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At first glance one may presume that Palestine has a booming tourism sector; the vast majority of sites important to Christian pilgrims are located in the area and to the naked eye, places such as Bethlehem are brimming with tourists much of the year round. However, there are many things misleading about this first impression.
This article has been reproduced from "Faith Under Occupation", a publication released last week by the World Council of Churches to help promote a truthful global awareness of the plight of Indigenous Christians in the Holy Land.
The authors are known as Ecumenical Accompaniers (EAs) who provide a protective presence to vulnerable communities, monitor and report human rights abuses and support Palestinians and Israelis working together for peace.
When they return home, EAs campaign for a just and peaceful resolution to the Israeli/Palestinian conflict through an end to the occupation, respect for international law and implementation of UN resolutions.
The full publication can be downloaded by clicking here.
Tourism throughout Israel and Palestine, has, like so much of life and industry in the region become part of the political battlefield. Israel's famous one-eyed General, and one-time Prime Minister, Moshe Dayan reportedly said that he would license Palestinians to be fighter pilots before giving them licenses to be tour guides. And he does not seem to be the only one with that opinion, as no Palestinian tour guides were licensed between 1967 and 1995, and no Palestinian investment in tourism was even permitted for this period.
As of 1995, the situation began to improve; Bethlehem was given permission to invest in tourism. Donned the "Bethlehem 2000" project, millions of dollars were spent investing in Street sculptures and infrastructure in anticipation of a big tourist boom at the end of the millennium. This ray of light however proved to be short lived as on 2April 2002 the people of Bethlehem awoke to the sounds of tanks entering the Old City and guns blaring beneath the whirring of over flying Apache helicopters.
Tanks scraped along the walls of the Old city as they attempted to push through its narrow streets. The Lutheran Christmas Church compound along with many homes in the heart of the city were raided and damaged. A group of Palestinian men shot back with rifles against trained soldiers with automatic weaponry and armored vehicles in an attempt to protect the city. The fighting lasted just 13 hours before they were overpowered. They then retreated to Manger Square and sought sanctuary with others in the Church of the Nativity, which marked the beginning of nearly 4 months of curfews imposed on the city and a 40-day siege of those who were in the Church of the Nativity.
Forty days being trapped in the Church of the Nativity was not at all what those seeking refuge there – nor the monks who welcomed them – had expected, all believing that the churches sanctity and its historical significance marking Jesus' birthplace would command some respect from the Israeli military. Instead, Israeli soldiers surrounded the church, taking over Manger Square and used the International Peace Centre as their command post. The church was riddled with bullet holes and the inside was damaged from having 200 people trapped inside for such a long period of time without clothes, food or first-aid supplies. The International Peace Centre had many artworks from their gallery destroyed or stolen, including pieces from their exhibition focusing on the nativity scene. The city in general was damaged or destroyed.
The economic ramifications as a result of the siege were harsh and long lasting, especially for the tourism sector, which is largely run by Palestinian Christians. Tourists were afraid of travelling in the West Bank and governments around the world encouraged their citizens to keep their distance. Thus, those working in hotels, souvenir shops, travel agencies, restaurants and cafés lost their livelihoods. The lack of money flowing in from tourism then caused virtually every other sector in the Bethlehem area to crash; thus, almost everyone who worked in the private sector lost his or her source of income.
For years after the siege, the Church of the Nativity that had previously hosted thousands of tourists a day was more like a ghost town. Thankfully this reality has started to change, but now the people of Palestine are fighting another battle. Though tourists have begun to return to the area the tourism industry has in many ways become monopolized by Israel to the detriment of the Palestinian community. Of the three million visitors to Israel and Palestine during 2008, an estimated 38% came as pilgrims and only 12% came on business or to attend conferences.3 With few exceptions, most of the tourist sites of interest to Christian pilgrims visiting Israel-Palestine are located in the West Bank. Yet, 97% of tourism income goes to Israel, and only 3% to Palestine.
Rami Kassis from the Alternative Tourism Group (ATG) laments, "Tour buses that clog and pollute the streets of Bethlehem contribute nothing to the economy. Our biggest challenge is to bring open-minded visitors to see for themselves." Most tourists who come to the West Bank stay in Israeli hotels and do not meet Palestinians or eat Palestinian food. To attract business, the curio shops in Bethlehem usually have to pay huge kickbacks to tour operators. Of the 300-400 Palestinians, both Christian and Muslim who are trained as tour guides, only 42 have permits to work within Israel, whilst current policies allow all Israeli tour guides to work throughout the West Bank. Moreover, in October of 2010, a bill was put forth in the Knesset (the Israeli Parliament) calling for all Arab tour guides from East Jerusalem to be stripped of their licenses on grounds that they do not present the Israeli viewpoint to visitors.
If all of these barriers are not enough, some of the few industries that may attract an income from tourists are being suffocated. For instance, last year's olive harvest produced too little oil for the local market, making it impossible to sell oil to tourists – a direct result of trees being destroyed, land being confiscated and Palestinian farmers being refused access to their land to tend their trees.
A number of creative responses have been developed in an attempt to undercut these discriminative policies. One has been the move to Internet tourism, based on the belief that 'if the tourists could not come to Palestine, then Palestine would have to reach out to tourists. These projects are a simple form of e-commerce, a way of selling souvenirs and locally produced goods to a broader market than those who come to Palestine.
Another response has been the Palestinian Initiative for Responsible Tourism (PIRT – www.pirt.ps), which is a network of organizations, associations and public bodies committed to work for responsible tourism to the Holy Land and to act as advocates for this approach to tourism.
PIRT is committed to transforming the current tourism patterns in the Holy Land by encouraging pilgrims and tourists via their 'Code of Conduct for Tourism in the Holy Land' to include Palestinian cities and towns in their itineraries, in order to achieve a more equal distribution of tourism revenues for all people in region.
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"I'll see ya in another life, brotha..." Is it strange to yearn for the return of a television character? Well...normal is overrated. I can become strangely enmeshed with these people who come into my life and then leave too soon. I should be as committed to my friends in real life.
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There is another viewpoint that they are some of the best footwear you can wear, simply because of the performance that they afford you. They have some of the best barefoot minimalist sneakers on the market and they can go a long way in helping you in accomplishing your goals.
As they stack up against popular choices such as Reebok, New Balance or Inov-8, VFF is up there with them and might be better than some models. You can forget adidas and Nike, as they simply blow them out of the water.
The one downside is that a lot of people do not enjoy running in them. They find that they might slip and fall or that the traction is not that great. It really depends on the model that you get, so I would say your mileage may vary.
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The best type of ski goggle is the kind you don't notice wearing: no fog, no glare or visual distortion, and the world only seems less clear when the goggles come off—not while wearing them. The new Scott Vapor is this type of goggle, and it's comfortable on the face to boot. $120
SCOTT Symbol 2 Plus D Helmet
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Elevate Your Safety
We develop, test and re-test in order to perfect our products over years and years. Our helmets, body protection or bags give you that extra bit of safety in those crucial areas of your body when it counts. Regardless if you ride skis, snowboards, MTB or road bike, "ELEVATE YOUR SAFETY" with SCOTT- we've got you covered.
Elyse outlines how understanding and avoiding human errors and poor judgment in the backcountry, and maintaining good communication, is essential to making sure you and your friends enjoy the mountains safely.
Getting the Right Gear
Elyse and Jackie run through the essential gear required to keep yourself safe in the backcountry – airbag backpack, transceiver, shovel, probe, helmet, and first aid kit – and the importance of knowing how to use it properly.
SCOTT Sports: In the Meadows – Part 2
After a successful scouting mission to Golden Holiday Alpine Meadows, Sam Cohen decided it was worth a trip back with bigger objectives and a Strong supporting crew.
Directed by: Nate Cahoon
Sam Cohen and friends embark on the ski trip of a life time to Golden Holiday Alpine Meadows Lodge in Golden, British Columbia for endless pow laps and good vibes.
Music: "Adventures in your own Backyard" By Patrick Watson
TGR – The Far Out Ones: Fabian Lentsch
See Fabian's full Far Out Ones athlete feature: FabianLentsch Profile
Check out Fabian's Kit: Fabian's Kit
Teton Gravity Research The Far Out Ones
REI presents Far Out, the new ski and snowboard film by Teton Gravity Research. No two athletes in Far Out are the same, but Fabian Lentsch sure stands out from the crowd. He might be the new guy on the team, but the young Austrian sure shows he has what it takes to ski in the wildest places on the planet. Like so many of his friends, Lentsch started off on the competition circuit, but the free-thinking individual quickly decided to take a much more independent approach to his skiing. He quit the FWT and started roadtripping. Remember, this is Europe we're talking about, and #vanlife hadn't quite caught up to the levels we are used to seeing in North America, but Lentsch forged his own path ahead anyway. After spending nearly a year building out a custom-built RV, he packed it full of skis and friends, and headed East on a trip into the unknown. Over the next few seasons, what became known as the Snowmads crew ended up skiing some of the wildest places on the planet, but of course, Lentsch always wanted more. This year, he took some time off the road to film for Far Out, Presented by REI, joining Angel Collinson, Johnny Collinson, and Nick McNutt to explore the mountains of Albania. Check out his part in TGR's upcoming ski and snowboard film, and hear what he has to say about pushing the limits in all corners of the globe.
Teton Gravity Research The Far Out Ones Tour
Tour tickets, dates, and film info at: tetongravity.com/farout
REI presents Far Out, a ski and snowboard film that embodies the imagination as much as it does a physical space. It is the quest to seek out undiscovered realms and inspire new waves of creativity, enlightenment, and progression. It is the quest to be blown away.
Join the TGR crew on one of its boldest missions ever. The film follows the perspective of an athlete as he embarks on a journey to one of the most remote and unexplored mountain ranges on the planet, the Albanian Alps. While the final destination appears to be the ultimate goal, it is the collective of athletes, experiences, and the array of locations around the world that inevitably drive the season's adventure. Witness mind-bending pillow lines as the crew camps out deep in the Purcell Mountains of British Columbia. Experience urban madness in Kamchatka and the insanity of the Crazy Mountains in Montana. Join the crew in the Slovenian Alps for over-the-head cold smoke and watch an 11-year-old rip Jackson Hole. Discover the alien landscape of Girdwood, Alaska in January and see Sean Jordan ride into Crested Butte on a black stallion to shred the Southern Rockies. Find out if the wildest and most untamed mountains in Europe let us in, and if the ultimate destination became a reality.
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Why Ban On Petrol Cars Could Kill Off Vauxhall
The UK government's controversial decision to ban all new petrol and diesel cars from 2030 could have unintended consequences on the automotive industry in this country.
In the week that PSA Group merged with Fiat Chrysler to form Stellantis, the company's new CEO, Carlos Tavares has described the British Government's decision as 'Brutal' and said that it could 'destroy the business model'.
PSA Group acquired Vauxhall in 2017, but Tavares has said that a ban on all ICE cars could put the future of Vauxhall's Ellesmere Port plant in danger.
"If a government creates a situation that destroys the business model, by saying 'we're going to ban the sale of that type of car', we're going to stop investing," Tavares said in his first press conference as Stellantis boss.
"If we're told that in 2030 internal combustion engines can't be sold in the UK, which we respect as a decision of the country, then we will not invest in combustion engines any more, and we will look to see if there is a business case to invest in other directions.
"We completely respect those rules and will completely comply with those rules, but if they lead to a case [where] there's no business model, it leads to a consequence that's clear for everybody."
The future of Vauxhall's Ellesmere Port plant has been clouded in doubt for a number of years, with first Brexit and then COVID threatening the 1,100 jobs. But with the UK government unlikely to reverse their plans on a 2030 ban, the Astra production could be moved elsewhere.


EMERGE Community Development is a "one-stop" hub for an array of services that help create economic opportunity and vitality in the north Minneapolis and Cedar Riverside communities. Each year, EMERGE helps connect more than 2,500 people to housing, employment training, job placement and other in-demand social services. It also operates four social enterprises that give people a chance to strengthen job skills through temporary employment opportunities. Through this network of support, EMERGE is better able to meet the unique needs of people who face multiple barriers to employment including lack of transportation, child care challenges, limited education or criminal background.
EMERGE built the Career and Technology Center to give north Minneapolis program participants easy access to job coaches and workforce development resources. The state-of-the-art facility is housed in a revitalized, historic structure that also serves as a space for community events and gatherings. EMERGE took this approach to infuse economic activity in an area of the city that was historically and economically distressed. The result: a prominent technology center that offers job training pathways for the community and brings hope for residents who were otherwise disengaged.
The RESTORE Program is a job training initiative tailored to the needs of formerly incarcerated men. Most RESTORE participants have a previous track record of repeat, low-level offenses and little to no work history. Staff and participants prepare resumes, practice interviewing skills and coordinate job searches prior to release. Once back in the community, participants are connected to a network of comprehensive supports thanks to EMERGE's partnerships. Nearly half of the men who participated in the RESTORE program were employed once they completed it.
EMERGE hopes to share its innovations—regionally and nationally—and influence other breakthroughs in the field of workforce development.
Winning the Bush Prize has definitely added a level of validation to our work.


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Усачик вершинный липовый () — вид жесткокрылых из семейства усачей.

Распространение
Распространён в Европе, России, на Кавказе, Ближнем Востоке и в Северной Африке.

Описание
Жук длиной от 4 до 6 мм.

Развитие
Развитие вида длится от одного до двух лет. Питается листьями различных лиственных пород.

Галерея

Ссылки
cerambyx.uochb.cz Pogonocherus hispidus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Примечания

Усачики вершинные
Животные, описанные в 1758 году
Насекомые Африки
Насекомые Евразии

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Maman(s) est un court métrage film français réalisé par Maïmouna Doucouré sorti en 2015. Le film remporte le César 2017 du meilleur court-métrage ex aequo avec Vers la tendresse d'Alice Diop.

Synopsis
Le film évoque l'histoire douloureuse d'Aïda, une enfant de huit ans, confrontée à la polygamie dans sa famille. Face au désarroi de sa mère la fillette décide de se débarrasser de Rama, une jeune sénégalaise, nouvelle femme de son père. Maimouna Doucouré a elle-même, vécu ce type de situation, sans que le film soit autobiographique.

Fiche technique
 Titre : Maman(s)
 Réalisation et scénario : Maïmouna Doucouré
 Assistants à la réalisation : Jean-Baptiste Germain, Gildas Madelénat
 Décors : Anne-Sophie Delseries
Directrice de casting : Tania Arana
 Costumes : Valérie Ranchoux et Rose Mariani
 Photographie : Yann Maritaud
 Montage : Sonia Franco
 Son : Clément Maléo
 Assistante opérateur : Agnès Jeanneau
 Production : Zangro
 Script-Doctor : Sébastien Boatto
 Sociétés de Production : Bien ou Bien Productions
 Pays :
 Genre : court métrage
 Durée : 21 minutes
 Date de sortie : 2015

Distribution
 Sokhna Diallo : Aïda
 Maïmouna Gueye : Mariam
 Azize Diabaté Abdoulaye : Youssouf
 Marème N'Diaye : Rama
 Ériq Ebouaney : Alioune
 Maïssa  Toumoutou : Bébé
 Aïda Diallo : Bintou
 Khemissa  Zarouel : Nora

Production
Bien ou Bien Productions, avec le producteur Zangro, a assuré la production de du court métrage qui a également reçu le soutien de France 3, du Centre national du cinéma (CNC), de la région Aquitaine et de TV7 Bordeaux. Une quarantaine de techniciens ont participé au film. Le budget est de 100 000 euros. Le tournage s'est effectué en français et en wolof.

Récompenses
Maman(s) a été présenté dans plus de 150 festivals et a remporté plus de quarante prix internationaux dont le prix du meilleur court-métrage international au Festival de Sundance, le grand prix au Festival de Toronto ou le grand prix CinéBanlieue, qui a été remis à Maïmouna Doucouré par la Ministre de la Culture, Fleur Pellerin. Il obtient le César 2017 du Meilleur court métrage.

Références

Liens externes

Film français sorti en 2015
Court métrage français
César du meilleur court métrage
Polygamie
Film tourné à Paris


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* Rutger Barnekow (1695–1772), svensk militär
 Rutger Barnekow (1935–2019), svensk bankman


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SRI Bond Funds A Small But Growing Niche
Contributor to FA Green
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Socially responsible equity funds get the lion's share of attention these days, but SRI bond funds may be an attractive alternative for some of your clients' portfolios.
SRI bond funds are a small but growing niche within the broader bond fund market. Their holdings range from funds incorporating corporate debt, mortgage backed securities, low income housing, small businesses, economic development projects, infrastructure, affordable health-care firms, to job creation programs, neighborhood revitalization activities, to energy, green buildings and green-tech companies, according to the Social Investment Forum, an organization that promotes socially responsible investing.
Socially responsible investing funds typically screen out companies that produce products such as alcohol and tobacco or have practices deemed undesirable, such as poor pollution records.
Lately, a number of SRI bond funds are registering above average returns—including MMA Praxis Intermediate Income Fund (MIIAX), Calvert Social Investment Bond Portfolio (CSIAX), Domini Social Bond Fund (DSBFX) and the Parnassus Fixed Income Fund (PRFIX).
Pity the poor bond funds, though. Like Rodney Dangerfield they get no respect. The reason: Many investors consider them boring even though they dampen the ups and downs of the market. Still, if outperforming stocks over the last 10 years is boring, managers at the MMA Praxis Intermediate Income Fund will take boring any day.
"We had our best performance versus our peers during the market upheaval of 2007 and 2008,"said Delmar King, who has managed the fund since inception in May 1999. "Near the start of the market stress in 2007 we had our corporate weight nearly the same as our index (Barclays Aggregate). We doubled our corporate bond weight over the next year and a half as corporate bond prices fell, and we began to be paid for the risk in that sector."
"We consider ourselves a faith-based SRI fund with a strong awareness of green issues," adds King. "Finding innovative high-social impact market rate investments with an emphasis on renewable energy has been one of our priorities."
As evidence of the group's performance over the past decade, the Barclays U.S. (formerly Lehman) Aggregate Bond Index, often considered a proxy for the bond market, outperformed the S&P 500 Index by 6.75%, on average, per year over the last 10 years, ending Feb. 28, 2010. Stocks on the other hand, bested bonds as measured by the Barclays index over the trailing 15 years by a small margin, "but they did it by being exposed to significantly more risk," maintains Benjamin Bailey, the fund's co-manager.
The MMA Praxis Intermediate Income fund, with $259 million in assets, has returned 5.20% since inception. Year to date through March 8, 2010, it has returned 1.78%. Morningstar gives it three stars in the Intermediate Income Category for the Front End Loaded A share and four stars for the Load Waived A share for fee-based planners. The fund has an expense ratio of 1.21%. The fund has made the inclusion of market-rate, high-social impact investments--particularly green investments--a priority in recent years. To date, over 5.5% of the fund is held in investments supporting renewable energy, economic development, community infrastructure, education and medical research. Additionally, another 1% is dedicated to below-market community development investments across the U.S. and around the world.
The fund not only serves as ballast to stabilize investment portfolios, it extends MMA's investing philosophy in the form of targeted investments in renewable energy infrastructure projects often backed by large well-financed utility companies. While some equity SRI funds specifically target investments in renewable/green energy, many of the companies in which they invest are smaller, younger companies that may or may not succeed, Bailey points out.
Among the largest and oldest SRI bond funds is the $863.6 million Calvert Social Investment Bond Portfolio (CSIBX), an intermediate term bond fund skippered by bond veteran Gregory Habeeb.
Habeeb has helmed the fund since 1997 assisted by five analysts and four portfolio managers from Calvert's fixed-income team. From Calvert's trading desk at Bethesda, Md., headquarters, he also helps manage four other Calvert bond funds controlling about $7.5 billion in assets under management.
Calvert's SRI bond fund must pass Calvert's sustainability screens, which assess governance, ethics, workplace programs, environmental processes, and product safety and impact, among other factors. Core holdings consist of bank and finance, 23% of total assets; industrial bonds, 15%; municipal bonds, 12.5%; special purpose entity bonds, 6.5%; and MBS and ABS, totaling 9%.
The fund has returned 6.08% since inception in August 1987, and is up 1.95% YTD through Feb. 28, 2010. The fund carries a load of 3.75% and an expense ratio of 1.15%.
Calvert's SRI bond fund was No. 1 in overall performance in the Lipper single A bond class in 2002, and has won numerous Lipper awards over the last decade. It was No. 1 in performance in Lipper's single A bond class for the 5 and 10 years through 2007.
Habeeb and his team favor undervalued bonds with what they think is strong appreciation potential, specializing in uncovering assets with complex and unusual structures. Normally, however, the fund invests at least 80% of net assets in investment grade securities rated A or above.
The fund is 20% in cash. Habeeb said the fund's higher than normal turnover rate--77%--iis not reflective of the risk of the fund.
"The average credit rating or credit quality of the fund's assets is AA--and has been in the double A range for several years, so we tend to have a high quality fund," says Habeeb. "Our average exposure to high yield has been 5% for the last 10 years," he adds.
Habeeb notes the fund's current duration rate--a measure of interest rate sensitivity--iis 3.4 years, lower than a more typical 4.5-5.5 years in keeping with the current low interest rate environment.
"We like activity. We're always looking to make relative value adjustments to improve the risk-return profile of the fund," says Habeeb. "So a big part of our job on a daily basis is to look and see something that will improve the performance of the fund."
Another SRI fund worth investigating is the no-load Domini Social Bond Fund (DSBFX), an intermediate term bond fund with more than $100 million in assets. Since inception in June 2000, the fund has returned on average 5.6% annualized through Feb. 28, 2010. The fund carries an expense ratio of 0.95%.
Domini Social Bond fund ranks in the top 20% of its peers in each of several Lipper categories, including tax efficiency and preservation. Morningstar gives it three stars. The fund's holdings hold an average credit rating of AAA, according to Lipper.
One distinguishing feature, according to Domini, is that up to 10% of its holdings at any one time are invested in community development financial institutions that revitalize communities across the country. Ginnie Mae and Fannie Mae bonds, mortgage pass through bonds, and U.S. corporates largely make up the balance.
"We've been pleased with the recent performance of the fund in these difficult times," said Steve Lydenberg, chief investment officer for Domini. "Domini has traditionally avoided Treasuries in its fixed-income selections consistent with our concern about nuclear weapons."
These funds are not without risk, however. Investors interested in socially responsible investments should look at them as investments first and socially responsible offerings second, said Michael Herbst, a fund analyst at Morningstar. Investors should determine the socially responsible strategy, he said, "because that may mean the manager may avoid certain parts of the bond market and be more concentrated in other parts of the market. That's not necessarily a danger, especially for these funds because they are all considered fairly basic core type holdings."
"For example, a fund that's more concentrated in corporate bonds is likely to behave differently than one concentrated in government bonds. It's more having a better sense of what to expect from the fund than it being a risk."
One commonality in these three funds, Herbst noted, is their above average expenses. That could be a risk because it "means the manager will have to take on more overall risk to deliver competitive returns," said Herbst.
See the article at fa-mag.com/component/content/article/14-features/5413.html?Itemid=132.


On this occasion I have proposed to measure the electricity consumption of my entire house to make comparative estimates with the collection of my energy bill and analyze.
On this occasion I will use the IoT platform Ubidots in its Industrial version, previously we had done tests with the educational version, but this industrial version has special features for data analysis and more visual dynamism allowing to create very dynamic dashboards.
I will use a PeaceFair PZEM-004T meter and an ESP32 (ESP-WROOM-32) FireBeetle Modules from the DFRobot online store.
Before starting, I recommend you to be very careful regarding connections or electrical assemblies, if you do not have enough knowledge of Electricity please do not try it.
In a few seconds I created a test account in industrial Ubidots.
New dashboards: Redesigned dashboards, with date picker at the dashboard level and not at the individual widget level.
Dynamic dashboards: Possibility of having a device drop down by dashboard and, when changing it, all the widgets are updated.
The industrial version would easily allow designing solutions or applications in agriculture, automated manufacturing, education, health, home automation, manufacturing processes and smart cities.
The objective of these tests is to make the record of electrical consumption measurements in an uninterrupted way of my house and have an approximate reference or estimated in costs.
I simply want to compare my measurements, calculate costs and compare with local billing and really observe how much they consume the appliances and in the process generate a bit of awareness in the process.
The cost of kilowatt-hour in my city or zone is in my case $ 514 COP or 0.16 USD approximately, for now I will simply multiply the $ 514 COP for the kWh of the meter, later I could calculate the cost hour by hour, day, week and month.
You have to be realistic a house does not consume too much compared to the industry where this application would have good results, with industrial Ubidots could register 500 machines with one meter each without problems.
Recommendation: For a more detailed explanation step by step I recommend watching the full video 1# Measurement Electrical Consumption with Ubidots Industrial & ESP32 + PZEM-004T available on our Youtube PDAControl.
We have used this protocol for a long time in previous applications, technically any devices with TCP/IP capability can apply for its use, it is one of the most used protocols for IoT applications, Ubidots has a very detailed documentation including example and applications for Bash, ESP, Arduino and Python.
Boolean alert for failure in communication with meter.
This is a very risky part, in my case the power supply reaches this board that distributes throughout the house, facilitating the assembly of the current transformer "CT", previously with a multimeter and/or amperimetric clamp I have made the Measurements of Voltage and Current, for which I have determined a "CT" of 100A.
The current transformer is split core, facilitates its installation, it must be placed in phase "L".
It is not necessary to exactly measure the Voltage in my case 120VAC of the same board, I have chosen to measure voltage in a normal current outlet, which does not affect the measurement and facilitates the assembly.
Note: If you intend to replicate this application, keep in mind that electricity knowledge is required if you do not possess the knowledge, please do not risk it.
I initially designed a basic dashboard initially.
Certain Widgets as in this case Metric.
Modifications of styles with the help of CCS, we can modify font size, color among many features.
I have changed the fonts or the typeface, I have used Chakra Petch from Google Fonts gives a little character to the design.
Technically so far I can modify the price of kWh and multiply it by the read kWh of the meter, it's just the beginning.
The following widgets have been embedded directly from Ubidots, if you detail a few seconds you can see the change in real time.
The creation of type variables is very useful "RAW" and "Synthetics".
The variables Synthetics type allowed me to calculate the conversion kWh to COP "Colombian Pesos" and conversion kWh to USD "American Dollars".
The variables type "RAW" use it to store the value of a 1kWh = 514 COP in "Colombian Pesos" or 0.16 USD.
Calculation of consumption day by day.
Calculation of consumption week to week.
Calculation of consumption month by month.
Ubidots has many features that I have not yet explored such as Analytics Types and Funtions.
Finally thanks to Bangood for the meter PZEM-004T and DFRobot for the ESP32 FireBeetle and thanks to Ubidots.com.


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Jammu and Kashmir terrorists
Number of active terrorists dips from 300 to 250 in Jammu and Kashmir, says DGP Dilbag Singh
The number of terrorists, who have been active for a long time in Jammu and Kashmir, has gone down from 300 to around 250, asserted Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh on Tuesday. Addressing a press conference in Jammu, he stated that among the 250 (approx) terrorists currently active in the newly formed Union Terrirory (UT), 102 are Pakistani terrorists and the rest 150 are local terrorists.
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Ananya Das
The number of terrorists, who have been active for a long time in Jammu and Kashmir, has gone down from 300 to around 250, asserted Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh on Tuesday. Addressing a press conference in Jammu, he stated that among the 250 (approx) terrorists currently active in the newly formed Union Territory (UT), 102 are Pakistani terrorists and the rest 150 are local terrorists.
DGP Singh also said that the law and order situation is better than before. Singh also added that infiltration from across the border was reduced significantly in 2019. "As per our record, around 130 people managed to infiltrate this year, compared to last year`s figure of 143. The number of youths joining terrorist organisations has gone down. 218 joined in 2018 and this year it was 139," Singh said further.
Speaking to Zee News, DGP Singh described 2019 as full of achievements for the state police and 2020 as full of challenges. Talking about challenges of 2020, the DGP said that in the new year, 2020, it would be the priority of the police to normalise the situation and provide relief to the people of Kashmir from terrorists.
The top police official also said that security forces have been able to neutralise 160 terrorists in 80 operations. According to the DGP, there has been a 30 per cent decrease in terror-related incidents in 2019 as compared to the previous year and the civilian casualty has also come down.
Singh added that several sports events were also held and drugs detection centers have also been set up in Kashmir at a cost of Rs 10 crore. He added that around Rs 63 crore have been spent for police welfare and 615 medals have been awarded for meritorious service.
The year of Jammu and Kashmir Police in 2019 has been much better than previous years as the police successfully accomplished many things. Singh also pointed out that there has been an improvement in police infrastructure in the region and said that close to 10,000 youths had undergone training at their training centres.
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Love & Anarchy () is a Swedish romantic comedy television series. It is Netflix's second Swedish-language series, following Quicksand. It was produced by the same company, FLX. The series was created by Lisa Langseth, who also served as the head writer, together with Alex Haridi. The story follows a professional married woman with children who finds herself playing a daring game with a young male employee.

The first season premiered on 4 November 2020; the second on June 16, 2022.

Premise
Sofie is an ambitious consultant and married mother of two children living in Stockholm. When Sofie receives the order to restructure an old and well-established publishing house, Lund & Lagerstedt, her orderly life begins to fall apart at the seams. It begins when she meets the young IT expert Max, and begins an unexpected and daring flirtation with him. In the process, they develop a flirtatious little game whereby they both take turns challenging each other to do things that contradict established social norms.

Their harmless games soon turn into bitter seriousness as the challenges, and the resulting consequences, become bigger and more uncontrollable.

Cast and characters
 Ida Engvoll as Sofie, a successful consultant and married mother of two
 Björn Mosten as Max, the IT temp at Lund & Lagerstedt
 Johannes Bah Kuhnke as Johan, Sofie's controlling and manipulative husband, a successful commercial director
 Björn Kjellman as Ronny, the weak-willed CEO of Lund & Lagerstedt
 Reine Brynolfsson as Friedrich, one of the veteran publishers at Lund & Lagerstedt
 Gizem Erdogan as Denise, one of the veteran publishers at Lund & Lagerstedt
 Carla Sehn as Caroline, the receptionist at Lund & Lagerstedt

Episodes

Season 2

References

External links

2020 Swedish television series debuts
2020s romantic comedy television series
Lisa Langseth
Swedish comedy television series
Swedish-language Netflix original programming


This is the only secluded coastal beach camping area in Kakadu.
Although suited to those with a real spirit of adventure who enjoy out of the way places it is mainly used by locals for fishing and is rarely visited by travellers.
The turn-off to West Alligator Head is 2 km from the entry station. An 80 km 4WD track through the savanna woodlands brings you to the campground.
There are basic facilities at Pococks Beach but no defined camping areas at Pococks Beach Middle Beach or Jungle Camp.
There is no boat ramp but boats can be launched from the beach. You should note the tidal flat extends out 1.2 km.
Driving on the beaches is prohibited.
The beach is an important nesting ground for flatback turtles, which nest for nine months of the year.


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Q: Styled-Component will not return in React "code unreachable" Anyone have an idea why my styled-component is unreachable in my return
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When you increase the power of an engine you will need to increase the amount of fuel it has to work with. You will usually need to uprate the Fuel Injectors, Fuel Pump and engine Ecu Tuning software (Custom-Code).
The mix ratio of air to fuel needs to be closely balanced and most engine tuning projects will involved increasing the amount of fuel and air combusted in the engine.


Bute Golf Club's new season began with the April medal competition on Saturday, April 2.
Pat McDonald stepped up a gear at Bute Golf Club on Saturday with an emphatic victory in the April medal competition.
The Rothesay taxi driver finished four shots clear of the field with a net 61, making him a clear winner of the second division prize.
Richie Smith (20) was second on net 65 while John Kernaghan (14) and Steven Neilson (17) shared third place three shots further adrift. Kernaghan achieved the rare feat of recording a brace of birdie twos, at the third and 12th.
Leighton Thomas (10) led the first division after he returned the best best scratch score of 75 for net 65 which included birdies at the first and 11th holes.
The highlight of runner-up Jim Thom's round came when he hit the flag pole with his approach shot at the 16th; he then putted out for a birdie three on his way to a net 67, playing off 11. David Bryden (11) was in third place on 68.
* The first silverware of the new season is up for grabs on Saturday when members compete for the James Lamont Quaich, which will be defended by Robert McKirdy.
The usual ballot will take place at the clubhouse at 8.30am.


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Ray Papka, mixed-media artist at Wallace Station, has a long and varied life of inspiration for his work
Ray Papka's "Tree of Life" is in Honeywood, the new restaurant of his daughter, chef Ouita Michel, in Lexington.
Story and photographs by Austyn Gaffney
University of Kentucky School of Journalism and Media
Ray Papka, a Midway resident for the past seven years, claims most people know him as the father of one of his three kids: Ouita Michel, Perry Papka, or Paige Walker. When I met Papka at a community dinner at Midway Christian Church he told me he was famous for nothing.
"Most people call me OF or PF," Papka joked, "Ouita's Father or Paige or Perry's Father."
But in fact, Papka has a long legacy of accomplishments, including more than 30 years as a Ph.D. and educator in the field of brain and nerve sciences, and his current work as a mixed-media artist.
Papka in his studio on Old Frankfort Pike at Wallace Station
Unless he's traveling, Papka can be found laboring in his two basement studios at his house on Old Frankfort Pike at Wallace Station. When I visited, the first piece he showed me was created for his daughter Ouita Michel's new restaurant, Honeywood, at the Fritz Farm shopping center at the corner of Nicholasville Road and Man O' War Boulevard.
"Ouita was very attached to her mother and her mother's favorite birds were cardinals, which is also the Kentucky state bird. So I added some cardinals for that reason and to add some color to the background," said Papka. "It represents the family coming together, and then reaping the benefits of the family's hard work."
The restaurant is named after the late Honeywood Parrish, a neighbor of the Holly Hill Inn, Ouita Michel's first restaurant. Keeping to the theme of family, Papka incorporated photographs of letters from her family on the border of the wood panels. In the middle, separated from the letters by a thin line of red metal, a large tree branches out across a yellow background, the cardinals resting on its limbs.
"It's the tree of life," Michel explained. "My father's creativity really knows no bounds. He is a woodworker. He's made bedroom furniture, lamps, candlesticks, and ashtrays. He's re-roofed our home, paneled our kitchen out of scavenged barnwood, and hand-painted Native American symbols on the walls. He's made shutters, picture frames, and sandwich boards and utensil caddies for my other restaurants. He grew up in a time when people had to be more self-reliant."
Papka's upbringing strongly influences his art. He grew up in Thermopolis, the largest town (population 3,000) and seat of Hot Springs County in Wyoming. His family, originally from South Dakota, earned their living as sod farmers and then carpenters as oil towns boomed in the early 20th century. His father continued that legacy by moving his family around the country for the first few years of Papka's life.
"Basically, my family was a mess," said Papka, laughing. "My dad had the wanderlust. He did not want to sit down and do a job. He wanted us to live in a trailer house and be pulled all over the country and my mother finally had to put her foot down and say, no way, Thermopolis is the last stop."
His father ended up doing ironwork on railroad bridges and building missile silos in South Dakota. But eventually, he abandoned the family, following construction work to Los Angeles. His mother supported Papka and his three siblings as a motel maid, and the kids had paper routes, lawn-mowing jobs in the summer and snow-shoveling jobs in the winter to help support the family.
"We became very independent and survivalist," Papka said. "My childhood was as close as I can possibly imagine to a Tom Sawyer or Huckleberry Finn life. We built rafts to float down the river, and we ran through the hills and sagebrush to shoot rabbits for dinner. Mom would kick us out of the house early in the morning, and we had this laundry whistle they would ring at noon and five o'clock. My mom would say come home when the whistle blows for dinner, and in the meantime get out of here."
Papka with his "Semper Femina," or "always women"
Papka's upbringing shows in his work.
"I like old things like rustic maps. I mean, when I was a kid I probably spent more time reading maps then I did books because they were like stories to me, and in a sense, I wanted to know how everything was connected."
Much of his artwork features embellishments of old, dusty objects he finds at flea markets and digging through scraps. When I visited his studio, Papka showed me rusty pieces of an old radio he was using to create jewelry that he found in a burn pile in Santorini, Greece. The jewelry is for a series of female characters called "Semper Femina," a name he borrowed from the title of musician Laura Marling's album. "Semper Femina" is taken from the Marines motto, Semper Fidelis, which means always faithful, and repurposed into always women. The series is a tribute to the strong women in Papka's life.
The collection, consisting of 11 unique pieces, was created with one of Papka's favorite mediums, old books. A corner of his large studio is dedicated to floor-to-ceiling bookshelves towering with old encyclopedias and hundreds of salvaged books once fated to be thrown into landfills or fires. The Woodford County Public Library has learned to call Papka before it disposes of any literature. Along with books and found objects, Papka uses an ancient form of painting called encaustic to create the restored feeling of his mixed media work. Encaustic painting takes hot wax and sometimes adds pigment to create protective layers of coating over paper, photographs, found media, and other objects of Papka's work.
Papka's bookshelves also hold "found objects" for his work.
Michel calls her father's studio the work of a "scientifically organized hoarder," and like many artists, Papka is heavily influenced by his life as a scientist. Leaving Thermopolis to attend the University of Wyoming, he wanted to become a forest ranger.
"You'd never know it from the way I talk now," said Papka, "but growing up I was extremely shy and introverted, and becoming a game warden all by myself would have been just perfect."
Pretty soon though, his intellect outpaced his plans. His advisor in the zoology department convinced him to go to graduate school for anatomy at Tulane University. The program came with a full tuition reimbursement, money for travel and research, and a living stipend. These scholarships reflected Papka's work ethic and were also the only way he could support his growing family. He had married his first wife, Pam, right out of high school after she became pregnant with Ouita. He was 19, she was 18.
Michel, who was between three and five at the time, has a vague memory of their car catching on fire in Louisiana on the way to New Orleans.
"Sharecroppers along the side of the road came up and helped us empty our trailer," Michel recalled. "But I never felt afraid. My father was always confident. When I decided to buy the Holly Hill Inn, my mother's reaction was fear-based. She thought the prices were too high and I would go out of business. But my dad said, 'You got this,' and came down to help put padding on the tables. He's always been super pragmatic. His response to stress is to work hard, and when our car was burning, he was a blur of activity emptying that trailer."
Papka's hard work led to a long and successful career as a neuroscientist. His first job was at the University of Kentucky, where he spent more than a decade teaching and growing his family to three children. It also led to the splintering of his family when Pam Papka became involved with a close friend and co-worker, Robert Sexton, a history professor at UK.
"I had a sabbatical coming up in Australia," Papka recalled, "so I told my former spouse, we can go down there and work things out together away from all the trappings of home, or you can stay here and figure it out for yourself, but when I come back you need to know what you want to do."
Pam decided to stay in Kentucky, and Papka took Michel, then 16, to Adelaide, South Australia, for a year instead.
"It was really upsetting at first, because we were so homesick," Michel recalled. "But it was a fantastic experience. Australia brought us closer and it was a real confidence builder. He just dropped me off at school in a foreign country half-way around the world and expected me to figure it out."
"Time Piece," one of several Papka works dealing with the topic
Papka's life continued to be a series of moves. He left UK for the University of Oklahoma, where he spent a decade. His last teaching position was at the Northeast Ohio University College of Medicine, where he was chairman of neurobiology and ended up as vice president of research. He also traveled extensively, and held positions in Europe, including Hungary and Denmark. One of his pieces features a subway map of London in the background, and much of his work revolves around time, travel, and navigation. When I visited his studio, he was working on creating compasses out of discarded objects.
"Doing artwork is kind of like doing lab work to me because in my scientific career I'd set up a hypothesis and go into the lab and do the research and test it," he said. "Now in my artwork, I set up a title first, and I go into the studio and working on that piece becomes an experiment because the story is coming out of me as I'm working on it. So I'm doing the same thing," Papka reasoned, "using the same neurological pathways in my brain."
People who see Papka's work at New Editions Gallery in Lexington are always intrigued by his process, said owner Frankie York.
Papka had several works in progress during our visit.
"I think his [scientific] background and his intellectual process really influence how he composes things," York said. "There's so much involved in each piece, and we asked him to turn in a short paragraph, that he actually turned into two paragraphs, so we could tell people what's going on in each piece. It's actually fairly complex and not random at all."
The complexity of Papka's life may be what comes through most in his art. He is a deep thinker, and works through his own thoughts, memories, hopes and fears when he creates his pieces. For now, this life is centered in Kentucky. He moved to Midway in 2010 to be near his family. He has considered moving back to the mountain west, a place he misses from his childhood. During his academic career he applied for jobs there, but ultimately chose not to return, even when his second wife returned to Wyoming in 2011. He said the divorce was amicable, and he helped her pack up her things and drove the U-Haul to set up her new life. Three years later, Pam Sexton's obituary included him among the survivors, as the father of her children.
Ray Papka's life has been full of changes, but it seems he has found what he wants in his basement studio, his prolific artwork, and his family. Spending time with his kids and his grandkids in between his travels keeps him rooted in the Bluegrass. But he is always looking for where to go next, and says he will soon start research to visit Córdoba, Spain, a major Islamic center during the Middle Ages, or take a road trip down historic U.S. Route 66 through America's arid southwest. With a full life and a full schedule, it doesn't seem like his art will run out of inspiration anytime soon.
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RS Kart takes first UK victory at TVKC Winter Series Rd2 Reggie Duhy took a stunning victory in his 2nd race for the UK Factory team. We also took 5th Place in the teams first Mini X30 race with new driver Jacob Mccomb.


This week is the 21st anniversary of the Montreal Massacre, as it was called at the time that this terrible event occured. We commemorate this day when we lost 14 women to violence at Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal.
Remembering the massacre of these women makes me saddened that there is this kind of hate in the world. I counter my sadness by focussing on the positive aspects of education for women and girls. The hope for the world is in our ability to envision a future where women and men have the ability to choose their own paths in life. When women have education they invariably choose the number of children that they will have and that number is generally small. Certainly smaller than when women have less education.
When you feel disheartened you can take efforts to change your perspective. If you want to make a difference in this world know that you can effect change if you wish. We can and we do.
For inspiration read Greg Mortenson's books "Three Cups of Tea" and "Stones into Schools"
Watch the film "Born into Brothels" or follow the work of Rick and Adrianne as they travel through South East Asia and bring the basics of life and education to so many people, mostly children. I will post the updates from KIDS as they come in to me. Their current update is on my blog.
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Preprint Journal Clubs: building a community of PREreviewers
Preprint Journal Clubs: building a…
By Samantha Hindle and Daniela Saderi, PREreview
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Preprints are freely available scientific manuscripts that have not yet undergone editorial peer review. They provide data and knowledge that is current, accessible by all, and at a stage where community peer review can contribute to scientific progression. Rather than restricting feedback to two or three journal-selected reviewers, preprints can be read and evaluated by a diverse population of interested scientists at different career stages. Theoretically, the advantages of opening up scientific evaluation to a larger pool of scientists should be straightforward: the more reviewers, the fewer mistakes – or to quote Linus' Law, "Given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow." Practically speaking, this can be more complicated as scientists have limited free time, are not well-incentivized for their reviewing activities, and some may argue that "too many cooks spoil the broth."
So, how do we harness the power of community-driven review, whilst reducing the burden on the community and maximizing efficiency? We, amongst others, are encouraging the peer review of preprints during scientific journal club discussions. As these discussion groups are already ongoing in research institutions all over the world, and are often supported by existing infrastructure, why not direct that energy to something that can be used both by the authors and the community? We believe that preprint journal clubs can provide the peer-to-peer support and mentor-driven guidance to help train a diverse community of peer reviewers and in particular, early-career researchers (ECRs). This idea is not a new one; what's new is the way we are implementing it and the scale to which we want to see it happen.
Is this what the community wants?
In the summer of 2017, we conducted a survey and collected responses from 102 people, primarily academics [1], in order to assess the community's attitudes regarding preprint commenting and peer-review training. Most of those surveyed had not yet participated in a preprint journal club, but were positive about the idea. When we probed about peer-review experience, even though the majority of the respondents had contributed to peer review, very few had received any training. Many recognized the positive impact that can derive from reviewing preprints at journal clubs, especially in regards to ECRs receiving peer-review training.
In response to these results, and after discussions with various interest groups, we launched PREreview in September, 2017.
PREreview today
PREreview.org is a free online platform for the collaborative writing of preprint reviews after discussion at journal clubs. The website is supported by Authorea's infrastructure, allowing reviewers to write and publish (with a free DOI, Digital Object Identifier) their feedback directly on PREreview. Each review can also be tagged with the name of the preprint journal club group, as well as with specific keywords that are consistent with the science reviewed, to facilitate discoverability and categorization.
Our goal was to create a collaborative space for a community of preprint reviewers to grow and flourish in a supportive "environment," perhaps lifting some from the pressure that might arise from posting the feedback directly on the preprint server. In addition, by developing easy-to-use resources, we want to encourage the uptake of preprint journal clubs in institutions all over the world.
We also created email templates to help researchers initiate preprint journal clubs, information sheets and slide decks to introduce the concept of preprints to the group, and guidelines to encourage constructive rather than destructive feedback. Although these resources are designed for preprint journal clubs, they can also be used by individuals to guide them in traditional peer review.
PREreview tomorrow
We are currently in our beta testing phase and, as part of this process, we have been surveying both the preprint journal club participants and the preprint authors who received feedback. So far, we have been overwhelmed with the level of enthusiasm with which the community has embraced this trial run. When we asked participants if they would be likely to attend a preprint journal club in the future, we heard a resounding "Yes!" And the preprint authors? All of the authors said they were happy to receive the preprint review, that the feedback was useful, and that they would likely incorporate the feedback into their manuscripts. Also, almost all of them were positive about the review being openly available online, a response we did not necessarily expect.
"The feedback we received from being reviewed during journal club was of comparable quality to that we received from journal reviewers. Addressing the points of concern most certainly produced a better, more effectively communicated, paper."
Preprint author's response to a PREreview
What's next? One of the biggest barriers remains the fact that it takes time to write a review and scientists are busy. While we do not yet have a definitive solution to this problem, we have taken several actions to try and address this. For example, we provide two kinds of guidelines for preprint review writing: a longer and more formal version, elaborating on tips and strategies to provide constructive feedback, and a quick version, in the form of a short questionnaire. We also encourage a 2-person approach, in which one presents the preprint and the other writes the notes. To further maximize time efficiency, we have experimented with the use of collaborative annotation and commenting tools like Hypothes.is to promote live capture of the journal club discussions.
A recent analysis by eLife [2] showed that most ECRs prefer to receive peer-review training by working through a manuscript with their mentor. Soon, we hope to make available a PREreview resource that will build on the fantastic work of Dr. Prachee Avasthi, Assistant Professor at the University of Kansas Medical Center and member of our PREreview Advisory Board. We hope to develop and share a full curriculum that can be used by university programs in different fields to teach students how to critically evaluate a scientific manuscript and write a peer review using preprints as primary material. Encouragingly, this is already happening within the walls of preprint journal clubs, as one of our beta testers has remarked:
"…it was also a class on "how to write a review" for many of the participants"
Feedback from a PREreview beta tester
Lastly, features that we look forward to implement and add to PREreview include ways by which authors can solicit reviews at the time of preprint submission, the requirement of an ORCiD iD authentication to write and comment on PREreview, functionality that will make it easier for authors to reply to the reviews should they want to, and, most importantly, creating a system to directly link the reviews and eventual author's responses to the preprints themselves as Linked Data.
In summary, reviewing preprints benefits many stakeholders in the scientific community. Authors receive early feedback on their manuscript, while early-career researchers benefit from the opportunity to develop their critical thinking and peer-review skills, an act that can itself further their networking and career opportunities. The whole scientific community also benefits from access to scientists' discussions about the latest discoveries.
The emergence of several initiatives that aim to improve peer review gives us confidence that we can look forward to a brighter future for scientific evaluation and dissemination. The success of these efforts, including ours, will depend on the level of engagement and contribution coming from the whole community. We invite anyone who would like to help with PREreview to contact us at preprintjc@gmail.com or leave a comment below.
"If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together!"
African proverb
[1] Preprint Journal Clubs: Your Opinions Revealed, by Samantha Hindle and Daniela Saderi (DOI: 10.22541/au.151193754.44459059)
[2] Early-career researchers: Views on peer review, INSIDE ELIFE Jan 17, 2018
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The Lime House is the younger, bigger sister of the awesome Rubi. Opened in May 2014, and run by the same team, they keep the best things about Rubi the same, simply on a larger scale. The same playlist & friendly service; with a bigger food menu, more homemade gins, more flavours of Mojito to choose from (Sake Mojito anyone?) and more room to sit. For me it loses some of the charm of Rubi as I prefer my drinking establishments intimate and cosy – although on a busy weekend the extra breathing space really is a godsend.
Before you order, check out the mass of bottles in the display behind the bar which boasts a mind-boggling variety of homemade gins; from grapefruit flavour to roast lamb and everything in between. I wasn't brave enough to try the roast lamb, but if you are then let me know how it tastes!
Definitely worth a visit – Rubi still holds my heart but Lime House is a close runner-up, and perfect for bigger groups.


Erection of the first L.D.S. Church in Salina was commenced in 1864 when rocks were hauled from a quarry two miles away. Soren Neilson, a stonecutter, supervised the work. When the structure was built to the square, the people used it as a fort. Because of the Black Hawk War the building was not completed until 1871. One large room, 64 x 32 feet was later divided. It served the community for church, school and other gatherings. This bell atop the monument called the people together on every occasion.