Star Wars Han Solo in Carbonite Ice Cube Tray via ThinkGeek, which also has a R2-D2 Ice Cube Tray.
The Han Solo Ice Cube Tray comes with room for six (6) small, 1.75″ Han Solos and one (1) large, 3.5″ Solo. We're pretty sure that Boba Fett would be happy with just one smuggler on ice but seven would be a serious payday! The silicone on the mold is good down to -40F so don't try using these on Hoth. They should be fine in your average household freezer though.


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Published on November 21st, 2020 | by Mark Dwyer
Ireland Now Orange on EU Traffic Light System
The EU Traffic Light system for travel within Europe went live in Ireland on Sunday 8th November. At that stage most countries in Europe were already red with only very limited travel possible to green and amber areas. In the latest update published by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Ireland has now been classified as Orange. In data published this week, Ireland has Covid-10 positivity rate of 3.52% and a 14-day notification rate per 100,000 population of 107.3. Countries are classified as orange if the notification rate per 100,000 is between 25 and 150 and the positivity rate is less than 4%. Countries can also be classified as orange if the notification rate less than 50 per 100,000 but where the positivity rate is in excess of 4%.
Ireland has made progress on managing the spread of the disease since moving to Level 5 restrictions on 21st October. Less can be said for most other parts of Europe. All of mainland Europe is red as well as Sweden and parts of Norway. Finland, Iceland and the Canary Islands are also Amber and Greenland is green.
In line with the EU traffic lights approach, the request to restrict movements does not apply to travellers from green regions, or those arriving from Northern Ireland. Currently, all passengers entering Ireland from orange, red, and grey regions are requested to restrict their movements for 14 days. This general request to restrict movement for 14 days does not apply to passengers arriving from an "orange" region, who have received a negative/'not detected' result from a COVID-19 Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test taken during the three days before departure to Ireland. Passengers are requested to have supporting evidence of the negative test in their possession. It is the responsibility of individuals to determine whether their circumstances fall within one of the categories outlined in the EU Council Recommendation.
As these restrictions apply to both ends of the journey, it's unlikely that we'll see a significant increase in passenger numbers at Irish airports in the near future. PCR tests are now available from private companies at Dublin, Cork & Shannon Airports and have not reduced the resources of HSE testing. This additional testing may help to identify asymptomatic cases and reduce the possibility of super spreader events.
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Mark Dwyer Mark is an airline pilot flying the Boeing 737 for a major European airline. In addition he is also a Type Rating Instructor, Type Rating Examiner and Base Training Captain on the B737. Outside of commercial flying Mark enjoys flying light aircraft from the smallest 3 Axis microlights up to heavier singles. He is also an instructor and EASA Examiner on single engines and a UK CAA Examiner. He flies the Chipmunk for the Irish Historic Flight Foundation (IHFF). Mark became the Chairman of the National Microlight Association of Ireland (NMAI) in 2013 and has overseen a massive growth in the organisation. In this role he has worked at local and national levels. In 2015, Mark won 'Upcoming Aviation Professional Award' at the Aviation Industry Awards sponsored by the IAA. Mark launched this website back in 2002 while always managing the website, he has also been Editor and Deputy Editor of FlyingInIreland Magazine from 2005 to 2015.
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The auto industry is embracing low-carbon vehicles. Are microcars the next step?
It may have taken some time to get motoring, but over the past few years much of the auto industry has publicly embraced the transition to a greener transport system.
Big car makers such as Ford, Nissan and Volkswagen are increasingly stating their backing for an electric car future, while innovative players from high-end electric car maker Tesla to British fuel cell car developer Riversimple are looking to shake up the market.
Sales are reflecting the trend: Figures from trade body the Society for Motor Manufacturers Traders (SMMT) show EV sales reached an average of around 3,100 a month in the first half of 2016 in the U.K., up from 2,400 in the first half of 2015 and just 500 in the first half of 2014.
Recent figures from Nissan revealed its flagship electric Leaf is the third best-selling of any car in Norway, while a recent report from Renew Economy estimated that 3.8 percent of cars in China will be electric in 2020, up from 0.4 percent in 2014.
Meanwhile, cities such as Paris and London are announcing increasingly demanding clean air standards for vehicles as they move to tackle air pollution and congestion. Moreover, there also remains the prospect of radical new ways of using cars, such as the onset of driverless cars potentially leading to shared-ownership models, or Riversimple's business plan to offer its car only via an all-inclusive contract similar to a mobile phone bundle whereby customers would pay a monthly fee to keep the car in their possession but never actually own it.
While electric vehicles have begun to appear more frequently on Britain's streets, their tiny cousin, electric microcars, have remained something of a niche market.
But one low-carbon automobile solution has struggled to benefit from this green motoring trend. While electric vehicles have begun to appear more frequently on Britain's streets, their tiny cousin, electric microcars, have remained something of a niche market.
While the exact definition of these smaller cars is a little vague — they are typically grouped alongside mopeds through their EU L-category classification — electric "microcars" generally include models such as the Renault Twizy quadricycle and the Aixam.
The cars have compelling environmental credentials, running on a fraction of the energy use of ordinary-size electric cars. At the lightest end of the scale, the Twike — a human power-assisted three-wheeler manufactured in Germany — boasts energy consumption of only 5kWh per 100km, less than 25 percent of the 21 kWh per 100km of the Tesla Model S.
Emissions-wise, there is a clear case for using such vehicles.
"Even if you accept a shift to electric vehicles, which we are quite certain of, incidentally ... it is still the case that large electric vehicles will always use more energy than small electric vehicles," Paul Nieuwenhuis, co-director of the center for automotive industry research at the Cardiff Business School, told auto industry leaders at the annual LowCVP conference last month. "So if you talk in terms of general energy efficiency, there is something to be said for downsizing and weight reduction."
Researchers at Oxford Brookes University comparing the whole life energy of four types of vehicle showed that IEV Postmaster's electric cargo bike uses less than 50 gigajoules over its lifespan, the Twizy just over double that, while a small internal combustion or battery electric vehicle uses closer to 250 gigajoules.
However, the idea of downsizing to smaller, more bike-like cars (or indeed car-like bikes) has struggled to reach the mainstream, at least in the U.K.
"I think in some senses it's a cultural thing," Nieuwenhuis told BusinessGreen. The lack of interest is understandable: adopting such a vehicle requires a significant change in how the car is used, while "microcars" are often priced similarly to a small car, providing little financial incentive.
However, Nieuwenhuis said that there have been several missed opportunities which would have helped make microcars more acceptable, such as the failure to better promote the technology when the congestion charge was first introduced to London.
Whitehall generally has been silent on the topic as well. "Government appears to be largely unaware of this thing, or if they are aware, unsupportive," said Nieuwenhuis in his presentation. There was no support included for L-category EVs in the additional $523 million for EVs announced by the government in December, for example.
On top of limited funding, or perhaps because of it, confusing regulatory regimes relating to parking, driver testing and licencing have further hampered the market. For example, drivers in some cases have to pass a motorcycle test on a two-wheeler before being allowed to drive a four-wheel electric microcar. "Of course, that's a problem because it's a completely different experience," said Nieuwenhuis.
The small number of microcars being sold by mainly specialist manufacturers, meanwhile, means the cost of the vehicles has remained relatively high. Makers of L-category microcars typically subcontract the high capital intensive parts of the car such as the engine and transmission, with the vast majority of engines for all French and Italian quadricycles coming from Italian-based industrial engine maker Lombardini, while nearly all transmissions come from Canada-based CVT.
"By not making engines and transmissions, these companies can operate at lower volumes," said Nieuwenhuis. "Aixam's capacity is around 15,000 a year, which is an annual volume which would just not be viable for a larger car manufacturer, but it becomes viable because they don't make engines and transmissions."
However, the high labour costs of such small operations often takes its toll on the smaller companies that manufacture them.
"It's catch-22," said Ebrahimi. "The small companies make them, they design them, they put their life into it, but they cannot sell them because the price is high, then they go into receivership, they lose their livelihood — many cases are like that."
In response to the challenges faced by the market, the LowCVP and a consortium of British universities recently launched a project to take stock of the potential environmental, economic and societal benefits of L-category vehicles in the U.K.
A number of issues remain where further research, development and demonstration is needed.
The conclusion of their assessment, set to be published later this year, was that while there are benefits to the U.K. of developing a market for these vehicles, a number of issues remain where further research, development and demonstration (RD&D) is needed. The project also plans to develop a network which will support funding bids from the likes of Innovate UK and Horizon 2020 for L-category vehicles and attempt to inform future policy debates relating to the nascent market.
Such a push may help the U.K. begin to compete with countries such as Germany, where government-funded initiatives are helping to ensure car makers such as VW, BMW and a range of startups are leading the way in the development of new microcars.
Advocates hope the U.K. could adopt legislation or special incentives to push the uptake of these smaller EVs, as has occurred to some extent in France and Italy — such as removing the requirement for any driving licence.
"In the U.K., we really need some sort of incentive which could be something like zero road tax or you don't need a driving licence or something else like that to attract people," said Nieuwenhuis. "There is really no attraction."
However, even if the U.K. market remains resistant to the appeal of the microcar, the segment could still present opportunities to U.K. manufacturers. Markets such as India and China already experience an expanding small-car culture, providing export opportunities for microvehicle developers.
"We've got an industry here that is particularly good at lightweight engineering for racing cars, high-technology solutions, lightweight materials and that sort of thing," said Nieuwenhuis. "Why are we not making more of this sort of stuff?"
While some may argue that investing in the sector anticipates a market which simply does not exist yet at scale, others predict moves to tackle air pollution and congestion in cities bode well for the future of microcars.
"In the future, it is going to be the standard vehicle that everybody's going to use," Kambiz Ebrahimi of the ULV Research Group at Loughborough University told BusinessGreen.
"The main reason is that in the next 20 or 30 years they are going to pedestrianize the cities, and then it is the only type of vehicle that the people who cannot walk long distances can use inside the city to take them in and out from their home to the city center. We're always going to have problems with traffic — these are not going to be solved, and this is the only solution for that."
Ebrahimi also points out that the move towards self-driving cars could help boost the prospects of small vehicles. "It's much easier first to convert this type of vehicle to autonomous vehicles than a large car, because they are safer, they go at lower speeds, they are simpler vehicles," he said.
While the lack of government incentives mean it remains unlikely that microcars will see much of an uptick in demand over the next few years, rapidly turning tides in the transport sector as well as measures to tackle the environmental problems caused by cars mean smaller cars could yet emerge as a major new market segment. Perhaps small one day will be regarded as beautiful when it comes to green cars.
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Learn how to talk the talk of a real American mobster or learn to understand the difficult code and words Italian and Sicilian Mafiosi use as they go about their business, perhaps you can even crack the communication used by the Russian Mafia or Mexican drug lords. Of course, the underworld always changes and evolves, as does its language. That's why we will be keeping this list up to date with the latest gangster lingo.
Administration – The leadership of a Mob Family. Usually comprised of the boss, underboss, and consigliere.
Associate - Someone who is affiliated with the Mafia, but is not an official member. In the Mafia members must have an Italian father, but associates can be any ethnicity.
Avtoritet - An authority, used in Russia to describe the latest generation of crime bosses.
Beef – A dispute between mobsters. These are usually discussed during a sit down between the arguing parties overseen by a higher up.
Black Book – This is the nickname given to the casino exclusion lists of Las Vegas and New Jersey.
Book - A gambling operation focused on sporting events. The racket is run by a "bookmaker."
Books - Membership account of the Mafia families.
Borgata – A Mafia Family.
Boss – The leader of a Mafia Family. His word is final.
Boss of Bosses - Deemed the most powerful Mafia boss. In the American Mafia there have been two boss of bosses: Salvatore Maranzano and Charles "Lucky" Luciano. In Italy, there were Salvatore "Toto" Riina and Bernardo Provenzano. Also known as Capo di tutti capi.
Brigada - A Russian crime clan or crew.
Button - A soldier in a Mafia Family.
Call in – When a Mafia boss or capo orders one of his underlings to meet him.
Capo dei capi – Italian for the term Boss of Bosses. Deemed the most powerful Mafia boss. In the American Mafia there have been two boss of bosses: Salvatore Maranzano and Charles "Lucky" Luciano. In Italy, there were Salvatore "Toto" Riina and Bernardo Provenzano. Also known as Capo di tutti capi.
Capo – In Italy this continues to be used as a title for a boss, but in the U.S. it now means a captain, also known as skipper. It comes from capodecina or caporegime.
Commission – The overseeing committee of Mafia leaders who rule over mob activities pertaining all Families. In the U.S. this is known as The Commission, in Italy as the Cupola.
Connected - A description of a Mafia "associate."
Consigliere - Third most powerful position in a Mafia Family. A Consigliere is a counselor and advises the administration and other family members about Mafia code, rules, disputes, and more.
Contract - An old-time term referring to an order to murder an individual.
Cosa Nostra – Translated it means "our thing" and it refers to the Mafia from a member's point of view. In the United States, authorities added the word "La," creating LCN, La Cosa Nostra.
Cosca - Translated "gang," this term is typically used to refer to a Mafia organization in Sicily. Equivalent to "borgata."
Crew - A body of soldiers assigned to a capo. The crew typically meets on a regular basis at the capo's headquarters.
Cupola – Italian Mafia Commission.
Don – Term of respect used for Mafia bosses.
Earner - An individual who earns income for the Mafia.
Family - The basic unit of the Mafia society. See "Borgata."
Farm out – Pass on a murder contract to another family.
Feds - Federal law enforcement agents.
Fence - Individual who buys and sells stolen goods.
Fix - From the line "The fix is/was in," meaning someone was bribed to ensure the wanted outcome (sports player, cop) or to gain access to a place to rob.
Flip - To become an informant, government witness, to break the code of silence known as omerta, and cooperate with law enforcement.
Friend of ours - An introduction in which one Mafia member informs another that a new acquaintance is also a member. It is a means of vouching for the underworld credentials of another person. As opposed to "friend of mine," which, in introduction, means simply what it says.
Fuggedaboutit – Forget about it – Can mean praise or criticism, yes or no.
G – A grand, $1,000 dollars.
G – Government, federal agent.
Geezer - British slang for guy, man.
Godfather - Title typically used out of respect and affection. In a Mafia context (particularly in the movies), it refers to the boss. However, no boss in the modern era has been addressed by that title.
Goomba - Term of affection and respect.
Hardman - British slang for a tough guy.
Heat - Intense attention from law enforcement and/or media.
Hit - An assigned murder.
Hit the mattresses – Going to war with another organization. That requires massive manpower resulting in hit teams sharing a room while on stand-by, sleeping on different mattresses to get some rest while they wait for weeks or months.
Krysha - Word used in Russia to describe someone's "roof" meaning high-placed protection, usually politicians or oligarchs.
Lamming it – Going on the run.
Loan shark - See "shylock."
Lupara Bianca – Translates as "White Death" and refers to murder someone without their body ever being found.
Made - Formally inducted into the Mafia through a secret ceremony.
Mark – Someone targeted as a victim of criminal acts.
Men of honor – Made men, members of the Mafia.
Mustache Pete – Nickname used to describe an older generation of mobsters who held on to old country traditions. Used primarily during Prohibition.
Muscle in - Invade a rival's racket or territory through force.
Narcos - Short for narcotrafficantes, which is Spanish for drug traffickers.
No-show job – A ghost job, a mobster is on the payroll and collects his check without showing up for work. Usually arranged through union corruption.
Omerta – Code of silence.
On the carpet – When a mobster is heavily criticized by his Mafia superiors.
On the lam - Moving secretly. Indicted mobsters, in an effort to avoid arrest, might go "on the lam," changing their address, moving secretly from place to place.
On the pad / On the take - Designation for a law enforcement officer who is paid by the underworld to ignore certain criminal activity.
Packing - Armed with a concealed handgun.
Pakhan - A Russian Mafia leader.
Pentito – Italian word for Mafioso who is cooperating with justice and law enforcement.
Piece - Either a gun or a percentage of profit from business ventures.
Piece of work - A murder contract.
Pizzo – Extortion money paid by business owners in Italy.
Plata o plomo - Spanish for "silver or lead" meaning a bribe or a bullet.
Protection (known in Italy as "pizzo") - An extortion racket in which business owners are assessed a tax by a local Mafia group in exchange for assurances that no harm will come to them. Also the money paid by organized criminal groups in bribes to law enforcement.
Rat – A snitch, stool pigeon: To provide information to law enforcement about criminal activities of underworld associates.
Shake down - Using intimidation or extortion to undermine people or businesses.
Sapo - Spanish slang for an informant.
Shelved – From the line "Put on the shelf," it means that a mafia member is no longer active and loses his power within the organization.
Shylock - A money lender who loans money at usurious interest rates. If you fail to pay back what is owed for any particular period you are disciplined with violence.
Skhodka - Russian word for meeting or sit down between gangsters.
Sit-down - A meeting, usually to resolve a dispute.
Skim/skimming - Shaving money off the top of the profits from a mob-controlled business without the government knowing. Happened in Las Vegas when the Mafia skimmed money from their casinos.
Speakeasy – Illegal saloon during prohibition.
Standup Guy - An individual who observes the principles of omerta even when it brings harm to himself.
Straighten out - Resolve a dispute. Formally induct a Mafia member.
This thing of ours – La Cosa Nostra, the Mafia organization.
Torpedo - Nickname Russian gangsters use for a hitman.
Underboss - Second in command of a Mafia family.
Vendetta - A pledge of personal vengeance on an enemy.
Vig also known as "vigorish" - Percentage of each bet that is retained as income for a bookmaker. The usurious interest charged by a shylock.
Vor v Zakone - A Thief-in-Law, meaning an official member of the Russian Mafia.
Walk and talk – To evade police listening in, mobsters will go on walk and talks, discussing criminal operations while walking around the neighborhood.
Wire - An electronic surveillance device secretly placed on an undercover operator to tape incriminating conversations.
Wiseguy - A "made" member of a Mafia organization.


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Merocystis is a genus in the phylum Apicomplexa.

History
This genus was created in 1911 by Dakin He discovered this parasite - Merocystis kathae - in the renal organ of the whelk (Buccinum undatum). Its life cycle has been studied in some detail by other workers.

A second species was described - Merocystis tellinovum - by Buchanan in 1979 but this has since been moved to the genus Pseudoklossia.

Taxonomy
There is one species known in this genus.

Description
The life cycle follows a seasonal course. The earliest stages may appear in the kidney any time between March and June. Growth proceeds and sexual differentiation takes place but mature gametes are not found until November, when the first stages of sporogony are first found. Mature spores containing sporozoites are formed in January and become increasingly common up to May. Degenerating stages of spores are common in summer.

The earliest stages within the renal organ are 10 µm in diameter.

To the naked eye the later stages of the parasite have the appearance of a rounded milky white dot.

The trophozoites appear opaque and occasionally granular.

Schizogony occurs in the host cell.

Morphological sexual differentiation is not detectable until growth is almost complete.

The microgametocyte divides into 32 nuclei. At this stage cleavage of the cytoplasm brings about the formation of uninucleate cytomeres. Nuclear division again occurs within these and these latter divisions form the microgametes.

The microgamete possesses a dark centre and a lighter ring round the periphery and is released from the host cell.

Fertilization occurs within the lumen of the renal organ.

After fertilisation, a thick membrane forms outside the zygote. The nucleus assumes a characteristic spindle shape and subsequently divides.

Nuclear divisions proceed until numerous cone shaped nuclei are found below the cell membrane. This cell membrane becomes folded and the nuclei sink in (the oocyst stage). Each is surrounded by a portion of cytoplasm to form a sporoblast. A single nuclear division then occurs and the two nuclei elongate to form sporozoites each with a small cytoplasmic body.

The oocyst has numerous sporocysts each with two sporozoites.

References

Apicomplexa genera
Monotypic SAR supergroup genera
Conoidasida

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My husband's family, who gathered on Mackinac to celebrate their parents' 50th anniversary. THIS is a big family, folks.
Michael in pursuit of chocolate ice cream at the Grand Hotel's 4th of July carnival. Baby, you've only got about twelve foods!
I realize as I try to choose pictures to include that you can't capture a trip in a handful of pictures. Ah well, you do the best you can.
Shared with Wordful Wednesday at 7 Clown Circus.
KATHLEEN…HAVE YOU SEEN THE FILM 'SOMEWHERE IN TIME" WHICH TAKES PLACE THERE WITH JANE SEYMOUR AND CHRIS REEVE AND CHRISTOPHER PLUMBER ? YOUR FAMILY AND PHOTOS ARE BEAUTIFUL!
It looks like you had a great time! I am now in pursuit of chocolate ice cream!
Beautiful place for your family dinner! Great pictures!


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In this article, I am sharing IMDb's top 10 most rated 2000 Korean movies. The listing is based on the IMDb rating! This rating and listing are as per 2nd January 2023. After 2nd January 2023 we are not considering updates in rating for updating this list! If you find any mistake just comment down so we will try to solve the mistakes!
2000 Top 10 Korean Movies List:
Joint Security Area (2000) 🌟 7.8/10 as of 02 January 2023:
Joint Security Area movie is a action, drama, and thriller movie. Joint Security Area story is followed by "After a shooting incident at the North/South Korean border/DMZ leaves 2 North Korean soldiers dead, a neutral Swiss/Swedish team investigates, what actually happened.". Joint Security Area was released on 09 Sep 2000 in South Korea. This movie is 110 min long film. This movie is directed by Park Chan-wook. This movie is written by Park Chan-wook, Seong-san Jeong, and Hyun-seok Kim. Lee Yeong-ae, Lee Byung-hun, and Song Kang-ho played the lead main roles in the movie. IMDb rated the movie 7.8/10 as of 02 January 2023.
Il Mare (2000) 🌟 7.5/10 as of 02 January 2023:
Il Mare movie is a drama, fantasy, and romance movie. Il Mare story is followed by "In 1999, a voice actor moves from Il Mare, a seaside house, and leaves a Christmas card in its (magical) mailbox. An architecture student receives it in 1997, and a friendship separated by 2 years begins.". Il Mare was released on 09 Sep 2000 in South Korea. This movie is 105 min long film. This movie is directed by Hyun-seung Lee. This movie is written by Eun-Jeong Kim, Mi-Yeong Kim, and Won Tae-yeon. Lee Jung-jae, Jun Ji-hyun, and Mu-saeng Kim played the lead main roles in the movie. IMDb rated the movie 7.5/10 as of 02 January 2023.
Ditto (2000) 🌟 7.0/10 as of 02 January 2023:
Ditto movie is a drama, romance, and sci-fi movie. Ditto story is followed by "Two students, separated in time, are somehow able to talk to each other using amateur radio, one in 1979 and the other in 2000.". Ditto was released on 27 May 2000 in South Korea. This movie is 110 min long film. This movie is directed by Jeong-kwon Kim. This movie is written by Jin Jang. Yoo Ji-tae, Ha-neul Kim, and Ha Ji-Won played the lead main roles in the movie. IMDb rated the movie 7.0/10 as of 02 January 2023.
Chunhyang (2000) 🌟 7.1/10 as of 02 January 2023:
Chunhyang movie is a drama, musical, and romance movie. Chunhyang story is followed by "A governor's son falls in love and marries a beautiful girl, the daughter of a courtesan. Their marriage is kept a secret from the governor who would immediately disown him if he found that his son married beneath him.". Chunhyang was released on 29 Jan 2000 in South Korea. This movie is 116 min long film. This movie is directed by Im Kwon-taek. This movie is written by Sang-hyun Cho, Hye-yun Kang, and Kim Myung-gon. Hyo-jeong Lee, Cho Seung-woo, and Seong-nyeo Kim played the lead main roles in the movie. IMDb rated the movie 7.1/10 as of 02 January 2023.
Oh! Soo-jung (2000) 🌟 7.0/10 as of 02 January 2023:
Oh! Soo-jung movie is a comedy, and drama movie. Oh! Soo-jung story is followed by "Relationship filled with pitfalls between a pleasant female video producer and a gallery owner as they become embroiled in their self-spun web of illusions. Bitter-sweet serenade to modern courtship.". Oh! Soo-jung was released on 27 May 2000 in South Korea. This movie is 126 min long film. This movie is directed by Hong Sang-soo. This movie is written by Hong Sang-soo. Eun-ju Lee, Moon Sung-Keun, and Won-hee Cho played the lead main roles in the movie. IMDb rated the movie 7.0/10 as of 02 January 2023.
Ju No-myeong Bakery (2000) 🌟 6.9/10 as of 02 January 2023:
Ju No-myeong Bakery movie is a comedy, drama, and romance movie. Ju No-myeong Bakery story is followed by "A baker falls for the wife of his wife's lover.". Ju No-myeong Bakery was released on 15 Jan 2000 in South Korea. This movie is 104 min long film. This movie is directed by Hun-Su Park. Min-su Choi, Sin-hye Hwang, and Mi-yeon Lee played the lead main roles in the movie. IMDb rated the movie 6.9/10 as of 02 January 2023.
The Isle (2000) 🌟 6.9/10 as of 02 January 2023:
The Isle movie is a drama, and thriller movie. The Isle story is followed by "Working at a fishing resort in an idyllic location, but surrounded by various facets of human unpleasantness, a young mute woman falls in love with a man on the run from the law for committing murder.". The Isle was released on 22 Apr 2000 in South Korea. This movie is 90 min long film. This movie is directed by Kim Ki-duk. This movie is written by Kim Ki-duk. Jung Suh, Yu-seok Kim, and Jae-Hyun Cho played the lead main roles in the movie. IMDb rated the movie 6.9/10 as of 02 January 2023.
Barking Dogs Never Bite (2000) 🌟 6.9/10 as of 02 January 2023:
Barking Dogs Never Bite movie is a comedy movie. Barking Dogs Never Bite story is followed by "An idle part-time college lecturer is annoyed by the yapping sound of a nearby dog. He decides to take drastic action.". Barking Dogs Never Bite was released on 19 Feb 2000 in South Korea. This movie is 110 min long film. This movie is directed by Bong Joon Ho. This movie is written by Bong Joon Ho, Ji-ho Song, and Derek Son Tae-woong. Bae Doona, Sung-Jae Lee, and Ho-jung Kim played the lead main roles in the movie. IMDb rated the movie 6.9/10 as of 02 January 2023.
The Foul King (2000) 🌟 6.9/10 as of 02 January 2023:
The Foul King movie is a comedy, and sport movie. The Foul King story is followed by "A wimpy, incompetent bank clerk decides to become a pro wrestler.". The Foul King was released on 29 Jan 2000 in South Korea. This movie is 112 min long film. This movie is directed by Jee-woon Kim. This movie is written by Dae-woo Kim, and Jee-woon Kim. Park Sang-Myeon, Song Kang-ho, and Jin-young Jang played the lead main roles in the movie. IMDb rated the movie 6.9/10 as of 02 January 2023.
Chimhyang (2000) 🌟 6.8/10 as of 02 January 2023:
Chimhyang movie is a n/a movie. Chimhyang story is followed by "A young novelist just home from the army, receives notice of an old lover's death. He returns to the lake where they once spent time together, and becomes acquainted with the owner of a local inn.". Chimhyang was released on 10 Jun 2000 in South Korea. This movie is 107 min long film. This movie is directed by Kim Soo-yong. This movie is written by Kyu-chul Lee. Lee Jung-hyun, Ho-jung Kim, and Se-chang Lee played the lead main roles in the movie. IMDb rated the movie 6.8/10 as of 02 January 2023.


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Fashion Models Struggling With Debts
By Mark Campbell14th February 2019News
In our quest to remove the stigma of debt, we try to highlight those who we may not necessarily associate with debt troubles. As it's currently London Fashion Week, now seems the ideal time to highlight the fashion models who are struggling to make ends meet.
New York, Paris, Milan, London…
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This may come as a shock to many, as success in the modelling world (as in many other walks of life) is measured by the amount of money you earn, and therefore people very rarely talk about their debts.
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Q: Moving text annotations in Xournal Is it possible to move text annotations in Xournal? If so how?
Seems to be a trivial task, but I don't see how to do it.

A: I succeed to move text like this:
After writing text in any location in the document:

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*I went to the upper toolbar and choose the "Select rectangle" button (instead of the "Text" button). Shortcut: Ctrl + R.

*Now, in this state, I dragged the text to any other location in the page.

After that, you can go back again to "Text" mode and edit the text as before (shortcut Ctrl + T).

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*I am using Ubuntu 12.04, and currently it installs Xournal 0.4.5 by default.

A: Yes, it is possible to move text annotations in Xournal. Follow the following steps:

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*Click in the toolbar on the "Select Region" or "Select Rectangle" button.

*Click on the annotation in the document.

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A: In xournal++ 1.1.0 it's slightly changed, to "Select Object". Keyboard shortcut Shift+Ctrl+O.

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Japan Won't Sign UN Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons
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"We doubt if support is growing even among nonnuclear weapons states, let alone nuclear weapons states," Japan says. (Photo: )
Japan, the only country to suffer a nuclear attack, won't sign the United Nations' Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
Signed by 84 countries and ratified or acceded to by another 50, the treaty is now a binding international accord. It comprehensively bans nuclear weapons. There are 193 UN member states.
The government of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said Japan won't sign the treaty and doesn't welcome its coming into force in 2021. Its decision rejects appeals from atomic-bomb survivors in Japan who encouraged Suga to work for a nuclear-free world.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato said "Japan's approach is different from that of the treaty and there is no change to our position not to sign it," according to the latest news reports. "We doubt if support is growing even among nonnuclear weapons states, let alone nuclear weapons states."
Japan has said it wasn't realistic to approve the treaty when nuclear powers and nonnuclear states remained divided over nuclear weapons. Kato said Japan had chosen to serve as a bridge between the two sides.
Political experts said a reason for Japan opposing the treaty was that it remained protected by the U.S. "nuclear umbrella" against threats from North Korea and China.
"We need to appropriately respond to the current security threats, by maintaining or strengthening our deterrence," noted Kato. "We have to be realistic about promoting nuclear disarmament."
Nuclear Weapons Ban Ratified By 50 UN Members
U.S. Aims To Block Nuke Ban Treaty In Favor Of Nonproliferation Agreement
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Why Indian mangoes are better than Pakistani ones
(This article has previously appeared in Scroll, Quartz India, The Express Tribune and Dawn in the summers of 2014 and 2015.)
Photo credit: Prabhav Shandilya
I am telling nothing but the truth when I tell you that Indian mangoes are better than Pakistani mangoes. It infuriates me when Pakistanis don't agree. That makes mangoes an India-Pakistan dispute just like Kashmir. Like a good Indian, I don't think this needs a referendum. Of course our mangoes are better. How could anyone even think that isn't the case? Continue reading "Why Indian mangoes are better than Pakistani ones" →
Posted on 23 October 2018 30 May 2019 by Shivam VijPosted in Dawn, Quartz, Scroll.in, The Express TribuneTagged Anwar Ratol, Dasheri, India-Pakistan, Indian mangoes, Mango nationalism, Mangoes, Pakistan, Pakistani mangoes, Ratol. Leave a comment
After travelling hundreds of kilometres in Bihar, a reporter's diary on why Modi lost
(First published in Quartz, 8 November 2015.)
Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has lost a key, prized state election in Bihar. His party's alliance had done stupendously well in the state in the general elections in 2014, winning three-fourths of the seats. But, in the state elections, the incumbent tied up a better coalition.
The BJP had hoped to transform its 2014 victory into a 2015 win in a state that it has never directly ruled. They had hoped that the Modi government's performance would be appreciated and applauded by voters in the state, who would thus reward them with a chance at the state level, too.
This has not turned out to be the case. The BJP told voters that the same party ruling the centre and the state would be ideal for Bihar's development. But voters have clearly rejected the idea, giving the incumbent alliance a two-thirds majority. Why?
Travelling hundreds of kilometres to different corners of Bihar this election, I met many voters expressing disenchantment with the Modi government. Referendum is a strong word, but voters were clear in judging the BJP's campaign with its performance so far at the centre.
Voters complained, most of all, of food inflation. Thanks to falling oil prices, overall inflation has been under control since Modi became India's prime minister. But rising prices of certain food products have pushed the retail inflation higher in the last few months. In the middle of the campaign, the prices of arhar dal—split red legume—shot through the roof, becoming a campaign issue.
Voters also complained that the Modi government had reduced funds in social welfare schemes, particularly the Indira Awas Yojana, a scheme to help build pucca houses for the rural poor. They were also unhappy over funds drying up in a rural employment guarantee programme and a food subsidy programme, as well as reduction of the minimum support price for farmers.
"Modi is good for the country. Perhaps he is good for the cities. But he is not good for the villages," said a wealthy farmer in West Champaran, near the India-Nepal border.
Taking the government's focus away from poverty alleviation programmes is an article of faith for Modi's government. When his key aide, Amit Shah, took over as president of the BJP, he said in his acceptance speech:
"We have to understand that the entire emphasis of the Congress-UPA government was on entitlement-based policies. They believed in entitlement first and empowerment later. In our thinking, empowerment has to come first and entitlement would naturally follow. We do believe that people have right to good governance. But more importantly, first and foremost it is the duty of the government to give good governance. Using rights as a vote catching gimmick is just unacceptable to us. We believe that neither framing of an act nor an agitation by the people is required for them to get their rights. It is our considered opinion that we have to create conditions in such a manner that people automatically get their rights."
The unequivocal response from Bihar's voters is that the Modi government needs to rethink this formulation of entitlement versus empowerment.
There were many voters across castes, and even some Muslims, who said they had voted for Modi in the 2014 general elections, partly because they needed to oust the Congress government, and partly because Modi showed them hope. Now, they said, they were losing hope. Voters expressing this sentiment insisted that they didn't care about caste.
Even those who said they were voting for the BJP again, who came mainly from the upper castes, said that food inflation was a problem. Meanwhile, they struggled to name Modi's biggest achievement as prime minister. "He has improved India's stature before the world," they said, and soon became defensive about the prime minister's frequent foreign trips.
It can easily be said that the Bihar results are a reflection on Modi's government in New Delhi, because Modi himself campaigned extensively in Bihar, telling voters about his achievements as prime minister so far. He spoke, for instance, of signing up hydropower projects with neighbouring Nepal and Bhutan, which would bring electricity to Bihar. He also spoke of the Jan Dhan Yojana, an effort at banking inclusion, which has so far given bank accounts to 190 million citizens for the first time.
However, poor voters complained that they had queued to sign up for the bank accounts under the impression that they would get money from the Modi government into those accounts. The impression was fed further by the opposition parties, who went around Bihar showing voters a video of Modi from the 2014 campaign. In the video, Modi was seen telling voters that they could get Rs15 lakh ($22,700) each if he managed to bring back India's black money stashed abroad.
It is important to consider the points voters across Bihar have told me. For the next few days, there will be a lot of commentary on the Bihar results, on the arithmetic of caste and religion, on personality clashes and vote share percentages, but most will miss the voice of the electorate.
Posted on 15 September 2018 15 September 2018 by Shivam VijPosted in QuartzTagged Amit Shah, Bihar, Bihar elections, Bihar elections 2015, Entitlement versus Empowerment, Lalu Nitish Mahagatbandhan, Modinomics, Narendra Modi, Narendra Modi economy, Nitish Kumar, rural voter, Why BJP lost Bihar 2015. Leave a comment
Odd-even: How Arvind Kejriwal took everyone for a ride
(This article by me first appeared in Quartz on 11 January 2016.)
The odd-even experiment of car rationing was supposed to reduce pollution in Delhi by causing some inconvenience to car owners. Continue reading "Odd-even: How Arvind Kejriwal took everyone for a ride" →
Posted on 26 January 2016 27 July 2019 by Shivam VijPosted in QuartzTagged Aam Aadmi Party, Arvind Kejriwal, car pollution, Delhi pollution, odd-even scheme. Leave a comment


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Інститут органічної хімії НАН України (ІОХ НАН України) — науково-дослідний інститут у Києві. Заснований у 1939 році на базі Інституту хімічної технології АН УРСР та Сектору органічної хімії Інституту хімії АН УРСР. Знаходиться за адресою — вулиця Академіка Кухаря, 5.

Основні напрямки діяльності інституту: теоретичні і експериментальні дослідження будови, теорії кольоровості та реакційної здатності органічних сполук; тонкий органічний синтез; хімія гетероатомних органічних сполук; супрамолекулярна хімія макроциклічних сполук; наукові основи синтезу сполук з практично корисними властивостями, у тому числі фізіологічно активних речовин, ціанінових барвників, органічних каталізаторів і комплексоутворювачів.

На базі наукових підрозділів установи були створені нові інститути хімічного профілю НАН України: Інститут хімії високомолекулярних сполук НАН України, Інститут біоорганічної хімії та нафтохімії НАН України.

У складі інституту діють 9 наукових відділів і дослідне виробництво. Чисельність працівників становить близько 250, з них наукових співробітників понад 110, зокрема 20 докторів і 80 кандидатів наук. Здійснюється підготовка наукових кадрів вищої кваліфікації через аспірантуру. Функціонує спеціалізована вчена рада із захисту кандидатських і докторських дисертацій за спеціальністю 02.00.03 – органічна хімія.

Установа видає науковий журнал Журнал органічної та фармацевтичної хімії .

В 1970—1981 роках тут працював член-кореспондент АН УРСР Гололобов Юрій Григорович, в 1963—1975 роках працював академік НАН України Кухар Валерій Павлович, в 1939-1957 працював член-кореспондент АН УРСР Корнев К.А.

1981 року на фасаді інституту відкрито меморіальну дошку академіку Андрію Кіпріанову.

Директори інституту
 академік АН УРСР Яворський Володимир Полікарпович  1939-1942
2. академік АН УРСР Кіпріанов Андрій Іванович 1942-1960

3. академік АН УРСР Кірсанов Олександр Васильович 1960-1983

4. академік УРСР Марковський Леонід Миколайович 1983-1998

5. академік НАН України Лозинський Мирон Онуфрійович 1998-2011

6. академік НАН України Кальченко Віталій Іванович 2011-2021

7. академік НАН України Вовк Михайло Володимирович 2021-

Премії та нагороди
Ленінська премія (1974) за досягнення в галузі хімії фосфор- та сіркоорганічних сполук присуджена академіку АН УРСР О.В.Кірсанову

державна премія СРСР (1942) присуджена академіку УРСР А.І.Кіпріанову за створення спеціальних кінофотоматеріалів

державна премія УРСР (1982), Рада Міністрів СРСР (1982).

Премія Верховної Ради України найталановитішим ученим в галузі фундаментальних і прикладних досліджень та науково-технічних розробок

к.х.н., завідувачеві лабораторії медико-біологічних досліджень Роману Васильовичу Родіку за цикл робіт "Синтез наноструктурних каліксаренових ефекторів біохімічних процесів та перспективи їх біомедичного застосування"

Премія Кабінету Міністрів України за особливі досягнення молоді у розбудові України

к.х.н Черенок Сергій Олексійович

Премія НАН України імені академіка А.І. Кіпріанова

д.х.н., проф., М.В. Вовку, к.х.н., ст.н.с. В.А. Сукачу та к.х.н., ст.н.с. Васькевичу Р.І. за цикл наукових праць «Молекулярний дизайн частково гідрованих та конденсованих азинових і азепінових систем».

Державна премія України в галузі науки і техніки

В.І.Кальченко, Ю.Г.Шермоловичу, А.Д.Синиці (посмертно), П.П.Ониську, В.Ю.Пашиннику, О.М.Пінчуку, М.Й.Поволоцькому, А.П.Марченку, А.О.Толмачову, О.І.Колодяжному за цикл наукових праць "Наукові засади створення нових елементоорганічних сполук і матеріалів на їх основі".

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The Economic Survey 2018-19: Focus on dairying, livestock and fisheries
Friday, 05 July, 2019, 12 : 00 PM [IST]
Our Bureau, New Delhi
Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman tabled the Economic Survey 2018-19 in Parliament on Thursday. The highlights of the survey are as follows:
Shifting gears: Private Investment as the Key Driver of Growth, Jobs, Exports and Demand
Survey states that pathways for trickle-down opened up during the last five years; and benefits of growth and macroeconomic stability reached the bottom of the pyramid.
Sustained real GDP growth rate of 8% needed for a $5 trillion economy by 2024-25.
"Virtuous Cycle" of savings, investment and exports catalysed and supported by a favourable demographic phase required for sustainable growth.
Private investment- key driver for demand, capacity, labour productivity, new technology, creative destruction and job creation.
Survey departs from traditional Anglo-Saxon thinking by viewing the economy as being either in a virtuous or a vicious cycle, and thus never in equilibrium.
Key ingredients for a self-sustaining virtuous cycle:
Presenting data as a public good.
Emphasising legal reforms.
Ensuring policy consistency.
Encouraging behaviour change using principles of behavioral economics.
Nourishing MSMEs to create more jobs and become more productive.
Reducing the cost of capital.
Rationalising the risk-return trade-off for investments.
Policy for Real People, Not Robots: Leveraging the Behavioral Economics of "Nudge"
Decisions by real people deviate from impractical robots theorised in classical economics.
Behavioral economics provides insights to 'nudge' people towards desirable behaviour.
Key principles of behavioral economics:
Emphasising the beneficial social norm.
Changing the default option.
Repeated reinforcements.
Using insights from behavioral economics to create an aspirational agenda for social change:
Nourishing Dwarfs to become Giants: Reorienting policies for MSME Growth
Survey focusses on enabling MSMEs to grow for achieving greater profits, job creation and enhanced productivity.
Dwarfs (firms with less than 100 workers) despite being more than 10 years old, account for more than 50% of all organised firms in manufacturing by number.
Contribution of dwarfs to employment is only 14% and to productivity is a mere 8%.
Large firms (more than 100 employees) account for 75% employment and close to 90% of productivity despite accounting for about 15% by number.
Unshackling MSMEs and enabling them to grow by way of:
A sunset clause of less than 10 years, with necessary grand-fathering, for all size-based incentives.
Deregulating labour law restrictions to create significantly more jobs, as evident from Rajasthan.
Recalibrating Priority Sector Lending (PSL) guidelines for direct credit flow to young firms in high employment elastic sectors.
Survey also focusses on service sectors such as tourism, with high spillover effects on other sectors such as hotel & catering, transport, real estate, and entertainment for job creation.
How does Policy Uncertainty affect Investment?
Significant reduction in Economic Policy Uncertainty in India over the last one decade, even when economic policy uncertainty increased in major countries, especially the US.
Uncertainty dampens investment growth in India for about five quarters.
Lower economic policy uncertainty can foster a salutary investment climate.
Survey proposes reduction in economic policy uncertainty by way of:
Consistency of actual policy with forward guidance.
Quality assurance certification of processes in government departments.
State of the Economy in 2018-19: A Macro View
India still the fastest growing major economy in 2018-19.
Growth of GDP moderated to 6.8 per cent in 2018-19 from 7.2 per cent in 2017-18.
Inflation contained at 3.4 per cent in 2018-19.
Non-Performing Assets as percentage of Gross Advances reduced to 10.1 per cent at end December 2018 from 11.5 per cent at end March 2018.
Investment growth recovering since 2017-18:
Growth in fixed investment picked up from 8.3 per cent in 2016-17 to 9.3 per cent next year and further to 10.0 per cent in 2018-19.
Current account deficit manageable at 2.1 per cent of GDP.
Fiscal deficit of Central government declined from 3.5 per cent of GDP in 2017-18 to 3.4 per cent in 2018-19.Prospects of pickup in growth in 2019-20 on the back of further increase in private investment and acceleration in consumption.
Fiscal Developments
FY 2018-19 ended with fiscal deficit at 3.4 per cent of GDP and debt to GDP ratio of 44.5 per cent (Provisional).
As per cent of GDP, total Central government expenditure fell by 0.3 percentage points in 2018-19 PA over 2017-18:
0.4 percentage point reduction in revenue expenditure and 0.1 percentage point increase in capital expenditure.
States' own tax and non-tax revenue displays robust growth in 2017-18 RE and envisaged to be maintained in 2018-19 BE.
General Government (Centre plus states) on the path of fiscal consolidation and fiscal discipline.
The revised fiscal glide path envisages achieving fiscal deficit of 3 per cent of GDP by FY 2020-21 and Central government debt to 40 per cent of GDP by 2024-25.
Headline inflation based on CPI-C continuing on its declining trend for fifth straight financial year remained below 4.0 per cent in the last two years.
Food inflation based on Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI) also continuing on its declining trend for fifth financial year has remained below 2.0 per cent for the last two consecutive years.
CPI-C based core inflation (CPI excluding the food and fuel group) has now started declining since March 2019 after increment during FY 2018-19 as compared to FY 2017-18.
Miscellaneous, housing and fuel and light groups are the main contributors of headline inflation based on CPI-C during FY 2018-19 and the importance of services in shaping up headline inflation has increased.
CPI rural inflation declined during FY 2018-19 over FY 2017-18. However, CPI urban inflation increased marginally during FY 2018-19. Many States witnessed fall in CPI inflation during FY 2018-19.
Agriculture and Food Management
Agriculture sector in India typically goes through cyclical movement in terms of its growth.
Gross Value Added (GVA) in agriculture improved from a negative 0.2 per cent in 2014-15 to 6.3 per cent in 2016-17 but decelerated to 2.9 per cent in 2018-19.
Gross Capital Formation (GCF) in agriculture as percentage of GVA marginally declined to 15.2 per cent in 2017-18 as compared to 15.6 per cent in 2016-17.
The public sector GCF in agriculture as a percentage of GVA increased to 2.7 per cent in 2016-17 from 2.1 per cent in 2013-14.
Women's participation in agriculture increased to 13.9 per cent in 2015-16 from 11.7 per cent in 2005-06 and their concentration is highest (28 per cent) among small and marginal farmers.
A shift is seen in the number of operational land holdings and area operated by operational land holdings towards small and marginal farmers.
89% of groundwater extracted is used for irrigation. Hence, focus should shift from land productivity to 'irrigation water productivity'. Thrust should be on micro-irrigation to improve water use efficiency.
Fertiliser response ratio has been declining over time. Organic and natural farming techniques including Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF) can improve both water use efficiency and soil fertility.
Adopting appropriate technologies through Custom Hiring Centres and implementation of ICT are critical to improve resource-use efficiency among small and marginal farmers.
Diversification of livelihoods is critical for inclusive and sustainable development in agriculture and allied sectors. Policies should focus on
Dairying as India is the largest producer of milk.
Livestock rearing particularly of small ruminants.
Fisheries sector, as India is the second largest producer.
Overall Index of Eight Core Industries registered a growth rate of 4.3 per cent in 2018-19.
India's ranking improved by 23 to 77th position in 2018 among 190 countries assessed by the World Bank Doing Business (DB) Report, 2019.
Road construction grew @ 30 km per day in 2018-19 compared to 12 km per day in 2014-15.
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Ponsoonops est un genre d'araignées aranéomorphes de la famille des Oonopidae.

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Les espèces de ce genre se rencontrent en Amérique centrale, dans le Nord de l'Amérique du Sud et aux Antilles.

Liste des espèces
Selon  :
 Ponsoonops bilzae Bolzern, 2014
 Ponsoonops bollo Bolzern, 2014
 Ponsoonops boquete Bolzern, 2014
 Ponsoonops coiba Bolzern, 2014
 Ponsoonops duenas Bolzern, 2014
 Ponsoonops fanselix Bolzern, 2014
 Ponsoonops frio Bolzern, 2014
 Ponsoonops hamus Bolzern, 2014
 Ponsoonops lavega Bolzern, 2014
 Ponsoonops lerida Bolzern, 2014
 Ponsoonops lucha Bolzern, 2014
 Ponsoonops micans (Simon, 1893)
 Ponsoonops mirante Bolzern, 2014
 Ponsoonops pansedro Bolzern, 2014
 Ponsoonops panto Bolzern, 2014
 Ponsoonops salimsa Bolzern, 2014
 Ponsoonops samadam Bolzern, 2014
 Ponsoonops sanvito Bolzern, 2014
 Ponsoonops tacana Bolzern, 2014
 Ponsoonops viejo Bolzern, 2014
 Ponsoonops vuena Bolzern, 2014
 Ponsoonops yumuri Bolzern, 2014

Publication originale
 Bolzern, 2014 : The Neotropical goblin spiders of the new genera Ponsoonops and Bipoonops (Araneae, Oonopidae). American Museum Novitates, , .

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DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia has arrested eight people, including two dual U.S.-Saudi citizens, in an apparent crackdown on supporters of women activists whose trial has drawn Western condemnation, an associate and a rights group said on Friday.
The 11 women on trial had campaigned for the right to drive and an end to the kingdom's male guardianship system. Their case has intensified criticism of Riyadh's rights record, already in the spotlight after last year's murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
The U.S. nationals are journalist Salah al-Haidar, whose mother Aziza al-Yousef is among those on trial, and Bader al-Ibrahim, a doctor and author of a book about Shi'ite Muslim politics, the associate and London-based Saudi rights group ALQST said.
Those newly detained, seven men and one woman, are not frontline activists but have expressed support of women's rights and other reforms. They were detained late on Wednesday and Thursday, according to ALQST and the associate, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Five other people close to the women have also been placed under a travel ban since February, they added.
The Saudi government communications office and the U.S. Embassy in Riyadh did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
A Riyadh court last week temporarily released three of the women on trial, including Yousef, raising hopes of a more lenient handling after months of lobbying by Western governments.
But the new arrests could signal that the authorities will resist international pressure and pursue harsh sentences.
Khashoggi's murder tarnished the reputation of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who courted Western support for his efforts to modernise Saudi Arabia. The CIA and some Western countries believe he ordered the killing, which Saudi officials deny.
Dozens of other activists, intellectuals and clerics have been arrested separately in the past two years in an apparent bid to stamp out opposition.
The women on trial were arrested last May and branded as traitors. At least one of them has been charged under the kingdom's cybercrime law and faces up to five years in prison.
Five men arrested at the same time are not on trial. Rights groups say two of them have been released, but the others' status is unclear.
Another U.S.-Saudi national, Walid al-Fitaihi, has been detained since 2017 under Riyadh's anti-corruption campaign. His son told U.S. senators last month he had been tortured in detention, including electric shocks and whipping.
Some of the women activists have also alleged torture and sexual assault, which the authorities deny.
The siblings of one woman, Loujain al-Hathloul, who have publicised her case in U.S. media, say men describing themselves as "close to the state" had asked his parents to stop them from speaking out.
"We stayed silent for eight months. We thought that being silent would solve the issue," Walid al-Hathloul told CNN on Thursday.


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Missouri's 'Right-to-Farm' Vote Isn't as Simple as It Sounds
Opponents say a ballot question asking Missouri voters Tuesday whether they support the right to farm is a misleading attempt to exempt agribusiness from future regulations.
by Chris Kardish | August 1, 2014 AT 3:00 PM
An attendee decorates signs at the Missouri's Food for America sign-making event to protest Amendment 1. FlickrCC/KOMUNews
Voters in Missouri face a seemingly simple question in Tuesday's primary with potentially far-reaching implications: Do they support the right to farm?
Amendment 1 asks if the state constitution should be changed to "ensure that the right of Missouri citizens to engage in agricultural production and ranching practices shall not be infringed." To supporters, the measure provides greater security from overzealous environmentalists, animal rights advocates and foodies who want greater regulation of agriculture. That's one of the things opponents most fear -- a barrier to future regulations that respond to new science about food safety or the spread of disease.
"When the public decides it really wants to do something, this amendment would be an obstacle," said John Ikerd, a professor emeritus of agriculture at the University of Missouri.
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Every state has some form of a "right-to-farm" law. These laws typically protect certain farmers and ranchers from nuisance lawsuits, which could come in the form of complaints about noise or odor. In Missouri's case, farmers or ranchers who have been in operation for more than a year have protections from such complaints and the ability to "reasonably" expand without facing lawsuits. But supporters of Amendment 1 argue that's not enough.
They point to a 2010 ballot measure that sought to rein in so-called "puppy mills," in part by placing a 50-dog cap on breeders. Some ranchers actually work in the breeding business, and others worried that the law's aims could one day extend to people who raise livestock.
That law was largely overturned later by the legislature, but advocates for Amendment 1 point to other issues as well, from bans on using genetically modified seeds in parts of Oregon to attempts to create buffers around hog farms to protect conservation areas in Missouri.
"All these things were a wakeup call to our industry," said Blake Hurst, president of the Missouri Farm Bureau, the amendment's chief backer. "We're more than willing to talk to consumers about why we do the things we do, but let's enshrine some more protections in law."
The Farm Bureau is part of a coalition that has spent more than $600,000 since the beginning of July to sway undecided voters. But their opponents, a collection of environmental groups, smaller farm groups and animal rights activists, have spent more than $400,000 over the same period.
Those opponents argue the amendment effort is more about protecting industrial farms from lawsuits challenging controversial practices than defending the rights of smaller farmers. While there's no overt presence of major agricultural businesses, opponents point to issues with the language of the bill the legislature passed to argue multi-nationals such as the Chinese company Shaunghui International Holdings could use it to overturn local ordinances or expand its presence. The company's attempts to enter the Missouri market are well-documented. Unlike the ballot measure, the legislative language that would ratify the amendment refers to "farmers and ranchers," not "citizens."
Laws limiting foreign companies to ownership of one percent of Missouri land could be contested under that language, said Wes Shoemeyer, a former Democratic state senator who's leading the opposition campaign.
Shoemyer and other opponents argue "right-to-farm" laws got their start more than a decade ago among outside corporate interests through groups like the American Legislative Exchange Council, which is reviled by liberals because of its close connection with the business world and financial support from billionaire conservative donors Charles and David Koch. But the only state to enshrine a "right-to-farm" law in its constitution is North Dakota, which did so in 2012. The amendment there passed by an overwhelming 67 percent. What little polling exists of Missouri's Amendment 1 is now months old, but it shows similar levels of support.
Indiana's legislature tried to get a constitutional amendment on the ballot in recent years but settled for a stronger statute when it couldn't get enough votes, Ikerd said. Other states, including Utah and Iowa, have pushed so-called "ag-gag" bills, which criminalize the work of undercover journalists taking photographs or shooting video of large livestock operations, which have been linked to the spread of more resistant bacteria strains because they use antibiotics in animal feed.
Opponents say the movement to defend farmers and ranchers has grown as people have become more concerned about those issues and the consumption of genetically modified organisms. A constitutional amendment makes any future regulation harder to pass, they say.
But Hurst's group has challenged that assessment, noting that constitutional rights aren't absolute, so compelling reasons for regulating agriculture will pass court scrutiny. It's also true that federal environmental and other regulations would remain intact. Erin Morrow Hawley, an associate professor at the University of Missouri School of Law who teaches courses on agriculture, said courts will inevitably have to determine the scope of the vaguely worded amendment, but she doesn't think it will prompt a "floodgate" of lawsuits.
"In certain counties, depending on how they're set up in the state Constitution, you may get some challenges, but again, anything based on federal regulation would stand," she told PBS.
Shoemyer acknowledged the right wouldn't escape all scrutiny, but he argued it still leaves the legislature and democratically elected bodies on the sidelines as courts decide the future of agriculture. Every major newspaper in the state came out against the amendment.
"No single industry or occupation deserves constitutional immunity," wrote the Kansas City Star's editorial board. "It's the legislature's job to determine the delicate balance among the interests of farmers, consumers and communities. In putting Amendment 1 on the ballot, lawmakers sought to shirk that responsibility."
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Here are my choices for the best in film in 2011. Some of these films will be released in the UK over the next couple of months but they are all eligible for the major awards.
Honorable mentions: The Help, The Ides Of March, Like Crazy.
Honorable mentions: Olivia Colman, Tyrannosaur; Viola Davis, The Help; Felicity Jones, Like Crazy.
Golden Globes: Jan. 15; Orange British Academy Film Awards nominations: Jan. 17; London Film Critics' Circle Awards: Jan. 19; Oscar nominations: Jan. 24; BAFTA awards: Feb. 12; Film Independent's Spirit Awards: Feb. 25; Oscars: Feb. 26.
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Barney Frank decided that introducing himself to a new set of constituents and asking for their votes was too high a price to continue wielding power. Thus with his congressional district redrawn, the Massachusetts Democrat will not seek reelection to Congress next year.
Holding a House seat for three decades is one thing. Being accountable to the voters is another. "If I were to run again I would be engaged full-fledged in a campaign, which is appropriate," Frank said, but clearly not, in his view, desirable.
Accountability hasn't always been Frank's strong suit. In his retirement press conference at Newton's city hall, the congressman expressed no regrets for his handling of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac during his past decade of service on the House Financial Services Committee, both as chairman and ranking member.
Frank was a cheerleader for policies that helped inflate the housing bubble that burst painfully in the 2008 financial crisis. Like many politicians, he encouraged lenders to relax their credit standards with the goal of promoting home ownership. According to one report, "Frank pushed [Fannie Mae] to loosen regulations on mortgages for two- and three-family homes, even though they were defaulting at twice and five times the rate of single homes, respectively."
The risks were obvious, but rising housing prices obscured the danger. Political activists and federal regulators were leaning on banks to approve risky loans, with government-sponsored Fannie and Freddie leading the way on subprime lending.
When new regulations were proposed, Frank accused supporters of worrying about the GSEs' financial soundess "to the exclusion of concern about housing." He steadfastly denied that there was anything wrong with the government-backed mortgage finance firms. Frank insisted "these two entities, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, are not facing any kind of financial crisis."
Yet Fannie and Freddie failed, racking up at least 12 million risky loans and accounting for roughly 40 percent of those still outstanding. American Enterprise Institute scholar Peter Wallison, who has been fighting a lonely battle against efforts to pin blame for the financial meltdown solely on the private sector, has estimated that American taxpayers will find themselves on the hook for $300 to $400 billion as a result.
Like Fannie and Freddie, Barney Frank was also too big to fail. Instead of losing power for his contributions to the country's financial problems, he was allowed to co-author sweeping federal regulatory solutions. The Dodd-Frank financial reform bill, written with the man who has been dubbed "the senator from Countrywide," may be second only to the health care law in terms of its unpopularity.
Dodd-Frank expanded the federal government's reach into business decision-making and paved the way for future taxpayer bailouts of troubled financial institutions. Policymakers who were asleep at the switch prior to 2008 were perversely rewarded with more power. But that's been standard operating procedure during Frank's thirty years in Washington.
Peter Wallison concludes that if Frank had acted earlier "legislation might have been adopted in the early 2000s that could have prevented the financial crisis and saved the taxpayers from severe losses." To be sure, that crisis had many causes that cannot all be laid at Frank's feet. And even Frank eventually admitted "it was a great mistake to push lower-income people into housing they couldn't afford and couldn't really handle once they had it."
Nevertheless, Frank spent years evading the consequences of scandals that would have ended lesser pols' careers. Now that the prospect of mingling with the little people back in Massachusetts has apparently proved too much for him to seek another term, we should at least pause to remember Frank's "great mistake."


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Tamdrin Kyab, age 23 and a former Tibetan Buddhist monk, set fire to himself and died on November 23 in Luchu township, Gansu province.
Tamdrin Dorjee, age 29, set fire to himself in the evening of November 23 in front of a government building in Dokarmo in the Tsekhog area of Rebkong, Qinghai province. He was heard shouting for the long life of the Dalai Lama, with his hands together as if in prayer.
On November 22, Lubhum Gyal, age 18, died after setting himself ablaze in the main street of Dowa township, Rebkong.
Officials in the Rebkong area have warned Tibetans not to go to the homes of those who have self-immolated to express condolences. They also said that if monks go to pray for self-immolators, monasteries will be closed down, and that the families of self-immolators will be punished (ICT report, Young Tibetan father self-immolates in Tsekhog; officials warn Tibetans not to gather at cremations).
The number of Tibetan self-immolations in Tibet has reached 81 with three in two days.
Tamdrin Kyab, 23-years old, was formerly a monk at Shitsang monastery. He disrobed in 2007 to help his nomadic family. Tamdrin Kyab had three brothers, including one who is still a monk at the Shitsang monastery. The family was from the Palgur Nagri village in Ma Nge Shang in Luchu (Chinese: Luqu), Kanlho (Chinese: Gannan), Gansu province.
Tamdrin Kyab set fire to himself at around 10 p.m. near the Luchu river. According to exile Tibetan sources, local people did not know about his self-immolation because it happened at night, and it was only in the morning that people found his body and took it back to his home. Local Tibetans and monks from Shitsang monastery gathered at his home to pray and offer their condolences.
According to the same sources, Tamdrin Kyab had heard about the self-immolations in Tibet. He had also said that there was no reason to live without the Dalai Lama's return to Tibet.
Defying official warnings, more than a thousand people gathered at the site of his self-immolation, according to the same exile sources, praying for the Dalai Lama's long life and chanting mantras. They then gathered for the cremation of Tamdrin Dorjee.
On November 22, Lubhum Gyal, age 18, died after setting himself ablaze in the main street of Dowa township in Rebkong. Tibetans gathered at the scene of Lubhum Gyal's self-immolation. Then, disregarding official warnings, they took his body for cremation near Dowa monastery where monks conducted prayer rituals.
In Rebkong, several self-immolations followed a visit by officials who told Tibetans not to keep pictures of the Dalai Lama. Twenty-three year old Tamdrin Tso, who self-immolated on November 7, left a letter behind to her father, saying: 'Father, being a Tibetan is so difficult. We can't even say our prayer to Dalai Lama's portrait. We have no freedom at all.' (A collection by Woeser of last words of 19 self-immolators, published by Global Voices on November 23, 2012).
Thousands of Tibetans, including small children, marched on the streets of Rebkong on November 9 in a peaceful demonstration following emotional gatherings of Tibetans after two earlier self-immolations. (ICT report, Thousands of Tibetan students and schoolchildren gather for peaceful demonstration in Rebkong).