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Features 06.07.17
Marc-Andre Fleury Celebrates Opening of New Playground At Sto-Ken-Rox Boys and Girls Club
Pittsburgh Penguins | Media Release
Just days removed from the exhilaration of winning his third Stanley Cup with the Pittsburgh Penguins, and a mere day before news of his departure from the Pens, Marc-Andre Fleury made one incredible farewell to Pittsburgh by the way of the Sto-Ken-Rox Boys & Girls Club.
On June 19th, the former Pittsburgh goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury and his family celebrated the grand opening of a state-of-the-art children's playground at the McKees Rocks center. The playground features a huge outdoor structure over rubberized flooring for year-round activities and a water feature for the neighborhood's children to enjoy during the heat of the summer months.
In addition to the outdoor structures, Fleury financed the purchase of a multitude of supplies for the Boys & Girls Club, including sports equipment, games, educational materials and electronics. He also donated hockey nets, a score clock and equipment for the Club's indoor dek hockey rink, now named Rink 29.
Marc-Andre and his wife, Veronique, conceived the idea for a neighborhood playground several years ago. Their plans came to fruition last month with the official groundbreaking.
"It's been something we've been thinking about for a little while, and we were just thinking about something to give back," Marc-Andre Fleury said. "The people of Pittsburgh have been so good to me, so to build something fun, something for the kids, I'm glad it all came out and the kids seem to like it."
"We are so impressed, so excited," Veronique Fleury said. "I just can't wait to see the kids get in there and have fun. We're proud of the outcome, it looks amazing. We've been in Pittsburgh for about 14 years, and now having kids, we just know kids are our future. So we wanted to give something back to the community and we thought kids would be a great idea, and a playground, all the kids love it. We thought the Boys and Girls Club would be a perfect fit for us."
On an average day, the Sto-Ken-Rox Boys & Girls Club accommodates over 150 children in its after-school and weekend programs and over 75 youth in its evening sports programs. The facility services families in the McKees Rocks area.
"This special act of kindness adds an entirely new dimension to our menu of services for the children who depend on us when school lets out," stated Boys & Girls Club CEO/President Mike Hepler. "From the onset of this project, it was obvious that Marc-Andre and Veronique shared our passion for making the growing-up years count for the children of the community and that this gift is being presented for all the right reasons. Once the ribbon is cut, we are going to have a lot of smiling faces – compliments of the Fleury family!"
A native of Sorel, Quebec, Fleury was the Penguins' first-round draft pick (and 1st overall in the NHL) in 2003. He has skated for the Penguins for the past 13 seasons, setting team records for career wins (375) and shutouts (44), and playing a key role on Stanley Cup championship teams in 2009, 2016 and 2017. Beyond his excellence on the ice, Marc-Andre also has made numerous contributions to the community and has been a passionate supporter of the Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation.
"The Penguins Foundation is honored to have provided assistance to Marc-Andre and Veronique on this amazing project," stated Penguins Foundation President Dave Soltesz. "The Fleurys wanted to ensure that the Boys & Girls Club had everything they needed to make a positive impact for the children."
He added, "We are all captivated with Marc-Andre's signature smile – how appropriate that he picked a project that will bring smiles to so many kids."
To become a member of the Sto-Ken-Rox Boys & Girls Club located at Willow and Deweyville roads in McKees Rocks, call (412) 771-0428 or find registration materials online.
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Join local small business startups + nonprofits at the 'Launch Sto-Rox' Showcase + Celebration ( April 11, 2019 )
MRCDC welcomes Development Coordinator John Catone to the team ( April 11, 2019 )
Free tickets to May 9 Roxian opener available for Sto-Rox residents + business owners through MRCDC ( April 2, 2019 )
Tickets for May 10th 'Grand Open House' at Roxian Theatre sold out ( March 14, 2019 )
Local eye doctor raising funds to replace historic Broadway clock in Stowe Twp. ( March 14, 2019 )
Free show follows May 10 Roxian ribbon cutting ( February 14, 2019 )
State awards $1.9 million for lower Chartiers Avenue streetscape advances ( February 8, 2019 )
Happy Hour fundraiser set for Aug. 10 benefits Sto-Rox area community development
Local police join forces to add National Night Out event to list of fun Sto-Rox area summer activities


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I don't think anyone can deny the effect the rock scene of the late 70's had in shaping music industry as we now know it, especially the modern prog scene. The shift from short, self-contained songs to longer ones that were often parts of concept albums or short series can be seen in albums such as "Animals" by Pink Floyd or "2112" by Rush. Stories within music were starting to become more abundant and instrumentation had to change in order to convey all the ideas and emotions portrayed in the music. With their sophomore album "All Will Be Golden", Finish band Superfjord are able to go back to the roots of the modern rock prog scene with an album that would feel at home sometime between the Summer of Love and the end of the Vietnam War while maintaining a modern aesthetic.
The album begins with the palm muted riffing of the first song, 'Cut and Paste'. A guitar solo with a heavy-rock ethereal quality takes over the song at the halfway mark as the bass, drums and added bongos frantically keep up with the pace before converging again into another temp change. The song finishes as keyboard sounds give way to a Porcupine Tree-esque sound where a guitar riff with a slight reverb/delay sound and a saxophone bring things to a close.
Off to a very strong start, the album continues with the bass riff opening of the second song, 'Master Architect'. An atmosphere of curious serenity is established as droning sounds and ghostly guitar effects are used before the full band comes in with the groovies beat of the album. A saxophone riff repeats several times before the only vocal line of the song comes in telling you to "remind yourself, this is a dream". The dream ends much like it began, with the main instrumental chorus and droning as you eventually drift off to sleep.
Now, the previous part was only a metaphor. Don't fall asleep yet because the third track 'Rainbow' kicks in fast with possibly the most straightforward music writing in the album. As the shortest song in the album, the focus here is not just on the atmosphere but the rock music quality as power chords mix with harmonized vocals. The music builds up into one of the best guitar solos I have heard in a rock song. The solo changes in style as it builds up with a wah-pedal effect but with a hardrock feel. The solo passes of the baton as the keyboard takes over for its own solo section before bringing the song back to the main riff.
At this point, the band has shown a wide diversity of sound that will continue for the rest of the album. 'No Rest for the Wicked' is a song that starts with a full band riff before taking things down to focus on the atmosphere created by the rhythm instruments. This continues to a full band crescendo before settling things back down to finish with a saxophone heavy outro. This format is more or less consistent with the next song 'Parvati Valley' except here the focus is to start slowly and gradually build up to the end. A fuzz heavy guitar riff comes in and eventually harmonizes with another guitar as the keyboards, drums and vocals are used to give the song a very spiritual feel. The song builds up even more with a keyboard solo and fuzz laden guitars that give the song a sense of frantic happiness.
The final song of the album 'Rainha da Floresta' ('Forest Queen' in Portuguese) has a very interesting dynamic feel to it. The song begins with the sound of birds chirping. This, couple with the bass riff and intermittent guitar sounds make it seem like you are taking a stroll down a forest road until it start thundering above (2:30 minutes into the song). Then, all of a sudden, the downpour starts. The use of saxophone and beating drums serve to add a sense of urgency as you seek to take shelter from the rain. No place will provide full cover, but it does not matter, since you are not in any danger and you get to witness the beauty of nature at its best.
Superfjord manage to create a very dynamic and organic album through the use of dynamics and instrumental textures. This is what music should be when your focus is to convey emotion using mainly instruments. From longer psychedelic pieces to more measured hard rock sounds, if you grew up listening to late 60's – 70's music, this album should hit just right. My only drawback would be with some of the song development. Sometimes, I felt that the music repeated itself more than it should and several instruments, such as the saxophone, should have been given more commanding roles/chances to explore in certain spots. An amazing sophomore album, this is music that is easy to get into but becomes more dynamic with more listens. With this album – all, is indeed, golden.


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Andy Marlette & Pensacola News Journal Part Ways
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It appears Andy Marlette, the last staff editorial cartoonist for a
Gannett newspaper, has left his position at The Pensacola News Journal.
The Andy Marlette page at PNJ.com seems to indicate that the
cartoonist no longer is on staff at The Pensacola News Journal.
Andy's farewell(?) column and cartoon is behind a paywall so we don't know if
he accepted a buyout, was laid off, quit, fired, or is leaving to colonize Mars.
Andy, as of this writing, remains on The PNJ staff page.
The latest Marlette cartoon at Creators Syndicate no longer carries
Pensacola News Journal as part of the signature credit.
2022 marked 15 years of Andy being part of The News Journal staff
as graphic artist, illustrator, columnist and editorial cartoonist.
This is breaking news to The Daily Cartoonist, an update is assured.
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Andy's column was the first thing I read! He tells it like it is ! Don't let this journalist quit how will we know what is really happening in Pensacola! I love his cartoons so please,please stay


Their care nurtures you, their love makes you feel secure, their support provides you with the courage to take on all challenges. They are your parents, the best gifts you could ever have from God. Celebrated every July, Parent's Day is that wonderful holiday that attempts to pay a tribute to all parents and parenthood. For children across the planet, it is that fabulous day that gives them the opportunity to fill their parents with the warmth of their love and present them with gifts they would love best. Let TheHolidaySpot take you on a fantastic journey across the world to let you experience how Parent's Day is observed in different nations. If you love reading this article on "Parent's Day Around the World" and want to forward it to your friends, just click here and refer it to them. Celebrate Parent's Day with TheHolidaySpot!
In the U.S., Parents' Day is annually observed on the fourth Sunday of every July. Though it is not a public holiday in the country, it stands as that special time that is dedicated to parents and parenthood and the promotion of the ideal qualities of parenting, an objective that the day was established with. It is an occasion that sees excited celebrations across the country, with children giving greeting cards, flowers and small gifts to their parents and even organizing fun filled activities to provide merriment to their parents. The celebrations often have entire families eating dinner out. It is not uncommon to find children making breakfasts for their parents early in the morning and giving them a treat.
The annual Parents' Day celebrations in the Republic of Korea take place on May 8. The 8th of May was originally celebrated as Mother's Day which later turned into Parent's Day, because the occasion was being felt to leave out fathers and honor only mothers. In Korea, Parent's Day is that time when children pay a tribute to their parents and also grandparents usually with the gifting of a carnation or a rose and the singing of a song themed to Parent's Day. Though it is not a national holiday, Parent's Day is surely a very special time in Korea. In South Korea, the streets and squares of Seoul take on a joyful look on Parent's Day. Everywhere, children and young people try to help elderly people, even perfect strangers, with their kind assistance.
In Vietnam, Parents Day is observed on every 7th July. Though it is not a holiday here, Parent's Day is celebrated in Vietnam with much earnestness. The celebrants usually consist of children and teenagers who buy gifts, carnations and greeting cards for their parents. Many young ones prefer to make handmade greetings to convey their feelings better. Most love to spend quality time with their parents on this day and even organize some fun activities to give them some entertainment. As in the U.S., many kids try to make some meals for their parents to give them a break from their daily routine.


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Ali Balci
Uluslararası İlişkiler / International Relations – Türkiye Dış Politikası / Turkey's Foreign Policy
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ISIS and "Barbarism' Reigning over the East: On the New Representation and Management Strategies of the West
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The following text is the translation of this paper ("İŞİD ve Doğu'yu Kuşatan 'Barbarlık': Batı'nın Yeni Temsil ve Yönetim Stratejilerine Dair", Ortadoğu Analiz, Kasım-Aralık 2014, Cilt: 6, Sayı: 65, ss. 38-41)
In a text of Vespucci, first published in about 1508, the "natives" of the New World (today's America) were described as follows;
"The people are thus naked, handsome, brown, well shaped in body, their heads, necks, arms, private parts, feet of men and women are a little covered in feathers. The men also have many precious stones in their faces and breasts. No one also has anything, but all things are in common. And the men have as wives those who please them, be they mothers, sisters, or friends, therein they make no distinction. They also fight with each other. They also eat each other, even those who are slain, and hang the flesh of them in the smoke. They become one hundred and thirty years old. And have no government."
A painting by Florentine painter Jan van der Straet titled "Discovery of America: Vespucci Landing in America" dated 1587-9 depicts the encounter between a naked woman sitting on a hammock and Vespucci holding a flag with a cross symbol. But those who pay more attention to the painting, they notice two locals baking a human leg on the background and another human leg standing on the ground.
The link between the text and the depictions in the picture is a striking point in the early encounter of the West with the other: While the "other", the New World, is something of a curiosity waiting for the discovery of the West on one side, it contains a "barbarism" in its details that needs to be taken care of. In other words, despite all the admiration and curiousness, it has a shocking difference in its details. This perception in the West's view of the East (non-western) has persisted for a long time, and the security accompanying "curiosity / adventure" has been the keystone of the long-term asymmetric encounter. Therefore, the East, a "passive" (naked woman) but yet "other" (latent barbarism) awaited to be discovered, lived under the governments (colonies) established by the West's security and management apparatus for a long time.
In the political climate of September 11, the East turned out to be an "active other," out of the "passive other", where the image of barbarism was drawn to the front of the picture and textual representations. This change required a different management strategy from the colonial period, and the West shifted its dominance over the East to military technologies in a considerable extent. The East, now captived by "barbarian-others", has begun to be disciplined under the bombardment of drones, warplanes, and kept within its borders with tight security precautions. In short, in the post-9/11 world, the East was transformed into a place where it feeds "more dangerous" barbarians, and today the West has become visible in the East with its military elements. Therefore, it is necessary to evaluate the representations of and practices towards ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant) through this changing basic dynamic.
In addition to the Jihadistic descriptions, ISIS is presented by the exsiting literature as an outcome of the Sunni-Shiite division that occurred in the early days of Islam from one side, and on the other side it is regarded as an organization which takes the support of the Sunni people in Iraq and Syria. The first representation defines ISIS as the current output of the historical conflict which is almost age-old with Islam, but it makes an essentialist explanation as the West has always done while reading the East. Thus, the ISIS is transformed into a natural output of Islam by isolating the conditions that it has emerged from, for example, the US occupation of Iraq. The second way of presentation is once again resorts to Islam and places ISIS into Islam's Sunni interpretation. In short, according to this reading, ISIS is the current answer of Sunni school to Shiite interpretation in the context of the historical conflict between them.
Bernard Lewis, the ideologist of the post-9/11 political climate or the "clash of civilizations" mantra, explained why Islam was no other alternative to ending up with totalitarian constructions such as ISIS as the following: ("Communism and Islam", International Affairs, 30/1, 1954):
"I turn now from the accidental to the essential factors, to those deriving from the very nature of Islamic society, tradition, and thought. The first of these is the authoritarianism, perhaps we may even say the totalitarianism, of the Islamic political tradition… Many attempts have been made to show that Islam and democracy are identical-attempts usually based on a misunderstanding of Islam or democracy or both… [In reality,] the political history of Islam is one of almost unrelieved autocracy."
This thought remained unchanged in all later analyzes of Lewis. However, it turned out to be one of the basic assumptions of a large corpus, written and drawn about Islam and the Middle East, after Samuel Huntington's "The Clash of Civilizations?" (1993). Therefore, while the thing "seen" in ISIS has been the barbarism of the Easterners and their desire for totalitarian rule, the ever-changing mission of the "civilized" and "advanced" West is to keep this barbarism under constant control and to imprison and discipline it.
When it comes to ISIS, the West is fighting against barbarism on two bases; The first is the military solutions that the barbarians "understand", and to divide the world of the barbarians into two. It is the bombing of the Middle East that continues unabated and uninterrupted after September 11. What the West did not abandon to use as a discipline strategy was the regular bombing of the East, even though it had never ended barbarism or even fostered this "barbarism" in the final analysis. We are facing this continuity because the main target of the politics of bombing is not the "barbarian" ISIS or any other organization. On the contrary, the policy of bombing is aimed at ordinary people of the East, who are "forced" to make a distinction between ISIS and the last one. Because of this, its functionality in disciplining Eastern masses, the "barbarian" ISIS or other organizations are constantly being bombarded.
This leads us to the second strategy. Just as the existence of prisoners discipline the "innocent" crowd outside, the "barbarian", which is constantly kept alive through practices in the Islamic world, is highly functional in disciplining the ordinary mass. In other words, the eastern crowds, who are forced to keep a distance with barbarism, are getting a new identity through this practice, and they also open themselves to discursive disciplinary mechanisms of the West. So the main task of the East is to prove it if they think they are not part of this barbarism. For example, US President Barack Obama said the following in his speech to the UN General Assembly in September (2014): "It is time for the world — especially Muslim communities — to explicitly, forcefully, and consistently reject the ideology of organizations like al Qaeda and ISI[S]". Pay attention, Muslims, for Obama, must repeat this declaration constantly, rather than declaring that they do not think like ISIS.
What all this story is hiding is the fact that the West continues to exploit the East, and more importantly, its barbarity, as in the case of Abu Ghraib.
Etiketler ISISOrientalismSeptember 11the West
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Ermeni Tasarıları Nasıl Ele Alınır: Türkiye'nin Geliştirdiği Stratejiler
A Tale of Two Evidences: Why does America want evidence from Turkey?
Kapitalizm Demokrasi İlişkisinde Eşitlik Sorunu
Türkiye Dış Politikası
Ortadoğu ve Postkolonyalizm
The PKK's Regional Politics
Dış Politikada Hesaplaşmak
Türkiye'de Militarist Devlet Söylemi
Uluslararası İlişkilere Giriş
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Ali Balci - Uluslararası İlişkiler / International Relations – Türkiye Dış Politikası / Turkey's Foreign Policy


Also known as Cat's Got The Measles, The Cat's Got The Measles, The Devil's Fling, Jenny's Frolics, Johnny When You Die, Keel Row, The Keel Row Highland Fling, The Keel Row Highland, The Keel Row, Smiling Polly, Weel May The Keel Row, Well May The World Go, Yorkshire Lad, The Yorkshire Lad.
A tune by this name has been recorded together with The Devil Is Dead (a few times), Joe Bann's (a few times) and Monymusk (a few times).
Jennie's Frolics has been added to 2 tune sets.
Jennie's Frolics has been added to 40 tunebooks.
A lively 18c reel from the Rice-Walsh manuscript and published in Paul Alday's "A Pocket Volume of Airs,Duets,Songs,Marches", Dublin 1800.
It is probably a variant of variant of "Well May the Keel Row", a North of England song tune.
Oops! Delete "of variant" above.
A possible variation is to change the high g# in bars 1, 3, 5 and 7 of the B part to g nat.
I know this one as The Keel Row, a strathspey played in A mix.
# Posted by Atanos 15 years ago .
Submitted on October 3rd 2004 by ceolachan.
This tune, note for note with that posted, goes by the name of "Johnny When You Die" in O'Neill's Waifs And Strays.


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ECONOMY COULD LOSE AS MUCH AS 10BILLION DOLLARS OVER ELECTION POSTPONEMENT, EXPERTS WARN
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Collosal: Economy could lose $10 billion, experts warn
•Stock market gains threatened
By Babajide Komolafe, Peter Egwuatu, Godfrey Bivbere, Godwin Oritse, Nkiru Nnorom and Naomi Uzor
By midday, yesterday, the colossal loss to the nation's economy, arising from the postponement of the general elections, hours before the exercise was scheduled to begin, was obvious.
Analysts said the nation could lose about $10 billion due to slow down in business activities caused by the one week postponement.
But in the estimation of the Director-General of Lagos Chambre of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), Mr Muda Yusuf, the economy could have lost about $1.5 billion.
Sources at the ports put the losses in the sector alone at a minimum of N600 million.
The ports across the nation had been shut down on Friday ahead of the Saturday's polls.
One of the major implications of the general elections' shift, according to experts, was an immediate threat to investors' confidence which was speculatively building up in the financial markets in the past two weeks.
Apart from the maritime sector, other major sector of the economy worst hit by the election day that was not to be include aviation, banking, gas and oil, and road transport.
According to some analysts, the postponement will heighten uncertainty in the economy, erode investors' confidence in the Nigerian economy and possibly trigger rise in fixed income yields and increased pressure on the external reserves.
Commenting on the impact of the development on the economy, Managing Director/Chief Executive officer, Financial Derivatives Company, Mr. Bismarck Rewane, said: "The total cost, including opportunity cost, direct cost, consequential cost, disruption cost and what we call reputational cost, if you put it together, everything will give you about 2 to 2.5 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), which is about $9 billion to $10 billion dollars."
Ayo Akinwunmi, Head of Research, FSDH Merchant Bank, on his part, noted that the postponement will lead to reduction in the nation's GDP. He said: "It is going to slow down business activities because that is like two weekends paralysed. A lot of people have travelled, a lot of shops have closed today and they still remain closed because people who have travelled out of the country, people have made other plans.
"And many of companies did like half day yesterday, so lot of economic activities were reduced yesterday (Friday) because of election today (Saturday). So next week Friday and Saturday, we are going to see the same thing, people will sit at home. And whether we believe it or not, a lot of people wake up and live on daily earnings. And all these add up to what the economy and businesses report at the end of the day.
"When you have long period of uncertainty, people cannot take decision. It may actually slow down the GDP. And if you look at the GDP, it is accumulation of what happened every day, throughout the 365 days.
"So if we allow people to stay at home, businesses will not work. Their profit will reduce, taxes will reduce, government will not have enough money and government will have to borrow more".
Senior Research Analyst with Ecobank Nigeria, Mr Kunle Ezun, also speaking on the development, stated: " The cost to the economy is going to be huge. Even though it is a weekend thing, the daily turnover today, people who would have gone out for business, all of that have been forfeited now.
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"So in terms of losses to individuals and small enterprises, it will be quite huge.
"Even yesterday (Friday) most of the states declared public holiday; so you can begin to consider the impact on the GDP of those states."
Speaking on how the postponement will affect investors' confidence on Nigeria's economy and the financial markets, Rewane said: "The most important cost is the reputational cost. Investors will now say the process of election has been compromised, and this country has become more prone to conflict because of this. Investors' confidence will be eroded.
"Democracy is about consensus. In 2015, we did not have a problem because the incumbent accepted defeat. Neither did he go to the tribunal or tell the people to riot on the streets. Today, because of so many things, including this postponement, it appears unlikely that anybody will agree to concede or walk away gracefully. As an investor, I will have to take that into consideration and the higher risk, the higher the expected returns. In other words, if we are borrowing money or if we are raising money, people that are coming to invest will demand more."
Akinwunmi added, "The postponement could affect confidence in the market, and if confidence is eroded, there could be over-reaction in the market, there could be sell-off.
"There is an apprehension, there is fear, which leads to improved risks which will make people to ask for more premium on fixed income securities, which could mean there could be sell-down. And sell-down will make yield to go up
"On the foreign exchange scene, when people have elevated risk, foreign investors may say, 'men, we need to go out', and when they go out there will be more demand for foreign exchange and, when that happens, currency value will depreciate. The CBN can say, `okay, guys we need to step up to ensure we meet this demand. And this means there would be a lot of pressure on the external reserve. So in a bit not to allow that depreciation to happen, the CBN will have to spend more money from the external reserves."
Speaking on the losses to Sunday Vanguard, the LCCI DG, Yusuf, said: "The cost to the economy of the postponement of the election is horrendous. The economy was on partial shutdown the day before and total shut down on Saturday for the elections that did not hold.
"Cost to the economy is estimated at $1.5 billion . The postponement has implications for confidence in the electoral process.
"The trouble was that the notice of postponement came too late to allow economic players to make alternative use of their time. It was a major disruption to economic activities in the country.
"Borders were shut, schools were closed, ports were shut, All these have implications for operating costs.
"In the maritime sector, importers will bear additional demuurage cost because of the longer cargo dwell time at the ports.
"The cost to the nation's treasury of the election rescheduling will be almost double as a large part of processes will be repeated in a week's time."
Paying for extra day
Sunday Vanguard findings showed that the postponed elections may cost the nation over N600 million as charges, rents and levies on ship owners, importers and exporters for one day in the maritime sector alone.
Sunday Vanguard gathered that the amount lost to the failed elections could be far more than that, especially since the sector was closed for two days.
A statement by the biggest container terminal in the country, APM Terminal, on Friday, showed that it handled a total of 1,257 boxes on the above date.
The statement read in part, "Over the last 24hrs, 549 trucks were serviced in the terminal with a total of 1257 transactions."
Speaking on the cost implication of the elections' shift, National President of the National Council of Managing Directors of Licensed Customs Agents, NCMDLCA, Lucky Amiwero, told Sunday Vanguard that Customs Brokers, commonly referred to as clearing agents, pay as much as N20,000 as storage fee per container to terminal operators on behalf of their principle.
Multiplication of of 1,257 handled containers by the storage fee of N20,000 gives a total sum of N25.14 million for APM Terminals alone.
Other terminals operating in Lagos are conservatively estimated to have handled 1,743 containers, bringing the estimated total volume of containers alone handed at the port in Lagos at 3,000.
Multiplication of 3,000 containers by N20,000 gives a total of N60 million.
Amiwero said that the elections has a huge economic cost for the nation. He explained that it is the importers and exporters that are meant to bear the brunt.
According to him, they are made to pay unwholesome charges, levies and rates by the shipping companies as well as terminal operators. He pointed out that the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, is not left out as the Authority collects it berthing charges.
He said Nigerian ports have one of the highest port charges in the world and that it is mostly unregulated.
National Publicity Secretary of the Association of Nigeria Licensed Customs Agents, ANLCA, Joe Sanni, agreed with Amiwero but added that apart from the storage charges, terminal operators also collection "Container Deposit Fees," CDFs of between N7,000 to N10,000 for 20 feet container and N15,000 to N20,000 for 40 feet containers which they hardly refund.
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Sanni also noted that truckers will lose funds that they would have gotten yesterday.
He said for the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, there will only be delay in the collection of government revenue.
President of the Ship Owners Association of Nigeria, SOAN, Greg Ogbeifun, said that the shipping sector does not really lose much as vessels at sea simply continue with their operations.
Ogbeifun however noted that vessels berthed at the port at the time of the elections will have to pay for extra day.
Similarly, former President of the Nigeria Merchant Navy Officers and Water Transport Senior Staff Association, Thomas Kewerigha, said ship owners are made to pay extra day berthing charges because they are forced to stay back at the port even after they have finished discharging their cargo.
Kewerigha explained that with the elections, vessels at sea are not able to come into the country while those that completed their discharge are stock at the port resulting in additional cost for the shipping companies.
On his part, the Chairman of the Lagos Maritime Security Zone of the Forum, Dr, Ignatius Uche, said that the cost of the postponement was unquantifiable, adding that monies have been spent by various terminal and port facility to secure the premises for the period that election.
"What becomes of these measures and security arrangements, who will bare the cost of a new arrangement?", Uche asked rhetorically.
He explained that apart from the security implication that the postponement will have on the port industry, development also has a lot of cost implication.
"The postponement of the election by INEC has political cost, it has environmental cost and it also has overhead cost of management of the facilities and off-course, it has a national cost.
"If you know how much the Ports would have generated today in terms of revenue and all that is wasted, do you know what it has cost many managements to put contingency plans in place with respect to human resources who will be on essential duty.
"Men have already been deployed, armed men have been deployed because their logistics and other arrangements have been taken care of and their duration too have been taken care of.
"So it has all round cost implication to both the Ports Authority, terminal operators, shipping companies and the National economy.
"For us as security professionals, we are always aversed to this kind embarrassment because we will remain alert and be at our guard at all times.
"We have told our men to remain alert whether elections goes or not.
Speaking in similar vein, the Vice President of the Association Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents, ANLCA, MR. Kayode Farinto said that he will sue INEC for the postponement that distorted and disturb his business for that day.
Farinto also said that over N100million of revenue accruals to the government and its agencies have been lost.
Analysts pointed at immediate threat to investors confidence which was speculatively building up in the financial markets in the past two weeks after the elections' postponment yesterday.
The bonds market has been bullish with foreign investors committing over $1.7 billion in the two weeks while Nigerian Stock Exchange rebounded closing positive in two consecutive weeks, all indicating confidence in the election.
But some stock market operators told Sunday Vanguard yesterday that the confidence has been undermined by the postponement of the elections, a development they believe may affect stock prices as the market opens tomorrow.
According to capital market operators, who described the postponement as unfortunate and sad, it would create uncertainty in the market and might result to reversal of the positive sentiment witnessed in the last two weeks as investors would be undecided in taking any investment decision.
Emeka Madubuike, Managing Director/CEO, Compass Securities, said:"On a general level, what the postponement does is to bring in huge uncertainty and that is one of the things the market does not like . Once something like this happens, the market begins to wobble.
"As soon as there is uncertainty, it affects the market. People cannot make decision in an atmosphere of uncertainty and investment is about decision making . So, if no decisions are made, there will be no demand and it, therefore means that if there is no demand, the market is likely to go down.
"It is just unfortunate that we have all these uncertainties, it's inexplicable. This is very unfortunate because nobody can plan in this kind of environment."
He stated that the entire economy would be negatively affected as people would be forced to cancel businesses and other engagements on Saturday, February 23 when the election is tentatively scheduled to hold. He lamented that billions of naira had been lost as a result of the postponement.
His words: "We are talking about the stock market, what about individuals who have plans for next Saturday, they will be forced to put it off. What about the daily paid workers: people who earn their living on a daily basis? The whole of today, all the petty traders will be out of business. So, you can imagine what our economy would have lost today (yesterday). All sectors are on a stand still today and same thing is going to happen again next Saturday and that is if the election will hold on Saturday because listening to the INEC chairman, he was not specific.
"So, the dimension is not good for the market".
Speaking in the same vein, Mr. Jimmy Omoregie, Managing Director/CEO, Fidelity Finance Company, said the postponement would slow the market down but the market will find respite in the year end financial reports being expected.
He said: "It has created uncertainty: activities in the market will be slow for sometime, but it will definitely go up because the release of 2018 financial results is getting closer for most companies and once the political terrain is clearer, the market will move on because it's just that uncertainty that needs to be removed within this one week .
"But as it is, people will not really be willing to commit their money in the market."
Patrick Ajudua, Chairman, New Dimension Shareholders Association, NDSA said, "The positive movement in equity price in the last few days is primarily due to investors taking position as a result of expected financial result of the companies. Therefore, postponement of election will have little or no effect on investors sentiment.
"However, investors would have been happier if the election is concluded on time as it will determine way forward for the economic direction & government policies."
Divergent views
However, other stakeholders in the capital market presented divergent views.
Chief Patrick Ezeagu, Chairman, Association of Stockbroking Houses of Nigeria, said: "Let's wait and see'. Investor attitude will pervade the market place in the coming week until INEC conducts a free, transparent and creditable election expectedly."
Reacting also, Mallam Garba Kurfi, CEO, APT Securities & Fund Limited, said: "I don't think there will be much impact to the market because of the postponement of Elections. The market have already bounced back from the last month's negative performance and February performance to date which reflected in both Volume and Value of our transaction are expected to continue because of most of our Stocks trade at a very low prices which attracts Foreign Investors, Institutional and High Net worth Index and couple with the expectations of Corporate action on Dividend and Bonus that also attracted Speculators Short term players.
"As we witness in less than two weeks Dangote Flour, TRANSCORP have gained more than 50% and more are expecting the same in respect of the postponement of the Election. But it has cost to Economy."
In his own comment, Mr Moses Igbrude, spokesperson, Independent Shareholders Association of Nigeria, ISAN said: "INEC postponement of the presidential elections five hours to the election is unfortunate, unacceptable and should be condemned in its entirety. This single unthoughtful action by INEC has created uncertainty and doubt on ability of the Chairman and his team to conducts a free and fair polls. Imagine the economic wastage to the electorates who has travelled to various locations where they are to exercise their civil responsibility, wastage to state governments and others private businesses that gave their workers days off. Cost on Foreign and local elections observers, what of those who have moved one engagement or the other from today or who fix something next Saturday? This action will surely frustrate and discouraged the electorates from voting. Next week is full of uncertainty and will surely affect the market negatively. I sincerely appeals to INEC and president Buhari not to throw Nigeria into chaos or problems they should make sure that they conducts elections that would be free and acceptable to every body. They should assured us on their trustworthiness and I am also appealing to the voters to be calm and avoid conditions that will encourage INEC and those behind this the opportunity to perpetual their evil activities."
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Le  (« Rapport décennal sur les sciences planétaires ») est une publication du Conseil national de la recherche des États-Unis, réalisée tous les dix ans, qui fait un état des lieux  de la recherche dans le domaine des sciences planétaires et définit les axes de recherche prioritaires. Ce document propose une stratégie  dans le domaine de l'exploration spatiale du Système solaire  pour les dix années suivantes en identifiant les missions spatiales considérées comme prioritaires pour répondre aux questions scientifiques. Il est rédigé par des groupes de travail réunissant les principaux spécialistes du domaine qui exploitent des documents de synthèse établis au préalable par les chercheurs du domaine. Produit à la demande de la Fondation nationale pour la science et de l'agence spatiale américaine (la NASA) le  est utilisé pour définir les investissements dans le domaine de la recherche astronomique et sélectionner les missions spatiales interplanétaires.

Rapport pour la décennie 2022-2032

Le rapport pour la décennie 2022-2032 intitulé  a été publié en .

Thèmes transverses et questions clés

Le rapport identifie douze questions scientifiques clés organisés autour de trois thèmes principaux :
 Origines
 Évolution du disque protoplanétaire : quelles étaient les conditions initiales dans le système solaire ? Quel processus a permis la production des briques initiales des planètes et quelle est la nature et l'évolution de ces matériaux ?
Accrétion dans le système solaire externe. Comment et quand les planètes géantes et leurs satellites se sont-ils agrégés et est-ce que leurs orbites ont migrées dans une phase précoce de leur histoire ? Comment les planètes naines et les corps cométaires orbitant au-delà des planètes géantes se sont-elles formées et comment ont elles été affectées par l'évolution initiale du système solaire ?
Origine de la Terre et des objets du système solaire interne. Comment et quand les planètes terrestres, leurs lunes et les astéroïdes se sont accrétés et quels processus ont déterminé leurs propriétés initiales ? Dans quelle mesure des matériaux issus du système solaire externe ont ils été incorporés ?
 Mondes et processus.
Impacts et dynamiques. Quels sont les mécanismes qui ont joué dans les processus d'accrétion, d'apport en eau, les processus chimiques et la différenciation des planètes internes et l'évolution de leur atmosphère ?
Intérieur et surface des corps solides. Comment l'intérieur des corps solides évolue-t-il et comment cette évolution est-elle enregistrée dans les caractéristiques physiques et chimiques de ces corps ? Comment la surface des corps solides est elle façonnée par les processus souterrains, de surface et externes ?
Atmosphères, exosphères, magnétosphères et évolution du climat. Qu'est ce qui a défini les propriétés et la dynamiques des atmosphères et exosphères des corps solides et qu'est ce qui gouverne la déperdition de matériaux dans l'espace et les échanges entre l'atmosphère d'une part et la surface et l'intérieur d'autre part ?
Évolution et structure des planètes géantes.  Quels processus influencent la structure, l'évolution et la dynamique des parties internes des planètes géantes, de leurs atmosphères et de leurs magnétosphères ?
Systèmes circum-planétaires. Quels processus et interactions définissent les propriétés des satellites et des anneaux et comment ces systèmes interagissent avec les planètes qui les abritent et avec l'environnement extérieur.
Vie et habitabilité
Étude de la vie terrestre. Quels conditions et processus ont permis l'émergence et l'évolution de la vie sur Terre ? Quels sont les types de métabolisme possibles à la surface, sous la surface et/ou dans l'atmosphère et comment ces informations peuvent aider à notre compréhension de la vie extraterrestre ?
Habitabilité dynamique. Ou existe-t-il dans notre système solaire des environnements pouvant abriter la vie ? Quels sont les processus ayant conduit à leur formation et comment les environnements planétaires et les conditions permettant la vie évoluent elles ?
Recherche de la vie ailleurs. Y a-t-il des indices démontrant l'existence d'une vie extraterrestre passée ou actuelle dans notre système solaire et comment la détecter ?
Sujets transverses aux thèmes précédents
Exoplanètes. Qu'est ce que notre système planétaire et ses systèmes circumplanétaires de satellites et d'anneaux révèlent sur les systèmes exoplanétaires et que peuvent révéler sur notre système planétaire les systèmes exoplanétaires et les disques circumstellaires ?

Recommandations

En se basant sur les questions prioritaires les recommandations suivantes sont effectuées par le rapport :

Missions à faible cout (Programme Discovery)

 Lancer le développement de cinq nouvelles missions du programme  durant la décennie
 faire passer le plafond budgétaire alloué à chaque mission Discovery à 800 millions de dollars américains pour 2025.
 Le rapport n'émet pas de recommandations en ce qui concerne le contenu de missions.

Missions à cout intermédiaire (Programme New Frontiers)
 lancer le développement de deux missions du programme  (missions 6 et 7) au cours de la décennie
 faire passer le plafond budgétaire alloué à chaque mission New Frontiers à 1,65 milliard de dollars américains pour 2025 ;
 la mission 6 devra être sélectionnée parmi les propositions suivantes sans priorité particulière :
 Centaur orbiter and lander
 Ceres sample return
 Comet Surface Sample Return
 Enceladus multiple flyby
 Lunar Geophysical Network
 Saturn probe
 Titan orbiter
 Venus In Situ Explorer.
 la mission 7 devra être sélectionnée parmi les propositions précédentes non retenues pour la mission 6 ainsi que  :
 Triton Ocean World Surveyor.

 Missions lourdes (Flagship)

En ce qui concerne les missions les plus couteuses () le rapport renouvelle la priorité absolue donnée à la mission Mars Sample Return en cours de développement. Toutefois les dépassements budgétaires sur ce projet ne doivent pas avoir d'impact sur les autres projets d'exploration planétaire. Si le cout du projet dépasse 5,3 milliards US$  alloués ou s'il représente plus de 35% du budget annuel consacré à l'exploration planétaire, le surcout devra être absorbé par une augmentation du budget alloué au programme d'exploration planétaire. Le rapport, après avoir examiné six missions potentielles, propose par ailleurs de lancer le développement de deux missions. Par priorité décroissante ce sont :
  (UOP). Uranus est une planète géante gazeuse aux caractéristiques atypiques avec son axe de rotation couché à la suite peut être d'un impact au début de sa formation. La planète dispose d'une atmosphère dynamique, d'un champ magnétique complexe et ses satellites composés de glaces et de roches semblent de manière surprenante  présenter une activité géologique. La mission comprendrait un orbiteur et une sonde atmosphérique. Le lancement de la sonde en 2031 ou 2032 permettrait de bénéficier d'une assistance gravitationnelle de Jupiter.
 . Cette mission, qui doit étudier la lune Encelade comprend un orbiteur qui doit analyser les jets de gaz émis par l'océan sous-glaciaire dans le but de rechercher des traces de vie et un atterrisseur qui doit se poser à la surface de cette lune. Si elle est lancée durant cette décade,  la mission devrait arriver au début des années 2050. Si  le budget ne permet pas de développer cette mission, le comité recommande de développer Enceladus Multiple Flyby pour étudier le sujet crucial de l'habitabilité des océans sous-glaciaires.

Les quatre autres missions étudiées mais non retenues sont Europa Lander, Mercury Lander, Neptune-Triton Odyssey  et Venus Flagship.

 Étude de la Lune

En ce qui concerne l'étude de la Lune le rapport recommande de définir de manière précise les objectifs scientifiques des missions du programme Artemis (VIPER, Lunar Trailblazer, ...)  et de mettre en place une organisation responsable de son implémentation. Il propose de développer une mission de type astromobile de cout intermédiaire, baptisée Endurance-A, qui  serait chargée d'explorer les différents terrains du bassin Pôle Sud-Aitken dans le but des trouver des morceaux du manteau lunaire ou des roches témoignant de l'impact ayant créé ce bassin. Les échantillons pourront permettre de contraindre le scénario de formation du système solaire. L'astromobile doit parcourir 2000 kilomètres dans le but de collecter 100 kilogrammes d'échantillons lunaires qui pourraient être ramenés sur Terre par les astronautes du programme Artemis.

 Étude de Mars

Le rapport propose de poursuivre les missions en cours et de lancer une nouvelle mission de taille moyenne Mars Life Explorer (MLE) : cette mission doit rechercher des traces de vie ancienne dans des glaces situées à des latitudes basses.

 Divers

Le rapport recommande également   :
 La NASA devra consacrer au moins 10 % du budget de l'exploration planétaire à la mise au point de nouvelles technologies d'exploration planétaire. Cette part était de 14% en 2010 mais est passée à 7,7% dans le budget 2023.
En matière de défense planétaire, le rapport souligne la nécessite de lancer à la date annoncée les missions NEO Surveyor et DART.
 Le rapport recommande d'adapter la production de plutonium 238 aux besoins des missions en portefeuille de manière à permettre un programme d'exploration planétaire solide. Il faut continuer de développer la technique du générateur Stirling à radioisotope qui permet de consommer moins de plutonium.

 Rapport pour la décennie 2013-2022

Le rapport pour la décennie 2013-2022 intitulé  a été publié en . Il est établi par des groupes de travail réunis entre  et  et qui se sont appuyés essentiellement sur 199 rapports produits par 1669 chercheurs du domaine.

 Thèmes transverses et questions clés
Trois thèmes transverses sont identifiés auxquels sont associés plusieurs questions scientifiques clés :
 Comprendre les débuts du Système solaire :
Quelles sont les premières étapes, les conditions et les processus à l'œuvre lors de la formation et de l'évolution du Système solaire et quelle est la nature de la matière interstellaire incorporée ?
Comment les planètes géantes et leurs satellites se sont-ils agrégés ; existe-t-il des preuves que ces planètes ont modifié leur position orbitale ?
Quels sont les mécanismes qui ont joué dans les processus d'accrétion, d'apport en eau, les processus chimiques et la différenciation des planètes internes et l'évolution de leurs atmosphères ?
Quel rôle a joué le bombardement par des corps célestes de grande taille ?
 Rechercher les conditions d'apparition du vivant :
Quelles sont les premières sources de matière organique ; où se perpétue aujourd'hui la synthèse organique ?
Les planètes Mars et Vénus ont elles connu autrefois des environnements aqueux propices à la vie ?  Existe-t-il des preuves que la vie est apparue sur ces planètes ?
Existe-t-il aujourd'hui des habitats dans le Système solaire qui réunissent les conditions nécessaires - matière organique, eau, énergie, substance nutritive - pour que la vie se maintienne ; existe-t-il actuellement des organismes vivants ?
 Déterminer les processus à l'œuvre dans l'évolution planétaire :
Dans quelle mesure les planètes géantes peuvent-elles servir de laboratoire pour comprendre la Terre, le Système solaire et les systèmes planétaires externes ?
Quels sont les corps célestes qui mettent en danger la Terre et quels mécaniques protègent la biosphère terrestre ?
Est-ce que la compréhension des rôles de la physique, chimie, géologie et de la dynamique à l'œuvre dans l'évolution des atmosphères planétaires et des climats peut permettre une meilleure compréhension du changement climatique de la Terre ?
Comment la multitude de processus chimiques et physiques qui ont contribué à la formation du Système solaire ont-ils opéré, interagi et évolué dans le temps ?

 Recommandations

Sur la base des priorités scientifiques identifiées, 25 missions potentielles font l'objet d'une étude de conception et d'une évaluation de coût par des équipes du JPL, du centre de vol spatial Goddard et par le centre de recherche APL. Les principales recommandations du rapport sont les suivantes :
 consacrer 6 à 8 % du budget de l'exploration planétaire à la mise au point de nouvelles techniques ;
 maintenir le rythme de lancement des missions du programme  tous les 24 mois et faire passer le plafond budgétaire alloué à chaque mission à 500 millions de dollars américains pour 2015. Le rapport n'émet pas de recommandations en ce qui concerne le contenu de missions ;
 la mission  doit être poursuivie dans la mesure où l'Agence spatiale européenne maintient sa participation ;
 lancer deux missions du programme  (missions 4 et 5) au cours de la décennie à venir et faire passer le plafond budgétaire alloué à chaque mission à 1 milliard de dollars américains pour 2015 ;
 la mission 4 devra être sélectionnée parmi les propositions suivantes sans priorité particulière :
 OSIRIS-REx (lancé le ),
 MoonRise (abandonné en ),
  (abandonné),
  (abandonné),
 Venus In Situ Explorer (abandonné) ;
 la mission 5 devra être sélectionnée parmi les propositions suivantes sans priorité particulière :
 les missions non sélectionnées à l'étape précédente,
 ,
 .

Les missions du programme  sont par priorité décroissante :
  (MAX-C). Les progrès dans l'étude de la planète Mars sont désormais conditionnés par une mission de retour sur Terre d'échantillons du sol martien. MAX-C est la première des trois missions qui doivent être menées pour aboutir à ce résultat. Le coût de cette mission est aujourd'hui évalué à 3,5 milliards de dollars américains : il doit être réduit à 2,5 milliards de dollars américains tout en maintenant le partenariat avec l'Agence spatiale européenne. Si le coût de cette mission ne peut être ramené à ce montant, la mission  suivante dans l'ordre des priorités doit être privilégiée ;
 . L'océan qui se trouve sans doute sous la surface de la lune Europe est l'endroit le plus propice dans le Système solaire pour la découverte d'un environnement habitable. Le coût de cette mission, évalué à 4,7 milliards de dollars américains, doit être réduit car il représente une part trop importante du budget de la NASA affecté à la recherche planétaire ;
  (2,7 milliards de dollars américains). Uranus est une planète géante gazeuse dont l'exploration peut conduire à des découvertes aussi importantes que celles de Cassini dans le système de Saturne et Galileo dans le système jovien. L'exploration d'Uranus est préférée à celle de Neptune pour des raisons pratiques de coût et de faisabilité. La mission comprendrait un orbiteur et une sonde atmosphérique ;
  (2,4 milliards de dollars américains) ;
  (1,9 milliard de dollars américains).

Les coûts de lancement ont tendance à représenter une part croissante du budget des missions interplanétaire. Le rapport recommande de tenter de réduire ces coûts par des lancements doubles, en effectuant des commandes groupées de lanceurs au sein de l'agence ou inter-agences (notamment avec le DoD), en utilisant les nouvelles technologies pour réduire la masse des sondes spatiales et donc la taille des lanceurs utilisés.

Les quantités restantes de plutonium 238, utilisé pour alimenter en énergie les sondes spatiales, diminuent de manière alarmante. Sans plutonium 238, les missions vers les planètes externes sont impossibles. Il faut développer la technique du générateur Stirling à radioisotope qui permet de consommer moins de plutonium.

Il est nécessaire de s'assurer que les futures missions spatiales habitées prennent en compte les priorités scientifiques.

La construction du Large Synoptic Survey Telescope par la Fondation nationale pour la science (National Science Foundation), un observatoire terrestre américain doté d'un très large champ optique, dont le financement et le calendrier sont aujourd'hui incertains, est jugée de grande importante en regard des objectifs définis par le rapport en particulier pour l'étude de l'origine, l'évolution et la dynamique des corps primitifs du Système solaire.

 Rapport pour la décennie 2003-2013

Le rapport pour la décennie 2003-2013 intitulé  est publié en 2003. Il identifie 12 axes de recherche et définit sept missions spatiales (en excluant celles consacrées à Mars) à lancer en priorité pour répondre à ces attentes. À côté d'une mission lourde à destination de la lune de Jupiter, Europe et de l'extension de la mission de la sonde Cassini figurent cinq missions de classe moyenne, c'est-à-dire d'un coût compris à l'époque entre 325 et 650 millions de dollars américains : l'exploration de Pluton et de la ceinture de Kuiper (mission ), une mission de retour d'échantillon depuis le pôle sud de la Lune (MoonRise), un orbiteur placé sur une orbite polaire autour de Jupiter emportant trois sondes atmosphériques ( qui devient Juno), une mission d'étude  de Vénus () et une mission de retour d'échantillon depuis un astéroïde (OSIRIS-REx'').

Notes et références

Bibliographie

Voir aussi

Articles connexes
 Programme , programme , programme , programmes de la NASA dont les missions doivent reprendre l'un des objectifs identifiés dans le rapport.

Liens externes
  Répertoire des études et livres blancs réalisés pour le rapport décennal 2023-2032
  Page du site préparant le rapport décennal 2023-2032.
  Ensemble des documents du rapport décennal 2013-2023.

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On October 25–26 Beijing hosted the China Education Expo 2014, an annual international exposition organized by the China Education Association for International Exchange (CEAIE).
Today China Education Expo is one of the largest educational exposition venue in Asia, offering its participant academic institutions immense opportunities for self promotion to potential students, other universities and recruitment companies.
This year the list of Expo participants included universities and colleges from over 30 countries. The Russian delegation consisted of a total of 37 universities, representatives of the Russian Ministry of Education and Science and the Center of Russian Culture in Beijing. TUSUR presented its educational offers under the common brand of Tomsk region "Study in Tomsk!" along with Tomsk State University, Tomsk Polytechnic University, Tomsk State University of Architecture and Building, and the Government of Tomsk region. The universities of Tomsk promoted the best products and practices of the Russian higher education and made presentations of the programs and courses offered to international students.


ZomWork is a joint venture by Singapore Press Holdings Limited and ZBJ Network Inc; one of the key initiatives under the China-Singapore 3rd G2G Project.
Zomwork.com aims to meet the outsourcing needs of businesses more efficiently. Using simple search and quick communications messaging to connect talents to those who need services, companies can conveniently source for suitable service providers. The site features portfolios and project prices of Singapore service agencies and freelancers to engage with, ensuring transparency and information as adequately where possible in every transaction to meet varying needs. ZomWork.com provides diversity and price competitiveness.
For that extra peace of mind, Zomwork.com collects payments in escrow, released only when work is completed and helps maintain contracts and invoices all in one place, easily accessible for your business needs.
Zomwork.com functions as a e-marketplace that caters to service outsourcing needs for anyone with access to the internet. We hope to expand the reach for others to use services found on the website in other parts of Asia in due time.
1. Request for a quote on the website and let talents who are interested in your requirements bid for the work. You get to review bids and initiate contact with shortlisted Talents via our instant messaging feature to create an order to start the work needed.
2. Browse through existing Talent portfolios in their store to identify what matches your needs and make a direct hire through initiating contact with the Talent, also with our instant messaging feature, creating an order to start the work needed.
1. Browse through jobs available on Zomwork.com and bid on those that you or your company would be interested in by submitting relevant projects or proposals to the Clients. Clients will be able to shortlist your offer and chat with you via our instant messaging feature to negotiate or confirm any work.
2. Create your personalized store page on Zomwork.com by uploading latest projects and information of work done to allow potential Clients to view your portfolio, chat and hire you directly, also with our instant messaging feature.
Get paid timely, pay only when satisfied.
Talents can be assured that project funds are required by Clients to be paid upfront to Zomwork.com via escrow before any work begins, and funds are only released as payment upon completion or milestone completion of the work provided. On the flip side too, Clients will be able to discus and confirm milestone payments for work completed, avoiding losses if work for any reason is incomplete and release payments only when they are satisfied with the outcome.


Wikipedia has taken its rightful place at the top of the internet's food chain, offering free and informational content to anyone who wants to browse it. Wikipedia has come a long way in the past 15 years of its life to make business Wiki pages and now the encyclopedia stands as one of the most visited websites on Earth and one of the most important. As one of the largest socially networked projects on the internet, Wikipedia is always gaining and losing members. Keeping an up-to-date encyclopedia on the internet while fighting vandalism and breaking news is a difficult task. Many people want to contribute in order to help out and to those folks we offer a variety of simple tips.
Most new users to the editing side of Wikipedia are almost immediately taken aback by the sheer volume of work that needs to be attended to. With over five million pages of data, there is always going to be something to do. Many new editors are also afraid to put their stamp on popular articles for fear of having their work thrown out or ridiculed. This is the wrong attitude to take. All editors are equal on Wikipedia so if contend demands an adjustment, editors shouldn't be afraid to step up and make the change. Confidence should also extend to the quality of work, as well. Unless an editor is confident in their work, the content should not be submitted.
Working on Wikipedia is an interesting experience because it is both like and unlike an actual job. Editors will have to network with thousands of other users but they'll never actually meet them face to face or have to answer to anyone specifically. With everyone being equal, it comes down to cultivating a healthy relationship for the job to get done. Keeping a professional and courteous attitude at all times is important in order for the work environment to stay positive.
Many new editors want to use their position as an opportunity to try and sneak a personal page onto the website. This is not only ill advised but it is also against Wikipedia's Manual of Style. Creating personal content directly defies the neutral point of view. For editors that have a legitimate claim to having their page online, they should consider hiring a company like Get Your Wiki. At Get Your Wiki editors can hire a third party to make a personal page that adheres to all of Wikipedia's standards and regulations.
This entry was posted in Writing Services on October 12, 2015 by Kirk.