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Seawise Giant - the Biggest Ship ever Built
The largest moving object ever built is the biggest ship in the world Seawise Giant. This oil tanker has a memorable odd story, decorated with multitude names.
Seawise Giant Details
Name Seawise Giant
GT 260,941
NT 214,793
Laden Displacement 646,642 long tons
Light Displacement 81,879 long tons
Length (LOA) 458.45 m (1,504.10 ft)
Beam 68.8 m (225.72 ft)
Draught 24.611 m (80.74 ft)
Depth 29.8 m (97.77 ft)
Propulsion Steam Turbine
Speed 16 knots
Capacity 4,240,865 barrels (of crude oil)
Tonnage 564,763 DWT
Type ULCC (Ultra Large Crude Carrier)
Ex. Names Happy Giant; Jahre Viking; Knock Nevis
Post Name Mont
Fate Scrapped in 2010
Building of the Biggest Ship in the World Seawise Giant
Originally, the tanker was ordered in 1974 by a Greek shipping magnate. Seawise Giant the biggest ship in the world, was built in Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan by Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. at their Oppama shipyard. The Greek owner was not able to pay in 1979 and the unnamed ship, identified only by its hull number 1016, stayed a subject to a long arbitration process. Finally, after a settlement the tanker was sold to C.Y. Tung, Chinese shipping kingpin. The ship was refitted, lengthen by several metres and 156,000 metric tons of cargo capacity added, in order to be the biggest ship ever to sail.
The name, given by Tung, was Seawise Giant.
She was launched in 1981 with capacity of 564,763 metric tons deadweight. Her length overall was 458.45 m (1,504.1 ft). Seawise Giant, the biggest ship ever built, had deck space of 31,541 square meters and 46 tanks. That makes her wider and longer than an American aircraft carrier with a half.
The Story of the Largest Ship Ever Built
''To survive an attack from Saddam Hussein's air force, but not to withstand the pressure of a changing oil market.''
Seawise Giant started her service with uneventful transport courses between the Middle East and the United States.
In 1988 the biggest ship in the world Seawise Giant became a victim of the Iran-Iraq War. On May 14th, she was transiting the Strait of Hormuz carrying Iranian crude oil when she was attacked by Iraqi Air Force planes. The tanker sank off the coast of Larak Island, Iran. Seawise Giant was declared a total loss and became the biggest shipwreck in the world.
In 1989, after the end of the Iran-Iraq war, the wreckage of the biggest ship Seawise Giant were bought by a Norwegian consortium. She was pulled out. The repair work were significant. They took two years and were done in Singapore. The tanker got her second name, the Happy Giant, and her second start.
In 1991, the already repaired tanker was bought by Jorgen Jahre, a Norwegian shipping mogul, for $39 million. The biggest ship in the world received her third name - the Jahre Viking. She sailed with that name and under the Norwegian flag for the next 13 years.
The biggest ship Seawise Giant certainly was an engineering marvel but by 2004 it had became clear that this was not the most practical way for oil transportation in the modern world. Jahre Viking wasn't maneuverable enough, her weight was increasing the risk of running aground in waters and it was hard to navigate in the English Channel. She had a speed of 16.5 knots but the biggest ship ever built wasn't good at slowing down. She needed over 5 miles to decrease her speed from 16.5 knots.
In 2004 the largest ship ever build was sold to First Olsen Tankers. They renamed the ship to the Knock Nevis. She was converted into a stationary storage tanker. The biggest ship in the world final service was as a floating storage and offloading vessel, permanently moored in the Persian Gulf's Al Shaheen Oil Field off the coast of Qatar.
She stayed as a storage vessel for 5 years before her owners to decide that it is time for her to be scrapped, the same fate as the third biggest ship in the world, the supertanker Batillus. She was sent to the Alang-Sosiya ship-breaking yards, in India, in January 2010 with the name Mont.
According to Times of India the dismantling project took about 18,000 workers.
Now, from the biggest ship ever built in the world Seawise Giant, we can only see her 36 tonne anchor exhibited in the Hong Kong Maritime Museum.
Vessel Tacking


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After a Dark Night of the Soul culminating in 2012, then an intense energetic activation in 2013, Eric Raines became aware of the implantation and parasitic construct by direct observation. His subsequent search for answers about this experience led him on a journey to self discovery. This discovery, coupled with more and more real world practice, has allowed him to gain a deep understanding of how this invasive system works, how to identify the interferences and constructs, how to promote self protection through daily practices, and, most importantly, how to remove these false constructs from himself as well as others.
Constantly expanding his repertoire of tools, Eric currently implements a variety of energetic tools ranging from parasite/implant removal, meridian clearing and balancing, crystalline organ rejuvenation, GoldenTheta healing, soul fragment retrieval, remote lymphatic work, and Golden Light energy work. He also utilizes physical based practices such as Quantum Pause Breathing, Reverse Breathing, self lymphatic massage, Cycle Stretching, Chi Kung (Qigong), and meditation. He is an ardent advocate of aiding the entire human race to achieve their full, natural potential.
…and Unleashing Natural Humanity was born!


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package owltools.solrj;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.util.Collection;

import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.SolrServerException;
import org.apache.solr.common.SolrInputDocument;
import org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.OWLClass;
import org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.OWLIndividual;
import org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.OWLObject;
import org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.OWLProperty;

import owltools.graph.OWLGraphWrapper;
import owltools.graph.OWLGraphWrapper.ISynonym;

@Deprecated
public class OntologySolrLoader extends AbstractSolrLoader {

	private static Logger LOG = Logger.getLogger(OntologySolrLoader.class);

	public OntologySolrLoader(String url, OWLGraphWrapper graph) throws MalformedURLException {
		super(url);
		setGraph(graph);
	}

	@Override
	public void load() throws SolrServerException, IOException {
		if( graph == null ){
			LOG.info("ERROR? OWLGraphWrapper graph is not apparently defined...");
		}else{
			for (OWLObject obj : graph.getAllOWLObjects()) {
				add(collect(obj, graph));
			}
			addAllAndCommit();
		}
	}

	// Main wrapping for adding ontology documents to GOlr.
	// Also see GafSolrDocumentLoader for the others.
	public SolrInputDocument collect(OWLObject obj, OWLGraphWrapper graph) {

		SolrInputDocument cls_doc = new SolrInputDocument();

		// General for all ontology objects.
		cls_doc.addField("id", graph.getIdentifier(obj));
		cls_doc.addField("label", graph.getLabel(obj));
		cls_doc.addField("description", graph.getDef(obj));

		if (obj instanceof OWLClass)
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			 collectIndividual(cls_doc, (OWLIndividual)obj);
		else if (obj instanceof OWLProperty)
			 collectProperty(cls_doc, (OWLProperty)obj);
		return cls_doc;
	}

	// Things special for ontology_class.
	private void collectClass(SolrInputDocument cls_doc, OWLGraphWrapper graph, OWLClass c) {

		// Single fields.
		cls_doc.addField("document_category", "ontology_class");
		cls_doc.addField("source", graph.getNamespace(c));
		cls_doc.addField("is_obsolete", graph.getIsObsolete(c));
		cls_doc.addField("comment", graph.getComment(c));

		// Term synonym gathering.
		java.util.List<ISynonym> syns = graph.getOBOSynonyms(c);
		if( syns != null && !syns.isEmpty() ){
			for( ISynonym s : syns ){
				String synLabel = s.getLabel();

				// Standard neutral synonym.
				cls_doc.addField("synonym", synLabel); // can add multiples

				// // EXPERIMENTAL: scoped synonym label.
				// String synScope = s.getScope();
				// String synScopeName = "synonym_label_with_scope_" + synScope.toLowerCase();
				// cls_doc.addField(synScopeName, synLabel);
			}
		}

		// Add alternate ids, subsets, and definition xrefs.
		cramString(cls_doc, "alternate_id", graph.getAltIds(c));
		cramString(cls_doc, "subset", graph.getSubsets(c));
		cramString(cls_doc, "definition_xref", graph.getDefXref(c));
	}

	// Private helper to load multiple fields when the list return type is of dubious quality.
	private void cramString(SolrInputDocument cls_doc, String name, Collection<String> inList) {
		if( inList != null && ! inList.isEmpty()) {
			for (String string : inList) {
				cls_doc.addField(name, string);
			}
		}
	}

	private void collectProperty(SolrInputDocument d, OWLProperty obj) {
	}

	private void collectIndividual(SolrInputDocument d, OWLIndividual obj) {
	}

}

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What Would Escoffier Say?
Every year I drive several thousands of miles across France and recently we have been shocked to find ourselves occasionally in a town without a restaurant. I shouldn't be shocked because I grew up in a town (Colne, Lancashire — population then around 20,000) which had no restaurant. On the other hand, I now live in a town (Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, population around 60,000) which has, according to Tripadvisor, 134 restaurants. Admittedly, there is an important conceptual shift here, because Tripadvisor includes anything that sells food above "ambient air temperature" as the VAT regulations have it whereas in the French case I mean a place where eating a meal is the main feature of your evening. But even by this definition Leamington has at least 40 restaurants, including more French ones than some French towns of similar size. In 2010 the French government was successful in its application to UNESCO to have the "French Culinary Tradition" declared part of the "World Intangible Heritage" along with lots of forms of folk dancing and mouth music. (Neither British nor American governments have made applications under the relevant convention, prompting a potentially comical speculative game about what might be nominated.) The inescapable inference is that most French cooking, like most British industry, is now part of "heritage" rather than reality.
If you watch the likes of the charming Michel Roux Jnr. on BBC television you would think that the French culinary tradition is continuing unabated, magnificent in its richness and variety. Elsewhere, there is a different kind of debate. The most quoted work in this debate is Michael Steinberger's 2009 book, Au Revoir to All That: The Rise and Fall of French Cuisine which has inspired articles in most newspapers and magazines of any pretension in Britain and America. If one were to give these a generic title it would be roughly, "My Holidays in France — Isn't it Sad?". In most of these there is an element of schadenfreude, of revenge for a previous cultural cringe. The tyranny of Escoffier, of Larousse Gastronomique and of Michelin Rouge is overthrown and we are relieved that it is so. The extreme version comes from the Australian actor Sam Neill, a man who takes eating seriously and who said recently, "Overall I would say that London is the best place for food and wine and Paris is the worst. Thirty years ago, it was the other way round."
According to some of the figures quoted in the debate the number of restaurants in France is down 80 per cent from its historical maximum. In the crisis year of 2008 more than 3000 closed down, including 1,800 "traditional" restaurants. Wine consumption is down 50 per cent and France is now, for example, only the fifth largest importer of wine into the UK. France is the country with the second most McDonald's restaurants per person . For some years no French restaurant has made the top ten in the San Pellegrino list of the world's best restaurants. In 2013 the National Assembly considered legislation to prevent "restaurants" calling themselves such if they served predominantly pre-prepared foodstuffs; estimates varied from 33 per cent to 75 per cent of the food served in France as falling into this category. Paté from the charcuterie rather than from the chef would be a (fairly respectable) example. None of these figures is umambiguous or indisputable, but they do all point in the same direction.
The social science of a cultural change on this scale is both fascinating and slippery. Clearly, the current sclerotic recession in France has brought to a head some long term trends. If you talk to people in France about the decline of the restaurant trade their first explanatory port of call is often a generation gap: it is not part of the lifestyle of young people to sit for two hours or more eating and drinking. This immediately raises the question of whether the correlation is with age or with era. After all, National Trust properties, straight theatre and long-distance walking in Britain are all dominated by the not-so-young, but it is assumed that people will grow into these activities. But the parallel assumption is not being made in France. You can casually observe that the people in the restaurant are fairly elderly while younger folk are in the brasserie eating, if at all, something with chips.
Then there is the dreaded mondialisation, considered so corrosive of things French and, perhaps in this case, rightly so. I think, for instance, that I personally am still the subject of a kind of French hegemony in that I think of a "proper" meal as a sequence of courses accompanied by appropriate wines with fish always eaten before meat. This is, after all, essentially a French invention, but I have acquired the assumption not just from visiting France, but from high tables, posh restaurants and dinner parties in England. But as you travel you realise that most of the world has not traditionally presented food in that way. There are many alternatives, from thali to tapas to the groaning table buffets of the Caucasus, not to mention American concepts of fast food. These may not be better, but they are almost certainly quicker, easier and cheaper. Mondialisation is particularly hard on lunch. Dear old Jules Maigret, you will recall, used to stop detecting at noon and repaired for a three-hour lunch cooked by Madame M. I can still show you bits of la France Profonde where even the supermarkets close for lunch, but it is claimed that the average time taken by a French person over lunch is now down to 22 minutes. And how many French people over the last twenty years have visited the likes of London and New York and been converted to the view that there is lot more to the world of food than was ever found in Larrousse Gastronomique? Just as mass tourism is always said to have improved British food, it may have damaged and confused the French culinary tradition.
"Nouvelle cuisine" has a lot to answer for. The phrase has been around since at least the 1720s and was the subject of a book written by a French chef called Menon in 1742. Escoffier thought of his own recipes as nouvelle cuisine. Here I am referring to the nouvelle cuisine movement of the 1960s involving such writers as Christian Millau and Henri Gault, emphasising lighter meals and more artistic presentation. This nouvelle was designed for the rich, the stressed and people with medical problems. It's excellent if you want an exquisite experience following an important board meeting, but not so good if you have been active in the open air. We once stayed at the hotel restaurant of one of the cult leaders of nouvelle, Michel Guerard, creator of cuisine minceur (roughly, "thin cooking"). We were relieved of more than 650 euros while concluding that the whole place had the atmosphere of a sanitorium rather than a hotel restaurant and was more about what you didn't eat than what you ate. The real problem with nouvelle, I think, is that it broke the link between haute cuisine and decent, middle-of-the-road eating. Before its ideas took hold you used to be able to drive into a French town knowing that various dear old staples would be available: escargots dripping with herby butter, coq au vin, truite aux amandes etc. Once the culture took hold you knew you would probably be choosing between something mock-exquisite dribbled with jus or something with chips.
Then there is the Great Wine Nonsense. Recently, we were in Cahors, eating in an excellent restaurant for the third time. I made a speech in my prettiest French suggesting that choice was vastly over-estimated in human life and that I was quite happy to have the chef's local menu, which contained no options. My wife did the same. The experienced waiter gave us one of those approving beams and produced the wine list, complete with his reccommendation: it cost 250 euros. How we laughed! Down the road in Languedoc where we stay regularly I buy wine from the farm at what works out to £1-20 a bottle. It's very good, trtaditionally made in some ways by a family whose patois would be far more readily understood by a Catalan than by a Parisian, but it's very modern in other ways: beautifully kept vines, stainless steel equipment, temperature controls and so on. It's smooth and rich and the idea that you would pay over a hundred times more than that for a bottle of wine is manifestly ludicrous. I have twice conducted an experiment (in the form of a competitive quiz) with middle class English people to see if they can tell wines apart. The evidence suggests that hardly anybody can tell a Fleurie from a Pinotage, let alone a Blanquette de Limoux from a Champagne. To be fair, most people realise this and are perfectly happy with the situation. But think how French restaurants must look to many contemporary English people: they are used to drinking wine, decent tipple at a maximum of £15 a bottle. They then go into a French restaurant and find there is nothing under 40 euros on the wine list: "snotty" and "rip-off" are bound to be the inferences — and it makes them feel uncomfortable. The French are not much different: it is remarkable how little wine they drink in restaurants these days, though it must be remarked that this problem is much worse in Grand Vin areas than in more humble places and is complicated by breathalysers and health campaigns.
French restaurants are probably in the least trouble in tourist areas where there is a clearly defined culinary expectation. For example, you can carry on serving what is essentially German food in Colmar or bouillabesse in Marseilles or assiette de fruits de mer in Norman fishing villages and the punters will keep on rolling in. Elsewhere, there seems to be a challenge not merely to the commercial viability of the French restaurant, but even to the identity of traditional French food. Our experiences this year have included, for example, a restaurant which said that there would be at least three substantial vegetable portions with every main course – and they were as good as their word with a large baked potato and a pot of cauliflower cheese. Had someone lectured them on the virtues of English pub food? Or on the dangers of bowel cancer and the need for roughage? There was also a restaurant where everything tasted faintly of curry and one where there was a rather pathetic typed notice requesting that customers should not speak unkindly of the establishment on Tripadvisor because their livelihoods were at stake.
Steinberger blames it all on over-regulation and sees it as part of a general decline in French society. I am sceptical on both counts. Actually, I think that French regulation has had complex effects and the "Royet Law" of 1974 (named for the Mayor of Tours) which protects la petite commerce from many of the regulations governing bigger businesses like supermarkets has helped charcuteries and patisseries to survive. The real problem seems to me to be the weight of tradition which stops a French restaurateur from being light on their feet when compared to an English one. And as for the "decline of French society" — I have survived a few decline debates inspired by Gibbonesque imagery and I think it is very difficult to tell decline from change or the a short term effect from a long term effect until long afterwards. I was very familiar with the "decline of Britain" debate in the 1970s and concluded that most things said were simplistic, ideologically motivated and exaggerated. Perhaps a better analogy would be the "Why are we so crap?" debate which started about British sport in the 1950s and which led to the Sports Councils, the lottery and to a considerable revival in British sport, which had also been weighed down by a sense of its own magnificence. French food, like British sport, has deep cultural roots and probably contains the mechanism of its own revival.
I hope so. I have so many happy memories of French restaurants. The happiest of all was on a late summer's night 40 years ago. We had wandered round ten countries in our A35 van: we had been robbed twice, broken down twice, been lost in the dead of night in the Slovenian mountains, had several brushes with the police and a particularly menacing encounter with Russian guards when trying to cross the Iron Curtain. But one thing that hadn't gone wrong was that we hadn't spent all our funds. So when we staggered over the border back from Belgium into France we booked ourselves into a hotel restaurant for DBB and pulled out the smartest clothes we could muster. The restaurant was full, the wine was affordable, each succeding course was excellent, the patron was friendly and charming to us. When it came to the cheese course we were left with a vast disc with over fifty cheeses on it. The whole thing cost about half what it would have cost in England at the time. It was my wife's first French restaurant meal and it set up the lifelong tradition of a last night treat. It would be nice to think that a young couple could still have that experience. Perhaps they could, but not so spontaneously and only after thorough research on the internet.


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US Senator demands answers on Khashoggi murder
Americas, Jamal Khashoggi
Sen. Bob Menendez requests records of whether Saudi Crown Prince responsible for journalist's death
By Umar Farooq
A ranking Senate Democrat on the Foreign Relations committee on Thursday called on the Donald Trump administration to hand over all documents related to the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Sen. Bob Menendez sent a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo requesting records as to whether any member of the Saudi royal family, including Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, were responsible for the killing of Khashoggi.
Menendez also requested all documents relating to the "cause of or circumstances surrounding the death of Jamal Khashoggi" and "efforts to obtain information regarding the death."
Last week, Trump decided not to pursue further punishments against Saudi Arabia over the murder, and failed to send a report to Congress determining whether sanctions are warranted against bin Salman for the murder of the Washington Post columnist and U.S. resident.
Khashoggi was brutally murdered inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul shortly after he entered the diplomatic facility on Oct. 2. Riyadh initially denied any role in the killing but has since sought to blame his death on a botched rendition operation being carried out by rogue agents.
Saudi Arabia has sought to distance the crown prince from Khashoggi's murder, as has Trump.
The letter called on Trump to respond to the request made by Congress when it made a request to the administration last year to determine whether sanctions should be applied to bin Salman by invoking the Global Magnitsky Act.
Under the Global Magnitsky Act, a president has 120 days to respond to a request from the Senate Foreign Relations chair and ranking member to determine if sanctions are warranted against a person who has been accused of rights violations.
"Despite foreign and international officials investigating this matter who have concluded that senior Saudi officials bear responsibility for Mr. Khashoggi's murder, this administration has been conspicuously reticent to hold senior officials and senior members of the Royal Family accountable," Menendez wrote.
"Now, despite a mountain of credible evidence, this administration seeks to avoid not only the spirit but the very letter of the law. This is wholly unacceptable for a nation built on the rule of law and committed to the protection of human rights," he added.
*Michael Hernandez contributed to this report
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Saudi Arabia to host US troops
Bangladesh slams minority leader's allegations to Trump
Trump says 'no doubt' US downed Iranian drone
Trump's pressure on Iran would not lead to talks: Zarif
Iran denies Trump's remarks on downing Iranian drone
Trump says US downed Iranian drone in Strait of Hormuz


I saw this the other day and nearly ruined my laptop from all the drool. The Red O' Red and the Green O' Green are both on the future want list.
Beautiful looking pen very nice red color.
Love your reviews Grandmia! And I so want one of these!
I've the Green O'Green one and actually prefer it to the Ruby. Lovely pens though.
Thank you all for your kind comments and for watching the reviews.
The Red O' Red and the Green O' Green are both on the future want list.


Jordan joined the "family business" as our resident auctioneer, and quickly announced his arrival to the auction world by winning the Barfoot & Thompson Novice Auction title. He then continued that form by placing Runner up at the REINZ National Auctioneer of the year Rising Star competition.
You may recognize Jordan, for nearly 10 years he has graced our screens in various presenting roles and currently is the face of the Live Lotto draws and is also part of the rugby coverage team with Sky Sport.
With his natural showmanship, charisma as well as the ability to engage the public, Jordan has already proved his ability achieving some outstanding auction day results for our vendors.
You can phone Jordan any time should you have any concerns. Be sure his goal is to use those words Going….Going…..SOLD on your property.


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This sounds like the type of social impact that the blockchain pioneers were talking about when they designed the technology. Just as Syria has gotten the world's attention for a suspected horrific chemical attack on its citizens, refugees who have fled the war-torn nation for refuge in bordering Jordan have stumbled upon a humanitarian program using cutting-edge blockchain technology to keep their data private. It's dubbed Building Blocks, and it's been developed by the UN's World Food Programme (WFP) alongside some industry partners.
<p class="canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)–sm Mt(0.8em)–sm" type="text" content="The story is told by MIT Technology Review, which spotlights the Azraq Refugee camp comprised of tens of thousands of fleeing Syrians who have made a Jordanian settlement home just miles from the Syrian border where they left their fear-filled lives behind. The refugees are part of a project involving a "private fork of the Ethereum blockchain" in which they "redeem their WFP-provided assistance" for daily transactions at retailers with blockchain technology and their personal data is being kept secure." data-reactid="23″>The story is told by MIT Technology Review, which spotlights the Azraq Refugee camp comprised of tens of thousands of fleeing Syrians who have made a Jordanian settlement home just miles from the Syrian border where they left their fear-filled lives behind. The refugees are part of a project involving a "private fork of the Ethereum blockchain" in which they "redeem their WFP-provided assistance" for daily transactions at retailers with blockchain technology and their personal data is being kept secure.
For example, the MIT Tech story gives the example of one refugee who visits the local Jordanian supermarket, where he pays for his transaction basically by providing a selfie with the camera at checkout. It's called "EyePay" because the image of his eyes identify him.
The benefits are both social and economic, the impact of which could shape the lives of generations to come. From a humanitarian perspective, these individuals who have left everything behind in their war-torn nations are being given a chance to rebuild their lives.
The crisis has left these refugees out in the cold when it comes to entering the workforce or perhaps even investing, where with know-your-customer and identity verification standards makes moving forward nearly impossible. But the public-ledger-fueled program gives a digital identity to people who have no formal form of ID, no proof of residence, etc.
The architect behind the program, Houman Haddad, hopes to see these Syrian refugees one day be able to transact from a single digital wallet comprised of a record of their purchase history, identification and "access to financial accounts" via a blockchain-fueled ID system, as per MIT Technology.
Meanwhile, Building Blocks has turned the typical approach to humanitarian aid on its head. For instance, the WFP would usually deliver food to people like the Syrian refugees in the Jordanian camp. But instead, they're empowering these individuals by giving them money instead. The blockchain-fueled program cuts out much of the friction tied to bank transfers and the fees that accompany them, as evidenced by a 98% reduction in those costs. That leaves the refugees more money with which to rebuild their lives.
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Texas son Griffin Holtby is a singer, guitarist, songwriter and rocker. Inspired by the legends of music; Johnny Cash, Elvis, Guns n Roses, and Jack White, Griffin strives to carry the stories of life on stage and through his music.
Already experiencing some incredible highs and lows in life, and with high school behind him, he's ready to roll into a life of full time music! Summer 2018 Griffin hit the US Boys of Summer Tour and in the fall he will be joining the Allstar Nation Tour to help stop bullying and promote positive mental health in high schools around the country. He recently signed to Strega Entertainment Group Management and he is releasing his new single on November 2, distributed through the SRG/ILS Group, with worldwide distribution through Universal Music Group, and EMI Music Europe & Caroline/EMI USA.
Listen to Griffin Holtby now.


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Articles College Posts International
Cambridge University Rescinds Jordan Peterson Fellowship. His Response is Scathing.
Who would've guessed the soft-spoken Canadian with a voice like Kermit the Frog would be the new frontman for hate. Yet Dr. Jordan Peterson, because he refuses to march to the beat of the post-modernist and Marxist drums, has been miscategorized and targeted for hate. He was originally given a visiting fellowship to speak at Cambridge University, after having already spoken at Cambridge a few times before, in fact this video is one of the most popular videos for the Cambridge Debate Society. But Peterson, despite his popularity, heck, maybe even because of it, cannot be allowed to speak anymore at Cambridge due to his numerous crimes of WrongThink. For which he must be shutout. Cambridge has now rescinded Peterson's fellowship, issuing this statement:
We are relieved to hear that Jordan Peterson's request for a visiting fellowship to Cambridge's faculty of divinity has been rescinded following further review. It is a political act to associate the University with an academic's work through offers which legitimise figures such as Peterson. His work and views are not representative of the student body and as such we do not see his visit as a valuable contribution to the University, but one that works in opposition to the principles of the University.
"Relieved to hear." The statement was written as if Jordan Peterson is either afflicted with head lice or carries the pathogen which will set off the zombie apocalypse. When really, he says words. Words which other people are free to not hear by not watching Peterson speak. But we can't have students making the wrong choice and going to listen to what Peterson has to say, can we?
Unsurprisingly, Jordan Peterson had some thoughts about the decision and statement from Cambridge:
It seems to me that the packed Cambridge Union auditorium, the intelligent questioning associated with the lecture, and the overwhelming number of views the subsequently posted video accrued, indicates that there a number of Cambridge students are very interested in what I have to say, and might well regard my visit "as a valuable contribution to the University." I also have to say, as a university professor concerned with literacy, that the CUSU statement offered to The Guardian borders on the unintelligible, perhaps even crossing the line (as so much ideological-puppet-babble tends to): what in the world does it mean that "it is a political act to associate the University with an academic's work through offers which legitimise figures such as Peterson"? And who could write or say something of that rhetorical nature without a deep sense of betraying their personal conscience?
Doesn't matter, Dr. Peterson. You refused to kowtow to the state's language authority in your refusal to use gender pronouns, as requested via state edict. For this and likely many other WrongThink crimes, Peterson is verboten from Cambridge. Which Peterson thinks is a shame, due to the Biblical knowledge he picked up on his visits at Cambridge. Studies he was looking forward to furthering on his next trip.
Now the Divinity school has decided that signaling their solidarity with the diversity-inclusivity-equity mob trumps that opportunity–or so I presume. You see, I don't yet know, because (and this is particularly appalling) I was not formally notified of this decision by any representative of the Divinity school. I heard about the rescinded offer through the grapevine, via a colleague and friend, and gathered what I could about the reasons from social media and press coverage (assuming that CUSU has at least something to do with it).
So much for the idea of British manners. Cambridge couldn't even do Peterson a courtesy by notifying him first. No, the British snobs took the cowards' way out. British greatness is a thing of the past.
Peterson wasn't finished:
...the Divinity Faculty (@CamDivinity) tweeted their decision to rescind, consciously making this a public issue. This is inexcusable, in my estimation, given (1) that they did not equally publicize the initial agreement/invitation (which has to be considered an event of equal import) and (2) that they implied that I came cap-in-hand to the school for the fellowship. This is precisely the kind of half-truth particularly characteristic of those who deeply practice to deceive, as the fellowship offer was a consequence of mutual discussion between those who invited me to Cambridge in July and my subsequent formal request, and not something I had dreamed up on my own.
...But I think that it is deeply unfortunate that the authorities at the Divinity school in Cambridge decided that kowtowing to an ill-informed, ignorant and ideologically-addled mob trumped participating in an extensive online experiment in mass Christian and psychological education.
The visiting fellowship would've revolved around Peterson's new lecture series on the stories of Exodus, as his stories on Genesis have resonated with people of all faiths around the world, even atheists. Was I a betting woman, I'd say Peterson's fellowship rescindment had jack squat to do with the Bible, and everything to do with Peterson's public reputation of being an intellectual badass who takes no craps from the left. See also Jordan Peterson Makes a Fool Out of Australian Feminist Politician and Someone Compiled Jordan Peterson's Greatest Comebacks. It's Internet Perfection.
Peterson still wasn't finished:
I think the Faculty of Divinity made a serious error of judgement in rescinding their offer to me (and I'm speaking about those unnamed persons who made that specific decision). I think they handled publicizing the rescindment in a manner that could hardly have been more narcissistic, self-congratulatory and devious.
I wish them the continued decline in relevance over the next few decades that they deeply and profoundly and diligently work toward and deserve.
Dr. Jordan Peterson will be just fine. Which he notes in his response to the bedwetting nancies of Cambridge. But the students of Cambridge missed out. The professors and university faculty who made the call to give Peterson the hand, they're the actual Nazis here. They couldn't stand someone who thinks differently than they do, coming to speak at a University where they're trying to mold and shape young minds into one, dutiful, united collective of social justice adhering drones who do precisely what they and the state demands.
Tell me I'm wrong.
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Pamela Kelley writes about problems associated with the dreaded bowel movement, and how she "attacks" this problem along with her mother Audrey who lives with Alzheimer's.
Let's get right to it – the nuts and bolts of caregiving are not subjects that generate fascination in the non-caregiving community.
Some of the matters we face are best not to mention to the squeamish.
That's one reason we're all fans of The Alzheimer's Reading Room.
It's one of the few places where our common challenges of hygiene, regularity and difficult behaviors can be addressed directly. Here, we don't have to search our vocabularies for euphemisms.
Just now, my focus in my mother's care is on poop and sleep. Neither one is coming very easily.
My mother consistently reports her urge to use the toilet. I like being able to act on those reports immediately. This has kept us clean and dry and comfortable for years.
But lately, a new pattern has emerged. When I get Mom on the toilet, she waits about three seconds before announcing, "Nothing's coming" and attempting to stand up. Getting Audrey to sit on the toilet for any length of time is surprisingly difficult. Any progress we make toward completing a bowel movement is halted.
Unwilling to just let things go, unable to find the patience to sit until the job is done, Mom can get stopped up. And the more poop she's storing, the more condensed and difficult it is to pass.
This leads to complaints that "it hurts" and even more insistence to get up off the toilet. The clean-up associated with these half efforts is … considerable.
It occurs to me that softening the mass of stool is one sensible approach. The tools we're using are: Senna teas, morning and night, prunes and other fruits as snacks, and prune juice. I think these are beginning to show their value, and I intend to keep these in the daily rotation.
Keeping Mom, whose mobility is not compromised, seated on the toilet requires creative encouragement. I pull a chair into the bathroom with her, and we sit together holding hands. I encourage her to squeeze my hands, and sometimes she does.
When it looks like she's going to get to her feet, I distract her with a song. She can't resist singing along to "You are My Sunshine" or "Let Me Call You Sweetheart". That buys a few more minutes.
We recite prayers together. But when she's hit her limit, Mom will swat at me and swear. I relent, not wanting to provoke an agitated state unnecessarily. I'm not going anywhere; I've got the time.
We'll get through this. It's not as though she's not moving her bowels, it's that it is not done completely. She's not soiling her undergarments. But we're not wandering very far from the bathroom, and we're making lots and lots of trips there.
I'm sure there's a better way – but this is what I've come up with for the duration. I hope to have better tools at my disposal the next time this occurs, for I have no doubt that it will.
While we're contending with this, it's a good time for me to be at Mom's side more than I already am. For the last year, Mom has been a resident on the memory care unit of a reputable assisted living facility near my home.
I'm with her every morning, have lunch with her every afternoon before leaving to tend to other business. We have a routine that works, and it assures me that she has loving companionship every single day. My average visit lasts from three to five hours.
"We're going to get into that nice bed." Sometimes she'll tell me she not going to get into that bed. Sometimes she'll tell me that it looks very nice, but it's not hers. Sometimes she says there's room for me in there too. No matter what she says, I keep on smiling and nodding and gently guiding her: sit on the edge, let me remove those shoes, lean back, here come the covers.
Once she's in bed, I open her nightstand drawer and pull out the two rosaries stored there. She gets the green one; I get the black one. She goes through the motions as I say the prayers aloud. Mom mouths the words with me, silently. Before we've worked our way through all the beads, she's fallen asleep. I listen for her breathing to deepen with slumber, and I quietly slip out of her room.
A quick check in with the staff, letting them know that Audrey is in bed asleep, provokes dismay. "How did you get her to do that?" they want to know. Mom will not sleep in her bed, hasn't slept anywhere but her armchair for months. No wonder her back aches, her shoulder pinches, her legs retain water. I'm pretty shocked that her sleep hygiene has devolved to this point.
So now, I'm at work trying to distill the evening bedtime ritual into one that can be condensed to ten minutes or so, something the care staff can replicate.
I'm working to try to condition my mother to once again using the bed for sleep, to recreate a little muscle memory over the comfort derived from lying prone. I'm reminding myself that an increase my presence is in all likelihood the only way these two issues – poop and sleep hygiene – will be resolved to my satisfaction.
It's merely coincidence that this week marks the one year anniversary of the day my mother moved from my home to residential care nearby.
It's fortuitous that it's time for another meeting with the director and nursing staff, to address the care plan and concerns on both sides.
I've spent the last year by word and example trying to demonstrate that we're collaborators in providing Audrey with the best of care.
So I'll be eager to hear what they have to say about matters of sleep and poop.
But I'd love to go into that meeting with some advice from my colleagues and friends from The Alzheimer's Reading Room.
*Pamela R. Kelley is the full-time caregiver for her mother; and, a long time contributor to the Alzheimer's Reading Room. She lives, works and writes in Anchorage, Alaska.


Dell is about to introduce their first laptop with Chrome OS in early 2014. This laptop has name of Dell Chromebook 11 and it could be released January next year. It will be budget Chromebook with price of $300 or less. Chromebook 11 will have good specs of normal range system. Before this HP, Acer and Samsung has introduced laptops with Chrome OS. Here are specifications of upcoming device.
Upcoming Dell Chromebook 11 will be powered with Celeron 2955U processor (Intel) along with integrated storage of 16GB (Solid State). Intel HD graphics will be there for graphic enhancements. Users will enjoy 2GB of DDR3 RAM (it might be 4 GB) with Chromebook coming in 2014. It will have 11.6 inch display screen of resolution of 1366×768 pixels with solid battery timing of 10 hours. 720 pixels webcam will be on its front side to capture HD video conversations. It will have connectivity options of Bluetooth v4.0, USB 3.0 ports, WiFi and HDMI Port.
Dell upcoming Chromebook 11 will be very well for personal use and it could be used for study purpose. Its weight should be around to 2.9 pounds which will make it lighter and highly portable. There is not any confirmed price for Chrome OS laptop but it should be under $300 which is affordable price. This laptop will be on sale in January 2014 with Google Chrome OS.
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Open to applications from international and UK-based artists, writers, architects, producers, dancers, choreographers, curators, designers, educators, researchers and those developing their working lives within the scope of contemporary cultural practices.
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Hospitalfield facilitates a programme of interaction and discussion within the group. It is also an opportunity that appeals to those arts professionals who need time to work on a specific project, undisturbed, in a supportive environment.
The selectors will wish to bring together a group that reflects a very broad range of practices that will find the time invaluable and gain much from the informal exchange or working within the residency setting.
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Q: JSON file Array help discord.js On start I would like to inform, that I read this article and it didn't help me, so please, help me, i tried everything.
I want discord property as well but on different code. My JSON file looks similar:
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As I described, I want only discord property.
This is my code:
let playerNames = Array.from(players.values())
  .map((c) => `[${c.id}] ${c.name} - <@${c.identifiers}>`)
  .join('\n');
embed.addField('**List:**\n', playerNames, false);

c.identifiers shows all identifiers from JSON file, I want only Discord, and only numbers which stands for Discord id of that user. Please help!

A: Is players an array? If it is, Array.from(players.values()) is the same as players. Anyway, you can create a helper function to get the element. I already mentioned how it works here.
let getDiscord = (player) =>
  player.identifiers
    .find((el) => el.startsWith('discord'))
    .replace('discord:', '');

let playerNames = Array.from(players.values())
  .map((c) => `[${c.id}] ${c.name} - <@${getDiscord(c)}>`)
  .join('\n');
embed.addField('**List:**\n', playerNames, false);

A: You can use array filter (instead of map) and c.identifiers.startsWith("Discord:")

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Urban Dictionary (you know, the most up-to-date resource for slang) defines ghosting thusly:
The act of suddenly ceasing all communication with someone the subject is dating, but no longer wishes to date. This is done in hopes that the ghostee will just "get the hint" and leave the subject alone, as opposed to the subject simply telling them he/she is no longer interested.
Ghosting has become such a common activity that Merriam-Webster picked it up last year as an informal application of "ghost."
In a 2014 YouGov/Huffington Post survey of 1,000 U.S. adults, 13 percent reported that they had been ghosted by someone before, and 11 percent claimed they'd ghosted someone else. An Elle poll of 120 women and 65 men found that about a quarter of women had been ghosted, another quarter had ghosted, and another quarter had both ghosted and been ghosted. A smaller 14 percent of men said they'd been ghosted, another 17 percent had ghosted, and a full third had both ghosted and been ghosted.
That was 2014, though. The latest survey on ghosting by dating website Plenty of Fish found 78 percent of millennial daters between the ages of 18-33 reported to have been ghosted by someone else.
Ghosting is one of many ways that the digital age has decreased our quality of communication and potentially connection and honest interaction as well. GQ's Benjy Hansen-Bundy respondsto this common complaint perfectly: "As long as we live in a time when mate-finding has been conveniently reduced to an algorithm-backed, user-friendly interface, people are going to be out there separating the wheat from the chaff with Terminator-like efficiency — and ghosting is going to be a reality." Dating's become mechanized. You scroll through potential mates with the same interest and efficiency as you do when you're shopping for shoes online. It's true — it's not going to stop, and it's probably going to get worse. Well, I say fuck that.
As Maya Borgueta, Psy.D, puts it, "at its core, ghosting is avoidance and often stems from fear of conflict." The problem? It often increases conflict. If you're an empathetic person, you feel guilty. Even if you're not all that concerned about someone else's feelings, you may have to worry about bumping into that person in the future, and having to face the fact that you are the ghost behind the machine. It's a lot harder to ghost someone in real life than it is behind the protection of a screen in an alternate digital reality where you are no longer held responsible for treating other people with common courtesy.
As a 24-year-old dater, I'm sick of it, but I've also been part of the problem. I've been ghosted and I have ghosted other people. I did it because it had been done to me. Until a guy sent me a paragraph-long message calling me out on OKCupid. We'd been talking off and on, and I legitimately enjoyed our conversations. I was busy, though, so I got off of the website for a while. The guy messaged me asking why I had done it and requested, on the behalf of future men in my life, that I don't do it again.
My heart dropped. I'd become so used to moving in and out of conversations, in and out of semi-relationships and flirtations, that I didn't expect a genuinely human response. I didn't expect someone to tell me I'd offended them. His request was simple: If you're not interested, or even if you're just busy, tell me.
If you've been ghosted before — and you're not numbed to the experience yet — you know how painful it can be to be dumped with no explanation. If you ask why, you're not playing it cool anymore. If you tell someone why you're ending it, you're not playing it cool anymore, either. Ghosting is a matter of avoidance, but it's also a symptom of a shitty, cynical and jaded generation: We don't care about being genuine anymore because no one else does. It's a vicious cycle, and if you participate in it by ghosting, you're making your life and everyone else's life harder. What's scarier is that you're buying into a computerized way of dating by acting more computerized yourself.
You could accept that ghosting is a reality of dating these days, or you could grow up, be an adult, and have adult conversations with other adults. I'm going to make it really easy for you, millennial-style. Here's a template:
"Hey ____, I've enjoyed getting to know you, but I'm sensing we don't make a good fit. I hope you'll understand."
Boom. You're done. When you rip off the Band-Aid, you get rewarded with a flood of pure relief. And it only gets easier with practice. Welcome to adult dating.
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Time To Impose A Levy On Gambling In UK: Conservative MP Richard Graham
Citing increasing number of people with compulsive gambling issues, British MP Richard Graham calls for imposing a levy on all those who indulge in gambling activities.
Graham published an opinion piece in PoliticsHome in which he made a case for strict measures to curb the menace of problem gambling. The conservative MP urges to impose a levy as he finds it an effective tool to bring down the cases of people suffering substantial economic losses due to compulsive gambling habits.
Graham argues that between 250 to 650 people commit suicide every year due to some or the other kind of gambling-related issue they have been facing. He called for immediate attention saying that it is time to act as nearly 55,000 teenagers, below the age of 14, are currently addicted to gambling.
Questioning the government and inadequate measures to curb problem gambling he wrote: "This is now urgent because of the size of the problem, with over 55,000 young people under the age of 14 already addicted, alongside 430,000 adults 'with a serious gambling issue,' i.e., addicted and 2 million 'at risk'. What should government, regulators and civil society do?"
"The industry's gross profits of £14 billion and tax receipts of £3 billion, 100,000 employees and £200 million of advertising revenues give an idea of the volume of gambling. A levy could, therefore, generate significant revenue to fund a major independent research initiative, and more gambling clinics, like the new one in London and soon Leeds," he added.
The MP emphasized on the need to protect young people from viewing gambling advertisements and also creating more gambling clinics to help those who have been suffering from mental and psychological problems due to gambling addiction.
The UKGC (United Kingdom Gambling Association) has recently been more focussed on ensuring gambling compliance and has also brought in measures to restrict visibility of gambling Ads. earlier this year UKGC banned gambling ads on websites or games that are popular with children.
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Unconventional Wisdom from John Kominicki: It's All about Keeping Our Future on Track
By John Kominicki, February 8, 2017 in Transit, Transit-oriented Development
America's first railroad was the Baltimore & Ohio, chartered in 1827 to compete with New York's Erie Canal in the lucrative business of shipping goods westward.
Baltimore was America's third-largest city then – with designs on getting bigger – and the new railway was celebrated with parades and fireworks and a ceremonial groundbreaking at which the 91-year-old Charles Carroll, the last living signer of the Declaration of Independence, turned over the first spade.
Virtually every resident of the city owned at least one share in the new enterprise, which was wildly popular and significantly oversubscribed – even though it initially had no planned end point beyond "Ohio."
Alas, the launch of the B&O was not typical. Early American railroads, though later credited with sparking the Industrial Revolution and providing the lift for manifest destiny, were generally feared and almost always fought over. They were widely considered a threat to the established rural order and a menace to livestock and crops along the tracks.
Humans foolish enough to consider passage would almost certainly die from asphyxiation, which, it was commonly believed, set in at speeds above 20 miles per hour. Many others would surely be killed or maimed by runaway engines, exploding boilers and bolting horses.
But speed quickly won over the skeptics and detractors. In 1831, the Mohawk & Hudson reduced the 40-mile, daylong canal trip between Albany and Schenectady to 16 miles of rail that could be covered in less than an hour.
The Long Island Rail Road, launched in 1832, was also all about speed – getting New Yorkers to Boston at a time when the direct route across southern Connecticut was considered impassable. Since the LIRR's founders had no interest in servicing the locals, the rails were laid along the mostly unpopulated center of the Island, miles from the region's coastal communities and any possible protests.
A few forward thinkers saw opportunity in the rail line, however, and pounced. Valentine Hicks, a member of a prominent Quaker family, bought land along the line in 1834 and founded a thriving agricultural hub that grew cucumbers and potatoes for shipping westward. It's called Hicksville today.
Horticulturalist John Lewis Childs bought up large tracts around what is now Floral Park and built the first American seed catalog company, using the LIRR to distribute nationally. German immigrants Philip Miller and John Christ built a store, hotel and other businesses around the tracks in New Hyde Park, establishing a downtown bustling enough to eventually warrant its own station.
Mineola parlayed its prominence along the rail lines into being named the county seat.
Those same communities have a new role to play in the evolution of the LIRR, this time concerning the addition of a third set of tracks between Hicksville and Floral Park.
The $2 billion third track project would greatly reduce rail congestion in the area and permit east-bound trains during peak hours, opening Long Island jobs to reverse commuters from the NYC boroughs. Hundreds of thousands of commuters would see their daily rides shortened, and there would be increased parking, station upgrades and other enhancements.
Seven at-grade street crossings would be eliminated, significantly improving local traffic and safety. As many as 14,000 permanent jobs would be created.
The plan is overwhelmingly favored by commuters – no surprise – and support from communities along the tracks is growing thanks to a trio of get-the-word-out public meetings and a grass roots coalition that represents 500,000+ Long Islanders.
I'd like to think there's some good old-fashioned American pride and optimism in there, too, the belief that Long Island and its people are still worth investing in for the future.
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Q: Magento: Authorize.net AVS Code, Transaction ID and Auth Code I need to store the AVS Code, Auth Code and Transaction ID in the "additional_information" field in the sales_flat_order_payment table.  How would I go about doing this?  This would only be for Authorize.net transactions.  My Magento version is 1.9.1.
Currently the field looks like this:
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There's a cc_avs_status field, however, I'd prefer to keep that data in the additional_information field.  Any constructive input is greatly appreciated.  Thank you in advance!

A: Magento won't allow you to get credit card information and it's not stored in the database.  However, in the configuration settings for Authorize.net, there is an option for Merchant Email Address.  When a credit card transaction is sent through on your site, an email will be sent to this address with details of the transaction including AVS code, prices, customer information and so on.  Make sure you put your email address in there and you'll get an email as soon as the transaction is processed.  It actually arrives before the order confirmation email.  Admin > System > Configuration > Sales > Payment Methods > Authorize.net


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UK's SFO to Appeal High Court Ruling Over BAE Enquiry
The UK's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has won the right to appeal against a ruling that says it acted unlawfully in dropping an enquiry into BAE. Earlier this month the High Court ruled the SFO acted unlawfully by dropping the corruption inquiry into a £43bn BAE Systems arms deal with Sau
The UK's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has won the right to appeal against a ruling that says it acted unlawfully in dropping an enquiry into Bae.
Earlier this month the High Court ruled the SFO acted unlawfully by dropping the corruption inquiry into a £43bn BAE Systems arms deal with Saudi Arabia.
The al-Yamamah deal with Saudi Arabia was first signed in 1985 but ran into the 1990s and involved BAE selling Tornado and Hawk jets, other weapons and long-running maintenance and training contracts.
BAE was accused of making illegal payments to Saudi officials in order to win the contract.
The SFO investigation into the bribery allegations was abruptly cancelled in 2006 by then Prime Minister Tony Blair in the interest of national security.
The case was brought by Corner House and the Campaign Against Arms Trade, who said the SFO decision to drop the enquiry was influenced by government concerns about trade and diplomatic ties with Saudi Arabia.
The court ruling said the SFO had been subject to unlawful pressure and "blatant threats" from the Saudis.
The SFO contends national security would have been undermined by the inquiry while BAE maintains it acted lawfully.
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** This review appeared in the now-defunct malaysiansider in January 2015.
J.S.WONG danced in silence, his grunts and gasps of air punctuating the air, but it left a big impression on the audience.
The dancer-choreographer, now the artistic director of Damansara Performing Arts Centre, performed the madness and cruelty of Roman emperor Caligula with evocative brilliance.
The dance piece was inspired by Richard Nixon, the US president at the time, and premiered in 1973. To make a strong political statement in dance is unusual in Malaysia. The last attempt at that was in the playful Becoming King, by Joseph Gonzales last year.
Caligula was but one of seven main pieces in Patrick Suzeau's dance soiree at the Temple of Fine Arts in Brickfields on Jan 18.
Another outstanding performer was Aswara's Raziman Sarbini who breathed joy into the opening piece, Gandharva, with precise movements. He displayed full control over his talent and physical form in this energetic piece.
Choreographed in 2006 by Suzeau, the dance was a western contemporary twist to Indian classical dance, both bharathanatyam and odissi.
Suzeau's dance inspired by Malaysia, called Muddy Confluences — Ode and Addiction, was interesting for its pop culture references. The 15-strong troupe from Aswara (National Arts Culture and Heritage Academy) danced in unison to the drum score, while using their handphones.
However, some of the dancers seemed to lack commitment to the piece. They movements seemed sluggish and some seemed even a bit lost. When taken as a whole, they threw light on those who were physically sharper and more invested in the piece.
This was in sharp contrast to Suzeau's own fun dance called, Winsome Wench And Handsome Hero Vanquish Vile Villain.
A modern dance with mime, Suzeau merely used a ribbon tied in a bow to depict the wench, the hero and the villain. It was energetic, and Suzeau played all parts to good timing. For example, the punches delivered by the hero were then played out by the villain, in receiving the blows. The dance was completely enjoyable.
I also enjoyed the slow Emergence, an abstract piece inspired by a 2013 residency at Rimbun Dahan. The three dancers slowly weaved a spell about the wonders of a green environment.
The soiree ended with a suite of six solos set to French songs by Barbara, George Brassens and Jaques Brel. These provide the landscape for a series of poetic kinetic images woven through the text. All are sung by Barbara (born as Monique Serf), who has been acclaimed as "the voice of France".
Choreographed by Suzeau in 2012, one solo piece called This Morning was an ode to her lover. It was moving in its simplicity of movements but the strongest dancer was in the last piece. Aswara Faculty member Tan Kooi Lan also danced about love, (one line went, "I know I love you still"), but with strength in her contemporary ballet movements, and expression on her face and body.
What a lovely way to end a Sunday evening.
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What Vegan Foods Have Iron?
By Andrew Krosofsky
Oct. 12 2020, Updated 2:52 p.m. ET
Iron, the essential nutrient that it turns out is not just for forging weapons. It is also needed to help transport oxygenated blood throughout the body. Iron deficiency can lead to weakness, hair loss, anxiety, irritability, depression, and, ultimately, anemia. In short, it's not a good thing to miss out on iron. Most people get their iron from eating iron-rich foods like meat or fish, though a good amount can be found in plant-based sources as well.
It is in those plant-based products that many vegans find their iron. Considering that most doctors necessitate about 20mg of iron per day for adults, the search for these essential minerals is an important part of vegan dietary preparation. It isn't just the amount of iron in food that vegans have to worry about, however. Iron absorption can also be a problem as well, and polyphenols in plant foods can block that absorption. That said, there are some tasty, ferrous foods out there for the iron-conscious vegan.
What foods contain the most iron?
Though it is of little concern to the vegans in the audience, it must be said that shellfish, particularly bivalves like clams, mussels, and oysters, contain a fairly large amount of iron. This amount can be variable depending on the size of the clam, the water quality, their diet, and so on, so it's not exactly precise enough for our standards. Red meat also has a lot of iron, but it is about as far from vegan-friendly as one can get.
With that out of the way, vegans are in luck. Beans, lentils, tofu, dark chocolate, some whole grains, nuts, seeds, and a number of leafy greens are all packed with iron. Eating a wide variety of these items will not only keep you full, it's also very likely they'll get you to that 18-20 mg of iron you need each day.
What fruits are high in iron?
Dried fruits like raisins, peaches, prunes, figs, and especially apricots are all fairly high in iron. For example, one cup of dried apricots, while high in sugars, actually contains 42 percent of your daily value or iron, as much as 8 mg. These fruits are frequently on the top of the list when it comes to seeking iron-rich vegan foods, mainly because they contain one of the highest concentrations of the stuff. Raspberries and coconut are both delicious and fruity sources of iron as well, and they contain far less sugar.
What vegetables are high in iron?
It's no coincidence that Popeye reached for spinach every time he needed a boost. This green, leafy vegetable contains 32 percent of your daily value of iron in a single cooked cup. Peas, asparagus, leeks, green beans, and acorn squash also contain high amounts of the stuff. As before though, be aware that many of the vegetables contain polyphenols, which make it hard for the body to absorb that iron. This makes them bad for attempting to normalize your iron but perfectly fine as a daily source of the needed nutrient.
What other vegan foods contain iron?
Large white beans, quinoa, button mushrooms, and the seeds from squash or pumpkins all contain more than enough iron to supplement your daily needs. Many nuts, such as cashews, pine nuts, peanuts, hazelnuts, almonds, pistachios, and Macadamia nuts are all nutritious sources of iron as well. Nuts are also a good source of calcium, protein, good fats, and other essential nutrients, especially for those who are living a vegan lifestyle.
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According to Kevin Wang, the Director of Market Research at IHS Technology on posting on Weibo, the upcoming 'iPhone 7' it will be equipped with 2GB of RAM and minimum internal storage of 32GB (via HDBlog.it). He seems to have made the claim after doing some "supply chain research", suggesting that the next generation iPhones could mark the end of the 16GB storage models.
The current generation iPhones are already running 2GB of RAM, the iPhone 6s was first, then the iPhone SE confirmed it. However the upgraded storage is great news, since 16GB isn't nearly enough for a flagship smartphone, especially one that is capable of shooting 4K video.
In the past, there have been rumours that the 'iPhone 7 Plus' will top out at 256GB storage, so it will be interesting to see what storage options Apple decides to offer.


Most of nation's high-grade enriched uranium has been diluted to forms less prone to bomb proliferation as part of deal.
Iran has converted most of a nuclear stockpile, which it could have turned quickly into weapons-grade uranium, into less volatile forms as part of a deal with six world powers, the UN atomic agency has reported.
The monthly update by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), announced on Thursday, showed that Iran had, as stipulated by the November 24 agreement last year with the United States, France, Germany, Britain, China and Russia, diluted half of its higher-grade enriched uranium reserve to a fissile content less prone to bomb proliferation.
The development leaves Iran with substantially less of the 20 percent enriched uranium that it would need for a nuclear warhead, the Associated Press news agency reported.
The IAEA, which has a pivotal role in verifying that Iran is living up to its part of the accord, made clear that Iran so far is undertaking the agreed steps to curb its nuclear programme.
Iran denies any interest in atomic arms. But it agreed to some nuclear concessions in exchange for a partial lifting of sanctions crippling its economy under the deal, which took effect in January.
The IAEA report also pointed to a new delay in Iran's construction of a plant designed to turn low-enriched uranium gas (LEU) into an oxide powder that is not suitable for further processing into highly-enriched bomb-grade uranium.
Tehran told the IAEA last month that the site would be commissioned on April 9. But Thursday's update by the UN nuclear watchdog said the commissioning had been put off, without giving any reason.
However, "Iran has indicated to the agency that this will not have an adverse impact on the implementation of (its) undertaking" to convert the uranium gas, the agency said.
The delay means that Iran's LEU stockpile - which it agreed to limit - is almost certainly continuing to increase for the time being, simply because its production of the material has not stopped, unlike that of the 20 percent uranium gas.
Uranium at 20 percent is only a technical step away from weapons-grade material. By the time the agreement was reached late last year, Iran had amassed nearly 200 kilograms, Reuters news agency reported.
With further enrichment, that would have yielded almost enough weapons-grade uranium for one atomic bomb, a threshold that Israel had vowed it would prevent by any means possible.
Under the deal, Iran agreed to stop enriching to grades beyond five percent, the level most commonly used to power reactors. It also committed to neutralising all its 20 percent stockpile, half by diluting to a grade that is less proliferation-prone and the rest by conversion to oxide used for reactor fuel.


A Scarborough customer has praised staff at his local store for their 'excellent, friendly and efficient' customer service.
On a recent visit to the store on Westborough the customer noted the attentive customer service from start to finish.
'From the initial greeting, right through to getting help selecting suitable frames, all of the staff in Specsavers were fantastic.
Store director at Specsavers in Scarborough, Alasdair Corbett, said: 'We always strive to offer the best possible experience in store, from professional testing right through to guiding a customer around the store and providing that extra level of customer service.


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Soekarno-Hatta Terminal 2F is now an LCCT
Monday, April 29, 2019 - Airport News, Airport Reviews, Airports, Aviation, Aviation News, Indonesia, Jakarta
In a significant recognition of the economic contributions and future potentials of low cost carriers (LCCs) in the vast archipelago, the Indonesian Government has designated Terminal 2F of Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta International Airport (SHIA) as dedicated LCC Terminal for international flights.
I am sure this is indeed a very proud moment for Indonesians, that they finally have a dedicated LCCT in their pursuit to be a regional LCC powerhouse.
Soekarno-Hatta Terminal 2F LCCT
Effective 1st May 2019, most of the budget airlines in the region will start to operate from Terminal 2F at the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport.
Passengers must also take note of the following airlines that will be operating from SHIA T2F as below:
AirAsia international flights (previously T2D) - from 1 May 2019 [Note that AirAsia Indonesia domestic flights that were previously at Terminal 2F will now move to Terminal 2D and 2E]
Cebu Pacific (previously T2D) - from 1 May 2019
Lion Air Group (Lion air, Thai Lion, Malindo) international flights (previously T2D) - from 1 May 2019
Jetstar Asia (previously T3) - from 15 May 2019
Citilink and Tiger Scoot - also scheduled to move to T2F soon, making it a fully international LCCT for Indonesia.
Below is a video of the new LCCT at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport
As this strategy involves a realignment of domestic-international flight operations, all domestic flights by Sriwijaya Air and AirAsia that were previously operating at Terminal 2F will move to Terminal 2D/E also from 1st May 2019.
There is also a dedicated terminal for umrah pilgrims which is also underway. SHIA is definitely undergoing an exciting transformation, with all of these additions and changes. Even the new Terminal 4 is currently being built.
For those who may not be familiar with Soekarno-Hatta International, the airport is divided into three main terminals which are;
Terminal 1 (1A, 1B, 1C)
Terminal 2 (2D, 2E, 2F)
Terminal 3 (which is now designated for full service international flights like those by Garuda, Malaysia Airlines, Singapore Airlines, Cathay Pacific, and others)
Soekarno-Hatta International Airport Jakarta
The airport's Terminal 1 (opened in 1985) and Terminal 2 (opened in 1991) were designed by Paul Andreu, a French architect who also designed Paris–Charles de Gaulle Airport in France.
One of the characteristics of the airport is the incorporation of the local architecture into the design, and the presence of tropical gardens between the waiting lounges.
With the unique characteristics of design and architecture, the airport won the 1995 Aga Khan Award for Architecture. Terminal 3 started operations in 2017, and another Terminal 4 is currently in the pipeline.
The overall layout map for the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Jakarta, Indonesia. (Photo Wikipedia)
Why Did They Make the LCCT at T2?
According to the airport operator PT Angkasa Pura II, the declaration of T2F as an LCCT was made in response to the Tourism Ministry's aim to increase tourist arrivals under the Wonderful Indonesia campaign.
In 2018, 30% or 4.65 million out of 15.5 million passengers on international routes at Soekarno-Hatta International were in the LCC segment, and this is expected to grow further in 2019.
The first quarter of 2019 saw a growth of 2% in LCC international route passengers at SHIA, while aircraft movements increased by 5%.
Currently, 60% of passengers at SHIA are millennials, and they form the biggest group of LCC passengers in Indonesia.
To cater to and service them better, PT Angkasa Pura II has assured that T2F will be equipped with digital services like self check-in kiosks, self baggage-drop and other value added services.
The T2F LCCT was said to be realigned to facilitate a fast departure process, short turnaround time and a happy journey experience for passengers.
To me, the most important point is how Indonesia is putting a very big emphasis on the LCC sector by providing a dedicated LCCT that will allow it to grow even further.
The adoption of digital services will increase efficiency, cut costs, and enhance the passenger experience travelling in and out of Indonesia's Soekarno-Hatta LCCT in Jakarta.
For Indonesian readers, you can also read the media statement by PT Angkasa Pura II, which was issued on the 26th April 2019.
Where is Terminal 2F at the Soekarno-Hatta Airport. (Photo: www.ifly.com)
Well guys, to be fair I have to go and check out the new LCCT at SHIA T2F, and see for myself if it is up to mark. And I also wonder how is it compared to our KLIA2? This is certainly on my airport review list!
I have travelled around Indonesia for work and leisure in the last few years, and also to a number of remote places, where I have reviewed the Raja Ampat airport and also the Marinda Waisai airport in West Papua, Indonesia.
And if you haven't, please check out my review of KLIA2 vs Bangkok Don Mueang airport here, and my Tokyo Narita Airport review. I would love to hear your comments below too.
Soekarno-Hatta Terminal 2F is now an LCCT Reviewed by Malaysia Asia on Monday, April 29, 2019 Rating: 5


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by Colin A. Ross, M.D. In previous books including Songs For Two Children, Spirit Power Drawings, Northern Canada and Literary and Anthropological Studies, Dr. Ross has described the experiential and philosophical aspects of his study of human energy fields. In Human Energy Fields, Dr. Ross proposes that the human energy field - called chi, the human aura, the life force, or the human spirit in different philosophical systems - and the electromagnetic field of the body are the same thing. Dr. Ross outlines applications of a new science of human energy fields in many different areas including anthropology, medicine, agriculture, weapons development, security systems, physiology, and psychotherapy. As an example of the new science, he proves that an electromagnetic beam is emitted from the eye, and it interacts with the outside world. This energy beam could be used to activate a switch that in turn could be connected to any electrical device on the planet. Emission of any form of energy through the eyes has been disallowed by western science for hundreds of years, but it can be demonstrated with standard electroencephalogram (EEG) equipment. Dr. Ross proves this scientifically in Human Energy Fields. The science of human energy fields unifies eastern and western medicine. It provides a method for studying therapeutic touch, acupuncture, kundalini yoga, and many practices in alternative medicine and traditional healing.


Toy Art Gallery is releasing Candie Bolton's Oh My! Yokai: Night Parade - Rose Gold Edition of 2-inch tall gachas. Each one is hand-painted with silver, gold, and black sprays on top of glitter-pink soft vinyl. The set includes Kitsura, Tanuki, Kawauso, Bakekujira, and Tengu. They'll be available this Friday (July 15th 2016) as a set of five pieces for $75.00.


← Saturday 1st August 2015 – Come on let's eat outside!!
Sunday 2nd August 2015 – My King Edward's are all harvested.
Today started like most Sunday mornings do with breakfast. But instead of having it inside in the dining room we had it outside in the garden and under the gazebo. It was lovely and warm even for 8.30am. Why waste the gorgeous weather and the gazebo being up!!! Then after bell ringing this morning I popped to the allotment for a couple of hours. I've emptied the compost heap at home, and the contents in wonderful so I'm moving the contents to the allotment to fill up some tyres where I'm going to plant some strawberry runners that have decided to grow in the wrong place. It's a rather slow process, but seems to be working. Once that was done I then had a container so I dug up all my King Edward Potatoes. The soil is really dry, even thought I've been watering it often, but we've hardly had any rain (except those 2 days last week) so the only way to get up all the potatoes is to use a spade. Fortunately I manage not to slice any potatoes in half which was good. I think I managed to get up every single one, but I'll only know for sure next spring when they start to grow again. I always miss some, I think we all do.
When I got home it was time for lunch, again in the garden which was wonderful. Then we went to he cinema to see "Inside Out". What a brilliant movie, so funny and not just for little kids. Teenagers and grown up will thoroughly enjoy it as well. We all did. We had planned to have dinner outside as well, but the flying ants decided that they would start to swarm, so we decided the most sensible thing to do would be to have dinner inside. The chickens did get very excited when the ants started to swarm so I let them out for a treat on the grass to peck at some. They didn't hang about and gobbled up loads in a very short time.
That's my girls, pecking up all those pesky flying ants.
Later on there was a bit of a kerfuffle, because a pigeon had landed on the grass near the chickens. There was a lot of wings flapping and clucking. The pigeon panicked and flew into the chickens run, and panicked some more, but then found it's way out and flew away. Everyone then calmed down and order was resorted. The chickens don't like to share their space with strangers.
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