The term venture capital refers to capital provided to companies as seed, start-up or growth money for the financing of early stages of the company's development. Companies seeking venture capital are often young and innovative businesses considered to have a high growth potential (e.g. companies from the IT or technology sector). However, those companies initially cannot cover the financial requirements for the implementation of their business models or their growth strategies with internal financing and have no access to affordable credit because of a lack of collateral. In contrast to typical bank financing, a venture capital investor offers unsecured long-term financing provided to the company as liable equity capital. Another main difference between typical debt financing and venture capital financing is the provision of support and managerial know-how to the management of the target company by the investor.
As consideration for the provision of venture capital, the investor is usually granted a minority equity stake in the target company's share capital, which is, in most cases, organized in the legal form of a German limited liability company (GmbH) or, less commonly, a German stock corporation (AG). The investment strategy of acquiring such minority shareholding is not to receive regular dividend or interest payments. Instead, a venture capital investor intends to hold its minority shareholding for a certain investment period only and to benefit from the increase of the company's inner value within an exit transaction to be consummated within or after the expiry of such investment period (see Part I. below for possible exit scenarios).
In order to fund the target company directly and to avoid share transfers that are taxable on the level of the existing shareholders, the acquisition of the (minority) participation in the target company is not effected by way of an acquisition of existing shares from the founders, but by way of a capital increase in cash in the target company and the subscription of newly issued shares by the venture capital investor. According to section 55 et seq. German Limited Liability Companies Act (GmbHG) and section 182 et seq. German Stock Corporation Act (AktG), the consummation of a capital increase in both a GmbH and an AG requires a notarized resolution of the shareholders' meeting and registration in the commercial register.
In practice, the investment and the acquisition of the participation in the target company is based on an investment and shareholders' agreement governing the terms of the investment, the rights and obligations of the parties, as well as other aspects regarding the legal relationship of the parties inter se. In addition, most venture capital investments require an amendment of the target company's articles of association, e.g. in order to implement transfer restrictions on shares, different classes of shares or special investor rights and to comply with the corporate governance provisions agreed upon in the investment and shareholders' agreement. The amendment of the articles of association is effected by a shareholders' resolution, which requires notarization and registration in the commercial register and which is usually resolved upon and filed for registration together with the capital increase resolution.
The investment and shareholders' agreement entered into between the existing shareholders, the investor and the target company initially regulates the terms and conditions of the investment and therefore contains provisions with respect to the size of the participation offered, the pre-money valuation of the target company and the amount and due date of the contributions to be made by the investor (e.g. based on the achievement of certain business milestones). In order to implement the investor's participation, the existing shareholders undertake to resolve upon the necessary capital increase, to issue the relevant amount of shares and to admit the investor to subscribe to such shares. Further, the existing shareholders are usually asked to waive any rights to subscribe to the newly issued shares, as well as any applicable anti-dilution protection. In return, the investor undertakes to subscribe the newly issued shares (which are usually issued at nominal value) and to make a further contribution (usually in cash) into the target company's capital reserves (section 272 para. 2 no. 4 German Commercial Code (HGB)) in accordance with the terms agreed upon (e.g. conditional upon the fulfillment of milestones).
A venture capital investor that provides fully liable equity capital to the company participates in the successful development of the company, but bears an entrepreneurial loss risk equal to that of the founders of the company at the same time. The investor will therefore insist that the investment and shareholders' agreement contains provisions on reporting obligations for the management and information rights by the investor, as well as corporate governance provisions that provide the investor with a sufficient level of passive control over the management and thereby over the development of the company. Typical corporate governance provisions within an investment and shareholders' agreement are the establishment of a supervisory board (including delegation rights of the investor) and approval requirements for fundamental shareholders' decisions and business transactions. Furthermore, it is common for the investor to ask the existing shareholders, the management and/or the company to represent and warrant the company's status at the time of the investment (e.g. with respect to certain business matters as well as title guarantees regarding the ownership in the existing shares in the company).
The commitment and the incentive of the management are particularly important factors for the successful development of the target company. In order to commit the management to the company, investment and shareholders' agreements frequently contain so-called vesting clauses, according to which a founder who resigns as managing director of the company shall be obliged to fully or partially resign as a shareholder of the company and shall therefore transfer his shares in the company to the company and/or the remaining shareholders of the company. The amount of consideration to be paid commonly depends on the reasons for resignation (e.g. a good leaver shall typically receive the fair market value for the transferred shares, whereas a bad leaver might only demand the nominal value of the transferred shares).
Early stage investments imply enormous difficulties in properly assessing the valuation of the target company. Such difficulties can be countered by so-called anti-dilution or valuation adjustment clauses, through which the investor is entitled to subscribe for further shares in the company at nominal value (without any premiums) in case a further financing round with third party investors is consummated based on a lower valuation than that upon which the investor's investment was based.
Even more important for the safeguarding of the investment are so-called liquidation preferences, according to which the investor shall be, in case of an exit event, accorded a preference over remaining shareholders to receive certain amounts out of the exit proceeds. The amount of such preference payment depends on the bargaining powers in each individual case. Typically, the investor is entitled to the sum of his total investment, but the liquidation preference clause might also provide for a minimum interest or even entitlement to a multiple of the investment amount. The return of the investor can be further leveraged by allocating the remaining proceeds after the preference payment not only to the remaining shareholders (so- called non-participating preference), but to all shareholders, including the investor, pro rata according to their shareholdings in the company (so-called participating preference).
The power to enforce an exit transaction, notwithstanding the opposition of the other (majority) shareholders, is an equally important aspect for a venture capital investor, that intends to hold its (minority) participation for a limited investment period only. The investor may achieve this by so-called drag-along clauses, under which the remaining shareholders are obliged to sell their shares in the company along with the investor's shares in case a third party intends to acquire the company and the investor supports such exit transaction. In return, the remaining shareholders are often granted so-called tag-along rights (co-sale rights) that protect them against a unilateral withdrawal by the investor. Since the transfer of shares in a German limited liability company (GmbH) requires notarization, the whole investment and shareholders' agreement needs to be notarized if drag-along and tag-along rights are implemented.
Bank M&A in a narrow sense is the investment of a third party (including foreign investors) in German credit and leasing portfolios or special German purpose vehicles pooling such credit and leasing portfolios (irrespective of whether the portfolio to be sold and transferred contains performing and/or non-performing credit agreements).
to the (foreign) investor or any of its affiliated companies.
Since the financial crisis 2008/2009 the securitization of portfolios by transferring the credit- and leasing portfolios to a new special purpose vehicle and issuing bonds or promissory notes which can be sold to (foreign) investors (so-called true sale) has declined strongly.
In addition to normally applicable fields of M&A law, e.g. corporate (see A.II.), finance (see C.), antitrust and competition (see F.1.), labor (see G.1.) and general tax law (see D.), banking supervision law is to be considered. If the acquisition of a credit portfolio acquired by a special purpose vehicle or directly by a (foreign) investor specific German or other foreign banking supervision law may be applied, i.e. in special constellations the acquirer has to have a banking license to continue the acquired business unless the acquirer has such license already.
Furthermore, the intention of an investor to acquire a significant amount of shares in a financial institution may be notifiable in advance under banking supervision law.
In case the seller does not transfer its entire (portfolio) business the deal has to be structured in accordance with the European Court of Justice jurisprudence to ensure that the tax authorities do not see the transfer of parts of its (portfolio) business to a third party as a factoring subject to the German VAT.
An investor seeking to acquire a distressed target in Germany should place careful time and consideration in deciding on the timing of the acquisition. There are four stages at which the target may be acquired: (i) prior to filing for insolvency proceedings, (ii) during preliminary insolvency proceedings, (iii) after the commencement of insolvency proceedings and (iv) as part of an insolvency plan after in-court insolvency proceedings have been terminated. Significant legal and factual considerations to be aware of in respect of the different scenarios will be outlined in this chapter.
Usually, the transaction is structured as an asset deal and in principal the same rules apply as when acquiring a non-distressed target. However, if the seller of the target company/assets is distressed then insolvency proceedings may eventually be started, in which case the investor runs the risk of an insolvency administrator either exercising its right to refuse performance of the purchase agreement or to contest the transaction. These special rights of an insolvency administrator are designed to serve the purpose of enabling the administrator to increase the value of the insolvency estate in order to generate the highest quota possible for distribution to the creditors.
If the transaction contemplated under the purchase agreement is not fully consummated by either party, the insolvency administrator may review the transaction and, if he comes to the conclusion that the transaction is not favorable for the insolvency estate, choose not to fulfill the purchase agreement. If the investor has made advance payments to the seller and the insolvency administrator refuses to fulfill the agreement, the insolvency administrator is not obligated to refund the investor's advance payments, but instead the investor's repayment claim is treated as an ordinary insolvency claim and will be settled at the end of the insolvency proceedings with a quota.
Alternatively, the insolvency administrator may contest the transaction. The transaction is most vulnerable if it took place during the last three months prior to the request to open insolvency proceedings. The insolvency administrator can contest the transaction if the seller was insolvent at the time of the agreement, or when the seller disposed of the target business and the investor knew about this fact and the acquisition directly, respectively, or indirectly discriminates against the other creditors. A direct discrimination can be assumed if the purchase price is considered inadequate. For instance, price reductions because of the liquidity crisis are not accepted and may lead to a direct discrimination. In addition, it can be considered an indirect discrimination against the other creditors if the purchase price is no longer available in the insolvency estate of the seller and the insolvency estate is no longer enriched.
Nevertheless, if the investor wants to acquire the target during this time because, for instance, reputational damage of insolvency is reduced, there are ways to mitigate the risks connected with the insolvency administrator's right to refuse performance or contest the contract, inter alia, by structuring the acquisition as a cash transaction or by making the purchase agreement subject to the condition precedent of full payment of the purchase price.
Once the application for insolvency has been filed the insolvency court will appoint a preliminary insolvency administrator and assign them certain rights. Insolvency applications can be made on the basis of threatened illiquidity, illiquidity and over indebtedness of a company.
Normally, the debtor retains the authority to dispose of its assets during the preliminary insolvency proceedings. In this case the preliminary insolvency administrator's position is considered a weak one.
However, the court can also choose to appoint a strong preliminary insolvency administrator with the authority to dispose of the debtor's assets, although this is not very common.
In addition, the law to further facilitate corporate restructurings (ESUG), which came into force on March 1, 2012, introduced an alternative proceeding. Upon a respective application by the debtor, the insolvency court may leave the debtor's management itself in charge during the preliminary insolvency proceedings, who will be supervised by an insolvency monitor, and for restructuring purposes grant the debtor a protective shield. The protective shield acts to protect the debtor's assets against compulsory enforcement measures by its creditors for a fixed period of time (maximum of three months), which is determined by the insolvency court. In this time the debtor has to prepare and subsequently present an insolvency plan to the insolvency court.
Acquiring a distressed company during preliminary insolvency proceedings from the debtor, even with the consent of the weak preliminary insolvency administrator or the insolvency monitor, is not advisable. The risks connected to an acquisition of a company out of a liquidity crisis also apply in this situation. In addition to this, the insolvency administrator has greater ability to contest the transaction as knowledge of the insolvency application is deemed sufficient to satisfy the knowledge element required to contest, and furthermore, information on insolvency applications is publicly available on the internet at www.insolvenzbekanntmachungen.de.
However, the rights of the insolvency administrator to refuse the performance of the purchase agreement or to contest the purchase agreement are excluded in circumstances where to exercise this right would constitute a breach of trust.
In instances where a strong preliminary insolvency administrator has been appointed, they would assume the role of seller. The rights of the insolvency administrator to refuse performance or contest the contract are excluded in this instance.
In general, no insolvency-specific risks have to be considered when acquiring a company out of opened insolvency proceedings. The insolvency administrator acts as the seller under the purchase agreement and subsequently cannot contest the purchase agreement.
The acquisition from an insolvency administrator is usually structured as an asset deal and has the advantage for an investor that at this stage the transfer of certain liabilities by operation of law (for further details please see Chapter A.I.2.) is excluded. This applies to business and withholding taxes accrued from the beginning of the last calendar year prior to the acquisition and to liabilities that have been created in the conduct of business prior to the acquisition if the investor continues the business under its previous name. Furthermore, the assumption of obligations under existing employment agreements is limited. The investor cannot be held liable for any employment claims (including pension claims) that arose prior to the opening of the insolvency proceedings.
In respect of the negotiations, the insolvency administrator will not be willing to give any guarantees about the target. This is because the insolvency administrator has limited knowledge about the target and might be personally liable in the event of a breach of any guarantee. In addition, the insolvency administrator will often seek a quick sale with limited risk. Accordingly, locked box clauses and exclusion of liability clauses are rather common in purchase agreements with insolvency administrators. The insolvency administrator will be required to obtain the creditors' committee's, respectively, the creditors' assembly's consent to the conclusion of the sale agreement and will usually make this consent a condition precedent.
In addition to debtors seeking to apply for self-administration during the preliminary stages of insolvency proceedings, debtors can also seek to apply for self-administration after insolvency proceedings have commenced. This option has been strengthened by the ESUG. If the creditors' committee unanimously supports any such application, the court is unable to reject the application on the grounds that self-administration is likely to be disadvantageous for the creditors. In such instances of self-administration, the target is sold by the debtor subject to the consent of the insolvency monitor. The prerequisites for the acquisition are the same as those described in respect of the open insolvency proceeding.
The insolvency plan shall provide for a comprehensive restructuring plan which is designed to take the target back to solvency and may, in general, contain any action that could also be legally undertaken outside of insolvency proceedings, including the sale of the target.
As with the case of open insolvency proceedings, under an insolvency plan the transfer of certain liabilities which generally occurs by operation of law is excluded and there is no risk of refusal of performance or contestation by the insolvency administrator.
The law ESUG has improved the instrument of the insolvency plan by providing more freedom of action to the debtor and allowing for a more efficient adaption process. Furthermore, the ESUG introduced the option to include the target's shareholder rights in the insolvency plan and to do a debt-to-equity swap without their consent. Under the ESUG any corporate measures included in the insolvency plan are considered to be made in statutory form once the insolvency plan becomes legally binding.


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Veteran right tackle Bryan Bulaga, who missed the past three games after suffering a left knee injury in practice three days before the Packers' Sept. 20 game against Seattle, returned to practice on a limited basis Wednesday.
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GREEN BAY — Aaron Rodgers hasn't lost confidence in the Green Bay Packers' offensive line.
But the reigning NFL MVP knows that his guys will face their biggest challenge of the season Sunday against the St. Louis Rams.
"Most teams have either great guys outside or guys that are going to move the pocket inside. This front four can all get after the passer," the Packers quarterback said Wednesday, as he prepared for the Rams' foursome of Aaron Donald, Robert Quinn, Michael Brockers and Chris Long. "That's the kind of D-line you'd love to have as a D-coordinator."
The Rams will come to Lambeau Field tied with the Packers for second in the NFL in sacks with 17. Donald (3 1/2), Quinn (3.0) and Long (2.0) have accounted for 8 1/2 of them.
In Sunday's 24-22 victory at Arizona, the Rams sacked the Cardinals' Carson Palmer four times and had 10 quarterback hits.
The Packers are coming off a 17-3 victory at San Francisco in which Rodgers was sacked a season-high three times after he'd been sacked three times in the first three games combined.
"Their ability to create penetration really sets the whole tone for their defense," Packers coach Mike McCarthy said. "It's a big test for us."
There may be help on the way, however. Veteran right tackle Bryan Bulaga, who missed the past three games after suffering a left knee injury in practice three days before the team's Sept. 20 game against Seattle, returned to practice on a limited basis Wednesday.
Bulaga, who missed the entire 2013 season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee, avoided the same fate this time, reportedly only damaging the medial collateral ligament and meniscus.
Still, he said he'll have to do more during Thursday's in-pads practice to show he's ready to return to game action, especially against a group as good as the Rams' line.
"They're a very good front. It's a good team," Bulaga said. "This is the NFL. Anytime you're going to come back you're going to play good pass rushers or good D-linemen or good defense.
"I'm not really looking at it from that standpoint. Just getting back into action after three weeks off is a challenge. Tomorrow is a new day and we'll see how that goes."
Bulaga's replacement, Don Barclay, struggled against the 49ers, allowing three sacks. The Packers coaches didn't give Barclay much blocking help from their running backs and tight ends, however, and if Barclay is the starter again Sunday, they may have to alter their approach.
"We do it when we think it's necessary," associate head coach-offense Tom Clements said of giving protection help. "There are times maybe we should do it more. It's always easy to say after the fact that you wish you would have done things a little differently. That happens every game, whether it's a pass play or a run play. You sit back and you analyze and you see what happened and try to make adjustments going forward."
Something else happened against the 49ers that hadn't happened in the first three games: The Packers' three interior linemen — center Corey Linsley and guards Josh Sitton and T.J. Lang — allowed San Francisco's defensive tackles to push them back and collapse the pocket — giving Rodgers less room to operate and fewer escape routes.
The Rams will look to do the same thing Sunday.
"That's something we've got to do," Donald said on a conference call on Wednesday afternoon. "He's a mobile quarterback. He can take off and run. He can move great in the pocket and he can throw on the run. (We need to) just keep him contained, not let him get too comfortable back there because the type of quarterback he is, if he gets comfortable back there, it's going to be a long day.
"We just have to collapse gaps and don't give him any step up lanes or throwing lanes to get free. If we do that and keep him bottled up, we should be fine."

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Jordan Clarke omission a reminder of how thin Scunthorpe United's squad is
Fan and columnist Max Bell is concerned about lack of depth in the Iron squad
Jordan Clarke - who re-signed for Scunthorpe United earlier this summer (Image: David Haber/scunthorpelive)
As Christopher Bullock famously nearly said back in 1716, "Tis impossible to be sure of any thing but death, taxes, and Jordan Clarke being injured."
Even in these unprecedented times of lockdown and global pandemic – they are surely life's three certainties.
This was seemingly confirmed yet again this week, with Clarke unavailable for selection for the behind closed doors friendlies Scunthorpe United played against Doncaster Rovers and Hull City U/23s.
There is no compelling reason why the club captain would simply be left out of both games for any other reason - and the club are yet to deny the well-supported rumours currently sweeping the town that Clarke has injured his calf.
Look, Clarke is a talented right-back on his day. Or at least, he certainly was once. Not only has his consistently wretched injury record over the last three seasons restricted his game-time, but it also often left him below-par and half-fit in the games he did play. Defenders rely on relationship building with team-mates and structural in-game manoeuvres, particularly without the ball, becoming second nature. That simply can't happen when you spend so many months on the treatment table.
If a player's injury record is poor because of one particularly nasty incident, or one manager's particularly difficult training regime – you can forgive it. But when Clarke played just 12 league games last season, only 15 the year before, and just 23 in 17/18; the pattern presents itself very clearly. Remarkably, of the 15 league games Clarke played in 18/19, Scunthorpe won only two…of which Clarke completed neither!
This is frustrating enough at the best of times, particularly when you're denied the services of a right-back as talented as Clarke. But when you proactively re-sign a player, in full knowledge of this record, you deserve everything you get.
Mark Lillis appointed as new Scunthorpe United assistant manager
Macclesfield Town fail in bid for League Two relegation reprieve
Clarke's responsibilities will only increase for next season since he has been named club captain. It cannot be overestimated as to how valuable his experience should be, but he needs to be fit and stamping his authority on the team and club. Currently one of only two players older than 25, Clarke's immediate back-up at right-back is Jai Rowe. Rowe has just one professional game under his belt, and that was on the wing. Let's hope he's ready to step up and play dozens of games this season if Clarke's three-year record is anything to go by.
At this rate, we're only a couple of injuries away from Neil Cox himself returning to his old right-back role!
Returning to a player we know is vulnerable to a whole range of injuries and with consistently poor 'luck', is like returning to an old girlfriend. Sure – things might be different. But some leopards can't change their spots and chances are you'll just get hurt again.
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The #1 New York Times Bestselling author Vi Keeland is back with a brand new standalone, Beautiful Mistake releasing on July 17th and we have the amazing cover for you today! Model: Lucas Barbosa GilPhotographer: Chuando & FreyCover designer: Sommer Stein, Perfect Pear Creative The first time I met Caine West was in a bar.
"KL Kreig nailed it! The perfect heart-stopping ending to a fantastic duet, Found Underneath is everything you hope it will be and so much more!" ~ KL Grayson, USA Today Bestselling Author BLURB It began as a ruse.


Discussion in 'Mac Programming' started by Eraserhead, Jul 17, 2006.
Does anyone know how to un .tar.gz a file using the command line, unfortunately I am not at my Mac atm, and when accessing it remotely only have command line access.
you can shave off the v if you don't want to see the file listing as well.


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Did you ever look at a bird sitting in a tree or another person and wondered at the separation between you? Well don't. What you're seeing is just eye consciousness. It's the nature of it to separate. The only non-separation experienced is through the formless, the real. Realise this and the rest won't matter.
So how should we regard that which is labelled awareness? That which points to the knowingness of the moment? In a language which is structured with nouns it's hard not to think of nouns as things. But awareness isn't a thing. It's not separable.
Imagine we look out of a window and we see the brightness of the morning. We see the brightness shining on the buildings, the trees; it shines on the grass. But the brightness, while it can be seen, is not a thing. You can't put it in a jar and store it. You can't separate it from the form on which it shines.
So you ask with awareness, 'Is it everywhere?' Well, is the brightness everywhere? Is it in the space between the buildings? We might say it is 'in potential' because if it wasn't it wouldn't be able to shine on that which it illuminates.
But really does this make it any clearer? Maybe a little but also recognise that what you're trying to do is to create a clearer thought, a better thought to understand more accurately. This path only runs so far and stops a long way short of seeing or realising truth. We don't need to get rid of thought, it's useful in its way. But it's like trying to escape the atmosphere in a hot air balloon. It can't take you there.
So this comes back to the noticing, the seeing of this. The more we allow this simple, everyday seeing to arise in the moment, the more we notice. We might be looking for a 'whole' but really what we see is separation. This is the way it is. But if we're trying to see an unseparated whole, then watch this desire arising, just notice this.
Seeing the separation is what is, this is what's seen. And this is a path we can follow, but rather than look 'out there' look 'within'. Can separation be seen here too? Can we see lots of separate parts and processes? If we can use this, if we can really start to see the parts and not attach to trying to make a whole or something permanent or fixed out of that which is labelled 'me' or 'self', then we can start to notice the nature of the labelling mind. Its nature is to 'make something of' that which is seen, so we notice this tendency.
The more this is seen, the more it's noticed, the more it's let go of. When we see the way it is we let go. There is no choice in this, we don't have to make it happen. When we see the nature of a thing we can't then unsee it, we can't believe it's then another way. We see it is this way.
When this noticing sees that 'self', 'other', this form, that thing are all that which are created by the process of perception, in thought, then it's seen that this is not the real, it's just that which arises in thought through the senses i.e. it's seen that the perceived 'world out there' is just a creation in thought, as thought does what it does.
This isn't a denial of that which arises in the senses, it's just a noticing that whatever arises in the senses in this way is created as a story in thought. Whatever might be 'out there' is not to be known, there is just a partial experiencing of the senses happening as part of the movement of the moment.
Letting the unfolding of noticing happen in this way, we reach a point of seeing, where 'whole' and 'separate' have no meaning, and these thoughts are largely disregarded. Disregarding these thoughts we reach the end of seeking.
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On my walks in the forest, more often than not, seeing trees arises, saturated with deep joy, all arising as one inseparable whole.
I can not make this happen but sort of stimulate it by focusing attention on one particular object.
It is like looking directly at an umbrella and the umbrella opens up. Does this make sense?
Yes I find it's not about making it happen but allowing it to happen. In the peacefulness of nature, when awareness is fully open to the moment, without any barriers, surrendering to the moment, there are no labels for what then arises, apart from to say it's very beautiful. I'm sure there are several ways this can arise, I don't tend to focus on an object but allow the awareness of beingness to be present through the heart. Then it sort of opens up.
Yesterday I friend mentioned to me, that concret is not alive.
Yes, in the seeing, just the seeing. In the city as strange as it sounds, for me even noticing the moss between the paving slabs can allow this opening, or sometimes just watching the people as they rush about. As long as there's no story arising with what is seen, just being with this, receiving it, then it just is. I've noticed I sometimes get odd looks because I'm the only one smiling, which I guess can look out of place.


Finance minster Chikwanda looking confused and alone with the budget last year.
A Catholic Priest has warned that the national budget to be presented to parliament this Friday by Finance minister Alexander Chikwanda shall be useless if it does not address poverty.
Kabwe's Sacred Heart Cathedral Adminisrator Father Peter Tembo said the national budget should not be about technicalities and philosophies but address hunger and poverty that has rocked the nation under the PF regime.
Father Tembo was speaking to local media ahead of the 2014/2015 national budget to be presented in parliament this Friday. It is however not very clear under what theme and what items the government wants to incorporate in the budget.
"This year's budget should address the real suffering of the people. If it is all about technicalities and philosphising then it shall be useless altogether," said the priest.
Meanwhile UPND central province youth chairman has reiterated his party's position to award bursaries to university students. Mwanakampwe has condemned the PF government's decision to reduce the number of beneficiaries while the same government had money for by elections.
The youth leader said the ill decision was just reflective of the PF government's poor administrative skills because they were unable to understand which sectors of the economy were important, and to them education was not necessary.


Rome, Italy. May 1 – The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) urged heightened international surveillance against foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) following three recent incursions in Japan and South Korea.
"We also have to ask ourselves if we aren't facing a possible replay of the disastrous 2001 FMD transcontinental epidemic which spread to South Africa, the United Kingdom and Europe after earlier incursions in Japan and South Korea," Lubroth added.
"Even one small outbreak in a previously FMD-free country can cause millions of dollars of losses as global markets close and disease control measures are enforced," Lubroth said.
"Under the circumstances we consider that all countries are at risk and a review of preventive measures and response capacity would be welcome," Lubroth said.


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In our "Unheralded Scene" series, our consultants nominate a classic film or TV scene, which in their view hasn't received the admiration it deserves. It might be a scene from a classic movie, which has been crowded out by other, more "showy" scenes and set-pieces. It might be a deleted scene which is outstanding in its own right but wasn't quite in-sync or critical to the final cut of the film.
***Warning: plot spoilers below***
Focus On: RUNNING ON EMPTY (1988)
The film: Written by Naomi Foner and directed by Sidney Lumet, timeless and deeply affecting coming-of-age drama RUNNING ON EMPTY received two Academy Award nominations on its release in 1988 (one for best original screenplay, the other to River Phoenix for best supporting actor) but has since unfairly dwindled to cult status.
The plot: The story tells of a pair of fugitives from the FBI bringing up their two sons, the elder of whom is a promising young pianist (Danny, played by Phoenix). Although it isn't really Danny's story, his subplot takes up a major part of the narrative, but the biggest dilemma goes to Christine Lahti as Danny's mum who has to choose whether to let her son take up a scholarship to Julliard music school knowing that if she does so she'll almost certainly never be able to see him again.
The scene: Annie Pope (Lahti) arranges a meeting with her father (Steven Hill), whom she hasn't seen in fourteen years since she and her husband Arthur (Judd Hirsch) accidentally killed a man blowing up a napalm laboratory in protest against the Vietnam War, to see if he'll take Danny in and look after him so he can go to music school. The weight of their years apart and what happened between them last time they saw one another infuses the scene and makes every line rich with emotion.
Father: It's all Arthur's influence.
Annie: No, Dad. It isn't. It was my idea. I'm living with the consequences of my own choice.
Father: I don't believe it.
Annie: Well, that's your problem.
Father: Your mother and me…do you ever think about us?
Annie: You really have to ask that?
Father: Yes. The last thing I remember you saying to me was that I was an imperialist pig personally responsible for the war, spread of poverty, racism…
Annie: I was young.
Father: Yes. Yes, you were young. And talented. And beautiful.
Why it's unheralded: To be fair, the whole film is unheralded even though both director and younger star were icons of great cinema at the time. Lumet might have gone through sporadic lean years but as director of 12 Angry Men, Dog Day Afternoon, and The Verdict his place as one of the all-time greats is assured, while Phoenix was just coming into his own. Its most memorable scene is a wordless one where the family dances to James Taylor's Fire And Rain. This scene, however, belongs to two actors better known for their TV work and even though the film itself is beautifully understated, this scene manages to pack a huge punch without fireworks or fancy camerawork.
Why it's great: The scene's power comes from all the unspoken tension going into it, which fills it with subtext: father and daughter haven't seen each other in over a decade; last time they saw each other, Annie was filled with hatred towards her dad, but now having becoming a mum she sees the other side of the coin; and the whole scene is primed for an incredibly moving exchange because of what isn't said, in particular by Hill, whose performance is a master-class in understatement. The moment when he almost breaks down, just too late for Annie to see, bristles with repressed emotion and would surely melt the hardest heart alive. Here's the scene in all its glory.
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Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) typically consist of plate shaped conductors that can be very thin - with h/L≈ O(10−2−10−3) (in terms of the thickness h and length L of the side of a square pate). Conventional Boundary Element Method (BEM) analysis of the electric field in a region exterior to these thin conductors is difficult to carry out accurately and efficiently especially since MEMS analysis requires computation of charge densities (and then surface tractions) separately on the top and bottom surfaces of such thin plates. A new Boundary Integral Equation (BIE) is derived in this work, and coupled with Finite Element Analysis (FEM) to solve for the deformation of such thin MEMS structures. A fully Lagrangian BEM formulation is developed here. A relaxation scheme is implemented to solve for a self-consistent state of this coupled problem. Some sample results are presented in this paper. 1 Introduction The field of Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) is a very broad one that includes fixed ormovingmicrostructures; encompassing micro-electro-mechanical, microfluidic, micro-opto-electro-mechanical and micro-thermo-mechanical devices and systems. MEMS usually consists of released microstructures that are suspended and anchored, or captured by a hub-cap structure and set into motion by mechanical, electrical, thermal, acoustical or photonic energy source(s). Typical MEMS structures consist of arrays of thin beams with cross-sections in the order of microns (µm) and lengths in the order of ten to hundreds of microns.


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Anti-Syrian propaganda and the White Helmets
Victim of "rebel"/"terrorist" attack on government-controlled Aleppo. Our media rarely covers these and there are no White Helmets in sight. Source: Dr Tim Anderson
US Secretary of State, John Kerry, recently met with people from Syrian opposition groups – including the "first responders" – the White Helmets. Somebody recorded the discussion and it has now been leaked (see Audio Reveals What John Kerry Told Syrians Behind Closed Doors).
The discussion is quite revealing, for a number of reasons, including divisions within the US ruling political circles and Syrian opposition beliefs that the US is not doing enough for their cause. But here I will just concentrate on aspects relevant to the anti-Syrian propaganda our news media seems to be saturated with.
The propaganda
I think this is important because there is a section of the US political system lobbying for military intervention, such as attacking Syrian armed forces or attempting to enforce a no-fly-zone. Kerry, who originally supported military intervention, pointed out that the US people did not have an appetite for this. However, as we saw with Libya, such an appetite can be promoted by carefully playing the card of suffering civilians (and especially children) and arguing for "humanitarian intervention."
That is certainly happening at the moment. One could be excused for believing that the Syrian war is all about the government and their allies, the horrible "Russkies," purposely attacking civilians, destroying civilian buildings and, particularly, burying young children in rubble.
This image is typical of what we are exposed to – and news services like Al-Jazeera seem to present variants of this image almost every day.
Typical media photo of White Helmet "first responders" rescuing children in a 'rebel"/"terrorist" held area of Syria.
Of course, if this was the true intention of Syria and its allies the war would be over by now. But in fact, the Syrians and their allies are fighting armed "rebels"/"terrorists," very many of them from outside the country. Armed and financed by external powers directly or indirectly. Countries like Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Qatar, USA, UK and other NATO countries.
Civilian casualties, including children. may, at times, be an accidental by-product of this sort of war (what the US calls "collateral damage") and can be caused by either side. But it is disingenuous to portray this as the intention of Syria and their allies. On the other hand, let's not forget that terrorists very often deliberately target civilians, including children.
Aleppo has become the Middle Eastern Stalingrad. I sometimes wonder what sort of propaganda the German citizens at home were served with during the Stalingrad battle in World War II. Did they get images of children being pulled out of the rubble and hysterical complaints about those horrible Russians bombing and shelling the city indiscriminately – perhaps purposely bombing hospitals, schools and civilians? That sort of propaganda seem ludicrous to us now – but how different is it to what we are currently fed by most of our media?
And how often does our media cover the civilian casualties caused by "rebel"/"terrorist" attacks on areas under government control? Very rarely – and when they do we are often still left with the impression that the guilty parties are Syrians and Russians and not the terrorists. A recent classic example was UK newspaper, The Independent, report of the death of a Syrian Olympic swimmer and her brother in Aleppo (See Syrian swimmer and her 12-year-old brother killed by shelling in Aleppo). These deaths were originally reported as a result of Russian and Syrian bombing – but many readers protested because the swimmer was killed in the government-held part of Aleppo during a terrorist missile attack. The Independent backed away (slightly), adding this sentence:
"A number of commentators claimed the deaths were a result of a rebel-led attack, although those claims could not be verified."
But their report still claimed the deaths occurred "amid a sustained assault on the city by pro-Assad forces backed by Russian warplanes."
Images and videos like those produced by the White Helmets are very effective. News readers are inclined to weep and it is hard not to empathise. After all, these are children. And the "first responders" rescuing them, the White Helmets, must be angels. Hell, they have even been recommended for the Noble Peace Prize and who would deny them that?
Well, I would – but more of that below.
Kerry's concern about this propaganda
The Syrian opposition people referred Kerry to images videos like this as reasons for the US to become more involved – to impose a fly-free-zone in Syria. But the US officials present pointed out that these images and videos were of no use to them. If these opposition people have video cameras around to film such events they should be filming the attack itself. Providing evidence that it is specifically the Syrians or Russians who are attacking civilians. These officials believed such information would be more useful to their cause.
The US officials also directed this critique at the White Helmet coverage of the attack on the humanitarian aid convoy in Aleppo province. A White Helmets' spokesperson fronted images of burning trucks, claiming the attack was by Syrian helicopters, barrel bombs, and Russian bombers (he didn't seem to want to miss anything out). But the officials' response was that coverage was not useful – they need images of the attackers themselves. They need evidence of the munitions used.
Incidentally, the White Helmet spokesperson in this report leads a double life – see below.
As an aside, this plea for evidence, especially the munitions used, shows how hypocritical is the US claim it was the Russians who were responsible for the attack on the aid convoy. Unfortunately, such unfounded (or at least evidence-free) claims from John Kerry and other US spokespersons are not new to us. But also, unfortunately, this claim is being used specifically to justify breaking off diplomatic negotiations on Syria and to argue for "Plan B" – the military option of a fly-free-zone or outright attacks on Syrian armed forces.
Who are the white Helmets?
This brief video from The Friends of Syria in Australia provides some information and background on the White Helmets organisation.
If nothing else, the fact that the group operates only in areas held by "rebels"/"terrorists" (despite claiming in its propaganda that it is neutral) is telling. The fact they receive funding from anti-Syrian governments including the US and the UK (despite claiming they don't) is also telling. Their spokespeople also never seem to miss any chance to attribute all the damage and loss of life to "the regime," barrel bombs and the Russians – often in hysterical tones.
I referred above to the White Helmet coverage of the humanitarian aid convoy attack. The image on the right is taken from the White Helmet report video. That on the left shows that the same guy is also involved in an armed "rebel"/"terrorist" group.
Armed "rebel"/"terrorist" in Aleppo dons white hat and becomes an unarmed member of "aid" group – the White Helmets – reporting the attack on the humanitarian convoy. Image Source Friends of Syria.
Investigators have published on-line a number of similar images portraying White Helmet people in action as "first responders" but also of the same people posing with rifles and along with other "rebels"/"terrorists."
There are also plenty of images and videos online showing members of the White Helmet group cooperating with "rebels"/"terrorists" in demonstrations They are easily seen in groups where Al Nusra flags are flying. And this video shows a White Helmet member participating in the assault on a prisoner captured by "terrorists."
And isn't this revealing, although not surprising considering where the White Helmets are active. A spokesperson for the Al Nusra front (recognised by the UN as a terrorist group) describes the White Helmets as Mujahideens
Another charge sometimes laid against the White Helmets is that some of their videos are staged and involve actors. News media often reenact actions from wars (although they usually acknowledge their video is a reenactment). The report "White Helmet" "Save Aleppo" Protest Proves How Easy it is to Dress Up Actors as "War Victims" shows how easy it is to make such staged videos to promote as news.
Actors staging a typical White Helmet "rescue" during anti-Syrian protests in Europe.
Of course, that charge is also easy to make and hard to prove. But there has been at least one official complaint to the BBC about them running videos of staged scenes in their programmes about Syria.
I find it suspicious that the White Helmets always seem to go into action with a sizable camera crew in attendance – or at least with mobile phones recording the events. And there seems to be a common elelementf a guy, wearing a white helmet and White Helmet logos or uniform, carrying a child and urgently rushing forward or away from the camera. I can't help feeling such videos are contrived.
Contrived or not the White Helmets' videos are certainly emotively picked. They know what works. And our media goes along with the game – ignoring the children and civilians injured and killed by "rebel"/"terrorist" missiles in government-held areas.
The above video shows the aftermath of a "rebel"/"terrorist" attack in west Aleppo. Not a single White Helmet in sight!
The video and photographic propaganda promoted by the White Helmets is not "proof" of their claims – but it is very effective in promoting a narrative. A narrative which can be used to justify direct military attacks by the US and NATO on the Syrian forces and their allies. (Yes, the US and NATO already illegally bomb Syria and have armed forces on the ground – but so far these have not intentionally been directed at Syrian forces).
That narrative fits in with the agenda of a section of the US political establishment promoting "humanitarian intervention" aimed at regime change. It fits in with the often repeated chant of politicians in the US and other NATO countries that "Assad must go!"
We saw what this led to in Libya – it was disastrous. And considering the support Assad has in Syria this regime change, or attempted regime change, would be much worse.
Russia is deploying advanced S-300 and S-400 Air Defense systems in Syria. An attempted Libyan-style "regime change" by the US and NATO would be disastrous.
Posted in politics, Russia
Tagged Libya, NATO, Propaganda, regime change, Syria, US, White Helmets
IQ not influenced by water fluoridation
That is what the US data for average state IQ and percent water fluoridation tells us.
I thought I would check out the US IQ and fluoridation data for each state after reading Malin and Till (2015). That paper compared the prevalence of ADHD by state with the percent fluoridation in each state. There are problems with the paper (see ADHD linked to elevation not fluoridation and Poor peer-review – a case study) but what is good for the goose is good for the gander. How do the corresponding statistics for IQ compare?
IQ data for US states are not readily available but I managed to find a data set of IQ estimates by state in 2000 based on Scholastic Aptitude Test scores. The correlation of these average IQ scores with water fluoridation (1992) is not at all significant statistically. The slope of the trend line in the plot below is not significantly different to zero (-0.04 to +0.01 at the 95% confidence level as represented by the dashed lines).
This lack of correlation is not at all surprising. After all, the only published study to compare IQ and community water fluoridation (CWF) is that of Broadbent et al., (2014) – they also did not find any statistically signficant relationship.
So what are the anti-fluoride propagandists on about?
They do not rely on studies involving CWF but instead claim support in studies from areas where fluorosis due to excess fluoride is endemic – eg Choi et al., (2012). These and similar studies have reported a correlation of IQ with drinking water fluoride- but there are 2 problems:
Very little was done in these studies to consider confounding factors. There is the possibility that inclusion of these confounding factors in correlations would show that fluoride does not make a statistically signficant contribution to IQ changes.
Generally the authors have assumed a chemical toxicity explanation without any real justification. The data can be explained by other mechanisms such as the influence of the disfiguring effect of severe dental fluorosis on quality of life and learning (Perrott, 2015). In the few cases where data for severe dental fluorosis was included its relationship with IQ is statistically significant (eg Choi et al., 2015) (see Severe dental fluorosis the real cause of IQ deficits?). Severe dental fluorosis is not a problem in areas where CWF is used.
There is no need to consider confounding factors for the correction in the above figure as CWF does not explain any of the variation in IQ. But I did find statistically significant relationship for IQ with a number of factors. The plots below show the data for premature births in 1990-1991 and average percent poverty in 2002-2004. These correlations by themselves explain 50 and 63% of the variation in IQ. Combined they explain 69% of the variation.
The percentage of CWF in each state explains none of the variation.
It would be more rational for those concerned about CWF to get active on issues related to poverty and premature births.
The community water fluoridation issue is a dead duck as far as IQ is concerned.
Posted in Health and Medicine, SciBlogs, science, Science and Society
Tagged fluoridation IQ, fluoride, SciBlogs, US
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Zhou Keqin (xinès: 周克芹; pinyin: Zhōu Kèqín; Jianyang, 1937 - Chengdu, 1990) escriptor xinès, Premi Mao Dun de Literatura de l'any 1982 i considerat com un dels representants de la "Literatura de les cicatrius".

Biografia
Zhou Keqin va néixer l'octubre de 1937 a Jianyang (província de Sichuan) a la Xina, en una família camperola i pobre.

Zhou es va graduar a l'Escola de Tecnologia Agrícola de Chengdu el 1958 i es va convertir en agricultor a la seva ciutat nata després va fer de mestre, comptable en un equip de producció, i posteriorment tècnic agrícola i líder de la comuna local.

Pocs anys després d'haver viscut la "Campanya de les Cent Flors" de Mao, Zhou va publicar el seu primer treball, "At the Wall" el 1963 i a partir d'aquí va publicar narracions curtes en diversos diaris. Finalitzat el període de la Revolució Cultural, el 1979 va completar la novel·la "许 茂 和 他 的 女儿 们" ("Xu Mao and His Daughters,") d'uns 200.000 caràcters de longitud, que, amb estil realista, representaven la vida d'una família de pagès en un poble desolat i reflectia els impactes de moltes polítiques rurals sobre la família, i a on descriu amb realisme el retrat d'un poble al llarg de la Revolució Cultural. Posteriorment va ser adaptada al cinema, la televisió i al teatre.

Per aquesta novel·la Zhou es va convertir en un escriptor de renom nacional a la Xina, i va ser considerada una de les més importants de la "literatura de les cicatrius".

El 1979 va ser traslladat a la Federació de Cercles Literaris i d'Art de Sichuan per treballar com a escriptor professional. El 1980 es va incorporar a la "Xina Writers Association". El 1985 es va convertir en membre del comitè del CPC de l'Associació d'Escriptors de Sichuan i el 1990 en secretari adjunt del CPC i vicepresident de l'Associació d'Escriptors de Sichuan, així com redactor en cap de Modern Writers, una revista mensual literària.

Va morir el 5 d'agost de 1990 a Chengdu (província de Sichuan), als 53 anys.

Obres destacades
1963: 秋之惑 (A la vora del pou) relat publicat a la revista literària de Sichuan ( 秋之惑 )

1973: 早行人 (El viatger del matí)

1978: 石家兄妹 (Germans i germanes de la família Shi)

1979: 许 茂 和 他 的 女儿 们 (Xu Mao i les seves filles) que va obtenir el Premi Mao Dun.

1990: 秋之惑 (Les incerteses de la tardor)

Referències

Escriptors xinesos
Escriptors en xinès
Morts a la República Popular de la Xina
Persones de Chengdu

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Q: Pandas: select the highest and lowest values between two specifc values from another column My original dataframe looks like this:
 macd_histogram  direct    event
1.675475e-07    up  crossing up
2.299171e-07    up  0
2.246809e-07    up  0
1.760860e-07    up  0
1.899371e-07    up  0
1.543226e-07    up  0
1.394901e-07    up  0
-3.461691e-08  down crossing down
1.212740e-06    up  0
6.448285e-07    up  0
2.227792e-07    up  0
-8.738289e-08  down crossing up
-3.109205e-07  down 0

The column event is filled with crossing up and crossing down! What I would need is between a crossing up and a crossing down substract the highest value from the column macd_histogram (between the same index) and substract it from the lowest and add it to a new column next to crossing up!
I tried to do it with a for loop, but I am a bit lost on how to select the range between each crossing up and crossing down... any help? Thanks!
What I expect in fact (following the above dataframe):
 macd_histogram  direct    event magnitude
1.675475e-07    up  crossing up (0.851908-07)
2.299171e-07    up  0
2.246809e-07    up  0
1.760860e-07    up  0
1.899371e-07    up  0
1.543226e-07    up  0
1.394901e-07    up  0
-3.461691e-08  down crossing down (2.651908-06)
1.212740e-06    up  0
6.448285e-07    up  0
2.227792e-07    up  0
-8.738289e-08  down crossing up etc..
-3.109205e-07  down 0

This is what I tried so far:
index_up = df[df.event == 'crossing up'].index.values
index_down = df[df.event == 'crossing down'].index.values

df['magnitude'] = 0
array = np.array([])
for i in index_up:
    for idx in index_down:
        values = df.loc[i:idx, 'macd_histogram'].tolist()
        max = np.max(values)
        min = np.min(values)
        magnitutde = max-min
        print(magnitude)
       df.at[i,'magnitude'] = magnitude

But I have the following error message: ValueError: zero-size array to reduction operation maximum which has no identity

A: I think I understand what you are asking for, but my result numbers don't match your example, so maybe I don't understand fully. Hopefully this much answer will help you.
First create a column to place the result.
df['result'] = np.nan

Create a variable with just the index of rows with crossing up/down.
event_range = df[df['event'] != '0'].index

Make a for loop to loop through the index array. Create a start and end index number for each section, get a maximum and minimum of the range for each start/end index number, and subtract and place to the right column.
for x in range(len(event_range)-1):
    start = event_range[x]
    end = event_range[x+1] +1 # I'm not sure if this is the range you want

    max = df.iloc[start:end, 0].max()
    min = df.iloc[start:end, 0].min()

    diff = max - min
    df.iloc[start, 3] = diff

df

    macd_histogram  direct  event             result
0   1.675480e-07    up      crossing up       2.645339e-07
1   2.299170e-07    up      0                 NaN
2   2.246810e-07    up      0                 NaN
3   1.760860e-07    up      0                 NaN
4   1.899370e-07    up      0                 NaN
5   1.543230e-07    up      0                 NaN
6   1.394900e-07    up      0                 NaN
7  -3.461690e-08    down    crossing down     1.300123e-06
8   1.212740e-06    up      0                 NaN
9   6.448290e-07    up      0                 NaN
10  2.227790e-07    up      0                 NaN
11 -8.738290e-08    down    crossing up       NaN
12 -3.109210e-07    down    0                 NaN

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Thankfully some parts of Media Spree are still open for the public to enjoy the incredible view on the Spree, the Treptow Towers and the Oberbaumbrücke. ...more The Café am Osthafen offers you exactly this on its sunny terrace, with fresh drinks as well as warm, affordable meals during lunch hours.
Right in the center of the city part of the river´s still open to the public. We´re at the back of the Universal Building. There´s still a good place to get a coffee and sit out along the river.
In the morning the people arrive with the subway all at once and they all need their coffee, right, to stay awake and actually get working, right, and they sell a lot of this Chai Latte Tea. It´s like really trendy at the moment.
Where does it get produced? It´s in San Francisco. That´s what I thought. Uh, there you go, sort of 21 Century global capitalism. Yeah, ups, oh, what do I mean, gotta go, yeah, awkward, backin` away.
Best thing, you come out and have this incredible location, ´cause you´re not only right at the bank of the river by next probably the most beautiful bridge in Berlin, over on that side with the "Oberbaumbrücke".
So even though we´re part of what it is called the Media Spree area here, the best part about this is, that we still have open space.


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Q: What to look for in a rack that has to survive extreme conditions I work for a 2-way radio company, and we're spec'ing out a mountain top digital radio repeater system, that will require a server and a switch setup.
What should I be looking for in a rack cabinet for deployment in:

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*High altitude (5000ft/1524m)

*Humid

*Cold

*Snowy

A: If you are looking for something that will reside outside (sounds like you are), I would be looking for a "self-contained" environment.  Essentially, you want your rack to be a data center all rolled into one economical unit.  There is an interesting article "AOL Micro Data Center", that describes something similar to this idea.  Your rack would live outdoors, and react to the changes in it's environment.
I would also check with your equipment manufacturer on the recommended operating conditions.
You don't want to void any warranties or put yourself in an unsupported configuration.
If you are talking about a rack in a building that is in those conditions, you would want the building to contain a designated area "server room" for the rack.  The server room should have its humidity/ temp monitored and controlled.


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Vacations may bounce back this year while business trips are off, report finds
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Vacations may be back on Americans' calendars later this year — especially if vaccines help suppress the Covid-19 pandemic — but business travel won't bounce back for quite some time, according to a forecast from the American Hotel & Lodging Association.
Fifty-six percent of Americans say they are likely to travel for leisure in 2021, but 48% say their willingness to travel is tied to vaccination in some way, according to the "AHLA's State of the Hotel Industry 2021" report released earlier this month.
The findings echo a recent survey from ValuePenguin of 1,200 consumers that found 57% have a vacation planned this year, with 16% having booked right after hearing about new vaccines.
Vaccines may help travel rebound but changes are here to stay
Many would use stimulus for vacations but experts urge caution
Affluent travelers eager to get back to vacation business
Among travelers, 34% are comfortable with the idea of staying in a hotel, AHLA found. And enhanced cleaning and hygiene practices are now consumers' No. 2 priority, behind price, when booking hotels.
By comparison, business travel is not expected to return to 2019 levels until at least 2023 or 2024, according to AHLA. Business travel will be down 85% through April, compared to 2019, and then will only tick upward very slowly.
Only 29% of frequent business travelers who are still employed said they expect to travel to a conference in the first half of 2021. Another 36% think the second half of the year is more likely, and 20% don't expect to travel until 2022 or later.
To wit, half of all U.S. hotel rooms will likely remain unoccupied in 2021. The accommodations sector, down almost 4 million jobs compared to the same time in 2019, experienced an 18.9% unemployment rate in December, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
"Covid-19 has wiped out 10 years of hotel job growth," said Chip Rogers, president and CEO of AHLA, in a statement. "Despite the challenges facing the hotel industry, we are resilient.
"Hotels across the country are focused on creating an environment ready for guests when travel begins to return," he added.
AHLA's report consolidated findings from several polls conducted in December and January. Morning Consult conducted the consumer poll among 2,200 adults Jan. 7-9, and the business traveler poll among 400 adults Jan. 7-12. The consumer safety poll was conducted by Ecolab on Dec. 10 among 556 adults.


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Costa del Sol sunbathers seeking a quieter alternative to the region's seemingly endless stream of concrete hotels need look no further than the small seaside community of Nerja at the popular Spanish holiday region's eastern tip. Tourism may have replaced fishing as Nerja's largest industry, but the town has still managed to maintain its peaceful atmosphere, unique charm and uncrowded beaches. Car hire is a must to reach this small community whose nearest airport and rail station both lie 50 kilometres away in Malaga, but Nerja itself is an easily walkable community.
Who to Book With
Those who decide against renting their vehicles at Malaga's airport or rail station before driving to Nerja will find Europcar is one of the few international car rental firms represented in this small town. Most other Nerja car rental companies are independent operations like Autos Nerja or Nerja Best Cars. Online booking is commonly accepted at most of these establishments.
As in the rest of the Costa del Sol, summer is Nerja's high tourism season. Vehicle and hotel rates may be at their highest during the town's hottest season, but remain lower than at many larger Costa del Sol resorts. Prices are lower still during the off seasons of autumn and spring, when visitors will rarely encounter large crowds, but still enjoy warm weather.
These documents must be presented in order to claim rented vehicles:
- A valid driver's license issued at least three years ago
- A valid passport or certified photocopy of a valid passport
- Official car rental documents
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Nerja lies approximately 10 minutes away from the nearest exit along the coastal A-7 E-15 motorway. Motorists who drive too fast through the long Torrox tunnel will face harsh fines. The two large car parks near Calle La Cruz and Prol Carabeo provide the easiest parking places in this town whose biggest driving difficulties are its many roundabouts, one-way streets and narrow roads. The Prol Carabeo car park charges higher rates for visitors than the Calle La Cruz car park.
Our guide to Spain includes a larger number of driving details.
Visitors wanting to come to Nerja must hire cars, board buses or take expensive taxis. Only one bus per day sometimes departs from the town's only bus station. Walking around Nerja, on the other hand, is fairly easy, and some streets are completely closed to motorised traffic.
Visitors must travel 50kms by bus, car or taxi to the nearest rail stations in Malaga. The station nearest Malaga city centre is called María Zambrano, but Malaga Airport has its own modern rail station.
Nerja's main bus station is a tiny ticket booth with a few benches located between a bridge and a roundabout, but another bus stop on the outskirts of town serves the nearby Nerja caves. One-way tickets aboard Alsa bus journeys between Nerja and Malaga Airport cost under £5. Bus service between Nerja and Granada is available only in summer.
Radio Taxis Nerja is one of the town's leading taxi companies. Taxi fares within Nerja's boundaries begin at £4.20 and peak at less than £11. Fares between Nerja and Malaga Airport are just below £58, but these taxis also travel to dozens of smaller communities throughout the Costa del Sol.
Nerja's own signature attractions are its magnificent Balcón de Europa promenade, the prehistoric caves situated 3kms from the town centre, and its 16kms of uncrowded beaches. However, visitors can also easily drive to larger and more distant cities like Granada and its famous Alhambra as well as Malaga, the Costa del Sol's biggest city. The charming white village of Frigiliana lies 5kms inland from Nerja.
Nerja Caves - The world's largest stalagmite towers nearly 32m (105ft) above one of the Nerja Caves, which extend five kilometres across three galleries. Some of the prehistoric paintings within these caves are more than 20,000 years old. One of these caverns is a converted concert hall which has become one of the Costa del Sol's most unusual summer performance venues.
Frigiliana - The narrow streets and centuries-old houses in the charming village of Frigiliana are famous for their distinctive white colour. The village's history of occupation by the Moors and the Reconquista, which drove the Moors out of Spain, is depicted in tiled wall displays throughout the village.
Malaga - The Costa del Sol's most populous city, Malaga, may be best known as Picasso's birthplace. Many Malaga visitors may immediately head for its nearby beach resorts, but the city is also filled with far older attractions such as ancient Roman theatre remains and Alcazaba, one of Spain's best preserved forts.


New York, 21 September 2017 – A stronger global effort, including larger investments and improved surveillance measures, is required to ensure that antimicrobials are used responsibly and in ways that do not threaten public health and food production, FAO Deputy Director-General, Maria Helena Semedo, today told participants at a United Nations General Assembly side event on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR).
The world needs to stave off the risk of having less efficient medicines to treat deadly infections due to the fact that more bacteria are becoming immune to antimicrobials. But this challenge posed by AMR is also "an opportunity to unite health, agriculture and environmental concerns in collaborative global action," Semedo said citing FAO's experience in Cambodia.
"One and one half years ago (in Cambodia), there was little awareness of AMR in agriculture. There was little surveillance and few links with human health officials. By strengthening collaboration between health and agriculture ministries; helping draft rules to regulate the sale of veterinary medicines; and assisting animal health labs – we helped increase awareness and greater cooperation in dealing with AMR," she said.
"I urge the international community to act now to invest in the future we want to build together," Semedo said.


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Rental affordability plunges in traditionally affordable Melbourne suburbs
Melbourne's outer suburbs — the last frontier for affordable rentals — are steadily slipping out of reach for low-income tenants as rents soar to record heights.
Renters in the Cardinia, Wyndham, Melton, Frankston, Casey and Greater Dandenong council areas were hit with some of the biggest falls in rental affordability over the past year, official figures show.
Affordable new lettings across Frankston over the December quarter fell to 111 from 174 a year ago, according to the latest Department of Human Services rental data.
In Wyndham, the number of affordable rentals – defined as costing no more than 30 per cent of government assistance – also dropped from 700 to 640.
Where affordable rentals are disappearing?
It comes as new Domain Group data shows Melbourne's median weekly asking rent for units hit $400 for the first time after climbing $20 over the year. House rents also jumped $20 a week to a record median of $420.
Photo: Graham Denholm
At the same time, the proportion of vacant units across the city fell to a four-year low of 1.7 per cent in February. It is a sharp drop from 2.2 per cent in January and 2.6 per cent a year ago.
Taking seasonality aside, Domain Group chief economist Andrew Wilson said, strong migration and relatively low first-home buyer numbers continued to put pressure on the rental market.
Some apartments were left vacant by international investors, he said, while other landlords might be shifting to short-term rentals, such as Airbnb.
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Dr Wilson said higher house rents also encouraged more tenants to look at units. The house vacancy tightened to 1.3 per cent in February, from 1.6 per cent a year ago.
Ben Mitchell, of Harcourts Melbourne City, said January and February were busy months and many landlords were able to raise rents when they re-leased their property.
A one-bedroom apartment at 422 Collins Street achieved a weekly $30 increase from the previous $410, he said.
Charter Keck Cramer director Robert Papaleo said for a long time, he believed that Melbourne was not facing an oversupply of apartments.
"What we need to understand is that this unprecedented level of supply is occurring at the same time as we're seeing peak population growth," he said, adding that a higher level of new apartments being delivered was seemingly being absorbed, much of the new rental stock being added to the city is too expensive for the tenants most in need.
In the December quarter, only seven in 100 private rentals in metropolitan Melbourne were affordable for low-income tenants, the official data shows.
The Council to Homeless Persons chief executive Jenny Smith said increasing supply was only a small part of the answer to improving affordability. Some of the new supply should be targeted at low-income earners.
"People think that if you live further out, you'll be able to find cheaper rent. But as the housing crisis has taken hold, people on low incomes have fewer places they can afford to live," she said.
"The homelessness we see on the streets is just the visible symptom of a broken housing system that has pushed those on very low incomes out of private rental, without an adequate social housing safety net."
To address housing affordability, the state government introduced a suite of measures including the an inclusionary zoning pilot program and a $2.1 billion social housing package.
Reforms to address housing affordability, rental stress and homelessness is also expected to be a centrepiece of the May federal budget.
Source: Domain
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A shy, dutiful lad who always used his indoor voice, Cogswell was appalled by the vulgarities of modern life and fled to the calm, decorous world of the early 17th century – which [horrors to tell] he discovered to be full of people saying and doing rude things. In order to bring these miscreants to book [quite literally], he has been busy writing up full reports of their outrages. Details can be found in: The Blessed Revolution: English Politics and the Coming of War, 1621-1624 (Cambridge, 1989); Home Division: Aristocracy, the State and Provincial Conflict (Stanford, 1998); [with Alastair Bellany], The Murder of King James I (Yale, 2015); and James I: the Phoenix King (Penguin, 2017). Those unfortunates still struggling with insomnia should have recourse to Politics, Religion and Popularity, co-edited with Richard Cust and Peter Lake (Cambridge, 2002) and over thirty academic articles, any one of which can numb you up nicely.
His vigilante efforts have received support from the American Council for Learned Societies [1985-6 and 2013-14], the Folger Shakespeare Library [1990-91], the National Humanities Center [1985-86 and 2004-05], the University of California President [2008-09] as well as Wadham College, Oxford and the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation [1998-99]. He served on faculty of the University of Kentucky in 1984-99 and as a Visiting Professor at Harvard University in 1997-98.
In 2014, the Huntington Library invited him to deliver the Homer Crotty Lecture, and in 2016, at the behest of the British Embassy, he gave give a public lecture in Abu Dhabi to mark the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta. Royal Holloway College, London invited him to deliver the Hayes Robinson Lecture in March 2018. Finally the Huntington Library named him the R. Avery Stanton Distinguished Fellow in 2016-17.
In his devotion to law and order, he served as the Chair of the Academic Senate in 2006-08 and as Department Chair in 2000-03, then again in 2005-06, Fall 2009, 2012-13 and 2018-19.
Either behind the podium or, better yet, marching weary undergraduates across London in the summer, Cogswell sets his face against flamboyant, humorous approaches to History… or at least he tries to.


If you are bothered with your ears that too large or too small for your face, asymmetrical, disfigured, protruding or drooping because of genetics or injury, you may want to check out cosmetic ear surgery.Cosmetic ear surgery improves the position, proportion or shape of your ears. It basically corrects an ear's structural defect that is inborn or caused by an injury. It is strictly performed by a licensed and experienced plastic surgeon, usually lasts for two hours and costs from $2000 to $5000, depending on the surgeon's experience and place, and surgery's extent.
Most people visit cosmetic surgeons when they have ear issues to have them improved by an expert cosmetic surgeon aiming to deliver not only high quality service but also genuine care. Surgeons also utilize the most advanced medical technologies, so you are assured that you will get the results that you want.The surgery starts with a consultation where you and your surgeon will discuss your concerns about your ears, your medical history, the method that suits you, the possible side effects and the preparation rituals.On the day of the surgery, you will be under a general anesthesia to make you unconscious throughout the process.
The surgeon will then make a cut at the back of your ear. From there, he will remove any excess cartilage or skin.Next, the surgeon will mold your ear according to your concern or goal. He will then use permanent sutures to put your ears back in position until it is completely healed. Healing usually lasts for six weeks.Using a trusted and licensed cosmetic surgeon will help ensure you that their cosmetic ear surgery is safe with little to no risks at all. However, side effects are still possible. You may experience mild itching, pain or numbness that can be relieved by medications and lasts for only a short time.The surgery also promises natural-looking results with minimal scarring and healing time. But most importantly, it aims to uplift your self-esteem as it will help you end the days of teasing and discrimination because of your ear shape or size.You may undergo a cosmetic ear surgery if you are:Healthy and free from life-threatening disease or untreated chronic ear infections that may slow down healing.Five years old and above, or when your cartilage is solid and stable enough for correction.Cooperative, can communicate well regarding pain and discomfort, and have the right motives for undergoing the surgery.


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Une moulinette peut désigner :
 la moulinette, technique d'assurage pour l'escalade ;
 la moulinette, technique d'échecs aussi rare que dévastatrice ;
 la moulinette, une ancienne communauté canadienne (détaillée plus bas) ;
 la moulinette en informatique qui est un programme batch (traitement par lots) développé à façon pour effectuer un rattrapage, c'est-à-dire une remise en ordre d'un système informatique, dans le but de le rétablir dans un état normal ou préparé (cette dernière option en phase de test par exemple).

Village de Moulinette

Le village de Moulinette, aujourd'hui disparu, était une petite communauté de  au Canada. Il se trouvait à deux kilomètres à l'ouest de Mille Roches sur la  en haut de la côte communément appelée « Steve's Hill » en l'honneur de Stephen Forsyth.

Le nom « Moulinette », d'origine française, viendrait soit du fait qu'il y avait de nombreux moulins vers les années 1800, soit du mot « moulinet », « treuil » faisant référence aux guindeaux utilisés par les Français pour hisser leurs bateaux le long des rapides du Saint-Laurent. Ce fleuve apportait une source d'énergie pour beaucoup de personnes.

En 1950, un projet hydroélectrique se mit en place et le village fut rasé.


"Let me come closer to you, dear God, and I promise you that when you are dirty I will clean your body. When you have lice, I will remove them. I am also a good shoemaker, and I will make the best shoes for you. Nobody takes care of you, dear God…, I will take care of you. When you are sick, I will serve you and bring you medicine. And I am also a good cook".
Moses shouted at the man: "Stop this nonsense immediately! What are you talking about? That God has lice on his body? That he is dirty and that you need to clean him? And that you want to be his cook? Where on earth did you learn this prayer?".
And so Moses taught the man the right way to pray. The man bowed down in front of Moses and thanked him with tears of pure gratefulness. Moses was happy, thinking he had done a good deed.