Jubilee Metals Group PLC (LON:JLP) chief executive Leon Coetzer talks Proactive London's Andrew Scott through their acquisition of the Sable Zinc refinery in Zambia. Coetzer points out the refinery is situated immediately adjacent to the large stockpiles of zinc, lead and vanadium that Jubilee has contracted from BMR Group PLC. He adds that the acquisition reduces the time to build the project refinery by around 18 months and it expects to deliver the first metal within a year from the purchase.
Update on the Kitwe Black Mountain 22.06.18 ============================================================================================================== More than 10 people were killed and about 50 went missing after the Black Mountain collapsed on the illegal miners. Source:https://www.themastonline.com/2018/06/21/disaster-strikes-kitwe-10-die-at-black-mountain/ Background ============================================================================================================== The Kitwe Black mountain slug located in Wusakile Township Kitwe composed of mostly of copper and cobalt. It is being stripped at an astonishing dangerous rate. Barely three months after the government of Zambia granted permission to the Copperbelt "small-scale miners" popularly known as 'Jerabos', to mine at the Nkana slag dump also known as Black Mountain, several houses in a nearby mine area in Nkana West have been damaged by the rocks that came from the blast which occurred due to explosives that were used to blast a wall which was blocking an area that was intended for mining. Before privatisation, Nkana Slag Dump belonged to Nkana Mine of the Zambia Consolidated Copper Mine (ZCCM) Limited. It was a licensed dump where slag from the Nkana smelter was being dumped until it reached its maximum design limit in the 1990s. At privatisation in 1998, Nkana Slag Dump area was hived off from the Nkana Mine rights and awarded to Chambeshi Metals Plc who had a plant in Chambeshi that could treat the slag materials and recover some of the copper and cobalt contained in it. In the same year, Chambeshi Metals was granted a large scale mining license over the same area. The company worked the dump from early 2000 to 2010, when operations were suspended due to the slump in commodity prices and the global economic crisis that not only Zambia, but the entire world faced. On 27th December, 2012, Chambeshi Metals Plc applied to the ministry to transfer the licence over the Nkana Slag Dump to a newly formed company called Nkana Alloy and Smelting Company Limited. Nkana Alloy and Smelting Company Limited acquired the license over the dump through a transfer from Chambeshi Metals PLC on 23rd April, 2013, at a total cost of K19,320,000. (1.9M US$) At the time of the transfer, the shares in Nkana Alloy and Smelting Company Limited were Eurasia Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC) (British Virginia Island(BVI) Limited at 90 per cent and ZCCM-IH at 10 per cent. ENRC (BVI) is the majority shareholder in Chambeshi Metals Plc with 90 per cent while ZCCM-IH holds 10 per cent of the shares. Immediately after the transfer, before Nkana Alloy and Smelting Company Limited could move on site, Chambeshi Metals withdrew the security personnel who were guarding the dump. This created room for illegal miners in the form of youth groups who immediately invaded the dump and started mining illegally. The Ministry of Mines and Minerals Development later engaged the Zambia Police Services who drove away the illegal miners and provided security at the dump round the clock. A few weeks later, a company called Lunga Mineral Resources and Exploration Limited acquired a mineral processing license over an area within Kitwe District whose coordinates overlapped on the ground with the license held by Nkana Alloy and Smelting Company Limited. (Info Source ZWD - edited) Disclaimer The views shared in this video are not my personal views in regarding the characters mentioned in it. It was uploaded for information purposes.
FREE Zambia is a women's empowerment charity organisation operating in the compounds of Lusaka. They make jewellery from recycled Zambian metals and minerals, training young girls and women in the craft of the trade to give them skills, an income and stability.
First Quantum has invested in excess of US$5.7 billion in its Sentinel and Kansanshi Mines and the Kansanshi Smelter, and has paid more than US$3.3 billion in taxes in the last eleven years, transforming the economy of Zambia's North-Western Province and creating employment for more than 8,500 people.
A fascinating visual journey showing the key stages of copper production.
Tokkas Van Heerden, chief executive of Kaboko Mining (ASX:KAB), reckons the company has "something special" in its manganese assets in Zambia, where it has uncovered some of the highest grades of the metal in the world.
Black Mountain is the highest mountain peak in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, USA, with a summit elevation of 4,145 feet (1,263 m) above mean sea level and a top to bottom height of over 2,500 feet (760 m). The summit is located at approximately 36°54′51″N 82°53′38″W / 36.91417°N 82.89389°W / 36.91417; -82.89389 in Harlan County, Kentucky near the Virginia border, just above the towns of Lynch, Kentucky and Appalachia, Virginia. It is about 500 feet (150 m) taller than any other mountain in Kentucky.
Route 160 east of Lynch, Kentucky and west of Appalachia, Virginia crosses the mountain. The summit is reached by a narrow road that turns off to the right (coming from Lynch, KY or to the left, if coming from Appalachia, VA) at the Kentucky-Virginia line (the gap that is the highest part of Route 160) and leads past an FAA radar dome. There is a one lane dirt road to the left not far past the radar dome that leads to the summit. The summit is marked with an abandoned metal fire lookout tower (the cab and wooden steps are missing from the tower). There are also multiple radio towers along with transmitter buildings around the summit and a National Geodetic Survey benchmark is located on a large rock over the hill to the left of the fire tower. The benchmark is 6 feet below the highest point which is apparently directly under the old lookout tower.
Black Mountain is a lava capped mesa in Pima County, Arizona, that rises 1,000 feet above its base to an altitude of 3,602 feet. It is a northeast trending ridge, 5,600 feet in length, located along Mission Road nine miles southwest of Tucson. It is on the San Xavier Indian Reservation, 3.18 miles southwest of the Mission San Xavier del Bac. The Sierrita Mountains rise to the southwest and the Santa Cruz River is about four miles to the east.
On top of Black Mountain are the ruins of an ancient Hohokam fortification. Long stone walls, circular stone rings, petroglyphs, man-made trails, and pottery sherds can still be seen today. However, the site is on reservation land, and is therefore not open to the general public.
Kaboko Mining's Van Heerden says Zambia manganese asset "something special"
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Construction industry booms in Zambia.


Relaxing a bit at home after a busy long weekend. Did four hours of walking. Walking for what? Well for RELAY FOR LIFE! All items purchased from the 40 sims are donated to a GREAT cause. I was a part of it last year and decided I needed to do it again this year. It's definitely an experience. Granted I didn't post anything I purchased from the event in my post. I needed to get the word out there because I felt awesome <3 As my daughter said it touches the heart to see how even in Second Life, how there are still amazing people coming together to remember those we have lost and fight for those who struggle yet. As I walked the sims to see all the names paid tribute to hear bits and pieces of the stories of people you passed by, it just touches your heart in a way you can't imagine. I will definitely be looking into doing it again next year. I encourage you all to look into it as well but for now... back to shopping!
Doesn't mean I'm lonely when I'm alone.


These days you get to see swimming pools every few kilometers but the future is here and hence you are about to see worlds one and only of it's swimming pool which is suspended between 2 buildings 10 stories above. The owners will have a shared access to the pool which can be taken as an aquarium in the sky. The one and only swimming pool measures 90ft by 19ft and a depth of 4ft.
Illustration: Ballymore- Expected to complete in 2018.
Well, people who are scared of heights don't worry this pools surface is made of an 8-Inch thick glass which will not cause any certain death to anyone. The swimming pool is a feature of Nine Elms apartments which is being built on the south bank of the Thames River. Named Embassy Gardens which will become home to 2000 people isn't for the people who are on budget.


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Last weekend I travelled down to London for the Amphibian Conservation Research Symposium (ACRS) at the Zoological Society of London. Rachael Antwis from the University of Manchester, who I have been very lucky to work with over the last year, founded ACRS in 2012 along with Chris Michaels (University of Manchester and now at ZSL) and this year was the third annual meeting, co-organised by Helen Meredith (DICE and ZSL) and Jade Newton-Youens (University of Manchester). In 2012, Rachael saw the need for a platform where students can share their work and meet with other researchers in the field. This coming together of people from the academic, zoo, veterinary and commercial backgrounds meant that over the two-day symposium I saw several different sides to important issues. People had travelled a long way to make it to the ZSL for the meeting and the mixing of different cultures and backgrounds stimulated many thought provoking, positive and interesting conversations. It's always important to consider the opinions of others, especially from people who see first hand the problems affecting amphibians in their natural habitat.
The conference kicked off with a great talk from ASA founder Dr. Jaime García-Moreno outlining the issues that sparked the formation of ASA and the goals the group aim to achieve. The talks that followed over the weekend were both insightful and encouraging. I think we all can despair at times due to the multitude of issues effecting amphibians worldwide, but the overall feel of the weekend was one full of hope. Helen Meredith, who was excellent at keeping everyone entertained, encouraged this positive atmosphere as the weekend progressed. The vast array of topics covered was certainly food for thought, from cryoconservation to the importance of studying the amphibian fossil record in order to understand current declines. We also enjoyed a documentary by Darren Williams on ZSL's collaborative Chinese giant salamander conservation project. All the speakers and the posters had my mind racing with exciting possibilities for the future.
Everyone I spoke to over the weekend was clearly dedicated to his or her cause. What I found especially uplifting was the sense of responsibility from some of the more senior attendees. Their willingness to help my fellow students was pointed out to me several times. With many obstacles in the way of new graduates, it is a relief to know that there are people out there who want to help! I would highly recommend future ACRS meetings to any students who want to work in amphibian conservation, as well as more experienced members of the amphibian conservation community. Not only was I lucky to hear from great speakers such as Professor An Martel and Professor Frank Pasmans, who delivered excellent talks on emerging infectious diseases in Europe, but I have also come away feeling like I now belong to a very special community of people. I only wish I didn't have to wait a whole year in order to see where everyone's research has taken them.


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JAG: The Complete First Season (Box Set) [DVD]
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The complete first season of the popular 90s drama series. This season introduces former flying ace Harmon 'Harm' Rabb (David James Elliott) of the Navy's Judge Advocate General. Now an attorney, Harm investigates, prosecutes and defends military criminals in cases that often take him behind enemy lines. Episodes comprise: 'Pilot: Part 1', 'Pilot: Part 2', 'Shadow', 'Desert Son', 'Deja Vu', 'Pilot Error', 'War Cries', 'Brig Break', 'Scimitar', 'Boot', 'Sightings', 'The Brotherhood', 'Defensive Action', 'Smoked', 'Hemlock', 'High Ground', 'Black Ops', 'Survivors', 'Recovery', 'The Prisoner', 'Ares' and 'Skeleton Crew'.
Actor Terry O'Quinn, Tracey Needham, Ron Livingston, Joe Sabatino, Walton Goggins, Lee Tergesen, Cliff DeYoung, Michael Jai White, Gregg Henry, Andrea Parker, David James Elliott
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One day in every Spring, all 4th year medical students across the country discover where they will spending their next several years of their life as medical residents, learning their specialities as young, newly graduated physicians. March 21, 2014 was this year's Match Day; here is a web link to the University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of Medicine, 4th year medical students, celebrating their matches. Congratulations to all medical students matching with their respective residency programs!
A match made in Heaven. It is usually a term reserved for married couples. And if you know Jesus as your Lord and Savior, you truly have a match made in Heaven.
If you know Jesus as your Lord and Savior, your match day began when you accepted Him into your life. What a blessed assurance! Jesus is mine!
Compassion comes in many forms.
This touching story chronicles the last wish of a Dutch zoo worker, dying from a terminal brain cancer. He wanted to see the animals that he spent his entire life caring, one last time. As he was wheeled by the giraffe enclosure, one of the giraffes came near and kissed him.
God will always remind us of His infinite and everlasting compassion toward us and will do whatever it takes to remind us of His love. He created us and only wants the best for us, even when life is at its lowest and most painful.
For His merciful kindness is great toward us, And the truth of the Lord endures forever.
Look around you and be reminded of God's love and compassion; it comes in many forms.


Apo Reef is under the Municipal Jurisdiction of Sablayan, Occidental Mindoro. The location and isolation of Apo Reef serves as filter for the marine stocks of the Sulu and South China Seas. It is characterized by two season: dry from December to May and wet from June to November with average humidity of 75% almost year round.Changes in weather condition doesn't affect diving visibility. You can visit Apo Reef the whole year round!
For group bookings, we can do a special trip to the Calamianes Groups of islands in northern Palawan. Divers go to Busuanga for 3 reasons, wrecks, wrecks and more wrecks. There are 12 diveable shipwrecks of the Japanese Imperial Navy in the waters surrounding the numerous islands between Busuanga and Culion Island. These ships camoulflaged themselves and tried to hide from the planes on the carrier fleet of Adm. W. Halsey. The ruse failed and at 9 am on Sept 24, 1944, bombers from the American fleet sank 24 Japanese Vessels.


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Ironman 70.3 St. George 2013 Results Analysis
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Ironman 70.3 St. George, a beautiful but tough long-distance triathlon, took place under almost perfect conditions, resulting in an average finish time of 6:24 (we were close; we had projected 6:30, see below). At 6:24, it's one of the toughest Ironman 70.3 courses we've analyzed, and much slower than the average 6:00 finish time for all events.
The splits times as a percent of total were almost exactly what our models predict: 50% of time on the bike. Also note our correlation between bike and run splits for all finishers; results are significantly more bunched together, and with a higher R^2 than in 2012. Far more remarkable was the difference in DNF rates and finishers:
Ironman 140.6 St. George 2012: 29% DNF; 1,022 finishers
Ironman 70.3 St. George 2013: 4% DNF; 2,105 finishers
Pre-Race Ironman 70.3 Results Analysis Projections
In recent years, the full 140.6 mile Ironman St. George event had been one of the toughest courses on the Ironman circuit. For 2013, the race is now an Ironman 70.3 distance, and it's now the US. Pro Championship race.
The change brought up an interesting question: with Ironman St. George now a 70.3 mile event, effectively half the old race, what finish times could be expected?
We projected an overall finish time of 6:30 (see below), and we were within 1% or so: the actual result was 6:24 (see above).
In the past, we've presents results analysis of Ironman St. George 2010, 2011 and 2012, and we've also conducted in-depth analysis of 15 pairings of similar Ironman 140.6 and Ironman 70.3 events to predict average finish time at one distance based on actual results at another. Combining these analytics, here are the results.
Projections for Ironman 70.3 St. George
Average finish time will be around 6 hours, 30 minutes
Swim: 45 minutes (expected to be 53% of average 2010 to 2013 swim split)
Bike: 3:19 (expected to be 48% of average 2010 to 2013 bike split)
Run: 2:15 (expected to be 44% of average 2010 to 2013 run split)
Transitions: 0:11 (or about 80% of 2010-2012 splits)
Scroll further down the post to see a detailed set of predictions, by age group, by split, and overall.
Detailed Analysis of Ironman St. George 2010 to 2012
Ironman St. George Results Analysis and Kona Qualifying Times
With a record-breaking 29% DNF (started but did not finish) rate (compared to 19% in 2011), Ironman St. George remains at the top of RunTri's Toughest Ironman Course list (though Ironman South Africa's conditions and 13:43 time rivaled St. G this year). Of the 1432 starters, only 1024 finished. The frustratingly choppy water forced 6% of starters to DNF; wind gusts up to 40 mph forced another 19% to DNF, and finally, another 4% did not complete the run. Those who did cross the finish line did so in an average of nearly 14 hours. At 13:52:55 average finish time, St. George 2012 was 16 minutes slower than in 2011.
2011 Race Analysis
Ironman St. George unquestionably remains at the top of RunTri's Toughest Ironman Course list. How tough is IM StG? Of the more than 1600 who started the 2011 race, 300+ did not finish, about an 18% DNF rate. In the end, 1311 ambitious triathletes finished in a remarkably slow (= difficult) average time of 13 hours, 24 minutes.
Also see our Ironman St. George Bike/Run Correlation Analysis and RunTri's Toughest IMs.
Ironman St. George 2011: Correlation Between Bike and Run Splits
With an average marathon of 5:10 and bike split of 6:41, Ironman St. George 2011 is at the top of RunTri's Toughest/Easiest Ironman list.
When it comes to balancing the bike (x, and 50% of total race time) and run (y = 77% of x), our analysis of IM StG 2011 highlights four groups: 1. Fast and Balanced; 2. Energy to Spare for a fast run; 3. Left it on the Bike Course; 4. Smooth and Steady for a slow bike and slow run.
You want to be #1 or #4. In comparison to similar analyses of other Ironman races, the finishers at Ironman St. George seem to have struck a clear, if conservative balance between bike and run. Translation: it appears fewer blew up on the run after riding too hard on the bike course.
As the R^2 is .45, the correlation is low overall, but in an Ironman, all that really matters is reaching the finish line. For more see Ironman St. George and RunTri's Race Analysis Index.
Ironman Lanzarote Correlation Between Bike and Run Splits
How tough is the Ironman Lanzarote bike course? It's among the most difficult course in the world. The average bike split is 6:43, nearly the same as Ironman St. George's 6:41. Why then, many people ask, is St. George ranked as notably tougher than Lanzarote overall? The answer is in the marathon: Lanzarote triathletes averaged a 4:26 run, those in St. George suffered through a 5:10 marathon.
When it comes to balancing the bike (x, and 50% of total race time) and run (y = 66% of x), our analysis of IMLZ highlights four groups: 1. Fast and Balanced (Black label); 2. Energy to Spare (Green); 3. Left it on the Bike Course (Red); 4. Smooth and Steady (Blue) for a slow bike and slow run. Compared to St. George, more Lanzarote triathletes avoided the red and green zones.
For more, see our Ironman Lanzarote Results analysis, our stats and analytics archive and our top 25 toughest Ironman triathlon rankings.
Ironman St. George 2012 Results Analysis
With a record-breaking 29% DNF (started but did not finish) rate (compared to 19% in 2011), Ironman St. George remains at the top of RunTri's Toughest Ironman Course list (though Ironman South Africa's conditions and 13:43 time rivaled St. G this year). Of the 1432 starters, only 1024 finished. The frustratingly choppy water forced 6% of starters to DNF; wind gusts up to 40 mph forced another 19% to DNF, and finally, another 4% did not complete the run.
Those who did cross the finish line did so in an average of nearly 14 hours. At 13:52:55 average finish time, St. George 2012 was 16 minutes slower than in 2011.
Ironman Lake Tahoe DNF (Did Not Finish) Rates Analysis: Comparison with Other Ironman Race DNF Rates
As Featured by Triathlete Magazine Online Edition
By Raymond Britt
The inaugural Ironman Lake Tahoe 2013 crushed triathletes beyond their wildest expectations, with a record-breaking high average finish time of 14 hours and 6 minutes, easily making it the toughest of the RunTri's Ranking of the Top 30 Toughest Ironman Races.
The venue featured breathtaking scenery, but at the end of the day, the views were not much consolation to the 20% who did not finish the race. Fast Facts:
Registered Entrants: 2700+
Did Not Start: 565 (21%)
Finishers: 1,719
DNF of Race Starters: 20+%; DNF on Bike: 267 (12%); DNF on Run: 182 (8%)
The stunning results at Ironman Lake Tahoe seemed to have the triathlon community buzzing (thousands of visitors from 800 cities visited our site's analysis, see map above, and interactive map at end of article): Did you hear what happened at Lake Tahoe? Did you hear about the weather? Did you hear about the DNFs?
Ultimately the biggest question seemed to be: How Ironman Lake Tahoe DNF Rates Compare With DNFs at Other Ironman Events?
The answers may surprise you.
Yes, Ironman Lake Tahoe Was a Punishing Race, and Some Age Groups Suffered More than Others
Ironman Lake Tahoe's DNF Rate falls far short of the 29% recorded at Ironman St. George in 2012, BUT . . .
There's No Guarantee that Ironman Lake Tahoe 2014 Will see 20% DNF, Too; Conditions and DNFs Vary by Year.
1. Yes, Ironman Lake Tahoe Was a Punishing Race, and Some Age Groups Suffered More than Others
Let's start with our analysis of Ironman Lake Tahoe's DNFs: overall, by age group, and within age groups, DNF rates on the bike or run.
2. Ironman Lake Tahoe's DNF Rate falls far short of the 29% recorded at Ironman St. George in 2012, BUT . . .
But when Ironman St. George is eliminated from the comparison, Lake Tahoe's DNF rate is highest. Among other high DNF events, Louisville and Texas don't come close to LT's 20%.
3. There's No Guarantee that Ironman Lake Tahoe 2014 Will see 20% DNF, Too; Conditions and DNFs Vary by Year.
Our Multi-Year Analysis of DNFs Overall (at Ironman Wisconsin) and by Age Groups (at Ironman Lake Placid) clearly illustrate that DNF rates can vary significantly from year to year.
Which leaves a couple of thousand athletes wondering: should I sign up for Ironman Lake Tahoe next year? If you like the area, the course, and are well-prepared, I'd suggest you sign up for this great race.
Worried that next year may see 20% DNF again? Sure, it might happen. But I'd not be surprised to see a different DNF rate, more likely to be lower than higher, based on our Ironman Wisconsin and Iron Lake Placid analysis.
Still on the fence? Final thought -- whether DNF rate is 10%, 15% or 20% -- if it were easy, they wouldn't call it an Ironman. Don't be scared by DNF rates, I'd tell you. Prepare vigorously with expectations to be among the 80% of Finishers.
Go Ahead. Sign up for 2014. Crush the course next time.
Hardest Ironman Course? Easiest? RunTri's 30 Toughest Ironman Races
By Raymond Britt -- There is no such thing as an Easy Ironman. Covering 140.6 miles on any course, any day, in any variety of conditions, is a monumental challenge. Everyone who crosses the finish line knows how hard an Ironman triathlon is. But we were curious . . .
The RunTri Challenge Index. We had long been interested in a quantitative comparison, but found none, so we created the list -- the RunTri Challenge Index. RunTri analyzed results of more than 150,000 finishers (each year sees about 65,000 finishers) competing in 30 Ironman distance triathlons (including Lake Tahoe, Sweden, and Mont-Tremblant, which still need to be added) to answer the question: which Ironman triathlon is hardest? Easiest? We've completed this analysis twice, and both are presented here.
RunTri's Toughest/Easiest Ironman Races: Edition
Our rankings, portions of which have been published in Triathlete Magazine issues, have taken our original analysis into a deeper, more comprehensive direction, ranking races by discipline -- swim, bike or run -- to help athletes more accurately assess which races are easiest or toughest, depending on which elements of their triathlon skills are best or weakest. (we know you'll have many questions; see FAQs further down in this post)
RunTri's Original Top 25 Toughest/Easiest Ironman Races
Next, our original analysis, the Top 25 Toughest/Easiest Ironman Races and related analysis. Our original analytics in response to key questions about comparing the races still hold true for the new rankings.
We expect there will be much discussion about this list, and we are pleased to start the conversation. Is it perfect? No, and it doesn't pretend to be. But we've gone to great lengths to verify and validate as much as possible.
We've finished 29 Ironman triathlons (as documented in the book Qualifying for Kona: The Road to the Ironman World Championship), including nearly half the races in this analysis, some multiple times, and are more than familiar with the difficulty of many others. In addition, we've also conducted in-depth results analysis for most ranked races. The ranking is more than numbers, as we have taken care to test available qualitative factors where possible.
Discussions and threads on chat boards from iamtri.com to beginnertriathlete.com, slowtwitch.com, to Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn have been animated and active for quite some time. Each contains thoughtful observations and questions, including the following:
How many athletes were analyzed?
What data is used to rank races?
What are the Swim, Bike, Run details?
Do rankings differ by age group?
Why not rank based on Kona qualifying times?
What about Kona race results?
DNFs? Kona DNFs?
Difficult conditions? Weather?
Why don't you just look at the top x%?
Why are Europe races 'fast'?
Lanzarote is as hard as Kona, right?
Cut-off Times?
Weak fields?
Flat bike courses?
etc.?
See notes below to understand how the list was generated, how we reconciled some non-quantitative factors, and discussion of some suggested alternative approaches. To start, dive into our results analysis by race or more detail behind our Toughest/Easiest Ironman Triathlon Rankings.
Ironman Arizona 2011 / 2010
Ironman Canada / 2011 / 2010
Ironman Coeur d'Alene 2012 / 2011
Ironman Florida / 2010
Ironman Lake Placid / 2011 / 2010
Ironman Louisville 2011 / 2010
Ironman St. George 2012 / 2011
Ironman Texas 2012 / 2011
Ironman Wisconsin / 2011 / 2010
Ironman Kona, Hawaii
Ironman Kona Hawaii 2010
Complete Race Analysis/Statistics
Kona Qualifying Times
Kona Qualifying Slots
Kona by the Numbers
Europe / South Africa
Ironman Germany
Ironman France
Ironman Lanzarote
Ironman Regensburg
Ironman South Africa 2012
Ironman Switzerland
Ironman UK
Ironman Wales
Ironman Australia
Ironman Korea
Ironman Melbourne 2012
Ironman New Zealand 2012
Ironman Western Australia
Ironman Brazil
Ironman Cozumel 2011 / 2010
How many athletes were analyzed? The initial data were compiled for one or more years for each race, involving more than 50,000 athletes across races. This number included 41,000+ finishers, plus several thousand who raced in half ironman 70.3 events that offered slots. As of 2012, new races have been added and more than 65,000 athletes are registered to compete in 30 Ironman events.
Data. We cut and pivot-tabled the data several ways, modes, medians, standard deviations, etc., and the results are similar enough that we are using average finish times. The data are updated as needed (e.g., Louisville), if new results change the ranking, and are based on new race data availability. For example, the Inaugural Ironman Texas earned a spot among the toughest overall at 13:17. We'll be revising the rankings to reflect recent results, shortly.
For further details and links to data for each race, see Detailed Comparisons between races.
For similar comparative charts, see our Toughest/Easiest Swim, Bike, Run analyses.
Wondering if the list differs by Age Group? See our AG Analysis table, below.
Another alternative view: look at Kona Qualifying times by Age Group.
Kona: For most triathletes, Kona would rank in the top 5, if not toughest overall. World-class Kona qualifiers are, of course, very skilled, and their average finish times are deceptively fast: average finish time is 11:37. This time would rank Kona among the 'easiest' Ironman events, and it's misleading in that respect. We've put Kona at the top of the chart, without finish time data to account for Kona's universally acknowledged difficulty.
Splits for 2002 to 2010 are shown in the chart, above. Comparative splits for 2010 vs other races are available in our detailed comparisons. See Kona Qualifying Times for an alternative view.
DNFs. We've concluded that the impact of DNFs is effectively captured in the average times. Harder courses, harsher conditions lead to higher DNF but also higher average times. Kona is a perfect example; as our analysis of DNFs and Average finish times 2002 to 2010 clearly shows.
In another example, at St. George, DNFs were higher than usual, but so is the average time of those who finished. One goes with the other. IM Louisville in 2010 is another example, due to difficult conditions, and we adjusted as appropriate. See our North American Ironman DNF analysis and Ironman Wisconsin 2002-2010 DNS and DNF Analysis.
Kona Qualifiers vs Lottery Winners: DNS and DNF. Another look at DNFs: Kona lottery slot winners had a much lower DNF rate than Kona qualifiers, on the Kona course itself. Does that mean lottery winners are better triathletes than qualifiers? Certainly not. But those who did show up -- after a 9% DNS rate -- did apparently fight harder to cross the finish line.
More Athletes per Race = Weaker Triathletes? Most Ironman races reach 'Sold Out' status quickly, though the maximum number of athletes per race differs. Not only that, but the cap on many races increases annually, especially in North America where several races feature close to 3000 entrants.
Do races that allow upwards of 3,000 entrants end up having a weaker field overall, resulting in a tougher rating? It could be the case, except by the time race day arrives, as many as 500 entrants choose not to race. Those that show up, for the most part, have trained hard and are prepared to race. And generally, lower DNF rates confirm the point (except, as noted often, when extraordinary conditions present)
Weather. Course conditions do vary from year to year, but overall results tend to be less impacted than you may expect. Personal experiences on races courses more than 5 times, through sun, heat, humidity, wind, rain, hail, fog and almost snow, bear this out.
However, in the cases where conditions do, in fact, lead to drastically different times in a race from one year to the next, e.g., Wisconsin (weather-affected DNF rates; chart below) and Louisville 2009 vs. 2010, we make adjustments depending on data availability.
Speedsters -- Average vs Top x%. For those who might believe a top 100 or top 10% per age group might sway the analysis, the answer is generally no, it won't. Our analysis of 17 races -- Top 100 results vs All Finishers -- still ranks St. George, Louisville and UK among the toughest, Lanzarote and Lake Placid next tier, and Austria, Regensburg and Western Australia still are among the fastest. Others like Wisconsin, Cozumel, Canada and France vary somewhat, and we've factored that in to the overall results.
For another way to test this hypothesis, see our Kona Qualifying Times by race and age group.
Europe. Others might say faster times in Europe indicate better athletes. I'd say there is a small degree of truth, based on personal experience racing in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. But the difference is less than you would think; see above 'Speedsters' analysis.
Further, the courses in Europe have been modified to reduce some of the challenge. Switzerland in particular; those of us who raced there a decade ago faced a daunting, steep, technical 3-loop course. That's long gone now.
The Austria time strikes us as too good to be true, so did the 5:46 average bike split, for example (and it's even faster in 2011). Same is true on some other courses. Here's the evidence: bike splits examples across the board.
And we've looked at the 'better athlete' question a different way, comparing Kona qualifiers from 13 top countries, competing head-to-head by age group at Kona 2010. the results are inconclusive overall; country dominance varies by age group, as illustrated in the chart below. For more, see Which Countries Have the Fastest Triathletes?
What about Challenge Roth? Performance there raises skepticism about course measurement; we've raced Roth, we agree. So it's not included.
Lanzarote. Yes, the bike course at Ironman Lanzarote is a monster, with a roughly 7-hour average time. Yes, your friend says Lanzarote is as tough as Kona, and on the bike course, that's probably true. But, surprisingly, the average marathon times in Lanzarote are quite fast, in the mid 4-hour range.
Combined, Lanzarote's average finish time is a brisk 12:30 or so. It's been that way for the last 2 years. One factor behind these fast times is self-selection; a younger group of triathletes race Lanzarote. Taking that into consideration, we rank Lanzarote at the 13-hour level, a more likely time if the field's demographic was consistent with most other races.
Cut-off Time Adjustments. Some European races have shorter overall cutoff times. France and Switzerland ends in 16 hours, not 17. Germany ends in 15 hours. We've done the analysis to adjust for the difference using Ironman Canada results and calculating average 15 and 16 hour cutoff times. The answer: add 26 minutes to Germany's time, and 11 minutes to Switzerland's time to make all three comparable to all other 17 hour cutoff races.
The 50% Rule. Another benchmark we look at is what we call The 50% Rule. In race after race, the bike split is approximately 50% of overall time.
Even for races with 15 or 16 hour cutoff times, this test holds true. If the bike split was 60% in these races, reflecting faster marathons to beat the cutoff, we'd be more concerned.
Flat Bike Courses = Easier? Many assume: Ironman Florida and Arizona should be considered 'easy' because the bike course is so flat. Flat does not always = faster. Ask any pro who expected a PR bike split on either course, and left disappointed: flat is deceptively hard. Note: no Ironman bike split record has been set on either course; not even close.
Same muscles used 112 miles, no variation, it takes a surprising toll. Race Florida and you'll actually wish for hills and descents, anything for the chance to use different leg muscles. In Arizona, expect brisk desert winds to hinder your progress; see how speeds drop sharply by lap 3 on the bike course.
Correlation between Bike and Run Splits. We've cut the data to show the correlation between bike and run splits for several races, including Kona, Wisconsin, Canada, Louisville and others. Click on the bike or run split link for the respective races above. Below, the Ironman Wisconsin 2010 chart.
Other Toughest Lists. For perspective, we've done similar analysis for top 25 marathons and 35 half ironman 70.3 races. Take a look.
So. Reading the data literally Ironman Switzerland and Ironman Austria appear to have the fastest average time, while Ironman St. George is clearly the hardest, followed by Ironman Malaysia and Ironman Wisconsin. But you have to dig deeper, into the race splits, to see what makes these races stand out. See links above.
New Zealand, Arizona, Florida, Lake Placid, Canada and Wisconsin times seem spot-on, based on our experience racing there. Malaysia triathletes clearly suffer in the heat and humidity, perhaps the same was true in Cozumel.
Finale. After all the charts, tables, debates, and comments, one thing remains definitive: there is no such thing as an easy Ironman triathlon. Swim 2.4 miles, ride 112 miles, run a marathon, and you've done what you once -- be honest -- considered impossible.
All of us, at one time or another, felt the same way. But we committed, we trained, we started and we finished the toughest triathlon there is: an Ironman triathlon.
No matter where in the world you race, getting to the Ironman finish line is special. We've shared the experience, we've conquered it. Nothing was easy, it was often tougher than expected, and without question, it was worth it to be a proud member of an triathlon's most exclusive club: Ironman finisher.
Feel free to Contact us with questions or comments.
-- Raymond Britt, 29-time Ironman finisher.
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El Gezira Scheme: Sudan Ministry settles sale of assets by giving houses
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The Ministry of Agriculture announced that the state has sold railway lines in El Gezira agricultural scheme, and settled the issue by giving houses to 2,500 affected workers in Sudan's largest agricultural project.
A committee on the liquidation of public sector facilities at the ministry of finance has sold all railway lines in El Gezira Scheme to undisclosed parties, State Minister of Agriculture El Sadig Fadlallah informed members of the national parliament in a session on Monday.
Some 2,5000 workers in El Gezira and El Managil Agricultural Scheme have been granted ownership of houses as a kind of settlement, including a payment for the estimated value difference. They have also been given vehicles, Fadlallah said.
The state minister pointed out that agricultural workers received ownership of a building in Port Sudan.
The session in parliament witnessed a rejection of Fadlallah's answer to the question of the disposition of the assets by Member of Parliament (MP) Mahmoud Abdeljabbar. The minister's reply has therefore been referred to a specialised committee.
Abdeljabbar continued his speech by claiming that the Sudanese government is destroying El Gezira and El Managil Agricultural Scheme.
El Gezira and El Managil Agricultural Scheme, located between the Blue and White Niles, south of Khartoum, used to be one of the world's largest irrigation projects. In late 2014, President Al Bashir described the Scheme as a burden on the country's budget. And in September 2015, the Agriculture Ministry amended the El Gezira Scheme Act, aimed at transferring land ownership to the private sector and foreign investors.
According to Abdeen Bargawi, the spokesman for the El Gezira and El Managil Farmers Association, the Scheme's administration mortgaged assets with the value of SDG341 million in 2016 (more than $52 million at the time) to Sudanese banks.
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Three weeks ago, farmers in El Gezira state strongly condemned the demolition by the authorities of a village in El Hasahisa locality. Bulldozers, accompanied by a large police force using excessive force and tear gas, destroyed large parts of Kombo Aftas, a village inhabited by seasonal labourers and small farmers.
The demolition came against the backdrop of a conflict between the people of Kombo Aftas and a neighbouring village concerning a piece of land, Jaafar Mohamed, Secretary-general of the Kanabi Association, told Radio Dabanga.
He described the incident as "a clear indicator of corruption in the land sector" and pointed to previously attempts by the authorities to demolish a number of settlements in the area.
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A Photographic Record of the Society's meeting July, 2001.
The scientific sessions were held in the lecture theatre of Peterhouse, the college to which James Clerk Maxwell belonged when he first came to Cambridge in 1850. The lecture theatre itself is housed in the former University Museum of Classical Archaeology and largely retains its original format of 1884. This photograph was taken by the President of the Society, Professor A. Roth. Visible from left to right in the front row are: Dr. Chun Suk Hahn, Dr. M. Simunovíc (member of the Organising Committee), Professor L. T. Sharpe (Treasurer of the Society), Professor J. Koenderink and Professor J. Moreland (formerly General Secretary of the Society). Click on this or subsequent photographs for an enlarged view.
On the Saturday evening, July 14 2001, the Society met beside the pond in the Paddock of Emmanuel College, to mark the bicentennial of Thomas Young's statement of the principle of interference, which was to become one of the most important concepts in modern physics. College legend holds that Young first observed the interference of waves in the Emmanuel pond. The Society was addressed by the Master of Emmanuel College, Professor J. E. Ffowcs Williams. By an interesting coincidence Professor Ffowcs Williams is an engineer distinguished for his work on anti-sound, a practical application of Young's principle of destructive interference of waves in anti-phase.
On display in the College Museum of Emmanuel were several items associated with Thomas Young. The Fellows' 'Parlour Book' for 1799 records a wager dated 14th March between Young and Pemberton that 'Young will produce a pamphlet or paper on sound more satisfactory than anything that has already appeared, before he takes his Bachelor's degree'. An Audit of Wagers in 1802 records that Young was judged to have lost the bet.
On Sunday, July 15, the Society visited one of the shrines of colour science, Woolsthorpe Manor, in the Lincolnshire countryside near Grantham. It was here that Isaac Newton was born on Christmas Day, 1642, and it was here that he returned during the plague, 1665-1667, when, as he said, he was 'in the prime of my age for invention'. This photograph shows the west front of Woolsthorpe Manor. Standing in the doorway is Dr. S. Shevell of Chicago.
On the Sunday evening the Society dined on the 'Daltonian', a specially commissioned steam train of the Great Central Railway. The photograph to the left shows the scene at Loughborough Central station before departure of the train. To the right is shown Professor J. Mollon, Chairman of the Organising Committee, photographed on the footplate of the locomotive.
Below: A glimpse through the windows of the first-class dining car of the 'Daltonian'.
Richard and Rita Cavonius (Dortmund). Professor Cavonius is a former Editor of the Society's 'Proceedings' and a long-serving member of the Directorial Committee. The photograph was taken close to the pond of Emmanuel College.
Dr. Vivianne Smith and Dr. Joel Pokorny (Chicago), a photograph taken outside Ely Cathedral. Dr. Smith gave an invited paper to the symposium entitled 'Psychophysical correlates of parvo- and magno-cellular function'.
Dr. Jan Nerger, Dr. Vicki Volbrecht (Colorado) with Jerry Tuneberg and Janson.
Dr Petroc Sumner, Imperial College.
Dr Gabriela Jordan (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) and Dr S. Buck (Seattle).
Dr Buck is an organiser of the 2003 Symposium.


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IIASA researcher and co-author Linda See adds, "Our hybrid approach combines existing maps to produce a better integrated product than any of the individual global base maps currently available."
The new global cropland map is more accurate, by virtue of increased agreement between different datasets on cropland cover. The researchers used a likelihood method to quantify the level of uncertainty, using agreement between maps to assign a likelihood to each area. See explains, "Where all maps agree there is cropland, there is a higher likelihood that cropland is present." The map improves an earlier hybrid map first released in 2011 by IIASA.
"Getting an accurate crop map is particularly difficult in developing countries, where smallholder plots are tough to differentiate from the surrounding vegetation," said Liangzhi You, a senior research fellow at IFPRI. "Yet cropland information is fundamental to both policymakers and donors so that they can better target their agricultural and rural development policies and investments."
The study also presents the first ever global field size map--an important proxy for mechanization and human development. This map was based entirely on crowdsourced data collected through IIASA's Geo-Wiki project, a crowdsourcing initiative that relies on a global network of citizen scientists, who have looked at thousands of high-resolution images of land cover to determine whether cropland was present or not.
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Recasting the Judicial Appointments Debate
The Centre for Law and Policy Research presents its working paper on "Recasting the Judicial Appointments Debate: The Constitutional (120th Amendment) Bill, 2013 and Judicial Appointments Commissioner Bill, 2013" (available here)
1. The debate on the proposal for a Judicial Appointments Commission ("JAC") to appoint judges of the higher courts, recasts appointments in a new institutional niche that potentially encourages a transparent collaborative process between the executive and the judiciary. The current debates, however, suggest that the proposed JAC reverts to past errors in an older model of appointment prescribed by the Constitution of India, 1950 which provides for executive dominance in political appointments. The paper addresses the misconceived claim that 'independence of judiciary' and the 'rule of law' necessarily means that the judiciary must have primacy among constitutional institutions in the judicial appointments process.
2. Two models dominate the current appointment processes in constitutional democracies around the world: (i) "Executive-Judiciary model" where the executive appoints judges in consultation with the judiciary, as was the earlier practice in India; (ii) "Executive-Legislature model" like Supreme Court appointments in the United States where the President appoints judges with a confirmation by Congress. The recent trend in most constitutional democracies is towards a JAC model, which creates a new institutional niche where two separate institutions collaborate and act in concert.
3. Though the JAC as a model is constitutionally justifiable, the present proposal needs significant changes. The preamble and object of the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill, 2013 ("bill)" is inadequate. We recommend that it be framed broadly, to mandate the appointment of a competent, independent and impartial judiciary through a process that ensures selections solely on merit and encourages diversity in the range of persons appointed.
4. Certain provisions of the bill including the composition of the JAC and the process of appointment of judges must be constitutionally entrenched through the proposed Article 124-A of The Constitutional (120th Amendment) Bill, 2013 ("Constitutional Amendment").
5. Further, the bill must clear the procedure for the JAC in discharging its functions including inter alia, regulations, and quorum of meetings of the commission, a basic procedural framework for making appointments, eligibility of candidates and regulations specifying time-frames during within which recommendations are made and vacancies are filled.
6. The bill must clearly state that the selection of judges be solely on merit and must encourage diversity in the appointment, in terms of gender, religion, caste, and ethnicity.
7. The Constitutional Amendment must clarify the powers of the President with respect to the recommendations made by the JAC. There is a lack of clarity in the nature of JAC's 'recommendations' and the extent of discretion the President has in the appointment of judges.
Jayna Kothari, 'Recasting the Judicial Appointments Debate' (06 Feb 2014) <https://clpr.org.in/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Judicial-Appointments-Debate.pdf> accessed on 21 Jan 2021


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Il benzenetricarbonilcromo è il composto metallorganico di formula Cr(η6-C6H6)(CO)3. In condizioni normali è un solido cristallino giallo solubile nei comuni solventi non polari. La molecola possiede una struttura detta a sgabello di pianoforte (dall'inglese piano stool), data la posizione dell'anello arilico rispetto ai tre leganti CO che paiono i piedi dello sgabello.

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Il Cr(η6-C6H6)(CO)3 fu descritto per la prima volta nel 1957 da Fischer e Öfele, che lo prepararono per carbonilazione del dibenzenecromo, Cr(η6-C6H6)2. La reazione portò a cromo esacarbonile, Cr(CO)6, come prodotto principale, assieme a tracce di Cr(η6-C6H6)(CO)3. La procedura fu ottimizzata facendo reagire Cr(CO)6 e Cr(η6-C6H6)2. Per scopi commerciali si usa la reazione tra Cr(CO)6 e benzene:

Cr(CO)6 + C6H6 → Cr(η6-C6H6)(CO)3 + 3CO

Applicazioni
Cr(η6-C6H6)(CO)3 è sostanzialmente più elettrofilo del benzene, e può dare sostituzione nucleofila. È anche più acido, e subisce litiazione se trattato con n-butillitio. Il composto organolitio risultante può dare sostituzione con vari elettrofili, come ad esempio il trimetilclorosilano (TMSCl):

Cr(η6-C6H6)(CO)3  +  BuLi   →   Cr(η6-C6H5Li)(CO)3  +  BuH
Cr(η6-C6H5Li)(CO)3  +  TMSCl  →   Cr(η6-C6H5TMS)(CO)3  +  LiCl

Cr(η6-C6H6)(CO)3 è un catalizzatore utile per l'idrogenazione degli 1,3-dieni. L'addizione di idrogeno in 1,4 produce alcheni. Il complesso non idrogena doppi legami isolati.

Sicurezza
Il prodotto è considerato nocivo per inalazione, contatto con la pelle e ingestione. Non è classificato come cancerogeno.

Note

Altri progetti

Metallocarbonili
Composti del cromo

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Effective communication is critical to managing health conditions, especially in emergency situations. For families with "limited English proficiency (LEP), communication barriers may result in serious health problems. Recent research supported by a Child Health Innovation Grant Award, found this is particularly true for children with asthma.
The research also indicated that families place a high value on having an understandable action plan and access to learning opportunities for understanding the asthma process, medication delivery, managing symptoms and ways to access additional resources. Based on this feedback, INSPIRAR recruited a multidisciplinary team of experts and worked with JUNTA for Progressive Action in New Haven to develop educational tools for LEP Hispanic caregivers.
JUNTA hosted an asthma education fair for LEP caregivers where trained clinicians provided language concordant instruction on medication recognition and administration, peak flow use and action plan comprehension. A validated quality of life questionnaire was administered and revealed statistically significant improvement in caregiver quality of life three months after the education fair and lower reported rates of asthma-related school absenteeism after six months.
INSPIRAR developed www.asmaplan.com, a website in Spanish designed to disseminate both educational content and provide easy access to asthma resources. The site provides instructional videos and visual action plans tailored to three treatment "zones" defined by the severity of a child's condition. These plans use principles of comprehensible communication which include images of actual medications, icons and colors to aid in communicating complex concepts. There is a dedicated page to connect families to state-funded programs and other existing resources. The site also provides embedded links to English translations that enable navigation by health care providers.
Going forward, INSPIRAR plans to investigate and evaluate the use of other types of internet capabilities and mobile media as a means of disseminating asthma education to LEP caregivers.
The INSPIRAR Project is particularly important for children in Connecticut where asthma rates are higher than the national average. According to the most recent Connecticut Health Care Survey, 13% of children in the state suffer from asthma compared to a national average of 9.3%. National statistics also suggest a much higher incidence of asthma in Hispanic households both nationally and in Connecticut, with pediatric emergency department visits in Connecticut on the rise for Hispanic children. In addition to a higher incidence of emergency visits, Hispanic households with children experiencing asthma tend to exhibit lower rates of action plan use for the treatment of asthma and for adherence to a medication plan.
INSPIRAR's identification of language proficiency as a barrier to health care is also consistent with findings issued by the recent Connecticut Health Care Survey. Analysis of Survey findings by the Child Health and Development Institute (CHDI) the operating arm of the Children's Fund of Connecticut - one of the Survey's sponsors - found parents reported a lack of child health provider understanding as one of their barriers to keeping their children healthy. Addressing non-medical barriers to care such as language or transportation is critical to maximizing the contribution of health services to children's overall well being. The medical home model of care, which is growing throughout Connecticut, helps providers and families address these barriers to care.
For more information, please contact Antonio Riera at antonio.riera@yale.edu . For more information on CHDI's work to expand the medical home model of care throughout Connecticut, please see Issue Brief 14: Medical Homes: The Transformation of Pediatric Primary Care in Connecticut (8/13/12) or contact Lisa Honigfeld at honigfeld@uchc.edu.


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Windows 10 Launch Met With "Unprecedented Demand"
Posted on July 31, 2015	by Alex Perala
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The launch of Microsoft's new operating system, Windows 10, has been met with what the company calls "unprecedented demand". Microsoft says that within the first 24 hours of its global launch yesterday, the OS was downloaded on over 14 million devices worldwide.
Many more have the OS on 'reserve'; the OS is being rolled out in stages and as such many who have ordered it are essentially on a waiting list for their downloads. It has been offered to Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1 users as a free upgrade, which has likely contributed somewhat to fueling the demand.
Of course, there are many other reasons for users to get excited about the operating system. For example, it comes with personal assistant AI system Cortana built in, and also features a new browser called Microsoft Edge. It's also compatible on any range of devices, from PCs to smartphones – all running on the same software, providing continuity to users.
Windows 10 also places a strong emphasis on security, particularly with its new biometric security platform, Windows Hello, which enables multimodal biometric authentication for users and adheres to FIDO Alliance standards. With Windows 10 delivering biometric security to so many users right off the bat, it could end up driving mainstream adoption of the technology in a similar way to how the iPhone succeeded with its Touch ID system.
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20mph Speed Limit To Be 'Recommended' For More Isle Of Wight Areas
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Thursday, January 7th, 2021 6:00am
By Louise Hill, LDR Reporter
The introduction of more 20mph areas across the Island and a full review of speed limit and transport policies is being recommended.
Police, however, say the enforcement of 20mph speed restrictions has a very low priority status due to a lack of resources and higher policing priorities.
The Isle of Wight Council's speed limit policy group was set up to look at the existing 20mph policy and explore ways vehicle speeds can be managed, with enforcement and education, for the benefit of people's health.
The group, which includes councillors, representatives from the 20's Plenty for Us campaign and officials, met last month (December) and to consider whether 20mph zones would be effective.
Some areas already have 20mph zones, particularly around schools, urban shopping and residential areas.
In a report going to the council's policy and scrutiny committee for neighbourhoods and regeneration, members of 20's Plenty for Us said people have differing perspectives of speed and lower speeds can assist with a feeling of wellbeing in the community but the needs of all vulnerable road users should be taken into account.
Mainly 20mph speed limits and zones are self-enforcing with the support of police but some have minimal effect on vehicle speeds.
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Police road traffic management advised the group due to resources, higher policing priorities and no evidence to suggest 20mph speed limits reduce casualty rates, has meant enforcement of such zones has a very low priority.
On the Island, there is only one speed camera van and the traffic policing team has merged with the armed response unit so the capability for enforcement is low.
A police representative said a case has been made nationally to the government for a separate road policing force.
Police also gave the example of the speed limit reduction in Apse Heath, despite its objections, and the subsequent increase of accidents in that area.
The group recommend funding be made available in the upcoming budget for the speed limit review to be completed.
The group also recommended looking at how other local authorities had introduced 20mph areas.
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Anti-Zionism is anti-Semitism. Jew-hatred is not a result of the existence of Israel or of anything Israel does. The cause and result go the other way round. Israel is hated because Jews are hated.
We are not talking about the religion of Judaism. Strange to say, it's very rare to hear even the most rabid anti-Semite attack the Jewish religion. (We ourselves do, in a rational way, because we attack religion as such, but we are not anti-Semites.) We are talking about hatred of the Jews as a people.
The root of anti-Semitism is, however, in religion.
First, the author of the Christian religion, St. Paul, spread his weird belief that the Jewish god had been born as a man. He picked an actual person, a Jew born in the time of Augustus Caesar; a religious fanatic who tried to lead a little insurgent band against Roman rule and was consequently executed. St. Paul claimed that the man lived on after his death as a co-divine being, and that the failure of the Jews to acknowledge this "truth" excluded them from the redemption from sin that belief in the god-man alone provided. His converts told a whopper in their novels (called the gospels) about the god-man – that the Jews had begged to be held guilty forever for killing him.
Next, some three hundred years later, the Romans, having themselves crucified the man as was their wont with insurrectionists, decided that he was indeed a god, the God that the Jews had first invented – or at least part of the God in some mystical way or other – and insisted on the wildly improbable story that blamed the crucifixion on the actual man's fellow Jews.
For two thousand years Christianity (though not all Christians) held the Jews to be bad. Not their religion, which Christianity came round to adopting as the pre-history of the god-man, but the nation, the people, who were dispersed from their own land and scattered among other nations when their general mutiny against Roman rule failed. They were cast in the role of handy scapegoats for every ill that afflicted the peoples they lived among.
With the rise of Islam, the Jews who lived in the lands that Muslims conquered were maltreated for a different badness: they, like the Christians, would not accept the "truth" of Muhammad's religion, so must suffer the consequences of their obstinacy and pay to stay alive, or die. When, in 1948, the Jews in their recovered homeland mustered an army which actually defeated six invading Arab armies, the Arabs felt deeply humiliated. Something had gone very wrong. Allah simply could not allow such a thing to happen. Islam had conquered that once-Jewish territory centuries earlier, and no one else was allowed to own it.
The Jews were allowed to re-establish a Jewish state in 1948 by the consent of the great powers which had taken custody of the region after they defeated the Islamic Ottoman empire in the war of 1914-1918. First some 80% of the ancient Jewish homeland had been allocated to an Arab emir for a new state called Transjordan (one of 21 Arab despotisms, some of them newly created at that time). Then they divided the remaining 20% between the Jews and some other Arabs. The Jewish people – what remained of it after six of its fifteen million had been systematically killed in Christian Europe – unhesitatingly took its portion. The Arabs wanted all of the 20% or nothing. So they got nothing. Hundreds of thousands of Jews, survivors of the attempted genocide, went home to Zion. Their patriotism is called Zionism. It is not more or less legitimate than the patriotism of any other people.
But it is the only patriotism that is reviled. The Jewish state is the only state whose legitimacy is continually called into question in forums of the Christian and Islamic worlds.
The answer, of course, is always "no." In fact, no caller ever understood why I even mentioned Pakistan.
According to the final report of the United Nations Conciliation Commission from Dec. 28, 1949, the 1948 war of Israel's independence created 726,000 Arabs refugees. Many sources put the figure at about 200,000 less. A roughly equal number of Jewish refugees — approximately 700,000 — were created when they were forcibly expelled from the Arab countries where they had lived for countless generations. In addition, approximately 10,000 Arabs were killed in the fighting that ensued after the Arab invasion of Israel.
Now let's turn to the creation of Pakistan. According to the United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees, the creation of Pakistan resulted in 14 million refugees — Hindus fleeing Pakistan and Muslims fleeing India. Assuming a 50-50 split, the creation of Pakistan produced about seven million Hindu refugees — at least 10 times the number of Arab refugees that resulted from the war surrounding Israel's creation. And the Mideast war, it should be recalled, was started by the Arab nations surrounding Israel. Were it not for the Arab rejection of Israel's creation (and existence within any borders) and the subsequent Arab invasion, there would have been no Arab refugees.
Given the spectacularly larger number of refugees and deaths caused by the partition of India and the creation of Pakistan, why does no one ever question the legitimacy of Pakistan's existence?
This question is particularly valid given another fact: Never before in history was there a Pakistan. It was a completely new nation. Moreover, its creation was made possible solely because of Muslim invasion. It was Muslims who invaded India, and killed about 60 million Hindus during the thousand-year Muslim rule of India. The area now known as Pakistan was Hindu until the Muslims invaded it in A.D. 711.
On the other and, modern Israel is the third Jewish state in the geographic area known as Palestine. The first was destroyed in 586 B.C., the second in A.D. 70. And there was never a non-Jewish sovereign state in Palestine.
So, given all these facts, why is Israel's legitimacy challenged, while the legitimacy of Pakistan, a state that had never before existed and whose creation resulted in the largest mass migration in recorded history, is never challenged?
If you are a member of the Presbyterian Church, send these facts to the leaders of the Presbyterian Church USA who voted to boycott Israel. If you are a student in Middle Eastern Studies — or for that matter, almost any other humanities department — and your professor is anti-Israel, ask your professor why Pakistan is legitimate and Israel isn't.
They won't have a good answer. Their opposition to Israel isn't based on moral considerations.
We posted our summary of this shameful story of the Obama administration's perfidy on our Facebook page, and we're glad to say it has "gone viral", spreading to 44,424* people to date.
It is about the Pakistani doctor, Shakeel Afridi, who made it possible for the US SEALs to kill Osama bin Laden, and has been abandoned by the US to a terrible fate.
He ran a vaccination program which gave him the pretext to visit the house in Abbottabad where bin Laden was in hiding. He took DNA samples from bin Laden which allowed the CIA to know for sure that bin Laden was there. It was a dangerous venture. He was risking his life to help the US find the man behind 9/11.
For his pains, he was arrested by the Pakistani authorities – who should not have been hiding bin Laden – and they are punishing him for their own deceit.
Shakeel Afridi, 51 – called a traitor in Pakistan, but a hero in the U.S. after the May 2011 SEAL Team 6 raid that killed the al Qaeda leader – remains in isolation in a Pakistani jail, where his bid for a review of his 2012 conviction for "terrorism links" has been stalled since last March.
Afridi's wife, meanwhile, is in hiding with their two sons and a daughter, fearful they'll become targets of groups within Pakistan – Taliban among them – who've declared their determination to seek revenge for bin Laden's killing.
President Obama – during his 2012 re-election campaign – touted the killing of bin Laden as one of his administration's first-term achievements.
Qamar Nadeem says he, Afridi's brother Jamil and Afridi's friends are bearing most of the doctor's legal and other expenses.
The degree to which they are in danger is emphasized by Zar Ali Khan Afridi, a prominent Pakistan-based human rights activist, whose last name reflects his tribal affiliation, not any familial relationship to the doctor.
Saying he himself has faced death threats for pleading the doctor's case "since day one," Zar Ali [says] that the doctor's family should immediately be given passage out of Pakistan for their safety.
Afridi is widely believed to have been targeted by Pakistani authorities because he played a role in what proved to be a deep embarrassment for the country's leadership. Not only was bin Laden found on Pakistani territory, his compound hideout was located in a garrison town – Abbottabad – raising questions about who, within the Pakistani establishment, might have already known about his presence.
Many U.S. lawmakers have long questioned why the administration could not use the military and other aid Washington gives to Pakistan – billions of dollars worth since Pakistan was named a partner in the war on terror after the September 11, 2001 attacks – as leverage to secure Afridi's release.
[But] testifying before the House Foreign Affairs Committee in 2013, Secretary of State John Kerry said it was "not as simple as holding everything accountable to one thing." He cited nuclear non-proliferation talks with nuclear-armed Pakistan, and also said the country provided vital access for supplying us forces in Afghanistan.
"We're not ignoring Dr. Afridi at all," Kerry told the committee after Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) – calling Afridi an "American hero" – sought to know how much longer the United States would rely on "quiet diplomacy" before cutting off the aid flow.
The State Department [says] that the matter remains open – to discussion.
Whatever John Kerry and the State Department say, we know from long experience that the opposite is most probably the truth.
But while the matter may have been brought up while Kerry and other American diplomats had a working dinner with Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and some of his aides during an official visit to Pakistan this month, the Secretary of State failed to mention Afridi during a wide-ranging press conference he held with Pakistani foreign affairs adviser Sartaj Aziz.
It is believed that Afridi himself is being held in a 10-by10-feet cell with little opportunity for exercise. Pakistani authorities have said he is held in isolation for his own safety, but they drastically cut back on his visit privileges after he spoke with Fox News by cellular phone in August 2012.
Qamar Nadeem, his lawyer, is prevented from meeting with his client.
Afridi was defiant and frank in his Fox News interview, describing brutal torture at the hands of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence, and saying the agency was openly hostile to the United States.
Pakistani intelligence launched an all-encompassing investigation in the wake of the Navy SEAL raid, arresting Afridi three weeks later at a roadside checkpoint.
What could they charge him with that wouldn't highlight their own vicious double-dealing?
Afridi received a 33-year sentence in May 2012, provoking outrage in the United States, and leading to Congressional moves to cut a symbolic $33-million from U.S. aid to Pakistan.
An effort that has come to nothing, since John Kerry prefers to rely on diplomacy so quiet that nobody, including the Pakistani authorities, can hear it.
In March 2014, a review led to the sentence being reduced to 23 years when one of the charges against Afridi was dropped. However, Afridi's legal team immediately argued that the review should have been the equivalent of a total re-trial. Since then, proceedings have stalled while the FATA tribunal currently hearing the appeal awaits a complete case record from earlier judicial authorities.
"No hope," said Qamar Nadeem, but he added that his client had "no other option" but to continue with the legal process.
* Up-dating: Friday, February 13, 1.00 am. The number of people reached is now 71,968.
Today the number of lethal terrorist attacks by Muslims since 9/11, as tallied by (deliberately ironically named) "The Religion of Peace", reached 24,700.
The daily number is reflected in our margin. And from time to time we reproduce the 6 latest attacks recorded by the same website.
2014.12.29 (Taji, Iraq) – A Shahid suicide bomber dismantles eleven Shiite mourners at a funeral tent.
2014.12.28 (Aleppo, Syria) – Two children are among six souls sent to Allah by a caliphate car bomb.
2014.12.27 (Mozogo, Cameroon) – Boko Haram burn down a village and slaughter at least thirty residents.
2014.12.27 (Bhiri Sha Rehman, Pakistan) – An Ahmadi is shot in the head shortly after a TV preacher rails against the religious minority.
2014.12.26 (Nad-e-Ali, Afghanistan) – A woman and child are among three killed by a Religion of Peace IED.
2014.12.25 (Ndalya, DRC) – ADF terrorists hack ten villagers to death in the middle of the night.
IED = improvised explosive device.
ADF stands for the laughably named Allied Democratic Forces, a coalition of Islamic terrorist groups in the also laughably named Democratic Republic of the Congo.


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