Tras las primeras experiencias con los morteros durante la Gran Guerra la infantería británica buscó un apoyo artillero en primera línea de fuego. El plan inicial era la de desplegar baterías especiales de artillería pero el coste de esta idea era prohibitiva de modo que la idea de la aceptación de los morteros vio la luz.
A principios de la década de los años treinta el Ejército británico adoptó el mortero Mk II convirtiéndose en el mortero estándar en el momento del estallido de la II Guerra Mundial. La experiencia en la primera parte de la guerra demostró que aunque el Mark II era fiable y robusto no tenía el alcance suficiente comparado con el mortero alemán 8cm schwerer Granatwerfer 34. Hacia 1942 una serie de mejoras en los propulsores aumentaron el alcance del mortero de los 1.500 metros a los 2.600 (MK II LR) mientras que al año siguiente se mejoró la placa base y el tubo del mortero.
El Ordenance ML 3-inch se mantuvo en servicio hasta ser sustituido por el L16 de 81 mm ya en 1965.
War Office, "Handbook for the Ordnance, M.L 3-Inch Mortar, Mark II, on Mounting, 3-inch Mortar, Mark I L and Service 1937" His Majesty's Stationary Office, London, 1937.
After the first experiences with the mortars during the Great War the British infantry looked for an artillery support in first line of fire. The initial plan was to deploy special artillery batteries but the cost of this idea was prohibitive so that the idea of acceptance of the mortars came to light.
In the early 1930s the British Army adopted the Mk II mortar, becoming the standard mortar at the time of the outbreak of World War II. The experience in the first part of the war proved that although the Mark II was reliable and robust it did not have enough scope compared to the German mortar 8cm schwererGranatwerfer 34. By 1942 a series of improvements in the propellers increased the reach of the mortar of the 1,500 meters at 2,600 (MK II LR) while the following year the base plate and the mortar tube were improved.
The 3-inch ML was kept in service until it was replaced by the 81 mm L16 as early as 1965.


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Christ Pantokrator, 16th century
Tempera on wood panel with silver gilt
12 1/16 × 9 1/16 × 1 9/16 in
Walters Art Museum
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Deities and Holy Figures
Bartolomeo Vivarini
Polyptych with Saint James Major, Madonna and Child, and Saints, 1490
J. Paul Getty Museum
Lievan van Lathem
Charles the Bold Presented by Saint George, 1471
Naddo Ceccarelli
Reliquary Tabernacle with the Virgin and Child, ca. 1350
Agnolo di Taddeo Gaddi, Agnolo Gaddi
St. Mary Magdalene, St. Benedict, St. Bernard of Clairveaux and St. Catherine of Alexandria, ca. 1380-1390
Cenni di Francesco di Ser Cenni
Polyptych with Coronation of the Virgin and Saints, 1390
Stefano d'Antonio di Vanni
The Annunciation , ca. 1430
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India, Rajasthan state, former kingdom of Marwar, Jodhpur
The transmission of teachings, page 3 from a manuscript of the Nath Charit (Stories of the Naths), 1823
Yoga: The Art of Transformation, Asian Art Museum
Giovanni Baronzio
The Feast of Herod and the Beheading of the Baptist, ca. 1330–1335

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Head over to Staples, and you'll find the extremely popular Jabra Solemate Mini is also $30 after promo code 86128. The catch is that you'll need a filler item to reach the $40 minimum (this $2 USB adapter should work), so really you'll be spending $32. The Solemate normally goes for $60 or more around the web, and though its battery only lasts 8 hours, reviews indicate that its sound quality is superior to the Creative Airwave's.
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It's time for another edition of Kinja Co-Op . This week, we want to find the best sound bar, so be sure to go nominate your favorite .
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Apple is the 2nd largest information technology company in the world mostly known for their iDevices. The company started to focus on consumer electronics from January, 2007 which is 30 years after the company was founded. They are currently holding the title of the "world's most valuable brand" according to the Interbrand Best Global Brands Report 2014 edition. Let's see what makes the brand so popular before you start looking for Apple products in Qatar.
The California based company saw its first success back in the time ranging from 1989 and 1991 with products like Macintosh Portable, PowerBook and System 7 which is an operating system. It's known as the "first golden age" of their product Macintosh. Later in 2001, they released the iPod which again lead to phenomenal success. They created a line of portable media players with the title iPod and there are three different versions available if you look for iPod Apple products in Qatar: iPod Nano, iPod Shuffle and iPod Touch.
Mac is available in a wide range of models including MacBook Air, Mac Mini, MacBook Pro, iMac and Mac Pro. The company offers a wide range of accessories for these computer including wireless keyboard, magic trackpad, battery charger, thunderbolt display and time capsule. The media tablet titled as the iPad came out in January, 2010. There are multiple versions of the iPad available including the iPad Air and the iPad Mini. One of the most popular device from Apple is actually the iPhone. Since its release back in 2007, the company unveils at least one new model of iPhone every year. Other notable gadgets from Apple are: Apple TV and Apple Watch.
The Apple brand on pricena has more than 3783 products in Mobile Phones, Tablets & EReaders, Mobile & Tablets Accessories, Laptops, Desktop & All-in-One Computers, Monitors, Mice, Keyboards & Input Devices, Networking & Wireless, Accessories, Camera Accessories, Projectors & Screens, Players, TV Accessories, Video games accessories, Headphones & Speakers, Cases, Covers & Skins, Screen Protectors, Docks, Batteries & Chargers, Cables & Adapters, Other gadgets, Pens & Styluses, Docking stations, Chargers, Cables, Adapters & Connectors, Care & Cleaning, Mice & Trackpads, Keyboards, Hard Drives, Headphones & Earphones, Optical drives, Furniture, Home and Garden, Storage, drawers and shelves, Power Tools, Smart Watches, Streaming Media Players, Bath & Body Washes, Watch Accessories, Drawing and Illustration, Gifts & Novelties, Hard Drives & Storage, Speakers, Music Players, Computers, Keyboards & Controllers, Armbands & Wristbands categories. The prices of Apple products in Qatar range from QAR 3.00 to QAR 117816.00.
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I would like to thank the ESTA Nannie Jamieson Nutshell Fund sponsored by Universal Edition for awarding me this bursary, and enabling me to complete my level 1 training in Suzuki method for 'cello, it really is greatly appreciated.
Upon arrival, I found Angela to be a very warm and friendly teacher who welcomed my fellow trainees and me into her home for our training weekends.
She is very passionate and knowledgeable when it comes to playing 'cello, and it is clear that she enjoys sharing this with her trainees.
As a level 1, I was training alongside 2 others on the same level, but also with two level 3's. It was very interesting to observe the higher-level trainees, and Angela managed to fit everything in appropriately for both levels.
The course was over 9 weekends, spent discussing and practising with each other, how to start pupils off from scratch. Setting up with the correct sized instrument and stool is covered, posture, and various games to play to help the child learn rhythms and tunes before moving on to the Suzuki repertoire in book 1.
Angela is very creative in her teaching, which the children respond to extremely well, making their lessons an enjoyable part of their weekly timetable, generally full of fun, games, and laughter.
We had the chance to observe many lessons with differently aged and experienced pupils, and also took part, as supervised teaching sessions were included.
Angela gave us individual lessons throughout the course to ensure we understood the various techniques used in each piece of book 1, which we memorised for the final exam. It was required that we not just memorise the notes, but also the methods we had learnt to apply to each pieces, as well as teaching points. Teaching points could be different for each piece, although many overlap. Martele bowing come in from the start, followed by bow division, with things like holding fingers down whilst changing strings closely follow. The best part for me was a piece called 'Perpetual Motion', which ensures the left hand moves swiftly before the right using 'catapult' fingers. I have had a lot of pupils trying this out, and it has greatly improved their technique, especially when playing scales – no more coordination problems or delay in note change!
There was an Alexander Technique session each weekend which has been very helpful to relieve tension whilst playing, and I am now applying this to my own pupils, helping them to understand how to sit correctly, creating a healthier use of the body which, in turn, creates a more satisfying tone, as well as less pain and therefore the ability to play for longer.
Since taking this course, not only has my teaching improved, but also my own personal technique, as Angela is very thorough in all stages of learning the instrument.
I am already a fairly experienced cello teacher (full time for 9 years), but still found this course to be valuable in my development, filling in gaps where I may have been unsure before of how best to teach, and reassuring me within my current methods.
I have been applying various things to my current pupils, for example, games for the younger ones to help with bow hold, tonalisations – copying a short series of notes from the teacher, then listening to things like the tone, the tuning, and perhaps focussing on bow angle, or left hand shape. With newer young pupils, I now feel I have a set path of tuition, and find the children respond well to learning things without the music so much at the start.
There are many technical things that I have learnt how to teach in a more methodical way, including smooth shifts, measuring of shifts, extensions and how to keep the hand in the required shape, as well as being made more aware of bow distribution and placement.
I hope to continue with level 2 in the near future!


Askonas co-developed one of the first systems for the cloning of antibody-forming B cells in vivo, some of the earliest monoclonal antibodies. She was also one of the first scientists to isolate and clone virus specific T lymphocytes, laying the foundation for defining different influenza sub-sets and improving vaccines.
The daughter of Czech parents, Brigitte Askonas, widely known as Ita, was born in Vienna. Aged 15, Askonas fled with her family from Vienna in March 1938 shortly after the Anschluss that united Austria with Germany. The family settlied in Canada in 1940. Both Askonas's father and brother owned knitting mills in several European countries and her mother, a graduate in fine arts, was an art collector. From an early age Askonas had an interest in languages, art, literature, nature and biological books as well as classical music, but until mid-way through university had little idea what career she wanted to pursue.
Askonas spent two years at Wellesley College, Massachusetts and then attended McGill University, Montreal, from which she graduated in biochemistry in 1944. She was then inspired by David Lansboroough Thomas, Professor of Biochemistry and Dean of Science at McGill University ,to pursue a doctorate. This she began at the School of Biochemistry at Cambridge University in 1949 under the supervision of Malcolm Dixon. She completed her doctorate in 1952, having worked on muscle enzymes. During her time in the department she came into contact with Margaret Stephenson and Dorothy Needham, who were among the first four women to be elected to the Royal Society. They taught her that good science gets recognition regardless of the gender of the scientist.
Before undertaking her doctorate, Askonas worked at the Allan Memorial Institute of Psychiatry, associated with McGill University. Her project was to study the biochemistry of dementia. In 1952 Askonas joined the National Institute for Medical Research where she worked for 36 years, the last of them as head of the immunology division. Her initial work at the Institute was on the biosynthesis of milk proteins. This work inspired her to investigate the origin and synthesis of antibodies and to study the role of macrophages. Subsequently she worked on the role of T-lymphocytes in infection, especially those connected with influenza and respiratory syncytial viruses, a disease that afflicts infants.
In 1973 Askonas was elected as a member to the Royal Society based on the contributions she made to the understanding of the origin and synthesis of antibodies. One of her major achievements, was the cloning of memory-B cells in vivo with Brian Wright and Alan Williamson. These cells represented some of the first monoclonal antibodies ever produced. Her work also clarified the role of macrophages and T cells in the immune system's defence against infections, laying the foundation for understanding how T lymphocytes detect foreign invaders in the body. Askonas's research also established the principle that cytolytic T cells, which kill cells infected with viruses, had the ability to recognise multiple subtypes of viruses. This contrasted antibodies which recognise a single virus subtype. The principle she established is today vital to the development of new vaccines against the infections that cause HIV/Aids, malaria, TB and pandemic influenza.


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Dutch REITS to grow in competitiveness after change to tax regime
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Ronald Wijs, a member of EPRA's tax committee, said the changes to legislation came about after EPRA and the industry consulted the government on the system's negative impacts."This legislation is a major improvement," he said. "It should allow Dutch REITs to manage their property portfolios in a more dynamic way and to meet the changing demands from investors and tenants."However, the changes to the tax regime came with several stipulations, EPRA said.The government will only provide tax allowances if the ancillary activities take place in a legitimate subsidiary, and if the activities directly relate to the core investment.It also said the total value of shares in the subsidiary may not exceed 15% of the value of the FBI as a whole, while turnover may not exceed 25%.In line with this, the subsidiary providing the ancillary activities may only be financed by equity.The government said this was to prevent companies from keeping their value artificially low. Changes to the tax regime for Dutch real estate investment trusts (REITS) will see them grow competitively within Europe, according to the European Public Real Estate Association (EPRA).The organisation said the changes, which came into force in 2014, would now allow the Dutch funds, known locally as FBIs, to compete against other REITS.It said the changes would allow FBIs' ancillary services – such as providing meeting space, in-house catering or energy to tenants – to qualify for the same special tax regime as their core activities.This falls in line with the structure elsewhere in Europe and now sets Dutch funds on a level playing field, EPRA said. read more
KLM pension funds profit from overweighting of equities
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An overweight position in equity holdings – at the expense of government bonds – added the most value to returns at the three KLM pension funds in 2013, according to Mark Burbach, CIO at their asset manager Blue Sky Group.The three schemes, with combined assets of €15.5bn, delivered annual returns of between 1.4% and 2%, with fourth-quarter results ranging from 1.5% to 1.6%. The best performing asset class was equity, generating up to 18.2% during the year."Although we had expected an outperformance for equity, the degree of consistency of our risk on trade took us by surprise," Burbach said. He added that Pacific and North American equities accounted for most to the results, and noted that the regions' frontier markets made strong comeback last year.European low-volatility equity also performed very well over the period, he said.Blue Sky's CIO said the €2.1bn pension fund for cabin staff was reviewing investments in sustainable equity, following returns of no more than 6.9% and high costs."Therefore, it has decided to disinvest from sector-specific funds, such as microfinance and alternative energy," he told IPE.Following rising interest rates, the three KLM schemes – for pilots, cabin staff and ground crew, respectively – lost up to 8% on their fixed income portfolios.Burbach said the performance of euro-denominated government bonds had been the worst since 1986.Overweight positions in US high-yield credit contributed positively, while emerging market debt – denominated in US dollars and local currencies – generated significantly better returns than developed-country government bonds.The KLM schemes reported returns of up to 13% on Asian property and 14% on private property investments in the US.Private and listed real estate in Europe returned 10% and 7%, respectively.Due to rising interest rates and improving equity markets, the pension funds' 50% interest-risk hedge caused losses of up to 1.8%, while the schemes also lost up to 1.1% on their equity cover.The pension funds saw their coverage ratios improve to 123% (cabin staff), 122% (ground staff) and 132.8% (pilots) last year. read more
Church of England boosts forestry stake
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The Church Commissioners have acquired a forestry portfolio for £49m (€61m) for their £6.1bn endowment fund, used to finance the Church of England's activities, as well as some of its pension obligations.The estates were purchased from UPM Tilhill, a forestry and timber harvesting company, and are made up of 13 forests in Scotland and two in Wales, including two operating wind farms and a mountain biking visitor centre.They take the Commissioners' total UK forestry holdings to £100m, all of which are certified to Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) standards. The Commissioners are now the largest private commercial forestry investor in the UK.The Commissioners have targeted forestry investments since 2010, and since inception these have delivered an annualised double digit return. Chris West, head of indirect property, timberland and infrastructure for the Church Commissioners said: "We are delighted to complete this acquisition which brings our total forestry portfolio to 4% of the Commissioners' total assets. Over the past five years, the Commissioners have built a high quality diverse portfolio of forestry assets in the UK, US and Australia, which will be managed for the long term."He added: "We believe that the acquisition should deliver attractive risk-adjusted returns in our home market and further diversify the Commissioners' assets."This is a low carbon investment that first and foremost stacks up on investment grounds, but additionally provides future upside from renewable energy projects.However, the purchase is not connected to the recent decision by the Diocese of Oxford to divest from fossil fuel companies and its call for the Church as a whole to do the same.There is no divestment element to the Commissioners' climate change policy and the Commissioners are awaiting advice from the Church's Ethical Investment Advisory Group on the next iteration of this policy.They expect to adopt an updated policy before the Church's General Synod in July 2015. read more
UK National Employment Savings Trust appoints chief executive
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Dean began her secondment as interim director for policy and product development and became a permanent member in 2014, in a continuation of the role.Before her first secondment to PADA, Dean spent 30 years as a civil servant, lastly within the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) developing the policy that laid foundations for the creation of NEST.She also worked on the creation of the pension forecasting IT system, and policy that introduced the second-state pension, which allowed accrual based on national insurance contributions.Jones – who leaves after eight years with the provider, having served as its founding chief executive – will step down later this year.This week, NEST revealed its plans for its future offering after the UK government removed compulsory annuitisation.Dean will now oversee the implementation of a complex blend between income drawdown, deferred annuities and cash accounts, as the provider aims to create a default system for members. The UK's National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) will appoint its head of product and marketing as chief executive after Tim Jones steps down later this year.Helen Dean will take on her new responsibilities in the autumn.Dean, currently an executive director, becomes NEST's second chief executive.She was initially seconded from central government to the provider while it was still called the Personal Accounts Delivery Authority (PADA), before the official rollout of auto-enrolment. read more
Dutch giant APG pays 500 staff average bonus of €63,500
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The €417bn asset manager APG paid about 500 employees bonuses of €63,500 on average last year.According to its annual report, APG said it paid almost €32m in total in bonuses, amounting to 25% of the average salary.Variable pay makes up 10% of salary costs at the asset manager for the €359 civil service scheme ABP.Executive board members, including chief executive Gerard van Olphen, are ineligible for bonuses. At the €114bn MN, the average bonus as a percentage of salary is about half that of APG's.MN – asset manager for the large metal schemes PME and PMT – capped bonuses at 20% of the basic salary and reported that 5% of its 1,200 employees were eligible for variable pay, compared with 14% at APG.APG said it set a similar maximum for workers reporting directly to its executive board but that variable pay for asset management could increase to as much as 40% of the basic salary.It added that, for its New York and Hong Kong-based workers, it tried to strike a balance between what was acceptable in the Netherlands and what was needed locally to retain valuable employees.APG emphasised that its remuneration policy was aimed at attracting, retaining and motivating qualified staff and said the bonuses it paid in New York were in-line with those for similar positions in the city. read more
Berkshire Pension Fund to buy 20% of Gresham House for alternatives push
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The Royal County of Berkshire Pension Fund is to take a 20% stake in specialist asset manager Gresham House, backing a new alternative investment platform for other local government pension schemes.The Berkshire fund will provide the cornerstone investment for a new £300m (€353m) fund Gresham House plans to launch on the platform, called the British Strategic Investment Fund (BSIF).The BSIF is targeting investment in housing, infrastructure and "innovation" – three themes identified by the UK's chancellor Philip Hammond in his 2016 Autumn Statement as being of strategic importance to the UK, said Gresham House.John Lenton, chairman of Berkshire Pension Fund, said the platform would enable the pension fund "to reduce costs and obtain diversity in our investments". He added that the pension fund will target niche areas and smaller and longer-term investments than those that interest "the major investment houses"."These give us the potential of a higher long-term return which is so important to a pension fund like ours that has to plan for pensions that will be drawn down many years in the future," Lenton said.The new investment platform is intended to provide investors with access to illiquid alternative investments in niche asset classes that are often "overlooked" and difficult to access by larger funds, according to Gresham House."For example, it becomes uneconomical for £25 billion pension 'super-pools' to monitor and manage sub-£50 million investments," said the asset manager.The platform is aimed at local government pension schemes (LGPS) like Berkshire, but is also open to private sector pension funds, endowments, family offices, and other investors."Initial discussions with a limited number of LGPS have confirmed interest in the objectives of the new Gresham House platform," said the asset manager.UK LGPS are pooling assets to create larger funds capable of benefitting from economies of scale and, as desired by the government, investing in infrastructure.The Gresham platform is intended to allow investors to be involved in the investment process or engage directly with the manager, and to grant discretionary co-investment rights to "top-up" investments in preferred sectors or areas on a deal-by-deal basis.Berkshire's acquisition of the 20% stake in Gresham House is subject to a vote at a general meeting on 10 March.Its move to enter into a strategic relationship with Gresham comes after the pension fund late last year announced a £15m investment in commercialisation of UK university research as part of an overhaul of its private equity portfolio.Tony Dalwood, CEO of Gresham House, said that the announcement "represents a further significant step in delivering the growth strategy that we set out when repositioning the group two years ago".The asset manager's board has identified alternative asset management as "a structural growth area", it said in a statement. read more
Regulator responds to call for 'swift action' over UK media group sale
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For example, the PPF has said that it did not "understand why there was an apparent rush to complete the pre-pack administration" and that it had been led to believe that the publisher had "more than adequate cash reserves", including to pay the next pension contribution of around £800,000 (€895,000) that was due on 18 November.Commenting on this, Field yesterday said: "It doesn't take a genius to work out that a company that dumps its pensions liabilities just days before it has to put £800,000 into the pension fund might be up to no good."It's clear that the PPF, which is left to foot the bill, has serious doubts about this pre-pack deal."A spokesperson for TPR said it was looking closely at the circumstances of the Johnston Press pre-pack deal, including timing of the company sale.However, pre-packs could happen at short notice and "it is not possible to launch an investigation into a pre-pack that has not taken place"."Regulating the process leading to a pre-pack is a matter for the other agencies," added the spokesperson."Our role is to focus on a pre-pack's impact on an employer's pension scheme."TPR did not have the power to stop a pre-pack taking place, as there was no requirement for either it or the PPF to pre-approve it. The UK's Pensions Regulator (TPR) is investigating the bankruptcy of media company Johnston Press amid pressure from politicians over the fate of the company's defined benefit (DB) pension scheme.TPR did not have the power to stop the 'pre-pack' deal, it said in a response to influential MP Frank Field, who had raised concerns about the sale of Johnston Press after it was put into administration. This meant its DB scheme automatically entered the Pension Protection Fund's (PPF) assessment period, with some members set to have their benefits reduced.In a statement issued yesterday, Field, the chair of the UK parliament's work and pensions committee, said: "The Pensions Regulator has promised to be quicker and tougher — now would be a good time to start."The politician had already challenged about the sale of Johnston Press and the offloading of the DB scheme, but followed up on this yesterday after "worrying details" about the circumstances of the sale had come to light. read more
Swedbank chief axed as pension funds take aim
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The chief executive of scandal-hit Swedbank has been dismissed by the bank's supervisory board after the country's fraud squad broadened its investigation into allegations of money laundering.Three of Sweden's largest pension funds – all significant shareholders in Swedbank – this morning refused to discharge CEO and president Birgitte Bonnesen from liability, ahead of this afternoon's annual general meeting.Shortly after this, the bank announced its board had decided to sack Bonnesen. Anders Karlsson has been appointed acting president and CEO.Lars Idermark, chair of the supervisory board of Swedbank said: "The developments during the past days have created an enormous pressure for the bank. Therefore, the board has decided to dismiss Birgitte Bonnesen from her position." The Swedish Economic Crime Authority said yesterday that the ongoing investigation was being broadened to include suspicion of gross fraud. The fraud investigation team entered the Swedbank's Stockholm headquarters yesterday as part of the probe.Pension funds hit out at bank Birgitte Bonnesen was sacked from Swedbank this morningAMF – which owns 4.4% of shares in the bank – reiterated that it was still not satisfied with measures taken to deal with the situation, and refused to grant Bonnesen discharge from liability for 2018.Johan Sidenmark, chief executive of AMF, said: "After yesterday's dramatic development, with the Swedish Economic Crime Authority's announcement about extended suspicions of serious crime, we have come to the conclusion that we cannot currently grant the company's CEO discharge for 2018."Although this is so far only about suspicions, and no one should be regarded as guilty until she or he is convicted, these are such serious allegations that it would be irresponsible to make such a decision at today's meeting."Alecta – which held approximately 5% of Swedbank's stock – also said it would vote against the discharge from liability at the AGM.Folksam, the second-largest shareholder in Swedbank with a 7% stake, has been more satisfied than the other shareholders with the bank's correspondence during the investigation. However, it also said it would withdraw its support for the chief executive.Thomas Langrot, chief prosecutor of the fraud squad's Financial Market Chamber (Finansmarknadskammare), said: "Information which has been gathered gives a picture of Swedbank appearing to have spread misleading information to the public and the market about what the bank knew about suspected money laundering within Swedbank in the Baltic countries."On Friday, AMF and Alecta criticised a report commissioned by Swedbank into the alleged money laundering as inadequate, although Folksam said the report gave answers to important questions. read more
Promoting sustainable finance won't help save the planet: consultant
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Promoting sustainable finance won't help fight climate change and allowing or encouraging policymakers to pursue that agenda could actually hinder sustainable development, according to an individual who used to be in the business of doing just that. Frank Wettlauffer, a co-founder of FNG, the industry association promoting sustainable investment in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, and a former head of international institutional clients at Bank Sarasin, put forward the argument in a recent newsletter from Absolut Research, a research company and publisher focusing on institutional asset management in the German-speaking markets.As appealing as the idea of steering capital towards sustainable investments was, doing so did not stand to mobilise much additional capital to finance sustainability projects in the real economy, he wrote.As long as a company or project was legally sound and promising, it should be able to secure financing commensurate with the risks involved, regardless of whether the investment was sustainable or not. If politicians wanted to channel more capital in favour of sustainable investments in the real economy then they would need to change the policy frameworks so that these became more profitable. The money would then come by itself. Promoting sustainable investing was not only ineffective from the point of view of achieving sustainable development, but could be harmful if politicians thought this let them off the hook, argued Wettlauffer."When politicians are busy regulating the finance sector, they can't also pass other – effective – laws for sustainable development," he wrote.Speaking to IPE, he recalled a German regional minister telling him that "politicians can't fix this on our own, the finance sector has to help". Frank Wettlauffer, independent consultant"That's completely wrong," said Wettlauffer. "Of course the money has to come from the private sector, but in order for it to come from the private sector it has to be profitable, regardless of whether it is brown or green."And politicians have to make sure [it is profitable] by regulating."Asked for an example of a helpful real world measure, he said that in the context of Germany this could be to shorten appeal processes, because civil society campaigns were preventing moves to expand the renewable energy grid.In Germany, most renewable energy is produced in the north but there isn't the infrastructure to quickly transport it to the west and south, where large metropolitan areas and heavy industry are mostly located. Drop the fairytaleAccording to Wettlaufer, sustainable investments would continue to be successful because they were attractive in terms of risk-adjusted returns, burnished investors' reputations, and were guilt-free."But they cannot and will not contribute to sustainable development," he wrote. "Government promotion won't change that."Those truly interested in a better natural environment and society should deploy their resources elsewhere and "quit promoting the fairytale about sustainable investments' significant contribution to sustainable development", he concluded.When asked about engagement as a means of contributing to sustainable development objectives, Wettlauffer said "this does help, because it directly influences companies".Investments such as microfinance could have an impact, he added, but in public markets there was no "additionality"."The moment a bond or a stock is issued then it doesn't matter what it's called, green or brown," said Wettlaufer. "Wherever there is a seller there is a buyer."Some have argued that sustainable investing via secondary trading in public markets can still have a positive impact, albeit indirect, by affecting the cost of capital and hence a business' growth plans. read more


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'Massive' cyber-attack shuts down Ukrainian govt websites
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Kiev, Jan 14 (IANS) State-sponsored hackers have hit Ukraine with a 'massive cyber-attack, shutting down several government websites amid heightened tension with Russia.
Sky News reported on Friday that the disruption came at a time of extreme tension with Russia, which has reportedly gathered around 100,000 troops at Ukraine's border.
"As a result of a massive cyber-attack, the websites of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a number of other government agencies are temporarily down," said the Foreign Ministry in Kiev.
"It's too early to draw conclusions, but there is a long record of Russian assaults against Ukraine," a spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry was quoted as saying.
Websites of the Foreign Ministry, National Security and Defence Council and the government's Cabinet of ministers were among those affected.
On some of the websites, a text in three languages – Ukrainian, Polish and Russian – said all data of Ukrainians uploaded to the network have become public.
Russia has repeatedly been accused of cyber-attacks against Ukraine.
The targeting of Ukrainian government websites came as talks between representatives of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) and Russia concluded without a clear outcome, with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg describing the differences between the two sides as "significant" and "will not be easy to bridge".
Alexander Lukashevich, Russia's permanent representative to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), said after the talks that Moscow was disappointed by the West's response to its proposals on Ukraine and European security.
Stoltenberg has also warned Russia that a further military aggression against Ukraine would carry a "high political and economic price".
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12 Monkeys Complete Series: Season 4 Recap & Commentary 1
"The End" is the beginning of the end.
12 Monkeys Season 4:
Recap & Commentary One
"Here. We. Go!"
– Deacon season 3
– Jennifer season 4
Minutes into the tease, before the 12 Red Monkeys dance 'round the clock hands, before the iconic opening theme rings through our 5.1 channels of surround speakers – the mythology of 12 Monkeys explodes from the past, setting the stage for the greatest season of the greatest time travel series ever created!
Please forgive my occasional fanboy excitement. Like my recap and reviews of Into the Badlands and The Expanse, 12 Monkeys is one of my favorite shows.
Beginning of the End – SYFY
We waited a long time for the fourth season of 12 Monkeys. I'm sure the cast and crew have felt the same waiting pains and must sympathize with us, the fans.
I remember watching interviews with the main cast and creator / showrunner Terry Matalas during the last Comicon. It's hard to believe that was almost a year ago. At that time they had wrapped production in Toronto, but shooting the European locations remained before a full series wrap. Of course months of post – where editing, VFX, sound, ADR and mixing still remained back home.
Imagine being in their position, having shot the bulk of your series over a year ago, but only now can you share your work and passion with the world. Sure this is normal for people in the entertainment industry, but still, to have given your all before the lens. All of the emotion, time and effort, sweat and tears, in a monumental team effort of creating a masterpiece like 12 Monkeys. Then having to wait over a year to share it with your family, friends and fans, it must be taxing. For lack of a better word.
Jennifer and Jennifer – SYFY
Imagine a world with no 4th Season of 12 Monkeys: Apocalypse Now!
The real tragedy would have been no fourth season of 12 Monkeys at all. After season 3 aired, SYFY could have simply cancelled 12 Monkeys and that would have been it. Many shows have been shown the door, abruptly cancelled and left out in the cold. But SYFY channel gave 12 Monkeys a fourth and final season to properly complete the story, time to answer questions and conclude the narrative the best way, by giving it a real ending. Shows like Dark Matter and The Expanse on SYFY and Timeless on NBC have all been at the mercy of the same parent company, Universal.
On average, sci-fi shows do not pull in the same ratings as other types of television shows. Sitcoms, Cop shows, Medical dramas, and reality TV may pull in larger ratings, but these shows lack what a great science fiction show has. A show like 12 Monkeys has a rabid fan base that is loyal, outspoken and committed to the concept, the cast and crew and the ideas that are the foundation of the series. Like all quality sci-fi entertainment, 12 Monkeys demands a level of commitment and intense engagement with the concepts, theories, science and series length storylines. Because the intellectual bar is so high, 12 Monkeys appeals to a smaller subset of audience than most brainless, week in week out by the numbers shows that populate most of the television landscape.
If you're still reading… 🙂
Burning with Primaries – SYFY
Thank You SYFY
Thank you SYFY for keeping 12 Monkeys on the air for one final season. Thank you powers that be for playing the season over 4 weeks and NOT during one cramped weekend. Last year killed 12 Monkeys in ratings. Friday and Saturday nights have always been slower nights for ratings, with Saturday being the dead zone of an entire week of timeslot possibilities. Sundays are HEAVY with big TV shows. Having direct sci-fi and fantasy competition from the likes of Game of Thrones, The Walking Dead and Talking Dead combo, and others only served to sentance 12 Monkeys season three to the doldrums of ratings. They never stood a chance. It's not 12 Monkeys fault, just the reality of today's complicated television landscape. We learned a valuable lesson. For now at least, leave the binge watching tos proper streaming services. Not being able to share on social media between weeks, build excitement, have +3 and +7 DVR watching that leads to word of mouth spreading the fan base out, it just hurt the ratings. But I digress, thank you SYFY nonetheless.
Olitness – Olivia the Witness – SYFY
Written by Sean Tretta
Directed by David Grossman
If you're like me, you live and die by your IMDB app. It's my faithful companion while I watch TV and movies. So of course I looked up the actor who spoke for the 12 primaries in the beginning of this first episode of season 4. This is when I was reminded how much is missing from 12 Monkeys IMDB info for the latest season. It's been like this since season 4 was listed many months ago and I hope someone can fill in all of the actors, crew, locations, etc some time soon.
The tease of The End was exciting because it opened up a new chapter in the big book of time, the story of 12 Monkeys. Cole is basically the chosen one and he has been known to the families and lineage that have protected the Ouroboros puzzle for centuries.
It appears that there are two major groups, or factions, on the two sides waging war over time. The Primary group and the Army of the 12 Monkeys, or AottM, seem to be at war for centuries, possibly longer. The silver armor of the Witness looking person was really cool, but I wonder, is this the SAME Witness, is this Olivia?
So the AottM has been searching for this relic, the puzzle that they call a weapon. Obviously it's a weapon because it can be used to undo the great cycle, stop the endless loops, and in effect stop the Witness.
Ouroboros Puzzle – SYFY
Cole v Olivia
However, isn't both Cole and Olivia after the same thing? Cole wants to stop the great cycle of time, the great djinn, and put an end to this war by stopping the Witness, Olivia. Olivia wants to also stop time, complete the great cycle and make it that time doesn't really exist. If she really thought about it, she would also seize to exist. Both want the same thing, but have very different perspectives and ways and means of approaching the fight. The search for the puzzle weapon by the AottM reminded me of the episode Causality, where Olivia is after Constance and the Word of the Witness.
Deacon's Last Stand – SYFY
Cassie is torn away – SYFY
When Olivia arrives in the backyard of the Raritan Facility a huge battle takes place. Katerina is on the mend and keeps repeating Project Charon, her plan to "splinter everything." I correctly predicted this back when I saw Season One of 12 Monkeys the first time. Terry Matalas replied to my tweet and theory of splintering the facility and confirmed this a couple months ago on Twitter. Thanks for replying that day Terry.
As the battle wages on, Deacon commits a very selfless act by risking his own life to bring their smokestack crashing down on part of Titan. Later we're lead to believe Deacon dies after they splinter off. However we never see him die, we only get the rules of crossing one of the time streams addressed, you enter, you're BBQ.
Deacon does have one of the great lines of the night when he says, Olivia's got herself a Death Star. More on Olivia becoming like Darth Vader later.
Lasky dies, again. That's 4 seasons in a row. Four for four, poor Lasky.
Hannah and Cole – You do not walk alone – SYFY
Cole and Cassie the Dynamic Duo
How about that action sequence in the splinter chamber, where Cole and Cassie took out a room full of Monkeys. The action was so kinetic and frantic, it was so good that it easily stands next to Daredevil. No higher praise can be given. Great scene! To all who made that happen.
Deacon was denied again. He begs Cassie not to leave him in his final moments, which is uncharacteristically vulnerable moment for him. He knew his time was up and then Cole rejects his last request. Cole rushes to protect Cassie and deny Deacon again of Cassie.
Crazy gets it done – SYFY
As usual, Jennifer brings the fun to another episode of 12 Monkeys. This time it's double the Jennifer, double the fun! Would this be her 4th alter ego we've on screen? The fourth counting real Jennifer. With addition of this super Jennifer, the Jennifer Bond, we actually see a voice inside of her head. This all reminded me of Legion, in more ways than one.
There Once was a Serpent – SYFY
Who was that?
After a well-deserved cameo by Terry Matalas as the voice in the Ouroboros exhibit, we're treated to the reality of the situation, the alternate Jennifer only exists in her own mind. As she exits the museum, the music used is also from the very funny Causality episode from last season.
Right before they jump the facility, it's very interesting that Hannah is the one who sets the splinter in motion. Hannah was down on the machine before, blaming it for many bad things. Now Hannah uses the machine to save their lives and their home.
Will we ever find out WHY the underground river was boiling? Was this simply a precursor of Titan's arrival, or something else?
Jones 12 Monkeys Season 4 – SYFY
Jones saves the Day
Katerina manually cooling the core with her bare hands was brave and a huge sacrifice. Better than anyone, she knows what this would mean for her, radiation sickness from massive exposure. What's fascinating about 12 Monkeys, also sets it apart from other time travel science fiction. In 12 Monkeys you can not travel to an advanced, often utopian, future. This is because from the outset, 12 Monkeys has always been about a destroyed future world.
12 Monkeys meets Rick and Morty
I thought about an episode of Rick and Morty. As Morty waits in agonizing pain with two broken legs, Rick jumps to an advanced future reality, where he can buy leg fixing medicine from any corner drug store. Upon his return, one shot later and Morty is fixed and feels amazing. There is no such instant cure all on 12 Monkeys, no future to use as a crutch. Ironically, it's the past that offers more resources and cures than the future.
Your New Home – The Emerson Hotel – SYFY
The Emerson Hotel – A Home away from Home
It was a stroke of genius moving the facility to the interior of the Emerson Hotel. For years I'm sure the two main sets have been right next door to each other on some massive soundstage in Toronto. Now the facility interior has become part of the Emerson and the characters can walk between them with ease. This also opens up the use of their suite 607 as well, all without making a time jump to get back and forth.
The facility proximity to the Emerson also explains why Future AHole Cole brought Cole to the rundown future Emerson and why Cassie was there as well. The Emerson was, or is, an extension of the facility, the time machine, and their home now, or is it then, or will be? The point is it's all connected, by place and by events and now we know why. So good.
The story of the serpent and the demon is a major theme in the first three episodes of season 4. Time will tell if we learn more about Cole's mother, but it seems she's part of the lineage that had sworn to protect the puzzle and the name of James Cole. Imagine being his mother and knowing who he is and that you're the mother of a legendary person who may save the world someday.
It's clear that each of the characters are in a different place as the season begins. Cole is trying to be optimistic, Cassie is consumed by revenge and Jones and Cassie both are tired of the circles, the loops, of making the same mistakes. This gives each of the major characters a place to start their journey from and a place to go as the season progresses.
What Year is This? – SYFY
The End circles around to The Beginning
Finally, this episode is called The End and by the end of this episode the story has circled around to the beginning. The facility was splintered through space to the Emerson, but the time part was not left out. They went back in time to 2043, just before Cole makes his very first jump to go back, find Cassie and kill Leland Frost. This thread is continued in the next episode.
Yolivia – Young Olivia – SYFY
Written and Directed by Terry Matalas
Going back to the beginning of the series, in a way, at least revisiting the early days had a strange effect. An unintended side effect of seeing Ramse and Cole walking outside, the early days of the mission and things as they once were, suddenly gave me a sense of comfort and hope. These good vibes were unexpected and exciting, but also kind of strange. Perhaps it's simply coming to grips with where we're all at right now. We're on the last leg of a long journey with 12 Monkeys and seeing the past again, to reminisce and reflect, was overwhelmingly nostalgic.
As Cole and Ramse made their way to the CDC, it wasn't long before I realized that we were being treated to fresh footage, an expanded and enhanced journey, different but the same as the Pilot of 12 Monkeys. Of course this meant that Ramse, Kirk Acevedo was back. After watching him as a ruthless bad guy last season on CW's Arrow, it was refreshing to see Kirk playing the Ramse we liked. So amazing is a show that has the ability to "bring back" characters and actors who have officially died on screen. Also amazing is having Kirk back in the fold, nice.
Bonham – SYFY
Bonham, Agent Bonham
After the events of episode one, The End, Interpol agent Bonham shows up looking for Jennifer because she stole the Ouroboros puzzle. When he shows his badge, he simply says "Bonham." I wonder if this is a slight wink and a nod at Supernatural. In Supernatural, Sam and Dean show their fake IDs at crime scenes and always use names from various rock bands. My favorite one was when they said the last names from Rush, "We're agents Peart and Lee." Let me know if you thought of this when Bonham flashed his badge.
More Game of Thrones
The second thing that crossed my mind was, "that's cool, another Game of Thrones actor on 12 Monkeys." This time it's Conleth Hill, who is our favourite bald servant of the Dragon Queen, Lord Varys. Clearly Bonham knows things, but until next episode we wait to learn which side of time for which he's playing.
Where is my daughter – Vivian – SYFY
Many Returning Favorites
Also among the guest stars is Julian Richings, who actually played Death on Supernatural. Julian has a knack for finding the most chilling and creepy roles in TV and Film and landing these roles. His sidekick to Olivia notwithstanding.
Returning to the show are Faran Tahir as the ill fated first officer and red shirt among the faithful monkeys. He's back on 12 Monkeys, but for how long?
It's always great to see Scottie Thompson playing Vivian Rutledge. I know she's always with the Monkeys, but for some reason I still like her. "But I'm the Messenger" – she's into older men clearly, not that there's anything wrong with that.
Speaking of returning actors, one that we haven't seen for a while is Dr. David Eckland, played by the great XO Michael Hogan. In a brilliant attention to detail, Dr. Eckland was there among the scientists working for his lady, Dr. Jones. He didn't show up until time was reset in season 2 and then he gave his life later that season. You may ask, why is he there if this time is before the destruction of the Markridge 5-10? Time was reset and Eckland was always part of her team in the new world order.
Jones meets Jones – SYFY
Time to Meet Yourself
As promised, the hallucinations that Jones mentions last season happened in this episode. 12 Monkeys has gotten so good at staging, shooting and compositing these body double scenes. Last season premiere with Cole and future AHole Cole still blows my mind.
Could Jennifer not having access to her primary powers be because of having the other Jennifer around? Or is there something larger at play that we're not privy to yet?
"You can't juggle with one ball." – Ramse. If you've been paying attention in past seasons, then you know what this is about.
Seeing Cole watch Ramse and his younger self from above is very touching. Beautifully played by Aaron Stanford. "I'm fine." Cole, no you're not and that's okay.
Watching the Past – SYFY
We learned more about the genesis of the tether, how it wasn't completed until the night before and how Ramse kept the pressure on Katerina, like he always did, to protect his brother.
Watching Jones's speech about one life for seven billion, followed by older Jones lamenting the loops and the chasing their own tails, followed by seeing Cassie on the TV – clearly addressing herself in that interview – all of this got me thinking.
Jones gets some sleep – SYFY
I'm not comfortable with this line of thought, but it has to be addressed. Cassie on the TV was clearly older, the Cassie who has completed the mission, presumably saved the world and stopped the great djinn – if Cassie was to remain at her post, keep working for the CDC, is dying there her ultimate ending? After all is said and done, must everyone, but especially Cassie return to their own point of origin? More on this after I've given it more thought…
There's a very important message in this episode. A message that everyone needs to hear and take to heart, especially the youth of the world.
Whitley and Jones
The Importance of Failure.
All who truly succeed in life have failed many times before they find success. Unfortunately in a world run by clocks, the internet, instant information, instant gratification, and lightning fast communications and technology – these most recent generations expect their success to be instant. They expect the instant, job, the big raise, the big bonus, and all of the big success and they expect it instantly. They expect it now. Life doesn't work like this and success does not come instantly. Most instant success will eventually fail anyway. When people have these expectations and then they're met with a failure, they give up. The first time! At the first sign of failure, they give up. Most people who find great and lasting success have failed countless times and always got up and tried again. Like Miriam said, "if at first you don't succeed, you have to back up and swing again."
Jennifer catches the trane – SYFY
Directed by Chris Byrne
First and foremost, let's recognize the brilliant contributions of 12 Monkeys writer/producer Sean Tretta. Through the years he has written some of the best episodes and clearly he's one of the starting players on team Monkeys.
Cassie takes Aim – SYFY
Cassie's mission to 1979
Cassie heading off on her own "one way" mission of revenge reminded me of Cole's first missions. She's determined to kill Olivia on the one night they know for certain she'll be away from the protection of her mother and the Monkey Army.
In the end it was Olivia who was pulling the levers and manipulating events from the future to ensure the history she desired and her own creation. Locked in the adjacent jail cell, next to a young, pregnant, but not impressionable Olivia, once again Cassie tried to save someone from becoming the dreaded Witness. It worked with Athan, but does not work with Olivia. By episode's end, we learn that Olivia is 100% team Witness, ready to sacrifice her body, herself and her own baby.
The Witness has spoken – SYFY
VFX & 12 Monkeys
Visual Effects, or VFX, have become so good in recent years that TV shows can now equal what we see in the theater. Coming to mind are all of the scenes in 12 Monkeys where Olivia is channeling her consciousness through time and the layers upon layers of composited images, graphics and filters that go into a sequence only a couple minutes in length.
Also majorly impressive are the scenes with the time doubles. When Cole meets future Cole or Jones talks to past Jones. These scenes are brilliantly executed with flawless VFX, green screen work and compositing. Additionally impressive is the staging, acting, lighting and writing of such a scene.
In the end VFX for the sake of VFX is pointless. This is not the case with 12 Monkeys. VFX are used to advance the story, show an impossible situation that defies physics and known reality, and enhances the plot and characters. When used to achieve a true artistic vision, VFX can be a powerful tool, plus they look really cool. Too often summer movie tent poles, those VFX extravaganzas that play like a 2 hour video game, in the end the VFX drive the story. While 12 Monkeys use VFX the right way, most of the 3D, some superhero, most action sci-fi, and all movies based on video games use it because they can, the story seems to come last.
Oops! Where's the puzzle? – SYFY
Primary Jennifer – No Straight Lines
When Jennifer stepped backward onto the train tracks in the last episode, it seemed like a bold and crazy move. But then you have to think like a primary and this move makes more sense. Primary thinking saved Jennifer, or better put, allowed her to trust in a future Cole saving her in that moment. This raised an interesting concept. Future Cole, the one after almost everything has been resolved, the Cole near the end, this Cole will then surf through time and complete all of the events we've seen along the way. Future Cole will travel through time to be the connective tissue of events in the middle of the story. One question remains, what will the last Cole do after he's connected all of the errant pieces?
Deacon or D' Con? – SYFY
Deacon's "Death"
Mr. Terry Matalas played a trick on all of us Twitter fans during the first episode. By thanking Todd for his work on 12 Monkeys, following his "death", he pulled off the dying Deacon trick one last time. At the end of season two we see Deacon shot and stabbed mercilessly in Titan. In season three Mallick nurses him back to health. The supposed death scene worked twice. I know the rule, unless you see a body… But still, Kudos to the 12 Monkey team for pulling this off once again. Terry's tweet helped to sell the "death", nice.
Cole saves Jennifer next to the train tracks, but across the way is Bonham holding the Ouroboros puzzle. Why doesn't he simply splinter over, grab it and then splinter away? Well, if this is future Cole, he obviously knows that they have another scene at the museum later. A scene in private, where Bonham can hand Cole the puzzle without raising suspicion. I'm joking of course, but some of this is the truth.
Your name shall be Darth Witness – SYFY
Darth Olivia
With doubt growing and faith declining among the faithful of the Witness, Olivia, she makes a desperate and bold decision to basically alter herself to become like the Witness. What's really interesting is that Deacon joked about Olivia having a Death Star and later she basically becomes Darth Vader. All of the life support, mask, breathing apparatus, she's Vader after Anakin lost his duel with Obi Wan. Eventually this reliance on being exposed to the time stream, plus the excessive drinking of the red tea, will turn her into the demon in the story. Olivia will become the Witness with the glowing red face.
Mark my words, at some point in this 4th and final season of 12 Monkeys, something will happen to Olivia's eye. The right eye I believe. You read it here first. Why? Rewatch the Night Room episode…
Enjoying a sit and a cheeseburger – SYFY
The Long Con
Remember what Deacon says when he went looking for Olivia in the cage room of the facility? "This was all a long con for you?" Or something like that. I really hope and kind of think that Deacon is playing a long con on Olivia. He's not that angry at Cole and Cassie and Jones. Deacon is simply conning Olivia to stay alive until he can escape and join the fight again. That's my take.
I loved the full serpent story and how it unlocked the Ouroboros puzzle. This was executed and written well enough that the puzzle eluded becoming a dreaded macguffin. Well done.
I also loved that Bonham turned out to be one of the good ones. He's part of the lineage of primaries that swore to protect the puzzle and put it in the hands of Cole, the man who could save the world.
We finally got to see Olivia working through time to ensure continuity and her own personal creation to become the real Witness. Now that she has this ability, she can fill in the pieces, which like Cole is the connective tissue to so many events.
Olivia's time spengalli worked so well, she was able to control her younger self. This is quite frightening. Because of this Cassie's mission took a quick, but satisfying turn. What a twist. The mom was unfaithful and Olivia was the team player the entire time. Well done.
Blackleaf: Your next mission, should you choose to accept it – SYFY
Keeping Up With Athan Cole
Although Olivia killed Athan, we haven't seen a body yet and I'm holding out hope of seeing James Callis sometime this season, I believe she still stands in his shadow. She struck him down, she burned his word, she cursed his name, and yet, I believe she still feels inferior. Olivia is not a natural Primary, not a seer by birth, so to become a little like Athan, Olivia begins to destroy her own body and eventually possibly her mind as well. We know she's stronger than most humans, built like a tank and very intelligent, she's wonder woman, but still what she's doing to her body can not be good over time.
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The Programming for Separation of Concerns (PSC) track at the 2008 Symposium on Applied Computing aims to bring together researchers to share experiences in using SoC techniques, and explore the practical problems of existing tools, environments, etc. The track will address questions like: Can performance degradation be limited? Are unexpected changes dealt with by reflective or aspect-oriented systems? Is there any experience of long term evolution that shows a higher degree of flexibility of systems developed with such techniques? How such techniques cope with architectural erosion? Are these techniques helpful to deal with evolution of legacy systems?
Papers can be submitted recurring to the web submission system within August the 16th, 2008 or (any problem should occur) by email to Emiliano Tramontana (tramontana (at) dmi (dot) unict (dot) it). Please make sure that the authors name and affiliation do not appear on the submitted paper.
A selected number of the best papers accepted at the PSC track will be invited for expansion and for a possible publication at a special issue of the Elsevier Journal Computer Languages, Systems & Structures titled PSC TRACK 2008 (Elsevier Journal website).


The capital of Germany, Berlin is a hub of touristic activities. It offers something for everyone, whether you are looking for history and culture or you want to experience the exciting art, music, and nightlife. Berlin is a mixture of beautiful architecture from different eras and the city is buzzing with life. So if you've..
We end up in a never-ending mind-battle, distressing about how to properly allocate the available budget and how to arrange cost-related activities every time we plan to have an economical Trip to Europe or elsewhere. Plane Tickets are probably the number one concern every time we dream of having a journey somewhere abroad, as of..


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I've never thought of it that way. That's what you call old people in 55+ Senior Living Communities who play a lot of golf and tend to their gardens. At least, that's the image "empty nest" conjures.
The thought of it makes me wistful for my own relative youth as a newer parent and for the times when my kids (seemingly) needed me more. Maybe they'll still need me — or better yet, want me — as an integral part of their lives through their process of leaving the nest. I'm confident we've done our best as parents and the kids are ready to move on as they should with their lives as we adapt to new roles and arrangements.
My son Daniel attended his senior prom on May 20 and will be graduating high school on May 25. He looked great, a handsome young man in his tuxedo with the purple vest, bow tie and kerchief to match his date's dress.
I'm proud of Daniel. He assumed a heavy academic load in high school, taking many Advanced Placement and Honors classes, and earning college credits through AP exams and several community college courses. He certainly took on more academic challenges than I ever did, which is perhaps also a sign of the increased pressures placed on kids today and more intense competition, and handled them with confidence and a cool resolve. He was admitted to the university of his choice, and received some scholarship money, for which I am both proud and grateful.
Daniel (second from left) and friends. A sharp bunch! Lucky girls!
classmates for a pre-prom party (and parents' photo-shoot marathon). It was a joy to see him interacting with so many friends and acquaintances.
He also recently got his first job at a restaurant, taking on adult responsibilities and earning his keep, another sign of the bird discovering its wings to escape the nest.
My daughter Rebecca has been spreading her wings for a while, most recently all over Europe while on a college junior year study semester abroad in Lyon, France. She'll return at the end of May, and surely will be busy reconnecting with friends, looking for work and arranging senior year.
I'll be teaching tennis this summer in Bethany Beach, DE, as part of my career transition to counseling, while on break from classes and internships. The kids will be bouncing this summer from their mom and step-mom, and traveling with friends. I'll come home to visit, and hopefully they can visit me at the beach.
So we'll be scattered and all pursuing our own more independent lives this summer. I'm anticipating the idea of an "empty nest" may start sinking in.


Kim Wilde – The Second Time (Go For It) – Official Music Video. "The Second Time" is the first single from 1984 album Teases & Dares (re-titled "Go for It" for North America). It reached number 7 in Switzerland, #9 in Germany and Denmark and #23 on the UK singles chart.


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Het Theaterplein is een plein in de Belgische stad Antwerpen. Het plein wordt begrensd door de Maria Pijpelincxstraat, de Oudevaartplaats, de Nieuwstad en de Meistraat. Aan de noordzijde van het plein ligt de Stadsschouwburg Antwerpen.

Vroeger lagen tussen de Oudevaartplaats en de Meistraat twee straten die nu verdwenen zijn: de Kanonstraat en de Bonte Mantelstraat. Het Theaterplein ontstond in de jaren 1970 door de afbraak van de daar gelegen huizenblokken, die aan het einde van de Tweede Wereldoorlog zwaar beschadigd waren geraakt. Op 28 oktober 1944, kort na de bevrijding van Antwerpen, werd de Bonte Mantelstraat getroffen door de inslag van een V2-raket. Daarbij vielen 71 doden en 81 gewonden en werd de hele buurt in puin gelegd.

In de jaren 1970 verrees de stadschouwburg op de open ruimte tussen Hopland, Maria Pijpelincxstraat, Meistraat en Kanonstraat, die gekend stond als het Oud Arsenaalplein. Voordien stonden op het plein het Arsenal de Construction en het klooster van de ongeschoeide karmelieten (discalsen).Ten zuiden van de schouwburg werd het Theaterplein aangelegd. Het Theaterplein werd in 1980 verder vergroot door de afbraak van een elektriciteitscentrale aan de Nieuwstad.

In 2008 werd het plein verbouwd. Het oppervlak werd verhoogd en er werd een grote, transparante luifelconstructie gebouwd. Daarnaast werden aan de kant van de Nieuwstad hedendaagse tuinen geplaatst. Het plein loopt nu langzaam op naar de stadsschouwburg en HETPALEIS.

Wekelijks wordt er op zaterdag een exotische markt op het Theaterplein gehouden en op zondag staat er een deel van de Vogelenmarkt.

Plein in Antwerpen (stad)

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Free Weights vs Machines- The battle!
It seems like everyone has an opinion on this debate. Which is better- free weights or machines? I asked my trainer friends what they thought and it was pretty much split in half. One group loved free weights and the other loved machines.
Those that are just beginning to strength train, those that are rehabilitating a body part, those who want to isolate a particular muscle, and those that want to lift large amounts of weight would be better off selecting a machine. It is safer for your circumstances.
Here's why, free weights require users to have a base of strength, balance and coordination. Machines provide that balance for you. Using a machine the strength trainer can lift a weight in a relatively safe manner. The exercise is guided along a pre-set path that does not allow for unsafe movements. With free weights you are left to your own devices. Your exercise path is whatever feels best for you.
If you are setting up your own in-home gym, I would go with a set of dumbbells. They are less expensive and take up less space. Less is good. Buying an all-in-one machine may be what interests you more and that's fine. Just be sure that all of the cable lines are of strong and high quality material. Otherwise they will wear out over time.
If you want variety in your exercise program, try free weights. You can virtually do any exercise you want. You can also add in fun side kicks such as a stability ball or balance board. With machines you are limited to the one exercise it was built to perform.
In the end, the decision is yours. I think everyone has their own opinion on which is better because we all have different goals and tastes. Go with what you enjoy and prefer. Just be sure to keep your routine fresh and fun.
Lynn VanDyke is the proud owner of http://www.strength-training-woman.com. She is a certified personal trainer, nutritionist and yoga instructor.


I was recently asked, "why would my muscles be tender to touch and achy even if I haven't injured myself ?" The truth is that there is more than one reason. Poor posture and unhealthy diet top the list and are the two more important reasons that I would like to briefly discuss today.
The muscles in the human body are designed to move fluidly through a designated range of motion where they will hold the body in proper posture. Due to our jobs and lifestyles, our posture deviates from the "proper" form and causes our muscles to overcompensate to regain the posture. When the posture can't be achieved because the muscles aren't strong enough, the body lays down scar tissue and causes the muscles to stay in spasm and act as a "cast" to avoid from deviating any further from the norm. Muscles that are in constant spasm become over worked and fatigued which annoy the nerves that innervate with the muscles. Irritated nerves become highly sensitive to touch, in fact too much aggravation to the nerves will cause the muscle to increase spasm and start the cycle over again. If this cycle continues over and over again, it will soon effect more of the body's function that just the muscle.
Unhealthy diet can also contribute to nerve annoyances in the muscles, causing them to be overly tender to the touch. In today's world, most foods that are purchased are filled with synthetic additives, preservatives, and harmful chemicals. Consumption of these foods effect our bodies from the cellular level in our digestive tract and has a domino effect to our brain and muscle fibers. Think of the internal body as an open cut in the skin and now think of the foods of an unhealthy diet as dirt. When a wound in the skin is kept clean it heals quickly with little scarring but on the other hand if the wound is dirty then there is a high risk for pain and infection. When you eat poorly the internal pain associated with that diet can even cause you to deviate from your proper posture as well. It's easy to see that the better you eat, the better you feel overall.
Sensitive muscles that are tender to the touch can quickly become annoying to the point of effecting your everyday life. The goal to avoid this is to remove the root cause. You can easily alter your diet to keep your insides healthy. As far as posture goes, it would be best to start with professional analysis to identify the postural defects. The next step would be to help realign posture. Stretching, Strength Training, and Therapeutic Massage are great ways to achieve these goals. Stretching the appropriate muscles that have been tightened and shortened due to poor posture, as well as strengthening core muscles – as well as all other stabilizing muscles in the body will help to keep the body in it's proper posture. These tasks alone can be daunting and troublesome and this is where therapeutic massage can make a difference. Many know that massage can help to reduce tension in the muscles and stretch muscle fibers, but what most don't understand is that massage can stimulate weak muscles to activate and help flush unwanted toxins from the body. With this combination, you can live a life with minimal pain and discomfort.
I really like your coverage of this subject… from lactic acid to enviromental toxins, our body is a scorecard of our exposures and inabilities to process and filter out certain things. Great job on brringing this little-discussed topic to light!


Bonhoeffer was born in 1906, son of a professor of psychiatry and neurology at the University of Berlin. He was an outstanding student, and at the age of 25 became a lecturer in systematic theology at the same University. When Hitler came to power in 1933, Bonhoeffer became a leading spokesman for the Confessing Church, the center of Protestant resistance to the Nazis. He organized and for a time led the underground seminary of the Confessing Church. His book Life Together describes the life of the Christian community in that seminary, and his book The Cost of Discipleship attacks what he calls "cheap grace," meaning grace used as an excuse for moral laxity. Bonhoeffer had been taught not to "resist the powers that be," but he came to believe that to do so was sometimes the right choice. In 1939 his brother-in-law introduced him to a group planning the overthrow of Hitler, and he made significant contributions to their work. (He was at this time an employee of the Military Intelligence Department.) He was arrested in April 1943 and imprisoned in Berlin. After the failure of the attempt on Hitler's life in April 1944, he was sent first to Buchenwald and then to Schoenberg Prison. His life was spared, because he had a relative who stood high in the government; but then this relative was himself implicated in anti-Nazi plots. On Sunday 8 April 1945, he had just finished conducting a service of worship at Schoenberg, when two soldiers came in, saying, "Prisoner Bonhoeffer, make ready and come with us," the standard summons to a condemned prisoner. As he left, he said to another prisoner, "This is the end — but for me, the beginning — of life." He was hanged the next day, less than a week before the Allies reached the camp.


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Pest explosions could follow in the wake of climate change
Written by Jacob Dykes
Published in Climate
Some wheat fields in Australia have been ravaged by a plague of mice
As climate change dysregulates weather patterns, cases of pest explosions could increase
A biblical explosion of mice has been ravaging Australia's southern and eastern agricultural regions in recent months. New South Wales Farmers, an agricultural association, estimates that damage to crops will reach AU$1 billion.
Conditions for the plague are strongly linked to climate change, particularly the successive, intense droughts that culminated in the Australian wildfires of 2019–2020 and the heavy rainfall that followed. This shift led to bumper crop yields, helped along by struggling farmers who sowed more than 23 million hectares of land to compensate for wildfire losses. Steven Belmain, an ecologist and agricultural pest expert at the Natural Resources Institute at the University of Greenwich attributes much of the plague to this confluence of climate-related and agricultural factors: 'Usually, you'd have a dry season with minimal vegetation which would collapse the rodent population. But this year, rains have continued into the following season.'
More than 60 known diseases are transmitted by rodents. 'We're most concerned that the perfect environment for disease emergence is being created because of the interactions of abnormal weather patterns, rodent outbreaks and the spread of diseases like leptospirosis, bubonic plague and lassa fever,' says Belmain. Many rodent-transmitted diseases are becoming more resistant to available treatments. Madagascar, for example, has seen outbreaks of rodent-transmitted, antibiotic-resistant plague in recent years, which have since been successfully controlled. 'However, control gets harder when rodent populations have these huge boom and bust cycles of population growth that we're seeing in many parts of the world now,' says Belmain.
Mice swarming in a shed at Tullamore in central New South Wales, Australia
Rodent outbreaks are not the only concern. Increased numbers of cyclones create good conditions for insect-pest outbreaks. In May 2018, an unusually powerful cyclone, Mekunu, made landfall over the Arabian Peninsula before crossing over Oman, bringing heavy rainfall all the way to Saudi Arabia. The warm, sandy and wet soils were the perfect conditions for desert locusts to hatch. Usually after wet periods, dry conditions kill off locusts, but cyclone Luban followed in October 2018. Then, at the end of 2019, yet another, Pawan, carried the locusts across to East Africa, where they entered the 'gregarious' phase of their life cycle, causing huge crop damages in East Africa. 'Such events are likely to increase in the future,' wrote the authors a 2020 commentary on the East African desert locust plague, published in Nature Climate Change. 'The increased cyclone frequency and more extreme climate variability could increase the likelihood of pest outbreaks and spread, adding compromised food security to the consequences of storms themselves.'
To many, these events highlight that climate change is not simply a phenomenon that ends with higher annual temperatures and extreme weather; the consequences ripple outward, and are felt most acutely by nations wrestling with political instability, poor governance and limited financial resource. But pest outbreaks could also catch richer countries off guard. 'There's a real issue of prediction and resource allocation coming as pests move around the world,' Belmain says. Research shows that since 1960, crop pests and vector-borne diseases have been moving at three kilometres per year towards the Earth's poles as temperatures rise. That is likely to bring novel pests and their associated diseases to areas currently without established control operations. 'Hantavirus and Congo hemorrhagic fever, for example, are moving upwards towards the UK with climate change,' says Belmain. Just another of the things we can look forward to with a warming climate.
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When it comes to treatment, Dr Anand Sachithanandan emphasises the need for early detection of lung cancer.
While lung cancer shares the stage with colon cancer as the common form of cancer in men, lung cancer has a higher mortality rate because it is often detected too late, says Dr Anand Sachithanandan, consultant cardiothoracic surgeon at Subang Jaya Medical Centre.
"From the results of several local surveys, it was noted that around 90% of people know that smoking causes lung cancer, which is good. However, 50% to 60% of participants mistakenly think only men get lung cancer, and about 70% think that lung cancer is a communicable disease," says Dr Anand.
For primary care doctors, Dr Anand has some advice, "These doctors see many patients with various ailments daily, hence some may overlook the differential diagnosis of lung cancer and provide patients with 'normal' treatments such as cough mixture or antibiotics.
Lifetime risk of lung cancer.
When it comes to treatment, Dr Anand emphasises the need for early detection of lung cancer. "There are two goals when treating lung cancer. The goal of treatment for early stage cancer is curative, where we hope to cure the patient.
After surgery, follow-up screenings are done for a minimum of five years to ensure total eradication of the cancer from the body.
Multimodality in treatment is practised, as some patients require further treatment before or after surgery such as chemotherapy and radiotherapy to ensure complete tumour clearance and minimise the chances of recurrence.
Patients with later stages of lung cancer will usually be treated with palliative or symptomatic intent, where treatment focuses on controlling the tumour.
Rarely is surgery performed to relieve the patients of their pain or distressing symptoms, such as if the tumour is eroding into the chest wall, they are coughing up blood, and they have fluid around their lungs.
Lung cancer survival rate in Malaysia.
Recent policy changes passed by the government to ban smoking from eateries and restaurants show that efforts are being made towards increasing public awareness on the dangers of smoking.
♦ Non-smokers should know that they have the right to inhale smoke-free fresh air.
♦ Make a sincere and concerted effort to quit smoking. Better still, don't start smoking in the first place.
♦ Eat in moderation and exercise regularly.
♦ Go for health screenings.
However, he recognises that prevention itself is not enough as there is still a problem with stigma and misconceptions relating to lung cancer, which affects the way the public and even doctors view lung cancer patients.
Cooking fumes at high temperatures in a confined space may contribute to lung cancer.
Long-term exposure to second-hand smoke inadvertently makes people passive smokers.
Cigarette residue on furniture and surroundings may also cause lung cancer.
For more information, call 03-5639 1212.
what are the symptoms if any for lung cancer?
As mentioned in the article above, most people only detected cancer when it's already in a later stage simply because cancer such as lung and liver cancer have no symptoms in its early stage.
Hence, prevention of diseases is the key.
Your knowledge and view of lung cancer and prevention is very informative.
Thank you for your insight into this horrible disease.
assurance too and only a doctor can do that for them. Please be gentle to this souls.
I am curious on the info that report on the specificity of wok cooking is listed as a cause!
Secondly, I learn now there is a 3rd hand smoke!
What about the Johnson baby powder with asbestos ? Are the baby powder used today asbestos free?
Based on your graph been with stage 1, the % survival @ 37% doesn't look very positive. Hope for better detection ….