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By Adam LeBor On 07/04/16 at 11:00 AM EDT
A Republican soldier watches for Nationalist soldiers in Teruel, Spain in December 1937. Robert Capa/International Center of Photography/Magnum
Culture Novels World war II
Like a Michelin-starred chef or a composer of classical music, the spy novelist Alan Furst is an expert at developing variations on a theme. In his case, the theme is a morally weighted question: What would you do? Mathieu, the protagonist of Furst's new novel, A Hero in France, fights against the German invaders in 1940 and then decides to join the Resistance rather than live passively under Nazi tyranny, as some French chose to do.
"The book is about these upper-middle-class people who decided to fight back against the Germans," says Furst, speaking from his home in Sag Harbor on the east end of New York's Long Island. "They could ignore it, but they don't. There is moral compulsion—you watch something wrong going on, and one day you feel you have to do something about it. Or you don't."
A Hero in France is Furst's 14th novel about spies and wartime Europe. Some share a cast of minor characters. All of the books return to Furst's core interest. "They are anti-fascist books," he says. "They are about people who don't like authoritarian rule. They don't like living in tyranny, and they try to strike back against it."
Furst was born in 1941—too young to remember World War II. But he grew up on Manhattan's Upper West Side, an area with a large Jewish population that was shaped in part by the fresh, collective memory of a titanic, life-or-death struggle between good and evil—a struggle that continually demanded the sort of choices that captivate Furst. Resist or collaborate? Take a stand and risk everything or submit?
Furst's books, which have been translated into 18 languages, are set in Europe on the verge of World War II or during the early years of the conflict. For all the tragedy and agonizing moral decisions the war forced on the people of Europe, it also offers a storyteller an almost unparalleled opportunity for finding and telling gripping stories. "People marched, the newspapers were wildly political," says Furst.
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"Europe was on fire then, in all kinds of ways. It had a romantic intensity, and a political intensity, which is good for my books, and plenty of plot. I don't write as well as history does. History is the best fiction writer there is."
Furst's protagonists are invariably everymen—rather than professional spies or soldiers—struggling through that history. They are reliably smart, brave and capable, like Mathieu in A Hero in France. (They are also all men; women in Furst's novels tend to play a supporting role.) Furst's accidental heroes have a steep learning curve in spycraft, which helps the reader who does not happen to work in intelligence for a living identify more easily with them than if his protagonists were experienced agents and spy-runners.
Furst, who worked as an advertising copywriter before becoming a novelist, first discovered the world he would later fill with these amateur heroes in 1984, when reporting a travel story for Esquire magazine. He traveled to Eastern Europe, taking a passenger boat from Crimea, then part of the Soviet Union, across the Black Sea to the Danube's delta in Romania. Furst then traveled upriver through the Balkans and central Europe.
Author Alan Furst at his home in Sag Harbor, New York on May 30, 2012. Gordon M. Grant
That journey gave him the idea and setting for his novel, Night Soldiers. Published in 1988, the book begins: "In Bulgaria, in 1934, on a muddy street in the river town of Vidin, Khristo Stoianev saw his brother kicked to death by fascist militia." In one sentence, we are transported through time, to a specific place, and are immediately rooting for the protagonist. We want revenge for him even before we've made it to the second sentence, even before he's had a chance to express the desire himself.
As that opening sentence suggests, Furst's novels frequently depict the violence of the times and the anger that comes in its wake. But Furst's regular readers have come to know that his novels are also reliably compelling. "I am an entertainment novelist," he says. "My job is to take the reader for a ride, to somewhere he or she has never been and let them walk around in there."
Some of Furst's focus on entertaining the reader came from studying the great spy novelists, including Eric Ambler, whom many regard as the father of the modern espionage novel. Like Furst's heroes, Ambler's protagonists are often everyman figures, drawn into a world of danger and intrigue as Europe slides toward war.
Furst wrote the first paragraph of Night Soldiers by hand on the inside cover of an edition of The Mask of Dimitrios, Ambler's classic 1939 novel, while traveling on an airplane. "Ambler is like a god to me," says Furst. "He got the political reality of the time right there, and he was writing it then. Reading him, I get interested, excited and involved. I am really right there with the characters."
For all his success in building a fan base, Furst does have his detractors. Some less enthusiastic readers on Goodreads.com and Amazon.com complain that his books are reworkings of the same story and theme: A tough but sensitive 40-something intellectual man, attractive to women, slowly turns into a man of action. Furst readily agrees: "Yes, they are similar, a certain kind of person in every case. I like the age of 40, because you are sophisticated then, but you can still run."
Furst, who is 75, is unlikely to suddenly deviate from the era and part of the world that has served him so well. He keeps his distance from the modern world of perpetual connectivity and 24-hour news cycles. He lives in a wooden house and writes on an electric typewriter in a small converted garage. "I am an old-fashioned writer," he says. "I write narrative prose of the 1940s in order to write a book about the 1940s."
Although Furst's novels are mostly set in Europe, he doesn't stray too far from his garage when he's researching a novel. Instead, he uses several books as a basis for his research, including a 1952 edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. "It's close to the 1940s and reflects the sensibilities of the people who wrote it," he says.
Furst avoids using a tool that some writers who do not travel to the places they're writing about have come to rely on—Google Earth. The streets and buildings he'd be looking at through his computer screen would bear little resemblance to the places he writes about. "Madrid, Barcelona, Paris—they are all very different now," he says. "I am more interested in the Paris of the 1930s than the present day. Part of one of my novels takes place in Istanbul, but I have never been there."
That book is Blood of Victory, published in 2003. "My imagination does the work for me," says Furst. "It's a good imagination, and what happens is that if I am reading about Istanbul in 1936, I know all kinds of stories about it. When I am doing this kind of thing I am not myself anymore. I am like a time traveler. I can teleport back to a certain time." Each trip lasts a couple of hours, perhaps two and a half. "Then I cannot do it anymore. I look up and I am like, 'Who am I, where am I?'" When Furst's writing is at his best, that's exactly how his readers feel.
A Hero in France is published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson in the U.K. and by Random House in the U.S. The Washington Stratagem, Adam LeBor's latest thriller, is published by Head of Zeus and HarperCollins US.
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We finally got the drive up the side of the mountain! Took a lot of breaking rock with a trackhoe. We built six foundation pier forms out of plywood, hand dug the holes down past the frost line for the corners, then dug holes with my posthole auger for the sono tube piers in the mid walls.
 We borrowed a cement mixer from a friend, bought a LOT of sackcrete, and started mixing and pouring. Took about a week.
The rebar you see sticking out of the piers is to fasten the sill logs down with. We had to measure precisely, and drill holes through the log, then set it down over the pins. When the log was in place, we bent the rebar over to lock them down.
Couldn't have done any of this without my trusty John Deere and front end loader. A very heartfelt thanks to my friend Billy for making the forks for the loader!


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В'єтна́мці (самоназва  — В'єт, Кінь) — народ, основне населення В'єтнаму (74 млн осіб). Останнім часом став найпоширенішим у вживанні термін «В'єти», а «В'єтнамцями» називають усіх жителів В'єтнаму.

Чисельність, мова, релігія

Загальна чисельність 77 млн. Інші країни розселення: США — 1 643 тис., Камбоджа — 600 тис., Таїланд — 103 тис., Лаос — 100 тис., Австралія — 174 тис. Мова — в'єтнамська. Релігійна приналежність віруючих: буддисти, даосисти, конфуціанти, культ предків, частина — католики, прихильники синкретичних релігій.

Історія

Давньов'єтнамські племена, що входили до складу племінної групи в'є (юе), прийшли до Північного В'єтнаму в 1-му тисячолітті до н. е. з Південного Китаю. На рубежі нашої ери в'єтнамські племена стали гуртуватися в єдину народність. В'єтнамці виникли як окрема етнічна група між 200 роками до нашої ери і II століттям нашої ери шляхом змішання людей індонезійської раси з в'єтнамськими й тайськими іммігрантами, а також китайцями, які прийшли на північ В'єтнаму і правили з II століття нашої ери.

З часу прибуття китайців в'єтнамська цивілізація опинилась під сильним впливом Китаю і, через кхмерів і державу Чампа — Індії. Однак те, що в'єтнамці ніколи не були поглинені Китаєм, вказує на те, що сильна місцева культура існувала тут ще за 700 років до китайського правління, яке закінчилося в 938 році нашої ери.

Протягом двох тисячоліть етнічні в'єтнамці повільно просувалися на південь вздовж вузької прибережної смуги В'єтнаму, спочатку нанісши поразку тямам у XV столітті, а потім захопивши дельту Меконга (включаючи місце, де знаходиться сучасний Хошимін) у кхмерів у кінці XVII століття.

Після тривалого розвитку в'єтнамська народність на початку 20 ст. склалася в націю.

Побут

Основні заняття в'єтнамців — поливне землеробство (рис, кукурудза, батат, бавовна, чай, кунжут тощо) і рибальство. Частина населення зайнята в промисловості та водному транспорті. З художніх ремесел розвинуті поліхромний лаковий розпис, гончарство, латунно-карбоване виробництво, обробка кістки, панцира черепахи, рогів та ін. Основу харчування складають рис, овочі, рибні продукти. Стійко зберігається національний костюм, особливо у жінок (широкі шаровари і халат з високими бічними розрізами). Різноманітно народне музичне, хореографічне та театральне мистецтво. Популярність патріотичних сюжетів здавна характерна для мистецтва в'єтнамців.

Див. також

 В'єтнам
 Населення В'єтнаму

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 Современная энциклопедия
 В'єтнам на Укрінформ
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China Releases Draft Implementation Regulations for New Foreign Investment Law
On November 1, 2019 the Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Commerce, and the National Development and Reform Commission released the Draft Regulations on the Implementation of Foreign Investment of the People's Republic of China for public consultation.
China's draft implementations regulations for the new Foreign Investment Law provide working guidelines ahead of its coming into effect in January 2020.
The draft regulations focus on clarifying provisions on investment promotion, investment protection, and investment management.
Experts find the document's language purposely vague on key issues, though an optimistic few believe it indicates less scope for micro-management by government bodies.
The draft implementation regulations are a highly anticipated document that many hope will provide clarity on the new measures introduced by the Foreign Investment Law (FIL) – set to take effect January 1, 2020.
On paper, this new FIL, and its corresponding draft implementation regulations mark one of the most significant developments in China's treatment of foreign investment. The new regulations intend to accelerate market opening reforms, level the playing field for foreign and domestic firms, and eliminate inconsistencies in the enforcement of laws.
However, some observers criticize the FIL's vague wording and question its promised effect. Other observers are more optimistic and see in the vague wording a "new paradigm for modern FIEs where FIEs are no longer micro-managed on every aspect of how they are run."
As it stands, the draft implementation regulations are comprised of five chapters and 45 articles and address various issues ranging from forced technology transfer to protection of trade secrets.
The draft was first released to foreign business associations, including the US-China Business Council and EU Chamber, but has now been released to the public for further comment.
What do the draft implementation regulations say?
The three fundamental themes in the draft are: investment promotion, investment protection, and investment management.
Many of the common concerns long-expressed by foreign investors in China are addressed within the provisions of the draft, such as forced technology transfers, profit repatriation, and trade secrets. Some of the key issues include:
Allowing, capital gains, royalties, and IP license fees gained by foreign investors and foreign employees to be freely remitted in RMB or foreign exchange in accordance with the law and after paying tax (Article 23);
Establishing punitive damages systems for the infringement of IP rights (Article 24);
Limiting the extent, scope, and exposure of material concerning a foreign business' 'trade secrets' that will be required to be handed over to administrative bodies, and protecting the internal management system to protect this information (Article 26); and
Government officials cannot force or induce foreign investors to transfer technology either directly or using indirect methods described in the draft (Article 25).
It also clarifies certain terms used within the law, such as:
"Other investors" – which is now defined to include Chinese individuals, with Article 3 of the Draft Regulations expressly allowing foreign investors to make investments in China jointly with Chinese individuals.
In addition, the draft makes a concerted effort to improve communication channels between government departments and foreign businesses to create a more transparent business landscape. Some notable provisions are:
The government and its relevant departments should ensure laws, regulations, rules, normative documents and policy measures are in writing and published on national government service platforms, and should provide consulting and guidance services for foreign investors and companies (Article 11);
Profit-sharing clauses and the surplus property distribution clause will still be valid during the contractual term (Article 43); and
All policy commitments made by the local government will be in written form and not exceed the statutory authority given to them (Article 28);
Finally, the draft implementation reminds FIEs to make changes to the governing structure within six months after the five-year transitional period deadline (January 1, 2025), in which case FIEs will no longer be able to make other changes, and the incompliance will be shown in the Enterprise Information Publicity System (Article 42).
What do the experts think?
The new draft implementation regulations come less than two months prior to the FIL coming into force and mark a step towards making significant improvements to China's business climate for foreign businesses.
While some business associations like the EU Chamber have been impressed with the first draft of the implementing regulations, calling it "accommodating", others raise concerns about issues that remain unaddressed.
The US China Business Council (USBC) criticized the first round of the draft as being too light on details and containing "language that is unlikely to be enough to allow equal participation for foreign companies."
In particular, the senior vice president at USBC, Jake Parker, voiced his concern about the lack of explanation about the scope of key terms, such as 'trade secrets' 'national interests' and 'social public interests.'
However, Lorena Miera Ruiz, Senior Associate of Dezan Shira & Associates' International Business Advisory Department, notes that "though these draft regulations still leave a few questions unaddressed, it makes significant headway on many key issues concerning the FIL – such as whether the definition of 'investors' will encompass Chinese individuals and how the transitional period will work."
"Foreign investors should take time to review the provisions carefully before the new legislation takes forces come January 1, 2020," says Ruiz.
In the face of the ongoing US-China trade war and the slowing Chinese economy, there is mounting pressure to continue to attract the same level of foreign direct investment into China.
The government introduced the FIL draft implementation regulations and the Regulation on Optimizing Business Environment, another document that aims to guarantee equal market access for businesses – within mere weeks from each other.
Regardless, foreign investment in China is showing steady growth. According to figures released by MOFCOM last month, FDI rose 6.5 percent in RMB terms (and 2.9 percent in US dollar terms) in the first three quarters of 2019.
This article was first published by China Briefing, which is produced by Dezan Shira & Associates. The firm assists foreign investors throughout Asia from offices across the world, including in in China, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Singapore, India, and Russia. Readers may write info@dezshira.com for more support.
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Q: How do you check if webanimation API is supported in the browser? Is there a way to check if a browser supports the webanimation API so that we don't need to load the webanimations polyfill?
The documentation on github talks about Element.animate and Playback Control. I can check for $0.animate on an element but I'm not sure how to check for Playback control. Is this the accurate way to check if we need the polyfill?

A: To add to @brianskold response - I used:
if ('animate' in elementToAnimate) {
 // do something
} else {
 // fallback code
}

This works in Chrome & Firefox and falls back if it's not supported!

A: If Element.animate is present, I think it's reasonable to assume playback control is too.
Chrome initially shipped Element.animate support in Chrome 36. It added playback control in Chrome 39 which has been shipping for a long time now (current Chrome is 51).
Firefox will ship Element.animate including playback control in Firefox 48 (currently in beta).
I don't expect either Safari or Edge will ever ship Element.animate without playback control.
However, there are other features that are part of the spec that are not shipped by any browser yet such as the finished promise, the effect attribute, or additive animation (although some of these features are available in Firefox Nightly/DevEdition and Chrome Canary). If you are relying on any of these features then you might still need the polyfill.
Also, the polyfill should fall back to the native implementation when available, but I suppose you are trying to avoid downloading the polyfill altogether?

A: There is no secure way for checking since some browsers may not fully implement the API but still implement Element.animate.
Instead of checking you might want to use a polyfill instead which falls down to the API if present.
This polyfill project might fit your needs. I used it for several projects and am satisfied with it:
https://github.com/web-animations/web-animations-js

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On Iran, it's time for Obama to set clear lines for military action
By Jamie Fly and
On Iran, President Obama has dangled plenty of carrots. It's time to pull out some sticks.
With a new round of talks coming this week in Baghdad between Iran and the group of nations known as the "P5+1" — the United States, Britain, China, France, Germany and Russia — over Tehran's nuclear program, the Obama administration has gone to great lengths to stress the possibility and desirability of a diplomatic solution, and to make clear that the military option is a last resort. As White House deputy national security adviser Denis McDonough said this month in a speech to the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, "We believe the policy we are pursuing is working. . . . We're not involved in a negotiation effort for the sake of negotiations."
But despite the optimism that came out of the negotiations last month in Istanbul, there is little reason to believe that Iran is serious about doing anything other than using the coming weeks to enrich more uranium and make progress toward a nuclear weapon. Success in the Baghdad talks would mean starting a process that would halt Iran's program rather than just buy more time for Tehran. To do so, the United States must not only lay out the curbs on Iran's nuclear program that Washington would be willing to reward, but also clearly outline what advances in Iran's nuclear program it would be compelled to punish with military force. This is the only way to prove to the Iranians that, as Obama has said, the window is indeed closing.
Over the past six years, the international community has engaged in an intense diplomatic effort to persuade Iran to give up its nuclear program. All the while, the program has continued to progress, reaching disturbing milestones.
For example, in 2008, the international community was concerned about Iran's mastery of enrichment at a formerly secret underground facility at Natanz and would have found the construction of another enrichment facility highly provocative. Nevertheless, in September 2009, the existence of such a facility was exposed; earlier this year, Iran began enriching uranium at the facility near Qom.
Similarly, in January 2010, Iran was enriching uranium to 3.5 percent — a low level that has plausible applications for a civilian nuclear energy program — at Natanz, but we consoled ourselves with the hope that Iran wouldn't be reckless enough to enrich to higher levels under the watchful eyes of international inspectors. That is, until it did just that. Iran now possesses more than 100 kilograms of 20 percent-enriched uranium, having done 90 percent of the work required to get to weapons-grade material.
At their news conference at the G-8 Summit in September 2009 revealing the site at Qom, Obama, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown expressed anger that Iran had again been caught concealing an enrichment facility, which U.S. officials claimed was "the right size" to produce weapons-grade uranium and was designed to give Iran "an option of producing weapons-grade uranium without the international community knowing about it."
But when it came to a response, the United Nations did not approve sanctions against Tehran until nine months later.
Even beyond Qom, international sanctions have been disconnected from Iranian actions, driven instead by the politics and the timelines of the U.N. Security Council, the European Union or the U.S. Congress. This obviously limits their deterrent value.
Iran has repeatedly crossed what should have been bright red lines for the international community. But instead of taking tough measures to stop them, the world simply watched, responding with bluster not backed up by serious repercussions. If the regime crosses another red line in the future, such as enriching beyond 20 percent, will we stand by once again?
The Obama administration has articulated only one bright red line: building nuclear weapons. But if we wait until Iran turns the final screws on a nuclear device, we probably will be too late. The administration's pledge to use force if necessary also rings hollow if Iran is allowed to make significant progress in all the other areas required for a weapon.
The United States can strike Iran's nuclear facilities to prevent Iran from making weapons-grade uranium, but once it has the fissile material, the game is over. At that point, our options would be reduced to either beginning an operation to topple the regime — which would most likely require ground forces — or simply praying that Tehran doesn't weaponize. Neither is attractive.
A more reasonable set of red lines would include advances that would greatly shrink Iran's dash time to a bomb, such as building additional covert facilities, installing advanced centrifuges at Natanz or Qom, maintaining larger stockpiles of low-enriched uranium, enriching beyond 20 percent, kicking out international inspectors, or conducting certain weaponization-related research.
Clearly articulating the red lines that Iran cannot cross would place the last clear chance to avoid a confrontation squarely on its shoulders. If Iran is willing to put hard ceilings on all aspects of its nuclear program, it can avoid a near-term conflict, but if it pushes forward, it will invite a strike that will be much more painful for itself than it is for the United States. After all, Washington has a spectrum of viable military options, including a limited strike against a few key nuclear facilities, as well as a broader bombing campaign that could destroy the Iranian military and destabilize the regime. The response could be commensurate to the seriousness of Iran's transgressions.
This proactive approach should help calm nerves in the region about Obama's mettle, and could forestall Israel from taking matters into its own hands.
Some will argue that articulating red lines would legitimize Iran's activities thus far. But the confidence-building measures the international community has previously put on the table — such as fuel-swap proposals — have already had that effect, even if unintentionally. Red lines could be outlined in a way that does not undermine the Security Council's demands that Iran halt all enrichment activities and answer the International Atomic Energy Agency's questions about possible military dimensions of its program. The benefits of being clear about what we cannot accept outweigh the possible costs.
No one wants military action. But drawing red lines linked to the guaranteed use of force by Washington and its allies could be the best way to avoid conflict. Iran temporarily halted key aspects of its nuclear program when it faced what it deemed the real potential of a U.S. military attack after the invasion of Iraq in 2003.
Only if Iran's leaders again fully understand that future nuclear advances would result in a devastating military strike will they be deterred from inching closer to nuclear weapons, which would menace international peace and security for decades.
jfly@foreignpolicyi.org
mkroenig@cfr.org
Jamie Fly, executive director of the Foreign Policy Initiative, served as director for counterproliferation strategy on the National Security Council staff of the George W. Bush administration. Matthew Kroenig, a Stanton nuclear security fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, served as adviser on Middle East policy in the office of the secretary of defense from 2010 to 2011.
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Touba Gui was furious as he sat on the throne. He had the highest possible title in the Western Cloud Empire but there was no trace of happiness on his face. His original expectations and the current situation were two totally different situations. The ministers that had given their allegiance to him and the commanders of the imperial palace guard were all killed. The transition was planned to be peaceful as those people would advocate Touba Gui's claim to the throne. However, now there would be people who would inevitable follow Touba Hong. There would be chaos for a while as Touba Gui's aim was to attack the Sky Lion Dynasty and unify the continent after sitting on the throne.
A middle-aged man was standing not far away from Touba Gui. He was wearing a special costume with a crown engraved on it meaning that the man was the imperial historian.
"Do you know how this matter will be engraved into the pages of history?" Touba Gui asked in a cold tone as he looked at the Imperial Historian.
"Oh, how did you write it down?" Touba Gui didn't expect that the historian would come up with a good excuse to hide the real situation in such a short notice.
The middle aged man brought forward a small notebook.
The imperial historians were responsible to write down the the Annals of History and record the major historical events of the empire. Touba Gui took the notebook and opened it. He looked down and the next moment his hands trembled. Touba Gui was furious.
"Bold! Guards… Behead him!" Touba Gui shouted.
There were only 5 words in the notebook regarding the incident.
Touba Gui killed the emperor!
Touba Gui shredded the notebook in fury as he called the deputy historian to talk about the details.
The Imperial Historians were familiar with the situations inside the Imperial Court so they knew more than one way to cover everything.
The Deputy Historian came in to the hall and bowed.
The historian was aware of his superior's fate when he was called in by Touba Gui.
"Behead him!" Touba Gui went crazy.
"Summon another historian." Touba Gui roared in rage.
The third historian was more than aware of the destiny of previous two historians when he was summoned in. He didn't talk as he handed out his notebook.
Touba Hong was standing on top of the tallest building in the Wuhe Town and watching the sunset. There was sadness expressed on his face. He didn't know the reason but he felt sad out of nowhere.
"What's wrong?" Xiao Yu asked.
Xiao Yu listened in silence. He had already sent people back to Lion territory to check the situation. He would mobilize a team to help Touba Hong in Wuhe town if there was no crisis in the Lion territory.
Xiao Yu was aware that the pressure would be the greatest at the early days of the rebellion. After Touba Ye's death the target would be the other princes. Touba Hong was the most promising prince out of all so Touba Gui will aim for Touba Hong's life.
Xiao Yu was planning to help Touba Hong to block the attack at him and slowly help Touba Hong to gather a strong army. Afterwards, Xiao Yu would withdraw from the battlefield and let Touba Hong act on his own.
Touba Hong was a man of talents. Xiao Yu was planning to make Touba Hong stabilize his footing and get rid of Touba Gui in the future to become the next emperor.
However, Xiao Yu wasn't planning to strongly support Touba Hong. He didn't want Touba Hong to quickly get rid of Touba Gui. There was no benefit to Xiao Yu if the Western Cloud Empire was united.
The most favorable situation to Xiao Yu was chaotic Western Cloud Empire. This way, that mysterious force wouldn't be able to attack Lion territory. At the end of the day, the mysterious force was supporting Touba Gui so Xiao Yu had to support Touba Hong.
A days passed. Foror was leading the work force that worked on enhancing the defense of Wuhe town. It had become a huge city in short time. A group of cavalry men rushed into the Wuhe town as they had brought message.
Touba Hong stepped back in shock when he heard the word. It meant that his father was dead. The cavalry men told Touba Hong about the details of the incident in the Imperial Capital. They told Touba Hong the way Toube Ye lead the Western Camp and fought Touba Gui in decisive battle. Moreover, they informed Toub Hong about Touba Ye's last words regarding Touba Hong becoming the emperor.
Touba Gui had blocked the Imperial Palace but there were people who were able to escape and deliver information to other forces. Moreover, there were several shadow guards who were able to survive the massacre. It was easy for them to leave the city.
He remembered the tall man who raised him and told him that he would become a great warrior when he grew up. Touba Ye had many sons but Touba Hong was his favorite. He couldn't make him the crown prince because of the political reasons. Now, at the collapse of his rule this great man had declared to the whole world that Touba Hong would be the next emperor. Touba Hong was clear that Touba Ye didn't choose to escape so that he could pave the way for Touba Hong.
greatest king? maybe you mean Emperor?
Greatest king implies the best there was. Emperor usually means they have to be amongst the biggest nations or conquer some nations one way or another, or rule over a nation that had already conquered nations.
True, his father was emperor, but that might've been more due to his own efforts.
at first he got like some wan he defand know he kill but no more???


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John Pugh Pryse (1739–1774) was the member of Parliament for the constituency of Cardiganshire in 1761–1768 and Merioneth in the parliament of 1768–1774.

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Spark ignition in concept is simple. Induce a high-tension current at exactly the precise moment, and you can make a spark jump a small gap inside an engine's combustion chamber. Spark gaps from early on were about 0.8mm, or 0.031 of an inch. With such a gap, 15,000 volts or more is required to overcome the inherent resistance of the air and mixture in the gap and start a current flowing, but when it jumps across, lightning strikes. Initial temperatures in the plasma formed by the spark can be more than 100,000 degrees, as all molecules where the current begins are disassociated into their highly reactive individual atoms. As the current flow continues, the average temperature in the sustained arc drops to just over 10,000 degrees. This is more than sufficient to begin to burn the oxygen and components of fuel mixture in the gap, forming an initial flame kernel that will spread out to burn essentially all the mixture in the combustion chamber.
The spark plug provides the gap at a precise location and in replaceable form; as you might suspect, the high current and hostile environment inside an engine eventually leads to a nonserviceable spark gap. The plug itself consists of three main parts: an outer steel shell that screws into a hole tapped into the cylinder head and acts as the ground for the current, a center conducting rod (the central electrode) to transmit the current (and heat as well), and a resistant electrical insulator between them. In the early days, the insulator was porcelain (fragile) or stacked mica (difficult to seal), and the central electrode might be highly conductive copper. Later, the insulator would be sintered alumina, a strong, electrically nonconductive ceramic that has the added benefit of conducting heat relatively well—more on that later.
Because pressure inside a combustion chamber can be well over 1,000 psi at its peak, sealing on a spark plug is critical. Typically, the joint between the outer shell and cylinder head is sealed with a crush washer, but it's also necessary to seal between shell and insulator, as well as the insulator and central electrode. This is done with compressed glass/powdered metal joints during manufacture on current plugs, but was handled by brazing these joints on early plugs.
During operation, the tip of the electrode and surrounding insulator inside the engine is exposed to raw fuel, combustion byproducts, and even engine oil that slips past piston rings. It is heated by combustion itself. If the electrode tip gets too hot, it can serve as a hot spot causing preignition and detonation, or even melt. Not surprisingly, temperature control in a spark plug is a major design issue, and spark plugs are designed in various heat ranges, the choice of which depends on the characteristics of a particular engine or even duty cycle. You can recognize these design choices by looking at how the insulator at the electrode end is tapered; a long tapered electrode that reaches far down into the shell before making contact is a "hot" plug because the heat path from tip through insulator to shell to cylinder head is longer. A "cold" plug might have the ceramic come almost to the end of the outer shell. The idea is to have the insulator run at a high enough temperature that it is self-cleaning for carbon and other deposits, and still have enough heat flow away from the electrode tip that it doesn't overheat. This balancing act has been predetermined by factory engineers, so generally the recommended plug is best unless you dramatically change engine tune or run someplace with an unusual duty cycle, like Daytona International Speedway with its 50-percent-wide-open-throttle laps.
Additionally, the electrode material on more-expensive plugs may be made of a high-temperature, "noble" corrosion-resistant metal such as platinum or iridium. With their tolerance of higher temperature, these can be reduced to fine wires, which both makes forming the initial spark easier electrically and reduces the heat flow back into the plug.
Note: The article was reproduced in MotorcycleUSA.


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Saadia's story
Before Saadia Sehar's husband went to cover a story in Afghanistan for Reuters, she teased him to grow a beard before attempting to report on the Taliban.
Fearful of what could happen to journalists brave enough to cover post 9/11 Afghanistan, just two months after the terrorist attacks that struck America in September 2001, Saadia warned Aziz Ullah Haidari, an Afghan, to stay away from the war.
He had been working at the news agency for five years as a correspondent and photographer.
On November 17, despite her warnings, he travelled from Pakistan to the Jalalabad province.
"When he left, it was the first day of Ramadan. He was fasting," she said.
As he and dozens of foreign journalists made their way to Kabul, their convoy was ambushed. Aziz, the 33 year old man Saadia had been married to for five years, the father of her two young children, was killed. Armed men working for the Taliban shot dead at least three male journalists, including Aziz, and brutally raped one Italian female journalist before breaking her bones and then murdering her too.
Continuing Aziz's legacy
Broken-hearted Saadia, a Pakistani who had fought with her conservative parents to accept her mixed marriage, was in a complete state of shock.
"I never thought he would leave me like this," she said, in an interview with the Doha Centre for Media Freedom.
Having given up working, she was a full-time housewife with a penchant for taking photographs.
"I wanted to carry on in his field," she explained. "I wanted to carry on his mission and journalism."
As a single mother starting from scratch, Saadia has become a prominent photojournalist in the country over the past decade.
She's worked for publications, newswires and development organisations including Nikhar, a local urdu weekly, the INP news agency, UNICEF and the Xinhua News agency.
Earlier this month, the Rural Media Network Pakistan, a non-profit organisation, recognised her bravery and courage, awarding her Pkr 125,000 ($1,406) in an annual press freedom prize, sponsored by the World Association of Newspapers & News Publishers.
"The recognition of Saadia for the award is a symbol of struggle for the right of information and a reminder to international community about the tragic conditions Pakistan has been suffering since the war on terror after 9/11 attacks ," said the RMNP president Ehsan Ahmed. "Saadia Sehar has set a new precedent for women in Pakistan media by adopting her husband's profession after his brutal murder."
'You are a woman. You can't do this.'
Being married to a well-known and successful journalist did not open any doors for her as she attempted to break into journalism.
"We live in a male oriented society," said the photojournalist. "When I joined this field, it was mostly men that discouraged me. 'You are a woman, you can't do this' they told me. 'How can you hold a camera? How can you network in a seminar? How can you cover a protest?' they asked me."
After a brief stint at her husband's former employer Reuters, Saadia quit after the bureau chief refused to allow her to take on Aziz's position completely. Desperate to continue his legacy, she moved to Visual News where she worked for six years.
Speaking about a traumatic job she covered, reporting from northern Pakistan in 2005 after a devastating earthquake hit, she describes the experience as 'the most memorable.'
"I remember that one clearly," she said. "I felt very sad. I saw lots of situations there; people trapped in houses, people injured, people dying. In Muzaffarabad, I saw a lot of death and damage. Villages were totally destroyed. I was there for one week, without any clothes or food. I filed a big story, and I still remember it as an important experience in my life."
Fighting for freedom
As the environment for journalists in Pakistan has worsened, however, the most troubling events in media are no longer having to cover disasters. The country's record for its treatment of journalists is in decline, and Saadia has not escaped the brutality often inflicted on those working in the industry.
In September 2007, she was beaten and arrested by police in the capital city, Islamabad, while covering a demonstration against former military dictator Pervez Musharraf . At least 12 other journalists were also injured. Two months later, she was again arrested and detained for a night in Islamabad while protesting against the ban on GEO, a television station, from transmitting.
"I think our media is not free," she said. "When we want to say anything, when we want to talk about the reality, they punish us. I've left jobs because of that. I had to file stories and pictures that don't hold any truth in Pakistan. They don't want any truth."
But with a decade of experience under her belt, Saadia looks set to continue her husband's legacy, regardless of restrictions.
"He wanted to help poor people, and document their lives and struggles," she said. "He worked for the freedom of the press. 'I want to free the press. I want freedom of speech. If you don't have freedom of speech, you can't say anything' he used to say to me."
Published on the Doha Centre for Media Freedom website on 14th September, 2011
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Nunavut este cel mai recent și cel mai întins teritoriu al Canadei, localizat în nord-estul țării, in zona continentală din nord-vestul golfului Hudson și în cea mai mare parte a Arhipelagului Arctic Canadian. Numele teritoriului înseamnă în limba inuktitut "pământul nostru", teritoriul canadian fiind mare cât Europa de Vest.

În iunie 1993, Parlamentul canadian a adoptat "Legea în privința revendicărilor teritoriale asupra Nunavut" și "Legea Nunavut". După stabilirea frontierelor noului teritoriu, Nunavut s-a desprins de Teritoriile de Nord-vest în 1999.

Capitala este Iqaluit, temperatura medie în iulie fiind +4/+12 grade Celsius, iar cea din ianuarie fiind -31/-23 grade.

Teritoriul se întinde pe o suprafață de 2.038.722 km² și are 35.600 locuitori, majoritatea eschimoși, în 2013.

Din punct de vedere administrativ, teritoriul este împărțit în trei regiuni:

 Kitikmeot
 Kivalliq
 Qikiqtaaluk

Economia teritoriul este controlată de Guvernul teritorial-inuit, nefiind foarte diversă: minerit, extracția de petrol și de gaz natural, meștesuguri artistice, pescuit, turism, transport, vânătoare. Din punct de vedere educațional, există Colegiul Arctic Nunavut, de profil universitar, înființat în 1995 la Arviat. Există câteva baze militare și centre de cercetare științifică (Canadian High Arctic Research Station - CHARS). Anual, în aprilie, Iqaluit găzduiește "Nunavut Mining Symposium", o expoziție ce prezintă activitatea economică din zonă.

Potrivit recensământului din 2006, 69,54% din populație vorbește inuktitut, 26,75% engleza, 1,27% franceza, iar 1,02% inuinnaqtun. Totodată, 58% din populație aparține Bisericii anglicane a Canadei, 23% sunt catolici, iar 4% penticostali.

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I have often been asked who we are. The answer to this entails the various functions of the Messiah. All the religions that descend from the Torah contain ideas about who he is and what they are expecting the Messiah to be. At the time of Yeshua, Israel, being under Roman rule did not have control over its own destiny. Even though the state of Israel today thinks that it is completely independent of foreign rule, the world will not allow them to call their capital city, Jerusalem. Instead most countries have their embassies in Tel Aviv. What other country is not given this right? Imagine if the USA wanted Canada to move its capital Ottawa to Quebec. We are living in times where we are close to the coming of Messiah.
This portion Ki Tavo contains the same blessings and curses that we saw in Leviticus. Here Moshe is begging the people to recommit themselves to the Torah which is the centrality of Israel. It is not only for the Jews; it is also for all humanity. Unfortunately all the religions agree that the Torah is not for the Gentiles. Our Creator chose a man named Abram who he would call Abraham: the "father of many nations". This is an important term. We see at the beginning of this parashah that when the people of Israel would enter the Promised Land, at the first harvest they would bring the Creator their tithes, their first fruits and they would make a declaration — my father was a wandering Aramean who went down to Egypt... Abram was not an Israelite in spite of what people might say about him. He was a goy, a gentile and he is the father of humanity. Here is a principle for us….the Creator chose Abram; Abram did not choose the Creator. The Torah states that a small number of people went down to Egypt and lived there where they became a large and powerful nation. The Egyptians afflicted them and imposed hard labor upon them. They cried out to God and He took them out of Egypt with an outstretched arm, with awesome miracles, signs and wonders bringing them to the land flowing with milk and honey (Deut.26:5-10).
First of all I say to "the so called 'Palestinians'", you were not there at that time. You might call yourselves Canaanites but you never existed as a people. You are Arabs who came from Lebanon, Jordan, Syria and Egypt. The Israelites were there from the beginning. It was the Romans who changed the name of Israelites to Palestinians. This name was revived by the British when they partitioned the land in 1947. The Israelis were called Palestinians then and in fact their newspaper used to be the Palestinian Post, now the Jerusalem Post. The United Nations supports the lie that the Palestinian people exist and Israel stands alone against this idea. What is in our favor is the One who stands with us! At this time of the year Israel needs to recognize the part they have played in all of this. In Deut. 28 there are warning after warning about what would happen when they do not obey Him. They would be expelled from their land and they would be following after other gods in the foreign lands in which they would be sojourners. This has happened. We are back in the land and sadly we have not learned from our own history if not from the Torah. Disobedience has consequences.
How can a proselyte call his father an Aramean who came out of Egypt?
In Judaism our rabbis created conversion procedures dependent upon their own particular various groups and sects. They defined who is a Jew according to the mother but that differs from the Torah which states it is from the father. This creates a problem. That would mean that Isaac, Jacob and his sons were not Jews since their mothers were gentile. Then they invented a dogma that all the mothers of Israel were converted. Ruth, the great grandmother of King David was a Moabite. The Torah states that a Moabite could not enter the Temple up to the 10th generation. Does that mean that all King David's descendants were not Jews? There are so many more examples. Who was the child of Judah whose daughter-in law, Tamar became pregnant by him? She was a Canaanite. Perez and Zerah were their sons. Joseph had two sons through his wife, the daughter of the high priest of Egypt Potifera. Does that mean that Ephraim and Manasseh were not Jews? This is the problem when we go against the Torah. The Christian religion has also changed the Scriptures as we have seen where they teach that someone else will pay for your sins. You don't need to worry. The Torah teaches the opposite…each of us is responsible for our own transgressions. These are all theological inventions.
I have met many of you who do not know if you have Jewish blood but you are more of an Israelite than many Jews that I know because of your love for the Torah and the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. That is the true Israel.
Do I need to be circumcised?
I was once asked by a non Jew if it is ok to be circumcised. I asked him why. He said that he wanted to be a Jew. After Yeshua was murdered, his talmidim met in Jerusalem and the leader of their synod at the time was Yaakov or James, the brother of Yeshua. Shimon Kefas (Simon Peter) and Rav Shaul (Paul) were there. Their question was about this very subject. They discussed the multitudes of gentiles who were coming to believe that Yeshua was Messiah and they didn't know what to do with them. At that time there were two major Jewish schools of learning in Israel, Hillel and Shammai. Shammai was very ethnocentric, only Jews could follow this. Hillel was Universalist where Torah was the gift for all humanity. Shammai taught that there were three things they would need to do: 1) circumcision 2) mikveh 3) sit in the synagogue and learn what they would need to do. Hillel was 1) go to the mikveh first where they would renounce other gods – cleansed from impurities of old life 2) go sit at the seat of Moshe, in the synagogue and learn the Torah 3) finally if they decided to be part of Israel they would be circumcised. The synod decided to follow the advice of Hillel. This has nothing to do with being saved. The other religions have confused this issue. Brit Mila gives you the right to be part of Israel in your calling. What happens if you decide not to undergo Brit Mila? You are considered part of the nations but you can still live a righteous life according to the Torah.
Why would you want to become a Jew?
The only reason that circumcision is valid is not to make someone a Jew. It is because they want to be Shomer Torah. Otherwise forget about circumcision. Shomer Torah means that you follow and live Torah. It is not a set of rules and regulations. It is a living thing. Then you can make the proclamation that "my father was an Aramean, who went down to Egypt and finally went to the Promised Land". You become a spiritual child of the new Abraham, the father of all the nations. This is so important to understand. Only a relationship with Him leads us to the right place, not religion.
The High Holidays are coming. There are special days that we need to keep. A true Shomer Torah has the desire to live the Ten Commandments understanding that they are not the Ten Suggestions. The first three are primordial. The first one lets us know that He is a historical God…"I am the God who brought you out of the land of Egypt." He is not the creation, He is the Creator. He gave us an identity. We are who we are because of Him not vice versa. We depend on Him, He doesn't depend on us. Number 2, we are not to make anything to replace Him in anyway. He is totally against idolatry, anything that substitutes the true Creator. Today we are so sophisticated that we have found new gods…Apple, Google. They stand in line hours to get a new phone. Others idealize other human beings. Our gods are not statues but lie in our minds. Each of the religions has created their own gods from ideas and beliefs. And number 3, you shall not speak my Name in vain. Many of us do not understand the true meaning of this. Our dear rabbis made a fence around this law to protect us that says we cannot even pronounce the name of God. This is not what He was alluding to. He said do not use my name in vain for things that are not important. Today we see so many movies where the name of God is used for swearing with no respect or reverence for the Almighty. Sacred objects to some and used as words of insults by others. If we mention the Creator, do it for the right reason. That is what it means. We have been placed under the oppression of our religious leaders and for most it means that we don't have to think for ourselves; others will tell us what to believe. The Creator wants to have a relationship directly with us. This is why He gave us free will.
Let us be honest with ourselves as we approach these festivals. It is the time to examine ourselves and look within. Search me O God and know my heart; see if there is any wicked way within me. Lead me to your everlasting way. Psalm 139:23-24.


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RENO, Nev. — Country singer Billy Ray Cyrus honored a Nevada teacher killed by a 12-year-old student in a schoolyard shooting last year, calling him a "true American hero."
Cyrus praised Michael Landsberry and presented a memorial plaque to his widow, Sharon, during a concert Saturday night in Incline Village, a Nevada community on north shore of Lake Tahoe.
Police say Landsberry, a 45-year-old ex-Marine, tried to talk the shooter into turning over the handgun before he was shot in the chest Oct. 21 at a middle school in the Reno suburb of Sparks. The student wounded two classmates before taking his life.
"Tonight we are here to honor a true American hero," Cyrus told a crowd of over 1,000. "Michael Landsberry made the ultimate sacrifice to save his students after serving three terms in Afghanistan."
Cyrus said Landsberry also represented the courage of the Vietnam veteran honored in his patriotic song, "Some Gave All." With a large photograph of Landsberry in the background and the math teacher's widow on stage, Cyrus led the crowd in singing the song.
Cyrus said he was moved by the story of Landsberry's actions in the school shooting and decided to recognize him when offered a chance to perform at Lake Tahoe.
He and his father, Ronald Ray Cyrus, made similar presentations honoring American heroes for more than a decade, and this marked the first time the country star has done so since his father's 2006 death.
"Just about every year, my dad and I would find an unsung hero and present them with a 'Some Gave All' award," he told The Associated Press. "I kind of play everything by ear, and I thought sometime when the time is right, I would love to recognize the sacrifice Michael made."
Sharon Landsberry thanked Cyrus and said his tribute moved her and their two daughters, Alisa Cook, 25, and Andrea Cook, 18. Alisa Cook also attended the concert, while Andrea Cook offered a videotaped message from an aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf, where she serves in the Marines.
"We all love him today … He lives within all of us," Sharon Landsberry said of her husband.
Cyrus, who rose to fame in 1992 with the hit song "Achy Breaky Heart," also gave her a "financial gift." The amount was not disclosed.
The singer is involved with a program called Do the Write Thing, which aims to reduce school violence by encouraging the public to alert authorities to potential problems at schools.
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France and Germany are celebrating 55 years of friendship
55 years ago, on 22nd January 1963, the French president Charles de Gaulle and the German Federal Chancellor Konrad Adenauer laid the foundation for the unique friendship between France and Germany with the signing of the Élysée Treaty. In the following decades the Franco-German relationship became a symbol of reconciliation and a strong driving force for the construction of the European Union.
On the occasion of the 55th anniversary of the Élysée Treaty, the Alliance Franҫaise and the Goethe-Institut, under the high patronage of the Embassies of Germany and France in Ghana, launch an evening of celebration on
27th January, 2018,at 5:00pm, at Alliance Franҫaise Accra.
The programme includes a school choir festival with seven choirs from seven schools, a panel discussion with the Young Diplomates of Ghana and a poster exhibition with the milestones of the Franco-German relationship.
Ghana has close ties to both partner countries. Both, Germany and France, celebrated 60 years of diplomatic relationship with Ghana last year. The Embassies of France and Germany are proud to see that also in Ghana students not only learn French or German, but sometimes - and especially in the case of the French and the German school - are encouraged to learn both languages. At the school choir festival they will compete with a French and a German song each.
Ambassador Christoph Retzlaff (Germany) and Ambassador François Pujolas (France)
The Franco-German friendship finds expression on various levels:
· The governments work closely together on the base of half-yearly meetings, the Franco-German Council of Ministers founded by the Elysée Treaty. Furthermore, ministers of one country are invited to take part in the cabinet meeting of the other country, the two foreign ministers jointly undertake missions abroad, many decisions on European level are discussed by France and Germany in advance.
· Economically the two countries are linked by very close relations. France and Germany remain the main trading partners for each other in Europe.
· An impressive variety of institutions and activities of the civil society ensure a lively exchange between the people of both countries. More than 6,000 students are registered in the network of the Franco-German University, and the Franco-German Youth Office organizes youth exchange programmes for 200,000 participants from France and Germany every year. Town twinnings, cultural institutes as well as the Franco-German channel ARTE provide for mutual information about each other.
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More mentally ill reaching old age
Better treatment should mean fewer people with ailments like schizophrenia will die young.
More mentally ill reaching old age Better treatment should mean fewer people with ailments like schizophrenia will die young. Check out this story on desmoinesregister.com: http://dmreg.co/1T7dpnV
Tony Leys, tleys@dmreg.com Published 7:30 p.m. CT Aug. 8, 2015 | Updated 8:38 a.m. CT Aug. 9, 2015
Dr. Susan Schultz, University of Iowa geriatric psychiatrist(Photo: University of Iowa/Special to the Register)
Society will need to add services for seniors with mental illnesses, because more people with those conditions are surviving into old age, a University of Iowa expert said.
"It's a very difficult social problem, and we'll have to start thinking carefully about how best to meet that need. It's a big question that will become more important over time," said Dr. Susan Schultz, a geriatric psychiatrist who is director of the university's Center on Aging.
Researchers have long known that people with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or similar conditions tend to die years or decades earlier than others, Schultz said. The premature deaths have been largely attributed to poor physical health, including ailments that went untreated because people with mental illness were less likely to obtain timely medical care.
But health care providers have strengthened their monitoring and care of such patients, and modern psychiatric medications have helped more people with mental illness function and thrive, she said. Those improvements should soon start showing up in lifespan statistics, she said.
Schultz stressed that not all seniors with mental illnesses need to be placed in specialized facilities. Standard nursing homes can handle many such residents, especially if the facilities' staff members are properly trained, she said. It's important that the staff members talk to the patients' previous mental health care providers, so they understand how best to handle the patients' issues, she said.
But Schultz said some patients with deep mental illness probably would benefit from staying in specialized nursing homes that focus on such cases. Schultz predicted there will be a need for more such facilities soon. Iowa now has just three.
Schultz sometimes referred her patients to the geriatric program at the Iowa Mental Health Institute at Clarinda, which closed in June. She said many of those patients would likely need extensive assistance.
"Clearly the type that we see coming from Clarinda, they were there for a reason because they have complex illnesses," she said. But she didn't know enough details about each case to comment on the appropriateness of sending some to standard nursing homes.
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Scientists find molecular key to body making healthy T cells
By ONA Editor	 October 29, 2019 No Comments
In a finding that could help lead to new therapies for immune diseases like multiple sclerosis and IBD, scientists report in the Journal of Experimental Medicine identifying a gene and family of proteins critical to the formation of mature and fully functioning T cells in the immune system.
T cells are an essential part of our body's immune defenses, helping it fend off germs that cause immune disease, cancer and other illnesses.
Researchers at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center who led the study say their experiments show the transcription factor activator protein 1, or AP-1, is critical to setting the stage for microbiological processes in the nucleus of early immature T cells that allow the cells to form correctly.
For T cells to activate and mature, the scientists say AP-1 must help open up chromatin – the twisting structure of DNA that winds around and condenses itself in the cell nucleus to control the cell.
This stimulates a cascade of genetic and molecular programs that cooperate to form the cells.
In experiments where the scientists inhibited AP-1 in early CD4 T cells, the chromatin didn't open as it's supposed to and the T cells didn't form or function correctly.
What makes the finding significant is the AP-1 transcription factor accumulates and influences molecular processes at sites called risk loci.
Risk loci are locations on the chromatin that are prone to genetic mutation and linked to multiple immune diseases, such as inflammatory bowel disease, allergies or the neurodegenerative condition multiple sclerosis.
"Our findings allow us to conduct new studies into what's happening molecularly and mechanistically at these risk loci when the mutations are present and when they are not," said Artem Barski, PhD, lead study investigator and scientist in the divisions of Allergy and Immunology and Human Genetics.
"Our goal is to use this mechanistic knowledge to eventually develop protective vaccines, anti-cancer immune therapies or reduce pathologic immune responses like asthma, allergies, and autoimmunity."
The research involves a multidisciplinary collaboration of different teams, including scientists in the Center for Autoimmune Genomics and Etiology and the division of Biomedical Informatics and Genetics.
Combining different biological and computational methods of analysis, the research team was able to profile the accessibility of chromatin to molecular remodelling during the early stages of CD4 T cell activation.
They used technologies called ChIP-seq (chromatin immunoprecipitation) and ATAC-Seq (Assay for Transposase Accessible Chromatin) that analyse all the different protein interactions with DNA and chromatin state.
This allowed the researchers to identify the specific binding sites on chromatin of DNA-associated proteins.
Combining the experimental and computational analysis revealed AP-1 binding to DNA during the early stages of CD4 T cell activation.
The researchers show when AP-1 does bind to certain chromatin locations, it does so in conjunction with its molecular partner, NFAT1 (nuclear factor of activated T cells).
The researchers said earlier studies have focused on genetic disruption of individual members AP-1 family proteins, of which there are eighteen.
In the current study however, the researchers said they broadly blocked the entire AP-1 family of proteins in human naïve T cells.
When study authors inhibited AP-1, they said it prevented chromatin changes that normally occur in the cell nucleus and the T failed to activate.
Now Barski and his colleagues are working to find out if the absence of AP-1 contributes to people acquiring an immune disease when AP-1 is unable to bind with mutated loci.
Barski says the scientists want to use new information from their future experiments to look for new, groundbreaking therapies that could change the outcome for patients.
Source: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
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Other than a private estate within Fisher Island, Island Estates, Indian Creek Island, or Golden Beach where does the world's elite choose when looking for optimal safety and sophistication in Miami-Dade & Broward County condominiums? From white-glove services to onsite security and biometric entry to the property, these billionaire bunkers offer hassle-free living with superior in-house services for those who expect the very best living in South Florida.
Located at 800 South Pointe Drive, Apogee has been a top choice since 2008 as South Beaches' best condo development for those seeking the ultimate government cut views with only 67 select residences. The tri-level trophy penthouse was last listed for $65M on & off the market in 2017 – it has over 8,500 interior square feet with 13,000sf of remarkable outdoor entertainment space. Contact us below for off-market opportunities. Apogee has a median sale price per square foot of $2,767.
Located at 8955 Collins Avenue, Arte Surfside pushed area values we as broker's thought were bold and unattainable several years ago but has sold with fervor over this last year including the recent lower penthouse sale at $22M which sold via Bitcoin at $4,440 per square foot setting multiple Miami condo records. Developed by Alex Sapir and designed by Antonio Citterio, the architecture here is stunning with only 16 exclusive residences and a median sale price per square foot of $2,599.
Auberge Fort Lauderdale
Located at 2200 N Ocean Boulevard and among the very few condo options of Fort Lauderdale sitting directly on the sand. The team behind the development did a brilliant design with the likes of Enzo Enea and Meyer Davis along with the experience of Auberge Resorts. Auberge is the enclave of choice in Broward County with 57 residences in the North Tower and 114 in the South Tower with completion in 2018. The penthouse set an area record selling at $10M or $2,446 psf, while the median sale price per square foot for the development is $1,129.
Eighty-Seven Park
Located at 8701 Collins Avenue, Eighty-Seven Park was delivered in 2019 having only 65 residences with intimate and spacious outdoor terraces overlooking the North Beach Park. The penthouse sold at a 46% discount last year at $37M (originally $68M) having 12,410 of interior space with over 18,000 of outdoor entertainment space. The 18-story luxury tower is architect Renzo Piano's first residential building in the Western Hemisphere. The Eighty-Seven Park development has a median sale price per square foot of $2,351.
Estates at Acqualina
Located at 17901 Collins Avenue Sunny Isles Beach, the two towers are slated for delivery beginning this fall having 154 residences with the lobby custom-designed by Karl Lagerfeld and amenities galore. Avra Miami Estiatorio will open later this year upon completion – the restaurant will be at the entrance to the 45,000-square-foot Villa Acqualina between the north and south towers at 17895 Collins Avenue. The villa will house amenities for residents, including a spa, gym, movie theater, ice skating rink, a speakeasy-style bar, and a bowling alley. The Trump Group's $1.8B development still has select inventory with developer units remaining. The trophy penthouse is priced at $59M having over 21,000 total square feet and a cantilevered glass-bottom pool looking down 646 feet to the shoreline below. The Estates at Acqualina has a median list price per square foot of $1,613; see also Mansions at Acqualina below.
Faena House
Located at 3315 Collins Avenue in Miami Beach, Faena House is known for the record-setting penthouse purchase by Ken Griffin at $60M. Developer Alan Faena completed the luxury development in 2015 and created an entire neighborhood from what was once a less desirable mid-beach location. The building is part of the mixed-use Faena District, with two hotels, the Faena Forum, Faena Bazaar, and more. Having just 47 residences, Faena House has a median sale price per square foot of $2,418.
Fendi Chateau
Located at 9349 Collins Avenue in Surfside, FENDI has proven a leader in boutique condo living. This is the first Fendi residential building in the world, developed by the Chateau Group while spanning three acres with 300 feet of oceanfront. The 12-story tower was designed by Arquitectonica having 58 flow-through condo units. The penthouse 2 with over 12,000 total square feet sold in 2018 at $18.5M after a 26% discount. Fendi Surfside has a median sale price per square foot of $1,671.
Palazzo Del Sol & Palazzo Della Luna at Fisher Island
Located on the prestigious Fisher Island Drive, this newer 2016 & 2019 enclave features the many benefits of the inclusive island with the exclusivity of only 43 & 50 residences respectively. Developed by PDS Development with architect Kobi Karp, Fisher Island is accessed by ferry or helicopter with amenities including access to private island dining, golf, tennis, spa, marina, a private beach & Fisher Island Day School. The Palazzo Del Sol penthouse sold in 2017 for over $31m with the Palazzo Della Luna penthouse for sale today. Palazzo Del Sol and Della Luna have a median sale price per square foot of $1,964.
Located at 17749 Collins Avenue in Sunny Isles Beach, the residences at Mansions at Acqualina are "flow-through" with only two units per floor. The Mansions at Acqualina also offers residents-only services, such as room service, pet services, children's programs, 24-hour concierge, housekeeping, pool/beach attendants, and security – here we find premier services only noted from the Acqualina brand. The Trump Group, led by Jules and Eddie Trump, completed the 47-story, 76-unit Mansions at Acqualina in mid-2015. Mansions at Acqualina was the second Acqualina-branded tower to be built, after Acqualina, which was completed in 2006. Mansions at Acqualina recently sold the premier penthouse having over 9,100 square feet of living space at $27M or $2,966 psf while the overall sales show a median sale price per square foot of $1,123.
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Located at 10201 Collins Avenue in Bal Harbour, sophistication and elegance are immediately noted from the 2016 Oceana Bal Harbour development. This gorgeous development has 240 residences featuring 5-star amenities including a world-class spa, Olympic-style lap pool, two professional tennis courts, and a world-class art collection including 2 sculptures from Jeff Koons, the most awarded living artist worldwide plus other top artists. With several penthouse sales this year at just over $19M or $3,269 psf and $14.9M or $2,994 psf. Oceana has an overall median sale price per square foot of $1,741.
Located at 1000 Biscayne Boulevard, One Thousand Museum by Zaha Hadid is downtown Miami's most prestigious residential tower, pushing the limits of innovation combining art and architecture. This limited collection of museum-quality homes offers an unprecedented level of services with extraordinary amenities that offer a bespoke lifestyle tailored to each resident, from the five-star spa with customized personal training to the indoor and outdoor pools, the private lounge offering aperitifs, and the rooftop helipad. Record-setting prices include the 59th full-floor penthouse having over 10,000 square feet which sold in early 2020 at $19.8M or $1,921 psf. One Thousand Museum has a median sale price per square foot of $1,135.
Located at 9001 & 9111 Collins Avenue in Surfside, the Surf Club has two boutique towers totaling 140 private residences boasting 8 acres of lush oceanfront gardens with Pritzker Prize-winning architect Richard Meier designing a true oasis. The oceanfront development was built by Fort Partners along with Miami-based architect Kobi Karp and features a 72-room Four Seasons hotel and a Thomas Keller restaurant. Lynda Carter aka "Wonder Woman" purchased a 9th-floor residence last month at $15M. The Surf Club has a median sale price per square foot of $2,194.
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Cool 2.0 - The Bamford Watch Department
Without words! I was left speechless when I entered the Bamford Watch Department studio. A unique opportunity to enter the studio in London where George Bamford began, ten years ago, to change the perception that everyone had on luxury watches. Launching a project as ambitious as at first sight seemingly impossible: customize your watch, not one of many, but your Rolex.
Today, after ten years, Bamford Watch Department is a reality that shines in the firmament of the very haute horlogerie. If we could compare it to the world of racing and luxury cars, a very dear passion for George at least by observing the models of vintage cars that adorn his office, he is in the world of luxury watches such as Pagani is in that of luxury sports cars. Just arrived, he is already a legend.
The common denominator? The personalisation, up to the tiniest part for a Pagani Huayra as the finer details of a Daytona in George's case. Both entered a world dominated by consecrated myths and have completely changed the rules of the game: a distillate of leadership! The guidelines? Two concepts, in our opinion, that anticipated the trends and that now everyone is rushing to follow: "personalisation" and "black".
Personalisation because Bamford Watch Department customises watches, mainly Rolex (but today the range also includes the Audemars Piguet and Patek Philippe maisons), changing their characteristics and turning them completely from the aesthetic point of view: case, bracelet, dial and hands are made of original colours and graphics drawing from the wide catalogue of customisation or working on the graphic proposals from the customer: an atelier. After all, a man of luxury has everything made-to-measure, why should his watch be confused with other ones in the mass market? Do you fancy the Explorer II of 2013 with the dial of the "Big Arrow" (as we like to call it in Italy)? Bamford Watch Department has made it. And the Daytona made ??for the 75th anniversary of Henry Singer? Raise your hand if you wouldn't want one!
On november 8th I also discovered that there is something more attractive than the original Cerachrom bezel, the Cerachrom bezel custom made by Bamford Watch Department, not because the original is not beautiful, but for the Bamford Watch Department one is exactly as you imagined. Black beacuse this colour that is now so fashionable, Bamford Watch Department made it fashionable...ten years ago, on extremely limited edition products, if not unique products. Common denominator: the high end craftmanship. We did not enter into the technical details of how the whole customisation occurs (ok we generally do know they are PVD coated but there's much more) and we did not dare asking, but if you look at one of these timepieces you will be simply captivated. There is literally nothing remotely like it:
Just like the box of your Bamford Watch Department watch, because a watch lover knows that the packaging is fulfilling as much as his watch and tells his story, not any other's. Today Bamford Watch Department also produces a luxury range of accessories, completing the offer addressed the enthusiast and collector of haute horlogerie, because it is made by an enthusiast and collector, who is already exploring new aesthetic achievements, cutting-edge and that we had the pleasure to see as a preview. And we are more than sure it will be the trend setter of the next ten years. Today it is a maison, whose achievements, also the result of collaborations with leading designers , deserve a place at the MOMA or among the top lots of the most important international auctions about luxury watches.
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Bishop Clifford to lead celebrations for the Feast of St Oliver Plunkett
Bishop Clifford to lead celebrations for the Feast of Saint Oliver Plunkett
• Bishop Gerard Clifford to lead the annual Archdiocese of Armagh celebrations for the Feast of Saint Oliver Plunkett
• Father Tony Mullins to preach homily for Saint Oliver Plunkett Mass
Bishop Gerard Clifford, Auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Armagh, and Monsignor James Carroll VF, Parish Priest of Saint Peter's, Drogheda, will lead the 2012 Festival of Saint Oliver Plunkett in Drogheda, County Louth this Sunday 1 July. The 2012 procession, culminating in the celebration of the festival Mass, will commemorate the 92nd anniversary of the beatification of Saint Oliver Plunkett by Pope Benedict XV on 23 May 1920 and the 37th anniversary of his canonisation by Pope Paul VI on 12 October 1975. Father Tony Mullins, Diocesan Administrator for the Diocese of Limerick, will be this year's homilist at the 4:00pm Mass in Saint Peter's Church, West Street, Drogheda, the Memorial Church for Saint Oliver Plunkett.
One of the features of the day will be the colourful 'Procession of the Relics' of Saint Oliver Plunkett, leaving Our Lady of Lourdes Church at 3.00pm, accompanied by the Drogheda Lourdes Brass Band, the Knights of Columbanus, members of other Orders and pilgrim groups. The colour party will also be drawn from the local scouting troop and representatives of local Catholic organisations. The procession will involve carrying the relics of Saint Oliver Plunkett over the mile-long route between the two churches (Our Lady of Lourdes and Saint Peter's) in Drogheda town.
Background to the Festival Day of St Oliver Plunkett
• Music at the 4:00pm festival Mass will be performed by Saint Peter's Male Voice Choir directed by Mr Edward Holly.
• Each year thousands of pilgrims visit Saint Oliver Plunkett's shrine in Saint Peter's Church, Drogheda, Archdiocese of Armagh, to venerate his relics and to learn about the saint's life story. Pilgrims pray for the sick and troubled, for family and friends. They fittingly turn to Saint Oliver, who was martyred for his faith in a time of political, religious and social turmoil, to pray for his intercession concerning conflict areas at home and abroad.
• Saint Oliver Plunkett, a former Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, was martyred in Tyburn, England, in 1681. He was canonised as a martyr by Pope Paul VI in 1975.
• The Patron saints of the Archdiocese of Armagh are: Saint Patrick, Saint Malachy and Saint Oliver Plunkett.
• Saint Oliver was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Meath in 1654. Each year celebrations of the life of Saint Oliver also take place at his birthplace in the Diocese of Meath. This celebration was held in front of the old ruined Church at Loughcrew, Oldcastle, Co Meath, the birth place of Saint Oliver Plunkett.
For media contact: Monsignor James Carroll 00 353 (0) 41 9838537; Catholic Communications Office, Maynooth: 00353 1 5053017 and Brenda Drumm 00353 (0) 87 3104444.
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