Bavarian Minister for Family Affairs, Christine Haderthauer (left) and Chairman of the Brose Group, Michael Stoschek (3rd f. l.) listen to children from the Kids' Club explain the experiments they recently conducted.
Bavaria's Minister for Social Affairs, Christine Haderthauer, visited the international automotive supplier to see the work of its in-house childcare and educational facility for herself. This visit was a very special honor for the Kids' Club. As part of the "Corporate-Social-Responsibility-Days" organized by her ministry, Haderthauer only visited three projects throughout Bavaria that are "particularly successful examples for corporate social responsibility," according the the minister. Moreover, Brose was the only family-owned company on her tour agenda.
The Chairman of the Brose Group, Michael Stoschek, was especially pleased with the visit. "As a family-owned company in particular, social commitment is a matter of course for us," he said and added that solidarity is very deeply rooted in family-run businesses. "This became evident during the economic crisis, when everybody - from the shareholders to the executive vice-presidents to the employees - did their utmost to help overcome these difficult times," explained Stoschek. It's no coincidence that the Kids' Club is located in his family home. "My mother would have been pleased to see her house as a place where employees' children receive education and care," Stoschek recounted.
Christine Haderthauer appreciated the company's commitment. "Your work here is really a community responsibility" - for the minister a true model for the future: "The only way for us to continue our role as a leading industrial location is to ensure that government and business work together to jointly promote and enhance employee productivity. This automotive supplier realizes this and is offering its employees first-rate services spanning from childcare and support for employees nursing dependents at home, to a staff and family counseling service that helps employees manage all types of issues.


'Digital' is an increasingly problematic word, 'digital transformation' a doubly problematic phrase – in both cases because they are used as much to obscure as to illuminate. One of the difficulties is that 'digital' is slapped on as a random qualifier of all sorts of things, to the point where it doesn't (and probably shouldn't) add much meaning at all. Arguably the underlying problem comes from the fact that 'digital' started by being a word which said something about technology, and has become a word which says something about it's not quite clear what.
As the post goes on to note, transformation may deliver some technology change; technology change does not deliver transformation. But confusion on that point is understandable, because it is often the case that transformation becomes visible externally precisely as a technology based changed – and there is some faint irony in the fact that GDS and its first flagship product, gov.uk provide an example of how that confusion can be created.
This is a deceptively simple list which describes ways of working in internet-era organisations. The GDS design principles are clearly among its antecedents, but this is a broader and deeper approach, setting out how to make things work – and work well – in organisations. It's hard to argue with the thrust of the advice given here, and in any case it ends with an admonition to do sensible things in the right way rather than stick rigidly to the rules.
That doesn't make the approach beyond criticism, both in detail and in approach, though it does have the happy consequence that challenge and consequent improvement are themselves part of the model being advocated. With that starting point, there are a couple of places where a further iteration could improve things further.
One is the instruction to treat data as infrastructure. The thought behind that is a good one: data matters, and it matters that it is managed well. Well ordered data is part of infrastructure at every level from the national (and international) downwards. But data is also part of the superstructure. Managing, processing, and creating value out of data are fundamental to the purpose and activities of organisations. Both aspects need to be understood and integrated.
A more subtle issue is that while it might be clear what counts as good internet-era ways of working, much of that work happens in organisations which are barely of the internet era at all. Precisely because it does challenge established approaches, established power structures and established infrastructure of every kind, the path to adoption is far from straightforward. Looked at in that light, this list is oddly impersonal: it is couched in the imperative, but without being clear who the orders are addressed to. There is a dimension of behavioural and organisational change which never quite makes it to the centre of the narrative, but which for organisations which are not native to the internet era is critically important.
None of that is a reason for not following the advice given here. But some of it might be part of the explanation of why it needs to be given in the first place.
This is a wide-ranging and thought-provoking survey of the public policy landscape, examining trends setting the context for public sector reform ranging from reversing decline of trust, through rethinking the scope and nature of digital transformation, to blending policy, design and delivery. All of that is bound together by a recognition that these are all systems problems – or, arguably, all facets of a single systems problem – and the test of change in that wider system will be whether authority, money and power flow differently from the way they do today.


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2016 May 12 - 14 Sports Collectibles Catalog Auction - DallasAuction #7123
2015 Duke Snider "Card that Never Was" Original Artwork by Arthur Miller....
2015 Duke Snider "Card that Never Was" Original Artwork by Arthur Miller. Stirring masterwork derives from the studio of Arthur K. Miller, an eminently skilled New England painter whose work has been exhibited as a one-man show at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown since the year 2000 and is likewise featured in many upscale galleries and private collections worldwide. Here Miller corrects an oversight by the artisans at Leaf trading cards, which failed to include the Hall of Fame Dodger in its 1948 issue. It's one of three within this auction that celebrates the Big Apple center fielders Willie, Mickey and the Duke. Acrylic on canvas work measures 32x39" and has hangers affixed to reverse for easy display.

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SERBIA vs RUSSIA (Jul 05, 2019)
Composite box score
European Championship Seniors B - Pool 2
RUSSIA 12 (4-1), SERBIA 3 (2-3) - Composite Box Score
Jul 05, 2019 at Blagoevgrad (Blagoevgrad)
SERBIA ab r h rbi 2b 3b hr bb sb cs hp sh sf so ibb kl gdp po a e
MILADINOVI M cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
BADOVINAC p/3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
TOMASIC 2b 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
SARAVOLAC 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
ZIVIC 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
VASIC ss 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
TODOROVIC p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MILADINOVI S lf 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
BOGDANOVIC lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1
PHILLIPS 1b 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 5 1 0
MILOVANOVIC 1b 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1
BANJAC dh/p 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NINIC p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
IGNJATOVIC ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MILANKOV pr/cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
VUJOVICH Jo. rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
PANTELIC rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
CVIJOVIC c 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
SIJACIC c 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
VUJOVICH Ja. 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0
DUPOR 3b/ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
BOKICH p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 33 3 6 1 0 0 1 9 1 0 0 0 0 8 1 4 1 24 14 3
RUSSIA ab r h rbi 2b 3b hr bb sb cs hp sh sf so ibb kl gdp po a e
CASTILLO ss 5 1 3 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
VASILEV A. 1b 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
CHERMOSHENTS ph/1b 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1
VALIENTE 3b 6 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
SOLER rf/lf 4 1 2 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
LEONOV dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MONAKHOV N. dh 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
BOLGOV rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
VASILEV V. lf/p 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
FARAONOV p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
KOTLIAR c 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0
BULTE PINYA 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1
KOBRINETS ph/2b 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
MONAKHOV M. cf 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0
RODRIGUEZ p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 12 12 12 1 0 3 12 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 27 10 2
SERBIA ip h r er bb so wp bk hbp ibb ab bf fo go np
BOKICH Christian L,0-2 1.1 3 4 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 7 12 1 3 49
BANJAC Filip 3.2 6 5 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 15 19 6 2 67
NINIC Bojan 1.0 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 7 2 1 25
BADOVINAC Marko 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 5 1 1 23
TODOROVIC Dusan 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 2 1 16
RUSSIA ip h r er bb so wp bk hbp ibb ab bf fo go np
RODRIGUEZ Adrian W,1-0 7.0 6 3 2 7 5 2 0 0 1 27 34 7 7 116
VASILEV Viacheslav 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 4 1 1 16
FARAONOV Viktor 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 1 19
Umpires - HP: WROBLEWSKI (ISR) 1B: KAROUNIS (GRE) 3B: CIBBA (FRA)
Start: 13:30 Time: 3:10 Attendance: 45
Weather: Sunny Game notes: Scorers - BOGDANOVA Aleksandrina (BUL), ESTOQUERA Marina (ESP) TC - SERSEN Zlatko (CRO)
BANJAC faced 1 batter in the 6th.
RUSSIA 12 (4-1), SERBIA 3 (2-3)
SERBIA starters: 7/cf MILADINOVI M; 31/2b TOMASIC; 8/ss VASIC; 13/lf MILADINOVI S; 19/1b PHILLIPS; 18/dh BANJAC; 27/rf VUJOVICH Jo.; 40/c CVIJOVIC; 24/3b VUJOVICH Ja.; 39/p BOKICH;
RUSSIA starters: 24/ss CASTILLO; 3/1b VASILEV A.; 47/3b VALIENTE; 11/rf SOLER; 18/dh LEONOV; 38/lf VASILEV V.; 87/c KOTLIAR; 10/2b BULTE PINYA; 23/cf MONAKHOV M.; 51/p RODRIGUEZ;
SERBIA 1st - MILADINOVI M walked (3-0 BBBB). MILADINOVI M failed pickoff attempt. TOMASIC reached on a fielder's choice to shortstop (0-1 K); MILADINOVI M out at second ss to 2b. VASIC reached on a fielder's choice to shortstop (2-0 BB); TOMASIC out at second ss to 2b. MILADINOVI S singled up the middle (0-0); VASIC advanced to third. PHILLIPS intentionally walked; MILADINOVI S advanced to second. PHILLIPS advanced to second on a wild pitch; MILADINOVI S advanced to third on a wild pitch; VASIC scored on a wild pitch. BANJAC flied out to cf (3-2 BBSBF). 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
RUSSIA 1st - CASTILLO walked (3-1 BKBBB). VASILEV A. out at first p to 2b to 1b (0-2 KK); CASTILLO advanced to second. VALIENTE flied out to lf (0-0). SOLER walked (3-2 BBBFFFB). LEONOV walked (3-1 BBBKB); SOLER advanced to second; CASTILLO advanced to third. VASILEV V. grounded out to 2b (3-1 BKBB). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.
SERBIA 2nd - VUJOVICH Jo. walked (3-0 BBBB). VUJOVICH Jo. failed pickoff attempt. CVIJOVIC grounded into double play ss to 2b to 1b (2-2 BBSS); VUJOVICH Jo. out on the play. VUJOVICH Ja. walked (3-2 KBBKFBB). MILADINOVI M grounded out to 2b (1-0 B). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
RUSSIA 2nd - KOTLIAR singled to left field (1-1 KB). BULTE PINYA grounded out to ss (2-2 BKBF); KOTLIAR advanced to second. MONAKHOV M. walked (3-0 BBBB). CASTILLO homered to center field, 3 RBI (1-1 FB); MONAKHOV M. scored; KOTLIAR scored. VASILEV A. walked (3-0 BBBB). VALIENTE singled through the left side (1-2 KBK); VASILEV A. advanced to second. BANJAC to p. / for BOKICH. SOLER singled to right field, RBI (2-2 FBBSF); VALIENTE advanced to second, out at third rf to 1b to 3b; VASILEV A. scored. SOLER stole second. LEONOV walked (3-2 BKFBBB); SOLER stole third. LEONOV failed pickoff attempt. VASILEV V. flied out to lf (2-1 KBB). 4 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
SERBIA 3rd - TOMASIC flied out to 1b (1-1 FB). VASIC singled to third base, bunt (0-0). MILADINOVI S singled through the left side (1-0 B); VASIC advanced to second. VASIC stole third. PHILLIPS struck out looking (1-2 BKKK). MILADINOVI S failed pickoff attempt. BANJAC reached on a fielding error by 2b (1-1 BK); MILADINOVI S advanced to second on the error, out at third ss to 3b; VASIC scored on the error, unearned. 1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
RUSSIA 3rd - KOTLIAR singled to center field (1-1 KB). KOBRINETS pinch hit for BULTE PINYA. KOTLIAR failed pickoff attempt. KOBRINETS flied out to cf (2-0 BB). MONAKHOV M. walked (3-1 KBBBB); KOTLIAR advanced to second. CASTILLO singled through the left side (0-0); MONAKHOV M. advanced to second; KOTLIAR advanced to third. VASILEV A. singled through the left side, advanced to second on the throw, 2 RBI (2-0 BB); CASTILLO advanced to second, out at third lf to 2b to 3b; MONAKHOV M. scored; KOTLIAR scored. VALIENTE homered to center field, 2 RBI (0-1 K); VASILEV A. scored. SOLER grounded out to ss (1-0 B). 4 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
SERBIA 4th - KOBRINETS to 2b. VUJOVICH Jo. walked (3-2 KFBBBB). CVIJOVIC struck out swinging (0-2 KSS). VUJOVICH Ja. struck out swinging (3-2 BKBBKS). VUJOVICH Jo. advanced to second on a wild pitch. MILADINOVI M grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
RUSSIA 4th - SIJACIC to c for CVIJOVIC. LEONOV flied out to cf (1-2 KKB). VASILEV V. grounded out to ss (2-0 BB). KOTLIAR walked (3-2 BKKBBB). KOBRINETS flied out to rf (2-2 KSBB). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
SERBIA 5th - MONAKHOV N. to dh for LEONOV. TOMASIC flied out to 2b (1-1 BK). VASIC fouled out to rf (1-1 BK). MILADINOVI S walked (3-0 BBBB). PHILLIPS struck out looking (0-2 KSK). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
RUSSIA 5th - MONAKHOV M. struck out looking (1-2 KBKK). CASTILLO flied out to cf (0-1 K). CHERMOSHENTS pinch hit for VASILEV A.. CHERMOSHENTS walked (3-2 BBKBKB). VALIENTE flied out to rf (0-0). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
SERBIA 6th - CHERMOSHENTS to 1b. BANJAC fouled out to c (0-0). VUJOVICH Jo. grounded out to 1b unassisted (2-1 BKB). SIJACIC singled to right center (1-0 B). VUJOVICH Ja. walked (3-1 BBKBB); SIJACIC advanced to second. MILADINOVI M reached on a fielder's choice to third base (2-2 BKBK); VUJOVICH Ja. out at second 3b to 2b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
RUSSIA 6th - SOLER homered to left center, RBI (0-0). NINIC to p for BANJAC. MILOVANOVIC to 1b for PHILLIPS. PANTELIC to rf for VUJOVICH Jo.. MONAKHOV N. flied out to cf (2-0 BB). VASILEV V. singled to right field (3-1 BBBF). KOTLIAR lined out to p (2-0 BB); VASILEV V. safe on a muffed throw by 1b, no advance, assist by p. VASILEV V. advanced to second on a wild pitch. KOBRINETS walked (3-0 BBBB). MONAKHOV M. singled to right center, RBI (2-2 KKFBB); KOBRINETS advanced to third; VASILEV V. scored, unearned. CASTILLO doubled down the lf line, RBI (1-1 BF); MONAKHOV M. advanced to third; KOBRINETS scored, unearned. CHERMOSHENTS grounded out to 2b (0-0). 3 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.
SERBIA 7th - TOMASIC homered down the lf line, RBI (1-2 KFFBF). VASIC popped up to 2b (1-2 BKF). MILADINOVI S flied out to cf (3-2 BSBBF). MILOVANOVIC reached on a fielding error by 1b (1-0 B). IGNJATOVIC pinch hit for NINIC. IGNJATOVIC singled to center field (0-1 K); MILOVANOVIC advanced to third. ::: Coaching visit to mound :::. MILANKOV pinch ran for IGNJATOVIC. PANTELIC struck out swinging (1-2 KBFS). 1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.
RUSSIA 7th - BOGDANOVIC to lf for MILADINOVI S. DUPOR to 3b for VUJOVICH Ja.. SARAVOLAC to 2b for TOMASIC. BADOVINAC to p for MILADINOVI M. MILANKOV to cf. VALIENTE reached on a throwing error by ss (1-1 KB). SOLER flied out to cf (1-0 B). MONAKHOV N. struck out swinging (3-2 BBBKSS). VALIENTE failed pickoff attempt. VASILEV V. walked (3-2 BKBFBB); VALIENTE advanced to second. KOTLIAR grounded out to ss (2-2 BSBSF). 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.
SERBIA 8th - SOLER to lf. BOLGOV to rf for MONAKHOV N.. VASILEV V. to p. / for RODRIGUEZ. SIJACIC walked (3-1 BBKBB). DUPOR flied out to lf (0-0). BADOVINAC struck out swinging (2-2 KFBBS). SARAVOLAC grounded out to p (2-2 KBBF); SIJACIC advanced to second. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
RUSSIA 8th - BADOVINAC to 3b. TODOROVIC to p for VASIC. DUPOR to ss. KOBRINETS flied out to 2b (3-0 BBB). MONAKHOV M. walked (3-1 BKBBB). CASTILLO reached on a dropped fly by lf, advanced to second on the error (2-0 BB); MONAKHOV M. advanced to third on the error. CHERMOSHENTS grounded out to ss, RBI (1-0 B); MONAKHOV M. scored, unearned. MILANKOV to cf for BADOVINAC. ZIVIC to 2b for SARAVOLAC. BADOVINAC to 3b for MILANKOV. VASIC to ss for DUPOR. VALIENTE flied out to lf (1-0 B). 1 run, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
SERBIA 9th - FARAONOV to p for VASILEV V.. TODOROVIC walked (3-1 BBSBB). BOGDANOVIC struck out looking (1-2 BKFK). MILOVANOVIC reached on a fielder's choice to shortstop (1-2 BKK); TODOROVIC out at second ss to 2b. BADOVINAC struck out looking (2-2 BBSFFK). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
RUSSIA 12, SERBIA 3 (Jul 05, 2019 at Blagoevgrad)
SERBIA.............. 101 000 100  -  3  6  3      (2-3)
RUSSIA.............. 044 003 01X  - 12 12  2      (4-1)
Pitchers: SERBIA - BOKICH Christian; BANJAC Filip(2); NINIC Bojan(6); BADOVINAC Marko(7);
TODOROVIC Dusan(8) and CVIJOVIC Danilo; SIJACIC Ivan. RUSSIA - RODRIGUEZ Adrian;
VASILEV Viacheslav(8); FARAONOV Viktor(9) and KOTLIAR Nikita.
Win-RODRIGUEZ Adrian(1-0)  Loss-BOKICH Christian(0-2)  T-3:10  A-45
HR SRB - TOMASIC Conner (2).
HR RUS - CASTILLO David (5); VALIENTE Luis (2); SOLER Geidys (2).
Game notes:
Scorers - BOGDANOVA Aleksandrina (BUL), ESTOQUERA Marina (ESP)
TC - SERSEN Zlatko (CRO)


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Mummy Portraits of Roman Egypt: Emerging Research from the APPEAR Project
Edited by Marie Svoboda and Caroline Cartwright
Once interred with mummified remains, nearly a thousand funerary portraits from Roman Egypt survive today in museums around the world, bringing viewers face-to-face with people who lived two thousand years ago. Until recently, few of these paintings had undergone in-depth study to determine by whom they were made and how.
An international collaboration known as APPEAR (Ancient Panel Paintings: Examination, Analysis, and Research) was launched in 2013 to promote the study of these objects and to gather scientific and historical findings into a shared database. The first phase of the project was marked with a two-day conference at the Getty Villa. Conservators, scientists, and curators presented new research on topics such as provenance and collecting, comparisons of works across institutions, and scientific studies of pigments, binders, and supports. The papers and posters from the conference are collected in this publication, which offers the most up-to-date information available about these fascinating remnants of the ancient world.
This open-access catalogue is available for free online and in multiple formats for download, including PDF, MOBI/Kindle, and EPUB. For readers who wish to have a bound reference copy, this paperback edition has been made available for sale.
Marie Svoboda is conservator of antiquities at the J. Paul Getty Museum. She is coauthor of Herakleides: A Portrait Mummy from Roman Egypt (Getty Publications, 2011). Caroline Cartwright is senior scientist in the Department of Scientific Research at the British Museum. She has authored over 245 scientific publications.
"Mummy Portraits of Roman Egypt is an approachable text that explores Romano-Egyptian subject matter. Drawing from an international pool of resources has helped to construct a collaborative cross-cultural dialogue. . . . I believe this publication articulates a great starting point for further study of Romano-Egyptian mummy portraits and successfully encourages the exchange of datasets to achieve optimum, reliable and consistent results. . . . This is what makes the publication stand out; it is perceptive because it is multidisciplinary."
—Alexandra Taylor, News in Conservation
8 1/2 x 11 inches
169 color illustrations
26 diagrams and tables


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Yusuf Cancels NYC Show Due to Ticket Scalpers
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Yusuf, the singer formerly known as Yusuf Islam, formerly known as Cat Stevens during the time of his 1970's hits such as "Peace Train," has canceled his upcoming concert at the Beacon Theater in New York. The reason for the cancellation stemmed from his frustration over the state's laws on ticket scalping (the selling of tickets for an event at a price higher than the official one). Next month, Yusuf is set to release a new album, Tell 'Em I'm Gone, which he will support on his first North American tour in nearly forty years starting in December. The Beacon Theater performance scheduled for December 7th was originally part of that tour, but on Wednesday, Yusuf announced on his website that the show would be cancelled.
Yusuf made the decision after fans alerted him to the sale of "extortionate tickets prices already being listed on some websites." He went on to explain that he has "been a longtime supporter of paperless tickets to my shows worldwide" and consistently tries to avoid scalpers. He continued, complaining about New York state's laws on paperless ticketing, one strategy of ticketing, promoted by Ticketmaster, that helps prevent scalpers because of the way it restricts how tickets can be sold. "Unfortunately NY has a state law that requires all tickets sold for shows in NYC to be paper, enabling them to be bought and sold at inflated prices," he stated on his website.
He went on to apologize for not being able to play in NYC now, but expressed a hope to do so in the near future, saying, "Looks like the Peace Train is going to arrive at New York a little bit later than expected." He also reconfirmed and added show dates on either side of the now cancelled December 7th show. He was apparently so angry that at one point he seriously considered buying the tickets off the scalpers and redistributing them to his loyal fans. However, the downside of that would be the success of the scalpers. In 2010, as a result of heavy lobbying by the ticketing industry, New York passed a law requiring promoters to offer the choice to get transferrable tickets. This law, however, undermines the point of paperless ticketing (which requires customers to show identification with their ticket when they enter a venue, similar to airline policies). The law has been renewed since 2010.
Yusuf updated his tour schedule in the same statement. The updated Peace Train…Late Again North American Tour dates now include Monday, December 1st at Massey Hall in Toronto, ON; Thursday, December 4th at Tower Theatre in Philadelphia, PA; Sunday, December 7th at Wang Theater in Boston, MA's Citi Performing Arts Center; Tuesday, December 9th, at Chicago Theatre in Chicago, IL; Friday, December 12th at The Masonic in San Francisco, CA; and lastly Sunday December 14th, at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, CA. Tickets are still available.
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Activated 1 Feb 1966 for service in Vietnam and sent there Dec 1966 – Jan 1967. The division served in III and IV CTZ, and its 2nd Brigade was the Army component of the Mobile Riverine Force. Division headquarters was at Bear Cat Dec 1966 – Jul 1968 and Dong Tam Aug 1968 – Aug 1969. The 9th Infantry Division began withdrawing in summer 1969, leaving its 3rd Brigade behind as a separate unit (under command of 25th Infantry Division) until Oct 1970.
* Remained as element of separate 3rd Brigade, 9th Infantry Division.
** Formed as element of separate 3rd Brigade, 9th Infantry Division.
CO E/50th Infantry (LRP) inactivated 1 Feb 1969 and assets used to form CO E/75th Infantry (Ranger).
Remained with the separate 3rd Brigade, 9th Infantry Division until that unit left, then served as GHQ unit, moving to the I CTZ in the north.
The DS artillery battalions were shifted. 3rd/34th, for example, was initially in DS of 3rd Brigade, but then shifted to 2nd Brigade and the Riverine role. 2nd/4th was initially in DS of 2nd Brigade, but shifted to 3rd Brigade by the time it became a separate unit summer 1969. 1st/11th is also shown as having first served in DS of 2nd Brigade.


Back in November the newly-reformed Spice Girls launched a t-shirt as part of Comic Relief's Gender Justice campaign, with the aim of raising awareness and money to tackle "gender-based sexual and domestic violence and supporting women and girl's empowerment".
Now, in a disappointing but unfortunately unsurprising discovery, it has been revealed that in the Bangladeshi factory where the t-shirts are produced women are being paid the equivalent of just 35p per hour.
Given that internationally workers in Bangladesh are among the lowest paid in the garment industry, it is all the more disappointing that extra measures were not taken by Represent - the retailer selected to produce the t-shirts - to ensure that its chosen suppliers provided safe and ethical working conditions for its employees, especially given the charitable nature of the products.
Whilst Comic Relief and the Spice Girls had verified Represent's ethical credentials, according to the Guardian the latter changed manufacturers without their knowledge.
Some of the allegations include low pay, impossible production targets, unhealthily long shifts that finish at midnight, verbal abuse of factory workers by members of management, and employees being forced to work despite being unwell. The company responsible for the factory - Interstoff Apparels - denies these findings but has confirmed they will be investigated nevertheless.
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Russian Sale of S-300 Missiles Cause Grave Concern For Israel
"When My people Israel are living in safety, will you not take notice of it? You will come from your place in the far north, you and many nations with you." (Ezekiel 38:14)
In a phone call to Russian Premier Vladimir Putin, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed his deep concern over Russia's sale of an S-300 surface to air missile defense system to Iran.
His complaint was rebuffed by Putin, who told Russians on a phone-in program that the S-300 is "an exclusively defensive weapon and absolutely does not threaten Israel." (CSMonitor)
The S-300s carry a 145 kg (320 pound) warhead and have an intercept range of 120 km (75 miles) against cruise missiles as well as aircraft. Advanced models can target ballistic missiles.
Russian S-300 launcher on parade in 2009 in Russia. (Photo by piligrims74-Anton)
"Israel views with utmost gravity the supply of S-300 missiles from Russia to Iran, especially at a time when Iran is stepping up its aggression in the region and around the borders of the State of Israel," Netanyahu said Sunday.
"Israel also views with utmost gravity the fact that there is no reference to this aggression in the agreement being made between the major powers and Iran. There is no stipulation that this aggression be halted, whether at the start of the agreement or as a condition for the lifting of sanctions. Yesterday we saw the military parade in Tehran and Iran's exhibition of weapons to the world," he said.
"Every year the missiles are bigger and enhanced—in accuracy, strength and deadliness; however, one thing does not change. What does not change is the inscription 'Death to Israel' on the missiles."
In contrast to Netanyahu's concerns, however, US president Barack Obama said that he was surprised that Russia took so long to resume its missile sales to Iran, noting that Putin had previously suspended the sale "at our request."
"I am frankly surprised that it held this long, given that they were not prohibited by sanctions from selling these defensive weapons," he added. (Times of Israel)
In response to the US president's jaw-dropping comments, Israel's Channel 10 News station's news anchor, Alon Ben David added, "He's amazed that the Russians honored an agreement with him [for this long]? That's what is astonishing." (Times of Israel)
The US president's comments followed a statement by Prime Minister Netanyahu warning Putin that providing Iran with this system "will only encourage Iranian aggression in the region and further undermine the stability of the Middle East."
In his statement, Netanyahu linked the sale to the present "dangerous deal on the table between Iran and the P5+1," and asked, "Can anyone still seriously claim that the deal with Iran will enhance security in the Middle East?"
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin on November 20, 2013. (GPO photo by Kobi Gideon)
Putin said that he was moving forward on the $800 million Iranian arms deal that had originally been made in 2007 and suspended in 2010 under pressure from the West and the UN, now that a nuclear agreement was on the table between Iran and the P5+1.
In addition, Putin pointed out that a missile defense system is not on the list of any UN restrictions of military equipment transfers to Iran. And it seems that Obama has made no real attempt to deter him from moving forward on the deal now.
Although many Israeli officials have expressed their concerns regarding the sale, several security experts describe the potential deployment of the system by Iran as a hindrance but not a game changer.
In the words of former Air Force Brig. Gen. Asaf Agmon, "If the Israeli Air Force had the ability to act against Iran's nuclear facilities before the S-300, then it will have it afterward, too."
He did voice his concern, however, that Iran might transfer the weapons to Hezbollah and Syrian President Bashar Assad. Sources report that currently Iranian is stepping up its arms shipments to Hezbollah and Hamas. (Times of Israel)
In last summer's war with Hamas in Gaza, the UN asked Israel to share its missile defense system with the terrorist regime, so this sale could be one way for Hamas to gain access to such a system.
Yet, Iran would like this system for themselves as well, considering Israel's promise to strike Iran's nuclear facilities if it crosses a red line, making a nuclear bomb immanent.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at Yad Vashem on Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Speaking at the Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony at Yad Vashem on Wednesday before Putin's announcement, Netanyahu warned that the lessons of the Holocaust have yet to be learned by the world and that the end of WWII had created an opportunity that has yet to be met. He described the lessons of the Holocaust as creating a responsibility for democracies to stop tyrannical regimes saying,
Leaders of the enlightened countries understood that it was a window of opportunity to establish a new world order based on protecting freedom, eradicating evil, and opposing tyranny. In a loud and clear voice, they pronounced the central lesson of the Second World War for democracies—we must not turn a blind eye to the expansionist intentions of tyrannical regimes.
Appeasement of such regimes increases their propensity for aggression, and if this aggression is not curbed in time, humanity could endure much more difficult wars.
He then equated the goals of the Nazis to those of present-day Iran, saying, "Just as the Nazis hoped to crush a civilization, so Iran strives to take over the region and from there spread onwards, with the stated intention of destroying the Jewish state."
He said that the bad deal being worked out shows that the historical lesson has not been learned and that the world's leaders are shutting their eyes "to the masses in Tehran calling 'death to America, death to Israel.'" (YNet)
Vladimir Putin speaks with the Ayatollah in Iran (October 2007).
Netanyahu quoted Isaiah 60:2 to bring home his point that the world is shrouded in darkness: "For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth and deep darkness the people."
He emphasized that he views it as his responsibility to see that another Holocaust does not occur.
"Even if we are forced to stand alone against Iran we will not fear. In every circumstance we will preserve our right and our ability to defend ourselves," he said.
No one is certain of the exact timing for the delivery of the system, so this promise to defend Israel just may be fulfilled sooner than later.
We are certain, though, of one thing: Bible prophecy tells us that before the Messianic Kingdom arrives, Russia (the land of Magog) will devise an evil scheme to invade a "peaceful and unsuspecting people" in "a land that has recovered from war, whose people were gathered from many nations to the mountains of Israel." (Ezekiel 38:8)
Ezekiel 38 further describes how the leader from Magog will lead a coalition that includes Iran (Persia) and other specified nations to invade and plunder the wealth of Israel.
The people of Israel are certainly aware of the hostile threats against them, yet they do live in relative peace and stability within their own cities and villages, "living without walls and without gates and bars." (Ezekiel 38:11)
So when we pray for peace, let us also pray for protection and salvation of those in the Land, as we keep our watch for these end-time events that must occur.
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For the first time ever, a Philistine cemetery has been found during excavations at the Ashkelon tel (hill) on the southern coast of Israel. DNA testing will either prove or disprove the longstanding scientific belief that these ancient people originated from the Aegean Sea, which hosts a collection of up to 6,000 islands and islets between the coasts of Greece and Turkey.
A modern-day Malkhut Beit David (מלכות בית דוד), Kingdom of the House of David, comprised of the male descendants of King David is planning to file a lawsuit claiming ownership of this ancient Biblical site.
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US President Trump continues to stand with Israel as he defunds anti-Israel programs, even in the midst of international coalitions against him.
During a visit to Israel and Gaza, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon walked through a Hamas terror tunnel this Tuesday, after at a donor conference in Cairo on Sunday where he claimed that Israel's "occupation" was responsible for the Gaza war. On Monday, a day after Ban's errant remarks in Cairo, Netanyahu publicly stated before meeting with Ban that Israel's complete withdrawal of Jews from Gaza in 2005 completely invalidated the idea of an "occupation" in Gaza.
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In a phone call to Russian Premier Vladimir Putin, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed his deep concern over Russia's sale of S-300 surface to air missile defense system to Iran. The S-300s carry a 145 kg (320 pound) warhead and have an intercept range of 120 km (75 miles) cruise missiles as well as aircraft. Advanced models can target ballistic missiles.
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One grey dismal day, Janine Marsh was on a trip to northern France to pick up some cheap wine. She returned to England a few hours later having put in an offer on a rundown old barn in the rural Seven Valleys area of Pas de Calais. This was not something she'd expected or planned for.
Janine eventually gave up her job in London to move with her husband to live the good life in France. Or so she hoped. While getting to grips with the locals and la vie Française, and renovating her dilapidated new house, a building lacking the comforts of mains drainage, heating or proper rooms, and with little money and less of a clue, she started to realize there was lot more to her new home than she could ever have imagined.
These are the true tales of Janine's rollercoaster ride through a different culture – one that, to a Brit from the city, was in turns surprising, charming and not the least bit baffling.


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by Amy Jones May 24, 2022
Words by Amy Jones | Photo by Zac Williams/SWpix.com
Demi Vollering has stamped her authority on stage race season.
The Classics were undoubtedly less of a success than she would have been seeking and the Dutch rider came into the Spanish block of races looking for her first Women's WorldTour win of the season. Not only did she find the first, she came away with four stages and an overall GC prize.
Vollering's commanding ride at Itzulia Women was executed with trademark SD Worx teamwork. Despite going into the race with just four riders the team came away with all three stages, the general classification, the points jersey, and – with Niamh Fisher Black – the young rider classification.
Fisher Black, who is still only 21-years-old, set up Vollering perfectly for attacks on the climbs and patrolled the front of the bunch when the leader was ahead. Despite the full collective strength of the rest of the peloton, all they could do was watch as Vollering swept the race clean, looking formidable and untouchable off the back of a post-classics training block.
Just a few days later, however, and Vollering's streak of form already looked to be in jeopardy. She crashed during the 1.1 Durango – Durango Emakumeen Saria that took place between Itzulia Women and Vuelta a Burgos Feminas, pulling out of the race and later describing on Instagram how she had experienced dizziness and was hospitalised for a night.
Having started her career seeming to lean more towards sprinting than climbing, Vollering has now shaped herself into an all-rounder who can hold her own when the road heads upwards as much as anyone.
But it was her teammate, Ashleigh Moolman Pasio who came off worst on the same day, eventually making the decision not to race Burgos. Vollering remained as impervious to the effects of her fall as she was to the attempts of her rivals to thwart her at Itzulia – not only lining up on Thursday but finishing with the front group while her teammate, Lotte Kopecky, took up the winning mantle for SD Worx.
Another day working for her teammates on the second stage saw Vollering joining the chase of the early breakaway who eventually managed to stay the course. Kopecky eventually won the bunch sprint for eight while Vollering rolled in with the rest of the bunch.
Having started her career seeming to lean more towards sprinting than climbing, Vollering has now shaped herself into an all-rounder who can hold her own when the road heads upwards as much as anyone. But what is impressive about her win on the climb to Lagos de Neila as that Vollering did not appear to be conserving herself for a final showdown.
On the penultimate stage, with Kopecky just six seconds away from the leader's jersey, we saw her putting in a huge effort to reel in the duo of Mavi Garcia and Evita Muzic to the extent that she briefly lost contact with the bunch – but not for long, this is Vollering, after all. Kopceky struggled on the final climb and eventually slipped into third, while Vollering finished 49 seconds down.
After Vollering's efforts in the earlier stages for the Belgian national champion, Kopecky got herself into a breakaway on the final stage alongside the ever-dependable Anna Shackley with Lucinda Brand, Marie Le Net, and Elise Chabbey for company.
Heading into the bottom of the 11km climb the team took control of the race providing the perfect launchpad for Vollering to go clear, taking Juliette Labous and Paula Patiño with her. Labous, who was part of a large group of riders sitting 15 seconds behind leader Garcia, held on just long enough to seal the GC win, but Vollering cracked the French climber, fighting with her bike all the way to the line and gasping for air after she crossed it.
After the race Vollering described the stage as "terribly difficult," adding: "Because I lost a lot of time yesterday, I knew I had to create a big gap if I still wanted to take the overall win. Unfortunately, I didn't manage to take more than 34 seconds which I needed to win the GC. This was one of the most difficult battles of my career. After all, I didn't feel top after my crash in Durango-Durango."
That she had expected to make up a 34 second deficit to win the GC is testament to the kind of form that Vollering is used to having at her disposal. Still, GC win or not, with the victory, Vollering bookended the race with victories for the team after Kopecky's win on the opening stage.
While it's unfair to directly compare the 25-year-old to Anna van der Breggen, whose inimitable shoes she has stepped into this season, the team do seem to have seamlessly swapped out one Dutch superstar for another.
Of course, she did not come up against the rider who is arguably her closest rival, Annemiek van Vleuten, at these races, but after riding some of the best climbers in the women's peloton off her wheel today she showed herself to be on course to take hold of the upcoming stage races, including the Tour de France Femmes.
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Should we cut 'cooking gas' subsidy? Electricity subsidy? Water subsidy? No, we should not...
Malaysia enjoys the sun all year around - but sadly UMNO-led BN government had decided not to extract and use this solar energy. Why? I say it is foolishness - and the government was too dependent on oil and gas that the country produced.
Because we have the national grid, solar energy need not be stored in solar cells but could immediately be utilized by transmitting through the national grid. At nights, then the other sources could be utilized.
Wind is another natural resource that could have been developed but again the Malaysian government has not done anything about this. Our east coast shoreline in the Peninsular provides massive untapped wind resources.
Why did the Malaysian government not utilize these alternative resources? Was it to protect the profits of the IPP and government cronies?
There is a pre-occupation with the UMNO-led BN government to achieve developed nation status, but we must ask the reason for this. I see no real benefit in achieving 'developed nation status' - and, in fact achieving such status will be to the detriment of the Malaysian people, and the nation.
People - the welfare and the well-being of all the persons in Malaysia must be the priority of the government. If we move out of the Klang Valley and the bigger towns, we will realize that development has not really filtered down to the whole of Malaysia, and its peoples. Development models have focused very much on the towns.
Railway - since independence, we find that new railway lines have not been developed. Should there not have been developed an east-coast line linking Johor Bahru, Mersing, Pekan, Kuantan, Kuala Trengganu and Kota Bahru? What about a railway line linking Kota Bahru to Penang. What about lines in Sabah and Sarawak. We need a mass public transport system in place for we cannot just continue with the policy of trying to get all Malaysians to buy cars for getting around - what with fuel getting depleted, and cost of fuel rising?
In most developed countries, Japan, England, France...Europe, etc... people are encouraged to get into bicycles - and there are proper cycle lanes, parking places, etc... everywhere but in Malaysia, we find that even the pedestrian walkways are disappearing. What about bicycles? New bridges and flyovers do not even have place for the pedestrian to walk.
Malaysia can move faster towards the much sought target of a high-income economy under the New Economic Model if current cheap electricity rates, linked to subsidised gas, can come to an end, analysts said.
They said a prolonged dependency on inexpensive power will do more harm than good as domestic industries are relying too heavily on low production cost, made possible by subsidised gas, so as to compete in the world market.
With the country's gas reserves reportedly to deplete by 2016-2019, there was a more compelling reason for a gradual removal of subsidy on gas as soon as possible.
"There is no escape from winding down the subsidies as we have limited resources which need to be preserved and maximised for future generations," said Jupiter Securities' Head of Research Pong Teng Siew.
Another analyst opined that low tariff rates made possible by subsidised gas prices do not reflect the country's true competitiveness.
"Just picture ourselves nine years down the road when we have to depend on imported gas.
"That is why there has to be a commitment to move domestic gas price to the market price and raise electric tariff rates accordingly," he told Bernama recently.
Power tariffs reviewed every six months
Domestic electricity tariffs are currently reviewed every six months.
In the last tariff adjustment in March 2009, the average electricity tariff was cut by 3.7 percent in line with a 25 percent reduction in gas price to RM10.70 from RM14.31 per MMBTU.
In July 2008, the government implemented a 24 percent hike in tariff as a result of a 123 per cent increase in gas price.
OSK Research's Head of Research Chris Eng said if Malaysia was to be viewed in the context of a trading country in a globalised world, "one cannot expect the subsidies to last forever. We need to discard the subsidy mentality."
Pong believed pressure groups lobbying to keep cost artificially low through cheap power would always be around but this needs to be handled delicately so as to ensure the best interest of the country going forward.
"Private entrepreneurs, particularly the bigger ones who employ inexpensive foreign labour to produce goods using cheap imported materials, frequently oppose tariff hikes as they benefitted substantially from cheap power.
"That basically means that they continue to make extraordinary profits at the expense of future generations," he said.
As to the possible repercussions of higher power tariff on manufacturers, Eng said if tariffs were increased by five percent, their earnings would not be affected.
However, should the government decide to raise tariffs by 20 percent, the impact on earnings would be substantial.
"But then again, why are we subsidising industries at the expense of public interest?" he asked.
Need for clarity
A senior analyst, who requested anonymity, said the delayed tariff increase did not augur well for the local bourse and shares of utility service providers, especially Tenaga Nasional Berhad.
Prices of TNB shares had been weekly traded over the past few weeks, as market investors were disappointed by the deferment of a decision on tariff hikes.
She pointed out that foreign investors holding stakes in Tenaga currently stands at only nine percent compared with a peak of 28 per cent sometime back.
"There is a need for clarity in the electricity tariff through a more transparent tariff pass-through formula.
"With the economy gradually recovering, uncertainty (in the market) is the last thing that investors want to deal with," she added.
She noted that coal prices have somewhat stabilised at the moment but gas prices were trending upwards.
Gas price in Malaysia is tied to Medium Fuel Oil (MFO).
The daily average price of MFO in Singapore has risen to around US$72 per barrel in December 2009 from US$37 per barrel in March 2009.
At present, the power sector's fuel mix comprise of 65 percent gas, 28 percent coal, almost seven per cent hydro and less than 0.1 per cent diesel.
Consumers to pay more
Should the government decide on a cut in subsidy for gas prices, the national utility company has no choice but to pass the extra costs to consumers.
"Tenaga is already heavily burdened by high capacity payments to independent power producers (IPPs) and rising costs of supply. It cannot absorb additional cost," said the analyst.
Total IPP and fuel costs represent 65 percent of TNB's total operating costs for the financial year ended Aug 31, 2009.
The national utility corporation paid over RM14 billion to IPPs for the 2009 financial year.
Eng added compared with its global peers, Tenaga's return on assets was very low.
"If you want to make Tenaga more attractive and viable to investors a tariff hike is very important," he said.
Pong believed the best time to review tariffs was when the economy was on a strong footing but a strong political will was also necessary to institute change.
"Equally important is for Malaysians to willingly accept a mindset change. Bite the bullet for the removal of gas subsidy and correspondingly for higher tariff rates.
Although this would surely cause "a hole in our pockets" everyone needs to sacrifice for the long-term benefits of future generations, added Pong.
- Bernama - Malaysiakini, 9/4/2010, Gov't told to bite the bullet on power tariffs hike
The consequence of the failures of the UMNO-led BN government over the past 50 years is now hurting Malaysians - but still this government is only interested in achieving 'developed nation status' and an 'high-income economy''. High income for all persons in Malaysia - no, that really is not the intention of the government.
My concern is how is the Malaysian government going to cater for :-
- the welfare needs of those that have stopped earning - i.e. those over 55 years old
- the welfare needs of those who have no annual pensions (for the lump sum EPF sums for those who had it will also not be enough for survival beyond 3 - 5 years)
One off payments of RM100 (or RM150) per year is certainly not going to solve the problem.
Has the UMNO-led BN government lost control to the big corporations and companies?
Short term gains should not be our priority - it should be long term gains. We first need to eliminate the income disparity between the rich and the poor, whereby Malaysia is amongst the worst in Asia...and the world.
Should Malaysia remove gas subsidies?
Effect:-
Cost of the cooking gas will go up, and hence the price of food, etc..
Now, we are told that it will also cost a rise in electricity tariffs,...
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After introducing a candidate who looks like Marco Rubio but sounds like Bernie Sanders, ABC's Scandal now has its Trump lookalike candidate, a misogynistic billionaire businessman who rants about "freeloading illegals."
Hollis Doyle (Gregg Henry) is a rich oilman who had been involved many seasons ago in helping fix the election for President Fitzgerald Grant. Hollis used to be the show's stereotypical southern, conservative, good ole boy, but now they've found a way to repurpose him.
In the episode "I See You," he reappears under the guise of offering the Republican presidential candidate who will promise to get rid of the EPA a half a billion dollar donation. He immediately lays on the sleaze asking, "You gonna put out for me, Mellie Grant, or are we just gonna rub jeans together and leave here frustrated?" When she refuses him, he says, "Well, I guess I'll have to go talk to that other little cupcake, see how far up her skirt she's willing to let me go." Gross!
By the end of the episode, Hollis has stolen Mellie's campaign strategy and announced his own run for president, all while managing to look and sound a heckuva lot like Trump.
Hollis: I would like to officially announce that I am throwing my hat in the ring and running for president of the greatest country on God's green Earth, the United States of America! [ Cheers and applause ] You know -- You know why I'm announcing at my old elementary school?
Hollis: Because you want to end racism? You want to end poverty? Then this is the place to start, so we all can embrace America's tomorrow!
Mellie: He stole my platform, my slogan, my tag line, word for freaking word!
Hollis: These kids are gonna have to work hard. No shortcuts. And if you're some pesky little border-crosser... Sad, little refugee begging for a handout... You will not be welcome! No, sir! This is America's tomorrow, not yours!
Mellie: You slimy, slithering, hell-raised son of a whore.
Hollis: Thank y'all for coming! Thank y'all for coming! God bless y'all, and God bless the United States of America!
After he announces, another candidate panics, complaining that "Hollis is gonna make a circus of this campaign," but is told, "He's a joke. No one will take him seriously. I assure you he's not gonna be a problem." Gee, that sounds familiar, too. That's what they've been saying about Trump for almost a year. But something tells me Hollis won't last as long, he'll get the satisfying comeuppance people have been waiting for Trump to get.
Scandal creator Shonda Rhimes is a dyed-in-the-wool liberal. This cycle she is backing Hillary Clinton, who stopped by the set of Scandal last month. Shondaland's leading ladies also cut a campaign ad for Hillary that aired last week.


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Q: Rectangle approximation algorithm I have an enumeration of just under 32 absolute rectangle sizes and I need to given dimensions and find the best approximation among my enumeration.
Is there any better (ie more readable and maintainable) way than the spaghetti code I am formulating out of lots of nested if's and else's?
At the moment I have just:
enum imgOptsScale {
    //Some relative scales
    w005h005 = 0x8,
    w010h010 = 0x9,
    w020h020 = 0xA,
    w040h040 = 0xB,
    w070h070 = 0xC,
    w100h100 = 0xD,
    w150h150 = 0xE,
    w200h200 = 0xF,
    w320h320 = 0x10,
    w450h450 = 0x11,
    w200h010 = 0x12,
    w200h020 = 0x13,
    w200h070 = 0x14,
    w010h200 = 0x15,
    w020h200 = 0x16,
    w070h200 = 0x17
};
imgOptsScale getClosestSizeTo(int width, int height);

and I thought I'd ask for help before I got too much further into coding up. I should emphasise a bias away from too elaborate libraries though I am more interested in algorithms than containers this is supposed to run on a resource constrained system.

A: Yes ... place your 32 different sizes in a pre-built binary search tree, and then recursively search through the tree for the "best" size.  Basically you would stop your search if the left child pre-built rectangle of the current node's rectangle is smaller than your input rectangle, and the current node's rectangle is larger than the input rectangle.  You would then return the pre-defined rectangle that is "closest" to your input rectangle between the two.
One nice addition to the clean code the recursive search creates is that it would also be logarithmic rather than linear in search time.
BTW, you will want to randomize the order that you insert the initial pre-defined rectangle values into the binary search tree, otherwise you will end up with a degenerate tree that looks like a linked list, and you won't get logarithmic search time since the height of the tree will be the number of nodes, rather than logarithmic to the number of nodes.
So for instance, if you've sorted the tree by the area of your rectangles (provided there are no two rectangles with the same area), then you could do something like the following:
//for brevity, find the rectangle that is the
//greatest rectangle smaller than the input
const rec_bstree* find_best_fit(const rec_bstree* node, const rec& input_rec)
{
    if (node == NULL)
        return NULL;

    rec_bstree*  return_node;

    if (input_rec.area < node->area)
        return_node = find_best_fit(node->left_child, input_rec);
    else if (input_rec.area > node->area)
        return_node = find_best_fit(node->right_child, input_rec);

    if (return_node == NULL)
        return node;
}

BTW, if a tree is too complex, you could also simply do an array or std::vector of instances of your rectangles, sort them using some type of criteria using std::sort, and then do binary searched on the array.

A: I think I'd approach this with a few arrays of structs, one for horizontal measures and one for vertical measures.
Read through the arrays to find the next larger size, and return the corresponding key. Build the final box measure from the two keys. (Since 32 only allows 5 bits, this is probably not very ideal -- you'd probably want 2.5 bits for the horizontal and 2.5 bits for the vertical, but my simple approach here requires 6 bits -- 3 for horizontal and 3 for vertical. You can remove half the elements from one of the lists (and maybe adjust the << 3 as well) if you're fine with one of the dimensions having fewer degrees of freedom. If you want both dimensions to be better represented, this will probably require enough re-working that this approach might not be suitable.)
Untested pseudo-code:
struct dimen {
    int x;
    int key;
}

struct dimen horizontal[] = { { .x = 10, .key = 0 },
                              { .x = 20, .key = 1 },
                              { .x = 50, .key = 2 },
                              { .x = 90, .key = 3 },
                              { .x = 120, .key = 4 },
                              { .x = 200, .key = 5 },
                              { .x = 300, .key = 6 },
                              { .x = 10000, .key = 7 }};

struct dimen vertical[] = { { .x = 10, .key = 0 },
                           { .x = 20, .key = 1 },
                           { .x = 50, .key = 2 },
                           { .x = 90, .key = 3 },
                           { .x = 120, .key = 4 },
                           { .x = 200, .key = 5 },
                           { .x = 300, .key = 6 },
                           { .x = 10000, .key = 7 }};

/* returns 0-63 as written */
int getClosestSizeTo(int width, int height) {
    int horizontal_key = find_just_larger(horizontal, width);
    int vertical_key = find_just_larger(vertical, height);
    return (horizontal_kee << 3) & vertical_key;
}

int find_just_larger(struct dimen* d, size) {
    int ret = d.key;
    while(d.x < size) {
        d++;
        ret = d.key;
    }
    return ret;
}

A: Here is my proposed solution,
enum imgOptsScale {
    notScaled = 0x0,
    //7 relative scales upto = 0x7
    w010h010, w010h025, w010h060, w010h120, w010h200, w010h310, w010h450,
    w025h010, w025h025, w025h060, w025h120, w025h200, w025h310, w025h450,
    w060h010, w060h025, w060h060, w060h120, w060h200, w060h310, w060h450,
    w120h010, w120h025, w120h060, w120h120, w120h200, w120h310, w120h450,
    w200h010, w200h025, w200h060, w200h120, w200h200, w200h310, w200h450,
    w310h010, w310h025, w310h060, w310h120, w310h200, w310h310, w310h450,
    w450h010, w450h025, w450h060, w450h120, w450h200, w450h310, w450h450,
    w730h010, w730h025, w730h060, w730h120, w730h200, w730h310, w730h450
};
//Only call if width and height are actually specified. else 0=>10px
imgOptsScale getClosestSizeTo(int width, int height) {
    static const int possSizes[] = {10, 25, 60, 120, 200, 310, 450, 730};
    static const int sizesHalfways[] = {17, 42, 90, 160, 255, 380, 590};
    int widthI = 6;
    while (sizesHalfways[widthI - 1] > width && --widthI>0);
    int heightI = 6;
    while (sizesHalfways[heightI - 1] > height && --heightI>0);
    return (imgOptsScale)(8 + 7 * widthI + heightI);
}

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We'll be there this weekend at B Dock. Mills, you coming up?
What day and time is everyone meeting at Mr.Eds?
We'll actually be at A dock this time, around eight PM on Thurs. B and C docks are completely reserved for the Mills sailboat race.
We'll be there Thurs. thru Sat. on B Dock. Were bringing 4 boats over and will all be rafted off to each other, so it should be a great time. There will be plenty to drink, so feel free to stop down and have a few. This will be the 3rd trip to the bay so far this year.
Taking the boat over either the first or second weekend in may.
If anyone is heading up, please feel free to stop down at B-Dock for a shot and beverage.
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Coming into B Dock around noon on Sat. The boat is a 31' bayliner named Round II. Come on down for a shot.
Who's going up for spring fling?
It's early in the season but always a good time. We'll be at B dock Friday and Saturday night, so come on down for a shot.
The boat is getting buffed and waxed as I type this. It's coming out of storage and going into the water the third week of april just in time for spring fling.
If anyone is going to be there the first weekend in May, come on down to B dock for a shot.
Anyone going over this weekend? We will be there on Friday night or Saturday morning. B Dock.
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Trump tells aides 'take the land' as impatience grows on border wall
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The border between the United States and Mexico is demarcated by posts in the Tohono O'odham nation in Arizona, Jan. 21, 2019. The president has repeatedly suggested during meetings on immigration policy that aides "take the land" and "get it done," according to a person who has heard him say it.
By Katie Rogers and Zolan Kanno-Youngs
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's signature campaign promise to build a wall along the southwestern border is far behind schedule. So he has told his aides to get the job done by whatever means necessary, including by seizing land on the Mexican frontier.
The president has repeatedly suggested during meetings on immigration policy that aides "take the land" and "get it done," according to a person who has heard him say it. The Washington Post first reported that Trump had brought up the land seizures and had floated the idea of offering pardons to aides willing to break the law, a suggestion he has made before when exploring ways to fulfill his campaign promises.
On Wednesday, a senior administration official did not deny that Trump had made the comments but said that the president had been joking — "he winks when he does it," that person said.
Inside the White House, his aides say the president is doing what he can to deliver on the promise and quickly. In a statement, Hogan Gidley, a deputy White House spokesman, said the account amounted to "more false fabrications by people who hate the fact the status quo, that has crippled this country for decades, is finally changing as President Trump is moving quicker than anyone in history to build the wall, secure the border and enact the very immigration policies the American people voted for."
Despite promising to complete 500 miles of border wall in his first term, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and private contractors have constructed just 60 miles of vehicle barriers or replacement fencing where existing impediments had been damaged, according to a Customs and Border Protection document.
Democrats in Washington have targeted the administration's efforts to transfer more resources to the southwestern border. On Tuesday, they assailed the Department of Homeland Security for transferring more than $150 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency disaster relief fund to pay for temporary immigration courts at the southwest border.
"Stealing from appropriated funds is always unacceptable, but to pick the pockets of disaster relief funding in order to fund an appalling, inhumane family incarceration plan is staggering," Nancy Pelosi, the House speaker, said in a statement, "and to do so on the eve of hurricane season is stunningly reckless."
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For the past two years it has been difficult to avoid hearing all things Brexit but as we approach March things are going to shift up a few gears as the Brexit negotiations intensify but it can be hard to follow all the jargon so i have produced a guide of the most common phrases we will be bored to death by come March 31st 2019.
Article 50: The mechanism that allows a country to leave the EU.
Backstop: A customs plan to avoid a hard border between non-EU Northern Ireland and EU affiliated Ireland
Brexiteers: Those who voted for Brexit and want to break away from the EU completely.
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Trump Falsely Claims Biden Favors Abortion "Up Until The Time Of Birth & Beyond"
by Morgan Brinlee
President Donald Trump claimed in a tweet, without evidence, that Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden supports "late term" abortions, including those performed "right up until the time of birth and beyond." This isn't the first time Trump has attempted to spread this narrative. However, Trump's claim that Biden supports "late term" abortion doesn't hold up when fact checked and instead is a wildly misleading misrepresentation of Biden's support for the landmark Supreme Court ruling in Roe v. Wade.
"Wow. Joe Biden just took a more Liberal position on Roe v. Wade than Elizabeth Warren at her highest," Trump wrote in a series of tweets posted Tuesday. "Biden and Democrats just clarified the fact that they are fully in favor of (very) LATE TERM ABORTION, right up until the time of birth, and beyond - which would be execution. Biden even endorsed the Governor of Virginia, who stated this clearly for all to hear."
There's undoubtedly a lot to unpack here, but let's begin at the top with Trump's claim that Biden has since taken a more liberal position on Roe v. Wade than Sen. Warren. While speaking with voters at a socially distanced town hall event in Miami, Florida, on Monday, Biden said he would work to pass legislation aimed at codifying Roe v. Wade into federal law should Trump's Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett vote in favor of overturning the landmark ruling that protects people's choice to have an abortion.
"We don't know exactly what [Barrett] will do, although the expectation is that she may well move to overrule Roe," Biden said. "The only responsible response to that would be to pass legislation making Roe the law of the land. That's what I would do."
During the Democratic presidential primary, Sen. Warren told The Washington Post she believed there should be no restrictions on abortion at any point during a healthy pregnancy. Biden, however, told the paper he supported following the viability standard outlined in Roe v. Wade, which notes that states may enact restrictions on abortion after a fetus reaches viability. Because the president failed to present any evidence, it's unclear how Trump came to conclude that Biden holds a more liberal position than Warren when it comes to Roe v. Wade.
The second half of Trump's tweet suggests Biden's support for abortions performed up "until the time of birth, and beyond" can be found in his endorsement of Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam.
Speaking in defense of then-proposed legislation aimed at rolling back strict abortion regulations by reducing the number of doctors needed to certify a late-term abortion from three to one, Northam told WTOP in 2019 that an abortion in the third trimester — something that was, at that time, already legal under Virginia state law — might occur in cases where a fetus was nonviable or there were severe deformities. "The infant would be delivered; the infant would be kept comfortable; the infant would be resuscitated if that's what the mother and the family desire, and then a discussion would ensue between the physicians and the mother."
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On Tuesday, as multiple media organizations debunked Trump's claim, NARAL Pro-Choice America accused Trump of "spreading disinformation about abortion. Again."
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g-C3N4/ Bio–Synthesized Silver Nanoparticle for Fluorometric Bio-Sensing of Acetylcholinesterase and Malathion
Abdu Hussen Ali
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/adms-2022-0011 © 2022 Abdu Hussen Ali, published by SciendoThis work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.
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Het wapen van de Arabische Democratische Republiek Sahara is een wapen dat is ingevoerd door de politieke partij Polisario, die strijdt tegen de Marokkaanse overheersing.

Beschrijving
Centraal in het wapen staan twee geweren. Aan beide geweren is een vlag van de Arabische Democratische Republiek Sahara verbonden. Bovenaan is het islamitische symbool de wassende maan en ster afgebeeld. Aan beide zijkanten is een twijg van de olijvenboom weergegeven en ten slotte geheel onderaan een rode band met de Arabische tekst:  (Vrijheid - Democratie - Eenheid).

Symboliek
De geweren staan voor de strijd tegen Marokko, waarvan het land zich los probeert te maken. De olijftwijgen staan voor de vrede die na de strijd moet volgen. De Arabische tekst komt overeen met het motto van de politieke partij Polarisio. De wassende maan en ster staan voor de islam.

Cultuur in de Westelijke Sahara
Arabische Democratische Republiek Sahara


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import pytest

@pytest.fixture
def api_rf():
    """
    Fixture that creates an `APIRequestFactory` for testing.

    Returns:
        APIRequestFactory:
            An `APIRequestFactory` instance.
    """
    from rest_framework.test import APIRequestFactory

    return APIRequestFactory()

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