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Over 250,000 people celebrate Gay Pride at Tel Aviv parade
Hundreds of thousands participate in annual march that concludes with a mass gathering at Charles Clore Park, where party goers treated to live shows by famous artists, including Eurovision Song Contest winner Netta Barzilai.
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250,000 people flooded Tel Aviv's streets on Friday afternoon as the city held its 20th annual Gay Pride Parade, with Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai promising to "smash down legislative barriers untill there is full equality."
The parade, which is the largest of its kind in the Middle East, began at 12pm under the blazing sun on the corner of Sderot Ben Tsiyon and Bograshov Street, from where marchers headed to HaYarkon Street parallel to the sea before turning onto Frishman Street and then the Tel Aviv Promenade.
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Tens of thousands of international tourists joined the sea of marchers, flying into Israel especially to take part in the parade.
The UK's Ambassador to Israel, David Quarrey, joined the marchers on a London-themed float donated by the British embassy.
Cordelia Lange, from Germany, said Tel Aviv is "a very vibrant city, it's a city that embraces everything connected to gays, lesbians and LGBT and I think it's a combination of city at the beach and good vibes."
The parade concluded at the Charles Clore Park, where a number of artists performed at the gathering, including 2018 Eurovision Song Contest winner Netta Barzilai.
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Ayelet, who belongs to an organization of parents of gay and lesbian children, traveled to Tel Aviv from Ashkelon to join the parade.
"We created a body that assists and supports parents of children from the LGBT community so they are not alone," she said. "At first, parents suffer a very difficult crisis in coming to terms with it, but the most important thing for us is that their children are happy. We have to protect the the rights of the LGBT community because I also want to be a grandmother."
Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai (Photo: Motti Kimchi)
Chen Arieli, who chairs the The Aguda–Israel's LGBT Task Force, invited everyone to come and join the parade. "Come and be proud, as men and women, come and be more political. Come to the rally because together we will prevail over darkness. Enjoy, Tel Aviv!", she said.
Gay Pride Parade in Tel Aviv (צילום: ליהי קרופניק, עמית הובר)
Gay Pride Parade in Tel Aviv
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Gay Pride Parade, 2018 (Photo: Assaf Kamar)
Mayor Huldai also delivered his remarks as the march got underway. "I am proud to stand before you. I remember how it was 20 years ago when we began the march and I see the atmosphere of freedom here," he said while addressing the crowds.
"We have progressed a lot, but there is still a way to go. We will smash down legislative barriers so that all people are equal," he vowed. "The parade represents a moral significance that says: We are here until we reach this goal."
Also in attendance was Meretz leader Tamar Zandberg and MK Meir Ohana, Likud's first openly gay lawmaker who is raising his twin children with his partner. "It's fun to be here," he said.
"We are proud to have been marching here now for 20 years in a row," Zandberg declared. "Since the first march we have come a long way and registered may successes, but we cannot give up or let go. We will not accept a situation whereby there isn't full equality in the eyes of the law and we will not accept institutionalized discrimination on the grounds of secual orientation.
"Discrimination and hatred still exist and as long as they are here, we will also be here to fight against these dark phenomena," she continued.
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Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee said the company will pursue investment in future businesses including sixth-generation mobile networks and system semiconductors as the South Korean tech giant faces a rapidly changing global business environment that has already put pressure on profit.
Lee, the company's de facto leader, last week held discussions with Samsung executives on potential collaboration with platform companies on 6G mobile networks, blockchain technologies and artificial intelligence, Samsung said in an emailed statement on Sunday.
It's the first time that Lee has publicly discussed the potential for 6G technology, as Samsung and rivals including Apple Inc. and Huawei Technologies Co. race to commercialize services based on 5G networks, which launched in South Korea in April.
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On Three-Dimensional Fracture Mechanics Analysis by an Enriched Meshless Method
Wen-Hwa Chen1, Cheng-Hung Chen2
CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.8, No.3, pp. 177-190, 2005, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2005.008.177
Abstract An enriched meshless method, using meshless interpolations and a global Galerkin approach, is developed for the analysis of three-dimensional fracture problems. The displacement field which accounts for the stress singularity nearby the crack front and the boundary layer effect at the intersection between the crack front and the free surface of the structure is adopted to enrich the trial functions. The three-dimensional stress intensity factors can thus be treated as independent unknown parameters and calculated with the nodal displacements directly. To estimate the accuracy of the method developed, several representative three-dimensional cracks are analyzed. These include single-edge crack, embedded elliptical… More >
Elastodynamics with the Cell Method
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Abstract The Cell Method is a recently developed numerical method that is giving interesting results in several fields of physics and engineering. In this paper, first a brief description of the method for elasticity problems is given and successively the elastodynamics formulation is derived. The method leads to an explicit solution system, combining the advantages of a diagonal mass matrix and the possibility of using unstructured meshes. The convergence rate has been tested in reference to the problem of free harmonic vibrations in a system with one degree of freedom, showing that the Cell Method has the same convergence rate of… More >
A Fully Coupled Finite Element Model of Landfill Gas Migration in a Partially Saturated Soil
W. J. Ferguson1, B. Palananthakumar2
Abstract Environmental and safety issues associated with landfill gas require the control of off-site migration. Mathematical modelling can assist in the understanding of the processes and mechanisms controlling gas migration from municipal waste disposal sites. This paper presents the development and application of a mathematical model that simulates landfill gas migration within a partially saturated soil. This model accounts for two-phase flow and incorporates multi-component (methane, carbon dioxide, dry air and moisture) transport in the gas and liquid phases together with concomitant heat migration. The governing system of fully coupled non-linear partial differential equations of the model have been derived from… More >
On Foundations of the Ultrasonic Non-Destructive Method of Determination of Stresses in Near-the-Surface Layers of Solid Bodies
Aleksandr N. Guz1
Abstract The ultrasonic non-destructive method of determination of stresses in near-the-surface layers of solid bodies is based on the regularities of elastic surface wave propagation in bodies with initial (residual) stresses. Above mentioned regularities are received in the framework of the 3-D linearized theory of waves propagation in bodies with initial (residual) stresses. Computational methods are used for solution of the dispersion equations as applied to problems under consideration. Description of the non-destructive method and information on instruments and devices for measurements are presented. Some examples of non-destructive determination of stresses in near-the-surface layers of materials are presented also as applied… More >
Computational Applications of the Poincaré Group on the Elastoplasticity with Kinematic Hardening
Chein-Shan Liu1
Abstract Using a group-theoretical approach in the Minkowski space we explore kinematic hardening rules from a viewpoint of the Poincaré group. The resultant models possess two intrinsic times q0a and q0b; the first q0a controls the on/off switch of plasticity, and the second q0b controls the pace of back stress during plastic deformation. We find that some existent kinematic hardening rules, including the modifications from the Armstrong-Frederick kinematic hardening rule, can be categorized into type I, type II and type III, which correspond respectively to q0b = 0, q0b = q0a and q0b… More >
Meshless Local Petrov-Galerkin Method for Stress and Crack Analysis in 3-D Axisymmetric FGM Bodies
J. Sladek1, V. Sladek1, J. Krivacek1, Ch. Zhang2
Abstract A meshless method based on the local Petrov-Galerkin approach is presented for stress analysis in three-dimensional (3-d) axisymmetric linear elastic solids with continuously varying material properties. The inertial effects are considered in dynamic problems. A unit step function is used as the test functions in the local weak-form. It is leading to local boundary integral equations (LBIEs). For transient elastodynamic problems the Laplace-transform technique is applied and the LBIEs are given in the Laplace-transformed domain. Axial symmetry of the geometry and the boundary conditions for a 3-d linear elastic solid reduces the original 3-d boundary value problem into a 2-d… More >


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Surgeries on Small Ships
Posted on September 23, 2015 by Chuck Hill
The US Naval Institute News service reports a Navy lab is looking into whether surgeries could be performed on "small ships," specifically the Littoral Combat Ships and the former "Joint High Speed Vessel."
The select surgical procedures included in the study are stabilizing a fractured pelvis, treating a displaced femur fracture, treating an open wound of the abdominal wall, and a traumatic amputation of the leg. A medical team – consisting of a surgeon, a nurse, a surgical technician and an anesthesiologist – would conduct simulated surgeries in a realistic environment in up to sea state five conditions.
I am not sure why the Navy is doing this, and why specifically sea state five, there are going to be a lot of circumstances when the sea state is lower. Obviously surgeries have been done on small ships in the past. An appendectomy was famously performed on a submarine by a corpsman using a sharpened spoon (although subs have the advantage of being able to submerge out of severe sea conditions).
Perhaps they are talking about putting a surgical module on these ships, and maybe it might fit on Cutters. I'm still hoping the OPC will have some provision for using at least some of the LCS modules.
When we did Ocean Station, cutters deployed with Public Health Service doctors on board, and Midgett did have a SAR case involving a traumatic amputation of a leg in the Bering Sea while I was aboard, but I doubt we could justify regularly deploying with a surgical team. Still, there are circumstances like the 2010 Haiti earthquake when a surgical team and operating room on our cutters could be useful. Big hospital ships are great for some things, but in that case there were several smaller communities that also needed help. Some times you need the ability to spread the capability around.
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Jeff M on September 23, 2015 at 5:06 am said:
The listed injuries strike me as a reasonable representative sample of the kinds of more serious traumatic injuries that might be expected aboard a smaller vessel in a high sea state. They are also representative of the surgical cases that, in my experience, are expected after a natural or other disaster.
Unstabilized pelvic and femur fractures present a continuing risk of rapidly fatal internal hemorrhage and death due to lacerations of large vessels by adjacent fractured bone, that cannot be stopped externally. Some patients with open abdominal trauma or traumatic extremity amputations may also require prompt initial surgical intervention for any of numerous reasons, either to survive or to enable a better eventual recovery.
But I seriously doubt that anyone in their right mind would choose to perform these or similar procedures on a smaller vessel in rough seas, unless there was no better option. But that's been the case before, and doubtless will be again. So it makes good sense to conduct research into the unique challenges those circumstances present, and to identify any modifications or adaptations that may be required to overcome them.
BTW, I spent part of my Haiti deployment working at the onshore Casualty Collection Point for the USNS Comfort and another part at the Embassy and airport, with frequent contact with USCG personnel. It was an interesting experience.
leesea on September 23, 2015 at 4:34 pm said:
One wonders why a ship cannot just head for protected waters OR slow into the sea while accomplishing these kinds of medical procedures.
BTW the JHSV med ops are mostly done inport, and for now at least the EMF is moved ashore.
http://www.med.navy.mil/sites/nemscom/Pages/default.aspx
Jeff M on September 23, 2015 at 8:58 pm said:
Just guessing here. Naval medical research is in my wife's department, not mine. But perhaps they anticipate a need for such surgical capability during operations that won't allow for returning inshore or seeking calmer conditions?
leesea on September 23, 2015 at 5:09 am said:
Well, in the case of the JSHV, I know the ship was specifically intended to lift and/or support an Expeditionary Medical Facility. Six container spots have utilities to them. USNS Spearhead has one on it now. So maybe NRL is trying to see what else is needed? SS5 rqmt I have NO idea, since the HSV as pretty bouncy at speed.
EMFs have been around for years. Mostly containerized subsets of a Fleet Hospital. MPS ships carry a version for sometime now – as cargo.
R on September 23, 2015 at 6:45 am said:
Seems pretty reasonable to me. There was the Russian doctor who performed his own appendectomy. Life saving surgical procedures like Thoracotomies (chest tubes to inflate punctured lungs), Craniotomies (typically a burr hole to relieve intracranial pressure), Cricothyrotomies (to allow breathing when the airway is obstructed), and REBOA all have a
history of being preformed by lesser trained personal under austere conditions. A surgeon supported by additional trained personal and modern innovations like telemedicine, point of care labs (like iSTAT>, digital radiology, bedside ultrasound, and damage control surgery is likely to be successful if there are actuate resources to provide post-surgical care until the patients can be evacuated to more appropriate care.
Excellent point, R. Improving technology is making advanced medical care under austere conditions increasingly feasible, accessible and successful. It also enables non-physician medical personnel to provide increasing levels of diagnostic and interventional care that were once out of their reach.
Lyle on September 23, 2015 at 9:43 am said:
Partly joking, but at the same time serious. Maybe Obama care can save the Polar Sea, or help fund another Polar Icebreaker. By voiding out the 2006 law and switching funding from NSF to the DHS, and turning it into a mobile Medical Clinic/Station for the Alaska patrols. It could service remote Alaskan coastal villages, or be stationed close by fishing areas. All the while performing its ice breaking role when needed. I know this comment probably also belongs in the ice breaker section.
I think we're gonna need more icebreakers, and sooner than some think, so whatever it takes to convince Congress and the Administration to fund them . . .
Simon on September 24, 2015 at 1:11 pm said:
Train for the worst, hope for the best… I'm guessing that's what they're doing here. If you can perform abdominal surgery or an amputation in sea state 5 on a small ship, then you can do it in much better conditions.
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		<title type="official" as="introduced">To extend the temporary suspension of duty on an ultraviolet dye.</title>
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SermonIndex.net : Christian Books : Whether the image of God is in man according to the Trinity of Persons?
Summa Theologica by Aquinas
Whether the image of God is in man according to the Trinity of Persons?
Objection 1: It would seem that the image of God does not exist in man as to the Trinity of Persons. For Augustine says (Fulgentius De Fide ad Petrum i): |One in essence is the Godhead of the Holy Trinity; and one is the image to which man was made.| And Hilary (De Trin. v) says: |Man is made to the image of that which is common in the Trinity.| Therefore the image of God in man is of the Divine Essence, and not of the Trinity of Persons.
Objection 2: Further, it is said (De Eccl. Dogmat.) that the image of God in man is to be referred to eternity. Damascene also says (De Fide Orth. ii, 12) that the image of God in man belongs to him as |an intelligent being endowed with free-will and self-movement.| Gregory of Nyssa (De Homin. Opificio xvi) also asserts that, when Scripture says that |man was made to the image of God, it means that human nature was made a participator of all good: for the Godhead is the fulness of goodness.| Now all these things belong more to the unity of the Essence than to the distinction of the Persons. Therefore the image of God in man regards, not the Trinity of Persons, but the unity of the Essence.
Objection 3: Further, an image leads to the knowledge of that of which it is the image. Therefore, if there is in man the image of God as to the Trinity of Persons; since man can know himself by his natural reason, it follows that by his natural knowledge man could know the Trinity of the Divine Persons; which is untrue, as was shown above (Q, A).
Objection 4: Further, the name of Image is not applicable to any of the Three Persons, but only to the Son; for Augustine says (De Trin. vi, 2) that |the Son alone is the image of the Father.| Therefore, if in man there were an image of God as regards the Person, this would not be an image of the Trinity, but only of the Son.
On the contrary, Hilary says (De Trin. iv): |The plurality of the Divine Persons is proved from the fact that man is said to have been made to the image of God.|
I answer that, as we have seen (Q, A), the distinction of the Divine Persons is only according to origin, or, rather, relations of origin. Now the mode of origin is not the same in all things, but in each thing is adapted to the nature thereof; animated things being produced in one way, and inanimate in another; animals in one way, and plants in another. Wherefore it is manifest that the distinction of the Divine Persons is suitable to the Divine Nature; and therefore to be to the image of God by imitation of the Divine Nature does not exclude being to the same image by the representation of the Divine Persons: but rather one follows from the other. We must, therefore, say that in man there exists the image of God, both as regards the Divine Nature and as regards the Trinity of Persons; for also in God Himself there is one Nature in Three Persons.
Thus it is clear how to solve the first two objections.
Reply to Objection 3: This argument would avail if the image of God in man represented God in a perfect manner. But, as Augustine says (De Trin. xv, 6), there is a great difference between the trinity within ourselves and the Divine Trinity. Therefore, as he there says: |We see, rather than believe, the trinity which is in ourselves; whereas we believe rather than see that God is Trinity.|
Reply to Objection 4: Some have said that in man there is an image of the Son only. Augustine rejects this opinion (De Trin. xii, 5,6). First, because as the Son is like to the Father by a likeness of essence, it would follow of necessity if man were made in likeness to the Son, that he is made to the likeness of the Father. Secondly, because if man were made only to the image of the Son, the Father would not have said, |Let Us make man to Our own image and likeness|; but |to Thy image.| When, therefore, it is written, |He made him to the image of God,| the sense is not that the Father made man to the image of the Son only, Who is God, as some explained it, but that the Divine Trinity made man to Its image, that is, of the whole Trinity. When it is said that God |made man to His image,| this can be understood in two ways: first, so that this preposition |to| points to the term of the making, and then the sense is, |Let Us make man in such a way that Our image may be in him.| Secondly, this preposition 'to' may point to the exemplar cause, as when we say, |This book is made (like) to that one.| Thus the image of God is the very Essence of God, Which is incorrectly called an image forasmuch as image is put for the exemplar. Or, as some say, the Divine Essence is called an image because thereby one Person imitates another.


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1843 magazineNov 16th 2017 edition
Material values
The design history of glass
It has been with us since at least 8,000BC. But, as Georgia Grimond explains, designers are still finding fresh ways to work with it
by Georgia Grimond
The history of glass is a history of technological innovation. The Phoenicians invented glass-blowing to make beakers and bottles, the Romans introduced manganese oxide into the mix to make it clear enough for windows, and in the 17th century an Englishman called George Ravenscroft devised a formula to prevent "crizzling", the tiny cracks that lead to cloudiness, thereby inventing crystal.
Today glass is ubiquitous, but designers are still coming up with new ways to stretch its aesthetic potential. Bocci, a company based in Vancouver and Berlin (www.bocci.ca), recently launched 76, a range of lamps and lights that look like glowing sea urchins. Its founder, Omer Arbel, patented a technique in which a layer of copper mesh is sandwiched between white and clear glass. The white glass is pulled through the wire in a vacuum, leaving sparkling fronds inside a transparent dome – almost-organisms which emit a soft, patchy light. Another of Bocci's designs, 84, is made by dunking a copper-mesh basket containing a glob of white glass into molten clear glass. Air is blown in to push the white glass through the mesh, resulting in burnished orbs with the fragile look of crumpled paper bags.
Raise a glass CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT A Wrap Object by SkLO, Bocci's 84 range of lights & Ini Archibong's Galilee table. MAIN IMAGE Nicholas Collins's dizzying dishes
Nicholas Collins, a British designer, favours the mathematical precision of digital technology. He makes exquisite dishes whose appeal is in their patterns, which have the dizzying effect of paintings by Bridget Riley (available from William & Son, www.williamandson.com). The surfaces of his plates, which often appear to undulate even though they're smooth, would be impossible to create by hand. So he makes digital drawings in a computer-aided design program. A water-jet cutter follows these designs, slicing through sheet glass to the nearest micrometre before Collins arranges the pieces in a kiln and fires them until they're fused.
Elsewhere old techniques are being reinvented. Karen Gilbert and Paul Pavlak named their studio SkLO, the Czech word for "glass". The Czech Republic has a history of hand-blown glass stretching back to the 13th century, and Gilbert and Pavlak use the same method to make knotted tubes which on their own look like abstract sculptures in the manner of Anish Kapoor (available from William & Son, www.williamandson.com). Drop a lightbulb inside and you have a lamp that resembles a mass of neon noodles. Ini Archibong, an American designer, plays with the liquid look of blown glass (www.designbyini.com). His tables, Orion and Galilee, consist of marble tops supported by glass legs like columns of water. "It is as though the marble could splash through them at any minute."


Ahwazi rights groups reported that Iranian authorities have transferred two Ahwazi activists previously sentenced to death to the infamous Evin Prison in Tehran. Activists warn this means their execution is imminent.
The two Ahwazi men, 34-year-old Abdullah Abdullahi [Karamullah Ka'ab], a married father of three from the Shawur district of Susa ("Shush" in Farsi), and 31-year-old Qassim Beit Abdullah (Kaabi) from the village of Kaab Beit Allawi, were sentenced to death in October 2017 on charges of 'enmity to God' and 'corruption on Earth' over their alleged membership of a non-existent opposition group.
Activists report that there is no evidence against them and that the group they are accused of belonging to does not, in fact, exist!
Because of this, the Supreme Judiciary in Tehran overturned the original death sentence; however, the prosecutor appealed the verdict to Branch three of the Revolutionary Court using 'confessions as evidence'. As a result, the Revolutionary Court again sentenced them to death on 31 August 2018. Since then, they have been imprisoned in an exile prison located in Isfahan province, around 517 km from their homes in Ahwaz region. This prevents the prisoners from seeing their families, and is a common tactic used by the Iran regime to demoralise dissidents.
nobody has heard of because it doesn't exist.
hnic groups. Its hope is to fabricate imaginary 'opposition groups' to justify its increasing brutality towards Ahwazis and thus claim they are posing a risk to 'national security'.
Hassoun [Hassan] Bait Abdullah [Karamullah Ka'ab], Abdullah Abdullahi's brother, aged 31, from the village of Derjal, sentenced to 25 years imprisonment.
All of these men have reportedly been subjected to torture and forced to sign false confessions admitting to being founders of the aforementioned nonexistent anti-regime group.
The regime's violations of human rights in Ahwaz are now so systematic and widespread that many Ahwazis now bleakly joke that there are no rights left to violate. Prisons are overflowing with dissidents and prisoners of conscience. Rising protests and public anger towards the Iranian regime due to its mismanagement of the economy have resulted in even more extreme measures against Ahwazis.
The cases of Abdullah Abdullahi, Qassim Beit Abdullah and other imprisoned, innocent Ahwazis need to be raised by international governments as well as human rights organisations around the world. More pressure urgently needs to be put on the Iran regime to stop these brutal violations. The UN also have an obligation to uphold their Convention on Human Rights and should be called on to condemn what is happening to Ahwazis in Iran. Since 2005, when Ahwazis rose up against their oppression, over 70 Ahwazi activists have been brutally executed by the regime, and this has been largely met with silence from media and human rights organisations. This must change.
Rahim Hamid is an Ahwazi author, freelance journalist and human rights advocate. You can follow him on his twitter account.
Ahwazi, Iran, Rahim Hamid, special report, urgent.


It is a combination of three herbs of triphala namely, Amla (Emblica officianalis), Harara (Terminalia Chebula), Bahera (Terminalia bellarica). It is a natural supplement that is widely mentioned in many Ayurveda texts.
Curcumin is obtained from an herb named Turmeric (Curcuma longa). It is a natural plant extract that is being widely studied and researched nowadays.
It is an oil prepared from the natural extracts of the herb Nirgundi (Vitex negundo). It is also known to stabilize the three body energies namely, vata, pitta and kapha. It is also a classical ayurvedic formulation which is in use since ancient times.
Vara churna is a combination of herbs like Amla (Emblica officianalis), Harara (Terminalia Chebula), Bahera (Terminalia bellarica) in appropriate proportions.
It is also a very popular herbal combination used in Ayurveda.


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Q: SSH Windows to UNIX I built a batch file from my windows machine that connects to a UNIX server. I Then want commands to execute in UNIX from the batch file. UNIX doesn't seem to recognize my commands after I am logged into the server. This is what I coded:
ssh SERVERNAME
exit
Right now, I am just trying to make it log in and exit. I get logged into the server, but then the exit command does not execute. Does anyone know to make UNIX execute my commands after I'm logged in using this batch file?

A: exit isn't being executed because it isn't a command, it's a shell internal (which exit if you don't believe me).  Try echo hello world instead.

A: ssh SERVERNAME 'exit'
you will probably end up with something such as:
ssh SERVERNAME 'bash some_remote_script.sh'

(replace bash with whatever shell you please)
im not sure why "chaos" keeps getting upvoted, his response has nothing to do whatsoever with the question.  ssh SERVERNAME 'exit' works perfectly fine.

A: Well, it seems to work for me, but try this:
ssh -t server command

You might just need the pseudo-tty allocated.

A: Take a look at section "7.3 Using Plink in batch files and scripts" at the plink documentation. That might do what you want.

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Q: How do i move a letters from exchange to sharepoint library with c#? It is necessary to move all letters from a specific sender from Exchange server to the SharePoint library. Is this possible ???
I suppose that this will be a Windows service, which, by timer or time (at night), will move the letters to SharePoint.
On working with Exchange, I found the Management API EWS, but did not find the joint integration of the EWS M API with SharePoint.
I hope for help links or tips!


Lovely project for next Advent, thank you for the inspiration!
These are sweet angels. Thanks for the tutorial! its lovely!
Love! One of the prettiest angel crafts I've ever seen and one of the best crafts using recyclables! I think, if I helped them a little, my 3 son and his friends could make a version of these. You're so talented and creative! Thanks for this tutorial.


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« Letter of intent to Norwegian firm suspended
Qatari, Chinese firms to jointly install four coal power plants »
Efforts on to implement energy plan of generating 2,500MW
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Senior Minister for Irrigation and Energy and Power Sikandar Hayat Khan Sherpao Tuesday said that completion of Rs5 billion micro hydel power projects by next year would generate 50MW electricity.
Addressing the inaugural ceremony of T-34 hydel turbine at the site of Khanpur Dam in district Haripur, he said that the coalition government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is implementing energy action plan with due sincerity that would produce 2,500MW electricity. He said that energy crisis is an important issue of the province, hence the provincial government imposed emergency in this sector soon after coming to power.
He said the KPK province has enough water resources and the energy demand of the province could be met besides putting Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on the path of prosperity by utilising these resources.
The minister lamented that despite producing 3,000MW electricity and having huge reservoirs of oil and gas the province is not that much developed and prosperous as it should be and that is because of law and order situation. He said that terrorism is a national issue and needs to be addressed on priority basis, adding that the central government should have to take emergency measures in this regard.
Earlier, the minister inaugurated T-34 hydel-turbine that was made by Chief Executive of Chitral Engineering Works Chaudhry Akhtar. He has 28 years experience in Hydel field and already made up to 500 Hydel turbines like T-32 and T-33 which are successfully functioning in Chitral district and generating electricity. The minister appreciated the works of Chaudhry Akhtar and assured provincial government's support for him and other talented people for their encouragement.
November 24th, 2013 | Tags: Alternative Energy, Alternative Energy in Pakistan, Alternative Energy News, Batteries, Biofuels, Biogas, Biomass, Charge Controller, Electricity, Electricity Generation, Energy, Energy Crises, Energy Crises in Pakistan, Energy News, Green Energy, Hydel Energy, Hydropower, Inverter, LED Lights, LVD Induction Lamps, Pakistan, Pakistan Renewable Energy Society, Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy Financing, Renewable Energy in Pakistan, Renewable Energy News, Renewable Energy NGOs, Renewable Energy NGOs in Pakistan, Solar Energy, Solar Panels, Solar Street Lights, Solar Water Heaters, Solar Water Pumping System, Solar Water Pumps, Waste to Energy, Wind Energy, Wind Turbines | Category: National


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Investment Plan for Europe: EIF and the SBCI sign an agreement to provide €100 for Irish SMEs
The European Investment Fund (EIF) and the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (SBCI) have signed the first COSME agreement in Ireland. This transaction is guaranteed by the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), the heart of the Investment Plan for Europe.
The COSME EFSI counter-guarantee agreement will allow SBCI to support EUR 100 million of loans to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Ireland over the next three years. The loans will be provided as a result of a guarantee from EIF under the COSME programme with financial backing from the European Commission. The agreement will make it possible for SBCI to support additional attractive loans to around 2,000 SMEs through risk sharing initiatives.
Commenting on the signature, EIF Deputy Chief Executive, Roger Havenith said:
"SMEs continue to be drivers of economic growth in Ireland and the agreement signed today will help to create jobs and new opportunities in the country. Via its on-lending banks, SBCI will be able to provide EUR 100 million to over 2,000 SMEs in Ireland. I am also pleased to be in Dublin for the opening of the EIB Group Irish office today, which confirms the commitment of the Group to Ireland and the local Irish SME market".
European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Phil Hogan, said:
"Supporting SMEs is a key element of our strategy to boost jobs and growth, particularly in rural areas. Today's agreement with the SBCI shows that the Investment Plan is playing a crucial role in delivering new financing solutions for smaller Irish businesses, allowing them to expand and create jobs. I hope that the EIB Group's decision to open an office in Dublin will facilitate many more such agreements in the months and years ahead, especially in the agri-sector."
SBCI CEO Nick Ashmore said:
"Today's signing marks an exciting new phase for the SBCI enabling us for the first time to bring new risk sharing products in the form of guarantees to the Irish market. It will help us deliver the Agriculture Cash Flow Support Loan Scheme in early 2017 and crucially it will allow us to develop new ways for SMEs to get easier access to finance".
EIF Deputy Chief Executive, Roger Havenith, arrived in Ireland today to sign the new EFSI agreement with SBCI and to attend the opening of the EIB Group's Irish office in Dublin. The EIB Group supported the launch of SBCI in 2014 and the opening of the new office will now give local entrepreneurs a direct contact point in Ireland for EIF and EIB financing solutions. Entrepreneurs will be able to access finance directly from SBCI's on-lending banks in Ireland.
About the EIF
The European Investment Fund (EIF) is part of the European Investment Bank group. Its central mission is to support Europe's micro, small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) by helping them to access finance. EIF designs and develops venture and growth capital, guarantees and microfinance instruments which specifically target this market segment. In this role, EIF fosters EU objectives in support of innovation, research and development, entrepreneurship, growth, and employment. More information on EIF's work under the EFSI is available here.
About the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (SBCI)
As Ireland's promotional financial institution, the SBCI's goal is to ensure access to lower cost longer term funding for Irish SMEs by facilitating the provision of:
Credit products with longer maturity and capital repayment variability, subject to lender credit approval;
Lower cost funding to finance providers, the benefit of which is passed on to SMEs;
Market access for new entrants to the SME lending market, creating real competition in the Irish market;
Risk-sharing that addresses specific market failures;
Sourcing and delivering EU funding.
All of these elements create a more competitive and dynamic environment for SME finance. The SBCI is a vital part of the country's financial architecture. By taking a fresh approach to providing access to lower cost finance for SMEs in Ireland, the SBCI is actively supporting the long-term potential of the sector to drive economic growth and create jobs.
About COSME
COSME is the EU programme for the Competitiveness of Enterprises and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) running from 2014 to 2020 with a total budget of EUR 2.3 billion. At least 60% of the programme will be devoted to easing access to finance for SMEs in Europe, with two financial instruments. The COSME Loan Guarantee Facility supports guarantees and counter-guarantees to financial institutions to help them provide more loans and lease finance to SMEs. This facility also includes securitisation of SME debt finance portfolios. The COSME programme also invests through the COSME Equity Facility for Growth in equity funds that provide risk capital to SMEs mainly in the expansion and growth stages. The COSME programme builds on the success of the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP) (2007-2013) which helped to mobilise almost EUR 21 billion of loans and EUR 3 billion of venture capital to over 383,000 SMEs in Europe.
Businesses can contact selected financial institutions in their country to access EU financing: http://www.access2finance.eu/
About the Investment Plan for Europe
The Investment Plan focuses on strengthening European investments to create jobs and growth. It does so by making smarter use of new and existing financial resources, removing obstacles to investment, providing visibility and technical assistance to investment projects. The Investment Plan is already showing results. The projects and agreements approved for financing under the EFSI so far are expected to mobilise EUR 154 billion in total investments across 27 Member States and to support almost 377 000 SMEs. On 14 September 2016, the Commission proposed extending the EFSI by increasing its firepower and duration as well as reinforcing its strengths. Find the latest EFSI figures by sector and by country here. For more info, see the FAQs.
Building on this success, the European Commission on 14 September 2016 proposed extending the EFSI by increasing its firepower and duration as well as reinforcing its strengths. Find the latest EFSI figures including a break-down by sector and by country here. For more information see the FAQs.


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Chuck Schumer next Senate Democratic leader?
Ed MorrisseyPosted at 12:55 pm on May 20, 2010
How damaged has Harry Reid become in his re-election fight? Chuck Schumer may not be measuring the drapes to take over as the leader of the Senate Democratic caucus, but he's starting to campaign already, according to the Washington Post. He'll have to push Dick Durbin out of the way, but for a man who seems to have no problem stampeding over the man with the job at the moment, Durbin's #2 position shouldn't present much of an obstacle:
During his three-decade legislative career, Schumer, 59, has developed a reputation as a razor-elbowed, shamelessly self-serving, media-addicted political monster. He is also arguably the single most effective lawmaker of his generation.
Now, with confidant Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (Nev.) hanging on to his seat by a thread, the Brooklynite is nearing the goal line of his long game. Succeeding Reid would make Schumer the highest-ranking Jewish elected official in American history and, more important for the uber-competitive politician, the first among peers. Schumer has thrust himself into the center of issues ranging from jobs to immigration to Supreme Court hearings, but as that momentum has carried him into a more intimate arena where popularity matters, the grating architect of the current Democratic majority has become noticeably more collegial. Perhaps not coincidentally, his colleagues see him as thefront-runner to be their leader.
"It's very much within the realm of possibility," said Chris Dodd of Connecticut, who lost a race for minority leader to South Dakota's Tom Daschle by a vote in 1994. "He's always moving and always talking to people and he has a very good feel for what other people have to put up with. And that's a critical point of that job, understanding the environment your colleague has to operate in."
Schumer declined to be interviewed for this story and betrays an uncharacteristic loss for words whenever the term "majority leader" is uttered. Reid is, after all, still in control, and his closest competitor is Dick Durbin of Illinois, the liberal majority whip with whom Schumer has shared a Washington townhouse for years. Each can boast a strength: Durbin has the pleasant demeanor of a consensus builder; Schumer is the diehard fighter who has never lost an election. The prospect of a Chicago vs. New York majority leader race with echoes of Obama vs. Clinton is tantalizing, but also distracting.
Gee, maybe Schumer should wait for the body to get cold. After all, Reid won't get beaten in his re-election efforts for another five months. Does the campaign have to start now? Apparently Schumer is impatient to wield the levers of power.
The big question will be how much power Schumer will wield. With Richard Blumenthal suddenly looking very vulnerable in Connecticut, the Republicans have an outside shot at winning control of the upper chamber in November. The fight might be over who gets to preside over the minority, which won't be nearly as much fun as watching Reid blow the majority into a big November loss.
Do Democrats really want a loud liberal as the next leader anyway? With an electorate poised to punish Democrats for pushing a radical agenda over the last four years and especially the last two, giving Schumer the job sends a message that Democrats think it will be business as usual no matter what. Even Durbin presents that problem. They'd be better off going with a more centrist member like Mark Pryor, and if they actually pay attention to the results of the election, the remainder of their caucus may be more likely to consider that as an option.
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Q: Link to a slide from Flash file embeded in PowerPoint I'm creating an animated menu in Flash that I want to embed in PowerPoint and be able to jump to slides in the PowerPoint when clicking buttons in the Flash.
In the Flash the code for communicating with the PowerPoint is:
fig1.onRelease=function(){
fscommand("",2)
}

where fig1 is the movie clip button and fscommand passes the parameters to VBscript attached to the embedded SWF in PowerPoint. The '2' is the slide number I want it to jump to.
In the PowerPoint I'm using this code:
Private Sub ShockwaveFlash1_FSCommand(ByVal command, ByVal args)
With ShockwaveFlash1.SlideShowWindows(1).View
  .GotoSlide (args)
End With
End Sub

This code is based on code from another post on this website that was an answer to someone with a similar problem.
Link to a specific slide from Flash file embeded in PowerPoint
My problem is that it's not working for me and I'm getting this VB error:
Compile error:
Expected list separator or )

Along with this error, the word 'command' is highlighted in the first line.

A: The error message suggests that you just copy/pasted a VBA macro to a VBScript file. That won't work, since there are notable differences between the two languages. This particular error is most likely caused by the type definitions in the procedure signature. Change this:
Private Sub ShockwaveFlash1_FSCommand(ByVal command As String, ByVal args As String)

into this:
Private Sub ShockwaveFlash1_FSCommand(ByVal command, ByVal args)

You may also need to change
SlideShowWindows(1).View

into
ppt.SlideShowWindows(1).View

or
ppt.ActivePresentation.SlideShowWindows(1).View

where ppt is a variable referencing your PowerPoint application object.

A: Thanks for your help Ansgar.  It turns out part of the problem was that I had the wrong name for the Flash object.  Right-clicking the SWF and selecting Properties from the contextual menu shows the SWF object name. I made a couple of VB code tweaks and kept the Actionscript the same.
Final Actionscript (button code in Flash):
fig1.onRelease=function(){
fscommand("", 2)
}

Final VB code:
Private Sub ArticulateFlashObject_FSCommand(ByVal command As String, ByVal args As String)
With SlideShowWindows(1).View
.GotoSlide args
End With
End Sub


Progress toward peace between Israel and the Palestinians requires that Israel freeze its settlement-building in the West Bank, the U.N. secretary-general said Tuesday, calling the settlement activities "an affront to the Palestinian people and to the international community."
Addressing the U.N. Security Council's periodic Middle East debate, Ban Ki-moon also urged both sides to act now "to prevent the two-state solution from slipping away forever." He condemned rocket fire from armed groups in Gaza into Israel but focused his strongest comments on Israel's settlement-building.
"As oppressed peoples have demonstrated throughout the ages, it is human nature to react to occupation," the U.N. chief said.
Israel has occupied the West Bank, East Jerusalem and other Palestinian territories since the Six Day War in 1967. Palestinians demand the territory as part of their future state. However, Israeli settlements constructed on seized lands have hindered peace negotiations and the formation of a viable Palestinian state.
More than 500,000 Israelis live in more than 200 Jewish-only settlements and unofficial outposts — which are communities unrecognized or serviced by the Israeli government — in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
Last week, Israel approved the seizure of some 380 acres of Palestinian land in the West Bank to further expand settlements near Jericho.
The last four months have seen an increase in violence that has killed at least 149 Palestinians and 25 Israelis. Israel blames the violence on Palestinian incitement. Palestinians say the attacks stem from frustration at nearly five decades of Israeli military rule.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday said Ban's comments "give a tail wind to terrorism," and he said the U.N. "long ago lost its neutrality and its moral strength."
Palestinian Ambassador Riyad Mansour later told reporters that all 15 council members acknowledged that Israel's settlement building is "the main obstacle to any meaningful political process," and he said the Palestinians are meeting with all council members to assess their readiness to act this year.
The comments by Ban and others came after Netanyahu this week said his government is committed to West Bank settlements. Ban said he was "deeply troubled" by new reports that Israel's government has approved plans for more than 150 new homes in settlements in the West Bank.
U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power told the council that the United States "strongly opposes settlement activity" but added that "settlement activity can never in itself be an excuse for violence."


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Jack Osbourne's stem cell jabs: Ozzy's son flies to Germany for banned MS treatment
February 10, 2013 by Dom and Nan
TV star, who went public about his health crisis last summer, said he is currently feeling well and getting plenty of rest
Jack Osbourne is to undergo cutting-edge stem cell replacement therapy to help him beat Multiple Sclerosis.
Jack, 27 – son of rocker Ozzy and TV star Sharon – will go to Germany for the treatment as it is banned in America, where he is based.
He will fly out after covering the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles today for US music channel Fuse TV.
Jack said: "There are odd restrictions here in America because everybody still thinks it's, like, what it isn't. So I'm going to Germany. They clone stem cells from your own blood then inject them back into you.
"Hopefully it will repair any damaged cells and nerves and things like that."
Jack, who went public about his health crisis last summer, said he is currently feeling well and getting plenty of rest – despite being a new dad to nine-month-old daughter Pearl.
He said: "I'm good. That's the thing about MS – one minute you're good, one minute you're not. I'm hanging on in there, healthy and doing what I got to do." Jack said he and wife Lisa are getting plenty of help with babysitting from his parents, who are relishing their role as grandparents.
He said: "Now she's nine months and not so delicate they can play more and have more fun with her. Ozzy is pretty hands-on. But when she starts crying he hands her off."
Jack – who was at the MusiCares Person Of The Year in LA on Friday with Katy Perry – told Access Hollywood the Black Sabbath frontman has a soulmate in Pearl. "She pretty much understands him," he said. "They've had some heart-to-hearts."
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The LACC provides the best quality American higher education to the international student community from all walks of life at the most affordable fees and at a fraction of the cost of studying the same degree programmes in the USA.
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Madonna University, Michigan, USA, one of the Best American universities as per the US News and World Report 2012 edn(p.169). LACC is a modern college of higher learning distinguished for its quality and continuous efforts to maintain a spirit of excellence in learning. It aims to reduce the dearth of qualified managers with original will and skills. It will provide innovative management techniques and tools which will be capable of solving the intricate problems of the local and global industries. LACC is located in the heart of Fujairah City, at the Free Zone building. Our lecture rooms are very well equipped with modern teaching facilities and visual aids. We have a superb library and a learning resources centre. We have information and communication technology with access to the internet and teleconferencing. The learning environment in our class rooms is truly international.
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Here we go folks…the final chart of 2012! Thanks to everybody who has supported us through another great year of indy hip hop radio. There is a lot of great music out there that often times doesn't make its way to the masses, so we're glad that we can help do our part to spread the to the word. On behalf of the all the RNRB DJs, Happy Holidays! Cheers to another great year of music!
6, Mr. Jonez, Prayer & Power, JonezyBoy Ent.
21, Sadiki-I, The World is Mine, Mystic Lion Ent.
27, Lil Yung'N, Peek A Boo, Gametight M.G.
28, K-Dubb f. Architekz, Fireflies, Ahkbar Ent.
38, Perfekt, New Me, Gittuff Ent.
Good morning folks! As always, you've come to the best place to discover new music – where you have to dig just a bit deeper to find the gems. This week's #1 comes from Lil Fame & Termanology (Fizzyology) with their single "Play Dirty" featuring Busta Rhymes & Styles P and production by DJ Premier. Make sure to grab their album which is IN STORES NOW. Also in to top 5 are singles from J Star, Chachillie, DJ Eleven & Mike Baker and Dub Esquire.
This weeks most added comes from the Wu veteran Masta Killa with his single "Food" on Royal Lion Music/Nature Sounds. Pick up his new album in stores tomorrow!
12, Mr. Jonez, Prayer & Power, JonezyBoy Ent.
28, Sadiki-I, The World is Mine, Mystic Lion Ent.
31, K-Dubb f. Architekz, Fireflies, Ahkbar Ent.
Good afternoon hip hop fans. As you've come to expect week in and week out, below you'll find the latest top 40 and top 5 adds from the RNRB DJs. This week's #1 goes to Pace Won & Mr. Green with their single "Lock Me Up" featuring Snoop Dogg & BURNTmd. With Green working with both Young Zee and Pace Won, maybe we'll see an Outsidaz reunion??? Also in the top 5 are singles from SC Money (feat. Papoose & Vado), Wiley & Mark Pritchard, Chachillie and Lil Fame & Termanology = Fizzyology (feat. Busta Rhymes & Styles P).
13, Mr. Jonez, Prayer & Power, JonezyBoy Ent.
30, Sadiki-I, The World is Mine, Mystic Lion Ent.
33, Lil Yung'N, Peek A Boo, Gametight M.G.
36, K-Dubb f. Architekz, Fireflies, Ahkbar Ent.
4, Perfekt, New Me, Gittuff Ent.


Michael Reiger is one of the owners and artists of Lapis Gallery in the Tennyson Street Cultural District of northwest Denver. For 13 years, the gallery has showcased the works of local and national artists, while also creating custom pieces in wood, clay and steel for a variety of clients across Colorado and around the U.S., including Z-Cuisine, Amendment XXI, and Brassene Felix in Denver.
Michael has a BFA in Photography and in Sculpture from the University of Colorado at Boulder and has created art through photography, clay, oil pastels and steel for more than 20 years. His work has been shown in numerous galleries. As a historical photographer, he has worked for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for 14 years at more than 28 disasters, including 9-11 and Hurricane Katrina. His photographs are in collections that include the Smithsonian National Museum of American History; the Tribute Center, New York; the Library of Congress; and the Colorado History Collection.
HAVE YOU SEEN MANY CHANGES IN THE ART GALLERY BUSINESS IN DENVER SINCE YOU OPENED LAPIS GALLERY?
Oh yes. When we opened 13 years ago, there were only two other galleries on Tennyson Street. We wanted to generate some foot traffic, so we started First Friday back up, where on the first Friday of the month, the galleries would stay open late and offer food, wine, and sometimes music. In those early years, we would get 150 people for First Friday. Today, there are 18 galleries in the Tennyson Street Cultural District, mixed with coffee shops, bakeries, boutiques and restaurants. For First Friday during Denver Arts Week, we had 4,000 people and there are now bands and entertainment. Even our regular First Fridays attract 2,000-3,000 people.
TO WHAT DO YOU ATTRIBUTE THE GROWTH AND SUCCESS?
Well, a lot of it is attributable to people getting out and coming to see the district. The block has taken off. What really helped start it all was former Denver Mayor (now Colorado Governor) John Hickenlooper and Ginger White from the Denver Office of Cultural Affairs supporting the arts and helping the arts districts grow. They recognized the economic importance of the arts and have offered a lot of support to help arts districts get established. The gallery map that the city produces has helped a lot of people find us and bring people up to the district.
Another thing that has helped is the new liquor laws written regarding art galleries. That was done very well with the interests of the galleries in mind and makes it much easier for us to hold events and attract crowds.
DO MANY TOURISTS MAKE IT UP TO THE TENNYSON STREET CULTURAL DISTRICT?
I know I love to find the hidden gems of places when I travel. If you explore the galleries and arts districts of a different city, you'll find the spirit and life of that city. Art, great food and culture like to grow up next to one another. That's certainly true on Tennyson St. We have a very hometown feel and are very family friendly. People often come for the food, but stay for the art. We have some great restaurants now and some of the best barbeque in the city. We have people come every month for First Friday from Summit County and from throughout the metro area. But I don't care if people come from Colorado Springs and Wyoming or from Lakewood and Littleton. It's home-grown tourism. The important thing is to get people out to see the arts districts.
WHY DOES TOURISM MATTER TO A NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICT LIKE TENNYSON?
Well, Denver Arts Week has been very helpful to us. It's been beneficial to get the different arts districts together, it's given us a better and stronger voice. We always do something special on Tennyson for Denver Arts Week and that has given us our biggest crowds. We had an art bin last year with art for the "Mile High" price of $52.80 and that was very popular.
But Denver offers itself as a tourism product with the mountains, some great museums ... and art. People come to see the museums, but part of that should also be seeing the local art. We're always looking for angles to connect with the museums and VISIT DENVER to bring people into any of the arts districts. Denver Arts Week has helped the districts work together. The more the districts can become known, the better it is for all of us. Maybe a tourist will see three art districts on this trip, and plan to come back to see three or four more on the next trip. They'll see great art, taste great food, and discover the real spirit of Denver.


'THREE MEN AND THREE WOMEN came to our house at 5.30 am. My wife started to cry. They took first my wife and my son, and then me and the two children.... We were all crying.' These words of a distraught father are quoted in a new photographic exhibition which features not Chile, South Africa or the Soviet Union in the Seventies but, shockingly, the treatment of asylum seekers in Britain today.
On any one day some 2,000 people are held in immigration detention in the UK. A large proportion are asylum seekers, who have fled from oppression overseas. Some have been refused asylum and are waiting to be sent home; others are still going through the process. Many, like the family quoted, have been picked up in the early hours of the morning with no opportunity to prepare.
Imprisoned, which was first seen at the Spitz Gallery in London in January, was created by Isabelle Merminod, a French photographer who for eight years ran a group of visitors to detained asylum seekers held in centres near Heathrow Airport. A special needs teacher by training, she is particularly passionate about the detention of children, 2,000 of whom are estimated to be locked up by the immigration authorities every year.
Photography is not allowed inside detention centres, so Merminod uses pictures of former detainees to tell her story. They are accompanied by quotations from detainees and from reports by human rights groups.
Although the regime in Britain's detention centres is different from that in prisons, the experience is still one of imprisonment. Detainees cannot leave the detention centre and they live behind locked gates and walls topped with barbed wire. Unlike convicted criminals, they can be held indefinitely.
Another describes being told by an immigration officer: 'I do not have the right to talk to you, because you have nothing to say.... Speak to your solicitor. Tell him to write to me.
I speak with written words.' For people who have suffered in their home countries and live in terror of being returned, the experience can be devastating and dehumanising. Twelve people have committed suicide in immigration detention since January 2000: one of them the day after the exhibition opened.
The exhibition, sponsored by six charities and NGOs, is available for display in other venues.
FRANCES HARRISON only recently came to work as a manager at Fairbridge West in Bristol, UK, with socially excluded young people. 'Society is unfair to kids who struggle to fulfil their potential. The school system doesn't always work for them and they don't fit. Fairbridge meets them on their level,' says Harrison. She is not a religious person; instead she operates on her values. The job that she had before was in strategic policy at the National Consumer Council. She took a significant pay cut and left London because she felt that as her career rose, she was becoming distanced from the grass roots.
Last year, Fairbridge separated its courses for under-16s from those for over-16s. 'We had to change the way we dealt with some very challenging young people, and for instance we have used yellow and red cards to discipline them. This has made a real difference, and forms part of our strategy of plan, do, review and apply,' says Harrison. She coordinates the two teams operating at the front line. The first is the Outreach Team, whose job is to target people who may have drug problems, are excluded from school or have a hard time at home. Harrison points out that 60 per cent of prisoners in the UK were excluded from school at some stage, so getting kids back to school at an early stage is essential.
The Development Tutors take the young people on an access course, a week in Wales doing things from climbing and caving to canoeing and gorge walking. This teaches the young people that they can do almost anything they set their minds to. They come back to the office and set themselves a course that could involve outward bound adventure, cookery or a range of other activities. These courses in turn teach them personal and social skills, as well as how to have fun.
Operating out of a two-storey shop unit on the Gloucester Road in Bristol, Fairbridge West has an annual budget of £400,000 a year. It is one of 15 Fairbridge branches around the country which are almost entirely funded by a relatively small corporate and government contribution.
One of the high points of the last year was a venture set up by the Financial Services Authority (FSA). The clients set up an exhibition at the Watershed on Bristol's waterfront, showing what they had learned on the course. The main event was a short play by the Fairbridge clients and workers from the FSA. 'Among the audience were local MPs, businessmen and young people. The applause showed the response to their efforts-it was amazing,' says Harrison.
JIM AMSING'S willingness to help others in Calgary, Canada, has taken him through various enterprises. He started working as a police officer in 1978, but that did not seem to be enough for him. He became Chairman of Emma Maternity House, where he encountered several difficulties. 'Our problem wasn't getting the funding or finding the people to help, but with some of the 14- to 18-year-old pregnant residents. All of these girls came from difficult family situations. For instance, some had been brought up in singleparent families, or were prostitutes or hung out with Vietnamese gang members,' he says. However, not all the girls were difficult, and many of them kept in contact with the organisation to express their thankfulness or report back to it.
Having had this experience, Amsing went on to set up a maternity home for Crisis Pregnancy.
In 1997, he participated in the foundation of the Diakonos Retreat Society that helps emergency service workers, policemen and firemen, as well as their families, to keep mentally healthy even when they work in stressful situations. Diakonos also offers programmes that help families to have quality time together.
Currently, Amsing is the Executive Director of the Crisis Houses in Edmonton and Calgary. These houses host people, who are going through different problems, for three months, offering them professional help and taking care of all their needs.
One of the things that had worried Amsing as a police officer was the increasing number of suicides, addictions and interpersonal problems amongst his colleagues. Following a call he had felt long ago, he became a chaplain in the Police Service. His understanding of the profession has been of much help. 'As a police officer/chaplain I am perceived more as a fellow worker by myy peers. It is easier for the to call me when they run into a crisis,' he says.


The rat king wasn't actually the king of the rats.
He was one of the possible heirs to the crown because of his many accomplishments and contribution to the advances of the rat kingdom but the current king then favoured another rat called ratrising thus crowning him instead of the rat king.
Angered because he had always believed that he would be the king, he started a rebellion against the ratrising.
He failed and would have almost been executed had it not been intervention by the goblin king who was the dictator of all evil things in the land.The goblin king decided that he liked the rat king's courage and ruthlessness(he slain his own brother in an attempt to kill the ratrising) and decided to give him a position in the goblin king's lair as the gk had an unused sewers level.
The barbed choker was a gift from the goblin king to enhance his combat prowess and the goblin king sent a detachment of his men to serve the ratking and also allowed those ratlings that had survived the rebellion by letting them stay with the rat king.
The rat king was extremely thankful to the goblin king for sparing his life and swore his life to him.
Great backstory! Thanks for sharing!
That fish skeleton killed me. Just killed me.
Nice artwork shroom!Portrays the rat king nicely and especially the gk.
Adding on, admin would it be possible for you to add bonus content such as in depth lore on them bosses?


Objective 1: Determine the effects of dietary changes on efficiency of growth and nutrient utilization of beef cattle and swine. Sub-objective 1A: Prediction of dry matter intake from neutral detergent fiber concentration. Sub-objective 1B: Determine the effects of feed additives on feed efficiency. Sub-objective 1C: Evaluate the use of an antibiotic alternative in swine. Objective 2: Improve determination of dynamic changes in nutrient requirements as the animal's physiological status changes to allow for timed nutrient delivery. Objective 3: Use novel forage systems for growing and maintaining beef cattle. Objective 4: Determine metabolic and physiological mechanisms responsible for variation in feed efficiency that is under genetic control. Sub-objective 4A: Evaluate genetic relationships with feed efficiency. Sub-objective 4B: Effects of metabolites and hormones on feed efficiency. Sub-objective 4C: Relationships between mitochondrial function and feed efficiency. Objective 5: Determine the environmental factors that contribute to the variation in feeding behavior, growth, and well-being of livestock. Sub-objective 5A: Novel methods for early detection of illness. Sub-objective 5B: Relationships between swine feeding behavior with feeder size and placement. Sub-objective 5C: Effects of weather on cattle well-being and feeding behavior.
Feed costs represent the single largest input in both beef and swine production; however, less than 20% of the energy from feed is converted to edible product. Improving the efficiency that feed is converted to animal products has the potential to improve the economic efficiency of animal production while also improving the sustainability of animal agriculture. To maximize feed efficiency the correct profile of nutrients are matched to meet an animal's needs for its current biological status (growth, pregnancy, lactation, previous nutrient history, and disease). In order to provide the correct profile of nutrients, the nutrient composition of feeds and the dynamic nutrient requirements of the animal must both be identified and then synchronized. There is genetic variation among animals in their ability to utilize feed. Multiple genes are associated with the regulation of feed intake, weight gain, and the utilization of ingested nutrients. Differential expression of these genes results in variation of feed efficiency among animals within populations, and these genetic differences potentially change the nutrient requirements of the animal. Identifying the role of nutrition in regulating gene expression and the mechanisms by which efficient animals utilize nutrients is needed to develop nutrition management strategies. In addition to variation in physiological responses, there is a need to understand genetic and environmental variation in animal feeding behavior that lead to variation in nutrient utilization.