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One-Cent Energy
How the Grid Works
Grid Value Chain
Who Owns the Grid?
Wholesale Electricity Market
What is RTO/ISO?
New Power Sources
Molten Salt Reactor (MSR)
What is Energy Density?
Why is Storage Needed for Renewables?
The Air We Breathe
Pollution Reduction and Control
The Water We Drink
Water Regulations
What is molten salt reactor (MSR) technology?
Molten salt reactors (MSRs) are one of several next generation (Gen IV) nuclear reactor designs under development today. Like light water reactors (LWRs), MSRs use nuclear fission to generate heat. However, instead of using water for coolant, MSRs use liquid fluoride or chloride salt mixtures, a.k.a. salts.
MSR designs have a number of potential advantages in safety, efficiency, waste management over LWRs. Interest in commercializing MSR has grown since 2002 when the Generation IV International Forum (GIF) selected MSR as one of six most promising fourth generation nuclear reactor designs for international R&D collaboration.
Conceptual scheme for molten salt reactor.
(Source: US Department of Energy Nuclear Energy Research Advisory Committee)
What types of MSR reactors are there?
There are two primary types of MSR: dissolved and solid fuel. In the first type, coolant and the fuel are the same fluid. The nuclear fuel, which is either uranium, plutonium, or thorium is dissolved in the molten salt. The second type of MSR is known as the fluoride salt-cooled high-temperature reactor (FHR). In FHR, the fuel is made of solid particles less than 1 mm wide that is suspended in the molten fluoride coolant. The fuel remains solid even as the fission reaction proceeds.
Has MSR been proven?
The MSR is one of thirteen prototype nuclear reactors that was conceived and tested at. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). At the time, a task force under the Atomic Energy Commission determined that "the highest probability of achieving technical feasibility." The laboratory successfully ran its Molten Salt Reactor Experiment (MSRE) between 1965 and 1969. This reactor produced 7.4 MW of thermal power.
Why was early work in MSR stopped?
In spite of the early success in demonstrating MSR, the MSRE was shut down due to a combination of limited budget and the Atomic Energy Commission's preference in pursuing the alternative sodium-cooled fast breeder reactor design.
What is the efficiency of MSR?
MSRs have higher thermal efficiencies than LWRs because they operate at higher temperatures (700C to 800C) than conventional reactors (300C). MSRs with a closed-cycle turbine can reach 45% electrical power conversion efficiency. In contrast, LWRs, which use traditional steam turbines, only achieves 33% efficiency.
Can MSRs melt down?
Unlike the nuclear accidents at Fukushima Daiichi, Chernobyl, and Three Mile Island, MSRs fundamentally cannot meltdown because the fuel is already in liquid form. MSR employs passive safety by the nature of the coolant. When temperature rises, the salt coolant expands, slowing down the nuclear fission reaction.
Furthermore, if the reactor overheats, a plug melts at the bottom of the reactor and the liquid fuel is immediately evacuated into a catch basin below the reactor where the salt expands and becomes a solid as it cools to below 500C. In the event that the reactor vessel, pump, or pipe is ruptured, the salt simply solidifies and the nuclear fuel cannot contaminate the environment.
Can MSRs explode?
Because MSRs operate at atmospheric pressure, there is no risk of the reactor exploding. Unlike LWRs, the coolant is not pressurized and therefore a containment dome is not needed.
How much waste does MSR produce?
MSR generates less waste than conventional nuclear plants because these reactors do not use fuel rods that are used in LWRs. In addition, the reprocessing of highly radioactive fuel salts is not needed with FHR because it is efficient at burning transuranic elements. FHR can be configured to use the spent fuel from conventional reactors. In France and Russia, researchers are developing MSR that breed in the uranium or thoriums fuel cycles.
What are the technical challenges to commercialize MSR?
While MSRs have numerous design advantages in safety, waste management, cost, and efficiency over LWRs, the concept requires further development and validation.
Molten salts have a corrosive effect on the structural materials used in the reactor vessel and heat exchangers. A major area of development is fine tuning the coolant to control its corrosive effects on reactor components (pipes, pumps, et al.) Another focus is on developing metal alloys and structural ceramics that are resilient to radiation or chemical reactions.
Another challenge for MSR is tritium control. It is the only isotope that could escape during normal operating conditions. Tritium stripping technology from irradiated salt still needs to be adequately demonstrated. Researchers are also experimenting with double-walled heat exchanger designs.
The robustness of the MSR control system and related instrumentation also needs to be tested to ensure passive and active safety requirements are met. Instrumentation like flow meters must be made to be tolerant to high temperatures and corrosive materials. To date, researchers are still tackling individual technical challenges expected in a MSR reactor. No startup has yet designed a complete MSR plant for regulator approval.
Lastly, with each MSR reactor type, the fuel cycle must be developed. Specifically, this means how the reactor is refueled and what happens to the waste.
All aspects of the plant equipment and operation then must be qualified to the regulator. The regulators also must come up with a safety and licensing approach that accommodates historical requirements that are appropriate to regulate the unique features of MSR technology.
What is the timeline for MSR deployment?
MSR and other Generation IV nuclear designs are intended for commercialization after 2030. The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) expects at least two of the advanced nuclear reactor designs, including MSR, to reach technical maturity by the early 2030s.
Which countries are involved in MSR development today?
In 2016, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) established a collaborative platform consisting of 17 member countries for MSR development. The US, Canada, China, Russia, France, India, Norway, and Denmark have active programs to commercialize MSR.
Among them, China is making the most aggressive effort to realize MSR for commercial production. The Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics (SINAP), which has a workforce of 500 researchers, is developing both MSR and FHR for demonstration in 2025 and deployment in the 2030s.
In the US, there are at least nine publicly and privately funded MSR efforts underway in universities and companies. The Department of Energy (DOE) is supporting MSR development through the GAIN MSR Technical Working Group that consists of six companies, as well as ORNL and Argonne National Lab. The DOE is also funding the development of FHR through a tri-university consortium that consists of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), University of California at Berkeley, and University of Wisconsin.
What are the applications for MSR?
The heat from MSRs and other advanced nuclear reactors is amenable for a diverse range of applications including process heat, chemical processing, desalination and hydrogen production. Because MSRs are smaller than LWRs, the military has envisioned their use for marine propulsion.
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Crafty Kids Go Wild this Easter!
The kids will be using clay to make a clay pot and paint it with natural paints.
After crafting with clay we will go into making a whole arrow from slate point and feather fletchings.
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Reading: FG to end fuel subsidy in 2023 – Minister
FG to end fuel subsidy in 2023 – Minister
Sam Adeniyi Published August 19, 2022
Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Ahmed Zainab
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, has disclosed that the Federal Government will stop paying subsidies on Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) by June 2023.
According to The Punch, Ahmed made this disclosure during a meeting with the House of Representatives Ad Hoc Committee investigating the Petroleum Products Subsidy Regime from 2013 to 2022, on Thursday.
The minister further explained that the Federal has decided to end payments on under-recovery between the landing cost and regulated pump price of PMS, stating that the subsidy regime was not sustainable and might force the government to borrow more in 2023.
She disclosed that the plan to stop the payment of petrol subsidy is contained in the 2023-2025 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper.
According to her, President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, had received the MTEF/FSP from the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) approved by the National Economic Council and the Federal Executive Council, respectively.
She stated, "One thing that stands out in the Medium Term Expenditure Framework was that if the nation holds on to fuel subsidy as it is designed now, we will be incurring from January to December, a subsidy cost of N6.4tn. But we suggested to the Federal Executive Council, and the council approved that, maybe, we could look at the option of exiting the subsidy (regime) half year. So, if we did that, then the cost would be N3.35tn, which is half of the N6.7tn.
"The Federal Executive Council approved the second option. That is the option that was conveyed by His Excellency, the President, to the National Assembly. But Let me also say that even though this is a reduced option, it would mean that we are borrowing more than we would have borrowed if we did not have fuel subsidies. In 2022 we are carrying the cost of subsidy throughout the whole year.
"Recall that the initial MTEF and approval by the parliament was for us to exit the subsidy by June of this year. But during the course of the year, making assessment of the difficult fiscal challenges in the economy and the hardship that our citizens are bearing due to high inflation and other challenges, we were asked to re-submit our plans and review them to include provision for fuel subsidy throughout the year 2022. That was how we came back to parliament with an incremental expense from N443bn which we had planned to up to N4tn subsidy expense in 2022."
Ahmed further stated, "This situation is not desirable and it is not sustainable. It is putting the country in a very serious, dire financial situation and we do hope that we will be able to exit this subsidy regime in the shortest possible time.
"The N3.35tn in the approved MTEF that is now before the National Assembly for consideration could have been funds that would apply to other vital sectors of the economy such as health, education and social protection. So, we are carrying a burden and we must sit back as citizens and really assess whether it is beneficial for us to continue to do so."
'FG committed to creation of Ekiti free trade zone'
FG empowers NMDPRA to tackle petrol price hike
Subsidy: Petrol may hit N800/litre, says marketers
FG approves port workers' salary increase
TAGGED: FG, fuel subsidy
Sam Adeniyi August 19, 2022

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This is the third post in a blog series on our key takeaways from the day's sessions. Contact us if you would be interested in applying these ideas and strategies into your classes!
Teaching online through synchronous sessions can be much more than online versions of a PowerPoint lecture. Instead of one-way conversations, treat them as great opportunities to bring real-time interaction into your online or hybrid course. Presenters at this year's Northeast E-Learning Consortium Conference shared effective strategies for encouraging student participation during synchronous online sessions. Rather than be passive observers likely to tune out, students that participate in synchronous sessions will be more engaged, attain deeper learning by discussing and applying concepts immediately, and feel more of a sense community with their instructors and classmates.
(CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) Giulia Forsythe on Flickr.
At his session Promoting Meaningful Student Engagement in Synchronous Classrooms, Stefan Perun of Villanova University gave some helpful tips to help facilitators make sure the work of creating engagement in a synchronous session doesn't fall solely on the instructor. Many of his suggestions focused on encouraging quality over quantity from student participations. He recommended that faculty resist the urge to grade students on the number of times they participate; rather grade them on contributions that are on topic and demonstrate deeper levels of thinking. One way to grade synchronous participation is to clearly articulate your expectations for quality student comments in a rubric that you share with students.
The rubric tool in Canvas makes it easy for you to list grading criteria and attach them to graded assignments. For example, you can create an assignment in Canvas for participation in a particular synchronous session. Then attach a rubric to this assignment by clicking the "Add Rubric" button on the individual assignment screen.
In the editing options for the rubric, you can check the box for "I'll write free-form comments when assessing students" which will allow you to save the comments you give to each student for re-use. Canvas will save your rubric so that you can attach it to other assignments and re-use it for grading participation in future sessions. This strategy of saving rubric comments for future use will make your grading more efficient while still enabling you to provide meaningful feedback to students.
In GoToTraining and GoToMeeting the chat log will automatically download as a Word file with the session recording and be placed in the Documents folder on your computer.
When using strategies like the one above where you are asking students to participate in a specific way, it is important to set the expectation of 100 percent compliance. For example, if you use the polling tool in GoToTraining and you want everyone to respond, then clearly communicate that expectation to students and don't move on until you have 100 percent participation. If students still aren't responding, use wait time and call out non-participating students by name. Though this strategy may seem awkward at first, it will quickly set a tone of accountability that will carry into future synchronous sessions and make it harder for students to become distracted.
Michael Castrilli of Villanova University offered more tips for creating engagement in recorded synchronous sessions in his presentation titled Engage, Captivate and Inspire: Creating a Multi-Platform eLearning Classroom. He stressed that attention to detail can make the difference between a good webinar and a great webinar. Some recommendations from Castrilli included getting a good microphone and webcam, wearing professional clothing and carefully choosing your backdrop while on camera. In addition, he advised that facilitators always test equipment and practice with a script before doing a live recording. To create engagement during the synchronous session, Castrilli favored switching between multiple modes of delivery instead of displaying only one software for the whole time. GoToTraining allows presenters to share their webcam as well as their screen, so that they can flip back and forth between applications like PowerPoint, web browsers, etc.


Blackheath Resources Inc. (TSXV: BHR) (the "Company") is pleased to report drilling results from the Phase 2 drilling program from the Covas Tungsten Project in northern Portugal. The Phase 2 drilling program greatly expanded the skarn-related mineral zones in every existing target zone, as well as discovering a new mineralized zone.
Fourteen diamond drill holes, totaling 1,183 metres, were drilled in five different target areas: Muito Seco, Lapa Grande, Telheira, Castelo and a new zone Cerdeirinha/Muito Seco. Step out drill holes varied from 50 to 550 metres and averaged over 200 metres in distance from previously known mineralization areas. Results from the first and second phase drilling programs indicate that there is further potential for extension at all five target areas, and new geological interpretations from the recent drilling also indicate potential vectors towards further high grade tungsten zones.
Highlights of the Phase 2 program include 3.05 metres of 1.26% WO3, including 1.05 metres of 2.07% WO3 starting at a depth of 12.75 metres at Muito Seco and 3.25 metres of 0.19% WO3, including 1.25 metres of 0.38% WO3 starting at a depth of 82.55 metres at Telheira. All holes are vertical drill holes, and intercepts are considered to represent the true thickness or close to the true thickness of the mostly flat-lying mineralized zones.
"We are pleased with the results from our Phase 2 drilling program at the Covas Tungsten Project," said James Robertson, President & CEO of Blackheath Resources. "Over 90% of the drill holes intercepted tungsten-bearing skarn, which is very encouraging. This brings us one step closer to our goal of completing a NI 43-101 resource estimate at Covas, and further drilling will be required to determine the extent of the tungsten mineralized skarn zones. The Phase 3 drill program is scheduled for later this year."
Expanded known tungsten mineralization 550 metres in new discovery target area at Muito Seco / Cerdeirinha.


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Welcome to the Albright College President's Council for an Inclusive, Thriving, and Equitable Community! CITE-C would love to hear your thoughts, ideas and concerns. Please email CITE-C@albright.edu which emails will be sent to all members of the Steering Committee. Please feel free to send emails to individual Council members.
A Brief History of Albright's Inclusion and Equity Work
For years, Albright College's president enjoyed the advisory work of the President's Council on Diversity and Community (PCDC), which advised the president on matters regarding diversity in the Albright community. Since PCDC was initiated, both Albright College and our world have evolved and changed. In 2017, we realized that to fulfill Albright's mission of equity and inclusivity and to create a thriving and welcoming community, the council must also evolve.
Council for an Inclusive, Thriving, and Equitable Community ("CITE-C")
Since June 2017, Albright's leadership on inclusivity and equity issues has been the Council for an Inclusive, Thriving and Equitable Community (CITE-C, pronounced "site see"). This council is advisory to the president. Its focus has broadened from from discussion of diversity to a more comprehensive focus on Albright's Institutional Priority of inclusivity and equity. Council members take a leadership role in understanding, communicating, and demonstrating by example the importance of inclusivity and equity in all its dimensions. Our aspirational goal is true equity and full participation ("full participation" defined by Sturm and colleagues).
CITE-C plays an active role in engaging discussion and contributing to a thriving, equitable, and fully participating community. For more information, please see the section below for the Council's complete charge. Members of the Albright community are encouraged to communicate questions, ideas and concerns to council members, whose names and contact information can be accessed through the "CITE-C Council Members" section below.
Theme Years
A key responsibility of the council is the development of a theme for each academic year. Council members will collaborate with other councils, committees, academic departments, student organizations, and with the broader community to identify issues and items of interest and concern to the community. The theme and its supporting materials are made part of some Experience events, as well as some academic and student events. Council members lead and encourage (where appropriate) faculty to integrate parts of the theme and supporting material (or related supporting material) in courses. See links below for information on current and past theme years.
Each year CITE-C makes an annual report of its activities to the faculty and the Board of Trustees.
CITE-C-Final Report of Activities-AY2019-20
Foundational Definitions guide CITE-C's work
The council recognized that our work requires clarity of key concepts to serve as guideposts for realizing institutional values. Some of these terms are widely used on our campus—diversity and inclusivity, for example. Other terms, such as "full participation," are newer to Albright, but seem essential to marking a more ambitious horizon. Thus, the council adopted and uses the foundational definitions listed in "Foundational Definitions" section below.
The council's work is also guided by Albright's core values, mission and vision statements. This Council was instrumental in developing Albright College's Inclusivity and Equity statement and our Expression statement.
2020-2021 Theme-Racial Healing and Reconciliation
2019-2020 Theme – Resilience and empathy
Living and learning resilience and empathy
Cite-C Socials – community conversations around resilience and empathy
September 2019: An event based on the Freedman Gallery National Juried Exhibition: Social Justice in the Misinformation Age" curated by Susan Krile. This exhibit examined social justice and included a variety of topics focused on inequality, including: gender, race, sexual orientation, ethnicity, socio-economic status; poverty; racial profiling; the criminal justice system; immigration; access to education and healthcare, child welfare, and more. Art can inspire, educate, spark discussion, transform lives, and engender change, so it is no surprise that social justice issues are frequently the subject matter and concern of artists.
October 7, 2019 Las Madres de Berks with Michelle Angela Ortiz, Director. Film screen and talkback from with the film director
October 15, 2019 I Dreamed a Dream: Immigrant Youth Education, Opportunities, and Obstacles with Greater Reading Immigration Project and Pennsylvania Immigration Citizenship Coalition. This event included an update on the legal battle over DACA, local DACA student testimonials, a discussion with local area policy makers including State Senator Judy Schwank and Reading School District Superintendent Khalid Mumin.
February 3, 2020 Black History Month Celebration This event was held as a kick-off to Black History Month in the main lounge of the student center. It featured performances by Xion Step, the Albright Rap Collective, and spoken word poetry by Jazer Willis. There was also a raffle of books by black authors donated by the Society of Black Alumni (SoBA).
March 4, 2020 Stonewall Era Art, the rise of Queer Visibility, Abstract Expressionists, and Popular Cultural Changes with Liz Bradbury This event was all about the artists and societal movements that surrounded and empowered LGBTQ people leading up to and after the Stonewall Rebellion in 1969, when everything about the Queer community began to change. It was put on by Liz Bradbury from the Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center.
LGBTQ101 Trainings (12/3; 12/10; 2/4; 2/6)
CITE-C also brought to campus a training on LGBTQ diversity and inclusion. Bethany Bower, MSW and Vice President of the LGBT Center of Greater Reading, facilitated four LGBTQ training session for students, faculty, staff, and administrators. In these sessions, she covered foundational concepts and vocabulary that provided a better understanding of the LGBTQ community. In addition, she discussed ways to make sure our campus is inclusive and accessible to people of all gender and sexual identities. These trainings were open to faculty, staff, students, and administrators.
The Domino Players 2019 – 2020 season (season details)
"Everybody" by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, directed by Joey Love '20
SThur.-Sat., Sept. 26-28, 8 p.m., & Sun., Sept. 29, 2 p.m. (Homecoming Weekend), Wachovia Theatre ; Directed by by Joey Love '20 *
"The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time"based on the novel by Mark Haddon, adapted by Simon Stephens
Thur.–Sat., Nov. 14–16, 8 p.m., Sat., Nov. 16, 2 p.m. (free sensory friendly show), & Sun., Nov. 17, 2 p.m., Wachovia Theatre; Directed by Jeffrey Lentz '85
2018-2019 Theme – A community's ongoing conversation: racial and social justice on campus, in America and the world
Considering racial and social justice
Cite-C Socials – community conversations around racial and social justice issues
September 27, 2018; a CITE-C social reception at the Freedman Gallery for a viewing of "Susan Crile: Incarceration In the Era of Impending Fascism" from 6:30-7:45pm and then from 8-10pm a preview of "Mosaic" Talk-back following Mosaic production.
October 25, 2018: How to Have Difficult Conversations CITE-C members held a session for students interested in talking about how to have difficult conversations. They used an activity of throwing a ball back and forth with examples of things people might feel strongly about (e.g. Pineapple on pizza: Yes or no; Coke vs Pepsi; Wawa vs Sheets; Star Wars vs Star Trek; Best Hogwarts House). Students were also given a handout with suggestions that were discussed as a group about how to handle difficult conversations in the future.
November 18, 2018: Raisin in the Sun talkback
April 1, 2019: Growing Our Emotional Intelligence
April 8, 2019: Quilting Together Our Differences and Celebrating Diversity Quilts have a long history of documenting personal stories, important national events, and even resisting oppression and injustice. Quilts were used to signal safety to slaves escaping north in the Underground Railroad while the AIDS Memorial Quilt Project started in 1987 to remember those lost to the disease. More recently, the 9/11 Memorial Quilt Project, a series of 9 themed quilts, is on display in the 9/11 Memorial Museum to commemorate the lives lost during this terrorist attack. Come help CITE-C start a new Diversity Week tradition making quilt blocks that reflect how our campus' diversity makes us who we are!
April 13, 2019: Celebrating diversity and raising the Pride flag
The Domino Players 2018/2019 season is dedicated to an exploration of social justice (season details)
Mosiac
Sept 28-30, 2018; Directed by Jeffrey Lentz
A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
November 16-18, 2018; Directed by Julia Matthews
America, the Play: The Play About America
February 21-24, 2019; Directed by Matt Fotis
Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street
April 11–13, 2019; Directed by Jeffrey Lentz
2017-2018 Theme – Understanding Diversity
Understanding Diversity: A Community's Conversation
More details on theme and events coming soon.
Upcoming CITE-C Events
If you have an event you would like posted, please email cite-c@albright.edu.
Cite-C Socials
Experience Events
Council Charge
Albright College President's
Council for an Inclusive, Thriving, and Equitable, Community
(CITE-C, pronounced "site-see")
History and Rationale: For a number of years, Albright College's President enjoyed the advisory work of the President's Council on Diversity and Community (PCDC). This Council did important work, advising the president on important matters regarding diversity in the Albright Community. Since PCDC was formed, both Albright College and our world have evolved and changed. To fulfill Albright's Institutional Priority of developing and supporting a thriving, well, supportive, equitable, and empowered community of equity, and to evolve into a community with full participation for all individuals and groups, the time arrived for the intentional evolution of the Council's focus from discussion of diversity matters to a more comprehensive focus on inclusivity and equity. This Council now plays an intentional, proactive, and active role in engaging discussion, advancing questions, leading and facilitating programming, and anticipating issues and contributing to a thriving, equitable, and fully participating community.
Definitions: The Council has adopted Foundational Definitions for our work. See Foundational Definitions section on this web page.
Charge: The Council serves as an advisory group to the Albright College President. This Council models what we value across our entire community: a respectful environment where diversity of thought is encouraged and celebrated, where discussion of difficult topics is engaged, where Council members are enabled and empowered to try new initiatives; where Council members appreciate a holistic approach to identity, and where Council members speak freely without judgment. The Council is tasked to:
Take a leadership role on campus in understanding, communicating, and demonstrating by example the importance of diversity, inclusivity, and equity in all its dimensions and serve as an initiator of improvements towards this institutional priority. Our aspirational goal is for our actions to demonstrate that we value all people.
Be intentional and proactive in ensuring that matters of diversity, inclusivity, equity, and full participation (full participation defined by Sturm, Eatman, Saltmarsh, and Bush can be found here) are considered in all aspects of Albright College's work and planning.
Receive requests, proposals, and concerns from all community members and governing or advisory bodies (including, but not limited to Faculty Executive Committee and Student Government Association), for review and consideration by the Council.
Lead the development of a campus-wide theme and supporting reading material around a particular topic related (broadly) to diversity, inclusivity and equity. This theme and supporting materials will be developed during the spring semester, announced at the end of the spring semester, and ready for implementation in the subsequent fall semester. Themes may extend beyond a single academic year, at the choosing of the Council.
During the development of the theme and the supporting reading list, the Council Members will collaborate with other Councils, Committees, Groups, and with the broader community on issues and items of interest and concern to the community. Recommendations from the community will be sought and encouraged.
The theme and its supporting materials will intentionally be made part of some experience events, some academic and student events. The theme of the year will culminate in the Campus Conversation in the spring.
Council members will lead and encourage (where appropriate) faculty to integrate parts of the theme and supporting material (or related supporting material) in courses.
Council members will take a leadership role in engaging the community in engagement with the theme and its events.
Engage all members of the community in providing material for a website that is a single, common and easily accessed location of information, events, programs, speakers, and other campus work and efforts around the themes of diversity, inclusion, equity, and thriving. This website will also include public documentation of Council meetings and topics discussed.
Recommend opportunities for professional development for community members (faculty, staff, and students) that will support their learning and understanding of inclusivity, equity, and bias (implicit or explicit) matters, and guide response to any issues arising through the year..
Occasionally, at the direction of the President, the Faculty, or Human Resources, review College policies and procedures to ensure that Albright's commitment to inclusivity, equity, and full participation as articulated and carried through the College's policies and procedures.
Engage with planning processes, to ensure that matters of inclusivity, equity, and full participation are well-represented.
Engage with the work of the Council and represent the activities and work of the Council in their respective departments, units and divisions.
Membership: Membership will comprise the following groups:
Administrative Leadership Team (all ex officio):
Director of Student Accessibility and Advocacy
Director of Student Involvement and Leadership & Coordinator of Multicultural Programs
Representative of the Multi-Faith Council, appointed by Multi-faith Council Chair
Faculty member elected by the faculty (who also serves as CITE-C representative to Faculty Executive Council and Board of Trustees Student and Campus Life Committee)
Athletic Advisory Council Faculty Representative, appointed by the chair or convener of the Athletic Advisory Council
Faculty: The Council member elected by the Faculty is charged to serve as the CITE-C liaison to the Faculty Executive Council and the Board of Trustees' Student and Campus Life Committee. Six additional faculty members will also serve on the Council, selected for diversity in all its dimensions. These faculty will represent the various academic divisions on campus. Faculty may be full or part-time and will be selected from those who are contributing to the campus community and teaching on an ongoing basis. Nominations and self-nominations from all parties are solicited; the president appoints from nominations received.
Staff and administration: Seven staff will serve on the Council. Together with the ex officio members, these staff will represent (3-4 persons) exempt and hourly employees and all divisions of the College. Nominations and self-nominations will be solicited; the president appoints from nominations received.
Students: Six students will serve on the Council — including one representative from each class (preferably), one representative from the Student Government Association, and one student selected at-large. Each student will be appointed by the President from self-nominations and from recommendations received from faculty, staff, or other students.
Membership Terms: Ex officio members serve on CITE-C while they hold the staff position. Appointed members serve three year terms, the Athletic Advisory Council Representative, and the Multi-Faith Council representative. There is one elected faculty position who is voted on by the full faculty and serves a two-year term. Three-year terms are potentially renewable for a single additional term, at the discretion of Council and the person serving. Group members will serve overlapping terms, so that new and more experienced Council members contribute from each group.
Leadership: The Council will be co-chaired by the President and another member of the Council. This co-chair must have 1+ years of experience on CITE-C and will be nominated and voted on by all members of the council. This practice allows for maximum inclusiveness for all council members. This person will also serve a three-year term.
CITE-C Council Members
First Mid Last Suffix Title Term Expires
Leadership (president and a faculty member selected from among the faculty serving on the committee, selected each year)
Jacquelyn Fetrow 82 President and Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Kami Fletcher Associate Professor of History May 2024
Becki Achey '18 Dean of Students
Ann Thompson Director of Human Resources
Sherry Young Director of Student Accessibility and Advocacy
Carey Manzolillo Director of Communication
Keith Walls Acting Director of Student Involvement and Leadership & Coordinator of Multicultural Programs
Kami Fletcher Faculty representative, elected by faculty (serves as CITE-C liaison to FEC and BoT Student Life Committee) May 2022
James Malone Athletic Advisory Council Faculty Representative May 2022
Mel Sensenig Multi-faith Council representative May 2023
Faculty members (Six additional appointed members, chosen to represent various academic divisions)
Mike D'Errico Assistant Professor of Music May 2022
Jennifer Koosed Professor of Religious Studies May 2022
Dahlia Al-Habieli Assistant Professor in Theatre May 2023
Daria Newfeld Assistant Professor of Finance May 2024
John Pankratz Professor of History May 2024
Staff members (Seven staff will serve on the Council, with representation (3-4 persons) of exempt and hourly employees. Together with ex officio members, will include all divisions)
Marguerite DeLucas Admissions Counselor May 2023
Shawn Barczynski DOJ Grant Project Coordinator May 2023
Caitlin Kamerer Director of the Annual Fund May 2022
Rick O'Leary Assistant Director of Facilities and Grounds Manager May 2022
Amy Sewell Bookstore Manager May 2023
Karen Rieker Career Counselor-ELCDC May 2022
Melvin Sensenig Interim Chaplain May 2023
Dwayne Walker VP Enrollment Management May 2023
Students (Six students will serve, to represent each class, the SGA, and one at-large member)
21 Minority and Disability Student Representative
Hailey Chan 22 International Students Representative
Kiana Cruz 22 Multicultural Affairs Representative
Zachary Chan 22 Student May 2022
Gabriella Rene 23 Student May 2022
21 Student May 2024
Foundational Definitions
Council for an Inclusive, Thriving, and Equitable Community
Why do we need definitions? The Council recognized that the work before us requires clarity of key concepts to serve as guideposts for actualizing institutional values. Some of these terms are already widely used on our campus—diversity and inclusivity, for example. Other terms are newer to our institution but seem essential to marking a more ambitious horizon.
The Council for an Inclusive, Thriving, and Equitable Community adopts and uses these definitions as foundational to our community:
Diversity: A state of having many forms of difference present in a community, often including a wide range of human differences. At its most basic, diversity refers to demographic difference, especially with respect to those demographic groups that have been historically restrained, excluded, or oppressed.
Inclusivity: What a community does to demonstrate its commitment to diversity. It is how a community honors, values and accepts the diversity among its community members. Inclusivity is observable in the extent to which (a) community members feel a sense of belonging and (b) the community is equitable in its provision and distribution of opportunities among its members.
Community: In this document, "community" refers to the faculty, students and staff members of the Albright College. While the broader Albright community includes many other individuals and constituencies (alumni, Lion fans, etc.), the work described herein focuses on what it means to be a member of the Albright campus community. This definition may evolve as we move forward. Our committee believes that full participation and equity (both defined subsequently) should shape the College's practices and actions in the local, national, and international communities of which we are a part.
Full participation: An affirmative value focused on creating a campus community in which all community members, whatever their identity, background, or institutional position or location, thrive, recognize their full potential, engage meaningfully in institutional life, and contribute to the flourishing of others. Full participation means a commitment to the mutual thriving of members of the community, and that the thriving of one group should not come at the expense of the thriving of another group.1 Full participation directs us to focus on achieving equity in terms of opportunity and outcomes afforded by and in higher education.
Equity: The ability of historically under-represented populations to achieve results consistent with full participation. This includes the creation of opportunities for such populations to have equal access to and participate in professional and educational programs that close the achievement and outcome gaps between populations. In higher education, equity can be achieved by eliminating disparities of opportunity, resources, and outcomes for historically underrepresented populations in ways that are consistent with the institutional commitment to full participation. Pursuing equity requires equity-mindedness, an approach guided by an awareness of the ways in which many groups have been historically excluded from professional and educational opportunities or marginalized within the structures and institutions that house those opportunities. Being equity-minded in higher education also means intentionally "relocating the cause of disparities in … outcomes from the imagined deficits of [historically excluded groups] to the institutional structures and policies we create." 2
Thriving: Thriving is a condition of individuals who experience an institution's commitment to full participation. When a community fosters well-being among all its members, enables individuals to reach their full potential, and intentionally eliminates barriers that prevent them from reaching their full potential, community members thrive. Thriving does not equate to happiness or being comfortable; resilience, stretching one's potential, making decisions about a balanced and fulfilling life, and giving oneself permission to fail are all dimensions of thriving.
The Council agrees that equity and full participation are affirmative values and actionable concepts that are imbued with a commitment to justice.
The Council notes that equity and equality are not the same thing. Equality means providing everyone the same resources. Equity takes into consideration the fact that differences in identity, background, and institutional location and conditions can often affect people's capacity to thrive, recognize their full potential, engage meaningfully in institutional life, and contribute to the flourishing of others. An equitable environment would be one that ensures individuals or groups have what they need to be full participants. This would not necessarily be equal to what others were receiving. It could be more or different.
1 S. Sturm, T. Eatman, J. Saltmarsh, and A. Bush. "Full participation: Building the architecture for diversity and public engagement in higher education." White Paper, Columbia University Law School, Center for Institutional and Social Change. (2011).
2 K. Witham, L.E. Malcom-Piqueux, A.C. Dowd, and E.M. Bensimon. America's Unmet Promise: The imperative for equity in higher education. American Association of Colleges & Universities. (2015).
Suggested Informational Materials
Office of Multicultural Affairs
African American Society (AAS)
Caribbean Culture Club
Gender Resource Center
Gospel Ensemble
Hillel
Hong Kong Student Association (HKSA)
International Students Association (ISA)
Logos (Christian Fellowship)
National Organization for Women (NOW)
Newman Association
Praise Dance Ministry (PDM)
Pride +
The Language Exchange Club
Xion Step and Dance
Gable Health Center
Chaplain's Office
Off-Campus Resources
The LGBT Center of Greater Reading
The Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center
Reading NAACP


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Q: JS / Vue: merge two arrays if one field is in common I cannot seem to manage a proper way to merge two arrays into one, by "grouping" per an "id" common field...
Below is my last attempt:
// editedItem.extra_tools ///

0:
{
    extra_tool_password: "vpn pwd"
    extra_tool_username: "vpn us"
    id_extra_tool: "8"
},
1:
{
    extra_tool_password: ""
    extra_tool_username: "off"
    id_extra_tool: "1"
},
2:
{
    extra_tool_password: ""
    extra_tool_username: "HS"
    id_extra_tool: "7"
}

should be merged, via id_extra_tool to:
// this.extras //
0:
{
extra_params: 1
extra_tool_name: "Hubspot"
extra_tool_password: "password_new"
extra_tool_username: null
id_extra_tool: (1)
}
1:
{
extra_params: 1
extra_tool_name: "Office"
extra_tool_password: "12345"
extra_tool_username: "user_office"
id_extra_tool: (7)
}
{
2:
extra_params: 0
extra_tool_name: (...)
extra_tool_password: (...)
extra_tool_username: (...)
id_extra_tool: (8)

        this.extrasEdited = []
        for (i = this.extras.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
          this.extrasEdited.push({
            id_extra_tool: this.editedItem.extra_tools[i].id_extra_tool,
            extra_tool_username: this.editedItem.extra_tools[i].extra_tool_username,
            extra_tool_password: this.editedItem.extra_tools[i].extra_tool_password
          })
          this.editedItem.extra_tools.forEach((element, index) => {
            console.log(element.id_extra_tool, this.extrasEdited[index].id_extra_tool)
            if (element.id_extra_tool === this.extrasEdited[index].id_extra_tool) {
              this.extrasEdited.push({
                extra_params: element.extra_params,
                extra_tool_name: element.extra_tool_name
              })
            }
          })
        }

I would like to have:
// this.extras //
0:
{
extra_params: 1
extra_tool_name: "Hubspot"
extra_tool_password: "password_new"
extra_tool_username: null
id_extra_tool: 1
}
1:
{
extra_params: 1
extra_tool_name: "Office"
extra_tool_password: "12345"
extra_tool_username: "user_office"
id_extra_tool: 7
}
{
2:
extra_tool_password: "VPN"
extra_tool_username: "HS"
id_extra_tool: "8"
extra_tool_password: "user_VON_pswwww"
extra_tool_username: "user_VPN"

now it should be clearer...
ty!

A: You could try:
var mergedArray =[]
 extra_tools.map(x => {
      extras.map(y => {
        if (x.id_extra_tool === y.id_extra_tool) {
          mergedArray.push(Object.assign(x, y));
        }
      })
    })

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Iran and Israel: Already at War in Cyberspace?
by Seth Frantzman
https://www.meforum.org/60977/iran-and-israel-already-at-war-in-cyberspace
An Iranian cyber-attack on April 24-25 targeted water and sewage facilities across Israel. (Flash90)
An Iranian cyber-attack on Israeli water infrastructure provoked a response from Jerusalem in May. Pro-Iranian groups then hacked Israeli websites on May 20 in a second round of attacks that appears to show the cyber battlefield in the Middle East is heating up. The Iranian attack was sophisticated while Israel's response, according to U.S. officials, disrupted computer systems that run Iran's Shahid Rajaee Port, a key economic facility for Tehran. The cyber battles come amid rising tensions, a recent trip by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to Israel, and a recent joint exercise by U.S. and Israeli F-35s in March.
The initial attack began on April 24 when Israel's Water Authority came under attack. Six facilities were affected ad in one there was irregularity related to unplanned change in data. A pump at one station went into "continuous operation." Israel says that there was no effect on the water supply and Israel disconnected its systems, changed passwords and was able to recover from the assault. But the nature of the attack reveals things could be much worse.
A May 9 Israeli cyber-attack reportedly brought Iran's "bustling Shahid Rajaee port terminal to an abrupt and inexplicable halt."
There has been growing concern about Iran's cyber warfare abilities. The United States analyzed potential cyber blowback from the killing of IRGC Quds Force Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani in January. The United States has been keen to increase cyber defenses against Russia and China over the last decades. Iran is also a key threat and it has used cyber attacks against Saudi Arabia, harming some thirty thousand computers in 2012. Washington increased cybersecurity to deal with these threats and the U.S. military has not only broadened defenses but also carried out a cyberattack on Iran in the wake of the downing of a U.S. drone in June 2019.
Israel and the United States have cooperated against Iran using cyberwarfare. According to reports, the Stuxnet attack on Iran's nuclear program was a result of close U.S.-Israeli cooperation. The computer worm sabotaged centrifuges. Iran appears to want to show it can now do the same to Israeli infrastructure. Israel has known the risks for a decade and invested heavily in cyber defense and the creation of a cyber unit in the Israeli Defense Forces in 2011.
The result is that for most of the last decade no serious Iranian cyber attacks have been reported. That changed in April 2020 and it came amid rising tensions, the coronavirus crisis, and Iran's increasing isolation due to sanctions.
... The cyber battle comes precisely at the time that Iran appeared to be moving forces back. It also comes amid reports that Russia was displeased with the Assad regime and while the regime had internal troubles with a key businessman and Assad family insider, named Rami Makhlouf. Tehran may be relying on the cyber front because its other arsenal is in flux. It is continuing to build long-range ballistic missiles and recently launched a military satellite into orbit. It also continues to develop new drones. But Iran's conventional forces are in bad shape. A naval disaster took place in early May when Iran shot one of its own ships. Iran also shot down a civilian airliner in January amid U.S.-Iran tensions. Hacking Israeli websites to threaten an Iranian conquest of Jerusalem under the guise of what Iran's supreme leader calls a "final solution" to destroy Israel is easier than a face-to-face confrontation in Syria or with proxies in Lebanon.
Seth Frantzman, a Middle East Forum writing fellow, is the author of After ISIS: America, Iran and the Struggle for the Middle East (2019), op-ed editor of The Jerusalem Post, and founder of the Middle East Center for Reporting & Analysis.
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In 2013, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit on the theme of management of major accident risks at BG, Transocean, Maersk Drilling Norge, Songa Management and Statoil Petroleum.


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Q: If I have a battery that provides a high current at almost constant voltage, how do I use it to power other components that require lower currents? I have a drone which is powered by a 2200mAh 11.1V 40C/80C LiPo Battery. I want to power a Raspberry Pi 3 B and a video transmitter (TS832) that is rated at 220mA at 12V. Do I need to add resistors or other components to ensure that the the transmitter and the Pi are protected from high current? If so, in what configuration?

A: From your question it appears in addition to powering the drone, you also need to power an RPi and a transmitter.
The transmitter requires 12V so the 11.1V battery may not have sufficient voltage. You should check the transmitter functions correctly with this battery.
The RPi will need a 5V supply so I suggest you use a simple voltage regulator (LM7805) or a buck converter (something like https://www.amazon.com/dp/B076P4C42B?tag=duckduckgo-ffab-20&linkCode=osi&th=1&psc=1) to drop the 11.1V from the battery. The Rpi will likely need 500-800 mA (see https://raspi.tv/2018/how-much-power-does-raspberry-pi-3b-use-power-measurements for a rough idea).
Your question does not seem to imply any interconnection between the transmitter and the Rpi so I have considered them independently above.
I would test this all on the ground (remove the props) to check it works safely and get a baseline for the flying time. The RPi is using a substantial part of your current budget.


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Q: What does the thin line on my macOS dock designate?
What does the line between FaceTime and my VPN app indicate? I notice that I can bring some apps from one side to the other but not vice versa.
I am running macOS 10.14.1. Thanks!

A: On the right side of the separator you see what applications you recently opened.
This is a parameter that can be modified in the 'Dock' settings.


Fast trains from Bruck an der Leitha to Győr take around 1 hour and 2 minutes, covering a distance of approximately 74 kilometres. There are frequent services on the rail route between Bruck an der Leitha and Győr.
1. Are there direct trains from Bruck an der Leitha to Győr?
Direct trains from Bruck an der Leitha to Győr have been found.
We usually find around 4 direct trains on the route from Bruck an der Leitha to Győr every weekday.
2. How long is the train journey from Bruck an der Leitha to Győr?
The Bruck an der Leitha to Győr train travel time is normally about 1 hour and 2 minutes, whatever time you make the journey.
3. What are the Bruck an der Leitha to Győr train times and schedule?
On weekdays the earliest direct train to Győr is usually scheduled to depart Bruck an der Leitha around 10:48 and the last train is around 21:18. This is the same at the weekend.
What's the Bruck an der Leitha to Győr train price?
The earlier you book the better, and the cheapest tickets we've found for trains from Bruck an der Leitha to Győr are $31.62.
When to book Bruck an der Leitha to Győr train tickets?
Trains for this journey usually open for booking around 6 months in advance. If booking is not yet open for your dates then you can set a booking alert to receive an email on the day that the cheapest tickets are released for your journey from Bruck an der Leitha to Győr by train.
Which train companies operate between Bruck an der Leitha and Győr?


With this project for revitalizing the urban center of La Albarrada in Mompox – Bolivar, we seek to articulate environmental, historical, social and cultural variables within a city declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996, located within a highly bio-diverse and amphibious landscape with unique characteristics.
Our general proposal seeks the recovery of the municipality's waterfront along the Magdalena River with a 2.7 km long intervention on the city's riverfront, with an approximate area of 180,000 sq.m. and including the Santa Barbara, San Francisco and La Concepción squares. The entire project is part of the Special Management and Protection Plan (PEMP, in Spanish), which defines actions required for guaranteeing the historical center's protection, conservation and sustainability.


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Watch Tina Fey and Amy Poehler Set Don Rickles on Fire at TV Roast (Video)
They were recruited last minute, but were more than ready for the occasion
Jordan Zakarin | May 22, 2014 @ 7:13 AM	Last Updated: August 4, 2014 @ 9:44 AM
Remember when Tina Fey and Amy Poehler took over the Golden Globes hosting job from Ricky Gervais a few years back, and everyone was certain that they'd be way nicer than Gervais had been during his three years as master of ceremonies?
Also read: 'Parks & Rec' Season 7: Amy Poehler on What's Next After the Flashforward
Yeah, Tina and Amy can be throw some shade, too.
Everyone's favorite BFFs were recruited at the last minute to join Spike TV's roast of Don Rickles earlier this month (the network needed a womanly presence after Whoopi Goldberg dropped out at the last minute) and showed up like the pros they are, firing mercilessly at the legendary comedian.
Once they realized he was still alive, of course.
One Night Only: An All-Star Comedy Tribute to Don Rickles
Tina Fey Knows How Women Will Break Into Late Night Television (Video)
By Jason Hughes | May 14, 2014 @ 11:16 PM


Moscow-Vladivostok, an Ultimate Ride through Siberia. Part 1. What is Siberia?
Siberia has always attracted the attention of motorcycle travelers for its size, harsh climate, nature and inaccessibility. Until recently, there was practically no reliable information about Siberia, today there is more information, but it is very diverse and is scattered across various sources.
We see growing interest in Moscow-Vladivostok tours that we run every year and hence decided to put together all available information and tell you how to do an Ultimate Ride through Siberia (with us or in self-guide tour, that ok as well).
How is this region looks like, overview of ares, what are the roads there, most interesting places if interest, safety rules, etc. During next weeks we will post several articles about Russia in general and Siberia in particular. We hope you will enjoy it and we appreciate your feedback and comments.
Siberia is a vast geographical region in Eurasia, bounded by the Urals in the west, by the Pacific Ocean in the east, by the Arctic Ocean in the north, and by the borders of Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and China in the south.
Most of Siberia is located in Russia, it occupies an area of 73.5% of the country. This is a huge and sparsely populated region with mountains, big rivers, lakes, steppes and a lot of untouched nature. Much of this region is located beyond the Arctic Circle and is virtually inaccessible.
The roads in Siberia are different. The main federal highway – Trans-Siberian Road, is a good asphalted road (it became fully paved only in 2012). Most secondary roads are unpaved, especially in central and eastern Siberia.
Behind Lake Baikal there are many semi-abandoned roads where you will not find a single car for hundreds of kilometers of the road.
In the north west Siberia there is Yamal Peninsula, which is translated from the language of local people as the "Land's End". This is the Arctic part of Western Siberia, washed by the Kara Sea, covered with tundra and permafrost. Its area above the Arctic Circle, most northern point of Siberia accessible by motorcycle. In addition to wild nature here you can also see the remains of the Stalinist labor camps that were part of GULAG system in previous times.
In the south of central Siberia there is Altay Mountains Region – it's a marvelous area bordering Mongolia and China. It was included in the UNESCO list of the world heritage sites and here you can find highest Siberia Mountains, clear lakes and rivers, the famous Chuya Highway, included in the Top 10 best roads of the planet for motorcycle tours and many other fascinating sights.
To the east from Altay there are Tuva, Khakassia and Krasnoyarsk regions with the Sayan Mountains – another picturesque region that is still untouched by civilization. This region is almost unknown even in Russia and it attracts most adventurous riders with its natural parks, reserves and interesting tourist routes. Unlike Altay tourist infrastructure has only recently begun to appear here and there are still almost now hotels. Local ethnic groups are famous for their throat singing (like in Mongolia), shaman rituals and original culture.
In Irkutsk region there is the largest and deepest fresh lake in the world - the famous Lake Baikal. In terms of area, it is approximately equal to countries like Belgium or the Netherlands, reaching 1642 meters in depth. There is more water in Baikal than in the five Great Lakes of North America all together. In the middle of Baikal near the western coast there is famous Olkhon island. It can be reached only by ferry and there are only dirt roads. It is there that the Shaman-rock is located - one of the shrines of Asia, which became the famous image of Baikal.
The BAM – the Baikal-Amur Highway, the railway to Yakutsk, originates from the northern shore of Baikal. Its construction was one of the great communist construction projects. Nearby was built car road, which after the collapse of the USSR became abandoned and in recent years only the most desperate extreme lovers drove along it.
In the eastern part of Siberia, there is Primorye region, where Amur tigers and leopards live. In this region located famous Road of Bones, which leads from Yakutsk to Magadan. Today it is one of the most difficult and interesting roads for motorcycle travelers from around the world.
Also, in this region in Vladivostok ends the Trans-Siberian Route. The longest railway road in the world, the Great Siberian Path, goes through all of Siberia, its length is 9288 km and in fact it is the only road connecting the entire Eurasia.
Along Transsib there are large industrial cities, such as Yekaterinburg, Omsk, Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk, Chita, Vladivostok and others, but there are also hundreds and thousands of small towns and villages, open spaces, forests, rivers. Near the railway there is a car road that has been reconstructed in recent years and today is fully asphalted and in very good condition.
How to start exploring Siberia?
Siberia is very big, to go around all the interesting points / places it will take at least 2,5-3 months, with different roads everywhere, and, accordingly, different requirements for the rider and motorcycle.
There are good paved roads which will suit almost everyone, but there are places for which you need at least advanced, and better expert off-road riding skills, and where it's better not to go alone.
From our point of view Moscow-Vladivostok is best way to explore Siberia. Its a good first step into this region, that you can follow with Altay Mountains ride, Magadan (Road of Bones adventure) and some other detours.
The total mileage of Moscow-Vladivostok ride is 10 000 km. Comfortable travel time – approx 25 days (Russia tourist visa is 30 days by the way).
The best time to travel is the summer months, June-August. Roads are 90% asphalt and 10% gravel, on the map above unpaved roads are marked with crossing lines.
We draw your attention that for gravel segments you must have at least basic off-road riding skills, and better advanced, plus technical skills to repair your motorcycle, an extended repair kit and a first aid kit.
In next article, that will come in a week, we will describe main regions that you pass riding Moscow- Vladivostok and after that we'll share our 11 safety rules, that we use while running our tours.


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Players' Choice: Vote for November 2020's best new game
Welcome back! This is going to be a tough one. Did your favorite game of November 2020 come from PlayStation 5's star-studded launch lineup? Or were you taken by one of the many PS4 releases we saw last month? Cast your vote below — we'll keep the polls open through Sunday night, then tally up the votes and reveal the winner next week.
Oh, and keep your eye on the Blog… Game of the Year voting starts next week!
How does it work? At the end of every month, PlayStation.Blog will open a poll where you can vote for the best new game released that month. Soon thereafter, we'll close the polls, tally your votes, and announce the winner at PlayStation.Blog. PlayStation Store will also showcase some top Players' Choice winners throughout the year.
What is the voting criteria? That's up to you! If you were only able to recommend one new release to a friend that month, which would it be? In keeping with our long tradition in the Game of the Year Awards, remastered or re-released games won't qualify. Ambitious, larger-scale rebuilds and remakes like Shadow of the Colossus and Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy will.
How are nominees decided? The PlayStation.Blog and PlayStation Store editorial teams will gather a list of that month's most noteworthy releases and use it to seed the poll. Write-in votes will be accepted.
Players' Choice: What was November 2020's best new game?


This is probably one of the easiest cakes you'll ever make; seriously, it's all made in one bowl and takes 25 minutes in the oven. Even better, it tastes great. It's light, delicately sweet, super moist, and slightly citrusy. The texture is definitely cakey, which is surprising considering the batter contained no butter, there was no creaming involved, and it's not ingredient-heavy. But I think it's the yogurt and oil that give the cake its wonderful texture. I almost skimped on making the orange "salad" that's to be served with it, but I'm glad I didn't. I figured this was just sort of a garnish, but it really makes the cake more of a complete dessert. I had trouble with my cheapie zester and couldn't zest strips from an orange to save my life, so I just grated the entire thing and added that to supremed orange segments. A little extra sugar makes this a sweet and juicy addition to the cake, and the zest gives the mixture a heavy citrus flavor and slight bitterness.
Make again? Yes. Anything as orangey and tasty (and easy!) as this is fine by me.
Vegan variation: Use soy yogurt and egg replacer.


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Relación jurídica es el vínculo que une a dos o más personas físicas o morales, respecto determinados bienes o intereses, estable y orgánicamente regulada por el Derecho, como cauce para la realización de una función social merecedora de tutela jurídica.<ref>Rivera, Julio César, Instituciones del Derecho Civil:parte general TOMO I'. 3ª edición. Buenos Aires. Abeledo-Perrot, 2004. Pág. 301</ref> Es el elemento más importante desde el punto de vista del derecho subjetivo, así como la norma jurídica lo es desde el punto de vista objetivo. Por consiguiente se entiende que la relación humana o de vida es aquella que al ser reconocida e integrada en el supuesto de hecho de una o varias normas, produce consecuencias jurídicas.

Mouchet y Zorraquín Becú consideran que la relación jurídica es aquella que se establece entre personas (sujetos jurídicos) a la cual una norma asigna determinadas consecuencias. Por consiguiente, las relaciones sociales que se presenten, producen consecuencias jurídicas en las cuales pueden identificarse los sujetos que intervienen en la relación.

Las distintas relaciones sociales de las que pueden ser partícipes los individuos están contempladas jurídicamente, es decir, que existe una regulación para las mismas. De dichas relaciones se derivan unos derechos y deberes que vinculan a las partes concernientes y cuya materialización se manifiesta en posiciones de poder (sujeto activo) y de deber (sujeto pasivo), respectivamente.

 Clases y estructura

En cuanto al contenido de las relaciones jurídicas, se han establecido cuatro tipos:

1. Relaciones obligatorias: el deber de cumplir los derechos del otro sujeto (devolución del préstamo al banco).

2. Relaciones jurídico-reales: el derecho de obrar como considere oportuno el propietario de los bienes que posee, y que tal derecho forma parte de los derechos reales (derecho de propiedad…).

3. Relaciones familiares: dirigidas a garantizar el marco de esta institución (derecho de alimentos entre parientes).

4. Relaciones hereditarias o sucesorias: derechos y deberes de los sucesores de una persona fallecida.

Hay relaciones que son autónomas y por tanto constituyen una sola relación jurídica, se dice que son relaciones independientes (matrimonio). Sin embargo se diferencian otras cuyo origen procede de una relación anterior ya existente y a la cual se subordina; son las relaciones dependientes (subarrendamiento).

La estructura de toda relación jurídica comprende:
 Sujetos: los individuos que se relacionan, ya sean personas naturales o jurídicas. Se determinan dos posiciones:
 Una de poder, en la que se otorgan unos derechos al sujeto activo que le legitiman para reclamar una conducta determinada a favor del cumplimiento de sus derechos, ya sean por medio de:
 Derechos subjetivos: facultades sobre la exigencia de ciertas conductas o sobre una cosa en beneficio particular.
 Potestades: autoriza a una persona para que la patria potestad de los padres sobre sus hijos menores de edad actúe en interés de la parte sometida.
 Derechos potestativos: por voluntad unilateral la relación se puede ver alterada, modificada o destruida (celebrar/anular un contrato, modificar…)
 Representante: actúa por cuenta y en nombre de otras personas.
 Una de deber'', la obligación o subordinación por el cumplimiento de los derechos del sujeto activo.
 Objeto: parte de la realidad social limitada por la relación, concretada en los intereses y bienes, ya especificados en una clasificación anterior.
 Contenido: conjunto de derechos y deberes que se reparten entre los sujetos activos y pasivos.

Presupuestos
1. Alteridad.
Para que exista una relación real tiene que haber al menos dos sujetos. La relación de algo consigo mismo no es real sino meramente mental o de razón (lo cual no significa que sea relevante). Que alguien tenga derechos y alguien tenga deberes. En ocasiones esto plantea dificultades para calificar ciertos deberes y ciertas relaciones como jurídicas: el caso de los deberes con uno mismo; en particular, el tema del suicidio por ejemplo.
El caso de las relaciones donde existe cierta comunidad entre los sujetos (relaciones intrafamiliares) en la titularidad sobre los objetos y los consiguientes derechos y deberes.

2. Igualdad.
Tiene que ser posible que los sujetos sean mínimamente iguales. No es necesario que sean absolutamente iguales, basta la igualdad que permita cumplir el deber o deberes que entraña toda relación jurídica. Hay casos donde no resulta plenamente posible que uno de los sujetos cumpla plenamente con su deuda. Por ejemplo, las relaciones entre padres e hijos, o entre el individuo y la comunidad social (antiguamente llamada patria, y hoy por algunos llamada la nación). Aquí hay deuda en sentido propio, pero no igualdad.
Estas relaciones, hasta donde puede ser satisfecha la deuda, son jurídicas. Más allá no son propiamente relaciones jurídicas. La ética clásica empleaba la palabra pietas (piedad) para referirse a estas relaciones.

Elementos internos.
a) Elemento subjetivo (sujetos que lo componen): está integrado por el sujeto activo, titular de los derechos, y los sujetos de derecho, esto es, por personas físicas y entidades a las que el orden jurídico atribuye la condición de sujetos de derecho, quedando excluidos de tal condición los seres irracionales y las entidades inanimadas desprovistas de personalidad jurídica.

b) El objeto de la relación: se reconoce en la denominación de objeto de la relación jurídica a la conducta o a las conductas que constituye el contenido de la misma.
Conviene a este respecto diferenciar con claridad el objeto en sentido estricto de lo que puede ser el motivo o causa de la relación jurídica y la cosa sobre al que recae.
-Motivo o causa de la relación jurídica son las razones que impulsan a su instauración.
-La cosa sobre la que recae la relación jurídica es la realidad que sirve de referencia al interés de los sujetos que la instituyen.

c) El vínculo de atribución: es necesario que exista un vínculo o nexo de atribución entre sujeto activo o sujeto pasivo, de tal manera que al primero le corresponde como la otra vertiente de la relación, la obligación del segundo (sujeto pasivo) y viceversa.

Véase también

 Código civil
 Derecho civil

Referencias

Derecho civil
Términos jurídicos

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What is it about food on a stick that kids love? I can't complain about the convenience of eating chicken skewers either. They're perfectly portioned, portable, and easy to prepare. I'm trying to train my kids' tastebuds for sauces with a little spicy kick, so I made a sweet and smoky bbq sauce to pair with chicken skewers.
Both kids enjoy Latin flavors, so I used La Morena chipotle peppers in adobo sauce to make a bbq sauce with lots of depth and flavor. The chipotle peppers adds authentic Latin flair to any traditional bbq dishes. You know I have to add a kick to regular American-style bbq dishes.
The ingredient list for the chipotle mango bbq chicken skewers might seem a little long, but each item creates a more flavorful sauce. You can make the sauce up to a week ahead. Store it in the fridge until you're ready to make the recipe.
A small can of chipotle peppers in adobo sauce holds plenty of bold flavors. For this sauce, I used one pepper but if you want a bigger kick, add 2-3 peppers. I stuck with one since I'm introducing the kids to heat.
Tip: Freeze extra peppers. Place each pepper separately on a parchment or wax paper lined baking sheet and place in freezer for 30 minutes. (Drizzle any extra adobo sauce on top the peppers before freezing.) Once firm, move to a freezer bag. Pull out 1 or 2 as needed for future recipes.
Now that we have the spicy, smoky element covered, it's time for the sweet. I bought some very ripe mangoes and cut them myself. You can also find pre-cut mangoes in many stores. Add all the ingredients together in a saucepan and simmer for 15 minutes.
Carefully puree or blend the sauce. My immersion blender went kaput, so I used this single serve smoothie blender. My 5-year-old sous chef always wants to blend and puree things. Why not? Reserve 1/2 cup of the sauce and pour the rest into a jar or plastic container.
To really build the flavors, I used 1/2 cup of the chipotle mango bbq sauce and mango juice to marinate the chicken for 30 minutes before putting them on skewers. I used boneless, skinless chicken thighs, but you can also use chicken breasts. I prefer dark meat since it won't dry out as quickly on the grill.
Once the chicken skewers are cooked, brush them with sauce. Serve with extra sauce tableside because it's that good. We served a fresh salad and my grilled corn salad as sides for our bbq.
Jaxson loved the sauce so much we made chipotle mango bbq chicken sandwiches with the leftovers. I'm thinking about using the sauce next weekend when we grill some chicken wings!
I'm always pleasant surprised how one little chipotle pepper can add so much flavor to a dish. Try La Morena products to add some authentic Latin flavors to your dishes. You can find them in the Hispanic foods aisle at your local Walmart. Don't forget to grab a can of the pickled jalapeno peppers. I love them on top a loaded baked potato!
What's your favorite way to to cook with chipotle peppers?
Add a sweet and spicy kick to your next bbq with these super easy chicken skewers. This recipe makes approximately 3 cups of bbq sauce.
For chipotle mango bbq sauce: Add first nine ingredients to a medium sauce pan (up through cocoa powder). Bring sauce up to a boil. Cover then turn down to simmer (medium low heat) for 15 minutes.
Remove sauce from heat and puree with stick blender or in a blender. Set aside 1/2 cup of the sauce. Store the rest in the fridge while preparing the chicken.
In a medium bowl, mix 1/2 cup of reserved bbq sauce and mango juice. Add chicken and allow to marinate for at least 30 minutes. If using bamboo skewers, soak in cool water while chicken marinates.
Carefully place 3-4 piece of chicken on each skewer, careful not to over crowd.
Grill chicken skewers over medium high heat for 5-7 minutes on each side. Brush with sauce during the last 3-4 minutes.
Serve with extra sauce. Enjoy!


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We have always been keen to care for our land & hand it to the next generation in a better state than we received it in.
Crossroads Farm was an ironstone quarry until 1960. Dairy Cows have been kept since the 1930's. We stopped using artificial fertilizers approximately ten years ago. Now spread rotted manure, with no insectides or antibiotics used either on the land or cattle.
In 2016 we started keeping the cows with their mothers until weaned at between 6-8 months.
2017 saw us certified with Pasture For Life we haven't feed any cereals for a couple of years now..the animals are better for it.
We started mob grazing half the farm last year (having previously strip grazed & paddock grazed) the results in terms of growth of grass growth, herbs & wild flowers returning was thrilling. But the most wonderful thing was the return of so much insect life, therefore the swallows & other wildlife thrived. And of course the cows loved being moved on to fresh lush pasture twice a day. From all the different Rare British Breeds we keep we find the Red Polls suit the system best & find their dual purpose nature a bonus, excellent milk & meat.
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Hi Jane. Great post, here's to a productive springtime.
You cannot get more particular than me when it comes to organic food and clean produce.
I love your farming and produce and will be travelling from Harlaxton to Nottingham Thursday and will be buying alot of milk and cheese for my stay in Birmingham..


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FIFA World Cup 2018 | The End of Round 1
Manfriend here again. Let's talk the World Cup.
So the first round of the group games are over, but what have we actually learned from them?
Welcome to my roundup of what's happened, and my predictions for each group at the end of the group stage.
Russia v. Saudi Arabia 5-0
Uruguay v. Egypt 1-0
Don't let the 5-0 result trick you into thinking that Russia are a good side. Saudi Arabia were woeful. Absolutely diabolical. Their keeper wouldn't be able to a catch a cold, never mind the ball. It was a dull game that didn't deserve the number of goals it got.
The other game in the group wasn't much better. Uruguay, one of the more fancied teams of the tournament, showed no urgency or desire to win the game. They were very slow, inconsistent and just plain boring. Only their captain, Diego Godin, who I believe is the best central defender in the world, showed any sort of world-class talent on the pitch. Egypt, on the other hand, were heroic in defeat.
I mentioned that Group D is the "Group of Death." Well, the best way to describe this Group A so far is as the "Group of Wanting to Stick Needles in my Eyes".
[Editors note: Due to both writer and editor needing sleep (time zones, they're a b****), we weren't able to post this until after the Egypt v. Russia match. Unfortunately, Egypt weren't able to beat Russia in their second match, making this prediction impossible. Damn.]
Portugal v. Spain 3-3
Iran v. Morocco 1-0
What a game! Portugal and Spain played good football, showing lots of attacking intent and guile. Spain were a little unfortunate not to win the game, as they dominated the majority of it, but it was that man again, Cristiano Ronaldo. Fifty-one hat-tricks in his professional career (completing the the 51st hat-trick in the World Cup, too). Most people don't get that many playing with friends at a park. Many people will look at Portugal as a one-man team, but they're really not. It just happens to be that the "main man" always seems to grab the headlines. Spain will definitely do well in the tournament. They looked fantastic with the ball, and in Isco, they have a world-class player with incredible ability.
In the other game of this group, it was no surprise the match wasn't a high scoring affair, as both these teams don't tend to concede many goals. But the game was much more interesting than the result suggests. Morocco will be distraught with the 1-0 loss to Iran, as they created enough chances to win. But let's get one thing straight: Neither one of these nations will be picking up another point. However, they will both still be vital to see who wins the group, as it will come down to goal difference.
France v. Australia 2-1
Denmark v. Peru 1-0
France got their campaign off to a winning start, thanks to Video Assistant Referees (VAR). The newly-devised system removes the human error part of the game, taking the pressure off the referees in the middle. Having said that, no one really knows what is happening or whether it's being used. According to the commentators, it's being used constantly. Soon, I'm expecting VAR to be used at home to determine who ate the last doughnut. Anyway, France got their win over Australia thanks to technology. Both of their goals would never have been given two years ago.
Denmark and Peru, as expected, were closely matched, with the prior scoring the only goal of the game after Peru missed a penalty in the first half. An absolutely huge win!
Iceland v. Argentina 1-1
Croatia v. Nigeria 2-0
As mentioned in my first World Cup post, this is the group to watch. Iceland were excellent against the Argies. Despite only having 23 percent of the possession, Iceland created the better opportunities. Yes, they're a very direct team, which is what made this match interesting. Argentina weren't bad but you can see how reliant they are on Messi, which baffles me. Their other players, with the likes of Sergio Agüero, Angel Di María and at least another three or four, are world class, too.
Croatia are a good side, one that will trouble any team in the competition. In Kramaric, they have a striker who will cause trouble for an opposition's defenders. If only he could finish the chances that fall to him. Nigeria are and will always remain an enigma to me. They should be good, but in the finals, they never perform.
Brazil v. Switzerland 1-1
Serbia v. Costa Rica 1-0
This wasn't a a good return to World Cup football for favourites Brazil, as they were held to a draw by defiant Switzerland. Neymar was kept quiet by the Swiss midfield, in particular Valon Behrami, though not always in a sportsmanlike manner, if truth be told. You may think Brazil were unlucky not to win, but the truth is that they were never really in control. Yes, they did have more chances, and some of them were clear-cut, but a lot were just wayward shots. Once they get their shooting boots on, Brazil could become unstoppable.
Serbia and Costa Rica were well matched. Both teams battled in midfield and managed to create some good-looking attacks, but the lack of quality up front was obvious. Costa Rica don't have a quality striker, and Serbian Mitrovic couldn't get his feet under control. In the end, a fabulous free kick from the experienced Kolarov settled the game. The lack of firepower will be a huge problem when these two teams take on their more powerful opponents.
Mexico v. Germany 1-0
Sweden v. South Korea 1-0
Since 1998, four of five World Cup holders have been eliminated at the group stage of the tournament, with the only exception being 2002 winners Brazil, who lost in the quarterfinals in 2006. After the loss against Mexico, fans all over the globe have started wondering if Germany will be the next nation on that list. If they are to make it through to the knockout stage, then they are going to have to find a way to get Toni Kroos more involved. Mexico, on the other hand, are in a great position to win the group. They were impressive both in attack and defense, carving out many chances while restricting a lackluster German team to shots from a distance. Unfortunately they are a nation that likes to self-capitulate on many an occasion. Yet, this time around, I feel the Mexican party won't be over for a while.
The other two countries in the group, Sweden and South Korea, didn't look like they could score a goal in 300 minutes of football, let alone 90 minutes. In the end, Sweden were awarded a penalty, thanks to VAR, and that was the goal that separated the two teams. South Korea are a bizarre team. They have a gargantuan forward who is a foot taller than everyone else, yet no crosses were being sent in his direction for him to attack. Also, despite being behind for a large chunk of the second half, they only decided to attack for the last 10 minutes. It begs the belief that they didn't try to do more in the earlier parts of the game. Poor all around!
Belgium v. Panama 3-0
England v. Tunisia 2-1
These two matches ended with expected wins for Belgium and England, but in very dissimilar ways.
Belgium dominated the game against Panama, and could have scored many more than the three goals they ended with. Panama did show effort and willingness to make a game of it, but the chasm between the two sides' abilities were very clear from the 1st to the 90th minute.
England, on the other hand, were made to sweat by the Tunisians. The movement of the Premier League's Elite was excellent, but the same brilliance deserted them in and around the box with Jesse Lingard, Raheem Sterling and Dele Alli all lacking the kind of class shown by captain – and talisman – Harry Kane, who scored twice.
Japan v. Colombia 2-1
Senegal v. Poland 2-1
The Colombian team were rocked by the first red card of the tournament three minutes into the game against Japan for handling a ball that was on its way to a goal. This proved crucial. The resulting penalty for the handball was converted expertly by Kagawa. Playing with 10 men for 87-plus minutes proved too great a task for Colombia, and Japan managed to take an unexpected three points.
The Japan win had a huge impact on the second match of the group, making a win even more vital. Senegal, Africa's last hope for a win, are arguably the best representative of the continent, and so it proved to be. They ran out winners over Poland, who are ranked 8th in the world rankings. Now, this sounds like a huge deal, but it really isn't. The FIFA World Rankings are a joke of a system, as evidenced in this game.
No matter what happens in the remaining games, the groups are shaping up nicely. Soon, the need to win will take over, forcing teams to play more expansive football, and leading to more games of Portugal v. Spain quality rather than Sweden v. South Korea.
Do tell, folks. What do you think will happen in the groups?
To read Manfriend's initial piece about FIFA – and see his first thoughts on the tournament, read on.
Posted on June 20, 2018 Author galafan87Categories Manfriend's MumblingsTags FIFA, fifa world cup, football, international sports, predictions, soccer, sports, sports chat, sports column, sports fan, World Cup, World Cup 2018
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