A Nashville MLS stadium site plan cleared a key hurdle on Tuesday, when it was adopted by the Metro Board of Fair Commissioners.
Nashville continues to plan the construction of a soccer-specific stadium at The Fairgrounds Nashville, with the venue to become the home of an MLS expansion team. The $275-million stadium is one part of a larger project, as the plans also include a 10-acre mixed use development and new fairground event buildings.
The fair board's vote isn't binding, but it was an important requirement for the project to advance. It means the process to rezone the property will begin immediately, with legislation to be filed Wednesday to change the land use of the site.
"We want to get to work," said fair board chairman Ned Horton, calling feedback from the public generally positive and arguing that the plan matches the board's goals to upgrade the facilities. "There's going to be a lot people who don't like any change, people who will object to certain parts of this. We can't make everybody happy all the time. But I think we do have the charge to move forward in improving this facility.
Nashville's MLS expansion bid was formally approved by the league in December, after the Nashville Metro Council decided in November to approve $225 million in bonding for the stadium project. However, the fair board's vote is important to the stadium planning process because of the additional steps that are needed. Some of the remaining tasks include approval for the demolition of existing buildings at the site, re-zoning of the property, and the completion of a final stadium lease agreement.


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Ocean heat content (OHC) is the energy absorbed and stored by oceans. Between 1971 and 2018, the rise in OHC accounts for over 90% of Earth's excess thermal energy from global heating. The main driver of this OHC increase was most likely anthropogenic forcing via rising greenhouse gas emissions.  By 2020, about one third of the added energy had propagated to depths below 700 meters.  Ocean heat content and sea level rise are important indicators of climate change. The term is used in oceanography and climatology.

Ocean water absorbs solar energy efficiently and has far greater heat capacity than atmospheric gases.  As a result, the top few meters of the ocean contain more thermal energy than the entire Earth's atmosphere.  Since before 1960, research vessels and stations have sampled sea surface temperatures and temperatures at greater depth all over the world. Furthermore, since the year 2000, an expanding network of nearly 4000 Argo robotic floats has measured temperature anomalies, or the change in OHC. OHC has been increasing at a steady or accelerating rate since at least 1990.  The net rate of change in the upper 2000 meters from 2003 to 2018 was  (or annual mean energy gain of 9.3 zettajoules). The uncertainty is primarily due to the challenges of making multidecadal measurements with sufficient accuracy and spatial coverage.

Changes in ocean heat content have far-reaching consequences for the planet's marine and terrestrial ecosystems; including multiple impacts to coastal ecosystems and communities.  Direct effects include variations in sea level and sea ice, shifts in intensity of the water cycle, and the migration and extinction of marine life.

In 2022, the world's oceans, as given by OHC, were again the hottest in the historical record and exceeded the previous 2021 record maximum.

Definition

Ocean heat content is "the total amount of heat stored by the oceans". In order to calculate the ocean heat content, measurements of ocean temperature at many different locations and depths are required.

The areal density of ocean heat content between two depths is defined as a definite integral:

where   is the specific heat capacity of sea water, h2 is the lower depth, h1 is the upper depth,  is the seawater density profile, and  is the temperature profile. In SI units,  has units of Joules per square metre (J·m−2).

In practice, the integral can be approximated by summation of a smooth and otherwise well-behaved sequence of temperature and density data.  Seawater density is a function of temperature, salinity, and pressure.  Despite the cold and great pressure at ocean depth,  water is nearly incompressible and favors the liquid state for which its density is maximized.

Measurements of temperature versus ocean depth generally show an upper mixed layer (0–200 m), a thermocline (200–1500 m), and a deep ocean layer (>1500 m).  These boundary depths are only rough approximations.  Sunlight penetrates to a maximum depth of about 200 m; the top 80 m of which is the habitable zone for photosynthetic marine life covering over 70% of Earth's surface.  Wave action and other surface turbulence help to equalize temperatures throughout the upper layer.

Unlike surface temperatures which decrease with latitude, deep-ocean temperatures are relatively cold and uniform in most regions of the world. About 50% of all ocean volume is at depths below 3000 m (1.85 miles), with the Pacific Ocean being the largest and deepest of five oceanic divisions.  The thermocline is the transition between upper and deep layers in terms of temperature, nutrient flows, abundance of life, and other properties. It is semi-permanent in the tropics, variable in temperate regions (often deepest during the summer), and shallow to nonexistent in polar regions.

Integrating the areal density of ocean heat over an ocean basin, or entire ocean, gives the total heat content, as indicated in the figure at left.  Thus, total ocean heat content is a volume integral of the product of temperature, density, and heat capacity over the three-dimensional region of the ocean for which data is available.  The bulk of measurements have been performed at depths shallower than about 2000 m (1.25 miles).

Causes for heat uptake
The more abundant equatorial solar irradiance which is absorbed by Earth's tropical surface waters drives the overall poleward propagation of ocean heat.  The surface also exchanges energy with the lower troposphere, and thus responds to long-term changes in cloud albedo, greenhouse gases, and other factors in the Earth's energy budget.  Over time, a sustained imbalance in the budget enables a net flow of heat either into or out of ocean depth via thermal conduction, downwelling, and upwelling.

Oceans are Earth's largest thermal reservoir that function to regulate the planet's climate; acting as both a sink and a source of energy.  Releases of OHC to the atmosphere occur primarily via evaporation and enable the planetary water cycle.   Concentrated releases in association with high sea surface temperatures help drive tropical cyclones, atmospheric rivers, atmospheric heat waves and other extreme weather events that can penetrate far inland.

The ocean also functions as a sink and source of carbon, with a role comparable to that of land regions in Earth's carbon cycle.  In accordance with the temperature dependence of Henry's law, warming surface waters are less able to absorb atmospheric gases including the growing emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases from human activity.   Warming of the deep ocean has the further potential to melt and release some of the vast store of frozen methane hydrate deposits that have naturally accumulated there. Deep-ocean warming below 2000 m has been largest in the Southern Ocean compared to other ocean basins.

Warming oceans are one reason for coral bleaching and contribute to the migration of marine species. Marine heat waves are regions of life-threatening and persistently elevated water temperatures. Redistribution of the planet's internal energy by atmospheric circulation and ocean currents produces internal climate variability, often in the form of irregular oscillations, and helps to sustain the global thermohaline circulation.

The increase in OHC accounts for 30–40% of global sea-level rise from 1900 to 2020 because of thermal expansion.
It is also an accelerator of sea ice, iceberg, and tidewater glacier melting. The ice loss reduces polar albedo, amplifying both the regional and global energy imbalances.
The resulting ice retreat has been rapid and widespread for Arctic sea ice, and within northern fjords such as those of Greenland and Canada.
Impacts to Antarctic sea ice and the vast Antarctic ice shelves which terminate into the Southern Ocean have varied by region and are also increasing due to warming waters.  Breakup of the Thwaites Ice Shelf and its West Antarctica neighbors contributed about 10% of sea-level rise in 2020.

Recent observations and changes

Numerous independent studies in recent years have found a multi-decadal rise in OHC of upper ocean regions that has begun to penetrate to deeper regions. The upper ocean (0–700 m) has warmed since 1971, while it is very likely that warming has occurred at intermediate depths (700–2000 m) and likely that deep ocean (below 2000 m) temperatures have increased. The heat uptake results from a persistent warming imbalance in Earth's energy budget that is most fundamentally caused by the anthropogenic increase in atmospheric greenhouse gases. There is very high confidence that increased ocean heat content in response to anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions is essentially irreversible on human time scales.

Studies based on Argo measurements indicate that ocean surface winds, especially the subtropical trade winds in the Pacific Ocean, change ocean heat vertical distribution. This results in changes among ocean currents, and an increase of the subtropical overturning, which is also related to the El Niño and La Niña phenomenon. Depending on stochastic natural variability fluctuations, during La Niña years around 30% more heat from the upper ocean layer is transported into the deeper ocean.

Model studies indicate that ocean currents transport more heat into deeper layers during La Niña years, following changes in wind circulation. Years with increased ocean heat uptake have been associated with negative phases of the interdecadal Pacific oscillation (IPO). This is of particular interest to climate scientists who use the data to estimate the ocean heat uptake.

A study in 2015 concluded that ocean heat content increases by the Pacific Ocean were compensated by an abrupt distribution of OHC into the Indian Ocean.

The upper ocean heat content in most North Atlantic regions is dominated by heat transport convergence (a location where ocean currents meet), without large changes to temperature and salinity relation.

Although the upper 2000 m of the oceans have experienced warming on average since the 1970s, the rate of ocean warming varies regionally with the subpolar North Atlantic warming more slowly and the Southern Ocean taking up a disproportionate large amount of heat due to anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions.

Contribution to ocean reanalysis and state estimation

Measurement networks

Ocean heat content can be estimated using measurements obtained by a Nansen bottle, bathythermograph, CTD, or ocean acoustic tomography.  Sea surface temperatures are also measured by collections of moored and drifting buoys, such as those deployed by the Global Drifter Program and the National Data Buoy Center.  The World Ocean Database Project is the largest database for temperature profiles from all of the world's ocean.

Argo is an international program of robotic profiling floats deployed globally since the start of the 21st century.
The program's initial 3000 units had expanded to nearly 4000 units by year 2020.  At the start of each 10-day measurement cycle, a float descends to a depth of 1000 meters and drifts with the current there for nine days.
It then descends to 2000 meters and measures temperature, salinity (conductivity), and depth (pressure)  over a final day of ascent to the surface.
At the surface the float transmits the depth profile and horizontal position data through satellite relays before repeating the cycle.

A smaller test fleet of "deep Argo" floats aims to extend the measurement capability down to about 6000 meters.  It will accurately sample OHC parameters for a majority of the ocean volume when fully deployed.

Starting 1992, the TOPEX/Poseidon and subsequent Jason satellite series have observed vertically integrated OHC, which is a major component of sea level rise.  The partnership between Argo and Jason measurements has yielded ongoing improvements to estimates of OHC and other global ocean properties.

Ocean heat content measurements come with difficulties, especially before the deployment of the Argo profiling floats. Due to poor spatial coverage and poor quality of data, it has not always been easy to distinguish between long term global warming trends and climate variability. Examples of these complicating factors are the variations caused by El Niño–Southern Oscillation or changes in ocean heat content caused by major volcanic eruptions.

See also
Ocean acidification
Ocean stratification
Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate
Tropical cyclones and climate change

References

External links
 NOAA Global Ocean Heat and Salt Content

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HomeCONAMKATCONAMKAT Post-UTME Screening Form 2021/2022 | ND & HND
CONAMKAT Post-UTME Screening Form 2021/2022 | ND & HND
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Katsina State College of Nursing and Midwifery (CONAMKAT) Kasimu Kofar Bai College of Nursing Katsina Post-UTME Admission Screening Form, Eligibility, Requirements, Cost of Forms, Application Guidelines, Entrance Exam / Interview Dates, Time, Venue and Deadline for 2021/2022 Academic Session.
Applications are invited from the general public into the ND/HND Nursing Programme of the Katsina State College of Nursing and Midwifery (CONAMKAT) Kasimu Kofar Bai College of Nursing Katsina for the 2021/2022 academic session.
RECOMMENDED: Katsina State School of Midwifery (CONAMKAT) Admission Form.
The main objective of the movement of Nursing Education into Colleges of Nursing in collaboration with National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) is to ensure that Nursing and Midwifery education in Nigeria, evolve in line with the National Policy on Education and the contemporary system of education in Nigeria. This is in order to give legal backing by the Federal Government to Nursing institutions for the award of ACADEMIC CERTIFICATES to Nursing graduates.
The ND/HND Nursing programme has been designed to allow for seamless academic progression of graduates along the already existing system of education in the country. It also takes cognizance of the new scheme of service for Nurses in Nigeria approved by the National Council of Establishment in 2016.
The main goal of the ND/HND Nursing programme is to prepare competent, skilled, polyvalent Nurse practitioners, versatile midwives and professionally knowledgeable public health Nurses who will use problem-solving skills in providing safe, acceptable, effective and affordable quality health services to meet the health needs of individuals, families and communities at all levels of care.
About ND/HND Nursing Programme
The ND/HND Nursing is a four-year UNINTERUPTED programme i.e 2 years for ND and 2 years for HND. Students starts with ND Nursing programme which is a non-terminal programme. The ND Nursing graduates with minimum CGPA of 2.5 (Lower Credit) will then proceed for HND Nursing. Indexing shall be at the beginning of first semester of ND II. Students shall participate in Supervised Clinical Work Experience (SCWE) during the programme. The SCWEs would be in two parts of eight weeks each. The first part of SCWE shall be between the end of ND I, while the second part shall be between the end of ND II. Stipend for SCWE shall be paid through Industrial Training Fund (ITF). The SCWE shall be graded on a pass or fail basis. Where a student has satisfied all other requirements of the programme BUT FAILED SCWEs, he/she may only be allowed to repeat another four months SCWEs at his/own expenses.
Council's Professional Exam for General Nursing shall be after successful completion of HND 1 Nursing. However, graduates of HND Nursing programme are required to sit for Council's professional exam in either of the two options of specialization, namely: Midwifery for registration and licensing as Registered Midwife (RM) and Public Health Nursing for registration and licensing as Registered Public Health Nurse (RPHN).
HND graduates shall proceed for one-year mandatory Supervised Clinical Experience (Attachment) in an approved health facilities or institution and after successful completion of the one-year mandatory supervised clinical attachment, graduates shall be mobilized for a one year National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).
Cost of Form:
Two Thousand Five Hundred Naira ₦2,500 (excluding bank charges)
The minimum entry requirement for admission into the ND Nursing programme is minimum of 5 credits including English Language, Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry and Physics at not more than two (2) sittings in WAEC, NECO or NABTEB. Combination of WAEC&WAEC, WAEC&NECO or NECO & NECO are accepted but NABTEB must be one sitting.
The JAMB subject combinations for ND Nursing are Use of English, Biology, Chemistry, and Physics. Any combination apart from that, will not be considered no matter the JAMB score. Successful candidates that meets the minimum Cut-off marks will be invited for Screening/Interview by the College.
The general public may recall that the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) has granted approval to College of Nursing and Midwifery, Katsina (CONAMKAT) to run ND Nursing programme at Kasimu Kofar Bai School of Nursing, Katsina which led to the inclusion of our College in the Brochure of Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB).
Consequently, prospective students that wish to study ND Nursing programme at Kasimu Kofar Bai School of Nursing, Katsina should register with JAMB and choose our College under ND-Awarding Institutions as First or Second Choice. The JAMB subject combinations must be Use of English, Biology, Chemistry and Physics.
The General should note that there is no more new admission for BASIC Nursing programme because it has been replaced with ND Nursing programme.
The College hereby invites candidates who chose the College as FIRST CHOICE in the 2021 JAMB UTME, obtained a minimum score of 140, and UPLOADED SSCE Result on JAMB Portal to apply for Post-UTME Screening/Interview Exercise for admission into the College.
1. Visit the College's website www.conamkat.edu.ng
2. Click on "Post-UTME Screening/Interview"
3. Put your UTME Number to verify
4. Make payment
5. Fill the form, submit and print the Interview Slip. The date of the interview will be indicated on the Slip.
SCREENING / INTERVIEW SCHEDULE
CONAMKAT Post-UTME Screening & Interview Date 2021/2022.
1. The Portal will be opened for application on Friday 22nd October, 2021.
2. Closing Date for the application is Friday 22nd October, 2021
Academic Secretary,
For: Provost
CONAMKAT NURSING

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Food-grain Storage Capacity: Need a robust plan and private entrepreneurs participation to build a world class hygienic storage capacity to not only maintain the food-grain in healthy condition but also to fetch higher value in international market for the surplus supplies which eventually increase the farmers income for better price for their produce. Government has set up a plan and approved to create additional 15.12 Million tons capacity(state wise break given bellow) to built over next three to four years. The major allocation goes to Punjab, Haryana and UP with 10 Million tons. Bihar gets an approval for 0.3 Million tons.


The Nepali side congratulated China on the successful conclusion of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in 2017 as well as the annual sessions of the National People's Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in 2018. The Nepali side expressed its confidence that under the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, the Chinese people will realize the two centenary goals and build China a great modern socialist country that is prosperous, strong, democratic, culturally advanced, harmonious, and beautiful.
The two sides agreed to intensify implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative to enhance connectivity, encompassing such vital components as ports, roads, railways, aviation and communications within the overarching framework of trans-Himalayan Multi-Dimensional Connectivity Network. The two sides also agreed to take practical measures to promote cooperation in all fields contained in the MOU. The Nepali side conveyed its readiness to facilitate more Chinese investment in infrastructure building and in other productive sectors. In this regard, the Nepali side expressed its willingness to welcome further investment from Chinese enterprises and, in accordance with Nepali laws and regulations, simplify the related approval procedures on applications related to land, taxes and visas in an efficient manner, and create a favourable investment climate and business environment for Chinese enterprises.
Both sides expressed happiness over the conclusion of: Agreements on the Reconstruction of Friendship Bridge and Resuo (Rasuwa) Bridge; Protocol on the Utilization of Highways in Tibet Autonomous Region, China by Nepal for Cargo Transport; Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Investment and Cooperation on Production Capacity; the MOU on the Establishment of Mechanism for Facilitation on the Implementation of China-Nepal Cooperation Programmes and Projects in Nepal between the two Foreign Ministries; MOU on Strengthening Cooperation between the two Foreign Ministries; MOU on Energy Cooperation; Agreement on Economic and Technical Cooperation; and MOU on Human Resource Development Cooperation. The two sides agreed to further deepen cooperation in economy, trade, investment, industrial capacity, post-disaster reconstruction and other mutually beneficial areas.
The Chinese side agreed to take positive measures to facilitate Nepal's export to China and consider providing technical and financial assistance for product development and post-harvest technology in agro-products. The Chinese side will consider providing necessary technical support for the establishment of laboratory and quarantine facilities in Nepal in order to facilitate the export of Nepali agricultural products to China. Both sides agreed to open additional trade routes between the two countries through mutual agreement and encourage financial transactions through banking channels.
Underlying the importance of generating a win-win situation for both countries, the two sides will constructively engage in finalizing the joint feasibility study on China-Nepal Free Trade Agreement (FTA). The two sides will strengthen cooperation both at central and local levels to promote establishing cross-border economic cooperation zones as per the MOU signed between the two countries. The Chinese side agreed to complete the Post Disaster Recovery for Tatopani Frontier Inspection Station Project at Larcha and Frontier Inspection Station at Timure, Rasuwagadhi at an early date. The Nepali side will provide its full support and comprehensive cooperation to the construction of the two frontier inspection station projects. Both sides agreed to develop other dry ports at mutually agreed Nepal-China border points. China welcomed Nepal's participation in the first China International Import Expo to be held in Shanghai in November later this year.
The two sides agreed to promote exchanges and cooperation in education, culture, tourism, media, think tanks, youth, and people-to-people relations. Both sides agreed to encourage the establishment of sister city relationship between different cities of the two countries. The Chinese side agreed to encourage the Tibet Autonomous Region as well as Sichuan, Yunnan and Qinghai and other provinces to enhance cooperation in the areas of trade, tourism and investment, among others. The Chinese side welcomed Nepal's participation in the China International Travel Mart (CITM) this year, and would continue to help arrange Chinese media and travel agency delegations to visit Nepal and encourage relevant Chinese agencies to further promote Nepal in China in view of upcoming Visit Nepal Year 2020. The Chinese side agreed to continue providing Chinese language training in Nepal for Nepali tourism professionals to help promote Nepal's tourism industry. The Chinese side also agreed to provide around 400 training opportunities in human resources development and more government scholarships every year to Nepal. The Nepali side reaffirmed its full commitment as specified in the MOU in 2014 between the Ministry of Education of Nepal and the Chinese Embassy in Nepal, for facilitating the teaching program of volunteer Chinese language teachers in Nepal.


There is no turning back when you are loved by the King of Kings, and the Lord of Lords. He loves us as much as His Father loves Him. We must remain in that love, no matter what. My what, is this vicious cancer. His Love for me and mine for Him is what is holding me together through this fight. Just had my third Tea For Women With Cancer this week. Such a blessed way to serve the Lord, I am on cloud nine with the opportunity to serve Him in this sweet way. The Ladies are amazing and the Love in this group is precious. I pray that when the Lord takes me home he will have another woman to pick it up where I leave off. Anybody who knows a woman with cancer invite them to our Bi Monthly Tea we would love to have them enjoy a cup of tea and a prayer with us.


AY has remade a short end-of-terrace house made narrower by a ground floor shop used as an office. The aim has been to re-unite the building as one home.
Pulling light back into the heart of the building and ridding it of doors and short corridors was the primary task; creating two slots and articulating the knuckle between the two with a staircase has been the solution. AY has scooped out the gloomy and narrow staircase compartment and a landing bathroom and created a full-height slot some 9m high and glazed to the rear.
The theatricality of the staircase negotiating the angle between these slots creates a sense of movement through the house – it is a place to be discovered, rather than laid out to be taken in at a glance. The iMist fire safety system has allowed an absence of compartmentalisation, with only bedrooms and bathrooms needing doors.
The second slot was created within the middle of the full-width rear extensions in the form of a courtyard sunk to ground floor level, dividing the living areas from a new bedroom floor across the court on the rear boundary wall. Within this court a lay-light illuminates a basement study, while a second at the upper, surrounding terrace at first floor level is placed above a bath and shower. The new layout creates a room for entertaining between front façade and courtyard on the ground floor, with a kitchen and dining room at the first floor that have direct access to the roof terrace. Bedrooms and bathrooms are scattered across three floors. Views are possible from the front of the house, through the courtyard and bedroom, and then out to the steeply sloping back gardens.


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Failure as a prophet; failure as a man
by: JT
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The preceding meditation on Bible prophecy as nonsense leads naturally into Harold Camping's failure.
I just want to consider how he reacted.
In his initial public reaction his comment was: "It has been a really tough weekend."
Tough weekend? He claimed billions would die in the earthquakes signifying Judgement Day. They didn't. How is that tough? Sure he had to be dealing with the personal fact that his prophecy was wrong, but still -- if he'd had an ounce of moral sense, he would have realized the welfare of billions of people far outweigh the fact he was convincingly proven absolutely wrong.
But no. Harold has decided he was not wrong. After deep thought and reflection he announced yesterday that he was right all along and unbeknownst to everybody else on the planet, God had conducted a Judgement Day exactly as Camping had predicted, except that his prophecy had overlooked the fact it would be an invisible Judgement Day. Now, instead of the earthquakes, God will kill us all quickly and mercifully on October 21 -- well, God's going to kill all of us except those foolish few who still believe in Camping's pronouncements; they will get to be raptured while we are being euthanized.
On the other hand, I expect that the invisible God who conducted an invisible Judgement Day can also be expected to conduct an invisible End of the World - so invisible that we won't even notice it and we'll just carry on as before.
But what about his followers? Those who had bought into his absolute certainty and claim that "The Bible Guarantees It." A number of them got rid of all their possessions and savings to help finance the publicity campaign. Retirement savings and children's college funds were emptied. Houses were sold. People quit their jobs to travel the country and promote Camping's vision. All in the expectation that they would ascend gloriously to Heaven on Saturday, there to spend eternity. And now - Camping's new vision is that they will have to survive for another five months without funds, without resources, without employment.
What's Camping's response to them?
That's their problem, not mine. I didn't sell my house and car. I'm not going to sell my house and car before October 21 either. And it's up to my followers to figure out how to survive. I'm not responsible.
That's right - Camping had a plan B, just in case. But he did not tell his followers that it might be wise to have a Plan B. He failed them - and it's a major moral failure. He offered his own certainty; he offered a Bible Guarantee; and he lived up to neither.
Not only is Harold Camping a failure as a prophet; he's a failure as a moral human being.
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Stars bet for a good cause
Ethan Duwell '15, Opinion Editor|March 8, 2015
Erik Stuhaug
The Super Bowl was over a month ago, but just recently a bet that took place is now being put into action. Usually people bet money or even personal possessions, however, Chris Pratt and Chris Evans came up with a much better idea.
They decided if the Patriots won Pratt would have to go to a Boston hospital dressed as Star Lord from Guardians of the Galaxy, and if the Seahawks won Evans would have to dress up as Captain America and visit patients at a Seattle hospital.
Obviously the Patriots won, so being a man of his word Chris Pratt visited a Boston Hospital and visited sick children dressed as Star Lord. The story was trending and buzzing around the time after the big game. People were wondering if they would actually show up and how great it would be if they actually did it.
Well their impact was felt by the people who work at the hospital as well as the patients who enjoyed it the most. A patient that Pratt visited was diagnosed with leukemia and said he is Pratt's biggest fan.
His mom told the press, "This situation will never be normal, but their visit helped make us feel special." Many movie stars can be seen as pretentious and way too into themselves but the ones like Pratt and Evans show how some of them are really good people.
The story got even better just a week ago. Chris Evans decided that children in a Seattle hospital would enjoy his visit. So that's what he did. He went to Seattle Children's Hospital dressed as Captain America and surprised many big fans of the comics as well as his movies. Chris Evans accompanied him in his visit dressed regularly, but was still representing Guardians of the Galaxy.
The two stars called it the #twitterbowl, and Pratt called Chris Evans the winner. Both stars showed a high level of class and represented themselves in a great way. Though they play superheroes on the big screen Evans stated that he met some real superheroes when he visited the children in the hospitals.
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Last year in Q4 2018, numerous reports suggested that Intel is having some difficulty in mapping the next generation 10nm Canon Lake processor. Due to that, they decided to delay the processor until the end of 2018. Fast forward to Q1 2018, (early February) in a conference call with the company CEO, Brian Krzanich officially confirmed this news and assured that company is having trouble with chip integration. In addition, he also confirmed that Cannon Lake chip will ship in early 2019.
But on the other hand, various partners are working very actively with Intel to resolve the problem. The all-new 15-inch Lenovo IdeaPad 330 with Intel Core i3-8121U processor appeared one of the Chinese retailer websites. As per the listing on the website, the CPU of Lenovo IdeaPad 330 is Intel's upcoming 10nm Cannon Lake with dual-core at 4-thread processing.
Furthermore, it also reveals that the chip clock speed is 2.2 GHz which could up to 3.2 GHz in Turbo Boost. The device features a 15-inch non-touch display at 1366 x 758 resolution. For the obvious reasons, there will be two different variants of IdeaPad 330 one with 4GB RAM + 500GB HDD and 8 GB RAM + 1TB HDD storage. The SSD variant will also be available.
The device measures 378 x 260 x 22.7 mm and weighs 2.1 kilograms. Talking about connectivity, the IdeaPad 330 includes 2 x USB 3.0 Type-A, 1 x USB Type-C, 3.5mm jack, HDMI output, CD/DVD drive and Gigabit Ethernet port as well. The device is powered by Windows 10.
The 4GB RAM and 500 GB HDD variant is priced at $450 (3299CNY) which is quite affordable. But what is more interesting here is that Lenovo IdeaPad 330 will feature DDR4 RAM, so it appears that Intel has finally decided to ditch the old DDR3 class of RAM.
It is also worth noting that Intel's Core i3-8121U is said to be an ordinary processor with integrated graphics. It's not yet known why Intel was having difficulty in integrating 10nm Cannon Lake chip.
The Chinese retailer hasn't mentioned the release date of the product on site. Lenovo might announce the device soon and more information will be provided in the coming weeks or months.
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I had the day off yesterday so I decided to carve out a little time to do something different. Between the pixel art and 2d character animation I've been doing a lot of cartoony stuff lately so it was time to dive back into the pseudo-3d world of After Effects particles. I whipped up this little GIF to send to friends and family for the New Year, it was a lot of fun. Happy 2019 everyone!


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Leaves narrow-linear to narrow-lanceolate, 10–40 mm long, 1–4 mm wide, sessile, not decurrent, margins revolute, tip acute and reflexed, not mucronate; upper surface dark glossy green or dull grey/blue-green, ± viscid, usually with dense subsessile glandular hairs and sparse cottony hairs when young, becoming scabrous with age; lower surface densely white tomentose with glabrous green midrib.
Inflorescence a moderately large, dense, round-topped corymb with several hundred heads, each 4–6 mm long. Involucral bracts papery, 16–20, imbricate in 4 whorls, outer bracts brownish-hyaline, inner bracts clear-hyaline with opaque white tips. Florets 4–6 per head, creamy-white.
Achenes white, 1.2 -1.5 mm long, longitudinally ribbed or wrinkled, or laterally compressed. Pappus of 23–26 persistent bristles.
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Similar to C. ochracea which grows at slightly lower altitudes within Snow Gum woodland but has lighter coloured achenes and flatter leaves than that species. C. monticola appears to prefer more open, wetter habitats such as river floodplains, boggy hollows and frost hollows amongst tussock grasses.


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Toronto is host to a wide range of sports charities. My favourites of those include ones that provide equipment and fees for kids who can't afford to play. From Hockey equipment, to registration fees, these local charities want to make sure that every kid in every community has a chance to play sports.
Urban Squash Toronto – Youth will learn the game of squash in this program that works with students starting in grade 6 for up to seven years in consistent mentoring, exercise and academic tutoring.
For more information visit the Urban Squash website.
Skate to Great – By collecting used skates, this company has donated over 6000 pairs of ice skates to youth.
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JumpStart – Canadian Tire's charity dedicated to removing financial barriers related to sports. They assist with the costs associated with registration, equipment and/or transportation for sports and physical activity programming.
Visit the Jumpstart website for more information.
Grow the Game – The Blue Jays' charity that provides baseball equipment for youth who may not be able to afford to play otherwise. In 2013 190 pieces of baseball equipment were donated across Canada to help grow the game.
Visit the Grow the Game page on theJays' website for more information.
Toronto Youth Development – Toronto Youth Development's Academic and Sports Enrichment (ASE) programs enable underprivileged children to rise from their present environment and attain self worth, confidence and leadership traits. Their programs offer academic assistance, character development, leadership training and sports to help keep kids fit.
The Toronto Youth Development also runs the Regent Park Soccer Program for ages 4-15.
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Wayne's Road Hockey Warriors – This program is designed to provide opportunities for kids in the Scarborough community. After the success of Wayne Simmonds, who came out of Scarborough, Simmonds' best friend Brandon Sinclair saw how sport can change the path of Scarborough's youth and together they decided it was their turn to make a difference. By raising funds through their annual hockey tournament, charity events and community support, they help provide the means and opportunities for underprivileged youth to play hockey.
For more information visit the WRHW website.
Broad Reach for Youth Leaders – A free program for at risk youth where they use sailing as a learning medium to develop confidence, leadership, teamwork, responsibility and positive work ethic. Youth ages 12-24 can take free programs aboard their 35′-40′ boats.
For more information visit the Broad Reach Website.
MLSE Foundation – Since 2009 the Maple Leafs Sports Foundation has provided $15 million dollars into upgrading sports facilities, providing program opportunities hockey, basketball, and soccer. They have also given to charitable groups offering sports and sport experiences to kids.
For more information visit the MLSE Foundation website.
HEROS – Hockey Education Reaching Out Society uses hockey to teach life-skills and empower young people across Canada. They provide free programs for youth and provide a safe and stable environment for young people to succeed, experiment and connect.
HEROS started as a summer camp in Vancouver outfitting and teaching 45 young people in the city's Downtown Eastside. The programs came to Toronto in 2005 after Telus became the presenting sponsor in 2004 which helped national expansion.
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In a jam packed weekend full of great boxing, we have four great sets of fights happening this weekend that include three of our Team Everlast athletes. Check out what to expect from each card below!
Team Everlast athlete Jose Benavidez Jr (23-0) takes on Sidney Siqueira (26-10-1) in a scheduled 10 round bout. Benavidez will be wearing a customized Everlast outfit along with Everlast Protex 3 gloves. You can catch all the action beginning at 11PM EST on UniMas.
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The Lambretta scooter is synonymous with the timeless style of the Mods of the late 50's and 60's for us Brits but people all over the world have identified with its clean, classic lines and instant cool. We all think we look great on a Lambretta, but here is a list of some famous people with a Lambretta making them look even better.
A clear example of how good looks and classic styling come together to create an almost unbearably attractive combination. Cameron Diaz was one of the coolest women on the planet for a long time, starring in huge movies, having a good sense of humour about things, and adding a shimmer of that star quality to anything she did. Ok, some of the movies she was in were terrible, but when Cameron Diaz was riding a Lambretta, she looked like she belonged there. If we could only look so darn distinguished ourselves.
The famous crooner is one of the biggest selling acts of all time. Dozens of top 10 hits, world wide tours, and enduring popularity with generation after generation. And do you know what he spent his first hit single royalty cheque on? A Lambretta TV175. A man of good taste, you might say. There are a few photos of Cliff Richard and his Lambretta looking very happy with some friends, cruising around in 60's London. He probably still has it, once you have one, you don't often look back.
He might not be familiar to younger readers but Rock Hudson was once the epitome of American Cool. Pictured with glamorous Italian girlfriend Gina Lollobrigida in the 1961 "casual sex farce" Come September, Rock (what a name!) looked ravishing as he toured about on his favourite Lammie. That film came at a crucial time for the popularity of Lambrettas. It put them in every cinema in Europe and America and was the first to be shown on long-haul flights. The film itself has not aged well, with some outdated sexual politics and soppy romanticism, but one thing has not changed: Hudson and Lollobrigida look amazing on that Lambretta.
The film also has the immortal line "I don't have to make sense! I'm Italian!". For lovers of Lammies, it's a must.
What else would the Mod Father ride but a Lambretta? Perhaps the man most responsible for the revival of the Mod look, Paul Weller and The Jam took that look and boosted it back into the modern consciousness in the 1980's, where it has remained ever since.
With his Union Jack guitars, mop head haircut, and "too cool for school" look, Paul Weller has stuck to his Mods roots and churned out some surprisingly popular British rock and britpop records. He is frequently seen cruising around on his Lambretta and it must be said, he makes it look good.
Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon (Blur)
Britpop was an explosion of British cool around the world in the 1990's. Suddenly the "London Look" was back in and everyone was clamouring for everything Union Jack and 60's cool. The Italian Lambretta was included in this and two of the finest songwriters and performers from that generation, Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon were snapped hanging louchely over the handlebars of their Lambretta.
There could not be a more British or Britpoppy image than this. It harks back to the first explosion of British music around the world and brought it into modern perspective, refreshing and redefining a classic for a new generation who grew up dressing and behaving like their heroes. Blur were huge, though not as huge as Oasis, another band who sought to use their British image on their road to stardom.
Liam Gallagher (Oasis)
In an interview with the Radio 6 Music, Liam Gallagher revealed the first thing he bought with his first royalties cheque: a 1954 Lambretta, which he says he still owns. He also told Matt Everitt that it appears on the cover of Definitely Maybe, Oasis's biggest album. It is not, they band are pictured in a front room, sans Lambretta. It does turn up in the sleeve notes however. Even better is the picture from 1994 of Liam looking very young and a bit insecure, sat on his shiny blue Lambretta.
Say what you like about the man himself, he did a lot for the enduring popularity of Lambrettas.
The kid in Quadrophenia is perhaps the most famous Lambretta riders. Played by Phil Daniels, Jimmy gets away from his humdrum life in a mailroom by riding his Lammy, taking amphetamines, dancing, and fighting with Rockers. When it came out in 1973, it was regarded as some as a masterpiece, by others a pretentious, overblown rock opera. Nobody would deny the enduring image of Jimmy on his many-wingmirrored, totally modded Lambretta. Looking sharp in his pinstripe suit and parka, the image of Jimmy cemented the appeal of the Mods and immortalised a time, place, and attitude. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and millions have imitated that timeless slice of Lambretta style (most did not drive off cliffs though).
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Royal-hating US lawyer pays $80K for bike owned by Princess Diana that 'symbolizes white supremacy'
Royal-hating US lawyer who paid $80K for bicycle once owned by Princess Diana says it symbolizes 'white supremacy and the racist system royalty is based on'
Diana's bright blue 1970s Ladies Raleigh Traveller went up for auction in the UK last month
She used to ride the bike around London while working as a teacher's assistant, but was forced to sell it off once she became engaged to Prince Charles
Baltimore-based lawyer Barry Glazer paid $80,000 for the bike
The personal injury attorney believes the bike is a symbol of 'white supremacy'
He plans to display it in a building so people can learn about the dangers of the UK Royal Family
Critics have accused him of buying the bike purely for publicity; other activists claim he should have donated his $80,000 sum to more important causes
By Andrew Court For Dailymail.com
Published: 02:45 EDT, 9 May 2021 | Updated: 03:01 EDT, 9 May 2021
An American lawyer who loathes the British Royal Family has paid $80,000 for Princess Diana's old bicycle so it can be displayed in a museum to warn people of 'the racist system that royalty is based on'.
Baltimore-based attorney Barry Glazer paid the exorbitant sum for Diana's bright blue 1970s Ladies Raleigh Traveller after it went up for sale through Burstow & Hewett auction house in the United Kingdom last month.
Glazer, 76, has never traveled to Britain, but that hasn't stopped him for acquiring strong opinions about the country. He told The Sunday Times that he finds America's weakness for Anglophilia 'incomprehensible'.
Diana's bike, he claims, is a symbol of 'white supremacy'.
Glazer – who describes himself as a 'legal advocate for the injured, disabled and medically abused' – will now have the bike shipped to the US where he plans to display it in a Baltimore building once used by activists to helped house escaped slaves.
An American lawyer who loathes the British Royal Family has paid $80,000 for Princess Diana's old bicycle so it can be displayed in a museum to warn people of 'the racist system that royalty is based on'. Diana is pictured on a different bike with Charles, William and Harry in the late 1980s
Barry Glazer paid the exorbitant sum for Diana's bright blue 1970s Ladies Raleigh Traveller after it went up for sale through Burstow & Hewett auction house in the United Kingdom last month
Diana rode the bike around London prior to her engagement to Prince Charles. She was reportedly forced to sell off the bike after the prince proposed, because bike-riding was said to be 'unsuitable' for a future queen
Diana rode the bike around London prior to her engagement to Prince Charles in 1981.
A description from the auction house claims she frequently used the bike while working as a teacher's assistant in London.
Diana was reportedly forced to sell off the bike after the prince proposed, because bike-riding was said to be 'unsuitable' for a future queen. It later went on to be dubbed as the 'Shame Bike'.
Diana sold the bike to Londoner Gerald Stonehill and it sat in his garage for 27 years
Diana rode the bike around London prior to her engagement to Prince Charles in 1981
Some believe Glazer is simply looking for easy publicity for his law firm
DIANA'S BELOVED RALEIGH TRAVELLER
Diana used to whiz around London on the Raleigh Traveller while working as a young teacher's assistant.
She sold off the bike to Gerald Stonehill in 1981.
Stonehill kept the bike in his garage for 27 years before it was sold at auction in 2008 for just $294 USD.
The bike, which features 26-inch wheels and three Sturmey Archer gears was estimated to fetch between $20,000 and $27,000 USD when it went up for sale through Burstow & Hewett last month.
It fetched almost four times that amount with Glazer's final bid.
Glazer's Haitian-born wife similarly sees the bike as an object of disdain.
'The royal family thinks they're too good to be associated with this type of transportation that the common folk use,' she told The Times.
'They consider themselves better than common folk and that's the basis for racism. It's the reverse of what this country stands for.'
However, not everyone believes that displaying the bike in a museum is a bright idea.
One black American who is a fan of the royal family told The Sunday Times: 'We all know that Britain has a racist and colonialist past – but I don't think Diana's bicycle makes that point.'
Others say Glazer could have used his money to fund more worthwhile causes if he truly cared about rectifying racial disparities.
'Rather than showboating for clickbait, I would urge anyone truly interested in creating a more equitable society to volunteer their time and money to on-the-ground organizations,' a US-based historian stated.
Others believe Glazer is simply looking for easy publicity for his law firm.
Glazer is known in Baltimore for his gaudy television commercials.
One clip features the attorney speeding around in a convertible Maserati, before he brags: 'I've made a fortune off of cases that other lawyers wouldn't take.'
Additionally, the tagline of his law firm is: 'Don't urinate on my leg and tell me it's raining'.
He sells merchandise, including $40 sweatpants, emblazoned with the phrase.
Glazer is known in Baltimore for his gaudy television commercials. One clip features the attorney speeding around in a convertible Maserati, before he brags: 'I've made a fortune off of cases that other lawyers wouldn't take'
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Bella Freud. Fashionable psychoanalysis
interview: Irina Belan Photo: press materials
Her great-grandfather was Sigmund Freud, the creator of psychoanalysis. Grandfather – architect Ernst Freud, father – artist Lucien Freud, a representative of figurative painting. And Bella Freud herself became a fashion designer; Bella Freud clothing is worn by British Vogue editor Alex Chang, supermodel Kate Moss and other media people and world stars. Genes define a lot. In Bella's case, they explain her view, penetrating into objects and phenomena, the desire to analyze the causes, and how thoroughly she answered our questions.
When did you first become interested in fashion?
I'm not sure that this can be called an interest in fashion, I would call it more like an interest in clothes. I became interested in clothes at the age of nine. By the way, as a child I loved to wear clothes for boys: it seemed to me that this way I was getting stronger. And as a teenager I was attracted to punk rock. At that time, it was very fashionable and carried the possibility of self-identification, the ability to change.
But why did you feel stronger in clothes for boys?
I was born in the 1970s, when being a woman meant being initially at a disadvantage. When I was in school and I was asked what I dreamed of become, I always wanted to say: a farmer. But instead I had to say that my dream was to marry a farmer. Because the farmer, in the general sense, could only be a man. Now everything is different.
You were born in London, where there is the prestigious Central College of Arts and Design named after St. Martin. Why did you go to do so far, in the Roman Academy of Costume and Fashion?
I fell in love with an Italian and moved to Italy. In general, the academy was not so good. I liked to watch the work of Italian artisans more, to study their high standards of making clothes: how they make the seams on the tails of jackets, handle buttonholes – all this was done manually... In the 80s in Rome there were many tiny ateliers, sewing and shoe shops, and I liked to watch the work of craftsmen. Then I graduated from the academy and went to study at a school for seamstresses. But it was already hard work, but for me it turned out to be the most important and useful. This was nothing of fashion, only work, but I learned the secrets of sewing.
How did you start working for Vivienne Westwood?
I worked for her shows, while still a teenager. After graduating from college I returned to her, worked as an assistant. I admit, it was a difficult time! Three years later I left and founded my own brand. But I learned a lot from Westwood, and the most important of all the lessons I learned, was always to go forward, despite difficulties and obstacles. I learned from her courage – this quality is simply necessary in the fashion business.
What fabrics do you use?
I like Scottish tweed and such traditional English flannel. I love muffled tones. Now, seeing my models on the Instagram photo, I understand how the fabric requirements are changing: it should look attractive even on the photo. If I want to sell a lot of models, I have to create those in which girls would look like works of art. I try to look at my work from different angles.
How do you see the fan of the Bella Freud brand?
I think this is the one who wants to be noticed, but has not yet found herself, her style. And I like to imagine that she can find herself in my sweater. There are a lot of those who like our brand and that's all, of course, different people. But it seems to me that they all perceive my sweaters primarily as additions to themselves. Sometimes, walking with a dog and meeting a girl in a jumper of my brand, I think: how nice it is that she chose me to tell about herself!
Why was the jumper the basis of your collection?
I started with jumpers, because they are pretty simple to make and easy to imagine what they will be. In addition, I like their duality: soft and at the same time rather dense to the touch, they seem to represent you and at the same time hide you. Jumper accompanies you all your life, and it is always associated with fashion – the image seems to be usual and familiar, but every time a new, changing one. For me, it has become a page that I write myself, and I get great pleasure from it!
And how did the jumper with the inscription Ginsberg is God, Godard is Dog come out?
I shot a short film with John Malkovich. Before that, I had already dreamed of working with a director who was not connected with the world of fashion, but was interested in it. Somehow I was introduced to Malkovich. We made three films together – they are on my website. The last of them is about a group of beat girls who are waiting for a poet, waiting for the start of poetic readings. In the 1970s, Clapton is God T-shirts were popular because for some, the rock musician Eric Clapton really was a god. I wanted to find a hero as popular in the world of literature as he is in the world of music - he became the writer Allen Ginsberg. But in fact, for me, God is love. I am truly happy when I see how love motivates people, how it forces them to act, treat others with respect and show self-esteem. I'm not talking about the universal love that the hippies were called for – I'm talking about the sensitive, caring attitude towards each other that modern people need so much…
Let's talk about your work in the cinema. The film Hideous Man, created by you together with Malkovich, is distinguished by noticeable details and a special atmosphere. Who else worked in the team?
The biggest team worked on this film. John gave ideas, and I made up stories with costumes, held casting... It was an exciting time when people related to music, movies, just friends gathered on the set!
You often mention the 70s. As can be seen, there remains something else, except for childhood and adolescence? What makes you go back in time?
For me, these years have become, in addition to childhood, a time of growing up, when I, after graduating from school, began to separate from my family, a time of self-identification, protests against society, traditions... I don't like retro, I don't like to plunge into nostalgia. But I like the colors that were then fashionable, I am attracted by the combination of smooth and mesh textures. I like the 70s graphics. For many years, people focused on the aesthetics of those years, now they are talking more often about the 90s... Another generation has come, it is already old enough to start looking back twenty years in order to explore that time and find something significant for themselves. Of course, the 90s were also interesting, but for me the 70s were the most important time!
You enthusiastically invent inscriptions for jumpers, lead a newspaper column about fashion. Who are you – a fashion journalist or press designer??
I am a fashion designer, this profession is my kitchen. Fashion for me is an opportunity to speak out. But it gives me pleasure to write, I also do interior design, I make movies. I try my best and it makes me happy. When I work on something, I devote myself entirely to this work – in my soul, body and mind. And when something turns out for me, it causes a new wave of creative ideas.
Your brand also offers scented candles and perfumes. What is your favorite smell?
When I was little, we lived in Morocco. I still remember the huge, sunny Moroccan bazaar, over which magical oriental smells soar. These aromas are always with me, they are relaxing to me.
Why do you think women are the most dependent on fashion?
Traditionally, this business is focused on women. This is understandable – they have richer wardrobe and more variety in clothes: they wear pants and skirts. But times change, the fashion world is expanding for men. And, not least, the attitude to what we wear is changing: young people are more and more interested in recycling and reuse of clothes.
And what is more important in fashion: to follow the trends or think about the eco-friendly clothing?
Clothing must be desired – this is the most important, otherwise everything else will not matter. And the essence of our work is precisely to make such clothes, which will be desired. So, before embodying environmental principles in clothing, you need to carefully think through the design.
At the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries, influencers were mostly artists, then they became actors, then writers; the era of the beatniks began with the "accession" of poets, and ended with the fact that musicians began to set the tone for fashion. Why do you think that now the designers themselves turned out to be the influenzers?
Over the past twenty years, fashion itself has become a fashionable occupation. When I first became interested in this business, it was in a specific area of interest – it was a niche phenomenon, oriented to the eccentrics or the rich, and often became a target for ridicule. A huge shift occurred when High Street realized that you could make good money in fashion by inviting creative designers, rather than simply replicating horrible copies. Being available for people with low income, fashion captured their minds. Among the designers appeared their stars – alchemists of their own style, creators of potential happiness for men and women who want to feel special, to believe in their uniqueness. The question arises: where do designers take ideas to give people all this? Answer: everywhere! — N
*The material was published in the 58th issue.
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Statement: Mining and the Loss of Cultural Heritage in the Pilbara
Prepared by Professor Deanna Kemp, Director of the Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining at The University of Queensland's Sustainable Minerals Institute
The Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining (CSRM), has a 10-year Research Partnership Agreement with Rio Tinto to conduct social research on issues of mutual interest. As with other observers, we were shocked by recent events in the Pilbara and the loss of significant cultural heritage through the destruction of ancient and sacred Aboriginal caves in Pilbara's Juukan Gorge.
Given our research engagement with Rio Tinto on issues of cultural heritage, agreement making and human rights, Rio Tinto's choice to destroy such significant cultural heritage has been deeply disappointing for staff and students at the Centre.
We note Rio Tinto's apology, and their recognition of the distress they caused the Puutu Kunti Kurama and Pinikura Peoples, and support their announcement of a review about what went wrong. We support Reconciliation Australia's call that the company must be transparent about the review findings and shares lessons with the wider public.
We are encouraged by the Australian Senate's announcement of a national inquiry on these events.
Indigenous peoples enter into negotiated agreements with mining companies for land use, including cultural heritage protection. These agreements are usually confidential and, as such, the extent of the cultural heritage loss is not widely known.
These events have created public awareness of the 'managed destruction' of cultural heritage to make way for mining – revealing inequalities in our regulatory systems, and the challenges faced by Indigenous Peoples as they seek to protect their cultural heritage.
CSRM is focused on understanding the social and political challenges brought about by resource extraction. In an effort to drive change in the sector, our research is issues-focused and constructively critical. We engage with industry under strict conditions embedded in UQ's research partnership agreements that maintain our academic independence.
We will continue to work with industry partners, rights holders, government agencies and other stakeholders to ensure that in working to understand the effect of industry activities, they consider the intensity of impacts in particular locations, and the cumulative impacts of mining over time.
CSRM was recently awarded an Australian Research Council Linkage grant to specifically look at how companies respond to their stakeholders when public pressure mounts, and the degree to which they are prepared to understand their role in causing harm, and share those insights with the public. We will follow the Rio Tinto review and national inquiry processes closely.
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Executive Appointments Announced in Piedmont Newspaper Group
ARLINGTON, Va. — Two executive appointments were announced today in the Piedmont Newspaper Group.
— Virgil L. Smith becomes president and publisher of The Asheville (N.C.) Citizen-Times. He formerly was assistant to the senior group president of the Pacific Newspaper Group.
— James B. (Jay) Banks becomes assistant to the senior group president of the Piedmont Newspaper Group. He formerly was president and publisher in Asheville.
The appointments, which are effective March 11, followed a request by Banks for a change in assignment, said Bern Mebane, senior group president of the Piedmont Group.
"Jay Banks has made long-term contributions to our newspapers and the community in Asheville," Mebane said. "He always has demonstrated a commitment to community journalism and successful newspaper operations. I'm glad he will be available to assist me."
Banks said the assignment change is "best for me and my family at this stage of my career. I'm very happy that Gannett has purchased the Citizen-Times and believe strongly our community, employees and customers will benefit from Gannett's ownership."
In making the announcement, Mebane said Smith "is a seasoned publisher with an outstanding record. We're fortunate to have someone of Virgil's talents and experience to continue the progress at the Citizen-Times."
Smith, 45, joined Gannett in 1991 as associate publisher of The Record in Stockton, Calif. In 1993, he was named president and publisher. He joined the staff of the Pacific Newspaper Group in November 1994 after the sale of The Record by Gannett. Before joining Gannett, he held several management positions with McClatchy Newspapers.
Smith is a graduate of the University of San Francisco.
Banks, 44, had served as president and publisher since 1987. He previously served as business manager of the Citizen-Times from 1979 to 1987. He holds bachelor's and master's degrees from Wake Forest University.
Gannett is a nationwide news and information company that publishes 92 daily newspapers, including USA TODAY, and USA WEEKEND, a newspaper magazine. Gannett also has entertainment programming, operates 15 television stations, 13 radio stations, cable television systems in five states, alarm security services and the largest outdoor advertising company in North America.


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Twitter to upgrade some features to thwart cyber-bullying
Twitter said on Tuesday it would upgrade some features to better combat cyber-bullying.Reuters | November 16, 2016, 12:22 IST
Twitter, facing pressure for not doing enough to curb abusive behavior on its platform, said on Tuesday it would upgrade some features to better combat cyber-bullying.
The company said it would expand the "mute" option to allow users to block tweets based on keywords, phrases and the content of conversations from a user's notifications.
The "mute" option currently allows users to block tweets from accounts.
The change will be rolled out to all users in the coming days, Twitter said in a blog post.
Twitter, which has struggled to strike a balance between free expression and blocking violent and hateful speech, has come under increasing criticism following complaints from users that they have been the target of abuse.
In July, Twitter permanently banned some user accounts for harassment after Ghostbusters actor Leslie Jones left the site, saying she had faced severe harassment.
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