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China's State Enterprises
China is the center of the debate. With the brilliant show of Olympics at Beijing, the debate regarding the character of the Chinese state and society has also resurfaced. What is China? Socialist? People's Democracy moving towards capitalism or socialism? Degenerated workers' state? Capitalist? Imperialist? I argue that China was never a socialist state. Since its birth in 1949 in a very backward terrain, China continues to be a People's Democracy moving towards socialism. With the advent of the period of Deng Xioping, revisionism took hold of Chinese ecnomics and society and the movement towards socialism was reversed. However, lately new information has been emerging from China which provides an interesting perspective, i.e., the reversal of the process of reversal. I am posting here an interesting article (I am not in agreement with the analysis, but the facts are interesting) that appeared in The Australian regarding the role played by the State Owned Enterprises in China:
China's state enterprises aren't dinosaurs
THE Olympic Games comprise China's most prominent state-owned enterprise.
In some other countries, including Australia, the Olympics, and sport in general, are chiefly the realm of volunteers, of corporations, of a discrete professional world.
But there is no disguising that these Olympics are inseparable from China Inc.
This is a good time, then, to take a look at the realm of state-owned enterprises (SOEs), mostly set up under Mao Zedong, which a few years back some portrayed as dinosaurs about to pass into extinction.
Instead, as Barry Naughton, professor of Chinese economy at the University of California, San Diego, says in the latest edition of the influential China Economic Quarterly: "Since their low point in the mid-1990s, China's SOEs have made a stunning return to profitability."
In 1997 the entire state-owned industrial sector returned a net profit of just below 0.6 per cent of China's gross domestic product.
Ten years later, the sector's profits constituted 4.2 per cent of a much, much larger GDP, while the non-industrial SOEs scored a further 2 per cent of GDP in profits.
One of the reasons, Naughton points out, is that "the Government has been willing to subordinate other agendas such as privatisation to the quest for a robust state enterprise sector that was financially self-sufficient and able to contribute to the government revenue base as well".
This quest began with the closure of thousands of loss-making SOEs, described by economists in the mid-1990s as "zombie firms", the living dead, kept alive mainly because no one else could think what to do with the millions of workers they employed.
Crucially, the Government removed from SOEs the responsibility for providing social welfare for their workers, the old "iron rice bowl". The process of reinstating adequate provision of such services outside the workplace remains an arduous one, barely begun, but that's another story.
The number of industrial SOEs dived from 80,000 to 26,000 in 10 years.
This enabled the Government to concentrate on a number of strategic sectors, in which it intends to retain a firm — even monopolistic, but more commonly, oligopolistic — grip. They include energy, power, industrial raw materials, defence, large-scale machinery, transport and telecommunications. Financial services are state dominated.
In some areas, non-government competitors are banned. In others, says Naughton, "high capital requirements combine with discriminatory regulatory treatment to discourage non-state entrants even when they are theoretically allowed".
The core 153 enterprises answer to their Chinese shareholders via the state-owned assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC), which reports to the State Council led by Premier Wen Jiabao.
There are now three national oil companies, four telcos, and three airlines that carry 82 per cent of domestic passengers.
China's 31 provinces, regions and municipalities also each operate a large number of local SOEs, though their numbers have been pruned and their efficiency raised in a parallel drive to that at the national level.
Overall, in 1995 China had 7.6 million SOEs, more than 80 per cent of all businesses, of which two-thirds were collective enterprises, the others traditional SOEs.
In 2006, PetroChina, Sinopec, China National Offshore Oil, China Mobile, China Telecom, Baosteel, Chinalco, Shenhua Energy and the state Electricity Grid produced 69 per cent of the profits of all 153 centrally owned SOEs.
In Australia, a misleading perception has emerged, that we have been the winners out of the commodity boom and China has been the chief victim, having to cough up for the inputs of its insatiable industrial machine.
But Naughton points out the situation on the ground in China is very different.
"Control of resource extraction and processing sectors by central SOEs has meant that they have profited handsomely from the global resource boom, which in turn is largely a result of the Chinese investment boom that SOE restructuring helped to create, and changed global relative prices massively in favour of raw materials."
Chinese SOE resource companies are also expanding production overseas, as Australians know.
Treasurer Wayne Swan says that every nine days he has approved a Chinese bid to invest, with China's investment here as a result tripling from $3.5 billion in 2006 to $10 billion last year and being set to triple again, to $30 billion, by the end of 2008.
It is China's retail manufacturers that pay, in squeezed margins, for the commodities boom and they are being forced to pass their higher costs on to global consumers.
As long as this does not cause massive job losses or inflation driven by food and oil prices, China's Government is prepared to stand back and watch the trend continue.
Because manufacturing in China, unlike the resource industry, is increasingly privately owned, and the export sector involves substantial foreign ownership, about 60 per cent of China's exports come from sources fully or substantially foreign owned.
All SOEs have been corporatised to a large degree, with boards that include an outsider or two. Managers mostly operate under three-year contracts with a performance component. In 12 years, the debt-to-assets ratio of industrial SOEs has been reduced from 68 per cent to 57 per cent.
This year — the icing on the cake for the Government — Premier Wen has succeeded in forcing almost all sectors to pay the state dividends, rather than retain their profits to boost management and board perks, and to reinvest them, sometimes before the equities collapse this year in the share market, sometimes resulting in overcapitalised assets. Most are now paying 5 per cent of post-tax profits back to the Government.
But although SOEs mostly lack accountability to the holders of the minority stakes sold on share markets, pressure to perform continues, from the Government itself.
Only the top three businesses in each sector will survive, SASAC has warned.
Thus in some paddocks of China's Animal Farm, it's dog eat dog.
Naughton says that SASAC "encourages firm strategies organised around commercial, service or investment markets, not just traditional industrial production".
Under dynamic chairman Huang Tianwen, Sinosteel, principally a provider of logistic and technological services to China's steel industry, propelled its revenues to $US15 billion in 2007, placing it fairly firmly on high ground if and when SASAC starts its next cull. Every one of the 22 Chinese corporations on the Fortune 500 list is state owned, 16 by SASAC, five financial institutions and just one — Shanghai Automobile — by a local government. Arthur Kroeber, managing director of research firm Dragonomics, and Rosealea Yao, research manager, say: "Chinese policy makers have succeeded in the task they set themselves in 1995 to zhuada fangxiao (keep the big, lose the small)".
It is the fast-growing private sector, flourishing in areas like retail and manufacturing, that has sucked up many of the jobs shed by downsizing SOEs.
From 1995-2006, the state sector of employment fell from 77 per cent to 35 per cent. The private share soared from 20 per cent to 60 per cent. But, Krober and Yao stress that "economic power remains firmly concentrated in the hands of the state".
In 2006, the top 10 SOEs were eight times bigger than the top 10 private firms.
They point out that the state share of revenues in banking is 94 per cent and in insurance 97 per cent.
Jonathan Woetzel writes in the latest McKinsey Quarterly: "The line between SOEs and private companies has blurred. Over the next five years their ownership structure will matter much less than their degree of openness, their transparency and receptiveness to new ideas."
This is true to a degree.
The Chinese central Government has proved itself an adaptable and subtle manager of its own assets. But ownership and control continue to count a great deal.
Is there a real prospect for change?
Chen Zhiwu, finance professor at Yale school of management, says privatising China's assets would "unleash a wealth effect and boost domestic consumption", transforming the growth model from the present drivers of investment and exports.
Unlike eastern Europe and Russia when they embarked on their convulsive privatisations, he believes "China is operationally ready" for a change of ownership. That makes sense. But don't hold your breath.
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China had a socialist revolution under conditions of underdevelopment and scarcity in which a semi-feudal ideology held sway among the masses. After 20 years China had undergone socialist reconstruction and had secured the people's livelihood under conditions of underdevelopment and scarcity in which the masses were still enthralled by a semi-feudal ideology. In oder to transform China from underdevelopment to development, from scarcity to abundance and from semi-feudalism to modernization a capitalist revolution (not restoration) under the dictatorship of the national bourgeoisie took place led by the CPC. its historic mission is to proleterianize the peasantry, rationalize production and create a bourgeois culture. This is happening at an accelerated pace and will lay the material and ideological basis for advanced democratic socialism to be established on a solid foundation after intense class and ideological struggle.

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With tensions continuing in the Eastern European nation of Belarus and conditions in the nation once again making international headlines, it seems to transpire that some notable Eurovision alumni have made an "enemy of the state" list in Belarus.
VAL, the married duo who were initially selected to represent the nation in 2020 before being given the cold shoulder by Belarusian broadcaster BTRC, are on the list, alongside Eurovision 2017 finalists Naviband. Both groups have been particularly politically active in the country in recent months, following the controversial election that took place a year ago, and in VAL's case it was suggested that the duo had "no conscience" by the broadcaster.
Also on the list are 2012 entrants Litesound, presumably for their outspoken support for Sviatlana Tshikanouskaya's election campaign and performing at numerous rallies last summer. 2005 entrant Angelica Agurbash also appears, as well as former Junior Eurovision hosts Denis Kurian and Evgeny Perlin, with the latter having announced his resignation from BTRC in August of last year due to the tensions and protests in the country.
The eyes of the world have been on the increasing tension and unrest in Belarus since August 2020, when long-time ruler Alexander Lukashenko announced victory in a disputed election process against opposition candidate Sviatlana Tshikanouskaya, who stood following the arrest of, and in place of, her husband Sergei Tikhanovsky. Subsequent widespread protests and civil unrest have been seen across Belarus ever since. In a Eurovision context, the disruption saw BTRC submit a politically-charged entry to the 2021 contest – Galasy ZMesta's "Ya nauchu tebya" – before ultimately withdrawing. BTRC was expelled from the EBU network last month, leaving Belarus without a broadcaster within the organisation.
In recent days, Belarusian sprinter Krystina Timanovskaya has been at the center of another controversy, having been ordered to return home from the Tokyo 2020 Olympics by her coaches for disobeying instruction, before being granted a humanitarian visa by Poland in order to avoid travelling back to her home nation.
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TOKYO, April 16 (Reuters) – Major currencies remained confined to well-trodden ranges on Tuesday, as markets look next to European and Chinese data for more evidence that the worst may be over for the global economy.
The dollar was unchanged at 112.00 yen JPY= , holding above its 200-day moving average for the fourth straight session.
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Leslie Law from Langara competing against L. Tong from Steveston at the Steveston Taikai. Photo by Danauca Dory.
Kendo Club members say they are happy with the results
By Danauca Dory
Langara Kendo Club members placed at the Steveston Taikai on Feb. 8.
Steveston's Taikai is one of the largest Taikai in North America, bringing together teams from B.C. to Hawaii. Kendo is a traditional Japanese martial art that uses protective armour and bamboo swords.
Due to an injury, Langara club president David Wu said he was not expecting to place at the Taikai. The club has spent most of the semester training beginners, leaving little time to practice for themselves.
"We are the underdogs and we will try and do as best as possible," Wu said, before the tournament.
However, Wu came in third for the 1 Kyu division. He said he is incredibly happy with the results and hopes to be able to improve from here.
Anthony Lee, a computer science major at Langara, came in third in the unranked 0 Kyu division.
"I learned a lot from my opponent, definitely my faults," Lee said. Before the tournament, Lee said he was looking to place. Although proud of his win, Lee said he believes that he can always improve and learn from his mistakes.
The club has been spending a lot of time this year helping beginners learn the art of Kendo, which leaves them with less time to practice. Still, both Wu and Lee placed in their division.
Although the kendokas, the word for people who practice kendo, did very well in the individual tournaments, Langara College did not place during the team matches.
The Langara Kendo Club was formed in 2012, in order to create a space for people to learn about Kendo for beginners and those with experience.
This is true for Leslie Law, a former student at Langara who remains a member of the Langara Kendo Club. She said that she found about Kendo through the college's website and has been doing it off and on for the last four and a half years.
"I'm excited [for the Taikai] because I want to learn different techniques from other schools," Law said.
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S.1515 - A bill to prohibit injunctive relief, or an award of damages, against a judicial officer for action taken in an official capacity.100th Congress (1987-1988)
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Senate - 09/28/1988 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1011. (All Actions)
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Amends the Civil Rights Attorney's Fees Awards Act of 1976 and other Federal civil rights law to provide that a judicial official (includes both State and Federal judges) shall not be liable for any costs, including attorney fees, or injunctive relief in any proceeding brought against the official for an act or omission committed in his or her judicial capacity. Creates an exception if the action was clearly in excess of the official's jurisdiction or, in the case of injunctive relief, if a declaratory decree was violated or declaratory relief was unavailable.
Prohibits a Federal court from issuing an injunctive or declaratory order against a State judicial officer for an act or omission committed in the official's judicial capacity unless there is no adequate remedy in State court and there is imminent danger of irreparable harm to the petitioner.


The opening of a Wal-Mart brings a usual crop of concerns. There is opposition from those worried about local retailers unable to compete with its prices and volume, while others denounce it as a corporation that pays its workers paltry wages. As Wal-Mart attempts to expand into a new market this year, it faces similar challenges from businesses and residents there. But this time, the neighborhoods are in Africa.
In May, Wal-Mart gained a foothold in Africa, a continent unexplored by the largest retailer in the world. Authorities in South Africa approved Wal-Mart's plan to purchase a 51% stake in Massmart, a well-established retailer with 315 stores in 13 African countries, but the takeover has spawned a long, protracted process with tribunals, court hearings, and union protests. The Competition Commission of Namibia has appealed its country's court approval of the deal, while in South Africa the government and union organizations are appealing on concerns that local suppliers will loose business to foreign competitors. A number of rulings are scheduled for October and November.
The US$2.4 million (16.5 million ZAR) takeover was agreed upon with a few conditions. For the next two years, there will be no job cuts at Massmart, and local union labor agreements must stay in place for the next three years. There is also a stipulation that any new hires should come from a pool of 503 Massmart workers laid off in the last two years. In addition, the companies will establish a US$14.9 million supplier development fund to help local suppliers compete in the global market.
Wal-Mart had started proceedings to acquire a majority stake in Massmart last September but wasn't able to complete the deal until the end of this past May. The lengthy procedure was prolonged by a six-week delay in the hearings. However, Wal-Mart felt the wait was worth it. South Africa is considered the biggest and most developed market in Africa, accounting for an estimated 20% of African consumer spending, according to Forbes.com. According to Business Monitor International, South Africa's retail economy will grow by 50% in the next four years.
Africa's potential is finally attracting Western corporations like Wal-Mart. The International Monetary Fund predicted in global five-year GDP growth forecast that seven out of the top 10 countries would be in Africa. Consultants McKinsey & Company estimate there are more middle-class households (incomes with at least US$20,000) in Africa than there are in India. By 2030, Africa's top 18 cities will have a combined spending power of US$1.3 trillion since 50% of the population will probably live in cities. Also, Africa's workforce is expanding instead of shrinking as it is in China and India.
In turn, with the financial backing of Wal-Mart, Massmart plans to aggressively expand in Africa by opening 150 new stores in more countries, growing their fresh-food business by 50% in the next five years, and establishing a supply-chain network in routes that have inhibited retailing in the past. It is already South Africa's largest retail wholesaler with 315 stores in 13 African countries.
Currently, there are 263 Massmart stores in South Africa, 11 in Botswana, three in Namibia, two in Lesotho and a spattering of single stores in eight other countries, including Uganda and Nigeria. Last year, Massmart made US$7.5 billion in revenue and US$182 million in earnings. The company group includes Game, Dion Wired, Makro, Masscash, Massbuild, and Builder's Warehouse. It still is dwarfed by its competition though — retailers Pick 'n Pay, Spar, Shoprite/Checkers and Woolworths collectively hold some 90% of Africa's retail market share.
Jacobs is also concerned about the South African textile industry. "Massmart hadn't been heavily in the clothing market but this is one of the areas they're expected to expand into with the merger with Wal-Mart," he says. "South Africa has already lost a good part of their textile industry to Southeast Asia." Part of the supplier development fund is supposed to train South African manufacturers in modernization and business practices to help them compete in the global market and potentially become suppliers to Wal-Mart.
In another study in the U.S., Jacobs found that a "broad mix of people shop at Wal-Mart but people who make more money spend more money." In other words, the cost savings of stores like Wal-Mart will more likely benefit middle-class Africans. However, Jacobs concedes that there has not been enough research on what Wal-Mart's impact is on communities in emerging economies.
Van Tonder, though, sees a number of benefits for South Africa's economy with Wal-Mart's arrival. The deal will provide the country with an additional inflow of foreign capital, which will assist South Africa's current deficit, he says. If Wal-Mart can bring a new variety of goods and sell them at lower prices, Van Tonder suggests that consumer price inflation rate should remain at subdued levels, and increase consumer purchasing power. He also notes the deal entails a commitment to make use of small farmers and local manufacturing. "This in itself should add to economic growth and job creation," he says.
Regardless, one of the toughest challenges for Wal-Mart will be getting goods across Africa. Speaking to The Financial Times, Doug McMillon, chief executive of Wal-Mart International, said the company was willing to use more "sweat and muscle" in the logistical network than the modern technology it uses in the U.S. However, if it's cheaper to import goods rather than use local suppliers in terms of product, labor, and shipping costs, African small businesses may lose out in the merger.
For Wal-Mart, the value of international investment is clear. In the first quarter this past year, the retail giant made US$3.4 billion in profit, an increase of 3% from last year during the same period. U.S. same-store sales figures fell 1.1% for the eighth consecutive quarter, due to the recession, less consumer spending and rising crude oil prices. But stores in Mexico, Chile and China have been engines for its growth in the last few quarters, showing a 6.2% sales growth on a constant currency basis in the first quarter this past year.
Wal-Mart posted a 12% sales gain in China this past quarter. There are already 338 Wal-Mart–owned retailers in 124 cities with 90,000 employees in China. Annual sales average around US$7 billion, according to The Economist. Wal-Mart has roughly 6% of the market, and announced plans in May to buy a minority stake in Yihaodian, a Chinese web retailer. In 2010, Wal-Mart purchased 360buy, the top online seller in China of consumer electronics.
Revenue in Chile also surged 12%. To enter the market, Wal-Mart purchased Chilean retailer D&S in 2009. Wal-Mart's involvement in D&S actually doubled the exports of its products from Chile. Enrique Ostlae Cambiaso, the CEO of D&S, testified in the South African hearings that exports are expected to double again this year while also lowering costs of goods for local consumers, according to an article in Bloomberg.com.


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My tripod bumped to one side and I felt a spray of water as I heard the thunder of a heavy, running animal (only slightly louder than the hammering of my heart), closely followed by the intense odor of wet fur and fish.
Yes I was finally here in Alaska, in the thick of the Salmon run and surrounded by the concentrated feeding frenzy of the grizzly bears. I was sure glad I wasn't included on the menu! I would have been an easy target for the huge female bear that had just run past within a half meter of me, knocking my tripod as she went!
After almost a year of planning and eager anticipation I had arrived in the remote, untamed wilderness that is Alaska.
My trip started with a day's journey on the Across Alaskan Railroad followed by a boat cruise amongst the stunning glaciers of Prince William Sound. And now I was at my first "bear" destination, Silver Salmon Creek Lodge in the Lake Clark National Park on the Western Shores of Cook Inlet.
It had been an early start at the local airport, a small airstrip surrounded by canals lined with dozens of floatplanes – our gruff pilot muttering that there were only 3 roads in Alaska so almost everyone owned a plane… On to the scales and quick calculations on the weight of the people and the assorted camera cases – which were somewhat over the allowed maximum – a bit more mumbling and off we went. After a 35 minute flight down the coast we were circling the landing strip, which was in fact a beach, complete with 5 grizzly bears digging for clams within 400 meters of where we landed! There was no doubt we were in bear territory now.
After sorting my gear at Silver Salmon Creek Lodge, a very homely place with huge log fires, incredible food and a total of only 6 guests, I was allocated a guide. Rick was a great character who also had a passion for photography and bears; needless to say we would get along well. A quick briefing and we headed out into the rain. With low tide approaching we were fortunate to find bears with young cubs digging for clams on the beach. They were bedraggled in the rain but that wasn't going to stop them. Whilst the clams seemed a meagre morsel in proportion to the bears (I tried to imagine "filling up" on shelled peas, which probably have about the same food value for me) the bears seemed content with these small mouthfuls in a determined effort to fatten up for the long months of winter hibernation. As the tide finally turns the bears move to claim a spot near the river mouth where they will feed on the salmon that make their way through the shallows to enter the river.
The amount the bears eat at this time plays a crucial role in their survival over the winter months. An average adult bear consumes around 40kg of salmon a day. In Alaska these bears can weigh up to 800kgs when they go into hibernation, this is considerably larger than the same species in any other region. They spend half their life sleeping and the other half eating salmon. With my own predilection to smoked salmon that was sounding pretty good!
The salmon themselves are oblivious to their role in this food chain. They have returned to their birth stream after years at sea where they will re-adapt from salt water to fresh water, before making the slow and torturous journey up stream where they will spawn and eventually die at the head of the river. If they make it past the bears that is.
Their entry over the sand flats makes for easy hunting for the bears as the fish are visible from a great distance. The bears sprint to launch themselves at the helpless salmon, making a great show with every catch they make. There is an obvious hierarchy amongst the bears for when the fishing is slow their territories are keenly challenged. Even though we were standing in a fully open area the female bear that had connected with my tripod had swerved to run toward a distant fish and passed very close to us without even acknowledging our presence. It was frightening but also strangely comforting to know that I didn't rate in interest as highly as the salmon did to these hungry bears.
We spent the next two days exploring this area with its open sand flats and grassy marshes. There were several groups of bears feeding in the vicinity so keeping a keen eye in all directions was important. These guys are huge with immense raw power and they deserve to be treated with total respect.
It was then back to Anchorage, followed by a one hour spectacular flight over glaciers and the active, steaming volcanoes of the "Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes" to King Salmon, a place that makes Fiordland's mosquitoes look tame by comparison. Fortunately (for me, not for the mosquitoes) a very short stop and we were into another of the numerous float planes and flying further into the wilderness to land on Naknek Lake at the head of the Alaskan Peninsula. Here I would be staying at Brooks Lodge in Katmai National Park. If you have seen any of the numerous and iconic images of salmon leaping waterfalls to land straight into a bear's open mouth, the chances are it was taken here. During a two week period around 40 million salmon make their way up Brooks Falls and up to 80 bears come into the area to gorge on this banquet. As the number of salmon at the falls decrease the bears then spread out to the shallower streams in the surrounding areas where the fish remain easy to catch.
When I arrive at Brooks Lodge the peak of the salmon run at the falls has passed and so after a quick briefing on bear awareness with a local fishing guide we head out a further 40 minutes by boat to the base of Mount Katolinat and Margot Creek. Here we don waders and hike upstream. With heavy scrub on both sides of the stream we have been instructed to make a lot of "human" noise, in fact the exact instructions were to sing and constantly call out "Hey bear!". It felt pretty stupid initially but after seeing the large number of bears in the area it soon became second nature. Around every corner there would be groups of up to 4 or 5 bears standing in the stream waiting. As a run of fish came past there would be a huge commotion and flying teeth, claws and fur as they scrapped amongst themselves for the catch. It was an experience like no other! I spent the next 3 days working this area on my own, hiking up streams and waterfalls, singing my "Hey Bear" song and finding plenty of bears fishing and foraging in their natural habitat, my presence thankfully well beneath their notice.
In the peak of the season Brooks Falls is very popular with sightseeing visitors and photographers. It is well organised with boardwalks and viewing areas and a large park ranger presence for the safety of not only the people but also the bears that come to feed here.
But my time was up and from here it was another series of floatplane rides on to my last stop, Reboubt Bay Lodge at the entrance to Lake Clark Pass, a privately owned, boutique wilderness lodge where yet again I was spoilt with amazing food and wonderful surroundings. This 5 acre property sits within a 171,000 acre critical habitat area and it was here that I was going to be looking for Black Bears. These bears seemed to be more elusive and timid than their larger brown bear cousins. However I was told early on that looks were deceiving and they were just as dangerous, in fact maybe even more so because their size tended to give you a false sense of security.
At Redoubt Bay I traveled on a small boat up little meandering streams and skirted the bay to find the black bear climbing trees, eating berries and feasting on spawning salmon. Their size certainly was deceiving but before I could get too carried away with my "aren't they cute" fantasies their incredible hunting skills and wild nature put me right. These bears are opportunist hunters and will feed not only on salmon, fruit and berries but male black bears may occasionally prey on their own young, as well as other newborn animals or winter killed animals to be found when times are tough.
The salmon were still running high during my visit, so the bears were content feeding in this abundance and watching them fish in the small streams alongside fly fishermen and boating families was an extraordinary spectacle.
All too soon it was time to say goodbye to my cosy 'home' in this rustic lodge and take another floatplane ride back to Anchorage. My extremely rewarding time in the Alaskan wilderness had come to an end. It was now time to meet with my hosts from Tourism Alaska for several cold beers and a pizza at the local's favorite haunt "The Moose's Tooth". Swapping bear stories and sharing wilderness tales had me reliving the past week all over again, what an adventure and what an experience! I came to Alaska to photograph bears, but left with knowledge and memories that will last a lifetime. This remote wilderness provides a window into the true 'circle of life' that these magnificent creatures of our world have been living for countless generations, I only hope we can take the right steps to ensure this cycle continues.
These images are spectacular! They sure do tell your story. I'm not quite sure how you were able to take a long exposed shot of the moving water and still manage to get the bear sharp. That's talent (with a little luck I'm sure)! You blog had me wishing my first trip to Alaska was more adventurous. When I go back, I would really enjoy an adventure like you had, that's much more my style! Thank you for sharing your beautiful photos with us.


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Q: Why silent install mode seems to be rarely taken into account? I'm very surprised that even in Linux World, Silent Install is rarely taken into account; a few days ago I was looking for virtual pc vhd silent install and microsoft didn't have.
I'm now looking for Cygwin, all I can find is hack here
http://www.mail-archive.com/unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net/msg01060.html
Why install is so neglected by authors / software editors ?

A: In most Unix variants, programs are always installed "silently". Most Linux distributions and BSD descendants have a "package manager" program, which takes care of installation by just extracting all files from a package to standard locations, without asking anything. (One exception is Debian with its post-installation debconf, but it too can be skipped.)
But Cygwin is not "Linux world". It is just an emulation layer of certain Unix (not Linux*) features, along with a collection of popular Unix programs compiled to run on that emulation layer.
Cygwin's setup.exe is not "Linux world" either. It is a pure Windows program - an installer - and a very poor one, at that.
(Every other installer tool for Windows does have a silent mode, although its activation varies; /s and /silent switches are common.)
* Linux is one Unix-like operating system out of many. There is *BSD, Mac OS X, Solaris, Hurd... While Cygwin may be considered an Unix environment, I certainly would not call it "Linux".

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A Penticton judge had some strong words for a South Okanagan hunting guide today, as she levied a fine of more than $24,000 for hunting a black bear with bait.
James Darin Wiens, 51, of Oliver plead guilty last year to three Wildlife Act charges stemming from an investigation into Vaseux Creek Outfitters and its owner.
Working on a confidential source, the BC Conservation Branch enlisted the help of two American conservation officers who went undercover as clients seeking to hunt a black bear.
During the hunt over the span of four days in 2016, the officers observed Wiens pouring fryer grease and dog food at various locations in the bush to attract bears. A bear was shot and killed by the group at one of the baited sites.
"This was not a hunt, this was a shooting gallery created by Mr. Wiens," stated the judge.
Wiens has operated his hunting guide business for more than 30 year after inheriting it from his father, leading Judge Daneliuk to remark, if there is anyone that knows what he was doing was wrong, it would be Wiens.
Daneliuk ordered Wiens pay an $18,000 penalty to the Habitat Conservation Trust Fund, $500 in court fines, surrender the rifle used to slay the bear and pay back the $6,300 he collected from the undercover officers for the hunt.
Prior to her sentencing, Daneliuk warned Wiens that she had the authority to issue much larger fines or even jail time for the offences and would do so should he re-offend.
Publisher: It would be my belief that all rules and regulations of the two countries were documented and legal. If you have proof my statement is not correct – let me know.


Discussion in 'Members Rides' started by veikkoFIN, Oct 30, 2017.
Heres my Almera n16 phase2, with the 1.8engine in wintermode. Here in Finland proper studded tires are a must have during the winter and proper lighting. Im addicted to lightbars so more lights are coming in the future. Tomorrow is washday so im going to snap some more pictures.
This is the winter setup for now ,going to get a bigger ledbar next year. The lights are necesary in the dark and cold north.


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Five Other Companies Besides Publix That Gave Big Money to "NRA Sellout" Adam Putnam
Jerry Iannelli
Jerry Iannelli | May 28, 2018 | 8:17am
Florida gubernatorial candidate, Rick Scott ally, and self-proclaimed "Proud NRA sellout" Adam Putnam will pretty much take campaign money from anyone. Case in point: He scheduled a fundraiser last week with a man who was previously videotaped repeatedly shooting two dogs. Putnam responded by saying that the donation from said dog-shooter was fine, since his opponent, the Trump-endorsed Ron DeSantis, "took donations from Democrats," because apparently, Democrats are morally equivalent to people who shoot dogs.
But one of Putnam's big donors has spent the last week gravely regretting their financial support: Publix faced a "die-in" from Parkland survivors, led by David Hogg, over the $650,000 the grocery chain has given Putnam over the last three years. Gun-control advocates demanded Floridians boycott Publix until the company changes its ways — and, in response, Publix agreed to suspend its political donations and reevaluate where its money goes.
For gun-control advocates, that's a victory (though it's unlikely Publix will stop donating political cash overall), but there are a whole bunch of other Florida corporations and executives still propping up the "proud NRA sellout."
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Those companies have so far evaded criticism for their donations — here are the most prominent few:
1. Florida Power & Light. FPL, the company that spent millions trying to con Floridians into giving up their solar-power rights in 2016, runs a nuclear plant in Homestead that polluted Miami's drinking water supply and remains a massive carbon polluter contributing to climate change. According to the Miami Herald, FPL had already given Putnam's "Florida Grown" political-action committee a whopping $587,060 as of March 2017.
2. Big Sugar. U.S. Sugar and Florida Crystals are the only companies that Florida environmentalists hate more than utility firms. Environmentalists blame Big Sugar for polluting the Everglades and the state's drinking-water supply. According to a Treasure Cost Palm analysis from last month, U.S. Sugar has given Putnam's PAC $340,000 since 2017, while Florida Crystals has kicked in $65,000.
3. Walt Disney World. Much like Publix, Disney is another beloved Florida corporation with absolutely garbage politics. The company was the subject of a huge labor protest earlier this year, which somehow didn't get much national press attention. According to Florida Division of Elections, the Big Mouse has pumped $510,000 into Putnam's PAC since 2017.
4. Comcast and AT&T. According to state records, Comcast dumped $75,000 into the Florida Grown PAC in the last 12 months. AT&T pitched in $25,000, too. If you don't already despise these companies, then — congrats! You must be the CEO of Comcast yourself. Your life sounds cool. Can we have $75,000, too?
5. Private Prison Giant GEO Group. GEO Group, based in Boca Raton, is the second-largest private-prison company in America. They control both standard prisons and even a bunch of detention centers for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). In 2017, the American Civil Liberties Union said that ICE guards at a GEO facility in Arizona were torturing Iraqi inmates. GEO has repeatedly been sued for allegedly forcing immigration detainees to work for food, has been accused of sucking money out of defenseless prisoners for necessary items, has been accused of mismanaging millions in federal money, and operated a Southern California facility that was named the "deadliest ICE detention center of 2017." The company helped prop up Donald Trump's presidential campaign — and has donated at least $50,000 to Putnam's PAC, per state records.
Jerry Iannelli is a staff writer for Miami New Times. He graduated with honors from Temple University. He then earned a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University. He moved to South Florida in 2015.
Twitter: @jerryiannelli


The Brooklyn Rail—with the participation of McKenzie Wark, Thyrza Nichols Goodeve, David Levi Strauss, and DJ Spooky—will hold a tribute this weekend to the late Paul Virilio.
A special film by Sylvère Lotringer will be screened at the event.
Saturday, October 27, from 7 pm to 9 pm.
Brooklyn Rail, 253 36th Street, #C304, Brooklyn.
See The Genetic Bomb by Virilio and Lotringer.
Top: Paul Virilio, image from Bunker Archeology.
The Accident of Art image credit: Semiotext(e).
This entry was posted in BOOKS/PERIODICALS, CONVERSATION, EDUCATION/ACTIVISM, FILM, LITERATURE/POETRY, PERFORMANCE and tagged Bunker Archeology (Virilio), David Levi Strauss, DJ Spooky, L'Espace critique (Virilio), McKenzie Wark, Paul Virilio, Sylvère Lotringer, The Accident of Art (Lotringer and Virilio), The Brooklyn Rail, The Genetic Bomb (Virilio and Lotringer), Thyrza Nichols Goodeve on October 25th, 2018 by Barlo Perry.


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Q: How do you make a macro find all instances of a value in an excel table? Not sure if the question makes sense but I'll explain further. I have two sets of data on different excel tabs, one with equipment numbers and another with all of the corresponding information (work orders, priorities, etc.) However, there are some equipment numbers with multiple entries in the other tab. For example equipment number 526176 appears two times. It has two different work order numbers, 6852132 and 6852135. However, my code, which loops through each sheet to find where the information matches and inputs the data in a new tab, only inputs the last instance and shows work order 6852135 twice. It does it with other ones as well. I know that is has to do with the r = r + 1 but isn't sure how. Here's what the code outputs , Here's a screenshot of the 'Dept Master' tab , and Here's the 'Sheet1' tab with all equipment number info. Here is my code:
Sub test6()

    Dim sheet1range As Range, masterrange As Range, eqtnumber As Variant, eqtnumber2 As Variant

  r = 0

  Workbooks("S1 PM Equipment List of JDE Numbers - Master Tool 6-24-2020").Activate

    Sheets("Sheet1").Select

         Set sheet1range = Sheets("Sheet1").Range(Range("H2"), Range("H2").End(xlDown))

    Sheets("Dept Eqt Master").Select

        Set masterrange = Sheets("Dept Eqt Master").Range(Range("A2"), Range("A2").End(xlDown))

            For Each eqtnumber In masterrange

                For Each eqtnumber2 In sheet1range

                    If eqtnumber = eqtnumber2 Then

                         Workbooks("Shelby Site Equipment").Sheets("Sheet3").Range("A1").Offset(r, 5).Value = eqtnumber2.Offset(0, -7)
                         Workbooks("Shelby Site Equipment").Sheets("Sheet3").Range("A1").Offset(r, 6).Value = eqtnumber2.Offset(0, -5)
                         Workbooks("Shelby Site Equipment").Sheets("Sheet3").Range("A1").Offset(r, 7).Value = eqtnumber2.Offset(0, -2)
                         Workbooks("Shelby Site Equipment").Sheets("Sheet3").Range("A1").Offset(r, 8).Value = eqtnumber2.Offset(0, -1)

                  End If

        Next eqtnumber2

            r = r + 1

        Next eqtnumber

   Call Macro4

   Sheets("Sheet3").Name = "S1 PM Eqt"

End Sub


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This acequia life
By Leeanna T. Torres, High Country News | May 3, 2018
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La Canova Acequia near Velarde, New Mexico. Public domain.
From the porch near the house, I see Papa in the distance, shovel on his shoulder, his outline as familiar as his presence. Egrets graze along the water that moves in and across the field, alfalfa plants brightening the morning with a welcoming green. The swallows — las golondrinas — fly down and across the water, grasping at food too small for me to see. And Papa walks his field, slower now with age, his boots soaking up water, wearing them as the only lovely he knows.
This originally appeared at High Country News and is reprinted with permission.
San Isidro, the patron saint of farmers, is said to have been extremely pious. My father, on the other hand, is impatient, bossy and sometimes quick-tempered. He eats far too much sugar. San Isidro, an icon in New Mexico, is said to have had a faith larger than mountains. My father sometimes curses. Even so, I sometimes imagine him standing there in his field with San Isidro, both men just trying to find their way into a meaningful life among the seasons of growth and harvest, knowing there are never any guarantees, never any promise or prospect in this acequia life.
Acequia is a word. Acequia is a place.
Acequias evolved over 10,000 years in the deserts of the Middle East and were introduced into southern Spain by the Moors. Later, Spanish colonizers introduced acequias to the American Southwest, long before the land was claimed by the United States. Acequia is the irrigation conveyance system, the canal, all the infrastructure that delivers water from the river, the Rio Grande, to the fields. But acequia is also a way of life, a presence. Acequia defines our West in ways that I can hardly explain.
Heading out into the field, I meet Papa halfway between the house and the water's edge. The water moves slowly, inching along between soil and plant. I imagine San Isidro next to Papa like an apparition, a spirit watching him as Papa's hands grip the compuerta wheel, turning it counterclockwise, water rushing through as the metal gate lifts up by the strength of his aging arms and hands. It is river water that quenches the thirst of Papa's alfalfa fields. Color of the water brown, like coffee with cream, a color cliché in the great American Southwest. The color of adobe. Color of my soul.
Papa looks at his watch as he determines the time and speed of the water over the field. "How much longer?" I ask, and he leans onto the handle of his shovel. "Another hour, mas o menos," he replies, his "Spanglish" as familiar and reassuring to me as his worn hands and hat. He's been up since 2 a.m., "checking the water" as they say in the valley. We remain there, just looking out into the field, each in our own thoughts. Off in the distance, a kestrel balances on the barbed wire.
I sense Papa is tired, but he won't admit it. He labors with a hernia he won't have fixed. To ease his arthritis, he pops large pills of ibuprofen. Rather than taking care of his diabetes, he carries miniature candy bars in the pockets of his jacket, neatly tucked away. He resents men who take vacations, watch sports on the weekend, wear sandals and lounge around in the living room. Papa irrigates fields, brands cattle, repairs tractors, and never has enough daylight. The work he loves is also wearing him down, but he can't give it up, and so he laces on his boots every morning, devoting himself to a land that has never promised to sustain him. Water supply is shrinking, due to rising water demands and climate change, but still, he continues.
Does any part of him secretly want to give this up and buy a townhouse in Albuquerque? Would he rather spend his days in a comfortably worn recliner, changing the cable channels, watching documentaries about presidents and wars? I want to ask him, but I know his answer would be unspoken. He communicates much like the water itself, speaking only through movement.
I'll continue to wait for the day Papa admits he is tired. Until then, I imagine him alongside San Isidro, not because my father is a saint, but because he both inspires and baffles me. San Isidro is often depicted as a humble man, a saint bowing his head. As the golondrinas circle around us, Papa takes a similar stance: He leans on the handle of his shovel, tool of the earthen acequia, speaking the unspoken language of this land he just cannot give up.
Leeanna T. Torres is a native daughter of the American Southwest whose essays have been published in Blue Mesa Review, Tupelo Quarterly and Natural Wonders, an anthology by Sowing Creek Press (2018).
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BBC Executive: Sack those who don't achieve their diversity targets
by Aman Singh Das | July 29, 2009
Last week, Danielle and I debated Clear Channel's decision to donate radio stations to the Minority Media and Telecommunications Council in an effort to increase women and minority ownership in broadcasting. While I wasn't willing to bet on the media industry's diversity efforts, especially in broadcasting, Danielle was more idealistic. See the complete post here.
Today, Travel Channel's British head Pat Younge, who is expected to return to the BBC next year in charge of the channel's in-house program-making, demanded accountability by saying that top executives who fail to achieve their diversity targets "should be sacked." This, in the aftermath of the BBC releasing its annual report which showed the broadcasting corporation missing diversity targets set by itself. Aiming to have 7 percent of its senior managers to be minorities, the corporation achieved a whopping 5.6 percent.
Mr. Younge, who is one of very few Black executives at the BBC went on to suggest that this was because of an overarching problem with attracting a multicultural workforce behind the cameras. He was quoted in The Daily Mail saying, "'I will have my own targets when I join BBC Vision and I must live up to what I have said - or face losing my job. 'Diversity will be a big focus for me when I return to the corporation."
You can read the complete article here. BBC has for long been the subject of irate complains for its lack of diversity. Former Director-General of the BBC, Greg Dyke has been famously known to call it "hideously white." While his caustic remarks mark yet another prod for the broadcasting industry to surface into reality, this time by one of its very own producers, will it make a difference?
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Renville County to appoint task force for hospital affiliation
OLIVIA -- Renville County's board of commissioners will be appointing a task force to work with the RC Hospital and Clinics board of directors on the possible affiliation of the health system with a larger system.
Tribune file photo The Renville County Board of Commissioners is looking to a appoint a task force including county board members and administrative staff to work with the RC Hospital and Clinics board of directors to consider proposals for affiliation from three large health care systems.
OLIVIA - Renville County's board of commissioners will be appointing a task force to work with the RC Hospital and Clinics board of directors on the possible affiliation of the health system with a larger system.
The county board of commissioners informally agreed to appoint the task force at its work session on Tuesday. The commissioners will act at their regular meeting one week later.
The original request from the hospital board asked the county to approve a task force "to begin deliberations concerning the possible sale of the hospital and utilization of reserves therein." Commissioner Greg Snow asked that the word "affiliation" replace "sale" in the language for the task force.
He said it was not the county's intent at this point to sell the hospital. He's heard from people who expressed concerns over the possibility of a sale.
RC Hospital and Clinics has received three Requests for Proposals from larger health care systems. It is now in the process of considering those proposals. It has not reached a point where it is ready to decide which of the three to pursue, according to Nathan Blad, CEO.
Blad told the Tribune that the hospital board requested the task force be created to open constructive dialogue between it and the county board. The county board will ultimately decide on any type of affiliation or sale that could occur.
The county board has been supportive of the process to date, said Blad. The process is now at the point where it's important to make sure the hospital and county boards are "joined at the hip."
The health system posted a strong financial performance in 2018, and is meeting budget goals this year. It has the ability to do its due diligence and make the best decisions for the citizens of Renville County, he added.
The commissioners noted that two other area health systems are also exploring possible affiliations with larger systems. Both are further along in the process. The Swift County Benson Health System recently decided to pursue an affiliation with Carris Health of Willmar or CentraCare of St. Cloud.
Granite Falls Health announced it is beginning discussions with Avera. It had also considered proposals from Sanford, CentraCare and Health Partners, according to an announcement by the health system on its decision.
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6 Consecutive Thursdays at 10:30am-12:15pm. Oct. 3 thru Nov. 7
Discovering Buddhism in the Daytime with Jon Landaw
To meet Jon and learn more about the Discovering Buddhism program, please attend the Open House on Sept. 26 at 10:30am: Discovering Buddhism Open House with Jon Landaw
This is Discovering Buddhism (DB) for people who prefer to take classes during the day. We hope this weekday morning time slot will work for parents, seniors, self-employed and people with flexible schedule.
Discovering Buddhism module 3 is a general overview of the Lam Rim – stages of the path to enlightenment. This system of clarifying the teachings of the Buddha and how to practice was taught to the Tibetan people by the famous Indian Buddhist master, Guru Atisha Dipamkara Shri Jnana around 1000 years ago. Based on Master Atisha's seminal work, A Lamp for the Path, many later books and poems were composed in Tibet, by masters such as Gampopa and Tsongkhapa, all the way up to modern times.
The Lam Rim gives us a road map for our study and practice – a way to make sense of all the volumes of Buddhist scriptures and commentary. When we understand the Lam Rim, we understand how all the Buddha's teachings fit together as a practice for an individual person, i.e., ourselves.
The goal: enlightenment, i.e., buddhahood
structure of the lam-rim, stages of the path
lam-rim literature and outlines
Three Principal Paths:
1. deciding to get out of suffering
2. developing the compassionate courage of a bodhisattva
3. understanding the nature of reality
How to meditate on the lam-rim
Each module includes an experiential element in the form of a Saturday practice day or a weekend retreat. This is required in order to get your completion certificate for the course.
See more about the whole Discovering Buddhism program at Land of Medicine Buddha, here.
Jon Landaw, the author of Buddhism for Dummies, was born in New Jersey in 1944 and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1965. After spending three years in the Peace Corps in Iran, Jon worked as an English editor for the Translation Bureau of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala, India from 1972 to 1977, producing numerous texts under the guidance of Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey.
As a student of Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche since 1973, Jon has edited numerous works for Wisdom Publications, including Wisdom Energy and Introduction to Tantra. He is also the author of Prince Siddhartha, a biography of Buddha for children, and Images of Enlightenment: Tibetan Art in Practice, published by Snow Lion in 1993. As an instructor of Buddhist meditation, he has taught in numerous Dharma centers throughout the United States, Mexico, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and elsewhere. He currently lives with his wife in Capitola, California.
Date(s): 6 Consecutive Thursdays at 10:30am-12:15pm. Oct. 3 thru Nov. 7
Times: 10:30 am - 12:15 pm
Instructor/Leader: Jon Landaw
Number of sessions: 6
Registration and Donations for Discovering Buddhism 3: Presenting the Path


The promotion of regionalisation is part of the foreign policy of the European Union (EU). However, a closer understanding of the mechanisms by which its policies work towards this goal is lacking. Taking the South Caucasus as a case, this paper asks how the Eastern Partnership contributes to region-building. Based on policy analysis, discourse analysis and interviews, the study adopts a four-layered understanding of region-building as the promotion of closer cross-border contacts: Regarding economic linkages, the analysis underlines Georgia's gateway function. On political linkages, the analysis assigns importance to regulatory harmonisation as a bottom-up tool against divisive regional discourses. Cross-border management fulfils a similar technical role for the promotion of security linkages. Concerning cultural linkages, Georgia is analysed as a hub for common socialisation and people-to-people contacts. Derived from these findings, the paper induces three general hypotheses about the mechanisms of EU contributions to region-building: while combining bilateral with multilateral approaches and functional spill-over effects contribute to region-building, the inclusion of non-state actors does not advance region-building.


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On the low maintenance outdoors one can enjoy the 6x5m swimming pool and the terrace with wooden porch, built-in sofas and a barbecue that invite us to spend pleasant evenings.
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Saturday, March 16th, marked an important day in patent history as the U.S. made the switch from a first-to-invent to a first-to-file system. The new law is just one of several provisions implemented by the America Invents Act signed by President Obama in 2011. Changes mandated by the AIA have been gradually employed in a series of "phases" over the last two years. The first-to-file provision represents the final, and perhaps most important, step.
As a result of the new rule, priority will now be given to those who are first to file their patent applications, even if there's evidence that the idea was invented earlier by someone else. America's patent system is now more in sync with much of the rest of the world, a relief to critics who long thought the old system to cause substantial delays in the review process and costly litigation.
Though it may seem simple enough, the new rule does have several other implications. While applicants are no longer required to provide proof of being the first to invent, they will face higher filing fees and a broader prior art scope during review. Traditionally, prior art referred only to existing applications published in English, however, now under the new law, foreign applications in any language will be considered.
Many are expecting to see an increased urgency to file early and often, a hard thing for many small companies and individual inventors with limited resources. However, public disclosure of a person's own invention can buy a one-year grace period during which an inventor can test the market and still be first to file.
Despite the loopholes associated with the new rule, people were making a mad dash to file provisional and non-provisional patent applications prior to March 16th, the only real way to ensure that their application will be treated under the first-to-invent system. 12, 670 patent applications were received during the week of Feb 24- Mar 2, the highest weekly total of the year, and though the data isn't yet available, the weeks following are expected to have even higher numbers.


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Arctic sea ice shatters previous low records
Antarctic temperatures are warming, but winter sea ice edges to record high
Another Amazon drought raises climate change alarms
Early settlers rapidly transformed lowland forests with fire
Greenland ice sheet larger contributor to sea-level rise
Ice bridge supporting Wilkins Ice Shelf collapses
Arctic is literally on thin ice
Permafrost threatened by rapid retreat of Arctic sea ice
Earth impacts linked to human-caused climate change
Tasman Glacier retreat is extreme
Antarctic ice shelf disintegration
Melting Arctic summer sea ice reaches lowest level
UN stark predictions of impact of climate change
Scientists find lakes and rivers beneath fast moving Antarctic ice that lubricate flow
UN delivers warning on the catastrophe of climate change
Carbon dioxide rate is at highest level for 650,000 years
Arctic summer sea ice falls below normal for fifth year, despite a cool August
Rapid changes in Arctic sea ice
Melting permafrost methane emissions: Another threat to climate change
Ice bubbles reveal biggest rise in CO2 for 800,000 years
A disaster to take everyone's breath away
Global warming: Severe glacial reduction in southern Alaska
Arctic sea ice falls to third-lowest extent, downward trend continues
In September 2010, the Arctic sea ice extent was the third-lowest in the satellite record, falling below the extent of 2009. The lowest and second-lowest areas of sea ice were in 2007 and 2008.
Satellite data shows that Arctic sea ice is continuing a long-term decline, and remains younger and thinner than it was in previous decades.
"All indications are that sea ice will continue to decline over the next several decades," said National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) Director Mark Serreze. "We are still looking at a seasonally ice-free Arctic in twenty to thirty years."
Over the summer of 2010, weather and ocean conditions in the Arctic ranged from warm and calm to stormy and cool. Overall, weather conditions were not extremely favorable to melt, but ice loss proceeded at a rapid pace.
Only 2007 and 2008 had a smaller area of arctic sea ice than 2010, recorded by satellite images each year since 1979.
NSIDC Scientist Julienne Stroeve said, "Sea surface temperatures were warmer than normal this summer, but not as warm as the last three years. Even so, the 2010 minimum rivaled that in 2008, suggesting that other factors played a more dominant role."
The amount of old, thick ice in the Arctic continues to decline, making the ice pack increasingly vulnerable to melt in future summers.
While there was an increase this year in second and third year ice, which could potentially thicken over the next few years, the oldest and generally thickest ice (five years or older) has now disappeared almost entirely from the Arctic.
Figure 3: September ice extent from 1979 to 2009 shows a continued decline. The September rate of sea ice decline since 1979 has now increased to 11.2 percent per decade. Image: National Snow and Ice Data Center.
Figure 1 above: The September 2010 Arctic sea ice extent was 4.90 million sq.km (1.89 million sq.miles), the third-lowest in the satellite record. The orange line shows the median sea ice extent for September from 1979 to 2000. Ice covered Greenland appears in the lower (southern) half of the white area. Image: National Snow and Ice Data Center/NASA Earth Observatory
During September 2010, less than 60,000 square kilometers (23,000 square miles) of five-year-old or older ice remained in the Arctic Basin.
In the 1980s, an average of 2 million sq.kilometers (722,000 sq.miles) of old ice remained at the end of summer. "While the total coverage of multiyear ice is the third lowest on record, the amount of younger multiyear ice has rebounded somewhat over the last two years.
A key question is whether this ice will continue to survive over the next couple of summers, perhaps slowing the overall decline in multiyear ice area," said James Maslanik, a research professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences at the University of Colorado.
Arctic sea ice extent on September 19th 2010, the lowest point of the year, was 4.60 million sq.kilometers (1.78 million sq.miles). Averaged over the month of September, ice extent was 4.90 million sq.kilometers (1.89 million sq.miles) (Figure 1 above).
This places 2010 as the third lowest ice extent both for the daily minimum extent and the monthly average. Ice extent fell below 2009 and was only slightly above 2008.
After September 10th, ice extent started to climb, apparently signaling the end of the melt season. However, uncharacteristically, it then declined again until September 19th.
"The late-season turnaround indicates that the ice cover is thin and loosely packed—which makes the ice more vulnerable both to winds and to melting," said Walt Meier, NSIDC research scientist.
An Arctic free of sea ice during summer is predicted in 20 to 30 years.
Arctic sea ice follows an annual cycle of melting and refreezing, melting through the warm summer months and refreezing through autumn and winter. Sea ice reflects sunlight, keeping the Arctic region cool and moderating global climate.
While Arctic sea ice extent varies from year to year because of changeable atmospheric and ocean conditions, ice extent at the end of the melt season has shown a significant overall decline over the past thirty years.
During this time, September ice extent has declined at a rate of 11.5 percent per decade during September (relative to the 1979 to 2000 average) (Figure 3), and about 3 percent per decade in the winter months.
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Just purchased the Tubewalker for Android [app] and just wanted to say, WOW. Possibly the most useful app out there, and it's clear that it has been lovingly created! So just wanted to say well done and hope more people download it!
I am amazed and awed to find this website of yours and to read about your feat. [...] Great to see another tube walker exists.
I came across your website accidentally today and you really made my day. I love your tubewalking. Thank you for the inspiration you gave me this morning.
Having exhausted the New River, Lea Valley and the Grand Union as far as Northampton and other shorter walks, I was delighted to stumble across your website. We are inveterate Tube travellers and lovers of tube architecture, so this is the perfect walk for us and will give us something to do for the next year at least. Thank you very much.
What a delightful idea! I found your tubewalking pages while looking on Google for something totally unrelated, and have been sidetracked by your Bakerloo line walks. I smiled, grimaced and learned things. Can't wait to download the app. Thanks.
I have spent some time reading your tubewalk experience this morning and must say that I have really enjoyed it.
I stumbled across your site this evening and have been absolutely fascinated by the tubewalking, what a great idea. Great site, I will definitely revisit it.
There are many enjoyable insights and photos on your [site] – great job.
Have been reading many pages about your tubewalks. I've certainly been inspired to try some of [them].
I'm fascinated by this, since one of my favourite things to do when I visit London is go for long walks.


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The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Mysticism
Literary Reference
The widespread view that 'mystical' activity in the Middle Ages was a rarefied enterprise of a privileged spiritual elite has led to isolation of the medieval 'mystics' into a separate, narrowly defined category. Taking the opposite view, this book shows how individual mystical experience, such as those recorded by Julian of Norwich and Margery Kempe, is rooted in, nourished and framed by the richly distinctive spiritual contexts of the period. Arranged by sections corresponding to historical developments, it explores the primary vernacular texts, their authors, and the contexts that formed the expression and exploration of mystical experiences in medieval England. This is an excellent, insightful introduction to medieval English mystical texts, their authors, readers and communities. Featuring a guide to further reading and a chronology, the Companion offers an accessible overview for students of literature, history and theology.
Samuel Fanous


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For an example of using the AUTOSIGNON option with MP CONNECT, see Example 5: Using MP CONNECT and the WAITFOR Statement.


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There is money in bankruptcy!! Chapters 11 and 13 involve a debtor who seeks to "reorganize" their debts and pay them back in whole or in part over a longer period of time. This could include catching up on past due rent/lease payments or even an old claim for past due rents. There is money in bankruptcy, but only if you assert your rights. Missing a deadline can be fatal to you receiving payment on your claim. Don't let that happen to you.
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SOS relies on the kindness and generosity of Canadians to be able to provide a home for the most vulnerable children of India.
By becoming a child sponsor you are helping an individual child in need.
For just $36/month you can sponsor a child in India and help provide an orphaned or abandoned child with:
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Please help us ensure a loving home for every Indian child. Sponsor a child in India now.
How Your Child Sponsorship Helps
At the SOS Children's Villages in India, we are committed to the welfare of children - often throughout the whole of their childhood - and to strengthening families and communities as a preventive measure in the fight against abandonment and social neglect.
At present there are 32 SOS Children's Villages in India, with corresponding SOS Youth Facilities and SOS Kindergartens, 8 SOS Hermann Gmeiner Schools, 31 SOS Social Centres (incl. Family Strengthening Programmes) and 2 SOS Medical Centres. SOS Children's Villages has been present in India since 1963 and has continued to grow ever since.
In India, there are currently over 4,500 orphaned or abandoned children being raised in SOS Children's Villages across India. There are additionally:
Over 2,000 youth being cared for in SOS Youth Facilities
Over 6,600 students being educated in SOS primary and secondary schools
Over 2,000 individuals benefiting from SOS Vocational Training programs
Over 31,500 individuals benefiting from SOS Family Strengthening Programs
In times of emergency, our organisation has responded with emergency relief programmes. In many cases, these developed into permanent programmes which offered support to the local people. At present SOS Children's Villages supports children, young people and families in over 45 locations in India.
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Orphaned Children
25.7 mil
52.7 per 1,000
Orphaned and Abandoned Children
Youths in our care
Elementary and secondary students
Youth and adult students
Social Centres
SOS Children's Villages in India:
The economic plight, tense political situation and natural disasters which India has endured have led to a particularly intense involvement of SOS Children's Villages in the country. The programmes developed by SOS Children's Villages vary according to the needs of the local population and include: day care for young children; education at SOS Hermann Gmeiner Schools; guidance and accommodation for young people; vocational training and medical advice and assistance. Family-strengthening programmes are an important component of the work carried out: in cooperation with local agencies, SOS Children's Villages works directly with families and communities to empower them to effectively care for their children. When when children are orphaned or abandoned in India, they are cared for by their SOS mothers in one of the SOS families.
Some facts about India
The Republic of India is the seventh largest country in the world and the second most populous country; the population is over 1.2 billion (July 2011 est.), with the capital city of New Delhi being home to 21.7 million people. India is a vast and diverse country with many different languages, cultures and religions.
A growing economy that still faces many challenges
In recent decades India has emerged as an increasingly important economic power. Since economic liberalisation started in the 1990s, India's achievements have been astonishing - since 1997 the average growth in gross domestic product (GDP) has been over seven per cent. In 2010, GDP grew further - by over ten per cent. India has a mixed economy - more than half of the population works in agriculture, around 14 per cent in industry and 34 per cent in the service sector.
During the past decade, India has managed to double its hourly wage rate and the number of people who now live above the nationally-defined poverty line has increased. However the benefits from this economic growth have not been shared by all: one in four people continue to live in poverty.
Poverty is located in many areas of India, but it is mostly manifest in rural areas or in urban slums. Rural areas also suffer from poor infrastructure - for example, only 84 per cent of the population has access to clean drinking water and a mere 21 per cent to adequate sanitation facilities. Although around 70 per cent of the population lives in rural areas, the number of people forced to seek work in urban areas is increasing rapidly.
In addition to poverty, India continues to face many challenges, which include overpopulation, environmental problems and widespread corruption. The literacy rate continues to be low - around 73 per cent for men and about 48 per cent for women. The access to quality health care is also a concern. At present the life expectancy rate is relatively low at 65.7 years for men and 67.9 years for women. It is estimated that 2.4 million people live with HIV/AIDS (2009 est.).
Situation of the children in India
There are over 447 million children under the age of 18 in India. In spite of improvements in recent decades, around half of the children of India continue to face many hardships.
Although the health of children has improved of late, UNICEF reports that the lack of adequate health care results in high infant, child and maternal mortality rates. For example, around two million children die every year from preventable diseases, an estimated 400,000 of those under five die every year of diarrhoea. Around half of the deaths of Indian children are due to malnutrition, which is more common in India than in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The school attendance rate is low in India - only 72 per cent of children between the ages of six and ten attend primary school. Child labour is a conspicuous problem, with around 12 per cent of children between the ages of 5 and 14 involved in child labour. Many children are trafficked and forced to work as domestic workers, in factories or prostitution.
As the incidence of HIV/AIDS has risen, the number of children without parental care, or at risk of losing such care, is also increasing. The figure for children with HIV/AIDS is also growing. These children face social discrimination which hampers their efforts to improve their lives.
Girls are in a particularly vulnerable situation as they are more likely to be poor, be homeless or end up as victims of violence. Particularly in rural areas girls do not have adequate access to basic health care, or education. In some states like Bihar, Mizoram, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, 60 per cent or more of girls drop out of primary education. Child marriages are also common: 47 per cent of children are married under the age of 18, with the number in rural areas nearly double that of urban ones.
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Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Sikhism, other
About SOS Children's Villages
What are SOS Villages?
How SOS Helps Children and Families
A Loving Home for Every Child
Kickoff to a Dream
Abandoned Sisters Find a New Home at SOS Children's Villages India
Child Labour in India
'I Will Make This Child Survive'
Poverty in India: Facts and Figures on the Daily Struggle for Survival


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Come for a day or come to stay. Get away from the hustle and bustle of city life. If you are looking for a place to relax and enjoy the quiet and beautiful scenery, then this is the place. This area offers an abundance of plants and wildlife of every kind. Whether you hunt, fish, bird-watch or just want to visit with some down home folks, you are welcome to join us. Come and stay or visit us and enjoy the laid back atmosphere you'll find only here at Ingram's Marina.


This article presents a new analytical framework for studying cities in the developing world based on the 'political settlements' approach. This has a dual purpose: to enrich comparative urban research by bringing new theoretical ideas to bear on this field, but also to use capital cities as a lens to better understand national political settlements. The central argument is that urban built environments and their transformations in situations of late development reflect the workings of different varieties of clientelism, and by analysing the former we can better understand the latter. Specifically, issues such as the nature of urban land use and land allocation, the pace and form of construction, the effectiveness of environmental regulation and the provision of housing for different income groups are all revealing of political settlements and their broader development implications.
The potential of this approach is explored through three narrative 'sketches' of contemporary urban development in Eastern Africa: the 'city as marketplace' (Kampala), the 'city as expo' (Kigali) and the 'city as construction site' (Addis Ababa). In presenting this framework, the article seeks to advance debate on epistemological and analytical approaches to the study of both power relations and differential patterns of urban development.