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On The Tools appoints former Jewson head of marketing
Construction online publisher, On The Tools, has appointed Clare Harding as head of marketing, PR and Events for the new Electric House agency.
Clare Harding, previously head of marketing for Jewson, has been tasked with helping to launch the new agency, and supporting the business to grow as part of the senior management team.
Electric House will launch on October 1 2019, and will combine the services of a social media and marketing agency model with an online community-first media publisher.
On The Tools will remain a key pillar within the publishing arm of the agency business.
Lee Wilcox CEO of On The Tools commented: "Having Clare join the team at this time in our growth is ideal. She brings with her a wealth of construction marketing knowledge and expertise, and will help us to ensure we quite literally place the customer in the room when developing and executing concepts and campaigns for clients.
"As part of our journey to become Electric House we're focusing on expanding the team and diversifying our skill sets to create the agency offering, which Clare's appointment was a key part of. Along with a recruitment drive, we'll also be relocating to new offices in Birmingham."
Clare Harding said: "Joining the On The Tools team as they are evolving to become Electric House is very exciting. The majority of my marketing career has been focused on working with construction audiences, so the move to On The Tools felt like a great fit. On The Tools as an online publisher has a clear vision to connect construction and give the trade the same opportunities as the white-collar world - something I'm very passionate to support.
"I'm also really looking forward to building brand partnerships at Electric House - having worked with lots of different agencies in my previous roles, I can understand what it is like to sit in the client's shoes!"
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LITTLE ROCK – Following an opinion issued this afternoon by the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit regarding American Rescue Plan monies received by Arkansas, Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement:
"President Biden can't stop Arkansas from cutting taxes for hard working Arkansans. This afternoon's Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals decision makes that crystal clear. Along with West Virginia and Alabama, my office is proud to have co-led a multistate lawsuit to block a provision of the American Rescue Plan that barred States receiving federal COVID relief money from cutting taxes. I want to say a special thanks to my Solicitor General Nick Bronni and his team who worked so hard on this case. As Arkansas's Attorney General, I will continue to push back against federal overreach."
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Tim Griffin was elected Attorney General of Arkansas on November 8, 2022. He was elected Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas on November 4, 2014, and was re-elected for his second four-year term on November 6, 2018. From 2011-2015, Griffin served as the 24th Representative of Arkansas's Second Congressional District. For the 113th Congress, he was a member of the House Committee on Ways and Means while also serving as a Deputy Whip for the Majority. In the 112th Congress, he served as a member of the House Armed Services Committee, the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Griffin is a graduate of Magnolia High School, Hendrix College in Conway and Tulane Law School in New Orleans. He also attended graduate school at Oxford University. Griffin has served as an officer in the U.S. Army Reserve, Judge Advocate General's (JAG) Corps, for over 25 years and currently holds the rank of colonel. In 2005, Griffin was mobilized to active duty as an Army prosecutor at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, and served with the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault in Mosul, Iraq). He is currently serving as the Staff Judge Advocate (SJA) for the 81st Readiness Division at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. Prior to his current post, Griffin served as the Commander of the 134th Legal Operations Detachment (LOD) at Fort Bragg, North Carolina and a senior legislative advisor to the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness at the Pentagon. Colonel Griffin holds a master's degree in strategic studies from the U.S. Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania. He also served as U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas and Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Political Affairs for President George W. Bush. Griffin lives in Little Rock with his wife, Elizabeth, a Camden native, and their three children.
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This is my first go-around with back to school season so I'm sharing the 3 ways I prepared and how to save money.
A friend recently asked me if I did any back to school shopping for Remy, and while I did, I did so strategically. In case y'all didn't know, I'm a shopaholic so I didn't want to establish the belief that back to school season meant a whole new a wardrobe. For myself or for Remy. In my household that doesn't seem like the best habit to build. Instead I want it to be a time where Remy and I assess what she may or may not have currently in her wardrobe and fill in the holes for the new school year. It's never too late to be intentional with your shopping, can I get an amen!?
First off, I want to share the method I take when shopping for clothes for both my kids. I'm not going to spend an arm and a leg on something that will get ruined with paint and can't withstand wear and tear – these are kids anyway, I gotta let them live! I don't want to get upset if Remy comes home and her clothes are ruined. Because of this, we shop at affordable stores like Old Navy, Target, Kohl's and Walmart. Specifically for Remy, I also started shopping online at FabKids because they offer trendy kid pieces at a major discounted price.
1. Take stock of what you already have. First and foremost, before spending a dime, take inventory of your child's current wardrobe. See what fits, try things on, asses what may be damaged and divvy up everything into piles accordingly based on what you'll be keeping, what you'll be tossing and what you'll be donating. An important thing to note, don't store away items that may be considered summer clothes, like tanks or t-shirts. These pieces can be great layering items for fall and winter.
2. Make a list. Once you've established the clothing that can be worn for the next six months/up to a year, make a list of the holes in your child's closet. This can be jeans, long sleeve shirts, zip up hoodies jackets, or in our case, new shoes, and prioritize what's needed immediately based off that list. For us, we can hold off on buying long sleeve shirts because we still have another month or so before chilly weather hits, but if where you live it's cooler I'd recommend adding that to your immediate needs list. Having a general idea of what the holes in your child's wardrobe are and prioritizing that list can save you money in the long run.
3. Consider signing up for rewards programs and hunt for coupon codes! I try to avoid buying anything at full price, this is especially true when shopping for kids clothing. I recommend signing up for rewards program which many stores offer now-a-days. This is a great way to plan back to school shopping based on any cash back you may have saved up. In the same vein, hunt for deals and coupon codes prior to shopping in-store or online. Do a quick search online for deals and scour coupon books for savings.
Mama's, how do you prepare for back to school shopping season?


COLOMBIA and Japan go through from Group H.
And it is England up next for Group G runners up England. Japan went through on disciplinary points - a FIRST in World Cup history.
James Rodriguez claimed the Golden Boot at the 2014 World Cup. Can he inspire Colombia once again?
How did Japan finish ahead of Senegal in Group H?
BOTH Japan and Senegal finished level on points, but it's the Japanese celebrating qualification to the last-16.
Despite falling to a 1-0 defeat to Poland, their African rivals were beaten by the same scoreline against Colombia.
This resulted in them having the same goal difference and goals scored - which as we know, means the process moves onto fair play.
Japan picked up FOUR bookings in their three games.
But Senegal wracked up SIX , including one today for M'Baye Niang.
That has cost the Africans their place in the competition.
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"I was so angry… but today, with your message of the love of Jesus, I know I've been wrong." We were encouraged as the men from West Shoreline Correctional welcomed us back with much joy. They let us know how much they appreciated our coming again and bringing them hope through song
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What a joy to see 127 men file in… Isaiah 61:1 came to life before our eyes! Wayburn and I were so excited to wake up early Saturday morning. We were going to Kingsley, near Traverse City, to visit the men at Pugsley Correctional Facility. This was our third
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13 new brothers found "everything we need for life and godliness" What a blessing it was to be at G. Robert Cotton Correctional Facility in Jackson on January 16th. This was our first opportunity to visit this particular prison. The Warden is a wonderful man who likes to encourage the prisoners through
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OFAC Enforcement Impacts NFTs: As Crypto Enforcement Ramps Up to Combat Ransomware, Robust Compliance is Key
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The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) took action last Monday, November 8, 2021, and sanctioned a Latvia-based exchange, Chatex, its associated support network, and two ransomware operators for facilitating financial transactions for ransomware actors. In total, OFAC designated Chatex and 57 cryptocurrency addresses (associated with digital wallets) as Specially Designated Nationals (SDNs). OFAC took this action pursuant to Executive Order 13694, issued in 2015, which provides broad sanctions authority to address the national security threat posed by malicious cyber-actors outside the United States.
It is clear that the designations were part of the Biden Administration's response to counter ransomware attacks and criminal actors' "abuse of the virtual currency ecosystem to launder ransom payments." The Treasury Department stated that it will use "all available authorities to disrupt malicious cyber actors, block ill-gotten criminal proceeds, and deter additional actions against the American people" (see here). The Treasury Department recently updated its guidance on the risks companies face for playing a part in ransomware payments (see here).
While the designation of Chatex and the other cryptocurrency addresses are itself significant, what is interesting is that these designations appear to be the first time NFTs have been publicly impacted as "blocked property" – as one of the designated cryptocurrency addresses owns non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Because U.S. persons are essentially prohibited from transacting with the individuals and entities associated with the designated cryptocurrency addresses, dealing in those NFTs is prohibited for U.S. persons as well.
We have seen a steady rise of ransomware attacks, including "supply chain attacks," which have been targeting and impacting a range of industries in the United States. OFAC's designation of Chatex and other cryptocurrency addresses are related to its direct ties with SUEX – a cryptocurrency exchange that laundered money to ransomware attackers (see our post here). According to OFAC, Chatex provided material support to SUEX, which was the basis for Chatex's designation. Apparently, one of the co-founders of SUEX established Chatex.
According to reports, certain designated crypto addresses associated with Chatex held 42 NFTs worth approximately $531,600. The account at issue collected varied NFTs, including "digital magazine covers, superhero figures, digital land parcels and relatively little-known digital art collections." Four of the 42 NFTs were created by the account itself. Aside from NFTs, the sanctioned wallets also own a range of cryptoassets, including virtual currency and ERC-20 tokens. The account had a profile on the NFT platform Opensea, which commented that it blocks addresses on the sanctions list from buying, selling or transferring items on OpenSea.
Additionally, OFAC designated two ransomware operators (Yevgeniy Igorevich Polyanin and Yaroslav Vasinskyi) for their role in the ransomware attacks on a Miami-based software company, Kaseya, earlier this year. According to reports, sanctioned addresses associated with these two individuals have received more than $18 million in cryptocurrencies.
The recent designations are notable because it represents the second time that a cryptocurrency exchange has been designated and the eighth time OFAC has designated cryptocurrency addresses. Although the designations of SUEX and now Chatex do not directly impact broader cryptocurrency exchanges, it does show that OFAC has ramped up its enforcement efforts to combat ransomware payments that are happening via cryptocurrency – through designations that may essentially cut them off from the U.S. market. Companies in the cryptocurrency business should take the designations and OFAC's guidance as a warning and ensure that they are screening transactions appropriately and not facilitating payments to bad actors.
Increased Enforcement – What is clear from these recent designations coupled with the DOJ's creation of a National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team (NCET) (see here) and OFAC's advisory on the risks companies face for playing a part in ransomware payments, enforcement related to malicious cyber activities involving cryptocurrency and digital assets will ramp up. In the upcoming months, we expect to see additional designations as well as indictments by the DOJ (see here).
Compliance is Key – Last month, OFAC published more targeted guidance for digital asset companies related to compliance with sanctions and best practices for mitigating risks (see our post here). This guidance is helpful because it provides important insight into what OFAC expects from companies' compliance programs. At a minimum, it is critical for companies to have internal controls in place to screen transactions to ensure that no designated cryptocurrency addresses or assets owned by those sanctioned parties are involved. If a company does identify violations, OFAC considers the existing of a robust compliance program as a mitigating factor when assessing penalties.
NFTs – The existing regulatory landscape is not necessarily designed for the rapidly changing digital asset environment – it often appears that the law is ten (or 100) steps behind technology. There are a number of unique legal considerations for NFT owners and creators, including securities laws, anti-money laundering and sanctions, IP considerations, and licensing issues, among others. The key is to develop a holistic legal and compliance strategy early on, so you can integrate it into your business from the onset. We will continue to update on emerging regulatory issues impacting NFTs as they evolve.
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The term Abendland (Occident) refers to a primarily German discussion about Europe, which was particularly active from the end of the First World War to the early 1960s. A Catholic Christian conservatism formed as a "hegemonic integrative ideology" in two waves, in the interwar period and in the 1950s. However, to fully understand the primarily diachronic transfer of ideas involved in the development of the concept, it is necessary to consider the "Third Reich" period, during which many exponents of a Catholic idea of Europe came around to National Socialist ideas and concepts of order.
The term "Abendland"1 emerged in the 16th century in the context of the Renaissance, humanism and the Reformation as the opposing term to the ideal of the Orient and to Martin Luther's (1483–1546) concept of the Morgenland (New Testament 1522). The term "Abendland" appeared first in German in 1529 as a calque ("Abendlender") of the term "Occident" in Caspar Hedio's (1494–1552) Chronica. While the term was initially a purely geographical term referring to western Europe, it acquired an increasing amount of cultural connotations.
The First World War and its conclusion led to the second great wave of discussion about the Abendland after the period of romanticism. Heinz Gollwitzer (1917–1999) even refers to this wave as the actual "breakthrough" of the concept.7 The enormous influence of Oswald Spengler's (1880–1936) Untergang des Abendlandes , which became one of the central interpretative frameworks of the young Weimar Republic, clearly contributed to this.8 However, it was specifically the strongly culturally pessimistic tone of the work that challenged critics.
These included Catholics who laid claim to the concept of Abendland. They interpreted the outcome of the war as the collapse of Prussian Protestant society and its principles of order, and as an opportunity "Katholizismus als Vision einer besseren Zukunft vorzuführen".9 It was felt that the concept of Abendland could become a central principle in efforts towards political, social and cultural renewal.
Under its editor Friedrich Schreyvogl (1899–1976), the publication Abendland was directed at an academic Catholic readership. A whole host of prominent Catholics in Weimar Germany participated in its development either as members of the editorial board or contributors. A number of French authors also became involved subsequently.12 In the early years, the publication primarily devoted itself to exploring the meanings of the Abendland concept, which was intended to signify much more than a political and economic rapprochement between the European states. "Das Abendland ist nicht ein beliebiger politischer Einfall, sondern die letzte reife Frucht, die vom Baume der christlichen Erkenntnis als endgültige Formel für das Leben in der Gemeinschaft fällt."13 The glorification of the medieval period as "der von Gott gewollten Verwirklichung des großen Gedankens der civitas Dei" played a central role.14 According to this thinking, it was the dissolution of this "organic", "God-ordained" order through the Reformation, the Enlightenment and nationalism which had made the First World War possible in the first place – a mode of explanation which emerged in identical form after the Second World War. The aim should therefore be to go beyond nationalistic prejudices to another "Geist" (spirit), which would ultimately make other political realities possible. The fact that this repeatedly evoked "Occidental spirit" would be the spirit of Catholic Christianity – which implied a need for a re-Christianization or re-Catholicization – gave the publication Abendland a highly idealistic and romantic tone.
However, this central focus on promoting reconciliation by the proponents of the Abendland concept became increasingly shaky in the late 1920s, particularly in view of the fact that the Rhineland issue remained unresolved. Scepticism spread and an increasing number of Abendland contributors came to view the differences between Germany and its neighbour as insoluble. The enthusiasm for Occidental reconciliation was on the wane. Economic problems also contributed to this trend, and Abendland ceased publication in 1930.
The "seizure of power" in 1933 brought a definitive end to the first great blossoming of the Abendland idea. A second wave of enthusiasm for the idea did not emerge until after the end of the Second World War. It is harder to identify traces of the Abendland idea in the period between 1930 and 1945. While the "Abendland" topos became less common in public discourse in the years of National Socialism, the term did not disappear completely. It became a buzzword in National Socialist propaganda particularly in the latter years of the war, but it also featured in the conservative resistance movement and was pushed out into the literary "margins". It is thus difficult to make general statements about the history of the concept in this period.
The case of Austria in particular demonstrates how diverse the conclusions were that people drew from the similar ideological basis of Abendland Catholicism in the face of National Socialism. While the Abendländer (proponents of the Abendland idea) in Austria rejected National Socialism and numerous emigrants from Germany contributed to their publications, many "Reich visionaries" in Germany turned towards National Socialism. Due to a number of terminological similarities – such as "Reich" and "Mitteleuropa" – some right-wing Catholic associations (for example, the Association of Catholic Academics) sought to establish closer links with National Socialism.22 Up to 1939, the representatives of these associations were unable and unwilling to recognize that National Socialist expansionary ambitions went far beyond the ambitions which the idea of the "Reich" had implied during the Weimar Republic. The "transmission belt" of the "Reich" concept ultimately brought the Abendland idea into close discursive proximity with the concepts of Großraum (great space) and of the Neue Ordnung (new order) of Europe in the early years of the war, and thus close to the central ideas of order and hegemony of National Socialism. The military successes of the first years of the war caused some Abendländer to view Mitteleuropa as being no longer large enough as a German sphere of influence. The medieval period and the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation again played a particularly significant role in these thought processes. German eastward migration during the medieval period helped to legitimize the invasion of Germany's eastern neighbours, and propagandistic discussions of Germany as a "bulwark" against the East also convinced some supporters of the Abendland idea.
In addition to the "Reich" concept, antipathy towards communism constituted the most important connection between the Abendland idea and National Socialism. From 1941 onward, anti-communism was a central aspect of National Socialist propaganda, a trend which also saw the Abendland concept playing an increasingly significant role in National Socialist propaganda. While the Abendland had previously been more or less synonymous with the "Reich", a conceptual connection now emerged with the idea of the "antikommunistische Abwehrfront" (defensive front against communism) which made the transition to the post-war period and adapting to the changed global political situation considerably easier for some conservatives that it would otherwise have been. Importantly, this model of thought was also acceptable to those who – unlike the many who had adapted to life under the National Socialists – had spent the period of the Third Reich in exile. Anti-communism was thus one of the most important integrative elements for the history of the Abendland idea after 1945 .
The publication Neues Abendland: Zeitschrift für Politik, Kultur und Geschichte exemplifies the Abendland discourse which developed after 1945. Founded in 1946 by the Catholic publicist Johann Wilhelm Naumann (1897–1956),27 it was established in the context of the blossoming of the print-media landscape in the immediate postwar period. Many of the authors who had contributed to the Abendland publication of the Weimar Republic now wrote articles for the Neues Abendland.28 Particularly in the first two years of publication, they gave the new publication a profile similar to that of the Abendland of the mid-1920s.
Again, the focus was on fundamental questions regarding the "abendländische Kultureinheit" (Abendland as a single cultural entity), the renewal of a Christian, supranational community, and the revival of, and reorientation towards, basis Christian (Catholic) values. The articles did not deal with concrete political concepts regarding the unification of Europe or the political reintegration of Germany into the community of European states. However, discussion of the "Abendland" and the attendant emphasis on the shared cultural values of the European peoples nonetheless offered justification for Germany's claim to a place in the "abendländische Gemeinschaft" (Abendland community).
In addition to Spain and Portugal, there was another model for the German and European societies of the present which also established a clear link with the years around 1930: the old Austro-Hungarian model of "Mitteleuropa". References to the no longer extant Habsburg Empire served two aims. Firstly, efforts were made to depict the coexistence of different peoples under the Habsburg imperial crown as a model for the future of Europe. Secondly, there was a need for leaders – particularly Otto von Habsburg (1912–2011) [ ] – who exuded the supposedly God-ordained authority which the Abendländer viewed as being absent in the new West Germany. The Abendländer were not devoted monarchists – authority was more important to them – but they greatly admired the son of the last Austrian emperor.
By adopting positions on such diverse topics, the "Abendland movement" succeeded in the first half of the 1950s in becoming something of a "hegemonic integrative ideology"48 for the new Federal Republic. It appealed to very diverse groups in West German conservatism. The anti-modern worldview appealed to Catholics. Displaced ethnic Germans from the East valued the references to "Mitteleuropa" and the memories that it evoked of their "old home". Monarchists valued the homage paid to the Habsburg monarchy and Otto von Habsburg. Critics of democracy were attracted by the praise of the authoritarian systems in the Iberian Peninsula. Southern Germans were attracted by the fundamental anti-Prussian attitude. Supporters of European reconciliation liked the reference to the supranational category of the Abendland. And all of these groups were united by an avowedly anti-communist attitude. Thus, the buzzword Abendland was better suited than any other in the years around 1950 to bringing together conservatives of different backgrounds and to mobilising them in support of an extensive restructuring of the state and society.
However, by the second half of the 1950s this was no longer the case. The "Abendland movement" came in for considerable criticism in 1955, after the Spiegel reported on its critical attitude towards constitutionalism.49 The Neues Abendland ceased publication in 1958. The "Abendland movement" reorganized and succeeded in remaining active, but on a much smaller scale than in the first half of the 1950s. Simultaneously, the increasing liberalization of West German society brought an end to the influence of the Abendland concept. It lost its function as a central concept for conservatives. As a topos, it now seemed too ideologically loaded, too Christian, too romantic or simply too reactionary. The need to orientate oneself towards traditional concepts of order receded. The term Abendland disappeared gradually but inexorably from public discourse.
This brought to an end a phase which spanned from the end of the First World War – and harked back to concepts of order from the period of romanticism – to the end of the 1950s. In this period, the Abendland played an important role in various different variants. The development of the Abendland idea between the 1920s and the 1950s fits exactly into the idea-historical interpretative model of a transformation phase, at the end of which "traditional" concepts are on the retreat and are increasingly being replaced by "new" models of thought. From this perspective, the 1950s appear as the "`Schwanzstück´ eines historischen Abschnitts" (tail end of a historical phase), which was defined overall by the "verzweifelten Ringen der Zeitgenossen um akzeptable und allgemein konsensfähige Ordnungsmodelle, aber auch von dem scharfen Konflikt entgegengesetzter Entwürfe der Gesellschaft".50 The Abendland idea was a variant of these models of order, which were an attempt to develop the future political and social structure of Germany and Europe, albeit – and this is decisive – always with reference to a glorified past and with deep-rooted scepticism towards modernity. From the late 1950s, this attitude no longer had a future.
[Anonymous]: Abendland: Die missionäre Monarchie, in: Der Spiegel 33/1955, pp. 12–14, online: http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-31970943.html [20/04/2012].
[Anonymous]: Straßburger Europarat lustlos, in: Neues Abendland: Zeitschrift für Politik, Kultur und Geschichte 6 (1951), p. 391.
[Anonymous]: Politischer Universalismus, in: Neues Abendland: Zeitschrift für Politik, Kultur und Geschichte 1 (1946), Heft 6, pp. 26–27.
Ebers, Godehart: Die Völkergemeinschaft, in: Abendland: Deutsche Monatshefte für europäische Kultur, Politik und Wirtschaft 2 (1926/1927), pp. 79–82.
Franzel, Emil: Pariser Konferenz, in: Neues Abendland: Zeitschrift für Politik, Kultur und Geschichte 4 (1949), pp. 244.
Franzel, Emil: Ein notwendiges Nachwort, in: Neues Abendland: Zeitschrift für Politik, Kultur und Geschichte 5 (1950), pp. 181–183.
Franzel, Emil: Staatsform und geschichtlicher Raum, in: Neues Abendland: Zeitschrift für Politik, Kultur und Geschichte 4 (1949), pp. 47–51.
Heilmann, Wolfgang: Christliches Gewissen zwischen Ost und West, in: Neues Abendland: Zeitschrift für Politik, Kultur und Geschichte 6 (1951), pp. 597–606.
Kroll, Gerhard: Grundlagen abendländischer Erneuerung, Munich 1951.
Platz, Hermann: Deutschland, Frankreich und die Idee des Abendlandes, Cologne 1924.
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^ On the "Abendland", see among others: Conze, Das Europa der Deutschen 2005; Hürten, Der Topos 1985; Jost, Der Abendland-Gedanke 1994; Pöpping, Abendland 2002; Schildt, Deutschlands Platz 1987; Schildt, Zwischen Abendland und Amerika 1999; Schildt, Eine Ideologie im Kalten Krieg 2000.
^ Lützeler, Schriftsteller als Politiker 1997.
^ Hürten, Europa und Abendland 2009, p. 14 ("a space defined by history which consequently cannot grow in the way that Europe can" transl. by N. Williams).
^ Anselm, Abendland oder Europa 2009, p. 17.
^ On the "ecumenical" aspects of the Abendland idea, particularly in the 20th century, see: Pöpping, Abendland 2002.
^ Gollwitzer, Europabild und Europagedanke 1964, p. 15.
^ Spengler, Untergang des Abendlandes 1973.
^ Ruster, Die verlorene Nützlichkeit 1994, p. 16 ("to present Catholicism as a vision of a better future" transl. by N. Williams).
^ Platz, Um Rhein und Abendland 1924; Platz, Deutschland 1924.
^ Platz, Abendländische Vorerinnerungen 1925/1926.
^ On the editorial board, see: Bock, Der Abendland-Kreis 2006, pp. 346–354. Notable members of the 14-strong editorial board were for example: Goetz Briefs, Alois Dempf, Konrad Beyerle, Theodor Brauer, Ignaz Seipel and Hugo Graf Lerchenfeld.
^ Schreyvogl, Kampf um das Abendland 1925/1926 ("The Abendland is not a random political strategy, but the last ripe fruit to fall from the tree of Christian knowledge as the ultimate formula for community life.", transl. by N. Williams).
^ Ebers, Die Völkergemeinschaft 1926/1927, p. 80 ("the God-ordained realization of the grand idea of the civitas Dei", transl. by N. Williams).
^ Arend, Gleichzeitigkeit des Unvereinbaren 1994, p. 140 ("raise awareness of what divides the two sides in order to assist reconciliation", transl. by N. Williams).
^ For examples of individual biographies, see: Conze, Das Europa der Deutschen 2005, pp. 56–110.
^ On the Mitteleuropa discussion, which became more intensive in Germany from 1930 onward, see: Elvert, Mitteleuropa! 1999.
^ Sontheimer, Antidemokratisches Denken 1968, p. 223; Kettenacker, Mythos vom Reich 1996, p. 267.
^ Sontheimer, Antidemokratisches Denken 1968, p. 242 ("the universalist imperial idea of the Middle Ages … connected with an equally universalist imperial idea, albeit one which had lost its Christian content, which had been replaced by the idea of the German Volk.", transl. by N. Williams).
^ Ebneth, Die österreichische Wochenzeitschrift 1978, p. 8 ("chosen [by] providence to be a Christian bulwark against Bolshevism and nationalism, and to rescue true Germanness and the whole of Occidental culture", transl. by N. Williams).
^ For example: Emil Franzel or Franz Klein/Robert Ingrim: Emil Franzel was born on 25 May 1901 in Haan in Bohemia and he was a journalist and a publicist. In his youth, he was a leading member of the Deutsche Sozialistische Arbeiter Partei (DSAP) in Czechoslovakia. After leaving the party (and a period in which he supported the National Socialists, which he subsequently denied after the end of the war) he developed into a committed conservative and monarchist. After the end of the Second World War, he was primarily engaged in representing the interests of the displaced Sudetenland Germans in the publications he was involved with, which included being editor-in-chief of the Neues Abendland. Franzel died on 29 June 1976. Robert Ingrim, who until 1946 was known as Franz Johann Klein, was born on 20 June 1895 in Vienna. After studying law, he worked as a conservative monarchist journalist, including for the Christlicher Ständestaat. In September 1938, he emigrated to London, and subsequently to the USA. In the USA, he was in close contact with monarchist exile groups around Otto von Habsburg, for whom he edited the Voice of Austria publication. In 1947, he returned to Europe. Ingrim lived in Switzerland until his death in March 1964. During this latter period he worked as a publicist, including for the Neues Abendland.
^ Breuning, Die Vision des Reiches 1969, pp. 238–253.
^ On the "Abendland" after the Second World War, see among others: Conze, Das Europa der Deutschen 2005; Hürten, Der Topos 1985; Jost, Der Abendland-Gedanke 1994; Schildt, Deutschlands Platz 1987; Schildt, Zwischen Abendland und Amerika 1999; Schildt, Eine Ideologie im Kalten Krieg 2000.
^ Broszat / Henke / Woller, Von Stalingrad zur Währungsreform 1988, Einleitung.
^ Hürten, Europa und Abendland 2009, p. 11. See also: Brelie-Lewien, Abendland und Sozialismus 1990 ("not exhausted or discredited like nation and fatherland", transl. by N. Williams).
^ Schewick, Die katholische Kirche 1981, pp. 5–30.
^ Johann Wilhelm Naumann also edited the Augsburger Tagespost from 1948 onward.
^ For example Ferdinand Kirchberger, Walter Hagemann, Helmut Ibach, Friedrich Zoepfl, Robert John, Anton Mayer-(Pfannholz), Wilhelm Schmidt, Hermann Port, Andreas Andrae and Werner Bergengruen.
^ See Kroll, Grundlagen 1951, pp. 21ff. Such positive references to the Middle Ages were not uncommon in Germany in the period just after the end of the Second World War. While these references to the Middle Ages declined in the late-1940s both in society generally and on the part of Catholics, the glorification of medieval conditions did not abate within the Abendland movement, but continued well into the 1950s. On this, see (in relation to historical studies): Oexle, Das Mittelalter 1996; for Catholic references to the Middle Ages: Bücker, Die Schulddiskussion 1989, p. 258.
^ Kroll, Grundlagen 1951, p. 10.
^ [Anonymous], Politischer Universalismus 1946, pp. 26–27 ("wonderfully well-arranged cosmos of the Occidental universitas", transl. by N. Williams).
^ Schmittmann, Demokratie 1947, p. 3 ("family of nations gathered together in the kingdom of Christ", transl. by N. Williams).
^ Speckner, Rückkehr zu Europa 1948. On efforts towards a re-Christianization generally, see: Lübbe, Säkularisierung 1965; Lück, Das Ende der Nachkriegszeit 1976 ("Only the Christian faith can resurrect Europe", transl. by N. Williams).
^ On Emil Franzel, see: Conze, Das Europa der Deutschen 2005, pp. 71–85, and Conze, "Gegen den Wind der Zeit?" 2011. See also: Brelie-Lewien, Katholische Zeitschriften 1986, p. 207.
^ On the activities and events of the Abendland movement, see: Conze, Das Europa der Deutschen 2005, pp. 111–206. See also: Schildt, Zwischen Abendland und Amerika 1999.
^ For example, Heinrich von Brentano, Alois Hundhammer, Hans Hutter, Richard Jaeger, Hans-Joachim von Merkatz, Hermann Pünder, Hans Schuberth, Theodor Steltzer, Theodor Oberländer and Franz-Joseph Würmeling. The Abendland organizations used these prominent names to advertize themselves, but these politicians were not directly involved in the leadership of these organizations (with the exception of Hans-Joachim von Merkatz and Richard Jaeger). The actual leadership included various members of the Upper Swabian family von Waldburg-Zeil, who also supported the Abendland organizations financially, the legal expert Friedrich August von der Heydte, the publicist Emil Franzel, the historians of eastern Europe Georg Stadtmüller and Georg von Gaupp-Berghausen, who as the secretary of the Abendländische Akademie and the CEDI was the main organizational figure. Subsequently, from about the mid-1950s, Otto von Habsburg also joined the inner circle of Abendländer. On these people who played central roles in the Abendland movement, see: Conze, Das Europa der Deutschen 2005, p. 12 and pp. 133f.
^ On the CEDI, see note 47.
^ For extensive quotations, see: Conze, Das Europa der Deutschen 2005, pp. 135ff.
^ Franzel, Pariser Konferenz 1949 ("the continuation of the Cold War", "a huge danger for Germany as a no man's land between the fronts", transl. by N. Williams).
^ See, for example: Franzel, Nachwort 1950, p. 182. On these kinds of argumentation, see: Stölken-Fitschen, Atombombe und Geistesgeschichte 1995, pp. 54–90.
^ Franzel, Staatsform 1949 ("unavoidable partition of Germany", transl. by N. Williams).
^ On the general rejection of the "American way of life" by conservative intellectuals in West Germany, see: Schildt, Moderne Zeiten 1995, pp. 398–423.
^ Heilmann, Christliches Gewissen 1951, p. 602 ("that a Christian … could pick neither the 'West' nor the 'East'").
^ Schildt, Zwischen Abendland und Amerika 1999, p. 40 ("delicate balancing act between the western option and anti-liberalism", transl. by N. Williams).
^ [Anonymous], Strasbourg Council of Europe 1951.
^ Kroll, Grundlagen 1951, p. 78.
^ On the activities of the CEDI, see: Conze, Das Europa der Deutschen 2005, pp. 169–206. See also: Aschmann, "Treue Freunde?" 1999; Weber, Spanische Deutschlandpolitik 1992.
^ Schildt, Intellektuelle Konstruktionen 2008.
^ Conze, Das Europa der Deutschen 2005, pp. 162–169, see also [Anonymous]: Abendland: Die missionäre Monarchie 1955.
^ "Schwanzstück": Schildt, Moderne Zeiten 1995, p. 32. Other quotations: Nolte, Gesellschaftstheorie und Gesellschaftsgeschichte 1997, pp. 285f ("desperate struggle of contemporaries to find acceptable models of order capable of generating a consensus, but also by the sharp conflict between opposing ideas of society" transl. by N. Williams).
by Vanessa Conze Conze, Vanessa: Abendland, in: Europäische Geschichte Online (EGO), hg. vom Leibniz-Institut für Europäische Geschichte (IEG), Mainz European History Online (EGO), published by the Leibniz Institute of European History (IEG), Mainz 2017-02-02. URL: http://www.ieg-ego.eu/conzev-2012-en URN: urn:nbn:de:0159-2016120202 [JJJJ-MM-TT][YYYY-MM-DD].


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China's New Coal Plants Raise Climate Threat
Economic and political pressures are pushing China to build more unnecessary coal-fired power plants, putting global climate change targets at risk, energy experts and recent studies suggest.
China's continuing construction of coal plants has raised alarms among environmental research groups as international concerns over greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions grow.
In its annual report released last month, the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) urged China to "ban all new coal-fired power plants" as part of an accelerated phase-out of coal power by the largest economies in the world.
At the current pace of GHG emissions and national pledges, the world will be unable to keep global warming below the limit of 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) set by the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the UNEP report said.
Without more drastic and immediate action, temperatures could climb by up to 3.9 degrees Celsius (7 degrees Fahrenheit) by the end of this century, the "Emissions Gap Report" warned.
U.N. scientists said the target rate for emissions reductions must more than double to 7.6 percent annually for the next decade to keep global warming within bounds.
Yet, China has continued to push the limits with construction of new coal-fired plants.
Last month, researchers at the Global Energy Monitor (GEM) released a report on China's continuing construction, concluding that the country has recently added five times as much coal-fired generating capacity as the reductions in the rest of the world.
While the pace of new permitting by the central government has slowed, projects that were previously suspended are now moving ahead, the environmental group said.
China is still in the throes of a building boom that started in 2014 when the government shifted project approval authority from the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), the top planning agency, to the provinces as a way to cut red tape and spur the economy.
The decision led to a wave of ill-considered projects, which have only been partially postponed or restrained.
GEM found that in the 18 months since the start of 2018, China increased the generating capacity of its coal-fired fleet by 42.9 gigawatts (GW), while the rest of the world cut capacity by 8.1 GW.
The report estimated that 147.7 GW of new coal capacity is under active consideration or likely to be revived from suspension status. The total is nearly equal to all the coal- fired generating capacity of the European Union, it said.
Development interests are pushing to raise the government's cap on coal-fired capacity from the 1,100-GW ceiling, set by 13th Five-Year Plan through 2020, to as much as 1,400 GW, GEM said.
Although the projects provide employment, they are otherwise seen as unprofitable and unneeded, since utilization of existing plants has hovered around 50 percent.
The huge volume of new plants on the drawing board will tip the global balance toward an increase in coal-fired power, GEM estimated.
"In other words, even if the rest of the world phased out all coal power use by 2035, China's coal power generation alone would greatly exceed the global limits determined by the IPCC for coal power use," the report said.
'Far more urgent things'
China's government has not responded to criticism of its new coal plants.
But one day after release of the UNEP report, an environmental official defended China's record on reducing the amount of carbon used per unit of gross domestic product.
Zhao Yingmin, a vice-minister for ecology and environment, told reporters in Beijing that the country had already met its commitment to cut carbon intensity by 40 to 45 percent from 2005 levels by 2020, posting a 45.8-percent reduction in 2018, the official Xinhua news agency said.
China first announced the intensity target in 2009, but its total carbon emissions have continued to rise as a result of a decade of growth in GDP.
Estimates of China's new plant problem and its contribution to climate change vary, but analysts agree that halting construction has become a lower priority on the country's list of troubles, including the slide in economic growth, trade war tensions, Hong Kong democracy demonstrations and pressures over Uyghur suppression in Xinjiang.
"The central government has far more urgent things to worry about just now than energy, environment and climate change," said Philip Andrews-Speed, a China energy expert at University of Singapore.
"The earlier restrictions may be being relaxed in order to support employment and investment," Andrews-Speed said.
As in earlier reports, GEM makes the case against China's new coal plants on both environmental and economic grounds, arguing that the projects will not return their investments.
In order to meet the two-degree Celsius target, new coal plants will have to be retired after 21 years or sooner, compared with the current global average of 38 years, the group said.
The monitor's conclusions on China's priorities appear to be consistent with a Reuters report in August that found a major increase in approvals for new coal mines, based on documents from the National Energy Administration (NEA).
In the first half of the year, new production capacity approvals totaled 141 million metric tons, compared with just 25 million tons for all of last year, Reuters said.
On Dec. 2, another Reuters report indicated that the pace of new projects has continued unabated.
In the first three quarters, regulators approved 40 new coal mines with annual capacity of nearly 200 million tons.
China has built 42.9 GW of new coal-fired generating capacity since the start of last year with 121 GW under construction, compared with 35 GW added in 2017 and 38 GW in 2016, the report said.
In its recent annual World Energy Outlook, the International Energy Agency (IEA) offered a slightly less critical view of China's new coal plant activity and its effect.
"Coal accounts for two-thirds of China's electricity supply today, but efforts are underway to limit its growth to address pollution concerns and limit CO2 (carbon dioxide) emissions," said the Paris-based IEA.
"Even with over 60 GW under construction at the start of 2019, coal-fired capacity and generation are set to plateau," it said.
World's largest electricity user
China is already the world's largest electricity user with consumption projected to rise by over 70 percent by 2040, accounting for 40 percent of global demand growth, the IEA said.
Data tables with the 810-page IEA report indicate that China's coal-fired generation will peak around 2030 after rising by 9.2 percent from 2018. But even in 2040, coal will provide 41.2 percent of China's power compared with 66.2 percent last year.
China's CO2 emissions from coal are set to peak sometime after 2025, but they remain 46.6 percent of global coal emissions in 2040. China's total energy-related CO2 is projected to be 25.9 percent of world emissions by then.
Energy-related CO2 emissions rose in both China and the United States last year, magnifying the task of global reductions. The United States has announced its intention to withdraw from the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change.
In China, other recent indications of a lower priority for emissions reductions include a slowdown in coal-to-gas conversions for winter heating and eased limits on steel output.
Last month, Xinhua reported that China's apparent demand for crude steel this year will top 930 million metric tons, citing a forecast by industry information provider Lange Steel (www.LangeSteel.com).
The record level of steel consumption suggests that the government has relied more heavily on energy-intensive infrastructure spending to boost the economy than it has previously disclosed.
The effects on China's smog problem appear to be mixed, according to official reports.
The Ministry of Ecology and Environment reported that air quality worsened in its October survey of 337 monitored cities with a 2.1-percent decline in the share of "good air quality days" from a year earlier, although the average density of fine particulates known as PM2.5 also fell.
The number of good air quality days dropped in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region in both October and the 10-month period this year, the ministry said.


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Charlie Methven exits right. But beware of suggestions he's a (far) Right Charlie
December 8, 2019 December 7, 2019 by Colin Randall
Rallying the troops
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Charlie Methven, the Old Etonian, Oxford-educated "farmer's lad" who divides opinion on Wearside, has left his role as executive director of SAFC "for family and work-related reasons" though he will retain his minority stake in the club, writes Monsieur Salut.
The news prompted a flurry of social media comment, a little in praise, a lot of bile and some downright nonsense. In the latter category was the suggestion that he had been on the general election campaign trail with Nigel Farage and that the future "political consultancy" work mentioned in his statement below would involve working with the Brexit Party leader.
It will surprise no Salut! Sunderland readers to hear that I regard Farage as a far-right ogre intent on imposing a hard, no-deal Brexit that would devastate Wearside (and the country) and tap into the worst and most snarling, anti-foreigner instincts of society. There, said it.
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Pebble beach front. This is a pro and con of Binukbok, pro because no sand in your undies and con because its slippery when covered with algae. Fret not, the pebble beach front only stretches a couple of feet from the shore, beyond that are live corals waiting to be explored!
The Sunset! See the photos below. No explanation needed.
Kuya Manny Garces. I have heard so much praise from my fellow travel buddies and also from online blogs about him. Kuya Manny is the Co General Manager of Binukbok View Point Resort. All accommodations in Binukbok are all connected to him. You could say, he is the "Binukbok Guy".
Php 178 Bus to Lemery Batangas from DLTB Buendia Ave.
Get off at Xentro Mall in Lemery. If you already have food supplies with you, you can hire a tricycle, Php 150-250 good for 4 pax one way and tell the driver to take you to Brgy. Balite, San Luis.
If you don't have food, hire a tricycle to go to the market, Php 80 for 4 pax, and tell the driver to take you off to Bagong Palengke.
At the market, there are jeepneys plying to Brgy. Balite, San Luis with a signboard Binukbok Parking, Php 12 per person however it will wait until the jeepney gets full before it leaves. Or if you're in a hurry there are also tricycles you can hire at the market near the jeepney terminal Php 120 for 3-4 pax one way, and tell the driver to take you to Binukbok Parking.
Once you reach Binukbok parking, Kuya Manny's boatmen will be there to meet you to take you to Binukbok Viewpoint Resort.
Snorkeling at Marine Sanctuary Overnight fee: Php 1000 (minimum of 2 pax to avail the Php 1000 each) Inclusion: round trip boat transfer, tent with mattress, pillow accommmodation, wifi, unlimited brewed coffee, welcome ice tea drinks, and WANTOSAWA snorkeling/swimming/freediving!
Contact Kuya Manny Garces for faster transaction. He will assist you. Here are the contact points of Kuya Manny.
free use of kitchen, cooking wares and utensils.
880 pesos per pax: Day tour - Inclusion of Round trip boat transfer, Table cottage, unlimited snorkeling, mask and snorkel with life vest, environmental fee, unlimited coffee, unlimited fish food (old bread) and free use of kitchen, cooking wares and utensils.
If you want to maximize your stay in that side of Batangas, head over Basilica of Saint Martin of Tours, the largest cathedral in Asia. Either you go there before you go to Binukbok or after you check out.
Here's another tip, Plan your trip to Binukbok on the day of Basaan and Parada ng Lechon in Balayan, Batangas. We did that and it was freaking amazing! You can read all about the Basaan 2017 and Parada ng Lechon here: http://www.moredantravels.com/2017/06/basaan-2017-and-parada-ng-lechon-2017.html. Head early to Balayan for the festivities, after lunch, go to Lemery Xentro Mall then go to Binukbok Parking.
Don't over drink. You will regret it, you will not enjoy the all day unlimited diving snorkeling activities. You will spend half of the day remembering the blurry details of the night past. Don't worry though, a single free dive will fix it. Promise! It cured mine (monetarily) It must have been the seascapes below that made my hangover subside for a minute. Also bring your own Snorkeling gears and fins to reduce travel budget. Bring also first aid kits in case you have cuts from the sharp stones in the beach front. I had plenty of scars care of the stones and corals exposed at the shore.
Bring with you friends from all walks of life. A foreman, rice expert, kyowa technician, biologist, aero mechanic, accountant, a teacher, a radio DJ, a sinigang expert and I think we had some diving masters on the other table. They will tell you jokes that are out of this world. or maybe not. Just don't drink vodka. It will make you regret things. Like drinking it without reservation even though you had past experiences in drinking it. Won't try the "3rd times the charm" B.S. cliche.
Here's my summary video of what transpired that faithful day.


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Connectome-based prediction of eating disorder-associated symptomatology
Ximei Chen, Debo Dong, Feng Zhou, Xiao Gao, Yong Liu, Junjie Wang, Jingmin Qin, Yun Tian, Mingyue Xiao, Xiaofei Xu, Wei Li, Jiang Qiu, Tingyong Feng, Qinghua He, Xu Lei, Hong Chen
Journal: Psychological Medicine , First View
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 September 2022, pp. 1-14
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Despite increasing knowledge on the neuroimaging patterns of eating disorder (ED) symptoms in non-clinical populations, studies using whole-brain machine learning to identify connectome-based neuromarkers of ED symptomatology are absent. This study examined the association of connectivity within and between large-scale functional networks with specific symptomatic behaviors and cognitions using connectome-based predictive modeling (CPM).
CPM with ten-fold cross-validation was carried out to probe functional networks that were predictive of ED-associated symptomatology, including body image concerns, binge eating, and compensatory behaviors, within the discovery sample of 660 participants. The predictive ability of the identified networks was validated using an independent sample of 821 participants.
The connectivity predictive of body image concerns was identified within and between networks implicated in cognitive control (frontoparietal and medial frontal), reward sensitivity (subcortical), and visual perception (visual). Crucially, the set of connections in the positive network related to body image concerns identified in one sample was generalized to predict body image concerns in an independent sample, suggesting the replicability of this effect.
These findings point to the feasibility of using the functional connectome to predict ED symptomatology in the general population and provide the first evidence that functional interplay among distributed networks predicts body shape/weight concerns.
Congenital heart defects in patients with isolated microtia: evaluation using colour Doppler echocardiographic image
Fengfeng Guo, Lin Lin, Xiaobo Yu, YuPeng Song, Qinghua Yang, LeRen He, Bo Pan, Haiyue Jiang
Journal: Cardiology in the Young / Volume 31 / Issue 2 / February 2021
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 November 2020, pp. 260-263
The objective of this study was to delineate the characteristics and incidence of congenital heart disease (CHD) in patients with isolated microtia and to determine whether the prevalence of CHD among patients with isolated microtia increases with the severity of microtia.
A total of 804 consecutive patients had a pre-operative colour Doppler echocardiographic examination. A retrospective study was performed with the clinical and imaging data from November, 2017 to January, 2019. The χ2 test was performed to analyse the interaction between isolated microtia and CHD.
With the colour Doppler echocardiographic examination's data from 804 consecutive isolated microtia patients, we found CHD, including atrial septal defect, ventricular septal defect, tetralogy of Fallot, patent ductus arteriosus, and others, occurred in 52 of 804 patients (6.5%). Atrial septal defect prevalence in patients with isolated microtia was significantly higher than ventricular septal defect (24/804 versus 11/804, p < 0.05) and patent ductus arteriosus (24/804 versus 2/804, p < 0.001). Ventricular septal defect prevalence in patients with isolated microtia was significantly higher than patent ductus arteriosus (11/804 versus 2/804, p < 0.05). All four types of microtia (concha-type microtia, small concha-type microtia, lobule-type microtia, and anotia) had similar incidences of CHD with no difference in the incidences among these types (p > 0.05 respectively). Furthermore, there was no significant difference in the incidence of the atrial septal defect among the four subtypes (p > 0.05 respectively). Similarly, ventricular septal defect and patent ductus arteriosus also showed no differences (p > 0.05 respectively).
The overall incidences of CHD and three most common CHD subtypes (atrial septal defect, ventricular septal defect, and patent ductus arteriosus) in patients with isolated microtia are higher than general population. The prevalence of CHD among patients with isolated microtia does not increase with the severity of microtia. According to our experience in this study, we suggest colour Doppler echocardiographic imaging should be performed for isolated microtia patients soon after birth if possible. Furthermore, for the plastic surgeon and anaesthesiologist, it is important to take pre-operative colour Doppler echocardiographic images which can help evaluate heart function to ensure the safety of the peri-operative period. Future studies when investigating CHDs associated with isolated microtia could focus on genetic and molecular mechanisms.
Review of fiber superluminescent pulse amplifications
HEDP and HPL 2016
Haitao Zhang, Xinglai Shen, He Hao, Qinghua Li, Mali Gong
Journal: High Power Laser Science and Engineering / Volume 4 / 2016
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 September 2016, e31
High coherence of the laser is indispensable light sources in modern long or short-distance imaging systems, because the high coherence leads to coherent artifacts such as speckle that corrupt image formation. To deliver low coherence pulses in fiber amplifiers, we utilize the superluminescent pulsed light with broad bandwidth, nonlongitudinal mode structure and chaotic mode phase as the seed source of the cascaded fiber amplifiers. The influence of fiber superluminescent pulse amplification (SPA) on the limitations of the performance is analyzed. A review of our research results for SPA in the fibers are present, including the nonlinear theories of this low coherent light sources, i.e., self-focusing (SF), stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) and self-phase modulation (SPM) effects, and the experiment results of the nanosecond pulses with peak power as high as 4.8 MW and pulse energy as much as 55 mJ. To improve the brightness of SPA light in the future work, we introduce our novel evaluation term and a more reasonable criterion, which is denoted by a new parameter of brightness factor for active large mode area fiber designs. A core-doped active large pitch fiber with a core diameter of $190~\unicode[STIX]{x03BC}\text{m}$ and a mode-field diameter of $180~\unicode[STIX]{x03BC}\text{m}$ is designed by this method. The designed fiber allows near diffracted limited beam quality operation, and it can achieve 100 mJ pulse energy and 540 W average power by analyzing the mode coupling effects induced by heat.


Take a leaf out of this v. stylish Paris Fashion Week goer's book. That dress-over-jeans thing has never looked better, but clash up the girlie silhouette of the draped pink dress by pairing it with some cropped, flared, medium-wash denim. Add a longline black blazer to smarten up the vibe and finish it off with some patent boots for some cool-girl texture.


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Nordic Ski Teams Compete at St. Michael's Carnival, Placing Eighth
Sydney Beres '18 watches her Sam Reiss '18 advance the ball. JOHN NEUFELD/THE BATES STUDENT
Vanessa Paolella, Editor in Chief
On January 20-21, the men's and women's nordic ski teams competed in the St. Michael's Carnival at Sleepy Hollow in Huntington, Vermont. Parker McDonald '18 and Kaelyn Woods '20 led the men's and women's teams to a combined placement of eighth out of 12 teams at this event with 229 carnival points.
Despite the relatively warm weather this weekend, Bates posted a strong showing at the event with some standout performances to help push the Bobcats through the rankings.
The men had some impressive results in the 10 kilometer classic on Saturday, earning 76 carnival points total during the event. McDonald raced a personal record of 24:58 in this race, placing sixth out of 97 collegiate skiers and earning 37 points. Following him to round out Bates' point scorers were Graham Houtsma '20 with a time of 25:54 in 22nd place and Leo Lukens '20 in 54th place with a time of 26:54.
The women's team raced the five kilometer classic on the first day of the carnival. Taking 22nd place in a field of 87 skiers, Woods raced a time of 14:20, earning 22 carnival points for Bates. Zoe McKinney '21 came in second for Bates, placing 54th with a time of 15:12. Samantha Pierce '19 followed close behind and placed 66th in 15:30.
At the end of the first day, the men's team was tied with Bowdoin for fifth place and the women's team held 10th place with 39 carnival points.
"Parker was sixth yesterday, which was awesome," Woods says. "[It] put the team in a really good place going into day two."
There was no break for the Bobcats this weekend. On Sunday, both teams were back at it for the second day of the event. Here, the men raced the 15 kilometer and the women raced the 10 kilometer freestyle.
McDonald once again led Bates' men in a time of 39:57, placing 17th out of 86 athletes and earning 25 carnival points for the team. As in the classic 10 kilometer race the day before, Houtsma and Lukens rounded out Bates' point scoring trio with times of 40:12 and 41:47, placing 19th and 48th respectively.
On the women's side, Woods also came in first for the Bobcats in a personal record time of 30:04. She placed eighth out of 80 skiers in the race and earned 33 carnival points for her efforts. In 50th place, McKinney crossed the finish line in a time of 32:31; not long after, Annie Blakslee '20 came in 61st place with a time of 33:37 to earn Bates' final points of the event.
"It's really fun," Woods comments. "The racing in the EISA in college is just so fun, the atmosphere around it, getting to see all the teams every weekend. It's a hard sport but you feel pretty good afterwards."
In total, the men's team earned 137 points and the women earned 92 for a total of 229 carnival points. Throughout the competition, McDonald, Houtsma, and Woods earned 54, 23 and 43 NCAA points respectively.
"I thought we did really well," Houtsma says. "I think it was a really good weekend for us. The team's looking good right now which is all that matters…We didn't really have too good of a season last year but things are looking up this season."
Until their next competition at the University of Vermont Carnival in Stowe, Vermont next weekend, the nordic ski teams will continue to train hard and wear their new, bright red pom pom hats conspicuously around campus.
"We just got brand new hats, so we're all sporting the Bates skiing hats," Woods says. "It makes it really easy to find us."
Vanessa Paolella '21 was the editor in chief of The Student during the 2020-21 academic year.
At Bates, she majored in geology with a strong interest...
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Braskem is a Brazilian petrochemical company headquartered in São Paulo. The company is the largest petrochemical company in Latin America and has become a major player in the international petrochemical market (8th largest resin producer worldwide).

Products
Braskem is the Americas' top thermoplastic resin producer. With 36 industrial plants spread across Brazil, United States, Mexico and Germany, the company produces over 16 million tons of thermoplastic resins and other petrochemicals per year. Braskem is the world's leading biopolymers producer with its 200,000 tons Green PE plant that produces polyethylene from sugarcane-based ethanol.

Basic petrochemicals
Braskem controls the three largest petrochemical complexes in Brazil, located in the cities of Camaçari, Bahia, Mauá, São Paulo and Triunfo, Rio Grande do Sul. Besides these three petrochemical complexes, Braskem also controls a complex in Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro, which is based on gas rather than naphtha. Its basic petrochemical units account for the supply of ethylene and propylene to the company's nearby polymer units. The company also produces other chemical products such as benzene, butadiene, toluene, xylene and isoprene. These compounds are mostly sold to other chemical companies based within the same complexes, such as Innova S.A., Elekeiroz and Dow Chemical.

Although its main feedstock is naphtha, Braskem's green ethylene plant was inaugurated in September, 2010. This green ethylene plant is an important step forward in the strategy of becoming a global leader in sustainable chemicals. The plant is the largest industrial-scale operation in the world producing ethylene made from 100% renewable raw materials, i.e., sugar-cane; however, sugar cane and other energy crops are not green, nor renewable if the fertilizers used to grow the crops were produced from fossil fuel, such as synthetic nitrogen...NH3.  The project was conceived and installed in less than two years based on Braskem's proprietary technology.

Located at the Triunfo petrochemical complex in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, the plant produces 200,000 tons of green ethylene, which will be transformed into an equivalent volume of green plastic.

Polymers
Braskem is Brazil's main producer of polyethylene, polypropylene and polyvinyl chloride – PVC, with 5.7 million tons of resins capacity production in Brazilian territory. The company is also the leader in the US polypropylene market, with 1.5 million tons of production capacity. In addition, its polypropylene capacity production in Germany is 545,000 tons.

Braskem is also implementing an integrated petrochemical complex in Mexico. The complex will consist of a cracker using ethane as feedstock, and three integrated polyethylene plants with a combined annual capacity of 1.05 million tons. The complex will begin production by mid-2015. Developed through a joint venture with the Mexican group Idesa, the project will increase the share of gas in the company's feedstock matrix, improving its competitiveness.

History
Braskem was formed in 2002, already Latin America's leading petrochemical company, with industrial units and offices in Brazil, as well as commercial bases in the United States and Argentina. The company was formed by the consolidation of six companies: Copene, OPP, Trikem, Nitrocarbono, Proppet and Polialden. In 2006, Braskem acquired Politeno, the third largest polyethylene producer in Brazil. The company joined Petrobras and Ultrapar the following year in the biggest merger in Brazilian history, when those three companies acquired Grupo Ipiranga for US$4 billion. While Petrobras and Ultrapar shared the fuel distribution operations, Braskem took over Ipiranga Petroquímica, Ipiranga's former petrochemical operation.

In 2016, Braskem was fined $957 million over a bribery scandal.

Braskem America

Braskem America is the leading producer of polypropylene in the United States, with five production plants located in Texas, Pennsylvania and West Virginia, and a Technology and Innovation Center in Pittsburgh. Headquartered in Philadelphia, Braskem America is a wholly owned subsidiary of Braskem S.A.

Braskem Europe is headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany with two plants in Schkopau and Wesseling. Braskem Europe is a wholly owned subsidiary of Braskem S.A.

Purchases

On January 22, 2010, Braskem announced the acquisition of Quattor, in line with its strategy to strengthen the Brazilian petrochemical chain and become one of the five largest and most competitive petrochemical companies in the world. The acquisition of Quattor Participações S.A., Unipar Comercial e Distribuidora S.A., and Polibutenos S.A. Indústrias Químicas was unanimously and fully approved by the board of directors of the Administrative Council of Economic Defense (CADE) on February 23, 2011. On February 1, 2010, Braskem announced the acquisition of the PP assets of Sunoco Chemicals, 4th largest polypropylene producer in the U.S. The transaction represented an important step in Braskem's international expansion process, offering the combination of growth in the U.S. market, with alternative sources of raw materials at competitive costs and access to major consumer markets. With this acquisition, Braskem has become the 3rd largest polypropylene player in the world.

On July 27, 2011, Braskem announced the acquisition of the polypropylene business (PP) of Dow Chemical. The transaction involved 4 industrial units, 2 plants in the United States and 2 plants in Germany. The U.S. assets, located in Freeport, Texas and Seadrift, Texas, have combined production capacity of 505 kton, which represents 50% of the country's annual PP production of 1,425 kton. The German assets, located in the cities of Wesseling and Schkopau, have combined annual production capacity of 545 kton. On September 30, 2011, the acquisition was approved by the antitrust agencies of the United States, the Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, as well as the European Union. The transaction represented an important step forward in consolidating the company's international expansion and positioned it as the largest PP producer in the United States.

In 2012, the company commissioned a new PVC plant with annual production capacity of 200 kton in the state of Alagoas. Braskem also expanded its production of butadiene, a key input used by the rubber industry, at its plant located in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, which increased its annual production capacity of this product by 100 kton; in line with its strategy of adding value to the existing chains.

In 2014, the company completed its investment in the expansion and conversion of one of its polyethylene production lines in Bahia to produce metallocene-based LLDPE. This resin, of more modern technology, will supply the plastic film industry.

References

External links

 The company's home page in Portuguese
 The company's home page in English

Companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange
Petrochemical companies
Chemical companies of Brazil
Companies listed on B3 (stock exchange)
Manufacturing companies based in São Paulo
Brazilian brands
Petrobras
Odebrecht
Companies listed on the Madrid Stock Exchange

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It's March! And you know what that means...? The Big Tournament is here! Gather your friends over for some delicious snacks, and refreshing drinks, as you cheer on your favorite team to victory!
I'm all about easy snack ideas, and this recipe for RITZ Tostadas is so perfect! I put together a build-your-own RITZ tostada bar that is ideal for when you have guests over to watch The Big Tournament.
Albertsons had everything I needed - from the glass bottles and mini cans of Coca-Cola™ to the RITZ crackers, and all the fixings! When you head to the Albertons site, you'll find YouTube videos, along with all the details for their tasty RITZ tostada recipe! You'll also find other recipes that are perfect for The Big Tournament, using Mondalez and Coca-Cola products!
I welcomed my guests with a basketball themed party table. I made sure there were cups of Coca-Cola ready to go! I set out plates, napkins, and Coca-Cola mini cans & bottles for an easy refill. Plastic food baskets and striped paper liners were perfect for handling all those RITZ Tostada creations!
There is no right or wrong way to build your own RITZ tostada. Get creative and pile on all the toppings! I set out a tray with 6 different topping options: refried beans, lettuce, mini shrimp, shredded chicken, chopped green onions, pepper jack cheese, and guacamole.
1. Start with some RITZ crackers. Will you go for the beans first? Maybe the lettuce? Hmmm... Decisions, decisions!
2. Once you pick your first topping, there's no turning back. Go in for the dunk and pile it on!
3. Repeat step 2 until you have enough RITZ Tostadas to make it through the first quarter!
My build-your-own RITZ Tostada bar was a huge winner with my guests! Plus, I scored some big points with my ice cold Coca-Cola filled cups. Talk about a win-win!
Here's a pin to save for later.
Beat the buzzer and head to Albertsons for refreshing Coca-Cola and RITZ crackers!
So fun! Wish we could party together!!


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Маунт-Морая () — селище () в США, в окрузі Гаррісон штату Міссурі. Населення — 87 осіб (2010).

Географія
Маунт-Морая розташований за координатами  (40.329255, -93.797065).  За даними Бюро перепису населення США в 2010 році селище мало площу 2,64 км², уся площа — суходіл.

Демографія

Згідно з переписом 2010 року, у місті мешкало 87 осіб у 43 домогосподарствах у складі 19 родин. Густота населення становила 33 особи/км².  Було 69 помешкань (26/км²).

Расовий склад населення:

До двох чи більше рас належало 0,0 %. Частка іспаномовних становила 4,6 % від усіх жителів.

За віковим діапазоном населення розподілялося таким чином: 18,4 % — особи молодші 18 років, 57,5 % — особи у віці 18—64 років, 24,1 % — особи у віці 65 років та старші. Медіана віку мешканця становила 49,3 року. На 100 осіб жіночої статі у місті припадало 128,9 чоловіків;  на 100 жінок у віці від 18 років та старших — 108,8 чоловіків також старших 18 років.

Середній дохід на одне домашнє господарство  становив  доларів США (медіана — ), а середній дохід на одну сім'ю —  доларів (медіана — ). За межею бідності перебувало 42,7 % осіб, у тому числі 67,5 % дітей у віці до 18 років та 21,4 % осіб у віці 65 років та старших.

Цивільне працевлаштоване населення становило 34 особи. Основні галузі зайнятості: освіта, охорона здоров'я та соціальна допомога — 41,2 %, сільське господарство, лісництво, риболовля — 20,6 %, роздрібна торгівля — 14,7 %, мистецтво, розваги та відпочинок — 11,8 %.

Джерела

Селища Міссурі
Населені пункти округу Гаррісон (Міссурі)


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Q: Is there a better way to debug HighCharts issues I stumbled into this issue, where i was generating an image using Highcharts and PhantomJS. URL: http://www.highcharts.com/component/content/article/2-articles/news/56-improved-image-export-with-phantomjs
I was using the JSON:
{'series': [{'data': [10, 9, 7, 4]}], 'chart': {'type': 'bar'}, 'xAxis': {'categories': ['5 - 10', '11 - 16', '17 - 22', '23 - 28']}, 'title': {'text': u'HistoData'}};

PhantomJS threw errors telling:
SyntaxError: Parse error
Highcharts.customCode.parsed
ReferenceError: Can't find variable: options

phantomjs://webpage.evaluate():63
phantomjs://webpage.evaluate():132
phantomjs://webpage.evaluate():132

Now, it took me a while to figure out, that the correct JSON was:
{'series': [{'data': [10, 9, 7, 4]}], 'chart': {'type': 'bar'}, 'xAxis': {'categories': ['5 - 10', '11 - 16', '17 - 22', '23 - 28']}, 'title': {'text': 'HistoData'}};

Now, there is no direct link to the error and the fix. Is there a better way to debug syntax issues ? It would be a pain in the ass to figure out what went wrong with the JSON chart data otherwise.

A: You could try using a json validator tool to make sure your json is in the correct format. e.g. http://jsonlint.com/

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Q: Prevent competing answerers from voting on others under the same question
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What should be done to people who downvote strategically?

Should a competitor be allowed to cast votes on other answers and/or the question as it can negatively influence the person asking the question? Maybe he does this before he posts an answer. Should the points/votes revert if so?
How is this problem solved now and how is it going to be solved in the future?
Easy questions usually net 2-3 answers at the same time soon after posting. No problem. Until now. When a competing answerer votes down the other answers for false or dubious reasons, what can I do?
Today has been the second time I've been on the sore end of this behaviour (I flagged my answer so that a moderator can see what's happening) and I get taken for a complete idiot as my answer is voted down by users with higher reputation on what I believe to be less than honest reasons.
When one person answers a question, all votes they cast to the competing answers (or question itself) should be discounted or dismissed altogether since they are competing to earn the points for an accepted answer.
If they spot anything wrong on a competing answer they should leave a comment or flag it, but don't give them the option to vote me down. That just gives their answer a higher ground to the OP while mine is pushed to a negative score.
It's not fair to me and it's not fair to the community since it allows answers that won't work 100% a leg up on the competition.
What are my options in this case? Do you find it to be the right way to get more points?
I don't want to start any disputes. I am not saying I didn't make a mistake in my answer. All I'm saying is that it's not fair since somebody else's answer doesn't work better than mine.
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Though my own problem seems to be solved (and I ended with more points than I should have) the correct answer is still not accepted. This shouldn't be an issue for now since the OP can think about the answers given based on his knowledge/needs. I bet my case isn't the only one around.

A: If your answer really is good, then others should upvote it.  You only lose two points for a downvote and gain 10 for an upvote.  Therefore, if your answer is good and it is voted down for reasons unrelated to how good it is, you will only be missing two points.
The user is up to selecting the answer that fits his or her needs best, so you shouldn't be concerned about them selecting a wrong answer.  I suppose they could select an answer that is sub-par to another, but in that case you'd expect the community to upvote the more correct answer more.
There's also another side to this--I think most users upvote answers to a question they're also answering.  I know I've done this before and still added my own answer.  I think this case probably outweighs the case of a 'competitive' user abusing downvotes.  Would you want to disable the ability for competing users to upvote your answer as well?

A: I frequently vote for other answers to the same question I answer.  But if the answer in incorrect I would down vote and I don't see that as an issue.  In the example you provide it looks like the down vote might have come from the other poster who pointed out that you had problems in your code.  But it could have come from someone else that just read your answer and voted.  I would suggest not to assume who is voting and do your best to create answers that get up votes. (1 Up cancels out 5 down).

A: They could probably check for people who do this frequently, or maybe they already do.  But I don't really think the option to downvote should be removed.  Sometimes answers really are wrong, and people should be able to downvote them while giving a correct answer.
If this is happening enough to be worth addressing, I'd say either revoke the votes of serial offenders or maybe hit them with a rep penalty.  I've suspected it of happening to me a couple times, but you can't prove it unless you dig into the voting data.  Even if all my suspicions were correct though it wasn't enough times that I'm too worried about it.


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The Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research has established a new requirement for graduate students who began their studies September 2004 or later. This requirement is for training in academic integrity and ethics. As Dr. Teresa Krukoff stated it, "the initiative for graduate ethics training was developed as a result of an increasing awareness of the need to provide structured graduate education in the areas of research and scholarship integrity, and the need to define more clearly the boundaries of ethically acceptable research." Departments were required to develop plans for providing this training to their graduate students. The plans needed to include at least 8 hours of "structured academic activity". FGSR developed a course, Graduate Ethics Training (G.E.T.), that could be used for 5 hours of this training.
Information regarding G.E.T. can be found here.
The Department submitted a plan that involves the course and several hours of time in some of our regular courses. The plan is below. It was approved by FGSR.
When you have completed the course, please print out the results page and send it to Vicki Trombley to let us know that you have completed this part of the requirement. (You will not need to demonstrate that you have completed the other parts of the plan, since those hours are part of your regular coursework.) A notation about completion of this requirement will appear on your final transcript.
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The FGSR WebCT course (5 hours). If this option is chosen, students will be required to complete the course and submit proof of completion to Vicki Trombley by the end of the first year of their program (January 15).
Ethics and Scientific Integrity Day (5 hours). This workshop is sponsored by the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry and is offered several times per year. If this option is chosen, a certificate of completion must be submitted to Vicki Trombley by the end of the first year of the student's program (January 15).
This plan will enable our students to receive training on integrity and ethical issues common to all students in graduate programs as well as issues particular to clinical professions.
For content provided in CSD courses, knowledge will be assessed as part of each individual course.