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16 – 17 AVRIL 2011 NEWS - Brougham - Nakhon Si Thammarat - Surat Thani - Dresden - Abu Dhabi - Umm an-Nar Island - Annigeri - River Bluffs -
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- ROYAUME-UNI – Brougham - Archaeologists working on the site of a Roman settlement in Cumbria have released details of how it might have looked in its heyday. The site, near Brougham, was discovered in 2008 by United Utilities engineers excavating for a sewage pipeline. It included remains of timber buildings and streets, and is now believed to date back to the 1st Century.A team from Oxford has been examining the site, which is believed to be a civilian settlement attached to a fort. During their excavations, archaeologists uncovered artefacts including gaming counters, jewellery, coins and drinking vessels. The settlement has been named Brocavum and experts are now preparing a detailed analysis of the findings. Buildings were constructed of timber frames infilled with wattles and clay but in order to inhibit decay, the walls were raised above the ground on low sandstone foundations-
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-13109618
- THAILANDE - Several ancient sites in Nakhon Si Thammarat and Surat Thani have been severely affected by the recent floods, the Fine Arts Department's Archaeology Division reported yesterday. The damage assessment report by Fine Arts Office 14 in Nakhon Si Thammarat said that satellite photo analysis showed 52 ancient sites in Sichon district, estimated to belong to the 12th-14th centuries of the Buddhist era, which were yet to be fully explored, were submerged. The floods also damaged the Tumpang archaeological site in Tha Sala district, Wat Chaeng's Chinese pavilion, and the ancient wall and fortress on Ratchadamnoen Road in Mueang district, the report said. In Surat Thani, the Wiang Sa ancient city was severely hit by the floods while the Kuan Tharae, Tha Sathon and Nam Rob temples on the banks of the Tapi River were also damaged by flood waters.
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2011/04/17/national/Historic-sites-in-South-hit-by-floods-30153246.html
- USA – Dresden - After nearly 25 years waiting at the gate — the last three of which involved heavy negotiations and deal-making among multiple parties — a Dresden property considered to be one of the most archaeologically significant sites in Maine is protected for research. the Dresden property offers researchers a unique look at the lives of native people living here between 5,000 and 8,500 years ago. Arthur Spiess, senior archaeologist with the Maine Historic Preservation Commission, said the Dresden location could provide clues about a time in which natives made the transition from more nomadic lives to ones in which they gathered in small village-like communities. To make that societal change, he said, natives needed to be coerced by an abundant and predictable food source in one location. The Maine coast has been slowly sinking since the end of the Ice Age, about 10,000 years ago. Put another way, sea level has been creeping slowly inland on the Kennebec Estuary. Merrymeeting Bay became completely tidal some time around 3,000 to 5,000 years ago. "Looking at the local topography and river depths, we see that the Kennebec River forced its way between Swan Island and the Dresden shore before the 'back side' of Swan Island flooded out by the rising sea level," he continued. "Thus, this location was an intense falls. For awhile it must have been the first major falls on the Kennebec, and thus a focus for catching anadromous fish in season. We surmise that people camped at the site during fishing season, and probably also camped here when they were forced to break a journey by carrying baggage around the — now drowned — falls." The stone tools and fish bones recovered by amateurs and during preliminary tests support Spiess' theory, so far, but researchers are anxious to engage in a full-scale dig to learn more. The appeal of the site extended into the European colonization of the country, Friedman said, as British navigation maps of the area from 1772 indicate that a home stood on the uphill portion of the property at that time.
http://new.bangordailynews.com/2011/04/16/news/dresden-archaeological-site-protected-for-research/
- UAE – Abu Dhabi – The most ancient period represented so far in Abu Dhabi Emirate is the Middle Paleolithic (Old Stone Age) which has been recently identified at Jebel Barakah in the western region. The first diagnostic stone artifacts discovered there by the author in 2006 indicate that the site belongs to the early phase of that period (150000-20000 years ago). Nothing has been discovered so far from the long gap between that remote period and the Neolithic (New Stone Age) which stated around eight thousand years ago. By the end of the fourth millennium BC, a few centuries after the invention of first writing in Mesopotamis, the Bronze Age started in Abu Dhabi and the whole of Southeast Arabia. This age covers the whole of the third and most of the second millennium BC and divided into three main phases (Early, Middle and Late). The early phase is represented by hundreds of beehive stone tombs yielding pottery vessels of Mesopotamian origin. The middle phase comprises two cultures (Umm an-Nar and Wadi Suq Cultures) The Wadi Suq Culture (2000-1600 BC) which inherited the sophisticated culture of Umm an-Nar witnessed a decline, while the poorly represented last phase of the Bronze Age (1600-1300 BC) has only been vaguely identified in a small number of settlements. This last phase of the Bronze Age was followed by a boom when the underground irrigation system (the falaj) was introduced during the Iron Age (1300-300 BC) by the local communities.
http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1289993121491&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Query&parentid=1135099399852
- UAE - Umm an-Nar Island - The Historic Environment Department of the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage has published a monographic book that summaries and discusses the current state of the sites on the Umm an-Nar Island, which must have lived at least three centuries (2600-2300 BC). The Umm an-Nar culture, as indicated from inland 3rd millennium BC, covers no more than seven centuries (2700-2000 BC). Seven tombs out of fifty and three areas at the ruins of the ancient settlement were examined by the Danish Archaeological Expedition. During their first visit they identified a few exposed shaped stones fitted together at some of the stone mounds. The following year (February 1959) the first excavations started at one of the mounds on the plateau, now called Tomb I. Two more seasons (1960 and 1961) were carried out digging more tombs, while the last three seasons (1962/1963, 1964 and 1965) were allocated to examine the settlement.
- INDE – Annigeri - King Ahamed Sha ruled over Bijapur and adjacent provinces, which extended up to Annigeri, during the Adil Shah period. During his rule, Ahmed Shah was said to have beheaded and killed around 20,000 people mercilessly including children and women, along the Tungabhadra belt during the 15th century. After the massacre the King was said to have held a festival to celebrate the event, along the Tungabhadra river belt. Annigeri is also near the Tunga Bhadhra river belt of Hospet area. Some of the human skulls discovered in Annigeri might belong to those who were killed and beheaded by Ahmed Sha. As per the reference in the Gazetteer, the human skulls found in Annigeri might have some connection with the incidents like the massacre or killing of hundreds of people by Ahmed Sha during the Adil Sha period, the officer added. Darpan Jain, deputy commissioner said there were also some references in Dharwad Gazetteer about some clashes and minor battles that took place in Dambal of Gadag district near Annigeri about 250 years ago. During that time, massacres might have taken place there, he added. "But, we will be able to unravel the mystery behind discovery of the human skulls only after receiving the carbondating report from Bhubaneshwar.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hubli/Documents-may-unravel-Annigeri-skulls-mystery/articleshow/7993197.cms
- USA – - River Bluffs - River Bluffs Open Space is not only a refuge for native Colorado wildlife and native vegetation, but was home to prehistoric peoples for at least 1000 years. The archaeology of this open space is important to understanding the lives of people living during the Early Ceramic period. The people that lived on the River Bluffs Open space 1000 years ago left projectile points made from rocks that originate in the Rocky Mountains, as well as over 500 small, tubular bone beads.
http://events.colostate.edu/event_view.asp?ID=7&EID=35412


El Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente (PNUMA) afirmó hoy que el presupuesto planteado por el presidente de Estados Unidos, Barack Obama, constituye un paso importante de ese país hacia la mitigación del cambio climático.
En un comunicado, el PNUMA destacó que el plan de estímulo a la economía estadounidense se basa en la creación de un sistema de fijación de límites máximos e intercambio de los derechos de emisión, que incluye 80.000 millones de dólares en proyectos de energía renovable.
Este programa castiga a las industrias que más contaminan el medio ambiente al obligarlas a adquirir créditos de las empresas verdes que no llegan a los topes establecidos de polución.
El presidente estadounidense presentó su propuesta ayer.
En su mensaje ante una sesión conjunta del Congreso el martes pasado, Obama afirmó que la creación de incentivos financieros para combatir el calentamiento global es el camino a seguir y que la recuperación económica está vinculada inexorablemente a la energía verde.
Governments, police, private companies and even criminals all want access to our personal data, and the internet stores endless details of our private lives that can be used – or abused. MEPs and experts debated the need to protect personal data at a Civil Liberties Committee hearing on 5 March.
A report by Stavros Lambrinidis (PES, GR), adopted unanimously by the committee on 17 February, is the first recommendation by MEPs for reconciling the fight against cybercrime and the rights of surfers: freedom of association and expression, non-discrimination and other rights that can only be defended by EU legislation, as the internet knows no frontiers.
The report, which will be put to the vote at the Strasbourg plenary session in late March, calls on the Member States and the Commission to bring forward proposals to define global standards for protecting data, security and freedom of expression, at a time when our "digital identity is tending to become an integral part of ourselves", says Mr Lambrinidis. The rapporteur considers it essential to define strictly a user's "consent" to share his data, given the unequal balance of powers between users, private companies or governments, he believes.
In Mr Lambrinidis' view, "e-illiteracy will be the illiteracy of the 21st century". He argues that access to the internet, like access to education, should never be blocked by governments or private companies.
Professor Stefano Rodotà, chair of the Scientific Committee of the EU Fundamental Rights Agency, maintained that "today nothing is being done to improve the conditions for the democratic functioning of the internet; the focus is on the security aspects (…). Referring to the recent case of the social networking site Facebook, "which tried to appropriate data placed on its network", he argued that "we cannot settle this issue by relying solely upon business law precepts" and that some "critical" content must be treated differently.
European Data Protection Supervisor Peter Hustinx said that "at the beginning it was fashionable to speak of cyberspace, which gave the impression that the internet was different to our world. But now it has become an integral part of our everyday life, it is part of the real world". Therefore "we must apply the same values as we do in our society (…), fundamental rights must apply and that's that", he stated. Nevertheless, the internet does have new features, notably in the area of monitoring responsibility. "In the old world it was fairly simple. On the internet there is a system of layers, responsibility is more complex and therefore tends to vanish. This must be clarified", he argued, although he did not wish to see "an environment of permanent surveillance".
Javier Moreno Sanchez (PES, ES) asked about the possibility of secure electronic voting for expatriates, to prevent fraud. "Electronic voting would increase turnout but it entails major risks", replied Stefano Rodota. He also called for a "quicker and more categorical" approach to the protection of minors. Nicolae Vlad Popa (EPP-ED, RO) voiced concern about the increasing number of cases of identity fraud. To this Mr Hustinx answered that it was important "to ensure that the rules on data protection are applied".
Gus Hosein of Privacy International was "bothered by the fact that the EU has taken over from the Bush administration" as regards data retention, pointing, inter alia, to the data retention directive. "Is that what you want to export to the rest of the world? The EU should be a ray of light for human rights but at the moment it's the opposite (…) we must change course and the Lambrinidis report is the opportunity to turn things round", he said. This view was backed by Professor Steve Peers of Essex University, who presented the key points of his study on strengthening security and fundamental freedoms on the internet and EU policy on combating cyber-crime.
Jim Killock, of the Open Rights Group, believed it was also important "to ensure that a charter of rights comes into being very soon". He invited the EU institutions to look into the case of the United Kingdom, where "the Oyster Card (editor's note: the electronic travel card used for public transport in London) enabled over 400 pieces of information to be transmitted to the police in a few months".


The CCI3* (Advanced) class at the NRM National Three-day Event at Taupo over the weekend was the final event in New Zealand's year-long Bell Tea Super League, but the three top places were unchanged despite none of these combinations being there.
The winner, Simon Gordon with Fletch.com, could not be overtaken, so Gordon opted to rest his horse following the Trans-Tasman trip at the end of April. Young Rider Ashleigh McKinstry, lying second with Pioneer Makokomiko, who is also resting after jarring up earlier this autumn, was unassailable in both the Super League and at the top of Massey University Young Rider series.
The battle was for third place at Taupo, where double points were on offer. Donna Smith and Just Chocolate could be caught by Bryce Newman and Bates Trademark if they won. They went close, placing second behind none other than Smith on her younger horse Balmoral Tangolooma.
This resulted in Smith moving up from sixth to fourth place on Balmoral Tangolooma, demoting Newman and Bates Trademark to fifth, while Dannie Lodder and Moochi, who is also resting after making the trip to Sydney last month, dropped to sixth.


Majid Al Futtaim is organising the first-ever UAE National Ski and Snowboard Championships at Ski Dubai.
Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Under the patronage of Dubai Police and the Community Sport initiative of H.H Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai - Chairman of the Executive Council for Dubai Government and Chairman of the Dubai Sports Council, Majid Al Futtaim, the leading shopping mall, communities, retail and leisure pioneer across the Middle East, Africa and Asia, is organising the first-ever UAE National Ski and Snowboard Championships at Ski Dubai. The championships are also supported by the UAE National Olympics Committee and UAE Ice Sports Federation and Dubai Sports Council and will be held on December 8 and 9, 2017.
The National Championships are organised as part of Ski Dubai's on-going efforts to promote snow sports in the country, and fulfil one of the key requirements laid out by International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) for membership. Once the UAE receives membership to FIS, snow sports athletes from the country will be allowed to compete internationally for the first time.
This is exciting news for snow sports athletes and enthusiasts in the UAE, who will no longer be restricted to local and regional events and can now aspire to make a mark on an international stage. The UAE National Ski and Snowboard Championships herald a new era for snow sports in the country, which continues to go from strength to strength since the inception of Ski Dubai.
The championships, which are divided into four snow sports disciplines, will see more than 200 top athletes from the UAE, many of whom have honed their skills on the slopes of Ski Dubai, battle it out for the title honours. The first day will witness the UAE Alpine Ski Championships with athletes participating in the fiercely competitive Alpine speed disciplines of Slalom Skiing and Giant Slalom. The second day will feature the UAE Freestyle Ski and Snowboard Championships under two freestyle disciplines: Slopestyle and Big Air. The competitions will be adjudicated by a panel of four distinguished international judges, headed up by World Cup judge Martin Carr. Other renowned international guests and judges on the panel include: Gorgio Rocca, winner of 11 World Cup races in Alpine skiing and four times Olympic Champion, Halldór Helgason, winner of 2010 X-Games in Snowboard Big Air discipline and Sparrow Knox, the up and coming British Snowboarder.
Over the past decade, Ski Dubai has been committed to creating and supporting local talent and has helped lead the way in building and growing snow sports in the UAE. From organising regular freestyle nights and races at its state-of-the-art facilities, to mentoring, coaching and encouraging young athletes to develop their skills to an international standard, years of continued work by Ski Dubai and its partners has now come to fruition in the shape of the first-ever UAE National Ski and Snowboard Championships.
Dubai Police in association with the Dubai Positive Soul initiative and the Dubai Sports Council, along with the UAE Olympics Committee, are providing valuable logistical and strategic support for the first UAE National Ski and Snowboard Championship event. Dubai Police are Ski Dubai's esteemed partner, and have played an integral part in the pre-planning of the Championships. As part of this they have generated a huge amount of support for this event, engaging a number of sponsors including ENOC, Aqdar, Sheraton, Empower, Emirat, Emirates NBD, Dutco and Capriole. In addition, Ski Dubai would also like to thank their sponsors including; ZSI Trading, Rosinol and Spyder, as well as and Burton who are proud partners and sponsors of the Ski Dubai Alpine and Freestyle team.
Ski Dubai recently announced the launch of its Sponsored Athletes team with an impressive roster of experienced coaches, who will guide the athletes over the coming years. The line-up includes: Mohamed Moulay, a former Moroccan National Ski Team member and experienced race coach, James Machon, a former Great Britain Olympic Freestyle skier and Mike Barker, whose experience includes five years as a coach of the British Children's team. The entire project is headed up by Chris David, Snow Sports Operations Manager at Ski Dubai. Chris is a former GBR athlete and was Head Freestyle Moguls Ski Coach for Great Britain.


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Warm Water Causes Extra-cold Winters
Tapio Schneider, Frank J. Gilloon Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering, and Dr. Yohai Kaspi have found a mechanism that helps explain why average winter temperatures in northern Europe are at least 10 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than similar latitudes on the northeastern coast of the United States. Using computer simulations of the atmosphere, they have found that the warm water off an eastern coast will heat the air above it and lead to the formation of atmospheric waves, drawing cold air from the northern polar region. The cold air forms a plume just to the west of the warm water. In the case of the Atlantic Ocean, this means the frigid air ends up right over the northeastern United States. [Caltech Press Release]
Professors Rosakis and Hoffmann Elected to the National Academy of Engineering
Ares J. Rosakis, Theodore von Kármán Professor of Aeronautics and Professor of Mechanical Engineering, and Michael R. Hoffmann, James Irvine Professor of Environmental Science have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). Professor Rosakis was elected for discovery of intersonic rupture, contributions to understanding dynamic failure, and methods to determine stresses in thin-film structures. Professor Hoffmann was elected for oxidative treatment technologies for the removal of organic and inorganic contaminants from water.
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Caltech's Approach to Graduate Education Validated
All of the 24 ranked graduate programs at Caltech have placed exceptionally high in the National Research Council (NRC) study of more than 5000 graduate research programs, validating the Caltech approach to graduate education. With respect to the EAS Division: Aeronautics, Bioengineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Environmental Science and Engineering, and Materials Science were ranked in the top five nationally irrespective of size. [Caltech NAS Rankings]
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Caltech Receives $10 Million in Gifts to Help Launch New Terrestrial Hazard Center
The Terrestrial Hazard Observation and Reporting Center (THOR) has been launched in an effort to find ways to minimize the damage caused by natural hazards. THOR will span two academic divisions at Caltech, Engineering and Applied Science (EAS) and Geological and Planetary Sciences. "The interdisciplinary and interactive nature of engineering at Caltech allows us to translate scientific knowledge and discovery into applications with direct societal impact," says Ares Rosakis, Theodore von Karman Professor of Aeronautics and Professor of Mechanical Engineering; EAS Chair. "One of the areas of pioneering research and innovation made possible by THOR is seismo-engineering. The boundaries of seismo-engineering are fuzzy ones and lie exactly in the interface between seismology and earthquake engineering. We are delighted to have the opportunity to explore these boundaries." [Caltech Press Release]
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Congratulations to Professor Simona Bordoni
Congratulations to Simona Bordoni, Assistant Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering, for being selected to join The New York Academy of Sciences 2010 Science and Technology in Society (SPS) forum in Kyoto, Japan entitled "The Lights and Shadows of Science and Technology."
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Professor Wennberg is the Principal Investigator on the MATMOS Instrument
Paul O. Wennberg, R. Stanton Avery Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry and Environmental Engineering; and Director of the Linde Center for Global Environmental Science is the principle investigator on the Mars Atmospheric Trace Molecule Occultation Spectrometer (MATMOS) instrument to be flown aboard the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter. This instrument is being built through a partnership between Caltech and the Canadian Space Agency. [Caltech Press Release]
Anthony Leonard and Richard Flagan Elected Members of the 2010 Class of the NAE
Anthony Leonard, Theodore von Kármán Professor of Aeronautics, Emeritus, and Richard C. Flagan, Irma and Ross McCollum-William H. Corcoran Professor of Chemical Engineering and Professor of Environmental Science & Engineering; Executive Officer of Chemical Engineering, have been elected members of the 2010 class of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). NAE membership honors those who have made important contributions to engineering theory and practice, and those who have demonstrated unusual accomplishments in the pioneering of new and developing fields of technology. Election to the NAE is one the highest professional distinctions an engineer can receive. Professor Flagan was elected to the NAE "for leadership in invention, measurement, production, and technology of aerosols" and Professor Leonard was elected "for contributions to simulation of turbulence, new vortex methods of flow simulation, and understanding of flow-induced vibration." [Caltech Today Article]
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Tapio Schneider and Colleagues Discover Storms in the Tropics of Titan
Tapio Schneider, Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering, and his colleagues have discover storms on Saturn's largest moon, Titan, which is generally "a very bland place, weatherwise," says Mike Brown, Richard and Barbara Rosenberg Professor and Professor of Planetary Astronomy. "The first cloud was seen near the tropics and was caused by a still-mysterious process, but it behaved almost like an explosion in the atmosphere, setting off waves that traveled around the planet, triggering their own clouds. Within days a huge cloud system had covered the south pole, and sporadic clouds were seen all the way up to the equator." Schneider, an expert on atmospheric circulations, was instrumental in helping to sort out the complicated chain of events that followed the initial outburst of cloud activity. [Caltech Press Release]
Paul Wennberg and John Seinfeld Show How Organic Carbon Compounds Emitted by Trees Affect Air Quality
Paul Wennberg, the R. Stanton Avery Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry and Environmental Science and Engineering and director of the Ronald and Maxine Linde Center for Global Environmental Science, and John Seinfeld, the Louis E. Nohl Professor and professor of chemical engineering, have shown that biogenic emissions—organic carbon compounds given off by plants and trees— affect air quality. Wennberg states that, "if you mix emissions from the city with emissions from plants, they interact to alter the chemistry of the atmosphere." Seinfeld adds, "particles in the atmosphere have been shown to impact human health, as they are small enough to penetrate deep into the lungs of people. Also, aerosols impact Earth's climate through the scattering and absorption of solar radiation and through serving as the nuclei on which clouds form. So it is important to know where particles come from." [Caltech Press Release]
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EAS Faculty Cited in Discover Magazine's 50 Best Brains in Science Issue
Discover magazine recently published its annual 50 Best Brains in Science issue, and the "20 Under 40" list which highlights "a new generation of innovators changing the way we think about everything from theoretical mathematics to cancer therapy." Four researchers from Caltech (three from EAS) were cited: Michael Elowitz (Assistant Professor of Biology and Applied Physics; Bren Scholar; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute), Sarkis Mazmanian (Assistant Professor of Biology), Tapio Schneider (Associate Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering), and Changhuei Yang (Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Bioengineering).
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Package measures 260 mm x 390 mm x 2 mm (width x depth x height), weighting 197 g.


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Platinum Games is crowdfunding The Wonderful 101: Remastered
Platinum Games has announced a remastered version of their 2013 Wii U title The Wonderful 101 for the Nintendo Switch. Unlike their other Wii U title, Bayonetta 2, which receved a Switch port published by Nintendo, Platinum Games has gone to Kickstarter to fund the remaster. The Kickstarter campaign has already successfully funded the Switch port, as well as PS4 and PC ports down the line.
The Wonderful 101 was originally released in 2013 for the Wii U. The premise of the game was that the player controlled one hundred heroes at once, and could form them into different shapes on the GamePad's touchscreen. It received generally positive reviews at the time, but the Wii U's low sales numbers prevented the game from becoming more than a cult classic.
At time of writing, Kickstarter campaign for The Wonderful 101: Remastered has been out less than a day, and has already soared past its initial goals. According to the game's Kickstarter page, Platinum has chosen Kickstarter due to their desire to self-publish their titles. "With your support, we hope not only to bring The Wonderful 101 to a wider audience on a variety of platforms, but also to add some content that will enhance the experience even more! This campaign is your chance to empower us to pursue self-publishing and take our destinies into our own hands".
In addition, the Kickstarter campaign comes with several reward tiers for generous backers. Those that contribute a little extra to the project can unlock digital and physical versions of the game, as well as other goodies like t-shirts, jewelry, figures, and the game's soundtrack. There is even a reward tier where Platinum Games director Hideki Kamiya will tweet at you and then block you.
If you want to contribute to The Wonderful 101: Remastered's Kickstarter campaign, you can back it here. The game is estimated to be released in April 2020.


This leaflet answers some common questions about Sandomigran. It does not contain all the available information. It does not take the place of talking to your doctor or pharmacist.
All medicines have risks and benefits. Your doctor has weighed the risks of you taking Sandomigran against the benefits they expect it will have for you.
Do not take Sandomigran if you have an allergy to pizotifen (the active ingredient) or to any of the other ingredients of Sandomigran listed at the end of this leaflet.
Do not take Sandomigran after the expiry date printed on the pack or if the packaging is torn or shows signs of tampering.
Tell your doctor if you are breast- feeding or intend to breast-feed. Small amounts of Sandomigran pass into breast milk. Although such small amounts are unlikely to harm your baby, breast-feeding while taking this medicine is not recommended. Your doctor will discuss with you the benefits and the risks involved.
Continue taking Sandomigran every day for as long as your doctor prescribes. To prevent severe headaches, you must take this medicine every day, even if you feel well.
Immediately telephone your doctor or the Poisons Information Centre (telephone number 13 11 26), or go to Accident and Emergency at your nearest hospital if you think that you or anyone else may have taken too much Sandomigran. Do this even if there are no signs of discomfort or poisoning. Keep the telephone numbers for these places handy.
Some of the symptoms of an overdose may include drowsiness, nausea (feeling sick), dizziness or light headedness, slow breathing, coma, and convulsions (particularly in children). Children may also become overexcited.
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Be careful driving, operating machinery or doing jobs that require you to be alert until you know how Sandomigran affects you. This medicine may make you feel drowsy, dizzy, or have other central nervous system effects, especially when you first start to take it. If that happens, do not drive or do anything else that could be dangerous.


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The Strange Day of Senate Farewells
Franken, Strange speeches were very different scenes
Posted Dec 7, 2017 1:35 PM
Niels Lesniewski
@nielslesniewski
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Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., and his wife Franni, leave the Capitol on December 7, 2017, after Franken announced on the Senate floor that he will resign his seat. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Thursday became departure day in the Senate, with back-to-back farewell speeches oddly linked due to the recent wave of allegations about sexual harassment.
Staffers and visitors, along with members of the media, filled the Senate chamber Thursday morning for Sen. Al Franken's announcement that he would in fact resign his seat in the aftermath of an ever-increasing number of sexual harassment allegations.
The Minnesota Democrat announced his intent to leave the Senate after an outpouring of Democratic colleagues calling for his resignation, even as he cast doubt on some of the allegations against him from women who allege groping and unwanted kissing.
After Franken spoke, Democratic colleagues lined up to hug and bid farewell; Franken did not specify a precise resignation date in his speech, but he said it would take place "in the coming weeks."
One Republican sat at his desk for the duration of Franken's speech, Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona. Flake crossed the aisle to join the Democrats in offering farewells.
Watch - Franken: Glimpses of a Departing Senator
Many of the senators in attendance were among those leading the wave calling on Franken to resign Wednesday, led by New York Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand.
But no senator spoke to the chamber after Franken to thank the Minnesotan for his service, not even his closest friends in the chamber or his home state colleague, Sen. Amy Klobuchar.
"As the women who have come forward to tell their stories across America have made clear, sexual harassment is never acceptable. In every workplace in America, including the U.S. Senate, we must confront the challenges of harassment and misconduct," Klobuchar said in a statement. "Nothing is easy or pleasant about this, but we all must recognize that our workplace cultures — and the way we treat each other as human beings — must change."
Franken at one point made direct reference to the situation playing out in Alabama, where Republican nominee Roy Moore, a former judge, may be well on his way to being elected to the Senate on Tuesday, despite multiple allegations that he engaged in inappropriate relationships with teenage girls when he was in his 30s.
Not to mention the many alleged inappropriate acts of President Donald Trump.
"I, of all people, am aware that there is some irony in the fact that I am leaving while a man who has bragged on tape about his history of sexual assault sits in the Oval Office and a man who has repeatedly preyed on young girls campaigns for the Senate with the full support of his party," Franken said. "But this decision is not about me, it's about the people of Minnesota."
There was further irony in the timing of Franken's speech, as it came just after Alabama GOP Sen. Luther Strange offered his own farewell address.
Strange, the appointed senator who replaced Attorney General Jeff Sessions, lost his bid for the Republican nomination for Alabama's special election to none other than Moore.
A number of Republican leaders were in the chamber for Strange's remarks, but Sen. Joe Manchin III of West Viginia was the only Democrat present for both the Strange and Franken departure speeches.
Strange's speech was greeted with several tributes, including from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, who was born in Alabama, and Agriculture Chairman Pat Roberts of Kansas. There was no similar ode to Franken, despite neither man leaving immediately.
Strange will likely serve until his successor's election result is certified, which may not be until January. Franken, for his part, will take a little time to wind down his office.
Franken staffers, who sat at a bench in the back row of the chamber, must quickly look for new places of employment, though some may well be kept on by the Democrat appointed ultimately named as Franken's successor by Gov. Mark Dayton.
Klobuchar greeted the Franken staff before the speech, approaching and shaking hands with each of them as they awaited arrival of their soon-to-be former boss on the floor.
Franken sought to dispel the notion that his previous statements of support for listening to the women who have made allegations against him should be construed as his admitting guilt or fault.
"Some of the allegations against me are simply not true, others I remember very differently. I said at the outset that the Ethics Committee was the right venue for these allegations to be heard and investigated and evaluated on their merits, that I was prepared to cooperate fully and that I was confident in the outcome," Franken said.
He also suggested that much of the conduct in question was not related to his Senate service.
But in the end, given the substantial concerns of his colleagues, Franken decided that he could not be an effective member of the Senate's Democratic caucus.
On his way out, Franken channeled Paul Wellstone, the late senator and Democratic-Farmer-Labor leader whom he idolized.
"Politics, Paul wellstone told us, is about the improvement of people's lives. I know that the work I've been able to do has improved people's lives," he said. "I would do it all over again in a heartbeat."
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Immersive Urban Fantasy
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Vestige: An Urban Fantasy
Glory Days: The Time of Swords and Eagles
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For me, urban fantasy is defined by the late 1990s and early 2000s – not through novels, but through tabletop roleplaying games (RPGs). It was after second edition D&D had gotten dull and stale (and TSR's long, entropic demise didn't help) but before third edition D&D (which made our group want to pick up swords and leap into dungeons again).
So in this window, we started to play other things that weren't D&D. Vampire: the Masquerade, Shadowrun, Call of Cthulhu, Cyberpunk, the Everlasting…
It was different feeling to run around a modern city than a fantasy realm, especially a local one that you were familiar with. Still, we brought over from D&D an expectation of violence, and a lot of our earlier games ended up like mafia games with fangs, leather jackets and Desert Eagles (which was the best weapon in the game!) Gradually we drifted into more character-based, thematic gaming based on those books, especially when World of Darkness started to focus on different monster types for you to explore and play – vampires, mages changelings and so on. Then we went on to explore our own ideas such as a short-lived Highlander game1 and our own visions of urban fantasy.
So when I started the urban fantasy novel project, I started to figure out what I wanted from it, how you could build a modern-day setting with lots of supernatural critters, how they interacted with each other, and how would I make this an interesting place to explore. After buckets of text later, I realised I was structuring my notes like an RPG book. Who would the characters be in the setting? What would they be? And as I work on both side by side, the novel and the RPG are complimenting each other. I hope to release them both, and will see if the RPG captures (and improves upon) the experience of those early games2 in the time of swords of Desert Eagles…
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Атрур Луис Њутон (, Аптон, Масачусетс, 31. јануар 1883 — Вустер, Масачусетс, 19. јул 1950) био је амерички атлетичар, чија је специјалност била трчање маратона и трка са препрекама. Био је члан Њујоршког атлетског клуба.

Спортска биографија
Артур Њутон учествовао је два пута на Летњим олимпијским играма 1900. у Паризу и 1904. у Сент Луису.

На Играма у Паризу 1900. Њутон је учествовао у две дусциплине: трчању са препрекама на 2.500 метара где је завршио као четврти и у маратонској трци пети.

Кроз четири године на домаћем терену у Сент Луису учествује у три дисциплине и у све три осваја медаље. У екипној трци на 4 миље освојио је златну медаљу. Поред њега у екипи су трчали:Џорџ Андервуд, Пол Пилгрим, Хауард Валентајн и Дејвид Мансон. У остале две дисциплине маратону и 2.590 метара препреке освојио је бронзане медаље.

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Рођени 1883.
Умрли 1950.
Амерички атлетичари
Амерички средњепругаши
Амерички дугопругаши
Амерички маратонци
Атлетичари на Летњим олимпијским играма 1900.
Амерички олимпијци на Летњим олимпијским играма 1900.
Атлетичари на Летњим олимпијским играма 1904.
Амерички олимпијци на Летњим олимпијским играма 1904.
Освајачи медаља на Летњим олимпијским играма 1904.
Освајачи златних олимпијских медаља за Сједињене Америчке Државе
Освајачи бронзаних олимпијских медаља за Сједињене Америчке Државе
Освајачи олимпијских медаља у атлетици, 4 миље екипно за мушкарце
Освајачи олимпијских медаља у атлетици, маратон за мушкарце
Освајачи олимпијских медаља у атлетици, 2.590 метара са препрекама за мушкарце
Олимпијски победници у атлетици

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Meet Kobe
Meet Kobe, who was diagnosed with 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome (https://www.22q.org.au/what-is-22q-1) at 18 months, and Autism Spectrum disorder at 3 years old. His mum Tanya takes us through his inspirational journey with Key Word Sign and how it played a significant role in his communication.
Friends, family and the soccer team all got on board to learn Key Word Sign so they could interact with Kobe. While his speech was still developing, Key Word Sign gave Kobe a means for communication so he could express what he wanted. The journey wasn't always easy, but Tanya persisted because she knew that it was so important for Kobe to have a means of communication.
Today, Kobe uses speech to communicate and still uses Key Word Sign and his communication book/board as backup communication tools due to still attending speech pathology sessions to improve his articulation.
Thank-you Kobe and Tanya for sharing your amazing story with us, and for teaching us to value every person's way of communicating.
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A story from one of our new KWS Presenters, from her personal perspective of losing speech and finding that Key Word Sign helped her get her message across.
On the 14th November, 2018, after my morning coffee I started to feel numb in my face and had sharp pains in my head. I called a friend to explain what I was experiencing and could hear my speech slowing down significantly, becoming dysarthric and then turning to jargon…
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As fight week drew to its inexorable conclusion and the prospect of seeing WBA and Lineal lightweight champion Jorge Linares across the ring from Vasyl Lomachenko it dawned on me that many spoke of Loma's victory as if it was a foregone conclusion - to that point on social media most of the hashtags read #LomaLinares seemingly giving short shrift to a boxer who has clearly been the best Lightweight in the world for some time now and a veteran with three times the fights Lomachenko has and you know - the World Champion.
Jorge Linares came in to the ring as the heavy underdog according to the Vegas odds and was being written off by most believing that Loma would toy with him until he felt like finishing the rugged Venezuelan or that worse yet, Linares would add his name to the list of fighters who fell to No Mas Chenko and would quit after dealing with the Ukrainian for a hand full of rounds.
For me, I was nervous all week and grew more nervous the day of the fight. I found myself pacing and playing multiple scenarios over in my head. My jaw was sore from clenching my teeth. This was the first fight I honestly was not utterly convinced Loma could win.
I crawled out of my hovel and joined Jason Scalzo who runs the Boxing Is Love program for us here at BOXRAW having just arrived back from a successful maiden voyage to Liberia to bring his dream and that of the Save More Kids organization to a reality. I was met by some of his friends from the local boxing gym they all train at. Not one of them shared my concern. They all anticipated an abrupt end to Linares' run as Lightweight champion.
I never wanted to be so wrong in my life!
The bell for round one sounded - and I paused in space - disbelieving what I was actually seeing.
Loma and Linares met in centre ring jockeying for position, Loma level changed and feinted testing the champion. Loma looked a bit stiff and the size difference between the two was stunning. The massive back of Jorge Linares rippled - he looked every bit the Lion, every bit as intimidating as I had conceived of him in my mind.
Linares pushed forward, jabbing, the two men came into close contact toward the end of round one and Linares was clearly the stronger man, Loma fought to break free. It's not as though Loma cannot fight on the inside or grapple - Loma studied Judo, freestyle wrestling and Russian Sambo throughout his youth and adolescence - Loma needs to be free, in constant motion to apply pressure in a boxing ring, however.
Round 2 was shocking from the perspective that Loma already appeared to have collected enough data to calculate range. His movement was more fluid. Linares would need to be first in this fight to be effective however he was several beats slower than Loma who was able to unleash 3-4 punch combinations; double jab-left straight to the body - lead uppercut! Loma has progressed rapidly because he had continued to develop and refine a ruthless pro-style, here in the early rounds it was his amateur boxing pedigree that shown through, his ability to score with accurate shots; touch-touch - move - touch - touch… enough sting on everything to frustrate Linares who also found tracking the beautiful pivots and footwork of the Ukrainian nearly impossible. Linares did stand his ground and landed some hard right-hand counters of his own partially blocked by Loma's high guard. Tellingly Loma landed a right hook to Linares' body that would foreshadow things to come.
Linares though an unwilling dance partner fell into a trap of allowing Loma to lead, one humorous incident in round three occurred as Linares struggled to track Loma the two became entangled and Loma evading his opponent had held Linares around the waist spinning him in a 360, one of many reasons the two men gave the 10,000 plus in Madison Square Garden reason to stand and cheer!
Through four rounds it appears Loma is in complete control, launching his attack from mid-range with a straight left to the body pivoting to his right and landing a left uppercut-right hook. Linares did catch Loma with one straight right hand that buckled his legs ever so slightly but Loma otherwise seemed in complete control to this point.
Round five was an escalation by Loma, a master class of pressuring footwork - Linares was the bigger man however as former champ Timothy Bradley opined Linares was sacrificing his height and reach advantage to Loma who continued to bully him. A blistering combination by Loma put the exclamation point on a dominant round and as the two men stalked off to their corners the frustration was etched on Linares' face.
By the sixth round, I had Loma up four rounds. Linares was still very much in the fight but it was clearly slipping well away from him. Loma was breaking him with the unrelenting pressure continuing to land in combination and always circling to the right to safety, changing levels presenting a constantly moving target. Linares did land a brief shoeshine combination on Loma who walked right through it - meanwhile, Linares' left eye was swollen and the cut prone fighter would not benefit from wearing any more damage on his face in the heretofore one-sided match.
Then the unthinkable - Loma followed Linares straight in and was caught with a picture perfect right straight that decked the phenom!
Loma bounced up before referee Ricky Gonzalez even started his eight counts. Again, even in ultimately losing the round 10-8 Loma showed the calmness of a veteran. He took the eight count and road out the remaining 25 seconds returning to his corner to regroup with chief second - his father Anatoly.
Linares was far more effective in the seventh round then at any point in the fight thus far, he landed several hard combinations, however, was unable to truly apply the pressure he would need to take advantage of the momentum shift following the knockdown. Nevertheless a solid round in the bank for Linares. With the knockdown and now a 10-9 round the gap was closing between the two fighters.
In round eight not much separated the two fighters they each fought to land their jabs and follow up power shots. Loma was taking a slight edge down to his unceasing pressure, neither man was targeting the body any longer - both were head hunting. Late in the round, the swelling over Linares' left eye finally gave way to a cut and a trickle of blood… Loma caught a second wind - increasing the pressure even further he targeted the cut mercilessly. Veteran cutman Rudy Hernadez would have his work cut out for him before round nine to close Linares' delicate skin.
Urgency filled the corner of Linares and that same urgency afflicted Jorge Linares himself who was able to shut down Loma in the ninth round. Linares controlled the middle distance was Loma likes to be and made it uncomfortable for the Ukrainian to linger there. Linares unloaded a furious combination while Loma hardly landed a thing.
At the break I had the fight level; 85-85, judge Julie Lederman also had the fight level and the two remaining judges had each fighter up on their respective cards by two points.
Anatoly instructed his son to target Linares body again where he had success in the first half of the fight, the straight left to the body and right hook were particularly effective.
Linares exploded out of his corner to begin round ten - round ten for all intents and purposes was a tactical fist fight. Both men let their hands go, Linares' footwork also seemed to catch up to Loma's and pivoted beautifully to his right letting sharp 1-2s fly… Linares relaxed for a moment and Loma crept inside. Loma started a torrid combination that he began with an overhand left above the temple of Linares and a sneaky left uppercut that froze Linares in his tracks - instinctively Linares shelled up in a high guard and Loma was able to take an angle blasting a picture-perfect left hook to the liver of the champion!
Linares barely rose to his feet at nine-and-a-half as Ricky Gonzalez waved the fight off having reached 10 and with that Vasyl Lomachenko was victorious.
Seems obvious that Loma has cemented now his place as the #1 pound for pound best boxer in the sport. This was a courageous performance not unlike Anthony Joshua who climbed off the canvas ironically in the sixth round also to become champion.
Madison Square Garden erupted, they were witnessing a historic moment, a special fighter and a brilliant fight.
These two men gave us arguably the best fight this year and one of the best lightweight fights in years - historically speaking that is no mean feat.
The two men never entered into an insipid twitter beef, parents would not be embarrassed by foul language and insults during the build up. The two men conducted themselves as gentleman warriors.
For Jason Scalzo and myself in a dinky bar in Nowhere South Carolina, we were overawed. As ecstatic as we both were I still had the presence of mind to observe the room. Throughout the ten rounds, people cheered and clapped oohed and awed with every punch both men landed - especially Lomachenko… it bears mention that this fight took place in the middle of the NBA playoffs and also opposing the beginning of the main card for UFC 224, yet all eyes were on the screen for the two men in the squared circle as the house audio system delivered the cheers of the MSG crowd and ringside commentary.
Jason Scalzo correctly observed that the fight delivered on every level - the action is seen in the ring lived up to the expectations that came with two of the worlds best pound for pound fighters facing each other fearlessly.
Linares vs Lomachenko for the WBA Lightweight and Lineal world title is everything boxing should aspire to be.
And Vasyl Lomachenko is a star. Period.


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News from Poland since 31 January 2000
Compiled by Joanna Rohozińska
Age before...age? The present Polish government is going to start making amends to pensioners, state workers and others who were receiving fixed state income and who lost out in the early 1990s when the amounts they received were not being scaled and could not keep pace with the rate of inflation. Because of the slow revaluation process, obviously many of those on fixed incomes suffered. The government has decided to take the re-compensation a year, and a cohort, at a time. Those born before 1920 are due to receive an average of PLZ 2500 [USD 599] each and the disbursement of funds will begin on 25 March of this year. Those born prior to 1934 will begin receiving adjustment payments later in 2000 while those born between 1934 and 1940 will have to wait until the following year. Even younger claimants will not see anything coming in until 2002 and 2003, and the government foresees taking care of any outstanding payments the year after that.
Rumours have been flying and have finally been confirmed that Deutsche Bank wants to, and more than likely will, take over Poland's BIG Bank Gdanski. The Polish bank's share holder apparently support the move as they removed the supervisory council on 29 January and appointed one that is more inclined to see the deal go through. PZU, the state-controlled insurance company and a major shareholder, enthusiastically supported this dismissal at the general shareholders assembly. Gazeta Wyborcza commented that PZU's decision had caused an "earthquake" among Polish financiers and politicians alike, even prompting President Aleksander Kwaśniewski's economic advisor, Marek Belka, to return prematurely from Davos where the World Economic Forum was being held. Belka expressed concern over the deal, pointing out that such foreign take-over bids bypassed the currently agreed privatisation processes. He stated that the proposed deal "is not in Poland's interest, because it's one thing to be able to privatise with the participation of foreign capital... and another thing... to allow a situation where the law has been broken, to allow a take-over of one of the most important Polish banks by a huge foreign bank."
This all seems to have turned into a major faux pas by the insurance company as government spokesman Krzysztof Luft asserted that "the PZU acted against the interest of Poland and lost the confidence of the Treasury Ministry." The PZU itself doesn't seem to be sure of its actions as Chairman Władysław Jamrozy and one of other the PZU board members were suspended the same day. Treasury Minister Emil Wasacz, who just managed to save his own skin recently in the face of allegations that he was holding a fire sale with privatised property, criticised Deutsche Bank for lack undermining faith in the Polish market by hiding their intentions and general impropriety at trying to get in through the back door.
The news is just full of back-tracking this week as a belated apology was given by the chairman of the National Association of Farmers and Agricultural Circles and Organisations Władysław Serafin to Justice Minister Hanna Suchocka. Way back last year Serafin made a sexist remark, provoked "by emotions" (according to Serafin) aimed at Suchocka. After the road blockades by peasants last May the Justice Minister commented that the organiser of the disruption should be taken to court. Serafin's not to clever rebuttal was that "instead of taking a guy to court, [Suchocka] should take him to bed." The comment was a two-pronged insult as it referred to Suchocka's single status and Serafin used the word "chlop." In Polish the word can be translated in several ways, to mean peasant, guy or insinuating something of a bumpkin - either way not the best connotation. Serafin said his sexist remark came forth during the heat of the moment at a rally. After formally apologising he added that he hoped this would "facilitate dialogue and understanding."
Despite his reticent attitude in taking the helm of the beleaguered AWS (Solidarity Electoral Action) something is definitely brewing with party leader Marian Krzaklewski. Though he has not yet formally announced his candidacy for this year's presidential pages the appearance of a web site, http://www.krzaklewski.pl/, may give his intentions away. It will certainly be an uphill battle against the incumbent Kwasniewski who's popularity is holding high with 78 per cent of the public expressing confidence in him. At the other end of the spectrum Krzaklewski leads as the most distrusted politician with, according to CBOS, 54 per cent believing this. Even members of his own AWS have bluntly stated that Krzaklewski should not run. Party activist Aleksander Hall said that "personally, I would advise Kraklewski not to run," adding that the public should not identify a joint candidate with the current "style of government" and the ruling AWS and UW (Freedom Union) should instead put forth a joint presidential candidate.
Meanwhile, Jerzy Gwizdz, another AWS activist, urged Krzaklewski to resign altogether from his post as parliamentary caucus leader and head of the cabinet. Krzaklewski did not seem to be out to curry favour within the AWS as he had already managed to convince all member parties that there was no need for a cabinet reshuffle or a change of prime minister, the one thing that they all seemed agreed was needed. Kraklewski is going to have to fight hard if he hopes to even stand a chance in the elections. Incidentally, one can only hope that the site is still under construction because it's not going to wow anyone as it is.
The situation of the Polish minority in Lithuania was once again rumoured to be threatening relations between the two countries. However, Foreign Minister Bronisław Geremek dispelled any doubts by affirming to his Lithuanian counterpart, Algirdas Saudargas, that Polish-Lithuanian relations were "excellent." Rumour had it that Warsaw might have been reconsidering backing Lithuania's NATO and EU drive because of problems linked to the Polish minority. Geremek assured all that relations with Lithuania were determined purely on the principle of mutual, loyal cooperation and by state interests. He went on to say while "there is no state institution in Poland that would operate to the detriment of the Lithuanian nation," he added that minority issues should be treated "seriously." So in the end maybe relations are a little short of "excellent" after all.
The glimmer of hope that the IPN (National Remembrance Institute) may finally find someone to head the organisation were lost as historian Karol Modzelewski, a former left-wing politician and member of the PZPR (Communist Party) who eventually turned around to become an opposition activist, stated that he was not interested in heading the National Remembrance Institute (IPN). Modzelewski was mentioned as a good potential candidate as he would constitute a compromise for the politically sensitive position. Supporting this notion was the fact that his name was mentioned by the junior ruling coalition member UW, the opposition SLD (Democratic Left Alliance) and the PSL (Polish Peasants' Party). Modzelewski's refusal to even entertain the notion of the position has probably successfully pre-empted yet another squabble between coalition partners UW and AWS, the latter of whom objected to Modzelewski's candidacy due to his (heaven forbid) leftist sympathies.
President Aleksander Kwaśniewski spoke at the opening of the International Holocaust Conference, hosted by Sweden, warning that Poland has to be very active fighting stereotypes in Polish-Jewish relations. He was specifically referring to certain none-too impressive displays including an attempt to build a supermarket in the vicinity of Auschwitz and the erection of crosses outside the walls of the camp. Kwasniewski noted that Poland should avoid creating an impression that Polish anti-Semitism was deeply rooted and old. He added that all such acts should be met with strong condemnation from the Polish public, political elites and the Church alike. Kwaśniewski went on to inform the conference that Poland truly cared about marking and maintaining places of extermination. The latest initiative is a planned museum chronicling the history of Jews in Poland and Polish-Jewish relations that is to be built within the former Ghetto. In efforts to warm official relations Kwaśniewski also met with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak for talks on the restitution of Jewish property in Poland. Barak made it clear that he expected a re-privatisation law to be consistent with world standards and not to prevent anybody from seeking to regain lost property.
More rumours are circulating though this time around the legal community who are saying that Poland is preparing to seek the extradition of suspected Nazi war criminal Alois Brunner from Syria. Professor Witold Kulesz, legal adviser to the Commission for Investigation Into Crimes Against the Polish Nation has concluded that there are no legal obstacles to Poland's extradition request. Kulesz, in a legal opinion report now with the justice minister pending a decision, says that Polish law permits the prosecution of a suspect either at the place where they committed the crime, or at the place where its effects were felt. One of the technicalities of the case against Brunner is that his crimes were committed at Auschwitz, where Brunner sent transports of Jews from France, Greece and Slovakia and was not part of a Polish state. SS Hauptsturmführer Brunner, now 85, was transferred to captured territories to supervise the deportation of Jews to death camps. He escaped to Syria after the war where he became a government adviser. The Syrians have ignored all past attempts to extradite him, including those by famous Nazi hunter, Simon Wiesenthal, but apparently moods are changing in Syria though extradition to Israel has been absolutely precluded.
Compiled by Joanna Rohozińska and Donosy-English, 14 January 2000
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Nuclear power plant in northern Finland delayed four years to 2028
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Posted: Monday, December 24, 2018 at 15:58 — Last Updated: Friday, December 28, 2018 at 15:54
A harbour site for the proposed nuclear plant. (Sasha Silvala/Yle)
A controversial nuclear power plant to be located in Pyhäjoki in northern Ostrobothnia on Finland's northwest coast will take four years longer than originally planned, the Fennovoima power consortium said on Friday.
As recently as June, Fennovoima said that the plant would be operational by 2014. However the Russian nuclear firm Rosatom, contractor and part-owner of the project, recently provided Fennovoima with an updated production schedule indicating that the plant will not begin producing electricity before 2028.
Initial projections indicated that construction on the reactor would have already begun. However new estimates are that building work will not begin until 2021.
The project has been delayed in the planning stages and Finland's Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority Stuk has been waiting for years for the documentation required to complete a safety audit of the plans. Once the project has cleared the audit, the government will be able to grant a construction permit for the plant.
"Finnish safety regulations are the strictest in the world and because of that the design has taken longer than expected," said Fennovoima chief executive Toni Hemminki.
Although construction work on the reactor itself has been long-delayed, contractors have forged ahead with infrastructure work on the site.
The nuclear project has been dogged by controversy and delays, with investors pulling out along the way and environmentalists protesting the construction plans. It has also come under intense scrutiny over its investor structure, as government required the project to have at least 60 percent domestic or EU ownership before it could move forward.
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package org.apache.curator.x.discovery;

import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
import org.testng.Assert;
import org.testng.annotations.Test;
import java.net.InetAddress;
import java.net.NetworkInterface;
import java.net.SocketException;
import java.util.List;

public class TestLocalIpFilter
{
    @Test
    public void     testFilterEverything() throws SocketException
    {
        LocalIpFilter localIpFilter = ServiceInstanceBuilder.getLocalIpFilter();
        try
        {
            ServiceInstanceBuilder.setLocalIpFilter
                (
                    new LocalIpFilter()
                    {
                        @Override
                        public boolean use(NetworkInterface networkInterface, InetAddress address) throws SocketException
                        {
                            return false;
                        }
                    }
                );

            List<InetAddress> allLocalIPs = Lists.newArrayList(ServiceInstanceBuilder.getAllLocalIPs());
            Assert.assertEquals(allLocalIPs.size(), 0);
        }
        finally
        {
            ServiceInstanceBuilder.setLocalIpFilter(localIpFilter);
        }

        List<InetAddress> allLocalIPs = Lists.newArrayList(ServiceInstanceBuilder.getAllLocalIPs());
        Assert.assertTrue(allLocalIPs.size() > 0);
    }
}


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GandCrab, a new ransomware-as-a-service emerges from Russian crime underground
Experts at cyber security firm LMNTRIX have discovered a new ransomware-as-a-service dubbed GandCrab. advertised in Russian hacking community on the dark web.
The GandCrab was advertised in Russian hacking community, researchers noticed that authors leverage the RIG and GrandSoft exploit kits to distribute the malware.
"Over the last three days LMNTRIX Labs has been tracking an influx of GandCrab ransomware. The ransomware samples are being pushed by RIG Exploit delivery channels." reads the analysis published by LMNTRIX.
As usually happen for Russian threat actors, members cannot use the ransomware to infect systems in countries in the former Soviet Republics that now comprise the Commonwealth of Independent States.
Below some interesting points from the advertisement:
Prospective buyers are asked to join the 'partner program', in which profits from the ransomware are split 60:40
Large' partners are able to increase their percentage of proceeds to 70 per cent
As a Ransomware-as-a-service offering, technical support and updates are offered to 'partners'
Partners are prohibited from targeting countries in the Commonwealth of Independent States (Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Ukraine) – violating this rule results in account deletion
Partners must apply to use the ransomware, and there is a limited amount of 'seats' available." reads the translation of the ad.
The operators behind the RaaS offer they platform maintaining 40% of the ransom, the percentage is reduced to 30% for large partners.
Once infected, if the victim does not pay on time, he will have to pay a double ransom.
Other specific features related to GandCrab RaaS is the that it allows payment using the cryptocurrency Dash and the service is provided by a server hosted on a .bit domain.
The authors of the GandCrab RaaS also offers technical support and updates to its members, they also published a video tutorial that shows how the ransomware is able to avoid antivirus detection.
The RaaS implements a user-friendly admin console, which is accessible via Tor Network, to allow malware customization (i.e. ransom amount, individual bots and encryption masks)
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How to make a simple key repeat rule?
I just downloaded Bome trial to see if it can do a repeating "Tab" key with a single midi keypress.
I managed to map a midi button on my Korg nanoKontrol to the Tab key succesfully but I'd like to be able to let it keep pressing Tab every half a second (maybe faster/slower) when I keep the button down.
I tried reading the manual but I'm afraid I'm to technically impaired to be able to learn the entire programming language Bome uses.
If anybody can help me out I'd be very gratefull.
For first translater, capture Note On for when you push the button and have output be keystroke down with Enable Key Repeat.
I've attached and example project file and also a screen shot.


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Our diverse range of industry leading applications, cloud services and advanced telematics devices enable construction companies and heavy equipment OEM manufacturers to pivot from managing unexpected downtime across mixed fleets to predictive maintenance and optimizing equipment utilization.
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Q: Cannot delete free partition I had an Ubuntu install, but it's taking up too much space and I'm getting a laptop on which I will install ubuntu, so I decided to remove the Ubuntu partition. I went into diskmgmt.msc and freed the Ubuntu partition. Now I need to delete it. I right click it, selected delete, but then get this error:

When I try in DISKPART, I get the error "Virtual Disk Service error: the extended partition is not empty."

How can I delete this free partition, thus making room for me to extend my C:\ partition?

A: Well, I figured out a solution. I deleted the 8gB partition, which was created by Ubuntu as a swap partition, and was then able to delete the original Ubuntu partition.

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Home/World News/Africa/Sport News Man United have offered the chance to sign Newcastle target Philippe Coutinho, Liverpool and Chelsea are considering Barcelona's Ronald Araujo, Tottenham's Steven Bergwijn linked with Ajax move
Sport News Man United have offered the chance to sign Newcastle target Philippe Coutinho, Liverpool and Chelsea are considering Barcelona's Ronald Araujo, Tottenham's Steven Bergwijn linked with Ajax move
remon BuulDecember 1, 2021
The January transfer window is fast approaching and Premier League clubs are busy making their plans to get through this winter.
The mid-season market is always a hectic time for top clubs as the teams look to strengthen their ranks for the second half of the campaign.
Barcelona star Coutinho could head to Premier League this winter
It's harder to do business in the January window, but several parties across the country could be forced to open their checkbooks after Christmas.
What are the latest rumors and headlines? talkSPORT.com takes a look …
Philippe Coutinho
Manchester United have been offered the opportunity to sign Philippe Coutinho, according to Spanish media SPORT.
The Barcelona star has been heavily linked with a return to England with Newcastle United linked with a move in January.
However, with United gearing up for a new era under Ralf Rangnick, that means the prospect of signing the 29-year-old could be appealing.
Ronald Araujo sparks interest from Liverpool and Chelsea
Chelsea and Liverpool are both considering a move for Ronald Araujo, according to Spanish media SPORT.
The Barcelona star is attracting high profile attention due to his Camp Nou form and it looks like a move to the Premier League could be an option.
The 22-year-old is a Uruguayan international and is considered a center-back on the ball.
Ajax are considering signing Steven Bergwijn, according to reports in the Netherlands.
The Tottenham striker has struggled to establish himself as a regular holder in north London and faces a big sizable challenge to do so under Antonio Conte.
The Dutch giants are said to want a loan until the end of the season.
Bergwijn could be back in the Netherlands in January
Amadou Haidara
Ralf Rangnick is reportedly aiming for a move for Amadou Haidara to implement his pressing style at Manchester United.
Rangnick moved for the 23-year-old Mali international while at RB Leipzig in 2018 and has played 95 times in three years at the club since.
According to The Times, the German now wants Haidara at Old Trafford after joining the club.
Haidara is valued at around £ 33million and is in contact with Leipzig until June 2025.
Alexandre isak
Arsenal and Tottenham are both reportedly interested in Alexander Isak.
North London rivals see Isak as an alternative to the much-requested Dusan Vlahovic, who is set to ignore a move to England, Eurosport said.
Isak currently plays for Real Sociedad in La Liga where he has scored six goals in 16 appearances in 2021/22.
The report claims that if the 22-year-old comes to England, he wants to go to a club where there is a clear path to playing regular football.
Modric is open to teaming up with Manchester City
The veteran Real Madrid midfielder is open to joining Manchester City as a free agent next summer, according to Spanish media SuperDeporte.
The 36-year-old is tempted by the prospect of returning to the Premier League, with a view to moving on to MLS City franchise club, New York City.
Former Tottenham star Modric is reportedly considering his options after talks about a contract extension at the Bernabeu halt.
Ben Brereton Diaz
Southampton are reportedly interested in signing the striker from the Blackburn Rovers and Chile.
But the Sun claims Seville have led the race to sign the 22-year-old whose £ 20million price tag may be too much for the Saints.
Brereton Diaz has scored 16 goals in 22 games for Blackburn this season and the Championship club are under pressure to balance their books.
Brereton became a cult hero with Chile
Newcastle United are leading the chase to sign Ousmane Dembele, according to Mundo Deportivo.
The Barcelona star has been linked with a move away from Camp Nou with his contract which will expire next summer.
Manchester United are said to be enthusiastic as well, but the Magpies would be the most likely destination.
The Barcelona star has been linked with a move to Tyneside
West Ham is set to take another step for James Tarkowski in the January transfer window, according to The Sun.
The Burnley defender is approaching the final months of his contract at Turf Moor and looks more and more likely to move on.
With the Hammers having already held an interest, David Moyes will be looking to gain the upper hand in the competition with a discounted move for the player.
James Tarkowski reportedly tops West Ham wishlist
Ferran Torres
Barcelona have reached an agreement with Ferran Torres over a transfer to Camp Nou, according to Marca.
The Spaniard is set to move to the Catalan giants, but no deal has been reached with the Premier League champions.
With Xavi's team on the hunt for offensive reinforcements, this could be a business to watch.
Man City ace Ferran Torres is a target for Barcelona.
Adama traore
Wolves are set to sell the winger in the January transfer window as talks about a new contract dropout, according to 90min.
Traore has had a mixed time since arriving at Molineux, failing to consistently reach his undoubted potential.
Barcelona and Liverpool are both reportedly interested in a transfer for the 25-year-old and may take a chance as his future is still unresolved.
CalcioMercato now claims Jurgen Klopp is looking to exploit Wolves' willingness to sell Traore after being put off by the £ 42.2million price tag this summer.
Liverpool are set to lose Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane in January due to the Africa Cup of Nations and the Spaniard could replace them.
Former Tottenham striker Darren Bent: "How much could they get him for, Adama?"
"In this team, he could also be unstoppable by the way.
"His problem is consistency, but I think in this Liverpool team, where they play high press and high energy, he could be good for them."
The electric winger has been linked with a move away from Wolves
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Accion Labs and Company.com enter strategic…
Accion Labs and Company.com enter strategic partnership to Enhance Digital Experience Platform Offerings
By Accion Labs US, Inc.
Accion Labs and Company.com LLC have entered into a strategic partnership resulting in the ability to deliver a scalable, turnkey Digital Experience Platform (DXP) solution for accelerating digital transformation.
By Accion Labs US |
PUBLISHED: May 17, 2021 at 9:07 a.m. | UPDATED: August 20, 2021 at 3:14 a.m.
PITTSBURGH, May 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Accion Labs and Company.com LLC have entered into a strategic partnership resulting in the ability to deliver a scalable, turnkey Digital Experience Platform (DXP) solution for accelerating digital transformation.
"With DXP, we have an end-to-end digital transformation practice that can shave months or years off of a DX timeline."
Pursuant to the agreement, Accion Labs ("Accion"), an innovation engineering company specializing in emerging technologies and digital transformation, will be designated as a preferred partner in the implementation and customization of the Company.com DXP to all current and future clients. To support this role, Accion will have direct access to developer resources and support from the Company.com team in bringing implementations to market for its customers.
The resulting center of excellence will make the Company.com DXP the solution of choice for Accion's international digital transformation practice spanning 22 countries and supported by more than 3000 employees.
"As we continue to focus on providing speed to market for our customers, the Company.com DXP provides a means of accelerating digital transformation, creating connected experiences without re-engineering legacy tech stacks. With the Company.com DXP, we have an end-to-end digital transformation practice that can shave months or years off of a DX timeline. A platform such as DXP has become even more relevant in the current post-pandemic world," said Kinesh Doshi, Founder & CEO of Accion Labs.
"We couldn't be more excited about this partnership," said Bill Wade, founder and CEO of Company.com. "Accion's global footprint and broad expertise makes them an ideal partner for enterprise implementations. Add their years of experience developing on our platform, and we have a match made in heaven."
This partnership will also allow Company.com to instantly bring the scale and expertise of a blue-chip engineering partner to their enterprise clients and prospects.
"Our teams have been working closely together for several years now, and no group of engineers knows our platform, or has earned our respect, more than our friends at Accion," said David Kramer, Chief Operating Officer and Head of Product at Company.com. "Operationally, this allows us to focus on building out our platform, with the peace of mind of knowing that we have delivery experts standing by for implementations of all sizes."
Accion President Anand Raja expressed similar optimism. "We expect our current customers and prospects to be very excited about this new capability. By leveraging the DXP Platform, we can offer greatly increased speed to market, lower cost, and in the long run, much lower total cost of ownership."
The Company.com DXP has been field-tested in multiple engagements and several additional engagements are underway or planned, with joint development efforts to begin immediately.
About Accion Labs
Accion Labs, founded in 2011, is a Pittsburgh-headquartered global technology firm specializing in working with technology firms and IT organizations in the emerging technologies such as Rich Internet Applications, Service-Oriented Architecture, SaaS, Cloud, Open-Source, BI/DW, Mobility, Automation, DevOps and Big Data. Spread over 12 global offices, Accion has an engineering headcount of more than 2,250 employees. Accion clients include software product firms, e-SaaS firms, e-commerce organizations and e-business organizations. Accion engages with its clients in a range of collaborative, white-box engagement models that include extended teams, turn-key projects and professional staffing. Accion specializes in building new products and re-engineering legacy products to leverage emerging technologies and best practices. Led by an entrepreneurial management team that believes in execution, outcome and continuous learning, Accion Labs has been recognized as one of Pittsburgh's fastest growing companies by the Pittsburgh Business Times and one of America's fastest growing companies by Inc. magazine. For more information, please visit www.accionlabs.com.
About Company.com
Founded in 2008, Company.com offers a unique Digital Experience Platform (DXP) that specializes in reducing time-to-value of integration, modernization and digital transformation initiatives. By building connected experiences that are technology-agnostic via micro-architecture and developer-friendly tools, the Company.com DXP allows businesses to deliver the value of a modern digital platform regardless of the challenges they face with their legacy infrastructure. Implementation use-cases include B2B ecommerce; customer and partner portals; intranets; headless APIs; and more. For more information on Company.com, please visit www.company.com or email media@company.com.
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Jose Luis Lobato Campos (5 October 1938 – 17 October 2014) was a Mexican politician affiliated with the Convergence. He served as Senator of the LX and LXI Legislatures of the Mexican Congress representing Veracruz.

On  October 17, 2014, Lobato and his wife, Olga Borguetti, were shot to death by Lobato's son, José Luis Lobato Calderón, who later attempted to commit suicide.

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