By 1875, Reconstruction was coming to a halt and the Democrats were beginning to take power in Texas. The much hated measures of radical Republicans resonated in the minds of many Texans and prompted the drafting of the Texas Constitution of 1876.
The document rolled back many of the big government policies supported by the Republican Party, resulting in a decrease in the power, salaries, and terms of most government officials. However, one overlooked implication of this was an article that called for the elections of every judge in the state, a move that was intended to ensure accountability, but would later require judges to be affiliated with a party in order to appear on the ballot.
Those for the original judicial article maintain the argument that it keeps judges accountable to the voters.
"The reason our state constitution provides for the election of judges is not because the voters are more skilled than the governor at evaluating resumes, but because judges should be accountable to the people through the electoral process for their fidelity to the rule of law," writes David K. Dewolf, a Professor of Law at Gonazaga University, in the Seattle PI.
The dispute is not necessarily with the election of judges, but that they are required to run under a partisan label. Many who oppose the current system argue that voters, having little knowledge of judicial candidates up for election in first place, base their votes primarily on party identification.
Partisan judicial elections are not a new issue and has been contested for well over 60 years. The earliest reform efforts to change judicial elections began in 1946 when The Texas Civil Judicial Council proposed an amendment that called for the merit selection of all Texas judges. The amendment received wide distribution, but failed to be adopted by the legislature.
A similar amendment was proposed again in 1955, but also failed due to the broadness and over-ambitiousness of the proposal, which, in addition to calling for merit-based judicial selections, also called for the merger of the Texas Supreme Court and the Court of Criminal Appeals (Texas has two Supreme Courts — one for civil cases, the other for criminal cases) and the administration of the Judiciary by the Supreme Court.
Reform efforts were revived in 1971, when Chief Justice Robert Calvert created a task force for court improvement. After conferences were held in 1972 to discuss the issue, the task force produced a proposal that called for merit-based judicial selection.
The proposal was presented to the 1973 legislative session, only to be rejected. Starting in 1974, 15 proposals calling for merit selection and nonpartisan elections for judges were rejected over the course of 4 legislative sessions.
Reform efforts continued through the 1980s and became such a contentious issue between the judicial and legislative branches that a failed attempt at reform resulted in the resignation of a chief justice in 1987. The justice, John Hill, created the Committee of Merit Elections and MeritPAC for the purpose of assisting candidates interested in judicial election reform.
The issue became hot again in 1995 when a bill called for the appointment and retention elections of all appellate judges and the nonpartisan elections and retention elections for district court judges, only for the bill to die in committee. In 1997, two bills calling for the nonpartisan election of appellate judges passed the house, but were stalled in Texas Senate.
Simultaneously, three bills which allowed for the appointments of appellate judges, the nonpartisan election of district judges, and elimination of straight-ticket voting in judicial elections were similarly stalled in the Senate. Two years later, legislation which called for an appointment-retention system for appellate judges passed the Senate, but died in the House.
The latest significant reform effort came in 2003 when legislation allowing the appointment of Texas Supreme Court and Court of Criminal Appeals justices also died in the House. Since then, bills have been introduced to revise the judicial article, but most of these measures don't even receive floor votes.
The biggest obstacle to reform is mainly political parties that don't want reform getting in the way of the victories partisan elections provide for them.
Past failures have discouraged any major reform efforts for the time being. However, a bill, which calls for an interim study into the methods in which judicial officers are selected, was signed into law in June. The bill would require the Speaker of the House to appoint six Democrats and six Republicans to study the issue and present their findings in the 2015 session.


Six months into Donald Trump's presidency, foundation support for embattled immigrant and refugee populations continues to be strong nationwide—and is even growing.
Despite the risks of engaging an issue that's extremely polarizing right now, community foundations are playing a key leadership role, here, establishing new collaborative partnerships and developing new funds to defend immigrant communities. ... If you check out the "Joint Foundation Statement on Immigration" organized by Grantmakers Concerned With Immigrants and Refugees, you'll find that a long list of smaller funders has signed on to the statement. Many of these grantmakers operate locally and are coping firsthand with the fallout from the Trump administration's immigration policies.


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Strong Year for Whisky Exports
Thursday, 14 February 2019 Industry news
The latest figures from HMRC show a strong year for Scotch Whisky exports in 2018, with global growth by both value and volume.
In 2018, the export value of Scotch Whisky grew +7.8%, to a record £4.70bn. The number of 70cl bottles exported also reached record levels growing to the equivalent of 1.28bn, up +3.6%.
Welcoming the news Rural Economy Secretary Fergus Ewing said:
"I'm sure that many people in Scotland will join me in raising a glass to another record-breaking year for Scotch Whisky.
"It's an industry that, despite having been established for centuries, has still gone from strength to strength in recent years, thanks in part to the determination from the Scottish Government and the industry to work together, in order to create a national brand with a global reputation. Thanks to that success abroad, Whisky is a major employer in Scotland.
"Of course Brexit continues to threaten that progress, particularly in relation to the European market which accounts for 30% of our exports. But we are doing what we can to support the sector against growing uncertainty, and ensure it remains one of the biggest contributors to Scotland's economy."

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Argentine blueberry exporters have welcomed a decision by the Chinese government to reduce tariffs on imports of fresh blueberries from 30 per cent to 15 per cent.
"This is very good news and more than important as it brings us closer to competitors like Peru which pays a zero tariff," said Federico Bayá, president of the Argentine Blueberry Committee.
Argentina's agroindustry secretary, Luis Miguel Etchevehere, said the move would provide a fresh stimulus for Argentine exports and help strengthen trade links with China.
Producers are also urging the government to reduce export taxes in a bid to increase the competitiveness of blueberry exports.
They say the high expenses involved in blueberry production, such as labour costs, coldstorage and packaging, should make them exempt from export taxes.


This series of papers, published in the Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research, explore the challenges and opportunities with selecting appropriate research methods, soliciting stakeholder feedback, and engaging methodological experts. This collaborative project was developed by the National Pharmaceutical Council, the Center for Medical Technology Policy, and Outcome, a Quintiles Company.
The common conclusion of evidence reviews across many health care fields is that "more research is needed." This is often because good research raises important new questions, the studies do not address the key questions, or the methods are inadequate to produce actionable information for decision-makers. For example, as funding for CER from PCORI or the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality consider funding a study addressing CER, they must help identify if a randomized controlled trial will provide the most relevant information or if a real-world assessment is optimal. To guide this decision, Congress included a legislative mandate for the PCORI methodology committee to create a translation table to aid in the selection of the optimal study methods for various questions by May 10, 2012. The PCORI methodology committee translation table is likely to serve as a credible resource for both the research community and decision-makers and will impact the type and conduct of CER studies.
A Translation Table for Patient-Centered Comparative Effectiveness Research—Guidance to Improve the Value of Research for Clinical and Health Policy Decision-Making (Tunis, et al): This first paper in the series provides the background and context for the project by discussing the perceived need for and origins of the "translation table" concept for method selection.
Building Useful Evidence: Changing the Research Paradigm to Account for Comparative Effectiveness Research (Greenfield and Kaplan): This paper describes the changes needed in the current clinical research paradigm to account for the demands of comparative effectiveness research. The authors highlight factors such as the use of active treatments vs. placebo, innovative research methods, assessment of subgroup performance, and the examination of multiple outcomes.
Which Design for Which Question? An Exploration Toward a Translation Table for Comparative Effectiveness Research (Montori, et al): The authors examine two specific research questions and provide the rationale for and against a variety of study designs that might be used to address each. They further demonstrate the critical linkage between the affected stakeholder, the outcome of interest of that stakeholder, and the optimal study design.
Incorporating Stakeholder Perspectives in Developing a Translation Table Framework for Comparative Effectiveness Research (Gliklich et al): This paper summarizes the findings from a multidisciplinary stakeholder panel that rated the relevance of potential research approaches for the management of localized prostate cancer, evaluation of kidney stones, and anticoagulation of patients undergoing hip or knee joint replacement.
Comparative Effectiveness Research - A View From the Other Side of the Pond (Rawlins): The fifth paper in the series provides an ex-US perspective on the other four articles. National Institute of Health & Clinical Excellence Chairman Sir Michael Rawlins offers his own insights on the steps necessary to determine which methods would best address specific research questions.
Authors: Various, with funding from the National Pharmaceutical Council, the Center for Medical Technology Policy, and Outcome, a Quintiles Company.


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Use it or lose it: Did Banksy open a London pop-up store to protect his trade mark rights, or troll trade mark authorities?
By Winnie Lok, Solicitor & Despina Lyons, Paralegal and Trade Mark Attorney
In a surprising move recently, world renowned anti-establishment street artist Banksy opened a pop-up store, called 'Gross Domestic Product', in London to sell various merchandise relating to his street art. However, curiously, the store is not open to the public. Banksy's motivation behind opening Gross Domestic Product is what he describes as the "least poetic reason to ever make some art" – he was forced to open the store in order to protect a trade mark which is currently being challenged by greeting card company, Full Colour Black. Full Colour Black is seeking to have Banksy's 'flower bomber' trade mark, a mark that reflects one of Banksy's most famous works of art, revoked on the basis that he has not used the trade mark commercially and the trade mark has become generic and declared invalid on the basis that the graphic does not act as a trade mark and was actually applied for in bad faith for the purpose of circumventing copyright laws. This saga is a beautiful mess of different IP issues, so we have unpacked it all for you below.
The background to the legal dispute in the EU
Just like in Australia, when an EU trade mark is filed a suite of goods and/or services must be specified, in relation to which the trade mark will be applied/used. If the mark becomes registered and then later is not used in relation to those goods and/or services, the registration or parts of it can be challenged on the basis of 'non-use'.
At first glance, Banksy's situation may come across as just another trade mark revocation action on the grounds of non-use. However, in light of the comments made by the opponent Full Colour Black questioning Banksy's intentions behind the registration of the trade mark, the validity of the trade mark itself must also be considered.
Again, just like in Australia, under the Regulation (EU) 2017/1001, an EU trade mark can be revoked or declared invalid on multiple grounds. The relevant grounds for revocation in Banksy's current dispute include the absence of genuine use, and also that the trade mark has become commonly used in relation to its registered goods or services and the trade mark owner has not taken appropriate steps to prevent this. This latter issue is frequently called 'generic use' or 'genericide', and is the curse of all trade mark owners – if you do not protect your mark and allow it to fall into generic use, your ability to defend your mark dissipates and fades away over time. This is not favourable to Banksy as his use of the 'flower bomber' illustration has been limited to street art (the original of which is located in Jerusalem) and by the fact that he has long encouraged people to reproduce his work for personal enjoyment and activism. By encouraging people to reproduce his work (including works he has applied for trade mark registration in respect of), Banksy is effectively and actively relinquishing control of his works and allowing others to use his trade marks in ways that do not equate to the trade mark being used as a badge of origin.
In order to circumvent the non-use action, Banksy elected to go to the trouble of creating a pop-up shop (one that will apparently not take customers and only sell online) so as to apply his trade mark in the manner contained under his trade mark registration, and ward off the non-use threat. However, if Banksy has opened up the pop-up shop solely for the purpose of responding to a non-use revocation action, it may be too little too late and the European Union Intellectual Property Office may consider this use to be insufficient, or not genuine.
In addition, like in Australia an EU trade mark can be declared invalid under Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 if it is registered in bad faith. This applies where the applicant had illicit purposes at the time of filing the application for the trade mark. Full Colour Black is arguing that this is relevant to the trade mark in question as Banksy applied for the trade mark with the ulterior motive of relying on trade mark protection to avoid having to reveal his identity to prove ownership of copyright; they argue that Banksy never intended to use it as a trade mark in the first place. To be totally clear, this intersection and juxtaposition of two otherwise separate strands of intellectual property law – copyright and trade mark law – is fascinating. The reason it is relevant here is because copyright works have authors, trade marks do not. Copyright works can be authored by one entity and owned by another. Trade marks are simply owned. Banksy, being notoriously diligent in protecting his true identity, clearly constructed a strategy in this case that enabled him to retain his anonymity and still procure some form of intellectual property protection.
What would happen if this took place in Australia?
As noted above, similar laws apply in Australia. Under the Trade Marks Act 1995 (Cth), a trade mark is defined as "a sign used, orintended to be used, to distinguish goods or services dealt with or provided in the course of trade…". The legislation provides that a trade mark can be removed on either or both of the following grounds:
the applicant had no intention in good faith to use the trade mark in Australia; and/or
the trade mark was not used by the registered owner in relation to its registered goods or services within the first three years of its registration (non-use application).
There are also grounds available for cancelling a trade mark if it has become generic.
Each of these grounds are relevant to Full Colour Black's allegations. This means that in order for Banksy to be successful against Full Colour Black, he would need to prove that he applied for the trade mark registration in good faith and that there has been use of the trade mark within the first three years of its registration in Australia. If the matter arose here, in order for Banksy to prove good faith, the Trade Marks Office would need to be satisfied that the trade mark was applied for with the intention of being used as a badge of origin or branding function. In relation to whether there has been use, use must be in Australia and in trade or commerce as per the definition of a trade mark. This can include actual sales of goods or services, an offer to sell goods or services or showing an intention to sell goods or services that go beyond preliminary steps. Banksy's conduct in creating the pop-up store as a direct response to a legal action and for the purpose of maintaining his trade mark registration would likely not be sufficient in Australia to constitute genuine use and also would likely not be within the appropriate time window here in Australia and therefore, Full Colour Black would have a high likelihood of success in a non-use application. Regarding the time window, it is important to note that a trade mark owner cannot start using a trade mark in an attempt to overcome a non-use removal application once a non-use removal application has been filed. The use must have occurred before the non-use removal application was filed. In Australia, Banksy's actions of opening up the pop-up store would be too little too late.
As noted above, a trade mark can also be cancelled in Australia if it becomes generic. Under this ground, Full Colour Black would be arguing that the image trade mark no longer functions as a trade mark. Since Banksy is allowing others to use the image with no restriction, the image is now non-distinctive and no longer functions as a badge of origin for Banksy.
If Full Colour Black were to be successful in its application to remove the trade mark from the EU trade marks register and continued to sell greeting cards featuring the 'flower bomber' graphic as they have been to date, Banksy would still have other legal remedies (in Australia his available causes of action would be actions for misleading or deceptive conduct or misrepresentation under the Australian Consumer Law (ACL) or under the common law tort of passing off). On Full Colour Black's website, they refer to themselves a "contemporary art licensing company" which may imply to consumers that there is a licensing agreement in place between Full Colour Black and Banksy to sell greeting cards featuring his artworks. It is apparent that Full Colour Black has profited from relying on Banksy's reputation as their bestselling products feature Banksy's artwork.
It is a very interesting matter, and it is not clear whether Banksy is serious about his rights here or merely trolling the opponent and the EU trade mark authorities. He has certainly done worse, including selling his artwork at auction for millions of pounds only to shred it immediately once the auction was completed. Although it is early days for Full Colour Black's application against Banksy's 'flower bomber' trade mark in the EU, we consider that the removal/invalidity application would play out similarly if filed in Australia, so it will be interesting to see how this one unfolds.
This legal dispute highlights the importance of properly managing your trade marks, as the law catches everyone eventually – even cult heroes like Banksy. Mark owners need to ensure that they are regularly reviewing their trade mark portfolio and ideally using their trade marks as a badge of origin in respect of their goods and services of interest. The case also illustrates the benefits of maintaining records of use so that if a trade mark registration is challenged (such as for non-use) you can easily prove use and overcome the challenge.
The case also shows that care needs to be taken with how you actually use a trade mark. A trade mark must be used as a badge of origin to satisfy the definition of use as a trade mark. Care needs to be taken to avoid using your trade mark in a descriptive versus distinctive way to ensure it does not become generic or descriptive of your product itself instead of indicating that the particular good or service emanates from your business.
Anisimoff Legal is a full-service trade mark and brand specialist, and we can provide advice regarding initial trade mark availability and registration but also advise on the proper use of trade marks and strategies to minimise the risk of your trade mark registration being challenged.
If you would like further information on trade marks and protecting your brand, please contact us. We can provide tailored legal and practical advice to assist you in registering and managing your trade mark portfolio.


UKHospitality Chief Executive Kate Nicholls said: "Major international events like the 2021 Euros will give our hospitality venues a boost, particularly hotels in and around the host cities. The Euros will allow us to showcase England's world class hospitality and ability to host major events, which we know provide a boost to the wider economy, as well as giving domestic fans an opportunity to cheer on the England team.
"It should also provide a measure of positivity and stability enabling venues to plan investment around the tournament and the expected influx of fans. The Government can capitalise on the tournament by using its national powers to deregulate licensing permissions during the tournament.


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ROSS BARKLEY is being lined up to feature for Chelsea against Brighton and Arsenal with concerns over Cesc Fabregas.
The Spanish playmaker suffered a slight hamstring injury in training yesterday.
As a result, he is facing a race against time to be available for next Wednesday's Carabao Cup semi-final second leg.
Fabregas is set to be out of 10 days, meaning he would miss tonight's FA Cup third round replay with Norwich, Saturday's Premier League clash against Brighton and the tie at Arsenal.
Barkley is yet to make his debut for Chelsea but is on course to play at the Amex Stadium.
According to The Telegraph, Antonio Conte may have to fast track the January signing into his squad.
The Chelsea boss wanted Barkley to play against Norwich from off the bench.
But it was only discovered three days ago that the creative midfielder is ineligible to feature because he was bought too late before the original tie.
In a bid to get the 24-year-old ready for Brighton and Arsenal, The Telegraph add Chelsea have organised a training ground friendly for him.
The club need Barkley match-fit as soon as possible now with Fabregas sidelined and fixtures mounting up.
It remains to be seen if he will start at Brighton on Saturday in the lunchtime kick off.
The trip to the Emirates, though, is certainly a realistic target for Barkley to make the first XI.
In the meantime, Chelsea are eyeing further reinforcements in the market, with West Ham striker Andy Carroll being pursued.


They say it's not the years in your life that count, but the life in your years. It's where legacy counts. And life is a race. You need to run the course set for you and strongly finish it.
If that's the case, I need to live each day of my life in best quality. I live in such a way that I play the game fair and right. In the end, I should live with integrity and purpose.
I have many roles to take in life- be it at home, work or church. And my aim is to balance them well. It may be challenging, but it can be done.
When it comes to my relationship with people, they need love, concern, understanding and support. They're fighting a battle you never know. A simple smile can brighten up their day. They have their backstories. Knowing them makes us understand them better. It's nice to let them know that they're cared for. They won't feel they're alone. The life journey, after all, is with companions to help them along the way.
Life is difficult. There's no need to complicate it by adding hate, pride or selfishness. Sometimes, they hurt you. And the first thing that comes to mind is to get back at them. The proper response is mercy. It's hard to do, but it's needed due to the fact of the flawed human nature. Understanding this calms ourselves and makes us hope for something better in the future.
At the end of the day, it's all about valuing relationships. Each one's special. When not given importance, it would be put to waste. We maintain all that we've built. Your kindness is the best virtue that radiates not only others, but also yourself.
In the life course, you're called to be at your best. I'll miss out a lot if I don't. So I need to work in whatever I do with all my heart. I learned that you need to purpose in order to excel. A person with this attitude doesn't give up when he makes mistakes. He doesn't avoid tasks for fear of failure. He does the best he can with what he has at every moment.
The first tries are hard because mistakes are made. You feel discouragement when you experience a string of them, All you want to do is to give up. But if I want to achieve something, I shouldn't let it enter me. I should be determined for my aim and be persevering to reach that. I should value every training I undergo. The struggle is there, but I'll find the way to make it right eventually.
It's rewarding when you know that you've succeeded by not quitting. There's strength that flourishes. As long as you have the winning mindset, you can reach greater heights. You will then go a long way.
I'm called by God. So I should walk with Him and live the life He wants me to live. Because I love Him, I should follow His commandments and make sure He continues to live in me everyday. Everything I do should be for Him. I need to be the best testimony for Him that I can be.
I'm destined for something great. I'm an ordinary person who can do extraordinary things. There's fear at first, but knowing He'll be with me will help me embrace this fact more. I have a purpose for my existence, and a mission needed for fulfillment.
In that case, I shouldn't compare my journey to others. Seeing theirs on a stellar high makes it easy to be envious. But I shouldn't judge. There's a story behind it. So I should be happy for them and instead focus on my own. My journey's different and unique. And when I do that, it'll be a beautifully woven story I could imagine. In running this race of faith, I should fight the good fight and press on for the goal of the God-given prize.
These won't be easy. There'll be a lot to work on. And I have to balance them. But it'll be alright. I'm finding all ways in order to reach them. I'll be a fighter in going along, and I'll be a champion in getting to the end.
I have been working online so quite sometime. It really gives me the time for my hobbies. As you see, I think time is important than anything else to give time to what you want to do.


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2 GIs, 2 U.S. Workers Killed In Iraq Blast
June 24, 2008 / 6:27 AM / CBS/AP
A bomb struck a district council building Tuesday in Baghdad's Shiite militia stronghold of Sadr City, killing at least 10 people, including four Americans - two soldiers and two government employees, U.S. and Iraqi officials said.
U.S. troops captured a suspect who tested positive for explosive residue after fleeing the scene, the military said. It blamed Shiite extremists for the attack.
The explosion occurred a day after a suspected Sunni gunman opened fire on U.S. soldiers attending a municipal council meeting southeast of Baghdad, killing two of the troops and wounding three others. An interpreter was also killed in that attack.
Tuesday's blast occurred in the office of the council's deputy chief as Americans and Iraqi officials were gathered nearby about half an hour before a meeting to elect a new chairman, said Hassan Karim, Sadr City's top administrator.
Karim said he was sitting in his office, which is located at the same building and about 50 yards from the targeted office, when the bomb exploded. He said he ran out of his office and found the corridors engulfed in smoke.
He couldn't confirm the number of casualties, saying that several employees and visitors were inside the building.
"I only saw three council members on the ground who were wounded before the Americans ordered us to stay in another office fearing another explosion could take place," Karim told the Associated Press in a telephone interview.
After that, he said, the U.S. troops started investigating the employees and the guards of the building. A witness said the Americans rounded up the guards in the immediate aftermath. U.S. troops sealed off the building and the area.
The district council office is in a southern section of Sadr City that is largely controlled by U.S. and Iraqi troops following weeks of fighting in the area amid a government crackdown against the militias.
Deputy council chief Hassan Hussein Shammah, who was believed to be the attack's main target, was wounded in his leg.
"We were getting ready for the weekly meeting to discuss the services in the area. Suddenly a huge explosion took place," he told AP Television News from his hospital bed.
The U.S. military said one soldier was wounded in addition to the two soldier fatalities. U.S. Embassy spokeswoman Mirembe Nantongo said the dead American civilians included one State Department and one Defense Department employee.
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, in Berlin for a conference on Palestinian security, was informed of the attack shortly after it occurred and spoke with U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker about it, according to State Department spokesman Sean McCormack.
An official of the Iraqi Interior Ministry said six Iraqi civilians were killed and 10 others wounded. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to release the information.
U.S. military officers have been working vigorously to restore and promote local administrations amid a sharp drop in attacks over the past year, with the goal of preventing areas from falling back under the control of rival Sunni and Shiite extremists.
Their increased presence in local communities has made them more vulnerable to attacks, but American commanders have cited it as a necessary factor in a strategy that has helped drive down the levels of violence to the lowest point in more than four years.
The U.S. military blamed Tuesday's attack on "special groups criminals," a term it uses for Shiite militiamen refusing to follow a cease-fire order by anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.
"This was the fourth meeting of this district council, led by hardworking Iraqis determined to make a difference and set Sadr City off on the right path. Special Groups are afraid of progress and afraid of empowering the people," said Lt. Col. John Digiambatista, operations officer with the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division.
The attack in Madain also targeted Americans who were attending a municipal council meeting in the area, also known as Salman Pak, about 14 miles southeast of Baghdad.
U.S. troops killed the assailant, who was believed to be a former member of the municipal council, after the attack, which occurred in an area with a history of Sunni-Shiite tension.
In related developments:
Gunmen killed the head of the local council in Abu Dshir, a Shiite enclave in the mainly Sunni area of Dora in southern Baghdad. Police said the council chief Mahdi Alwan was a member of anti-U.S. Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's movement but gave no other information about a possible motive.
The U.S.-backed Iraqi military pressed forward with an offensive against al-Sadr's Mahdi Army militia and other armed groups in the southern city of Amarah. The Iraqi Defense Ministry announced a three-day deadline for all parties to voluntarily evacuate government buildings in Maysan province, of which Amarah is the capital, or face removal by force.
A provincial government official also said Iraqi security forces had begun a campaign to remove all portraits and pictures of senior religious figures from walls, buildings and the streets in the province as raids continued.
First published on June 24, 2008 / 6:27 AM
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I have just completed Master of Technology in Agricultural and Food Engineering with specialization in Aquacultural Engineering. I found the the concept of Aquaponics very interesting especially the part where zero discharge of contaminated water and recycling and reuse of water.
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Sea glass fragments are found all over the world and come in the most amazing rainbow of colors. It is usually found along the beach after a high tide and storms. Many beachcombers collect these pieces and simply display them at home in a jar or bowl right next to seashells.
Sea glass is the product of man-made debris tumbled on the ocean or lake beaches for years, eventually washing up on beaches all over the world. Before plastics and aluminum came into common use things were much more often packaged in glass. Seaglass hunters are having a harder time finding their treasures in these modern times. As a result of its growing rarity, many people have begun manufacturing their own sea glass in rock tumbling machines.
Genuine sea glass is created by Mother Nature's own recycling process. Glass items in the sea are broken down and smoothed to a polish. The waves and currents act like a giant rock tumbler.
Glass Beach near Mendocino on the Pacific Coast is a popular North American spot known for its seaglass. From 1949 until 1967, the area was a public dump. Back then people dumped all kinds of refuse directly into the ocean including much glass. Now, one can find millions of bits of colored glass sparkling in the sun.
Another famous area that is a rich source of sea glass is the coastline of Seaham and the North East Coast in England where a Victorian glass manufacturer would toss the remnant end-of-the-day pieces over the cliff. This factory was shut down over a hundred years ago and since demolished, but there is great variety found there – even multicolored pieces still wash ashore.
The finest characteristics of sea glass are their colors and contrasts, which inspire many artists to transform this unique debris into some astonishingly beautiful art.
Artists working in clay may embed this glass as decoration into thrown or molded works. The usual forms include pottery and mosaics. By drilling holes into tiny pieces, a skilled jewelry crafter can string them as beads. Artists can also create 3D sculptures of wired glass free-standing or mounted onto canvas.
Genuine gathered sea glass is more fragile than the manufactured type available in craft stores; it can be easily fractured with a drill bit. One must take care to go slowly and work both sides if creating a hole. Immersing the sea glass in water first will help to temper the glass to prevent chipping, burring or breaking. This measure will also protect against breathing in tiny particles of glass while drilling.
Another popular use for collectible sea glass is in "stained glass" effect projects. Artists have created and sold pieces ranging from small pendants to sun catchers to window panes. Whatever form it is applied to, the finished effects can be very striking.
Quantities of some colors are extremely limited. Orange, turquoise, red, yellow, cobalt blue, purple, black, and Vaseline are the rarest and most desired. Orange and yellow are actually the rarest, yet red and cobalt are much sought after when set in jewelry.
Sea glass is often hydrated which can give it a "frosty" surface appearance. Hydration is a time-consuming process of leaching out the lime and soda from the glass. This leaves pitting on the surface of the glass. Soda and lime can be combined with other elements to form tiny crystals in the surface of the glass. Exceptionally good samples will sparkle in the light.
Natural tumbling is often uneven on rocky shores, where a piece of glass becomes embedded with a portion still exposed. This frequently produces triangular shards, whereas sandy beaches often make sea glass well-rounded and nearly uniform in shape.
Vaseline Glass: Vaseline glass is made with Uranium and will glow under a black light, and so it is also known as UV Glass.
Flashed Glass/ Flash Glass: This is glass that has multiple layers of colors which are clearly visible. Usually this sea glass comes from decorative glass vases, bowls, etc.
Cobalt Blue: Cobalt Blue glass is almost always from one of 3 types of bottles: Emerson's Bromo Seltzer, Milk of Magnesia and Poison Bottles.
Red: Originally real gold was used to make red colored glass which means less of it was made to begin with and thus increases the rarity of finding red sea glass.
Sun Glass: Lavender sea glass that started off as clear glass, but then turned lavender or, in rare cases, purple when left out in the sun. This is due to glass made with the mineral Manganese added which purples in reaction to sunlight.


President Trump Donald John TrumpButtigieg on Mueller report: 'Politically, I'm not sure it will change much' Sarah Sanders addresses false statements detailed in Mueller report: 'A slip of the tongue' Trump to visit Japan in May to meet with Abe, new emperor MORE on Friday rejected calls to temper his political rhetoric in the aftermath of a nationwide bomb scare involving many prominent Democrats with whom he has traded barbs.
"I think I've been toned down, if you want to know the truth," Trump told reporters before leaving the White House for a campaign event in North Carolina.
The president reiterated his belief that the news media has been "unfair" to him, a point he said he could make in more pointed terms if he wanted.
"I could really tone it up because, as you know, the media's been extremely unfair to me and to the Republican Party," Trump said.
The president was making his first comments since law enforcement officials announced the arrest of Cesar Sayoc Jr., who was charged with five federal crimes for allegedly mailing explosive devices to more than a dozen Democrats, celebrities and news organizations.
Trump acknowledged Sayoc is "a person that preferred me over others" but claimed not to have seen pro-Trump stickers on a van purportedly belonging to the suspect.
"I did not. I did not see my face on the van," the president said when asked about the images.
Trump said he would call former President Obama, former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonClinton campaign chief: Mueller report 'lays out a devastating case' against Trump Hillicon Valley: Cyber, tech takeaways from Mueller report | Millions of Instagram passwords exposed internally by Facebook | DHS unrolling facial recognition tech in airports | Uber unveils new safety measures after student's killing Heavily redacted Mueller report leaves major questions unanswered MORE and other Democrats who were targets of the explosives "if they wanted me to" but added: "I think we'll probably pass."
The president has come under fire for his response to the bomb scare. Trump has made several calls for unity, but has stepped on his own message by continuing to hurl barbs against targeted Democrats and the media and by rejecting the notion that his rhetoric has stoked partisan divisions.


To finish your day in style, go to the Mojito bar of the Comfort Hotel Olivet Provinces: in a festive atmosphere, relax around cocktails and tapas, to be shared with friends and family or simply with your co-workers.
The place is elegant and cozy and is perfect for your personal and professional events.
Special events and activities are planned sometimes in a warm atmosphere such as cocktail workshops, wine tastings, salsa lessons or dancing party.
In a contemporary and cozy ambient, enjoy the buffets of traditional dishes of the Comfort Hotel Olivet Provinces restaurant. Several formulas are offered. They will delight your taste buds during your family meals or professional events and enhance your moments of exchange in a friendly setting just minutes away from the city centre of Orleans.
3 buffets: for the most gourmet, opt for the complete meal including Starters, Dishes and Desserts (17 euros).
The restaurant is open from Monday to Thursday evening (excluding public bank holidays) from 7.00 to 9:00 p.m. and on bookings for groups at lunchtimes and on weekends. It is also possible to privatize our restaurant for your meals and professional events.
Start your day in the best of ways, with our large and full breakfast buffet. A wide selection of salty / sweet, hot and cold dishes are available including: pastries, breads, cakes, fruits, stewed fruits, hot drinks, fruit juices, delicatessen, dairy products, eggs, sausages and cheeses!
The breakfast buffet is open from 7.00 am to 9.30 am Monday to Friday morning and from 8.00 am to 10.30 am on Saturdays, Sundays and public bank holidays.
Tip: if you leave earlier, you can ask for your breakfast tray before 8 pm and collect it before going to bed.
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Integrated low carbon policies and sustainable energy plans in the Alpine Space region are affected by common challenges. The future energy system, relying on renewable energies, will challenge all governance levels. Therefore, cooperation actions between all governance layers from villages to countries can help to make the Alpine Space a successful partner in the EU "new energy deal" for energy efficiency and renewable energy. The IMEAS multi-disciplinary team of technical, sociological, territorial partners, will develop a consistent methodology and practical guidance for the creation and integration of roadmaps based on multi-level approaches to climate change mitigation, energy innovation potentials, economic structures and control of energy plans. Experiences from some areas will help fill gaps in others through a cooperative and transnational approach capitalising the heterogeneity of the Alpine Space, their different cultures, planning principles and practice with software tools. To enhance the ability of public administrations and other entities to plan sustainable energy policies and select the right measures/instruments to implement them on a multi-level governance perspective, IMEAS will propose a new integrated approach to participatory roadmap development.


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After 32 years, justice. Now we owe it to Lindy Chamberlain, and Azaria, to pause and think.
Posted: June 13, 2012 in Political musings, Popular Culture et al
Tags: Australia, Australian dingo, Azaria Chamberlain disappearance, Canis lupus, Chamberlain-Creighton, coroner, Dingo, Evil Angels, injustice, justice, law, Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton, Meryl Streep, Michael Chamberlain, miscarriage of justice, Northern Territory, Uluru
After 30 years, finally, the truth. Lindy and Azaria before their world was savaged and taken from them. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Many people have passed on since Lindy Chamberlain was wrongly convicted of the murder of her daughter, Azaria. Young people born since then will hardly begin to comprehend the obsessive interest in the case that swept Australia and, indeed, the English-speaking world. The nine-week-old baby's disappearance from a campground at Uluru more than 30 years ago became one of Australia's most sensational legal cases and saturated the media for years. It also spawned a popular movie, called Evil Angels (also called "A cry in the dark") with Lindy played memorably by Meryl Streep.
It was the most horrifying examples of a miscarriage of justice, because of the complicity of the whole society in its perpetration – a grieving and bereaved pair of parents, robbed of their baby daughter in awful circumstances, clearly with no motive for such an act, were convicted and punished in an atmosphere of a public lynching. It was a riotous circus of botched forensic evidence, the refusal of authorities to consider alternate explanations other than the fact that the baby had been murdered, and the constant howl of a public scenting blood. "Surely she did it, look at her face, she doesn't care – doesn't Azaria mean something about "sacrifice" – they belong to a weird religion, you know." And so it went on, endlessly.
What is most terrifying about the case is that it was conducted in full view of the so-called impartial media, and despite the manifest failings of the case, that media largely failed to apply any intellectual rigour to the Chamberlain's defence. Instead they were swept along by the lust of the public for a neat, sensationalist conclusion.
Canis lupus – the "Wolf Dog" – not a pet, not a friendly toy, a wild animal.
Well now the Northern Territory coroner finally found that Azaria Chamberlain was attacked or taken by a dingo in 1980. There were emotional scenes in court on Tuesday as the findings were handed down, with even the coroner's voice quivering as she delivered what is likely to be the final chapter in a bitter legal battle.
Coroner Elizabeth Morris told a Darwin inquest on Tuesday morning that all of the evidence indicates a dingo was responsible for Azaria's death.
"Azaria Chamberlain died at Uluru, then known as Ayers Rock, on the 17th of August 1980," she said. "The cause of her death was as the result of being attacked and taken by a dingo. It is clear that there is evidence that a dingo is capable of attacking, taking and causing the death of young children."
There have been four coronal inquiries, a murder trial and a royal commission into the case.
Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton was jailed for murder despite an initial inquest ruling that a dingo had killed her daughter.
The conviction was overturned in 1988 after Azaria's mangled and torn jacket was found near a known dingo lair. What would have happened if that jacket had never been found hardly bears consideration, and yet we must consider it, because only happenstance saved Lindy from spending decades in prison, just as only happenstance – and the ignorance of justice conducted as a blood sport – saw her in there in the first place.
"Please accept my sincere sympathy on the death of your special and loved daughter and sister, Azaria," the coroner told the family after handing down her finding. "I'm so sorry for your loss. Time does not remove the pain and sadness of the death of a child."
Outside the court, Ms Chamberlain-Creighton fought back tears but said she was "relieved and delighted to come to the end of this saga. No longer will Australians be able to say that dingoes are not dangerous, and that they only attack if provoked. The truth is out," Mr Chamberlain added, saying that the family welcomed "a chance to put our daughter's spirit to rest."
Ms Chamberlain Creighton and former husband Michael Chamberlain were applauded outside the Darwin Magistrates Court by a large media contingent and members of the public. Mr Chamberlain said the coroner's ruling was a triumph of justice. "This battle to get to the legal truth has taken too long," he said. "However, I am here to tell you that you can get justice even when you think that all is lost."
Some, it appears, though, will never be convinced. At 2.38 pm on 13th June, a Yahoo poll of so-far 3,000 people (a statistically significant figure) was showing this result.
Does Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton deserve an official apology?
Yes (1969) 65%
No (1051) 35%
One can only shake one's head sadly and wonder what, if anything, the state can do to an innocent family that does deserve an apology.
(With Yahoo, ABC and others)
Coroner rules dingo killed Azaria Chamberlain (abc.net.au)
Azaria's parents welcome dingo finding (news.smh.com.au)


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Gordhan answers questions from the Hawks
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Pravin Gordhan
Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has answered the Hawks questions regarding the alleged South African Revenue Services (Sars) "rogue" unit on Wednesday, stating that the unit acted lawfully as far as he is aware.
[See also: Full statement from Pravin Gordhan]
"I am advised that the Sikhakhane Panel finding that the establishment of the unit contravened the National Strategic Intelligence Act was wrong and based on a superficial and clearly mistaken reading of the aforementioned act," he said in a statement on Wednesday.
"The unit was an essential part of Sars's enforcement strategy as it is with most tax and customs administrations globally.
"As far as I was aware, the unit lawfully performed its functions.
"As far as I was aware, the funding of the unit was done through normal budgetary processes applicable to Sars."
"In respect of the legality of the investigation unit established during my time as commissioner of the South African Revenue Service, I believed that the unit was lawfully established to perform very important functions for and on behalf of Sars.
"The unit did not initially have a name but was later successively known as the Special Projects Unit, the National Research Group and the High-Risk Investigations Unit.
"I participated in the decision to establish the unit in February 2007."
Gordhan said his legal advice was that he was not obliged, under any law, to answer the questions sent to him by the Hawks.
"I believe it is in the public interest that I provide them with information I have at hand," he said. "Be that as it may, as a law-abiding citizen I have decided to co-operate fully."
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True as can be! My prefered alternative is water wetter using a 28 PSI radiator cap.
How/where do I source a 28psi radiator cap? My cap isn't holding pressure, so I need a new one anyway. Thanks!
He only had one and therefore I did not take it but its advertised high temp limit (133 C or 271 F) is higher than that of Engine Ice (110 C or 256 F).
Dale have you had any experience with this product?
it somehow reduces the surface tension of the cooling liquid and therefor the heat transfer is better/bigger.


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PERTUBUHAN WADAH KUALA LUMPUR DAN SELANGOR was officially registered on 4th August 2014. It was formed with the purpose of carrying out the relentless pursuit and unselfish work of Ibu Anie through Wadah Foundation. Though Malaysia is blessed with a smaller population and a large pool of resources, there nevertheless exist some marginalized communities - mostly by circumstances. The Stateless Children, Single Mothers, Victimized Women, Indigenous People - are but a few groups that silently cry for help.


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Appgyver's Composer 2 Makes Building B2B Apps Easy
Frederic Lardinois	@fredericl / 5 years
AppGyver has made a name for itself with developers tools and frameworks like Steroids and Supersonic for building mobile apps. With Composer, the company also launched a simple drag-and-drop tool for building HTML5 apps last year. Now the company is giving Composer a massive update — and a different focus.
Composer 2 still allows anybody to quickly build a mobile app for consumers, but the real focus now is on making it easy for anybody in an enterprise (or even a small business) to build internal line-of-business apps without having to touch any code. Like so many startups before it, AppGyver also found that selling to developers is hard, but its solution clearly fills the needs of the enterprise.
As AppGyver CEO and co-founder Marko Lehtimaki told me, the idea behind the service has always been to "make app development easy for a large audience." The first version of Composer was the first step for the company in this direction, but this simplified version was already on the roadmap when the team launched Composer 1. "When we put out Composer 1, we know this was going to be a huge development effort to really do what we wanted to do: to make it easy to write apps without any code," he told me.
As an enterprise tool, Composer 2 natively integrates with standard business databases and data sources ranging from Oracle databases to Salesforce. It also integrates with a number of enterprise authentication protocols. Once users have wired up their data sources, they then build the basic interface and then use an IFTTT-like tool to create the rules that govern the app.
Typically, these kinds of visual programming tools that claim they will let you build an app without writing code work well for a very limited set of use-cases. Lehtimaki and his team found the same, so in the process of building Composer 2, the team focused on making it as extensible as possible. The tool lets you interface with any REST API, but developers can now also write reusable modules for the service (using Steroids, of course).
If you want to plug in a small chat app, for example, all you have to do is get that module from AppGyver's directory and install it. The same goes for UI extensions, authentication protocols and the advanced algorithms you may need to work with your data. In the long run, AppGyver hopes to create a marketplace for paid modules, as well.
"In all companies, no matter their size, there are always ineffective processes that can be fixed with mobile apps," Lehtimaki argued, adding that many businesses still use paper forms that need to be filled out every day to keep their business going. He hopes that this new tool will be able to capture and fix many of these broken workflows.
Appgyver will transition Composer 1 users to the new version. The company will offer a free plan for Composer 2 that will allow developers to get started with the service, but this free version only comes with one demo user account. Once you bring "real" users on board, you'll have to pay. Prices start at $9/month per user. AppGyver plans to offer custom plans for big enterprises, too.


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Home English Section News (EN) Barry Gibb recording with Jason Isbell?
Barry Gibb recording with Jason Isbell?
2019/08/17 (Sat) 23:24	BGD	News (EN)
Jason Isbell with Sir Barry Gibb!
(from Jason Isbell's Instagram)
Jason Isbell, arguably one of the finest singer-songwriters of alternative country and four-time Grammy winner posted the following (and the photo!) on his Instagram on August 14th, which started the whole world talking!
Today I got to sing with Barry Gibb. It was a great honor, and also terrifying because in order to sing with Barry Gibb, you have to sing. With Barry Gibb. At one point I had the high harmony part. He was standing right in front of me. Sir Barry Gibb.
To be really honest, I didn't know much about Jason Isbell, but doesn't he sound nice (and appreciative)!
Barry has been very vocal about his interest and admiration for country music in general, but his choice of a co-worker came as a bit of surprise.
Al.com (online version dated August 15, 2019 stated "Even if you're a four-time Grammy winner, singing with a Bee Gee is intimidating." We like the fact that the article has the good sense to state that, while casual music fans automatically associate the Gibb Brothers with disco, "true songcraft scholars worship The Brothers Gibb's earlier, less flashy '60s work," and cites "To Love Somebody" as one good example.
stereogum.com(online version dated August 15, 2019)writes:
It's hard to imagine what Barry Gibb and Jason Isbell might be doing today. Maybe Gibb is making a duets album or something. But the world needs to hear what happens when he gets together with one of this generation's finest country (or country-ish?) musicians.
And we agree that the world does need to hear what happens!
Because I was so ignorant I needed to check up some of Jason Isbell's works, and it's not hard to see why he is called "one of this generation's finest country(-ish?) musicians. Traveling Alone has these moving lines: "I've grown tired traveling alone, tired traveling alone, won't you ride with me," which resonates with anyone who has followed the Bee Gees and Barry Gibb long enough. Barry has also referred to his interest in mountain music, and it's exciting to think what may happen when an artist of his calibre delves into the depth of his heart and soul to share the beauty and pain in it with the world. If he takes up his inner journey in his solo efforts again as he did in the heartbreakingly beautiful and haunting 'Diamonds' and 'End of the Rainbow' from his 2016 solo album "In The Now"......well, we can always dream.
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{From the archives - 1968} Bee Gees talk to a reporter in New York, March 1968
{From the archives - March 2, 1978} Bee Gees as the "Hottest record act in America"
Barry Gibb to headline Chris Evert Pro-Celebrity Tennis Classic
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It is the summer of 1576 and the hot crowded city of London has prompted the nobles to visit the wide open spaces of England's hills and fields. Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth I, is on progress through the countryside. The Queen's entourage has stopped in the quaint little Shire of Shelby for some much needed relaxation. The local villagers, wanting to welcome their beloved Queen, have chosen to hold a festival in her honor. They have persuaded only the finest in local and foreign merchants to make camp and sell their wares. Join us in the Queen's entertainment and revelry as we celebrate Her Majesty's visit. Shout Huzzah as the jousters enter into combat, join musicians in a merry song, test yourself with games of skill and chance, find familiar and exotic foods, join the nobles in courtly dance, pillage with the pirates, laugh at our fools, be amazed by our magicians and, most importantly, let fun abound in The Shire of Shelby!


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Kingdom Under Fire II is an action strategy RPG, blending real-time strategy with role-playing elements, developed for PC and PlayStation 4. Following in the footsteps of its predecessor, Kingdom Under Fire, KUFII will offer flashy combat as you command your own character as well as over one hundred types of troops in epic-scale warfare. The game features three factions: Human Alliance, Dark Legion, and Encablossa. Core gameplay will be similar to Dynasty Warriors, as players face off against massive numbers of enemies and generals, but players will also command their own army of NPCs that they must adapt and assign to properly fit the battle they will face. Players can expect to find guilds, sieges, territory battles, and massive scaling warfare where you can become ruler of the continent – if you're strong enough!
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Description: Fight as soldier and commander in a massive, realistic-style action strategy game where politics and power are the keys to victory in Kingdom Under Fire II.


If you want to get money for tuition¸ study material and other expenses related to your education you can apply for student loans without cosigner. These financial aids programs help you to get much needed money for your educational goals in an easy way. Since these loans are awarded to students on the basis of financial need¸ they do not require you to have a cosigner. The credit score of the borrowers also does not count in student loans without cosigner.
Why Should I Apply for Student Loans without Cosigner?
By applying for student loans without cosigner you can get money for tuition and other costs pertaining to your education in a convenient manner. You do not have to have good credit score or a creditworthy cosigner which makes the process of applying for these loans a lot simpler than student loans that require a cosigner. As many students have bad credit history and many do not have a cosigner¸ they remain deprived of getting money for college. Student loans without cosigner solve this issue and provide such students with funds for college without such conditions.
What are the Types of Student Loans without Cosigner?
Student loans without cosigner basically entail the loan programs sponsored by the government. These include Federal Stafford loans and Federal Perkins loans. Both these students' loan programs are granted on need basis. Perkins loan programs¸ however¸ are available for those who demonstrate exceptional need. The interest rate of these student loans without cosigner is fixed. In case of Federal Stafford loans¸ you can start making the repayment 6 months after graduation while Federal Perkins loans require you to start repaying 9 months after completing your education. These student loans without cosigner can be subsidized or unsubsidized.
How Can I Apply for Student Loans without Cosigner?
If you want to apply for student loans without cosigner you must be enrolled in an eligible program. You should be a U.S citizen as well. Those who want to apply for this financial aid program also need to demonstrate financial need and file the FAFSA.


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Controlling chain conformations to enhance electronic devices
(Nanowerk News) Controlling the way fluorinated polymer chains twist and turn may enable fast and flexible electrical circuits, according to collaborative research conducted at Penn State. The findings may offer substantial impact on the development of new polymer-type materials used in flexible electronic applications.
Organic thin film transistors (OTFTs), which integrate organic semiconducting compounds in electronic components, have the potential to revolutionize the field of flexible electronics by generating bendable and foldable devices that act as electronic circuits. OTFTs are the building blocks of more complicated circuits and serve as the "on" and "off" switches between various electronic states. They are comprised of multiple layers, including a dielectric layer -- which functions as an insulator -- responsible for inducing charge.
"Our work aims to introduce new, more stable polymers into electrical circuits without negatively impacting performance," said Enrique Gomez, associate professor of chemical engineering, Penn State. "By controlling the way that polymer chains twist and bend at a molecular level in OTFTs, we have found that we are able to break the universal relationship between charge mobility of the semiconductor and charge storage capacity of the dielectric layer, providing a basis to create fast and reliable circuits from organic materials."
Controlling the order and arrangement of polymer chains along the semiconductor interface is the key in breaking the relationship, according to research published in Advanced Materials ("Controlling Chain Conformations of High-k Fluoropolymer Dielectrics to Enhance Charge Mobilities in Rubrene Single-Crystal Field-Effect Transistors").
Polymers are capable of storing large amounts of electrical energy in the insulator, however, it is known that electrical energy slows as it travels through semiconducting materials. The hope is that new findings about the inverse relationship will lead to the development of fast organic devices with the capacity to revolutionize the flexible electronics industry.
Controlled arrangement of polymers is possible using new chemistries developed at Penn State that introduce cross-linkable polymers into high-charge capacity chains.
Gomez explained, "Polymers can easily be imagined as long macromolecules that resemble spaghetti noodles. They either have the appearance of cooked spaghetti, where all of the chains are tangled and randomly entwined, or uncooked spaghetti, in which the chains are straight and neatly stacked, providing order along the backbone."
Crosslinking polymer chains creates an alignment of polymers along the insulating level of OTFTs. The alignment leads to a decrease in charge traps -- barriers or impediments along the insulator -- ultimately, reducing current leakage and producing faster and more efficient circuits.
"We can think of charge traps as pot holes in the highway that electrons must travel over," said Gomez. "Decreasing the frequency of charge traps increases the speed in which OTFTs can switch on and off."
For this project, researchers chose to focus on fluorinated polymers, due to their exceptional stability and high propensity to store energy, and transistors derived from rubrene, an aromatic hydrocarbon.
Final results demonstrated that cross-linked insulators increased the mobility in OTFTs by more than one order of magnitude -- about 10 times -- higher than that of rubrene single-crystal devices made with conventional insulators.
The researchers are hopeful that the results will lead to the discovery of new low-cost materials that can be used in flexible electronic devices, which encompass a myriad of applications, including digital displays, wearable technologies and health monitoring equipment, among many others.
Source: Penn State


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What students can take away from the final presidential debate
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Directions: First, watch the video above for a primer on expectations for each candidate before the debate. Then read the summary and select clips from the actual debate below to view. Questions for students follow each series of video clips. If you would like to read a transcript of the debate preview, click here. You can also watch the entire debate here. For a fact check of the debate, click here.
Summary: The second and final presidential debate of 2020 took place on Thursday, October 22 in Nashville, Tenn. The final debate took on a slightly different format than the first, with each candidate given two minutes to respond to questions with their opponent's microphone muted. The result was clearer answers and less confusing cross-talk from the candidates. The debate covered COVID-19 plans, the economy, foreign policy and corruption, race in America and leadership, among other topics.
Warm up questions:
Who are the two candidates and what are their political backgrounds?
What topics did the debate planners try to cover?
When and where did the debate take place?
Why are presidential debates important?
How did the candidates attempt to connect with their supporters, independents and potential new voters?
Biden criticized President Donald Trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic, saying that "anyone who is responsible for that many deaths should not remain as president of the United States of America." Biden emphasized realism, a flexible response to COVID-19 rates and the need for funding for businesses and schools to safely open. Trump defended his record and suggested that measures to limit COVID spread were worse than the virus itself.
Focus question: Do you think it's more important for a president to project optimism to the public about COVID-19 or a realistic assessment of its dangers?
President Trump defended his own record as a taxpayer, challenging a New York Times report that he only paid $750 in federal taxes the year he took office and defending a bill passed early in his administration that slashed taxes for the wealthy and corporations. Biden promised to raise taxes again for the wealthy and insisted that the economy won't fully recover until COVID-19 is fully controlled.
Focus question: Do you think our current tax system is fair? Should wealthy Americans pay proportionally more than middle or lower income Americans?
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Q: Snowflake SQL compilation error: syntax error line XX at position XX unexpected '(' While running SQL query on Snowflake, I am getting syntax error that I have unexpected '('. Below is the code that is giving me the error.
,(EndOrder_time) - min(StartOrder_time) over (
    partition by EntryNumber, TechnicianEnterpriseID
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A: Snowflake calculates timestamp diffs in this way:
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A: Snowflake added the ability to use the + and - for date math in November.  "day (4) to second" is not Snowflake syntax

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Following the destruction of the Goths' high space fleet, Terran forces were headind towards the desert planet Khartoum, and leading the assault, Hammerstein robots squad. Goths' troops doesn't stand a chance with their lancer brigade, to the bitter dislike of Hammerstein. Among robots, there is also an inquisition system, led by 'The Black Cardinal', and the latter is now aware of Hammerstein second thoughts about killing innocents beings. So he orders Hammerstein, Hitaki and Mad Ronn to report to Mek-Quake for destruction. Meanwhile on Britannia, Nemesis wrongly accused of the Phantom murders uses his hallucinatory projection skills to disguise himself and Ro-Jaws. They both embarks on the Equatorial Express in order to reach Queen Victoria. But Torquemada is also on that same train (5 pages).
The siege of Khartoum is of course an historical fact involving the British Empire. Again in this strip, like it was the case in the first Ro-Busters' strip, Hammerstein has to "report to Mek-Quake for destruction".


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1755-1840. He was born at Hutton-in-the-Forest, Cumberland, the third of four sons of the impoverished vicar of St. Laurence, Appleby, the Rev. Sandford Tatham, and of his wife, Elizabeth Marsden. Five years after his birth his parents divorced on account of his mother's adultery, and he was brought up by his father.
Tatham was educated at Bampton, Cumberland, and joined the Navy on 7 September 1769 aboard the Stag 32, Captain Joseph Deane, flying the broad pennant of Commodore Sir John Lindsay, which frigate sailed that month for the East Indies and returned to Portsmouth at the end of March 1772.
He was commissioned lieutenant on 6 December 1776 and joined the Belleisle 64, Captain John Brookes, which was fitting out at Plymouth for guardship duties, thereby allowing him the time to visit his Cumbrian relatives. In September 1777 he was appointed first lieutenant of the Boston 28, Captain William Dudddingston, which was fitting out at Woolwich and saw service in the Irish Channel. He later obtained a transfer to the Oiseau 32, Captain Henry Lloyd, which frigate began her active service out of Plymouth in March 1780 by sailing for Newfoundland.
Tatham was promoted commander of the fireship Comet 8 on 21 September 1790, and he retained her until 12 February 1791. He then joined the Argo 22, which completed her fitting at Chatham in April and sailed from Cork for Halifax with troops in August before returning to Portsmouth on 6 December with the homeward-bound regiment from Nova Scotia. She was paid off in January 1792.
From March 1793 he commanded the storeship Dromedary 24, entering Portsmouth from the Downs on 22 June and leaving dock for Spithead on 19 October. Departing Portsmouth for the West Indies with Vice-Admiral Sir John Jervis's fleet in November, Tatham served in the Leeward Islands campaign of 1794, but on 8 February he was one of four men wounded, with another man killed, when the Dromedary worked in too close to the batteries at Cas de Navires, Martinique whilst landing troops. The Dromedary returned to Portsmouth with a huge convoy under the command of Captain John Brown of the Asia 64 on 1 July before proceeding to the Downs. During her voyage home from the West Indies she reportedly lost up to forty men to yellow fever, and such was her short-handedness that the troops she was carrying were required to do the work of the seamen.
Tatham was posted captain on 4 November and having left the Dromedary he did not see any further active service.
During 1798-9 he was the captain of the Impress Service at Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, and from 1803-8 was the regulating officer in Greenock, Scotland. In May 1809 he was appointed to the command of the sea fencibles at Malahide in County Dublin, Ireland where he remained until his property was put up for auction in April 1810 on his departure. He became a superannuated rear-admiral on 7 December 1813.
From 1830-8 he fought a protracted and famous campaign for the inheritance of Hornby Castle in Lancashire after his mentally retarded distant cousin had effectively left it to his steward, the matter eventually being resolved in Tatham's favour by the House of Lords, but not before questions had arisen as to the legitimacy of his parents' marriage. On 3 April 1838, watched by thousands of admiring spectators, he finally entered the castle.
Tatham died at Hornby Castle on 24 January 1840 and the property was inherited by a kinsman, Pudsey Dawson.
He married Anne Davison from Durham. His residence prior to inheriting Hornby Castle was at Armitage near Rugeley, Staffordshire, and in the late 1810's he appears to have been living in York.
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John Kerr (17. december 1824 – 15. august 1907) var en skotsk fysiker og pioner inden for elektrooptik. Han er bedst kendt for opdagelsen af Kerr-effekten.

Liv og arbejde

John Kerr blev født 17. december 1824 i den skotske by Ardrossan Han studerede i Glasgow fra 1841 til 1846, og ved Theological College of the Free Church of Scotland i Edinburgh i 1849. Fra 1857 underviste han i matematik ved Free Church Training College i Glasgow. John Kerr døde i Glasgow i 1907.

Kerrs vigtigste eksperimentale arbejder var opdagelsen af dobbeltbrydning i faste og flydende dielektrika i et elektrostatisk felt og den såkaldte Kerr-effekt. Kerr-effekten er en ændring i et materiales brydningsindeks som følge af et påtrykt elektrisk felt, som er ligefrem proportional med kvadratet af det elektriske felt. Hvis der er lineært forhold hedder det i stedet Pockels-effekt. Kerr påviste et lignende fænomen for magnetiske felter som nu kaldes magneto-optisk Kerr-effekt.

Kerr-effekten udnyttes i en Kerr-celle som bl.a. anvendes i lukkere i højhastighedsfotografering med lukkertider ned til 100 ns. I 1928 brugte August Karolus og Otto Mittelstaedt en Kerr-celle til at modulere en lysstråle for måle dens hastighed. Tidligere målinger havde brugt mekaniske midler til modulation med frekvenser omkring 10 kHz, men Kerr-celle muliggjorde frekvenser op til 10 MHz og større målenøjagtighed. Kerrs originale celle var en glasblok. Moderne celler er ofte fyldt med væsker såsom nitrobenzen.

Kerr var også en tidlig fortaler for metersystemet i Storbritannien.

Hædersbevisninger

 Æresdoktorgrad fra University of Glasgow, 1864
 Fellow of the Royal Society, 1890
 Royal Medal of the Royal Society, 1898
 Civil list pension, 1902

Eksterne henvisninger
 "John Kerr" på Florida State Universitys hjemmeside
 "John Kerr" på University of Glasgows hjemmeside

Litteratur
 Steele, R. rev. Anita McConnell (2004) "Kerr, John (1824-1907)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, hentet 19. juni 2005 (kræver abonnement)

Referencer

Fysikere fra Skotland
Modtagere af Royal Medal

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