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Category Archives: Human Right
America, Arab Revolutions, Human Right, MAGA, Missing, Poverty, Syria, War
Party of Personal Choice: From Syria's War Missing to America's Homeless…….
January 5, 2018 Mohammed Haider Ghuloum
Senator John McCain tweeted today that this article in the Wall Street Journal is "important". It is about the estimated 100,000 people missing in Syria. It is of course important…
Then this hardly-noticed news item was published today about a study on homelessness in the USA:
"More than 500,000 people – a quarter of them children – were homeless in the United States this year amid scarce affordable housing across much of the nation, according to a study released on Thursday……Los Angeles, Seattle, Portland, Oregon and Hawaii have all recently declared emergencies over the rise of homelessness, and on Thursday Seattle's mayor toured a new encampment for his city's dispossessed……."
I have not seen any comment or tweet on this from McCain or other Republican politicians yet. Nor do I expect to see any comment from the "Party of Choice". They usually ascribe any misfortune or sickness (including children's sickness) or other tragedy to "a matter of personal choice". That was the case even before this new Wild West era of MAGA.
FYI: Democrats did only marginally better when they were in power….
HomelessnessMAGASyriaUSAWar Missing
Arab Politics, Arab Revolutions, Human Right, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, U.S. Foreign Policy
Political Prisons: What the Bastille, Tzarist Siberia, Stalin's Gulag, Tehran's Evin, and Saudi Ritz-Carlton Have in Common…..
The French monarchy had the (now) notorious Bastille.
The Russian tzars had the vast Siberian land mass.
The Soviets had the infamous Lybyanka prison. (Stalin was familiar with cold exile from his days plotting against the tzars, thus he preferred to exile opponents and suspects to faraway cold places).
The Iranians (under both the Shah and the now-ruling mullahs) had/have the Evin prison in Tehran for their troublesome political dissidents.
Even Alexandre Dumas and Edmond Dantès had Château d'If, like Elba conveniently located close to France, from which one could only escape inside a coffin.
Now the Saudis have gone more 7-star in their prisons for the rich and famous corrupt rivals of crown prince MBS. Don't get me wrong, they still have dungeons (no dragons) and cellars for ordinary dissidents and opponents. But this new purge of the young and reckless Crown Prince includes too many of the elite, who are used to luxury living. Some of these princes, potentates, and oligarchs now under detention would not survive in an ordinary prison. They would not even survive in a 3-star or maybe even 4-star hotel. Hence, as widely reported, the Ritz-Carlton of Riyadh. That super-luxury hotel is now a sort of prison.
That very same hotel that Donald Trump and his family and entourage occupied during the wild hootennany in the desert last May, when he was almost anointed the Sixth Pillar of Islam. That was when Mr. Trump, the foreign interloper from far away, handed the keys of the Persian Gulf and the Arab World to the Saudi princes, or so he naively and foolishly thought.
The Ritz-Carlton was (and still is) also in some ways, a prison for Donald Trump. The luxury, the accolades, the over-the-top praises, and mainly the huge sums of money offered, locked him into the dangerous and futile agenda of the princes.
Which brings me to the mysterious fate of Lebanon's prime minister Saad Hariri. Can he also be incarcerated at the Ritz-Carlton now? Mr. Hariri, normally Saudi Arabia's proxy man in Lebanon, has his own residence in Riyadh. But even his supporters in Lebanon now concede that he is not free to travel from Saudi Arabia, that he is not allowed to com home to Beirut. Not yet. In effect: a prisoner of his former allies and bosses. That he can't speak for himself after his Saudi hosts forced him to resign and deliver a speech they wrote for him. Even the U.S. State Department has hinted that maybe he is being held involuntarily in the Kingdom Without Magic.
I know: Saddam Hussein is dead. But, just in case, long live the new Saddam Hussein, whoever he is or will be…….
DumasGulagLebanonMBSPolitical PrisonersSaad HaririSaudi
Al Sisi, Arab Counterrevoltion, Egypt, Human Right
Egypt On the Rocks under Sisi: the Thrill is Gone, but Princes and Jihadis Both Love Him…..
August 11, 2017 Mohammed Haider Ghuloum
"Alexandria crash: One of the trains was traveling from Cairo,the other was heading from Port Said, et voila!…….."
A train crashed, again, near Alexandria Egypt just this week. Tens were killed, over a hundred wounded. Not the first one, will not be the last one.
A jetliner full of European and other tourists is blown up by terrorists over Sinai after take-off from a resort. Clearly an insider job at the Egyptian airport. All on board die.
Residential buildings collapse in Cairo neighborhood. Tens die, many more wounded. Not the first time, nor the last time.
Terrorism activity has spread from the lawless Sinai Peninsula to Cairo and rural southern Egypt. Coptic Churches, security forces, and soldiers represent popular targets for the Wahhabi Jihadis.
Civilian protesters are called "terrorists" and tried in military courts, illogical but maybe that is why it is has now become a habit among some Arab regimes from Egypt to Bahrain. If you protest or tweet, you are a terrorist.
People, mostly young people of both sexes, vanish without a trace.
And so the beat goes on……
There are discredited rumors that Supreme Leader Generalissimo Al Sisi has offered to commit Hara-Kiri, also known as Seppuku, but nobody dares wield the ceremonial sword and swing it at the neck. Besides, more credible rumors also abound that several princes and potentates from the Persian Gulf are offering him a few more billions of rice (Egyptian for dollar) to remain alive and well and in power.
Besides, the Jihadi terrorists also love for him to stay, although they can't afford to pay him for it. Egypt has never been such fertile ground for terrorism as she is now…..
Even Donald Trump seems enthusiastic for him to stay and keep the military regime in power. They did, after all share a large strange white ball of magic with the king of Saudi Arabia last May.
DisastersEgyptSisiTerrorism
Arabian Peninsula, Caliphate, Death Penalty, Human Right, Saudi Arabia, Sectarianism, Shi'as, Uncategorized
The Body Snatchers of Arabia: It Is Not Just ISIS……
July 21, 2017 Mohammed Haider Ghuloum
"The families of 14 Saudi Arabian men sentenced to death fear that they are at risk of execution after they were transferred to Riyadh on 15 July. The men were sentenced to death on 1 June 2016 after a grossly unfair trial based on "confessions" they said were obtained under torture"
I have been reading Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch and other reports that Saudi Arabia plans to execute 14 young Saudi (Shi'a) men by beheading and/or crucifixion. Any day now. The princes have accelerated the rate of executions of Shi'a men specifically as a political tool to stifle protests, and there is fear that other Persian Gulf states may follow their example.
Saudi Arabia has a peculiar way of dealing with those it executes. Especially if they are Shi'a. In fairness, others get executed as well, and not only for staging public protests. Some are considered sorcerers or users of magic and witchcraft. Some of them are even convicted killers, although the method of obtaining confessions is not considered up to acceptable humane standards.
Wahhabis who plan to join terrorist groups are often sent to re-education schools. They are allowed to pretend that they have reformed, given jobs, and even encouraged to take appropriate Wahhabi wives. Their weddings are financed by the regime. But not the Shi'as.
Execution for men is done in public squares, by beheading and/or crucifixion. Nobody knows when someone will be executed, they announce it after the fact. And the Shi'a bodies are never returned to their loved ones.
All civilized regimes announce the date of execution. Even not so-civilized regimes usually return the bodies of those executed to their families. That is a human right.
Saudi Arabia often returns most bodies of those executed, unless they are Shi'a. This has been a consistent policy. Shaikh Nimr Al Nimr, the Shi'a dissident cleric was executed by beheading in January 2016, but his body was never returned to his family. Other Shi'a, Saudi or foreigner, faced the same fate. Years ago about 16 Kuwait Shi'as were beheaded on charges of plotting. Their bodies were never returned to their country or to their families. There have been other cases. And I know the Saudis do not use these bodies as (practice) cadavers for their medical students.
They usually just announce that so many were executed, a day after the fact. The bodies are presumably thrown in some hole in the desert.
The Caliphate of ISIS also does that sort of body snatching…..
Death PenaltyExecutionsSaudi ArabiaSectarian
Arab Media, Arab Politics, Human Right, Media, MENA, Middle East
Image Problem of Arab Regimes: from Incredibly Mediocre to Incredibly Criminal……..
May 3, 2017 Mohammed Haider Ghuloum
"DUBAI: An Arab News panel discussion held on Tuesday proposed solutions to the Middle East's image problem in the West, as new research emerged illustrating the severity of the US "knowledge gap" about the region. The panel, held at the Arab Media Forum in Dubai, detailed the importance of cultural diplomacy, effective government communication and the importance of student exchange programs in boosting awareness……." Arab News (Saudi)
Sometimes I suspect that the ruling Arab oligarchs can never learn. In fact I am convinced that they can never learn about some issues. So many of these media events are staged, all blaming outsiders (the West) for the lousy image Arabs have.
I've got news for them, but I suspect they already know: the blame lies squarely with the Arab ruling classes. They are almost uniformly oppressive. At best these ruling classes are incredibly mediocre, at worst they are incredibly criminal (including many regimes perceived as being allies of the West).
So this panel, and many other events before it and after it, all seek ways to to improve the "image" of Arabs in the world. Meaning to improve the image of Arab regimes: the potentates, princes, and dictators. Arab regimes, mostly corrupt and repressive, confuse the image of their countries with their own image.
Such staged media events are part of a "real" and not just perceived Arab problem. The "image" is bad because the "reality" as imposed by the ruling oligarchs is bad. Staged media events or highly-paid lobbyists in Washington and London cannot hide the reality.
Arab regimes and their controlled media want to change the image without changing the reality. Getting rid of the symptom will not cure the illness. Morphine makes the pain go away but only for a while. The disease outlasts the patient if a serious "cure" is not applied.
How about ending the wold-class repression and corruption: that should go a long way towards improving the "image" of Arab oligarchs.
Arab ImageCorruptionHuman RightsMediaMENA
Fatwa, Human Right, Middle East Women, Misogyny, Saudi Arabia, U.S. Foreign Policy, United Nations International Organizations
A Farce is Not a Joke: Saudi Arabia 'Elected' to UN Commission on Women…….
"Electing Saudi Arabia to protect women's rights is like making an arsonist into the town fire chief," Hillel Neuer said.
"Saudi Arabia was elected to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. The addition of the Gulf nation was first flagged by UN Watch, a nongovernmental body that monitors the United Nations. The Commission on the Status of Women's main mission is to assess the challenges to reaching gender inequality, according to the U.N. website. The organization's executive director slammed the election, which occurred in a secret vote during the U.N.'s Economic and Social Council. Neuer called the election "absurd,"…….."
This is a serious news item, it is not a joke. It is a farce, like everything involving Saudi Arabia and the United Nations and its Human Rights Council. But it is not a joke: done in the dark of the night, in a secret vote, no doubt a Fatwa engineered by a shameless Nikki Haley and the humorous British ambassador to the UN.
It is getting even better: the Misogynous Humorless Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, a top U.S. ally, is also on the U.N. Human Rights Council.
Hillel NeuerMisogynyNikki HaleySaudi ArabiaStatus of WomenUN
Arab League, Arab Politics, Bahrain, Human Right
An Arab Human Rights Court in Bahrain? 'Arbeit Macht Frei' in Arabic……..
July 6, 2016 Mohammed Haider Ghuloum
There are more recent reports of something called an Arab Human Rights Court, what I (and anybody with sense) would call Mother of All Contradictions. Reports that the Arab League's current owners have chosen Bahrain as headquarters of the so-called Arab Human Rights Court are apparently not a joke or a prank.
There is or will be an entity called the Arab Human Rights Court. I am guessing, an expensively educated guess, that its specialty will be to prosecute human rights advocates in the Arab countries. And to try and bully foreign and international NGO's who support them.
The report of its location in Bahrain? Just adding a bit of insult to injury, telling the Arab peoples what their rulers think of them and of their level of intelligence. But then they don't care what their peoples think anyway.
It is aimed at the outside world. An Arab court can and will always issue verdicts in support of these despotic regimes. Friendly Western media from the Washington Post to CNN, and friendly Western regimes like the one in Britain can point to these verdicts and repeat them like mindless zombies, as alibis.
Terrible. Yet when I first read about this project months ago I could not help laughing. Imagine four terms: Human Rights, Justice, Arab League, Bahrain. How can they all fit in one sentence, one paragraph, or even one page without provoking frustrated mirthless laughter?
Frustrated mirthless laughter is supposed to be more seemly, for men at least, than frustrated weeping which would be the more honest relieving reaction.
This is the equivalent of having a huge sign hanging over the whole bloody Arab World:
Arbeit Macht Frei……..
Arab LeagueArbeit Macht FreiGulfHuman Rights
Arab Politics, Arabian Gulag, Gulag, Human Right, Middle East
Arabian Gulag: the Cruel but Overlooked Punishment of Internal Exile……
"Prominent Egyptian activist and lawyer Gamal Eid has said that security officials prevented him from travelling from Cairo to Athens early Thursday morning amid what he describes as a campaign against rights campaigners critical of authorities. "A late decision was issued. I've been prevented from travelling and I'm returning from the airport! What a law-respecting country," Eid, director of the Arabic Network for Human Rights, wrote on Facebook early Thursday. Eid was barred from leaving on a dawn flight bound to Athens after his name was found on a no-fly list, airport officials told Aswat Masriya news website. Eid said that he was not provided with a reason for the ban.…………"
This is not new. Across the Arab world and the rest of the Middle East tens, maybe hundreds, of thousands are banned from travel abroad for political reasons. It is not called Internal Exile, but that is exactly what it is, a form of forced exile within a country. What Arab officialdom and media term as "man'a min al-safar", Banned from Travel (Abroad). It is done to punish people who criticize a regime or displease it.
Every Arab country has tens of thousands of these Internal Exiles, and so do non-Arab Middle East countries as well. The computer age has made this cruel form of punishment easier to enforce and expand and monitor. From Bahrain to Riyadh to Cairo and beyond, those whom the regime deems loudly unfriendly to it are "Banned from Travel Abroad".
No, it has nothing to do with terrorism, this form of punishment preceded the age of Wahhabi terrorism, but it has expanded now and "terrorism" is occasionally attached to placate some Western governments and NGOs.
Mostly it is below the international radar, this huge Arabian Gulag of internal exile. An internal prison. If they are not in an actual brick and mortar prison, then they probably do not exist to the outside world. Most are not charged with any crime. But there are probably as many or maybe more of these forced internal exiles as there are political prisoners kept in cells.
Other advantages to the regimes: these forced internal exiles, the "banned from travel abroad" are cheaper to maintain than formal prisoners and not as 'obvious', and they are below the international radar. A cruel Arabian Gulag that is ignored by most of the world.
ANHRIArab PoliticsArabian GulagInternal Exile
Arabian Peninsula, Human Right, Saudi Arabia, U.S. Foreign Policy
The Fourth Rail of the West: Saudi Regime as the World's Third Superpower………
October 8, 2015 Mohammed Haider Ghuloum
"Saudi Arabia enjoys a spectacular level of impunity from international accountability. This is not only because it has the world's richest and largest royal family with influence spread far and wide. And it is not even just about oil, although having a quarter of the world's pre-fracking energy reserves still engenders utmost deference from those many modern economies that will depend on Gulf oil and gas for as long as the precious black stuff lasts. However, the recent election of Saudi Arabia to the UN Human Rights Council, partly due to a secret vote swap with the UK, seems to have crossed a line. Mainstream eyebrows that have usually looked the other way when it came to the Saudi record on human rights have now been raised. And if that was not enough of an affront, the Saudi UN ambassador has just been selected to chair the influential Human Rights Council "consultative panel" that recommends to the president of the council a short-list of whom shall be appointed as Special Rapporteurs, including on such issues as rights of women, freedom of expression and religious freedom………….."
When we were kids on the Gulf, a joke was making the rounds back home and in some foreign media. It quoted the late humorless Saudi King Faisal Al Saud that the world was not bi-polar, that there were in fact three superpowers: USA, USSR, and Kuwait. The king was quoted as making an uncharacteristic joke here, perhaps with a tinge of jealousy. At that time Saudi Arabia was not 'rich' yet, and Kuwait was the major oil producer and most advanced state on the Arab side of the Persian Gulf.
Now it almost seems that the new uni-polar world has several superpowers. That the Al Saud are often being treated by Western salesmen-leaders as one of them. If not, then they are at least considered untouchable by Western governments. In America they would be one addition to the untouchable issues of politics in Washington: perhaps a 'fourth rail' added to the 'three rails' of politics. Just look at the record:
They behead and crucify people in public, including common criminals, hapless foreign laborers, witches, warlocks, magicians, as well as members of the political opposition who are not of the Wahhabi faith. The only regime that does so with impunity. ISIS (DAESH) cutthroats are correctly criticized by official Western hypocrites when they do that. The Iranian regime is also rightly criticized by official Western hypocrites when it hangs people in groups, including drug dealers and others. But no official criticism is heard anymore, especially from the US, British, and French governments, of the more barbaric Saudi practices.
They ban all other religions and religious practices except Wahhabism. The Muslim Shi'a minority are third-class citizens at best, but they are barely tolerated and only because they were in the Eastern Province long before the Wahhabis conquered it during the last century. Only ISIS (DAESH) is more intolerant.
For months they have been bombing the poorest Arab country, Yemen, with the latest lethal weapons the Western governments can sell, including cluster bombs. They and their fellow tribal potentates and hired Afro-Arab mercenary regimes. No complaint or criticism is heard from Washington, London, or Paris. In fact I suspect that the targets (the victims) are often picked and located for them by Western intelligence and satellite technology.
This least democratic, most repressive and backward tribal regime is allowed the chutzpah of claiming to be working to bring democracy and free speech to other countries, especially Syria and Yemen.
Human RightsMENASaudi ArabiaUN


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package com.indeed.proctor.common;

import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
import org.apache.el.lang.ExpressionBuilder;
import org.apache.el.parser.AstIdentifier;
import org.apache.el.parser.Node;
import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;

import javax.el.ELContext;
import javax.el.ELException;
import javax.el.ExpressionFactory;
import javax.el.ValueExpression;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Set;

import static com.indeed.proctor.common.ProctorUtils.removeElExpressionBraces;
import static com.indeed.proctor.common.RuleEvaluator.checkRuleIsBooleanType;

public class RuleVerifyUtils {

    private static final Logger LOGGER = LogManager.getLogger(RuleVerifyUtils.class);

    private RuleVerifyUtils() {
    }

    /**
     * verifies EL syntax is correct, whether all identifiers are present in context, and whether it will evaluate to boolean
     * @param shouldEvaluate if false, only checks syntax is correct
     */
    public static void verifyRule(
            final String testRule,
            final boolean shouldEvaluate,
            final ExpressionFactory expressionFactory,
            final ELContext elContext,
            final Set<String> absentIdentifiers
    ) throws InvalidRuleException {
        final String bareRule = removeElExpressionBraces(testRule);
        if (!StringUtils.isBlank(bareRule)) {
            final ValueExpression valueExpression;
            try {
                valueExpression = expressionFactory.createValueExpression(elContext, testRule, Boolean.class);
            } catch (final ELException e) {
                throw new InvalidRuleException(e, String.format("Unable to evaluate rule %s due to a syntax error. " +
                        "Check that your rule is in the correct format and returns a boolean. For more information " +
                        "read: https://opensource.indeedeng.io/proctor/docs/test-rules/.", testRule));
            }

            if (shouldEvaluate) {
                /*
                 * must have a context to test against, even if it's "Collections.emptyMap()", how to
                 * tell if this method is used for ProctorBuilder or during load of the testMatrix.
                 * also used to check to make sure any classes included in the EL can be found.
                 * Class
                 */

                // Parse test rule as expression language and create AST
                final Node root;
                try {
                    root = ExpressionBuilder.createNode(testRule);
                } catch (final ELException e) {
                    throw new InvalidRuleException(e, String.format("Unable to evaluate rule %s due to a syntax error. " +
                            "Check that your rule is in the correct format and returns a boolean. For more information " +
                            "read: https://opensource.indeedeng.io/proctor/docs/test-rules/.", testRule));
                }

                // Check identifiers in the AST and verify variable names
                final Node undefinedIdentifier = checkUndefinedIdentifier(root, elContext, absentIdentifiers);
                if (undefinedIdentifier != null) {
                    throw new InvalidRuleException(String.format("The variable %s is defined in rule %s, however it " +
                            "is not defined in the application's test specification. Add the variable to your application's " +
                            "providedContext.json or remove it from the rule, or if the application should not load your " +
                            "test report the issue to the Proctor team.", undefinedIdentifier.getImage(), testRule));
                }

                // Evaluate rule with given context
                try {
                    try {
                        checkRuleIsBooleanType(testRule, elContext, valueExpression);
                    } catch (final IllegalArgumentException e) {
                        throw new InvalidRuleException(e, String.format("Unable to evaluate rule %s due to a syntax error. " +
                                "Check that your rule is in the correct format and returns a boolean. For more information " +
                                "read: https://opensource.indeedeng.io/proctor/docs/test-rules/.", testRule));
                    }

                    valueExpression.getValue(elContext);
                } catch (final ELException e) {
                    if (isIgnorable(root, absentIdentifiers)) {
                        LOGGER.debug(String.format("Rule %s contains uninstantiated identifier(s) in %s, ignoring the failure", testRule, absentIdentifiers));
                    } else {
                        throw new InvalidRuleException(e, String.format("Failed to evaluate a rule %s: " + e.getMessage(), testRule));
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }

    private static boolean isIgnorable(final Node node, final Set<String> absentIdentifiers) {
        final List<Node> leaves = getLeafNodes(node);
        for (final Node n : leaves) {
            final String image = n.getImage();
            if (absentIdentifiers.contains(image)) {
                /* we can ignore this test failure since the identifier context is not provided **/
                return true;
            }
        }
        return false;
    }

    private static Node checkUndefinedIdentifier(final Node node, final ELContext elContext, final Set<String> absentIdentifiers) {
        if (node instanceof AstIdentifier) {
            final String name = node.getImage();
            final boolean hasVariable = elContext.getVariableMapper().resolveVariable(name) != null;
            if (!hasVariable && !absentIdentifiers.contains(name)) {
                return node;
            }
        } else {
            for (int i = 0; i < node.jjtGetNumChildren(); i++) {
                final Node result = checkUndefinedIdentifier(node.jjtGetChild(i), elContext, absentIdentifiers);
                if (result != null) {
                    return result;
                }
            }
        }
        return null;
    }

    private static List<Node> getLeafNodes(final Node node) {
        final List<Node> nodes = Lists.newArrayList();
        find(node, nodes);
        return nodes;
    }

    private static void find(final Node node, final List<Node> res) {
        if (node.jjtGetNumChildren() > 0) {
            for (int i = 0; i < node.jjtGetNumChildren(); i++) {
                find(node.jjtGetChild(i), res);
            }
        } else {
            res.add(node);
        }
    }
}

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Lochieu ist eine Ortschaft und eine ehemalige französische Gemeinde mit  Einwohnern (Stand )  im Département Ain in der Region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Sie gehörte  zum Kanton Hauteville-Lompnes und zum Arrondissement Belley.

Mit Wirkung vom 1. Januar 2019 wurden die ehemaligen Gemeinden Virieu-le-Petit, Brénaz, Chavornay und Lochieu zur Commune nouvelle Arvière-en-Valromey zusammengeschlossen und haben in der neuen Gemeinde den Status einer Commune déléguée. Der Verwaltungssitz befindet sich im Ort Virieu-le-Petit.

Geographie
Lochieu liegt auf , etwa 20 Kilometer nördlich der Stadt Belley und 49 km südöstlich der Präfektur Bourg-en-Bresse (Luftlinie). Das Bauerndorf erstreckt sich im südöstlichen Bugey, an aussichtsreicher Lage am unteren Westhang des Grand Colombier, in der Senke des Valromey, über dem Taleinschnitt der Arvière.

Das Valromey bildet eine breite Senke zwischen zwei hohen, in Nord-Süd-Richtung orientierten Jurakämmen. Der westliche Teil wird vom Talkessel der Arvière eingenommen. Hier vereinigt sich die Arvière mit dem nördlichen Seitenbach Brise. Vom Talkessel erstreckt sich das Gebiet ostwärts über den Hang von Lochieu und den anschließenden dicht bewaldeten Steilhang (Forêt d'Arvière) bis auf die Hergues (bis ) und auf den Kamm des Grand Colombier, auf dem mit  die höchste Erhebung im Umfeld von Lochieu erreicht wird.

Nachbarorte von Lochieu sind Brénaz im Norden, Corbonod und Anglefort im Osten, Virieu-le-Petit im Süden sowie Champagne-en-Valromey im Westen.

Geschichte
Im abgelegenen Quellgebiet der Arvière auf dem Höhenzug des Grand Colombier wurde um 1135 unter Amadeus III. von Savoyen das Kartäuserkloster Chartreuse d'Arvières gegründet. Seit dem Mittelalter stand Lochieu unter der Oberhoheit der Grafen von Savoyen. Mit dem Vertrag von Lyon gelangte das Dorf im Jahre 1601 an Frankreich.

Sehenswürdigkeiten
Die Dorfkirche von Lochieu wurde im 19. Jahrhundert neu erbaut und enthält unter anderem einen Marmoraltar aus dem Kloster von Arvières. Von den profanen Bauten ist ein 1501 errichteter Herrschaftssitz zu erwähnen. In einem Renaissance-Haus im Dorfzentrum befindet sich das Musée du Bugey-Valromey, das den Besuchern das Leben und Kunsthandwerk des Valromey seit dem 18. Jahrhundert zeigt. Vom ehemaligen Kartäuserkloster sind Ruinen erhalten, in denen ein botanischer Garten nach mittelalterlicher Tradition angelegt wurde.

Bevölkerung

Nachdem die Einwohnerzahl in der ersten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts deutlich abgenommen hatte, verbleibt die Bevölkerungszahl seit Beginn der 1980er Jahre auf relativ konstantem Niveau.

Wirtschaft und Infrastruktur
Lochieu war bis weit ins 20. Jahrhundert hinein ein vorwiegend durch die Landwirtschaft geprägtes Dorf. Noch heute leben die Bewohner überwiegend von der Tätigkeit im ersten Sektor. Einige Erwerbstätige sind auch Wegpendler, die in den größeren Ortschaften der Umgebung ihrer Arbeit nachgehen.

Die Ortschaft liegt abseits der größeren Durchgangsstraßen an einer Departementsstraße, die von Artemare nach Brénaz führt. Weitere Straßenverbindungen bestehen mit Champagne-en-Valromey und Passin.

Weblinks

Einzelnachweise

Ort in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Commune déléguée im Département Ain
Gemeindeauflösung 2019
Arvière-en-Valromey

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From Buckingham Palace to luxury lifestyle consultancy – Interviews with the experts Martin Higgins
Martin Higgins grew up in the Middle of England and had an extensive education in Hospitality and Hotel Management. After realising his vocation lay in private service, he took a position within The Royal Household.
He trained at Buckingham Palace as a footman and underbutler – a prestigious start to his career in the private service industry. He worked throughout Europe for an elite clientele, followed by almost ten years for a prominent New York family. He returned to London to co-create Green Baize Door, one of the World's leading domestic Staff agencies as well operating Private Chefs Incorporated, London.
In 2006, he turned his efforts to run and manage the various households Worldwide of a HNW family.
Through his professionalism, reliability, diplomacy and his extensive experience in all fields of private service, Martin's clients have trusted him to interview, hire, train and supervise staff, manage the estate's administration as well as manage on a 'hands-on' basis, the daily running of multiple residences.
He has worked alongside top International designers including, Mark Hampton, Peter Marino and Michael Smith Inc to assist in the smooth opening and set up of some of the World's foremost residential properties.
Now, based in London, he has turned those talents to the creation of House Martin of London in handling all aspects of effective household organisation.
Combining his years of experience with his empathetic and compassionate nature, Martin can work easily with both employers and staff alike to discuss areas that require help; and thus work effectively and joyfully with staff to train and bring them up to scratch. He knows the importance of harmony in a household and how strong organisation and communication is vital to the smooth running of any home.
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The Beauty of Fractals: Images of Complex Dynamical Systems by Heinz Otto Peitgen, Peter Richter (review)
Stephen Wilson
Volume 21, Number 3, July 1988
Current Literature Edited by Elizabeth Crumley I. Book Reviews Book Review Panel: George Agoston, Rudolf Amheim, John E. Bowlt, Hans Brill, Donald Brook, Patricia Butler, John Cooper, Robert Dixon, Elmer Duncan, Vic Gray, Yusuf Grillo, John G. Hanhardt, Sharon Lebell, Alan Lee, Joy Turner Luke, John Mallinckrodt, Leo Narodny, Sean O'Driscoll, David Pariser, Yehuda Safran. Shao Dazhen, Allan Shields, David Topper, Stephen Wilson. THEBEAUTYOFFRACTALS:IMAGES OFCOMPLEXDYNAMICALSYSTEMS by Heinz Otto Peitgen and Peter Richter. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, West Germany, 1986. 196pp., illus. Trade, $35.00. ISBN: 0-387-1585 1-0. Reviewedby StephenWilson,Art Department , San Francisco State University, 1600Holloway Ave., San Francisco, CA 94132, U.S.A. Fractals are perhaps best known to Leonardo readers as exotic computer graphic images generated on high resolution systems.Theseorganic-looking shapes can be rendered as either abstract or representational forms. Indeed, the commercial cinema computer graphic industryhas seized on fractalsas one way to algorithmically generate realistic-lookinglandscapes (forexample,the "Genesis" sequence in Star Trek ZZI). Many artists who use computers have become enchanted, intrigued and confused by fractals. TheBeauty ofFractaZs,a valuable book by researchers, makes the beauty and theory of fractalsavailable to a wide public. Actually fractal images are just the tip of a theoretical iceberg. These representations of structures generated by equations are used to study the behavior of dynamical chaotic systems. Many aspects of nature do not adhere to the simplified models created by scientists to illustrate basic principles. Many phenomena in nature result from the interlinked workings of predictable principles and feedback from slight imperfections-for example, weather patterns, air turbulence flows around obstructions,the growth of biological populations. A branch of mathematics called the study of chaotic systems attempts to understand and formalize the systemic regularities of these kinds of behavior. One fascinating property of these systems is self-same cyclicity. As one looks at structuresat all levels one finds repeating patterns. The example of the seashore is offered-the viewsfrom an airplane and from eyelevel are similar. The study of these systems would almost be impossible without the computer, which allowssimulation of the outcomes resulting from iterations with feedback. The computer graphic images called fractals do not magically appear from plotting the output of algorithms. The renderer must make decisions about the parameters introducedinto the equations and the method for assigning computer graphic colors to the resulting values. Changes in either will result in radically different images. And here this book raises a major issue for the future of art. Artists can play with fractals by obtaining computer routinesthat generate these images and by manipulatingthe values to see results by trial and errm. Indeed, much artist exploration of contemporary scientific concepts and tools is accomplished in this 'playing amateur' mode. The authors of The Beauty of Fractals have taken a higher road. They suggest that appreciation of these images can be enhanced by understanding of the underlying theory. They suggest that skill in exploring this family of images can be built by learning enough of the mathematics to understand what changing parameters mean. This book maybea modelof arthcience books of the future. The power of artworks in the future may derive not onlyfrom their sensual qualities, but also from the concepts they explore. (For elaboration of this approach, see Herbert Franke's new edition of Computer Graphics.)Books about art in the future will need to explore both the underlying informationbase and the outward sensual manifestations. The Beauty of Fractals is a step in that direction. It is an expansion of a catalog that accompanied a touring exhibit of computer graphic fractal images called "Frontiers of Chaos". The book offers a main chapter that explains the importance of the study of dynamics of chaos, the linkagebetweenaestheticsand science, and a littleof the underlying mathematical theory. Subsequent sections offer more detailed treatments of the mathematics and reflectionson the aesthetics, including invited contributions.Thebook is heavily illustrated with many of the figures in finely produced color. One fascinating series of illustrations illustrates cyclic self-sameness at increasing levels of magnification. Each subsequent illustration in the series is a blow-up of a section of the previous illustration. A box outline indicates the section that is blown up. The book...


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Rani duped of Rs 33 lakh in land deal
The Bollywood actress had bought a plot in the pilgrimage town of Shirdi, hoping to build a house but... Zeeshan Shaikh reports.
india Updated: Nov 15, 2007 04:09 IST
Zeeshan Shaikh
If Rani Mukherjee had succeeded in pulling off atrocious con acts as Babli in reel life, real life proved nasty when she was duped of Rs 33 lakh in a land deal in Shirdi. The actress bought a plot in the pilgrimage town, hoping to build a house but was duped into paying for land belonging to the State Farming Corporation. The plot is yet to receive the required government clearance.
The actress, who could not be contacted for comment, bought 1,100 sq mt of land near Nimgaon Korhade at Shirdi, 271 km north of Mumbai, in December 2005 from Sampat More for Rs 33 lakh.
When her father Ram applied for the inclusion of her name on the 7/12 extract (a document proving ownership), it was found that the land was conditionally leased out for tilling by the State Farming Corporation to one Raman Kshirsagar. Prior approval was needed for the land to be bought or sold.
"The corporation had given more than a hectare of agricultural land on a conditional basis to Kshirsagar in 1977. Kshirsagar sought non-agricultural status for part of the land to set up a brick kiln.
Although the status was granted, Kshirsagar carved up the land and sold it to 17 buyers instead of setting up the kiln," said Shirdi Sub-Divisional Officer Nandkumar Suryavanshi. One of the buyers was More, who in turn sold it to Rani.
The administration has sent an inquiry notice to all 17 buyers. "As per the collector's orders, we have sent the notices seeking an explanation on how government land was bought and why we should not reclaim it. We will also check for any further anomalies," Suryavanshi added.
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Recovery procedures for concurrent creditors in the admiralty jurisdiction
ENSafrica
South Africa June 8 2011
Other than those that work in the field of maritime law, there are few who are aware of the fact that where property has been arrested or attached in respect of a maritime claim and liquidation, sequestration or judicial management proceedings have subsequently commenced in respect of the owner thereof, such property does not vest in the insolvent estate but is subject to sale and the distribution of its proceeds in terms of the Admiralty Jurisdiction Regulation Act, No 105 of 1983 ("the Admiralty Act"). Examples of these claims are certain claims against carriers, shippers, ship repairers, pilots, port authorities, ships agents and clearing and forwarding agents.
A South African High Court may in the exercise of its Admiralty Jurisdiction at any time order that property arrested or attached be sold and a fund created, even prior to a judgement being awarded. In this respect, it follows the attitude of the English courts in considering the length of time under arrest and costs of maintaining that property as being decisive of sale before judgment.
A relatively well developed procedure has emerged to deal with the sale of arrested or attached property, consideration of the validity of claims in respect of that property, the ranking thereof and payment to claimants. To illustrate the procedure and time periods involved, we use the example of a vessel sold recently at the instance of her mortgagee bank.
In that respect, she entered Durban harbour to berth in the early morning of 28 October 2010 and was immediately arrested by the sheriff at the instance of her mortgagee bank for claims in the region of US$12 million, and soon thereafter by various other creditors. Insolvency proceedings were commenced against the vessel's owners the same day abroad and when the owners failed to defend the various arrests, her mortgagee bank, on 1 November 2010, filed an application with the KwaZulu Natal High Court, Durban for her sale and the appointment of a referee to consider the validity and ranking of claims. It pointed out that the value of the vessel was in the region of US$12.5 million and that with the claim of the second mortgagee and various other claimants, the value of claims well exceeded the value of the vessel and that her ongoing arrest would mean that ongoing maintenance and port costs would further erode her value. The application was heard by the Court on 3 November 2010 and it ordered all interested parties show cause before it on 19 November 2010 as to why the vessel should not be sold by judicial auction with a reserve price and a referee appointed and ordered appropriate methods of publication of its order. That order was granted on 19 November 2010.
The vessel was duly advertised for sale and sold on 9 December 2010 with her bunkers for just over US$12.6 million by the broker appointed by the Court in the sale order. That sum then formed the fund consisting of the proceeds of the sale of the vessel.
In terms of the sale order, claims were to be lodged with the referee on affidavit within ten court days of the date of the sale of the vessel but the referee had the power to grant a five court day extension, which he did, until 31 December 2010. Objection or representations in respect of claims were to be lodged by 28 January 2011 and replies to those by 11 February 2011.
Section 11 of the Admiralty Act sets out the ranking of claims in the event of the property that was sold being : a ship, with or without its equipment, furniture, stores or bunkers; the whole or any part of the equipment, furniture, stores or bunkers; the whole or any part of the cargo; the freight; or any container, if the claim arises out of or relates to the use of that container in or on a ship or the carriage of goods by sea or by water otherwise in that container. Consequently, the referee considered the validity of claims against the fund and ranked such claims in accordance with those provisions. Had the property attached being property other than that listed, he would have ranked them in the ordinary manner on insolvency.
The referee rendered a report to the Court on the validity and ranking of claims on 22 March 2011 and filed a supplementary report on 27 March 2011. The mortgagee bank then filed an application with the Court on 31 March 2011 for payment out of the fund in terms of the referees report, which application was heard and order granted on 20 April 2011. Capital and interest of all claims that ranked sufficiently highly to participate were paid on 29 April 2011 with sufficient being retained in the fund to cover the payment of legal costs and one claim that was not approved by the referee and which has to be either settled with the mortgagee bank or brought before the Court.
The example used is illustrative of the time generally taken for a sale and distribution of a fund in the admiralty jurisdiction: sale usually being about a month and a half to two months after the property has been arrested or attached and the distribution of the main portion of the fund being roughly six months after the property has been arrested or attached. This is generally favourably compared with other admiralty jurisdictions around the world.
Thys Scheepers in ENS' Insolvency, Business Rescue and Debt Recovery department, confirms that this compares very favourably with the time taken for a non-maritime creditor to be paid out. In addition, in circumstances where the debtor is insolvent, payment could at best be expected within approximately eight months but it would more likely be in a year or longer.
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from conan.tools.env import Environment
from conans.model.new_build_info import NewCppInfo

class NMakeDeps(object):

    def __init__(self, conanfile):
        """
        :param conanfile: ``< ConanFile object >`` The current recipe object. Always use ``self``.
        """
        self._conanfile = conanfile
        self._environment = None

    # TODO: This is similar from AutotoolsDeps: Refactor and make common
    def _get_cpp_info(self):
        ret = NewCppInfo()
        deps = self._conanfile.dependencies.host.topological_sort
        deps = [dep for dep in reversed(deps.values())]
        for dep in deps:
            dep_cppinfo = dep.cpp_info.aggregated_components()
            # In case we have components, aggregate them, we do not support isolated
            # "targets" with autotools
            ret.merge(dep_cppinfo)
        return ret

    @property
    def environment(self):
        # TODO: Seems we want to make this uniform, equal to other generators
        if self._environment is None:
            cpp_info = self._get_cpp_info()

            lib_paths = ";".join(cpp_info.libdirs or [])

            def format_lib(lib):
                ext = os.path.splitext(lib)[1]
                return lib if ext in (".so", ".lib", ".a", ".dylib", ".bc") else '%s.lib' % lib

            ret = []
            ret.extend(cpp_info.exelinkflags or [])
            ret.extend(cpp_info.sharedlinkflags or [])
            ret.extend([format_lib(lib) for lib in cpp_info.libs or []])
            link_args = " ".join(ret)

            cl_flags = [f'-I"{p}"' for p in cpp_info.includedirs or []]
            cl_flags.extend(cpp_info.cflags or [])
            cl_flags.extend(cpp_info.cxxflags or [])

            env = Environment()
            env.append("CL", " ".join(cl_flags))
            env.append_path("LIB", lib_paths)
            env.append("_LINK_", link_args)
            self._environment = env
        return self._environment

    def vars(self, scope="build"):
        return self.environment.vars(self._conanfile, scope=scope)

    def generate(self, scope="build"):
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COVID-19: Six more die in Jammu and Kashmir, toll 1867
Healthcare worker collecting swab sample for COVID-19 testing in Srinagar. Photograph by Umer Asif for The Kashmir Walla.
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported six more deaths due to COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, taking its fatality count to 1867, officials said on Saturday.
Four among those who succumbed to the virus include for from Jammu and two from Kashmir Valley, the officials told Global News Agency.
The victims include a 78-year-old man from Fatehkadal Srinagar, a 70-year-old man from Plan Bandipora, a 78-year-old man from Digiana Jammu, a 60-year-old man from Aul Doda, a 65-year-old woman from Potha Poonch and a 60-year-old man from Rehari Colony Jammu.
With these deaths, the total fatality count in J&K reached 1867—1177 in the Valley and 690 in the Jammu region.
Srinagar district with 445 deaths tops the list followed by Jammu (352), Baramulla (170), Budgam (107), Kupwara (90), Pulwama (88), Anantnag (83), Doda (62), Bandipora (60), Udhampur (57), Kulgam (53), Rajouri (54), Kathua (48), Ganderbal (43), Shopian (37), Samba (38), Poonch (23), Ramban (21), Kishtwar(21), and Reasi (14). (GNS)
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French Common Names: prunier noir
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Informal Taxonomy: Plants, Vascular - Flowering Plants - Rose Family
Plantae Anthophyta Dicotyledoneae Rosales Rosaceae Prunus
Name Used in Concept Reference: Prunus nigra
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The European arm of Japanese server maker Fujitsu, to be called Fujitsu Technology Solutions, is staking the growth of its server business on the IA platform.
The new company came about after the €450m buyout of the half of the business formerly owned by German conglomerate Siemens.
At a press conference which spanned Tokyo, Munich, and Bracknell, Kai Flore, the president and chief executive officer explained the server and storage strategy at the newly christened FTS. (If you want the skinny on storage, check this out.)
That strategy is focused on what FTS is calling the IA chip architecture. It is a flashback to some earlier time when Intel was trying to give its 32-bit Xeon and 64-bit Itanium a name - Intel Architecture - that glossed over the fact that they were, and still are, two distinct Intel architectures. While Fujitsu and its global subsidiaries certainly do sell PrimeQuest Itanium-based iron, it doesn't take a genius to figure out that when FTS or Fujitsu say IA chips they mean x64-style processors, usually from Intel but sometimes from Advanced Micro Devices.
FTS is a sizeable portion of the Fujitsu empire, which accounted for $53.3bn in sales in 2007, and which brought a mere $481m to the bottom line. The overall Fujitsu company, and its byzantine collection of subsidiaries, has 167,000 employees worldwide. In that fiscal year, about $32.7bn of the company's overall sales came from what it calls technology solutions (meaning systems, storage, networking, and services relating to these products), which works out to 56.6 per cent of the pie. Another $11.9bn (or 20.6 per cent) came from what it calls ubiquitous product solutions, which is PCs, mobile phones, raw disk drives and so on. Another $8bn came from electronic components, and $5.3bn came from other operations.
FTS will have about €6.6bn in sales (that's fiscal 2007 again) and profits before taxes of a mere €105m. That is not a lot of dough hitting the bottom line, even before the economic meltdown.
FTS will have about 10,000 employees, according to Flore's presentation, and about 1,000 of them will be involved in research and development. The new subsidiary will span Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, with India tossed in for good measure and will represent about half of Fujitsu's €13bn in sales in fiscal 2007 in Europe. So this consolidation of Fujitsu and Siemens is serious business. But FTS will be under great pressure to produce profits.
It looks like one of the ways that Fujitsu, the parent, will try to do that is to double up its shipments of x64 servers. It is clearly going to want FTS to do its share - and maybe more - thanks to the relative strength of the Siemens affiliation for the past decade.
Based on IDC data for 2008, Fujitsu accounted for 270,000 IA server unit shipments, accounting for 3.5 per cent of the pie. The company wants to push shipments worldwide up to 500,000 units by 2010, giving it an expected 7 per cent of the market, and is targeting a 10 per cent market share (and what looks like 750,000 shipments) by 2012.
Considering that Hewlett-Packard had 2.74 million IA server shipments by IDC's reckoning in 2008, giving it a 35.4 per cent share of x64 server shipments, that is a pretty ambitious goal on the part of Fujitsu and its FTS subsidiary. In 2008, IDC believes that Dell had a 27 per cent share of shipments, followed by IBM with 14 per cent, and NEC was far behind Fujitsu with a 2 per cent slice.
In its Japanese home market, Fujitsu is the number four provider of IA servers, according to this report, behind NEC, HP, and Dell, and wants to take the top spot in the Japanese market, with more than 30 per cent market share, by the end of 2010. That is a tall order, indeed.
Whatever inclinations it might have for its Sparc Enterprise or PrimeQuest servers, Fujitsu has to go where the growth is to make money. In fiscal 2004, the combined mainframe operations of Fujitsu and its various subsidiaries, including the Fujitsu-Siemens partnership, accounted for 48 per cent of total sales, while Unix servers accounted for 25 per cent and IA servers accounted for 28 per cent. Two years later, the mainframe dropped to 43 per cent of sales, Unix was down one point to 24 per cent, and IA servers were up to 33 per cent. Even considering that the Fujitsu units actually saw shipments decline a tiny bit in calendar 2007 - a situation it cannot repeat again - the company is forecasting that IA server sales will account for 35 per cent of its sales in fiscal 2008 (ending in March 2009, tomorrow), with Unix servers slipping another point to 23 per cent of sales and mainframes slipping to 42 per cent of sales.
Fujitsu and its server subsidiaries are just surfing on the trends. IDC's models show that the mainframe server market will decline by 2 per cent, compounded annually, between 2009 and 2012 inclusive, and that the Unix server space will remain flat and, somewhat ominously, only 45 per cent of Unix shops telling customers they want to maintain their Unix platforms. But Windows and Linux operating systems are seeing growth on x64 servers, with a compound annual growth rate of 5 per cent over those years. No wonder at all, then, that networking giant Cisco Systems is jumping into the x64 server racket. And thus, Fujitsu is shifting resources to its x64 server business.
To that end, research and development for the Primergy x64 server line will be centralized in Augsburg and Paderborn in Germany, with manufacturing of Primergy iron for EMEA being consolidated at the Augsburg factory. Asia/Pacific x64 server sales will be supported by the factory in Fukushima, Japan. Where Fujitsu's North American IT division will get its servers and storage is not clear.
All of this x64 server talk is probably making mainframe, Sparc, and Itanium customers a little edgy, but Fujitsu has no intention of walking away from these platforms - at least not as long as they are making money. That doesn't mean Fujitsu was in any mood today to talk specifically about its Sparc64 chip and server plans or what a possible acquisition of Sun by IBM might have on its expectations and prognostications, since Sun OEM Fujitsu's midrange and high-end Sparc64 platforms,.
To that end, Fujitsu's top brass have been dancing around the issue and have not commented on the IBM-Sun deal, or speculation and rumour that Fujitsu itself was approached to buy Sun and turned it down.
In one of the choppiest quotes I have ever seen, in this Reuters report, Farhat Ali, chief executive officer at Fujitsu America, said - and I paraphrase because what he was quoted as saying was not English - that if Fujitsu sold a Sparc server, it would support a Sparc server. "From a customer perspective, we don't see any issue whatsoever," Ali ended.
Personally, I see all kinds of issues, none of which will be resolved until an IBM-Sun deal does - or does not - happen. ®
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The program, overseen by Aspire Academy's sports scientists, has assessed in excess of 38,000 talents from the Qatar primary schools system as well as those talents nominated by the various Qatar Sports Federations since its inception in 2004. Utilizing a combination of statistical physical performance data, predictive models and most importantly coach feedback the programs fundamental objective is to screen and identify as much sporting talent as possible.
Phase 1, or the Bronze phase, is a mass screening process that consists of simple, yet valid and reliable, tests to evaluate a student's body shape and physical ability. During this phase, TID works very closely with the SEC and conducts testing of Grade 6 students in all government schools across Qatar. Those students who have been 'identified' with potential are then invited to participate in the second, or Silver phase.
Phase 2, the Silver phase, is held at Aspire Academy and is similar in structure to Bronze. While Silver is held in a more competitive environment, greater emphasis is placed on the accuracy of the tests, and the students are exposed to our coaches, as well as additional tasks. The Silver phase is also where those talents nominated by the Sports Federations and our coaches are also tested. Silver hopes to identify those 'gifted sporting traits' within an individual.
The final Phase is the Gold phase and consists of a two-day mini-camp, again hosted at the Aspire Academy. Gold is designed to be 'observational' in nature, where the students perform and train in a typical athletic environment. In doing so, we hope to learn more about the individual, and concentrate on their physical talent, skill, work ethic, ability to learn, attention span, team dynamic etc. While during Gold we have the best 'potential sporting talent' within Qatar, the goal of the camp is to assess those students who have the desire and the work ethic to succeed. At the conclusion of Gold, the best potential sporting talent, with the focus and desire to achieve a sporting dream, are nominated for full Aspire Academy scholarships.
Why TID as a selection process?
Top performances in sports are achieved after a lengthy training period of several years. It is widely believed that a minimum of 10 years (roughly 10,000 hours) of training are required to master a sport.
For most sports, elite level performances occur between the ages of 22 and 28; with the exceptions being gymnastics, swimming and a few others. Thus talents need to start official organized training between the ages of 12 and 14. But how can we determine who will be a champion in 10 years? This could possibly be the most difficult question to answer in sports. We hope to be more educated about talent identification through the Academy's TID program.
The most common recruitment tool used in most countries is competition. Competition provides a form of "natural selection" inherent to the sport participation process where the athletic "cream" rises to the top. This natural selection process however, relies on the identification of athletes already participating in the sports. It also relies on a large population base to increase the level of competition. Unfortunately, natural selection does not seek out athletes with untapped or unrecognized talent. Therefore, many of the successful athletes around the world are those that happened to find a sport that suited their talents. Thus, the selection and participation of these athletes in their sport occurred more by chance, rather than by guidance.
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Posted on April 21, 2011 by tinkrbe1l3
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Robert Pattinson has nothing but love for his recent experience on the set of "Water for Elephants," director Francis Lawrence's adaptation of the popular novel that's set to open in theaters Friday. It was a far cry from his current job, finishing the grueling six-month shoot for the back-to-back filming of the last two "Twilight" films, based on Stephenie Meyer's final book in her bestselling series of young adult novels, "Breaking Dawn."
Pattinson took a moment for a brief phone interview before he was needed on the set of a night shoot for the vampire mega-hit. He seemed downright exhausted. "I'm just arriving at set, thinking I'm going to work all night," he said. "I'm kinda losing my mind."
Question: Sorry to hear you're so exhausted. Can you tell us what your time was like on "Elephants," with Reese Witherspoon?
Pattinson: It's easily one of the best experiences I've had making a film and it's by far one of the best experiences in my life. It didn't even feel like work and a lot of that had to do with Reese. She makes an effort to make it like that. I think she believes that it's really important to enjoy your work, especially when you have to be there for so many hours every day. I made a great friend out of it.
Question: How did working with the animals impact the environment?
Pattinson: When you have totally unpredictable elements, and there are dangerous elements in every single scene, everyone is in the same boat. If you're trying to herd up a pack of horses, it doesn't matter who you are. There is manure everywhere and everyone was filthy all the time. It was an egalitarian set because of that. It's quite inspiring to be around [the elephant]. It doesn't really matter what your taste is, everyone is going to like being around an elephant. It's not like being around another actor some people may not like.
Question: Reese mentioned that she found the paparazzi attention on you unlike anything she's seen before. What do you think?
Pattinson: She's trying to sound humble about all this but she's in all these magazines every week. It's a circus outside her marriage. Plus, I always see her [in them] buying her sandwiches and going to yoga…. I guess she's kind of accepted it in a lot of ways…. It's just a strange situation to be in if you're a sane person to have that kind of attention put on you.
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The Taylorville School Board took the first step to creating a special education cooperative with the Nokomis and Pana School Districts. The board voted to pass a resolution for withdrawal from the Mid-State Special Education Joint Agreement at Monday night's meeting.
Taylorville Schools Superintendent Dr. Gregg Fuerstenau told the board that leaving the cooperative will make attracting and retaining special education teachers easier for the district.
Fuerstenau says at the end of the day, he believes there's no question leaving the Mid-State cooperative is the best decision for Taylorville kids.
After the Pana and Nokomis boards pass the same resolution, the next step would be to take the proposal to the Regional Office of Education board, who would grant or deny permission to take the proposal to the state board of education.
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CHESTNUT HILL, Mass., June 8, 2010 — Boston College researchers have developed a nanoscale solar cell inspired by the coaxial cable that offers greater efficiency than any previously designed nanotech thin film. The 'nanocoax' resolves the 'thick and thin' challenge that is inherent to capturing light and extracting current for solar power.
Physicists at Boston College found a way to resolve the 'thick and thin' challenge through a nanoscale solar architecture based on the coaxial cable, a radio technology concept that dates back to the first trans-Atlantic communications lines laid in the mid 1800s.
"Many groups around the world are working on nanowire-type solar cells, most using crystalline semiconductors," said Michael Naughton, co-author of the study and professor of physics at Boston College. "This nanocoax cell architecture, on the other hand, does not require crystalline materials, and therefore offers promise for lower-cost solar power with ultrathin absorbers. With continued optimization, efficiencies beyond anything achieved in conventional planar architectures may be possible, while using smaller quantities of less costly material."
Optically, the so-called nanocoax stands thick enough to capture light, yet its architecture makes it thin enough to allow a more efficient extraction of current. This makes the nanocoax, invented at Boston College in 2005 and patented last year, a new platform for low cost, high efficiency solar power.
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By Leanne Mezrani|07 November 2014
More than 60 Brisbane lawyers will perform an "epic portrayal of an improvised song and dance" to raise money for disadvantaged children in Thailand.
The trailer for Brisbane Family Law Centre's (BFLC's) 2014 Pantomime is indeed "epic". The climactic music and a dramatic voice-over left Folklaw feeling giddy with excitement.
While the trailer (see below) doesn't give too much away, except that fairy-tale characters, superheroes and Aussie icons Kath & Kim will make an appearance, the voice-over insists that "for the sake of marketing, [the show] cannot be missed".
Based on the turnout at past performances, Folklaw reckons that claim is true.
Around 400 people are expected to attend this year's panto, Snow White and the Seven Superheroes, which is being held at the Brisbane Convention Centre on 22 November.
The cast features solicitors from a range of family law firms in Brisbane, including Family Law Group Solicitors, DA Family Lawyers and Feeney Family Law. There are also a handful of family law barristers, mediators and consultants taking part.
Since the first panto in 2010, the production has been getting bigger and better – and, importantly, more profitable. In 2013, the event raised $16,000 for the Aunties & Uncles mentoring program, which assists vulnerable and disadvantaged children in Queensland.
This year, BFLC's target is $20,000. That is the amount that Mercy International needs to build a Trade School at Phetchabun in northern Thailand. The school will provide children with fundamental skills to gain employment within their community.
The head of BFLC, Clarissa Rayward, said that aside from contributing to a worthwhile cause, the panto also provides Brisbane's family lawyers with the opportunity to "let their hair down a little and enjoy a fun time with their colleagues".
For more information, visit BFLC's website at www.brisbanefamilylawcentre.com.au and follow the Pantomime link.
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The Angels' Justin Upton, left, argues to the home plate umpire after getting struck out to end the game against the Chicago White Sox in Anaheim, Calif., Monday, July 23, 2018. Chicago won 5-3. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)
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PUBLISHED: July 23, 2018 at 10:57 p.m. | UPDATED: August 1, 2018 at 11:42 a.m.
Chicago White Sox's Jose Abreu is welcomed in the dugout after scoring during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels in Anaheim, Calif., Monday, July 23, 2018. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)
Los Angeles Angels' Shohei Ohtani, right, celebrates his solo home run with third base coach Dino Ebel during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox in Anaheim, Calif., Monday, July 23, 2018. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)
The Los Angeles Angels dugout welcomes Shohei Ohtani after he hit a solo home run during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox in Anaheim, Calif., Monday, July 23, 2018. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)
Los Angeles Angels' Shohei Ohtani watches his solo home run during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox in Anaheim, Calif., Monday, July 23, 2018. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)
Los Angeles Angels' Shohei Ohtani rounds the bases after hitting a solo home run during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox in Anaheim, Calif., Monday, July 23, 2018. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)
Los Angeles Angels' Kole Calhoun hits an RBI-double during the third inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox in Anaheim, Calif., Monday, July 23, 2018. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)
Los Angeles Angels' Shohei Ohtani watches a fly ball during the second inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox in Anaheim, Calif., Monday, July 23, 2018. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)
Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Lucas Giolito delivers a pitch during the first inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels in Anaheim, Calif., Monday, July 23, 2018. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)
Chicago White Sox' Jose Abreu rounds the bases after hitting a solo home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox in Anaheim, Calif., Monday, July 23, 2018. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)
Chicago White Sox' Jose Abreu hits a solo home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels in Anaheim, Calif., Monday, July 23, 2018. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)
Chicago White Sox's Kevan Smith gets hit by a pitch from Los Angeles Angels' Hansel Robles with the bases loaded, scoring Jose Abreu, during the sixth inning of a baseball game, Monday, July 23, 2018, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)
The Chicago White Sox celebrate their 5-3 win over the Los Angeles Angels in a baseball game in Anaheim, Calif., Monday, July 23, 2018. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)
ANAHEIM — The Angels' 5-3 loss to the Chicago White Sox on Monday night wasn't their worst game of the year, but it may have been the ugliest.
From Jaime Barría losing control of the ball because of excessive sweat, to two Angels balks, to a 1-for-10 performance with runners in scoring position, the Angels did little well enough to beat one of the worst teams teams in the major leagues.
The game ended with Justin Upton, who represented the winning run, taking a called third strike and then arguing with umpire Ryan Additon that Joakim Soria had balked.
"On a night they are calling balks, they let him get away with a couple times not coming to a stop," Manager Mike Scioscia said. "That's what we saw from our dugout."
Upton had also taken a called third strike to end the seventh, with a runner on base. In the fifth, Albert Pujols grounded out to leave the bases loaded.
The Angels didn't score after Shohei Ohtani's 435-foot solo homer in the fourth — his eighth of the year — put them ahead 3-1 and seemingly on their way to a much needed victory against a team they should beat.
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Pretty much after that, though, the night went the wrong way for the Angels.
Just after they came up empty in the bottom of the fifth, with a chance to pad their 3-2 lead, Barría took the mound in the sixth and couldn't find the strike zone.
He walked the first two hitters and was pulled, with only 71 pitches. Although Barria's velocity also was slightly down — 89 mph instead of 91-92 — Scioscia and Barría said there was nothing physically wrong.
They didn't agree on what was, though.
Scioscia said Barría seemed to be fatigued, the result of not pitching in a game during his temporary demotion to the minors during the All-Star break.
"He was up (in the zone) for most of the night," Scioscia said. "He got away with it. He made some good pitches to get out of some jams and minimize some damage. When he started the sixth walk-walk, it was uncharacteristic of Jaime."
Barría, however, said through an interpreter that he wasn't fatigued. He said he'd thrown three bullpen sessions since his last big league start, and he felt "100 percent."
Instead, it was the unusually humid night, with a first-pitch temperature of 88 degrees.
"I was sweating on my hands and that affected me," Barría said. "Even though I was grabbing dirt from the mound, I kept sweating so I couldn't control the ball … It felt like the ball was slipping."
Barría then gave way to Hansel Robles, who immediately gave up a ground ball single to José Abreu, tying the game 3-3. Robles would allow two more runs to score, on a sacrifice fly and by hitting Kevan Smith with the bases loaded, putting the Angels behind 5-3.
All told, the Angels walked three, hit a batter and gave up an infield hit in the ugly inning.
After that, the Angels had chances, but they couldn't convert. White Sox manager Rick Renteria used six relievers, including four to face four batters in the eighth, to escape.
David Fletcher led off the ninth against Soria with his third hit of the game — and his eighth hit in the last three games — and then Mike Trout drew a two-out walk, his fourth of the game.
That brought up Upton, who had been swinging the bat better over his past dozen games. Upton's strikeout ended it and began an argument about Soria's delivery.
"On the offensive end, we had chances," Scioscia said, "but obviously we didn't get that hit."
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