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New funding heralds UK's leadership in low carbon automotive future
The Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC) awards £33m in twelfth round of government-funding to advance the UK's low carbon automotive capability
Funding is for innovative programmes securing and creating 2,230 jobs in research and manufacturing sectors across the UK
Projects selected because of their contribution to the UK's development of cutting-edge technology and alignment to the UK's modern Industrial Strategy
The UK government has invested £33m in next-generation technologies to help the automotive sector build a prosperous low carbon future.
The latest round of funding, through the Advanced Propulsion Centre, is part of the Government's modern Industrial Strategy and is expected to secure and create up to 2,230 jobs in research and manufacturing across UK.
Projects range from the development of high-performance battery packs and electrified construction equipment, to hydrogen-powered engines – as well as helping support the establishment of future supply chains.
To mark the announcement, Business Minister, Andrew Stephenson, visited McLaren Group in Woking. McLaren Applied Technologies is the lead partner in the ESCAPE project, which is receiving £9.8m funding, to create a complete end-to-end supply chain for a key component to be used in all electrified vehicles, whether automotive, railway, marine or aviation – a first for the UK.
Business and Industry Minister, Andrew Stephenson, said: "This new investment will further enhance the UK's leading position in the development of clean growth in the automotive sector. We are committed to our Future of Mobility mission to be a world leader in the design and manufacture of zero emissions technology as part of our modern Industrial Strategy.
"These projects will build the capacity and capability of UK companies to manufacture low carbon technology and create high skilled jobs and opportunities for all throughout the country in our development of innovative, clean technology."
Ian Constance, Chief Executive of the Advanced Propulsion Centre, said: "Supporting the development of cutting-edge low carbon vehicle technology is crucial to ensuring we have a robust supply chain that enables the future of the UK automotive industry.
"The wide range of projects awarded funding is proof that there isn't one answer to reducing transport emissions. We must continue to collaborate across sectors in order to boost innovation in many aspects of the industry so we can take advantage of export opportunities to other markets."
Other successful projects receiving funding are:
Tata Motors European Technical Centre Limited: The ZETE project is an ultra-clean engine that reduces emissions in high pollutant sectors, including heavy haulage, rail and shipping.
Unipart Powertrain Applications Limited: The H1perChain project will strengthen the UK's battery industry by providing a cost-effective route for UK-manufactured batteries into domestic and export markets.
Caterpillar (U.K.) Limited: A joint project with AVID Technology to develop a fully electrified construction machine.
YASA Limited: The EV-LIFT project aims to produce a best-in-class Electronic Drive Unit (EDU) for next generation Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs).


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WiSo Professor Fabian J. Sting on the shortlist for this year's Best Paper Award
With the "Best Paper Award", the German Academic Association for Business Research (VHB) annually honours a remarkable international publication that has appeared in the last two years. A scientific commission selects scientific works published during this period, which, according to the criteria for the award, "represent an outstanding contribution".
In this sense we are pleased that Fabian Sting, Professor for Supply Chain Management - Strategy and Innovation at the University of Cologne, is one of the nominees for the 2020 edition. The study "The ideator's bias: How identity-induced self-efficacy drives overestimation in employee-driven process innovation", written jointly with Prof. Dr. Christoph Fuchs and Prof. Dr. Oliver Alexy from the Technical University of Munich, as well as Dr. Maik Schlickel (Nobilia GmbH, Gütersloh), is, in the view of the VHB colleagues, one of the nine prize-worthy papers.
With the help of a company data set on employee-driven process innovations, a qualitative study and four scenario-based experiments, the four authors investigated the extent to which idea generators in companies systematically overestimate their own innovation ideas, and why certain ideas are more susceptible to these distorted evaluations than others. For companies, the results contain important implications, since understanding the true value of ideas is crucial for the success of innovation.
The study is published in the Academy of Management Journal Vol 62
Information on all nominees and the VHB's "Best Paper Award" can be found on the VHB website (German).
Find-an-expert page of Professor Dr. Fabian J. Sting
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The conflicted feelings in me are saying "nothing is something worth doing".
I got literally nothing of value done this weekend, save for a world-building discussion with friends from which a few interesting points for thought spawned. We made it a late night, but I got out of bed relatively early, because there's no use in laying in bed all day. An hour later I realized, I might as well have, since there's no way for me to enjoy myself for a full day. Resting isn't fun.
So that's been playing a role again. I've been forcing myself to not do anything I want to do, and now it feels like all the passion's drained away. I couldn't even be bothered thinking about any of my project or drawing up quick design doodles for them. I'm falling into one of those lows again, seeing as how I can't imagine it going back up anytime soon. It'll do though, it's like a tide of struggle.
And I keep whining about all this because..? Honestly, because there's nothing else interesting going on. Or at least, nothing else interests me.
I hate when I'm in a creative slump and I get nothing done. I know that feel, bro. Just don't let it get you down. I know you said you have a lot of ideas tugging at you, and even if it's not Pip and Sqeek, you'll find the right project. And as I said before, I hope you make something of Caves since it's already written out.


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This year, our committed group of cyclists and volunteers will depart from the Toronto SickKids on Wednesday, August 16, 2023 and arrive at the Montreal Children's Hospital on Friday, August 18, 2023, travelling a total of 580 km over 3 days!
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Nebraska Tragedy Proves Crash Detection Functionality In Heartbreaking Way
Oct 2nd, 2022 10:25 PM EDT | News
Following several YouTube videos testing the functionality of Apple's new Crash Detection feature, tragedy has struck. Near Lincoln, Nebraska, six young adults were involved in a fatal crash. This Nebraska tragedy has proven Crash Detection works, but in a heartbreaking way.
iPhone 14 Crash Detection Alerts Nebraska First Responders to Fatal Collision
Early Sunday morning, a Honda Accord carrying five men and a woman crashed about three miles east of the state Capitol in Lincoln, Nebraska. At around 2:15 a.m. local time, the five men died at the scene of the crash. A 24-year-old woman who was also a passenger died of her injuries later at a hospital.
While police have not released many details about the crash, they did confirm the vehicle struck a tree. First responders got news of the accident when an iPhone 14 in the vehicle automatically called them. The device's Crash Detection feature placed the call when the phone's owner didn't respond.
The driver was 22 years old. The other men in the vehicle included a 21-year-old, one 23-year-old and two 22-year olds. Lincoln Police Assistant Chief Michon Morrow called the tragedy "the worst crash in Lincoln in recent memory."
We've been trying to think of another accident this bad and we haven't come up with anything.
Lack of Witnesses Could Complicate Finding Cause
Investigators are still looking into exactly what happened, but cannot find any witnesses so far. This, they say, could make it harder to unravel exactly what happened. No names had been released as of this writing, only the ages and genders of the victims.
The cause of this accident is going to take us some time to pin down. We are looking at all possibilities, including alcohol, speed or distracted driving.
Apple's new Crash Detection feature, available in the iPhone 14, second-generation Apple Watch SE, Apple Watch Series 8 and Apple Watch Ultra, has been in the news quite a bit recently. Tech enthusiasts and reporters have attempted to prove the feature's reliability in staged tests.
These experiments have led to limited success, leading Apple to expound more on how the feature works. This Nebraska tragedy proves Crash Detection does work, but in the most heartbreaking way we can think of.
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October 2, 2022 at 11:38 EDT PM
Sadly, a new iPhone 14 with crash detection did its job and got responders to the scene. But the crash was so severe all 6 occupants (my wife asked how do you fit 6 into a Honda Accord that only seats 5?) died on scene or at hospital. All were less than 23 years old.
My speculation is that at 2:15am time of crash, not much good happens then, late partying, age (although older adults could do this too), typically alcohol, vehicle speed, and distracted driving all play a role.
Unfortunately, we do not yet have Apple CarPlay able to scan, sensor, or otherwise challenge a driver (interlocked ignition, sensing bad driving, accident avoidance) before or at the wheel on their ability to drive, or blood alcohol levels. If it was me, I'd push building those capabilities into the car and it's software to try to prevent such a tragedy.
Of course, there will be those who still want the ability to do stupid things while driving.
Lee Dronick says:
October 3, 2022 at 10:52 EDT AM
" or blood alcohol levels"
There is an organization who want the technology installed on all new cars
https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/ntsb-dui-crashes-blood-alcohol-monitoring-drunk-driving-nhtsa/


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Meet Jamie Quinn, a lawyer who practices family law yet finds herself in the middle of a few criminal cases (one that hits a bit too close to home). She recently lost her mother, took a sabbatical from work and suffers from insomnia. In Book 1, she is forced back into work mode when her cousin is accused of murder.
Read more to view my reviews for Books 1, 2 and 3. I received an ebook of the Box Set from the author, Barbara Venkataraman, in exchange for my honest review.
I had to look up what a didgeridoo was and was kind of shocked when my iPhone knew what I was typing only a few letters in. Like, it was an actual real thing?!
We meet Jamie Quinn, an unemployed lawyer, who is grieving the loss of the mother. She receives an unexpected call from her Aunt asking her to meet her at the police station as her cousin has been arrested for murder. Her cousin has Asperger's and Jamie thinks of everything she can to keep him safe and unharmed. She is a divorce lawyer and not trained in other areas of law, but she will try and figure it out for the sake of her cousin.
She pulls her resources: her best friend Grace who is a corporate lawyer, and former client/Private Investigator/womanizer on the size, Duke to help her find the real killer.
The writing flows really well and there is a lot of dialogue, which if you don't know, I am a real fan of. I felt the story reminded me of a Jodi Picoult novel and would even suggest that it be turned into a novel versus a novella. There is a lot of potential in this story, and selfishly I would like to read more about some of these characters. Some of the evidence and developments come easily (I am certainly not complaining) but there can be some roadblocks and character backstories added to create a suspense book that could be featured on Book of the Month.
Its a quick and engaging read, I recommend checking out.
I enjoy the author's writing style and feel she does a good job of constructing moving stories that flow well, I was just left wanting a whole lot more from this one.
Jamie is back to work as a family law attorney when her client's husband winds up dead. Again, she is stuck assisting a criminal case and entrusts her contacts from Book 1. In this book we also are introduced to two new characters (Jamie's dad and a love interest).
It is a novella, and reads very quickly: it could have been longer and I wouldn't have minded that as I like the characters she creates. I don't think it was rushed per se, just more effort to leave us hanging at spots in the story would have worked. All this is because I like Jamie's character and enjoy reading the author's work.
You don't have to read Book 1 to understand Book 2: but I don't recommend reading Book 2 as a standalone. Book 1 and 2 are short where a few hours effort and you will have both finished.
In Book 3, Jamie's friend, Kip, is in a bit of work trouble (someone is not happy that he is the new Park Director). Jamie is pulled into the drama when she receives a threatening email: she enlists the help of – you guessed it – her favorite PI, Duke, to find out who this person is. Oh, and someone was murdered at one of the parks and it may be related to this troublesome person. What is going on?! Will Duke figure it out?
Compared to Books 1 & 2, I felt this one had a bit more suspense. It isn't the stressful kind that keeps you up until 2 a.m., but still keeps you engaged. There is a character that I was suspect about and I turned out to be wrong…I like when that happens!
It is a quick read, you can read this in one sitting. You can read as a standalone, but I do not recommend. You probably wouldn't know the characters as well without learning about them along the way.
Thank you, Barbara, for the opportunity to get to know your characters. I bought Book 4 & Book 5 today!
I'm not sure these books are for me, but I did enjoy reading the reviews. The title, 'The Case of the Killer Divorce' made me chuckle.
I thought this looks familiar and I have it on my cloud – haven't read it yet. Thanx for the review.
You're not saleish at all. I do the same thing sometimes. It's interesting that there is a slight change in your review for book two.
I added them to my goodreads list. Your review makes me want to read them!
If I'm being perfectly honest, I think looking at the books I would of just passed them by as not being very interesting as the covers are really quite boring. Your reviews though have changed my mind.
Me too, thank goodness I read the synopsis of the book before looking at the covers. Book 1 was very cute.
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Sounds like an interesting series!


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Wusching Konrád Pál (Conrad Paul Wusching) (Nagymányok, 1827. január 10. – Lugos, 1900. augusztus 26.),  elemi iskolai főtanító, karnagy, zeneszerző és publicista.

Életrajz
Jómódú iparos szülőktől származott, középiskoláit Pécsett végezte. Ez utóbbi helyen nyert tanítói oklevelet. Zeneoktatását is Pécsen nyerte Felsmann Ferenc és Schmidt Péter ottani zenetanároktól.

1847-48-ban Budán volt tanító, majd a szabadságharc idején polgári önkéntes. 1848. augusztus 26-án a minisztérium Lugosra neveztette ki főtanítóvá és karnaggyá, mely minőségben 1893. november 1-jéig szolgált, mikor nyugalomba vonult. Karnagyi állását továbbra is megtartotta.

1852-ben létrehozta a német-magyar nyelvű Lugosi Dal- és Zeneegyletet, amely jelentős, országos sikereket ért el (96 év önálló működés után, 1948-ban beolvasztották a Ion Vidu román kórusba.). 1857-ben egyházi zeneszerzeményeiért a pápai ezüstérmet kapta.
1869-ben a vallás- és közoktatásügyi minisztérium Németországba küldte – Würzburgba és vidékére – , hogy az ottani iskolák módszereit tanulmányozza. 1883-ban Ferenc József felsége az arany érdemkereszttel tüntette ki.

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Harminc évig rendes munkatársa volt a Krassoer Zeitungnak (később Krasso-Szörényer Zeitung). Pedagógiai dolgozatait közölték: Österreichischer Schulbote (1855-56., 1858., 1860., 1863.), Tanodai Lapok (1860-62., 1870. Jelentése külföldről, 1871. 43. sz.), Paedagogisches Jahrbuch (1861. Behandlung der Lesestücke), Ungar. Schulbote (1869. Salzmam-Institut, Schnepfenthal, 1870. életrajzok), és a Zenelap (1890. A zene és ének hatása).

Élénk összeköttetést és levelezést folytatott a pécsi Schmidt Péterrel, Mosonyival és Ábrányival. Mint orgonatanító; hegedűs és énekes is működött és zeneszerzeményei megközelítik a kétszázat; önálló zeneszerzeményeinek jegyzékét nyomtatásban is közlik; zeneművei megjelentek még az Apollóban, Zenelapban és a Dalárzsebkönyvben.

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West Nipissing starts the meter on taxi by-law
January 4, 2023, 6:22 p.m. ·3 min read
West Nipissing council has decided to create a comprehensive taxi by-law to ensure "the public is protected in all instances" when they call for a ride, noted mayor Kathleen Thorne-Rochon.
Before passing the law, council will provide an opportunity for public input with an in-person meeting and an online meeting for those who cannot attend.
The dates for those have yet to be set, but council noted input from the public will be much appreciated. The municipality has a taxi by-law on the books, however, last year, the previous council acknowledged the by-law is out of date.
"The current taxi by-law had several gaps," municipal staff explained in a memo to council, "and may no longer adequately address the needs of the community."
The main issue? The by-law doesn't take into account cars for hire, the Uber and Lyft style of services that didn't exist when that by-law was passed.
This new one will cover those services, and ensure the safety of the vehicle, adequate insurance coverage, and a criminal record check for any drivers operating a taxi or vehicle for hire in the municipality.
The issue came to council in February 2022 when council was notified that licenses for the taxi operating in West Nipissing had not been renewed by the deadline. Without the documents, the taxi owner had 120 days before the licence was revoked, staff explained in the council memo.
See: Waiting on a cab in West Nipissing? It's going to take a while because there aren't any
In June of 2022, council requested staff gather the information that could be useful for updating the municipal taxi by-law, and on September 6, the clerk presented a copy of the North Bay bylaw "as an example of a by-law that regulates vehicles for hire and private transportation companies."
North Bay's by-law provided a launching point to help West Nipissing modernize its by-law. Council of the day gave itself two options—create a "minimalist bylaw" that would "regulate little" or "proceed with a comprehensive bylaw" that would "regulate all."
So explained the municipal staff, and the current council wholeheartedly agreed to choose the comprehensive by-law during its last meeting. It won't come overnight, the mayor cautioned. "it's not a quick thing," she said. "We're not going to have a taxi by-law in two meetings."
Council is also mindful that "the more you regulate something, the more it's going to cost," as Mayor Thorne-Rochon stated, but the consensus at the table is the eventual cost of enforcement and administration will be worth it to keep passengers safe. "Taking care of our residents," is the primary concern, the mayor emphasized.
David Briggs is a Local Journalism Initiative reporter who works out of BayToday, a publication of Village Media. The Local Journalism Initiative is funded by the Government of Canada.
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Trudeau says 'times are tough' right now as he promises further support
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says when Parliament resumes next week his Liberal government will provide targeted supports for those feeling pressure from inflation. He says he hopes the Conservative Party will back him.
In Your Debt: How couples can team up on debt repayment
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Community grieves slaying of Eganville daycare worker
Residents of Eganville, Ont., and the surrounding communities are grieving after a local woman died Wednesday in a homicide. Lisa Sharpe, who was believed to be in her late 40s, worked at Ketcha Star Day Care just a couple hundred metres from where she lived, and where her body was found. Ontario Provincial Police officers were called to 25 Maple St. in Eganville in the Township of Bonnechere Valley, Ont., just before 9 p.m. Wednesday, according to a news release. When they arrived, Sharpe's bod
Canada and France follow United States and Germany in pledging tank supplies for Ukraine
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GOP Chair Ronna McDaniel defeats rival in leadership vote
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For 2 Senators, Campus Sexual Assault Solution Starts In Washington
Published July 30, 2014 at 1:00 PM PDT
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST:
And the two senators join us now. Senator McCaskill, welcome to the program. Senator Gillibrand, welcome.
SENATOR CLAIRE MCCASKILL: Thank you.
SENATOR KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND: Thank you.
CORNISH: I want to start with you Senator McCaskill because there are already a tangle of laws designed to address how schools deal with sexual assault - The Title IX Gender-Based Equal Protection Law, the 1990 Clery Act which was about reporting crime statistics. But as we've heard this proposal would add new penalties to schools who aren't in compliance. Doesn't the education department already have the ability to do that? They can already threaten a school's federal funding eligibility?
MCCASKILL: Well, one of the things we're trying to do with this legislation is untangle some of those regulations and rules to make it more simple and straightforward for schools - make definitions more clearly so that they know how to report the statistics. And also to hopefully focus them not so much on paperwork, but rather on the processes and support services for victims. And yes, they did have the ability to give a penalty but the penalty was unrealistic - it was removing all federal funding and most universities we're smart enough to know that was never going to happen. So things did not go quickly - we think the discretionary ability to give up to one percent fine of an operating budget will provide more impetus for these universities to get with it and to change their programs and processes so they are in compliance with these laws. We think it's another tool that in the long run will do a lot to help survivors.
CORNISH: Senator Gillibrand has this been an issue of poor enforcement and oversight, rather than lack of regulation?
GILLIBRAND: It's both. You know, having one in five women being raped during their college career is unacceptable. It shouldn't be part of the cost of a college education to endure sexual assault. And so what Senator McCaskill, I and others are doing is we are flipping the incentives, we are going to make it in the school's best interest to not only get this right but have the tools they need to end sexual assault on their campuses. They need to make sure they have people on campus that are trained, that understand this crime, that are trained in forensic interviewing so they can ask the right questions. We need to have memorandums of understanding with local law enforcement so they have more tools that if a survivor wants to prosecute a case and move it forward that they're already in collaboration and working together.
CORNISH: Senator McCaskill, your office issued a report earlier this year that said something like 22 percent of schools surveyed left the adjudication process to athletic departments where student athletes might be involved - there were also schools that have students involved in the adjudication and disciplinary process. Does your bill take this completely out of the hands of schools and these kind of campus justice programs if not, why?
MCCASKILL: Well, it does one important thing, it says there has to be one system for everyone. So the athletic department can no longer have a separate system for athletes versus a system that's on campus for the remainder of the students. That creates obvious improprieties and conflicts that are beyond inappropriate. But it does allow each university to devise its own system but with requirements of training, requirements of certain protections for the survivors and with, I think, more aggressive penalties that would be helpful to make sure universities get this right. And the people that are adjudicating these things now will have to have training. Right now you could have a student, sitting next to a professor, sitting next to a student, who have no clue about what the differences is between consensual and nonconsensual sexual assault and yet they are asking technical questions and asking questions frankly that are wildly inappropriate during this administrative process. So in the long run what Kirsten and I and all of our colleagues are looking for is a system where confidence comes to victims so they feel that they can come out of the shadows and report this to law enforcement so that these criminals that are doing this are held accountable for their crimes as opposed to this being, oh, well she was, you know, she had too much to drink or what she had on or where she went. We need to focus on the elements of the crime and making sure victims feel comfortable reporting that crime.
CORNISH: But Senator McCaskill the argument from critics here is that schools are not courts. They can't control evidence or have subpoena authority and that this is putting too much on them. That this really should just be about local law enforcement.
MCCASKILL: Well, keep in mind that what the schools can do does not mirror what law enforcement can do. In fact the most they can do is expel a student. So we're not talking about depriving someone of their liberty. We're talking about creating an environment on campus that is free of sexual harassment, sexual assault, sexual discrimination and other forms of discrimination. And this is a student conduct issue and they can't absolve themselves of responsibility just because it's hard.
CORNISH: Senator Gillibrand?
GILLIBRAND: And I'd like to add, yes, I think that's exactly right. First of all, schools are required to maintain a safe environment under Title IX. And that's what they're not getting right so we're giving them better tools to do this. We also changed some statute of limitations so we have more flexibility for when a survivor wants to come forward and feels ready to come forward. Oftentimes we've heard from law enforcement that if this happens more than once, there's more than one victim, the same set of facts, perhaps known the same perpetrator, it also gives survivors more confidence in the system to be able to go forward and demand justice.
CORNISH: Senator Gillibrand does this debate feel familiar to the debate over sexual assault in the military where you're trying to change a culture where the institution is built around taking care of things in-house.
GILLIBRAND: Well, the stories are the same. So for example, when I talked to Anna she says, not only was the crime itself brutal but she felt betrayed by the institution. And when you talk to a survivor from sexual assault or rape in the military it's the same thing. They'll say, I could survive the rape what I couldn't survive was the men and women in my unit or my commander turning their back on me. So it's not dissimilar when you hear the stories from survivors.
CORNISH: Senator McCaskill, it's been 20 years since the 1994 Violence Against Women Act was signed into law and that law beefed up resources for investigation and prosecution of crimes against women. Do you feel that there's been legitimate progress in the way society addresses this issue?
MCCASKILL: I can assure you there has been some progress because I began my legal career as an assistant prosecutor handling hundreds of sex crimes cases. And I remember men in my office saying we couldn't take a case to trial because the woman was on birth control. As if a woman being on birth control somehow made it that she couldn't be raped. So don't want to say that we haven't made progress. But this is a stubborn problem. It is painfully personal and private, it will always be underreported. There's nothing more difficult than confronting an incredible horrific experience and then worrying that people won't believe you or will try to make you out a liar when you talk about it. So that's why we've got to keep working at this both in the military and college campuses this has been really mishandled by the institutions and we're, both of us, are working very hard to make sure we correct those problems in both of these instances.
CORNISH: Senator Claire McCaskill, Democrat from Missouri and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Democrat from New York. Thank you so much for speaking with us.
GILLIBRAND: Thank you.
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Hiro and Baymax captured our hearts on the big screen, but it's not over yet.
Gary Marsh, president and chief creative officer, Disney Channels Worldwide announced today a Big Hero 6 animated TV series based off the hit movie that will continue the stories and adventures in San Fransokyo. Mark McCorkle and Bob Schooley, the creators and executive producers behind Disney Channel series "Kim Possible," will be serving as executive producers.
"Our colleagues at Walt Disney Animation Studios have created a brilliant new world, inspired by Marvel, with vivid, unique characters. We are thrilled to have the opportunity to further develop these characters into a world class animated series — full of fun, action and the kind of endearing storytelling that only Mark, Bob — and Baymax — can deliver."
The 2017 premiere of Big Hero 6 on Disney XD will also feature the return of control freak Wasabi, scientist Honey Lemon, fanboy Fred and no-nonsense Go Go, who together form the legendary superhero team, Big Hero 6, alongside Hiro and Baymax.
As the new prodigy at San Fransokyo Institute of Technology, Hiro now faces daunting academic challenges and the social trials of being the little man on campus. Off campus, the stakes are raised for the high-tech heroes as they must protect their city from an array of scientifically enhanced villains.
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Telecommunications services continued to deteriorate with the country's deepening economic crisis, as users experienced frequent failures and blackouts. In November 2017, internet service providers were able to increase tariffs, but this remained insufficient to cover demands (see Availability and Ease of Access).
A wave of blockings targeted online news sources during the past year. In June 2017, users from various cities in Venezuela reported that several social media platforms —including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Periscope— were temporarily inaccessible (see Blocking and Filtering).
A vaguely worded "Law Against Hatred" introduced hefty prison sentences for inciting hatred, including on social media, and established that intermediaries can be fined if they do not remove offending messages within six hours of their dissemination (see Legal Environment).
Social media users experienced the first series of arrests under the new anti-hate speech law. In January 2018, three teenagers were detained by intelligence agents, accused of inciting hatred via chat groups and social networks calling for protests against the government (see Prosecutions and Detentions for Online Activities).
Arbitrary arrests, harassment, attacks and confiscation of equipment belonging to media workers continued to be reported. In November 2017, a reporter for the website Dolar Today went missing after publishing a piece about irregularities in a penitentiary center. He reappeared a couple of days later, half naked and with signs of physical violence (see Intimidation and Violence).
Political changes aimed at strengthening the government in power, such as the installation of a new National Constituent Assembly in August 2017, were accompanied by new laws curtailing freedom of expression and privacy. The Law against Hate for Peaceful, Coexistence and Tolerance (Law Against Hatred) imposed harsh prison sentences of up to twenty years for inciting hatred, including on social media. A regulation issued by the National Telecommunications Commission (CONATEL) expanded registration requirements for fixed and mobile telephone users, obliging operators to keep records of user data and provide them to state security agents upon request, without a judicial order.
The deterioration and low quality of telecommunications services continued to severely limit broad and unrestricted access to the internet in Venezuela. Proactive measures to limit access to sites critical to the government have also impacted the online sphere: websites continued to be selectively blocked during specific events and independent digital media and social media accounts continued to experience frequent cyberattacks.
Internet and mobile subscriptions have dwindled with Venezuela's economic crisis. Frequent internet service failures and poor-quality connections also continued to hinder reliable access to the internet. During the coverage period, users in different states reported service breakdowns that lasted for several hours. Users also reported problems in accessing certain social media sites in June 2017, and again in January 2018. In November 2017, internet service providers were finally authorized to increase tariffs, but this hike was insufficient to cover its demands and to maintain the infrastructure.
For the first time in 2016, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) recorded a decline in the percentage of individuals using the internet, dropping to 60 percent.8 According to official figures, around 62 percent of Venezuelans used the internet in 2017. Mobile penetration figures have also declined, dropping from 102 percent in 2012 to 81 percent in the third quarter of 2017.9 Differences in internet access between the capital and rural areas have reinforced a significant digital divide in Venezuela. States such Nueva Esparta have seen penetration decline by at least three percentage points.
During the report's coverage period, President Maduro appointed a new Minister of Communication and Information, Jorge Rodríguez, who served as Mayor of Caracas and previously held the positions of Vice President of the Republic and President of the National Electoral Council (CNE). Maduro also appointed a military man, the colonel of the Bolivarian National Guard Jorge Elieser Márquez as the new director of CONATEL.
While Article 35 of the Organic Law of Telecommunications provides for CONATEL's operational and administrative autonomy, Article 40 states that the president has the power to appoint and remove the agency's director and the other four members of its board,51 highlighting CONATEL's lack of independence from the executive.
Extended in May 2017, the state of emergency deepened concerns about increasing restrictions on online content in the midst of political turmoil. A new wave of blockings targeted online news sources during the past year, and social media platforms were also temporarily targeted. Blocking procedures lack transparency and avenues for appeal, and digital rights groups suspect many more sites are blocked. Meanwhile, a new anti-hate speech law makes intermediary platforms and websites responsible for content posted by third parties, requiring them to remove content containing hate speech within six hours of being posted or face fines.
While transparency reports produced by Twitter, Facebook and Google did not show significant numbers of removal requests by Venezuelan entities during this coverage period, several laws provide avenues for limiting speech by making intermediary platforms and websites responsible for content posted by third parties. This legal framework has resulted in self-censorship and preemptive censorship (See "Media, Diversity and Content Manipulation").
Promulgated in November 2017, the Law Against Hatred notably establishes that intermediaries must remove content containing hate speech within six hours of being posted or face fines. The law also empowers authorities to block websites when, in their opinion, they promote hatred or intolerance.67 The Law on Social Responsibility on Radio, Television, and Electronic Media (the Resorte-ME law) also establishes that intermediary websites can be held liable for content posted by third parties, and grants CONATEL the discretional capacity to impose severe penalties for violations. Its provisions notably forbid messages that promote anxiety among the population, alter public order, disregard legal authorities, or promote violation of existing laws.
Compared to traditional media, the digital sphere presents a more vibrant space for political and social expression. Newspapers have migrated to the web due to restrictions on print, while broadcast media have also forged an online presence. Social networks such as Twitter are popular platforms for users seeking information at crucial moments. Politicians and social leaders also actively use them.68 Faced with a shortage of cash, Venezuelans have also increasingly resorted to online bank transfers, and electronic payment applications have emerged.69 As a result, online banking services such as Clavenet receive even more visits than Facebook in Venezuela.70 On the other hand, connectivity problems and poor service quality present serious constraints for accessing information online.
Some groups have opted for these platforms to make public statements against the regime. Two messages went viral on social networks during this coverage period. The first was a video broadcast via YouTube in August 2017, before the installation of the Constituent Assembly, and featured a military group (later detained) aiming "to restore the constitutional order."88 The other one was developed by the pilot Oscar Pérez, who used YouTube and his Twitter and Instagram accounts to call for an uprising against the government, and later narrated and left testimony about his surrender and death (see "Blocking and Filtering").
Violations of digital rights have intensified in the midst of Venezuela's social and political crisis. The Maduro government continued to tighten its grip on online speech through a restrictive anti-hate speech law that carries prison sentences of up to twenty years for those who incite hatred or violence by any electronic means. Users were arbitrarily arrested for opinions shared online, and cyberattacks targeted several media and nonprofit websites. There are increasing concerns about the government's ability to misuse personal data as a means of social and political control, especially in light of the massive implementation of the "Carnet de la Patria" (the Fatherland Card), an electronic identification document used for welfare and public programs.
Although the Constitution guarantees freedom of expression,92 the government has passed laws and regulations that curtail this right online. The prolonged state of exception and economic emergency includes provisions on countering cyber threats, authorizing regulations to prevent "destabilization campaigns."93 A vaguely worded anti-hate speech law promulgated in November 2017 imposes hefty prison sentences for inciting hatred, including on social media.
The past year was marked by frequent arbitrary detentions of reporters,101 as well as the first arrests of social media users under the new "Law Against Hatred" adopted in November 2017.
Government surveillance and counterintelligence activities have increased since 2013, when the government released its 2013-2019 "Plan de la Patria," which emphasized strengthening national defense among its priorities.116 Digital activists have expressed alarm regarding the government's growing appetite to invest in intelligence systems and operations.117 Concerns have also emerged regarding initiatives seeking to collect personal information from citizens, with no guarantees regarding the privacy and treatment of this data. During the past year, worrying developments included the mass distribution of the Carnet de la Patria ("Fatherland Card"), as well as a new ruling aimed at obtaining and retaining personal data of users of telecommunication services, particularly mobile telephony.
The constitution expressly prohibits anonymity. In order to buy a cellphone, a SIM card, or a USB modem to access mobile broadband, Venezuelan law requires customers to register their personal ID number, address, signature, and fingerprints.120 There are no known government restrictions on encryption technologies or other digital privacy tools. Furthermore, Venezuelan laws, such as the Law against Cybercrime and the Law to Protect Communication Privacy, guarantee the privacy of communications.121 In practice, however, authorities have failed to apply these laws evenly in cases where activists have sued for protection under the law.122 Although the Constitution recognizes principles applicable to the protection of personal data, such as safeguard of honor, privacy, public image, confidentiality, and reputation, as well as access to information, there are no laws or telecommunications regulations dedicated to data protection.
First introduced in February 2017, the Fatherland Card is an identity document that collects basic data such as address and date of birth, but also other kinds of personal information such as political party membership.126 During a period marked by a severe food shortage, the card began to be required to access benefits of so-called "social missions", including the food program controlled by the Local Committees for Supply and Production (CLAP), made up of military officials and government supporters.
16 María De Lourdes Vásquez, "Reportan fallas en servicios telefónicos e internet en al menos 12 estados," El Universal, January 10, 2018.
43 Henkel García (2017), "Sector telecomunicaciones en números económicos," Private presentation for CASETEL.
57 This event occurred outside the coverage period of this report.
148 Front Line Defenders, "VENDATA fue objeto de un ataque cibernético," May 15, 2018. https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/es/case/vendata-target-cyber-attack; Interview with the journalist via email.


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The Power of Female Entrepreneurship
Women have made strides in business across the world and India has been no different, as entrepreneurial culture has become a key part of India's economy. Women have traditionally played a key part in the culture of microbusinesses making up 70% – however, when it comes to small to medium enterprises, it would appear that there is still much progress to be made. A 2015 national survey showed that only 14% of businesses in India were owned by female entrepreneurs. But whilst these factors may seem intimidating for someone starting out, they can also be one of your strongest drivers.
As a country, India has made great strides in how it does business and the fact that it has risen 23 places to 77th in World Bank's 'Doing Business' report shows that the country is continuing to open its doors to business opportunities and entrepreneurship is very much at the heart of this. This has provided a platform for women too, who after centuries of oppression are now seeing a shift in the paradigm as they enter and have a huge impact on the economic landscape.
Traditionally, men have always been the focus of society in India. Even today, as the country's reputation as one of the world's fastest growing economies grows, the Indian government's own economic survey reveals that there are 21 million "unwanted" girls in India, with many couples stating a preference for a son, due to old fashioned views. This has had a substantive impact on the status of women in India, and the population of the country as a whole, with statistics showing that there are an estimated 63 million less women than there should be. Women and girls are also disproportionately subject to disease and dropping out of education.
One of the things that has helped to level the playing field has been the rise of women in work and in business. Eschewing traditional roles in favour of jobs that put them squarely in Male-dominated space has helped create much progress for women in India, and the rise of start-ups and the female entrepreneur is the natural next step. The key thing to remember is that the act of entrepreneurship is empowering. As the statistic shows, enterprise in India is dominated by men – the very thought of starting a business and blazing a trail for women by increasing that percentage is empowering in itself. But it goes beyond that; working hard, knowing your strengths, brand strategy and surrounding yourself with a team that brings out the best in you never cease to be an inspiring experience.
Feeling empowered as an entrepreneur is also essential for success. Whether you run a marketing agency or management consulting firms, you can be sure that the success of your venture rests on your shoulders. As a woman of Indian origin and the leader of global communications and brand strategy specialist consultancy based in the UK, I am very aware of how many more obstacles there are for my counterparts in the marketing communication and business advertising sector in India. That's why it is important as entrepreneurs to be grateful for the business you have started, have a healthy attitude to work and love what you do. There is nothing more empowering than the feeling of having created your own enterprise, and what's more, others will be inspired by your business.
According to the National Sample Survey Organisation, many women-run business are small-scale with a sizeable 79% of them self-financed. This shows the current challenges facing women in the business world but what they offer to all industries is something empowering which cannot be beaten. With societal stigmas still remaining strong in various parts of India, there will still be many women are unaware of the ability they harbour and if they are to unleash this then they will be able to conquer all before them with their passion, drive and insight to things that many men do not have.
That is why it's also important to network – working together with others to achieve common success through global business services. Especially in societies where female success in business is far from guaranteed, it is essential to build links and relationships with other women in the industry to help create personal development as well as to help the progression of women who are also at the beginning of their business careers. A good example of this in can be found in Project Everyone's 2016 campaign #WhatIReallyReallyWant, headlined by the now iconic short film launched by brand strategy and marketing communication specialists Sterling Media. In addition to its positive message of empowerment through showcasing what women and girls "really really want" to the iconic Spice Girls song, the film itself saw women play an integral role at every level of production.
This shows not only what women can create when given the opportunity but also what we can achieve through working together. Through purposeful collaboration and business advertising, we can help women advance and unleash the limitless potential offered to economies the world over.
Another benefit of women entrepreneurs helping each other is the growth of shared knowledge, a powerful tool which will help take more Indian women to the next level of business success. Helping more women to access that knowledge will be pivotal in enabling and empowering female entrepreneurs to be successful and more dominant in any industry.
Above all, the ability to set your own goals and be as ambitious as you want is a hugely empowering part of being a female entrepreneur. This is particularly important for women entrepreneurs in India, where the past few decades have seen women break out from traditional gender roles. It also helps to put more Indian businesswomen in a position with the potential and possibility to inspire and make a real difference to the statistic that only 14% of businesses are owned by women entrepreneurs.
With a new generation growing up in a society that is not conditioning them with a stagnated thought process, they will be able to play a role in the burgeoning start-up industry within India and feel empowered through challenging the stereotypes and working towards their ambitions. The empowering effect of ambition goes beyond just entrepreneurship and can be seen in many women, who are competing in each and every sphere and space of life, to pursue a career or life choice they determine for themselves.
After all, there will be few things more empowering and inspiring for younger women across India than seeing an ambitious female entrepreneur who has been successful in her endeavour.
Miss Natasha Mudhar, Global CEO, Sterling Media, the global business and communications consultancy, bringing brands, individuals and companies closer to their purpose.


I'm interested in buying the Dwarves and Orcs recently released, but do they have to be individually purchased?! We can't place in a cart and place one simple order? Really?
Yeah, I'm afraid that's just the way it's set up. I'm not sure exactly why. I'll let Nik offer further explanation. He's the web guy. I just do as I'm beaten, er... I mean politely asked to do.


The Open and Honest Coalition announced the official kickoff for its campaign Thursday at Phoenix's Margaret T. Hance Park. It must collect at least 225,963 valid signatures to get each of its proposed amendments to the Arizona Constitution on the 2016 ballot.
The coalition is the result of a merger between what were originally separate movements for the two measures. It filed two ballot measures and formed separate campaign committees for them, but plans on coordinating their efforts to the greatest extent possible.
Members of the coalition portrayed the two initiatives as working hand in hand, eliminating barriers that disenfranchise 1.2 million independent voters – the largest bloc of registered voters in Arizona – while corrupting elections with dark money, which topped $15 million in Arizona's 2014 election.
"America remains today the greatest country on the face of the earth. I propose to you that it's our two-party system, injected with the steroids of dark money that is broken, and it's in jeopardy of destroying our American experiment," said lobbyist and consultant Chuck Coughlin, a leader of the coalition whose firm is running the campaign.
Open and Honest Disclosure, the anti-dark money measure, would require disclosure of the "original source" of any contribution of more than $10,000 that is used to influence a candidate election in Arizona, from the city level up through the state and even including congressional elections. Essentially, its goal is to halt the common practice of federally designated nonprofit organizations, which are not required to disclose the source of money they spend on campaigns, from shielding the source of campaign contributions.
Coughlin compared the open primaries measure to the "sharing economy," such as ride-hailing services like Uber, which Gov. Doug Ducey has championed since taking office.
"Recently, there's been a great deal of public debate about our sharing economy. Our governor has encouraged our city to permit visitors to choose any cab or ride-sharing company they choose. If that system of open competition is good for consumers at the airport, think how productive it would be inpermitting voters to choose the very best candidate, regardless of party affiliation. Everyone competes on the same ballot," Coughlin said.
The second measure, Open and Honest Elections, would create an "open primary" system, often known as a "top-two" system, in which all candidates for an office appear on the same primary election ballot, regardless of party affiliation. The election is open to all registered voters, and the top-two vote-getters advance to the general election. The measure would also equalize the signature requirements for all candidates to get their names on the ballot. Currently, independents, who appear only on general election ballots, not primary ballots, must collect far more signatures than Democrats, Republicans or members of other recognized parties.
Open and Honest Elections is a successor to a 2012 ballot measure that sought to create a top-two system. The measure, which was defeated by a two-to-one margin, was similar to the current proposal, but with some differences. The biggest difference between the 2012 and 2016 measures is that the new proposal would allow candidates to include their registered party affiliation on the ballot. State and county elections would remain partisan, while municipalities that hold nonpartisan elections would be able to continue to do so as well.
The 2012 version of the initiative allowed candidates to list any party affiliation they wanted, which was a major source of criticism from opponents. Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery mocked the provision, saying candidates would be able to run for office on the Mickey Mouse Club or Donald Duck party.
Former Phoenix Mayor Paul Johnson, who ran the 2012 measure and initiated the push for the current initiative, said the biggest difference between Open and Honest Elections and its defeated predecessor of four years ago is the coalition the campaign has assembled.
John Opdycke, the president of Open Primaries, a national organization that promotes open primaries, said the campaign's goal is to raise $13 million. He said Open Primaries has already contributed $1 million, which Opdycke said was given to the group by John Arnold, a Texas businessman and philanthropist.
Johnson and others vowed that they will publicly disclose the original source of all contributions to the campaign, including those from Open Primaries and contributors to a nonprofit organization that Johnson formed in late 2014 to assist his efforts.
The Arizona Republican Party, a vociferous opponent of the 2012 top-two initiative, has already formed a committee to fight the 2016 iteration.


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Argued March 6, 1995.Decided June 20, 1995
ARGUED: Nathan Z. Dershowitz, Dershowitz & Eiger, P.C., New York City, for appellant. Michael D. Stein, Asst. U.S. Atty., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for appellee. ON BRIEF: Amy Adelson, Dershowitz & Eiger, P.C., New York City, for appellant. William D. Wilmoth, U.S. Atty. and Nina Goodman, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for appellee.
Before RUSSELL, WIDENER, and HALL, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge RUSSELL wrote the opinion, in
which Judge WIDENER and Judge HALL joined.
DONALD RUSSELL, Circuit Judge:
[...] 2. Keith Gordon Ham, also known as Kirtanananda Swami Bhaktipada ("Swami"), is the spiritual leader of the New Vrindaban Hare Krishna community in West Virginia. In May 1990, a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Swami with three counts of violating the RICO statute (18 U.S.C. Sec. 1962), six counts of mail fraud, and two counts regarding a related murder. 1 The indictment also included a separate forfeiture count in which the government sought forfeiture of all of the property owned by the New Vrindaban community. After a trial, the jury convicted Swami on the RICO and mail fraud counts but failed to reach a verdict on the murder counts.


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Difference Between Dioctahedral and Trioctahedral
April 8, 2021 Posted by Madhu
The key difference between dioctahedral and trioctahedral is that dioctahedral refers to having two of the three available octahedrally coordinated positions occupied, whereas trioctahedral refers to having all three available octahedrally coordinated positions occupied.
The terms dioctahedral and trioctahedral are adjectives that describe the number of occupied positions in an octahedral structure. We can find these terms described under phyllosilicates, where the structure of sheet silicates is studied.
1. Overview and Key Difference
2. What is Dioctahedral
3. What is Trioctahedral
4. Side by Side Comparison – Dioctahedral vs Trioctahedral in Tabular Form
What is Dioctahedral?
Dioctahedral means having two of the three available octahedrally coordinated positions occupied. This structure is discussed under subtopic phyllosilicates, where there are sheet silicate structures. These sheet silicates are a specific group of minerals, including mica, chlorite, serpentine, talc, etc. These minerals form as a result of chemical weathering, and these are more abundant constituents of sedimentary rocks.
Concerning the basic structure of a sheet silicate mineral, it has interconnected six-membered rings of SiO4-4 tetrahedra. These tetrahedra tend to extend outward in infinite sheets. Out of these, four oxygen atoms are in the tetrahedra, and three oxygen atoms are shared with other tetrahedra, forming a network structure. This sharing of oxygen atoms leads to the structure Si2O5-2.
Figure 01: Gibbsite Mineral
When considering the formation of the octahedral structure, phyllosilicates usually contain a hydroxyl ion where the OH group occurs at the center of a six-membered ring. Therefore, the chemical formula of this hydroxyl containing group is Si2O5(OH)-3. When a cation bonds with this silicate sheet, it binds with the OH group and forms octahedral coordination. Therefore, a layer of cations can form (typically with ferrous ions, magnesium ions and aluminum ions), and the cations are in octahedral coordination with oxygen atoms and hydroxyl ions of the tetrahedral layer. If the metal cation bonded to this structure is magnesium or ferrous ion, then the octahedral structure is brucite, and if the metal ion is aluminum, then the structure is gibbsite. In brucite structure, all octahedral sites are occupied, and in gibbsite structure, the 3rd cation site is unoccupied, which leads to the two structures trioctahedral and dioctahedral structure, respectively. In the dioctahedral structure, each oxygen atom or hydroxyl group is surrounded by 2 trivalent cations, which are usually aluminum cations.
What is Trioctahedral?
Trioctahedral means having all three available octahedrally coordinated positions occupied. This structure is observed mainly in brucite minerals, where sheet silicate structures contain each oxygen atom or hydroxyl ion surrounded by 3 divalent cations such as magnesium ion or ferrous ion.
Figure 02: Brucite Mineral
The formation of an octahedral structure in phyllosilicates is described above under the subtopic dioctahedral.
What is the Difference Between Dioctahedral and Trioctahedral?
We can find the terms dioctahedral and trioctahedral described under phyllosilicates, where the structure of sheet silicates is studied. The key difference between dioctahedral and trioctahedral is that dioctahedral refers to having two of the three available octahedrally coordinated positions occupied whereas trioctahedral refers to having all three available octahedrally coordinated positions occupied.
Below is a summary of the difference between dioctahedral and trioctahedral in tabular form.
Summary – Dioctahedral vs Trioctahedral
The terms dioctahedral and trioctahedral are adjectives that describe the number of occupied positions in an octahedral structure. The key difference between dioctahedral and trioctahedral is that dioctahedral refers to having two of the three available octahedrally coordinated positions occupied, whereas trioctahedral refers to having all three available octahedrally coordinated positions occupied.
1. "Trioctahedral Structure." Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., Available here.
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2. "Brucite-231242" By Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com – (CC BY-SA 3.0) via Commons Wikimedia
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From planning holidays to shopping the latest styles, Google Search has you covered
Over the past twenty years, Google Search has become the go-to place for many of us when we have burning questions that needed answering. These days Search is not just about answers to questions — it's also a place for discovery, comparison, suggestion and has grown in many other different ways that help us make our daily lives a little bit easier.
Over the years many new features have been introduced to Search to guide us in our journey of discovery, starting with autocomplete and related searches introduced a decade ago, to the Knowledge Graph, to personalized searches via the Google Assistant. When it comes to our five most searched-for categories, Search has made, well, searching, a walk in the park.
Malaysians love to travel, and we are always looking out for new places to discover. When we are in need of suggestions, Search can offer up ideas on where to visit or what to do to help us plan for that next getaway.
Perhaps you are interested to travel to Sarawak, and you are curious about the exciting locales the state has to offer. You can simply search for "Sarawak destinations" in any of the 15 supported languages – including Malay – and you will be presented with a collection of popular destinations for you to choose from, like the Gua Mulu National Park, Sematan Beach and the Serikin Market.
With a simple tap on your chosen destination, you can instantly get suggestions for things to do and the best time to visit, right from the travel guide. You can also immerse yourself in select YouTube videos by other travellers and tourists, and once you're properly hyped up, you can also choose to make room reservations directly from the guide, as well.
Flight and hotel reservations
Speaking of making reservations, Search has also made it easier for us to find the best hotels and flights. You can choose to either search for things like "Flights to Kota Bharu" or "Hotels in Melaka", and get a selection of options right from the search results page. No more excessive clickings through multiple tabs to compare options and make bookings.
For more detailed flight options, make a taxi for Google Flights, which is built directly into Search. Flights is a great way to keep track of good deals way in advance of travel times, see live prices for destinations, and get a sense on when prices may fluctuate. It is also a time-saver, displaying available flights by airline, price and number of stops in one spot, so you can get booking and get flying.
Trending sporting events
If travelling is a way to see the world, then sports is a way to unify it. It's no surprise then that searches for sports is high on the list for many Malaysians. Search has now made it easier for fans to keep track of their favorite games, athletes and events. In fact, you can now be updated automatically for trending events, so you'll never miss a win or highlight.
A quick search for the the 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Asian Games held from August 18 to September 2, for example, will present you with medal tallies and rank for each participating nation, as well as news and videos from around the web. The search result will also highlight news related to the Games, and a carousel on sports featured.
Keeping your eyes on sports airing simultaneously is no easy feat, unless you have an Assistant to help you out. Assistant allows you to fully tune in to one game, and check on the progress of another simply by saying "Hey Google."
The latest in entertainment
If you need to cool off a little after that one unsatisfying game or match, you might want to try watching a movie instead. Try searching for showtimes for that new horror flick you've been hearing about, and Search will bring them up by date and cinema. It's fine if you have no clue on what to watch, Search can also share with you movies currently playing at any given cinema location.
Sometimes, you just wanna stay home and tune in to your playlists. Half of the fun in listening to music is singing along to it, so why not look up the lyrics on Search? As long as you know the title, it won't take long for you to rhyme along to your favorite songs.
Shop for the latest trends
Of course, there probably is nothing cooler than having the latest trends, be it that must-have gadget, that limited edition collectible or the next fidget spinner (whatever that craze may be). Online shopping is a convenient and fast way to get your hands on any product that you want, and it's now even faster thanks to Search's Shopping Ads. A quick search for a product, either by brand, model or description, will present you with a row of ads right at the top of the search results, containing a product image, product name, price and shop name.
These five most searched-for items have shown how Search has grown by leaps and bounds since 1998. Not only that, we can see how greatly our thirst for information is quenched thanks to the new features introduced to Search over the years, and we hope it will continue to help you discover more of our world in the years to come.
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Volcano near Rome starts rumbling after earthquakes hit central Italy.
A series of earthquakes which struck central Italy in the past two months has sparked fears that the country's capital may be at risk from a "big one".
The tremors – all followed by powerful aftershocks – proved the final straw for a number of important architectural landmarks, including the Abbey of Sant-Eutizio in Umbria, and damaged several churches and buildings in the heart of Rome, including the Colosseum. Whilst scientists say there is no risk that Rome will be hit by a "big one", something different may be threatening the Eternal City – a dormant volcano.
Situated on Rome's doorstep, the volcano is showing signs of activity which, combined with the seismic history of the area, would indicate it is slowly reactivating, an international team of scientists said.
However, inhabitants need not worry yet: while in geological times the eruption is considered to be imminent, it's far away on a human scale – about a thousand years. Chambers located between 5km and 10km under the residential areas of Ariccia, Castel Gandolfo, Albano and other "Roman castles" are filling up with magma and the ground is rising 2-3mm per year, the scientists said in the study, published on Geophysical Research Letters in July.
In the study, the team – from the National Institute of Geophysics and Vulcanology (INGV), La Sapienza University, Cnr e Madison University – also reconstructed the 600,000-year history of the Alban Hills, located 20km southeast of the Italian capital, and have found the cyclicality of the eruptions would fit with the timeline.
Scientists say the long pauses between activity are the main cause for worry. "When the eruption happens, it has an explosive effect, like opening a champagne bottle after shaking it," Fabrizio Marra, from INGV, told Italian daily La Repubblica.
"This sort of process has, for example, caused the string of earthquakes that hit this area at the beginning of the 1990s, with minor quakes and a few cases of magnitude four quakes."
Mr Marra says that Ariccia, Albano, Marino and Castel Gandolfo residents have no reason to worry for now. "In situation such as that of Vesuvio, where eruptions are much more frequent, the last of which was during World War Two, it makes sense to have a plan in place. Here we are talking about an event that will take place maybe a thousand years from now.
"As far as earthquakes are concerned, politicians should pay more attention than scientists: we know the type of seismic activity, in a normal country the area would have already been secured. In the castles, like in the rest of the country, it is necessary to verify that buildings are safe. The good news is that after the string of quakes in the 1990s nothing collapsed."
The earthquakes that have hit central Italy and keep on shaking the Apennines should not affect the volcanic activity of the Albans, according to Mr Marra. "It's out of the question that they [the recent earthquakes] could have significant effects, at least for now, maybe in a thousand years they will," he told La Repubblica.
"It has been ascertained that a seismic event could trigger a volcanic eruption, like it happened in the US with St Helen. But it can only happen with a volcano on the verge of erupting, at these levels there is no possible disturbance that could reach the magma chambers."
Italy's most powerful earthquake in 36 years has left more than 15,000 people homeless, authorities said on Monday as the scale of the damage done to irreplaceable historic buildings became apparent.
Although Sunday's 6.6-magnitude tremor did not result in any deaths, the third powerful quake since August 24, when nearly 300 people died in a 6.2 magnitude quake, has left thousands of homes in ruins or structurally unsafe and emptied a string of villages and small towns across the country's mountainous central regions.
source: http://www.geologyin.com/2016/11/volcano-near-rome-starts-rumbling-after.html


I was at my mother-in-law's last weekend and she made an amazing apple crisp for dessert one night. Mmmmmm, apple crisp! I don't have much of a sweet tooth, but when fall comes around, I start craving apple crisp, apple pie, apple bars—pretty much any kind of apple dessert.
As we were cleaning the kitchen after dinner, I took a peek at the recipe on her windowsill. The first ingredient? 1 1/2 sticks of butter. For a crisp that filled a regular-size pie plate. I could feel my arteries clogging.
It was one of the best apple crisps I've ever had, but I knew I could make apple crisp just as amazing with a fraction of the butter. Take our recipe for Old-Fashioned Apple-Nut Crisp (recipe below), which will save you 286 calories and 9 grams of fat (8 of which are saturated) over typical versions.
We swapped out white flour for whole-wheat flour, which has three times as much fiber as white flour. Adding more fiber to your diet could help you lose weight.
We left a couple tablespoons of butter in the topping for its rich flavor but replaced the rest with canola oil, which swaps saturated fat for heart-healthy monounsaturated fat. How Healthy Is Canola Oil Really?
• Adding apple juice concentrate to the topping intensifies the apple flavor without adding fat or many calories.
• Toasting the nuts in the topping adds another dimension of flavor plus vitamins, minerals and heart-healthy fats.


Right before I left for England, I finished piecing my Meet the Maker sampler quilt and got it too my quilter. I'm so excited to share the finished quilt and share with you how to make your own sampler quilt!
This quilt is made up of 5 different star block designs and 1 repeating setting block. I have links to instructions for all six quilt blocks below. I love the way the red Irish Chain blocks create a repeat design that sets off all of the other pieced blocks!
This quilt was made using fabrics from my first two fabric collections, a combination of Gingham Girls and Sunnyside Avenue. The two lines were always designed to play well together and I love the finished result!
This quilt pattern is a great one for using up favorite fabrics and scraps. All of the blocks in this quilt finish at 10″ x 10″, so it would also work for using up orphan 10″ x 10″ quilt blocks too!
Make 17 patchwork blocks using any combination of these 5 tutorials. (Or incorporate any 10″ x 10″ blocks that you like.) All of these blocks are part of the Riley Blake Meet the Makers series.
The off-setting block in this quilt is an Irish Chain Block. You'll need to make 18 of these blocks for this throw-size quilt.
Once all of the blocks are created, lay out the blocks 5 blocks across, 7 rows down. Start with an Irish Chain block and alternate with the star blocks.
Here is how the first two rows will appear. Sew blocks together by rows and press seams toward the Irish Chain blocks. This will help the seams nest together when you start sewing the rows together.
This is the method that I use for adding borders to a quilt. It's simple and always provides perfect results. The key is the pinning – don't skip that part! That's what will give you nice square quilt without waves in the borders.
Here is the method I use for basting a quilt and preparing it for quilting. You can quilt it on your own machine or by hand. Or, you can do what I did – have it done by Melissa of Sew Shabby Quilting. 🙂 I like that this quilt has a bit of a retro-vibe so I had her do a traditional Baptist Fan overall design.
Here's a peek at the back of my quilt. I did a pieced back using my red apple fabric and the red hearts from Sunnyside Ave and the woven red gingham from Riley Blake Designs.
There you go! I had fun taking this quilt to a local favorite spot for some beauty shots before all the autumn leaves are gone. Best time of the year!
Post Edit: A few people have asked if there is a printable version of this quilt. This time I'm afraid there is not. The reason this pattern is free is because all of the star blocks are provided by Riley Blake Designs. As such the videos/patterns are their intellectual property, not mine.
But their sharing is what makes this pattern free, so that is the trade off. Thanks for understanding. If you'd like to save this pattern for later use, pin the above image to help you find this post later!
Also, the idea of kits was mentioned in a comment. I'm considering putting a few together. Please leave a comment if you'd be interested in a kit (it would probably only be for the quilt blocks) and I'll contact you if/when they are available.
That is just absolutely gorgeous. Fabulous! I just love all the colors and, like you, the way the Irish Chain works its way through. Thanks so much for sharing. I'm PDF'ing this tutorial. Thanks!
I love your quilt, Amy! I have made some quilts from your tutorials and have others planned. 🙂 Thank you for sharing your talent!
Very pretty! Thanks so much for sharing the tutorials!! I have used your saw tooth star tutorial many times and have made your charm square baby quilt with sashing and got lots of inspiration from your posts! Always look forward to reading your posts. Thanks again!
You're welcome. I'm so glad!!
Love it! And the background is beautiful!
The colors are just so wonderful and I LOVE the way you did the backing…a happy surprise!
It turned out beautifully. Thanks so much for putting all the links in one post because it's so helpful. I need a new project to work on and I've been closely watching your progress. I just love it.
Oh my gosh, it is just gorgeous. The colors and the design are perfect. Thank you so much. It is a must for sure.
AMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you from the bottom of my heart! I have poured over these posts. I kept thinking just this week about how I wish I could have them all in one place. I love star quilts and I've been watching this from the beginning. Thank you again! Also, would it work to make the star blocks and use a simpler row by row setting for a quilt? I'm not sure my skills are ready for the piecing in your beautiful quilt.
Yes! I'm sure a Row by Row layout would be wonderful too! The stars really are versatile and fun. I'm so glad you like it!
I started making this quilt when I saw you were using your own fabrics, because I had some that I had never gotten around to using. Then I bought all I could find online. I hope to give it as a Christmas gift. I love your fabrics and I love the way they look in this quilt pattern. Thanks for sharing it.
This is a lovely quilt. I wish it was a kit! I have some of each collection left, but certainly not enough to make this quilt. So pretty.
So beautiful! And I love the way you had it quilted. The curves really complement the geometric design.
Amy, I linked my blog, http://www.seamlesspiecing.com, to this post, and your blog, as a gift to my followers. The post will go live Dec 19, 2018. If you want a preview of the post let me know and I'll email you the text. Thanks for the pattern to this lovely quilt. It looks great in your fabrics!
This quilt is gorgeous in your fabrics. Of all meet the makers, your blocks were my favorites. I will be pinning this and putting it on to-do list.
I just finished my blocks . . . I made extra to make it wider! I am still waiting for border fabric, but I am so happy with the colors!!! Thank You AMy. p.s. I LOVE the new Gretel Line! Have 10″ sqaures coming for a closer look!!
Ooo, I bet it's awesome! I'm thinking of making a bigger version in Christmas fabrics. How fun would that be?
And I'm so glad you like Gretel!!
I would definitely be interested in a kit! Absolutely beautiful work!!! Thank you for sharing.
Absolutely beautiful, I would like a kit if you put one together. Love love love this quilt.
Thanks Sherry! I'm hoping to get around to kits in March. I will keep you posted!
The colors are gorgeous! I would be interested in a kit when they are available.
Love it . Definitely would be interested in a kit. Many thanks for sharing.
Love love love this quilt. Do you have a kit available.


Services price inflation is likely to fall to 1.5 percent in June from 1.9 percent in the previous month, with cost of rents advancing by 1.6 percent, the same pace as in May. Meanwhile, prices of goods are expected to advance by 2.8 percent, compared with 2.5 percent in May, as energy inflation is set to increase to 6.4 percent from 5.1 percent. Food cost is likely to rise at a slightly slower pace (3.4 percent vs 3.5 percent).
On a monthly basis, consumer prices are set to rise 0.1 percent in June, after growing 0.5 percent in May and also in line with market consensus.
The harmonised index of consumer prices is expected to rise by 2.1 percent from the previous year; and by 0.1 percent from the previous month.


Nothing says 90's R&B Legends like Total! Total the group emerged on the scene post TLC and pre Destiny's Child they were the big R&B group from 95-99. The golden age of Hip Hop and R&B in my opinion.
Total was an American R&B girl group and one of the signature acts of Puff Daddy's Bad Boy Records during the mid-1990s. New Jersey R&B trio Total made their first appearance singing the hook on The Notorious B.I.G.'s debut single, "Juicy". Garnering attention for the new group, they were also featured on the original version and "Hip Hop Remix" of his next single "One More Chance". They then immediately hit the studio with Bad Boy Records CEO Sean "Puffy" Combs and began work on their debut album.
The first single "Can't You See?", had The Notorious B.I.G. returning the favor with a guest rhyme, the single peaked at #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 and entered the top ten of the R&B Charts. Their self-titled debut album was released shortly thereafter, they produced two more R&B top ten singles, "No One Else" (and its remix featuring Foxy Brown, Lil' Kim and Da Brat) and '"Kissing You" (and its remix featuring Sean "Puffy" Combs).
The album was certified platinum by the RIAA, The group consisted of members Kima Raynor, Keisha Spivey, and Pamela Long. Although Total only released two albums they had a long list of features and hits.
Lets run down some of my favorite Total songs as we get ready for Total this month at the Palace.