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2022 was a year of change for the Billy Graham Library. From the refresh of The Journey of Faith, to the addition of Billy Kim Hall and opening of the Billy Graham Archive and Research Center, the updates at the Library have positioned our staff and volunteers to welcome a new generation to hear the Gospel message and experience the legacy of Billy Graham.
As 2023 is gearing up, take a look back at these moments from 2022 that you may have missed that were the most read posts from the year.
#10 Billy Graham and His Friendship with Queen Elizabeth
As Queen Elizabeth II celebrated her platinum jubilee in June, we look at the unique friendship spanning multiple decades between Her Majesty and Rev. Billy Graham.
#9 Celebrating 15 Years
2022 marked the 15th anniversary of the Billy Graham Library opening. Revisit some of the memorable moments from each year since the June 2007 dedication of the Billy Graham Library.
#8 Remembering Billy Graham: Heaven Is Home
Will Graham, evangelist, vice president of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and grandson of Billy Graham, shared memories of his grandfather on the 4th anniversary of his passing.
#7 Billy and Ruth Graham's 79th Anniversary
Billy and Ruth Graham married in Gaither Chapel in Montreat, North Carolina on Aug. 13, 1943. Read Billy Graham's reflections on his wedding day and the gift Ruth gave him on their wedding day.
#6 Construction Update
The Billy Graham Library's Journey of Faith tour underwent a refresh and technology update in 2022. See photos from work in progress.
#5 Will We Recognize and Be Reunited with Our Loved Ones?
How did Billy Graham respond to the question: Will we recognize and be reunited with our loved ones in Heaven?
#4 Remembering Ruth Bell Graham
Words from Billy Graham about his beloved wife, Ruth Bell Graham who passed away in June 2007.
#3 'Christmas at the Library' Begins November 28
After being closed for 11 months, the Billy Graham Library reopened on Nov. 28 for the 15th annual Christmas at the Library celebration.
#2 Billy Graham and Queen Elizabeth II
In September 2022, the world watched as people across the globe mourned the passing on Queen Elizabeth II. Billy Graham had the honor of an audience with the queen on multiple occasions during their more than 60-year friendship.
#1 An Inside Look at Changes Coming to the Billy Graham Library
In March, with renovations underway, we shared the vision of what was to come for the Billy Graham Library, Billy Graham Archive and Research Center, and Billy Kim Hall at the Billy Graham Library.
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John Lasseigne, OMI is a priest at Mary Immaculate Catholic Church in the Southern California community of Pacoima, where one in every nine homes is in some stage of foreclosure. He says the people in this community were targeted by predatory lenders and given loans they never should have qualified for.
Fr. Lasseigne and others at Mary Immaculate, has been working with One-LA, a community organizing effort in Los Angeles, to help parishioners re-finance problematic mortgages.


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As President Trump and manufacturers talk about initiatives to bring manufacturing jobs back home, data still indicates that many of those jobs have long been lost to automation and technology. But while the manufacturing jobs of yesteryear may never return, experts say new automation may entice some manufacturers to establish new operations in the United States.
Overall, most job losses in the sector have been due to productivity gains. Wolfgang Lehmacher, head of supply chain and transport industries at the World Economic Forum, said that factories simply don't need as many workers as they used to because "robots are increasingly doing the work." He said investment in automation and software has doubled the output of the average worker over the past two decades and that regardless of trade, robots are replacing workers at an accelerating pace.
While machines are now capable of doing amazing things, however, the good news is they are actually keep and create jobs. Today's systems are smarter, more mobile, more collaborative and more adaptable. While machines of the past were often dangerous and had to be operated away from humans, newer ones can now function alongside and with the help of workers.
The share of tasks performed by robots will rise from a global average of about 10 percent across manufacturing industries today to near 25 percent by 2025.
While automation and technology has significantly reduced the need for less-educated and less-skilled workers, it is creating opportunities for others.And experts say this new breed of robots and capabilities could bring back many jobs to the United States.
A great example is Bicycle Corporation of America, which recently moved 10 percent of its business back to the U.S. through automation and the use of robots. Arnold Kamler, owner of BCA, said whereas bicycle spokes are typically dropped in by hand one at a time, machines can now do it in only 30 seconds. Kamler also said that with the same number of workers, they can do three times as many hubs in a day. The company invested $6 million in equipment, bought an abandoned factory in Manning, S.C., and hired 140 workers.
"We're creating jobs with automation and being able to be price-competitive with China now and it will get even better in the future. We're not replacing other jobs with these robots. What we're doing is we're adding more equipment that make us more efficient," said Kamler.


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package io.scalaland.chimney.internal.utils

import scala.reflect.macros.blackbox

trait CompanionUtils {

  val c: blackbox.Context

  import c.internal._
  import c.universe._

  // Borrowed from jsoniter-scala: https://github.com/plokhotnyuk/jsoniter-scala/blob/b14dbe51d3ae6752e5a9f90f1f3caf5bceb5e4b0/jsoniter-scala-macros/shared/src/main/scala/com/github/plokhotnyuk/jsoniter_scala/macros/JsonCodecMaker.scala#L462
  def companionSymbol(tpe: Type): Symbol = {
    val comp = tpe.typeSymbol.companion
    if (comp.isModule) comp
    else {
      val ownerChainOf: Symbol => Iterator[Symbol] =
        s => Iterator.iterate(s)(_.owner).takeWhile(x => x != null && x != NoSymbol).toVector.reverseIterator
      val path = ownerChainOf(tpe.typeSymbol)
        .zipAll(ownerChainOf(enclosingOwner), NoSymbol, NoSymbol)
        .dropWhile { case (x, y) => x == y }
        .takeWhile(_._1 != NoSymbol)
        .map(_._1.name.toTermName)
      if (path.isEmpty) c.abort(c.enclosingPosition, s"Cannot find a companion for $tpe")
      else c.typecheck(path.foldLeft[Tree](Ident(path.next()))(Select(_, _)), silent = true).symbol
    }
  }
}

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How to survive prison uk. Shaun attwood survived a 9½ year sentence in america's deadliest prison. Find the the inmate who distributes all the newspaper and magazines and ask them who orders the same type of thing as you. Bullying is rife in prison.
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Keep your head up, don't go around bragging and keep yourself to yourself. Normal daily routines such as eating, cleaning, moving about now take on a whole new importance around the daily regime. (from the perspective of male uk prisons) 1.
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A screen frame is stretched with polyester screen fabric we call mesh. We then coat these screens with a photographic material called emulsion, and by using ultraviolet light we "expose" the film onto the screen.
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One tiny island… the world's largest fish
The tiny volcanic island of St Helena could provide the key to whale shark reproduction. Sarah Kingdom went diving in this underwater world 1 800km west of Angola
With great excitement we tumbled into the water, masks askew and snorkels barely gripped in our mouths. We had come to St Helena at the tail end of the whale shark season, and after a morning spent looking for this most enticing of species, we had finally found one. As we entered the water and adjusted our snorkelling gear, we were face-to-face with an alarmingly large and wide-mouthed creature. Whale sharks have rows of up to 350 teeth. They also have 10 filter pads and feed on plankton, fish eggs and algae. Although the whale shark's vestigial teeth may be so small you can see little more than their gums, and their gullets may only be the size of a fist, it was still quite disconcerting to be so close to one of these rare and extraordinary filter-feeding sharks.
Remora suckerfish hitches a ride. Photo: Environmental Management Division, St Helena
Around St Helena whale sharks are commonly referred to as bone sharks. They visit the area annually from November to April, peaking in January and February. An even split of adult males and females is unique to the St Helena population, whereas juvenile males tend to dominate in other locations. This 50/50 mix is incredibly important and scientists believe the island may play a vital role as a mating ground for whale sharks, behaviour that has never been recorded in the species.
Beth Taylor, head of marine conservation at the St Helena National Trust, says the unusual behaviour around St Helena presents a unique opportunity to study whale sharks. "St Helena also remains the only place in the world where two anecdotal reports have been submitted of people seeing mating behaviour," she says.
A mouth this wide is rather intimidating. Photo: Simon J Pierce – www.simonjpierce.com
Researchers are yet to witness this. "We haven't managed to catch them in the act during any of our expeditions to date, but it remains probably the most promising place in the world to document this important part of their life story. We still don't know where they give birth either, it seems they like to keep
a few key parts of their lives secret," says Dr Alistair Dove, vice president of research and conservation at Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta, USA.
The National Trust (in conjunction with the Blue Marine Foundation) and Georgia Aquarium have been undertaking whale shark monitoring, research and tagging programmes in the waters around St Helena for several years. In total, 175 whale shark encounters were recorded from over 70 hours spent on the water during the 2018/2019 breeding season. Blood samples were collected, ultrasound scans were performed, swabs were gathered, photographic identification methods were employed, and laser callipers were used to measure size.
Information gathered will help scientists understand whale sharks better, contribute vital information regarding health, reproductive and pregnancy status, and, importantly, help highlight areas of the ocean that potentially need more protection than others.
Deep water monitoring tag on a whale shark. Photo: Simon J Pierce – www.simonjpierce.com
In addition, tracking devices were attached to individuals, including a world first – the use of three 'deep water monitoring' tags that are designed to go as deep as six kilometres. Data collected will answer questions on how deep the whale sharks dive, as well as help monitor habitat use around St Helena island and the surrounding waters.
Very few wildlife encounters rank as high as your first whale shark sighting. Snorkelling is the best way to interact with these magnificent creatures as they are usually found near the surface in this area. While whale sharks are generally undeterred by swimmers, they can, at times, be quite curious about 'strangers' visiting their realm… this can be a little intimidating and we found ourselves frequently 'back-pedalling' in an attempt to maintain the required 3m buffer distance between us.
Whale shark research taking place at St Helena
St Helena is one of a handful of locations around the world where whale sharks gather in any number.
Georgia Aquarium conducted its first expedition to St Helena to study whale sharks in 2015 and
has returned three times since. Dr Dove heads up the team and explained the tagging process in more detail.
Animal telemetry or tagging allows scientists to follow animals and collect other data about how they experience the world. The land animal equivalent would include things like radio collars, but for marine animals it's a bit more challenging. A few technological solutions have been developed to allow tracking of whale sharks as they go about their lives. "The tags are either inserted into the skin on a short tether, or clamped on the dorsal fin," Dove explains. "They are designed to record data for a programmed period and then come off, float to the surface and relay their data via satellite."
Whale sharks are particularly challenging because the species is capable of diving to more than two kilometres. "In fact, the whale shark is the deepest diving fish we know of, and that makes the tagging even harder, because the extreme pressures that occur at those depths can easily destroy an expensive satellite tag," he adds. "We worked with engineers from iSea Solutions to develop a tag that could withstand the extreme depths to which the sharks dive."
Dove says they do not have any data back yet, but they are excited to see what happens when the tags finish their mission later in the year and (hopefully) begin reporting their data payload via satellite.


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Indeed leaders have answers. Yet Leaders have more questions. Leaders ask the RIGHT questions. Leaders expect their people to ask questions. What questions are you asking today?
Yes sir. "What do you think" "How do you see the situation?" and yes, "What do you propose?" A leader needs to enjoy the sound of other voices and not just their own.


In a surprising, but unsurprising announcement, UK Distributor Manga Entertainment UK have revealed that they will be releasing the new Ghost in the Shell movie, which follows on from the events of the Ghost in the Shell: Arise OVA episodes, on Blu-ray and DVD within the UK later this year.
Set in a futuristic Japan after the end of a brutal world war, science has advanced by leaps and bounds giving humanity the choice to prolong life and reduce suffering with the use of sophisticated cybernetics. With all of humanity linked into one system of minds and personalities known as ghosts, the biggest threat to civilization is the cyber terrorists capable of hijacking people's bodies and memories.
When a ghost-infecting virus known as Fire-Starter begins spreading through the system resulting in the assassination of the Japanese Prime Minister, Major Motoko Kusanagi and her elite team of special operatives are called in to track down its source. As they delve deeper and deeper into their investigation, they uncover traces of government corruption and a shadowy broker that bears an all-too-familiar face.
When your target can be anywhere and look like anyone, the only choice you have is to trust your ghost, and hope you aren't infected too.
Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie will be released on Blu-ray and DVD on the 9th May 2016 within the UK; meanwhile the OVA episodes, Ghost in the Shell: Arise, is currently available to purchase on both Blu-ray and DVD.


Samples of fish species from the Poeciliidae family show the diversity in color, fin size and body shape. Kansas State University researchers studied 112 species of these live-bearing fishes and found that males and females evolve differently. | Download all of these images in one photo.
MANHATTAN — Male live-bearing fish are evolving faster than female fish, according to a Kansas State University study, and that's important for understanding big-picture evolutionary patterns.
Tobler and Culumber spent two and a half years studying more than 100 species of Poeciliidae, or live-bearing fish. Unlike the majority of fish in which females lay eggs that are later fertilized by males, live-bearers — which include species such as mollies, platies, guppies, swordtails and mosquitofish — have internal fertilization. Live-bearers retain eggs during pregnancy and give birth to live young, similar to mammals like humans.
The research received support from the National Science Foundation, the American Philosophical Society's Franklin Research Grants program, and start-up funds from Kansas State University.
A Kansas State University study has found that male and female live-bearing fish evolve differently: Female evolution is influenced more strongly by natural selection, while male evolution is influenced more strongly by sexual selection.
"In the big picture, this means that males and females are different and that matters not only within species but also in terms of shaping broad-scale evolutionary outcomes."


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The Benefits – Bangaldesh
The Benefits – India
The Mutual Benefits
The India-Bangladesh maritime connectivity has been given a major boost with the successful trial of the transhipment of goods to India's north-eastern States via the Chittagong port.
In July 2020, MV Shejyoti, a ship with cargo for Bangladeshi businesses and also four containers bound for Indian States of Tripura and Assam, set sail from the Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Port at Haldia in West Bengal, India, for Chittagong.
The journey was historic since this was the first trial of the transhipment facility to India's landlocked north-eastern region via the Chittagong port.
1972: India-Bangladesh already have an Inland Water Trade and Transit treaty and a protocol which was first signed in 1972.
As per the Protocol, inland vessels of one country can transit through the specified routes of the other country.
Time and again to this protocol, new routes and new ports of call are being added.
In 2010, India and Bangladesh signed transit agreement to use Chattogram & mongla.
In 2015, Under the Coastal shipping agreement, MoU for the above was formalised.
In 2018, a bilateral agreement was signed to allow the use of Chittagong and Mongla ports for the purpose, the current transhipment is an outcome of this.
In 2019, standard operating procedures were finalised during PM Sheikh Hasina's visit to India.
The SOP allows transhipment of goods from Chittagong and Mongla on four road, rail, and water routes to
Agartala (Tripura) via Akhaura
Dawki (Meghalaya) via Tamabil
Sutarkandi (Assam) via Sheila
Srimantpur (Tripura) via Bibirbazar
In May 2020, the two countries have signed an addendum to the protocol, adding 2 new routes and 5 new port of calls on each side.
Currently, Inland water protocol has a total of 10 routes and 11 port of calls on each side.
Experts feel that this facility will contribute to enhancing business services and revenue generation in Bangladesh.
It is expected to help Bangladesh in job-creation and investment in the logistical sector since Bangladeshi vessels and trucks will be utilised to move the Indian cargo.
Indian cargo also has to pay requisite taxes to use the facility in Bangladesh.
The facility is considered to be the first step in fulfilling the present Awami League government's desire to transform Bangladesh into a connectivity hub.
Bangladesh is likely to get monetary benefit but India is going to get much more..!!
Access to Chittagong and Mongla ports has been a phenomenal step. It is going to enhance the connectivity to NER which has been India's Achilles heel.
It will also help India to achieve its goals of Act East policy.
The beginning of this transhipment facility is a telling example of
Cooperative attitude between nations
Two nations' vision to strengthen the bilateral connectivity and develop a mutually-beneficial partnership
In this complex sub-regional geo-politics, India and Bangladesh provide a unique model of good-neighbourly relationship.
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FALL RIVER — Atlantis Charter School administrators said they will soon mail letters to their parents on transportation changes after a receptive meeting with members of the Maplewood Neighborhood Association.
"Pulling 400 students out of the car lines should make a tremendous difference," Atlantis Executive Director Bob Beatty told about 35 people Wednesday night at the Letourneau School on Anthony Street.
That was in reference to using two buses each for upper school drop-offs and pick-ups and three each for the lower school, through a contract with two bus companies.
All bus entries will be through the Dickinson Street emergency entrance at the beginning and end of the school day, with buses exiting at the main 991 Jefferson St. Extension entrance.
That's a newly built public road linked to Jefferson Street that all vehicle traffic bringing students has been required to use since the school opened its new $36 million campus by South Watuppa Pond in late February.
The brief half-hour presentation and discussion, and the general audience support, was a sharp contrast to a contentious Monday night forum when the school administration invited residents of Dickinson Street and that neighborhood to hear its plans.
Although they used staggered start times with a vehicle tag system to alleviate congestion, the traffic along Jefferson Street last winter and spring at the beginning and end of school remained significant, Beatty said.
He said those back-ups along Jefferson Street resulted in parents parking on both sides of Dickinson Street to let off students, tying up traffic in that relatively quiet neighborhood about a half-mile from Stafford Road.
He noted that this summer Atlantis hired Fall River Patrolman Scott Cabral as its school resource officer. Cabral would be joined at the outset of the school year by a detail of city police to enforce the no-parking or standing regulations.
"They'll be tagged or asked to move," said Sgt. James Smith, who regularly attends the Maplewood meetings and provides updates on neighborhood and city crime.
Lauro said the school will encourage parents that dropping off their children early at the school will be in their interests.
School begins in less than two weeks, on Aug. 27.
Atlantis, which combined its three locations into one K-12 school at the new campus, had 1,207 students last year and has 1,290 registered for the start of school, officials said.
Beatty said the postings of where no-parking signs and hours — such as 7 to 9 a.m. and 2 to 4 p.m. — are being finalized with city authorities. They would not affect night or overnight parking on Dickinson.
That will benefit the buses turning from Dickinson into the entrance, he said.
He said there would be "an extremely limited" number of students who live on Dickinson Street and in the neighborhood who are naturally able to walk to school or have their parents drop them off. That would be regularly monitored, Beatty said.
They met recently with city Director of Traffic Laura Ferreira and Lt. Paul Bernier, who heads the police traffic unit.
That information would be included in the communication to parents, Beatty said to a question about those impacts.
M. Earle Gaudette, Maplewood Neighborhood Association president, said if buses can pass quickly through the Dickinson Street neighborhood, there would not be disruptions.
He said the Atlantis administrators were seeking support from their group.
One man suggested a formal vote, while another noted the neighborhood group that stretches from Watuppa to Cook ponds, from the Tiverton line to Stafford Road, was not well represented at the meeting.
Beatty requested a letter in writing be sent to city officials in support of their transportation plan. He said with school soon approaching he would like to send the letter to parents that this "compromise" plan was in place. He received some applause.
Among several emails The Herald News received, Scott Silverman, president of Norbut Manufacturing at the end of Jefferson Street, said his company receives a majority of its deliveries during school dismissal time.
"The truck drivers have been very frustrated by the school traffic. The parked cars along Jefferson Street make it very difficult for them to maneuver their 18-wheelers, posing a huge safety concern," Silverman wrote.
Another person who emailed about the issue, Linda Pacheco, questioned the objections of Dickinson Street residents to parents parking on their street.
"There are many streets in the city that have schools located on them. The residents of those streets understand," Pacheco said.
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A French composer born October 28, 1961 in Valenciennes.
A pupil of Ivo Malec, Betsy Jolas and Gérard Grisey at the Paris Conservatory, François Paris won a First Prize for composition and was then a laureate of the International Besançon Competition for La chair de l'aube (1992). In residence at the Villa Medici (1993-1995), he subsequently obtained a CA teaching degree for music school direction.
Director of the CIRM and the festival Manca, he taught composition and made regular appearances in France (Fondation Royaumont, Nice Conservatory) and also abroad (Berkeley in California, Moscow Conservatory, Peking University, Shanghai Conservatory).
Adolfo NUNEZ
A Spanish composer born September 21, 1954.
Adolfo Núñez studied composition and the guitar at the Royal Madrid Conservatory before completing his studies elsewhere in Europe, notably as a pupil of Francisco Guerrero, Carnelo Alonso Bernaola, Brian Ferneyhough and Luis de Pablo. He studied computer-assisted music with John Chowning and Leland Smith at the CCRMA (Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics) of Stanford in the USA, where he obtained a Master of Arts degree. He also obtained a diploma from the Escuela Tecnica Superior de Ingenieros Industriales in Madrid.
Sylvano BUSSOTTI
An Italian composer, performer, painter, writer, stage director born October 1, 1931 in Florence (Italy) who died September 19, 2021 in Milan (Italy).
Sylvano Bussotti began his apprenticeship of the violin at the age of five before entering the piano class of Luigi Dallapiccola at the Florence Conservatory where he also studied harmony and counterpoint. War, however, interrupted his studies though he subsequently studied composition as an autodidact. In 1956 he became a pupil of Max Deutsch in Paris and met Pierre Boulez, who introduced him to Darmstadt where became acquainted with John Cage.
Anthony GIRARD
A French composer born May 14, 1959 in East Patchogue (United States).
Anthony Girard studied at the Paris Conservatory, notably with Serge Nigg and Claude Ballif. He won prizes for harmony, counterpoint, analysis, orchestration and composition (1980-1986), as well as a DEA in music history (1985) at the Sorbonne. He was then in residence at the Casa de Velázquez (1986-1988) and developed his style free of all restraints.
Luis De PABLO
A Spanish composer born January 28, 1930 in Bilbao (Spain) who died October 10, 2021 in Madrid (Spain).
Christian DACHEZ
A French composer born June 13, 1951 in Humbercamps.
Christian Dachez studied notably at the conservatories of Lille, Boulogne and Versailles. He studied the trombone with Raymond Katarzinsky, conducting with Jean-Claude Hartmann, analysis with Philippe Dulat and theory with Yvonne Desportes.
Christian Dachez at first composed music for advertising, the cinema, television and the chanson. Charmed by the music of Ligeti, he found in this composer his spiritual master and definitively directed himself towards a contemporary language.
David JISSE
A French composer born April 12, 1946 in Pessac, who died July 18, 2020.
After studying singing and the classical guitar David Jisse began a career as an author-composer-performer, creating, with Dominique Marge, the duet 'David and Dominique'. In 1973 he met Luc Ferrari, discovered electroacoustic music composition and trained in studio work, in experimental music and in radiophonic art.
Joanna BRUZDOWICZ
A French composer, pianist, journalist and music critic born May 17, 1943 in Warsaw who died November 3, 2021 in Taillet.
A pianist by training, Joanna Bruzdowicz studied composition with Kazimierz Sikorski at the Higher Music School in Warsaw, then in Paris, notably with Nadia Boulanger and Olivier Messiaen. She completed her itinerary at the GRM and the Sorbonne, where she presented a doctorate in mathematics and logic in contemporary music.
David HUDRY
A French composer born July 3, 1978 in Nîmes.
After studying music and musicology at the Conservatory and the University of Montpellier, David Hudry obtained an aggregation in music before joining the composition and new technology classes at the Paris Conservatory. A pupil notably of Emmanuel Nunes, Stefano Gervasoni and Luis Naon, he completed his training with the composition and computer music course at Ircam.
Ivane Béatrice BELLOCQ
A French composer born July 29, 1958 in Saint-Nazaire.
Ivane Bellocq studied the flute with Roger Bourdin, analysis with Max Deutsch and composition with Olivier Greif.
An international performer, she plays and records many works of both the past and the present, notably Bach, Beethoven, Schubert, Debussy, Olivier Greif, Sofia Goubaidoulina, Suzanne Giraud, Patrice Sciortino and Sophie Lacaze.
As a composer she has been invited to numerous residences in the Île de France, in Mayenne and with festivals or ensembles (the chamber choir Les Temperamens Variations, Rencontres Musicales de Haute-Provence, des Hautes-Vosges…).
CASTEREDE Jacques (1926-2014)
CATTANEO Aureliano (1974)
CAVANNA Bernard (1951)
CECCONI-BOTELLA Monic (1936)
CENDO Raphaël (1975)
CHAILLOU David (1971)
CHAMOUARD Philippe (1952)
CHARPENTIER Jacques (1933-2017)
CHARPY Pierre-Adrien (1972)
CHAYNES Charles (1925-2016)
CHEN Qigang (1951)
CHIN Unsuk (1961)
CHION Michel (1947)
CHOUVEL Jean-Marc (1964)
CHOWNING John (1934)
CLEMENT Dominique (1959)
CLOSTRE Adrienne (1921-2006)
CLOZIER Christian (1945)
COHEN Denis (1952)
COMBES-DAMIENS Jean-René (1957)
COMBIER Jérôme (1971)
CONDE Gérard (1947)
CONNESSON Guillaume (1970)
CONSTANT Marius (1925-2004)
DE COUDENHOVE Christophe (1963)
CRITON Pascale (1954)
POUGET Nelly (1955)
POUSSEUR Henri (1929-2009)
POWERS Anthony (1953)
POZMANTER Michel (1974)
LE PRADO Cécile (1956)
PREY Claude (1925-1998)
PRIN Yves (1933)
PROBST Dominique (1954)
PROD'HOMME Lucie (1964)
PRODROMIDES Jean (1927-2016)
PUIG Michel (1930)
RABINOVITCH Alexandre (1945)
RACOT Gilles (1951)
RADIGUE Eliane (1932)
RADULESCU Horatiu (1942-2008)
RAI Takayuki (1954)
RASKATOV Alexandre (1953)
RATIU Horia (1951)
RAULT Patrice (1959)
RAXACH Enrique (1932)
RAYNAL Gilles (1954)
RAYNAUD Philippe (1956)
REBOTIER Jacques (1947)
REDGATE Roger (1958)
REDOLFI Michel (1951)
REIBEL Guy (1936)
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Die Valme ist ein 19,7 km langer, linker Nebenfluss der Ruhr im nordrhein-westfälischen Hochsauerlandkreis, Deutschland.

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Die Valme entspringt oberhalb der Nassen Wiese an der Nordflanke der Hunau auf einer . Von hier fließt sie vorrangig nach Norden, passiert dabei die Ortschaften Obervalme, Werdern, Ramsbeck und Heringhausen, bevor sie in Bestwig auf  linksseitig in die Ruhr mündet.

Auf ihrem 19,7 km langen Weg erfährt die Valme einen Höhenunterschied von 484 m, was einem mittleren Sohlgefälle von 24,6 ‰ entspricht. Sie entwässert ein 62,722 km² großes oberirdisches Einzugsgebiet über Ruhr und Rhein zur Nordsee.

Die Valme fließt im Oberlauf im Geschützten Landschaftsbestandteil Obere Valme, welcher umgeben ist vom Landschaftsschutzgebiet Valmetal nördlich und südlich Lanfert. Der Unterlauf liegt teilweise im Landschaftsschutzgebiet Talsystem der Valme.

Nebenflüsse
Der Valme fließen von den Hängen der umliegenden Berge zahlreiche, zum Teil sehr kurze Bäche zu. Wichtigster Nebenfluss ist die Brabecke mit einer Länge von 13,6 km. Mit ihrem 32,439 km² großen Einzugsgebiet hat die Brabecke mehr als 50 % Anteil an dem der Valme. Im Folgenden werden die Nebenflüsse der Valme genannt.

Renaturierung
2019 bis 2020 wurde auf 6,1 Kilometer länge, in der Ortschaft Ramsbeck, die Valme renaturiert. Grund war die Richtlinie 2000/60/EG (Wasserrahmenrichtlinie), die vorschreibt die Flüsse in Europa in einen guten ökologischen Zustand zu versetzen. Die Maßnahmen kosteten rund eine Million Euro. Davon bezahlte 90 Prozent das Land NRW und den Rest die Gemeinde Bestwig. Bestwig bekam seine Investition zudem in Form von Ökopunkten gutgeschrieben, welche dann anstatt kostenpflichtiger Ausgleichsmaßnahmen bei anderen aumaßnahmen genutzt werden können. In der Valme wurden 24 Querbauwerke entfernt und am Ufer Betonelemente. Am Dorfplatz schaffte man einen Zugang für menschen direkt an den Fluss.

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Inside America's shadow war against al-Shabab
September 01, 2017 · 3:15 PM EDT
By Emily Johnson
The beach in Mogadishu, Somalia.
Emily Johnson/America Abroad
In May, Navy SEAL Kyle Milliken was killed in a raid on a terrorist compound in Somalia. He was the first US service member to die in combat in the Horn of Africa nation since the infamous Black Hawk Down incident in 1993, when 18 Americans were killed.
That disaster played a significant role in minimizing US involvement in Africa in the years that followed, affecting then-President Bill Clinton's decision not to intervene in the Rwandan genocide. But the rise of Somalia-based terror group al-Shabab in the late 2000s has made the Horn of Africa an important front in the war on terror, and US forces are very much a presence in Somalia once again. This time, though, to look around, you wouldn't really know it.
Decades of war have pummelled the once-stunning capital city of Mogadishu, where despite a new government and relative stability, periodic hit-and-run attacks by al-Shabab keep residents on edge.
But all that is "outside the wire," as they say at Mogadishu International Airport, a fortified, sprawling base that is home to the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), various United Nations agencies, and assorted military forces from around the world. With its scorching, sandy backdrop and rough and tumble cast of characters — a mix of grizzled British military guys, UN personnel and journalists — it feels a bit like the cantina scene in the original Star Wars.
But conspicuously missing are Americans.
In May, VICE News published a US Africa Command memo that described involvement in as many as 98 operations a day in Africa, calling it America's "shadow war." It's a good description of US clandestine activities in the region — according to AFRICOM media relations officer Capt. Jennifer Dyrcz, the US mission in the region mainly consists of training and advising partners in AMISOM and the Somali National Army, and she clarified that the "98 operations a day" includes things like routine meetings and assessments.
"Due to the location of some of our advisory and training activities, SOCAFRICA's personnel are occasionally exposed to some of the same risks as our partners and defend themselves appropriately," she added.
Maj. Ali Dhuuh Santur Guled of the Somali National Army is responsible for training, and in this capacity, he has worked a great deal with US special forces. He says it's largely due to US assistance that his army has dealt some major blows to al-Shabab in the last few years.
"They used to live around the presidential palace, just firing bullets," he said. "But now they are all retreated from the city, and they live in some districts in remote areas. So they are totally weak. And nowadays they sometimes try to make guerrilla attacks, but they are really weak, compared to the past years."
In March of this year, US President Donald Trump gave the Pentagon more authority to carry out airstrikes and raids in Somalia and in April he deployed a few dozen troops from the 101st Airborne Division on a train-and-equip mission. US special forces are now helping to train Somali soldiers at a new base called Baledogle, some 50 miles from Mogadishu, deep in al-Shabab country.
But as appreciative as the Somali army is of US assistance, Santur says they need more.
"We were expecting that when Trump came to power that he would fight against terrorist activities very powerfully," he said. "We are still waiting."
He calls Americans and Somalis brothers and sisters, noting that the new president of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, elected earlier this year, is an American citizen from Buffalo, New York. He is hopeful that President Trump will give them what they need. What they need, he says, is tanks and other heavy weaponry to bring a speedy end to the drawn-out conflict.
For that to happen, the arms embargo that has been in place since 1992 would need to be lifted. Somali President Mohamed Abdullah Mohamed, pleaded with the international community at a summit held in London in May to do just that.
"Al-Shabab has AK-47s and the Somali National Army has the same equipment, the same weapons. And that's why this war has been lingering for 10 years," he said. "If we don't have more sophisticated and better weaponry, this war will definitely continue for another 10 years."
The stakes for ending the conflict are high, and not only due to the ongoing attacks. The continued presence of Al Shabaab militants in remote areas of Somalia is complicating relief efforts amid a drought that is causing the worst food insecurity to hit the country since a quarter of a million people died in the famine of 2011-2012.
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Where do the walls in our minds come from? Do Europeans lack the tools to properly appreciate literary works, such as those from Africa or China, without hastily dismissing them as traditional? Why did Nordic poetry play such an important role in the Nethlerlands for such a long time? And why are the French keen to translate Russian literature, which stands in the tradition of Nabokov while in Germany, the emphasis lies upon crime novels or books with a political and social significance?
A panel discussion with Erik Lindner (Netherlands, BKP-guest 2012) poet and literary critic and Michèle Métail (France, BKP-guest 2000) poet and sinologist.
Presentation: Marie Luise Knott (Germany), author, publicist, translator.
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Drain cleaning is a duty that many homeowners overlook. But the fact is that clearing your drains from debris and buildup is a key aspect of maintaining your plumbing system. If left unchecked, uncleaned drains can cause large blockages, which can result in a host of problems such as cracked pipes, bursts, flooding, and damage to the interior and exterior of your property. Fixing a cracked pipe and paying for water damage is both more expensive and inconvenient than making time to schedule routine drain cleaning.
While drain problems can seem to be relatively minor on the surface, they can quickly metastasize into critical issues if not handled appropriately. Here are some of the common signals suggesting your drains could benefit from a comprehensive cleaning this season.
Clogs typically develop at a gradual rate, and one of the telltale signs of built-up accumulation is a slower draining rate. Your showers and sinks will often start to drain slower when soap, food, hair, and other items collect in your pipes. If water isn't draining from your sink at all, there may be an extensive accumulation of waste within your pipes. This might be facing a more severe problem requiring professional assistance, so contact a plumber to help find the source of the blockage as soon as possible.
Foul smells emerging from your sinks and drains most likely means food or other debris has started to rot inside your pipes. If you recognize any unusual odors coming from your drains, get in touch with a plumber who can investigate your pipes and clear away whatever is causing the rotten odor.
Managing overflowing toilets is a major hassle for many residents in Fort Worth, Texas. Like drains, the piping system underneath toilets is especially prone to getting blocked over time. In these circumstances, the water will begin to fill the toilet bowl until it overflows. In most situations, a plunger can solve this issue. But when the clog is extremely deep, you will need to call a professional to dislodge it. Regardless of the severity of the clog, professional drain cleaning is the optimal way to free your system of the debris that is causing the overflow.


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Demand Drivers • By Esther Bond On 30 Jun 2020
UK Plans Translation and Interpreting Mega-Tender
The UK's Cabinet Office is preparing to launch a huge tender worth GBP 110m (USD 135m) over three years. The tender is expected to be published in late August 2020 and will be run by the Crown Commercial Service (CCS). The CCS is the UK's biggest public procurement organization.
The pan-government contract will cover language services to be used by a range of central government departments and UK public sector bodies, such as the police and devolved administrations in Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
The contract (Ref: RM6141) is intended to replace an existing framework contract, RM1092, which has been running since April 2016. A whopping GBP 250m tender, RM1092 was organized into 22 lots and awarded to 13 suppliers:
Capita Translation and Interpreting
Cintra Translation Ltd
Clarion Interpreting Limited
DA Languages Limited
Global Connections (Scotland) Ltd
ITL North East Ltd
K International PLC
Language Empire Ltd
London Borough of Newham (The Language Shop)
Prestige Network Limited
Sign Solutions (SLIA) Ltd
thebigword
WorldWide Language Resources Ltd
Originally a three-year contract with a one-year extension option, RM1092 should have expired in April 2020. However, an update on RM1092 published in April 2020 announced that it would be extended to April 2021 in order to "relieve pressure on the supply chain while short staffed [and] to help businesses to continue to deliver services and goods to customers," as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
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This coronavirus-related extension to the current contract explains why two prior information notices (PIN) were published to announce the same upcoming tender (RM6141).
The first PIN was published in March 2020 and asked both customers and suppliers to provide feedback through a short survey. The second PIN was published on June 26, 2020 and indicated that the CCS plans to run a webinar to elicit suggestions and feedback from the market on the proposed structure of the framework. At present, the proposed structure of the RM6141 tender is made up of six lots.
Lot 1: a national managed service lot to provide translation, transcription services as well as over-the-phone interpreting (OPI), video remote interpreting (VRI) and face-to-face interpreting, including verbal and sign language interpreting. Lot 1 will be delivered nationwide by a single supplier.
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Lot 2: for written translation, transcription, and ancillary services of documents including instruction documents, information leaflets, correspondence, and website and software localization. Services will also include proofreading, typesetting, e-learning, and campaign collateral. The CCS will award Lot 2 to a sole supplier nationally, and specified that "the supplier may be required to deliver any of the services using human and/or computer aided tools."
The CCS will award the translation lot to a sole supplier nationally, and specified that "the supplier may be required to deliver any of the services using human and/or computer aided tools."
Lot 3: for OPI and VRI (not including sign language) and will be awarded to a single supplier for national coverage.
Lot 4: for non-spoken language services (such as sign language and Braille) and will be awarded to one supplier per region, across 12 regions.
Lot 5: a regional managed service lot to provide translation, transcription, OPI, VRI, and face-to-face interpreting including sign language. The lot will be awarded to one supplier per region across the following 13 regions: North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humberside, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Overseas.
Lot 6: for quality assurance to assess the services provided by interpreters and translators used in the other lots. The quality assurance lot will be awarded to a sole supplier, responsible for delivering the service nationwide.
The CSS is asking prospective suppliers to hold or work toward eight specific certificates (standards), as follows:
Given that the services will involve handling material that the government considers official, secret, or top secret, bidders must also demonstrate that they are certified in Cyber Essentials and be able to prove rigorous security compliance.
The CSS webinar will be held on July 28, 2020, and interested parties should register before July 26, 2020. The CCS will decide on how the framework contract will, ultimately, be structured based on feedback.
Cabinet Office Capita TI Cintra Clarion Interpreting Crown Commercial Service DA Languages Global Connections ITL North East K International Language Empire London Borough of Newham Prestige Network public sector procurement Sign Solutions (SLIA) The Language Shop thebigword WorldWide Language Resources
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In the customer loyalty survey process, one of the keys is to make sure that your survey addresses all of the product and service attributes that are important to your customers. Seems simple and logical, doesn't it? But as they always say, it's not always as easy as it seems.
Determining what is important to a customer is the subject of a recent post in this blog. And to determine what should go into that list of "potentially important" things is the subject of this blog item. These potentially important areas are the source material for the questions in your survey and are very important.
Getting a full and representative set of potentially important areas is critical in developing your survey. Remember that if you don't include all of the areas that are important to your customer in your "big list", as I call it, then your survey will provide the wrong feedback. You will simply have the wrong information on what is important to your customers and any action you take on the basis of this information may be flawed.
There are three key sources of potentially important things.
While this is easy, and fast, it is not necessarily the best place to find attributes that are important to your customers. Like everyone else, your staff have their own set of views and filters, especially if they work in product development. They will often tend to think that what they think is important, i.e. the product feature they have been involved with, is important to customers as well.
It is common that internal company perceptions of which service attributes are important do not match with customer perceptions of what is important. When questions are generated exclusively from in-house material and staff input this can easily lead to a customer survey that asks irrelevant questions and does not capture what really drives customer loyalty.
By all means ask your staff what they think customers care about, but make sure that you also source some ideas from elsewhere.
Desk research means looking at all of the available information in your business and trying to extract potentially important ideas from it. Think about all of the existing customer feedback processes, complaint data, market research, product development input, etc, that you have in the organisation, and get it out.
Review the information to see if you can identify any themes that might be important to customers and add them to your list.
Also, look at on-line and at the academic research to see if you can find useful references that can also be used. Access to this information is now easier than ever so make sure that you use it.
Lastly, ask you customers. Obvious isn't it really, but few organisations take this last critical step.
The most effective approach is to perform qualitative interviews of a representative sample of your customers. You can do this either face to face or over the telephone.
Interviews will generally last between 30 and 60 minutes and, if done properly, will generate a range of feedback for the "potentially important" attribute process.
How you perform the interviews is also important. You need to be as open with your questions as possible and not lead customers responses.
We often use the Convergent Interview technique when performing these interviews. It allows a relatively open starting point and reduces the chances that you will miss a key potentially important area.
When performing these interviews we find that the face to face approach works very well. After about 15 interviews per customer segment, the number of new themes coming from the interview process falls dramatically. At that point we can bring together the data into series of themes, key points or potentially important areas for use in the survey process.
So now after looking at these three sources you should have a good, broad list set of potentially important attributes. This then is the source material for generating the customer survey questions.
If you take this approach to the development of your survey questions the chances of missing an important driver of customer loyalty is substantially reduced and the success of your survey process improved.


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SAFETY TAKES A FRONT SEAT IN THIS HOT SHOW CAR
Las Vegas, Nevada (October 31, 2006) – If the thought of crisp mountain air, fresh powder and breathtaking vistas isn't enough to set your mind racing, the Volvo C30 concept by Heico Sportiv and Burton Snowboards will. Customized, sport tuned and outfitted for active lifestyles, this one-of-a-kind show car embodies the snowboarding spirit of living life to the fullest.
This cool ride is aimed at driving enthusiasts who are just as passionate about their cars as they are about the great outdoors. Never willing to settle for the norm, their quest for adventure knows no bounds. Conquering the halfpipe, pushing the limits at board parks or heading for the backcountry is what it's all about. Since their clothing, choice of music and attitude defy convention, so too does this spin on Volvo's new sport compact.
Heico, the premier Volvo tuner in Europe, partnered with Burton Snowboards, the world's leading snowboard company, for the C30 project. The cargo compartment is tricked out with an integrated snowboard storage system complete with boot, helmet and gear storage units. 2008 Burton Vapor snowboards, C60 bindings and SL-10 boots will also be showcased with the concept car. Custom blue LED lighting makes the gear glisten in the dark like so many snowflakes on a moonlit winter night.
At home on the switchbacks or the road to the slopes, the Heico/Burton C30 concept is part Paris-Dakar raider, part efficient weekend gear hauler and part stylish, sporty performer. It wears a Heico-Ice 7-stage pearl-effect paint scheme with a wicked "camo" theme. Heico's custom fabricated full body kit adds a unique front fascia with "cornering" fog lights, a sport grille, side skirts and fender flares plus a rear skirt with integrated diffuser panel.
Heico energized the C30's powerplant with an extra rush of adrenaline. Volvo's 2.5-liter Euro-spec engine is fitted with performance enhancements including a modified Borg-Warner turbo and wastegate and air-to-air intercooler with electronically adjusted water injection, all managed by Heico's power upgrade ECU. Spent exhaust gases are routed through a Metal racing catalyst mated to Heico's stainless steel sport exhaust finished with quad-tip pipes.
With an estimated 300 horsepower at 5,500 rpm and 310 lb.-ft. of torque on tap, long drives to the wilderness are transformed from a routine chore to an extreme sport. When the traffic clears, downshift the 6-speed manual gearbox, put the pedal to the metal and ear-to-ear grins are guaranteed. Of course, Volvo recommends that the driver observe all posted speed limits.
Right out of the box, the stock C30 channels the engine's torque to the front wheels. Thinking outside the box, Heico transformed the show car to full-time all-wheel drive. By no means is this a slam-dunk conversion. Serious engineering work was needed to get it right.
Heico collaborated with the pros at Haldex of Sweden, world-renown for their track record as an OEM supplier of AWD components to Volvo Cars. The C30 concept is fitted with electronically controlled AWD with custom software integration that automatically transfers more power to the wheels with the best grip. The benefits on slippery surfaces are obvious, yet AWD also improves handling on completely dry roads.
Active enthusiasts expect flexibility as well as performance. So this special C30 is decked out with front and rear Heico coil-over suspension that's adjustable for ride height. Carving corners with glee while turning heads in the process is the job of Volution® 8 x 18-inch sport alloy wheels shod with Toyo R888 245/40R-18 tires. In between the action, scope out the custom designed Heico pattern on the tread.
Because all good rides have to come to an end, stomping on the binders brings the C30 to a stop with authority. The brakes feature Heico 4-piston calipers with 320mm custom vented and slotted rotors in front and 285mm kits in the back. A vibrant blue hue has been applied to the calipers for a totally rad look.
The cabin has the look and feel of premium quality materials. Modified Volvo sport bucket seats are trimmed with handcrafted "Lugano" leather in black and alpaca gray hides with gray stitching and embossed with the Burton logo. Heico further enhanced the interior with its aluminum sport pedals and footrest, shift knob, e-brake handle, door pin set and floor mats. The thick-rimmed steering wheel with auxiliary controls is trimmed to match the seat upholstery.
The real kicker is the custom leather center console featuring integrated iPOD™ and Motorola MOTO Q units plus Bluetooth hands-free communication. Volvo's Premium Sound System delivers 650 watts through 10 Dynaudio® speakers. Dolby® Pro Logic II Surround sound reproduces audio tracks with such clarity it's like taking your favorite band along for an awesome journey to the slopes.
Las Vegas, Nevada (October 31, 2006) – Whether it's snowboarding, mountain biking or rock climbing, outdoor enthusiasts have one thing in common: Safety plays a pivotal role in their ability to enjoy the sport. Manufacturers test their products to ensure they will perform under extreme conditions should the unexpected occur. Heico Sportiv's modified C30 upholds Volvo's core value of safety.
Based on the European spec version of the production C30, all of the show car's safety features remain intact and functional. That was Volvo's prerequisite for accepting the project that Heico and Burton embraced with gusto. As one of Europe's leading Volvo tuners, Heico knows the importance of safety on the street as well as the racetrack.
Heico went the extra mile to add all-wheel drive to its C30 concept to segue with the theme of increased traction during outdoor adventure. At this time there are no plans to offer the production C30 with AWD. However, as the C30 shares the same technologies as the S40 sedan and V50 sport wagon, it's not an impossibility.
The C30 is equipped with Volvo's Dynamic Stability and Traction Control (DSTC) system. This responds instantly when it detects any tendency of the vehicle to skid, reducing engine power and braking the appropriate wheels to help the diver maintain smooth control over the car. To aid the driver when reversing, Heico incorporated a rear view camera.
Heico modified the C30's brakes to provide additional stopping power. This works in concert with the standard anti-locking brake system. The driver can slam on the brakes and steer quickly out of trouble at the same time. ABS is supplemented by Electronic Brakeforce Distribution (EBD) which regulates braking force to the rear wheels. Plus, Emergency Brake Assist (EBA) helps the driver utilize the brakes to the fullest. If the system detects that the brake pedal is not being pressed hard enough, it immediately steps in and provides just the right amount of braking force needed to bring the car to a standstill in the shortest possible distance.
Dual-stage airbags, safety belt tensioners in all four seating positions, force limiters on the front belts and collapsible pedals help protect the occupants of the car in a frontal collision. The steering column deforms in a controlled manner in a horizontal movement to interact with the airbag as effectively as possible. SIPS (Side Impact Protection System), side impact airbags and IC (Inflatable Curtains) contribute to effective protection in side impacts.
While the C30 is shorter than the S40, its body structure is engineered to contribute to controlled deformation. The front structure is divided into zones that are constructed of different grades of steel with different deformation characteristics, to distribute and absorb collision forces in a controlled and effective manner. The lower side members are designed to help prevent the front wheels from being forced into the cabin in a collision.
Cross members, sills and door pillars are solidly constructed to keep the cabin as intact as possible in a collision. The rear safety structure is designed with an optimized mix of different grades of steel to provide strength and carefully controlled deformation in a rear impact. The rear side members are designed to absorb most of the impact forces in the early phases of a rear impact.
Outstanding outward visibility, a hallmark of Volvo design, continues with the smallest Volvo. The C30's unique shape, with its vast expanse of side glass, creates a panoramic view from all four seats. The inwardly curving rear side windows and the unique glass tailgate provide excellent rearward visibility. Well placed rear seats, with their theater style layout gives passengers in the back a good view through the front side windows.
Volvo continues to pioneer new driver support systems. To make it easier for the driver to detect other vehicles in the blind spot at the side of the car, Volvo's Blind Spot Information System (BLIS) will be available as on option on the production C30. The system uses cameras mounted in the side door mirrors to register if another vehicle is in the blind spot. If a vehicle is detected, a lamp located at the base of the A-pillar illuminates to alert the driver of the situation.
Heico Sportiv was founded outside of Frankfurt, Germany in 1995. It has grown to become Europe's leading Volvo tuning firm. Heico has the longest running history of endurance racing featuring Volvo cars spanning 12 years. This serves as the engineering basis for offering high-quality components for Volvo road cars. Please refer to www.heicosportivna.com for more information.
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About Burton Snowboards
In 1977, Jake Burton Carpenter founded Burton Snowboards out of his Vermont barn. Since then, Burton has fueled the growth of snowboarding worldwide through its groundbreaking product lines, its grassroots efforts to get the sport accepted at resorts and its team of top snowboarders. In 1996, Burton began growing its family of brands to include board sports equipment and apparel brands. Privately held and owned by Jake, Burton's headquarters are in Burlington, Vermont with international offices in Innsbruck, Austria and Tokyo, Japan. For more information, visit www.burton.com.
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НАДЕЖНАЯ БЕЗОПАСНОСТЬ – НА УЛИЦАХ И НА ГОНОЧНОЙ ТРАССЕ
июл 06, 2006 ID: 5169


I was done with leadership.
It was no fun. It ends with a bullet. I had all kinds of clever statements.
The truth is I got done with leadership because I wasn't very good at it. I got tired of not being allowed to be me. But it wasn't them not allowing me to be me. I was not allowing me to be me.
If you go and engage in any leadership activity, you're stepping into the world of little or no agreement - leadership can mean signing up to get attacked. You're really not protected and if you're protected it takes away from the experience.
No matter whether I'm leading a ride, working with an individual guy, or coaching a team in an organization…What I do is the same: having people get where they are at and work towards achieving what they say they are committed to.
One of the challenges of our culture in leadership today is how left-brain oriented we are.
Riding a motorcycle is one of the easiest ways to free yourself of being locked up you could ever have, at least for me. If you're not present there are real consequences, especially if you're going through terrain. You're aware with all your senses, the way things smell, the way things sound, the way they feel, although mostly what you're hearing is the rumble of the V-twin and The Allman Brothers album that's being played.
I think it's the equivalent of meditation or yoga. To do so with the group of other people is really impactful.
You weren't just born to pay bills and die. This is the adventure of your life.
Mike Shereck is a speaker, author, executive coach and business consultant who has helped hundreds of clients – many of whom are in manufacturing and construction – not only create thriving businesses, but experience increased satisfaction and fulfillment across the board. His new book is Berwyn Rules: Leadership Secrets of 26th Street.
Praise for Mike Shereck Coaching from local riders.
He reinforces ideas that I don't have to be afraid of speaking my mind. This is important because in running for public office, things can get nasty. I don't allow that nastiness. I will always be able to answer, challenge, and come back. I insist stuff gets done in my community.
I'm comfortable with myself and not so afraid with what people are thinking and more sure of myself and my own ideas and thoughts. Not afraid to speak up, not afraid to give my opinion.
Before coaching with Mike, things would come up in my job and it would get talked about and if I found I was not in agreement with anyone I would not say anything. Later I would agonize about not having spoken, thinking about all the things i should have done and should have said - late at night. I kept thinking, I'm on these boards and I'm on the council and I should be speaking my part. Sometimes if I did speak, it was not well received and it would reinforce my shyness. Now it is not like that.
I'll never forget how inspired I felt after that first 45 minute call with Mike. Every single time I get off the phone with him that same feeling shows up regardless of where I was at at the beginning of the call. Just in terms of being excited to live life. I get that from coaching with him and from chatting with him.
Mike is OK that you don't have a perfect vision. Part of what I've enjoyed with Mike is that he's had me look at my vision many many times and he's totally cool with it not being super defined. With other coaches it's like, "we gotta get a vision, what's your vision, where are you going?" He's like "cool, you're 32. Are you happy? Are you doing the things you love to do?" and I'm like "Yeah." "Then, let's just keep creating it as we go." He was totally accepting of where I was at and allowed me to be in my process. He never got so "you have to do it this way."
He was totally accepting of how I needed to be coached... creating this vision as we go and we know we're going to go to the west coast we just don't know where we're going to end up.
I chuckle because this is the thing I probably enjoy the most about Mike. We haven't used a ton of tools. He'll shoot me articles, but his coaching is so simple, which is why it is so brilliant. We just get down to looking at my values, principles, what is this in service of, am I in integrity with what I'm doing? He has these principles he bases his coaching on and I enjoy that we're not doing all these crazy tools, tools are great, but its really simple coaching in the best way.


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Newly wed bride reveals wedding heartbreak after passport delay left her unable to go on honeymoon
By Harry Harrison, Katie Brooks
14th Jul 2022, 1:10pm
A newly wed bride has shared how she had to miss her honeymoon because her new passport didn't arrive in time.
Daniella Cheetham, 27, had ordered her new passport with her married name on in March ready for their honeymoon but heartbreakingly found out on her wedding day that it wouldn't arrive in time.
She said: "Even though it was my wedding day I was heartbroken. We haven't been on a holiday with just us two without the kids. It was what we needed with the year after Covid."
The 27-year-old and her husband Matt revealed they have been left out of pocket following passport office assurances that it would arrive, which meant they didn't cancel their honeymoon in time to receive a refund, according to The Star.
Daniella and husband, Matt, on their wedding day. The pair were unable to go on their honeymoon after Daniella found out on the morning of her wedding she'd be unable to collect her passport from the office the next day.
The mum from Sheffield said: "Easyjet said there was nothing they could do and we had to scrimp and save to even afford this holiday. We haven't rebooked because we couldn't afford it."
Daniella contacted her MP, Labour's Shadow Transport Secretary Louise Haigh, about the 12 week wait for her passport and the MP said the government was failing holidaygoers.
"From processing passports to getting people through airports, this hapless Tory government are so mired in scandal and chaos they can't even get the basics right," Haigh said.
Despite the passport situation, Daniella still enjoyed a "magical" wedding day with her now-husband, adding: "It was such a lovely day. It was the best day we could have asked for. It went just as we planned it, it was really, really lovely."
Louise HaighEasyJetSheffieldLabour


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By Heyun Jeong | Staff
Student groups make final push for voter registration
ASUC OKs new management structure for Cal Lodge
Now-full ASUC executive board cooperates to achieve goals
The ASUC Senate passed bills supporting the preservation of Lick Observatory, a state proposition and a new research campus on Wednesday evening.
Adopted with unanimous consent, the bills establish the ASUC's support for the different issues and order executives to write up letters or public statements on behalf of the ASUC.
In response to talks of terminating UC funding for Lick Observatory by 2018, CalSERVE Senator Lavanya Jawaharlal sponsored SB 25 to show support in continuing the observatory's operations. The bill establishes a committee of students to raise awareness and propose alternative funding options and urges the UC Office of the President to recommit funds.
The talks of disinvestment make it "difficult to get outside funding, when private donors are wondering why they should invest money when the UC is cutting funding," Jawaharlal said.
The committee, which will be made up of two senators and five appointed students, will work on increasing communication with the campus administration and raising student awareness not only on the UC Berkeley campus, but also across the entire UC system.
"It's a UC-system owned observatory and not just Berkeley," she said. "It affects all campuses. … It's important to raise student awareness and mobilize all of the UC system students."
According to Jawaharlal, the ASUC is the first student government to pass such a bill or create a special committee for the observatory.
The senate also passed a bill in support of Proposition 47, which would reclassify certain crimes to misdemeanors instead of felonies.
Sponsored by CalSERVE Senator Yordanos Dejen, the bill states that the proposition "will ensure that prison spending is focused on violent and serious offenses and will maximize alternatives for non-serious, nonviolent crime."
The senate also showed support for plans of a research campus to be built in Richmond if a community benefits agreement is established, which stipulates that community benefits are provided by a developer in conjunction with the development they are pursuing.
The Richmond Bay Campus, which will be developed in phases over the next 40 years, will provide additional research facilities for both UC Berkeley and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Bill sponsor and CalSERVE Senator Austin Pritzkat said he supports the campus if a community benefits agreement is established.
Finance officer Dennis Lee was also confirmed as one of the two undergraduate representatives to the Student Union Board. He will replace Arushi Saxena and serve for the rest of the year with Ismael Contreras.
Lee said he hopes to increase transparency by connecting the Student Union and the ASUC as the board focuses on overseeing commercial activities concerning the new Student Union, set to open next fall.
The next senate meeting will be Wednesday.
Heyun Jeong covers student government. Contact her at [email protected] and follow her on Twitter @heyunjeong.
Correction(s):
A previous version of this article stated that the ASUC Senate passed a bill supporting the Richmond Bay Campus. In fact, they support the community bill agreement for the development of the campus.
Arushi Saxena, CalSERVE, Dennis Lee, Ismael Contreras, Lavanya Jawaharlal, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Lick Observatory, Richmond, Richmond Bay Campus, student union, Student Union Board, UC Office of the President, Yordanos Dejen


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I spent the morning working on the novel revision (specifically growling over the bit with Pandora, which isn't subtle enough yet). At 11:45 I walked to K's house, and from there we walked to Hackney City Farm, where we had lunch in the café. I got in about an hour's walking altogether. After lunch we descended vulture-like on Woolworth's. I spent £15 on Christmas tree lights (multicolor) and basic ornaments (silver), getting more than enough to cover the 5′ tree I'd decided would work in my flat.
This is where I should mention this is my very first Christmas-tree-at-my-place ever. I usually just pick up trimmings at tree lots or farmer's markets (in 2006 I got a massive pile of free boughs at Eastern Market in DC), then tie them up with ribbon and put them on shelves and mantles. But this year will also be my very first Christmas not-in-Southern-California, so a whole tree seemed to be in order.
And it is indeed a whole tree, potted roots and all. I'll have to find I good home for it after the holidays, but I have a few ideas in mind.
Back to Woolie's: while K and I were in line a woman brazenly walked past the ten-person queue and told the person at the front that she needed to go next. That person didn't put up a fight, but the second person in line — a woman with a single item — protested. The line jumper said she had to get to Highbury (don't we all have to get somewhere?) and that it would only be a few minutes more. Then a register opened up and she went to it with her massive basket of stuff. Normally this is the kind of thing I would get confrontational about, but 1) I was in a good mood, and 2) I was too busy watching the other people in the queue also let her get away with it. I'm still thinking about various social contracts and how tenuous they are.
However, on the bus on the way back a young woman offered her seat to the much older one I was standing next to, so humanity came out about even in my little corner of the world.
But now it is late. Tomorrow I'll make with Part 2: Shouldering the Shoulder.
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