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Dark Ages - SOULFLY
It's been a while since I dove headfirst into a SOULFLY album. After the self-titled debut and "Primitive", I stopped paying attention and missed out on "3" and "Prophecy". I half-expected album number five to be a watered down, more commercially oriented, "nu" type of album. To say I was "shocked" at the blisteringly metallic ...
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SEPULTURA To Premiere New Song During Hometown Performance
According to a posting on their official web site, Brazilian thrashers SEPULTURA will premiere one new song during their performance with SLIPKNOT on August 23 in São Paulo, Brazil. SEPULTURA will enter Trama Studios in São Paulo on August 15 to begin recording the follow-up to 2003's "Roorback", entitled "Dante 05". The band had previously ...
SOULFLY: THROWDOWN And INCITE To Provide Support On Upcoming Tour
According to SoulflyWeb.com, THROWDOWN and INCITE, a local Arizona band fronted by Ritchie Cavalera (stepson of SOULFLY mainman Max Cavalera), will be the opening acts on all of the dates on SOULFLY's upcoming U.S. tour. Confirmed dates so far are as follows: Oct. 13 - McAllen, TX @ La Villa Real Hall Oct. ...
SOULFLY: 'Prophecy' Demo Recordings Available For Download
SOULFLY fan site SoulflyWeb.com has uploaded demo versions of three of the tracks that were included on SOULFLY's last studio album, 2004's "Prophecy". Check out the songs "Prophecy", "Defeat U", and a cover of HELMET's "In the Meantime" at SoulflyWeb.com. The tracks were laid down in Phoenix, Arizona during the pre-production sessions for ...
SOULFLY Film Two New Promotional Videos In Serbia
While in Serbia last month, SOULFLY filmed two videos in support of the upcoming "Dark Ages" CD, due out on October 4 via Roadrunner Records. A video for "Frontlines" was filmed at a site that NATO bombed several years ago, and a clip for "Carved Inside" was shot at a 700-year-old fortress on the shores ...
Former MEGADETH Bassist To Join SOULFLY For Two Shows
Former MEGADETH and current F5 bassist Dave Ellefson will be filling in for SOULFLY bassist Bobby Burns at two SOULFLY live shows next week. Burns is unable to make the dates due to a "family emergency." The details are as follows: Aug. 12 – Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theatre Aug. 13 – Long Beach, CA ...
ROADRUNNER UNITED: 'The All-Star Sessions' To Surface In October
Roadrunner Records has put together a groundbreaking record to mark the label's 25th Anniversary. The group is called ROADRUNNER UNITED and the album titled "The All-Star Sessions". This full-length release, in stores on October 11, 2005, is a "master class" in hard rock/metal. Boasting 57 artists from 45 of Roadrunner's past and present bands, the ...
SOULFLY Live Video Featuring DEFTONES Frontman Posted Online
A video clip of SOULFLY peforming the song "Pain" — featuring special guests Chino Moreno of the DEFTONES and Ritchie Cavalera (SOULFLY mainman Max Cavalera's stepson) — at the Fields of Rock Festival on June 18, 2005 in Nijmegen, Netherlands, has been posted online at BandsVideos.com. SOULFLY's new album, "Dark Ages", is scheduled ...
HEARSE: Former ARCH ENEMY Frontman Signs With COLD RECORDS
Swedish "death 'n' roll" band HEARSE, featuring former ARCH ENEMY singer Johan Liiva, have inked a deal with Cold Records. The group recently issued their third album, "The Last Ordeal", through Holland's Karmageddon Media. Formed by longtime friends Max Thornell (drums) and Liiva, HEARSE recorded a demo before signing with Hammerheart Records. The band released ...
KATAKLYSM Singer Finishes Laying Down Vocals For New Album
KATAKLYSM vocalist Maurizio Iacono has issued the following update: "The artwork contest [for the upcoming KATAKLYSM album] is now over. We would like to thank everyone from our fans to artists from the four corners of the world that have sent in their visions. The response was great!! Now we've got to go through all ...
MANOWAR To Embark On 'Demons, Dragons And Warriors' World Tour With RHAPSODY, HOLYHELL
MANOWAR will be teaming up with RHAPSODY and HOLYHELL for the "Demons, Dragons And Warriors World Tour 2006" beginning next spring. Confirmed dates so far are as follows: Apr. 04 - Frankfurt, GER - Festhalle Apr. 06 - Munich, GER - Olympiahalle Apr. 07 - Stuttgart, GER - Schleyerhalle Apr. 08 - Nuremberg, GER - ...
SEPULTURA Begin Recording New Album
Brazilian thrashers SEPULTURA have entered Trama Studios in São Paulo, Brazil to begin recording their new studio album, "Dante 05", the follow-up to 2003's "Roorback". The band have previously used Trama Studios to record the "Revolusongs" EP, which included cover versions ranging from MASSIVE ATTACK to HELLHAMMER to JANE'S ADDICTION, and was included in the ...
ROB ZOMBIE Talks About Making Of 'The Devil's Rejects'
ROB ZOMBIE recently spoke to U-Press Telegram about his second feature film, "The "Devil's Rejects", and his headlining stint on the second stage of this year's Ozzfest, which kicked off on July 15 in Mansfield, MA. An excerpt from the interview follows: U-Press Telegram: Your wife has said that "One of the best ...
SEPULTURA Guitarist Begins Recording Solo Album
SEPULTURA guitarist Andreas Kisser has entered A Voz do Brasil studio in São Paulo, Brazil to begin recording his his first solo album, tentatively due in early 2006 via Holland's Mascot Records. No further information is currently available. As previously reported, SPV Records recently pushed back the projected release date of the new SEPULTURA album ...
SOULFLY Mainman's Stepson To Sing For GRIDLOKT
According to a posting on the SOULFLY fan site SoulflyWeb.com, SOULFLY mainman Max Cavalera's stepson, Ritchie Cavalera, will be practicing with Tempe, AZ band GRIDLOKT and will be filling in on vocals for them for a couple shows. Ritchie, who is also in the Phoenix band INCITE, sings on the SOULFLY tracks ...
KATAKLYSM: More Guest Appearances Announced
KATAKLYSM vocalist Maurizio Iacono has issued the following update: "I received a call today from our producer/guitarist J-F [Dagenais], informing me that the drums are almost all done and they sound monstrous!! Max once again has done a killer job and put a lot of feel into the songs. We're going less mechanical and more ...
SOULFLY: 'Dark Ages' Digipack To Include Bonus Tracks
In addition to the regular release of SOULFLY's "Dark Ages", there will also be a limited-edition three-panel digipack, according to Roadrunner Records U.K. The complete track listing for the digipack version is as follows: 01. The Dark Ages 02. Babylon 03. I And I 04. Carved Inside 05. Arise Again 06. Molotov 07. Frontlines 08. ...
KATAKLYSM Singer Says They Missed London Terrorist Attack By Two Days
KATAKLYSM vocalist Maurizio Iacono has issued the following update on the band's current and future activities: "We have just returned from a very successfull tour in Europe. The German shows were all packed and the open-air festival in Slovenia (Metal Camp) was really cool and so was With Full Force in Leipzig (Germany). We played ...
SEPULTURA: New Album To Surface In Early 2006
SPV Records has pushed back the projected release date of the new SEPULTURA album to early 2006. As previously reported, SEPULTURA's upcoming CD will be based on the "The Divine Comedy", widely considered the greatest epic poem of Italian literature, and one of the greatest of world literature. SEPULTURA's last album, "Roorback", was issued in ...
ILL NINO Slam SOULFLY Guitarist MARC RIZZO: 'Stop Crying Already!'
ILL NINO have hit back at former guitarist Marc Rizzo over his assertion that the band use backing tapes during their live performances and that he gave the group's lead singer, Cristian Machado, a "beatdown" after Machado allegedly "talked shit" about Rizzo's current band, SOULFLY, from the stage while on tour as the support act ...
SOULFLY Guitarist: ILL NINO 'Fake' Live Performances By Playing To A Tape
Metalrage.com recently conducted an interview with SOULFLY/ex-ILL NINO guitarist Marc Rizzo. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Metalrage.com: There's been this quote going around that Max Cavalera has labeled the new album "a calm and peacefull album." Explain to me what a calm SOULFLY album sounds like. Marc Rizzo: "You know ...
Drummer VINNY APPICE To Collaborate With Hardcore Rapper NECRO
Legendary BLACK SABBATH/DIO drummer Vinny Appice will be collaborating with hardcore Brooklyn rapper NECRO on a track for NECRO's upcoming release, "Circle of Tyrants". Also scheduled to appear on the CD is SEPULTURA drummer Igor Cavalera. NECRO's most recent album, "The Pre-Fix For Death" (Psycho-Logical Records), featured guest appearances by OBITUARY members John Tardy and ...
SEPULTURA Drummer To Collaborate With Hardcore Rapper NECRO
SEPULTURA drummer Igor Cavalera will be collaborating with hardcore Brooklyn rapper NECRO on a track for NECRO's upcoming release, "Circle of Tyrants". NECRO's most recent CD, "The Pre-Fix For Death" (Psycho-Logical Records), featured guest appearances by OBITUARY members John Tardy and Trevor Peres, Danny Lilker (NUCLEAR ASSAULT, ex-BRUTAL TRUTH), Danny Diablo (a.k.a. Lord Ezec of ...
Instinct - EKTOMORF
I'd always heard EKTOMORF were SOULFLY rip-offs, but I reserved judgment until I could actually hear one of the band's albums. Having now heard "Instinct", I must say that the word on the street is pretty damn accurate. Cloning SEPULTURA or SOULFLY may not be a bad thing if you're a fan of either band. ...
MAX CAVALERA Sings IRON MAIDEN's 'Killers' With PAUL DI'ANNO: Photos Available
Former IRON MAIDEN singer Paul Di'Anno was joined on stage by former SEPULTURA/current SOULFLY frontman Max Cavalera on May 28 at Dom Omladine in Belgrade, Serbia for a rendition of MAIDEN's "Killers". Check out pictures at this location. Christina Newport, daughter of SOULFLY manager and Max's wife, Gloria Cavalera, is married to Bojan ...
MINISTRY: 'Murderball' Movie Trailer Posted Online
The trailer to the documentary film "Murderball", featuring MINISTRY's song "Waiting", has been posted online at this location. This moving film, which took the Sundance Audience Award for favorite documentary and a jury prize for its editing, chronicles the lives of quadriplegics playing indoor rugby in wheelchairs rigged like Mad Max vehicles. More ...
ROADRUNNER 'All-Stars' Album: Progress Includes New Captain And New Team Members
Roadrunner Records has advanced in the process of putting together the groundbreaking "Roadrunner All-Stars" record to mark the label's 25th anniversary. The full-length release will contain original musical collaborations between past and present Roadrunner artists. Approximately 50 musicians are expected to participate in this record, making it a most elaborate collaboration project. Four central musicians ...
KATAKLYSM To Headline Quebec's EXTREME DISTORTION FESTIVAL
Canadian death metallers KATAKLYSM will be headlining the Extreme Distortion Festival on July 22 in Laval, Quebec. A possibility exists that a few more Canadian dates will be added for August. In the meantime, don't miss the worlwide live premiere of the song "Crippled & Broken", from the forthcoming album "In the Arms of Devastation", ...
SIGHT OF EMPTINESS To Support DARK TRANQUILLITY In Costa Rica
Costa Rica-based melodic death metallers SIGHT OF EMPTINESS have been confirmed as the support band for DARK TRANQUILLITY on June 15 at Planet Mall in San Jose, Costa Rica. SIGHT OF EMPTINESS cite their influences as DIMENSION ZERO, AT THE GATES, DARK TRANQUILLITY, IMPIOUS and THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, among others. SIGHT OF EMPTINESS is: ...
SOULFLY: 'Dark Ages' Final Track Listing Revealed
SOULFLY have finalzed the track listing for their new album, "Dark Ages", due on September 13 via Roadrunner Records. "Dark Ages" was produced by SOULFLY mainman Max Cavalera and was mixed by Terry Date, who has previously worked with PANTERA and DEFTONES, among others. "Dark Ages" final track listing: 01. The Dark Ages 02. Babylon ...


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The most shocking deaths in 'Game of Thrones' Season 8, episode 3
By Gina Salamone
Maisie Williams as Arya Stark in "Game of Thrones," Season 8, episode 3. (Helen Sloan/HBO)
WARNING: MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD FOR "GAME OF THRONES" SEASON 8, EPISODE 3
Winter has come and gone — and not everyone made it out alive.
Both beloved characters, and feared ones, were killed off during the epic battle at Winterfell castle in Sunday night's episode of "Game of Thrones."
Clocking in at an hour and 22 minutes, the third episode of Season 8 was the longest-ever installment of the hit HBO fantasy show.
The battle, in the making since Season 1 when the warning of "winter" was first given, featured the face-off between the living and the dead ― or the evil Night King's army of icy White Walkers and zombie-like creatures.
One 'Game of Thrones' spinoff has already been axed »
The biggest — and best — death of the night came when Arya Stark (Maisie Williams) showed up just as the Night King was about to harm her brother Bran. She jumped into the air with her dagger in hand, and though the Night King turned around in time to grab her by the throat, she still manages to stab him.
This not only kills the Night King, but as planned, also finishes off the White Walkers and wights, or the corpses he'd raised back to "life" to fight for him.
As predicted, episode 3 also saw the death of several protagonists.
Daenerys Targaryen, played by Emilia Clarke, cradles Jorah Mormont (Iain Glen) as he succumbs to his battle injuries in "Game of Thrones" Season 8, episode 3. (Helen Sloan/HBO)
Among the most significant was Jorah Mormont (Iain Glen), who died protecting his beloved Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke). Jorah got pretty beaten up through the course of the battle, but it wasn't until after the Night King was killed that we saw him slowly slip away, cradled in Dany's arms as she wept.
'Game of Thrones' star John Bradley is more excited than most that winter is finally here — here's why »
Also gone is Theon Greyjoy (Alfie Allen), a character who betrayed the honorable House Stark in the series' early days, but has fought hard to redeem himself in recent seasons. He volunteered to protect Bran as he acted as bait for the Night King, and lost his life lunging at the villain, who pierced Theon with a stick in his side.
Before Theon's last heroic act, Bran confirmed his redemption by telling him, "Theon, you're a good man. Thank you."
Alfie Allen as Theon Greyjoy in Season 8, episode 3 of "Game of Thrones." (Helen Sloan/HBO)
Early on in the episode, Lady Lyanna Mormont (Bella Ramsey) — a badass leader and fan favorite kid character — suffered one of the episode's most shocking and gruesome deaths.
The 'Game of Thrones' cast stays in touch via WhatsApp messaging service »
She was first bashed in the head by a giant that fought for the White Walkers. True to form, the battered and bloodied child refused to stand down and confronted the beast. He picked her up and crushed her to death in his hand, but not before she stabbed him in the eye with dragonglass, killing him.
Despite the tragic deaths, all of the main characters — besides the Night King — are going into the next episode with their lives in tact and they managed to win the battle at Winterfell.
*SPOILERS AHEAD* 'Game of Thrones' season 8 recap
With the Night King gone, they're ready to take on their next enemy — the just-as-evil Cersei Lannister (Lena Headey). Things should get interesting now that her brother/lover/baby-daddy Jaime Lannister (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) is fighting for the other side.
There are just three episodes left in this final season of "Game of Thrones."
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When you install Windows 10, Windows asks for creating a username and password which is used to login as administrator in Windows 10. This may be the main account for logging in to Windows but it is not the actual administrator account.
The super-administrator account is disabled by default in Windows 10 for security reasons. The difference between a built-in administrator account and the one you are using is that the built-in admin account does not get UAC prompts for running applications in administrative mode.
In this article, we will discuss about enabling the hidden administrator account in Windows 10. The same also applies to Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows 7.
There are quite a few ways to enable the hidden administrator account in Windows 10. Let's discuss them one by one. You can use any method which is comfortable for you.
Don't forget to password protect the Administrator account by setting a new password. By default, the administrator account will have no password.
After enabling the administrator user, you will see the user on the login screen. Just click on the administrator username and enter the password to login as administrator in your Windows 10 computer.
After enabling the administrator user, log off from your current account and you will see the Administrator user visible on the login screen. Click on it and login using the password you just set.
In the right-hand pane, open "Accounts: Administrator account status.
This is disabled by default. Enable to setting to enable the administrator account.
Go to Users and select New user from Actions menu.
Once the user is created, double-click the username to open account Properties.
Go to Member Of tab, click the Add button.
Type administrator in the object name field and press Check Names button.
Double-click the username from the list of local users to open account Properties.
Right-click the user you want to delete and select Delete.
Press Yes to delete the user immediately.
Although it is not recommended to enable and login as administrator in Windows, if it is a requirement, you can always use any of the methods given in this article to enable and use administrator account. Just handle the super admin account with care.
I have the same problem. I was trying to delete an app, which was not allowed as only by administrator. I went to "settings" page and then accounts section, then checked my user group administrator status. I made the mistake of changing that to user only. Then cannot change back. Yet, app management was not allowed even before I did that. On chat with Microsoft, went in circles there that ended up to "Reset Windows 10." Geesh.
After you reset your system does everything seems ok?
My issue is clearly way deeper in the system.
This Snapin can't be used with this edition of Win 10, Go to user accounts in Cont Panel – where there is no appropriate heading.
The dreaded 'NO' box accompanied by the windows (you loose) 'bongs'!
To continue, enter an admin user name and password.
This means that I can't even allow the JAVA update which has been 'nagging' for some days – as I have no authority what so ever over MY computer!
I've spent 20+ hours chasing this which included contact with Microsoft who did a re-install (without actually asking).
Fortunately I had backed up all my personal files before contacting them!
The only noticeable effect being that I then possessed a US configured keyboard!!!
@ and " swap places but don't tell you so you begin 'hunt the needle Microsoft version'!
This little trick (illogically) requires a visit to Time & Language in Settings to rectify.
Linux continues to look better and better!
I have tried may other suggestions and am beginning to consider a full WIN 10 re-install.
This clearly something buried much deeper that I can find.
I'm also having the same problem.
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SHAPE.AG (formerly SHAPE Services) is a cross-platform independent software vendor and web-based services provider. The company develops instant messaging, social networking, productivity, entertainment, games, media and location-based applications for Apple iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad, BlackBerry, Windows Phone/Windows Mobile, Android, Symbian S60, UIQ, J2ME, and HP/Palm webOS mobile platforms.

About the company
SHAPE.AG (with AG standing for Apps&Games  )is a worldwide operating company headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany and offices in Germany and Ukraine. The company was founded in 2002 and as of 2011 had more than 60 employees.
In May 2008 SHAPE acquired Warelex LLC, the US developer of multimedia applications and technologies for mobile devices.
In July 2011 SHAPE has agreed to acquire Crisp App, the Hong Kong-based developer of the fone app for iOS.
In 2011 the company added location-based instant messaging service Neighbors into IM+ application.
In 2012 SHAPE raised $10 million from Russian investment firm Finam.
In March 2012 SHAPE officially changed its name from SHAPE Services to SHAPE.AG (AG stands for Apps&Games ).

Current products
The company's best-known software products include:
IM+ - multiprotocol multiplatform mobile instant messenger.
IM+ Web - multiprotocol web instant messenger.
New: Sicher - free mobile cross-platform secure messenger with encrypted file transfer.
Business Card Reader - OCR utility for business cards processing and saving of contacts in address book.
iDisplay - utility allowing to use devices running on Android OS and iOS as a secondary display for Windows and Mac computers.
RDM+ - multiplatform remote access application for mobile devices.
CheckIn+/CheckIn Pro - an augmented reality app that overlays user's current surroundings with places from select geolocation applications, allowing users to see each notable destination relative to its position in the real world.
Chat for GTalk - monoclient instant messenger for Google Talk/Google+.

See also
Mobiola
Skype - Skype VoIP program
MSN Messenger - MSN instant messenger
Yahoo! Messenger - Yahoo! instant messenger

References

External links
SHAPE Services homepage
Warelex homepage
Mobiola homepage
RDM+ homepage
IM+ Web homepage
Sicher website

Mobile software
Instant messaging
Business software

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Able to turn around 20-45 second videos after footage is captured quickly.
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Forget QI and MagSafe, Xiaomi just announced Air Charge technology
By Chris Smith January 29, 2021 9:01 pm GMT
We've seen plenty of developments in wireless charging over the last couple of years. The OnePlus 8T could offer 65W wireless replenishment, while Apple's proprietary MagSafe tech has a ton of potential.
However, as good as these solutions are becoming, they still have one major drawback; they require your phone to be connected to a surface to do the job. Xiaomi wants to change all that with a truly wireless charging solution.
In a blog post, the company has introduced the Mi Air Charge technology, a future-thinking concept which it says will remotely charge devices from elsewhere in the room.
The new tech uses a base station containing 144 antennas, which can transfer energy to the phone using a "extremely narrow millimetre-wide beam" capable of transmitting continuous 5W charging (within a few metres) to a compatible smartphone.
Xiaomi says the system will eventually support multiple devices including smartphones and speakers – even smartwatches while you're wearing them. You'll also be able to charge on the move, when gaming, or even when there's objects impeding the direct line of sight.
Xiaomi explains: "The core technology of Xiaomi's remote charging lies in space positioning and energy transmission. Xiaomi's self-developed isolated charging pile has five phase interference antennas built in, which can accurately detect the location of the smartphone. A phase control array composed of 144 antennas transmits millimeter-wide waves directly to the phone through beamforming."
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The company goes onto say: "Soon our living room devices, including speakers, desk lamps and other small smart home products, will all be built upon a wireless power supply design, completely free of wires, making our living rooms truly wireless."
Xiaomi says the concept is based on technology rather than science fiction, but there's no indication of when the tech might by introduced as a consumer product. We're not too sure about a device with 144 antennas in our living rooms at all times, from a safety perspective, but we'll reserve judgement until Xiaomi unveils the product in full.
By Chris Smith
Chris Smith is a freelance technology journalist for a host of UK tech publications, including Trusted Reviews. He's based in South Florida, USA. …


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Lloyds returns to private hands meanwhile the euro continues to surge
Adrian Holliday 06:39, 17 May 2017 News
For traders News and features News Lloyds returns to private hands meanwhile the euro continues to surge
It's anticipated the FTSE 100 may open lower this morning after racking up it's best ever performance yesterday, hitting 7,522 points thanks to robust mining support. The US markets closed yesterday with the Nasdaq up 20 points at 6,170 while the S&P 500 was a touch soft, down two points to 2,400.
It was a bad day for the dollar, losing strength across most headline currencies as worries that the US economy may be cooling continued. Oil prices were also on the retreat with Brent crude down a dollar per barrel.
This morning the euro was maintaining its stride at 1.11070 while the pound was at 1.29405. We have EU Consumer Price Index data at 10am with US Crude Oil Inventories arriving at 3.30pm.
UK FTSE 100 7,522.03 +0.91%
Dow 20,979.75 -0.01%
S&P 500 2,400.67 -0.07%
Nasdaq 6,169.87 +0.33%
DAX 30 12,804.53 -0.02%
CAC 40 5,406.10 -0.21%
Gold 1,243.40 +0.30%
Oil WTI 48.26 -0.82%
Government sells final shares
The big company news this morning is Lloyds. "Lloyds Banking Group welcomes the news today," the company said in a statement this morning, "that the government has sold its remaining stake, returning the Group to full private ownership."
More than £20.3bn of taxpayer cash was used to save Lloyds and more than 57,000 jobs cut. Including dividend payments the overall £20bn, which gave the public a 43% stake at one point, has been recouped. Lloyds recently reported a £4.3bn profit.
However the profit for taxpayers is thought to be just £894m. While returned to the private sector – the government has been steadily selling off chunks of Lloyds for the last five years – Royal Bank of Scotland remains largely in public hands, 73% owned by UK taxpayers.
SSE dividend up
Next, SSE which issued preliminary numbers this morning. Operating profit climbs 2.7% to £1,874m while adjusted earnings per share is 5.2% up, to 125.7p. The full-year dividend climbs 2.1% to 91.3p.
Results for 2016/17 are significantly higher than those for 2015/16 due to the impact on reported profit before tax of significant exceptional charges incurred in 2015/16, says SSE.
SSE says it's targeting an annual increase in the full-year dividend that is at least equal to RPI inflation. SSE shares are at 1,444.43p, down -6.75% YTD. JP Morgan Cazenove recently indicated 6.8% potential upside on the shares with a 1540p target price.
Impact of late Easter
Lastly we drop by at pub player Mitchells & Butlers. For the 28 weeks to 8 April like-for-like sales are up 1.6% while adjusted operating profit is clipped to £149m compared to £156m this time last year. These numbers are affected by a late Easter Mitchells & Butlers says.
On a reported basis there's total revenue of £1,123m compared to £1,096m this time last year. Margins have been impacted by increased costs, most notably from wage inflation, property costs and exchange rate movements, says the company.
"Overall, we are pleased with the turnaround in our sales trajectory and relative performance against the market," the company said in a statement.
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Simhope is the leading die casting machine manufacturer in Taiwan, mainly produces high pressure die casting machine, hot chamber die casting machine and cold chamber die casting machine.
Sincerity: Based on faithful and real attitude,to achieve customer's quality requirements.
Responsibility:Thoroughly research for customer's need. We dedicate to making profit for both investors and laborers.
Progressive:Always making effort to improve the quality of products and service.
Innovation:Insisting on excellence and dedicated to R&D our products.
Utilizing all of the resources effectively and efficiently.
Promote the quality of products constantly.
We will do the best to satisfy our customer requirements.
We believe quality is created form manufacturing instead of inspecting.
Keep on R&D to create high-value-added die casting machines for our customers.
Simhope Industrial Co., Ltd. was established in July 1984, engaged in mechanical parts processing.
Purchase the giant floor type milling machine from Japanese Toshiba.
R & D manufacturing Zinc alloy / Aluminum alloy die casting machine and peripheral equipment sales at local and foreign.
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Passed the ISO 9001: 2000 edition of quality certification.
Get integrated die-casting machines and welding jigs and other patented.
Acquisition of large automatic coordinate measuring Leading machine.
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If your not feeling it, how do you start?
There are different stages to reach when endevouring to love for God. The first one is sraddha (faith), sadhu-sanga (meeting a pure devotee and becoming his disciple), bhajana-kriya (devotional service), anarta-nivritti (removing material obstacles), nistha (steadiness) , ruci (taste), asakti (attachment), bhava (love).
I'm in the bhajana-kriya stage (I think – but I do need sadhu-sanga badly) and if I had been working on my spiritual life I would have noticed progress in that material obstacles would have faded away. Instead I found the perfect way for me to remember doing my gayatri. After some days managing to do it three times every day, I stopped. I sat there, thinking: "I don't want to do gayatri". So I didn't and haven't done since.
And ever since I have been wondering: How do you go from not wanting to do something, to wanting?
I kind of know the answer for me. I love to read, and I also like doing japa. So that's what I'm trying to do – to create some kind of enthusiasm. But still, this is bothering me. It's not only that I don't want to be doing gayatri. It's just one symptom. It's that I don't want to do much service at all. The truth is, I feel all the devotees are doing service to me. My Gurudeva is certainly serving me – there is nothing I do for the service of my Gurudeva. He has written all these amazing books, with such deep siddhanta. His disciples are really experts in book publishing… and pretty much everything else. What am I doing? Not even following his words.
When I don't even want to do any service, I cling to what I do want: Reading devotional literature and some japa now and then. But how can there be any progress then? I haven't really progressed at all, I might have gone backwards in my spiritual progress for all I know.
This bothers me. I'm worried that whatever shadow of sadhana I have is "mere weariness of the tongue". I'm not really living anything.
Some months ago I met an aquaintance of mine through the krishna community in oslo. I told him about my lack of progress and my worry about it. I don't remember exactly what he said but he somehow made me aware of another area where I have progressed a lot: as a human being. I have become more resilient in so many areas: difficulties, dealing with shortcomings – my own and others, knowing myself. I have made great strides the last few years, I just don't see the immediate spiritual connection to it. But at the same time, I'm convinced that these are changes that are neccessary to spiritual life. To progress spiritually, you have to be resilient. You have to be able to deal with difficulties arising wether it is your own, dealing with an organization and specific people. The ability to see things from a multitude of perspectives, non-judgemental – but using discrimination correctly. I have had a crash course in all of this.
I have really been through hell these last years, and I have grown tremendously.
Now my path is walking me through two different things at the same time – though I'm wondering if it might be related after all.
One: I'm an emotional eater and unhappy about the consequences of it.
Two: I lost all the excuses I had of not taking care of my spiritual life when I realized I didn't want to do service.
Emotional eating is mind work. Not wanting something is mind work. So internally there's a lot happening right now and I'm working myself through it.
But not wanting to do service except reading, some japa? I refuse to force myself to do something I don't want to do. I have done that before – it doesn't yield any good fruits.
So how do I begin to unravel that one – going from not wanting to wanting without forcing oneself? Can there be any progress in that stage?


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Pokémon Ultra Moon (Nintendo 3DS) Second Opinion Review
gamestrend | May 7, 2018 | 3DS | No Comments
Remakes, third versions and other variants of Pokémon games are nothing new, but in the case of Pokémon Ultra Moon (or Ultra Sun), these have very rarely come so soon after their basic outing. Not being a proper sequel and not being the long time rumoured, but never confirmed, complementary version Pokémon Stars, either, it makes one wonder what exactly it is, and what potential buyers should expect from it. Pokémon Ultra Moon, in terms of content and story, sits midway through being a third version, due to how similar it is to its predecessor, and a full on remake, although it offers no visual upgrade and comes out barely 12 months after its predecessor.
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Pokémon Sun and Moon arguably hinted at an upcoming remake. From the empty spots with buildings seemingly under construction but never being seen as finished over the course of the story, to other more empty places, and the plot itself seemingly hinting at upcoming events taking place at a later time, the initial expectation was that full of sequels, like Black and White 2 on the original DS. Whether that was going to happen on the, at the time, newly announced Switch, or yet again on 3DS, sparked many theories and speculation, but now that Pokémon Ultra Moon has landed, speculation is no more, and the choice of method is rather perplexing indeed. Wherever things seemed incomplete before, buildings have now appeared, making the in-game world feel like some time has passed since Sun and Moon, but that is not the case at all. The story is, for all intents and purposes, practically the same, and plays out identically – save for some few new additions in the main adventure – while the truly big additions only come very late in the story. Over the course of the main adventure itself, a few new events are thrown in to vary things a bit and tidy up the flow of the narrative some more, but these do not make the bulk of the experience vastly different… just slightly more meaty.
Having to replay through mostly the same game as before, still very fresh in the back of players' memories, is not the most pleasant thing to experience after paying up full price for the newer version. Pokémon Bank compatibility wasted no time coming to the game, just a measly three days after release, meaning that rushing through events already experienced before should be easy if creatures of the right level were transferred over, to alleviate the need for grinding. Having to rush a second time through events that are already well known is normally not what someone pays a game full price for. Why these games, being built on the foundation of the previous ones, are not true sequels instead, when that would have made so much more sense, is a bit puzzling. Having said that, though, first-timers, please don't misunderstand: this is still very much a great title and everything great about the original is still just as great here.
However, replaying through it so soon after the first one to finally get to the more interesting parts that truly make this upgraded release worthwhile is not the most pleasant experience in the world, even if it's a great one. That doesn't mean, however, that there aren't any new elements in the main story, of course. There are indeed a few surprises along the way; some will raise eyebrows as to what the point of the addition was, like the ability to take pictures with Pokémon, which is fun for a few minutes, sure, but not a much needed change… while other additions will sometimes call for a genuine growl of appreciation when it's done in an inventive way. Soliera and Phyco of the Ultra Recon Squad, for example, are weird people who make a first appearance here at wide intervals throughout the player's island challenges trip and should keep second time players interested long enough through the "replay" part until things start getting truly awesome.
Again, however, the story of Pokémon Sun and Moon, and now Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, is probably the most interesting to date in the whole franchise, made more interesting by how cinematic it is in its presentation, much more so than any other episode before. At times, the only thing lacking is voice acting to give the impression that one is actually playing the anime itself, which is something that with some luck the upcoming Switch games will finally bring to the table. It is not a boring story at all – on the contrary; its impact is lessened, though, by repetition for people who already experienced it. Far from wanting to rub it in, but this being essentially the same game released last year, it has to be clarified.
Of course, that also means that, since Pokémon Sun and Moon before it already brought lots of improvements to the overall Pokémon formula, all of these are still very much present. The ride pager brought a much welcomed change to how Pokémon abilities are used to interact with the environment, for instance, and other features, like Festival Plaza and the ability to visualise the "IV" values of each Pokémon owned at a quick glance through the PC, are still in place.
Most importantly, and this is perhaps best for reminding those who did not play Sun and Moon, the Gym Battles and the quest for badges are still replaced by island challenges, and the badge collection quest replaced by the collection of Z-Crystals that unlock the flashy and powerful new Z-moves introduced in the previous pair of titles. All of these great elements were already outlined in the previous reviews of Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon, and more recently again in the first impression reviews of Pokémon Ultra Sun and Pokémon Ultra Moon. There are, however, certain things that, even bearing in mind that this is just an upgrade of the previous games, should have been added in, such as the National Pokédex. The in-game Pokédex still only lists up to 400 Pokémon, versus 300 in Sun and Moon, plus a couple more Legendaries, if they happen to be in the player's possession, which severely limits management of a full collection of monsters since the National Pokédex is relegated to being a function of Pokémon Bank, which itself is still not accessible from within the game itself, but still requires a separate app on the 3DS. On that topic, four new Pokémon and a few more new alternative forms of already existing monsters enter the fray with this release, but that's about it. If Game Freak was going to make it a new game, and not a DLC to Sun and Moon, more content might as well have been added in. Granted, massive DLCs were never really a thing on the Nintendo 3DS, but with a difference in size of just a little under 4000 blocks between the older and newer versions, would it really have been impossible?
Now, for all this talk of a feel of repetition that is indeed very much present and impossible to miss, the more the game progresses, the more the new content becomes prevalent, which means that those who are buying a second time and who persevere until these elements reveal themselves, are in for a truly great time. It takes an effort, a time investment so hard to muster in this day and age when free time is so precious and sparingly distributed… but the reward is worth it in the end.
A good thing, too, because otherwise the overall impression left on returning players would have been far more negative, although still without taking any merit off the intrinsic quality of the titles, of course. Among other novelties not tied to the exclusive story elements towards the end, which will not be spoiled here, the hero will every now and then come across Pokémon in the wild belonging to another in-game trainer, with whom it is possible to play. This serves no big purpose but it's there, at least. Stickers can now also be collected, found lying around everywhere, and collecting these will reward the player with various "Totem" sized Pokémon, depending on which version is being played, which is among the more interesting additions to these newer versions, as this encourages exploration even more.
Overall, it's impossible to escape the feeling that this should not have been sold at full price to people who already own the previous releases. In fact, even if not built as a DLC to the previous entries, a discount could have been awarded to those who already downloaded the previous ones from the eShop. At the same time, though, Ultra Moon is, taken on its own merits, still an extremely fine adventure and arguably the best released in the series so far, and there are probably people out there who skipped the previous duo and these people should be made aware of what they risk missing out on if they don't seize this opportunity now to finally sample this great outing. Another definitive argument in its favour that will definitely appeal to fans of the previous games, and which is not really a spoiler since it's been in the news already: every legendary Pokémon from previous games can be caught in this one. Every single one! This is a BIG deal. This means that should anyone pick any of these two games, and store these in Pokémon Bank for when the Switch release comes out, they will be able to transfer them all over and then play with those in glorious HD. The power of that inclusion alone shifts the balance enough that even those who already played Sun and Moon to no end may well want to consider double dipping, at least to avid collectors, that is.
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Lacking Instagram Influencer Alexis Sharkey's Nude Stays Discovered on Facet of Highway
The family of Instagram influencer Alexis Sharkey are seeking answers after their daughter's nude remains were discovered on the side of a road in Houston, Texas.
According to local news station KHOU11, the 26-year-old was reported missing on Saturday after she missed a movie day with a group of friends. The family grew increasingly worried when they realized Alexis hadn't posted on social media in 12 hours and they couldn't get in contact with her. Additionally, a friend told the outlet that nobody opened the door to the apartment Alexis shared with her 49-year-old husband.
On Sunday, the Sharkey family was notified that her remains were found by city workers off of a Houston highway early Saturday morning, according to KHOU11. The outlet reports that there were no obvious signs of trauma and the cause of death is pending an autopsy.
One of Alexis' friends, Tanya Ricardo, told KHOU11, "I mean, just threw her on the side of the road, naked, like garbage. I just, I don't get it… No one gets away with something like this. No one."
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A better America begins tonight and together, we are going to win on November 6th.
We can do better. Tonight is the beginning of the end of the disappointment of the Obama years.
" After 25 years, I know how to lead us out of this stagnant obama economy and into a job creating recovery.
It's still about the economy and we're not stupid … poverty will be defeated, not with a government check but with respect and achievement.
And this time, we'll get it right. We're Americans. Our greatest days are ahead. God bless this great Nation.


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"Community mental healthcare providers' attitudes and practices related" by Joy L. Johnson, Leslie A. Malchy et al.
Objective: This study aimed to describe mental healthcare providers' attitudes about tobacco use, their personal smoking status, their confidence in offering smoking cessation support to clients living with severe mental illness, and the extent to which they incorporated smoking cessation interventions into their practice. The study also aimed to determine whether the providers' attitudes, smoking status, and confidence were associated with offering smoking cessation support to clients. Methods: Self-administered questionnaires were distributed within community-based mental health agencies to those who provide care and support to adults living with severe mental illness. Outcomes measured included respondents' smoking status, attitudes related to the provision of smoking cessation support, confidence in providing smoking cessation intervention, and smoking cessation practices. We conducted multivariate analyses using logistic regression analyses to examine the factors associated with the providers' tobacco-related practices. Results: In total 282 of 871 care providers responded to the survey, 22% of whom were current smokers. The providers who held sympathetic attitudes about their role and their clients' role in smoking cessation, who were never or former smokers, who were healthcare professionals rather than paraprofessionals, who had relatively more confidence, and who had more experience working in the mental health field were more likely to engage their clients in tobacco-related interventions. Conclusions: In this study the healthcare providers working in community-based mental health have a smoking prevalence rate that exceeds that of the region's general population and did not provide optimal smoking cessation support to their clients. Practice implications: Interventions that bolster the confidence of providers to engage is smoking cessation activities and that support a shift in attitudes about the role of tobacco use in mental health are required.


When it comes to training, the philosophy of one and done does not allow for a successful security program against phishing attacks.
To the contrary, comprehensive security training programs with continuous training can significantly reduce the financial consequences of phishing in the workplace, according to a new research report.
The report received information from 377 IT security practitioners in the U.S. — 39 percent of them from organizations with 1,000 or more employees who have access to corporate email systems — for the "Cost of Phishing and Value of Employee Training" report, conducted by security research firm Ponemon Institute and sponsored by Wombat Security Technologies.
Ponemon performed a cost analysis of the potential cost to organizations when employees end up victimized by phishing scams, extrapolating the total annual cost of phishing for the average-sized organization in its sample (headcount of 9,552 individuals with user access to corporate email systems) came to $3.77 million. The analysis included costs to contain malware, the cost of malware not contained, loss of productivity from phishing, the cost to contain credential compromises and the cost of credential compromises not contained.
In Ponemon's cost analysis, the majority of costs come from the loss of employee productivity, with 48 percent of total organizational costs (more than $1.8 million for average-sized organizations in the sample) pertaining to employee/user productivity losses caused by successful phishing during the work day. The cost of credential compromises not contained accounted for 27 percent of costs (more than $1 million for average-sized organizations in the sample).
Ponemon found employees waste an average of 4.16 hours annually due to phishing scams. For an average-sized organization (9,552 individuals with user access to corporate email systems), that comes to 39,736 hours wasted due to phishing. Assuming an average labor rate of $45.8 for non-IT employees that comes to a productivity loss of $1,819,923 a year.
But employee security training can substantially affect that number. Ponemon obtained six proof of concept studies for six large companies, including mock attacks and follow-up with in-depth training. The actual improvements experienced by the companies ranged from 26 percent to 99 percent, with an average of 64 percent improvement.
With phishing costing an average-sized organization $3.77 million, Ponemon estimates a cost savings of $1.8 million, or $188.40 per employee/user.
A continuous training methodology can change employee behavior and reduce risk within an organization, the report said.


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Home > Honours > Canadian Honours > Directory of Honours > Order of Military Merit > Constitution
Nomination and Appointment Process
1. The definitions in this section apply in this Constitution.
"Commander" means a Commander of the Order. (commandeur)
"Council" means the Advisory Council established by section 7. (Conseil)
"Member" means a Member of the Order (membre)
"member of the Canadian Forces" means an officer or non-commissioned member within the meaning of the National Defence Act. (membre des Forces canadiennes)
"Officer" means an Officer of the Order. (officier)
"Order" means the Order of Military Merit. (Ordre)
"Secretary General" means the Secretary General of the Order. (secrétaire général)
2. The Order shall consist of Her Majesty the Queen, the Governor General of Canada, the Chief of the Defence Staff and the Commanders, Officers and Members, extraordinary Commanders, Officers and Members and honorary Commanders, Officers and Members.
3. (1) Her Majesty the Queen is the Sovereign of the Order.
(2) The Governor General of Canada is the Chancellor of the Order and an extraordinary Commander.
(3) The Chief of the Defence Staff is the Principal Commander of the Order and a Commander.
(4) The Governor General, at the end of his or her term in office, ceases to act as Chancellor but continues to be an extraordinary Commander.
(5) An appointment of any Governor General or former Governor General as a Commander is deemed to be an appointment as an extraordinary Commander.
(6) The Chief of the Defence Staff, at the end of his or her term in office, ceases to act as Principal Commander but continues to be a Commander.
4. The Chancellor is responsible for the administration of the Order.
5. The Secretary to the Governor General is the Secretary General of the Order and is responsible for
(a) maintaining the records of the Order and of the Council;
(b) arranging for investitures; and
(c) performing such other functions in respect of the Order as the Governor General may request.
6. (1) The Governor General may appoint such officials for the administration of the Order as the Governor General considers necessary.
(2) A person does not belong to the Order by reason only of being part of the Council or an official of the Order.
7. There is hereby established the Advisory Council for the Order, which shall consist of the following persons:
(a) the Chief of the Defence Staff, who is the Chair of the Council;
(b) one person who shall be appointed by the Governor General; and
(c) four other persons who are members of the Canadian Forces and shall be appointed by the Chief of the Defence Staff.
8. The Council shall
(a) consider nominations submitted under subsection 10(1) of persons of merit for admission to the Order as Commanders, Officers or Members;
(a.1) consider nominations submitted under subsection 10(2.1) of persons of merit for admission to the Order as extraordinary Commanders, Officers or Members
(b) consider nominations submitted under subsection 10(3) of persons of merit for admission to the Order as honorary Commanders, Officers or Members;
(c) compile and submit to the Chief of the Defence Staff a list of those nominees that the Council considers as having the greatest merit in each division of membership referred to in paragraphs (a), (a.1) and (b); and
(d) advise the Chief of the Defence Staff on any matters that the Chief of the Defence Staff may refer to the Council.
9. (1) Only members of the Canadian Forces are eligible to be appointed as Commanders, Officers or Members of the Order.
(2) In addition to any Governor General and any former Governor General, only a member of the Royal Family is eligible to be appointed as an extraordinary Commander, Officer or Member.
(3) Only a member of a visiting force within the meaning of the Visiting Forces Act are is eligible to be appointed as an honorary Commander, Officer or Member of the Order, for outstanding meritorious service to Canada or the Canadian Forces while fulfilling military duties.
NOMINATIONS AND APPOINTMENTS
10. (1) Any member of the Canadian Forces may submit to the Chief of the Defence Staff the nomination of another member of the Canadian Forces for appointment as Commander, Officer or Member of the Order.
(2) The Chief of the Defence Staff shall submit to the Council, for consideration, the list of the members of the Canadian Forces who have been nominated under subsection (1).
(2.1) The Chief of the Defence Staff may submit to the Council, for consideration, the nomination of a member of the Royal Family for appointment as an extraordinary Commander, Officer or Member of the Order.
(3) The Chief of the Defence Staff may submit to the Council, for consideration, the nomination of any member of a visiting force within the meaning of the Visiting Forces Act for appointment as an honorary Commander, Officer or Member of the Order.
(4) On receipt of the list of nominees from the Council, the Chief of the Defence Staff shall recommend the nominees to the Governor General.
(5) The Governor General may appoint as Commanders, Officers and Members, in any year, a number of eligible persons that does not exceed 0.1% of the average number of persons who were members of the Canadian Forces during the preceding year.
11. Appointments of persons as Commanders, extraordinary Commanders and honorary Commanders shall be made for outstanding meritorious service while fulfilling duties of great responsibility.
12. The Governor General may appoint as Commanders, in any year, a number of eligible persons that does not exceed 5% of the total number of eligible persons set out in subsection 10(5) for that year.
13. The Governor General may appoint a maximum of one honorary Commander in any year.
14. Appointments of persons as Officers, extraordinary Officers and honorary Officers shall be made for outstanding meritorious service while fulfilling duties of responsibility.
15. The Governor General may appoint as Officers, in any year, a number of eligible persons that does not exceed 20% of the total number of eligible persons set out in subsection 10(5) for that year.
16. The Governor General may appoint a maximum of one honorary Officer in any year.
17. Appointments of persons as Members, extraordinary Members and honorary Members shall be made for exceptional service or performance of duty.
18. The Governor General may appoint as Members, in any year, a number of eligible persons that does not exceed the difference between
(a) the total number of eligible persons set out in subsection 10(5) in the Order for that year, and
(b) the aggregate of the number of persons appointed as Commanders and Officers in that year.
19. The Governor General may appoint a maximum of one honorary Member in any year.
20. (1) The Governor General may, on the recommendation of the Chief of the Defence Staff,
(a) elevate any Member, with the Member consent, to the rank of Officer or Commander; and
(b) elevate any Officer, with the Officer consent, to the rank of Commander.
(2) A person elevated to a higher rank is entitled to wear the insignia of that rank and to place the letters associated with that rank after the person name.
(3) No person shall
(a) hold more than one appointment to the Order at any time; or
(b) place after the person name the letters, or retain the insignia, pertaining to the person previous appointment to the Order.
INSTRUMENT OF APPOINTMENT
21. (1) Any appointment to the Order shall be made by instrument signed by the Governor General and sealed with the Seal of the Order.
(2) Unless otherwise provided in the instrument of appointment, an appointment shall take effect on the day on which the instrument of appointment is sealed.
DESIGNATION, INSIGNIA AND COAT OF ARMS
22. (1) Commanders, Officers and Members are entitled to:
(a) wear such insignia as the Governor General may, by ordinance, prescribe;
(b) petition the Chief Herald of Canada to grant coat of arms, which in the case of Commanders may include supporters;
(c) surround the shield of arms with the circle and motto of the Order and suspend therefrom the ribbon and insignia of their rank; and
(d) place after their name the following letters associated with their rank, namely
"C.M.M." in the case of a Commander,
"O.M.M." in the case of an Officer, or
"M.M.M." in the case of a Member.
(1.1) Extraordinary Commanders, Officers and Members are entitled to:
(b) surround the shield of arms with the circle and motto of the Order and suspend therefrom the ribbon and insignia of their rank; and
(c) place after their name the letters associated with their rank, as set out in paragraph (1)(d).
(2) Honorary Commanders, Officers and Members are entitled to
(a) wear such insignia as the Governor General may, by ordinance, prescribe; and
(b) place after their name the letters associated with their rank, as set out in paragraph (1)(d).
23. The insignia of the Order shall be worn in the sequence prescribed and in the manner described in publications issued by the Chancellery of Honours.
24. (1) Except as may otherwise be provided by ordinance, the insignia of the Order shall remain the property of the Order.
(2) Any Commander, Officer or Member, extraordinary Commander, Officer or Member, or honorary Commander, Officer or Member of the Order who resigns or whose appointment is terminated shall return their insignia to the Secretary General.
TERMINATION OF MEMBERSHIP
25. (1) A person's membership in the Order ceases when
(a) the person dies;
(b) the Governor General accepts the person resignation from the Order, which resignation shall have been made in writing and given to the Secretary General; or
(c) the Governor General makes an ordinance terminating the person's appointment to the Order.
(2) An ordinance terminating an appointment to the Order shall take effect on the day on which it is sealed with the Seal of the Order.
26. (1) The Governor General may make ordinances in respect of the administration and insignia of the Order and the termination of a person's appointment to the Order.
(2) No ordinance shall be made that is inconsistent with this Constitution.
(3) An ordinance shall come into force on the day it is sealed with the Seal of the Order.
27. The motto of the Order shall be: OFFICIUM ANTE COMMODUM.
28. The Seal of the order is set out in the schedule and shall be committed to the custody of the Governor General.
POWERS AND AUTHORITY
29. Nothing in this Constitution shall limit the right of the Governor General to exercise all powers and authorities of Her Majesty in respect of the Order.


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Die Perm-Bahn war eine Eisenbahnstrecke, die vom Permer Stollen zwischen Laggenbeck und Velpe zur Bahnstation Hasbergen führte.

Erzbahn

Die Erzbahn verband den Permer Stollen mit der Bahnstrecke Hasbergen–Georgsmarienhütte. So konnten die Erze des Ibbenbürener Erzbergbaus kostengünstig zur Georgs-Marien-Hütte in Georgsmarienhütte transportiert werden, weil man sich den wesentlich längeren und teureren Weg über Osnabrück sparte. Die Eisenbahnstrecke begann an der Erzwäsche am Permer Stollen und verlief durch die Bauerschaften Ahlert, Tolksdorf und Osterberg über die Landesgrenze Niedersachsen/Nordrhein-Westfalen, überquerte den Goldbach und die Straße Hasbergen – Gaste. Danach stieg die Strecke in Richtung Kirchberg in Hasbergen an, überquerte auf Eisenträgerbrücken die Tecklenburger Straße in der Ortsmitte von Hasbergen und danach ebenfalls die Bahnstrecke Osnabrück – Münster, bevor sie am Bahnhof Wulfskotten in die sogenannte Hüttenbahn einmündete.

Betreiber war der Georgs-Marien-Bergwerks- und Hüttenverein (GMV). Der Betrieb wurde 1926 eingestellt. Zeitweise bestand auch Personenverkehr, ihr Betreiber war die Georgsmarienhütten-Eisenbahn (GME).

Nach dem Krieg zeugte als letztes größeres Relikt der Permer Bahn bis Anfang der 1960er Jahre noch die Eisenbahnbrücke über die Tecklenburger Straße. Sie und der die Ortsmitte trennende Bahndamm wurden erst abgetragen, als Mitte der 1970er Jahre der Ortskern saniert wurde. Die heutige kleine Polizeiwache in Hasbergen steht genau an dieser Stelle, wo einst die Permer Bahn durch den Ort fuhr.
Konsolidierung der Ibbenbürener Erzgruben

Umgehungsbahn

Südlicher Teil

Im Zweiten Weltkrieg wurde die Strecke reaktiviert und durch die Organisation Todt mit einer Verbindungskurve an die Bahnstrecke Richtung Münster angebunden. Auf diese Weise diente die Strecke noch bis in das Jahr 1949 als Umgehungsbahn für Osnabrück. Als die Alliierten in den letzten Kriegstagen Luftangriffe auf diese Stadt flogen, versuchte die Wehrmacht, mit schienengebundenen Flakgeschützen die Bahnstrecke zu verteidigen, indem sie diese auf der Perm-Bahn postiert hatte.

Nördlicher Teil

Wegen zahlreicher Bombenangriffe auf Osnabrück sah sich die Deutsche Reichsbahn gezwungen, den zerstörten Bahnhof Osnabrück zu umgehen. Es bot sich die alte Trasse der Erzbahn besonders an, da diese von Hasbergen an der Strecke Osnabrück–Münster zur Bahnstrecke Löhne–Rheine führte.

Lediglich circa 200 m fehlten noch zur Anbindung an die Bahnstrecke in Velpe, da der Permer Stollen unterhalb der Bahntrasse liegt. Diese Umgehungsbahn wurde 1944 fertiggestellt. Sie diente bis 1946 dem Personen- und Güterverkehr. Ihr endgültiger Abbau erfolgte 1949.

Literatur

 Lothar H. Hülsmann, Wilfried Scheidemann: Die Eisenbahnen der Georgs-Marien-Hütte. Uhle & Kleimann, Lübbecke 1985, ISBN 3-922657-38-9
 Gerd Hahn: Bahnstation Hasbergen. Uhle & Kleimann, Lübbecke 1986, ISBN 3-922657-49-4
 Hans Röhrs: Der frühe Erzbergbau und die Hüttenindustrie im Tecklenburger Land. Ibbenbürener Vereinsdruckerei, Ibbenbüren 1987, ISBN 3-921290-23-6
 Gerd Wolff: Deutsche Klein- und Privatbahnen. Band 9: Niedersachsen 1 – Zwischen Weser und Ems. Eisenbahn Kurier Verlag, Freiburg 2005, ISBN 3-88255-668-4

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Einzelnachweise

Verkehr (Tecklenburger Land)
Bahnstrecke in Nordrhein-Westfalen
Ibbenbürener Steinkohlenrevier
Erzbahn
Verkehrsbauwerk im Landkreis Osnabrück
Georgsmarienhütte
Hasbergen