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US Tops Total Private Wealth Held Worldwide while India Leads Surge in Investment Migration
For immediate release: London, Tuesday 22 March 2022
The inaugural Henley Global Citizens Report released today by Henley & Partners — the global leader in residence and citizenship by investment — features exclusive data from New World Wealth and reveals that the top three countries in terms of privately-held wealth are now the US, China, and Japan. The nationalities showing the greatest appetite for investment migration — whereby wealthy investors acquire alternative residence or additional citizenship in exchange for making a substantial contribution to the host country — are India, the US, and the UK. The past two years have seen two big Cs driving wealth and investment migration: Covid and climate change. In 2022, a third C has abruptly emerged: conflict in Europe.
US still dominates the W10
The US is the largest wealth market in the world by some margin, accounting for 32% of total global wealth and 36% of the world's millionaires (high-net-worth-individuals). The total private wealth held in the country currently amounts to USD 68.8 trillion. The US also experienced the greatest high-net-worth population growth of the world's 10 wealthiest countries by 'total wealth' (the W10) last year, at 10%. China, while 2nd in the W10, has only a third of the US's private wealth at USD 23.3 trillion, and its high-net-worth population grew by a comparatively low 4%.
However, dramatic shifts are on the horizon with the US's 10-year high-net-worth growth forecast at 20% compared to China's 50%. Hot on China's heels is Japan in 3rd place with a total private wealth of USD 20.1 trillion. While Japan's high-net-worth population grew by just 3% last year, its 10-year forecast growth is a healthy 30%. India, Germany, UK, Australia, Canada, France, and finally Italy complete the W10.
Dominic Volek, Group Head of Private Clients at Henley & Partners says "It's no coincidence that each of the W10 countries has legislation in place granting residence rights to foreign investors — and five host formal investment migration programs. These countries are important investment migration markets in terms of both supply, thanks to their attractive and successful programs, and demand, due to their significant and growing populations of affluent investors."
Indian investors lead investment migration drive
The Henley Global Citizens Report also reveals that Indian nationals topped the charts for enquiries received by the firm in 2021 by a significant margin, with growth of 54% compared to 2020 — a year which itself saw a 63% rise in interest shown by Indian investors. US citizens were next in line, with Henley & Partners receiving 26% more enquiries in 2021 after astonishing growth of 208% in 2020. Enquiries by Brits and South Africans shot up by 110% and 38%, respectively, in 2021.
Volek says "The rest of the nationalities in our Top 10 for enquiries in 2021 all come from the global south apart from Canada, in 9th spot, which saw remarkable growth of 86%. In 2022, we are seeing very similar trends, with early signs of exceeding last year's stellar overall growth. The combination of W10 countries and developing economies that make up our Top 10 reflects the universal appeal of investment migration for affluent families. In addition to the traditional benefits of enhanced global mobility, residence and citizenship by investment programs offer a proven risk mitigation and growth diversification strategy in terms of wealth and legacy planning with the added lifestyle advantage of domicile optionality."
Geopolitics drives demand throughout US, UK, and Europe
The northern hemisphere has become increasingly unpredictable over the past two years, contributing towards the high demand for residence and citizenship alternatives. Mehdi Kadiri, Head of North America at Henley & Partners says "The Americas are booming ¾ between 2019 and 2021, Henley & Partners saw a spike of 320% in new enquiries, mainly from US nationals. Demand has predominantly been driven by geopolitical upheaval in the US along with shifting political dynamics in several Latin American countries, as well as the global coronavirus pandemic (and its initial local mismanagement) and the associated travel restrictions and mobility risk."
Stuart Wakeling, the Head of the firm's London office points to the Brexit effect as a growth driver, saying "UK nationals still top the charts when it comes to the number of enquiries in Europe, with Henley & Partners seeing a 110% increase on 2020's figures. The vast majority relate to what options Brits now have in terms of alternative residence or additional citizenship in the wake of the UK's exit from the EU. The biggest growth in Europe, however, comes from Turkey, with a 148% increase in interest, which is why we opened a new office in Istanbul last year."
Growth in Middle East and Africa driven by need for optionality and access rights
The Middle East and Africa have seen strong surges in investment migration solutions since the outbreak of the pandemic. Philippe Amarante, Head of the firm's Dubai office, says "This applies both to inbound programs such as UAE's golden visa options and outbound in the form of investors securing second or third homes via investment migration-linked real estate. Particular countries of interest in this regard are Greece, Portugal, and Spain. With the outlook for 2022 and related risks and uncertainty on a geopolitical level, the need for additional residence and citizenship options, and the recognition that they are indispensable assets to maintain optionality and access rights, is now widely accepted."
Amanda Smith, Head of Henley & Partners South Africa, says "We saw a modest overall increase of 18% in enquiries from Africans seeking alternative residence and/or citizenship over the past 12 months. But by early February 2022, we had already received over 11% of total 2021 enquiries, a trend we predict will continue this year as wealthy investors scramble to diversify their domiciles at the same time as their investment portfolios in a bid to secure greater global access and optionality as a hedge against unrelenting market and political volatility. On the supply side, the Mauritius Residence by Investment Program is gaining traction as an excellent choice for both business owners and real estate investors, and there are reports of other African countries, such as Kenya, planning to launch investment migration programs."
Demand on the rise in Asia and Oceania as pandemic recedes
Nirbhay Handa, Group Head of Business Development at Henley & Partners and Head of the firm's Global South Asia team says "Investment migration continues to surge in South Asia, with the concept rapidly gaining greater public acceptance. A growing number of ultra‐high- and high‐net‐worth investors focused on futureproofing themselves and their families are increasingly seeking out alternative residence and citizenship options. Henley & Partners saw a 52% increase in client enquiries in 2021 compared to 2020 across South Asia, and 2022 looks to be another year of significant growth."
In East Asia, on the other hand, Covid has had a negative impact on enquiry numbers. Denise Ng, Director of Henley & Partners Hong Kong and Head of North Asia, says "Many Chinese nationals felt that China was a safer base as they believed it had tight control over the virus. Others adopted a wait-and-see approach and put their investment migration plans on hold. Yet the second half of 2021 saw the market begin to revive and as investors realized the importance of having back-up options to overcome global immobility and protect themselves from volatility by spreading risk and providing more secure options for their families — especially the next generations. As we enter the second quarter of 2022 there are positive signs that the East Asia market is really picking up. In January alone, we received 10% of total 2021 enquiries by East Asian nationals, and we believe this trend will continue."
Southeast Asia and Oceania, which also faced some of the strictest Covid regulations, experienced a different trajectory. Scott Moore, Head of the Indonesia and Philippines offices at Henley & Partners says that lockdowns made many question their current domiciles. "From the mass exodus of expatriates to the severely restricted mobility of locals, Henley & Partners saw an extraordinary increase in enquiries as a result. As the pandemic worsened, many wealthy families saw the benefit of health security as a motivation to approach our firm. Having access to countries with more advanced healthcare and facilities, even when travel was restricted, was possible through residence and citizenship by investment. Now, as a new class of millionaires emerges with the rise of cryptocurrency, we find many investors seeking out the most tax-friendly jurisdictions to optimise their newfound gains. As enquiries build, we've extended our teams in both Singapore and Philippines to meet the increasing demand."
Boosting national prosperity via sovereign equity
Dr. Juerg Steffen, CEO of Henley & Partners, says the pandemic has also seen a significant spike in the supply side of investment migration. "Over the last two years, many countries have created new programs or improved existing options to attract high-net-worth individuals, investors, or talented individuals. Welcoming these new residents and citizens brings considerable gains. Specifically, investment migration programs allow them to increase their sovereign equity, a concept pioneered by Henley & Partners. The premise of this approach, via residence and citizenship by investment programs, is to improve a country's public finances and support its economic growth and employment creation without increasing its debt. In the current context of consecutive crises, which have slowed the world's economy and affected many nations' fiscal balances, it is unsurprising to see interest in investment migration surging. It works for sovereign states by diversifying their economies and creating new revenue streams, and it works for investors by diversifying their options, spreading their risks and creating new possibilities. It's a classic win-win for both sovereign states and investors alike."
About the Henley Global Citizens Report
The Henley Global Citizens Report is a bespoke publication for anyone who is interested in private wealth and investment migration trends — from high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth investors and their advisors, to industry professionals, to policy makers looking to manage programs to achieve economic growth.
Featuring exclusive data from New World Wealth alongside global and regional insights by investment migration industry leaders and experts in wealth, migration, and mobility, the report is a must-read for anyone interested in residence or citizenship by investment.
About Henley & Partners
Henley & Partners is the global leader in residence and citizenship by investment. Each year, hundreds of wealthy individuals and their advisors rely on our expertise and experience in this area. The firm's highly qualified professionals work together as one team in over 35 offices worldwide.
The concept of residence and citizenship planning was created by Henley & Partners in the 1990s. As globalization has expanded, residence and citizenship have become topics of significant interest among the increasing number of internationally mobile entrepreneurs and investors whom we proudly serve every day.
The firm also runs a leading government advisory practice that has raised more than USD 10 billion in foreign direct investment. Trusted by governments, the firm has been involved in strategic consulting and in the design, set-up, and operation of the world's most successful residence and citizenship programs.
https://www.henleyglobal.com
Sarah Nicklin
Group Head of Public Relations
sarah.nicklin@henleyglobal.com
Mobile: +27 72 464 8965


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A global "ILAB School" without borders: The International League of Antiquarian Booksellers offers internships to students and beginners in the rare book trade who wish to widen their knowledge through practical learning and to plug into the worldwide network of antiquarian bookselling. All ILAB booksellers are very welcome to join the ILAB Internship Program and to provide young students an opportunity to gain invaluable hands-on experience in the international rare book business at any time and in any place in the world. Applicants are carefully chosen after they have contacted ILAB Vice-President Norbert Donhofer, who has initiated the Internship Program in 2009 together with Eric Waschke (Canada) and Professor Dr. Olga Tarakanowa (Moscow State University of the Printing Arts). Former interns spent six to eight weeks in Austria, Netherlands, Germany and Hungary (Alena Lavrenova and Anastasya Zhikhareva), Australia (Pavel Chepyzhov and Maria Rodionova), the United Kingdom (Valentina Rudnitskaya), the United States (Julia Kulyamzina), and in Spain (Ksenia Batueva). Right now ILAB is looking for the following internship:
A global "ILAB School" without borders: The International League of Antiquarian Booksellers offers internships to students and beginners in the rare book trade who wish to widen their knowledge through practical learning and to plug into the worldwide network of antiquarian bookselling. All ILAB booksellers are very welcome to join the ILAB Internship Program and to provide young students an opportunity to gain invaluable hands-on experience in the international rare book business at any time and in any place in the world. Applicants are carefully chosen after they have contacted ILAB Vice-President Norbert Donhofer, who has initiated the Internship Program in 2009 together with Eric Waschke (Canada) and Professor Dr. Olga Tarakanowa (Moscow State University of the Printing Arts).
Former interns spent six to eight weeks in Austria, Netherlands, Germany and Hungary (Alena Lavrenova and Anastasya Zhikhareva), Australia (Pavel Chepyzhov and Maria Rodionova), the United Kingdom (Valentina Rudnitskaya), the United States (Julia Kulyamzina), and in Spain (Ksenia Batueva). Right now ILAB is looking for the following internship:
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Born: 1st June 1986
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2013 - 2014: Laurea in Scienze archivistiche e biblioteconomiche, Master's Degree, University of Florence (bibliography, book classification, paleography, public and private archives science)
2011 - 2012: Laurea in Storia e tutela dei beni culturali, curriculum Archivistico e biblioteconomico, Bachelor's Degree, University of Florence (library science, history of book and libraries, palaeography, archival science, Latin, history of art)
Thesis: Biblioteche religiose in Lucania nel XVI secolo (Religious libraries of Lucania in the XVI century)
2006 - 2009: Laurea in Studi Interculturali (Intercultural Studies: Norwegian, English and Swedish languages, literatures and cultures), Bachelor's Degree, University of Florence
Thesis: Le molte voci della Norvegia occupata. La trilogia di Dag Solstad sulla Seconda Guerra Mondiale. Dag Solstad's Trilogy on WW II)
1999 - 2004: Classical studies (Classic languages and literatures, Italian literature, law, economy), Diploma, Liceo Classico "G.Pascoli", Via Paschiere, 85059, Viggiano
2011 - 2014: Theatre and Stage technician for orchestras and bands concerts
2010: Internship at Libreria degli Alfani (Via degli Alfani 84, Florence): management, book selling
Language skills: Italian (native), English, French, Spanish, Norwegian, Swedish, Latin
Competencies: Microsoft Office, Open Office, online researches, digital catalogues
Other: Good aptitude for group work and cooperation.
Interests: Deeply interested in ancient printed books. Some experience gained during studies, above all in bibliographic researches
"During my studies at the University of Florence and thanks to my professor I kept in contact with the ancient printed book as a physical object. My Bachelor's degree thesis dealt with book collections from XVI century's monasteries of an Italian region which is quite closed off from the rest of Italy and I'm trying to perfect my work now, writing my master's degree thesis. I decided to dedicate myself to this discipline quite (but not so) late, as you can see, but I don't repudiate my previous studies in foreign literatures, because they still are a tangible and useful part of my education. I had also the opportunity to live and study in Norway for one year , where I improved my language skills, and that allowed me to be quite appreciated in my present job, which I do mostly with foreigners. I share the belief that antiquarian booksellers are one of the main sources to increase the knowledge in this field."
>>> For further information please contact Norbert Donhofer

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Town without Pity Movie Review 1961
Information and Film Reviews for Town without Pity the Movie
Though the subject of this courtroom drama remains far too timely, its treatment is dated in some key scenes. Of course, being 40 years old will do that to a movie. In 1960, four American GIs (Blake, Jaeckel, Sutton, Sondock) stationed in Germany are accused of raping a local girl, Karin (Kaufmann). Lawyer Steve Garrett (Douglas) is brought in to defend them and elects to put the young woman on trial and on the stand. Gripping courtroom tale never fails to deliver dramatic punch. Based on the Manfred Gregor novel "The Verdict." Gene Pitney had his biggest hit with the Academy Award-nominated title song.
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Originally from German.
Order in the Court, Rape, Germany, Law & Lawyers
Silvia Reinhardt, Georg Hurdalek
Kirk Douglas, E.G. Marshall, Robert (Bobby) Blake, Richard Jaeckel, Frank Sutton, Alan Gifford, Barbara Rutting, Christine Kaufmann, Mal Sondock
Kurt Hasse
Dimitri Tiomkin
Golden Globes 1961: Song ("Town without Pity").


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Штутгарт — топоним.
 Штутгарт — город в земле (государстве) Баден-Вюртемберг, современной Германии (ФРГ).
 Штутгарт (нем. Stuttgart) — один из четырёх административных округов (нем. Regierungsbezirk) земли Баден-Вюртемберга, образованный в 1973 году, в современной Германии.
 Штутгарт — международный аэропорт.
 «Штутгарт» — немецкий футбольный клуб, более всего известный своей командой, выступающей в бундеслиге.
 «Штутгарт» — немецкий лёгкий крейсер времён Первой мировой войны.

См. также
 «Штутгартер Кикерс» — немецкий футбольный клуб.

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90% of women will experience thrush at least once in their lifetime, with between 5-9% experiencing it recurrently (4 or more times a year). However, it is a subject that most women don't feel comfortable to talk about, and therefore it is much misunderstood.
Its Time we shone a spotlight on this hidden condition and get people talking - lets get some good information out there.
With this in mind I am Launching National Thrush Awareness Day on 30th May.
Head over to my Facebook page to catch the action, & ask your questions, or watch the replay after. "


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DQ Recommends
DQ TV
Remade Abroad
SIX OF THE BEST
The Director's Chair
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT
Drama of Biblical proportions
Raising Davies' boys
History boys
When Roald met Beatrix
Axe to grind
Kiss chase
By DQ
A Belgian drama inspired by the Ten Commandments sees a modern-day Moses commit a string of gruesome crimes. DQ leans more about the series – 13 Geboden (13 Commandments) – from director Maarten Moerkerke.
The story of Moses is no stranger to screen adaptations, but 13 Geboden (13 Commandments) takes the Biblical tale and gives it a grisly modern-day twist.
The Belgian series follows a string of horrendous crimes committed in an apparent attempt to lift society out of a state of immorality. Meanwhile, a soon-to-retire police officer and his ambitious young partner get caught up in the impossible hunt for the perpetrator, who becomes increasingly popular despite his cruel retribution for the people he believes have sinned.
Produced by Menuen for Flemish broadcaster VTM, the show is distributed internationally by Canada's Attraction Distribution. It is due to air next year.
Here, director Maarten Moerkerke, who was also part of the writing team, tells DQ more about the series, his role in its development and how the show reflects the excesses of modern society.
What is the story behind 13 Commandments?
Maarten Moerkerke: Inspired by the Ten Commandments, a modern-day Moses starts committing a series of gruesome crimes in order to jolt society's conscience and restore its moral values. The fact that he can't kill anyone (the Fifth Commandment) doesn't inhibit him to punish determinedly and fiercely. The seemingly impossible hunt for the perpetrator is led by Peter, a 60-year-old inspector who just returns from a career break due to a burnout, and Vicky, a rookie inspector who had to leave the SWAT team after a car accident that left her mother in a coma. As the investigation unfolds, Moses gains popularity, despite the atrocity of his crimes, and then they catch him – or at least they think they do.
Why did you join the project?
I only got involved as a director late in the process of development but I immediately liked the idea very much, as I saw the possibilities to refer to our contemporary society, its growing populism and the anonymous cry for instant justice on social networks and in online comments on popular news sites.
Maarten Moerkerke (left) on set with star Dirk Van Dijck
Why do you think this series stands out among the number of other crime dramas on television?
The originality lies within de development of the story and the characters. It starts out as a regular, almost cliché, crime drama: an older cop, a new younger, female colleague, a serial criminal… And, of course, there's the obvious conceptual link to the movie Seven, to which one of the cops refers at a crime scene. But as the story evolves it becomes much more complex. There's the unpredictable path of the crimes, their impact on the personal lives of Peter and Vicky, who have their own crosses to bear, and how it all melts down. It's not a typical whodunnit story but rather it becomes the tale of two people who try to catch a criminal who confronts them, through his crimes, with the mess in their own personal lives.
How did you influence the development of the series?
When I first read the drafts, they were much more predictable and almost formatted, tackling one commandment per episode. The focus was on 'Moses' and the complexity of his crimes and, above all, it was constructed as a whodunnit. I convinced the network that it wouldn't work, certainly not with 13 episodes, as viewers would get bored. So we changed the focus from Moses to Peter and, more importantly, Vicky. We almost recreated her with a different background, less clichéd and with much more depth. That gave us the tools to tell the story in a much less predictable way. Another huge turnaround was that the viewers know, well before the end of the series, who Moses really is. This knowledge gives the last episodes a real boost as the story shifts into a totally different direction.
13 Commandments shares a similar premise to David Fincher's Seven
What is the message behind the show and how does it reflect or mirror contemporary society?
Moses' acts automatically imply a certain view of contemporary society, as his crimes point out that certain values are diminishing or have completely vanished. First of all, Moses is not a religious fanatic; he uses the Ten Commandments rather as a cultural, widespread reference – a manifest, so to speak. He wants to give the public an easy, well-known explanation for his deeds. And furthermore, most of the Ten commandments are still a moral code, even for atheists – no killing, no lying, no adultery, honour your parents, no stealing, honesty… So he may have a point that some of these moral codes have been hollowed out in our modern times where people store their parents in care homes, work seven days a week and try to survive in a world that seems to turn faster than ever.
As sane people, we can never accept his violent reaction to this so-called moral depravation. But what if he proves beyond any doubt to the general public that someone who's leading a normal lifeis an active paedophile? And what if that reveal sparkles a medieval witch hunt? And so we're back at the instant cry for 'justice' on social media. Populism and right-wing politics have never been so popular.
How would you describe the writing process?
We did a thorough makeover of the original scripts with a new team of four writers. We only had four months until the start of the shoot, so it was quite hectic, as I prepared the shoot as a director and at the same time co-wrote the shooting scripts. We all knew what had to be done, and although we didn't have all the shooting scripts by the start of filming, everyone at that time – cast, crew, production and the network – had enough confidence in the project, so the shoot was intense but rewarding.
Tell us about the lead actors.
Peter and Vicky are played by Dirk Van Dijck and Marie Vinck. I had previously worked with Dirk and when the project was proposed to me, I contacted him immediately. He was my only option to play Peter. It didn't take long to convince him, although we had long discussions about his character and the direction I would take in the rewrites of the screenplay. But there was faith and friendship. I knew it would be a huge task for him but he took it very seriously – he even lived for five months in the town of Aalst, where we were shooting – and he delivered tremendously.
As for Marie, it was more complicated because Vicky was completely different in the original screenplays. I really had to convince her that we would transform her character completely in a more gripping, compelling way. But once she was in, she lived to the job and played Vicky exactly as I imagined her.
The drama will hit screens next year
Is there a way you like to work with actors, either in rehearsal or on set?
On 13 Commandments, there really wasn't much time to rehearse as I was still writing during preproduction. But we had open discussions about the characters, and the advantage of the ongoing writing process was that I still could shape the characters or the scenes till the last moment. There was a lot of trust during the shoot, for which I was very grateful, although it was a huge responsibility at the same time. We even did scenes from the last episodes without any script or context. We all just leaped – it was scary but it felt right.
How did you create the look of the series?
The network insisted on a look that wasn't too dark, literally, but that was never our intention anyway. Anton Mertens, the DOP, suggested a dirty look in which we wouldn't hide anything in the darkness but rather show it all, albeit in a very explicit, stylised light. We both loved the photography in Anton Corbijn's A Most Wanted Man. The combination of warm and cold light in one composition would be something we would use a lot. Mertens really did a great job in creating the right atmosphere for a society, or rather an environment, where our Moses could thrive.
Where was the series filmed and how did you use real locations within the show?
The series was originally set in Antwerp but I relocated the shoot to Aalst, a smaller city with fewer landmarks and a very specific vibe. It has a more industrial character with a factory in the centre of the city – a very visual concept that fitted our view of Moses' society. We shot the whole series, with a few exceptions, over there and used mostly real locations, or we constructed sets within real locations.
I am finishing the series I shot right after 13 Commandments. It's called The Gang of Jan De Lichte, a story that takes place in Flanders around 1740. In between, I also shot my first feature, Verborgen Verlangen, a feel-good movie that will be released this month.
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First Hội An International Food Festival kicks off
Cooking up a storm: The first Hoi An International Food Festival at An Hoi Sculpture Garden in Hoi An runs from March 14-20 with the participation of 12 international chefs from 12 countries. — VNS Photos Cong Thanh
HỘI AN – The ancient town is hosting the first Hội An International Food Festival from March 14 to 20.
Twelve international chefs from 12 countries -- Greece, Mauritius, Turkey and Sweden, besides the United Kingdom, Slovenia, Germany and Italy, as well as Russia, India, Sri Lanka and France, in addition to Việt Nam – are attending the festival.
The city's culture and sports centre said the food festival week would transform the city into a truly international culinary destination.
The chefs have brought their countries' cuisines to some of Hội An's best restaurants. The restaurants themselves have themes specific to a country, with the decor, food, music and costumes reflecting the participating country.
According to organisers, the chefs are recreating their traditional dishes, and showcasing the finest locally sourced Vietnamese ingredients.
The festival, which is the first rendezvous of chefs from Asia, Europe and Africa, gives people an opportunity to try food from across the world, while enjoying a festive atmosphere.
The event was launched with a cocktail evening before the first official day of the festival, and will close with an international street party and an awards ceremony that will take place at Hội An's historic Japanese Bridge on March 20.
The International Food Festival is the first-of-its-kind in Việt Nam that celebrates global food and the finest locally sourced ingredients.
Each participating restaurant occupies one pavilion and each guest chef is creating one hot and one cold dish.
The Hội An People's Committee will present awards to chefs and the participating restaurants at the closing ceremony at the Japanese Bridge.
The UNESCO-recognised heritage site hosted 2.1 million tourists last year, of which one million were foreigners. — VNS
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Carousel plants are characterised by a high level of automation. Machinery used in the production cycle are PLC-controlled and they have high level technological features and performances. WEGH Group has been building plants for the manufacture of railway sleepers made of prestressed reinforced concrete – either post-tensioned or pre-tensioned – with the Carousel system since 1982. Such plants are organised as a closed loop where the moulds, each featuring 2 to 4 sleeper moulds, can support the pre-stressing force. Moulds, as configured above, travel along the production line through the various processing stations where work processes are performed before they move on to the next step. The moulds designed and manufactured for the Carousel system are available in solutions with interchangeable rail pads, which allows for the use of different types of fastening systems such as Pandrol e-clip, Fast clip, Vossloh, D.E. clip, Denik, Stedef, KB, ARS, etc. WEGH Group offers customised solutions for the design and construction of both the plants and the moulds.


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Q: How to validate forms when everytime action is on same page I am trying to insert form field values after validating the form.
I develope a seperate php file validate1.php to insert the form field values in database and another file describing form and its validation is in connection.php
When I run connection.php, form fields are getting validated only once,and after form is submitted after that i enter anything.Which should not be happened.
My connection.php is

    <title></title>

    <?php
        $companyNameErr = $addressErr = $emailErr = $contactErr = "";
        $companyName = $address = $email = $contact = $description = "";
        function test_data($data)
        {
            $data=trim($data);
            $data=stripslashes($data);
            $data=htmlspecialchars($data);
            return $data;
        }

        $errors = array();
        if ( $_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] =="POST" )
        {
            $companyName=$_POST["companyName"];
            if( empty($companyName) )
            {
                $companyNameErr = "Please Enter Company Name";
                $errors[]= $companyNameErr ;
            }
            else
            {
                if( !preg_match("/^[a-zA-Z ]*$/",$companyName) )
                {
                    $companyNameErr = "Invalid Company Name";
                    $errors[]= $companyNameErr ;
                }
                else
                {
                    $companyName=test_data($companyName);
                }
            }
            $address=$_POST["address"];
            if( empty($address) )
            {
                $addressErr = "Please Enter Address";
                $errors[]= $addressErr ;
            }
            else
            {
                $address=test_data($address);
            }
            $email=$_POST["email"];
            if( empty($email) )
            {
                $emailErr = "Please Enter Email";
                $errors[]= $emailErr ;
            }
            else
            {
                if( !filter_var($email, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL) )
                {
                    $emailErr = "Invalid Email";
                    $errors[]= $emailErr ;
                }
                else
                {
                    $email=test_data($email);
                }
            }
            $contact=$_POST["contact"];
            if( empty($contact) )
            {
                $contactErr = "Please Enter Contact Number";
                $errors[]= $contactErr ;
            }
            else
            {
                if( !preg_match("/^[0-9]*$/",$contact ) )
                {
                    $contactErr = "Invalid Contact";
                    $errors[]= $contactErr ;
                }
                else
                {
                    $contact=test_data($contact);
                }
            }
    }
    ?>
    <form name="myform" method="post" action="<?php if(empty($errors)){ echo $_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]; }else{ echo "validate1.php"; }?>" >

                Company Name
                <input type="text" name="companyName" value ="<?php if(isset($_POST['companyName']) && empty($companyNameErr)){ echo $_POST['companyName'];} else {echo '';}?>" required >*<?php echo $companyNameErr; ?>

                Address
                <input type="text" name="address" value ="<?php if(isset($_POST['address']) && empty($addressErr)){ echo $_POST['address'];} else {echo '';}?>" required>*<?php echo $addressErr; ?>

                Email
                <input type="text" name="email" value ="<?php if(isset($_POST['email']) && empty($emailErr)){ echo $_POST['email'];} else {echo '';}?>" required>*<?php echo $emailErr; ?>

                Contact
                +91-<input type="text" name="contact" value ="<?php if(isset($_POST['contact']) && empty($contactErr)){ echo $_POST['contact'];} else {echo '';}?>" required maxlength="10" minlength="10">*<?php echo $contactErr; ?>

                Description
                <textarea name="description" cols="60" rows="3"></textarea>

        <input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit">
    </form>

and Validate1.php is

    <title></title>

<?php
    $servername="localhost";
    $username="root";
    $password="";
    $conn = new mysqli($servername, $username, $password, 'mydatabase');
    if ($conn->connect_error)
    {
        die("Connection failed: " . $conn->connect_error);
    }
    $conn->query("CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS `MyDataBase`");
    $conn->query("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS MyDataBase.company_details( `comp_id` INT AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,`company_name` VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,`address` VARCHAR(70) NOT NULL,`email` VARCHAR(30) NOT NULL,`contact` INT(13) NOT NULL,`description` VARCHAR(150))");
    $conn->query("INSERT INTO company_details (company_name, address, email, contact, description ) VALUES ( '".$_POST['companyName']."', '".$_POST['address']."', '".$_POST['email']."', '".$_POST['contact']."', '".$_POST['description']."')");
    $conn->close();
?>

A: Try the following code
N:B : Make sure you have used sql injection prevention techniques when posting form data.
connection.php
<?php
session_start();

    $companyName = $address = $email = $contact = $description = "";
    function test_data($data)
    {
        $data=trim($data);
        $data=stripslashes($data);
        $data=htmlspecialchars($data);
        return $data;
    }

    $_SESSION['error'] = array();
    $_SESSION['resend'] = array();
    if ( $_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] =="POST")
    {
        $companyName=$_POST["companyName"];
        if(empty($companyName) )
        $_SESSION['error']['companyNameErr'] = "Please Enter Company Name";
        else
        {
            if( !preg_match("/^[a-zA-Z ]*$/",$companyName) )
                $_SESSION['error']['companyNameErr'] = "Invalid Company Name";
            else
                $_SESSION['resend']['companyName'] = test_data($companyName);
        }

        $address=$_POST["address"];
        if(empty($address) )
            $_SESSION['error']['addressErr'] = "Please Enter Address";
        else
            $_SESSION['resend']['address'] = test_data($address);

        $email=$_POST["email"];
        if(empty($email))
            $_SESSION['error']['emailErr'] = "Please Enter Email";
        else
        {
            if( !filter_var($email, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL) )
                $_SESSION['error']['emailErr'] = "Invalid Email";
            else
                $_SESSION['resend']['email'] = test_data($email);
        }

        $contact=$_POST["contact"];
        if(empty($contact))
            $_SESSION['error']['contactErr'] = "Please Enter Contact Number";
        else
        {
            if( !preg_match("/^[0-9]*$/",$contact ) )
                $_SESSION['error']['contactErr'] = "Invalid Contact";
            else
                $_SESSION['resend']['contact'] = test_data($contact);
        }

        $description=$_POST["description"];
        $_SESSION['resend']['description'] = test_data($description);

        if(empty($_SESSION['error'])){
            header('location:validate1.php');
        exit;
        }
    }
?>

    <title></title>

    <form name="myform" method="post" action="<?php echo $_SERVER["PHP_SELF"];?>" >

                Company Name
                <input type="text" name="companyName" value ="<?php if(isset($_SESSION['resend']['companyName']) && empty($_SESSION['error']['companyNameErr'])){ echo $_SESSION['resend']['companyName'];} else {echo '';}?>" required >*<?php if(isset($_SESSION['error']['companyNameErr'])) echo $_SESSION['error']['companyNameErr']; ?>

                Address
                <input type="text" name="address" value ="<?php if(isset($_SESSION['resend']['address']) && empty($_SESSION['error']['addressErr'])){ echo $_SESSION['resend']['address'];} else {echo '';}?>" required>*<?php if(isset($_SESSION['error']['addressErr'])) echo $_SESSION['error']['addressErr']; ?>

                Email
                <input type="text" name="email" value ="<?php if(isset($_SESSION['resend']['email']) && empty($_SESSION['error']['emailErr'])){ echo $_SESSION['resend']['email'];} else {echo '';}?>" required>*<?php if(isset($_SESSION['error']['emailErr'])) echo $_SESSION['error']['emailErr']; ?>

                Contact
                +91-<input type="text" name="contact" value ="<?php if(isset($_SESSION['resend']['contact']) && empty($_SESSION['error']['contactErr'])){ echo $_SESSION['resend']['contact'];} else {echo '';}?>" required maxlength="10" minlength="10">*<?php if(isset($_SESSION['error']['contactErr'])) echo $_SESSION['error']['contactErr']; ?>

                Description
                <textarea name="description" cols="60" rows="3"><?php if(isset($_SESSION['resend']['description'])) echo $_SESSION['resend']['description'];?></textarea>

        <input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit">
    </form>

Validate1.php
<?php
session_start();

if(isset($_SESSION['resend'])){
    $servername="localhost";
    $username="root";
    $password="";
    $conn = new mysqli($servername, $username, $password, 'test');
    if ($conn->connect_error)
    {
        die("Connection failed: " . $conn->connect_error);
    }
    //$conn->query("CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS `MyDataBase`");
    $conn->query("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS test.company_details( `comp_id` INT AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,`company_name` VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,`address` VARCHAR(70) NOT NULL,`email` VARCHAR(30) NOT NULL,`contact` INT(13) NOT NULL,`description` VARCHAR(150))");
    $result = $conn->query("INSERT INTO company_details (company_name, address, email, contact, description ) VALUES ( '".$_SESSION['resend']['companyName']."', '".$_SESSION['resend']['address']."', '".$_SESSION['resend']['email']."', '".$_SESSION['resend']['contact']."', '".$_SESSION['resend']['description']."')");
    $conn->close();
    unset ($_SESSION['resend']);
    unset ($_SESSION['error']);
    header('location:connection.php');
    exit;
}
?>

    <title></title>

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I don't have a guaranteed formula for getting published beyond self-publishing... and that's not as easy as it sounds either.
Other than having a readable book and getting lucky, here are a few tips I shared with an unpublished author. He found them helpful.
Establish a social media platform. If you don't have a blog or website, get one. Make Facebook your friend and Twitter your best buddy. Publishers expect you to have these things in place.
Enter contests - especially ones where you can get some feedback. Write short stories. Get your name out there.
Write reviews for other authors. Network with the people you want to be your peers. Join organizations that will help you write better and market your book.
Hope that your fellow authors don't sign with the same publisher as you.
Okay, that last one isn't entirely serious. For the most part, knowing, or getting to know my fellow Imajin authors has been a joy and mutual benefit. However, for good reason, we can't review or blurb each other. That means I can't use the following for Deadly Legacy,coming in April from Imajin Books.
"Bruce delivers a shocking surprise at the very beginning of her novel and the action only ramps up from there. The characters are credible, likeable people who make the reader want more. An excellent read!"
- Catherine Astolfo, author of the Emily Taylor mysteries.
On the other hand, I can recommend you check out the Emily Taylor mysteries being re-released on Kindle.
Congratulations, Alison,on your upcoming release! One thing I didn't know when I started writing is that on average it takes about 8 years of writing to learn the craft. Persistence is key in this career!
One of my biggest regrets is that I gave up trying to get published after my first couple of rejections. I was twenty-one at the time. Maybe I'd be rich and famous by now... or not.
I worked at my craft because I loved to write. It took my sister dying to push me into trying to get published. Life is to short to let a couple of rejections get you down.
The first book I wrote, The Calling, was finally published as my fifth book last year. I originally had the basic idea in 1989. Good thing I'm stubborn I guess. It always makes me laugh when magazine produce a list of the top ten ways to make a million - write a blockbuster is usually in there somewhere. Now I'm wiser I assume that the list has been compiled by an author with a dark sense of humour.


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	"syscall"
	"time"
)

// A fileStat is the implementation of FileInfo returned by Stat and Lstat,
// that implements the GobEncode, GobDecode, MarshalJSON and UnmarshalJSON.
// Sys() always returns nil.
type fileStat struct {
	name    string
	size    int64
	mode    os.FileMode
	modTime time.Time
}

// Name, base name of the file
func (fs *fileStat) Name() string { return fs.name }

// Size, length in bytes for regular files; system-dependent for others
func (fs *fileStat) Size() int64 { return fs.size }

// Mode, file mode bits
func (fs *fileStat) Mode() os.FileMode { return fs.mode }

// ModTime, modification time
func (fs *fileStat) ModTime() time.Time { return fs.modTime }

// IsDir, abbreviation for Mode().IsDir()
func (fs *fileStat) IsDir() bool { return fs.mode.IsDir() }

// Sys, underlying data source, unlike os.FileInfo nil is always returned.
func (fs *fileStat) Sys() interface{} { return nil }

// Stat returns a FileInfo describing the named file.
// If there is an error, it will be of type *PathError.
func Stat(name string) (os.FileInfo, error) {
	var sys syscall.Stat_t
	err := syscall.Stat(name, &sys)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, &os.PathError{"stat", name, err}
	}
	var f fileStat
	fillFileStatFromSys(&f, &sys, name)
	return &f, nil
}

func FileExists(name string) bool {
	var sys syscall.Stat_t
	return syscall.Lstat(name, &sys) == nil
}

func IsDir(name string) bool {
	var sys syscall.Stat_t
	err := syscall.Stat(name, &sys)
	return err == nil && sys.Mode&syscall.S_IFMT == syscall.S_IFDIR
}

// Lstat returns a FileInfo describing the named file.
// If the file is a symbolic link, the returned FileInfo
// describes the symbolic link. Lstat makes no attempt to follow the link.
// If there is an error, it will be of type *PathError.
func Lstat(name string) (os.FileInfo, error) {
	var sys syscall.Stat_t
	err := syscall.Lstat(name, &sys)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, &os.PathError{"lstat", name, err}
	}
	var f fileStat
	fillFileStatFromSys(&f, &sys, name)
	return &f, nil
}

// basename removes trailing slashes and the leading directory name from path name
func basename(name string) string {
	i := len(name) - 1
	// Remove trailing slashes
	for ; i > 0 && name[i] == '/'; i-- {
		name = name[:i]
	}
	// Remove leading directory name
	for i--; i >= 0; i-- {
		if name[i] == '/' {
			name = name[i+1:]
			break
		}
	}

	return name
}


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Expect noise, risk to marine life, garage door glitches and $52.5M from RIMPAC
By William Cole wcole@staradvertiser.com
CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM
Crewmen on the Chinese missile destroyer Xian watched Wednesday as the guided-missile frigate Hengshui docked in Pearl Harbor.
The bad news is that the Navy's Rim of the Pacific exercises are bringing crowds, added aircraft noise and some faulty garage door activity through the end of July. Read more
The bad news is that the Navy's Rim of the Pacific exercises are bringing crowds, added aircraft noise and some faulty garage door activity through the end of July.
The good news is an initial $52.5 million boost to Hawaii's economy, based on the number of exercise participants and time in port, with an impact of tens of millions more expected after purchases of supplies, fuel and food, and spending by family and friends of participating personnel are figured in, according to Navy Region Hawaii.
Twenty-six nations, 45 ships, five submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel will participate in the biennial RIMPAC exercise, which got underway Thursday and wraps up Aug. 4, mostly in and around the Hawaiian Islands but also in Southern California.
Ships from participating nations are flooding into Pearl Harbor this week.
"RIMPAC brings international participants together to foster and sustain cooperative relationships," the Navy said. "Training during RIMPAC builds credible, ready maritime forces that help to preserve peace and prevent conflict."
Exercise locations include Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Marine Corps Base Hawaii at Kaneohe Bay and the Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai.
"Hawaii's operating areas and ranges offer realistic, relevant training opportunities like nowhere else in the world and environmental stewardship and protection of marine mammals are always top priorities during RIMPAC," the Navy said in a news release.
During the in-port portion of the exercise, crews receive training on sighting marine mammals and required protective measures, the Navy said.
However, environmental law organization Earthjustice said the mammoth exercise "will have devastating impacts on marine life."
The use of sonar and explosives in military training exercises at sea have been proved to pose great risks to marine mammals, Earthjustice said.
"The scientific evidence is overwhelming. Past RIMPAC exercises may have contributed to mass-strandings of whales," the organization said. "The Navy itself estimates that training off the coasts of Hawaii and Southern California could result in the deaths of as many as 155 marine mammals and the permanent injury of more than 2,000 more over a five-year period."
The Navy should cease these activities in sensitive marine mammal habitat, Earthjustice said.
The Navy also addressed the phenomenon of some garage door remote controls not working during RIMPAC, which has been noted before.
"This can occur if the device is a type (FCC-regulated but unlicensed Part 15) that operates on frequencies reserved for federal government systems," the Navy said. Those devices can be affected by electromagnetic activity generated by Navy ships, civilian boaters or other sources.
The Navy said it is required to test commercial surface-search radars in port before getting underway and as part of scheduled maintenance. Surface-search radars are available commercially, used by civilian boaters and not a safety issue.
Engineers say garage door openers have a radio frequency that decodes information from a transmitter, and a high level of radio frequency, or RF, can jam a receiver. Military radars or communications can cause interference by drowning out weaker signals.
If a remote control isn't working, the Navy said to remove it from the vehicle's sun visor and point it directly at the door. If the opener still doesn't work, the garage door might have to be opened and closed manually, or other options considered, for a short time.
Isles' homeless population grows
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A Common Man (2013) To Make Blu-ray Debut
Anchor Bay Films has announced the Blu-ray release of writer/director Chandran Rutnam's A Common Man. The film stars Ben Kingsley, Ben Cross, Patrick Rutnam, Frederick-James Lobato, and Numaya Siriwardena. The topical action thriller will have a limited release in select theaters and debut on Blu-ray online and in stores beginning on May 21st.
Our newspapers are filled with stories about them. The airwaves announce their actions on a daily basis. But who exactly is what we call a "terrorist?" While they share the same methods, do all terrorists have the same goal? Kingsley stars as a seemingly average citizen who plants five powerful bombs in different locations around a major international city and threatens to detonate them unless his sole unconditional demand is met: the simultaneous release of four of the most deadly international terrorists from government prisons. In an urban landscape already gripped by fear, what could be the real motive behind a cunning madman's ultimate plan?
A Common Man has been named a finalist at this year's New York Festival. The screenplay was written by Rutnam, from the story by Neeraj Pandy.
The film features Dolby TrueHD 5.1 audio. Anchor Bay Films has not released any details concerning the special features that will be included with the disc.
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© Amnesty International Australia
Peter Greste release celebration
Amnesty Sutherland Write for Rights
Join Amnesty International Sutherland Group to Write for Rights
Write for Rights NSW
Come along and share in a Lebanese banquet while we write letters on behalf of urgent Amnesty cases. We will also celebrate our 2016 achievements and provide a chance to socialise and relax.
Write for Rights is Amnesty International's annual letter writing campaign, which happens in November and December each year, around the world.
We write to protest the situation of those whose human rights have been attacked. A simple action like a letter of solidarity or a letter to a government official, when sent en masse, can have a huge impact.
Every year, real change happens because of your letters and actions. People wrongfully imprisoned are released. Torturers are brought to justice. And people in prison are treated more humanely.
Our annual Write for Rights will, for the second time, be held cooperatively between Amnesty St George and Amnesty Sutherland Shire. Over dinner, we will write letters on behalf of 9 urgent global cases, as well as enjoy fellowship and celebrate what our groups achieved in 2016.
We encourage our members and supporters to attend if they can, because we believe that letter writing is still at the heart of Amnesty's work.
RSVP via email to amnesty.sutherlandshire@gmail.com
amnesty.sutherlandshire@gmail.com
Email Kate
Eddie's Lebanese Eatery
35 Morts Road, Mortdale, New South Wales, Australia


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Sina Webo
What links RNA-Editing, Data Citation and Ancient Chinese Emperors?
Another incremental step has been achieved for the adoption of the practice of data citation; this week, Nature Biotechnology has included one of our dataset DOIs in their references for the first time. In "Comprehensive analysis of RNA-Seq data reveals extensive RNA editing in a human transcriptome", Zhiyu Peng et al. produced a new pipeline to filter and compare RNA-seq transcriptome and whole genome sequencing data to detect RNA-editing events. Much of the supporting data has been released pre-publication and hosted by our GigaDB database and, as RNA-editing is still quite a controversial phenomenon, the greater transparency enabled by making all of this data publicly available is obviously very welcome.
This "RNA-editome" is the latest "ome" (apologies to Jonathan Eisen) to come from the Yanhuang (YH) Genome project – named after the two emperors thought to be the ancestors of China's largest ethnic group (hence the blog title and picture). After the publication of the YH reference Asian diploid genome in 2008, a peripheral blood mononuclear cell methylome and now RNA-editome have been released from the same anonymous Chinese donor. All raw data and assemblies have been made available through NCBI, and this has been complemented by these and additional datasets from the whole genome, epigenome and transcriptome being made publicly available in a citable form from our GigaDB database.
With the assistance of the British Library and DataCite consortium we have been releasing datasets (many pre-publication) with DOIs since the launch of our database last year, and we have already written much about the issues surrounding this relatively new form of data release in GigaBlog. Things have been hotting up in the data publishing field in the last few months, and while editorial policies regarding pre-publication data release in this manner are still unclear for many publishers, the wonderful people at the newly launched F1000 Research have been compiling a very useful list of journals that have now drafted policies.
On top of journals allowing data to be disseminated in this way, one of the key steps to allow data-citation to work and be trackable is to actually cite the data in the references. While GigaScience data DOIs have been been previously included in publications in Nature Biotechnology (two Macaque genomes) and Science (the genome of an Aboriginal Australian individual), these were not listed in the references. Following on from the recent inclusion of data from the sorghum genome in the references a Genome Biology paper, this is this is the first time we have managed to get DOIs listed in the references of a Nature journal. We'd like to thank the authors of the manuscript for making their data available in this way, and the editorial and production teams at Nature Biotechnology for working with us to include the DOIs.
1. Peng
Z et al., Comprehensive analysis of RNA-Seq data
reveals extensive RNA editing in a human transcriptome. Nat Biotech
2012, advance online publication.
2. Tian Z et al., (2011): Transcriptome from a
lymphoblastoid cell line taken from the YH Han Chinese individual.
GigaScience. http://dx.doi.org/10.5524/100013
3. Hayden EC. Evidence of altered RNA stirs debate. Nature. 2011 26;473(7348):432.
4. Wang J et al., The diploid genome sequence of an Asian
individual. Nature. 2008 Nov 6;456(7218):60-5.
5. Li Y et al., The DNA methylome of human peripheral blood mononuclear cells. PLoS
Biol. 2010 Nov 9;8(11):e1000533.
6. Wang,
J et al., (2011): Genome
sequence of YH: the first diploid genome sequence of a Han Chinese individual.
7. Li
Y et al.,
(2011): DNA methylome of human peripheral blood mononuclear cells from the YH
Han Chinese individual. GigaScience. http://dx.doi.org/10.5524/100014
8. Yan G et al., Genome sequencing and comparison of two nonhuman primate animal models, the
cynomolgus and Chinese rhesus macaques. Nat Biotech 2011 advance online
publication.
9. Rasmussen M et al., An Aboriginal Australian Genome Reveals Separate Human Dispersals into Asia. Science 2011 Oct 7;334(6052):94-8.
10. Zheng
LY et al., Genome-wide patterns of genetic variation in sweet and grain
sorghum (Sorghum bicolor). Genome
Biol. 2011 Nov 21;12(11):R114.
Scott Edmunds
Executive Editor of GigaScience, and data nerd working at the BGI and based in Hong Kong. Open Knowledge Open Science Ambassador and Executive Committee member for Open Data Hong Kong.
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Having my quiet time in the morning is my favorite time of the day. It didn't used to be. My Bible used to collect dust on the shelf, or be put away in a drawer somewhere. But that doesn't work for me anymore. Life's circumstances, past and present, don't allow for a lazy relationship with God — it needs to be vital and alive and GROWING!! But one of the devil's lies I've been hearing a lot lately is, "You really don't need to be reading the Word again. You've read it hundreds of times." I have been having tempting thoughts to skip my morning time with God, because the enemy is trying to convince me that there are no huge changes happening — and reading it will probably be a waste of time. But because my morning quiet time is a habit now, I'm able to push through those thoughts. I continue to get my coffee, peel my banana, and go sit with the Word. And do you know what happens? When I keep reading and praying, God always rewards that time with His reassuring wisdom! 2 Peter 1:12 said this morning, "I plan to keep on reminding you of these things – even though you already know them, and are standing firm in the truth." That sounds like God speaking directly to the enemy's lie! No wonder the devil doesn't want us in God's Word! He knows his dark lies will be brought into God's revealing light!
In thinking about this struggle, it came to me…it's like our child learning new things. In the beginning, everything is a huge accomplishment! And we get so excited for the growth and maturity we see!! It's SO visible, and we share it with everyone! But as adults, we probably don't see huge daily changes in ourselves. It's a good thing, since growing older comes fast enough! As mature Christians, too, most times we probably won't see huge daily changes in our spiritual growth. Because of that, we might think we can skip a daily time with our Father. It might not make that much of a difference after all… But we are being totally duped by a very clever enemy! It is a LIE! Strangely, although we might not notice the help we get daily from time in the Word, it is there. How can we know? Because when we don't start our day focused on God's ways, our "walk" will not be as intentional towards the things of God. We will be more self-focused than God-focused. We will have remnants of the fruit of the Spirit — love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. But we won't have these working to full capacity! I don't know about you, but I want all cylinders firing completely! I want gas in my tank, and the oil filled, because our enemy is ruthless! He will take us down any chance he can get! We must diffuse his lies with the TRUTH!
When Searching And Noticing the Divine, it helps to know what we are looking for in our day. We can start by not listening to the enemy, but listening to the Word of God. Once we set our bearings there, the rest of our day will come quite supernaturally!!


Memphis, 1970s, and neckties are constricting on their own, choking the wearers to death. A reporter tracks down the main suspect, and a murderous showdown results.
An only child is born into a family with many relatives, each of which dies until he is alone to fend for himself, and his controlling mother. Growing up in the South, but a textile-mill South.
Selected short stories by a writer with about 30 stories worldwide.
More short fiction from an author with 30 published short stories. These range from science fiction to Southern realism.
Odds and ends collection of prose including unfinished and abandoned stories. Scraps really.


This September, start a new habit and begin your Sunday mornings in sacred silence. In this month-long series, you will be guided toward a particular focus each week. Between each session, you will be encouraged to explore the focus on your own. Questions, concerns, and progress will be addressed in a mid-week email check in with your teacher! This series is designed to give you simple techniques that make it easy for you to bring your meditation practice home with you. No experience is necessary. Chairs and other options for sitting will be provided. For more info please visit www.theyogasanctuary.biz or call (941) 505-YOGA (9642).


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Volume 126 >> Issue 8 : Friday, March 3, 2006
Israel Leader Warns of HarshMeasures to Counter Terrorism
By Steven Erlanger
Israel's acting prime minister, Ehud Olmert, warned Palestinians on Thursday that Israel would use "far-reaching measures" and "an iron fist against any attempt to resume terrorist activity," whether in the West Bank or the Gaza Strip.
Olmert spoke as a new opinion poll showed his Kadima Party continuing to slip less than a month before March 28 elections, but still comfortably on course to form a new Israeli government. The Haaretz-Channel 10 poll indicates that Kadima would win 37 of the Parliament's 120 seats, down two from a similar poll taken in February and 7 from the end of January.
Olmert said at a news conference that he had ordered airstrikes against Palestinians involved in firing Qassam rockets into Israel from the Gaza Strip. "Not a few times, terrorists who were about to fire rockets were liquidated before they could fire them, and it was based on my orders, sometimes my personal orders," he said.
In another indication of tough responses in the face of the victory of the militant Islamic group Hamas in the Jan. 25 Palestinian elections, the defense minister, Shaul Mofaz, ordered that the Karni crossing between Gaza and Israel, the main crossing for agricultural and manufactured goods, remain closed, citing continued danger of a terrorist attack there.
Officials said Wednesday that Karni would be reopened on Thursday so food and aid could be brought to Gaza after international agencies warned that some food supplies were dwindling. Karni has been closed off and on and continuously since Feb. 21, after a mysterious explosion.
While Olmert, at his news conference, said that Israel "respects" Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, "we are nevertheless disappointed by the fact that instead of fighting terrorism, he has appointed the leader of terrorism as the candidate for prime minister," a reference to Ismail Haniya, a Hamas leader who is trying to form a new government. Olmert rejected Abbas' call for peace talks with him.
But the leader of the Labor Party, Amir Peretz, who has argued that Abbas and other Palestinian "moderates" must be supported, met with Abbas on Thursday at the Allenby Bridge crossing into Jordan in what he called a "message that we do not lose hope."
Peretz, whose party has been stagnant in the polls at 19 seats, praised Abbas and said at their meeting that "he perceives terrorism as the enemy of both nations."
On Thursday, Abbas stepped back from comments he had made to the London-based newspaper Al Hayat, which quoted him as saying that al-Qaida already was present in Palestinian areas. But he said, "We have information, yet to be confirmed, that al-Qaida, just as it sends its operatives to Jordan and other countries like Saudi Arabia and others, also might send us operatives for sabotage."
In an earlier interview with Al-Jazeera television, Abbas said he intended to transfer broad security powers to the future Hamas-led government, though the general intelligence branch would remain subject to the presidency. "We'll grant Hamas authority over the Palestinians' national security because we need to have one body controlling the situation to ensure security," he said.
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Explore Birds
Oregon has a variety of raptors, from the diminutive Sharp-shinned hawk to our nation's symbol, the Bald eagle. Some of these birds of prey are migratory, while many live here year-round and can be seen hunting along rivers, roadside posts and fields.
Types of Raptors
The Turkey vulture, known locally as a "buzzard," is a common sight spring through fall throughout the state, except in the highest mountains and featureless desert expanses in summer where they are uncommon. Seeing Turkey vultures returning is a welcome sign of spring.
Turkey vultures are large-winged soaring birds with overall dark plumage except for a silvery sheen on the undersides of the flight feathers. Adults have small, featherless, red heads, while juveniles have gray heads.
The Turkey vulture is a common to abundant transient throughout the state and an uncommon to common summer resident except in high mountains. It is most common at lower elevations and in large valleys.
Debate raged for 140 years whether this species could locate its usual foul meals by smell or whether it depended on visual cues. While it is now clear that Turkey vultures have a sense of smell, the question of its power is still being debated.
Photo by Dave Budeau, ODFW
This large bird of prey is dark above, white below, and has a visible dark spot at the wrist of the wing when flying. The head is black and white. Juveniles have buffy-tipped dark feathers above. In flight, the wings have a noticeable angle or "crook."
This highly migratory fish-eating species is frequently found nesting along larger rivers, lakes, and reservoirs. A large bulky nest at the very top of a live, broken top,or dead tree and more recently on utility poles, channel markers, pilings, and cell phone towers near fishable waters is good evidence of Ospreys.
The Osprey breed statewide, in Oregon, except in arid treeless regions of the southeast part of the state. Nests are usually located within two miles of water with an accessible fish population.
In the summer of 2017, the Oregon Legislature declared the Osprey as Oregon's State Raptor.
Hear the call of the Osprey and learn more interesting facts on our Living with Wildlife, Osprey page.
Photo by Blaine Fanning
White-tailed kite
As the winter day turns to dusk, White-tailed kites drop into their roosts and Short-eared owls rise to take their place on the local hunting grounds. White-tailed kites in Oregon often roost communally in winter, but they disperse in early spring and are more difficult to find during the breeding season.
By day, they are conspicuous as they hover over rural fields searching for prey, in part because of their pale appearance. The tail is entirely white, as are the head and the underparts. Dark crescents on the underwing can be seen when a bird is flying or hovering. Above, they are light gray with black shoulder patches. Young-of-the-year are easily distinguished by a rusty band across the breast, rusty markings on the head, and a thin gray band near the end of the tail.
It is probably a permanent resident in the Willamette, Umpqua, Rogue, Illinois, and Applegate valleys and along the coast. The highest concentration of known nest locations is in the Medford, Jackson County area.
Hear the call of the White-tailed kite
Photo by Len Blumin, Flickr
The Bald eagle is one of eight species of sea-eagle worldwide, and the only sea-eagle found throughout North America. It is one of the most studied North American birds.
Large size, wingspan of six-and-a-half to eight feet, and the contrast of white head and tail, and yellow eyes, beak, and leg, to dark brown body and wings make the adult Bald eagle one of our most distinctive raptors. Six age-related plumages have been recognized; adult plumage is acquired at four-and-a-half to five years of age.
Sexes have similar plumages, but females are larger than males, and the sex of individuals in breeding pairs can usually be determined by size when they perch close together.
The Bald eagle breeds in 32 of 36 Oregon counties and is found throughout the state during non-breeding season. The Bald eagle was brought back from the brink of extinction when the federal government banned the use of DDT in 1972 and listed the eagle under the federal Endangered Species Act in 1978. Recovery took decades and involved agencies, organizations, politicians, landowners, and the American public. It was removed from the federal ESA in Oregon in 2007 and removed from the Oregon state threatened species list in 2012.
Hear the call of the Bald eagle
Photo by Tim Moore
The Northern harrier is a slender, medium-sized hawk characterized by a noticeably long tail, bold white rump patch, and owl-like face. Commonly encountered in large expanses of open country, its main hunting technique is through use of a distinctive buoyant, gliding flight low over the ground that relies heavily on visual as well as auditory cues to detect prey.
The larger females have rich brown upperparts while adult males are mostly light to medium gray, sometimes appearing almost ghostly silvery-white. Males are noted for their high-spirited and acrobatic courtship displays, in particular a series of dives and barrel rolls in multiple loops that serve as a means of advertising territory occupancy.
The Northern harrier is common during summer and migration in open habitats east of the Cascades, with numbers decreasing in most areas during winter. An exception is in the lowlands of Umatilla and Morrow counties, where the harrier is common in winter due to an influx of wintering birds. The harrier also remains common year-round in the Klamath Basin and is the second most commonly encountered wintering raptor at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.
Hear the call of the Northern harrier
Sharp-shinned hawk
The Sharp-shinned hawk is North America's smallest and most migratory accipiter.
As a hunter of songbirds (and sometimes young chickens) it historically endured harsh reproach, and was often depicted as a blood-thirsty villain, even by some ornithologists. Across the U.S., many thousands were shot in the first half of the 20th century. But prevailing attitudes have changed, and today a glimpse of this slender, secretive hawk darting through the treetops is more likely to elicit admiration than malice.
Adult plumage, nearly identical to the slightly larger Cooper's hawk, consists of slate gray back and wings, breast and sides barred with rufous and white, and a black and gray banded tail. The eyes of adults are a striking crimson. Males average about 57 percent the body mass of females.
The Sharp-shinned hawk is an uncommon breeder throughout Oregon in forested areas from sea level to timberline. It is least common in the breeding season in southeastern Oregon, where most forests are widely disjunct and separated by arid brushland. It is an uncommon transient and winter visitor across the state in wooded areas or semi-open country. During fall migration, many birds move through the state to wintering grounds farther south.
Hear the call of the Sharp-sinned hawk
Photo by Charlotte Ganskopp
Cooper's hawks are smallish "bird hawks" (slightly smaller than American Crows) with rounded wings, a long rounded tail, and long yellow legs.
This is the mid-sized accipiter nesting in Oregon and is larger than the Sharp-shinned hawk, but smaller than the Northern goshawk.
The usual mode of flight consists of several rapid wing-beats alternating with brief periods of sailing. Juveniles are dark above with underparts streaked vertically while adults tend to have a bluish cast to their gray upperparts. The long tail is barred dark and light with narrow whitish band at the tip.
It is an uncommon breeder in forests and woods through the state except in arid treeless areas of southeastern Oregon. It is also an uncommon transient and winter visitor statewide.
Hear the call of the Cooper's hawk
Northern goshawk
Of the three U.S. and Canadian forest hawks known as accipiters, this is by far the most impressive because of its size and aggressiveness. Like others of the genus it is morphologically adapted to maneuvering through forest landscapes and usually uses an ambush approach to capturing prey; although if prey tries to escape, it quickly pursues.
From Turkey to Japan, goshawks are favored over falcons for falconry, and a limited number of permits are issued in Oregon for taking goshawks for falconry purposes.
The Northern goshawk has short, broad, round-tipped wings and a long tail. It is approximately the size of the Common raven. Adult plumage color is generally silver-gray on the upperparts and barred pale grayish-white on the underparts. Immatures are generally brown with strong striping on the underparts. An eye-stripe, if present, helps identify a goshawk. When perched, the short wings of the goshawk do not reach the midpoint of the tail. Tails of both adults and immatures have dark bands.
It is an uncommon to fairly common permanent resident in suitable habitat between 1,900 - 6,100 foot elevation in forested portions of the Cascade, Blue, and Klamath mountains.
The Northern goshawk is an Oregon Conservation Strategy Species in the East Cascades and West Cascades ecoregions.
Hear the call of the Northern goshawk
Red-shouldered hawk
A medium-sized hawk, the Red-shouldered hawk has bold black-and-white flight feathers and rusty shoulder patches. Seen in flight from underneath, especially when lit from the sun, its wings show a translucent 'window' near the tips.
It relies on perches for hunting and is closely affiliated with wooded wetlands and riparian bottomlands.
In the breeding season this hawk is found in moist woodlands with at least a few deciduous trees. It prefers riparian bottoms, especially those near shallow wetlands or open meadows. In winter, it may use more open lands such as found in the Rogue and Willamette valleys, depending on perches available for hunting.
Hear the call of the Red-shouldered hawk
Photo by Michael Geiger
Swainson's hawks are medium-sized buteos, smaller than Red-tailed and Ferruginous hawks.
Plumage beneath varies along a continuum from very pale to nearly black below. Lighter-plumaged birds have a distinct chest band. They have relatively long, pointed wings that contribute to superior flying skills. The dark flight feathers contrast with paler wing lining in all but the darkest birds.
It breeds in the bunchgrass prairies east of the Cascades with the highest concentration in the foothills of the Blue and Wallowa mountains. It prefers open country and has little need for numerous trees since it forages extensively while in flight and may include only the nest tree in its home range.
The Swainson's hawk is an Oregon Conservation Strategy Species in the Blue Mountains, Columbia Plateau, East Cascades, and Northern Basin and Range ecoregions.
Hear the call of the Swainson's hawk
Photo by Kathy Munsel, ODFW
One of the most familiar sights along the roads of Oregon is a Red-tailed hawk soaring high on the sky over a field, or perched on a utility pole, waiting patiently for prey.
Red-tailed hawks are large-bodied raptors with relatively broad wings. The back is mottled brown, and the tail of mature birds is orangish red with a thin, dark subterminal band. Perched birds can be identified from behind even when the tail is concealed by the white mottling on the scapulars forming a faint 'V'. Most individuals can be assigned to one of two color morphs, light or dark. Both are similar from the back, but underneath the light-morph birds are largely white or off-white with a belly band of varying extent and darkness.
It is found throughout the state in every habitat and at every elevation, though they are scarce in more densely forested areas.
Hear the call of the Red-tailed hawk
Photo by Chuck Gardner
This largest of Oregon's hawks inhabits the most open country of the state's buteos, and watches over its home range on long, motionless wings for extended periods in search of prey. Ferruginous hawks are sensitive to human disturbance and tend to reside in remote areas.
They occur in two color morphs, but dark-morph birds are rare in Oregon. Light-morph birds are white below with few markings except for the ruddy-colored leg feathers. The back and wing coverts are rust colored and the tips of the primaries and end of the tail tend toward dark smoky gray.
It is an uncommon to rare resident in the open landscapes east of the Cascades. It is most common in northern Malheur County and along the foothills of the Blue Mountains.
The Ferruginous hawk is an Oregon Conservation Strategy Species in the Blue Mountains, Columbia Plateau, and Northern Basin and Range ecoregions.
Hear the call of the Ferruginous hawk
Photo by Jim Collins, ODFW
Rough-legged hawk
Characteristic of open country and cold weather, the Rough-legged hawk can be found soaring over exposed terrain or perched on utility poles across much of the state in winter.
The rough appearance of its legs comes from the feathers covering their length, an adaptation that provides extra warmth in frigid weather. In flight, dark wrist patches and belly help identify this large buteo, though like other hawks it is subject to much variation in plumage. From a distance it frequently appears to have a frosty upper half.
It often hovers over fields while hunting, a behavior that is rare among most other buteos.
Hear the call of the Rough-legged hawk
Photo by David Bronson, ODFW
The Golden eagle is the largest soaring raptor inhabiting open country and mountainous terrain in eastern Oregon. A powerful and skillful hunter, the Golden eagle has become the National icon of the American West. A very large, dark raptor, the nape golden in all plumages, the females are slightly larger. Juvenile birds show white patches at the base of the primaries and a white tail with a broad dark terminal band.
They are common residents in all Oregon counties east of the Cascade range. The Golden eagle inhabits shrub-steppe, grassland, juniper, and open ponderosa pine and mixed conifer/deciduous habitats. It forages in a variety of habitat types preferring areas with an open shrub component that provides food and cover for prey.
Hear the call of the Golden eagle
Formerly known in American literature as the Sparrow hawk, this is the smallest (dove-sized) and most familiar and abundant member of the family Falconidae in North America and one of the easiest raptors to observe.
It has two considerably different plumages: adult male and female and juvenile males differ somewhat from adult males until post-juvenile mold in fall. Adult males have rufous backs and tails with blue-grey upper wing coverts. The tail has a wide black subterminal band. Juvenile males are similar to adult males but have heavily streaked breasts. Females are slightly larger than males and have reddish-brown backs and upper wing coverts that are barred with dark brown.
These birds soar with their long and pointed wings flat, and regularly hover over open and partly open country with scattered trees, including cultivated lands and occasionally suburban areas.
The American kestrel breeds statewide in open terrain from sea level to the alpine zone in the mountains.
Hear the call of the American kestrel
Photo by Cathy Nowak, ODFW
With short pointed wings and long narrow tails, these small falcons are well built for fast pursuit and mid-air attacks. Sexes differ in color and size, with adult males about 25 percent smaller by weight than females. Males range from blackish gray to pale blue-gray on the back with a reddish wash along sides of the breast and a banded tail; females have brownish backs.
In winter, it can be found throughout the state in open or semi-open habitats, but it is most regular near major estuaries, lakes, reservoirs, and occasionally in cities where food supplies are reliable. For nesting, Merlins use old crow, raven, hawk, or magpie nests, tree cavities, or cliff ledges. They hunt a variety of small to medium-sized birds, usually specializing in one or two locally abundant species.
Hear the call of the Merlin
Photo by Bob Swingle, ODFW
This is a large and power falcon. The majority of Gyrfalcons seen in Oregon are immatures or adults of the "gray" type, but there are several reports of "white" birds. The Gyrfalcon is a regular winter visitant to Oregon. The majority of sightings come from coastal and Willamette Valley lowlands near waterfowl concentrations. Individuals have been seen chasing and feeding on geese, ducks and gulls.
Gyrfalcons forage by flying low over the ground and flushing prey, then often giving spectacular tail chases. If a bird refuses to flush the hunt is usually unsuccessful. East of the Cascades it occurs around open meadowlands and prairies, as well as about waterfowl concentrations.
Photo by Bob Welle
Peregrine falcons are among the most charismatic and noted of the world's birds. They are described as the fastest animal on the planet, and have been recorded reaching speeds in excess of 240 miles an hour in dives after prey.
They are one of Oregon's boldest raptors, and have been observed usurping active Golden eagle nest sites, stealing fish from Ospreys and ground squirrels from adult Bald eagles who stray into their territory. It has, for perhaps 4,000 years, been used by falconers because of its skill in capturing game birds in tandem hunts with humans.
Peregrines are medium-sized raptors, and share characteristics with all falcons: bill conspicuously toothed and notched, presence of a nasal cone, and pointed wings for swift flight.
In Oregon, Peregrines occur as resident and migratory populations. It is a regular breeder and uncommon migrant.
The Peregrine falcon is an Oregon Conservation Strategy Species in the Coast Range and Northern Basin and Range ecoregions.
Hear the call of the Peregrine falcon
One of the most impressive sights in the unforested regions east of the Cascades is a Prairie falcon strafing a Belding's ground squirrel colony repeatedly at full speed in hopes of catching one emerging from its burrow at just the wrong moment.
Prairie falcons are most common in rimrock country where they nest, but may travel great distances in search of prey.
Prairie falcons are large, sandy brown above and off-white with variable amounts of streaking below. The face has a vertical stripe below the eye, as do many falcons. In flight, the long, pointed wings and long tail identify it as a falcon.
Hear the call of the Prairie falcon
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A single movement piece which seems to have been inspired by Bach's organ music, dedicated to the great saxophonist, Marcel Mule.
Although it took him ten years and prolonged playing or conducting sabbaticals from the Paris Conservatoire, Eugene Bozza won three prizes there - for violin, conducting and composition, as well as the 'Grand Prix de Rome' in 1934. It was as Head of the Conservatoire in Valenciennes that he did much of his composing and, despite training as a string player, many of his 250 published works are for wind instruments. These are often characterized by flowing melodies within an elegant structure which carefully take account of the capabilities of the instrument.
'Aria' seems to have been inspired by two of JS Bach's organ pieces and was written at the 'Villa de Medici' in Rome where Bozza was living as part of the 1934 'Prix' already mentioned. It is dedicated to Marcel Mule, a leading saxophonist of the day and it is said that Bozza wrote the piece in a hurry, in response to an enquiry as to what he had achieved musically during the first few months of his stay.


Hi everyone hope you are having a good Easter weekend !
It's been a wee while since I entered the Card Concept challenge but I loved the colours in the photo above and came up with this idea but faffed about with it a bit too much I think so edges are not as clean looking as I would like and stamped my sentiment a bit too high so had to do a save ...but ah well these things happen and I would still send it so decided to still post it too!
Think it would fit the clean and layered category???
I used my favourite W9 flower set and as I didn't have any coral ink (need to rectify that because love this colour combo!)used a Su marker pen in calypso coral, lucky limeade for the leaves and pool party cardstock for the aqua.
Beautiful floral Birthday card! What a great design. Thanks for playing along at The Card Concept!


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A 17-year-old boy has been arrested in Manenberg after firing gunshots in the area. Police spokesper...
A 17-year-old boy has been arrested in Manenberg after firing gunshots in the area.
Police spokesperson, Weslet Twigg, says they responded to a tip-off from community members and searched the suspect in Duinefontein Road.
He says they seized a point 38 revolver and ammunition.
The suspect is expected to appear in court soon.
says they also arrested a 26-year-old man for the illegal possession of 500 units of abalone on the N1 near Brackenfell.
The man is expected to appear in court later this week.
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