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Mediterrania Capital Partners exits C.E.C.I., Morocco's leading trailer manufacturer and truck assembler
13-12-2022. Malta. Mediterrania Capital Partners, a Private Equity firm focused on growth investments for SMEs and mid-cap companies in North Africa and Sub-Saharan countries, announces it has exited C.E.C.I. (Centrale Equipement Carrosserie Industrielle), Morocco's leading trailer manufacturer and truck assembler.
Founded in 2004, C.E.C.I. operates in the truck and bus assembly, trailer and car body manufacturing and automotive spare parts business in Morocco and Algeria. The group owns a 27,000 sq. m. factory in Casablanca and three after-sales service centres in Casablanca, Agadir and Tangiers. In 2013, a local production plant was established in Algeria, expanding C.E.C.I.'s operations outside Morocco.
Nowadays C.E.C.I. is the largest player in the market, with top-quality industrial tooling and a well-structured organisation working with major groups such as Krone, Dhollandia, Renault and Renault Trucks, AB Volvo, Ford, KIA, Webasto, Thermo King and Mitsubishi.
Mediterrania Capital Partners invested in C.E.C.I. through its MC II fund with the objective to support C.E.C.I. in its development plans in the growing Transport and Logistics sector in Morocco.
Under Mediterrania Capital Partners' guidance, C.E.C.I. brought engineering, architecture and design services in-house enabling the development of its own body moulds for manufacturing truck body parts. C.E.C.I. also entered new business segments with custom-built trucks, trailers and semi-trailers for specific uses such as mobile banking or health units, and developed a proprietary range of flatbed trailers manufactured in Turkey as well as a new transformation offereing for Renault and PSA passenger cars and light commercial vehichles.
During Mediterrania's partial ownership, C.E.C.I. launched several employee training programmes and implemented different projects to modernise its plants, redefining the layout between the various sections, improving workplace ergonomics and setting up dedicated booths equipped with exhaust ventilation to minimise the employees' exposure to toxic fumes and hazardous materials. Those initiatives provided a healthier and more efficient working environment and helped increase the job security and satisfaction of C.E.C.I.'s staff.
At the same time, C.E.C.I. launched an environmental and climate strategy focusing on the energy and chemicals used and the impact of its emissions and waste which led the group to strive to minimise residuals and increase the level of recycling and reusability of the materials.
Mediterrania Capital Partners' exit from C.E.C.I. has been executed through an MBO led by CECI's management team.
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Aprelle Duany with her collection of bags in New York. Photo by Eric Acquaye.
The Fashion Designers to Watch
By Eric Acquaye
It's no secret that there is a new wave of African designers that are making a major splash in the world of fashion. We already know and love many clothing designers that are breaking the mold on the Continent, but there's also a bevy of new accessory designers that we have our eye on to be the next big thing in fashion.
We recently stopped by the Nolcha lounge during New York Fashion week in New York City to shed light on some of these talents. We discovered some of the hippest accessory designers in the business today. These four designers are doing everything from handbags, to shoes, to jewelry design–are are doing it big and very right. Each one with a different style and story, they are without a doubt the ones to watch.
Aprelle Duany
Aprelle Duany stands with her collection in New York. Photo by Eric Acquaye.
The first designer that caught our attention was Aprelle Duany. Aprelle is a New York City raised, Kenya based, handbag designer, and her brand boasts the best of both worlds. She says that the calling to create her brand stemmed from her being unsatisfied while working her 9 to 5 job in New York City. Cautious, but craving change, she saved her money, quit her job and enrolled at the Fashion Institute of Technology where she graduated Summa Cum Laude. Just as she was ready to take on the big city, she decided instead to relocate to South Sudan so that her husband could also live his dream of helping his home country.
After doing well to establish two successful children's organizations there, they suddenly found themselves in the middle of a war. Aprelle says it was then that she prayed for protection. She promised God and herself that if her and her family were to make it out alive, she would no longer take her gifts for granted and make the most out of life. In 2014, she got the chance to make good on that promise and launched her brand, APRELLEDUANY. Since then she has been making beautiful custom leather handbags for the modern woman. Handbags we adore! You can find them and more on Aprelle at www.aprelleduany.com
Sammy Abdella
Sammy Abdella in New York. Photo by Eric Acquaye.
The next designer we met was Sammy Abdella. Hailing from Ethiopia, Sammy and his company strive to strengthen the local communities there. He spoke to us about how passionate he was about preserving the country's long history of weaving while trying to infuse it with new inspiration and styles. He hires local weavers, embroiderers, cotton spinners and dyers to ensure that the local talent is utilized and employed. His company's mission has been to empower and employ marginalized groups while ensuring the production of quality products. One of which we admire very much.
Having started the company in 2007, Sammy, handmade in Ethiopia, has grown tremendously. They have now expanded to making a large range of scarves, bags, throws, pillow covers, runners and even curtains. If you are the kind of consumer that appreciates local handcrafted goods, then Sammy is the brand for you. You can find Sammy, handmade in Ethiopia, in many stores around the world, including Africa, Asia, Europe, The UK and The USA. Even high end department stores like Barney's have picked up the brand and Sammy hopes that this is just the beginning. He plans to expand the brand with more product ranges and added artisan efforts. You can find out more about Sammy, hand made in Ethiopia, at www.sammyethiopia.com.
Ami Shah
Ami Shah in New York. Photo by Eric Acquaye.
Words like chic and luxurious should be no stranger to our third designer, because that's exactly what her brand exemplifies. Ami Shah is a Kenyan based jewelry designer that is setting a standard for the best in her field. Her sleek, contoured designs are undeniably chic, and they take after their designer! This comes as no surprise seeing as though Ami holds a degree in jewelry and silversmithing from the Burmingham School of Art and Design in the UK. She was also the recipient of the Goldsmith's award for best design in 2001. Then after taking a 14-year detour to work in advertising, she decided to return to her passion of jewelry making, and that's when IAMI was born.
Ami describes her collections as pieces for the design conscious woman or man that have an adventurous and eclectic sense of style. Since the brands conception, IAMI has won several other awards, been featured in two books and has been exhibited in multiple venues around the world. The future of IAMI may include new design products including lighting, home accessories and furniture. All with the continued theme of sourcing and producing locally in Kenya as her collections currently are made. We see big things in this brand's future and we'll surely be watching it in the years to come. You can find more information on IAMI at www.amidoshishah.com
Mahlet Afework
MAFIMAFI by Ethiopian designer, Mahlet Afework. Photo by Eric Acquaye.
The last but by no means the least on our list was MAFIMAFI by Ethiopian designer, Mahlet Afework. Some may recognize this brand, as this designer is no stranger to the fashion industry. A formal model and musician having transitioned into a clothing designer and now taking on a shoe line with the same drive and individuality, MAFI is definitely one on our list to watch. Using only hand woven fabrics and materials made by women, she has created a company that not only compliments her stylish clients, but also one that uplifts and empowers women in her community.
Shoes are not usually an accessory that you associate with weaving, but let us be the first to tell you that MAFI is breaking the mold with their new woven shoe collection! So beautiful and unique, you purchase a piece of Ethiopian tradition and art with every pair. We're not too surprised as Mahlet has shown at Africa Fashion Week and has already won several awards. This brand is a well-oiled engine that is not set on stopping anytime soon–a train we are happy to jump aboard anytime. Find more on Mahlet and her brand MAFI at www.mafimafi.com
So there you have it! These are my picks for ZNews accessory designers to watch. We expect big things from all of these brands in the seasons to come and we encourage our readers to look them up and support their brands. You can find more highlights on these designers and many other great brands by visiting www.nolcha.com
Eric Acquaye covers fashion and travel for ZNews Africa. He is an award-winning fashion and celebrity Photographer, Writer and Creative Director based in New York. His editorial work and commercial campaigns have been featured in a variety of international print and digital publications. He is a GQ Magazine Insider, with a degree in styling and fashion from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York.
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Charles Lomodong February 23, 2017 at 9:00 am
Great positive piece Eric. Some talents coming out of Africa, tailoring their craft to the modern age, but still not far from the colorful, and unique African influences. Great minds!
Maria Smith October 21, 2017 at 5:31 pm
Thank you very much for your blog.
I enjoyed reading this article.
Tracy Glastrong November 3, 2017 at 9:38 am
Very impressive blog.
Interesting article right on the subject.
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Give Douglas Ross a chance
Effie Deans August 6, 2020	Comment 1 Comment 707 Views
There is a new Conservative strategy about Scotland. It is for this reason that we will soon have Douglas Ross as Scottish Conservative leader. It is also the reason why Conservatives will attempt to turn the conversation in Scotland away from independence towards the SNP's domestic record.
Ross first came to my attention in 2017 when he was able to overturn Angus Robertson's 9000 majority in Moray. I don't follow football, but somehow, I was vaguely aware that Ross refereed Scottish football matches. If he can handle Old Firm games, then surely, he can take on Nicola Sturgeon. I also was impressed by how Ross debated with Alyn Smith in the Commons over claims that there was a Westminster power grab.
I disagreed with the way Ross resigned last May, but this was the last spasm of the Remain corpse so let us move on.
If Ross wins the leadership of the Scottish Conservatives, he will have my support. I urge you to support him too. At the very least let's give him a chance to show what he can do. Let's have an open mind about the possibility of Conservative success in Scotland. Let's cease being so gloomy and pessimistic.
It is right from time to time to discuss Scottish independence. It is the most important issue in Scottish politics. At times it appears to be the only issue. It is the defining issue that determines how someone votes.
For this reason, I regularly put forward the reasons why I oppose Scottish independence. I put forward the disadvantages and the logical inconsistencies of the SNP argument.
My argument is essentially this. Scotland of course could become independent and could in time if a Scottish Government made sensible choices become prosperous but setting up a new state would not be easy and would involve a decade or more of tax rises and spending cuts. This is usually called "Tory austerity". The result would be that Scotland would become a region of the European Union with less power and rather less independence than we have at present. Scottish nationalists would be able to wave flags and feel pride in re-establishing Scotland as an "independent" nation state, but it is unlikely in the short term that we would come close to the prosperity of Norway or Denmark.
But we would have destroyed the United Kingdom, partitioned Britain and put some sort of regulatory border between England and Scotland. Worse than these things we might light the fires of English nationalism smouldering since the time of Queen Anne sowing discord not merely in England but in Wales and Northern Ireland too. For this we would rightly never be forgiven.
But it is better strategically to treat Scottish independence as a dead issue. Every time there is a slight increase in various, possibly dubious, opinion polls we all start debating the issue as if it is 2014 again. Why don't we instead say that was decided decisively six years ago and move on to talk of other things.
The SNP have power without responsibility. They have a lot of power. We have come to realise in the past few months just how much power they have. They can decide where you can go on holiday. They can tell you to stay at home for as long as they want to. They can decide whether you can go to a restaurant or a pub and they can decide when your child goes to school. All of these things they can decide even though the British Government has a different policy.
On most areas of ordinary Scottish life, it is the Scottish Government that is responsible. What's more a Scottish MP has the power to influence life in the UK as a whole and England in particular. We saw this last year when the Government lacked a working majority. The idea that SNP MPs have no power is preposterous. They very nearly were able to stop Britain leaving the EU or else leaving in name only. It was a strategic failure of SNP MPs that they did not achieve this result. It was down to their mistakes, no one else's.
But despite SNP MPs and MSPs having a great deal of power they are never held to account for their mistakes. Whatever good things happen in Scotland are due to the SNP. Whatever bad things happen are blamed on Westminster. The Conservative Government has received almost zero credit for the Furlough Scheme and the increases in spending that has helped keep Scots in work and our businesses from going bust. Scottish nationalists just take the money that we get because we are British citizens and fellow countrymen and sneer about selfish Tories while planning to walk away without paying our debts. But if we had been independent, we would have received no such grants without strings from the EU nor from any other country. Instead we would have had full on SNP austerity for decades.
It is a critical failure of Scottish politics and journalism that those areas that the SNP are responsible for are not clearly distinguished from those which they are not. If a hospital is not built, it is the SNP's fault. If more old people die in care homes in Scotland than in Denmark it is the SNP's fault. If more Scots die of Covid in Scotland in percentage terms than in France, then it is the SNP's fault.
It is no good comparing ourselves to England all the time. This is merely a symptom of our ingrained Anglophobia. On devolved issues Scotland already is as independent as any EU member state. We already have the powers to raise taxes. If we choose not to do so, then it is the SNP's fault.
On every single devolved issue Scotland must be measured not against what England does but against what each European country does. It's no use saying if we were independent, we would have all the money we needed to do this or that. Scotland already has higher public spending per capita than most of Europe. If Scottish outcomes on health and education are worse than a European country with similar levels of public spending, it is the SNP's fault. There is no one else to blame. It is a sign of deep-seated prejudice and insecurity that we blame Westminster for something that is our fault.
If Douglas Ross becomes Scottish Conservative leader, I hope that he will relentlessly criticise SNP performance on devolved issues while explaining how Conservatives would run Scotland so that all Scots got better services. A Scottish Conservative Government by working with Westminster rather than continually and automatically opposing everything that Boris Johnson decides because he is English, posh and a Tory, would achieve a far better outcome for Scotland. Give Douglas Ross a chance to do this.
This post was originally published by the author on her personal blog: https://www.effiedeans.com/2020/08/give-douglas-ross-chance.html
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"light the fires of English nationalism". I cannot believe that the poor English should be the object of such fear. The English have been endlessly bullied by British governments that have openly described us as a "threat" (Jack Straw). We even had devolution without true representation for England. I would be happy for the Union to continue but the only threat that the English represent is tolerance. As you yourself say, sometimes too much tolerance.


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Colin Sutherland	Player Profile
Colin Sutherland (b. 1975)
Full Name: Colin Sutherland
Born: March 15th, 1975 (Glasgow)
Height: 5' 11
Signed: March 4th, 1994
First Manager: Brian Wright
Career Totals: 73 appearances, 1 goals
Playing History
Draw %
Loss %
1999-2000 First Division 9 0 - 0 0 11.1% 11.1% 77.8%
1996-97 First Division 11 0 - 0 0 27.3% 9.1% 63.6%
1995-96 First Division 29 0 - 0 0 31.0% 24.1% 44.8%
1994-95 First Division 9 (1) 0 - 0 0 10.0% 20.0% 70.0%
1993-94 First Division 12 (2) 1 0.07 3 1 35.7% 42.9% 21.4%
Totals: 70 (3)	 1
Competition: All Competitions Anglo-Scottish Cup Central League Cup Challenge Cup Drybrough Cup Evening Times Cup League League Cup Scottish Cup Scottish Junior Cup Sectional League Cup Spring Cup West of Scotland Cup
Apps = First Team Appearances (Sub Appearances) | Gls = Goals
Cln = Clean Sheets | CtGR = Clean Sheets to Games Ratio | W/D/L - Games won, drawn or lost as percentage of games played in
Yel = Yellow Cards/Cautions | Red = Red Cards/Dismissals
Recent First Team Starts
Apr 15th, 2000 15/04/00 League Division 1 vs. Dunfermline (A) 0 - 6
Apr 8th, 2000 08/04/00 League Division 1 vs. Livingston (H) 1 - 2
Mar 18th, 2000 18/03/00 League Division 1 vs. Ayr Utd (A) 0 - 4
Mar 11th, 2000 11/03/00 League Division 1 vs. St Mirren (A) 0 - 8
Mar 7th, 2000 07/03/00 League Division 1 vs. Raith Rovers (H) 2 - 1
Recent First Team Goals
Mar 22nd, 1994 22/03/94 League Division 1 vs. Airdrie (H) 2 - 1
List of Goals Scored (click to expand)
Mar 22nd, 1994 22/03/94 League Division 1 vs. Airdrie (H) 2 - 1 (37')
List of Games Played (click to expand)
Mar 4th, 2000 04/03/00 League Division 1 vs. Inverness CT (H) 0 - 1
Feb 26th, 2000 26/02/00 League Division 1 vs. Morton (A) 0 - 1
Feb 19th, 2000 19/02/00 Scottish Cup 4th Round vs. Hibernian (A) 1 - 1
Feb 5th, 2000 05/02/00 League Division 1 vs. Dunfermline (H) 1 - 3
Dec 11th, 1996 11/12/96 League Division 1 vs. Airdrie (A) 1 - 3
Nov 2nd, 1996 02/11/96 League Division 1 vs. Falkirk (H) 0 - 1
Oct 5th, 1996 05/10/96 League Division 1 vs. Dundee (A) 1 - 2
Sep 28th, 1996 28/09/96 League Division 1 vs. Partick Th (A) 0 - 1
Sep 21st, 1996 21/09/96 League Division 1 vs. St Johnstone (H) 2 - 1
Sep 14th, 1996 14/09/96 League Division 1 vs. Falkirk (A) 0 - 2
Sep 7th, 1996 07/09/96 League Division 1 vs. St Mirren (H) 2 - 1
Aug 24th, 1996 24/08/96 League Division 1 vs. Stirling Albion (H) 1 - 0
Aug 17th, 1996 17/08/96 League Division 1 vs. Morton (A) 0 - 3
Aug 14th, 1996 14/08/96 League Cup 2nd Round vs. Rangers (N) 0 - 3
Aug 10th, 1996 10/08/96 Challenge Cup 1st Round vs. East Stirlingshire (H) 0 - 0
May 4th, 1996 04/05/96 League Division 1 vs. St Mirren (A) 2 - 1
Apr 27th, 1996 27/04/96 League Division 1 vs. Hamilton Accies (H) 1 - 3
Apr 20th, 1996 20/04/96 League Division 1 vs. Dundee (A) 0 - 3
Apr 13th, 1996 13/04/96 League Division 1 vs. Airdrie (H) 2 - 1
Apr 6th, 1996 06/04/96 League Division 1 vs. Morton (A) 0 - 0
Mar 2nd, 1996 02/03/96 League Division 1 vs. St Johnstone (H) 1 - 2
Feb 24th, 1996 24/02/96 League Division 1 vs. Hamilton Accies (A) 1 - 1
Feb 17th, 1996 17/02/96 League Division 1 vs. Dumbarton (H) 1 - 0
Jan 30th, 1996 30/01/96 Scottish Cup 3rd Round vs. Stirling Albion (H) 0 - 1
Jan 23rd, 1996 23/01/96 League Division 1 vs. St Johnstone (A) 1 - 3
Jan 20th, 1996 20/01/96 League Division 1 vs. Morton (H) 0 - 1
Jan 16th, 1996 16/01/96 League Division 1 vs. Dundee (H) 0 - 1
Jan 13th, 1996 13/01/96 League Division 1 vs. Dunfermline (A) 3 - 4
Dec 2nd, 1995 02/12/95 League Division 1 vs. Morton (A) 0 - 3
Nov 25th, 1995 25/11/95 League Division 1 vs. St Johnstone (H) 2 - 0
Nov 18th, 1995 18/11/95 League Division 1 vs. Dumbarton (A) 2 - 1
Nov 11th, 1995 11/11/95 League Division 1 vs. Dunfermline (H) 0 - 4
Oct 14th, 1995 14/10/95 League Division 1 vs. Airdrie (A) 1 - 1
Oct 7th, 1995 07/10/95 League Division 1 vs. Morton (H) 1 - 0
Sep 30th, 1995 30/09/95 League Division 1 vs. Dumbarton (H) 2 - 1
Sep 26th, 1995 26/09/95 Challenge Cup Quarter Final vs. Dundee Utd (H) 0 - 1
Sep 23rd, 1995 23/09/95 League Division 1 vs. St Johnstone (A) 2 - 2
Sep 16th, 1995 16/09/95 League Division 1 vs. Dundee Utd (H) 1 - 2
Sep 12th, 1995 12/09/95 Challenge Cup 2nd Round vs. St Johnstone (H) 3 - 0
Sep 9th, 1995 09/09/95 League Division 1 vs. Dunfermline (A) 1 - 2
Sep 2nd, 1995 02/09/95 League Division 1 vs. Dundee (H) 1 - 1
Aug 27th, 1995 27/08/95 League Division 1 vs. Hamilton Accies (A) 2 - 0
Aug 19th, 1995 19/08/95 League Cup 2nd Round vs. Motherwell (H) 1 - 1
Aug 12th, 1995 12/08/95 League Division 1 vs. St Mirren (H) 1 - 1
Apr 22nd, 1995 22/04/95 League Division 1 vs. Hamilton Accies (H) 1 - 4
Apr 15th, 1995 15/04/95 League Division 1 vs. Ayr Utd (A) 0 - 1
Apr 4th, 1995 04/04/95 League Division 1 vs. Raith Rovers (H) 1 - 2
Apr 1st, 1995 01/04/95 League Division 1 vs. St Johnstone (A) 0 - 1
Mar 18th, 1995 18/03/95 League Division 1 vs. Dundee (A) 2 - 3
Sep 10th, 1994 10/09/94 League Division 1 vs. Dundee (H) 5 - 2
Sep 3rd, 1994 03/09/94 League Division 1 vs. Raith Rovers (A) 1 - 1
Aug 27th, 1994 27/08/94 League Division 1 vs. St Mirren (A) 1 - 2
Aug 16th, 1994 16/08/94 League Cup 2nd Round vs. Motherwell (A) 1 - 3 (sub)
May 14th, 1994 14/05/94 League Division 1 vs. Falkirk (H) 1 - 1
May 7th, 1994 07/05/94 League Division 1 vs. Clyde (A) 1 - 1
Apr 30th, 1994 30/04/94 League Division 1 vs. Dumbarton (H) 2 - 0
Apr 26th, 1994 26/04/94 League Division 1 vs. Airdrie (A) 0 - 0
Apr 9th, 1994 09/04/94 League Division 1 vs. St Mirren (A) 0 - 2
Apr 2nd, 1994 02/04/94 League Division 1 vs. Morton (A) 1 - 1
Mar 29th, 1994 29/03/94 League Division 1 vs. Dunfermline (H) 0 - 1
Mar 19th, 1994 19/03/94 League Division 1 vs. Hamilton Accies (H) 3 - 2
Mar 5th, 1994 05/03/94 League Division 1 vs. Brechin City (A) 1 - 0
Feb 26th, 1994 26/02/94 League Division 1 vs. Stirling Albion (A) 2 - 1
Jan 22nd, 1994 22/01/94 League Division 1 vs. Dunfermline (A) 0 - 2 (sub)
Nov 9th, 1993 09/11/93 League Division 1 vs. Falkirk (H) 1 - 1 (sub)
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Clydebank 1 - 1 Falkirk
League (Division 1)
Full Debut
Stirling Albion 1 - 2 Clydebank
Colin was born on this date in Glasgow.
Debut - Clydebank 1 - 1 Falkirk
Signed For Clydebank
First Goal - Clydebank 2 - 1 Airdrie
Tuesday, March 22nd, 1994
Last Appearance - Dunfermline 6 - 0 Clydebank
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Bureau moving into income protection
By System Administrator	 3rd June 2004 12:00 am
The Special Risks Bureau is extending its business to include income protection and impaired annuities from June and September respectively.
SRB, known for sourcing complex life and health policies since October 2003, will establish an income protection panel and a generic application form. These will be accessible to its 350 IFA member practices and a number of networks.
SRB expects most future enquiries to be occupationally rather than medically involved.
It says as the critical-illness market becomes more problematic, due partly to medical advances and greater regulatory pressures, so income protection will increase in popularity.
Executive chairman Garry Heath says income protection is the way forward in the long term and more providers are keen to promote it.
SRB will conduct research into the annuities market and look at prospective partners over the summer. Heath says although there are few players in the market, there is a lot of interest.
He says: "Income protection is a complex beast. It is a very good product that requires serious care, thought and training."
Headdon gets 6 year FSA ban
Former Equitable Life chief executive and appointed actuary Chris Headdon has been banned by the FSA from holding senior roles in financial services companies until May 2010. Headdon&#39s ban stems from a failure to disclose to the FSA a side-letter to an agreement with the Irish European Reinsurance Company that allowed for the cancellation of […]
3rd June 2004 12:00 am
Riding out the market
In my last article, I looked at aspects of portfolio plann-ing, including diversification, correlation, projecting investment returns and the measurement and use of volatility. In this and subsequent articles, I will concentrate on one part of portfolio planning – volatility – looking in turn at investment risk, the difference between average rates of return and […]
Sector switch boosts zeros
The newly created UK zeros sector should boost interest in funds which invest in the much criticised share class, according to Investec Asset Man- agement. Zeros, which were at the centre of the split-cap scandal, had until recently been lumped in the UK other bond sector, which contains a hotchpotch of virtually incomparable funds. But […]
Correspondent&#39s week
One of the joys of working for a Sunday newspaper is that Mondays tend to be quiet in the office. It is a good time to catch up on important things such as planning future features and replying to readers&#39 letters. Rachel, Jeff&#39s PA, interrupts proceedings but fortunately she is more interested in talking about […]
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RLAM's asset class specialists discuss some of the findings from the panel session at our recent Investment Conference. By Rob Williams, Head of Distribution Welcome to the latest edition of Leading Edge. It has been an eventful six months since the last e-zine. The European Central Bank announced ongoing stimulus measures, while the immigration crisis in Europe threw the […]
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Hall D is the newest of Jefferson Lab's four experimental halls. It is dedicated to the operation of a large-acceptance detector for experiments with a high-energy, polarized photon beam. The experiments are carried out by an international group of scientists called the GlueX collaboration.
The goal of the GlueX collaboration is to confirm a new property of the strong force – the force that binds together the quarks into protons and neutrons, and also binds the protons and neutrons into atomic nuclei. This new property predicts the existence of new (as-yet-unobserved) particles called hybrid mesons. While an ordinary meson consists of a quark and an anti-quark bound by the strong force, the hypothetical hybrid meson contains an additional object associated with the force itself. Such mesons should have certain properties – called quantum numbers – different from ordinary mesons. The goal of the GlueX experiment is the search and study of these hybrid mesons.
As with other halls at Jefferson Lab, Hall D is a facility that is not limited to a single scientific topic. Other experiments approved by the Program Advisory Committee (PAC) will measure the widths of pseudoscalar mesons and the pion polarizability in two-photon (Primakoff) reactions, and study rare decays of the eta-meson. Additional scientific topics are also under consideration.
The GlueX collaboration consists of more than 125 researchers from 28 institutions and 10 countries.
For more detailed and technical information about Hall D and its experimental program, click here.


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A: Finally, this works for me :)
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Find a unique selection of gifts from local artists that reflects Wave Hill's mission of connecting people with nature—fun and educational toys, hand-crafted soaps, gorgeous stationery, naturally inspired ceramics, glass and jewelry, seasonal plants, elegant accessories, gourmet treats and local honey. In-store events include demonstrations and tastings.
Winter Hours in The Shop
January 7 through March 9, The Shop is open Thursday through Sunday, 10AM–4PM.
Timber Press's Fall 2019 publication Nature into Art: The Gardens of Wave Hill is available for purchase by emailing TheShop@wavehill.org or by calling The Shop at 718.549.3200 x249. In tandem with the release of the book, this fall Ngoc Minh Ngo: Wave Hill Florilegium, a collection of vibrant, jewel-toned plant portraits—as well as a selection of the stunning photographs she took for the book—is on view in Wave Hill House. All of the photographs in the exhibition are available for sale through The Shop. See the attached checklist for more info. For purchases, please contact The Shop at 718.549.3200 x249 or by emailing TheShop@wavehill.org.
The Wave Hill Chair
The Wave Hill Chair, a signature product offered through The Shop, is based on a chair designed by the acclaimed Dutch architect Gerrit Rietveld in 1918 and now part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art. Compatible with virtually any architectural form, the Wave Hill Chair provides a welcome alternative to the Adirondack chair and its various redwood counterparts. The Wave Hill Chair is available for sale through The Shop at Wave Hill, as is The Gardens of Wave Hill, a volume of stunning photographs of Wave Hill in all four seasons.
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Color-changing, heat-sensitive bandage indicates infection
By Darren Quick
Color-changing, heat-sensitive...
The color-changing, heat-sensitive fiber researchers plan to weave into bandages (Image: Louise van der Werff/CSIRO)
Australian researchers have developed a fiber that changes color in response to temperature with the aim of creating a smart bandage that can indicate the state of underlying wounds and warn of infection. With the ability to show temperature changes of less than 0.5 of a degree Celsius, the smart bandage would allow for easier and faster identification of healing problems that are typically accompanied by an increase or decrease in local temperature, such as infection or interruptions to blood supply.
Lead inventor of the color-changing fiber, Louise van der Werff, a CSIRO materials scientist and Monash University PhD student, says that weaving the fiber into a bandage will allow clinicians to determine the temperature across the wound and surrounding tissue. By comparing the color of the fibers with a calibrated chart, the clinicians will be able to quickly determine the health of the wound.
The researchers say the color changing bandages would be cheaper than the electronic equipment currently used by clinicians, and would also allow patients to better self-diagnose problems.
The Australian research team has already created the color-changing fabric and expects to have a heat-sensitive bandage ready for industry trials within six months.
This isn't the first bandage we've seen designed to indicate infection by changing color. Last year we saw the creation of a bandage by Fraunhofer scientists that changed color, not in response to temperature changes, but in response to changes in pH values.
Via: fresh science
Health & WellbeingCSIROWoundInfectionsHealingMonash University
Darren Quick
Darren's love of technology started in primary school with a Nintendo Game & Watch Donkey Kong (still functioning) and a Commodore VIC 20 computer (not still functioning). In high school he upgraded to a 286 PC, and he's been following Moore's law ever since. This love of technology continues as Managing Editor of New Atlas.
Cian Smith June 10, 2011 01:15 PM
Wasn\'t this called \"Hypercolor\", and around 20 years ago???


The Ferryman calls… and the Festival of the Damned is live!
There's been many a time when an innocent (and we don't say that lightly) pirate has fallen prey to a sneaky shark or been blown to bits by a keg-wielding skeleton. Yet through all the chaos, our friendly neighbourhood Ferryman brings lost souls back to the Sea of Thieves to pillage another day. With trusty lanterns at the ready, pirates are igniting the Flames of Fate across the land in his honour.
The Festival is already in full swing, so start your adventure by speaking with old reliable Bilge Rat Duke who has all the know-how on your mysterious quest. The most Doubloon-hungry pirates can expect to earn exclusive Festival of the Damned rewards including an exciting new addition to Sea of Thieves: facepaint!
Available in three Festival variations – Skullface, Ghostlight and Fatefire – you can be sure your pirate will fit right in with the spirit world with this ghostly customisation. Not only that but a new ship livery is on offer, one the Ferryman would be proud to display on the Ferry of the Damned itself!
Find more information on our dedicated Festival of the Damned page, and watch the original teaser trailer below.
Six different coloured flames are ready to be taken from the Well of Fates… all you need to do is take a brave trip to the Ferry yourself. Fatally bitten by a snake? Expect to see a purple flame light your way. Destroyed by a volcano? A crimson flame will be waiting for you. Use these flames to set your ship lanterns aglow and light beacons across the world to earn Commendations.
The Flame of Lost Seafarers – Ignite your lantern with a blue Flame of Fate from the Ferry of the Damned.
The Flame of Burning Hearts – Ignite your lantern with a red Flame of Fate from the Ferry of the Damned.
The Flame of Cursed Bones – Ignite your lantern with a green Flame of Fate from the Ferry of the Damned.
The Flame of Treacherous Weather – Ignite your lantern with a white Flame of Fate from the Ferry of the Damned.
The Flame of the Viper – Ignite your lantern with a purple Flame of Fate from the Ferry of the Damned.
The Flame of Embattled Souls – Ignite your lantern with a pink Flame of Fate from the Ferry of the Damned.
Lightbringer of The Shores of Plenty – Ignite a beacon with a Flame of Fate in The Shores of Plenty.
Lightbringer of The Ancient Isles – Ignite a beacon with a Flame of Fate in The Ancient Isles.
Lightbringer of The Wilds – Ignite a beacon with a Flame of Fate in The Wilds.
Lightbringer of The Devil's Roar – Ignite a beacon with a Flame of Fate in The Devil's Roar.
Alliance of the Damned – Be in an Alliance where all ship lanterns are ignited in the same colour.
The Festival Party Boat – Ignite your ship's lanterns using Flames of Fate of all colours.
Legend of the Damned – Find and light all beacons around the Sea of Thieves with a Flame of Fate.
What will be your pirate's fate? Players across the Sea of Thieves are sharing their tales from the Festival on our Forums and our social channels. Good luck, and may the spirit of the Ferryman bring you back to the land of the living each and every time!


Design and Build project awarded under the North Wales 21C Schools programme through the North Wales Collaborative Framework for the extension to the live Primary School in Wrexham.
ENGAGING - Throughout the project, the site team have delivered a programme of educational engagement activities with the school pupils. This included a Health and Safety Poster competition and visit from safety mascot Ivor Goodsite.
ENHANCING VALUE - By working collaboratively to manage the budget cost plan with the client, Read's design and construct team generated salient economies within the design to deliver enhanced offerings including additional fencing, soft play and playground markings.
LOCAL DELIVERY - Committed to delivering maximum local value, Read's team signed up to the Wrexham Council Employer Pledge to promote local labour and business opportunities resulting in 71% of the project value being delivered locally.


New Standard Hygrade carburetor rebuild kit. Kit is for Rochester Quadrajet carburetor M4MC, M4ME (4 bbl, manual/electric choke). Carburetor rebuild kit includes small soft parts, seals and gaskets necessary to rebuild a factory carburetor. Includes complete gasket set, needle and seat. Carburetor kit does not include hard parts, such as jets, metering rods, bushings, choke, linkages, float, diaphragms, etc, all of those components mush be reused. It is extremely important that check your existing carburetor # on the side of your carburetor and match it up to the compatible carburetors listed below, your carburetor may have been changed at one time!


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Q: parse data in twisted dataReceived I'm working on a Sonos controller Kivy app (running on RPi).  The sonos side of things is using node.js.  My kivy app currently sends a http request to get the state of sonos (volume, station, song, etc) then updates the labels and images.  This is working well, but I'd like to used twisted instead.  As a starting point, I'm running the sample Echo Server app found in the kivy docs (https://kivy.org/docs/guide/other-frameworks.html).  When I run it, dataReceived correctly gets the current status info on a Sonos state change.  This is awesome.  Unfortunately, the data is a mix of text and json.  I'm wondering if there is a way to parse the json that's returned.  Here's data

content-type: application/json content-length: 1570 host:
  localhost:8000 connection: close
{   "type": "mute-change",   "data": {
      "uuid": "RINCON_000000000000001400",
      "previousMute": true,
      "previousMute": false,
      "roomName": "Office"   } }

Instead of using dataReceived, is there a better way?  I've been looking for a way just get the json (body) without all the header info, but havent found much that has worked.
TIA

A: Use Twisted Web.  For example:
from twisted.internet import reactor, endpoints
from twisted.web.server import Site
from twisted.web.resource import Resource
import time

class EchoPage(Resource):
    isLeaf = True
    def render_GET(self, request):
        return "I got: {}".format(
            request.content.read(),
        )

resource = EchoPage()
factory = Site(resource)
endpoint = endpoints.TCP4ServerEndpoint(reactor, 8880)
endpoint.listen(factory)
reactor.run()


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Dead in the Water
By: TGM
Dead in the Water DVD Review
Written by TGM
DVD released by Indican Pictures
Directed by Marc Buhmann
Written by Marc Buhmann and David Moore
2006, Region 1 (NTSC), 78 minutes, Rated R
DVD released on September 25th, 2007
Alissa Bailey as Tiffany
Christie Burgess as Rachel
Megan Renee Burgess as Jennica
Jacob Paque as Paul
Mike Parrish as Joseph
Bill Zasadil as Mike
Good or bad, the zombie genre is a staple of independent low-budget horror. If you've got the measliest shell of an idea, an acquaintance who can paste on a couple of gooey prosthetics, and a few gallons of fake blood then you've got yourself the makings of a stereotypical indie-zombie flick. This economy of production does however come at a steep price not measured in dollars and cents. Since the concept has been pretty much tapped dry in regards to bringing something novel and worthwhile to the genre, it now takes something very special and unique (ie: Shaun of the Dead) for anybody to get excited at all about watching or reviewing a zombie film. Unfortunately this does not happen here.
Dead in the Water is the tale of two sisters who schlep their moronic boyfriends up to a secluded cabin for a little rest and relaxation. The intent is to meet up with their parents for some wholesome family fun on a lake where an evil corporation is evidently dumping noxious pollutants into the water. Did I fail to mention that it's also the very same lake where dozens of people were killed in an unrelated horrible accident years before? I am reminded of those old Reese's Peanut butter cup commercials: "You put your rotting corpses in my radioactive industrial pollutants! No, you put your industrial pollutants on my rotting corpses! Two great tastes that taste great together!" So what could possibly go wrong? Therefore, it should come as no surprise that when they finally arrive the parents are nowhere to be found and, not too soon after, the undead start to slither from the depths of the lake with a penchant for lumbering and a hunger for human flesh.
This movie abandons the rules of virtually every other zombie flick in existence whereas these particular ghouls are not stopped by bullets to the cranium but rather by the power of prayer! PRAISE JESUS! This might make a modicum of sense if there were any sort of religious or spiritual context as to why the dead walk the Earth, but there is nary a sociopathic priest, a disenfranchised Shaman, or a scorned PMSing nun to be found and thus one must conclude this is all the happenstance of lazy writing.
Kirk Cameron: Zombie Hunter, I mean, Dead in the Water falls victim to all of the usual trappings of your typical low budget zombie flick. The acting is a bit stiff, the dialogue is trite, the action sequences are few and far between, the gore is marginal at best, and nobody ever seems too particularly distraught when one of their loved ones gets cannibalized. In retrospect, I think I was more upset when my DVR failed to record the last thirty seconds of the series finale of The Shield than when these girls realize that their parents became a midday zombie snack.
This film is not that bad, nor is it that good. It just is, and that's the kiss of death in the entertainment industry. At least Uwe Boll makes awful movies that elicit some sort of guttural reaction, which prompts discussion on message boards and at water coolers. Dead in the Water is simply akin to a painting of a beige square on a tan background hung on a light brown wall, equal parts uninspiring and instantaneously forgettable.
The video is in anamorphic widescreen, and while the daylight shots look decent, anything shot at night or in the dark (which is the majority of the final act) suffers from grain and artifact.
The 2.0 channel audio is serviceable, with a dialogue track that fortunately does not get washed out. This release also offers English, Spanish, and Italian subtitles.
Dead in the Water is chock full of special features including 8 minutes of random behind the scenes footage (unfortunately without any narrative, insight, or cohesive structure), a short blooper real, two commentary tracks, a photo montage, a creepy unrelated short film starring one of the female leads, and trailers for four other Indican releases.


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"Broken Bottle Bill" a net loss for environment
Issue: Clean Air, Good Government, Parks & Public Land
LANSING – The Michigan League of Conservation Voters today issued the following statement after House Bill 5423, which they are calling the " Broken Bottle Bill," passed out of the House Ways and Means Committee.
"At a time when we have more reported contamination issues than ever before, House Bill 5423 will result in a net loss for funding that goes directly to cleanup of contaminated sites that threaten the health of our communities," said Nick Occhipinti, government affairs director for the Michigan League of Conservation Voters. "The majority of contaminated sites in Michigan do not have an entity that can be held responsible for cleanup. Lawmakers who are pushing for stronger accountability for polluters shouldn't support the stripping of funding that goes to contaminated sites. If these elected officials are serious about cleaning up toxic contamination and protecting the health of Michiganders, they can't compromise on funding for cleanup of these sites."
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When I returned from Florida in April, I noticed a white domestic goose was socializing with the Canada geese. Domestic geese cannot fly. We have had two of them occupy an island over the last ten years, and eventually they disappear.
My daughter has a friend who moved in a mile down the road. It is a small world to run into a school friend of my daughter in a small town rural area fifty miles from where they went to school, but on facebook Mrs. Seaoat had talked about the goose taking over one island and being aggressive and territorial honking and coming up to people who were friends fishing.
The girl was part of a local wildlife rescue group and last night they captured the goose and took it to their wildlife barn with other waterfowl where they try to place the animals with people. I never knew that a domestic goose with clipped wings was not going to survive the winter in the wild. It was nice to see these folks trying to help animals and they even had two kayakers off the river pitch in and help. Now the group is asking Mrs. Seaoat to name the goose. I guess all their rescued animals are given names, so she is thinking about what to name the goose, and one more story to tell the grandchildren.
The goose is in its new adoptive home. Apparently, he is a hit with the other ducks and geese. There is a female who likes him. Those Canada Geese were able to fly and now he is in a fenced in pen which keeps predators away.
Has Mrs. Sea named the goose yet?
I think she has suggested "foxley". It is near a point on an island which in the 1850s a man named Foxley ran the ferry for pioneers going west. The goose was hanging around that point, yapping at folks in the river and on the islands. These animal rescue folks have my utmost respect....they really work on adoptions and care of animals at risk.
Around 1985 I had been in my new house at LC for a couple years and had what I thought would be a great idea . . . . I'll get some geese!
I found a pair of African geese and brought them home and built a safe enclosure with pine straw. They were still in their baby down and when I had an opportunity would take them for a walk on the beach along the sound side.
I eventually found Mert and Gert a nice safe place to live with a lady out on 98 who had a huge piece of property with two ponds and they lived there happily ever after . . . . .
I love Foie Gras! Only when properly prepared though, of course.
Geese were used by the Germans as perimeter guards. They are very territorial, but Foxley cuddled up in the rescuers arms and seemed very comfortable with humans. However, my experience with golf course Canadian geese are that they are smart and know nobody will whack them for fear of being reported, and more than once I have seen somebody in our foursome get attacked, which like your funny story ends up with everybody laughing at the goose victim. What I do with the geese on the islands is run the mower at them and let the dog chase them.....she has gotten about three of them and after that the geese move off the islands into the water when they have humans approaching.
I also think geese can identify orange. When I wear my orange stocking cap they take off right away.....lots of orange during hunting season.
The area around the EPA is one of my favorite spots for catching specs. A friend of mine owns the house just to the east of it. Btw... both the white domestic goose and the snow goose can fly and migrate. Not as well as the Canadian goose... but they can certainly fly unless their wings are clipped... as can chickens despite common misconception.
The domestic geese here in Illinois have their wings clipped. We have fox, mink, and coyote which in the winter, running to the water to escape a predator is not an option. I do not like Canadian geese. As much as I dislike them, I have not gotten a hunting license to eat one. I do not like how greasy a goose is. I also do not like plucking them and cleaning them, so I quit hunting water foul probably thirty years ago, because I do not hunt unless I am going to eat my kill.
Glad Foxley will be protected.
Foxley just got another goose friend. Apparently the flooding moved another domestic goose to the islands. They immediately come up to people because they associate people with food. We have been feeding the new goose cherrios and he loves them. All my wife had to do when the wildlife rescue people came this morning was shake the box of cheerios and the goose followed right up to the rescuer. These people find adoptive homes for these animals and do their work as volunteers. Pretty dedicated folks, but as the man said, it would not survive the winter on the islands.
Nice story for a Thursday afternoon. I'll think of it (and you, and Mrs. Sea and the goose) when I eat my Cheerios (mix them with other cereals most days of the week - I love 'em, too).


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Apple and Others Suspend Parler from Their Platforms
By John Voorhees
Saturday, Apple suspended social media app Parler from the App Store. The move followed Google's removal of the Android version of the app from the Play Store on Friday and happened at roughly the same time that Amazon announced that it was ending Parler's access to its cloud services.
Parler is a social network that became popular with conservatives who felt they had been unfairly treated by services like Twitter and Facebook.
On Friday, Google removed the service's app from the Play Store, telling CNN that:
"We're aware of continued posting in the Parler app that seeks to incite ongoing violence in the US. We recognize that there can be reasonable debate about content policies and that it can be difficult for apps to immediately remove all violative content, but for us to distribute an app through Google Play, we do require that apps implement robust moderation for egregious content. In light of this ongoing and urgent public safety threat, we are suspending the app's listings from the Play Store until it addresses these issues."
That same day, BuzzFeed News reported that Apple had given Parler 24-hours to improve its moderation of content posted to the service, or it would be suspended. Although there were reports that Parler removed some content, it wasn't enough for Apple. On Saturday, in a statement to TechCrunch and other media outlets, the company said:
We have always supported diverse points of view being represented on the App Store, but there is no place on our platform for threats of violence and illegal activity. Parler has not taken adequate measures to address the proliferation of these threats to people's safety. We have suspended Parler from the App Store until they resolve these issues.
Around the same time, Amazon announced that it would bar Parler from using its cloud services, which host Parler's content, beginning Monday at midnight and dealing another serious blow to its future.
We are deeply saddened by the horrific events that occurred in Washington, DC last week. As a site that covers apps, we applaud Apple, Google, and Amazon for taking action to eliminate threats of violence and illegal activity from their platforms. Apps have been a force for good in the world in so many ways, but like any tool, they can be used for evil too. There should never be a place on the App Store or any other app platform for threats of violence or illegal activity.
Swarm Shifts Focus to Become a Personal Travel Timeline
Swarm received an update this week that takes the app in a new direction. The latest version of the app deemphasizes location sharing with friends, mayorships, and sticker and coin collecting. Those elements are still there, mostly tucked away behind the 'Friends' tab, but the focus has shifted. Now, the app centers around the creation of a personal timeline as a sort of journal of places you've visited.
Apple Joins Instagram, Highlights Photos Shot on iPhone
By Ryan Christoffel
Apple launched an official Instagram account today, @apple. Rather than opting to promote general company news, the primary focus of the account appears to be functioning as an extension of Apple's long-running 'Shot on iPhone' ad campaign.
Nearly all of the initial posts from the account are galleries featuring various photos and videos shot using iPhones. Each post's caption reads '#ShotoniPhone by…' followed by a list of the names and accounts of those who created the content, and a quote from those content creators about their work. The bio line of the account reads, "Tag #ShotoniPhone to take part." Presumably using that tag may lead Apple to contact you about including your work in one of their upcoming collections.
While the focus of the account may change in the future, Apple's current strategy of tying together its photography marketing campaign with the real work of photographers on Instagram is an effective, thoughtful use of the platform. By connecting with content creators and highlighting their work, Apple is not only fostering an environment of social connection among both amateur and professional photographers, but it's also promoting the iPhone's strengths as a camera.
Manton Reece Launches Campaign for Microblogging Service and Book→
Linked By John Voorhees
Today, Manton Reece launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise money for Micro.blog, a platform for independent microblogging and a related book on the subject. Micro.blog has a lot in common with social networks like Twitter, such as replies and favorites, but with an important difference. Instead of locking users into a proprietary system owned by someone else, the content created by individuals is owned and controlled by them. As part of the Micro.blog service, Reece is also building publishing tools with Markdown support, including a native iPhone app, to help people get started with microblogging.
At the core of Micro.blog is an critical design decision – the separation of publishing from social networks. That choice ensures that the microblog content you create remains yours to publish at [your-name].micro.blog or anywhere else you can host a website. At the same time, Micro.blog doesn't ignore existing social networks. Microblog posts can be cross-posted to other services, which has the potential to give users the best of both worlds – control over their content and access to the broad audiences of services like Twitter.
In addition to Micro.blog, Reece is writing a book on independent microblogging that makes the case for the format and provides practical advice on how to start a microblog. Backers of Reece's campaign can choose from a variety of rewards that include Reece's book, early access to the Micro.blog service, free months of the Micro.blog service, and stickers.
New social networks have come and gone over the years, but Reece's focus on decentralizing microblog publishing from social networks is unique. I had a chance to speak with Manton about Micro.blog at WWDC and know how much time and thought has gone into this project. The campaign is off to a great start and I'm excited to try it soon.
Talkshow Will Shut Down on December 1
Talkshow, which launched about six months ago, will be shutting down effective December 1st. The service allowed groups to have text-based conversations in public. It quickly became a place to assemble panels to comment on live events or just discuss a particular topic. The discussion was limited to the host and guests, but people observing the Talkshow chat could submit questions.
In an email to users and post on Medium, Talkshow says:
While we have enjoyed the conversations that have happened on Talkshow, and are grateful for the community that has formed around the product, we don't see it getting big enough to have the impact we had hoped for.
Talkshow's shutdown is happening in stages over the next month. Talkshow is being removed from the App Store today. On November 8th, active Talkshows will end and tools will be made available to export existing shows. Finally, on December 1, the service will be turned off, which means the app will no longer show existing, inactive Talkshows, even in browsing mode.
Telegram Adds SiriKit Support and Game Bots
Telegram received a significant update today that adds SiriKit support for sending messages and upgrades its bot platform. Both features will help keep Telegram closer in line with the features available in Apple's own Messages app.
By integrating with Siri, messages can be sent with Telegram using commands like 'Send Federico a Telegram message that says what's the weather like in Rome today?' Similar to Messages, Siri interprets your instructions and presents you with a draft message before sending it. In my tests, the feature worked to send messages to individuals, but I couldn't send a message to The MacStories Lounge channel, which broadcasts messages to everyone who subscribes to that channel.
Starting a game in Telegram with a bot.
Telegram also updated its bot platform to support games made using HTML5. The iOS release notes for Telegram also suggest that the changes to bots could be used for other rich media experiences, but for now, Telegram has chosen to focus on games. According to Telegram's blog:
The best part of the Telegram Gaming Platform is the competition across all your existing chats. We save high scores for every game played in every chat, and you can instantly check out how you and your friends are doing against each other. Every time there's a new leader in the game, other playing members of the chat are notified that they need to step it up.
I took a quick look at a few of the thirty games available at launch from Gamee and they were fairly basic games, but it's a good start, and it will be interesting to see what developers do with the new APIs.
SoundShare Launches an Ambitious Social Network For Music Fans
Today, Mateus Abras launched SoundShare 2.7, a social network for music lovers. SoundShare is an iPhone-only app designed to break down the walls between competing streaming services so that it's easier to share music with your friends. Integration with Apple Music, Spotify, and Deezer allows music sharing with others and collaboration on playlists regardless of which service your friends use.
The social aspect works on the familiar follower/following model. When you play songs in SoundShare by giving it access to your streaming service, they are added to your SoundShare music stream after thirty seconds. If you prefer to listen to your music through a different app, you can add songs to your stream, or a SoundShare playlist, with SoundShare's extension. Your followers can then listen to the songs in your stream using whichever service they prefer, add your songs to their streaming service, incorporate songs into SoundShare playlists, post comments, send SoundShare links, and like songs in your stream. The only limitation is that the songs shared must be the libraries of both services for you and your friends to enjoy them.
SoundShare shows a lot of promise. The music streaming market is fragmented and there is little incentive for service providers to build tools to share music across platforms. As a result, third-party developers have begun to step into the void.
I recently reviewed SongShift, a simple utility for transferring music from Spotify to Apple Music and back again. SoundShare aims to take third-party integration of streaming services in an entirely different direction by building a social network on top of streaming services. Social networks are notoriously hard to grow to a size where they reach critical mass and I have some doubts about the extent of the demand for music sharing beyond what is already achievable with existing social networks, but it will be interesting to watch SoundShare try with what in my limited testing is a well-considered, solid app.
SoundShare is a free iPhone-only download from the App Store.
Apple Launches @AppleSupport Account on Twitter→
Linked By Graham Spencer
As first reported by MacRumors, Apple has today launched @AppleSupport, a support account on Twitter:
Apple today created an official Twitter support account to provide customers with tips, tricks, and tutorials about the company's product and services. One of the account's first tweets provides users with step-by-step instructions on how to turn lists into checklists in the stock Notes app on iPhone.
Apple's presence on social media is slowly but surely expanding. This is now the second support account that Apple runs on Twitter, following last October's launch of @AppleMusicHelp which provides help and tips relating to Apple Music.


Well guys, it's not often I get excited about one of these hewers but here's one that I could not pass up. For those of you who know these pieces well you will immediately recognize the full stag grip as being the very first variation of these that were made. The horn going round the "beak" area proved far to difficult to put into full production. After a few months this was abandon in favour of the more common hewer with the steel beak. Eickhorn was the only maker who made the full stag variation. This has a few more unique features which I will discuss further, let's start with the blade. This blade has been cleaned up by a previous owner, it's a bit bright but still rates Exc+/Exc++ These would have been around from the very beginning of dress wear in 1934 and to survive in such fine shape from all the years of wear is amazing. Bright with a nice matte frosted etch that collectors love so much. The very early Eickhorn maker mark is correctly placed below the RAD triangle symbol and Ges. Gesch. dating this example 1934. I can say that with absolute certainty. There is some minor age. 60% of factory paint is intact with honest wear. Silver washed nonmagnetic nickel fittings with burnished backgrounds have been cleaned at some point and are a bit bright, this will tone down with time. They have minor dents but no splits. Look at how all the intricate details are burnished, you gotta love it! Finally before I leave the scabbard, look at the throat being unit marked "Ma 169" matching the hilt. The grip is chip and crack free. look at how thick these stag plates are, see how deep the screws are set!! Never seen this before and I bet neither have you! The horn has beautifully aged with multi-tones that only time can create. The screws retaining the grip plates are all intact. Finally and Yes I'm almost done.. comes with it's own correct early hanger! A fine piece rarely offered that will be appreciated by the advanced collector!


Turns out there is a calendar feature for this club, so I just turned it on. You'll find it as a new tab. I'm not sure the best way to use it as a tool but anyone is welcome to try.
Hello everyone! Let me start off by saying that I am super excited to get to learn more about the XRP ecosystem and meet the wonderful people in the group. I am interested in sharing what I know in a less traditional way on twitter and in blog posts so that everyone can feel included. I thank everyone for this opportunity to learn and grow with them and to give back to the community. My name is Jes and my handle will be @afutureinreverse on this forum and twitter. Ultimately I would like to have a blog. I am in the central US timezone, and unfortunately I only speak English. I would like to offer the team any assistance that I am capable of providing. It is my intent to provide simplistic information to the public. I feel like the information the community shares is very high level (This is my challenge to see if it can be broken down). I once read a HBR report that a hospital was trying to get doctors to comply on improving sanitation for patient safety. They offered incentives to the doctors but the change in the behavior of the doctors was short lived. What was interesting about the results was that they found out that the driver of the long term changes came from the "support staff". The administrative assistants and the head nurses were educated about the importance of sanitation and hence the need for the change of behavior by the doctors. The end result was that the admins and head nurses used the necessary peer pressure/organizational skills on their bosses in a way that reached the hospital's goals of improved sanitation. I am hoping to go this route with my work.
What better opportunity than taking part in this study group and learning from Bob Way! Hello everyone! I go by the name Kaloone and my Twitter handle is @Kaloone. I found myself on the most interesting path since last autumn, when DJ XRP introduced me to Ripple and XRP. I'm grateful for him as I realised how Ripple can and will most drastically improve the way we bank, on a global scale. Ever since, I've enjoyed my journey learning and teaching those around me and online. There is so much for me to learn still and yet I'm eagerly willing to absorb more. There is already an incredible cast participating in this group! How exciting to be standing here, amongst all of you. My first language is French and I live in the UK, UTC/GMT +1 hour. I'm camera shy but I'd be happy to contribute in any other way to not only reach and educate a French speaking audience, but also to distribute accurate content through translations for instance. As early adopters, this is an exciting time for us to live and to witness the world progressing towards the best cross-border solution. It's an honour and privilege to be part of this study group. Thanks for having me. Kaloone.
Hello everybody, I go by the name Crypto Tomato. Sorry for being late. I see a lot of amazing people on this thread which make me a bit nervous and humble at the same time. I know there are many people that are much better than me, but I will do my best to pass the great info along to people in Korea. I am from South Korea. I have a cryptocurrency Youtube channel where I post my videos almost every day. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX2HXx2zvM5nOHzjB0wMDpw Now I am working as a full-time YouTuber, but before that, I was a professional illustrator and did some graphic design works as well. My time zone is UTC -7 Thanks!
Hey All... Connie here aka XRPAngel Connie... Live in Kansas and have met so many wonderful people since I found XRP!! Here to help Bob and the group in any way I can... Love and respect to all of you!
Bruce, nice to meet you.
Hi! My name is Eddie Tennison, aka dr_ed here.....I generally answer to Eddie. I write about various investing topics,in the broader context of our collapsing civilization and the ongoing forces that threaten human existence....... like climate change, the end of cheap energy, and the ongoing mass migrations driven by collapse and overpopulation. Doomer ****, in other words. I live in Austin, Texas. US central time. Bob Way time. I speak only English and Texanese. My goal is to help ordinary people (including me) use their savings to make outsize financial gains by means of both traditional and alternative investments in a time when returns are generally stagnant , and traditional strategies are facing increasing headwinds going forward. I question most accepted wisdom about investing, and I've toyed with writing my own book on investing and wealth-building. Since early last fall my interest has been mostly crypto-related. My content is not widely disseminated, but can be found hiding in plain sight, for anyone who wants to find it. I post on a "Web 1.0" style forum in a quiet corner of the web mostly visited by people who question the notion of an economy based on endless growth and debt based money. http://www.doomsteaddiner.net/forum/index.php/topic,11713.0.htm I am not on Twiiter, Facebook, Youtube, or any Web 2.0 social media. This is by conscious choice. I am active on Susie Crew's subscriber forum and I often comment on some of your utube content.. Nice to see some of the better utubers checking in on this thread. Hi y'all. My interest in cryptos in general, and XRP in particular, comes out of a 3 decade long study of commerce, money and exchange, gold and precious metals, wealth inequality, and the growing instability of our monetary and economic systems. I've made (and occasionally lost) substantial amounts of money in gold, real estate, and stocks. But I still work my day job for a living. I'm a practicing dentist. My interest in this group arises out of frustration with my lack of a truly deep technical understanding of how blockchain and XRP works..........in spite of lots of time spent reading and watching videos. I hope to add to my knowledge base by listening to Bob and you developers and and engineers who work in the field. I probably won't be capable of making a huge contribution here, but I'd like to tag along, if that's okay.


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TEST(StringSplitTest, Positive) {
	std::string str("Hello, world!");
	std::vector<std::string> tokens = string_split(str, " ");

	EXPECT_EQ(2, tokens.size());
	EXPECT_EQ("Hello,", tokens[0]);

	tokens = string_split(str, ", ");
	EXPECT_EQ(2, tokens.size());
	EXPECT_EQ("Hello", tokens[0]);

	str = "10 15";
	tokens = string_split(str, " ");
	EXPECT_EQ(2, tokens.size());
	EXPECT_EQ("10", tokens[0]);
}

TEST(FileIOTest, WritePositive) {
	std::string path("sample2_ascii.intfield");

	std::ofstream file;
	file.open(path.c_str(), std::ofstream::out | std::ofstream::trunc);
	EXPECT_TRUE(file.good());

	file << "10 16" << std::endl;
	EXPECT_TRUE(file.good());
	file.flush();
	file.close();
}

TEST(FileReadTest, Negative) {
	std::string path("../test/data/sample1_ascii.intfield__");
	std::ifstream file;

	file.open(path, std::ios::in);
	EXPECT_FALSE(file.good());
	EXPECT_FALSE(file.is_open());
	file.close();
}

TEST(FileReadTest, IntegerReadPositive) {
	std::string path("../test/data/sample1_ascii.intfield");
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	file.open(path, std::ifstream::in);
	EXPECT_TRUE(file.is_open());
	EXPECT_FALSE(file.bad());

	std::string line;
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	boost::trim_right(line);
	EXPECT_FALSE(file.fail());
	EXPECT_EQ("10 15", line);

	// Try reading values from the file
	std::vector<std::string> tokens;
	tokens = string_split(line, " ");
	EXPECT_EQ(2, tokens.size());

	file.close();
}

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HomeArticles Every Person Has a Name
Every Person Has a Name
May 18, 2018 Articles, Commentary
Bezalel Academy students in Jerusalem put up posters with names and ages of Gaza dead, drawing controversy. (Photo: via Twitter)
By Or Amit
Every person has a name, wrote the Israeli poet Zelda, thereby coining a phrase that has become a mainstay of the Israeli pathos. The poem's title is also the motto of Yad Vashem's Every Person Has a Name database, which aims to catalog the names of all six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust.
It is a noble project, and vital: six million is a mere number, and no one feels sorry for a number. A name conveys an identity, individuality, a nucleus of a life story. My great-grandfather is listed there. This makes him not merely one in six million but a man with a name, a date of birth, an identity. A human being who has lived and died. A person.
Some Palestinians have got it into their heads that they, too, are humans whose dead are entitled to a name. In the wake of the massacre of sixty unarmed Palestinian protesters on May 14, a student at Jerusalem's Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design put the names and ages of the dead Palestinians in Arabic script on black plaques and mounted them on one of Bezalel's walls. It was a small-scale Palestinian version of Every Person Has a Name.
The exhibit doesn't glorify the dead Palestinians; it doesn't take sides; it doesn't accuse the Israeli military of wrongdoing. It merely gives the names and ages of those who've died, but that was enough to incense a gaggle of Israeli right-wing bullies, for whom any acknowledgment of an iota of humanity in Palestinians crosses a red line.
Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat, a noted humanitarian, posted an angry tweet protesting the sacrilegious exhibit (all translations mine):
"I was shocked to see hung on the walls of Bezalel the names of the terrorists who were harmed while trying to breach the Gaza border fence in order to kill Jews. There is a limit and a clear red line to the cynical use of freedom of speech. I have contacted Bezalel's administration and demanded that these plaques be removed immediately and that these provocations be prohibited!"
Mr. Barkat would do well to pen a style manual elucidating the proper reference to a dead Palestinian. Since a name won't do, perhaps it, or that thing, or just a grunt accompanied by an innovative hand gesture would suffice.
Speaker of the Knesset Yuli Edelstein also chimed in. The man who served three years in a Soviet gulag hasn't learned any important lessons about dehumanization during his tenure there, as is evident by this avuncular advice:
I hold freedom of expression to be a cardinal value, but a person and an artist must know how to set self-imposed limits. I suggest that the self-proclaimed protest artists remember that our soldiers on the Gaza Strip border are defending them as well.
Yoav Kish, a Likud Member of Knesset, had this to say:
"This time, the students chose to be creative by demeaning values. They confused freedom of expression with basic morality. Even offenses against morality and common sense must have limits, and unfortunately, the students have crossed that line."
Ofir Akunis, Israel's Minister of Science, Technology, and Space, opined as well:
"I am always for freedom of speech and creativity but I will not allow the freedom to demean."
Demean whom? How can naming a dead person be demeaning to anyone? Akunis continues:
"Even Hamas announced that the casualties in the Gaza border are his operatives, that is, terrorists."
The syllogism is clear: members of Hamas are terrorists; terrorists (whatever this means to an Israeli right-winger) are subhumans who are not to be named; therefore, members of Hamas are subhumans who are not to be named. QED.
But let us not mock these distinguished statesmen. Far from impetuous children, they are, in fact, clever strategists who understand that dehumanization facilitates long-term oppression, subjugation, and disenfranchisement of large populations. Akunis, Barkat et al. understand what the Nazis and the Japanese ravishers of Nanking knew, viz., that genocide and depredation come much more easily when the victims are dehumanized, degraded, looked upon as subhuman vermin.
Israeli leaders know that their soldiers would be chary to gun down unarmed Palestinians if they viewed them as humans with names, with families, and with identities, so any attempt to provide the victims such identities must be fought.
In order to facilitate their wholesale slaughter, the Palestinians must be viewed as a block, an organic whole, a chunk of living matter—thepalestinians—rather than as Ali the student or Zaynab the midwife. Whatever falls off that block of Gazans is sawdust, and no reasonable person names particles of dust.
Note also that this hoedown of right-wing bellyaching is a response to a response to a one-sided massacre in which at least sixty Palestinians were killed, about 1,360 were shot—not shot at, but actually hit!—by live ammunition and not one Israeli soldier was wounded or killed. So, even the hackneyed gripe about the hurt feelings of deceased soldiers' families is moot. This is not about protecting the feelings of Israelis; this is about effacing the Palestinians.
Many years ago there was an ill-fated campaign by right-wingers to do away with the term 'Palestinian People'. Using the term 'Palestinian' suggests that a certain group of non-Jews has some legitimate claim to certain parts of the Holy Land. Stop saying 'Palestinian', and maybe those 'Arabs' will go elsewhere—anywhere where Arabic is spoken. The campaign was a bust, and nowadays even right-wingers use the term 'Palestinian', at least when the cameras are on.
Except that this campaign hasn't evaporated; it merely shifted its focus from the first word to the second, from 'Palestinian' to 'People'. Stop referring to those things as 'people' with names, and then see how easy it is to gun thousands of them down and still make it home in time for Master Chef.
Israeli right-wingers go nuts when you compare them to Nazis. Let us then be gracious to Messrs. Akunis, Kish, Edelstein and Barkat: they are not Nazis; they merely think like Nazis.
– Or Amit is a freelance writer living in Dresden, Germany. He contributed this article to PalestineChronicle.com.
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BDS Co-Founder Addresses EU amid Failed Pro-Israel Lobbying
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