When the roll is called for fighters who are the greatest boxers of all time, not to be forgotten are those behind their success, such as the personality that sold their storylines, bringing them and what they are capable of to our awareness. One of such individuals is the American boxing promoter, Don King. He is famous for his involvement in historic boxing matchups as much as he is notorious for always finding himself mired in the most difficult of controversies.
As a professional in selling the storylines of fighters and trying to make fights, King promoted historic events such as The Rumble in the Jungle, Thrilla in Manila, as well as some of the greatest boxers of all time including Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, Sugar Ray Leonard, Mike Tyson, George Foreman, Larry Holmes, Evander Holyfield, among others.
The veteran promoter was born Donald King on 20th August 1931 in Cleveland Ohio, the USA, to Hattie and Clarence King. He attended Jonh Adam High in Ohio and graduated in 1951 after which he enrolled at Kent State University. King dropped out of college and ran an illegal bookmaking operation which would see him facing the law for killing two people.
In 1954, King shot and killed one Hillary Brown while he was attempting to rob one of his gambling houses. He was cleared of the incident after it was ruled a justifiable homicide. However, 13 years later, he was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to prison for beating an employee named Sam Garrett who owed him $600 to death. He served for nearly four years and was paroled in 1971. Don was later granted full pardon by the Ohio Governor, Jim Rhodes in 1983.
Following his pardon, Don King entered the business of boxing, forming a partnership with a local promoter, he garnered experience in the art of boxing promotion. In 1972, with the help of singer Lloyd Price, he convinced Ali to compete in a charity exhibition to raise money for a Cleveland hospital. Two years later, he became a full-time promoter with the much-anticipated 1974 Ali-Foreman bout in Zaire famed as The Rumble in the Jungle in which Ali regained his championship title. Since then, his image has hovered over professional boxing.
Don King went on to stage seven of Ali's fight including one with Chuck Wepner in 1975, which Ali won in the final seconds. It was reported that Sylvester Stallone saw the fight and was inspired to write the award-winning Rocky. That was followed by another epoch-making bout, the Philippine Thrilla in Manila, the fight between Ali and Frazier in 1975. The match which was considered the greatest match ever further solidified Don King's future as a promoter. Through the '70s, he became the choice promoter of many other premier heavyweight championships into the 1980s and 1990s.
Additionally, he compiled an impressive roster of pugilists in the decade, many of whom went on to become Hall of Famers such as Roberto Durán. In the following decades, many others including Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield, Leon Spinks, Bernard Hopkins, Ricardo López, Félix Trinidad, and Terry Norris chose him to be their fight promoter. Nevertheless, a number of them including Ali, Larry Holmes, and Tyson felt defrauded by King and filed lawsuits against him, most of which were settled out of court.
Controversial as his career has been, Don King is still adjudged as one of the greatest boxing promoters ever. So far, he has promoted more than 500 world championships fights as well as over 100 boxers. In 1997, he was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame and was elected to the Gaming Hall of Fame in 2008. Although his legal problems and controversial tactics have reinforced the public perception of boxing as a corrupt sport, he would always be remembered for creatively promoting boxing.
Apart from boxing, King is politically active. In 2004, he campaigned for George W. Bush in the presidential election and attended the Republican National Convention in New York. Moreover, he supported Bush's successor, Barack Obama in both the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections.
Disregarding his political endeavors, he managed Michael Jackson's reunion, The Jacksons' 1984 Victory Tour and ventured into media publication. He bought Call and Post, a Cleveland-based weekly newspaper serving the African-American community in Ohio in 1998 and still serves as its publisher as of 2011. Don King worked with Donald Trump in the '80s to promote Tyson's title fights and years later, when the latter ran the race to occupy the highest office in the nation, his old friend, King was there to endorse him for president.
King married his wife Henrietta in 1959 and they had three children; one biological daughter named Debbie, and two adopted sons, Carl and Eric. He credits her as the force behind whatever success he has accomplished in life and calls her his best friend. After a prolonged illness and almost fifty years of marriage, Henrietta died on December 2, 2010, at the age of 87.
Don King garnered a lot of attention for various reasons besides boxing, one of which is his signature gravity-defying hair, and the other, his catchphrase – Only in America. Another point of interest in the life of the promoter is the size of his wealth. During his heydays, King built his empire by launching the careers of boxing luminaries and managing lucrative fighting championships.
However, his financial deals and bizarre contractual terms with his fighters left a number of people unpaid and unsure where the money went. As such, his fame, as well as his purse, grew to a point where it left some of the various heavyweight champions he has promoted in his shadow. He has a net worth estimated at $150 million.


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Geodynamik
Sedimentologie
Daniel Le Heron
Michael Wagreich
Erich Draganits
Susanne Gier
Patrick Meister
Benjamin Sames
Daniel Smrzka
Sebastian Viehmann
Erik Wolfgring
Theriak-Domino
Externe Mitarbeiter
Personalliste der Universität
de Sprachwahl
Department für Geodynamik und Sedimentologie
Benjamin SAMES, Dipl.-Geol. Dr.
benjamin.sames@univie.ac.at
Raumnummer: 2B385A
Tel.: +43-1-4277-53479
Personal Website: homepage.univie.ac.at/benjamin.sames/
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Research Interests/Expertise:
Micropaleontology of Mesozoic and Cenozoic Ostracoda (and Charophyta) with focus on Mesozoic non-marine deposits (Upper Jurassic–Lower Cretaceous) of the world
Integrated Stratigraphy (incl. biostratigraphy, chemostratigraphy, cyclostratigraphy) with focus on the Cretaceous
Fundamentals, principles and methods of the biostratigraphic application of (late) Mesozoic non-marine Ostracoda
Paleoclimatology and climate change, ocean-land interactons and its impact on life and the hydrological circle with focus on the Cretaceous
Cretaceous greenhouse climate, Mesozoic climate shifts and climate extremes
Mesozoic evolution of non-marine/terrestrial habitats
Ostracod biostratigraphy, palaeoecology, palaeobiogeography, phylogeny
Palaobiology and application of ostracod reproductive and dispersal mechanisms
Origin and early evolution of non-marine ostracods
Taxonomy and application of Late Jurassic-Cretaceous Charophyta
Theoretical, practical and applied taxonomy
Other Affiliations and professional activities:
Affiliate Research Associate, Collections Division Vertebrate Paleontoloy, Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, Norman, Oklahoma, USA
Stratigraphic Consultant, Petrobras (Petróleo Brasileiro S.A.), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Associate Editor of the Austrian Journal of Earth Sciences
Visiting Staff, Department of Palaeontology, University of Vienna, Vienna, AUSTRIA
2017–2019: IGCP 632 Subproject "Late Mesozoic lacustrine systems in Tunisia and their global correlation" within the scope of the Earth System Sciences Programme (ESS) of the Austrian Academy of Science (ÖAW) (PI in charge). See overview in FGGA's news: http://fgga.univie.ac.at/en/research/research-portal-detail-view/news/in-the-footsteps-of-a-dinosaur/)
Lower Cretaceous (Hauterivian to Albian, ~133 to 100 million years ago) succession at Jebel Chemsi, Gafsa region, central Tunisia. © B. Sames
2015–2018: FWF P 27687 "Lower Cretaceous Climate and Non-marine Stratigraphy" (LCCNS) (PI in charge).
2013–2017: UNESCO-IUGS IGCP 609 "Climate-environmental deteriorations during greenhousephases: Causes andconsequences of short-term Cretaceous sea-levelchanges" (Project-Secretary)
current semester: no teaching in summer term 2018
Publications (peer-reviewed articles):
Xing, L., Sames, B., McKellar, R., Xi, D., Bai, M., Wan, X., 2018. A gigantic marine ostracod (Crustacea: Myodocopa) trapped in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Scientific Reports, 8, 1365. www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-19877-y *OPEN ACCESS*
Amber specimen DIP-V-17118 in natural light with lateral view of ostracod specimen (left valve, anterior end to the left) clearly visible. Orange dot represents the eye tubercle, dark brownish spots are insect frass particles (© and courtesy of Lida Xing, China University of Geosciences).
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Qin, Z, Xi, D, Sames, B, Pang, Q & Wan, X 2019, 'Advances in the Study of the Non-Marine Ostracods in Luanping Basin, Northern Hebei (North China): A Preliminary Result', Open Journal of Geology, Jg. 9, S. 601 - 604. doi.org/10.4236/ojg.2019.910052
Tiss, L, Trabelsi, K, Kamoun, F, Soussi, M, Houla, Y, Sames, B & Martín-Closas, C 2019, 'Middle Jurassic charophytes from southern Tunisia: Implications on evolution and paleobiogeography', Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, Jg. 263, S. 65-84. doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2019.01.011
Wolfgring, E, Wagreich, M, Dinares-Turell, J, Gier, S, Bohm, K, Sames, B, Spoetl, C & Popp, F 2018, 'The Santonian-Campanian boundary and the end of the Long Cretaceous Normal Polarity-Chron: Isotope and plankton stratigraphy of a pelagic reference section in the NW Tethys (Austria)', Newsletters on Stratigraphy, Jg. 51, Nr. 4, S. 445-476. doi.org/10.1127/nos/2018/0392
Xing, L, Sames, B, McKellar, RC, Xi, D, Bai, M & Wan, X 2018, 'A gigantic marine ostracod (Crustacea: Myodocopa) trapped in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber', Scientific Reports, Jg. 8, 1365. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-19877-y
Hammouda, SA, Sames, B, Adaci, M & Bensalah, M 2018, 'First record of non-marine ostracods from the Paleogene "hamadian deposits" of Méridja area, west of Bechar (southwestern Algeria)', Annales de paléontologie, Jg. 104, S. 27-44. doi.org/10.1016/j.annpal.2017.12.001
Qin, Z, Xi, D, Sames, B, Do Carmo, DA, Wang, X, Xu, Y, Yu, Z, Wei, F, Leite, AM & Wan, X 2018, 'Ostracods of the non-marine Lower Cretaceous Dabeigou Formation at Yushuxia (Luanping basin, North China): Implications for the early Jehol Biota age', Cretaceous Research, Jg. 86, S. 199-218. doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2018.03.010
Steininger, FF, Gebhardt, H & Sames, B 2017, Field Trip POST-3: Eustasy and sea-level changes in the footsteps of Eduard Suess. in M Wagreich & H Gebhardt (Hrsg.), 10th International Symposium on the Cretaceous Vienna, August 21–26, 2017 – FIELD TRIP GUIDE BOOK. Bd. 120, 4, Berichte der Geologischen Bundesanstalt, Bd. 120, Geologische Bundesanstalt, Wien, S. 89-113, 10th International Symposium on the Cretaceous, Vienna, Österreich, 21/08/17.
Sames, B (Hrsg.) 2017, 10th International Symposium on the Cretaceous – Abstracts, 21–26 August 2017, Vienna. Berichte der Geologischen Bundesanstalt, Bd. 120, Bd. Berichte der Geologischen Bundesanstalt 120, Geologische Bundesanstalt.
Wang, Y, Sames, B, Liao, H, Xi, D & Pan, Y 2017, 'Late Cretaceous ostracod fauna from the Shenjiatun section (Songliao Basin, Northeast China): Biostratigraphic and palaeoecological implications', Cretaceous Research, Jg. 78, S. 174-190. doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2017.05.001
Sames, B, Wagreich, M, Wendler, JE, Haq, BU, Conrad, CP, Melinte-Dobrinescu, MC, Hu, X, Wendler, I, Wolfgring, E, Yilmaz, I & Zorina, SO 2016, 'Review: Short-term sea-level changes in a greenhouse world - A view from the Cretaceous', Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, Jg. 441, Nr. 3, S. 393-411. doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2015.10.045
Wagreich, M, Wendler, J, Sames, B & Wendler, I 2016, 'Greenhouse sea-level changes: Growing evidence for aquifer-driven eustasy', Beitrag in Historical Studies of Gondwana. 35th International Geological Congress, Cape Town, Südafrika, 27/08/16 - 2/09/16.
Sames, B & Wagreich, M 2016, 'Unravelling short-term climate and sea-level changes in a greenhouse world – Evidence from the Cretaceous (IGCP 609)', Beitrag in Historical Studies of Gondwana. 35th International Geological Congress, Cape Town, Südafrika, 27/08/16 - 2/09/16.
Trabelsi, K, Sames, B, Samouna, A, Piovesan, EK, Ben Rouina, S, Houla, Y, Touir, J & Soussi, M 2015, 'Ostracods from the marginal coastal Lower Cretaceous (Aptian) of the Central Tunisian Atlas (North Africa): Paleoenvironment, biostratigraphy and paleobiography', Revue de Micropaléontologie, Jg. 58, Nr. 4, S. 309 - 331. doi.org/10.1016/j.revmic.2015.09.002
Cifelli, RL, Davis, BM & Sames, B 2014, 'Earliest Cretaceous mammals from the western United States', Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, Jg. 59, Nr. 1, S. 31-52. doi.org/10.4202/app.2012.0089
Wagreich, M, Lein, R & Sames, B 2014, 'Eustasy, its controlling factors, and the limno-eustatic hypothesis – concepts inspired by Eduard Suess', Austrian Journal of Earth Sciences, Jg. 107, Nr. 1, S. 115 - 131.
Danielopol, DL, Baltanás, A, Carbonel, P, Colin, J-P, Crasquin, S, Decrouy, L, De Deckker, P, Gliozzi, E, Groos-Uffenorde, H, Horne, DJ, Iepure, S, Keyser, D, Kornicker, LS, Lord, A, Martens, K, Matzke-Karasz, R, Miller, CG, Oertli, HJ, Pugliese, N, Russo, A, Sames, B, Schön, I, Siveter, DJ, Smith, A, Viehberg, FA, Wouters, K & Yassini, I 2014, 'From Naples 1963 to Rome 2013 – A brief review of how the International Research Group on Ostracoda (IRGO) developed as a social communication system', Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, Jg. 419, S. 3-22. doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.08.016
Queiroz Neto, JVD, Sames, B & Colin, J-P 2014, 'Kegelina: a new limnic ostracod (Cyprideidae, Crustacea) genus from the Lower Cretaceous of the Americas and Africa', Journal of Paleontology, Jg. 88, Nr. 4, S. 800-813. doi.org/10.1666/13-019
Martin-Closas, C, Sames, B & Schudack, ME 2013, 'Charophytes from the Upper Berriasian of the Western Interior Basin of the United States', Cretaceous Research, Jg. 46, S. 11-23. doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2013.08.009
Gebhardt, H, Coric, S, Darga, R, Briguglio, A, Schenk, B, Werner, W, Andersen, N & Sames, B 2013, 'Middle to Late Eocene palaeoenvironmental changes in a marine transgressive sequence from the northern Tethyan margin (Adelholzen, Germany)', Austrian Journal of Earth Sciences, Jg. 106, Nr. 2, S. 45-72.
Sames, B & Horne, DJ 2012, 'Latest Jurassic to Cretaceous non-marine ostracod biostratigraphy: Unde venis, quo vadis?', Journal of Stratigraphy, Jg. 36, Nr. 2, S. 266-288.
Sames, B 2011, 'Combined references for Taxonomic studies in Early Cretaceous nonmarine Ostracoda of North America', Micropaleontology, Jg. 57, Nr. 4-5, 5, S. 455-465.
Sames, B 2011, 'Early Cretaceous Cypridea Bosquet 1852 in North America and Europe', Micropaleontology, Jg. 57, Nr. 4-5, 3, S. 345-431.
Sames, B 2011, 'Early Cretaceous Theriosynoecum Branson 1936 in North America and Europe', Micropaleontology, Jg. 57, Nr. 4, 2, S. 291-344.
Sames, B 2011, 'Glossary of morphologic terms of late Mesozoic nonmarine Ostracoda, relevant to Theriosynoecum Branson 1936 and Cypridea Bosquet 1852', Micropaleontology, Jg. 57, Nr. 4-5, 4, S. 433-454.
Sames, B, Whatley, R & Schudack, ME 2010, 'Praecypridea: A new non-marine ostracod genus from the Jurassic and Early Cretaceous of Europe, North and South America, and Africa', Journal of Micropalaeontology, Jg. 29, S. 163-176.
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Girls United To Hold International Womens Day Tournament
Keep the 12th March free in your calendars!
Girls United are pleased to announce that their annual International Women's Day 5-a-side tournament will be sponsored by Hawk-Eye Innovations & Pulselive of the Sony Sports Innovation Group. Powerleague, the official venue sponsors, will host the event at their state-of-the-art Central London facilities in Shoreditch.
Taking place on Saturday 12 March, the tournament is an annual fundraiser designed to celebrate women in football and to support grassroots initiatives that provide girls with opportunities to succeed on and off the pitch.
With 24 teams competing across 3 categories (Beginner Women's & Non-Binary, Women's & Non-Binary and Men's & Non-Binary), the tournament's goal is to bring London's adult footballing community together to inspire and support the next generation of female footballers whilst raising enough funds to enable 24 girls to play football for a year. The fundraising target has therefore been set at £6,000.
As main sponsors of the tournament, Hawk-Eye & Pulselive have not only provided essential funding ahead of the celebration, but have also committed to supporting event proceedings with 10 volunteers on the day.
Romina Calatayud, Girls United Founder & CEO, said: "We're all very excited to be coming together to celebrate our 4th International Women's Day tournament."
"The tournament gets bigger and better each year and it's fantastic to be able to count on the support of great organisations such as Hawk-eye, Pulselive and Powerleague, alongside our longstanding supporters."
"International Women's Day has become an important checkpoint for us, where we can reflect on our growth alongside that of female football as a whole. This year, our exceptional team of coaches and staff worked with over 600 girls across South London, providing a platform for positive change and breaking down barriers for women in football."
Hawk-Eye and Pulselive CEO, Rufus Hack, commented: "Hawk-Eye and Pulselive are conscious of the current role we play within the global sports community, with our efforts focused on making sport fairer and more engaging."
"Part of our vision is to create technologies that positively contribute to building sporting communities, which means that we dedicate our time and efforts to supporting the advancement of sport at every level, especially grass roots."
"We're thrilled to support Girls Utd. in their efforts to bring football to more young women across the globe and create new opportunities for those who wish to contribute both on and off the field."
Charlotte Ullathorne, Powerleague's Chief Marketing & Customer Officer is excited for the big day: "At Powerleague we are on a mission to help support and grow women's football. We do this through providing bespoke women's leagues, supporting local community initiatives, and ensuring that all our content is tailored and approachable to all our players. That's why we're so excited to be partnering with Girls United to help bring to life their annual tournament, and we look forward to staying in touch with the 24 girls who will be directly supported by the success of the event's fundraising."
The annual International Women's Day 5-a-side tournament is one of several celebrations taking place across Girls United's two locations of London and Mexico. Throughout the week, girls attending partner schools in South London will be taking part in active workshops aimed at redefining female role models through our 'Love The Game x Nike' programme. Across the Atlantic, an interclub tournament will be taking place in Quintana Roo, Mexico, bringing together players from four Girls United Mexico clubs.
Tuesday 8 March, International Women's Day itself, also marks Girls United's 5th Anniversary.
More information on the wider International Women's Day celebrations will be shared across the Girls United social media accounts and website over the coming weeks.
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Fifty-six investment organisations with approximately US$7.9 trillion in assets under management have endorsed a statement laying out their expectations of companies operating across the palm oil value chain and highlighting their continued support for a sustainable palm oil industry. This statement comes at an important time for the industry, following the adoption of the revised Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) principles and criteria in November 2018, and as calls for consumers and companies to boycott the use of palm oil increase.
Palm oil is the most widely used vegetable oil globally. It has several advantages compared to other vegetable oils, including its versatility, high yields and low costs. Despite this, the growth in demand for palm oil has led to rapid and often poorly managed expansion of production, leading to deforestation and subsequent release of GHG emissions and biodiversity loss. The industry is also linked to land and labour rights issues, particularly related to workers' rights, child labour, health and safety, and land rights of local communities. These issues can represent a material risk for companies and investors.
With demand for palm oil forecast to grow, it is important that the palm oil industry takes the necessary steps to transition towards more sustainable practices, and this statement sends a strong signal to companies that investors expect this transition.
The statement applies to all companies with material exposure to palm oil across the value chain, including palm oil producers, refiners and traders, consumer goods manufactures, retailers and banks. Investment organisations signing the statement support the RSPO and its role within the industry and encourage their investee companies to become members of the RSPO where relevant. However, in the statement investment organisations highlight that as a minimum first step they expect companies to adopt and implement a publicly-available No Deforestation, No Peat and No Exploitation (NDPE) policy. The statement also goes into detail on what this NDPE policy should cover.
The investment organisations signing the statement expect companies to commit to full traceability of palm oil to the plantation level, and to report regularly on their progress towards these commitments. They also encourage companies involved in the production of palm oil to map and disclose their palm oil concessions and make efficient investments to improve palm oil yield and productivity.
"We are pleased to see a growing number of palm oil companies adopting and enforcing NDPE commitments. Investors are acutely aware that as such companies drive out deforestation from their value chain those that do not conform to responsible practises will find it increasingly difficult to access markets and capital," says Mark Mills, Partner, Generation Investment Management and Chair of the PRI Investor Working Group on Sustainable Palm Oil.
This statement can be used by investment organisations in their engagement with companies to clearly outline their expectations of the palm oil industry and the objectives of their engagement.
This statement was coordinated by the Principles for Responsible Investment with input from members of the PRI Investor Working Group on Sustainable Palm Oil, many of whom have signed this statement. The PRI Investor Working Group was set up in 2011 to raise investors' awareness of the ESG issues within the palm oil value chain, to provide a unified investor voice in support of sustainable palm oil, and to engage with companies across the value chain in support of more sustainable practices. This group currently comprises more than 50 PRI signatories.
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P2 - government promised tribe land, they didn't, they found a piece of land that hadn't been lived on for 10 years so they made a new village called Parihaka.
P3 - Pakeha came and tried to kick Maori off the land. Maori were peaceful. Peaceful protests (fences/crops). Leaders were arrested.
P4 - Men were released. Monthly meeting still held, people are still peaceful.
Conclusion - Village is still standing strong today.
Parihaka was a famous village because they were peaceful during the landwars.
The government promised the people of Parihaka land but the government did not give them the land. So the people of Parihaka found a piece of land and and lived on it for 10 years.
The soldiers came to kick the Maori off because the government believed that the land belonged to them. But the people of Parihaka protested peacefully because they were peaceful people. They tried to make them stop fighting back peacefully by taking down their fences and destroying their crops. This frustrated European settlers who kept putting the fences back up and replanting the crops.
Their leaders, Tohu and Te Whiti, were arrested by the soldiers and taken to a prison in Dunedin. Other men from Parihaka were arrested and sent to various prisons as well. The men that got arrested got set free because there were to much people getting arrested and the jail was to full so they got no choice but to set them free. There were monthly meetings but they were still peaceful.
The Parihaka is still standing tall today and people are still living in it. They also honor the people who died during the landwars.
First we remembered everything we could from last week.
Last week we learnt that there was something called the New Zealand Land Wars that happened between 1845-1872. It was all about who controlled the land in NZ. It was complicated because some land was traded fairly and some was taken. The wars were imbalanced (unfair) because the Europeans had more manpower (people), and a higher quantity and quality of weapons (more of them and better ones). The Maoris were outnumbered so they had to use secret plans and some guerilla warfare tactics in order to fight back.
The big idea about this is that the two groups of people viewed the land differently - Maori's held a collectivist viewpoint, where land and other resources (oceans, fish, forests) should be cared for and shared by everyone. Europeans held an individualistic viewpoint, and wanted to own the land in order to have farms and make money. Even today there viewpoints cause conflict around the world.
Junefia - What does Parihaka mean?
Parihaka means it is the name of their village or their place.
Marlene - why did the people send the kids out?
They didn't want them to get hert.
Dyzon - why were the two guys sent to prison for 16 months?
Te whiti and his friend tohu went to jail cause the europeans thought that if they take the leaders of the tribe they all would run away, but they didn't.
Marilyn - why was the village surrounded by soldiers?
Lynch - what people left the land that Parihaka was built on? (Who was there before them?) There was a Maori tribe that lived there but we don't know who. They got sent off the land by the government and the land was claimed for Europeans but they didn't build on it for ten years.
Garth - why did Te Whiti go to jail?
Te Whiti was sent to jail because he was the leader of the Maoris and the Pakehas wanted the land back to make farms. But when he was in jail, his people were scared but did not run away from the land. They protected it.
Anittah - was there a reason Why all the Maori men went to jail?
So when the men go the Children and the ladies will get scared and leave.
Ana - why were the protectors put in jail?
The government put the mens in jail so they could scare the womens and children away and they could take the land back, but they didn't run away they protected the land.
Maria - why did the government promise the people land?
So the government promised to them a piece of land for them to live on. And in ten years no one claim to live on the land so they built a new village called Parihaka.
Moana - why did 200 children block the road?
Because the europeans did not want them to get harmed or killed them.
Wesley - does Parihaka still exist?
Tisharn - why was Parihaka famous?
Because he was a peaceful man and he taught it to a lot of the maori.
Angellynah - why did the soldiers burn the peoples houses down and destroy their crops?
Cause they soldiers thought that the land was theirs and they wanted to get off the land.
Michael - How was the government able to keep Te Whiti and Tohu for 16 months without a trial?? The government was made up of Europeans so they had control. There was no Maoris in the government to defend Te Whiti and Tohu, so they just did what they wanted.
Tsai - Why did the Europeans want the land?
Because they were jalless that the maori had land and the parihaka did not. They wanted to make farms.
Joshua/Rakel - why did the Maori people build their new village at Parihaka?
They built land because the europeans government didn't give them land so they had to build some new land and they called it parihaka and their leader was called te whiti.
Janett - Why did the government let the men go out of jail?
Because the jail have to many parihaka mens in the jail and the they set them free.
Langiola - Why did the people offer the soldiers 500 loaves of bread?
So there kids can survie and themselves because there in a war so the can fight people to. They have to be full with food so they cant die cause they have to protect people that are in danger and not make themselves or anyone, else stave because together we are strong we are family because we all love each other so much.
Mathew - Why is this story famous in NZ?
Litia - Why was Te Whiti preaching to the people? What was he preaching about?
He was preaching by peace. Cause he wanted to make people peace full like how he is.
Rona - What happened at the end of the story? What did the people of Parihaka do?
Founded in the mid-1860s, Parihaka was soon attracting dispossessed and disillusioned Māori from around the country.
Miss Ashley - where is the village of Parihaka? Where were the prisons kept?
The village of Parihaka is near the coast by Taranaki. The prisoners from Parihaka were sent to jails in different places all over NZ. The most famous one was in Dunedin, and it was pretty much a cave. The men were kept in caves without trial. When they were released they went ship back to Taranaki.
Europeans wanted land to make farms.
Maori were kind and offered the soldiers food.
The government promised them land, but they never gave it.
Kupe and his wife sailed from Hawiki and sailed to the Southwest corner. He found land And called it Aotearoa [the long white cloud]. He went back to Hawiki and brought more people to live there.
I don't believe in this story 100% because there are other legends that retell this story about kupe finding Aotearoa [the long white cloud].
English weren't here when moa were still alive so the English couldn't give them a name.
The Moa is about 3.6 and skin is ` made out of feather.
Moa were flightless birds because of their weight. Moa a special because their the biggest species.
Moa existed for 500 years in New Zealand.
Moa eat birds who eat birds.
There predator are maori humans.
The ants eat grass then the birds eat worms ,then moa eat birds.
On your blog, tell us whether or not you would like to try flax weaving. Does it interest you? Why or why not?
I Would like to try flax weaving.


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import com.agilemods.materiamuto.common.command.CommandEMC;
import com.agilemods.materiamuto.common.lib.LibMisc;
import cpw.mods.fml.common.Loader;
import cpw.mods.fml.common.Mod;
import cpw.mods.fml.common.SidedProxy;
import cpw.mods.fml.common.event.FMLInitializationEvent;
import cpw.mods.fml.common.event.FMLPostInitializationEvent;
import cpw.mods.fml.common.event.FMLPreInitializationEvent;
import cpw.mods.fml.common.event.FMLServerStartingEvent;
import net.minecraftforge.common.config.Configuration;

import java.io.File;

@Mod(modid = LibMisc.MODID, name = LibMisc.MODNAME, version = LibMisc.VERSION, dependencies = LibMisc.DEPENDENCIES)
public class MateriaMuto {

    public static boolean neiLoaded = false;
    public static boolean thaumcraftLoaded = false;

    @Mod.Instance(LibMisc.MODID)
    public static MateriaMuto instance;

    @SidedProxy(serverSide = LibMisc.PROXY_COMMON, clientSide = LibMisc.PROXY_CLIENT)
    public static CommonProxy proxy;

    public static File configDir;

    public static Configuration configuration;

    @Mod.EventHandler
    public void preInit(FMLPreInitializationEvent event) {
        neiLoaded = Loader.isModLoaded("NotEnoughItems");
        thaumcraftLoaded = Loader.isModLoaded("Thaumcraft");

        configDir = new File(event.getModConfigurationDirectory(), "MateriaMuto");

        configuration = new Configuration(new File(configDir, "MateriaMuto.cfg"));
        configuration.load();

        proxy.preInit(event);
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    @Mod.EventHandler
    public void init(FMLInitializationEvent event) {
        proxy.init(event);
    }

    @Mod.EventHandler
    public void postInit(FMLPostInitializationEvent event) {
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Il ristorante Belvedere, situato a 1027 m s.l.m. sul monte Campo dei Fiori, a Varese, è un esempio di architettura liberty.

Storia

Il ristorante fu progettato contestualmente al Grand Hotel e alla funicolare da Giuseppe Sommaruga nel 1910, per conto della Società Grandi Alberghi di Milano, e costruito entro il 1911, pochi giorni dopo il completamento della funicolare Vellone-Campo dei Fiori, nell'attesa che fosse pronto l'albergo.

Il ristorante divenne famoso, oltre che per l'ottima cucina, per la vista mozzafiato di cui si godeva dal grande salone semicircolare, che pare quasi proiettato a strapiombo sulla valle. Tuttavia, verso il 1968, il ristorante chiuse, a causa del ridimensionato flusso turistico nel Varesotto, e fu lasciato andare in rovina.

Struttura

Il ristorante si raggiunge con il medesimo sentiero che conduce all'albergo: superato il suddetto e la vecchia funicolare, ecco apparire l'edificio, che è diviso in due parti: una, addossata alla montagna, a parallelepipedo, un'altra, a semicerchio, che è un solo grande salone, e che appare quasi protesa sulla valle, sorretta solo da due contrafforti. Sotto il portico creato dal salone, vi è l'ingresso principale, raggiungibile mediante due scale simmetriche (una per lato), oggi recintate.

Da notare all'esterno la pesante decorazione lapidea e le ringhiere, opera di Alessandro Mazzucotelli, all'interno il fregio dipinto che adorna l'ingresso e i controsoffitti a graticcio delle Sale rossa e blu (vedi pianta).

Vi è altresì un ingresso superiore, raggiungibile da un sentiero che parte davanti alla facciata del Grand Hotel, e che sbocca nella Sala blu.

Bibliografia
 Luigi Ambrosoli, Varese, storia millenaria, Macchione Editore
 AA.VV., Varese Beautiful, Macchione Editore
 Pietro Macchione, Amarcord del territorio Varesino, Macchione Editore

Altri progetti

Architetture di Varese
Campo dei Fiori
Ristoranti d'Italia

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Q: get some of the items in an array I have an array that contains integers and i want to filter this array based on the value like i want to get only items that is bigger than the last item by 30 or whatever
That's want i mean i have an array like this [0,10,25,30,55,60,65,75,82....]
and i want to filter this to have the first number and see if the next number is bigger by 30 if not jump on the next one and check
That what i have tried but i don't think its any closer to what i want
for(int i=0; i<array.size(); i++){
    if(array.get(i)<array.get(i+1)+30){
        //do something with that number
    }
}

A: You are close. You should keep track of the last number you processed, and compare it to the next number.
int current = array.get(0);
//do something with that number
for (int i=1; i<array.size(); i++) {
    if (array.get(i) >= current + 30) {
        //do something with that number
        current = array.get(i);
    }
}

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Military Members & Families Exposed to Contaminated Drinking Water at Camp Lejeune
June 21, 2022/RP Legal
Millions of Military Members and Families Exposed to Contaminated Drinking Water at Camp Lejeune
Camp Lejeune was home to thousands of families and civilians when the Marine Corps discovered specific volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the Base's drinking water in 1982. Prior to this discovery, the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) predicts one million servicemen, their families, and civilians were exposed to toxic water. Scientific and medical evidence has shown an association between exposure to these contaminants during and development of certain diseases and birth defects.
The pollution of the drinking water began in the early 1950's and contaminated 3 water-distribution plants at Camp Lejeune. These plants supplied most family houses at the Base with "finished water" until approximately February 1985.
After decades of research, the US government now acknowledges that these harmful chemicals may have caused military members and their families to develop serious medical conditions. The Camp Lejeune Justice Act allows these victims to potentially recover damages due to exposure. As of June 16, 2022, the bill is currently awaiting the president's signature.
Rikard & Protopapas is now investigating and reviewing potential Camp Lejeune claims from veterans and families. If you or someone you know suffered severe illnesses after being on the Base from 1950 to 1985, please contact us today. We will help guide you through this process and work to secure the compensation you deserve.
Known Health Effects From Exposure
The ATSDR has conducted numerous studies on the health risks from the chemicals at Camp Lejeune since the 1980's. Exposure to these chemicals is associated with several cancers and chronic conditions.
Individuals who spent at least 30 days at Camp Lejeune have been diagnosed with the following illnesses:
Leukemias
Other Serious Illnesses
Cardiac defects
Neurobehavioral effects
Major malformations
Impaired immune system functions
Please note this is not an exhaustive list of the health effects from exposure to the chemicals. The ATSDR is still studying the relationships between the chemicals and their health effects. Additionally, the effects of exposure to any chemical depends on several factors. For more information on the evidence and studies, visit the ATSDR website here.
Chemicals In Camp Lejeune Water
According to the ATSDR, the contaminated water's toxicity level was 400 times what safety regulations allowed. The chemicals are colorless and went undetected for over 30 years. Meanwhile, military members and civilian staff along with their families living on base drank and bathed in the toxic water.
Sampling from the Camp Lejeune water supply show that trichloroethylene (TCE), tetrachloroethylene (PCE), vinyl chloride (VC) and benzene polluted drinking water at the Base. Some of the uses for these chemicals include cleaning metal parts, dry cleaning, metal degreasing, and to create other chemicals found in plastics, resins, nylon fibers, and synthetic fibers.
The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), EPA, and the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) classifies TCE, PCE, VC, and benzene as carcinogenic to humans.
Studies show that these chemicals cause numerous birth defects as well. Exposure during fetal development has caused decreased body weight, heart defects, delayed bone formation, and bone marrow damage. Miscarriages and female infertility have also been linked to exposure to these chemicals.
The ATSDR notes that many factors including the amount, length, and method of exposure effect the types and severity of illnesses people are diagnosed with.
Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022
A new law will give veterans and families an opportunity to file a claim against Camp Lejeune for suffering resulting from living and working on the Base. To be eligible for compensation, you must have been present on the Marine Base for at least 30 days between August 1953 and December 1987.
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Last year, in our inaugural 2017 on-campus VITA campaign, student volunteers provided tax assistance to 700 taxpayers in King County. In addition to receiving adept tax assistance, these taxpayers also received tax refunds of approximately $1 million. New this year, the UW site is equipped to prepare tax returns for international students.


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Dehcho: A musical journey along the Mackenzie River
Professor of Cello Eric Wilson teams up with Dené leaders and UBC academics on a cross-cultural multimedia project honouring First Nations music and activism
By Tze Liew
From a grassy ring in an outdoor pavilion, the sound of Dené drumming rings out to the mountains and rivers of the Mackenzie Valley: proud and vigorous, the pulse of a galloping heartbeat. Accompanying this is the sonorous voice of Dené leader Angus Ekenale, his eyes closed in fervour as he leads a traditional song while pounding on a hand drum. His voice is filled with colours: sometimes quavering, sometimes a chested cry, and then a low hum, inviting more and more voices from the Liidlii Kue First Nation to join in as one chorus, one spirit.
Perched on a cliff overlooking a torrential river, Professor of Cello Eric Wilson draws out the first notes of a sweeping, majestic melody on his cello. It sounds like the heartstrings of nature — music that sets free the spirit of raging rivers, vast blue skies and sprawling rosy sunsets. A tribute to the Mackenzie River Valley, and the First Nations guardians who have kept it pristine and welcoming.
The interweaving of these two musical cultures is at the heart of the Dehcho project — a multimedia collaboration celebrating the music and history of the Northwest Territories, and a bridge for reconciliation between Indigenous communities from the North and non-Indigenous people from the South. Spearheaded by Chief Gerald Antoine, leader of the Liidlii Kue First Nation, and a team of artists and educators, including UBC faculty and alumni, the project launched in 2015 with the ancient drum dances of the Dené people and has grown to include Dené hand games, Gwich'in fiddling and Inuvialuit drumming.
"The project traces its roots back to the Berger Inquiry in 1975 that halted the construction of a massive pipeline project running through the Yukon and the Mackenzie River Valley."
Prof. Wilson travelled through the Valley as part of the project team, learning about Dené culture, filming their traditional songs, and sharing cello music with the communities in return. "We were first invited by Chief Antoine to meet drummers from the Liidlii Kue First Nation. When you are in that fortunate situation, you go humbly, you are a guest," he says.
The project traces its roots back to the Berger Inquiry in 1975 — a key undertaking led by Justice Thomas Berger from the Supreme Court of B.C., that halted the construction of a massive pipeline project running through the Yukon and the Mackenzie River Valley. Justice Berger and UBC Law Professor Michael Jackson, who was acting as Special Counsel, travelled to thirty communities across the north to help Dené and Inuvialuit leaders plan the hearings, where they demanded that their land claims be settled. The testimony and many of the drum dances that celebrated the visit of the Inquiry were recorded on tape.
These tapes resurfaced ten years ago, when Prof. Jackson asked Daniel Séguin, a Gemini and Leo-awards winning composer with a strong interest in social justice projects, to digitize them for a modern audience. "Michael Jackson hoped that, with Seguin's help, those recordings could be digitized and returned to the northern communities," says Drew Ann Wake (BA'76, MA'84), a curator and key player in the Dehcho project, and who had attended the Inquiry as a young CBC reporter.
Chief Gerald Antoine, leader of the Liidlii Kue First Nation, spearheaded the Dehcho Project in 2015
The first digital masters — of drumming recorded 40 years ago — were presented to Chief Antoine in Fort Simpson. "There are messages and stories that go with the songs," Chief Antoine says. Recognizing the spiritual need for young Dené people to inherit the old songs, he set the terms of partnership for the Dehcho project: Drew Ann Wake would pay to fly Dené elder and drum dance master Angus Ekenale from his home in Wrigley to Fort Simpson, and UBC Studios would send videographer Christopher Aitken to film him performing ancient songs. Both the Dené people and the project team would be able to use the videos for educational and archival purposes.
Around this time, Séguin had the idea to create a musical work that would be a river journey — pairing traditional northern drumming with a companion cello piece that Wilson could perform. It would be a way for the two cultures to speak to each other.
"I thought that maybe after all these centuries we could come together through our music," says Séguin. "Maybe we could share with the Dené, instead of taking from them."
Séguin and Wilson began to work with Wake, who was curating Thunder in Our Voices — a UBC-sponsored traveling exhibition that showcased northern Indigenous artwork inspired by recordings from the Berger Inquiry. The art, paired with a photo montage and historical speeches, was set to Séguin's cello piece, Dehcho (which means "big river," referring to the great Mackenzie).
"We thought the cello, which is so close to the human voice, would be fitting as a metaphor for the voice of humanity," says Wilson. "It also represents the traveller, one who is invited into First Nations land to experience it."
In 2017, the Dehcho project won a Canada Council New Chapter grant as part of the 150th anniversary of Canada. That summer, Wilson, Séguin and their team embarked on their river journey — up north to Fort Simpson to share music with the Liidlii Kue First Nation drummers.
"We were like tiny ants travelling in a giant leaf, trying to find our way among the veins. Fortunately our guide, an elder, knew the territory like the back of his hand," Wilson recalls. "It was very sparsely populated, vast, and overwhelmingly beautiful."
Drum dance master Angus Ekenale
At Fort Simpson, Chief Antoine and Elder Ekenale taught them about drum dances, and how the millenia-old art form is woven into the fabric of the lives of the Dené community.
"De makes reference to the river, and né to the land. The Dené people evolved from the essence of land and river, which are tied to our creation and survival," explains Chief Antoine. "We celebrate this sacred connection, through song and drums, in prayers and ceremonies."
The drums themselves are the voice of the land: hide made of caribou belly skin, wood made of birch, and fastenings made of babiche (sinew). Carrying the heartbeat of the land and Creator, the drums ring out at all kinds of special occasions — weddings, funerals, births, harvests, meetings, spiritual healings and more.
"Elder Angus Ekenale told me how he uses song and drumming to move his people in expressions of joy or solemnity, according to the occasion or ceremony," says Wilson. "I can only imagine how many stories he has expressed through his music, just as I have over the decades that I have lived in music."
Wilson and Séguin saw a drum dance live for the first time at the Hand Games: a traditional Dené sporting event. Originally designed as physical and mental tests to develop hunting and fishing skills, the hand games are not unlike what a major football game is to the southerners — people gather with excitement from far and wide.
"When I heard the drums played live for the first time, I was mesmerized," says Wilson. "The drums and the voices together, that is the heartbeat of a nation. Then, watching the people of the Liidlii Kue First Nation dancing in a circle, you realize: this is not a ritual, it is a profound community experience."
"'De' makes reference to the river, and 'né' to the land. The Dené people evolved from the essence of land and river, which are tied to our creation and survival. We celebrate this sacred connection, through song and drums, in prayers and ceremonies."
— Chief Gerald Antoine
It was only fitting that this gift of community music would be reciprocated during Canada 150, through the voice of Dehcho. At the end of their visit, the project team presented their multimedia exhibition at the Open Sky Gallery to a packed audience. The front row was reserved for a group of women Dené elders. As Wilson began to play, with a video of the grand northern landscape projecting behind him, the women put their hands over their hearts, feeling the vibrations of the cello reverberating inside them. "Dehcho weaves together two different musical traditions that share the same emotional intensity," says Martina Norwegian, Director of the Fort Simpson Historical Society. "They have a deep connection…if you listen for it."
"They were all looking at each other with this look of joy on their faces, physically feeling Eric's music," says Drew Ann Wake. "And I thought, Oh, this is a once in a lifetime experience for me. It was beautiful."
In the evening, the team headed out to film Eric playing Dehcho on the riverbank. "It had been raining all afternoon, but minutes before we started filming, the sunset appeared, flooding the clouds and the river below in a flush of pink and orange. Eric playing the cello over that golden river, with mosquitoes flying in bunches around his head will always be the perfect piece of music to me," laughs Wake. The footage has now been edited into a video showcasing the Liidlii Kue Drummers, and background orchestral music performed by the UBC Chamber Strings.
Since then, the Indigenous elders and the project team have brought the project to many more communities. It continues to grow and take new forms. In September 2019 the team filmed Gwich'in fiddler Michael Francis on the grassy banks of the Mackenzie Delta. They gave a performance to a packed school gym in Tuktoyaktuk. They drove to the village of Tsiigehtchic, where Eric gave a music lesson at the local school that encouraged each student to take a turn with the cello.
Most recently, during the summer months of COVID-19, the project team has been working to incorporate these recordings of Wilson and the Indigenous musicians into online curriculum packages, to be used by schools across the North. The materials will also be put on the Indigenous Foundations website at UBC. They hope to get Indigenous youth excited about their own music and legacy.
Looking forward, the team hopes to embark on another boat journey from Fort Simpson to the Delta next summer. Wilson also anticipates plans for Chief Antoine to visit the UBC School of Music for a roundtable discussion on traditional drumming, whenever COVID restrictions have been lifted. This is a precious exchange that Wilson hopes will continue into the future — a spirit of mutual curiosity, respect and understanding that transcends cultures and borders.
"To think, after all that has happened in the past, all we have taken from the north, people still welcomed us as outsiders who had something to share," says Séguin.
"Music is a conduit for all people," says Chief Antoine. "It creates the possibility for us to connect, to recognize each other and where we come from. To understand what our lands and rivers mean to us, and to ensure a good life for our children, grandchildren and those yet to come."
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Unrestricted Prayer For The Millions Of People Who Are Finding It Difficult To Balance Their Budgets – November 2016 | Rejoice!
I want to pray today especially for the millions of people who are finding it difficult to balance their budgets. Our world has taken a crazy turn financially that has left many individuals and families hanging unto a thread of hope that their financial situations will get better. Today on behalf of all those who are plagued with this daily problem, I pray for a solution that will bring clarity and relief.
Lord, I am requesting that a way be made for those who cannot find work to be able to find work. I pray that others who may have work but are being exploited on the job and given meager salaries that cannot allow them to buy their necessities, will find other jobs and fair opportunities where they can feed their families adequately. Lord I also pray for those who are penniless, homeless and destitute that your angels will comfort them and inspire those who can help them to share their bread and water on a regular basis with those in need. I pray for those also who have access to a huge salary but are making bad decisions with the funds they have in their possession – help them to see that their present resources can be used to relieve genuine lack and to create jobs for those who are unemployed.
Lord please give each of us who desire to do better the faith and courage to follow through with budgetary decisions and actions that will glorify Your Name. Please remove the agents of hardship that try to propel hardship worldwide by increasing prices and selling poor quality goods. Please give those in positions of authority the backbone they need to stand up to principalities and powers that try to cultivate more hardship and harder ways of doing everyday tasks. Please cripple companies and organizations that are deceitful and want to destroy human life by creating inhumane and harsh fiscal policies to take away bread from the tables of families and poor persons. Help us to realize that each of us has a role to play in this great opportunity called life and give us the courage to know how to always approach your throne night and day with every problem, situation or budgetary inadequacy we face.
Thank you Lord for hearing our request in Jesus' Name Amen.


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City of Leduc council voted to join the Regional Transit Service Commission at the Feb. 24 regular meeting. (File)
The City of Leduc will join the planned Regional Transit Services Commission (RTSC) after council voted 5-1 in favour at the Feb. 24 regular council meeting.
The RTSC will potentially consist of 13 municipalities in the Edmonton region working together to create a regional transit service. So far, the City of Edmonton, City of St. Albert and Town of Stony Plain have all voted to join the commission, while Strathcona County decided against joining.
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Coun. Terry Lazowski voted against the motion and Coun. Bill Hamilton was absent from the meeting. Lazowski said the capital requirements, which were not included in a report completed by Ernst and Young (EY) detailing how a regional transit service could roll out, is a risk area.
He added that Leduc's transit is doing well in providing good service for a minimal cost and joining a regional service means the cost of transit will only increase.
The RTSC was born out of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed by the 13 municipalities in the region in 2018. Since the MOU was signed an RTSC transition team has been guiding the work of Ernst and Young as they completed the report.
EY's report includes a regional transit service design concept, a transit service delivery model, regional service levels and guidelines, operating model, governance model, funding model, cost-sharing approach, implementation plan and strategic plans.
If enough municipalities agree to join the RTSC, and the application to create the commission is approved by the Alberta Government, regional transit services could be implemented by 2022.
Mike Pieters, general manager of infrastructure and planning, highlighted a few key points to council, including that capital costs are not included in the report. The one-time start-up cost of the project is $4.4 million over four years, which will require borrowing. He added that until the commission can borrow, that cost will fall on municipalities.
The report outlines a more efficient transit service that predicts a savings of 850 services hours per week and $3.4 million per year by 2026. Pieters pointed out that until that time the service would be running at a deficit.
Members of RTSC have the option to leave the commission if the allocation of costs becomes too much due to a lower number of members than is expected.
Lazowski said he didn't see how the commission would produce savings for the city and added that municipalities at the lower end of the pay scale could end up paying more, because of that he didn't support joining.
Coun. Beverly Beckett said she also has reservations about unknown costs but is reassured by the fact that if the cost becomes too much for the city they are able to leave the commission.
Coun. Laura Tillack agreed with Beckett and said if it's something the city can't afford they'll have the option to leave but she felt they should be given the opportunity to help create the service.
Coun. Lars Hansen added that an improved transit service for residents is an important economic driver. He said although there are some unknowns, joining the commission allows the city to have a seat at the table.
Mayor Bob Young concluded the meeting commenting that residents elected council to be leaders and if they believed in a regional fire services model, why not a regional transit model.
Young went on to say that he believes the RTSC is the future of transit and if it fails the region will be less economically competitive.
The 12 other municipalities in the region will be voting whether to join the commission in March. The next step after voting is complete is to prepare and submit an application to the Government of Alberta to create the commission.
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Want to express a heartfelt welcome to your Valentine's wedding guests? One sure way to do so would be with a vibrant Valentine-red signage, decked out in flowers!
To help you create such a sign, we put together a super-easy DIY project that would get you the visual impact without a ton of tedious steps. The secret is that some components may be store-bought instead of made from scratch, for those who aren't exactly the crafty type. So, shall we move on to the tutorial?
Step 1 – Obtain the needed materials.
Note: You can also purchase wooden or foam letters that are sold as separate pieces for kids' craft projects. Then, simply hot-glue them together before mounting in Step 4 below. If they come unpainted, you can always paint them in your desired color(s).
Step 2 – Make dozens of tissue-paper flowers.
Okay, we know we said no tedious steps! But this is actually very easy.
Simply cut the red tissue paper into 4-5 inch wide strips.
Keeping the strips folded, trim one edge of each strip into deep petal-shaped scallops.
Unfold the strips and proceed to roll each one up tightly, bunching the straight edge together to form a "stem" and leaving the scalloped edge free.
Secure the stem portion with tape and fluff up the petals.
Repeat this step over and over (and over and over!) until you have enough flowers to cover all 4 sides of the box—or at least 3 sides, if you plan to position your welcome sign against a wall.
Step 3 – Glue the flowers to the box.
Proceed to cover the box with the paper flowers.
With the glue gun, put a generous dab of glue on the stem of each flower and attach it to the surface of the box.
Continue gluing, keeping the flowers tightly positioned alongside one another for a dense, full coverage.
Make additional flowers at this point, if your initial estimate falls short.
Once the box is fully covered, allow the glue to dry thoroughly. Then, fluff up the petals for a really pretty finish!
Step 4 – Apply glue to the "Welcome" letters.
For the more crafty among you, an alternative to a store-bought sign would be painting your own lettering on a flat wooden plank or board. Although the effect of free-standing, cutout letters is more suited to this particular signage project.
Step 5 – Mount the letters on the top of the box.
Press the sign firmly in place along the top front edge of the box.
Allow the glue to dry thoroughly and check that the sign is securely attached.
Note: As you can see, we hadn't completed the flower gluing at this point. So you could actually mount the "Welcome" lettering at any point of the process. Then, go on to cover the entire box with flowers.
Step 6 – Display the finished signage at the party!
Let your welcome sign set the tone for your chic and modern Valentine's wedding party. Be sure to place the finished sign on a table covered with an elegant tablecloth. You may also want to incorporate the sign as part of your guestbook or gift table. Guests are certain not to miss it!
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This is beautiful! I love the step-by-step directions! Thanks so much for linking up to my Valentine Link Party!
Forgot to thank you for reading and commenting on my crazy mustache valentine post! I appreciate you taking the time to stop in!
Thanks so much, Jessa! We appreciate it!
Hi, Michelle! Oh, it was fun joining your Valentine Link Party. One of our first few times to participate in one, so pretty exciting! And we did enjoy your mustache Valentine post, too.
Such a cute idea, cannot wait to give it a try. Thank you for sharing the steps to making such a pretty project. :)!


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What Makes a City Bikeshare Program Work? Could Seattle's?
Given our dual passions of sustainability and cyclist culture, it makes sense that we're curious about the rising trend of city bikeshares. It seems that even though they're largely unprofitable–a word that's a considerable understatement for cities like New York–they continue to capture the imaginations and infrastructures of more American cities every year. Between private and public bikeshares, there are nearly 100 programs in America, most of which are run by cities or universities, to varying degrees and definitions of success.
What is a Bikeshare?
Almost all city bikeshares follow the same model: bikes are publicly corralled in stations that are strategically placed in high-traffic urban areas. With the swipe of a card, you can pull out a bike from its dock and ride it to whatever station is nearest your destination. Most bikeshare rides are short, especially because many programs offer free rides for trips under 30 minutes. Typically, the program offers annual memberships to users for a fee anywhere between $35 and $150, and allows non-members (like tourists) to rent at a daily or hourly rate.
The Million-Dollar Bikeshare Question
The concept of bikeshares was popularized after Paris' wildly-successful program Vélib' launched in 2007. Not only did Vélib' have 20 million users in the first year alone as well as resounding community support, but it's also the most profitable bikeshare program in existence, earning Paris about $30 million in profits annually. The program itself was built and managed by the advertising agency JCDecaux in return for exclusive rights to half of Paris' advertising billboards, an exchange that seems favorable to both the city and the agency.
And yet, even though Paris' program was the mold from which most other bikeshares have been cast, its success is the exception, not the rule, and even corporate partnerships aren't often able to keep a bikeshare afloat.
Barcelona's Bicing, for example, was also launched in 2007 and runs at an annual deficit of around €12 million. London's system lost $21 million in 2012 and is expected to cost more than 5 times the sponsorship revenues in the next two years. New York's Citi Bike program–underwritten by CitiBank–is in a financial tailspin, reportedly seeking tens of millions of dollars to keep afloat. Indeed, Citi Bike is often described as the perfect storm of bikeshare problems. It launched late, and during one of the coldest, least bike-able winters in New York history, the Canadian company that supplied its bikes declared bankruptcy, Hurricane Sandy damaged more than $10 million worth of equipment, and it's been plagued with software problems since its inception. And interestingly, its biggest problem is its popularity with New Yorkers–there were too many locals buying annual passes and not enough tourists, which is where big bucks are.
The Solution: Treat Bike Shares as Public Transit
It seems that the best success stories of American bike share programs happen when the city treats the bike share as an expected transportation cost rather than a potential source of revenue.
Washington D.C.'s Capital Bikeshare is often cited as one of the most successful city bikeshare programs in America, yet not because it's turning a profit. It was originally launched not with corporate money but federal grants earmarked for programs that improve air quality. And though Capital Bikeshare plans a $3.5million expansion during 2016, they are able to run at one of narrowest margins of loss in the country (only $392,000 in 2013), have noticeably decreased traffic congestion, provide free passes for low-income riders, and have become a point of city pride.
Why did DC work? Partially because they have no expectation of profit from what is essentially an arm of their public transportation system. As Jim Sebastian, manager of the Active Transportation Branch with the DC DOT told the Washington Post, "It's great if we can cover some of the costs, and we do…We have good cost recovery, good farebox recovery. But it's an important transit asset for the the city, and I think we'd be willing to operate it at a subsidy if we had to."
For example, take a look at this graph from the Rudin Center for Transportation, which clearly shows that bikeshares function as part of a city's transit system, and even in response to it:
Should Seattle Bail Out Our Bikeshare?
Unfortunately, our city is not enjoying the same success as Washington DC. Seattle's bikeshare program Pronto has been floundering since it started in 2014. Between October 2014 and October 2015, most bikes were ridden less than once a day on average, and now the Pronto nonprofit is asking Seattle to purchase the bikeshare program for $1.4 million by March 30, 2016, or it will cease to exist. Can Seattle have a successful bike share program?
There are a number of obstacles for us, such as being one of the hilliest major cities in America and having a less bikeable downtown area than we'd like to think. Pronto is also surprisingly unpopular for a city that considers itself so green. In its first year, it logged only 142,832 rides; DC's Capital bikeshare, in comparison, had over a million rides its first year, despite freezing winters and humid summers. It could also be that if you're the kind of person to bike in Seattle, you're already doing it.
And yet, as Councilmen Mike O'Brien and Rob Johnson told The Stranger, they're leaning toward saving the system because if we let Pronto die, we'll probably have to return about $1 million in government grants that had supported Pronto, so why not spring for a little more and save it? After all, bikeshares are a civic good in many ways, such as reducing congestion and pollution and promoting healthy, active lifestyles. Perhaps if we were to be publicly funding our bikeshare, we could work on making it accessible to people who can't afford their own bikes (let alone cars) or have had little introduction to the cycling lifestyle. That seems to be the best reason to fund what may someday be considered a public transportation right.
What do you think, Alchemists? What would a "successful" Seattle bikeshare look like to you, or what is it like in your city?
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Q: Trying to create a consistent ?-mark-inside-circle in CSS I'm trying to create a question-mark-inside-a-circle glyph using CSS. It should look like © basically.
Here's what I have so far.
a::before
{
    content: '?';
    font-size: 60%;
    font-family: sans-serif;
    vertical-align: middle;
    font-weight: bold;
    text-align: center;
    display: inline-block;
    width: 1.8ex;
    height: 1.8ex;
    border-radius: 1ex;
    color: blue;
    background: white;
    border: thin solid blue;
}

It's not bad on firefox but the positioning of the question mark inside the circle is off-centre on Chrome (and I don't have IE to test but I'm assuming the worst).
I don't understand much about the nuances of fonts. Can this approach be made to work cross-platform or should I give up and use an image? I'm doing it this way to keep it scaled with the font.
UPDATE: Tweaking the settings as suggested so far is providing improvements only in select circumstances. There always seems to be some font sizes for which there is more than a rounding error (more than 1 pixel that is) of off-centreness either horizontally or vertically. The goal is to fit the border to the question mark, not fit the border to the square box which contains the question mark, as I suspect is happening.

A: Based on the Abhitalk's answer and playing with it a bit, I've came up with a responsive approach, where the question mark and the circle are both scale in proportion to the base font size so you can easily set the size of the whole thing:
.infolink:after {
    content: '?';
    display: inline-block;
    font-family: sans-serif;
    font-weight: bold;
    text-align: center;
    font-size: 0.8em;
    line-height: 0.8em;
    border-radius: 50%;
    margin-left: 6px;
    padding: 0.13em 0.2em 0.09em 0.2em;
    color: inherit;
    border: 1px solid;
    text-decoration: none;
}

Use it like this:

If you see how this can be improved further, your comment is very welcome!

A: Looks like you're missing line-height:1; Add that and it gets significantly better.
Personally I think it looks best with font-size:50%, but that's my opinion.
Updated Fiddle

A: W3C schools has a useful guide for creating circular question marks using Awesome Fonts and unicode, tested in Chrome, Firefox, Edge and IE and appears consistent in all, please see demo:

<!DOCTYPE html>

<title>Font Awesome Icons</title>
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/4.7.0/css/font-awesome.min.css">

fa fa-question-circle

Used on a button:

<button style="font-size:24px">Button </button>

Unicode:



Sourced from W3C Schools: https://www.w3schools.com/icons/tryit.asp?filename=tryicons_fa-question-circle

A: See this fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/hg7nP/7/
Highlighting only the things I changed:
.infolink:before {
    font-size: 1.4ex;
    line-height: 1.8ex;
    border-radius: 1.2ex;
    margin-right: 4px;
    padding: 1px;
    text-decoration: none;
}

Regarding cross browser, it is working in all browsers except IE < 9 where border-radius won't work.

A: Just make the line-height the same as the height of the element/pseudo-element.
line-height:1.8ex;

A: You can use Unicode characters to get a more concise solution. I used a question mark with Combining Enclosing Circle (U+20DD)
.infolink::before {
    content: '?⃝';
    display: inline-block;
    margin-right: 0.25rem;
}


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Program Luna (rusky Луна) byla série nepilotovaných vesmírných misí Sovětského svazu, která byla v letech 1959 až 1976 zaměřena na dosažení a prozkoumání Měsíce. Přinesly řadu informací o Měsíci, o jeho složení, teplotě či gravitaci. Z celého programu 24 misí bylo 15 úspěšných, ačkoliv celkový počet misí byl vyšší. Mise, které nedosáhly orbitu, však nebyly do programu započítávány. Jedna mise skončila na suborbitě.

Průběh programu
Kosmický výzkum na konci padesátých let znamenal pro Sověty vše, na co mohli být hrdí. Do konce roku 1958 byly do kosmu vypuštěny čtyři stroje (Sputnik 1, Sputnik 2, Sputnik 3 a Explorer), z toho první tři sovětské. V dobývání vesmíru nad Američany jasně vedli a nechtěli polevit. Začali proto vypouštět k Měsíci řadu sond s poetickým názvem Luna (rusky Měsíc). První oficiálně přiznaný let (předcházely mu tři neúspěšné pokusy) byl označen Luna 1. Odstartoval 2. ledna 1959 a cílem sondy bylo dopadnout na povrch Měsíce. Díky špatnému výpočtu rychlosti nosné rakety se tak však nestalo.

Na povrch Měsíce dopadla až sonda Luna 2 a to 13. září 1959. Cílem Luny 3 nebylo přistání na Měsíci, ale jako první přinesla fotografie odvrácené strany Měsíce. Z dalších letů byl zajímavý let Luna 16, který jako první v rámci programu Luna přivezl vzorky hornin a Luna 17, která na povrch Měsíce dopravila vozítko Lunochod. Sovětský svaz na Měsíc nikdy nevyslal kosmonauta (utajený projekt byl po řadě neúspěchů zrušen), ale přesto program Luna přinesl řadu důležitých informací a zkušeností.

V rámci programu Luna bylo vypuštěno z Bajkonuru mnoho dalších sond. Ty neúspěšné nebyly tehdy vůbec oznámeny, nebo získaly označení programu Kosmos.

Zajímavosti
Sovětský svaz počítal s vynesením jaderné bomby a zasažení Měsíce. Z projektu sešlo z důvodu rizika při vynášení jaderné bomby na oběžnou dráhu. O podobném projektu se diskutovalo i v USA, byl ale zavržen.

Seznam sond Luna

Nové mise Luna
Roskosmos plánuje nové mise Luna, jako součást ruského lunárního programu, na kterých se podílí i evropská kosmická agentura ESA. Jedná se o několik průzkumných robotických misí k Měsíci, první má být Luna 25.

Odkazy

Reference

Související články
 Sovětský kosmický program
 Program Zond
 Sovětský lunární program
 Program Apollo

Externí odkazy

 Fotky z projektu Luna
 Program Luna na Čr LEONARDO

Sondy k Měsíci
Sovětské sondy
Luna


Next Ice Age Delayed by Man-Made CO2?
A news release from the University of Southampton, UK: Next Ice Age delayed by rising CO2 levels Future ice ages may be delayed by up to half a million years by our burning of fossil fuels. That is the implication of recent work by Dr Toby Tyrrell … [Read more...] about Next Ice Age Delayed by Man-Made CO2?


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1of 3 at the WMP
All photos: Michael Holtermann
The staff of the Norwegian music publisher Musikk-Huset A/S have visions, they are creative and bold. Two days ago they just launched a New York Music Series at the wonderful WMP (Workshop for music performances), down town New York - with the intention of introducing historical and contemporary Norwegian music to NYC. And the New York City-audience filled up the concert hall when PUBLIQuartet and I played ball in NBA jerseys and Moods of Norway-design with Grieg, Debussy, Kolstad, Webern and Scubert.
PUBLIQuartet consist of: Jessie Montgomery and Curtis Stewart, violins, Nick Revel, viola and Amanda Gookin, cello. And guys - you look AWSOME in Moods of Norway!!!!
As host, this was my introduction:
"Ladies and gentlemen of the NBA music lover audience. Welcome to something that might look like a basketball game, but it´s more of a game of music rather than a game of sports. However, we´d like to show you the althetizm in music, and the music in sports.
I have allways dreamt of becoming an NBA basketball player. But I guess I was to short. I´m Norwegian. We´re Vikings. My ancestors were very short. But never the less, I DID play basketball when I was younger. And I realized that it ain´t really that much of a difference bethween the game of basketball and the game of music. They both need presition, creativity, teamwork, technical ability and artistic performances"
More photos and videos from the actual performance coming soon, so stay tuned :)
Also - check out this weeks news letter by Michael Holtermann
http://holtermanndesign.com/HDnews/2011/3/
Oh, and ps: Next concert at the WMP nr 2 of 3, is on May 20th at 7 pm. Starring the Norwegian soprano Isa Katharina Gericke:)


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