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US adds $5 million to Covid-19 assistance for Vietnam
The U.S. will provide $5 million to help mitigate Covid-19 impacts on the Vietnamese economy, the State Department said Friday.
It said the Economic Support Fund was in addition to the $4.5-million medical assistance previously announced.
The economic assistance will be utilized to bring much needed resources to bear immediately, including supporting private sector recovery, by mitigating the financial impacts of the pandemic on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), the department's statement said.
It would also partner with Vietnamese government stakeholders to bolster the government's relief interventions, it added.
"Even though the private sector was hit hardest by the Covid-19 pandemic, the additional funds will help lift Vietnam out of this crisis, enabling the country to continue its march towards upper-middle income status. This assistance reinforces our commitment to supporting a strong, prosperous, and independent Vietnam," U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam Daniel Kritenbrink said in a statement.
The previously announced $4.5-million medical assistance is aimed at helping the Vietnamese government prepare laboratory systems and activate case-finding and event-based surveillance.
It also covers support for experts hired to help respond to the Covid-19 crisis, community education and engagement, infection prevention for healthcare settings and public health screening at points of entry.
Since the outbreak of Covid-19 last December, the U.S. government has pledged $775 million for medical emergency, humanitarian, economic and developmental assistance to help countries, international organizations and non-governmental organizations deal with the pandemic.
Earlier, the Vietnamese government had handed over 250,000 antibacterial face masks and other medical supplies to support the U.S.'s Covid-19 fight.
The U.S. is the worst hit country with over 1.1 million Covid-19 cases and more than 65,700 deaths so far.
In addition to the U.S., some other countries have provided medical and financial aid to help Vietnam deal with the Covid-19 crisis.
Japanese Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu said last month that apart from biologicals worth 20 million yen ($184,600) provided for Vietnam in February and March, Japan will offer aid worth at least 200 million yen ($1.84 million) via international organizations to support Vietnam's Covid-19 fight.
The E.U. announced this week that it was mobilizing €350 million ($378 million) to assist Southeast Asian countries in the battle against Covid-19. No specific figure for Vietnam has been announced.
Saturday morning marked the eighth day in a row that Vietnam confirmed no new Covid-19 patient, keeping its total count at 270 since last Friday. Of the 270, 217 have been discharged and 53 are undergoing treatment, including 14 relapsed patients.
The Covid-19 pandemic has spread to 212 countries and territories, with almost 240,000 deaths reported so far.
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The world of helicopters is a very fascinating field. Especially for rescue professionals and paramedics. This time we moved to the other side of the world, precisely in Japan, to understand how HEMS is organized and managed there.
We got in contact with Mr Yoshiki Morimoto the director of Nakanihon Air Service (Nakanihon Koku), located in Toyoyama, Nishikasugai District – Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
What is Nakanihon Air Service and what is its importance in rescue missions setting?
"Nakanihon Air Service is one of the largest Japanese operators and its main business in company involved in EMS, fire and anti-disaster helicopter missions, such as rescue. We are expert in transportation of construction materials and electronic power line inspections.
We dispose of several helicopters: AS332L1, EC135, AS350B3, Bell412, Bell429and fixed-wings aircrafts, such as Cessna C560.
How is the air ambulance service organized in Japan?
"In Japan, until the 2000s it was the Japan Self-Defense Forces or Fire and anti-disaster Helicopter to carry fly operations out. Since 2001, Japanese government regulated Doctor-Heli programme managed by specific HEMS companies, like Nakanihon Air Service. Japan is composed by 47 prefectures, and 42 prefectures out of 47 have doctor helicopters. In total, there are 52 medical aircrafts that operates in the entire island.
The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare and the local governments are the bodies which cover the cost of any air ambulance service for each case. Patients only pay their medical treatment.
Nakanihon Air Service covers 25% of medical helicopter in service with EC135 and B429 aircrafts.
Doctor helicopters are based in hospitals and they are dispatched from the same hospitals.
When emergencies occur, flight nurse and doctors get on board and they go reaching patients on sites.They start to provide medical service when they still are alive. The area where a specific doctor helicopter operates goes from 70 km to 150 km far from the hospital. Of course the call of the emergency will reach the nearest hospital and it's it that will dispatch the helicopter. In case the accident is too far for the regulation distance but no helicopters are available, also a far hospital can send its aircraft as well in part.
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Who are the emergency operators on board?
"Actually in addition to flight nurse and flight doctors, also maintenance mechanic staff are very important on board. They carry out navigation and assistance support, communication lead with the communication center, they take care of radio-communication systems and also help flight nurses in case. They also provide maintenance before and after the flight. That's why their presence is very essential on board anytime. The crew on board is generally composed by 1 flight nurse and 1 doctor because of the weight capacity of the aircraft. Anyway it is possible that a helicopter hosts trainees, but the number of people cannot exceed of 5 per aircraft. Helicopter EC135 have, for example, limited places to 4, patient included. However, the Helicopeter operators do not care crew training. It is a hospital's matter.
How do you choose to use a certain type of helicopter or another? Are there standards, according to the kind of emergency, the weather or the environment?
when the helicopter is landing.
An example of a rescue mission on Japanese mountains: dangers for the air ambulance operators and patient? Standards to follow?
"For rescue operations, on mountains for example, doctor helicopters cannot operate. In case of this sort of emergency, Fire and anti-disaster service helicopters are dispatched. Generally, doctors are on board to supervise the health condition of the injured patient.
What is the most common type of emergency you generally have to deal up with?
Which are the points you wish to improve and develop in your service in the future?
"Right now we communicate with wireless radio-communication with each department, but for medical communication, it will be progressively switched to the digital communication in order to transfer the vital information, including electrocardiogram wave form.
There are not enough pilot training areas in Japan. This makes pilot training difficult. Nakanihon Air Service yet need to provide the training under such adverse conditions.
We need a small landing/take-off zone, that creates the same landing/take-off challenge at scene for ab-initio pilots. However, most of the candidate areas (public school playground, city park, stadium, national park, river bank, etc.) are owned/administered by local authorities. They set their own rules for their use.


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Commission seeks ground rules for second stage of fraud probe
THE outgoing European Commission is seeking to lay down clear ground rules to govern the second phase of the committee of experts' investigation into the allegations of fraud, mismanagement and corruption levelled against the institution.
By Rory Watson
The 20-strong team of Acting Commissioners, which was caught unawares by the severity of the independent committee's first report and forced to resign en masse in mid-March, is determined to establish clear rules on the procedures to be followed as the 'wise men' examine how contracts are awarded, temporary staff recruited and allegations of fraud followed up.
No basic ground rules were set before the experts began their investigation in January into charges of fraud, mismanagement and nepotism among the 20 Commissioners, and Vice-President Sir Leon Brittan often had to intervene to ensure his colleagues were treated even-handedly when questioned.
That has raised concerns about the rights of officials called as witnesses in the second stage of the investigation. "What will happen when a director-general or a senior official is asked to testify to the committee? Will they have the right to be accompanied by a lawyer?" asked one Commission fonctionnaire.
In a bid to inject more 'balance' into the secretariat which will support the work of the five experts, the Commission is also insisting that it should include some of its own staff. That request is, however, likely to be rejected.
"There is a feeling it would be inappropriate to have officials of the body being investigated in the secretariat, and seconded Commission staff might be put in a difficult position if they had to report to their superiors," said one European Parliament official.
The Commission's protests over the way it has been 'bounced' into accepting the appointment of Italian law professor Antonio Tizzano as a member of the committee are also unlikely to be heeded.
Tizzano has been nominated by Parliament President José María Gil-Robles to replace former human rights judge Carillo Salcedo, who recently retired from the committee.
But the decision has prompted Acting Commission President Jacques Santer to write to his parliamentary opposite number stating that while the professor's intellectual reputation and ability are not in doubt, there could be a conflict of interest as Tizzano has acted against the institution on public procurement cases – one of the areas which the committee will examine in its second investigation.
Despite the Commission's protests, the Parliament is unlikely to back down, especially since the Italian professor maintains that he is only involved in one current case and that, given his new role, he is prepared to withdraw from it.
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Groupon just reported its earnings for its first financial quarter of 2013. The company, which is still looking for a new CEO after the ouster of Andrew Mason in February, posted a $0.01 loss per share but says its non-GAAP EPS excluding stock compensations was $0.03. Its revenue was higher than expected with $601.4 million in sales, compared to $0.02 earnings per share (EPS) on $559.3 million of revenue in the year-ago quarter.
The expectation among financial analysts was that the company would report an year-over-year sales growth of 5.3% and an EPS of $0.03 on revenue of $588.92 million for this quarter (with a high very optimistic high estimate of $618.5).
Last quarter, Groupon reported $638.8 million revenue, buoyed by a strong holiday season, but the company still posted an operating loss of $19.9 million and a loss per share of $0.12.
"We are encouraged by our results, as our local revenues accelerated and our margins improved over the prior quarter," said Eric Lefkofsky, Chairman and co-CEO of Groupon. "We had record mobile performance as 45% of our North American transactions came from mobile in March, and more than 7 million people downloaded our apps in the quarter."
One of the main indicators for Groupon's health has long been gross billings – a reflections of how much money the company has collected from its customers for Groupons it has sold. Last quarter, gross billings increased 24% to $1.52 billion. Gross billing for this quarter was $1.41 billion.
In the last quarter, Groupon also reported that it had 41 million active customers, up 22% quarter-over-quarter and that it was handling about 37,000 active deals at any given time.
Groupon has obviously been through a somewhat tumultuous time recently. The company's ouster of CEO Andrew Mason after a number of disappointing quarters, however, seems to have brought some stability back to the company. Its share price remains low, though it's up from its all-time low of $2.60. Currently, the stock is trading at around $5.60.
After Mason's exit, executive chairman Eric Lefkofsky and vice chairman Ted Loensis were appointed to the company's newly created Office of the Chief Executive as interim CEOs. The company has yet to announce a permanent replacement for Mason.
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RIESSER, GABRIEL:
By: Isidore Singer, Frederick T. Haneman
His "Der Jude."
Member of the German Parliament.
German advocate of the emancipation of the Jews; born at Hamburg April 2, 1806; died there April 22, 1863; youngest son of Lazarus Jacob Riesser. For a few years Riesser's family lived in Lübeck, but it returned to Hamburg in 1816. Educated at the Johanneum of his native city and at the universities of Kiel and Heidelberg, where he studied law, Riesser sought to become privat-docent at the latter university, but, being a Jew, was refused the "venia legendi" by the government. He then lived in Frankfort-on-the-Main, Heidelberg, and other cities of southern Germany, and returned to Hamburg in 1830. There he was refused, as a Jew, admittance to the bar.
Riesser now became the leading advocate of the emancipation of the Jews in Germany. In 1830 appeared in Altona his "Ueber die Stellung der Bekenner des Mosaischen Glaubens in Deutschland" (2d ed., 1831). Although the same subject had been thoroughly discussed shortly before by Twesten and by Börne, Riesser's essay was well received. He did not speak of the oppression of Jews alone, but compared it with the oppression of the burghers by the nobility, of the negroes by the whites, etc., and asked for full emancipation. In his introduction to the book he declares it to be "an effort to induce important men—social and spiritual leaders—to pay more attention to this undertaking, to rouse latent forces for it, to stimulate those who should be interested in it, to stir up philanthropists of all confessions and beliefs, and finally to demonstrate the necessity for the goodwill and the power of single individuals to be united for a common purpose." The Protestant theologian Paulus in Heidelberg answered him in his "Die Jüdische Nationalabsonderung nach Ursprung, Folgen oder Besserungsmitteln" (Heidelberg, 1830), and proposed that the Jews, to become good German citizens, should be baptized. Riesser defended his position in his "Vertheidigung der Bürgerlichen Gleichstellung der Juden Gegen die Einwürfe des Herrn Dr. Paulus," Altona, 1831. The pamphlet was the work of a few days, written under the direct influence of Paulus' essay, and gives in an appendix the most important answers which Napoleon had received in regard to the questions put to the Sanhedrin convoked in 1806. In his "Börne und die Juden" (Altenburg, 1832) Riesser did "not intend to defend Börne against the accusations of Dr. Eduard Meyer, but the Jews against Meyer's insinuations."
The July Revolution in France in 1830 found an echo in Germany, and Riesser established in 1832 in Altona his journal "Der Jude, Periodische Blätter für Religion und Gewissensfreiheit," in which he again fought for emancipation. The announcement said: "A time which is full of events, fuller of hopes, needs alert organs for the quickly changing contents; and such organs are found in the periodical press." Many excellent essays were written for this periodical by the leading men of the time; but the best came from the pen of its editor. Some of them were printed separately, e.g., "Kritische Beleuchtung der Neuesten Ständischen Verhandlungen über die Emancipation der Juden," Altona, 1832. While Bavaria, Hanover, and Hesse had passed, or intended to pass, favorable laws relating to the Jews, Baden had refused to do so; and Riesser attacked the Landtag of Baden for this attitude. The "Denkschrift an die Hohe Badische Ständeversammlung, Eingereicht von Badischen Bürgern Israelitischer Religion zur Begründung Ihrer Petition um Völlige Bürgerliche Gleichstellung, vom 30 Juli, 1833," written by Riesser, was published in Heidelberg in 1833; and "Betrachtungen über die Verhältnisse der Jüdischen Unterthanen in der Preussischen Monarchie," a reprint from his paper, appeared at Altona in 1834.
In the same year a petition, drafted by Riesser, was presented to the Senate of Hamburg, asking for the Jews of that city the rights of citizenship; but the populace strongly opposed the proposed reform. This petition also appeared separately as "Denkschrift über die Bürgerlichen Verhältnisse der Hamburgischen Israeliten" (Hamburg, 1834). An important essay bearing on this subject was Riesser's "Die Verhandlungen des Englischen Parlaments im Jahre 1833 über die Emancipation der Juden," Altona, 1834.
Gabriel Riesser.
The title of Riesser's journal was changed in 1835 to "Der Jude, ein Journal für Gewissensfreiheit." From this change it is evident that Riesser had given up the theological section; indeed, he says in his announcement: "The 'Israelitische Predigt- und Schulmagazin' of Dr. Ludwig Philippson and the 'Wissenschaftliche Zeitschrift für Jüdische Theologie' of Abraham Geiger have made part of my journal unnecessary. "Der Jude" appeared for only two more years.
In 1834 Riesser received from the "Israelitische Bürger Badens," in acknowledgment of the interest he had taken in emancipation, a painting, byOppenheim of Frankfort-on-the-Main, representing the return from the German War of Liberation of a Jewish soldier, whose face is seamed with scars, and who wears the decorations received for service. In 1836 Riesser left his native town and settled in Bockenheim, near Frankfort-on-the-Main, where he published his "Jüdische Briefe," Berlin, 1840-42. In 1843 he returned to Hamburg and was admitted to the bar there.
The year 1848 brought changes in Germany, among them greater liberty for the Jews. Riesser was elected to the German Parliament ("Vor-Parlament") of Frankfort, from the district of Lauenburg. He belonged to the liberals, and was one of the vice-presidents of the assembly. On every possible occasion he spoke for his coreligionists. He was a member of the deputation sent by the Parliament to offer the crown of Germany to Frederick William IV. In 1850 he was elected to the German Parliament sitting at Erfurt, this time from Hamburg. When the body was dissolved, in 1850, Riesser returned to Hamburg. During the following years he traveled, spending much time in the United States; and he published his views and impressions of the country in the "Preussische Jahrbücher." In 1859 a new upper court was established in Hamburg, and Riesser was appointed one of its judges ("Obergerichtsrath"), which position he held until his death. From 1860 to 1862 he was vice-president of the Bürgerschaft.
N. Frankfurter, Denkrede auf Dr. Gabriel Riesser, Hamburg, 1863;
Berthold Auerbach, Beim Tode Riesser's, in Deutsche Blätter, 1863, No. 18;
idem, in Gallerie der Ausgezeichnetsten Israeliten Aller Jahrhunderte, part iii., p. 5, Stuttgart, 1884;
Allg. Zeit. des Jud. 1863, pp. 299-304 et passim; 1864, p. 465; 1867, pp. 346-365;
Isler, Gabriel Riesser's Leben, in vol. i. of Gesammelte Schriften, 2d ed., Frankfort-on-the-Main, 1871.
S. F. T. H.
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You know, 2012 was a good year for me in gaming, especially for puzzle gaming--which I love. We started off the year with English Country Tune in February, which carried me through many months. Just months later in April, I got Fez, which speaks directly to me in the way it had me piece together puzzles from all over.
When Destructoid reviewed the La-Mulana remake, it caught my eye right from the first line: "Wow. This is beyond a doubt the hardest game I've ever played." What they went on to describe kept reminding me of Fez, enough so that when I finally finished off The Last Express, this one had shuffled its way right to the top of the list, so I grabbed it from GOG.
What did I find? Simply put, a masterpiece.
The puzzles in this game are incredible. They are cryptic clues that you have to piece together between rooms that are at opposite corners of the map, which you encounter hours apart. Progress such as beating a boss triggers subtle changes in disparate areas. It demands extensive revisiting and huge amounts of comparison between clues, room names, mural descriptions, and seemingly inconsequential art details.
Having already read the Destructoid review, I was kind of ready for this, so I planned right from the start to take meticulous notes. Those notes saved my--well, Lemeza's--life, and, as ridiculous as may I look with my incessant copying and pasting, I regret nothing.
As a side note, the notes are kind of a big deal for me. By the end of my playthrough, I now have a notebook that easily rivals the La-Mulana wiki. Sure, the wiki has more pure facts about the game, but I have annotated a ton of the clues in mine with the meaning behind them. When you see a cryptic clue about "a lone snake standing among spikes," I've written down what that means and pointed out the related clues needed to solve that puzzle; the wiki often just says, "go here and stand on the doodleybob."
The best part about this notebook of mine is that, thanks to the powers of TECHNOLOGY, I can easily share it online. Help yourself: take a look at my book of La-Mulana.
As I'm wont to do these days, I streamed the majority of my playthrough. This was a very good move on my part, because I could not have beaten it myself. That thing about it being ridiculously hard? That's actually true. Whereas I absolutely demolished Fez in a few solid days of playing, some of the puzzles in this are so far flung that my weak sense of imagination and literal sensibilities wouldn't have been able to crack the metaphors.
As such, I was really, really lucky to have a small cadre of awesome viewers who also had a mind for these kinds of puzzles. Well, not only that, they had the angelic patience to sit as I took and edited all those screenshots, wrote down all those notes, and did other boring, non-gamey stuff.
When I finally beat the game last night, clocking in at 39 hours, 10 minutes, and 55 seconds, I hope all of them shared the same sense of accomplishment that I did. I may have been going through the motions, but by far I wasn't the only one getting those desirable "AHA!" moments.
Speaking of that eureka factor, I think the blind playthrough of the game is really valuable. I've been watching some YouTube videos of Let's Plays of the game, and the ones where the caster already knows the solutions to the puzzles are just... boring. They're just going through the motions. I mean, I guess there's some difficulty in the bosses: they're huge, deal a ton of damage, and your weapons are embarrassingly short, so that's kind of a pain. But for me, that's not the real draw. If it were, I would just play Castlevania, because that's basically what the gamplay is, and not even as polished.
What I'm looking for is how people actually crack the puzzles, and that never shows up on the video. It's always: "hmm, I don't know what to do here. Let me go figure this out off-stream." --cut-- "OK, I'm back! I figured it out: I have to stand on the shamblargo!" Yeah, but how did you figure it out? Or did you look it up? That temptation is always looming.
But the story, art, and settings are beautiful and amazingly done. The premise of the story is that the La-Mulana ruins are supposed to be the birthplace of mankind, so you see representations of pretty much all ancient civilizations in the different dungeons: Greek, Indian, Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Persian, and so on.
Developing on this, a lot of the murals and depictions of the gods and guardians are taken from real mythology. In the Mesopotamian section, you have to fight a number of ancient creatures. One of the viewers looked up their names, and their appearance in-game was accurate. That's an striking detail that I don't feel like I see in a lot of games.
I think this game falls into a genre where the art is actually very important to the gameplay, too. I watched some videos of the original version, and I have to say, the newer one should be considered the "definitive" one, due to its updated art. In the old game, the art was simplistic--dare I say crude--and striking. For a game that bases so many of its clues on subtlety, this is a detriment. A mural in the background in the old game would have a harsh, incredibly distinct depiction, but in the new game could have details not immediately obvious without close inspection.
The story, though scattered in the wind and available only in scraps for a long time, slowly comes together like a good mystery book. By the end, you'll know so much about the history of the ruins, their purpose, and the various parties involved. The story has an end, and one that I can walk away from without looking back. They absolutely nailed it.
The quality of the writing is really surprising to me. Nigoro and GR3 Project are Japanese developers. They're very Japanese. I read through the game's manual, and it reads like it was run through an online translator; it's atrocious! But somehow, the writing in the game is pitch-perfect, with almost no faults that I can detect. If you've gotten the sense for how much I've gone on about the puzzles, you'll understand why that is so crucial for this game. The subtlety of language factors into the clues strongly; without excellent translation, all hope is lost.
What else to say? This was an amazing journey for me and Lemeza. My buddies in the stream were so helpful that they deserve a mention: primarily Rekkenber, Overlordegg, Km_Shinkiro, Avalander, and Cabch. A+ WOULD ARCHAEOLOG AGAIN.


Cable assembly and connector maker Sinbon Electronics has reported September revenues of NT$1.51 billion (US$49.1 million), growing 2.54% on month and 20.57% on year and hitting an all-time high for the seventh consecutive month.
The company's consolidated revenues for the third quarter were NT$4.4 billion, up 9.93% sequentially and 19.88% on year, a new historical record with the combined amount for the first three quarters of 2018 increasing 15.96% on year to come to NT$11.95 billion.
Sinbon pointed out that the revenue growths were driven by increasing sales in green-energy, communication and electronics peripheral products.
The company's revenues from the green-energy and power-saving business had the best growth at 42.63% in August, followed by the medical care business at 23.75%, the automotive business 16.85%, the industrial application business 6.19% and the communication and electronics business 6.86%.
In terms of product lines, cables accounted for 72.16% of the company's revenues, while connector and other components contributed 27.84%.


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Q: Vite and SvelteKit - Using multiple entry html files I am just starting to get into SvelteKit and have a question regarding development and builds.
I am using the static adapter and I would like to have two entry points for my SvelteKit app.
One being the default index.html (src/app.html) and the other being other.html (other/app.html).
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    other.html
src
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other
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Is there a way using Vite or SvelteKit to have these two separate entries in the one build configuration?

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SINGAPORE, 5 September 2017 – Canon today announces the lineup of Canon PhotoMarathon 2017 competition dates across Asia before the first competition commences on 9 September 2017, 0700 hour at Berjaya Times Square, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This year, Canon celebrates 80 years of dedication to imaging solutions and competition intensity is simultaneously building up across the 16 Asian cities.
The region's largest, annual photo competition brings the community of photography enthusiasts closer together while challenging them to push their boundaries and showcase their city through their own perspectives, all under time pressure. This year, the event expands to China mainland. In total, more than 22,000 photo enthusiasts from different communities are expected to showcase their photo masterpieces.
"Canon has been championing "overall wellness" for many years, advocating a healthy lifestyle and a positive attitude towards life, and this project is a perfect interpretation of this philosophy. The Canon PhotoMarathon is a perfect combination of photography and sports. Participants will not only enjoy shooting, but also improve their health and help people to communicate more smoothly. For more than a decade, Canon PhotoMarathon has been gaining popularity in Asia, and it continues to attract more and more participants. This year also marks the Canon Group's 80th anniversary. As we launch this activity in 16 Asian cities, we hope to create happiness and delight to everyone," said Howard Ozawa, President of Canon Asia Marketing Group.
Apart from attractive category prizes, all the Best of Show winners from each competition will win an exclusive spot in the Canon PhotoMarathon Asia Championship held in 2018, which is valued at more than US$5,000. The Canon PhotoMarathon Asia Championship will see these winners from across Asia converge on an all-expenses paid trip (destination to be advised next year) that promises awe-inspiring scenery for any photography buff. Apart from the chance to explore various facets of photography under the tutelage of a professional photographer, the event will also involve further theme challenges which be a test of mettle to select the champion among winners.


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Emmanuel Pahud
Emmanuel Pahud (born 27 January 1970) is a Franco-Swiss flute player.
He was born in Geneva, Switzerland. His father is of French and Swiss background and his mother is French. The Berlin-based flutist is most known for his baroque and Classical flute repertory.
Pahud was born into a nonmusical family. As a young boy living in Italy, Pahud was captivated by the sounds of the flute. From the age of four to the age of 22, he was tutored and mentored by flutists such as François Binet, Carlos Bruneel and Aurèle Nicolet. Classically trained at the Conservatoire de Paris, he leapt into the international orchestral and solo music scene when he joined the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra in 1992. His versatility in music styles over the years has "signalled the arrival of a new master flautist" (The Guardian). He plays in diverse music genres, whether baroque, jazz, contemporary, classical, orchestral, or chamber music.
Travelling has been a big part of Emmanuel Pahud's life from birth. His father worked for a U.S. company, and the family moved repeatedly during his childhood. However, this would only shape Pahud's international outlook for his future. Only six weeks after Pahud was born, his parents moved to Baghdad for one year. They moved again when he was 1 to Paris, where Emmanuel's younger brother was born. In 1972, they then moved to Madrid for two years, and in 1974, finally settled in Rome for four years. The Swiss-French Binet family, whose four children played musical instruments, lived in the same apartment building in Rome. The father (François) was a flautist who studied in Zurich and Paris but stopped performing in later years. At the age of four, Pahud first heard the flute. As the eldest son Philippe played the Flute Concerto No. 1 (Mozart) K.313 in G Major, it set the course to a remarkable chapter of Pahud's life. He recalls:
This page contains text from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia -	https://wn.com/Emmanuel_Pahud
Around the World released: 2013
Emmanuel Pahud / La flute enchantee released: 2012
Complete Flute Sonatas released: 2008
Flute Concertos released: 2008
Clarinet & Flute Concertos / Wind Quintet released: 2007
Into the Blue released: 2003
Debussy: Syrinx / Bilitis / La plus que lente / Ravel: Chansons madécasses / Prokofiev: Flute Sonata released: 2000
Flute Concertos & Scherzandi released:
Joc cu bâta
Braul
Pe loc
Bucimeana
Poarga romanesca
Maruntel
L'Aube enchantée
Little Water
Intervention BWV
Ballad Bop
Telephone Booth
A Sharp
Larghetto
Tiento
Scrivo in vento
itsuki no kumori uta
Bordel 1900
Café 1930
Nightclub 1960
Concert d'aujourd'hui
Emmanuel Pahud / La flute enchantee
Flute Concerto in D major, Op. 10 No. 3 RV 428 'II gardellino' : Allegro
Flute Concerto in G minor, Op. 10 No. 2 RV 439 'La notte' : II sonno
Flute Concerto in F major, Op. 10 No. 1 RV 433 'La Tempesta di mare' : Presto
Orchestral Suite in B minor, BWV 1067 / Rondeau
Orchestral Suite in B minor, BWV 1067 / Badinerie
Partita for Solo in A minor, BWV 1013 : Bourree anglaise
Sonata for Flute and Harpsichord in E Flat major, BWV 1031 : Sicilianaee anglaise
Concerto in G major : Andante
Concerto in D major : moderato
Capriccio in G major
Concerto for Flute and Orchestra in D major : Allegro moderato
Menuet & Dance of the Blessed Spirits (from Orphee et Eurydice)
Scherzando No. 4 : Adagio - Finale : Presto
Concerto for Flute, Harp and Orchestra in C major, K299 : Andantino
Flute Concerto No. 2 in D major, K314 : Rondeau (Allegro)
Sonata No. 2 in E Flat major, Op. 120-2 (written for clarinet and piano, trans. Pahud) : Allegro appassionato
Lenski's Aria (Paraphrase from Eugen Onegin)
Le Carnaval des Animaux : Voliere
Flute Sonata : Cantilena
Choro No. 2 for flute & clarinet
Histoire du tango : Bordel 1900
Flight of the Bumblebee (arr. Terrasson)
Complete Flute Sonatas
Sonata in E minor, BWV 1034: I. Adagio ma non tanto
Sonata in E minor, BWV 1034: II. Allegro
Sonata in E minor, BWV 1034: III. Andante
Sonata in E minor, BWV 1034: IV. Allegro
Sonata in E, BWV 1035: I. Adagio ma non tanto
Sonata in E, BWV 1035: II. Allegro
Sonata in E, BWV 1035: III. Siciliano
Sonata in E, BWV 1035: IV. Allegro assai
Sonata in B minor, BWV 1030: I. Andante
Sonata in B minor, BWV 1030: II. Largo e dolce
Sonata in B minor, BWV 1030: III. Presto
Sonata in A, BWV 1032: I. Vivace
Sonata in A, BWV 1032: II. Largo e dolce
Sonata in A, BWV 1032: III. Allegro
Flute Concertos
Marc-Andre Dalbavie: Concerto pour flute
Michael Jarrell: "...un temps de silence..." - Concerto pour flute
Matthias Pintscher: Transir for flute & chamber orchestra
Clarinet & Flute Concertos / Wind Quintet
Flute Concerto: I. Allegro moderato
Flute Concerto: II. Allegretto
Clarinet Concerto: I. Allegretto un poco
Clarinet Concerto: II. Poco adagio
Clarinet Concerto: III. Allegro non troppo
Clarinet Concerto: IV. Allegro vivace
Wind Quintet in A major, op.43: I. Allegro ben moderato
Wind Quintet in A major, op.43: II. Menuet
Wind Quintet in A major, op.43: III. Praeludium: Adagio
Wind Quintet in A major, op.43: IV. Tema con variazioni: un poco andantino
Concerto Op.10 No.1 in F RV 433 'La tempesta di mare' - I. Allegro
Concerto Op.10 No.1 in F RV 433 'La tempesta di mare' - II. Largo
Concerto Op.10 No.1 in F RV 433 'La tempesta di mare' - III. Presto
Concerto Op.10 No.2 in G minor RV 439 'La notte' - I. Largo
Concerto Op.10 No.2 in G minor RV 439 'La notte' - II. Fantasmi. Presto
Concerto Op.10 No.2 in G minor RV 439 'La notte' - III. Largo
Concerto Op.10 No.2 in G minor RV 439 'La notte' - IV. Presto
Concerto Op.10 No.2 in G minor RV 439 'La notte' - V. Il sonno. Largo
Concerto Op.10 No.2 in G minor RV 439 'La notte' - VI. Allegro
Concerto Op.10 No.3 in D RV 428 'Il gardellino' - I. Allegro
Concerto Op.10 No.3 in D RV 428 'Il gardellino' - II. Cantabile
Concerto Op.10 No.3 in D RV 428 'Il gardellino' - III. Allegro
Concerto Op.10 No.4 in G RV 435 - I. Allegro
Concerto Op.10 No.4 in G RV 435 - II. Largo
Concerto Op.10 No.4 in G RV 435 - III. Allegro
Concerto Op.10 No.5 in F RV 434 - I. Allegro non molto
Concerto Op.10 No.5 in F RV 434 - II. Largo e cantabile
Concerto Op.10 No.5 in F RV 434 - III. Allegro
Concerto in A minor RV 440 - I. Allegro non molto
Concerto in A minor RV 440 - II. Larghetto
Concerto in A minor RV 440 - III. Allegro
Concerto in D RV 429 - I. Allegro
Concerto in D RV 429 - II. Andante
Concerto in D RV 429 - III. Allegro
Flute Concerto: I. Allegro con fermezza
Flute Concerto: II. Andante sostenuto
Flute Concerto: III. Allegro vivace
Pièce pour flûte seule
Flute Concerto: I. Allegro
Flute Concerto: II. Andante
Flute Concerto: III. Allegro scherzando
Après un rêve
Jimbo's Lullaby
Marche à la turque
Pays lointain
Moto Perpetuo
Vol du bourdon
Véloce
Debussy: Syrinx / Bilitis / La plus que lente / Ravel: Chansons madécasses / Prokofiev: Flute Sonata
Bilitis: I. Pour invoquer Pan, dieu du vent d'été
Bilitis: II. Pour un tombeau sans nom
Bilitis: III. Pour que la nuit soit propice
Bilitis: IV. Pour la danseuse aux crotales
Bilitis: V. Pour l'égyptienne
Bilitis: VI. Pour remercier la pluie au matin
La plus que lente
Chansons madécasses: I. Nahandove
Chansons madécasses: II. Aoua!
Chansons madécasses: III. Il est doux de se coucher
Flute Sonata in D, op. 94: I. Moderato
Flute Sonata in D, op. 94: II. Scherzo
Flute Sonata in D, op. 94: III. Andante
Flute Sonata in D, op. 94: IV. Allegro con brio
Flute Concertos & Scherzandi
Flötenkonzert D-dur: I. Allegro moderato
Flötenkonzert D-dur: II. Andante
Flötenkonzert D-dur: III. Allegro assai
Scherzando no. 1 in F, Hob. II:33: I. Allegro (molto)
Scherzando no. 1 in F, Hob. II:33: II. Menuet & Trio
Scherzando no. 1 in F, Hob. II:33: III. Adagio
Scherzando no. 1 in F, Hob. II:33: IV. Presto
Scherzando no. 2 in C, Hob. II:34: I. Allegro
Scherzando no. 2 in C, Hob. II:34: II. Menuet & Trio
Scherzando no. 2 in C, Hob. II:34: III. Adagio
Scherzando no. 2 in C, Hob. II:34: IV. Finale. Presto
Scherzando no. 3 in D, Hob. II:35: I. Allegro
Scherzando no. 3 in D, Hob. II:35: II. Menuet & Trio
Scherzando no. 3 in D, Hob. II:35: III. Andante
Scherzando no. 3 in D, Hob. II:35: IV. Finale. Presto
Scherzando no. 4 in G, Hob. II:36: I. Allegro
Scherzando no. 4 in G, Hob. II:36: II. Menuet & Trio
Scherzando no. 4 in G, Hob. II:36: III. Adagio
Scherzando no. 4 in G, Hob. II:36: IV. Finale. Presto
Scherzando no. 5 in E, Hob. II:37: I. Allegro
Scherzando no. 5 in E, Hob. II:37: II. Menuet & Trio
Scherzando no. 5 in E, Hob. II:37: III. Andante
Scherzando no. 5 in E, Hob. II:37: IV. Finale. Presto
Scherzando no. 6 in A, Hob. II:38: I. Allegro
Scherzando no. 6 in A, Hob. II:38: II. Menuet & Trio
Scherzando no. 6 in A, Hob. II:38: III. Adagio (Andante)
Scherzando no. 6 in A, Hob. II:38: IV. Finale. Presto
Flötenkonzert D-dur: I. Allegro molto
Flötenkonzert D-dur: II. Adagio
Flötenkonzert D-dur: III. Allegro molto
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No I, Raghav
No I
Girl you look so mesmerizing
You got me fantasizing
Your man's lost but you don't wanna find him
He's played you like a fool
Oh yeah I know you see me smiling
Maybe we shouldn't but we vibin'
Do you think that he would mind if
I took you for a dance or two
I've waited long enough
So please make up your mind
Because we're wasting precious time
I'm not gonna treat you like
Another girl on the side
No I... No I... No I... No I
No I can't bare to see you with him
When you should be with me
No I just can't stand to see you cry
No I won't let you down
I'll be there when I should be around
No I can't be without you girl
For even one more night
You ain't ever gonna change him
So tell me what you're contemplating
Baby why you keep me waiting
I don't know what to do
So you tried to tell him last night
Well that better be the last time
That you let the moment pass by
I can't get enough of you
I see you holding hands
I gotta hold it back
You shoulda told him that
I am the only one girl
Won't you make up your mind so
I can move on in life knowing
That you're by my side
So many reasons for you to believe in our love


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Женская сборная Швеции по хоккею на траве — женская сборная по хоккею на траве, представляющая Швецию на международной арене. Управляющим органом сборной выступает Ассоциация хоккея на траве Швеции (, ).

Результаты выступлений

Чемпионат Европы
 1995 — 12-е место

Чемпионат Европы (индорхоккей)
 II дивизион
 1996 — 5-е место
 1998 — 6-е место

 2012 —

 III дивизион
 2008 — 4-е место
 2010 —
 2012 — 4-е место
 2014 —

См. также
 Мужская сборная Швеции по хоккею на траве

Примечания

Ссылки
 Официальный сайт Ассоциации хоккея на траве Швеции
 Страница женской сборной на сайте Ассоциации хоккея на траве Швеции

Швеция
Хоккей на траве
Хоккей на траве в Швеции

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Celebrity NewsLatest News
Comedian Amanullah is Alive! His Daughter Confirms, Refuting Death News
We pray for his speedy recovery.
OyeYeah News By Saman Siddiqui1.87K viewsNo comment
posted on Jan. 16, 2020 at 12:39 am January 16, 2020
Comedian Amanullah is currently under observation in a hospital in Lahore, confirms his daughter - OyeYeah News
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Famous comedian and stage actor Amanullah is alive, and currently under observation in a hospital in Lahore, confirms his daughter.
It was earlier this evening when news of his death started to appear in various media outlets, including social media.
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Zarghoon, Amanullah's daughter while talking to Urdu News has confirmed that her father is was taken to hospital after he complained of facing difficulty in breathing.
He is also suffering from pneumonia, due to which doctors advised him to be admitted to the hospital.
As being reported, Amanullah's health has deteriorated. He was discharged from hospital two days ago but rushed back. He is suffering from kidney and respiratory problems.
Amanullah Khan is one of Pakistan's top stand up comedians and actors, entertaining people for more than 40 years. We pray for his speedy recovery.
Saman Siddiqui January 16, 2020
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Kashmir Avalanche: Girl found alive after being buried under snow for 18 hours


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north lanarkshire council
North Lanarkshire advice services raise £35m in additional benefits for residents
The local authority has developed an online budgeting tool and benefits calculator to help residents manage their money
More than £35 million in additional benefits was generated for residents by advice services in North Lanarkshire in 2021/22.
North Lanarkshire Council's Social Inclusion and Wealth Team, social work and housing services provide local people with advice and support on a wide range of benefits-related issues, including a full check to ensure they are receiving all the benefits they are entitled to.
In addition, the council runs the MacMillan Lanarkshire Advice Service which offers home visits, telephone interviews and surgeries in hospitals for people affected by cancer. The service's work helped generate over £2.5m in additional benefits.
"The benefits system is complex and it can be difficult for people to know which benefits are available to them and how to apply, so the advice our staff provides is vital," said council leader Jim Logue.
"Our services make sure residents are receiving all the benefits they're eligible for, maximising their income and helping them to better manage their finances. It can help prevent residents getting into debt or arrears with rent and other bills.
"For every £1 the council invests in advice services, £31.58 is generated for residents and the local economy."
The local authority has developed an online budgeting tool and benefits calculator to help residents manage their money as the cost of living increases are being felt by households across the UK.
An advice page is available at www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/hardship offering practical help for families and people of all ages to claim the benefits they're entitled to, save on energy costs, apply for clothing and free school meal grants, and manage their money. It also gives links to other advice agencies such as Money Support Scotland and Citizens Advice Scotland.
'Welfare reform hitting vulnerable young people in the housing market'
Welfare secretary to meet MSPs as Universal Credit concerns mount
Welfare reform 'will cost Dundee economy £100m a year'
Welfare changes 'damaging' to low income families, minister warns


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Home Aerospace Ambular
Ambular
The Ambular is an emergency response drone designed to carry sick and wounded patients. The Ambular can lift patients and transport them safely across short to medium distances via the air. It is a concept that could be used by paramedics in cities and in the countryside were access by helicopter or by land is not viable.
The Ambular concept was based on the idea of a small aircraft, capable of flying one person in and out of a difficult to reach place. One obvious market for the Ambular was to be used in harmony with first aid responders who need to rapidly extract a patient from inaccessible areas. (like third floor with spiral stairs).
The Ambular would be equipped with six propellers, each with a diameter of 1.2 meters. Each prop would be capable of producing 20 Kw of power. This power would allow for patients even in and above the 250 lb region to be safely extracted and transport over distances as far as 15 nautical miles. An autonomous flight system would be developed to carry the passenger safely to the nearest hospital autonomously.
The shape of the Ambular could be altered to optimize lift, and additional micro turbines or small jet thrusters could be used to provide additional boost to the aircraft for take-off. The frame of this vehicle would need to be as light and robust as possible, potentially using newly developed superlight materials. Landing skids could be deployed for landings on most surfaces and a winch and pully system connected to a confined space rescue kit will allow for rescues in the most challenging terrain.
The cockpit should be designed to sustain the life of a patient during the short flight and include vital lifesaving apparatus.
The Ambular concept was imagined in November 2018 by Charles Bombardier. It was designed by Martin Rico who studied design at the University of Buenos Aires and works as an Industrial Designer for the Internation Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). Martin also created the PDM25 concept for Imaginactive.


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Vietnam's first certificate test for local Chinese teachers held in Hanoi
HANOI, Sept. 24 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam's first test for the local version of the Certificate for Teachers of Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages (CTCSOL) was held Saturday in the capital Hanoi.
A total of 23 Chinese teachers from across Vietnam took part in the written exam, which was hosted by the Confucius Institute at Hanoi University, the only site for the test in Vietnam.
Those who pass the written exam will undergo the interview part scheduled for the end of the year, which will ultimately decide who can receive the certificate.
Luo Jun, a principal of the Confucius Institute at Hanoi University, told Xinhua that the growing economic, trade and cultural exchanges between China and Vietnam, as well as Vietnamese people's growing interest in the Chinese language, have led to further demand for local Chinese teachers of higher quality.
The CTCSOL test could help improve the quality of local Chinese teachers, and would encourage Vietnamese people interested in Chinese to take part in teaching Chinese, so as to nurture more qualified teachers and meet the urgent demands of local Chinese learners, said Luo.
Do Thanh Van, the other head of the Confucius Institute, said the teachers and students at the institute have well prepared for the test, adding that the test would help boost the development of Vietnam-China friendship in the long term.
The CTCSOL test is sponsored by the Center for Language Education and Cooperation under China's Ministry of Education.


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A művészetekben
 A Vörös bolygó és a Napfény című film is 2057-ben játszódik.

21. század


I have always loved to design. My proudest accomplishment is seeing finished designs with a happy client.
Scott Voigt brings a wealth of engineering design experience to his role as a CAD (computer-aided design) technician. He works closely with geotechnical engineers in our pipeline group to develop and illustrate trenchless installation profiles for pipelines.
For more than 18 years Scott has produced CAD designs for a variety of projects, specializing in transportation. He's worked on traffic signals, street lighting, utility profiles, storm drains, street widening, traffic circles and much more. Now, he's applying his experience to trenchless design, especially horizontal directional drilling (HDD).
Scott's interest in drafting and CAD started in junior high school. Watching a project move from a conceptual design to construction and finished infrastructure has always been fascinating to Scott. Now that he's working on HDD projects, Scott says he enjoys contributing to a construction method that can help preserve our environment by reducing the surface impact of pipeline installations.
When he's not in the office, Scott enjoys coaching baseball, hiking, fishing and kayaking. Scott's looking forward to exploring the many outdoor recreation opportunities in his new home of Springfield, Missouri!


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Front page - World War One - The Boats
U-boats of WWI
Fates
The Officers
Commander listing
Books on WWI
Hans Walther
(U 17, U 52)
Commander Search
WWI U-boats
Type Large Ms.
Shipyard Kaiserliche Werft, Danzig
Ordered 27 May 1916
Laid down 4 Nov 1916
Launched 8 Sep 1917
Commissioned 20 Jun 1918
20 Jun 1918 - 11 Nov 1918 Kptlt. Johannes Spieß (Royal House Order of Hohenzollern)
Career No patrols
unknown start - 11 Nov 1918 III Flotilla
Successes No successes
Fate 20 Nov 1918 - Surrendered. Sunk as a target on June 30, 1921 about 60 miles S of the Eddystone Lighthouse..
There was another U 135 in World War Two
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 12 Jun 1941 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 16 Aug 1941. Take a look at U 135 from WWII.
Back to the U-boat index


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import mongoose from 'mongoose'
const Schema = mongoose.Schema

const userSchema = new Schema({
  username: String,
  password: String,
})

export default mongoose.model('User', userSchema)

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Q: python multithread not stop in if statements if i make requests with multi thread if statements not pass correct
# UserAgent
def getRandomUserAgent():
    user_agents = [
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            'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/102.0.5005.63 Safari/537.36',
            'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/102.0.5005.63 Safari/537.36',
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            'Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 15_5 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/15.0 EdgiOS/100.1185.50 Mobile/15E148 Safari/605.1.15',
            'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/83.0.4103.97 Safari/537.36',
            'Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_10_1) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/39.0.2171.95 Safari/537.36',
        ]

    return user_agents[randint(0, len(user_agents) - 1)]

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if __name__ == '__main__':
    try:
        main()
    except KeyboardInterrupt:
        os.system('clear')
        sys.exit(1)

A: ThreadPoolExecutor'smap method will call URLopen for every element in xquery. In that case, URLopen input parameter should only be a single query. You function currently is processing a list of queries. try refactoring URLopen to process only one query and see if it works out.
You can try the following code snippet:
def URLopen(query):
    my_headers = {'User-agent': getRandomUserAgent()}
    geturls = getURL()
    for i in geturls:
        url = i.rstrip()
        try:
            query = query.rstrip()
            r = requests.get(url + query, headers=my_headers, verify=False, timeout=60)
            soup = BeautifulSoup(r.text, 'lxml')
            div = ['']
            check = soup.body.find_all(string=re.compile('|'.join("find text")))
            if check:
                valid = (r.url + 'variable ')
                print(valid)
                break
            else:
                print(r.url + ' Not Variable ')
        except ConnectionError:
            continue
        except requests.exceptions.ReadTimeout:
            continue
        except TimeoutError:
            continue
        except AttributeError:
            continue
        except requests.exceptions.ConnectionError:
            continue
        except requests.exceptions.SSLError:
            pass
        except (requests.exceptions.RequestException, ValueError) as e:
            continue
        except NewConnectionError:
            continue
        except KeyboardInterrupt:
            sys.exit()
        except:
            continue


Researchers looked at climate models to see how aerosolized fossil fuels could be changing rainfall patterns and causing droughts.
Burning fossil fuels could be affecting the climate, but maybe not in the way you're thinking.
According to a new study, humans could be completely shifting rainfall patterns worldwide.
It's not just greenhouse gases being produced when you drive your car or when a power plant burns coal. There's also tiny aerosolized particles of fossil fuels being created.
And those particles are interacting with clouds and producing major changes in atmospheric circulation.
This hypothesis helps explain why the rain belt that circles the globe around the tropics has been shifting southward.
That shift is believed to be the main cause of severe droughts in Africa and South America.
The scientists say climate models that don't account for aerosolized fossil fuel particles have trouble explaining why rainfall patterns continue to change.
The people most affected by these changes are likely to be those in the tropics, not the northern hemisphere where most of the aerosols are produced.


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Home›Demand & Distribution›Auto & Alternative Vehicles›TBT: What If Canada Had Spent $200 Billion on Wind Instead of Fossils?
• The tar sands/oil sands produced enough gasoline and diesel to fuel 73 million vehicles driving an average of 16,000 kilometres per year. At today's price of $1.8 million per megawatt, the $200 billion would have bought 111,000 MW of wind capacity, enough to power 122 million electric vehicles over the same average distance.
• Canada's greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles, which totalled 325 million tonnes in 2017, would have been cut to zero.
• The 66 megatonnes of "upstream" emissions attributed to Alberta's tar sands/oil sands—not including the climate impact of clearing boreal forests to make way for fossil operations—would also have been eliminated.
• The average cost to drivers would have plummeted from $2,688 to $190.40.


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How Australian economist Sean Turnell came to be in and freed from a Myanmar jail
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Harcourt, Industry Professor and Chief Economist, University of Technology Sydney
Macquarie University economist Sean Turnell is free and living in Sydney after 650 days of imprisonment in Myanmar, for what appears to be the "crime" of doing an economist's job, which is trying to make people's lives better – in this case the lives of the people of Myanmar.
A former Reserve Bank of Australia official, Turnell worked as an economic adviser to the government of Aung San Suu Kyi and continued to advise her after she was overthrown in a coup in February 2021.
He was imprisoned on trumped-up charges over the handling of confidential information – even though the papers he had in his possession were the papers he needed for his role as an economic adviser.
As a family friend and fellow economist, I was part of the campaign to get him released. Here are some personal reflections on Sean and that campaign.
Who is Sean Turnell?
Even before he set foot in Myanmar, Turnell's story was a remarkable one.
He grew up in a working class family in the south western Sydney suburb of Macquarie Fields in the federal electorate of Werriwa, then represented by Labor's Gough Whitlam. Sean's dad, Peter Turnell, scored an invite to Whitlam's house 50 years ago this week to celebrate Whitlam's election as prime minister.
Whitlam ensured that Werriwa was sewered (it hadn't been) and, by making university free, gave Sean the opportunity to go to Macquarie University.
As an academic at Macquarie University, Sean's interest in Myanmar stemmed from his interest in social justice in general, from his own upbringing, and also getting to know Burmese students as an undergraduate at Macquarie.
A sham sentence after a secret trial for Australian Sean Turnell
Myanmar's economy, after years of military rule (with the population of Canberra in the army despite no external threat) was underperforming. But Sean thought it had the potential of a Thailand or Vietnam with the right economic policies.
Sean established "Burma Watch", a much-followed publication of economic data and analysis on the Myanmar economy, and then wrote an influential book on Myanmar's financial system, Fiery Dragons that made him an internationally-recognised expert on the subject.
His reputation gained the interest and confidence of Aung San Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy. Sean became a trusted adviser of "The Lady" when she was under house arrest and during the short time democracy was restored. He remains loyal to her to this day.
A global network of support
Macquarie University was also where Sean met the love of his life, his wife Ha Vu (also a development economist), who with other Macquarie University staff campaigned tirelessly for his release.
Sean Turnell with Tim Harcourt.
I have spoken to Sean several times since his release, and he has just started to realise how big the campaign to free him was.
He would like to thank the supporters in Australia and internationally who worked tirelessly for his release, among them Macquarie University economists David Throsby and Wylie Bradford, Peter McCawley at the Australian National University and Leanne Ussher of Bard College in New York, and American microfinance economist Curtis Slover, who delivered him food while in prison.
He had help from unexpected quarters. Bruce Wolpe, a former US Congressional aide, offered to enlist former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, who had successfully negotiated for the release of US journalist Danny Fenster.
In Australia, Sean's campaign was assisted by two former ambassadors to Myanmar, Christopher Lamb and Nicholas Coppel. Both provided strategic advice and specific knowledge to the campaign and Lamb's Australian Myanmar Institute provided resources and networks.
Relief as Australian Sean Turnell to be released from prison in Myanmar, but more needs to be done
The union movement helped, as did the Economic Society of Australia, the hard-working officers of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and publications including The Conversation.
The energetic Labor MP for Lismore, Janelle Saffin, used her expertise and links. While having to deal with the Lismore floods at home, she found time to make waves in Myanmar.
The political campaign picked up after the election in May. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Foreign Minister Penny Wong became tireless in their advocacy, raising Sean's case in international and regional meetings and pulling out all stops for Sean's release.
Reflection, then a book
What next for Sean and Ha? It is unlikely Sean can ever return to Myanmar, although he says "he will always love the people of Myanmar".
It might pay for Sean to be an armchair economist, at least for a while. He will be putting his literary skills to good use, writing a book about his ordeal and telling the story from inside and outside the prison's walls.
And there is time for fun for Ha and Sean too. He is likely to want to see the musical Hamilton as, even before it began, he was fascinated with the life of the first Treasury Secretary of the United States, even visiting his archives in Washington DC in his holidays.
The people of Myanmar and Australia's Burmese community are extraordinarily grateful. Thi Thi Power, a friend of Sean's, said in tears when hearing of his release: "The Burmese people owe Sean one thousand times over".
Tim Harcourt is a friend of Sean Turnell.
– ref. How Australian economist Sean Turnell came to be in and freed from a Myanmar jail – https://theconversation.com/how-australian-economist-sean-turnell-came-to-be-in-and-freed-from-a-myanmar-jail-195419
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The Army Reserve Centre at Honeypot Lane in Harrow has been renamed Lonergan Lines Reserve Centre in honour of Squadron Sergeant-Major John Lonergan who was killed in action on April 12 1965.
The Reserve Centre is home to 131 Commando Squadron Royal Engineers who have chosen to rename their base in honour of Sergeant-Major Lonergan, believed to be the first territorial killed in operational action since the Second World War.
The Sergeant-Major died serving with 300 Parachute Field Squadron on their annual training exercise in Radfan, Aden.
The Squadron was attacked by rebel tribesmen while working on the construction of the Dhala Road at Al-Milah, near the Yemen boarder.
The renaming ceremony, held on April 12, was attended by veterans of the unit, including some who served alongside Sergeant-Major Lonergan. A commemorative plaque was unveiled by Lt Col Tom Salberg MBE, Commanding Officer 24 Commando Engineer Regiment.
Mr Salberg said: "It is a measure of the esteem in which Sgt Major John Lonergan was held that so many of his old comrades travelled from far and wide to be here tonight to remember and honour him. He set an example of service and sacrifice that 131 Commando seeks to uphold more than half a century later."
"It's hard to sum up a man in a few words, he was a great man, a good Sergeant Major, first class, he looked after us very well. I don't think anybody had a bad word to say about him."


Tenneco Announces Aggressive Actions To Size Its Global Operations To Changing Market Conditions | Tenneco Inc.
Lake Forest, Illinois, October 29, 2008 – Tenneco Inc. (NYSE: TEN) today announced a major restructuring across its global operations designed to further reduce structural costs and capacity in response to the worsening industry downturn. The company intends to eliminate approximately 1,100 jobs worldwide, close five facilities and implement other cost reduction actions, which it expects will generate about $64 million in annual savings once fully implemented.
The company intends to close four North America manufacturing facilities, restructure another manufacturing plant in North America, and close its Dunsborough, Australia engineering operation. The combination of these closures and other operational and administrative restructuring actions across its global operations will eliminate approximately 500 salaried positions and 600 hourly positions.
Tenneco estimates it will record up to $60 million in charges – approximately $44 million in cash – related to the restructuring initiatives announced today, $25 million of which it expects to record in the fourth quarter and the remainder through 2009. The company anticipates completing this restructuring by the end of 2009.
Today's actions are incremental to regional restructuring programs initiated earlier in 2008, which have eliminated more than 1,150 positions worldwide, to address OE production volume declines and other market-changing conditions.
"The current global economic crisis and dramatically falling consumer demand for vehicles around the world are accelerating a downward shift in build rates in most regions globally," said Gregg Sherrill, chairman and CEO, Tenneco. "We sincerely regret the impact of these restructuring actions on our employees, but we must act quickly by better aligning our operations with the new realities of the market."
The North America manufacturing plants recommended for closure include the company's Milan, Ohio elastomer facility and its Evansville, Ind. original equipment (OE) emission control just-in-time facility. The company also expects to close an OE ride control plant and another OE emission control just-in-time facility in the United States, as well as restructure a North America OE emission control plant. The unnamed locations will be announced in the near future.
Implement other SG&A cost reduction actions.
"All of these actions are designed to position Tenneco to weather the current economic storm and capitalize on opportunities when the industry and global economies begin to recover," Sherrill said. "Tenneco has a strong track record over the last nine years of responding successfully to difficult operating conditions, and I am confident we will once again execute on our plans and emerge a stronger, more profitable company."
Tenneco said its long-term growth prospects remain strong, primarily driven by tightening emissions regulations worldwide as well as its strong position in growth economies like Brazil, Russia, India and China. With its suite of advanced technology emission control and ride control products, Tenneco continues to generate new light vehicle business in mature and growth markets globally, while expanding its penetration of the commercial vehicle segment.
Tenneco intends to use available cash generated from operations as well as its revolving credit facilities to pay for the restructuring actions announced today, which have an expected cash payback of less than one year.
Tenneco will conduct any workforce reductions in compliance with all legal and contractual requirements including obligations to consult with workers' councils, union representatives and others.
North America – Tenneco has eliminated approximately 100 salaried positions and 660 hourly positions across its North America businesses through voluntary and involuntary severance programs year-to-date in response to declining industry conditions.
Europe – The company's Europe businesses have continued to adjust operations to the market by rebalancing volumes among plants and eliminating 15 salaried positions and 350 hourly positions year-to-date. The company has increased its ability to flex operations in this region through early negotiations with unions regarding work time reductions, shift cuts and down days.
Australia – Tenneco's Australia operations implemented a restructuring program in the second quarter, which eliminated 24 salaried positions and 30 hourly positions.
Tenneco will further discuss its restructuring actions during its quarterly conference call on Tuesday, November 4, 2008.
This press release contains forward-looking statements. Words such as "estimates," "anticipates," "expects," "will," "plans," "intends" and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on the current expectations of the company (including its subsidiaries). Because these forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, the company's plans, actions and actual results could differ materially. Among the factors that could cause these plans, actions and results to differ materially from current expectations are: (i) the overall highly competitive nature of the automotive parts industry; (ii) the cyclical nature of the global vehicular industry, including the performance of the global aftermarket sector, and changes in consumer demand and prices; (iii) the company's continued success in cost reduction and cash management programs and its ability to execute restructuring and other cost reduction plans and to realize anticipated benefits from these plans; (iv) downturns in the global financial markets and the credit industry; (v) workforce factors such as strikes or labor interruptions; and (vi) the timing and occurrence (or non-occurrence) of transactions and events which may be subject to circumstances beyond the control of the company and its subsidiaries. The company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this press release. Additional information regarding these and other risk factors and uncertainties is detailed from time to time in the company's SEC filings, including but not limited to its report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007.


My sense of being watched by hungry wolves returned. Only now there were two packs, circling each other, wary, watching for possible territorial incursions.
Last time, I'd explained how I had joined the local Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) group and, almost immediately, I had been assigned to teach an emergency communications class. Our saga now continues.
The first class was rapidly approaching. The three of us on the training committee, Dana Joines, W0AIA, David Bartholomew, AB0TO, and I had decided that our class would be held one night a week and would run for six weeks. The study materials were ready, but a seemingly never-ending list of tiny details cried out for attention. Somehow, the list never got any shorter.
The students: Who was more nervous, them or me?
One thing we could not avoid was that each us had some conflict with the scheduled class dates. Dana could not be there for at least two classes. Dave also could not be there on two of the evenings. I could be there every night, but my wife Nancy and I were going to be on vacation the week just before the class. It was a symptom of our busy lives, I suppose.
We did some juggling and shuffling and assured each other that everything would go okay. We crossed our fingers and hoped for the best.
Nancy and I had a very nice vacation in North Carolina. I relaxed, had a good time and tried to put the upcoming class out of my mind. For the most part, I succeeded.
When we returned from vacation, however, I found that all hell had broken loose. During my absence, the St Louis County ARES group had been disbanded. I won't go into the details of what happened short of saying that it appeared to be the result of a district-vs-local dispute of some sort. Suffice it to say, I was saddened and somewhat disappointed. But, it occurred to me, at least I didn't have to worry about the emergency communications class any more. Or so I thought.
Go-kit/jump-bag: A cheap joke, but it got a laugh.
Much to my surprise, the former St Louis County ARES Emergency Coordinator wanted me to go forward with the class anyway. He and some of the now-former ARES members had been looking forward to attending it and still wanted to learn the material. I got an even bigger shock when the District Emergency Coordinator contacted me. He also encouraged me to go ahead with the class (or "study session" as he called it). It was one of the few things on which he and the former EC agreed: The class should go on!
My sense of being watched by hungry wolves returned. Only now there were two packs, circling each other, wary, watching for possible territorial incursions. But neither was going to let this little rabbit escape.
Dana and David were still enthusiastic about the class, bless 'em. We still had a room reserved, and we still had all of our study materials. The only thing we didn't have was any kind of official status. The "St Louis County ARES Emergency Communications Study Session" now became known as "Gary's Class." Now working outside of officialdom, so to speak, I felt I could call it a "class" if I wanted to.
The first session arrived. I had my notes, handouts, props and everything else I needed. All I was lacking was moral support. Neither Dana nor Dave could make it that first evening, so I was going it alone. Even more intimidating, I'd heard that a district-level "observer" would be sitting in on the class. Talk about pressure!
I kissed my wife goodbye. She said, "Good luck!" Pausing at the door and chewing my lip for a moment, I asked, "Will you go with me?" She looked at me in surprise, then said, "Give me a minute to change."
Nancy and I arrived at the church where the class was to be held. Most of the students were already there. Although Dave couldn't make it that night, he had recruited one of the students, Tom Hobbs, KB0QIP, to sell the textbooks. Tom had already covered that base by the time I arrived. He had also put out an attendance sheet and had the students sign it.
Seeing that Dave had arranged for a competent substitute and having Nancy along went a long way toward settling my nerves. I unloaded my materials, asked Tom to distribute the handouts, took a deep breath and started the session.
I went through several "learning units" (chapters) of the ARRL Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Course Level I book. My primary focus was on items that I considered extremely important, potentially confusing or in need of additional explanation. I drew pictures on a dry-erase board (I'm a frustrated cartoonist), did one or two demonstrations, and showed some other items I'd brought.
Sorry Teddy, but you won't be attending any future classes.
The students were attentive, but quiet. Rarely did anyone ask a question. Nancy, who was sitting among the students, raised her hand and asked one question. At first I was puzzled, because I knew that she already knew the answer. Then I realized that she was just trying to "prime the pump" and get the students to open up. Unfortunately, it didn't work.
At the end of the session I gave the first week's homework assignment: Read the learning units I had just discussed.
So the first week was a mixed bag. There were seven students (plus one observer)--a reasonable number. I didn't faint or throw up. There wasn't much interaction between teacher and students, but a few did stop to say, "Good job!" at the class's conclusion. And the observer, it seemed, wasn't there to critique me. He just wanted some pointers for a class he intended to teach in the future.
If Week One was quiet, Week Two was just the opposite. Dana and Dave were back. Dana handled the review of the homework assignment. Now there were questions. It was gratifying to see that everyone had actually read the book.
Week Three was even more lively, since we handed out National Traffic System forms. We asked one of the students, Roland Kramer, W0RL, who is active in NTS, to read a message aloud. The rest of the students copied it down, and, later, Roland checked their work. Roland had even brought a pad of official NTS forms for "show and tell." Dave also had brought along samples of feed line described in the book.
Since the students were so interactive that night, and the rapport was high, I did a "touchie-feelie" of my own. I didn't own a "jump bag" at that time, but I concocted one and put "GO" (go-kit) on one side and "JUMP" (jump-bag) on the other side. Everyone got the joke. A jump bag should contain those essentials that they would absolutely need in a crisis, I told the class. Then I opened the bag and pulled out a teddy bear. Although I had anticipated a big laugh, everyone just stared at me.
Week Four went fairly well, and by pre-arrangement with the students, we decided to do our final review and give the official examination on Week Five. We would just skip Week Six altogether. So on the fifth week I sat back and relaxed. Dana did the review of the final homework assignment, then administered the official ARECC Level I exam. (I had asked her to set up her own Certified Examiner team.) All of the students passed.
The whole experience was very positive. At the very least I found out that I could teach. I think that Dave and Dana got similarly favorable vibes. Together I believe that we imparted some important knowledge. And although there was no county ARES team at the time, a significant number of amateur operators felt strongly enough about community service to take the course anyway.
I'm very grateful to Dana and Dave for their assistance and advice. I also want to thank and to congratulate Tom and Roland and all of the rest of the students. Thanks also to all the district level and county level people who had faith in me and encouraged me to teach the class (or "study session").
One final note: John Weis, N0UFB, (the observer) donated a few items for me to actually put into my jump bag. Thanks John. I guess I won't try that teddy bear joke next time.