job growth and any slowdown in average hourly wages may force the central bank to raise rates by only 50 bps.
Among the leading indicators that help predict the NFP report, the employment component of the ISM's manufacturing PMI rose to 52.8 in August, from 49.9 in the previous month, moving back to the positive zone. However, another leading indicator, the four-week moving average of initial jobless claims, slipped to 247,000. The revised ADP employment report came in well below market expectations, at 132,000 for August.
What are the estimates?
The US economy is expected to add around 300,000 jobs in August, following a 528,000 add-in in July.
The unemployment rate is projected to remain unchanged at 3.5% in August.
Average hourly wages, which rose by 0.5% to $32.27 in July, are likely to rise just 0.3% in August.
What to watch: The release of the NFP report typically impacts both forex and equity markets around the world. Traders will also monitor the US dollar index, which surged through the latter half of August with the Federal Reserve maintaining a hawkish stance.
European stocks will be in focus today ahead of producer price inflation data
Context: European markets started September on a negative note after recording losses last month.
Details: Traders shorted European stocks on Thursday amid concerns about interest rate hikes by the ECB.
Markets had already been cautious since last Friday, following hawkish comments from Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell.
On the economic data front, PMIs for most European countries showed a contraction in factory activity for August. The only main exception was France. The S&P Global manufacturing PMI for the country improved to 50.6 in August, from 49.5 a month ago and came in above the preliminary reading of 49.
The S&P Global manufacturing PMI for Eurozone was revised lower to 49.6 in August, versus a preliminary estimate of 49.7. The unemployment rate in the region slipped to a record low of 6.6% in July, from 6.7% in the earlier month.
Germany's retail sales came in better than expectations, growing by 1.9% in July. This represented a meaningful recovery from the 1.5% decline in the previous month and easily topped market expectations of a flat reading.
The pan-European Stoxx 600 fell 1.8% to close at 407.66 on Thursday, with all major sectors closing in the negative zone. Travel and leisure stocks were among the worst performers, shedding close to 4% in the session.
London's FTSE 100 dipped 1.86% to settle at 7,148.50, while the DAX 40 and CAC 40 lost 1.60% and 1.48%, respectively.
What to watch: Traders await the release of producer price inflation data from the Eurozone today. Producer prices in the region had increased 1.1% in June and are expected to accelerate to 2.8% in August. The release of the US NFP report will also remain in focus.
Other Markets: US indices closed mostly higher on Thursday, with the Dow Jones index, S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 up by 0.46%, 0.30% and 0.02%, respectively.
EUR/USD – 0.9959 and 0.9961 Positive
Gold – 1709.36 and 1711.41 Positive
Dow Jones – 31537.52 and 31739.20 Positive
GBP/USD (1.1547, 0.01%) S&P500 ($3,965, -0.10%) WTI ($88.34, 2%)
Germany's balance of trade, France's government budget value and new car registrations, Spain's unemployment change, Brazil's IPC-Fipe inflation and industrial production, Italy's car registrations, Mexico's foreign exchange reserves, India's foreign exchange reserves, Canada's labour productivity, US factory orders and Baker Hughes crude oil rigs, as well as Argentina's tax revenue.


K9Mania.com - Forums By Dog Lovers for Dog Lovers > Other Issues > Not about K9 stuff » Job Prospect!
I know I have been posting about it on facebook but I had to come on here to let yall know whats going on!
I finnaly got a job prospect. I have gone to the city 4 times to do paperwork/interviews...ect and today is the last step. Interview before the board.
It is an entery level job at the city police department. Nothing fancy, but it will allow me to move out of my parents place and be in the city where all my dog activities are. It might even save me money! Because its 2 hr trip and gas isnt cheap.
It has been a 3 week process to get this far...and I will probably never know how many people I go against today. It might be 1 it might be 3 it might just be me.
Im so nervous I could puke or just not go! LOL!
Anyways, praying for a good interview, keep yalls fingers n paws n claws crossed! I really need this!
Good Luck, hope ya get it!!!
I wont know till Tuesday if I got the #1 spot. If I do get the #1 spot, I will go in for a pollygraph test and a drug test...good grieffffff!
After that it will take another 2 weeks before they get me working...at least that will give me time to get my living situation set up.
I wish you the best of luck Meredith! These things always take a long time and the waiting is unbearable, but hang in, and let's hope you are the lucky one.
Crossing fingers, toes, and paws for ya!
Passed the board interview but didnt get picked. Im so disapointed and sad now...this is just beyond depressing.


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Why the Turkey-Syria border conflict is a 'proxy war' for US-Russia
In Depth: America sidelined as Nato ally Turkey attacks US-backed Kurdish fighters
Turkish-backed fighters north of the Syrian town of Azaz, near the border
NAZEER AL-KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images
Ankara today announced its first two combat deaths in Turkey's clash with US-backed Kurdish fighters south of the border in Syria - a battle many see as a proxy war pitting Russian military might against a weakened America.
"Relations between Turkey and Russia have been gradually getting closer in the context of the Syria conflict, whereas tensions have been rising between Ankara and Washington, which backs the Kurdish fighters in northern Syria," reports Al Jazeera.
The armed conflict began on Saturday and pits America against its fellow Nato member in a territory where US diplomatic ties have been sorely tested already by the wars in Syria and Iraq.
"The Turkish offensive, carried out over the protests of the US but with the apparent assent of Russia, marks a perilous new phase in relations between two Nato allies - bringing their interests into direct conflict on the battlefield," The New York Times says. "It lays bare how much leverage the United States has lost in Syria, where its single-minded focus has been on vanquishing Islamist militants."
Historically, Russia has supported Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who has waged a seven-year war against the dual threat of Islamic State militants and the Syrian rebels who want to overthrow his regime.
And now Moscow has entered into an "agreement" with Ankara on the border war against US-backed Kurdish fighters, Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan said yesterday.
The US, meanwhile, supported Syrian rebels trying to overthrow Assad during the Obama regime - although the Trump administration appears to have pulled back from such covert operations, The Atlantic magazine reports.
Crucially, however, the US announced plans last week to train up a 30,000-strong border protection force in northern Syria to prevent Isis from returning. That border force will consist mainly of members of the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) - considered by the Turkish government to be a terrorist group.
Offensive Olive Branch
President Erdogan has accused the US of building an "army of terror" on his border. After threatening to drown the US-backed forces, Erdogan launched "Offensive Olive Branch" in northwestern Syria this weekend.
The bloody conflict has so far left 50 people dead during three days of intense shelling and air strikes, The Guardian reports.
It has also left the US watching from the sidelines, The New York Times reports, while Russia aligns itself with Turkey and accuses the US of encouraging the Kurds and aggravating the Syrian conflict.
So far, the Turkish border operations are confined to targets around Afrin, a region about 30 miles north of Aleppo that is of limited strategic concern to the US.
Syrian expert Andrew J. Tabler told the newspaper that the big question is whether Turkey will push further into Syria.
"That could bring Turkey into conflict with the main force of Kurds, and even potentially, with American troops," Tabler said.


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Russian Jet Flies Within Meters of United States Navy Airplane
Different stories about the close call emerged from each country.
Brooke Binkowski
Image Via Dmitry Terekhov/Flickr
A U.S. Navy surveillance aircraft was intercepted by a Russian jet in international airspace over the Black Sea on 7 September 2016.
The encounter lasted about fifteen minutes, said a Navy spokesman, during which the Russian aircraft came within three meters (or ten feet) of the American plane:
Navy Capt. Jeff Davis, a Pentagon spokesman, says the Russian SU-27 Flanker fighter made the unsafe maneuver Wednesday near a U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon aircraft that was conducting routine operations in international airspace.
Davis said that the Navy plane's transponders were on for identification purposes, which is contradicted by Russia's official account of the encounter:
"After the Russian fighters approached the reconnaissance aircraft for visual inspection and identification of the aircraft registration numbers, the American planes abruptly changed course and flew in the opposite direction from the Russian border," a Russian Defense Ministry spokesman, Major-General Igor Konashenkov, said in a statement.
Russia's state-funded English news network, RT, hinted that the American jet was attempting to spy on military drills across the Russian border:
The Russian Defense Ministry said that after the Russian jets approached the US spy planes close enough to visually identify them, the American aircraft sharply changed direction and flew away from the border. The ministry added that it was just the latest attempt by US aircraft to approach the Russian border close to the region where the massive Caucasus-2016 drills are being held.
The ministry stressed that there is no need for such actions, as it already officially invited military attaches from 60 countries, including NATO members, as well as more than 100 foreign journalists, to attend the final stage of the drills.
The incident is reminiscent of drills and confrontations that took place during the Cold War. It came just days after officials from both countries met to discuss the ongoing violence and conflict in Syria, and to try to work out a ceasefire deal.
By Brooke Binkowski
Brooke Binkowski is a former editor for Snopes.
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