Congress is not in session this week, but they will return next week. When they do, they may take up the farm bill. As I have previously written about, the farm bill increases spending by $3.3 billion dollars over the next five years ,but reduces spending for 2024-2028– assuming future Congress's do not "adjust" the spending cuts.
This bill is being marketed as a conservative bill because it reforms the SNAP program, popularly known as food stamps. The main reform is the imposition of new work requirements on some SNAP recipients. It is true that these reforms are expected to reduce costs—starting in 2024 assuming that Congress does not increase spending— but the farm bill actually increases spending on SNAP by $1.771 billion over the next five years.
Even if the bill decreased spending on SNAP that still would not make it worthy of support form fiscal conservatives as it increases subsides for well-to-do farmers including some who own farmland but don't actually farm!
You can read about the problems with the farm bill here and here.
Farm subsidies go to a population that tends to vote Republican, which is why some otherwise strong fiscal conservatives vote for them. This is why I call the farm bill Red state socialism and it may be why the National Republican Congressional Committee has launched attack ads against Democratic Representatives who voted against the farm bill. The ads say these Representatives "betrayed farmers" by not voting to spend money on farm subsidies.
Of course, the real reason the Democrats voted against the farm bill was the SNAP reforms. They have no objection to spending money to help millionaire farmers. So these ads distort the Democrats position. Having a branch of the Republican Party attacking Democrats for voting against farm subsides makes it more difficult to challenge those subsidies.
If you wish to learn more about the problems with our Agriculture policy and some solutions, please read the Heritage Foundation's report Addressing Risk in Agriculture, available here. I am a member of the Agriculture Risk Policy Task Force and I helped draft this report.


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Projects energy and infrastructure teams recognized at IJGlobal Awards
Projects, energy and infrastructure teams recognized at IJGlobal Awards
Global | Press release - Recognition | July 2020
Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright received Global Legal Adviser of the Year, Asia Pacific Legal Adviser of the Year and North America Legal Adviser of the Year accolades on July 13, 2020 at the IJGlobal Awards 2019, which recognized the best energy, infrastructure and mining deals and firms from around the world over the past year.
A leading publication for the energy and infrastructure market, IJGlobal also honored the firm with 13 Deal of the Year awards for transactions completed in Asia Pacific, Europe & Africa, Middle East & North Africa and North America.
Nick Merritt, Norton Rose Fulbright's Global Head of Infrastructure, Mining and Commodities, commented:
"These accolades affirm our position as a market leader for project finance work in the infrastructure and energy sectors. We would like to congratulate all of our clients on their wins, and we are pleased to have been able to make a positive contribution to each and every of the named projects. We have had a strong year advising on many first-of-its-kind type projects and are grateful for the industry recognition from our peer group which continues to recognise our global scope and knowledge in the development and financing of ever more complex projects around the world."
Anne Lapierre, Norton Rose Fulbright's Global Head of Energy, said:
"Being recognized for our involvement in a wide range of highly complex projects in oil, gas and renewables is a testament to the strength of our global team. While this year may present challenges to our clients, we remain committed to helping them achieve their objectives related to global projects."
The firm advised on 13 award-winning transactions at the IJGlobal Awards 2019:
Asia Pacific Telecoms Deal of the Year – Kacific-1 Satellite
Advised Kacific Broadband Satellites Group on credit facilities totalling US$160 million to finance the construction, launch, ground system and initial operation for Kacific-1, a Boeing-built next-generation high-throughput Ka-band satellite. Led by Nick Merritt.
Asia Pacific Hydro Deal of the Year – Tina River Hydro
Advised Korea Water Resources Corporation and Hyundai Engineering Company Ltd as sponsors on the 15-MW Tina River Hydro Development Project. The deal marks the first large-scale infrastructure P3 project in the Solomon Islands. Led by Nick Merritt.
Asia Pacific Waste Deal of the Year – East Rockingham EfW
Advised a group of five senior financiers on the East Rockingham EfW project, which will be the second waste-to-energy facility in Western Australia aimed at addressing Australia's growing waste crisis. The project was developed by a consortium led by Tribe Infrastructure Group, New Energy Corporation and Hitachi Zosen Inova. Led by Jo Crew.
European Portfolio Refinancing Deal of the Year – Project Keane Refinancing
Advised Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners on the Refinancing of an entire portfolio of onshore wind assets, which includes 17 360-MW projects in Ireland. Led by Rob Marsh.
European Refinancing Deal of the Year – Beatrice Offshore Wind
Advised a consortium of lenders on the senior debt refinancing of the Beatrice offshore wind project in Scotland. The consortium comprises 29 commercial and institutional lenders and 24 hedging banks. Led by Rob Marsh.
European Restructuring Deal of the Year – Irish Schools Bundle 5
Advised DIF infra 4 Limited as shareholder of Inspiredspaces Bundle 5 (Ireland) Limited on the restructuring and financing of completion works in relation to the Irish Schools Bundle 5 PPP project. Led by Mark Berry.
African Refinancing Deal of the Year – Société Ivorienne de Raffinage
Advised Africa Finance Corporation on the debt financing of Société Ivoirienne de Raffinage under a multi-currency long-term credit agreement for approximately US$675 million. Led by Anne Lapierre.
African Power Deal of the Year – Bridge Power
Advised the lenders to the Bridge Power Project in Ghana, sponsored by General Electric, Endeavour Energy and the Quantum Group. The project is a fast-deployment dual-fuelled LPG and natural gas power project, comprising approximately 400 MW of combined cycle power generation technology. Co-led by Martin McCann, Charles Whitney, Dan Metcalfe and Dan Giemajner.
MENA Water Deal of the Year – Taweelah IWP
Advised lenders, including Natixis, Siemens Bank and Mizuho Bank, to the successful bidding consortium, led by ACWA Power, on the US$1.2 billion Taweelah desalination independent water project (IWP) in Abu Dhabi. Led by Jo Emerson-Taqi and Paul Mansouri.
North America Battery Storage Deal of the Year – Lāwa'i Solar and Energy Storage
Advised Societe Generale as lenders on the financing of the combined 20 MW solar PV and 20 MW/100 MWh AES Lāwa'i Solar and Energy Storage Project in Kauai, Hawaii – the largest operational solar and storage system in the world. Co-led by Ben Koenigsberg and Jim Berger.
North America Utility Deal of the Year – ESAP Modernization Project
Advised the Department of Justice in providing procurement advice and transaction support services to Public Services and Procurement Canada for the Energy Services Acquisition Program's Energy Service Modernization P3 project. Led by John Naccarato.
North America Wind Deal of the Year – Clearway Repowering
Advised Clearway Energy on the US$381 million repowering of two Texas wind farms - the 161 MW Wildorado wind farm in Oldham County and 121.9 MW Elbow Creek wind farm in Howard County. Co-led by Rob Eberhardt and Jim Berger.
Latin America Water Deal of the Year – BRK Ambiental
Advised sponsor BRK Ambiental Participações S.A in relation to the BRL denominated IDB financing provided in respect of BRK's wastewater infrastructure project in Recife and Goiana in northeast Brazil. Led by Charlie Johnson.
At last year's awards, IJGlobal recognized Norton Rose Fulbright as Legal Adviser of the Year – North America (private sector) and the firm advised on 18 Deals of the Year. The year prior, Norton Rose Fulbright was named Global Law Firm of the Year and Europe and Africa Law Firm of the Year, while advising on 15 Deals of the Year.
Jessica Seah, Senior Marketing & Communications Manager, Asia
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Public and government finance
Nick Merritt
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Global Head of Energy
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Penilpidia ludwigi is een zeekomkommer uit de familie Elpidiidae.

De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort werd in 1893 gepubliceerd door Emil von Marenzeller.

Zeekomkommers

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Andrew McAuley is new Councillor for Airport
Andrew McAuley
The Alliance Party has selected Andrew McAuley as its new Councillor for Airport. Andrew was selected by his local association at a special meeting last week – a meeting which saw four candidates come forward.
He takes over from Victoria who is standing down after deciding to focus on support the NHS, in returning to her medical career as the Covid-19 pandemic continues.
A long-time resident of the area, Andrew said he was excited to continue the fantastic work Vicki had undertaken in the area – with his focus going forward on the environment and helping the local community come through the coronavirus pandemic.
He added: "It is a great honour to take up the role of Alliance Councillor for Airport. I've seen first-hand the hard work and dedication Vicki has given to the role and the number of people she has helped. At this crucial time, as we continue to deal with the impact and on-going pandemic it is important this work continues.
"Covid-19 has been extremely tough, but it has also shown us with some small changes, the impact on our environment is encouraging. I'm passionate about nature, the environment and addressing the looming problems climate change will bring.
"Top of my priority list will be helping local people overcome the hardships caused by Covid-19, as well as environmental aims of bringing the 1 million tree initiative locally, along with introducing rewilding to the Borough, starting with our parks and open spaces."
Victoria added: "It was during Covid-19 that I returned from maternity leave to work as an ED doctor. I've seen first-hand the valuable work our Nhs continues to deliver and I want to do more, which is why I've started training to be a GP.
"I have enjoyed my time on Council and being able to grow the Alliance presence in the Airport area. As a working mother, Andrew has always been an invaluable support to me and I look forward to watching him take the role forward."


The Princeton Review's newest edition of school rankings is out, and the state of Texas is well-represented. Whether some of the schools want to be represented so high in some of the lists is another matter.
How did they do it? By ranking 4th in "Lots of Hard Liquor," 12th in "Lots of Beer" and 15th in "Students Study the Least."
You will no doubt be shocked to learn that A&M is ranked Number One as "Most Conservative Students (lean right politically)."
Rice scored Number One in "Best Quality of Life" and eighth in "Happiest Students."
A total of 371 schools were ranked (UH was not among them), and 122,000 students were surveyed about life on their campus.
Other highlights: SMU is 15th in being homophobic ("Alternative Lifestyle Not an Alternative (low acceptance of gay community") and TCU is eighth for "Best Athletic Facilities"
TCU has better athletic facilities than UT? The Longhorns must have been too drunk to answer that part of the survey.


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Lijst van eilanden aan de Adriatische kust is een lijst van alle eilanden aan de Adriatische kust, gelegen in de Adriatische Zee. Hiermee worden bedoeld, de eilanden die tot Kroatië, Montenegro, Italië en Albanië behoren. In totaal zijn er meer dan 1200 eilanden, waarvan 69 bewoond. Een recente studie door het Oceanografisch Instituut van Split (2000) heeft aangetoond dat er 1246 eilanden zijn: 79 grote eilanden: 525 eilandjes: 642 riffen en rotsen.

Hieronder volgt een lijst van de belangrijkste eilanden aan de Adriatische kust in volgorde naar land, van noordwest naar zuidoost:

Kroatië

Istrië
Crveni Otok bij Rovinj
De Brioni eilanden (Nationaal Park Brijuni) bij Pula

Kvarner
Krk (Veglia)
Cres (Cherso)
Plavnik (tussen Krk en Cres)
Prvic (onder Krk)
Sveti Grgur (onder Prvic)
Goli otok (ten oosten van Rab)
Rab (Arbe)
Dolin (ten zuidwesten van Rab)
Zeca (ten westen Cres)
Unije (ten noordwesten van Lošinj)
Lošinj (Lussino)
Vele Srakane (ten noordwesten van Lošinj)
Mali Srakane (ten noordwesten van Lošinj)
Trstenik (ten zuidoosten van Cres)
Susak (ten westen van Lošinj)
Oruda (ten zuidoosten van Lošinj)
Veti Orjule (ten zuidoosten van Lošinj)
Sveti Petar (ten zuiden van Lošinj)
Ilovik (ten zuiden van Lošinj)

Noord-Dalmatië
Pag
Škrda (ten westen van Pag)
Silba (ten westen van Olib)
Premuda (ten westen van Silba)
Olib (ten oosten van Silba)
Maun (ten westen van Pag)
Planik (tussen Olib en Maun)
Škarda (tussen Premuda en Ist)
Ist (tussen Škarda en Molat)
Molat (ten zuidoosten van Ist)
Tramerka (ten westen van Molat)
Vir
Sestrunj (ten noordoosten van Dugi otok)
Zverinac (tussen Dugi Otok en Sestrunj)
Riva (ten zuidoosten van Sestrunj)
Dugi Otok
Ugljan (voor de kust van Zadar)
Iž (tussen Ugljan en Vir)
Pašman (voor de kust van Biograd)
Lavdara (ten oosten van Vir)
Žižanj (ten zuiden van Pašman)
Žut (ten noordoosten van Kornati)
Gangarol (ten zuiden van Pašman)
Kornaten (Kornati-archipel) (Kornati, Levrnaka, Jadra, Lavsa, Veli Smokvica, Kurba)
Vrgada
Veli Arta
Murter
Kakan
Žirje
Kaprije
Tijat
Zmajan
Prvic
Zlarin

Midden-Dalmatië
Mali Drvenik (ten westen van Veli Drvenik)
Veli Drvenik (ten oosten van Mali Drvenik)
Ciovo (bij de stad Trogir)
Stipanska (ten noordwesten van Šolta)
Šolta (tussen Brac en Veli Drvenik)
Brač (voor de kust van Omiš) (Brazza)
Svetac (ten westen van Vis)
Vis (ten westen van Hvar) (Lissa)
Brusnik (ten westen van Vis)
Biševo (ten westen van Vis)
Ravnik (ten zuidoosten van Vis)
Budihovac (ten zuidoosten van Vis)
Sveti Klement (ten noordwesten Hvar)
Hvar (ten zuiden van Brac) (Lesina)
Šcedro (ten zuiden van Hvar)

Zuid-Dalmatië
Proizd (ten westen van Korcula)
Korcula (ten westen van Pelješac) (Curzola)
Kopište (ten westen van Lastovo)
Lastovo (ten zuiden van Korcula) (Lagosta)
Badija (ten zuidoosten van Korcula)
Vrnik (ten zuidoosten van Korcula)
Mljet (ten zuiden van Pelješac) (Méleda)
De Elafit eilanden (Šipan (bew.), Lopud (bew.), Kolocep, Daksa, Sveti Andrija, Ruda (eiland), Misjak, Olipa, Jakljan, Kosmec, Goleč, Crkvine, Tajan)
Lokrum (ten zuiden van Dubrovnik) (Lacroma)
Palagruža (Pelagosa)

In de Baai van Kotor
Prevlaka (schiereiland)

Montenegro
Sveti Stefan, bij Budva, nu schiereiland
Ostrvo cvijeca, (bloemeneiland)
Sveti Nikola
Sveta Neđelja, eiland bij Budva
Katič, eiland bij Budva
Ada Bojana

In de Baai van Kotor
Mamula
Gospa od Milosrđa
Otocic Gospa
Luŝtica (schiereiland)
Sveti Marko, eiland bij Budva (San Marco)
Gospa od Škrpjela
Sveti Đorđe

Italië
Tremitische Eilanden

Albanië
Sazan

Adriatische kust


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It's 2012, and The New York Review of Magazines is back after a two-year absence. A lot has changed in that time—readers switched on iPads, The New York Times Magazine laid off columnists and, oddly, Google started a print magazine. This issue is full of content that attempts to come to grips with everything that's happened.
One of the challenges of putting out a publication like The New York Review of Magazines is that we find ourselves, at the top of each new calendar year, with the pressing need to define some terms and justify our mission. So let's start by defining the most important term of all. What is a magazine?
Simply put, the magazine is both a medium and a cultural product. As with all cultural products, a close examination of it can tell us something of our society's preoccupations and concerns. That's where NYRM comes in. Magazines are the chosen lens through which we look at a host of larger issues. You'll find our features address matters of technology, humor, food and more.
But we also value the simple pleasures of reading. We don't just examine the magazine as a cultural product; we believe in it as a medium. Whether on pixels or bound paper, it remains the best venue for in-depth analysis and long-form nonfiction as well as for various kinds of creative writing.
We haven't shied away from long investigations. Our writers' stories took them everywhere from a military base in Maryland ("Military Mags Retreat From Print") to the insular world of college humor magazines ("College Humor Gets the Last Laugh"). But we also have plenty of light snacks to whet your appetite, including one staffer's kiss-off to her first love among magazines ("Breaking Up With Vogue") and a quiz that will test your magazine knowledge ("How Well Do You Know Your Newsstand?"). There's even a poem for you literary types.
We love magazines. We wouldn't be putting NYRM out into the world if we didn't. Our back-of-the-book review section surveys more than a dozen of them—some good, some not so good and some just plain weird. We like to think there's something here for everyone.
In this age of instant communication, of news that breaks even before it's supposed to break, we're confident that magazines, whether print or digital, still have a purpose and can still bring pleasure. We will have succeeded if this issue of NYRM introduces you to some that are getting it right and excites you about how much is still possible.
Download the 2012 print issue of The New York Review of Magazines here.
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So here I am 33,000ft above the Mediterranean Sea, heading south to Entebbe airport in Uganda. I've got a wing seat, which is always my favourite – I've not flown scores of times but I do usually seem to end up near the wing. It never ceases to amaze me that those two flat planes of wing can lift a massive metal bucket off the ground.
Going low-tech. I tend not to buy into gadgetry anyway but it'll be nice to be in a place where no one else does either. You don't realise how little you need those things until you stop using them.
Packing light. I'm looking forward to wandering about looking like a total scruffbag and this being totally acceptable. Besides wearing a skirt to town and church there's no real need for fashion where we're going. You'll be lucky if I brush my hair all week.
The heat, although I'll have to watch it as I burn like a lobster. It'll either be fine weather, in which case I'm desperate to see the stars at night, or thundery, which is some ways is even better.
The experience. Obviously as a volunteer I'm going with the aim of giving, but I'm trying to be humble enough to realise I'm going to gain from this too. Stepping outside your own culture often throws issues back home into light, as well as the ones already facing you in your new location. I'm expecting to be challenged physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually too. It may be painful at times but I know in the past I've come out of those times refined or grown in some way.
The chance to draw, maybe make some poi to play with (why didn't I pack them?! So stupid!) and do whatever it is I do.
The experience, as above. It'll be demanding in a lot of ways, and I may not like what it brings into light and what that will mean for me once I get back home. For full details, see my Lent post.
The heat, and the subsequent possibility of being bitten to death by insects.
Right, I'd better try and get at least a few hours sleep before we touch down. I'll update you later, when I'll have a whole new country to share with you!
I'm sorry, I thought I'd stopped writing but I have to tell you. I turned off my light and suddenly what I can see out the window is almost indescribable. There is the dark flat geometric silhouette of the wing, light affixed to it's tip. Above us the night is a deep Prussian blue and the stars are bright and familiar – I see Cassiopeia now. Below us are scattered clouds, and below that... I can't tell you. The map says we are still over the Med, but every now and again I see pinpricks in the dark. Are these boats? Liners and cargo carriers on the shipping lanes? Are they the scattered islands I know are down there somewhere? Or are we over land already, and these are the lights of small villages? Everything is oceanic blue, like flying through water, bar the yellow light on our wingtip.
We just hit land, a little west of Cairo. I had the luck to look out the window at the exact moment the sea became the lighter shore, and the twinkling lights began again. The towns are smaller that at home– there's a sparkling string of fireflies along the coastline, but then blackness. Occasionally one light, maybe, or a cluster of a dozen at most. So different to England. As we get further inland there's almost nothing down there. The ground looks like a clear night sky we might see at home, but the distances between these isolated clusters of glimmers are so much larger. The gap of a half hour drive, then one more lonely light. This land is vast beyond reckoning. Right now, my nose pressed to the plane window, I can see only three settlements, all of them with no more than a trio of yellow lights each. How on earth can I sleep now?
Nothing. There's nothing down there now, It's wonderful.
From the air, green. Everything seems to be grassy with a lot of trees. Not hilly but... gently hummocky. The land rises and falls. The main roads/tracks, what few there are, are the colour of the dirt, which makes them striking obvious against the darker green. Smaller tracks flick off them. A lot of buildings, but not tightly packed. Instead clustered around fields or junctions in the roads. Only the motorways are tarmacked, the rest is a peachy/orangey/red colour.
The guys in blue camouflage gear, also with rifles, and camped out on trucks are the police.
Boda boda – Little motorcycles whose riders have no sense of self-preservation. They take as many as three passengers, or as much produce as you can balance on it. Sheaves of bamboo the size of an armchair, so many bananas you can't even see the vehicle. There are no marked lanes so they just weave in and out of the traffic as they please. Everyone always beeping -I'm, sure there's some kind of language hidden in there "Get out of my way!" "Here I am" "You go first" "Stop that!" "How's your mother?" I'm genuinely shocked no one has died yet.
The President's house in Entebbe. Nice house. Big. .
Lake Victoria, biggest lake in Africa, second biggest in the world, home to Marabou Storks, crocodiles, and the bilharzia parasite. Swimming prohibited.
The Storks. They ride the thermals but come down really low and they are the massivest birds I've ever seen in my life. Standing, they are easily the height of a man.
Outside of Kampala, the capital, most of the buildings are single story. Little shanty shacks lie alongside brick buildings, or have roofs and fences cobbled together from sheets or corrugated iron and salvaged planks. Our guide, John, informs us that these shops are for "rich people".
As we leave Kampala everything is shops shops shops, with the clumsier marketing you expect outside a city centre. I'm reminded that when people move to cities they seldom produce their own wares any more – rather they buy and sell the produce of others. As usual I question whether or not city life is actually beneficial or desirable, especially in the long run where, as in England, the population no longer has the ability to feed itself.
Most of the adverts are painted onto buildings. Even the ads for paint are painted on, which I kind of like. The most common are for Sadolin paint, Airtel phones and, unsurprisingly and a little depressingly, Coca Cola.
In some ways I think it's too late for Britain. Our main industry now is tertiary. Service. We don't grow or make much of our own any more, and most of what we consume we import, but the world can't just just perpetually build and expand it's cities indefinitely – because who will feed those cities?
I spoke with Geoff (QT founder) over lunch and it seems Kabubbu is already experiencing this. It used to be a rural area but it now counted as part of Greater Kampala, and the land is being sold off to developers, ousting out the resident farmers in the process. This land will only be sold to be built on, so there's no hope of keeping it for families to make a living off. QT is initiating a project to teach the remaining tenants to grow food more effectively to counteract the loss of land, which is great, but it's the same problem I see back home except that it's still early enough to be stopped if only people weren't so greedy for money.
Since arriving I've settled into our 'banda' (hut). It's simply furnished with mosquito nets and camping chairs but more than enough for what we'll need for our stay. We're allowed one 2min shower per day, as all the water comes from the huge rain collection tanks beneath the school, but that shouldn't be too difficult to manage. It's so warm here that cold showers will be welcome!
We've also had a tour of what QT's been doing so far; the primary and high schools and all their resources, the HIV testing lab and medical centre (containing one snakebite victim, and one mother with a baby only half a day old) the carpenters workshop, the foster home full of small children who run to you for hugs and want to hold your hand. Walking through the primary school back to the resort I met the sister of the girl my parents sponsor. She recognised me from the photo they'd sent. Everyone seems so pleased to see us and to hear that we are a family, although I do feel like this is mostly because of my Dad and what he's already done here. The resort, while basic, is so well maintained I almost feel as though I'm in some kind of theme park and it's just not quite real. I'm thinking/hoping it'll sink in tomorrow, when we start pitching in with the jobs they have lined up for us.
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Your chance to help shape Scotland's National Parks
Are you passionate about Scotland's national parks? Do you feel that you have a contribution to make to their protection, enhancement and development in the coming years?
The Scottish Government is looking to appoint new members to the boards of the Cairngorms National Park Authority (CNPA) and the Loch Lomond & the Trossachs National Park Authority (LLTNPA), who will have a key role in ensuring that both the natural environment and the local communities are cared for and sustained for current and future generations to enjoy, as well as helping the Parks deliver Scottish Government objectives.
Park Authority board members agree the long term objectives for the Parks, setting out the priorities for work across the areas of Conservation, Visitor Experience and Rural Development as well as representing the National Parks and the Park Authorities by acting as ambassadors. Board members are required to attend full board and committee meetings – such as planning and finance – and have to be prepared to commit the time necessary to play a full part in these and other activities, usually two to three days a month.
Established in July 2002, Loch Lomond & the Trossachs National Park covers some 1864sq km / 720sq miles and has some of the most spectacular scenery in the country. 15,000 live within the Loch Lomond & the Trossachs National Park and its proximity to the Central Belt makes is a very popular visitor destination.
The Cairngorms National Park is the UK's largest Park at 4528sq km / 1748sq miles and contains Britain's highest and most massive mountain range. It was established in 2003 and as well as being home to some of the country's rarest species, it is also home to some 18,000 people.
The Scottish Government is seeking ten new board members – five for each Park Authority. The Park Authorities are made up of a mixture of locally elected members, local authority nominated members and – as in this case – those appointed by Scottish Ministers. The appointments are from 1st October 2018 for a period of four years.
James Stuart, Convener of Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park Authority, said: "This is a great opportunity to help shape the future of Scotland's two wonderful National Parks. These are special places which are of major significance to the whole of Scotland as well as to the people who live and work in the area.
"Board members act as champions for the National Park, providing direction and overseeing the development, approval and monitoring of key plans and strategies. It's important that our Board membership both has the skills and passion to support our work in the National Park and to represent people of all ages, abilities and backgrounds."
CNPA Convener Peter Argyle added: "Being a board member of a National Park Authority is equally challenging and rewarding. There is a balance to be made between the aims of the Park – preserving the environment, ensuring that endangered species have the best chance of survival, promoting sustainability, protecting our cultural heritage, encouraging more people to come to enjoy what the Park has to offer – while at the same time supporting the economic and social development of our various communities.
"Board members need to bring a wide range of skills, knowledge and experience to the role along with a great deal of enthusiasm for Scotland's National Parks to ensure they are in good hands for the future."
Anyone who is interested in applying to become a board member can find more information and an application pack here.
The closing date for applications is 26th June 2018.


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Opening of Mstislav Dobuzhinsky exhibition at Pushkin House, 19th January 1957. In the centre - Dame Marie Rambert. From the Pushkin House archive.
May My Voice Now
65 years of Russian Culture at Pushkin House
Curator: Elena Zaytseva
Archivist: Anastasia Koro
Assistant Archivist: Anastasia Volynova
Volunteer Archivists: Katya Timofeeva, Shani Haberman
21 June - 27 July 2019
Pushkin House, London's oldest independent centre for Russian culture presents an exhibition that explores and celebrates 65 years of its history. The exhibition features materials from the newly revealed archives of Pushkin House alongside reflections and interventions by contemporary artists, all of whom previously exhibited in the house. These include - Alexander Brodsky (Moscow), Olga Bozhko (Moscow), Anya Charikov-Mickleburgh (London), Olga Jurgenson (Cambridge, UK), Maria Kapajeva (London), GLUKLYA/ Natalia Pershina-Jakimanskaya (Amsterdam, St.-Petersburg), Yelena Popova (Nottingham).
Materials from the archive that will be on display include art works that hung in the original Pushkin House, signatures, photographs, posters, programmes and sound recordings, as well as the catalogues and posters from early exhibitions (Leonid Pasternak, Mstislav Dobuzhinsky and Marevna). Drawings by Dobuzhinsky will be hung alongside drawings by Leonid Pasternak from the family archive.
Another highlight from the archive that has never been shown before is a selection of photographs by Sydney Weaver from a trip to the Soviet Union in the 1960s. Taken by the curious lens of a man travelling to the USSR determined to understand its people, they also show the people looking back at the foreign tourist.
The exhibition title is from a line from Pushkin's poem 'To Ivan Pushchin' translated by Robert Chandler. The poet is writing to his friend who was in exile after participating in the Decembrist uprising of 1825.
Pushkin House in Ladbroke Grove
Pushkin House on Bloomsbury Square, where it moved in 2005
Pushkin House was founded in 1954 in London as a place to celebrate, share and explore Russian culture, history and philosophy, in an informal atmosphere, with freedom of speech as a core principle. It was founded and run by a group of Russian emigrées led by Maria Kullman (1902 - 1965) whose family represented the tradition of the uncompromising idealism of the Russian intelligentsia and whose ethical impetus influenced the early programme of Pushkin House. Kullman ardently believed in the creative power of Russian culture and its potential for impact on Western culture. Another lesser known role of Pushkin House, was that it served as affordable accommodation for emigrées. Indeed for a time in the 1950s it housed the prominent artist of 'The World of Art' movement, Mstislav Dobuzhinsky and his wife.
Post-war history is reflected in the story of Pushkin House, and its foundation coincided with the beginning of the Thaw, a short period of liberal change in Soviet Russia following the death of Stalin. It was an exciting time that saw the creation of a multitude of non-official modernist movements in art, music, literature and film. The Russian intelligentsia on both sides of the Iron Curtain was full of idealistic hope.
The early decades of Pushkin House were lively and intense with remarkable participants from the UK and Russia, such as artists Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, Leonid Pasternak and Marevna, philosophers Isaiah Berlin and Nicolas Lossky, Metropolitan Anthony (Bloom), ballerina Tamara Karsavina, art historian Andre Grabar, and historian Prince Dmitry Obolensky. Talks were also given by prominent British specialists and academics, such as the Director of Sadler's Wells Arnold Haskell, the first female curator of the Tate Gallery Mary Chamot, Professor of English Literature at New College Oxford Lord David Cecil, Professor of Yale University Victor Erlich, and acclaimed cultural theoretician George Steiner. Prominent translators such as Sir Cecil Kisch also gave talks.
Philosopher Isaiah Berlin (1909–1997) contributed regularly to the programme of Pushkin House and helped with its development. On 16th June 1965 poet Anna Akhmatova (1889 - 1966) visited Pushkin House, accompanied by Berlin. She wrote in the guest book: 'Как бы остаюсь с вами' (It's as if I remain with you).
A new period at Pushkin House began in 2005 when it moved to its present venue on Bloomsbury Square. From amateur club it grew into a professionally operating arts charity, holding several events per week and regular exhibitions with emerging and celebrated artists, and commissioning new work. The programme continues to be based on the organisation's original principals: the celebration and exploration of Russian culture, freedom of speech and political independence.
Works by contemporary artists will be incorporated into exhibition, reflecting and intervening with the archive-related display. These works explore the ideas that inspired the creation of Pushkin House and its transnational dialogue between two cultures, in two languages, within two different traditions of philosophy, culture and paradigms of history.
Anya Charikov-Micklenbugh, 'You Are Lonely No More' from the 'Lethal Tulips' series, 2017- ongoing. Courtesy of the artist.
Alexander Brodsky's drawings for the pavilion that was built on Bloomsbury Square in 2017, entitled 100km Further, Everywhere, mark an important event in the recent history of Pushkin House, marking the 100th anniversary of the October Revolution in a project that focused on memory and poetry.
Maria Kapajeva's photographs may at first look as if they are a part of the archive display, though in fact they are appropriated photos by her father, an amateur photographer who worked in the 1970's on the border between Russia and Estonia. Kapajeva composes different narratives out of her father's shots; for this exhibition she created a series in response to the materials of the Pushkin House archive.
An imagined 'English culture' that was non-existent, but nevertheless attracted Soviet citizens who conceived it through Soviet pop-culture as well as English lessons at school, is explored in Olga Jurgenson's paintings. She looks at the cliches that were fed to the audience of Soviet TV serials, that included the iconic Soviet adaptation of 'The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' by Arthur Conan Doyle.
Yelena Popova's work explores the drift between notions of place and displacement, but also looks at environmental issues. The series 'Post-Petrochemical Paintings' was made in residency at Girton College, Cambridge, and uses an organic technique that slows down the process of painting.
Anna Charikov-Mickleburgh's work reflects on the motives of the military that for some reason gives the most dangerous weapons of mass-destruction the names of flowers. Her work explores how the political interweaves with the domestic. Her decorative wallpaper is a reminder that the cultural dialogue between two countries was for a long time undermined by the Cold War and the threat of mutual nuclear destruction.
Olga Bozhko, Freedom, 2015, wool, crochet. Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Iragui
GLUKLYA / Natalia Pershina-Jakimanskaya, Russian Beauty. 2017. Courtesy of the artist and AKINCI
Olga Bozhko's work was shown previously at Pushkin House as part of her solo exhibition that contained soft textile walls and floor rugs with surprisingly direct inscriptions drifting in two languages on the themes of gender and freedom.
GLUKLYA / Natalia Pershina-Jakimanskaya, a co-founder of the acclaimed 'Chto Delat' Group contributed with the work 'Russian Beauty' that explores popular cliches of perceptions of 'Russianness' implemented by mass media and pop-culture, while revealing tragic historical and political allusions that are hidden beneath the surface.
The exhibition will be accompanied by a series of events that explore further the history of Pushkin House and the themes embedded in its archive.
Acknowledgments:
Pushkin House is grateful to Natalia Rubinstein and Irina Kukota for their earlier work on the archives;
to the galleries: AKINCHI, Galerie Iragui, l'étrangère;
to Nicolas Kullman, Irina Kirillova, Kitty Hunter-Blair (Stidworthy), Simon Franklin, Michael and Ann Pasternak Slater and all those who have contributed to our efforts to celebrate 65 years of Pushkin House.
Thu and Fri 13:00 - 17:00
Exhibition related publications:
Exhibition Catalogue: May My Voice Now
You Can Call Him Another Man by Maria Kapajeva (Hardback)
Русское присутствие в Британии составитель Н. Макарова
Cosmic Shift: Russian Contemporary Art Writing	by Ilya and Emilia Kabakov ET AL.


A Floyd County Sheriff's deputy was transporting two inmates on Interstate 75 South and somehow crashed. It is not clear where on the interstate the accident occurred, as reports did not indicate an exit or mile marker.
Officials have not said what prison the inmates were from or where the deputy was transporting them at the time. It is not clear if any other vehicles were involved in the crash, and no information was reported about how the crash happened. The deputy and the inmates have not been identified.
It is not known whether the deputy was injured, but reports stated the two inmates were transported to a local hospital to be checked for injuries. It does not appear the inmates suffered visible injuries.
All lanes of I-75 South were closed after the wreck, which caused traffic to back up significantly. The lanes remained closed for about an hour and were reopened around 9 a.m. that day.
Georgia State Patrol responded to the scene and is handling investigation of the accident. The Floyd County Sheriff's Office has not yet issued a statement regarding the accident. No further information has been released to the media at this time.


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Abraham Nilsen Hovland (* 27. Februar 1876 in Tønsberg; † 8. Mai 1957 in Oslo) war ein norwegischer Marineoffizier und Erfinder.

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Geboren als Sohn von Nicolai Bernhard Nilsen (1843–1912) und dessen Ehefrau Birgitte Marie Nilsen (* 1842), geb. Torgersen, hatte Abraham Nilsen Hovland sieben Geschwister. Er war verheiratet mit Sofie Nilsen Hovland, geb. Beylgaard, und wohnte in Melsomvik, heute ein Ortsteil von Sandefjord, und etwa ab 1910 in Christiania, wie die norwegische Hauptstadt Oslo in der Zeit von 1624 bis 1924 hieß.

Neben seiner Laufbahn als Marineoffizier war er als vielseitiger Erfinder tätig und erhielt zahlreiche Patente. Dazu gehörten höchst unterschiedliche Dinge, wie Signalübertragungsgeräte, Chiffriermaschinen, Flugzeuge und Fallschirme.

Darüber hinaus konstruierte Hovland die Torpedovisiereinrichtung, mit deren Hilfe am 9. April 1940, während des "Unternehmens Weserübung" der Wehrmacht, also der deutschen Invasion Norwegens im Zweiten Weltkrieg, der Schwere Kreuzer Blücher der Kriegsmarine, nach Beschuss durch Küstengeschütze von der norwegischen Festung Oscarsborg, im Oslofjord durch zwei präzise treffende Torpedos versenkt wurde.

Im Jahr 2013 wurde Hovland fälschlicherweise die "Ersterfindung" einer Rotor-Chiffriermaschine bereits in der Zeit zwischen 1904 und 1910 zugeschrieben. Dies beruhte allerdings auf einer Fehlinterpretation eines seiner Patente, was inzwischen aufgeklärt wurde. Tatsächlich hatte Hovland im Jahr 1911 in den Vereinigten Staaten und im Deutschen Kaiserreich zwar ein Chiffriergerät zum Patent angemeldet, allerdings handelte es sich bei seiner Erfindung um keins mit polyalphabetischer Substitution, sondern um ein Gerät, das unterschiedliche monoalphabetische Substitutionen nutzte, die mithilfe von sechs Drehschaltern gewechselt werden konnten. Diese wurden wohl 2013 irrtümlich als Chiffrierwalzen interpretiert.

Die Ersterfinder einer Rotor-Chiffriermaschine bleiben damit die beiden niederländischen Marineoffiziere Theo van Hengel (1875–1939) und Rudolf Spengler (1875–1955) im Jahr 1915.

Kapitän Abraham Nilsen Hovland wurde 81 Jahre alt.

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 Kaptein Hovland og hans krypteringsmaskin (norwegisch für: "Kapitän Hovland und seine Verschlüsselungsmaschine") in Hallo Hallo Nr. 121 (1/13), 29. Jahrgang, März 2013, S. 40–43 PDF; 32 MB.
 2013 Cryptologic History Symposium. PDF; 340 kB.

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We've all worked in good teams where everybody does their job well within the boundaries of their mission. Most of the times profiles are very similar and that makes it averse to changes. Efficiency happens as a consequence of specificity.
In a new project though you can't afford to have similar profiles. A good team is one that mixes people's competencies and responsibilities. It must be ready to deal with any situation and learn to become better.
If you want to be future proof, work with people you don't know the trade of and evaluate how well the team performs as a whole. You'll be surprised how much a heterogeneous group of people can be effective if people have complementary skills and varied experiences.


The National Task Force on Information Technology and Software Development in its recommendations brought out that computer education and literacy should be aimed at a larger segment, for the technological advancement of the country. Keeping this objective in view, DOEACC Society introduced an elementary level computer education programme for the masses. The title of this programmed is "Course on Computer Concepts – CCC". The course, meant for spreading computer literacy amongst the masses, is designed to aim at imparting a basic level appreciation programme for the common man. DOEACC has been conducting Course on Computer Concepts (CCC) since the year 1999. Since then approx. 3.10 lakhs candidates have appeared for the examination through online as well as offline mode (CD based) and more than 2.21 lakhs have been certified.
 the Government recognized Schools/Colleges with the formal information to DOEACC Society in writing and obtain.
 any private parties who fulfill DOEACC criteria.
After completing the course the incumbent should be able to the use the computer for basic purposes of preparing his personnel/business letters, viewing information on internet (the web), receiving and sending mails, preparing his business presentations, preparing small databases etc. This helps the small business communities, housewives, etc. to maintain their small accounts using the computers and enjoy in the world of Information Technology. This would also aid the PC penetration programme among masses. This course is, therefore, designed to be more practical oriented.
 05 hours – tutorial.
Owing to the quality of the course and centralized examination system, the course has marked recognition amongst the various State Governments as also amongst Government departments besides the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India.
• Recognized by Maharashtra State Government under its Computer Literacy Programme. As per Maharashtra State Government Computer Literacy Programme, passing of CCC Course a mandatory requirement for Promotions as well as for appearing in any MPSC.
 Positive response has been received from other State Governments e.g. Himachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Chhatisgarh, Kerala, Karnataka, Punjab, Tripura etc. to implement the Programme for their employees.
 Letter requesting to recognize the "CCC" as minimum qualification of Computer education was submitted to the Government of Mizoram.
Since the course is aimed at Computer Appreciation, no pre-requisite course/ qualification is required. However, it is expected that the person have some elementary knowledge of English. In addition to this, the course is open for the Direct Applicants (without essentially undergoing the Accredited Course or without being sponsored by a Govt. recognized School/College) also with – A minimum educational qualification of passing Matric/High School/SSLC or equivalent. However, the duly filled examination form along with the relevant documents and examination fee should be submitted to the regional centre.
Training fee includes training in e-learning mode, mentoring support training in e-learning mode by faculty of DOEACC/ authorized by DOEACC, Course material in CD/ DVD and examination fee.
The course is taught by the DOEACC permitted centres. After completion of the training, an objective type examination having 100 numbers of questions of 1 mark each for 90 minutes duration is conducted for evaluating the candidate. The examination is conducted either in web based online mode or in Client-server model (CD Based) in LAN environment i.e called Computer Aided Paperless Examination System (CAPES) which is fully Computerized, user friendly having advanced security features making it fair, transparent and standardized. The questions will be served from a Centralized Question bank from the database server at the DOEACC Society HQ in Delhi. The questions are picked randomly from the question bank hence no two candidates get the same set of questions. The examination result is represented as grades and only the candidate who scored 50% and above is awarded the "CCC" Certificate. Examination form is available on the web site of the Society as well as in any DOEACC approved study Centre.
The Examination will be conducted on 1st and 3rd Saturday of every month as well as every 4th Saturday of February, June and October.
Date of commencement of Exam. 4th Saturday of Feb. 4th Saturday of June. 4th Saturday of Oct. 4th Saturday of Feb. 4th Saturday of June. 4th Saturday of Oct.
In future it is being planed to do online content delivery in Indian languages & online examination for "CCC" Course on demand.
This Examination for the "CCC" certification is being conducted across more than 190 examination centres located throughout the country.
DOEACC Centre Aizawl started giving training under this scheme in different 5 district centres since 2006 (excluding Aizawl Centre).
Besides these centres, Sainik Welfare and Resettlement, Khatla, Aizawl has been conducting regular classes on "CCC" under the approval of DOEACC Centre Aizawl and one of the reputed "arts and commerce college" in the state, namely, Hrangbana College is also conducting "CCC" course shortly as an extension course for the welfare of their existing staffs and students.
DOEACC "CCC" e-Learning portal and e-Content in 10 Scheduled Indian languages has been Inaugurated by Thiru A. Raja, Hon'ble Minister of Communications & Information Technology, Govt. of India, on 16th July, 2010 at 11:30 A.M. and is now available in http://www.doeacc.edu.in, http://www.doeaccaizawl.org.in.
DOEACC Centre Aizawl has put efforts in presenting the CCC Course material in Mizo language in print version, Audio-visual version and web-based version as in-house project.


IAPA International 2016 will be started on 23 Oct and it will be end on 26 Oct 2016.
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Q: Finding the number of xml files having a particular word in a directory I read Chris Maes answer on how to a grep for a particular word in any file/files contained in a directory, and it worked.
But, what is the way of finding the names of the files and the total number of files containing that word ?
Please correct me if I am wrong. Thanks in advance !!

A: You just need to add --files-with-matches to the grep command:
grep -R --files-with-matches --include="*.xml" "pattern" /path/to/dir

If you want the number of matched files you can use pipe the output from the above grep to wc -l (or you can also pipe it to nl, so each line will be numbered).

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Garlic shrimp is great, but add ginger and chili and get ready for your mind to be blown! This easy recipe calls for deveined, frozen shrimp; run them under warm water to quickly defrost them. The shrimp are then briefly soaked in a salt, sugar, and chili powder brine for flavor, and then drained and sautéd with garlic and ginger. If you like a little more heat, add a few red pepper flakes. Top with fresh parsley and serve with white or jasmine rice and fresh vegetables to round out the meal.
Shrimp and grits is a simple dish with a lot of room to play with flavor, and this recipe does just that. The grits are cooked in chicken broth to boost their flavor. Meanwhile, the shrimp are tossed in a saucepan with chili powder, lime juice, and shallots to give the dish a kick without making it too spicy. Serve for breakfast, lunch, or dinner!
Shrimp paired with a creamy white wine sauce results in an elegant dish but requires little prep time. Sauté some shallots in butter, add the chardonnay and simmer until you have a flavorful, reduced sauce. While the sauce is simmering, you butterfly the shrimp. Toss the shrimp into the sauce to cook, and then finish it with a little butter and cream. Serve this dish with angel hair pasta and a fresh green salad for an easy weeknight meal.
This classic Japanese combination involves miso paste, Japanese sake, and mirin – a sweet rice wine often used in Japanese cooking. While shrimp is the star of the dish, it's the miso that steals the show with its rich flavor. Serve this as an appetizer at a dinner party, or as the main course served over white rice.
If you're a coconut fan, this easy shrimp recipe is for you. What makes this recipe unique is the execution — it uses an unusual method for breading the shrimp. The coconut milk, olive oil, garlic, and tarragon are mixed together and poured over the shrimp in a baking dish. The mixture is then sprinkled with the shredded coconut and panko bread crumbs and baked. During the 20-minute baking time, throw together the quick pineapple-peach salsa topping for a colorful, tropical meal.
This is an elegant, saucy shrimp dish that's ready in just 20 minutes. Wine and lemon juice add flavor to the cooking water for the quinoa. While the quinoa cooks, you simmer up a quick vegetable sauce and sear some shrimp. Serve the shrimp and veggies over the quinoa for a one-bowl dinner.
If you have 20 minutes, you have time to make this buttery seafood classic. Start the pasta water boilung while you make a lemon and white wine sauce with garlic and red pepper flakes. It's great for a busy weeknight dinner, but also fancy enough for entertaining guests. Serve with salad and fresh bread.
This stir fry recipe calls for the shrimp to marinate in a wine and cornstarch mixture for about 20 minutes while you prep the veggies and heat the wok. Then, over high heat, let ginger and garlic sizzle a bit before you toss in the soy sauce, green onions, and snow peas. Once you toss in the shrimp, it all comes together for an Asian-inspired dish in a flash.
This dinner recipe explodes with Cajun flavors. The roux is the base of the thick etouffee stew and cooked to a deep brown color. When the roux is ready, add in the vegetables, Creole seasoning, let it simmer, then add the shrimp. Serve this classic dish with white rice and enjoy!
This simple shrimp dish says it takes 20 minutes to make, but it probably won't take that long to get this on the table. Most of your time will be spent whisking together the oils, sugar, and wine for a slightly spicy garlic sauce. After that, it's just a matter of heating up the skillet and throwing the shrimp in with the sauce and letting it cook for a few minutes. Serve it over rice and dinner's ready!
There are dozens more simple shrimp recipes on Yummly! From Spanish-inspired dishes to sweet spicy shrimp appetizers, you can find them all right here!


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Q: v2.0.0-alpha: How to get user's anonymous google ID? In the old library I was using the following to retrieve the user's anonymous google ID:
const userId = app.getUser().userId;

This isn't working in v2.0.0-alpha anymore, and replacing app with conv doesn't fix it.
Does anyone know the replacement method of retrieving this user ID in v2.0.0-alpha?
Cheers

A: you can get userId like this:
let userId = conv.user.id;

Sample intent:
app.intent(INTENT_DEFAULT_WELCOME, conv => {
   let id = conv.user.id;
   conv.ask(`Welcome ${id}`);
})


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by George Polgar
Post-pandemic: Auto Industry Woes Reveal Potential for Positive Change
While the immediate impact of the coronavirus pandemic is brutal for car dealerships, the good news is, this crisis will have an enormous and ultimately mostly positive impact on the U.S. automotive business. It will change the way car manufacturers plan their product mix, the way dealerships sell cars and dramatically alter consumer buying trends.
After months of officially imposed social distancing, semi-quarantine "stay at home" orders and non-essential business closings, U.S. car sales will skyrocket when these measures are lifted or relaxed. The reason for this is the confluence of several key factors.
Post-Pandemic Car Buying Boom
First, while auto sales are down dramatically nationwide in the midst of the general shutdown, aggressive incentive programs are being rolled out by all the manufacturers. Combinations of zero % financing, no payments for 90 days, and special payment furlough plans for customers with economic hardships have created a very active online and telephone "no-contact" car shopping environment.
Meanwhile emergency dealer inventory clearance pricing promotions are bringing the cost of many new cars down dramatically after a 10 year period when automotive prices have increased by 30%. For consumers who have been shopping the car market in the last few years, the savings potential is so dramatic—sometimes 30% - 40%—that the allure of a good deal is irresistible.
Finally, it is very likely that the long-predicted decline of private vehicle ownership will be deferred for a while as all public transportation, including airlines, trains, buses and even ride-sharing, will be less popular, as many consumers will view it as unsafe and potentially adding to the coronavirus spread.
Virus Fears Will Boost Personal Car Ownership
Not only will the current crisis revive the concept of personal vehicle ownership, but it will directly impact the kind of vehicles we are driving. For example the declining sales of small cars and sedans will probably turn around significantly as a result of this pandemic.
The buyers who were opting out of car ownership in favor of public transportation and ride-sharing, and are returning to the car buying fold, are likely to go for value, mileage efficiency and the practical virtues of these smaller "commuter" cars and traditional sedans.
The other key category, which will see a sales boost in the post-coronavirus era, will be historic in a long-view context for the auto industry. With all the major car companies spending $20, $40, $50 billion on new electric and plug-in hybrid product offerings, the current health crisis may be the precipitating event to signal a major consumer shift away from carbon-intensive internal combustion engines.
Pandemic Will Energize Sales of Small Cars, Sedans, Hybrids and EVs
In over 20 years with plenty of buzz, today electric and hybrid vehicles represent a scant 4% of overall U.S. annual vehicle sales.
The post-pandemic boost in electrified vehicle sales will be the result of two compelling forces. First, during the near-shutdown of normal activity, there has been a very noticeable and widely reported improvement in air quality in major urban areas around the world, as automotive traffic has gone from a torrent to a trickle.
"Take a look at that sky, will ya?" says Rumble Seat automotive columnist Dan Neil for the Wall Street Journal. "We can get that back, with a national stimulus program embracing transportation electrification funded by a gas tax."
The intersection of this environmental quality issue and the influx of younger Millennial and Gen Z buyers into the automotive market is likely to be the definitive market-making milestone for the electric and alternative drivetrains in the future of personal mobility.
The paradox of this situation is that at the same time as the coronavirus Virus crisis is likely to drive more electric vehicle sales, the immediate result has been to drop gas prices to their lowest prices in decades, with pump prices under $2 in many parts of the country.
The Auto Sales Business Model Undergoes Fundamental Changes
Perhaps most importantly, the basic format and structure of auto sales process will fundamentally be altered by the limitations dictated by the current crisis and the full application of many technology advances.
With the limitations on customers coming to showrooms, the expansive possibilities and potential of digital marketing will explode into full bloom. More than ever before, the dealership website will become the most important lifeline between dealerships and their new and existing customers.
"We at 321 Ignition have been focused on exploiting the full marketing potential auto dealership websites from the very beginning," says Lyamen Savy. "In the auto industry, we have pioneered Mobile First design and have taken the time to optimize functionality, efficiency and transparency to benefit the customer."
Digital marketing strategies and innovative User Experience/ User Interface (UX/UI), and Artificial Intelligence technology advances like those offered by the 321 Ignition platform, are poised to become the new normal, as neither the consumers or dealerships will want to return to the traditional "see-'em-to-sell-'em" auto showroom sales-driven model.
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Nina Saunders
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Armchairs and sofas spill into their surroundings, furniture is deformed by tumorous growths, reinvented using taxidermy or masterful tricks of balance and perspective. In Nina Saunders' work, domestic objects and settings are revisited with uncanny, often disquieting results. As familiar ground drips away or melts into something different, spectators are forced to look anew at the world around them.
Saunders was born in Denmark and studied at Central St. Martin's College of Art and Design in London, where she now lives and works. Her first furniture-based piece dates from 1989; intrigued by furniture's expressive potential, she was encouraged by viewer's reactions to the work. Many of her pieces start out as discarded chairs, often sourced from auctions, second-hand stores or even street corners. As the artist explains, "I like using things that already have a story. I love stories."
To Saunders, domestic objects and our relationship with them raise myriad questions relating to behaviour, class and perception. She enjoys manipulating the everyday and exploring the ways in which our bodies relate to furniture even before our minds can stir into action. "My work is kind of confrontational and it always has been," says the artist. Political and social concerns underpin many of her pieces, which tread a delicate line between humour and dark observation. Her retrospective show at the KUNSTEN Museum of Modern Art in Aalborg, Denmark (2017), for example, featured pieces dealing with conflict and the plight of refugees.
Since 1992, Saunders has hosted over 30 individual presentations, including at prestigious museum venues. She has created artworks for the Hermes flagship stores in New York, Los Angeles and Dubai, and was featured in the Venice Biennale 2009. Saunders has also created public artworks for locations in Denmark, Sweden and UK, and her pieces form part of the permanent collections at the Malmö Konstmuseum in Sweden and the Skive Kunstmuseum in Denmark, as well as the Hayward Gallery, Saatchi Collection and Victoria and Albert Museum, all in London.
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SINGAPORE:Submarine Networks World – the world's leading annual submarine communications conference – returns for its 21st edition this month from 24 – 26 September at Suntec Convention Centre, Singapore. This year is the largest edition of the conference with over 600 industry leaders from across 300 organisations around the world expected to attend.
With this year's event set to be the largest edition yet, confirmed companies in attendance include senior representatives from Amazon, Facebook, Ciena, Microsoft, Telstra, Huawei Marine, Saudi Telecom Company, Vocus Communications and more.
Apart from the two-day plenary conference taking place 25-26 September, there will also be pre-conference activities held on 24th September, which include two half-day masterclasses and a site visit to Singtel Data Centre.


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Francesco Cavaretta
Member of Local 534 and WWII veteran
Francesco P. "Frank" Cavaretta of Malden passed away June 23 at the age of 94.
The cherished father of Frank Cavaretta of Malden, Mr. Cavaretta was a World War II veteran and a member of the Local 534 and Boston Plasterers and Cement Mason's Union. A loving father and friend. God Bless. We will miss you.
A graveside prayer service was held Monday, June 29 at Holy Cross Cemetery, Malden. Arrangements were under the direction of the Paul Buonfiglio & Sons ~ Bruno Funeral Home, 128 Revere Street, Revere, MA 02151.
Rita Padova
Of Revere
Rita (Santoli) Padova of Revere died on June 26 at the age of 98.
Born in Boston on July 23, 1921 to the late Nicola Santoli and Theresa (Selvitella) Santoli, she was the beloved wife of 53 years to the late James Padova; the devoted mother of the late Lorraine Padova, and James Padova and his surviving wife, Bernice of Florida; cherished grandmother of Jenna Harrity and her husband, Tim of Revere, Jimmy Padova of Florida and Anthony Padova of Revere; adored great grandmother of Charlotte and Declan Harrity; dear sister of the late Frank and Benjamin Santoli and late step sister of Dorothy Schena. She is also survived by many loving nieces and nephews.
A visitation will be held at the Paul Buonfiglio & Sons-Bruno Funeral Home, 128 Revere St, Revere on Thursday, July 2 from 9 to 11:30 a.m. followed by a Prayer Service at Holy Cross Cemetery. Relatives and friends are kindly invited. Interment will be in Holy Cross Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to The Carroll Center for the Blind, 770 Centre St, Newton, MA 02458. For guest book please visit www.buonfiglio.com.
Marie Suppa
Her sense of bravery and courage was admired by all
Marie (Mastrain) Suppa of Revere passed away on June 25.
Marie worked for many years for the Stride Rite Corporation as well as the Visiting Nurses Association of Boston before entering retirement.
Marie lived life to the fullest. She was known for her positive attitude and vibrant spirit. Her friends and family will truly miss her. Marie fought breast cancer for 18 years. She spent endless hours and days at Tufts Medical Center with her daughter by her side. Her sense of bravery and courage was admired by all.
Marie was born in Winthrop on June 28, 1941 to the late Frank and Nellie (Caporale) Mastrain. She was the beloved wife of the late Dominic Suppa, the devoted mother of Adriana DelGreco Tringale and caring sister of Jeanne Hare and her husband, Gary Hare and the step mother to Lorraine Suppa and James Suppa. Marie had three loving godchildren: Ed Steriti, Carolyn Cucurullo, and Bobby Jo Martocchio. She is also survived by many nieces, nephews, and cousins.
Marie's life was honored at a Funeral Mass on June 29 at St. Anthony's of Padua Church in Revere. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Marie's name to the Tufts Medical Breast Health Center by visiting https://giving.tuftsmedicalcenter.org/give. Please choose Breast Health as your designation.
Evelyn Mackey
Of East Boston
Evelyn L. (Hoey) Mackey died suddenly in East Boston on June 28.
The wife of the late Donald E. Mackey, she was the mother of Donna Falcucci Mackey, Paul, Judy and the late Lynn and Robyn Mackey; sister of Michael Hoey, Ruth Carter and the late Marjorie Mackey, Regina Brewster, Barbara Peluso, George, Albert, Charles and Franny Hoey and is also survived by 10 grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.
Visiting with the family on Tuesday, July 7, in the Magrath Funeral Home, 336 Chelsea St. [at Day Sq] East Boston will be from 5 to 7 p.m. concluding with a private Family Prayer Service. In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory to the American Cancer Society would be appreciated. Phase Two COVID protocols with be in effect. To send messages of condolence to the family, please go to MagrathFuneralHome.com.
Stephanie Ciampa
Veterans Administration Dental Service retiree
A Funeral Mass was celebrated on Monday, June 29 in St. John the Evangelist Church, Winthrop for Stephanie M. (Plakias) Ciampa who passed on Thursday, June 25 after a five month struggle with metastatic cancer at the Kaplan Family Hospice of Danvers. Interment was in Winthrop Cemetery (Belle Isle Section), Winthrop.
Born in Newport, RI, she lived in Winthrop her entire life, attended Winthrop Schools and was a 1974 graduate of Winthrop High School and a 1976 graduate of Northeastern-Tufts Dental Assistant Program. She spent almost 40 years in the Dental Service Profession and had a 32-year career with the V.A. Administration, Dental Service. Recently, and until the onset of poor health, she worked with Doctors Becker, Becker and Silvius Dental Service of Shirley Avenue, Revere.
Stephanie was a petite, vivacious and always… "exciting" personality, always to be remembered and loved. Nothing was more vital and fulfilling than her role as a Devoted Mom, Doting Grandmother, Cherished sister and Special Aunt.
She was the adoring daughter of the late William and Lillian (Ricupero) Plakias, the devoted mother to Boston Police Patrolman Francis R. "Frankie" Ciampa and his wife, Christina G. Ciampa and the doting grandmother to Francis C. "Frankie" and Leo M. Ciampa, all of East Boston, formerly of Winthrop and adoring sister to Paul T. Plakias of Winthrop. She is also lovingly survived by her niece, Dena M. Plakias and her fiancé, Hershel Beard and her grandnephew, Colton H. Beard, all of Winthrop. Stephanie also leaves a legacy of extended family and friends, many of which she has enjoyed since her years at Northeastern-Tufts Dental Assistant Program.
Remembrances may be made to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute- Division of Development & The Jimmy Fund, P.O. Box 849168, Boston, MA 02284-9168. To send online condolences, please visit www.vertuccoandsmith.com. Funeral Arrangements entrusted to the care and direction of the Vertuccio & Smith, Home for Funerals, Revere.
Ana Lucia Quintero
Of Revere, formerly of Everett
Ana Lucia Quintero of Revere, formerly of Everett, died on June 26.
The wife of Rosenburg Garcia, she was the beloved mother of Guillermo Arango Quintero of Revere, Eugenia Arroyo of Jamaica Plain, Jairo Arango of Revere and mother of step daughter, Sulma Garcia; dear sister of Maria Domilita Herrera Diaz, Dora Ines Diaz, Antonio Quintero, and Maria Quintero. She is also survived by eight loving grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
Arrangements by the Paul Buonfiglio & Sons-Bruno Funeral Home, Revere. Please leave a message or share a memory on our guestbook at www.Buonfiglio.com
Barbara Lombard-Angiulo
Authority, honesty, leadership, life of the party… are all the things she abided by
Barbara A. Lombard-Angiulo of Nahant passed away peacefully on Tuesday, June 23 at her Nahant residence surrounded by her loving family. She was the life partner of the late Jerry J. Angiulo.
Born in Boston and raised in East Boston, Barbara was the daughter of the late Stephen A. and Edith L. (Cuddi) Lombardozzi.
Authority, Honesty, Leadership, Life of the party… are all of the things that Barbara abided by. There are not many people that could say they achieved nearly as many adventures as our MOM has completed in her 80 years.
From her start as a cocktail waitress at Jay's Lounge where she met Dad in the 1960's, to her many travels around the world such as skiing the Swiss Alps with Auntie Laurie, Italy with our late sister Thais, and jet setting here, there and everywhere to visit family and friends, Mom made all holidays extra special and always included the whole extended family by reaching out with her amazing Christmas Cards.
Her latest accomplishment was becoming "Nanna A." to Baby G. She was a one of a kind and extraordinary woman who could light up a barstool with a glass of Cutty and a Benson and Hedges in her hand, no matter what the "rules" were. Mom always kept her "girls" near and dear but made room for the Johnny-come-lately's and brought them under her enormous wings and swept them into the kitchen in Nahant. Never missing a dancing ball or a milestone birthday, Mom celebrated in style at every possible occasion and will continue setting trends along her final ride.
Barbara is survived by her two beloved children, Gennaro Jay Angiulo and his fiancée, Gabriella and Barbara Jay "B-Jay" Angiulo, all of Nahant; her step-son, Jason B. Angiulo of Nahant; her cherished grandson, "The Prince" Gennaro Francesco Angiulo; her brother, Stephen A. Lombardozzi and his wife, Nancy of Florida; three nephews: Stephen Lombardozzi, John Lombardozzi and his wife, Lisa, and Christopher Lombardozzi and his wife, Tracy. She was predeceased by her step-daughter, Thais Susan Angiulo. Barbara is also survived by many nieces, nephews and great nieces and nephews; and her loyal companion, Ziggy the cat.
In lieu of flowers, donations in Barbara's memory may be made to the Northeast Animal Shelter at northeastanimalshelter.org/donations/memorial-tribute or to the MGH Cancer Center in Danvers at giving.massgeneral.org/cancer/donate/.
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PopUps: Justin Bieber Takes Issue with Being Nominated for Pop Album at Grammys
Justin Bieber (Source:Instagram / @justinbieber)
After the Grammy Award nominations were announced on Tuesday, Justin Bieber shared a lengthy post to Instagram taking issue that his album "Changes" was nominated in pop categories and not R&B categories.
In his post, Bieber, who earned four nods, said he is "flattered" to be nominated and "appreciated for my artistry" but goes on to complain about his nominations.
"I am very meticulous and intent about my music," the Canadian pop star wrote." With that being said I set out to make an R&B album. 'Changes' was and is an R&B album. It is not being acknowledged as an R&B album which is very strange to me."
Later in his note, Bieber said he "absolutely loves pop music" but writes "it just wasn't what I set out to make this time around."
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India has the highest Diaspora living in the world countries. A recent report from United Nations on the migrant population has revealed the drastic increase of population to 244 million in 2015, a record 41 percent increase juxtapose to 2000.
The survey conducted by the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Among 244 million global migrant populations, Indians top with 16 million, Mexico 12 Million and Russia and other countries follow India. This growing trend in migration is part of all the countries, two third populations of the global migrants absorbed by the European and Asian countries.
It is the astonishing fact that the progressive community from the Indian state Gujarat have settled in 120 countries out of 192 recognized United Nations countries.
Indians have excelled in almost all the fields, Indians have been contributing largely to the progress of the countries where ever they live. Australian Government has recently honored three Indian-origin eminent personalities with the highest civilian of Australia. The progress and achievements of Indians abroad, today, has created a positive impression on the foreign countries to welcome number of Indians.
US, Canada and Australia are luring the highly skilled professionals to meet their developmental goals. European Countries have introduced a standard entry scheme called Blue Card to attract the skilled professionals from South Asian countries who are in high demand.


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2020 presidential election will have major impact on oil and gas policy – The Denver Post
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The outcome of the presidential election will have a big impact on the energy front in Colorado and other oil- and gas-producing states.
If U.S. voters decide to stay the course, the current push for energy dominance through increased drilling will continue. If they elect a new president, the challenger has pledged to end new drilling on public lands and move toward a carbon-free future.
Whoever wins Nov. 3, any executive-branch attempts to change existing policy are likely to face legal challenges.
Democratic challenger Joe Biden has vowed to immediately start addressing climate change if elected. The former vice president has a $2 trillion plan that includes expanding clean-energy jobs and greatly reducing fossil fuel emissions.
President Donald Trump, who was officially nominated in late August as the GOP presidential candidate, has targeted oil and gas regulations he sees as burdensome to the industry.
"There couldn't be a more clear divide between the two perspectives about American energy production, particularly coal, oil and natural gas," said Thomas Pyle, president of the American Energy Alliance, an advocacy organization that has endorsed Trump.
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President Donald Trump, third from left, with Energy Secretary Rick Perry, left, Shell Oil company President Gretchen Watkins, second from left, and Shell Pennsylvania Vice President Hilary Mercer, fourth from left, tour the Shell Pennsylvania Petrochemicals Complex in Monaca, Pa., on Aug. 13, 2019.
A new poll released by the American Petroleum Institute-Colorado found that 57% of Colorado voters would be more likely to vote for a candidate who supports providing access to oil and gas produced in the United States. Still, given Colorado's changing demographics, most political experts don't expect Trump to win here. The president lost Colorado by 6 points in 2016, and a recent poll by Morning Consult — the same firm that did the API poll — showed Biden leading Trump 52% to 39% in Colorado.
The two campaigns fundamentally differ on their stances toward drilling on federally managed lands. Roughly 36% of Colorado is federal land, and the state is the seventh-biggest energy producer in the country.
Colorado is also considered a leader on renewable energy, with Gov. Jared Polis and legislators setting goals to cut greenhouse gas emissions and get to a 100% carbon-free electric grid.
Biden and his running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris of California, support ending new oil and gas drilling on federally managed lands and waters.
The Trump administration sees drilling on public lands as vital to maintaining the nation's status as the world's No. 1 oil and natural gas producer. The administration said oil production from public lands and waters topped a record 1 billion barrels in 2019.
"A president doesn't have the power to ban fracking. He could do that on day one and it would be overturned in court," said Kathleen Sgamma, president of the Denver-based Western Energy Alliance, which advocates for the oil and gas industry.
If a president tried to yank existing leases or ban new leases on public lands, "we would be in court the next day," Sgamma said.
However, a Biden administration could slow the approval of drilling permits and drag out the process, she added.
Sgamma believes that Biden is being pulled to the left but is not as "radical" as his party's left wing. She said natural gas, cleaner-burning than coal, has helped reduce pollution and that Biden will recognize the reality of where America gets its energy.
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Former vice president and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, second from right, looks at an array of solar panels during a tour at the Plymouth Area Renewable Energy Initiative in Plymouth, N.H., on, June 4, 2019.
Pete Kolbenschlag of Paonia is a longtime activist who has advocated to limit drilling on public lands.
"Wildfires are burning in Colorado now — burning all across the West," Kolbenschlag said. "All of Colorado is in some kind of drought, and here in the southwest we're in an extreme drought. One of our main irrigation canals has been shut off. We need urgent action."
The Biden-Harris energy plan is "pretty strong out of the gate," Kolbenschlag said. He likes proposals to create jobs to promote conservation in agriculture, reduce harmful emissions and reclaim abandoned oil and gas wells and mines.
In contrast, another four years of a Trump administration would be "a disaster," Kolbenschlag said.
"The administration just announced that they're opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge," to drilling, he said. "They are working to gut what protections do exist, to roll back the National Environmental Policy Act, which is our bedrock environmental law."
On Aug. 13, the Environmental Protection Agency dialed back Obama-era federal rules that required a certain number of inspections for methane leaks at newer oil and gas sites, saying the rules were redundant. Conservation Colorado Executive Director Kelly Nordini said a second term for President Trump would mean more policies resulting in "more pollution, more bad public health impacts."
"We have had some success in stopping some of the extreme leasing that they wanted to do on public lands," Nordini. "But their work alone to dismantle clean air and clean water protections and addressing climate change is going to take years to make up."
Industry representatives believe support is strong in Colorado for oil and gas production. The new poll released by Colorado-API shows that 68% of Colorado voters think natural gas and oil will play a significant role in meeting America's energy needs 20 years from now.
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As oil prices collapsed during the coronavirus pandemic in April, jobs in the oilfields around Weld County suffered as well.
Pyle of the American Energy Alliance said a drilling ban on federal lands would be damaging for Colorado, because the loss of revenue generated by the industry would ripple through the economy. And it would be devastating for the national economy because the U.S. competes based on its low-cost energy, he added.
"A President Biden and Vice President Harris would, at a minimum, mark a return to the Obama sort of playbook, using regulatory agencies to hinder production of oil and natural gas," Pyle said.
But oil and gas production on federal lands was robust during the Obama administration, said Nada Culver, vice president of public lands and senior policy counsel for the National Audubon Society.
The United States surpassed Russia in 2011 to become the world's largest natural gas producer and surpassed Saudi Arabia in 2018 to become the No. 1 petroleum producer.
The previous administration faced several lawsuits, protests and calls for reform, Culver added. She said the Obama administration began making changes in response to concerns.
"We were seeing more carefully tailored lease sales," Culver said. "What we've seen is this administration walking back from that."
Drew Caputo, vice president of litigation for Earthjustice, said his organization filed hundreds of lawsuits against the Obama administration over eight years.
A farmer works in a field near oil and gas operations outside Kersey on Sept. 26, 2019.
So far, the environmental organization has filed about 200 lawsuits against the Trump administration and has won 82% of the cases that have been decided, Caputo said. Recent wins by the environmental community include the cancellation of more than $125 million in oil and gas leases in the West because of the effects on greater sage grouse and the rejection of a rule that undid a prohibition against wasting methane through venting or flaring at well sites on federal lands.
Caputo thinks the government's legal losses would continue in a second Trump term.
"They're losing these cases because Trump campaigned on this idea that he's just going to snap his fingers and make stuff happen," Caputo said. "That's not how the law works."
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