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[SKOA Presents] The 50 Best Albums Of 2011: 20 - 16
20. Thundercat - The Golden Age Of Apocalypse [Amazon] [iTunes] [Insound]
Definitely one of the most underrated albums of 2011, the Suicidal Tendencies/Flying Lotus bassist shines with his smooth, soulful/jazzy solo debut. The Golden Age Of Apocalypse is one of those perfect chillaxing (yep, I used that term) albums you throw on a nice weekend morning and just vibe out to. Especially with standout tracks like "Daylight" or TC's cover of George Duke's classic "For Love (I Come Your Friend)," this album is definitely one not to pass up. —Rocko
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19. The Drums - Portamento [Amazon] [iTunes] [Insound]
In their 2010 self-titled debut, The Drums carved a spot for themselves as an indie pop gem, and, while not doing anything particularly new, managed to create an incredibly unique and engaging persona. The band has taken this a step further with their sophomore effort Portamento, a twelve-song arch rife with dark undertones and charming subtleties. Following the departure of guitarist Adam Kessler, the New York outfit has picked up the pieces and carried forward to create an album that stands out as one of the most unique indie records this year. While it may not have the anthemic sounds of previous works, such as "Forever and Ever Amen" or "Me and the Moon," Portamento delivers a dark yet wonderful package. The album's lead single "Money" immediately jumps into a catchy and fast-paced array of guitar, bass, drums before Jonathan Pierce's incredible vocal range is introduced, and "How It Ended" offers a sentimental and touching tale amidst a catchy combination of instrumentation. These songs, and the rest of the songs on the album, emote an incredibly sombre tale, one that focuses heavily on death and loss, but, surrounding these melancholy emotions are fantastic arrangements of instrumentation. By combining the ugly aspects of love, loss and life, conveyed through the brooding vocal work of Pierce, with a well-crafted exhibition of musical talent, The Drums have delivered a fantastic representation of how indie pop can and does work. —Adrian
18. Holy Ghost! - Holy Ghost! [Amazon] [iTunes] [Insound]
Earlier this year, DFA electropop duo Holy Ghost! released their self-titled debut album, a wonderfully crafted gem that blends the allure of '80s disco house music with a crisp, modern sound. Each song is filled with layer upon layer of drums, synthesizers, pianos, vocals, bass, and subtle guitars that somehow combine to create perfectly synchronized throwbacks to '80s and '90s disco house. "Do It Again" energetically kick-starts the album, taking you through a fantastic dedication to the heyday of a genre that is making a comeback. "Wait and See" is unbelievably catchy, and has one of the best music videos of the year, "Hold On" quickly throws you into a magnificent soundscape of electropop goodness, and "Some Children" grabs your attention with its smooth basslines, groovy synthesizers and charming vocal work. Each song on this album is unique in its own way, but fit within the album as a whole, and there's no denying that Alex Frankel and Nick Millhiser are experts at making damn catchy music. Holy Ghost! have captured exactly what made a thirty-year old genre work and infused it with modern styles and techniques, as well as their own personal influences. The result? A fantastically well-put-together electropop dream. —Adrian
17. Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi - Rome [Amazon] [iTunes] [Insound]
Although I have always been a pretty big fan of everything that Brian Burton (who is better known as Danger Mouse) lays his hands on, I have to admit that I was a bit skeptical about the Rome project when I first heard about it. Music inspired by the music heard in spaghetti westerns? What even is that? Wait, Jack White and Norah Jones are going to be involved, too? I really had no choice but to hope for the best and fear for the worst. Fortunately, with the help of Italian composer Daniele Luppi (who also shared Burton's love for spaghetti westerns) the two were able to piece together beautiful dream-filled musical landscapes that for a moment seem as if they can't get any better until you hear the tracks that White and Jones are featured on. I was pleasantly surprised at how much I preferred Jones' vocal performances on the record over White's, which should be taken as more of a compliment to her than an insult to him as I have yet to not stop falling in love with "Season's Trees" over and over again.
I think what I have enjoyed the most about Rome in the time that I have spent with it is that with every spin of the record I am able to recognize how effectively it is able to take you somewhere that you've never been before without leaving your room. It doesn't go out of its way to attempt to be timeless, but somehow manages to pull it off anyway. - Kibbe
16. James Blake - James Blake [Amazon] [iTunes] [Insound]
It's difficult to remember that James Blake's eponymous debut album was released this year, as the solo artist's career has risen to exponential levels since the February release of James Blake. Even with the numerous EPs, the collaborations with Bon Iver, and the touring, we can't forget the album that made Blake what he is today. The self-titled effort is James Blake at his core, it is the compiled essence of what makes him as great as he is. Every song on the album displays Blake's ability to create depth out of minimalism, of his want to introduce sounds and production styles that have yet to be explored or fully realized by other dubstep musicians.
This unique sound is where Blake shines, as each song carries with it an essential sound, but throws something into the mix that makes it different from every other song on the album. It is Blake's capacity to keep you engaged in every song, despite the fact that can oft be very simple, that make him a truly great artist. Whether it is the slow but satisfying progression from "Lindisfarne I" to "Lindisfarne II," or his fantastic cover of Feist's "Limit To Your Love," or the build up and pulsating dubstep release of "I Never Learnt To Share," each song is captivating in its own merit, and, at the same time, the album as a whole is a coherent, consistent envisioning of Blake's genius and talent. While Blake has done so much since his self-titled debut, we can't forget that this is the album where Blake is most poised and more consistent and confident than anything he has released thus far in his career. This is the album that defined James Blake. —Adrian
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Fans of Freeform's mermaid sci-fi fantasy Siren will love seeing these sophomore season billboards swimming into L.A.'s New Year skies.
This time around Eline Powell's 'Ryn' isn't the only mermaid returning to the once-sleepy fishing town of Bristol Cove as she has company, but is that necessarily a good thing for the marine biologists and fisherfolk that live there?
These season two billboards were snapped along the Sunset Strip, La Cienega Boulevard and Pico Boulevard on January 9, 2019.
Fans of the Freeform show can also check out these Siren season one billboards from last March.
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Hating Japan
Even though the Second World War ended in Asia 60 years ago, thousands of people marching through the streets of Beijing over this past weekend were not about to let go of their bitterness over Japanese war crimes committed before and during that war.
For two days this weekend in China's capital, normally a city of well-behaved citizens in this noisy but strict police state, it was a surreal scene of streets filled with hundreds of soldiers, with their masks and shields and sub-machine guns, as well as an equal number of police officers and curious onlookers.
The police were far outnumbered by at least a thousand angry protesters who were pelting eggs, rocks and bottles at the Japanese Embassy – and at anything Japanese. They were chanting "Down with Japan" at one point. I saw hundreds of people on one of the main roads marching and waving gigantic Chinese flags, and some had Japan's flag with an X marked on it.
The people marching were calling on Beijing to block Japan's intentions to get a seat on the United Nations Security Council. They were also demanding a boycott of Japanese products in response to Japanese school history textbooks that gloss over wartime atrocities in China, like the massacre of more than 200,000 Chinese during what's known as the Rape of Nanking in 1937.
Another sore point is Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's repeat visits to the Yasukuni shrine, where war criminals are honoured.
The protesters were angered by their perception of Japan as unwilling to sincerely apologize to war crimes victims, including survivors of the Imperial Military sex slavery system – what's known as the "comfort women" system – which was endorsed by the government and run by the army.
More than 200,000 women were kidnapped or coerced into sex slavery for Japanese soldiers; they were of Chinese, Korean, Filipino, Burmese and Dutch backgrounds, and from other occupied territories.
It's known the Japanese government was involved in a shady cover-up of the military sex slavery, even going so far as accusing these elderly women of volunteering and prostituting themselves. This infuriated the Koreans and Chinese.
The protesters' weekend show of force was, in fact, a surprising culmination of a cyber phenomenon: a recent growing protest in the form of a petition circulating through the internet opposes Japan having the privilege of veto power on the Security Council at the UN.
Within weeks, millions of Chinese signed the petition aimed at UN member countries, leaders and ambassadors before a vote is taken. To date, 30 million people and counting have become cyber warriors against Japan.
Some report a crowd of 6,000 people marched towards the Japanese Embassy from the university area. Then they surrounded the Japanese ambassador's residence. Embassy windows were smashed and the Japanese government called in the Chinese ambassador and demanded an apology, compensation and protection for its nationals living in China. A Japanese Embassy spokesperson said Chinese police stood by and did nothing while people threw rocks at the embassy.
You could say the Chinese government allowed the protest to take place. Buses were organized to bring students in and take them back home. One police officer was heard saying through a megaphone, "You've been working hard all day, and it's now time for you to go home. Organizers take your people home."
In the aftermath, one Toyota was overturned onto its roof. And a camera store owner cleared his shelves of Sony and Nikon cameras before the crowds could get to it.
While I was watching the protest unfold, I felt great empathy for the Japanese and feared for their safety, especially the well-being of Japanese journalists standing nearby; but I also understood all too keenly why the Chinese were feeling so incensed.
I know from my many conversations with local Chinese that hatred towards Japan runs deep because of its invasion of China, and many of them have expressed anger about the cruelty of the soldiers.
This period is of particular interest to me as I have witnessed many elder Korean-Canadians subtly protesting the Japanese government's lack of apology for the colonization of Korea by boycotting Japanese electronics and cars.
I have also spent time and interviewed former sex slave survivors, such as 77-year-old Wan Ai Hua, in an effort to help document their stories. They are haunted and in despair that they may never receive an apology from the Japanese government in their lifetime, when that is all they want to hear in their old age. They feel it would help heal their wounds.
And I have heard the frustrations of several Chinese, Korean and American human rights activists and lawyers who tell me that their ongoing fight to receive an apology and compensation for these aging sex slave survivors through the courts is continually stonewalled through direct Japanese government pressure on judges, who are political appointees and fear for their careers.
On the other hand, I have also met wonderful and supportive Japanese activists who detest the government-approved textbooks and hope to reconcile with the Koreans and Chinese. They have put their reputations and careers on the line to work towards this end as writers, lawyers and scholars.
So the question I was asking myself over the weekend was, how do you heal these wounds between the two countries? Unless diplomatic relations between China and Japan are smoothed over quickly, I do foresee an eventual mass exodus of Japanese companies and nationals.
The Japanese already view China as a hostile place for them to live. Now, with millions of Chinese hitting the Japanese in their pocketbooks, where it counts, this could, in an ideal world, lead to some backtracking and serious review of the recently-approved textbooks.
China really doesn't need Japan economy-wise, since numerous countries are lining up to invest. But Japan needs China more than ever to revitalize its sagging financial state.
In a worst-case scenario, and probably the most realistic, survivors of wartime atrocities like Zhu Qiaomei – one of the oldest, who died at 96 in Shanghai not too long ago – will never receive an apology from the Japanese government. Only 39 other "comfort women" survivors have come forward in China and some are involved in legal battles for compensation.
The Japanese government has been accused of dragging its feet in the legal process, in hopes that the aged would get discouraged or even die off.
But even so, the death of survivors will certainly not extinguish the incendiary issue of this painful chapter of history, as the weekend's protests clearly show. With the up-and-coming generations and future leaders in China's universities and internet cafes circulating Hate-Japan e-mails and chatroom talk, the future relationship between China and Japan is not so rosy, to say the least. Unless a miracle happens or China suddenly forgives Japan.
Plans are already in the works in Beijing for a 60th anniversary celebration of the end of the Japanese War of Aggression. It's clear the Chinese government doesn't plan to forget anytime soon.
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→5 Celebrities You Didn't Know Went to Harvard
5 Celebrities You Didn't Know Went to Harvard
Celebrities are usually seen as performers who are brilliant on their own right— a safe, non-discriminatory way to say that stars are "non-academic."
But who said Hollywood personalities and celebrities can't make it to the A-list? or even go to Harvard?
Everyone knows that Harvard University is the number one premier university in the US (and probably in the whole world) and takes a lot of guts and brains for an aspiring student to get in to that college.
Here, we have a list of the most famous celebrities who were able to make it not just to the A-list but were able to soar with flying colors not just in the silver screen but in college academics.
5 Hollywood Celebrities Who Went to Harvard
1. CONAN O'BRIEN
The brilliant Mr. Obrien started early in his career as a comedy writer and later became one of the nation's well-loved host on TV. Who would have ever thought that Mr. funny bones is a 1985 Harvard magna cum laude? Well, there's more to his successful
His passion in comedy and hosting, and basically entertaining people started when he became president of the Harvard Lampoon. He is head writer for the organisation's big comedy series.
O' Brien wrote for a number of comedy shows before officially writing for Saturday Night Live.
He also wrote for The Simpsons before he tried out to replace David letterman as host in Late Night back in 1993.
O'Brien to date, is the longest-working of all current late-night talk show hosts in the US, serving for 22 years in entertainment television.
His latest talk show, Conan, is still a popular program on TBS and is renewed through 2018.
2. TOMMY LEE JONES
One of the well-loved seasoned actors and filmmaker in Hollywood, Tommy Lee Jones usually take on roles with an intelligent and strong character. That is simply because it is not far from his true self.
Tommy Lee Jones graduated cum laude in his class with a Bachelor's degree in English
The brilliant Mr. Jones got in the prestigious Harvard University in a need-based scholarship.
Mr. Jones is a jock back in his college days; he is a star player for Harvard's 1968 football team.
He was on a same class and roommates with Al Gore. Jones presented the nominating speech for his college buddy during the 2000 Democratic National Convention.
Among Jone's most notable roles is Agent K in the Men in Black film franchise, Sheriff Ed Tom Bell for the critically-acclaimed No Country for Old Men, and Two-Face in Batman Forever.
3. ASHLEY JUDD
Daughter of the famous Naomi Judd, Ashley is always into performing arts since she group up in a family of artists. While being an A-list actress, the beautiful Ms. Judd has a strong political will and interest in public service.
With that in mind, Judd entered in a master's program for public administration at the prestigious Harvard Kennedy School of Government in 2010.
Judd attended over 13 schools and always on top of her class.
She graduated at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government alongside Meryl Streep who was given an honorary degree.
Today, she participates in various global humanitarian initiatives.
Judd is not just a pretty face, a brilliant performer, and all brains. She is also a change maker of this generation.
4. MATT DAMON
One of Hollywood's highest-grossing actor, Matt Damon has starred in numerous blockbuster and highly-acclaimed movies that propelled his career in great heights. The Good Will Hunting star is not just an A-lister in acting on screen but also in his class.
From 1988-1992, Damon went to Harvard. He left his alma mater with just a remaining 12 units to graduation in order to pursue the lead role in Geronimo: An American Legend at the young age of 18.
He was awarded in 2013 the Harvard Arts Medal.
Damon is also an active member of Harvard's Delphic Club, a Final Select club.
Young Matt was also a brilliant screenwriter on the side. He received the Academy Award for best screenplay for Good Will Hunting, which he co-wrote with Ben Affleck in 1997.
5. NATALIE PORTMAN
Dubbed as one of Hollywood's most beautiful and brilliant actress to date, Natalie Portman is a polyglot (a person who speaks many different languages) and a think tank.
Portman was not able to come to the premier of her debut film, Star Wars to prepare for her finals in high school.
She broke away for awhile with her acting career to finish her studies in Harvard earning her a degree in Psychology.
Portman was also able to write for two research papers published in scientific journals.
Her role as Padmé Amidala in the popular Star Wars movie franchise is her biggest break that launched her career as a serious actor. Her dual persona role in Black Swan landed her a Golden Globe Award as best actress.


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Anatomy of a showmance: Why Kelly Brook plus Danny Cipriani equals glamour
Take two young stars, add the perfect styling, and what do you get? An A-list couple
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Mark Borkowski, founder of Borkowski PR and author of The Fame Formula
"The picture strikes me as an experiment from their publicists and agents to see whether these two have the commercial potential of a relationship. What makes this shot valuable is that there is a price on both their heads as individuals, but together the price trebles. The body language means zit. All it says is that someone has carefully chosen a picture that can create a buying frenzy. Cipriani is a very potent brand. He's got the looks and he's got the talent, and those two things are very powerful."
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Trevor Adams, co-owner of Matrix Photos, which sold the pictures
"This is more to do with her than with him. If he was pictured without Kelly Brook, I don't think we'd have had the same sort of response for the picture as we have today. Brook recently split up with Billy Zane, got back with him again and then split up with him again. There was a media frenzy a few weeks' back about her getting back with him, and now she has a new man in tow – the first since the break up. They are all very good shots. They're very clear and they give you all the information you need in the picture."
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Gary Farrow, whose clients include Sir Elton John and Gordon Ramsay
"This is a media darling couple. They're a very good-looking pair and each is incredibly talented in their own right. I think they're both thoroughly decent human beings who conduct themselves exceptionally at all times. If this is part of a long term thing, they are going to command a lot of column inches. If they are an item we can expect to hear more from them."
The Fashion Expert
Melanie Rickey, fashion news editor, Grazia
"I looked at him and thought: 'You know how to dress. For a 20-year-old you know what you're doing.' She looks good, too, very pretty, but demure. They look like the "perfect couple". But no 28-year-old woman who has just been out with older men would go out with a 20-year-old. I just can't see it. And going to The Ivy and Bungalow 8 is courting press, because that's where the paparazzi are. He's out of action because he had a horrendous ankle injury. He's got other plans now; getting positioned with her is obviously part of the plan."
The Gossip Columnist
Richard Kay, Daily Mail
"The press have been quite protective towards Kelly Brook. They feel like she got badly treated by Billy Zane and now she is out with a thrusting young British success story in Danny Cipriani. He appeals to men and women because he's a good-looking guy and everyone's invested great hope in him as the future of British rugby. He's a professional sportsman and not part of the celebrity circuit. I just think he likes dating good-looking women."
The body language expert
Robert Phipps, regular commentator for BBC, Five and Sky
"These smiles are genuine. When you smile for real there are two muscles that come into play which don't work if you're putting it on, at the corners of the mouth and eyes. He's leading because his hand is in front. She's got her head tilted and is obviously quite happy being with him. He's keeping his head down, which means he's shying away from the publicity."
The Rugby Expert
Dick Best, former England coach
"Lucky boy! They're two young, good-looking people who have met somewhere and like each other. Danny's been brought up in the school of hard knocks at Wasps, and I think Martin Johnson can manage him very well. Even if they lead a celebrity lifestyle off the pitch, rugby players tend to look after themselves. He was brilliant last season, but has to be careful of 'first season syndrome'. When he comes back from his injury, he's going to be heavily marked, as everybody knows what he's capable of. I believe he has the potential to become one of the greatest."


Gila River has three casinos in the Phoenix area, each convenient to parts to the Valley of the Sun including west, east and south portions of the metro area.
Wild Horse Pass is located next to Interstate 10 East on Wild Horse Pass Blvd (Exit 162) in the Chandler, Arizona metropolitan area. The property offers slots, Blackjack and Three Card Poker, and has a poker room. There is a hotel, 1,400-seat showroom, pool, meeting and banquet space, four restaurants, as well as, lounges and bars.
Vee Quiva Casino is easy to get to from downtown Phoenix, only 15 miles south of the I-10 freeway on 51st Avenue at 6443 N. Komatke Lane, Laveen, Arizona. The property offers 840 slots, Blackjack, Three Card Poker and Pai Gow Poker, as well as a poker room and bingo room. There are two restaurants, as well as lounges and bars.
Lone Butte is right off the Santan 202 and Kyrene Road in Chandler, Arizona. The property has 850 slots, 22 Las Vegas Style gaming tables and Bingo. The property also has three restaurants, as well as lounges and bars.


Wedding style is always a gorgeous mix of old meets new and this stunning urban bridal shoot is no exception! Whitney Alexandra created a mix of vintage and modern styles to illustrate that blend of tradition and innovation, all beautifully shot by Bri Johnson!
Each high fashion bridal look tells a different story – from the chic crop top and floral print skirt, to the tiered gown in vintage lace, to a pleated chiffon dress that's decidedly retro. No look is complete without the right accessories, of course, whether it's a jeweled headpiece, a floral crown, or a delicate gold wreath – each piece enhances and elaborates on the story told by the dress.
The airy loft made the perfect location for each stunning bridal look, not to mention the lush botanical florals designed by Laura Clare! A vintage Sweetheart Table boasted twining passionflower vines and crisp arrangements of all white flowers. Pops of rich cobalt blue from floral patterned china added brilliant color to the monochrome florals and vintage wood.
Thank you for your comment! The bridal gowns pictured were from Rebecca Schoneveld; since the photos were taken in 2015, it is possible that the dresses are from a collection that is no longer available. If you contact a Rebecca Schoneveld retailer, they might be able to help with more information on the specific styles, or recommend current dresses with similar elements.


INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON Data Analytics for Dynamic Environments (DADE2015) (http://kat.ee.surrey.ac.uk/DADE2015/index.html) held in conjunction with the 2015 IEEE 81st Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2015-spring) that will take place between 11 to 14 May 2015 at the University of Strathclyde, in Glasgow, Scotland.
This workshop will explore the data analytic solutions to extract actionable information from real time information in dynamic environments, such as vehicular networks and smart city environments.
The workshop aims to gather researchers, application developers, and industry to present and discuss data analytics and evaluations for real time and context aware applications.
Workshop papers will be published in IEEE Xplore together with the VTC 2015 Spring conference proceedings.
The workshop will take place one of the days of the VTC2015-spring Conference (11 to 14 May 2015).


text:
require 'spec_helper'

describe Gitlab::ProjectMover do
  let(:base_path) { Rails.root.join('tmp', 'rspec-sandbox') }

  before do
    FileUtils.rm_rf base_path if File.exists? base_path
    FileUtils.mkdir_p base_path

    Gitlab.config.gitlab_shell.stub(repos_path: base_path)

    @project = create(:project)
  end

  after do
    FileUtils.rm_rf base_path
  end

  it "should move project to subdir" do
    mk_dir base_path, '', @project.path
    mover = Gitlab::ProjectMover.new(@project, '', 'opensource')

    mover.execute.should be_true
    moved?('opensource', @project.path).should be_true
  end

  it "should move project from one subdir to another" do
    mk_dir base_path, 'vsizov', @project.path
    mover = Gitlab::ProjectMover.new(@project, 'vsizov', 'randx')

    mover.execute.should be_true
    moved?('randx', @project.path).should be_true
  end

  it "should move project from subdir to base" do
    mk_dir base_path, 'vsizov', @project.path
    mover = Gitlab::ProjectMover.new(@project, 'vsizov', '')

    mover.execute.should be_true
    moved?('', @project.path).should be_true
  end

  it "should raise if destination exists" do
    mk_dir base_path, '', @project.path
    mk_dir base_path, 'vsizov', @project.path
    mover = Gitlab::ProjectMover.new(@project, 'vsizov', '')

    expect { mover.execute }.to raise_error(Gitlab::ProjectMover::ProjectMoveError)
  end

  it "should raise if move failed" do
    mk_dir base_path
    mover = Gitlab::ProjectMover.new(@project, 'vsizov', '')

    expect { mover.execute }.to raise_error(Gitlab::ProjectMover::ProjectMoveError)
  end

  def mk_dir base_path, namespace = '', project_path = ''
    FileUtils.mkdir_p File.join(base_path, namespace, project_path + ".git")
  end

  def moved? namespace, path
    File.exists?(File.join(base_path, namespace, path + '.git'))
  end
end

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Jan. 3 - Opposition acitvists say dozens are feared dead after a car bomb blast at a filling station in Damascus. Paul Chapman reports.
PLEASE NOTE: EDIT CONTAINS CONVERTED 4:3 MATERIAL Dozens are feared to have died in what Syrian opposition activists said was a car bomb blast at this filling station in Damascus. The activists said the petrol station was packed with people queuing for increasingly-scarce fuel at the time. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack. But one activist said there had been increasing brawls at the station between customers and militia loyal to President Bashar al-Assad. With no end in sight to Syria's 21-month civil war, U.S troops have arrived in neighbouring Turkey to operate Patriot missile defence batteries along the border. Two batteries have been set up at Turkey's request after repeated incidents of gunfire from Syria. The weapons are designed to intercept other missiles or aircraft. Turkey said on Thursday the influx of refugees from Syria has so far cost the country 500 million dollars. Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said there were now more than 150, 000 refugees on its territory. The United Nations has put the number of dead in Syria's conflict at more than 60, 000. It gave no breakdown on how many were rebels, soldiers or civilians.


text:
const forge = require('node-forge')
const fs = require('fs')
const Path = require('path')
const pki = forge.pki

function mkdir(path) {
    return new Promise(function(resolve) {
        fs.mkdir(path, function(err) {
            if (err) {
                if (err.code == 'EEXIST')
                    resolve()
                else
                    reject(err)
            } else
                resolve()
        })
    })
}

function generateKey(attrs, issuer) {
    const keys = pki.rsa.generateKeyPair(2048)
    const cert = pki.createCertificate()
    cert.publicKey = keys.publicKey
    cert.serialNumber = '01'
    cert.validity.notBefore = new Date()
    cert.validity.notAfter = new Date()
    cert.validity.notAfter.setFullYear(cert.validity.notBefore.getFullYear() + 15)

    if(!issuer)
        issuer = attrs

    cert.setSubject(attrs)
    cert.setIssuer(issuer)

    //-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    cert.setExtensions([
        {
            name: 'basicConstraints',
            cA:   true
        },
        {
            name:             'keyUsage',
            keyCertSign:      true,
            digitalSignature: true,
            nonRepudiation:   true,
            keyEncipherment:  true,
            dataEncipherment: true
        },
        {
            name:            'extKeyUsage',
            serverAuth:      true,
            clientAuth:      true,
            codeSigning:     true,
            emailProtection: true,
            timeStamping:    true
        },
        {
            name:    'nsCertType',
            client:  true,
            server:  true,
            email:   true,
            objsign: true,
            sslCA:   true,
            emailCA: true,
            objCA:   true
        }/* ,
        {
            name: 'subjectAltName',
            altNames: [
                {
                    type: 6, // URI
                    value: 'https://www.elixir.io'
                },
                {
                    type: 7, // IP
                    ip: '127.0.0.1'
                }
            ]
        }*/,
        {
            name: 'subjectKeyIdentifier'
        }
    ])

    cert.sign(pki.privateKeyFromPem(
        fs.readFileSync(Path.join(process.cwd(), 'ssl', 'ca-key.pem'))
    ))

    return {
        cert: pki.certificateToPem(cert),
        key:  pki.privateKeyToPem(keys.privateKey)
    }
}

module.exports = function(value) {
    value = value || ('core-server.' + Math.random())
    console.log('Generating ca with commonName', value)

    const info = [
        {
            name:  'commonName',
            value: value
        },
        {
            name:  'countryName',
            value: 'CS'
        },
        {
            shortName: 'ST',
            value:     'Core-Server'
        },
        {
            name:  'localityName',
            value: 'Internal CA'
        },
        {
            name:  'organizationName',
            value: 'Core-Server SSL'
        }
    ]

    const pem = generateKey(info)
    console.log('Ca certificates generated')

    mkdir(Path.join(process.cwd(), 'ssl')).then(function() {
        fs.writeFileSync(Path.join(process.cwd(), 'ssl', 'cert.pem'), pem.cert)
        fs.writeFileSync(Path.join(process.cwd(), 'ssl', 'cert-key.pem'), pem.key)
    })
        .catch(function(err) {
            console.error(err)
        })

    return false

}


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Author: Robert J. Sawyer
Publisher: Tor, 2004
Series: The Neanderthal Parallax: Book 3
1. Hominids
3. Hybrids
Sub-Genre Tags: Alternate/Parallel Universe
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Ponter Boddit and his Homo sapiens lover, geneticist Mary Vaughan, are torn between two worlds, struggling to find a way to make their star-crossed relationship work. Aided by banned Neanderthal technology, they plan to conceive the first hybrid child, a symbol of hope for the joining of their two versions of reality.
But after an experiment shows that Mary's religious faith - something completely absent in Neanderthals - is a quirk of the neurological wiring of Homo sapiens brains, Ponter and Mary must decide whether their child should be predisposed to atheism or belief. Meanwhile, as Mary's Earth is dealing with a collapse of its planetary magnetic field, her boss, the enigmatic Jock Krieger, has turned envious eyes on the unspoiled Eden that is the Neanderthal world...
"My fellow Americans—and all other human beings on this version of Earth—it gives me great pleasure to address you this evening, my first major speech as your new president. I wish to talk about the future of our kind of hominid, of the species known as Homo sapiens: people of wisdom..."
"Mare," said Ponter Boddit, "it is my honor to introduce you to Lonwis Trob."
Mary was used to thinking of Neanderthals as robust—"Squat Schwarzeneggers" was the phrase the Toronto Star had coined, referring to their short stature and massive musculature. So it was quite a shock to behold Lonwis Trob, especially since he was now standing next to Ponter Boddit.
Ponter was a member of what the Neanderthals called "generation 145," meaning he was thirty-eight years old. He stood about five-eight, making him on the tall side for a male of his kind, and he had muscles most bodybuilders would envy.
But Lonwis Trob was one of the very few surviving members of generation 138, and that made him a staggering one hundred and eight years old. He was scrawny, although still broad-shouldered. All Neanderthals had light skin—they were a northern-adapted people—but Lonwis's was virtually transparent, as was what little body hair he had. And although his head showed all the standard Neanderthal traits—low forehead; doubly arched browridge; massive nose; square, chinless jaw—it was completely devoid of hair. Ponter, by comparison, had lots of blond hair (parted in the center, like most Neanderthals) and a full blond beard.
Still, the eyes were the most arresting features of the two Neanderthals now facing Mary Vaughan. Ponter's irises were golden; Mary had found she could stare into them endlessly. And Lonwis's irises were segmented, mechanical: his eyeballs were polished spheres of blue metal, with a blue-green glow emanating from behind the central lenses.
"Healthy day, Scholar Trob," said Mary. She didn't take his hand; that wasn't a Neanderthal custom. "It's an honor to meet you."
"No doubt it is," said Lonwis. Of course, he was speaking in the Neanderthal tongue—there was only one, so the language had no name—but his Companion implant was translating what he said, pumping synthesized English words out of its external speaker.
And what a Companion it was! Mary knew that Lonwis Trob had invented this technology when he was a young man, back in the year Mary's people had known as 1923. In honor of all that the Companions had done for the Neanderthals, Lonwis had been presented with one that had a solid-gold faceplate. It was installed on the inside of his left forearm; there were few Neanderthal southpaws. In contrast, Ponter's Companion, named Hak, had a plain steel faceplate; it looked positively chintzy in comparison.
"Mare is a geneticist," said Ponter. "She is the one who proved during my first visit to this version of Earth that I was genetically what they call a Neanderthal." He reached over and took Mary's small hand in his own, massive, shortfingered one. "More than that, though, she is the woman I love. We intend to bond shortly."
Lonwis's mechanical eyes fell on Mary, their expression impossible to read. Mary found herself turning to look out the window of her office, here on the second floor of the old mansion that housed Synergy Group headquarters in Rochester, New York. The gray bulk of Lake Ontario spread to the horizon. "Well," said Lonwis, or at least that was how his gold Companion translated the sharp syllable he uttered. But then his tone lightened and his gaze shifted to Ponter. "And I thought I was doing a lot for cross-cultural contact."
Lonwis was one of ten highly distinguished Neanderthals—great scientists, gifted artists—who had marched through the portal from their world to this one, preventing the Neanderthal government from severing the link between the two realities.
"I want to thank you for that," said Mary. "We all do—all of us here at Synergy. To come to an alien world—"
"Was the last thing I thought I would be doing at my age," said Lonwis. "But those short-headed fools on the High Gray Council!" He shook his ancient head in disgust.
"Scholar Trob is going to work with Lou," said Ponter, "on seeing if a quantum computer, like the one Adikor and I built, can be made using equipment that exists—how do you phrase it?—'off the shelf' here."
"Lou" was Dr. Louise Benoît, by training a particle physicist; Neanderthals couldn't pronounce the long ee phoneme, although their Companions supplied it as necessary when translating Neanderthal words into English.
Louise had saved Ponter's life when he'd first arrived here, months ago, accidentally transferred from his own subterranean quantum-computing chamber into the corresponding location on this version of Earth—which happened to be smack-dab in the middle of the heavy-water containment sphere at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory, where Louise had then been working.
Because she'd been quarantined with Ponter and Mary, as well as physician Reuben Montego, when Ponter had fallen sick during his initial visit, Louise had had a chance to learn all about Neanderthal quantum computing from Ponter, making her the natural choice to head the replication effort here. And that effort was a high priority, since sufficiently large quantum computers were the key to bridging between universes.
"And when will I get to meet Scholar Benoît?" asked Lonwis.
"Right now," said an accented female voice. Mary turned. Louise Benoît—beautiful, brunette, twenty-eight, all legs and white teeth and perfect curves—was standing in the doorway. "Sorry to be late. Traffic was murder."
Lonwis tipped his ancient head, obviously listening to his Companion's translation of those last three words, but, just as obviously, completely baffled by them.
Louise came into the room, and she did extend her pale hand. "Hello, Scholar Trob!" she said. "It's a pleasure to meet you."
Ponter leaned close to Lonwis and whispered something to him. Lonwis's brow undulated—it was a weird sight when a Neanderthal who still had eyebrow hair did it; it was downright surreal, Mary thought, when this centenarian did it. But he reached out and took Louise's hand, grasping it as though he were picking up a distasteful object.
Louise smiled that radiant smile of hers, although it seemed to have no effect on Lonwis. "This is a real honor," she said. She looked at Mary. "I haven't been this excited since I met Hawking!" Stephen Hawking had taken a tour of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory—quite the logistics exercise, given that the detector chamber was located two kilometers underground, and 1.2 kilometers horizontally along a mining drift from the nearest elevator.
"My time is extremely valuable," said Lonwis. "Can we get to work?"
"Of course," said Louise, still smiling. "Our lab is down the hall."
Louise started walking, and Lonwis followed. Ponter moved close to Mary and gave her face an affectionate lick, but Lonwis spoke up without looking back. "Come along, Boddit."
Ponter smiled ruefully at Mary, gave a what-can-you-do shrug of his massive shoulders, and followed Louise and the great inventor, closing the heavy, dark wooden door behind himself.
Mary walked over to her desk and started sorting the mess of papers on it. She used to be—what? Nervous? Jealous? She wasn't sure, but certainly it had originally made her uneasy when Ponter spent time with Louise Benoît. After all, as Mary had discovered, the male Homo sapiens here at Synergy often referred to Louise behind her back as "LL." Mary had finally asked Frank, one of the imaging guys, what that meant. He'd been embarrassed, but had ultimately revealed it stood for "Luscious Louise." And Mary had to admit Louise was just that.
But it no longer bothered Mary when Ponter was with Louise. After all, it was Mary, not the French-Canadian, that the Neanderthal loved, and big boobs and full lips didn't seem to be high on the Barast list of favored traits.
A moment later there was a knock on her door. Mary looked up. "Come in," she called.
The door swung open, revealing Jock Krieger, tall, thin, with a gray pompadour that always made Mary think of Ronald Reagan. She wasn't alone in that; Jock's secret nickname among the same people who called Louise "LL" was "the Gipper." Mary supposed they had a name for her, too, but she'd yet to overhear it.
"Hi, Mary," said Jock in his deep, rough voice. "Do you have a moment?"
Mary blew out air. "I've got lots of them," she said.
Jock nodded. "That's what I've been meaning to talk to you about." He came in and helped himself to a chair. "You've finished the work I hired you to do here: find an infallible method for distinguishing a Neanderthal from one of us." Indeed she had—and it had turned out to be pigsimple: Homo sapiens had twenty-three pairs of chromosomes, while Homo neanderthalensis had twenty-four.
Mary felt her pulse accelerating. She'd known this dream job, with its hefty consulting fee, was too good to last. "A victim of my own genius," she said, trying to make a joke of it. "But, you know, I can't go back to York University—not this academic year. A couple of sessional...
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In this his picture taken on November 4, 2018, Argentine soccer player, Emiliano Sala, of the FC Nantes club, western France, reacts after scoring during a soccer match against Guingam, in Nantes, France. The French civil aviation authority says Emiliano Sala was aboard a small passenger plane that went missing off the coast of the island of Guernsey.
Cardiff City's new soccer star Emiliano Sala was on board a light aircraft that disappeared en route to the Welsh capital for his club debut, France's civil aviation authority said yesterday.
Sala was flying from the French city of Nantes to Cardiff when the plane lost radar contact off the English Channel island Guernsey late on Monday.
Rescue aircraft and boats had searched more than 1 000 square miles of sea for the single-engine Piper Malibu by midday yesterday, but: "no trace of the missing aircraft had been found," Guernsey police said.
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text:
"""
Support for Zwave garage door components.

For more details about this platform, please refer to the documentation
https://home-assistant.io/components/garagedoor.zwave/
"""
# Because we do not compile openzwave on CI
# pylint: disable=import-error
import logging
from homeassistant.components.garage_door import DOMAIN
from homeassistant.components.zwave import ZWaveDeviceEntity
from homeassistant.components import zwave
from homeassistant.components.garage_door import GarageDoorDevice

COMMAND_CLASS_SWITCH_BINARY = 0x25  # 37

_LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)

def setup_platform(hass, config, add_devices, discovery_info=None):
    """Find and return Z-Wave garage door device."""
    if discovery_info is None or zwave.NETWORK is None:
        return

    node = zwave.NETWORK.nodes[discovery_info[zwave.ATTR_NODE_ID]]
    value = node.values[discovery_info[zwave.ATTR_VALUE_ID]]

    if value.command_class != zwave.COMMAND_CLASS_SWITCH_BINARY:
        return
    if value.type != zwave.TYPE_BOOL:
        return
    if value.genre != zwave.GENRE_USER:
        return

    value.set_change_verified(False)
    add_devices([ZwaveGarageDoor(value)])

class ZwaveGarageDoor(zwave.ZWaveDeviceEntity, GarageDoorDevice):
    """Representation of an Zwave garage door device."""

    def __init__(self, value):
        """Initialize the zwave garage door."""
        from openzwave.network import ZWaveNetwork
        from pydispatch import dispatcher
        ZWaveDeviceEntity.__init__(self, value, DOMAIN)
        self._node = value.node
        self._state = value.data
        dispatcher.connect(
            self.value_changed, ZWaveNetwork.SIGNAL_VALUE_CHANGED)

    def value_changed(self, value):
        """Called when a value has changed on the network."""
        if self._value.value_id == value.value_id:
            self._state = value.data
            self.update_ha_state(True)
            _LOGGER.debug("Value changed on network %s", value)

    @property
    def is_closed(self):
        """Return the current position of Zwave garage door."""
        return not self._state

    def close_door(self):
        """Close the garage door."""
        self._value.node.set_switch(self._value.value_id, False)

    def open_door(self):
        """Open the garage door."""
        self._value.node.set_switch(self._value.value_id, True)


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Honoring Female Trailblazers of Kansas City, KS
By Alexa Savka on March 9, 2020
As spring makes her appearance and the storms bring about a lovely floral array, we are reminded of beauty, regeneration and growth. All of these things, also achievements that ages of developing empowerment have inspired women to contribute, are certainly worth appreciating this Women's History Month. It is no doubt that many brilliant women have had a substantial influence expanding our knowledge as a population and advancing our societies since the beginning of time. These remarkable women come from all over the world, but there are women like them in every town and city on the map—even the city you call home. Let's take a journey back in time to honor some of the most notable women to come from Kansas City, Kansas.
Kansas City, KS Barbecue Sides to Drool Over
By Alexa Savka on May 17, 2019
We all know that Kansas City has some of the best BBQ in America, and with so many note-worthy competitors to choose from, it can be hard to land on one decision when you're craving that mouth-watering meat. Ribs, burnt ends, brisket, pulled pork…the seasoned, smoked and sauced-up meat is definitely what it's all about when it comes to great barbecue. But if you're a carb junkie like me who appreciates a good variety of textures and flavors when indulging, the sides are a huge part of the KC BBQ experience. I'm not ashamed to say I have popped in to a few of these places just to grab a helping of their best sides, simply to satisfy the major cravings they tend to induce!
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What a better way to honor our veterans, military service persons and fallen heroes than to take a tour of all the great veteran and war memorials in Kansas City, KS and Wyandotte County? Whether or not you have friends or family in the service, have served yourself, are an avid history buff, or just appreciate what it means to be an American, there is always value in taking the time to pay tribute to the sacrifices that were made for our country.
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By Alexa Savka on January 24, 2019
Music lovers visiting Kansas City, KS are going to love discovering all of the cool places around town where they can escape the cold weather and catch live music performances almost any night of the week.
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By Alexa Savka on October 2, 2018
This past weekend I combined two of my very favorite fall activities: nature hikes and haunted houses. It was certainly an October evening to remember. Nothing beats spending time in nature at the on-set of chilly fall weather - leaves crunching under your feet and the faint smell of burning wood somewhere in the distance. Paired with an eerie, unfamiliar path and over 45 minutes of being chased, frightened and thoroughly disturbed, you've got the ultimate heart-pounding experience.
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By Alexa Savka on April 12, 2018
Although the recent cold, and honestly confusing weather might suggest otherwise, we are almost a month into spring time in Kansas City, KS. That means that some of the city's very best annual events are just around the corner. I can finally come out of hibernation with my antsy 3-year-old and take her around town to experience some of our favorite (and super affordable!) spring time family fun activities. Here are just a few of the things we are looking forward to over the next few weekends that I consider can't-miss for any parents who may also be looking for cheap thrills.
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Recently my boss signed our office up to visit Exit Games KC in Bonner Springs for a team-building exercise, and a way for us to familiarize ourselves with the facility to better assist visitors. I had been wanting to check it out for a while, and I jumped at the chance to leave work at 2:30 pm on a Friday and start my weekend off with an exciting new adventure.
No Sweetheart, No Problem: Spend Valentine's Day with Friends in Kansas City, KS
By Alexa Savka on February 2, 2018
It's finally February in Kansas City and while Valentine's Day is quickly approaching, this lover's holiday doesn't necessarily make everyone's heart sing. For those of you who are uncuffed this year, it can be a daunting task to decide whether or not to step out amongst all of the sappy sweethearts, or stay home and potentially dwell on the fact that you are not sharing this day with a "special someone". No need to fret, though, because being single can be a marvelous thing, and there is plenty of fun to be had in KCK for those that are flying solo this year. Take advantage of your independence; grab a few friends and prepare to paint the town red this Valentine's Day!
New Year, New Experiences
By Alexa Savka on January 9, 2018
As the New Year begins, with it comes an air of excitement, fresh starts and new beginnings. What better way to enhance your list of plans and goals than to seek out new experiences that exist right outside your own front door. January in Kansas City, Kansas brings about several fun activities that you probably haven't considered or possibly even been aware of until now. I urge you to broaden your horizons and clear a little space in your calendar to take advantage of these great local events happening this month.
The Kansas City Renaissance Festival: A Fall tradition to keep
By Alexa Savka on September 27, 2017
Fall in Kansas City always holds a lot of significance for me. A change of pace, change of wardrobe, and crisp, beautiful weather that seems to have a funny way of inducing the most pleasant nostalgia. It is my favorite time of year to get out and explore what the city has to offer. While I'm always interested in checking out a tasty new restaurant or a trendy boutique, there are a few activities that I have adopted as required fall traditions.
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Роман Андреевич Сорокин (17 мая 1985 Санкт-Петербург) — российский футболист, полузащитник.

Воспитанник СДЮШОР «Кировец». В 2004—2005 годах играл во втором дивизионе за «Зенит-2». В 2006 году перешёл в егорьевский «Сатурн». 18 апреля 2007 года в матче 1/512 Кубка России получил травму — разрыв ахиллова сухожилия. После неудачной операции восстанавливался более полутора лет. Летом 2009 года Сорокин был отдан в аренду в белорусский «Витебск», из которого в 2011 году перешёл в «Нафтан». В 2013 году подписал контракт с «Белшиной».

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The gentle folk of Thirsk crowd around in their new hats and finery to glimpse the newlyweds as they emerge in splendid procession from St Oswald's Church.
This atmospheric black and white film perfectly portrays a typical wedding of local dignitaries in rural Thirsk in 1932. All the ingredients are in place for this traditional wedding, marking the seriousness, the grace and the celebratory nature of the occasion.
This film was presumably taken by George Albert Lomas, who at the time was the Managing Director of Bamlett engineering works and Chairman of Thirsk Rural Council. Bamletts was established by the prolific inventor Adam Bamlett in 1857, specialising in harvesting machines, and situated next to Thirsk old railway station where they had their own loading platform. Bamletts were a very successful company until suddenly going into receivership in 1986, and their site is now a supermarket. St Oswald's Church dates from 1842, the early period of Victorian church building and restoration, although a chapel on the site goes back to 1145.


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Lansingerland é um município dos Países Baixos, situado na província da Holanda do Sul. Tem  de área e sua população em 2020 foi estimada em 62.882 habitantes.

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Each RGB shade is a sharp take on a classic with a straightforward name to match. The chip-resistant and high shine formula is Five Free of harmful chemicals: No Formaldehyde, No Toulene, No DBP (dibutyl phthalate), Formaldehyde Resin, or Camphor. Cruelty-free. Made in the U.S.A.


Earth Day is an annual event celebrated on April 22 worldwide to demonstrate support for environmental protection. It was first observed in 1970, and is now coordinated globally by the Earth Day Network and celebrated in more than 192 countries each year.
Many people assume that Earth Day is all about large group gatherings or activists protesting pollution. There is much more that can be done, and is done during Earth Day, and you yourself can participate in the smallest of ways.
While some people may choose to be more vocal about the need to protect our environment, you can participate by simply appreciating what nature already has to offer you. We cannot truly protect something, such as the environment, unless we establish an appreciation for it first.
On this year's Earth Day, take a moment to appreciate the simplest of things in nature. Hang up a birdhouse, plant a windowsill herb garden, or clean out those neglected flower beds from last fall. These tasks will not earn you the Nobel Peace Prize, but they will earn you a sense of personal satisfaction and accomplishment. If you are feeling more ambitious and creative, please keep reading.
Wooden pallets are just one of the harmful materials filling up the country's landfills every day. Though strides have been made to keep materials such as aluminum cans and plastic bottles out of our nation's dumps, millions of wood pallets continue to pile up.
Statistics vary regarding how many million wood pallets now reside in landfills. Some estimates claim that as many as 200 million wood pallets are thrown into U.S. landfill facilities every year. Of those that find their way to the dump, over half were only used once before they were discarded.
pallet 2Besides using leftover pallet as fire wood, there are dozens of alternatives available for "upcycling" or reusing these wood pallets for useful purposes. One of the most creative and innovative repurposing options is for gardening. Wooden pallets make excellent planters either laid flat or propped up against a wall vertically. If woodworking and building is your forté, then dismantling the pallets and utilizing the wood for building something new may just tickle your fancy.


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You are here : Home > News > Speeches > March 2005 > Address by Lucien Lux, Minister for the Environment, current President of the "Environment" Council, to the Conference of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) on REACH
Address by Lucien Lux, Minister for the Environment, current President of the "Environment" Council, to the Conference of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) on REACH
Date of Speech : 11-03-2005
Place : Bruxelles
Speaker : Lucien Lux
Policy area : Environment Environment
Mr Secretary General
Mr Commissioner Stavros Dimas
Honourable Members
It is with great pleasure that I accepted your invitation to represent the Council at the Conference of the European Trade Union Confederation on REACH, which brings together the main players in the debate on the reform of European legislation on chemical substances. You should know that throughout all of my political activities, social and trade union affairs have been of major importance, and it is also in this context that I will present to you the "Environment" Council's concerns at this time regarding REACH.
REACH, as the Commissioner just said, is an important example of what the new type of European policy can be in the context of the Lisbon Process, based on an integrated and balanced approach among the three dimensions of sustainable development: environmental protection, social cohesion, and the competitiveness of our economies, and that is why the REACH issue is one of the Luxembourg Presidency's priorities. I am convinced that REACH will give fresh impetus to European industry in terms of competitiveness. I am certain that it is only through this future European industry, based on the development and use of chemicals that protect the environment and the health of workers and consumers, that we will be able to achieve a lasting industry for the long term, which quite obviously will effectively contribute to fighting unemployment. And thus REACH will contribute to the European social model by creating an industrial environment in favour of employees who will benefit from a working environment that meets high standards in the area of health and labour security with regard to chemicals. This high environmental quality is based on the precautionary approach, which is one of REACH's fundamental principles.
Even if, as Minister for the Environment, my main concern will be to achieve a high level of protection of the environment and health, you can be reassured that I will also strive to achieve a REACH that is balanced, flexible and practicable at every level with no excessive bureaucracy, not only in businesses, but also in the national and European public administrations. Such a REACH will be a success for Europe, because the risks of a potential relocation will be reduced and the job level can be maintained. This tailor-made REACH will make it possible, through the World Trade Organisation, to reduce any potential social or environmental dumping and will serve as an example at the global level.
You are surely aware that two formations of the Council, namely the "Competitiveness" Council, currently chaired by my Luxembourg colleague Jeannot Krecké, Minister for the Economy and Foreign Trade, and the "Environment" Council, work together on this important undertaking of legislative reform on chemicals. Allow me to review some of the key issues that, until now, were the subject of a political debate in the Council. During the high-level reading of the REACH proposal under the Irish Presidency, the subject of the debates was, among others, the authorization policies, prioritisation, the substitution principle, the OSOR proposal – one substance one registration – and the duty of care, a subject which is very important to you, I suppose, as I saw in your declaration on REACH.
Much progress was made under the Dutch Presidency and I would like to be able to say as much four months from now once the Luxembourg Presidency has come to the end of its term. And thus the Council's Ad hoc Group, which in a way is our "laboratory of ideas," has attempted to identify the positions of the Member States and has collected all their proposals for amendments in the "footnotes documents" on Headings I to III that will make it possible for future presidencies, this time our British and Austrian colleagues, to detect common positions in order to reach a political agreement. Alongside the Ad hoc Group's technical work, several key points were the subject of political debates in the Council. And so the results and findings of 36 impact studies, the issue of substances in the articles and the inclusion of certain substance risk elements during prioritisation, were the subject of political debates in the "Environment" Council of 20 December under the Dutch Presidency.
The OSOR approach was greeted with a certain amount of sympathy in the "Competitiveness" Council in November 2004: it was hoped that this approach would accentuate REACH's practicability. Nevertheless, I must admit that we had to ask the countries that proposed it, namely Hungary and the United Kingdom, to provide details about their approach because many practical and technical questions remained unanswered. Thus, we expect to revisit this toward the end of the Luxembourg Presidency.
You are certainly aware that our Presidency intends to concentrate efforts on an exhaustive, detailed and complete discussion of REACH Headings IV to VIII and all the technical appendices in the proposal. Since January 2005, the Chemicals Ad hoc Group had already carried out an exhaustive and detailed review of Heading IV on information in the supply chain and Heading V on the rights and obligations of downstream users. There was also a meeting with national experts at which the corresponding appendices were also analysed.
In Heading IV, the concerns on the protection of health and worker security were among the main topics of the Ad hoc Group's discussion. The discussion also addressed the right of workers to access information, which is also one of your Confederation's demands if my information is correct. We also gave a mandate to the Council's Legal Service to clarify the possibility of having REACH coexist with a national legislation that is often more restrictive in the area of health protection and worker security regarding chemicals. The answer should be available soon.
The review of Heading VI will generate discussions on the division of responsibilities and roles for evaluating substances among the competent authorities, the Member States and the future European Chemicals Agency, which will have its headquarters in Helsinki. The debates on this Heading will have to take into account differences in size and administrative capacity of the different Member States. That is why we are expecting very divergent thoughts on the proposal's impact on the national competent authorities of the Member States. The Headings on the authorisation and restrictions of chemical substances aim to eliminate and gradually replace hazardous substances and preparations. This will foster innovation and the search for substitutes by the producers of these substances that are of particular concern.
Finally, allow me to say a few words about our relations with Parliament which, in my opinion, are essential for an exchange of views and to identify any potential stumbling blocks. It is with this in mind that Jeannot Krecké, who chairs the "Competitiveness" Council, and myself, participated in the public hearing on REACH that the European Parliament organized in January 2005. In addition, contacts between our REACH team in the field and the different parliamentary committees involved in the REACH issue, obviously with the rapporteurs, the Honourable Guido Sacconi, "the authority" on REACH, are made almost every day. This exchange and REACH's current pace, both in the Council and in Parliament, should enable our successors to arrive at a political agreement in the immediate future.
As for the Council, we plan to have a detailed review of REACH at the "Competitiveness" Council of 6 June 2005 and at our "Environment" Council of 24 June 2005 and of certain pending critical points and issues related to the practicability of REACH, especially for small- and medium-sized enterprises. This will be analyzed at our small group workshop of 10-11 May 2005 in Luxembourg, to which we have also invited the Secretary General of the European Trade Union Confederation.
Finally, I wish to congratulate you on your initiative of organizing this conference today and tomorrow. In my opinion, this will be an important step on the laborious road that aims to arrive at a practicable REACH system without calling into question the founding principles of the proposed regulation, such as the precautionary approach in particular.


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Judge Temporarily Blocks Mississippi Anti-Abortion Law
Law would close state's last abortion clinic
By Mark Russell, Newser Staff
Posted Jul 2, 2012 2:13 AM CDT
Updated Jul 2, 2012 3:02 AM CDT
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant signs House Bill 1390 earlier this year while supporters look on at the state Capitol in Jackson. Bryant says he wants the state to be "abortion free." (AP Photo/The Clarion-Ledger, Greg Jenson)
(Newser) – A Mississippi law that could shut down the only abortion clinic in the state has been blocked by a federal judge, at least temporarily, reports the AP. State House Bill 1390 requires anyone who performs abortions at the clinic to be an obstetrician-gynecologist with local hospital privileges. But as those privileges can be difficult to obtain, and the two doctors who perform abortions at the Jackson clinic come from out of state, the law would in effect stop abortions in the state entirely. In fact, when Gov. Phil Bryant signed the law, he said he wanted Mississippi to be "abortion-free."
"Though the debate over abortion continues, there exists legal precedent the court must follow," wrote the judge in his decision. "Plaintiffs have offered evidence—including quotes from significant legislative and executive officers—that the Act's purpose is to eliminate abortions in Mississippi." The judge set a hearing for July 11 to decide whether the law's suspension would be extended. If the clinic does close, most women seeking an abortion would have to travel out of state, and the AP notes that from the capital, it's about 200 miles to clinics in New Orleans; Mobile, Alabama; and Memphis. (Read more abortion stories.)


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Louis Nelson, Sr., 65, an Inupiat Eskimo, was born and raised in Kotzebue, Alaska. He began mushing about 13 years ago and run the Kobuk 220 and 440 more than 10 times. Louis lives at camp year round, located 25 miles north of Kotzebue), primarily living a subsitence lifestyle. He operates Snowy River Kennels and has about 35 dogs. He shares dogs with his son, Darin, who owns and operates Kobuk Lake Kennel near Kotzebue. Together they train dogs to race mid distance races. Louis is married to Lulu. They have one child living at home, Alexa, 15.. He is retired.
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Campbell Airstrip (BLM) 3/03 12:49:00 12 1h 4m 0.00
Willow 3/04 15:34:00 15 59
Yentna (YENT-na) 3/04 18:57:00 15 3/04 19:02:00 15 0h 5m 3h 23m 13.30 45
Skwentna 3/04 21:55:00 15 3/05 02:23:00 15 4h 28m 2h 53m 11.79 34
Finger Lake 3/05 09:57:00 15 3/05 14:00:00 15 4h 3m 7h 34m 5.95 45
Rainy Pass 3/05 17:28:00 15 3/06 06:05:00 15 12h 37m 3h 28m 8.65 30
Rohn (Rone) 3/06 10:40:00 15 3/06 17:03:00 14 6h 23m 4h 35m 10.47 48
Nikolai (NIK-o-lye) 3/07 04:35:00 14 3/07 10:24:00 13 5h 49m 11h 32m 6.94 80
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Grayling 3/10 20:00:00 12 3/10 21:59:00 12 1h 59m 2h 44m 6.59 18
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Ah my… has it been a day or what. I've been compiling climate data 1 year at a time for 61 years (well, actually it took me about 2 hours – to get all 61 years together, and cleaned up and sorted out). So much for my plans of success and draft completion – ha… so much for my night of sleep.
Here I go back to work.


SMR Wraps Up the Academic Year!
Sekolah Menengah Rafflesia: SMR wraps up the 2018 academic year with a graduation and award ceremony.
Students did well and made us all proud once again with their passion to excel in academic and activities!
We look forward to seeing all new and existing students in 2019!
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In the last few days I did my best to do a little more on the challenge project than usual. I'll be out of town for ten days and so have to set this thing aside during that time. I had Grant, a newbie, mix sculpt for me as I wanted to tackle some larger areas. It turns out he is a very prolific mixer and we made rapid progress in only a couple of hours. I managed to sculpt all four tall wooden timbers plus much of the rock bluff. The hand sculpted textures changed the piece in a dramatic fashion! It is now looking pretty cool. I can hardly wait to get to all of the bracing on the trestle along with the greenery on the bluff. The angle from low by the floor allows a spectacular view of the piece.


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Accueil du site Master Soudan An Approach to Estimate the Productivity of Wind and Solar Energy in Sudan
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An Approach to Estimate the Productivity of Wind and Solar Energy in Sudan
ALM ALHUDA, MOAHMMED BABIKER MOHAMMED AHMED
Titre : An Approach to Estimate the Productivity of Wind and Solar Energy in Sudan
Auteur : ALM ALHUDA, MOAHMMED BABIKER MOHAMMED AHMED
Université de soutenance : University of Gezira
Grade : Master of Science (MS) in Computer Engineering and Networks 2019
Solar energy and wind energy resources become the most important types of available renewable energy resources. Sudan use large amounts of energy about 3000MW in a month ; most of these energies are produced from water sources. Sudan has more renewable energy resources such as solar energy and wind energy. The productivity of these types of energy depends on many factors such as temperature, relative humidity, atmospheric pressure, solar radiation and wind speed. The study aims to provide a data collecting system for these factors as well as predicting the expected energy production for solar and wind energy in Sudan. The methodology of this study consists of two parts : data collection system design and productivity calculation system. For the data collection system, many sensors were used to capture the values of relative factors. It consists of five sensors for radiation, wind speed, temperature, relative humidity and atmospheric pressure. The system was designed using simulation program (Proteus 8) to design a circuit and Arduino C to write the program code. For productivity calculation system, several equations were applied to calculate energy productivity for solar and wind energy. The values captured by sensors were recorded as input for the equations to generate the energy expected as output. The system has a liquid crystal display screen (LCD) to display the captured values of sensors and the expected productivity. As a result, the data collection system was designed and implemented to find the expected productivity for solar and wind in real time. In addition, the productivity calculation system was implemented to find the expected productivity for selected towns in Sudan using recorded data for 2014 (Wad-Medani, Kassala, Kosti and Abu-Nuaama) as examples. The maximum energy that produced by wind turbine it recorded in Abu-Nuaama is 927 KW in June, while the minimum energy recorded in Kassala was 10KW in April. On the other hand, the maximum energy that produced by solar cell recorded in Kassala and Wad-medani was 56KW/day in July and September respectively, but the minimum energy recorded in Abu-Nuaama, Kassala and Kosti was 21KW/day in July, April and August respectively. The obtained results show that the proposed system has the ability to estimate the amount of energy produced with high accuracy. The system could be applied to estimate energy everywhere in real-time. The availability of these factors in Sudan provides a great motivation for energy production from these resources. The study recommends adding database to store the system's output, supported by transmission media to transmit the data to the database.
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Football team plays with added incentive
Mercyhurst College foot ball players junior Jeff Pollard and senior Garrett Kensy serve as inspiration for their team.Mercyhurst College's football team added extra motivation for success this season by "Making a Point to Take Away Cancer."
Head coach Marty Schaetzle decided to personally donate $1 for every point scored and $5 for every takeaway (interception and fumble recovered) during the 2010 season.
The team will donate based on the same guidelines.
Schaetzle was inspired during summer camp to aid in the battle against cancer.
"It [was] a combination of hearing something, seeing an ad and hearing about other coaches doing something," Schaetzle said.
This combination prompted him to think of what could be done through football.
I came up with the slogan, 'Make a Point to Take Away Cancer,' [and] it covered all the possibilities and tied into football," Schaetzle said.
The players accepted this campaign without hesitation.
"I think it's great. We have a couple guys on this team, myself included, that are faced with devastation of cancer," senior quarterback Garrett Kensy said. "Ninety percent of the guys on the team have been affected by cancer personally, whether it be a friend, family member or anything like that. I think it's great to all rally together and give back."
Both Kensy and junior offensive linemam Jeffory Pollard are cancer survivors.
In 2007, Kensy, a sophmore at the time, was diagnosed with cancer and missed the entire season.
Last season Pollard was diagnosed with with cancer and missed the 2009 season.
The connection that both of these players have formed through their fights with cancer is very strong.
The team has also formed a a special sensitivity to the battles fought by cancer patients as they have seen two teammates beat cancer
Both students, through support from the team and Schaetzle, have returned from these ordeals.
Kensy, the starting quarterback, has been an exceptional success story battling back from cancer.
The football team encourages other teams, students, faculty and members of the community to jump on board.
"[Many would benefit] if other teams would do a pledge and raise as much money as possible," Schaetzle said.
"Hopefully, we can get a little momentum with the guys on the team and their families, and it catches fire throughout the year," Kensy said.
Another member of the athletic community agrees.
"I am going to try and encourage my team, as well as my friends, to help out this cause," senior baseball player Craig Denman said. "This is definitely something great that everyone schoolwide can get involved with and help out."
The Mercyhurst Athletic website provides a link to those wishing to make donations to the initiative.
The John Kanzius Cancer Research Foundation of Erie will receive the money raised by the "Make a Point to Take Away Cancer" initiative.
Women's basketball plays at home
Men's hockey plays Holy Cross back-to-back
Men's basketball plays opening game
Women's soccer takes on the playoffs
Men's ice hockey ties Sacred Heart twice
Women's soccer PSAC West champs
Men's soccer PSAC western champs
Coach Schaetzle wins last home game
Mercyhurst golf's fall season recap
Football celebrates a weekend victory


Engineering timelines are longer than those of media scandals, which has resolved honda integra s specs a predicament past diesel engine. The companys decision to produce a next-generation ultra-clean turbo-diesel was made well before Volkswagen was caught getting its cheat on, but the the end 1.6-liter inline-four reviewed here in the honda integra s specs is reaching its strive for broadcast in Europe just as demand slumps for compression-ignition engines, thanks in large allowance to the Dieselgate scandal.
There is little fortuitous that honda integra s specs will sell its new engine anywhere uncovered of Europe; company executives consent that it likely will be the last diesel it will develop. Diesels nevertheless made stirring 45 percent of European passenger-car sales last year, but that percentage is falling shortly and is disproportionately made going on of cars greater than before than the honda integra s specs. Within a technology generation, the achievement for spending the allowance valuable to build other all-new diesel for a minority artist taking into consideration the honda integra s specs will more or less very be gone. But it is fitting for such an engineering-led company that, despite its modest output, this little diesel should be remembered as one of the pinnacles of its genre.


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Human Augmentation – The Dawn of a New Paradigm – GOV.UK
The Development, Concepts and Doctrine Centre (DCDC) has worked in partnership with the German Bundeswehr Office for Defence Planning to understand the future implications of human augmentation (HA), setting the foundation for more detailed Defence research and development.
The project incorporates research from German, Swedish, Finnish and UK Defence specialists to understand how emerging technologies such as genetic engineering, bioinformatics and the possibility of brain-computer interfaces could affect the future of society, security and Defence. The ethical, moral and legal challenges are complex and must be thoroughly considered, but HA could signal the coming of a new era of strategic advantage with possible implications across the force development spectrum.
HA technologies provides a broad sense of opportunities for today and in the future. There are mature technologies that could be integrated today with manageable policy considerations, such as personalised nutrition, wearables and exoskeletons. There are other technologies in the future with promises of bigger potential such as genetic engineering and brain-computer interfaces. The ethical, moral and legal implications of HA are hard to foresee but early and regular engagement with these issues lie at the heart of success.
Original: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/human-augmentation-the-dawn-of-a-new-paradigm
Archive: http://archive.today/2021.09.12-013335/https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/human-augmentation-the-dawn-of-a-new-paradigm
Tags Bioinformatics, Brain-computer Interfaces, Defence, Development Concepts and Doctrine Centre, Fourth Industrial Revolution, Genetic Engineering, German Bundeswehr Office for Defence Planning, German Federal Ministry of Defence, GOV.UK, Human Augmentation, Military, Minitry of Defence, The Great Reset, Transhumanism, UK, Wearable Computing