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S.D. Myers Inc. v. Government of Canada
NAFTA - Chapter 11 - Investment
Cases filed against the Government of Canada
S.D. Myers Inc. ("SDMI") is a company incorporated in the State of Ohio in the United States. It is owned and controlled by members of the Myers family. It engages in, or arranges for, the transportation, processing, and disposal of polychlorinated biphenyl ("PCB") waste. The processing takes place at its treatment facility in Tallmadge, Ohio. Members of the Myers family also own and control a company incorporated in Canada, S.D. Myers (Canada) Inc. ("Myers Canada") through which they obtain PCB waste in Canada for treatment by SDMI in its facility in the United States.
1102 (National Treatment)
1105 (Minimum Standard of Treatment)
1106 (Performance Requirements)
1110 (Expropriation)
Damages claimed
$53 million USD
Lost. Tribunal found a breach of Article 1102 and 1105. Tribunal awarded $6.9 million CAD to S.D. Myers in damages and costs.
Arbitration rules
Procedural history
On July 21, 1998, SDMI submitted a Notice of Intent to Submit a Claim to Arbitration, and on October 30, 1998, SDMI served a Notice of Arbitration under NAFTA Chapter 11. The Tribunal issued a partial award on November 13, 2000 and a second partial award on October 21, 2002. The tribunal issued its final award on costs on December 30, 2002.
Factual overview and nature of the claim
PCB is a synthetic chemical that was used in electrical equipment. It is a highly toxic substance that biodegrades slowly. Since the early 1970s, PCBs have been the subject of increasingly strict international regulation. In 1990 Canada prohibited the export of PCB waste except for any PCB waste to the United States with the prior consent of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA.").
In October 1995, without notifying Canada, the EPA reversed its long-standing closed-border policy respecting PCB waste and announced that it would allow imports into the United States by discretionary exemptions under its Toxic Substances Control Act. The first would be granted only to SDMI and granted shortly thereafter to other companies disposing of PCB waste in the United States. Following the EPA's announcement, the Minister of the Environment issued the PCB Waste Export Interim Order which prohibited the export of PCB waste to the United States except from U.S. agencies operating in Canada, with the consent of the EPA. In 1997, an amendment to the PCB Waste Export Regulations reopened the border again to the movement of PCB waste. Later that year, a judicial decision in the United States closed the border again to PCB waste.
According to SDMI, Canada's export ban on PCB waste between 1995 and 1997 completely undermined its ability to do business in Canada. It claimed that Canada's motive behind the export ban was not concern for human and environmental health, but the protection of Canadian PCB remediation businesses which would not have been able to compete with its business model. SDMI claimed that the export ban breached Canada's obligations under the NAFTA.
In its first partial award of November 13, 2000, the Tribunal rejected Canada's objection that SDMI did not own or control an investment in Canada and as such did not qualify as an "investor" for the purposes of NAFTA Chapter 11. It found that the Myers family's control over both SDMI and Myers Canada was sufficient to establish that SDMI was an "investor" and that Myers Canada was an "investment".
The Tribunal, by a majority, dismissed SDMI's claim under NAFTA Article 1106. The majority found that the export ban did not impose any requirement, as defined in NAFTA Article 1106. Professor Schwartz issued a separate opinion and considered that the effect of the export ban was to require SDMI to undertake all of its operations in Canada contrary to NAFTA Article 1106(1)(c).
The Tribunal also dismissed SDMI's claim under NAFTA Article 1110. It observed that the export ban was a temporary measure that did not amount to a lasting removal of SDMI's investment in Canada. It merely postponed SDMI's venture into the Canadian market for approximately 18 months.
The Tribunal granted SDMI's claims under NAFTA Articles 1102 and 1105. It found that the export ban effectively discriminated against U.S. PCB waste disposal companies, in favour of Canadian PCB waste disposal companies, thereby breaching NAFTA's national treatment obligation. The Tribunal's decision was based on its view that the primary purpose of the ban was to protect the interests of the Canadian waste disposal industry and not environmental protection. The Tribunal, by a majority, also found that, on the facts of the case, the breach of Article 1102 essentially established a breach of the minimum standard of treatment guaranteed by Article 1105. Mr. Chiasson disagreed and found that SDMI had not established a breach of Article 1105.
In its second partial award of October 21, 2002, the Tribunal found that compensation should be awarded to SDMI for the overall economic losses it sustained as a proximate result of Canada's measure, whether they were sustained in Canada or in the U.S. The Tribunal awarded damages to SDMI in the amount of $6,050,000 CAD plus interest. It also awarded costs to SDMI in the amount of $850,000 CAD plus interest.
Review by the Federal Court
Canada sought judicial review of the Tribunal's award before the Federal Court of Canada on the ground that the award exceeded the scope of the submission to arbitration and contravened the public policy of Canada. The Federal Court of Canada dismissed Canada's application on January 13, 2004.
Legal documents (all documents are in pdf)
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ARCHIVED - Partial Award(PDF Document - 370 KB) - November 13, 2000
ARCHIVED - Separate Opinion by Dr. Bryan Schwartz (PDF Document - 421 KB). Under the Articles 31 and 32 of the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules there can only be one "award" of the Tribunal on any particular issue. A separate opinion is technically not "part of" or "annexed to" an award, and it has no status other than that of being literally a "separate opinion".
ARCHIVED - Second Partial Award (PDF Document - 699 KB)
ARCHIVED - Final Award (concerning the apportionment of costs)(PDF Document - 397 KB) - December 30, 2002
ARCHIVED - Attorney General of Canada v. S.D. Myers - Statutory Review in the Federal Court of Canada
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Late last year Alexandre Laumonier started publishing a multi-part (I-V) look at high-frequency trading infrastructure(s) in Belgium. The 'HFT in my backyard' series highlights the infrastructural nature(s) of information transmission between financial exchanges and more broadly financial markets. The posts included; Mapping the HFT Microwave Networks (built on the bones of old microwave networks built by the US Army and NATO), A Crazy Visit to the Houtem Tower, a third which outlines the current players in the market and their networks, a fourth about tax havens and The Latent SuperMontage, followed by a response from Latent Networks to his series and then, the finale.
For more on HFT, see Donald MacKenzie in London Review of Books (Sept. 2014).
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Idaho is being considered as the supreme state for nuclear energy development. The dangers of plutonium in development, waste and security control don't seem to deter politicians' intent on profits and productivity.
The people don't have former Idaho Gov. Cecil Andrus any more to monitor and control this poisonous enterprise and the permanent, irreversible effects of it — or the growing lethal waste that is forever. Once nuclear energy is in, the thousands-of-years poisons created cannot be reversed.
Do Idahoans really want a horizon of massive chimneys with acid-white lights stuttering around them through their uncertain nights — let alone the police state required to protect it?
Cordell Caudron
Lock him up
It really bothers me that Michael Flynn, a general officer of the United States military, can lie to the FBI, which is a crime, and then walk away laughing. It is an embarrassing blot on our military. ...
Now Flynn is back to his old tricks, posing conspiracy theories and all sorts of bizarre nonsense. I have not seen a video of him actually calling for martial law, but there is talk on the internet that he is considering it as a strategy.
I wonder why people can't see that someone like President Donald Trump and his enablers being willing to use martial law to stay in power is nothing more than creating a dictatorship.
It would be interesting to see what people would have said had President Bill Clinton proposed martial law to make Al Gore president. There is no point in having an election if people are not going to respect the result, even if they don't like it. Literally hundreds of people in a position to know, including a fair number of Republicans, have said the election was fair and honest. If Trump had anything to go on, we would have seen it by now. Trump should hang it up and head back to New York to see if Cyrus Vance and/or Letitia James can hang some convictions on him and send him to prison where he belongs ... for at least five years so he will not trouble us in the next election cycle. ...
Danny Radakovich
Sheriff's self-serving story
We want to address comments from Idaho County Sheriff Doug Giddings, who speculated in the Dec. 27 edition of the Lewiston Tribune about the reasons for the disappearance of our mother, Connie Johnson, in 2018.
He was allowed to promote a self-serving narrative that flies in the face of the preponderance of evidence. To suggest that she may have gone missing intentionally provides convenient cover for why the search was unsuccessful. For him to suggest that she sold off everything as part of a premeditated plan to end her life is reckless speculation. In fact, her landlord was selling the rural property she was renting so she downsized and moved to town. Many searchers concluded she ran into trouble amid severe weather in very challenging terrain. It can happen to even the most experienced backcountry person.
Our family understands that the vastness of the wilderness terrain can make finding a missing person nearly impossible. We are not interested in publicly critiquing the sheriff's handling of the case. We are coming to peace with the loss of our mother.
What does not help are one-source stories that let an embattled law enforcement leader speculate, unchecked, about the personal tragedies that occurred on his watch. It is lazy journalism.
We hope with the arrival of a new sheriff, the good people of Idaho County will receive the compassionate and professional leadership they deserve.
Nicole Saylor
Christy Calvin
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Beautify Idaho
The entrance to Lewiston from Clarkston by way of the blue bridge could be enhanced by removing the railroad items that are there, including the overhead railroad warning lights, the tracks and the rubber pads.
With those gone, the south concrete column could be relocated further to the south to provide for a better turning radius for trucks that are coming off the bridge.
Another suggestion to beautify the Lapwai, Culdesac and Orofino areas is to get the railroad in operation in those areas, instead of renting the tracks to park plat cars and ugly tank cars. I thought the railroad got a grant to rehabilitate the tracks from Pierce to Orofino. Idaho should not be a dumping ground for unwanted railroad cars, especially in the Clearwater corridor.
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Cecil Andrus

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Het WTA-toernooi van Indianapolis was een tennistoernooi voor vrouwen dat van 1969 tot en met 1986 plaatsvond in de Amerikaanse stad Indianapolis. De officiële naam van het toernooi was US Clay Court Championships.

De WTA organiseerde het toernooi, dat werd gespeeld op gravel.

Er werd door 56 deelneemsters per jaar gestreden om de titel in het enkelspel, en door 32 paren om de dubbelspeltitel. Aan het kwalificatietoernooi voor het enkelspel namen ongeveer 48 speelsters deel, met acht plaatsen in het hoofdtoernooi te vergeven.

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My biggest creative influences come from… My library. At nearly 2,500 vintage and out-of-print titles, it's pretty much an endless source of inspiration. My husband put a moratorium on buying any more, but I've snuck in a few! Whose work has impacted you the most design-wise? Big L.A. designers of the 1980s–especially Kalef Alaton, whose famous house in West Hollywood I drive by all the time. I think a lot about how he, and so many others like him, would have continued to shape California design had they been given longer lives. He was only 49 years old when he died due to complications from AIDS. Ideal work trip: I would love to go on a driving tour of the United Kingdom to visit all the beautifully restored properties by The Landmark Trust.


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Book notes: Scrappy Little Nobody by Anna Kendrick
Scrappy Little Nobody by Anna Kendrick book review summary and key ideas.
Scrappy Little Nobody by Anna Kendrick
"A collection of humorous autobiographical essays by the Academy Award-nominated actress and star of Up in the Air and Pitch Perfect.
"I'm excited to publish my first book, and because I get uncomfortable when people have high expectations, I'd like to use this opportunity to showcase my ineptitude and pettiness and the frequency with which I embarrass myself. And while many of my female inspirations who have become authors are incredibly well educated and accomplished comedy writers, I'm very, very funny on Twitter, according to BuzzFeed and my mom, so I feel like this is a great idea. Quick question: Are run-on sentences still frowned upon? Wait, is ending a sentence with a preposition still frowned upon? I mean, upon frowned? Dammit!" (Anna Kendrick)
Anna Kendrick's autobiographical collection of essays amusingly recounts memorable moments throughout her life, from her middle-class upbringing in New England to the blockbuster movies that have made her one of Hollywood's most popular actresses today. Expanding upon the witty and ironic dispatches for which she is known, Anna Kendrick's essays offer her one-of-a-kind commentary on the absurdities she's experienced on her way to and from the heart of pop culture." -Audible
Opening thoughts:
I picked this book up this month because it had a ton of reviews and a very high average rating. I also love autobiographies or biographies of successful people, and her career seems like it must be very interesting to follow.
I know Anna Kendrick has been in movies like Twilight, Up in the Air, Pitch Perfect, Into the Woods, and A Simple Favor, and she definitely has that spunky sort of attitude from what I've seen in a few interviews. If her story is anything like her personality, it should be pretty fun to hear.
Key notes:
She loved being Annie and being in musicals as a little girl
Reader's note: she realized her single-mindedness had a benefit which was that she was working towards a goal she wanted, unlike her friends in college who didn't know what they wanted to do.
Sometimes you have to go through tough periods because you just have to pass an endurance test
She went through a phase of baking because she found fulfillment in working on and producing something tangible
We are all steering our own ships but none of us know what we are doing
But it would be so nice to believe that someone out there did and that maybe they could take the wheel for a little while
When it comes to fashion, it's supposed to be fun
Get it tailored!
This is a game changer when it comes to what you wear
She discovered even after all the media, publicity, and Oscar nomination that fame didn't change anything about her
For several months during the Up In The Air press tour, she felt crushing anxiety due to imposter syndrome
Her revelations while on a party boat:
People need escape and fantasy at every age
Maybe we're all the most free when we're playing make believe
Even despite her fame, she maintains the mindset that she doesn't ever want to be complacent and wants to be on her own and build character
She doesn't want to build character but it keeps her from becoming reliant on other people
Reader's note: Before the book ends, I would like to say I love Anna's writing tone and style, especially coupled with her reading the book.
She has such a fresh, unique, and quirky voice and personality, I love that she lets it out in this book.
I want to say that I imagine when I write my book, I will have the same funny, quirky type of style that she does. It's apparent that she doesn't take yourself too seriously and can still joke around and be comfortable with her own style of humor.
Main ideas / Themes:
Achieving what you truly want sometimes requires an endurance test
There's fulfillment in producing something tangible
Nobody truly knows what their doing
Fame really doesn't change who you are
Don't be complacent, strive to remain self-reliant
As expected, this was a great book. As most books read by the author, I love it that Anna reads her own writing as you can really tell how it was supposed to be read. She even adds her own quirky way of speaking, and I'm not even fully sure if she's ad-libbing or its really in the book, haha.
I do enjoy that her voice is so fresh and unique, very millennial haha. She honestly sounds like a person very easy to get along with and like. I enjoy how she's not only very genuine, but also very vulnerable about her own insecurities and shortcomings.
She really pulls the curtain back on the mystery behind fame, and how it really doesn't change much. I do appreciate how she maintains that she's really the same person as she was before the fame, and she wants to stay that way.
Her writing voice, while sometimes may sound a bit neurotic, is very entertaining and authentic. It doesn't sound like shes trying to be something she's not, and I appreciate that a lot. She's apologetically herself.
Overall, I highly recommend this book. While I couldn't take a ton of notes (due to a combination of great anecdotal stories and lack of hard/explicit life lessons), it's definitely a great work to read or listen to. Her story paints such a great backstory to her public persona that I definitely want to go back and re-watch her movies.
Nutshell:
The life and story behind the Anna Kendrick.
Author yolocruzPosted on January 3, 2019 January 3, 2019 Categories Book ReviewsTags actress, analysis, Anna Kendrick, autobiography, biography, book review, book summary, chapter summary, cliff notes, hollywood, key ideas, main ideas, memoir, personal development, Scrappy Little Nobody, self improvement
2 thoughts on "Book notes: Scrappy Little Nobody by Anna Kendrick"
Jeremy Silva says:
Good notes Marlo! Last year I listened to this and enjoyed it.
yolocruz says:
Thank you! Same here, I really enjoyed it 🙂
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"Die Müllverbrennungsanlage in Maishima (Osaka/Japan) ist ein Kunstwerk vom österreichischen Künstler Friedensreich Hundertwasser, der zu seinen Lebzeiten ein heftiger Gegner der Kernenergie war. Die Stadt Osaka plant, ab diesem Herbst dort Tsunami-Trümmer aus Iwate, die radioaktiv verstrahlt sind, zu verbrennen. Durch das Verbrennen radioaktiv verstrahlter Trümmer wird dieses Kunstwerk zu einem Atomofen degradiert. Davon ganz zu schweigen, man darf verstrahlte Trümmer auf keinen Fall verbrennen."
the garbage (ver-) burning ("ver-brennung" means something like a device that destroys garbage) device (which has technology inside NOT designed or such by herr one-hundred waters?) ist a work of art[sic] by/of? a male human from the country of austria by the name of "hundertwasser" (one hundred waters, word-for-word), who during his lifetime was a thunderes opponent of seed (kern=seed, but in german lingo it means atom) energie. some city in a country of japan (where they speak their own lingo), is planning to burn salt-water soaked (from a unregular high-tide in another japanese city called iwata) dead material, and which are also radioactive(?whats that?), there. Through the (ver-) burning of radiaoctive materials (in this art of work), this art of work would be DEGRADED into a atomic oven!!! not to mention, that it is not allowed to burn irratiated (in german "verstrahlt" also implies radioactive, but the word can be used to say microwaves or sunshine) ruins.
short: .. whatever. and german is not free from funny meaning mind you.
"The waste incineration plant in Maishima (Osaka/Japan) is a work of art of the Austrian artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser who, in his lifetime, was a vehement opponent of nuclear energy. The city of Osaka is planning to burn radioactively contaminated tsunami debris from Iwate. This work of art will be degraded to a nuclear oven. Not to mention that radioactively contaminated debris must not be burned under any circumstances."
I signed the petition against incineration of radioactive waste, but when you read it, you can see the thought of the mayor of Osaka and the lot will be done in the petition and city residents who voted or not for himself.
Hay, la primavera, talking about opposition to the distribution of tsunami debris, did you see the meltdown Kouta Kinoshita had a couple of days ago on twitter? Do you think he is psychotic or just stupid?


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In the United States, an estimated 1 in 10 seniors suffer abuse each year. However, less than half are ever reported to Adult Protective Services. To reduce those sad statistics, Senior Corps has partnered with the U.S. Department of Justice to form the new Elder Justice Initiative.
The initiative's mission is to support and coordinate law enforcement efforts to combat elder abuse, neglect, and financial fraud that target our nation's seniors. Senior Corps programs across the United States, including United Way RSVP, will be assisting by educating our volunteers about the risks of elder abuse.
Neglect is the most common form of elder abuse. Neglect is the failure to act to remove someone from any kind of threat to health or safety. Self-neglect becomes an issue when a senior can no longer care for themselves and their health or safety suffers.
Financial exploitation is when another person misuses a senior's funds or property. Examples include stealing a person's identity to get credit, stealing property to use, or selling or using a person's private history or medical condition for personal gain.
Abuse is a threat to a person's health or safety caused by another person, and in most cases, people are abused in more than one way. Physical abuse is pain or injury to a person through physical force such as hitting or pushing them. Emotional abuse is yelling at or threatening a person. Sexual abuse is unwanted sexual comments or actions. It can also be making sexual comments or actions towards a person when they are not able to understand what is happening.
All forms of abuse are highly damaging to the victims and should never be ignored. If you are a victim or suspect abuse, contact Great Falls Adult Protective Services at 727-7746. If the person is in immediate danger, call 911. Adult Protective Services investigates, files claims, and works with community partners to provide short-term support for the senior in need.


I am delighted to announce the immediate availability of Atlas.Orm 3.0 ("Cassini"), the flagship package in the Atlas database framework. Installation is as easy as composer require atlas/orm ~3.0.
If you want a data-mapper alternative to Doctrine, especially for your pre-existing table structures, then Atlas is for you!
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Q: SQLite3 C interface: how to determine existence of a table I'm using SQLite3 C interface from C++ and need to be able to determine existence of a given table. Is there a means for this without using SQL directly? Example:
bool exists = sqlite3_table_exists("myTable");

Is there any function with similar functionality?

A: To check if table exists, check if any rows are returned by the following query:
SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type='table' AND name='your_table_name_here'

To run the query & check if rows exist, here is the code:
sqlite3_stmt *pSelectStatement = NULL;
int iResult = SQLITE_ERROR;
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iResult = sqlite3_prepare16_v2(m_pDb, query, -1, &pSelectStatement, 0);

if ((iResult == SQLITE_OK) && (pSelectStatement != NULL))
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        ret = true;
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}

A: Also as alternative that would [probably] work on any SQL database select count(*) from table_that_might_exist limit 1.

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Held at the Vandalia Branch. Register in advance at the library. Class size limited to 5. Learn the basics of using computers and how to search for valuable information on the web.


Despite subsidies and new projects, carbon dioxide sequestration is still a long way off.
On October 1, a coal-fired plant in West Virginia operated by American Electric Power (AEP) became the first power station in the U.S. to pump a portion of its carbon dioxide emissions underground. At the same time, the U.S. Department of Energy is funneling billions of stimulus dollars into carbon capture and sequestration. And FutureGen, a government-backed project to build the first zero-emissions coal-fueled plant, looks set to rise from the ashes.
Capture this: A carbon capture and sequestration facility operated by American Electric Power and Alstom at the Mountaineer Power Plant in New Haven, WV.
At first blush, it seems carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) is on its way to making clean coal a reality. However, no commercial-scale CCS operation is near completion in the U.S., and until a market price is set on carbon dioxide, experts say things aren't likely to change.
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 provided $3.4 billion in federal funding for CCS projects, including $1 billion for FutureGen and more than $1 billion for other commercial-scale operations. Yet even with this money, significant hurdles remain.
"There are an array of technical challenges that have to be overcome," says Tom Williams, a spokesperson for utility company Duke Energy, which recently invested $17 million in carbon-capture research at a coal gasification power plant in Edwardsport, IN, and is currently seeking federal funding to further develop capture and sequestration technology at the plant. "Permitting challenges, sequestration challenges, geological challenges, [and] efficiency challenges all have to be figured out," Williams says.
One of the geological challenges faced by Duke Energy and others investigating in CCS is ensuring that the pressure inside reservoirs deep beneath the surface of the earth doesn't climb too high as carbon dioxide is injected. "There are only certain safe levels that you can raise the pressure to before you get into issues of seismicity," Herzog says.
In particular, this means implementing reliable monitoring systems to track the movement of carbon dioxide deep underground. Sensors used in oil and gas fields are well developed for this purpose, though less-expensive monitoring systems would make carbon dioxide sequestration for coal plants more cost-competitive.
"Every time you place a sensor thousands of feet down, it requires drilling a well bore that, depending on depth and diameter, can cost between 5 [million] and 10 million dollars," says Ken Humphreys, of the FutureGen Alliance. Humphreys says less-expensive systems such as acoustic sensors that monitor the movement of carbon dioxide from the surface are currently under development.
As engineers develop new technologies for carbon capture and sequestration, technical setbacks may be inevitable. AEP, the utility company that began pumping 2 percent of its carbon dioxide emissions underground on October 1, had hoped to begin sequestration earlier, but the project was delayed when sensors showed higher-than-anticipated moisture content in the carbon dioxide. If the liquefied gas contains too much water, carbonic acid can form, corroding the steel pipes used to transport it underground.
To bring the water content down to a safe level, AEP said it would have to further cool the carbon dioxide to remove water through precipitation before pumping it underground. Additional testing, however, revealed that the moisture content had been misread and was actually within safe levels.
The cap-and-trade legislation now making its way through Congress could help hasten solutions to many of the technical issues that CCS still faces. But one of the biggest remaining questions is whether sufficient reservoirs exist to store all of the carbon dioxide that may be captured.
The best-studied storage deposits are former oil and gas reservoirs capped by layers of nonporous rock that kept the petrochemicals locked deep underground for millions of years. Yet of an estimated 3,947 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide storage capacity under the U.S., only 1 percent consists of depleted natural gas and oil reservoirs. The vast majority of capacity–3,630 gigatonnes–consists of deep saline formations that have received less scrutiny.
"We're at the place where there is no problem doing millions of tonnes a year, but to solve the climate problem we need to do billons of tonnes or gigatonnes a year, and at that scale, storage becomes a real issue," Herzog says.


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Portsmouth is one of three operating bases in the UK of the Royal Navy.
Within a short distance of Emirates Tower lies the historic naval base including:- HMS Victory, HMS Warrior, HMS M33, Museum of Mary Rose, National Museum of the Royal Navy.
The Museum of the Royal Marines is at present at Eastney.
Gunwharf Quays is a modern shopping centre built on the site of HMS Vernon. In the old days returning wooden walled warships berthed at the Gunwharf to unload their canons which were refurbished, stored, and reissued..
Charles Dickens and Isambard Brunel were born in the city and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle lived for a time in Southsea.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki//Portsmouth
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Portsmouth was the most heavily fortified town in England. A line of 5 forts were built along the crest of Portsdown Hill to provide protection from foreign troops approaching from the North. At the western end is Fort Nelson one of the Royal Armouries Museums.
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Леонард Вильгельмович (Осипович) Страшинский (1827–1879) — исторический живописец, академик Императорской Академии художеств.

Биография
С ранних лет полюбив рисование, Страшинский по окончании курса Киевской гимназии поступил вольноприходящим учеником в Императорскую академию художеств, где обучался живописи под руководством профессора . Во время обучения в Академии получил малую серебряную медаль (1850) за «Изображение короля Лира», золотую медаль «за экспрессию» (1854) в картине «Смерть Риччио». Академический курс окончил (1855) с большой золотою медалью за картину: «Валленштейн, герцог Фридландский, истреблявший протестантов и уничтоживший мелких феодальных владетелей, вступает победителем в полуразрушенный замок одного из владетелей протестантских, с своими солдатами» и званием классного художника. Был отправлен на казённый счет за границу (1856) на шесть лет для усовершенствования в живописи, как пенсионер Академии художеств. Признан академиком (1862) за картину «Убиение епископа Льежского». Жил в Петербурге.

В музее Академии художеств были выставлены картины Страшинского: «Кардинал Мазарини» и «Кардинал Ришельё».

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Maluca's 'NYC Baby' Is really a Love Letter towards the City That Made Her
10 years ago, Maluca, the New York-bred musician created Natalie Yepez, dropped her first solitary, "El Tigeraso," made by Diplo. The 2 came across in a karaoke club while performing Beastie Boys' "Sabotage." Immediately after, Maluca joined up with Diplo's Mad good label as you of their very first signees. Within the "El Tigeraso" video [...]
10 years ago, Maluca, the New York-bred musician created Natalie Yepez, dropped her first solitary, "El Tigeraso," made by Diplo. The 2 came across in a karaoke club while performing Beastie Boys' "Sabotage." Immediately after, Maluca joined up with Diplo's Mad good label as you of their very first signees. Within the "El Tigeraso" video clip, Maluca wore rollers inside her locks and shooed away wannabe suitors.
Because of the full time she hit the music scene, Maluca have been mostly affected by the pop music, international club music, ny home, and hip-hop of her youth, as well as the bachata and merengue of her Dominican heritage and youth growing up in Manhattan's East Village. "My impact had been ny and J.Lo," Maluca claims. "And there's me in the centre: i am the infant."
These influences found room to breathe Maluca's vibrant noise from a 2010 mixtape called China Food
To singles like 2014′s "Trigger" and 2016′s "Mala." However when "El Tigeraso" hit, there clearly was nobody quite she— a person who sang Bob Marley in a Chinese restaurant bathroom uptown at age six, wrote constantly in her diary and suffered from stage fright — was suddenly touring the world and playing music like her in 2009′s music scene, and.
Within the years since, she actually is played a wide range of festivals, including Lollapalooza and Southern by Southwest, recorded an amount of collaborations with designers which range from Robyn to Happy Colors, as well as on the individual front side, gotten sober. It absolutely was the innovator that is independent, with whom Maluca sang on 2015′s "Love Is Free," who encouraged her to redefine for by by herself just what a modern-day pop music celebrity could appear to be.
Now, using the Sam Sparro-produced track and video that is self-directedNYC Baby," premiering today on PAPER, Maluca pens a victorious love page into the city that made her. It really is both a culmination of her experiences to-date, and a sample regarding the town's social touchstones that Maluca is definitely enamored with.
The video clip is a romantic, documentary-style portrait of a quintessential ny summer time week-end, including beach that is seeing at Coney Island, rollerblading through downtown's Washington Square Park, kiki-ing regarding the subway, and dance in the Washington Heights roads after the Dominican Day Parade. The track, filled with horns and big and bright '80s-tinged freestyle beats, evokes the time Gloria Estefan and her Miami Sound device dominated the maps. Then, there is the hook that is irresistible Maluca's sound high in heat and confidence: "New York City, baby/I'm gonna give you my l-l-love/Hold me down until we become a reality."
"NYC Baby" is merely a flavor of what is in the future from Maluca's formal first record, a task slated for independent release later this 12 months — a task a decade when you look at the creating. A nostalgic scrapbook of her youth as she's been teasing on Instagram, listeners can expect a diaristic approach to the music and visuals. In spending homage to where she originated in, Maluca extends to define where she clearly's headed.
We swept up because of the NYC baby at her downtown house to talk about her upbringing, exactly just exactly what days gone by 10 years have already been like on her, and calling the shots.
Every musician's development of the need to perform differs from the others. just just How did yours occur?
As a young kid, there have been constantly photos of me in the dining table. Like doing, sitting in director's seats. From the we had been sitting as of this restaurant that is chinese, where I became residing at that time, and I also would constantly think about a method to the restroom to sing, because I knew at six, the acoustics had been good into the restroom. Clearly we knew there was clearly one thing about performing within the restroom. But there was clearly onetime, my mom ended up being like, "the complete restaurant can hear you." And I also had been singing, "get up, stand up, operate for the liberties. " And there will be this knocking in the home, and my mother could be love, "Natalie! Exactly what are you doing in there?" we'd be like, "Nothing much, I'm washing my fingers, mother!" It had been merely a thing that is constant. I happened to be extremely theatrical. Every talent show there is, I became into the talent show.
Are there individuals who encouraged you in early stages?
I'd a drama instructor in grade college whom encouraged me personally to perform as he heard me personally scat performing. Therefore by highschool i needed to experience when it comes to LaGuardia doing arts school that is high you know, the Fame college. Therefore 1 day, I was thinking, screw it, i will do it. I had hardly ever really taken dance that is consistently professional. It had been like inside and outside. I happened to be actually into interpretive dance and I also had been operas that are always watching a kid and there was clearly a PBS channel i recall, and I also would use into interpretive dancing in my own family room. From the my loved ones, my mom, being like, Wow, that is amazing. I decided to simply do the things I do within my family room during the audition. Your day for the audition, my mother took me personally, however the time that is whole she ended up being like, "You know, you are most likely not going to be in. Why could you also decide to try? You aren't an expert dancer." And it also simply entirely crushed me. It had been my first love, squash. I happened to be simply totally during my mind throughout the audition, and I also don't be in. From the I couldn't perform, We felt therefore insecure.
That sucks! Just exactly just How did you turn it around? Demonstrably, you overcame that sooner or later.
For the time that is longest after, i did not know being a critical performer had been even an alternative for me personally. I thought I had been gonna be described as a specialist. After which i acquired this work and I also could not also read a poem I'd written. At around 19 through my twenties that are early we began working at Cafe Habana downtown. There clearly was this person there who had been in a six-piece band called The Bowery Riots in which he was like, "we want you to definitely engage in our musical organization." We ended up being like, "Really? Why? Me?" He knew i possibly could sing but I'm not sure just exactly how he knew. Therefore I began performing straight straight straight back up with them. I recall Lady Gaga's trumpet player was at the musical organization. My lead that is first solo a address of "Be My http://www.dissertationassistance.org/ Baby" by the Ronettes, my very first time performing like this. We was raised singing in church and also the girls hated I remember by that point I had become terrified of expressing myself on me, and. Nevertheless the evening I sang "Be My Baby" on phase, Erykah Badu had been there. It absolutely was a bar that is really tiny possibly 20 other individuals and she ended up being literally the following. She ended up being simply jamming, her power had been so great, and she had been involved with it. I happened to be like, Oh my god, this can be so crazy.
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HAS-UK Off to a Terrific Start!
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HAS-UK Kick-Off!
Beginning in the era of the American Revolution, and even with the Quakers before that, the abolition movement was a transatlantic phenomenon. Whether in the era of Anthony Benezet and Granville Sharp or of William Lloyd Garrison and Thomas Fowell Buxton, abolitionists found that differences in the political cultures in Britain and America posed opportunities as well as challenges for the cause. Following in their footsteps, in recent months Historians Against Slavery has been examining ways of expanding and organizing our activities in the United Kingdom.
To that end, on Friday 29 April, we as Co-Directors of HAS met with a group of about 30 British scholars, museum leaders, and activists to discuss the formation of HAS-UK. HAS board member and superstar organizer Zoe Trodd and her Antislavery Usable Past network convened the gathering at the Wilberforce Institute for the study of Slavery and Emancipation (WISE) at Hull University. After we offered a brief history of HAS and answered a variety of questions, we listened to Kevin Bales, a professor at WISE and overall rock star in the movement; Richard Benjamin, director of the International Slavery Museum; Aidan McQuade, Director of Anti-Slavery International; and Jean Allain, who is working to establish Lawyers Against Slavery. Stacey and I came away from this gathering feeling energized by the potential for HAS-UK, and struck by three ways in which HAS-UK may well end up looking different from HAS in the US.
First, academics in the UK are expected to establish the "impact" of their work, and so an organization like HAS – which is focused on employing scholarship to support human rights – is attractive. In other words, the academic context in the UK is very friendly to scholarly involvement in activism.
Second, the diverse participation in the gathering suggested that HAS may be able to make inroads quicker in some areas there than in the US. The UK's academic culture seems much better integrated with what they call the "heritage community" (museums, historical sites, that sort of thing) than US academic culture, so there are great opportunities for partnerships in this regard. The interest of antislavery NGOs like Anti-Slavery International, and discussion at the meeting of how the media in the UK loves to cover the activities of such NGOs, suggests other opportunities for HAS in the UK. We in HAS have always been interested in partnering with antislavery organizations and people in the heritage community, as illustrated by our ongoing collaborations with the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center. But such immediate and high-energy and –profile partnerships in the UK may give us the momentum we need to expand our efforts in this direction in the US.
Third, in our opening statement we spoke of HAS founder James Brewer Stewart's repeated point that the contemporary antislavery movement too often loses or marginalizes African-American voices and history, and that HAS should never lose sight of that. It was interesting to watch that theme unfold in this meeting in Hull because of the different racial scenario in Britain. Linking antislavery to people of color there means connecting with hot-button questions such as reparations for slavery as well as the legacy of the British Empire. It seems that the question of reparations is analogous in the racial politics of Britain to mass incarceration / Black Lives Matter in the US; in both instances, any engagement with contemporary slavery that ignores such questions risks being marginalized politically and impaired in impact.
We look forward to seeing how HAS-UK unfolds given these differences from the US context for HAS's work. Given the energy, intellectual gravity, and good will of the people gathered at the Wilberforce Center last month, we are confident that this unfolding will produce multiple benefits.
Matthew Mason, Brigham Young University
Stacey Robertson, Central Washington University
Co-Directors, Historians Against Slavery
Abolitionism, Board Members, Education, Media, Past and Present, Public History, Trafficking, Transatlantic
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During the 2012 campaign season, Harry Reid's continual insinuations that Mitt Romney was some sort of criminal was merely psychological projection.
A former Nevada powerbroker was convicted Wednesday of making illegal campaign contributions to U.S. Sen. Harry Reid.
A federal jury reached the verdict in the case against real estate developer and once powerful lobbyist Harvey Whittemore.
The jury returned unanimous guilty verdicts on charges of making excessive campaign contributions, making contributions in the name of another and causing a false statement to be made to the Federal Election Commission.
Whittemore faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine on each count.
@rbpundit @jonahnro @ap A low level volunteer accepted the contribution. Hairy Reed didn't know about it until it was in the paper.


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Jino's East Pizzaria in Basco, Batanes: Al Fresco Dining with the Best Homemade Pizzas
Tucked inside a very unassuming home is probably one of the best homemade pizzas in the town of Basco, Batanes.
If you're on the hunt for a good slice before or after the tour, Jino's East Pizzaria is not that hard to find, as it's near the Basco lighthouse.
Jino's East Pizzaria serves nothing but fresh and homemade pizzas in Basco, Batanes
Jino's East Pizzaria started way back in 2014 by a couple Amy and Abel Ruiz, who both have a culinary background. Abel is an Italian national who lived in Chicago for a few years, where he was introduced to Chicago-style pizza. It paved the way for him to bring the pizza business to Batanes, Amy's hometown.
The accommodating owners, Mr. Abel and Amy Ruiz
The couple then turned their front yard into an alfresco garden dining set-up of chairs and tables, with the trees serving as the shade. But don't underestimate the quaint home because their specials are beyond what you expect.
The couple turned their front yard into an alfresco garden dining set-up
Their specials are, of course, pizzas, and—as of this writing—they have eight to ten kinds, with Jino's Special (Php 400) at the frontline. This particular serving is one that boasts an abundant amount of toppings.
Jino's Special (Php 400)
It's the perfect slice if you'd like to have pepperoni, ham, and Italian sausage in one bite. It's topped with mushrooms, olives, tomatoes, green peppers, onions, and cheese, making a perfect balance of flavors between sweet and sour.
Meanwhile, their Mostaccioli or Penne Pasta (Php 150) is the perfect bowl if you're craving for sweet and savory pasta while in town. It is topped with their very own special seasoned beef sauce with parmesan cheese. If you're looking for a good partner for your pasta, they also serve Fried Chicken Tenders (Php 100/5pcs) here!
Penne Pasta (Php 150)
They also offer delivery or pick-up for only a Php 30 service charge!
Take note that it's hard to find a tricycle on their street so once you're done, feel free to ask the owner, Amy, to help you hail a tricycle via call.
Also read: Batanes Travel Guide: Preparing for Your Trip This 2019
From the Basco Municipal Hall or the Town Proper, take the National Road heading northwest toward Songsong Iraya Road. Jino's East is on the right side.
The easiest way to go to Jino's is through a tricycle ride. You may call the Basco Tricycle Operators and Drivers Association (BATODA) at 0929-703-8404 and just ask them to take you to Jino's.
This first appeared in Philippine Primer's Japanese and English Magazine August 2019 issue.
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Q: Appending any digit in integer value using bitwise operation I want to append any static  single digit in given number using bitwise operation.
Let the static number is 1 ,
If the number is
 2  =>  12
 31 =>  131
 24 =>  124
 11 =>  111

Is it possible to do..?
Here why I am strict with bitwise means , I want to maintain as integer values.

A: If your dbms supports basic math functions (Oracle for instance), you can use:
SELECT NUMBER + Power(10, Floor(Log(10, NUMBER)) + 1)
FROM TABLE;

If not you could get away with a string trick like:
SELECT TO_NUMBER('1' || TO_CHAR(NUMBER))
FROM TABLE;

(using Oracle)

A: Bitwise operators won't work that well on decimal numbers since powers of two and powers of ten don't mesh well (I have no idea what the database tag is for here, this seems to be totally unrelated).
If you want a function to add a 1 to the left of an arbitrary number as you seem to indicate, you can use the following algorithm:
def prefixWithOne (n):
    if n == 0:
        return 10
    addNum = 1
    testNum = n
    while testNum > 0:
        testNum = int (testNum / 10)
        addNum = addNum * 10
    return addNum + n

For example, the following C code will do that:
unsigned int prefixWithOne (unsigned int n) {
    unsigned int testNum = n;
    unsigned int addNum = 1;
    if (n == 0) return 10;
    while (testNum > 0) {
        testNum /= 10;
        addNum *= 10;
    }
    return addNum + n;
}

(with the usual caveats about watching out for overflow).


That defence really did look quite special last year. A defensive line featuring Campbell, Ngakoue, Dareus and Jackson was enough to scare most QBs. And then they bolstered it a little bit more with the first-round pick in the draft, taking Taven Bryan. Throw in the linebacking and defensive backfield corps and it'll leave offensive coordinators befuddled about how to get through. If all the personnel play to their potential, then this really could rival the legendary '85 Bears defence.
Whilst they did lose their top two receivers (Alan's Robinson & Hurns) they did bring in Dante Monrief and drafted one of my favourite receivers in the draft, DJ Chark. Chark has size and speed to be a decent receiver in the NFL and I'm intrigued to see how well he does. The running game will continue to improve as well with Fournette coming back fully fit and the addition of guard Andrew Norwell from free agency. Norwell was one of the best linemen that came in to free agency and can shift defensive lineman out of the way, giving Fournette more space to run through.
Lastly, they got rid of those two tone helmets!
Blake Bortles. I could just leave it at that.
The good news is that with this defence and the running game available to him, Bortles won't be asked to do much. The bad news is, I don't think he can do all that much. He's not the worst QB to take to the field but should the Jaguars win the Superbowl I think you could line Bortles up with fellow luminaries such as Brad Johnson and Trent Dilfer.
I'm not enamoured by the tight end situation in Jacksonville either. I liked Mercedes Lewis, he wasn't amazing but was a solid pass catcher. They've bought in Austin Seferian-Jenkins to replace him who can sometimes flash potential but isn't the solid reliable outlet that an indecisive quarterback can sometimes crave.
The AFC South has the potential to be as competitive as it's NFC equivalent. If Deshaun Watson and JJ Watt come back, then the Texans can bounce back from last place. The Colts will rebound off the back of Luck's fitness and the Titans made the playoffs last year. I think the Jags are the best team in the division still but it's not going to be as simple as other divisions.
If they continue their development then the Jags could take the next step and make, even win, the Superbowl. They need to stick to the gameplan and run the ball where they can and look at how the Eagles deployed a run pass option last year in a bid to try and get the best out of Blake Bortles.
Playoffs? They should get there and at the very least I would expect them to make the divisional round.


Generally speaking, web design is a service profession, meaning that you get paid in exchange for your time and skills.
The problem with exchanging your time for money is that if you can't work for whatever reason, you don't get paid. Saving up an emergency fund for times when you're ill or short on work is always a good idea but it can only take you so far -- this is where passive income can come in handy.
The term "passive income" means different things to different people, but in basic terms you can think of it as being work that you do once but can be paid for many times over. For a writer whose regular income comes from writing magazine articles, a source of passive income may be publishing an e-book.
In this example the book is written only once but can be bought an infinite number of times. While no writer would expect to sell a book priced at the same rate per word that they get for an article, if they can sell the book enough times it could generate significantly more income than a normal one-off payment.
Even if you usually charge per hour or per project, the same principal can apply in the field of web design. It's easier than ever before for web designers to make money by selling pre-built themes and templates, which can turn out to be great money spinners if they're popular.
Let's say for example that you normally charge £500 to create a custom WordPress theme for a client. If you sold the same design as a licensed premium theme for £50 per license and 10 people buy it, you'll make the same amount of money. However if you sell it to 100 people, you'll make £5,000 -- 10 times your normal rate!
The most popular themes on sites like ThemeForest have been sold thousands of times, so these figures are certainly realistic. The trick to being successful in this business model are anticipating and then providing designs that have mass appeal and marketing your products well.
If you're already used to designing for CMS software and blogging platforms like WordPress and Joomla, you'll already be familiar with the idea of creating themes. If you're used to building bespoke sites or you don't code at all, it's also possible to sell standard HTML/CSS templates and PSD designs ready to be handed over to a programmer.
WordPress currently has the largest share of the CMS and blogging software market, with 19% of all websites being run on WordPress. This means that there are a lot of people looking for WordPress themes and so it's a great place to concentrate your efforts.
One of the downsides about building WordPress themes is that so many other people are doing it so you'll be up against some stiff competition. If you prefer a less crowded marketplace, you may wish to specialise in one of the other software systems like Joomla, Drupal or Shopify. As there's less choice for consumers, you'll be able to charge more for a well-designed template but remember that you'll also probably sell fewer licenses simply because the target market is smaller.
There's nothing to stop you from selling themes directly from your own website, but unless you have a very large following it will probably be difficult to market your designs effectively. For this reason, many designers choose to sell their templates through an online repository.
These sites will usually take a percentage of each sale but they have the huge advantage of getting your designs in front of thousands of pairs of eyes. Going back to the e-book example, you can think of it as selling your book through Amazon rather than just on your own website.
You can also often list your designs directly on the official repository for each CMS. Usually these will offer you a way to link back to your own site where you can earn more by offering a bundle package of two or more themes at a discounted price.
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After this was posted as a Favorite Thread, I read it then had to bump it! BUMP!
SUBTITLE: I guess I had a bone light and flat.
Hi cc33, that third one, "We can hug on November, caress and nice oak," seems to be one of the hands down favorites. Aren't these a treasure?
Hi cc33, that third one, "We can hug on November, caress and nice oak," seems to be the hands down favorite. Aren't these a treasure?
I so, so, so love engrish.com. It's practically athletic, how hard I laugh at that site.
Thanks for the link to that site, it's hilarious!
This thread is always good for a laugh. So bumping! It had slipped a little too far down the page list. For anyone who hasn't seen this thread before... even though it's long, it's really worth reading it from the beginning. Classic.
Thank you so much for these, Sheyne. They're still hilarious.
I love, "I got your queer case open" -- who in the world is writing these things? Seriously? I mean, I could understand if you made a few flubs every now and then... but to be in charge of this and to seemingly not know the language at all. It's just comedic.
I second the person that said if I ever learn a language... I want it to be just as entertaining when I speak it as this.
I always thought "creel case" was a bit odd. The thing is a creel - a basket with a slot in the top for just-caught fish, that's what a creel is. Or did he never take his creel out of its creel-case....?
I wonder if there's some audio version of Babel Fish they're using, or Dragon Dictate?That would explain it, a little.
But we should be charitable. I bet your Malaysian is a bit rusty, I know mine is.


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Alto , giocava nel ruolo di ala.

Carriera
Dal 2011 al 2012 ha militato nei Metros de Santiago nella Repubblica Dominicana. In precedenza ha militato in Cile, nell'Universidad de Concepcion, nei Brooklyn Kings.

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THE United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Parliamentary Strengthening Project (PSP) is one of the most successful institutional and capacity building projects the country has seen.
That's according to chairman of the Parliamentary House Committee and MP for West Makira, Derick Manu'ari when in a motion to thank the UNDP project in parliament, yesterday.
Mr Manu'ari, who was one of the pioneers of the project, thanked and highlighted areas of great achievement he has seen through the implementation of the project since it started in 2005 and ended on the 31st of March 2015.
"The 10-year project successfully assisted in strengthening the National Parliament's capacity to effectively deliver on its constitutional mandate," Mr Manu'ari said.
"It was also designed to support the achievement of goals and targets set out in the Solomon Islands National Strategy 2011 – 2020, particularly its outcomes in Governance," he added.
"In a nutshell the many things we see, used and supported with in this parliament is the direct result of the project.
Mr Manu'ari highlighted parliament corporate planning, strengthening of parliamentary committees, and the creation of new departments within parliament as the many achievements of the project.
That includes the parliamentary procedures office, the parliamentary civic education department, the media, ICT departments and the upgrading of Hansard and Security system in parliament.
"Indeed the project has transformed parliament into a modern parliament that is now able to provide professional and high level of services to its members and stakeholders.
"And I am pleased to say here that at the moment as a result of the project, our parliament the National Parliament of Solomon Islands is one of if not the best in the region excluding Australia and New Zealand.
"Our parliament has been talked highly of in region as an example of a successful institutional and capacity building program, something that all of us should be proud of.
Mr Manu'ari applauded the government for taking the issue of administrative autonomy for Parliament on board.
He said he is pleased to note that for the first time a ruling has included parliament development in its policy and government must be applauded for this.
Having highlighted the achievements of the project, Mr Manu'ari erick reminded the House of possible threats that may undermine the achievement that Parliament have made as a result of the project.
He said the main threats on the achievements are the question of sustaining the achievements made through the project.
"Sir, programs like national wide committee inquiries, civic constituency tours, televising of parliament and committee proceedings are expensive to execute.
He further emphasised that for parliament to make proper sense to the wider community of our society it has to happen through these programs.
Meanwhile, Mr Manu'ari thanked the following individuals who have worked tirelessly to ensure the project came to its fulfillment.
They include former speakers and statesmen Paul Tovua and Sir Peter Kenilorea and former Clerk to National Parliament Taeasi Sanga.
he further thanked his former colleagues who have served under the project and the project managers who have managed the project since 2005.
The last national project manager to its completion this year is Celsus Talifilu whom with others started with the project in 2006.
Mr Celsus is the only person who has stayed with the project from the start right to the end.
Other project Managers were Warren Cahil, Dr John Patterson and David Kusilifu.
As a brief background to how this project came about, Mr Manu'ari highlighted that support to parliament or strengthening of parliaments by international and multinational donor agencies like UNDP is something that is quite new.
It was recognised that since the end of World War II very little attention been given by donor agencies like UNDP to capacitating and strengthening of parliaments of the immerging democracies.
The lion share of international donor funding in institutional strengthening and capacity building is often been given to the executive arm of the government.
This as studies have shown resulted in parliament's inability to provide effective checks and balances on the many complex activities of the executive.
It is believed that this had led to poor governance and instability that has been experienced in most of the immerging democracies including Solomon Islands.
Mr Manu'ari further said that in our region, it was well recognised that parliaments were poorly resourced and have little capacity to support its members in carrying out their representative and national duties.
This was confirmed through a Legislative Needs Assessments (LNA) study that was conducted on a number of countries in the region, including Solomon Islands in 2003 and 2004.
The project has three phases; phases 1 & 2 were completed in 2009 and 2012 respectively and phase 3, which is the final phase, had just completed at the end of last month.
Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare in his contributions to the motion concurred to the successful outcome of the project and acknowledged the call from both the Legislature and the Judiciary for autonomy.
He said while the academic argument on the issue of autonomy in the interest of good governance is wide, it goes down directly to politicians to drive this objective, especially the government of the day.
Leader of Opposition, Jeremiah Manele among his many acknowledgements of the project and those who have initiated, funded and served in it, said "we need to sustain and build on the gains that the project has achieved".
By that, he hoped that the Government through its responsible Ministry of Public Service is prepared to absorb and accommodate staff and services that were part of the project and offer them appropriate remuneration in order to retain them.
"Failure to do so would undermine the gains and improvements we have achieved so far under the project," Mr Manele said.
Leader of Independent group, Manasseh Maelanga in his testimony on the success and progress of the project highlighted the high professional output by the Secretariat to Committees who has set high standard and quality performance in assisting MPs to facilitate committee hearings and inquiries.
He also highlighted the work of the Civic Education Department for educating constituents on the roles and functions of Parliament.
He said autonomy is the most important among other developments for Parliament.
The DCC government has included support to further development of Parliament in its policy.
The Parliamentary Strengthening Project is a multi-donor assisted project that has been supporting the National Parliament of Solomon Islands for a 10 years period under the auspices of UNDP.
The project started in 2005 and ended on the 31st of March this year.


CHELSEA will get found out at very quickly at Manchester City on Sunday if they try and play the ball out from the back.
That is according to former Liverpool midfielder turned Sky Sports pundit Jamie Redknapp, who thinks that Maurizio Sarri needs to work out a different way of playing in games away from home.
The Blues have lost their last three away matches in all competitions without scoring a goal.
A 1-0 Carabao Cup defeat to Tottenham was followed by a disappointing 2-0 defeat to Arsenal – but things then got much worse.
Sarri then oversaw Chelsea's worst league defeat since 1996 where they lost 4-0 at Bournemouth.
And with champions Manchester City lying in wait, their next away game could not be any more daunting.
Pep Guardiola's men will have their tails up after overtaking Liverpool at the top of the Premier League in midweek – albeit on goal difference.
Wins over Arsenal and Everton have helped bridge the gap over the Reds, who have dropped four points in their last two matches.
After Chelsea's defeat to the Cherries, Sarri admitted he was finding it difficult to motivate his players.
This though did not seem to be the case in early December, however, when the Blues inflicted City's first league defeat of the season, winning 2-0 at Stamford Bridge.
But Redknapp thinks they were lucky to come away with the win on the day and has warned it could be very different at the Etihad on Sunday.
"If you analyse Chelsea's 2-0 win over City in December, Guardiola's side were by far and away the best side for large parts of the game," he told Sky Sports.
"Chelsea were hanging on at times at 1-0, and if they go to the Etihad and play like they have away from home against some of the big sides, they'll get blown away.
"I'm all for playing nice football, and technically I love seeing the way Pep's teams play and when teams play it into midfield.
"But if Chelsea go to City and think they can play out of the back in the first 10 minutes, into Jorginho's feet and then out to the full-backs again with that nice pace, make no mistake, they will be one or two down before you know it.
"They are going to have to find a different way of playing – maybe it's a direct Plan B – but just don't invite City onto you.
Chelsea could find themselves out of the top four come kick-off time on Sunday with Manchester United playing Fulham on Saturday.
The Red Devils are now only two points behind Sarri's men after a brilliant run of results under interim boss Ole Gunnar Solksjaer.


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Man who attacked his grandson sentenced to prison
Fifty-seven-year-old Paul Bickett admitted in March to criminal recklessness with a deadly weapon and driving while intoxicated.
Man who attacked his grandson sentenced to prison Fifty-seven-year-old Paul Bickett admitted in March to criminal recklessness with a deadly weapon and driving while intoxicated. Check out this story on jconline.com: https://www.jconline.com/story/news/crime/2019/05/08/rural-lafayette-man-who-attacked-his-grandson-sentenced-prison/1142498001/
Ron Wilkins, Lafayette Journal & Courier Published 1:56 p.m. ET May 8, 2019
Paul Allen Bickett (Photo: Provided/Tippecanoe County Jail)
LAFAYETTE — Fifty-seven-year-old Paul Bickett admitted in March to criminal recklessness with a deadly weapon and driving while intoxicated.
On Tuesday, he learned he'll spend one year in prison followed by one year in community corrections and two years on probation for his crimes.
He was booked into the Tippecanoe County Jail at 2:39 p.m. Tuesday to begin serving his sentence, according to jail records.
On Aug. 13, 2018, deputies were called to a home in the 2700 block of West Tippecanoe County Road 450 South, where Bickett's teenage grandson told them that Bickett came inside the house, yelled at him, then went to the kitchen, where he got a knife. The grandson said Bickett then put the knife to the grandson's throat before Bickett upended a coffee table and left.
Police found him driving in the 3500 block of South County Road 250 West, and he was intoxicated.
As part of his plea agreement, charges of battery with a deadly weapon, driving while intoxicated by drugs and driving while intoxicated in a manner that endangers people were dismissed.
Reach Ron Wilkins at 765-420-5231 or at rwilkins@jconline.com. Follow on Twitter: @RonWilkins2.
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Found and manage a Mercenary Company. Maintain a roster of heroes, upgrade your keep and adopt doctrines for universal bonuses.
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In the beginning, there were many gods. Until war came to heaven. One by one, the gods fell. Each Godfall brought with it a fierce meteor shower, as well as the sudden deaths of their worshippers. As the gods continued to fall and entire kingdoms were brought to ruin by the sympathetic deaths of the devout, many renounced their faith in the hope of being spared. Without divine protection, large numbers succumbed to possession and corruption as the demonic powers forced their entry into the world. Now, there is but one god. Her clerics exert dominance over the human remnants, ruling with an iron fist. Nomadic greenskin tribes pillage and burn their way across the land. Ambitious necromancers harvest the bones of fallen civilizations to amass undead armies of incredible size. The human heretics of the Cult of the Outward Path seek to break free from this world, risking it in the process. The dwarves of the Earthern Nations burrow ever deeper, trying to escape the madness of the surface world. Horrors wait there in the depths, ready to boil out and claim the old places. And all the while, sinister forces yet unseen lurk in the shadows and lay their plans. The fate of humanity hangs by a thread. Time to get to work.
Fifty years after the last Godfall, the winnowing of humanity has passed. The survivors and their descendants struggle to survive and rebuild in a world whose balance has dramatically shifted against them.