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Tetradenia riparia (Hochst.) Codd sensu lato[Agg]
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Vumba rd before Bunga Forest, Vumba.
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Synonyms: Iboza multiflora (Benth.) E.A. Bruce
Iboza riparia (Hochst.) N.E. Br.
Status: Native
Herbaceous, deciduous shrub or small tree. Stems semi-succulent, brittle. Leaves ovate-oblong to rotund, variously covered with glandular hairs on both sides, the underside covered in whitish velvety hairs. Margins coarsely crenate-dentate. Inflorescences together forming large many-branched panicles, terminal, usually appearing when the plant is leafless. Flowers minute, pale to deep, mauve-pink or lilac, sometimes white, unisexual in different spikes within the same inflorescence.
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Notes: The concept of this species has long been confusing. Many different taxa have at times been described only to become synonyms of T. riparia again when treated in other literature. In a recent publication (Phillipson & Steyn, 2008) several names were either reinstated or newly described. According to this new concept 4 species, formerly included under T. riparia, occur in Zambia. Since these new concepts are very difficult, if not impossible, to distinguish in the field and all our recordings, both in the field and from herbarium specimens, have been treated as T. riparia, we have retained this aggregate species T. riparia sensu lato to hold these records.
Derivation of specific name: riparia: of riverbanks, although certainly not restricted to that habitat.
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Flowering time: May - Aug
Worldwide distribution: Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Swaziland and Limpopo, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): N,W,C,E,S
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Baumann, G. (2005). Photographic Guide to Wildflowers of Malawi Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi Pages 156 - 157. (Includes a picture).
Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 192. (Includes a picture).
Coates Palgrave K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Page 994.
Coates Palgrave, M. (1989). Guide to the trees and shrubs of the Mukuvisi Woodlands ?publisher. Page 29.
Codd, L.E. (1983). The genus Tetradenia Benth. (Lamiaceae) I. African species Bothalia 14(2) Pages 181 - 183. as Tetradenia riparia sensu lato (Includes a picture).
Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 272. As Iboza multiflora and Iboza riparia
Fabian, A. & Germishuizen, G. (1997). Wild Flowers of Northern South Africa. Fernwood Press, Vlaeburg. Pages 350 - 351. (Includes a picture).
Kirby, G. (2013). Wild Flowers of Southeast Botswana Struik Nature, Cape Town South Africa Page 319. (Includes a picture).
Phillipson, P.B. & Steyn, C.F. (2008). Tetradenia (Lamiaceae) in Africa: new species and new combinations Adansonia series 3 30(1) Pages 190 - 192. as Tetradenia riparia sensu stricto
Schmidt, E., Lötter, M. & McCleland, W. (2002). Trees and shrubs of Mpumalanga and Kruger National Park Jacana, Johannesburg, South Africa Pages 590 - 591. (Includes a picture).
Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 79.
Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 115.
Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 93. As Tetradenia riparia sensu lato
Other sources of information about Tetradenia riparia:
Flora of Botswana: Tetradenia riparia
Flora of Malawi: Tetradenia riparia
Flora of Mozambique: Tetradenia riparia
Flora of Zimbabwe: Tetradenia riparia
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Tetradenia riparia
African Plant Database: Tetradenia riparia
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Tetradenia riparia
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Tetradenia riparia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Tetradenia riparia
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Tetradenia riparia
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Tetradenia riparia
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Tetradenia riparia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network): Tetradenia riparia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Tetradenia riparia
Ispot Southern Africa: Tetradenia riparia
JSTOR Plant Science: Tetradenia riparia
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Tetradenia riparia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Tetradenia riparia
The Plant List (version 1.1): Tetradenia riparia
Tropicos: Tetradenia riparia
Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2019). Flora of Zambia: Species information: Tetradenia riparia.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=149530, retrieved 18 July 2019
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Dustball Rally was originally inspired by Willie William's stories of his Cannonball Run days. Most do not know about another rally that Willie completed: The ALCAN 5000. We will not be traveling 5000 miles on this rally, but DBR:Diverted IS in fact, inspired by Willie's experiences during his enduring 5000 mile trek to the Arctic Circle. This isn't a rock climb or a weekend jaunt, it's a short version of the most well-rounded and enduring challenge we could come up with, only to be taken on by the most prepared Dustball teams….and their respective vehicles. This isn't for superhypersportscars, nor is it for 10mph rock-climbers. This is a total of 450 miles of mixed surfaces and terrain including, but not limited to dirt, rock, gravel, mud, and more. It also wouldn't be a Dustball Rally without a few winding highway sprints. Teams will be met with more complex navigational challenges as well as another dimension of technical driving aspects. A Dustball Rally:Diverted Team has to be ready for the apocalypse.
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Cultural loss will be a great setback for us all Apart from tangible things, traditional Ladakhi culture has decency, kindness and generosity
By Rigzin Wangmo & Jigmet Dehdol Leh, Sep 18, 2018
The lifestyle of the people of Ladakh is changing with time, inclining more towards western culture. With this trend, our society is neither being able to live with our own traditional age-old culture nor with western values. The question is why can't we embrace our own culture fully? Why do we need to adopt a culture of some other place while having a rich culture of our own? With such influences, the rich tradition and culture of Ladakh are on the verge of dying. And we don't seem to care a bit!
Ladakh has a unique culture and losing it will be the greatest loss. The invasion of western culture has a huge contribution in making the place look similar to any other place in the world.
Abdul Ghani Sheikh, writer, says, "Ladakhi culture over the years has seen many changes. Our culture is a mix of different cultural heritage with both positive and negative traits. It would be unrealistic to say that Ladakh has its own culture. It is a blend of other cultural influences. It seems that the culture we are witnessing today will be known as the real culture of Ladakh."
Change is inevitable and knowing how to balance between developmental change and traditional values is important. We can modernise our traditional aspects according to the contemporary needs which makes it more desirable and practical.
Mipam Otsal, Director, Ladakh Theatre Organisation, says, "Transformation in a society is natural. But we must ensure that the change does not affect our rich culture and tradition. We can accept what is right and filter the wrongs out. Such awareness and discussion need to be carried out among the people."
People have changed and so are their interests. Today, no one prefers to wear the traditional attire 'Goncha' or eat 'Paba'. But if we modify the same attire and food, then there may be acceptance. Rather than adopting and copying western culture, we can make the traditional attire modern, and add a new taste to traditional cuisine.
Elijah Gergan, retired principal, Moravian Mission School, says, "We have failed to promote our own local food. We can give a new taste to 'Thukpa' and other food items. More local restaurants serving local food are needed. Wearing traditional attire on a particular day or occasion is often on instructions. It seems that people are imposed to wear the dress. Nothing works by imposition. The younger generation is not going to listen to the imposed culture."
Earlier boys and girls used to wear 'Phogos' which showed gender equality and later 'Chuba', a Tibetan dress was preferred by unmarried girls as it was more feminine.
Language is the root of our culture and identity and we cannot compromise with it. We demand the inclusion of Bhoti language in the 8th Schedule of the Indian Constitution but do most of us even speak in our own mother tongue? And, changing classical Bhoti into colloquial Ladakhi is also being opposed by some section of the society.
Smanla Dorje Nurboo, Planner, LEDeG, says, " Colloquial ( Phal skat ) was criticised by the scholars saying that it would dilute or degrade the traditional writing ,'Tibetan classical'. This led to the shutdown of the magazine 'Ladags Melong' which was very unfortunate. I don't think this has contributed in preservation."
Rigin Chodon, Research Associate, LAMO, wants more contemporary literary works by the Ladakhi people. So, in the school curriculum, instead of reading classical texts, students could read colloquial texts as well.
Ladakh has become one of the most sorted destinations for tourist all over the world because of its unique identity. But with the kind of development that has taken place over the years has contributed immensely to the loss of our culture and identity. More or less, the resemblance of our culture is equal to the western culture. We should not blindly give space to everything that comes from western culture.
Tsewang Paljor, Special Officer, Cultural Academy, Leh, says, "This booming tourism industry has corrupted the minds of people. They are earning money but at the cost of the moral values passed on by our ancestors. They have become materialistic."
Mipham Otsal says that tradition is treated as a 'product for sale' and the result is quite chaotic. People don't think beyond 'now' and the environment is exploited massively as if the next generation wouldn't need these resources.
Otsal says that the leaders and the elders should impart the correct values so that the young generation look up to them and follow them.
"The younger generation is not the one to be blamed. They follow what they learn from their elders and environment. Our young people, especially the teenagers, being naïve, are easy to be convinced. Hence they pick up the good as well as the bad influences easily and spontaneously."
There's no doubt that globalisation has managed to connect the world, but unfortunately, it is also a reason behind weakening of culture which leads to the loss of cultural identity. Our land has become a blend of many foreign influences.
Today the definition of culture is limited to wearing the traditional dress or speaking in our mother tongue. Is it only the physical appearance that seems to be defining the real Ladakhi culture! If so, what about the moral values inherited from our ancestors? The people of Ladakh are known for good values, innocence, kindness and love. The values taught by our forefathers are nowhere to be seen today.
Are we too ignorant and not realising the importance of our rich culture and tradition?

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Dubai International, DXB, has recorded its second busiest month ever surpassing the eight million passenger mark in July, according to the monthly traffic report issued by operator Dubai Airports today. The airport clocked monthly traffic exceeding eight million passengers on three other occasions last year - in January 8.03 m, July 8.06 m, and August 8.23 m.
Passenger numbers in July totalled 8,207,987, up 1.8 percent, compared to 8,065,789 recoded in July 2017. Year to date passenger traffic reached 51,947,092 up 1.6 percent compared to 51,120,057 recorded during the first seven months in 2017.
In terms of growth rate, Eastern Europe was the fastest growing region in July with traffic surging 24.4 percent - mainly fueled by flydubai's route development plan, followed by CIS with +18.34 percent and major contributions from the Russian market and destinations such as Bishkek, Baku and Almaty among others, and Africa with +9.7 percent.
India retained its position as the top destination country with 1,032,302 passengers, followed by Saudi Arabia 583,975 passengers, and the UK 581,557 passengers. London, with 358,201 passengers, topped the list of the most popular destinations served from DXB by traffic volume in July, followed by Kuwait 221,696, Mumbai 209,205, and Riyadh 200,411.
Flight movements during July reached 35,393, up 3.5 percent compared to 34,181 movements recorded during July 2017. Year to date flight movements totalled 237,177 compared to 240,179 recorded during the first seven months of 2017, a contraction of 1.2 percent. Passengers per movement remained high at 238, but registered a contraction of 2.1 percent compared to the record high of 243 recorded in July 2017.
DXB recorded robust growth in cargo in July with volumes totaling 223,488 tonnes compared to 213,258 tonnes in July 2017, up 4.8 percent. Year to date cargo volumes reached 1,491,649 compared to 1,516,169 tonnes of cargo recorded during the same period in 2017, a contraction of 1.6 percent.


Though Covington's bicentennial year of 2015 is now in the past, celebration continues as volunteers behind COV200 have more in store to make sure the city's future is as rich as its history.
"We have accomplished a lot of great things this past year celebrating Covington's history, and as the celebrations wind down we want to continue the momentum of those efforts into Covington's future," COV200 Chair Normand Desmarais says.
To maintain momentum, COV200 is hosting a Legacy Launch Event at the Madison Event Center Thursday, Feb. 25, when the group will unveil plans to meet the goal of the Legacy Education Initiative to ensure success among all children in the City of Covington by closing the achievement gap.
Covington schools, along with Children, Inc. and other key community partners, have already launched Footsteps2Brilliance, a literacy game app that is free for Covington residents with children between the ages of 3 and 9. This is just one step of many toward healthy students and families in Covington.
At the Legacy Launch Event, key players will be recognized for their contributions throughout the bicentennial celebration and the finished Bicentennial Time Capsule will be on display for all to see.
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No Hero (2008 mini-series) #0-7 [SET] — To Be a Super-Human (All Variant Wrap Covers)
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Warren Ellis and Juan Jose Ryp, the team behind the fan-favorite BLACK SUMMER, are revolutionizing masked heroes yet again in this blockbuster epic!
Dead heroes in the dirt.
A killer capable of almost supernatural tortures.
Five generations of the world's only superhuman group.
A forty-year legacy of standing for the rights of freedom and safety.
A young man obsessed with the need for street justice.
How much do you want to be a superhuman?
How badly does he want it?
Bad enough to bring on the last days of an American legend?
If he even gets to survive that long?
Forty years ago, a group of superhumans emerged in San Francisco, guided by the man whose unique new drugs gave them their incredible powers.
But the team is not the only thing that's advanced over the years, and there are no easy victories when their luck finally begins to run out...
Collecting the eight-issue mini-series, All Variant Wrap covers.
No Hero (2008 mini-series) #0 (Variant Wrap Cover - Juan Jose Ryp)
By Warren Ellis & Juan Jose Ryp.
The hottest series of the summer is beginning right now, as Ellis and Ryp unleash their next epic on the world! The superstar team that made Black Summer an instant fan-favorite are back, and revolutionizing masked heroes yet again! Warren Ellis & Juan Jose Ryp have created an exciting new universe that explodes into action in this zero chapter. In 1966, a group of superhumans emerged in San Francisco, guided by the man whose unique new drugs gave them their incredible powers. Calling themselves The Levellers, this unified front stood against street crimes and corruption, in defense of their city against any and all assault. Years have passed, and we fast-forward through the tumultuous events of those early years to today, where the idealistic Levellers have gone through four incarnations to become The Front Line. But the team is not the only thing that's advanced over the years, and there are no easy victories when their luck finally begins to run out… This #0 issue is not a preview, it features the essential first chapter of the story!
No Hero (2008 mini-series) #1 (of 7) (Variant Wrap Cover - Juan Jose Ryp)
With the death of Judex and Doctor Shift, Carrick Masterson will need some replacements for the Front Line. And his # 1 pick will be a young man that goes by the name of Joshua Carver, a ruthless and fearless vigilante of New York. Will Joshua's decision be the end of everything he's ever been? What is the ultimate price one will pay to be a superhero? For now, only Masterson may know the answers...
How badly do you want to be a superhuman? Finally, Joshua will have to answer this. Mediocrity is the question and FX7 is the answer. And throwing away all his life away for just one chance to become something beyond human will prove to be a tricky and dangerous game that will lead Joshua to a heroic dream or to infinite madness.
Someone has declared war to the Front Line and this escalation has taken the life of another Front Liner. Now it's time for some vicious retaliation. Meanwhile, Josh Carver has passed through the Room of Nightmares and the early manifestations of some nasty side effects of FX7 made him wonder if he really wanted so much to become super human.
Life and death is an eternal cycle. And to become a super human, Josh Carver (or what's left of his humanity) had to die to reborn as Revere, his super human alter ego. But everything has a price, and FX7 price seems to be too high.
Warren Ellis and Juan Jose Ryp, the team behind the fan-favorite Black Summer, are revolutionizing masked heroes yet again in the hottest new series of the summer! The Front Line are under attack from terrible forces they can barely see, at the same time as they seem to be falling apart from within - and caught in the middle is idealistic new member Josh Carver, still traumatized from his transformation into a superhuman, still coping with the fact that The Front Line may not be the team of heroes he thought it was. Someone is hell-bent on revenging themselves on The Front Line - and Josh Carver is next! This fierce fifth issue pushes the action to the limit!
The penultimate issue brings the world of The Front Line crashing down around them. Things are falling apart for Carrick Masterson and the Front Line, under attack on all sides. And in the eye of the storm is Josh Carver, who now knows everything about the Front Line - except who's killing them. Unless he's been lying, all along. Unless he's been followed, all along. Unless he was the ticking time bomb, all along! Everything comes to a head in this sixth issue!
The final issue brings the world of The Front Line crashing down around them as the Ellis and Ryp masterpiece concludes! Today, in the wreckage of what was the life of Carrick Masterson and the career of the Front Line, all secrets are revealed. Young Josh Carver, sucked into the whole mess just because he wanted to be a superhuman and do good, is stuck in the middle of it all. But Josh has secrets, too. And one of them is that he's exactly where he wants to be. Not all is what it seems to be and the big reveals here will change everything! It all goes to Hell in this last issue.


You can access that secret from a broken window, but how do you get up there?
I've been pretty bad about this lately but I keep forgetting to sign into my IRC client mainly due to having migrated some Skype chats to Discord now and was wondering how many people here use Discord instead of IRC?
Maybe a higher up figure from PCKF could start a Discord server?


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Today's the Day the Ratlickers Have Their Party ∞
Last weekend, a man named George Gerez decided to host a party in a hotel suite, complete with a live DJ. Beyond the fact that a hotel room party is a bad idea both generally and especially during a pandemic, Massachusetts currently has a 25 person limit on indoor gatherings. The party was better attended than that, and eventually, the state police arrived to shut things down. That should've been the end of it, but rather than just saying "No comment", Gerez opted to speak to a reporter. He expressed that he felt it was "kind of unjust what happened" (it wasn't), and went on to state:
"I know there's a pandemic going on and all that, but we're so deep into the pandemic, it's been like six or seven months now, and a lot of people are kind of over it at this point," Gerez said.
Firstaball, lockdowns in the US began in March, which is just five months ago. I'll grant that it often feels a lot longer, but "six or seven months" is just a lousy estimate. More important, however, is that second statement. "A lot of people are kind of over it at this point". Yeah, I'm "over it" too, if by "it" we're referring to selfish people doing things that prolong the problem for the entire country.
Violators could face a fine of $500. Gerez said he and his friends have yet to receive a fine, but they would not have a problem paying it.
"My friends and I can come up with $500 to pay a fine" is, uh, quite the flex.
Ridiculous Products: Idiotic COVID-19 Touch Tools
Thursday, April 23rd, 2020
If you've been reading the news online, watching television, listening to the radio, or having conversations with any other human beings, you may be aware that there's a global pandemic going on. It's smart to take some basic safety precautions to protect yourself and others. This includes social distancing, frequent hand washing, and wearing a mask when you go out.
What you really don't need is a fake metal finger to touch things for you. And yet, in recent days I have been shown five different variations of a "touch tool", via ads on Instagram and other places.
These are promotional images from five different products.
Firstaball1, just how many elevator buttons is the average person pressing in a day, particularly these days? And secondaball2, has no one considered just using a knuckle?
I suspect part of the reason I'm seeing this pop up so much is that I just can't stop clicking the ads. The first time, my sheer amazement at the stupidity of the idea compelled me to learn more. Since then, I've been stunned that hey, there's a different version of the same nonsense again. The various robots working behind the scenes are undoubtedly mistaking my clicks for serious interest in this ludicrous concept.
From the $6 "Clean Key" by "Vetted Security solutions" (who also offer an optional $15 Tiger King-themed paint job) all the way up to the egregiously expensive $35 "Keychain Touch Tool" from Peel, it seems everyone is looking to cash in by making a touch tool. Three of them are even using the exact same "Clean Key" name! One claims to be "The Original Clean Key", but much like a Ray's Pizza in New York City, you should be skeptical.
Meanwhile, KeySmart's version of the CleanKey has the benefit of looking sort of like a Tommy Gun:
If you get this model, you can make rat-a-tat-tat machine gun sounds as you imagine you're blowing away the virus. You won't be, of course, but it's fun to pretend. Keep the change, ya filthy pathogen!
KeySmart's site features an infomercial-style video, which included this delightfully cheesy frame:
The "As Seen On TV" production values you see should tell you a lot about what we're dealing with here.
However, the version I've seen advertised most often makes a point of focusing on quality. The COVID-KEY is made by Milspin, a company which sells "high end CNC products for American patriots". That appears to mean making accessories for motorcycles and firearms that feature all manner of trademark infringement, as well as juvenile quips like "Get McFucked". But hey, if you need your handgun to show off the brand of chewing tobacco you favor, Milspin has you covered:
Barvd 🙊
Milspin is making their own claims to originality, urging customers not to fall for "the knock-off pre-order China made keys!", which appears to be a jab directed at KeySmart.
Regardless of who makes it, or in what country, a touch tool remains a useless waste of time, energy, and material. The design implies you should attach it to your keychain, where you also have, ya know, keys. If you really feel the need to avoid pressing buttons, those keys themselves have you covered pretty well.
It's true that a standard key can't grip and pull, while these tools can. But after they do, they're going into your pocket or purse. Unless the tool is sanitized after each use, it's just going to serve as a possible vector for moving the virus onto your other possessions. When you reach in to pull it out again, you're definitely getting virus all over your hands.
The idea for this trumpery3 is itself like a virus, one which has infected metal fabricators across the internet. It's often said the great minds think alike. The proliferation of these touch tools makes it clear that dumb minds think alike as well.
This is an amazing formulation I received in an email from someone for whom English was a second language. I have since adopted it for comedic purposes. ↩
Honestly, "secondaball" cracks me up even more, but I seldom manage to get to it in conversation. ↩
Unlike the two previous example this is a real word in the dictionary and everything. It has centuries of history, but I learned of it only recently. It's a fancier way of saying "crap":
I can't believe "trumpery" hasn't gotten traction in the past four years. Let's change that! ↩
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On Dec. 29, 2016, the State Council issued their reply to the National Land Rectification Plan (2016 – 2020), and approved the Plan in principle, which will be promulgated and enforced by the Ministry of Land and Resources and the National Development and Reform Commission. In the reply, the State Council pointed out that the implementation of the plan should follow the strategic deployment of the Central Committee of the CPC and the State Council and stick to the most rigid farmland protection policy and the strictest land saving measures. Strategies of storing grain in farmland and priority to saving should be applied. With promoting grain productivity as the goal, farmland rectification and high-standard farmland construction should be carried out with great efforts, so as to lay down a sound foundation for agricultural modernization. Oriented at promoting coordinated urban and rural development, emphasis should be laid on sorting out scattered, idle, and low-efficiency construction land use, so as to stimulate the construction of a beautiful and livable countryside and the development of new-type urbanization. In order to realize accurate poverty relief, great efforts should be put into boosting the comprehensive land rectification in poverty-stricken areas, and support in related policies, projects, and funds should be enhanced to aid the campaign against poverty. Under the precondition of protecting the ecological environment, effective measures should be adopted to rectify, upgrade, and restore abandoned, degraded, contaminated, and damaged land, so as to realize the sustainable use of land resources. It is expected that through the implementation of the Plan, during the period of the 13th Five-year Plan, at least 400 million mu, but aiming for 600 million mu, high-standard farmland should be created, and the quality of rectified elementary farmland should be upgraded by one level, on average. A total of 20 million mu farmland will be replenished after land rectification, and about 200 million mu medium- and low-grade farmland will be reformed through farmland rectification, as a result, both the quality and the quantity of farmland protection will be promoted to a general extent. As high as 6 million mu rural construction land use will be sorted out, and also 6 million mu low-efficiency urban land use will be reformed and developed, which will further promote the intensified land use and land saving level. Farmland reclamation should be facilitated in a general way and the reclamation rate should reach over 45%. And ecological land use should be realized so as to achieve a rational use of land resource and an apparent improvement of the ecological environment.


In December 2018, the all-new Sonos Amp will be available to custom installers for integration into smart-home systems. Amp is designed so the sound you love "bathes" you from every direction in crystal clear fulfillment of the senses. The new product offers Sonos idea of "sonic architecture," based on concepts of colors, textiles, lines, and angles, the materials we use to design the interior aesthetic of a home. Amp is a way for you to create an environment that is uniquely yours.
Amp was designed to interface with all of the speakers you've chosen that express the unique character of your home. The technological compatibility is not isolated to Sonos products and can be used with most in-wall and free-standing speakers. If you have vintage speakers that want to use, Amp will breathe life back into your antique collection, and at the same time create an up to date, top of the line way for you to experience music. Sonos has created a product engineered with "…twice the power of its predecessor, Amp can handle the demands of a 5.1 surround sound system, power-hungry vintage speakers, and outdoor speakers." The Amp has the impressive sonic intensity to pair with speakers and subwoofers of any size.
Sonos is not simply a speaker company. They are a software company that uses top of the line engineering and technology to create incredible experiences using speakers. Sonos eliminated typical Bluetooth issues with the new Amp. It connects into WiFi, so your music, movies, and other media are streamed with consistency, without interruption when the phone rings. Airplay 2 is also now supported, and older devices like CD players and turntables can be incorporated into your audiovisual design with Amp.
Sonos products are compatible with numerous home automation integrators and opened up to "all potential partners" including Amazon Echo. The new Amp can be used with the Alexa assistant to turn on and off music, change lighting scenes, and adjust the climate in your home with the ease of voice control. Amp is a great addition to a smart-product savvy home.
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A few days ago I came across a FaceBook post by Radio NZ about the growing numbers of takahē [one of NZ's rare flightless birds threatened by extinction] and was so intrigued by it I've gathered together some information, and included a link to their article below.
Takahē were rediscovered above the bush line amongst the snow tussock and sub alpine plants of Fiordland's Muchison Mountains in 1948 by Dr. Orbell , who as it turned out was a neighbour of my grandparents.
And so from a very early age some years after his significant achievement I was aware of his fame, but too young to recall meeting him apart from some hazy memories of him waving from a top-floor window.
Once thought to be extinct their re-discovery was followed by decades of conservation effort, yet even today they remain on the ever growing "critically endangered" list. Amazingly they have clung to existence despite the pressures from hunting, habitat destruction and introduced predators.
The phrase "clinging to existence" belies an enormous amount of patient work over six decades on the bird's behalf and also their habitat.
Why so long, you may ask? Well, the situation in this country where so many bird species evolved in an environment devoid of mammals [excepting bats] meant there were no defences when predators arrived.
We have had to implement the defences, and no one in the world has ever dealt with this scenario so unique. Which really means there has been a lot of experimentation underscored by the odd mistake. Fortunately we've been able to react lightly and move on to reach this amazing goal of 300 birds up from several!
Takahē come from times when many large flightless birds were spread throughout the country. They do have wings, but are flightless and only occasionally use them for display during courtship, or as a show of aggression.
Takahe numbers have reached 300, for the first time in more than 50 years. It's a milestone for the endangered bird, which has been the subject of a marathon conservation effort following its dramatic rediscovery in 1948.


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Dear EarthTalk: School Cafeteria Nutrition Standards
November 21, 2014 - November 21, 2014, Health
I hear that many school cafeterias have nutrition standards no better—even worse—than those of fast food chains. What can be done about this? — Betsy Edison, Nashville, TN
Americans have done a great job making sure that our kids have something to eat at school regardless of socioeconomic status, with the National School Lunch Program providing low-cost or free lunches to upwards of 31 million students at 92 percent of U.S. public and private schools.
But that doesn't mean the food has been especially nutritious, and public health experts say it's no wonder our kids are more obese than ever when we feed them trans fats, salts and sodas for lunch. Kids get half their daily calories at school, so what's for lunch there has a big impact on health and lasting eating habits.
A 2008 analysis of school lunches by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) concluded that American kids consume very few fruits and vegetables in their cafeterias—with potatoes accounting for a third of all vegetables consumed. IOM also found that kids were eating many refined grains and too much saturated fat and sodium. A 2009 study by USA Today found that meat used by McDonald's and Burger King was tested for bacteria and unsafe pathogens up to 10 times as much as meat bound for U.S. school cafeterias.
In response to these stark findings, along with vigorous advocacy by First Lady Michelle Obama, things are starting to improve. In 2010, Congress voted to revamp the nation's school lunch program by enacting the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act (HHFKA). The higher standards in the new law seek to align school meals with the federal 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans by upping the availability and portion sizes of fruits, vegetables and whole grains (and requiring students to select a fruit or vegetable), establishing calorie ranges, removing trans fats and limiting sodium levels. The law also incentivizes schools to take part with generous meal reimbursement funds. The new standards went into effect in 2012 and have been working their way through school districts from coast-to-coast and getting rave reviews in the process.
Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health who collected plate waste data among more than 1,000 students in four schools in urban, low-income school districts both before and after HHFKA took effect found that fruit selection increased 23 percent following implementation: "Average per person fruit consumption was unchanged," said researchers, "but because more students selected fruit overall, more fruit was consumed post-implementation." Also, per student vegetable consumption went up 16.2 percent.
But just because public health researchers think the program is going well doesn't mean Congress will keep it going. The Republican-dominated House of Representatives has included waivers for school lunch nutrition standards in its fiscal-year 2015 Agriculture Appropriations bill. "The provision would allow schools with a 6-month net loss of revenue to opt out of providing the healthier meals outlined by the HHFKA," Dr. Jennifer Woo Baidal writes in the New England Journal of Medicine. "A deficit of any amount from any cause could allow schools to return to the same meals that the IOM found in 2008 to be nutritionally lacking." Consumers interested in protecting the new nutritional standards should weigh in by calling, writing or e-mailing their Congressional representatives and speaking up for healthier kids.
CONTACTS: National School Lunch Program,www.fns.usda.gov/nslp/national-school-lunch-program-nslp; IOM,www.iom.edu; HHFKA, www.fns.usda.gov/initiative/hhfka.
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Food is a very important part of holiday and relaxation – you should look forward to the meal – it shall be an event. This we know all about and we take care of it. To our international menu and fresh, local food you will enjoy, we invite you to our bar for the proper drinks. Of course our specialty is sea food, as it's less than 100 meter from where the fishermen enter the beach to our kitchen. The Catch of the Day can be everything from prawns or lobster, to shark or barracuda. Bon apetit!
The other great advantage with our restaurant is the marvelous view. During the meal you are overlooking the lagoon and the ocean.
Additionally, our hygiene is of Norwegian standard, which means that you safely can eat even our wonderful salads.
For the one who want to learn how the local food is prepared, you can do this together with some women from the village, just outside our local house in our compound. There your prepare the chicken, the coconut, beans, vegetables and fruits. Ugali is also on this menu, which is a pourage from maize flower. This is a very common dish for Tanzanians all over the country.
When the food is ready, it's your chice if you want to enjoy it on the ground – completely local style, or if you prefer to get u\it served in the restaurant. .


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Update: Important Rule! Since I see many of the designers are posting tons of new things, it is filling our storage. One of the main purposes for this sale is to lighten our already almost full gallery. So... I'm make one rule: After Thursday, you cannot add any more fashions to the gallery. If you do, they will be removed until the end of the sale.
Just wondering on Saturday when everyone is shopping, once the gallery isn't full anymore, can ones put more items up for sale? Me personally don't have anything else to sell, didn't have time to do more designing but I mean for the others who didn't get a chance to put some things for sale or at least put 10 things up for sale, so they can get the chance of that bonus you mentioned about? I know of some who didn't get to put at least 10 items.
Possibly if they don't have enough items up then they can. Someone with enough items up already, then it will most likely be removed to give others a chance.
thank you, I'm sure ones would be so appreciative of your kindness and being fair. I have to say more and more i'm loving your site you and all those who help make this site run are doing such an amazing job. Again I say thank you.
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Hiddentec vehicle trackers are in use globally within law enforcement, military and government institutions.
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Ryan Fitterer 2018-2019. Tooth performance and fatigue testing in sharks.
Leslie Barron 2018. Digging performance in sand crabs and fluidization of their sand bed.
Ashleigh Davies 2018. Haul out performance of walrus teeth.
Lindsay Maldonado 2018. Curation of skulls for teaching lab.
Caitlin Stapp 2016-2017. Denticulation and functional anatomy of reproductive organs in cartilaginous fishes. Now a Master's student at CSULB in the Kawano lab.
Arthur Loh 2015-2017. Evolution of denticles on gill arches.
Arya Moshrefi 2014-2015. Now working for New York Life Insurance Co.
Megan Nguyen (2017-2018). Now M.Sc. student CSUF.
Victoria Yang (Post Bac) 2015-2016.
June Nong (Post Bac) 2015-2016.
Students interested in joining the FABB lab should contact Dr. Paig-Tran directly. Include a short statement of who you are and your research interests. It is helpful to include an updated C.V.
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DHS Selects George Washington University to pilot new Center of Excellence in Security Technology Transition
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has selected the George Washington University to lead a new Center of Excellence (COE) that will deliver a pilot Master of Business Administration program focused on security technology transition (STT) from federal research and development to operational use.
S&T will provide upwards of $5.8 million through a Firm-Fixed-Price contract to fund three cadres of 25 students.
"Transition of security technologies from applied research and development of prototypes into operationally beneficial tools has always been a challenge," said William N. Bryan, DHS Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Under Secretary for Science and Technology. "By developing an educational program tailored to address the Department's security technology needs, the MBA STT pilot program will produce a pipeline of high-quality professionals prepared to apply invaluable knowledge to the Department's operational components and the broader homeland security enterprise."
George Washington University will leverage their already existing MBA program's core management curriculum and supplement the core curriculum with security technology-focused courses and real-world case-study learning applicable to private- and public-sector research and development programs, including DHS S&T.
Working closely with DHS Components and private industry, the new COE will enhance the acumen of DHS personnel by providing education and practical experience in the legal, technical, and business aspects of research, development, and transition to public and private-sector security agencies. This will include developing and administering courses on topics such as navigating established federal acquisition programs and utilizing more flexible alternative approaches to get technologies into operational use.
The DHS COEs were established by the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to be a "…coordinated, university-based system to enhance the Nation's homeland security." S&T COEs are a well-integrated network of researchers and educators focused on specific high-priority DHS challenges. The COEs work directly with the Department's operational agencies to solve complex and difficult problems across the homeland security enterprise.
For more information about S&T's COE program, visit www.dhs.gov/st-oup.
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Markets can be erratic beasts, as indicative of collective neuroses as collective wisdom. But it is not surprising that they reacted to Wednesday's thunderbolt. Much remains unclear about Canada's arrest of a powerful executive from Chinese telecoms behemoth Huawei at the request of the US. Whatever precisely happened, and however this plays out, it is a dramatic course of action against a company at the heart of Chinese technology ambitions – and the pushback against them. It comes in the midst of a trade war with the US and broader security fears about Chinese firms.


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Felipe Antonio de Borbón (Portici, Nápoles, 13 de junio de 1747 – Portici, Nápoles, 19 de septiembre de 1777) Infante de España y duque de Calabria. Fue apartado de la sucesión por minusvalía mental.

Primeros años
Nació en la Reggia di Portici (Palacio de Portici) en el Reino de Nápoles, era el sexto hijo del rey Carlos III de España, entonces rey de Nápoles y Sicilia, y de su esposa, la princesa María Amalia de Sajonia. Su nacimiento fue un acontecimiento alegre pues su madre ya tenía cinco infantas, tres de las cuales habían muerto en la infancia. El Príncipe fue bautizado con los nombres: Felipe Antonio Jenaro Pascual Francisco de Paula. Su abuelo, Felipe V de España en cuyo honor fue nombrado, había muerto un año antes de que él naciera el 9 de julio de 1746. Los padrinos del niño fueron el Rey de España Fernando VI y su esposa Bárbara de Braganza. Se le dio el título de duque de Calabria, un título que se creó en el momento de que era heredero del reino de Nápoles.

Aunque nació bien, pronto se hizo evidente que no gozaba de buena salud, ya que sufría de ataques epilépticos. Cuando creció se confirmó que no era un niño normal. Su rostro era una peculiar prueba de su deficiencia. De acuerdo con un observador del príncipe sufría de "una gran pesadez de cabeza, lo que lo ponía triste y de mal humor".

En 1754, el embajador de Cerdeña informó que "el príncipe real no parecía gozar de buena salud" y agregó que "hay algo en sus ojos que no armoniza con el resto de sus características".

Muerte
En septiembre de 1777, el Infante Felipe contrajo la viruela. El rey y su esposa por temor al contagio se fueron a Caserta. Felipe murió en el palacio de Portici, en Nápoles a la edad de 30 años. Fue enterrado en el complejo de la basílica de Santa Chiara en Nápoles.

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What just happened in New Zealand? Did they really just create the first "climate change refugees"?
by Alex Randall | Aug 8, 2014 | Climate Change, Climate Displacement, Climate Migration, Sea level rise
by Alex Randall | Aug 8, 2014
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Alex is programme manager at the Climate and Migration Coalition
Q an A on Zew Zealand's Climate Refugee court case.
New Zealand did not just grant asylum to the first "climate refugees". The family were granted residence in New Zealand on humanitarian grounds. The impacts of climate change formed a large part of the case. However, in the end, the court granted the family residency because of the close family ties they had in New Zealand.
Did the court grant the family refugee status because of climate change?
No. The impacts of climate change in Tuvalu were part of the family's court case. The family made several legal arguments hoping to be allowed to stay in New Zealand. The case contained several refugee, human rights and humanitarian elements. The claim for refugee status because of climate impacts was rejected. Several human rights claims were also rejected. Finally the family made two arguments for residency on humanitarian grounds. The first was that the family now had strong family connections in New Zealand. They made a second argument that climate change had created a humanitarian situation in Tuvalu that the family could not return to.
The court decided that the family connections in New Zealand were enough to give the family residency.
Climate change and migration: predictions, politics and policy
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So climate change had nothing to do with it?
Not quite. Having given the family residency the court went on to determine that it is possible, in general, that natural disasters could create a humanitarian situation. In the case of Tuvalu those natural disasters clearly have a climate change dimension. But the court did not take this into account when granting residency, the family connections were enough.
Can anyone affected by climate change now claim refuge in another country?
No. Firstly, a decision made by a court in New Zealand does not create an obligation for any other country. Second, the ruling was "discretionary", which means that the ruling does not create a legal precedent, even in New Zealand. Headlines claiming that the "era of climate refugees has begun" are misleading. This doesn't mean that the case is totally irrelevant internationally. While courts in other countries are under no obligation to consider this ruling, they could find the logic of the arguments persuasive.
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Climate, migration, neoliberalism
The lecture sketches out a history of neoliberalism, and then looks at how the culmination of this political thinking is reflected in the policies that are being created to address climate change and migration.
Has this altered the Refugee Convention?
No. The case reignited a debate about whether the Refugee Convention should be altered so that it does protect people fleeing the impacts of climate change. However, this case did not grant refugee status, so it has no bearing on how New Zealand deals with refugees in the future. It also has no effect on the Refugee Convention, which is international law. A number of scholars have argued that climate change means that nations should renegotiate the refugee convention.
This new Refugee Convention could protect people forced to move by climate change. There are several problems with this. First, identifying who has moved because of climate change is very difficult. So it would be almost impossible to define who this renegotiated Convention would apply to. Second, renegotiating anything comes with risks. There is the possibility that the protection afforded to existing refugees could be weakened during the negotiation process.
How many people does this affect?
We don't know. This news story has meant that many outlets have quoted various figures about the number of people who might be displaced climate change in the future. One outlet said that 300 million people might be fleeing climate change by 2050. Another stated that 32 million were displaced in 2012. These figures are are useful context, but it would be a mistake to think that the New Zealand ruling applied to all all of these people. As we've seen this ruling only directly affects New Zealand. More importantly most people who move due to climate change will move within their own country. They will never be in a position to seek refuge abroad.
Are rulings like this a good way of addressing migration and displacement linked to climate change?
Partly. Many other policies and projects will also be needed. The vast majority of people affected by climate change will move internally. It is vital that countries respect the rights of people who are displaced internally. It is also vital that countries allow people to move freely within their own country to cope with climate change impacts. In the Pacific many communities are embarking on planned relocation.
The legal status of the people who move is only one element of a relocation plan. A lot of evidence suggests that the success or failure of relocations depends on deep consultation with the moving and receiving communities. Many people will want to move but will be trapped. As climate change degrades livelihoods people may find it harder to move, even though they want to. Creating opportunities for people to migrate out of harms way is vital. In all of these cases the legal status of people who move is only one part of the jigsaw.
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Workshop on climate change and migration. A half-day session exploring the links between climate change and migration. 16 October, London
Migration is a successful climate adaptation strategy
Governments across the world should legalise and regulate temporary climate migration, rather than try to prevent it.
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Most of what you know about climate-linked migration is probably wrong. The media usually report on the connections that are most dramatic or tragic, skewing the picture.
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Commercial Aircraft: The New Buzz within The Islamic Finance Community
This article discusses how Islamic Finance is being deployed to finance the acquisition of Airliners (such as Boeing and Airbus aircraft) that are placed under long-term leases. This High Yielding Alternative Investment Class is the new buzz within the Islamic Finance community.
As a result of the Global Financial Crisis and Eurocrisis, conventional aircraft financing sources have dried up for now. But with its long-term predictable income, growth forecasts and suitability for Islamic Financing, an immense market opportunity now exists for savvy Islamic Finance investors.
Islamic finance is growing fast. Over the next decade, the Islamic Capital Markets is expected to sustain double-digit growth to almost USD1 trillion in 2020 with CAGR of 10.6%. In 2000, there were MYR39.6 billion in Sukuk issues. In 2010 it had grown to MYR294 billion and the Malaysian Securities Commission expects further growth to a staggering MYR1331.5 billion by 2020.
The Sukuk market has been quite resilient during recent instability in global financial markets which is making conventional bond issues difficult. The resilience is a result of the Islamic investors remaining cash rich; partly due to limited supply of Sukuk; and partly since Sukuk investors tend to hold the bonds until maturity, reducing the chance of big swings in secondary market prices triggered by shorter-term speculators bailing out of positions.
No matter what the reason, Aircraft Lessors are now turning to Islamic financing to support their aircraft acquisitions and those lessors backed by Islamic Finance are growing at astronomical rates.
The aircraft leasing industry is relatively new, with the first aircraft lease recorded in the 70's. Now, around 40% of the world's aircrafts are leased. According to Boeing, 35% of the USD4.5 trillion in new aircraft deliveries over the next 20 years will be delivered to Asia – which is the global number 1 hotspot for aviation growth.
Couple this immense market opportunity with the emergence of Labuan as one of the most competitive jurisdictions in the Asia Pacific region – along with aircrafts' compatibility with Islamic Financing methods - and you have the making of the next explosive growth industry.
Despite its recent rapid rise in popularity, Islamic financing for aircraft transactions have been around for a while, here's just a sample of some large Islamic Finance transactions:
In 2005, Emirates issued a USD550 million Sukuk bond and repaid it in full during June 2012.
In 2008, Etihad won airfinance journal's deal of the year for an Airbus A340-600 purchase from Airbus supported by Islamic finance (circa USD140 million).
In November 2009, GE sold USD500 million in Sukuk against existing aircraft.
In July 2010, Nomura sold USD100 million in Sukuk against existing aircraft.
In June 2012, the Malaysian Finance Ministry sold MYR5.3 billion of Islamic bonds to finance 6 x Airbus A380s and 2 x Airbus A330s for lease to Malaysian Airlines.
In June 2012, Malaysian Airlines sold MYR1 billion of Islamic bonds.
In September 2012, Malaysian Airlines sold a further MYR500 million of Islamic Bonds.
In October 2012, Turkish Airlines is well progressed in a multi billion Sukuk issue to finance the purchase of aircraft to double its fleet over the next 10 years.
Alafco, the aircraft leasing arm of Kuwait Finance House, employs Islamic Finance techniques to acquire their aircraft fleet. It is one of the fastest growing aircraft leasing companies in the world. In 2011, it had 105 firm orders with Boeing and Airbus – the second largest order book of all lessors on the planet.
Media reports are commonplace describing Dubai's Emirates airline investigation of Islamic Financing to fund their aircraft deliveries in the wake of the Eurozone Crisis. Malaysian Airlines is at the forefront of innovation in the Islamic Capital Markets when they were the first ever corporate issuer of a Perpetual Sukuk in June this year. The MYR2.5 billion programme was fully subscribed, with the first subscriber at MYR1 billion.
The proof is irrefutable. Islamic Financing as a method of acquiring commercial aircraft is the fastest growing financing method in the industry, and it's growing exponentially.
The power houses of the Asian banking sector are on a mission to internationalise Islamic Financing. In Bank Negara Malaysia's Financial Sector Blueprint 2011- 2020, the key recommendations regarding Internationalisation of Islamic Finance are as follows:
Increase the diversity of players in the domestic Islamic financial industry to support a wider range of financial products and services that serves the best interest of Malaysia.
Support the growth of the Islamic fund and wealth management industry in collaboration with relevant authorities.
Enhance the dynamics of the Islamic money, foreign exchange and capital markets.
Increase market efficiency by facilitating the use of standard documents and agreements among financial market players.
Promote active participation in issuance and trading of Sukuk.
So the stage is set. The timing is right, the place is Labuan and investments in Commercial Aircraft as an alternative asset class is rapidly growing.
But there are some restrictions. Islamic finance must comply with various requirements of the Shariah including the prohibition on Riba (which includes interest). And there are some major transactional structure differences between financing leased aircraft with Conventional Finance vs Islamic Finance. The end result however, is the same, that is, the lessee ends up with the right to quiet enjoyment of the aircraft for the agreed period and the economic responsibility of the asset is passed to the lessee for the lease term.
Under conventional financing methods, the lessee pays a monthly rental fee in advance plus, it also pays Maintenance Reserve payments to compensate the lessor for the maintenance utility consumed by the lessee. But to achieve compliance with Shariah, the transaction must be structured differently so that the lessor remains responsible for major and structural maintenance, hull and equipment and ownership taxes. But airlines are in the business of operating aircraft and they must have a maintenance capability. Conversely the financier/lessor is not normally in the business of operating or maintaining aircraft, so it is common for the lessor to appoint the airline/lessee as its service agent to complete and fund for those expenses.
The lessor as principal must repay those costs to the Lessee/service agent, and the rental payments are increased accordingly. But, these payment obligations and the extra rent are offset against each other and this effectively passes the economic responsibility of the aircraft to the lessee.
To protect the Islamic financier from the inherent risks that come with ownership of a financed asset, a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) can hold the aircraft subject to a Mudaraba (an investment management agreement) and the SPV becomes the Mudarib (the investment manager) and the financier becomes the Rabb-ul-maal.
Under the Mudaraba financing model, the investors pass their funds to the Mudarib for it to use in accordance with the investment plan. The Mudarib must have a share of profits (which can be small) and will not be responsible for losses unless caused by its negligence or default. While the legal nature of a Mudaraba must be tested under local law, interposing the Mudarib as the lessor and legal owner of the aircraft can create some distance between the Islamic financiers and ownership risks.
Features of Islamic financing of commercial aircraft
Diversification of funding sources. Until recently, Islamic Financing has not been considered a mainstream alternative to conventional finance. Coupled with conventional-style documentation, bankable governing law, the ability to combine with conventional funding sources and a new market has opened up.
Sukuk holders are investors not creditors. The relationship of Sukuk holders to issuer is that of investor, not creditor. The Sukuk holders are joint owners of trust assets, being aircraft (subject to leases), the lease revenues and lease rights. They exercise their rights as owners through a Sukuk agent, who has the authority to enforce lease rights, and can be compelled to do so by relevant proportion of Sukuk holders.
The Sukuk holders' rights against the Issuer are limited in recourse to the trust assets – normally being the aircraft itself. The complexity of each transaction is dictated by the investor/rating requirements. For example rating agencies such as Standard Poor's, Moody's, Fitch apply conventional rating criteria, to which Shariah compliance is not relevant. This allows minimal reliance of the performance of Ijarah because the rating agency is more likely to focus on other issues such as level of over-collateralisation, bankruptcy protection, quality of the asset and its liquidity.
Under Islamic Financing arrangements, the standard ingredients include Aircraft Management and Remarketing Agreements, removal of the lessor from other transactions for bankruptcy remoteness and establishment of the lessor in a tax-friendly jurisdiction.
Aircraft lessors' requirement for Islamic Funding seems likely to outstrip conventional funding sources available due to huge aircraft orders and need for specialised appetite for regional risk. The recent run of innovative Islamic aircraft financings have helped develop Islamic aircraft financing technology, while non-airline sukuks and airline bonds have established investor appetite for this asset class.
If you are seeking long-term predictable returns – without correlation to the equities markets – then investing commercial aircraft using Islamic Financing could be right for you.
dean argent
Dean Argent is the co-founder of Aircraft Fleet Capital – an aircraft lessor and aviation asset manager based in Australia and Labuan. They are actively seeking funding partners to help finance the acquisition of commercial aircraft under long term leases.


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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using wojilu.Web.Mvc;
using wojilu.Web.Mvc.Attr;
using wojilu.Apps.Download.Domain;
using wojilu.Members.Users.Domain;
using wojilu.Web.Utils;
using System.Web;
using wojilu.Web.Controller.Admin;

namespace wojilu.Web.Controller.Download.Admin {

    [App( typeof( DownloadApp ) )]
    public class FileController : ControllerBase {

        public void List() {

            set( "addLink", to( Add ) );

            DataPage<FileItem> pages = FileItem.GetPage( ctx.app.Id );
            bindList( "list", "data", pages.Results, bindLink );
            set( "page", pages.PageBar );
        }

        public void Category( int id ) {

            FileCategory cat = FileCategory.GetById( id );
            if (cat.IsThumbView == 1) {
                view( "ThumbList" );
            }
            else {
                view( "List" );
            }
            set( "addLink", to( Add ) );

            DataPage<FileItem> pages = FileItem.GetPage( ctx.app.Id, id );
            bindList( "list", "data", pages.Results, bindLink );
            set( "page", pages.PageBar );
        }

        private void bindLink( IBlock block, int id ) {
            block.Set( "data.LinkEdit", to( Edit, id ) );
            block.Set( "data.LinkDelete", to( Delete, id ) );
            block.Set( "data.PreviewPicLink", to( new UploadController().PreviewPic, id ) );
        }

        public void Add() {

            target( Create );

            dropList( "categoryId", getRootList(), "Name=Id", "" );
            dropList( "fileItem.LicenseTypeId", LicenseType.GetAll(), "Name=Id", "" );
            dropList( "fileItem.Lang", FileLang.GetAll(), "Name=Name", "" );
            set( "subCategoriesJson", FileCategory.GetSubCatsJson() );
            checkboxList( "fileItem.PlatformIds", Platform.GetAll(), "Name=Id", "" );
            editor( "fileItem.Description", "", "200px" );

            set( "authInfo", AdminSecurityUtils.GetAuthCookieJson( ctx ) );
            set( "uploadLink", to( SaveUpload ) );
            set( "jsPath", sys.Path.DiskJs );

        }

        private List<FileCategory> getRootList() {
            List<FileCategory> list = FileCategory.GetRootList();
            FileCategory f = new FileCategory {
                Id = 0, Name = lang( "plsSelect" )
            };
            list.Insert( 0, f );
            return list;
        }

        [HttpPost]
        public void SaveUpload() {

            Result result = Uploader.SaveFile( ctx.GetFileSingle() );

            if (result.HasErrors) {
                echoText( result.ErrorsText );
                return;
            }

            String fileName = result.Info.ToString();
            String fileUrl = strUtil.Join( sys.Path.Photo, fileName ); // 获取文件完整路径
            echoText( fileUrl );

        }

        [HttpPost, DbTransaction]
        public void Create() {

            FileItem fi = ctx.PostValue<FileItem>();
            if (ctx.HasErrors) {
                echoError();
                return;
            }

            if (fi.Rank > 5) fi.Rank = 0;

            fi.OwnerId = ctx.owner.Id;
            fi.OwnerType = ctx.owner.obj.GetType().FullName;
            fi.OwnerUrl = ctx.owner.obj.Url;

            fi.AppId = ctx.app.Id;
            fi.Creator = (User)ctx.viewer.obj;
            fi.CreatorUrl = ctx.viewer.obj.Url;

            fi.Ip = ctx.Ip;

            FileItem.CreateFile( fi );

            echoRedirectPart( lang( "opok" ), to( List ) );
        }

        public void Edit( int id ) {

            target( Update, id );

            FileItem f = FileItem.findById( id );
            bind( f );

            dropList( "categoryId", getRootList(), "Name=Id", f.ParentCategoryId );
            dropList( "fileItem.LicenseTypeId", LicenseType.GetAll(), "Name=Id", f.LicenseTypeId );
            dropList( "fileItem.Lang", FileLang.GetAll(), "Name=Name", f.Lang );

            set( "subCategoriesJson", FileCategory.GetSubCatsJson() );
            checkboxList( "fileItem.PlatformIds", Platform.GetAll(), "Name=Id", f.PlatformIds );

            editor( "fileItem.Description", f.Description, "200px" );

            set( "authInfo", AdminSecurityUtils.GetAuthCookieJson( ctx ) );
            set( "uploadLink", to( SaveUpload ) );
            set( "jsPath", sys.Path.DiskJs );

        }

        [HttpPost, DbTransaction]
        public void Update( int id ) {

            FileItem f = FileItem.findById( id );
            f = ctx.PostValue( f ) as FileItem;
            if (f.Rank > 5) f.Rank = 0;
            f.update();
            echoRedirectPart( lang( "opok" ), to( List ) );
        }

        [HttpDelete, DbTransaction]
        public void Delete( int id ) {
            FileItem f = FileItem.findById( id );
            FileItem.DeleteFile( f );
            redirect( List );
        }

    }

}


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Are you any of you left wingers paying attention to the Walk Away movement? Watch this 6 minute video, and then type "walkaway" into YouTube's search box. Seems like a lot of young folks, especially blacks, are finally taking the red pill.
Good job he spoke very quickly, articulately and with that well-bred surpressed gay accent which makes him appear to be a new-wave centrist rather than the rehearsed right-wing pretentious prick that he is.
Centrism reaches out to the left and to the right, it pleads the middle ground of the inevitable bow of political compromise.
Yes, we've seen that in The Netherlands as well.
"Young folks" voting for the right-wing VVD and their buttbuddies D66 with promises of economic prosperity and safer borders and whatnot.
And then comes the painful truth as they begin to see the empty promises, with wages stagnating, jobsecurity becoming less and less, employers being in a stronger and stronger position, demanding more and more from their little worker bees with buying a house becoming nearly impossible for a single individual with a medium income while all the while certain groups within society are finding it harder and harder to stay afloat due to them not fitting in with the average.
The population - unfortunately - gets what it deserves.
And then comes the painful truth as they begin to see the empty promises, with wages stagnating, jobsecurity becoming less and less, employers being in a stron ...[text shortened]... them not fitting in with the average.
Yes, the US, especially, needs a population that stops shooting itself in the foot just because Fox News tells them to.
Gay New York hairdressers would certainly have a bright future in a country exclusively run by right wing fanatics. The only appearance this guy would get then on Fox News would be for his execution.
So you do or don't think the thousands of supposedly former liberals emulating his awakening in their own personal "walk away" videos is a significant political development?
No, I don't. There's 330 million people in the US; a "movement" of such a limited scope is insignificant. There will probably be bigger shifts in vote counts from Republicans to Democrats in single Congressional districts in a few weeks than this entire group.
I do not think that it is entirely different from American conservatives becoming more Trumpian in the sense that there's a major disconnect between the future of the party and the present.
The main spokesperson is fairly articulate and comes off well across the screen, he has the backing of Alex Jones, Sarah Palin, Fox News, the fringe blogosphere and the Russian bots so we might see more of it.
For me the #walkaway video is so generic I don't see how it can have any bigger effect on anyone not easily impressed. Try to change Liberal to Conservative in the video.
No, it isn't "especially" the US, it's other countries just as well. This is why I mention my country every now and then.
Unfortunately, most people here, Americans and non-Americans, still seem to believe the world revolves around Fatland.
That wasn't my point, and not why I said, "the US, especially".
I said that because it appears that an awful lot of middle-class Americans follow the right-wing madness, even when the right clearly has no interest in improving the standard of living of the middle-class, and, in fact, is determined to let it deteriorate as long as they continue to vote Republican. I wonder how bad it has to get for them before they wake up.
America is the country which nearly shotgunned their collective foot off by electing Trump, perhaps the biggest know-nothing, do-nothing on the planet. So yeah, especially the US. I always assumed the Dutch generally knew what they were doing, especially when compared to Americans. The Dutch certainly would not elect the likes of Donald Trump.
One might be somewhat alarmed, if this "movement" was real.
What this amounts to is a bunch of Trumpists trying to solidify their base by asking conservatives to continue taking the blue pill, to believe that their cause is "just" and true.
I said that because it appears that an awful lot of middle-class Americans follow the right-wing madness, even when the right clearly has no interest in improving the standard of living of the middle-class, and, in fact, is determined to let it deteriorate as long as they continue to vote R ...[text shortened]... ally when compared to Americans. The Dutch certainly would not elect the likes of Donald Trump.
kind of hard for that lie to fly when they are experiencing the prosperity first hand.
Has your standard of living actually gone up, or are you still paying 5 dollars for a box of breakfast cereal? Prices have gone nowhere but up, as corporations now understand that the current government will continue to make them rich at the cost of making more of the middle class poor. The current huge bubble in the stock market is NOT "America being made great again", but is a reflection of CEO confidence that Trump will make them rich beyond their dreams of avarice. Yes, the 1% is on the rise, but you poor little right-wing foot-soldiers aren't even on the same train.
Has your standard of living actually gone up, or are you still paying 5 dollars for a box of breakfast cereal? Prices have gone nowhere but up, as corporations now understand that the current government will continue to make them rich at the cost of making more of the middle class poor. The current huge bubble in the stock mar ...[text shortened]... e 1% is on the rise, but you poor little right-wing foot-soldiers aren't even on the same train.
the price of goods have been going up since the beginning of time. The hourly wage has increased under Trump.
Are you really so stupid that you want democrats to raise your taxes?
PAYING $5 FOR A BOX OF CERIAL IS THE PRICE YOU PAY FOR LIVING IN A DEMOCRAT STATE...MOVE TO CALIFIRNIA AND REALLY EXPERIENCE THE PRICES.