Christian Leuz, Joseph Sondheimer Professor of International Economics, Finance and Accounting at the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business. He is also a Co-Director of the Initiative on Global Markets, a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and a Fellow at the European Corporate Governance Institute, Wharton's Financial Institution Center, Goethe University's Center for Financial Studies, and the CESifo Research Network. He studies the role of disclosure and transparency in capital and other markets, the effects of disclosure and securities regulation, international accounting as well as corporate governance and corporate financing decisions. His work has been published in top academic journals, including the Journal of Accounting Research, Journal of Accounting & Economics, Journal of Financial Economics, and the Review of Financial Studies. He has received several awards and honors, including the Distinguished Contribution to the Accounting Literature Award in 2014 and 2016, the Humboldt Research Award in 2012, the 2011 Wildman Medal, as well as a JFE All-Star-Paper Award. He was also recognized as a "Highly Cited Researcher" by Thomson Reuters and included in their list of "The World's Most Influential Scientific Minds" in 2014-2016. Professor Leuz is an editor for the Journal of Accounting Research and has served on many editorial boards, including the Journal of Accounting & Economics, The Accounting Review, the Journal of Business, Finance and Accounting, and the Review of Accounting Studies.
Born in Germany, Professor Leuz earned his doctoral degree and "Habilitation" at the Business & Economics Department of Goethe University Frankfurt. Prior to this position, he was the Harold Stott Term Assistant Professor in Accounting at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a visiting doctoral fellow at the Simon School of Business, University of Rochester.
Financial disclosure and capital markets; financial transparency and corporate governance; cost of capital; international accounting; securities regulation.
With Christian Laux, "Did Fair-Value Accounting Contribute to the Financial Crisis?," Journal of Economic Perspectives (2010).
With Karl Lins and Frank Warnock, "Do Foreigners Invest Less in Poorly Governed Firms?,"? Review of Financial Studies (2009).
With F. Oberholzer, "Political Relationships, Global Financing, and Corporate Transparency: Evidence from Indonesia," Journal of Financial Economics (2006).
With D. Nanda and P. Wysocki, "Earnings Management and Investor Protection: An International Comparison," Journal of Financial Economics (2003).
With R. Verrecchia, "The Economic Consequences of Increased Disclosure," Journal of Accounting Research (2000).
This report provides an economic analysis for a widespread adoption of corporate social responsibility (or sustainability) disclosure and reporting standards in the United States. It is based on an extensive review of the academic literature in accounting, economics, finance, and management. We discuss possible economic consequences, including capital-market effects, real effects in firm behavior, and implementation issues related to the adoption of CSR standards. The report focuses on the economic effects of standards for disclosure and reporting, not on the economic effects of CSR activities and policies themselves. Our analysis yields a number of insights that are relevant to the current debate on CSR and sustainability reporting standards.
We examine the degree to which competition amongst lenders interacts with the cyclicality in lending standards using a simple measure, the average physical distance of borrowers from banks' branches. We propose that this novel measure captures the extent to which lenders are willing to stretch their lending portfolio. Consistent with this idea, we find a significant cyclical component in the evolution of lending distances. Distances widen considerably when credit conditions are lax and shorten considerably when credit conditions become tighter. Next, we show that a sharp departure from the trend in distance between banks and borrowers is indicative of increased risk taking. Finally, we provide evidence that as competition in banks' local markets increases, their willingness to make loans at greater distance increases. Since average lending distance is easily measurable, it is potentially a useful measure for bank supervisors.
Studying a comprehensive sample of stocks from the U.S. OTC market, we show that this market is a large and diverse trading environment with a rich set of regulatory and disclosure regimes, comprising venue rules and state laws beyond SEC regulation. We exploit this institutional richness to show that OTC firms subject to stricter regulatory regimes and disclosure requirements have higher market quality (higher liquidity and lower crash risk). Our analysis points to an important trade-off in regulating the OTC market and protecting investors: lowering regulatory requirements reduces the compliance burden for smaller firms, but it also reduces market quality.
We analyze a comprehensive sample of more than 10,000 U.S. OTC stocks. We first show that the OTC market is a large, diverse, and dynamic trading environment with a rich set of regulatory and disclosure regimes, comprising venue rules and state laws beyond SEC regulation. We then exploit this institutional richness to analyze two key dimensions of market quality, liquidity and crash risk, across firms and regulatory regimes. We find that OTC firms that are subject to stricter regulatory regimes and disclosure requirements have higher market quality (higher liquidity and lower crash risk). Our analysis points to an important trade-off in regulating the OTC market and protecting investors: Lowering regulatory requirements (e.g., for disclosure) reduces the compliance burden for smaller firms, but it also reduces market quality.
We examine the capital-market effects of changes in securities regulation in the European Union (EU) aimed at reducing market abuse and increasing transparency. To estimate causal effects for the population of EU firms, we exploit that for plausibly exogenous reasons, like national legislative procedures, EU countries adopted these directives at different times. We find significant increases in market liquidity, but the effects are stronger in countries with stricter implementation and traditionally more stringent securities regulation. The findings suggest that countries with initially weaker regulation do not catch up with stronger countries, and that countries diverge more upon harmonizing regulation.
New: Did Fair-Value Accounting Contribute to the Financial Crisis?
REVISION: Did Fair-Value Accounting Contribute to the Financial Crisis?
New: Do Foreigners Invest Less in Poorly Governed Firms?
REVISION: Do Foreigners Invest Less in Poorly Governed Firms?


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Alice Ernestine Prin (Châtillon-sur-Seine, 2 d'octubre de 1901 – París, 29 d'abril de 1953), anomenada la Reina de Montparnasse, i sovint coneguda com a Kiki de Montparnasse, fou una pintora, escriptora de memòries, empresària, model artística, musa literària, cantant de cabaret i actriu. Fou una persona molt activa en la cultura alliberada del París dels anys 20, cultura que ajudà a definir amb el seu treball.

Primers anys
Alice Prin va néixer a Châtillon-sur-Seine, Côte d'O. Era filla de Marie Prin, linotipista d'un diari local, i el seu amant Maxime Legros, un comerciant de carbó i fusta. Alice fou criada en la més absoluta pobresa per la seva àvia que també es va haver de fer càrrec de cinc criatures més de les seves altres dos filles. A l'edat de dotze anys, va ser enviada per viure amb la seva mare a París, per tal de trobar feina. Primer treballà en botigues i forns de pa, però per l'edat de catorze anys, posà nua per a diferents escultors, fet que generà fortes discussions amb la seva mare.

Els inicis de la fama
Adoptant el seudònim, "Kiki", esdevingué una figura de l'escena social de Montparnasse, així com una popular model artística, posant per a dotzenes d'artistes com Sanyu, Chaim Soutine, Julian Mandel, Tsuguharu Foujita, Constant Detré, Francis Picabia, Jean Cocteau, Arno Breker, Alexander Calder, Per Krohg, Hermine David, Pablo Gargallo, Mayo, i Tono Salazar. Moise Kisling Va pintar un retrat de Kiki, una de les seves obres més conegudes, titulat Nu assis.

El seu company durant la major part dels anys 1920 fou Man Ray, qui li va fer centenars de retrats. Se la pot considerar la seva musa d'aquell moment, ja que la representa en algunes de les seves imatges més conegudes, incloent la famosa imatge surrealista Le violon d'Ingres i Noire et blanche.

Va aparèixer a nou pel·lícules curtes i, sovint, experimentals, com Ballet mécanique, de Fernand Léger sense que se la inclogués en els crèdits.

Treball artístic
Pintora per dret propi, el 1927 va vendre totes les obres de la seva exposició a la Galerie au Sacre du Printemps, a París. Signava les obres amb el pseudònim Kiki acompanyat de l'any. Els seus dibuixos i pintures comprenen retrats, autoretrats, activitats socials, animals fantàstics i paisatges onírics en un estil impressionista de llum lleugerament desigual, que reflexa el seu optimisme il·limitat.

La seva autobiografia va ser publicada l'any 1929 sota el títol Kiki Memoirs, amb introducció d'Ernest Hemingway i Tsuguharu Foujita. El llibre fou traduït a l'anglès el 1930 per Samuel Putnam i publicat a Manhattan per Black Manikin Press, però el govern dels Estats Units el prohibí immediatament. Tanmateix, el llibre es va anar reeditant sota el títol The Education of a Young Model (en català, L'educació d'una model jove) en les dècades de 1650 i els 1960. Aquestes versions foren iniciativa de Samuel Roth, que aprofità que la prohibició del llibre implicava que no se li aplicaven drets d'autor als Estats Units, per a alterar-ne el text i ficar il·lustracions i fotografies que no eren de Prin. Les edicions publicades abans i durant 1955 inclouen 10 capítols extra suposadament escrits per Prin 23 anys abans del llibre original, incloent una visita a Nova York on coneix Samuel Roth i Ernest Hemingway; si bé res daixò era cert. L'autobiografia original finalment es va tornar a traduir i publicar l'any 1996.

Les seves actuacions de cabaret amb mànegues i lligues negres incloïen multitud de cançons alegres i complaents, que tot i ser desinhibides no resultaven ofensives. Durant varis anys de la dècada de 1930, fou la propietària del cabaret de Montparnasse L'Oasis, que més tard canvià el nom a "Chez Kiki."

Símbol del París bohemi i creatiu, així com de la possibilitat de triomfar com a dona artista, a l'edat de vint-i-vuit va ser declarada Reina de Montparnasse. Fins i tot durant els moments més difícils, va mantenir la seva actitud positiva, dient que "tot el que necessito és una ceba, una mica de pa, i una ampolla de vi negre; i sempre trobaré algú que me n'ofereixi."

Va deixar Paris per evitar l'ocupació de l'exèrcit alemany durant la Segona Guerra Mundial, que tingué lloc el juny de 1940. Després de la guerra, no tornà immediatament a la ciutat.

Mort i llegat
Prin morí l'any 1953, per un atac sobrevingut mentre es trobava fora del seu pis de Montparnasse, a l'edat de cinquanta-un anys, aparentment a causa de complicacions derivades de l'alcoholisme o de la drogodependència. Una multitud d'artistes i admiradors va assistir al seu funeral de París i va seguir la processó al seu enterrament en el Cimetière parisien de Thiais. La seva tomba la identifica com "Kiki, 1901–1953, cantant, actriu, pintora, Reina de Montparnasse." Tsuguharu Foujita va afirmar que, amb Kiki, els dies magnífics de Montparnasse varen ser enterrats per sempre.

Molt de temps després de la seva mort, Prin continua sent l'encarnació de l'optimisme, l'audàcia i la creativitat que van marcar aquell període de la vida a Montparnasse. La seva força és la d'una autèntica dona artista per mèrit propi. En 1989, els biògrafs Billy Klüver i Julie Martin la van definir com "una de les primeres dones veritablement independents del segle." En el seu honor, un tipus de lliri d'un dia ha estat anomenat Kiki de Montparnasse.

Kiki va aparèixer un obituari de tres pàgines de la revista Life el 29 juny 1953.

Filmografia
 1923 : L'Inhumaine, de Marcel L'Herbier
 1923 : Le Retour à la Raison, de Man Ray, pel·lícula curta
 1923 : Ballet Mécanique, de Fernand Léger, pel·lícula curta
 1923 : Entr'acte, de René Clair, pel·lícula curta
 1923 : La Galerie des Monstres, de Jaque Catelain
 1926 : Emak-Bakia, de Man Ray, pel·lícula curta
 1928 : L'Étoile de mer, de Man Ray
 1928 : París expressa o Souvenirs de Paris, de Pierre Prévert i Marcel Duhamel, pel·lícula curta
 1930 : Le Capitaine jaune, d'Anders Wilhelm Sandberg
 1933 : Cette vieille canaille, d'Anatole Litvak

Bibliografia addicional
 Kiki de Montparnasse (2007); de Catel & Bocquet (en francès) Bruxelles: Casterman
 Kiki De Montparnasse (1968); de Frederick Kohner (novel·la) London: Cassell
 Kiki: Reine de Montparnasse (1988); de Lou Mollgaard (en francès) Paris: Laffont
 Kiki's Memoirs (1996) traducció de Samuel Putnam (original ed. Pub per J. Corti, París)
 Kiki's Paris (1989); de Klüver i Martin. (Traducció francesa – Paris: Flammarion)
 Kiki's Memoirs, 1930 (2006) traducció de N. Semoniff (En rus – publicat per Salamandra P.V.V., 2011)
 Kiki Souvenirs, 1929 (2005) traducció de N. Semoniff (En rus – publicat per Salamandra P.V.V., 2011)
 Kiki's Memoirs (2009) [Recuerdos recobrados] traducció de José Pazó Espinosa (en castellà – publicat per Nocturna)

Referències

Artistes francesos
Naixements del 1901
Morts a París
Persones de la Costa d'Or

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Came to Stonyhurst in 1898, and after passing through the regular course, entered Philosophy in the middle of his Rhetoric year, in order to receive special coaching for entrance into the Army.
At Stonyhurst was an easy-going, good-natured boy, usually smiling, and not easily provoked, save when he thought something was mean, or not straight, but then unsparing in epithet.
One who knew him well declared that George hated the idea of an office stool, and it having been impressed on him that no half-measures would suffice, if he intended to live the life of a soldier, he buckled to his work with great zeal.
Later in life he was the same, so that George was a good example of a man who realised the danger of his temperament, and kept himself well in hand.
He then went to Wimbledon College, and, after a few months in the Army Class, entered RMA Woolwich in 1905, receiving his commission in the R.G.A. in 1907.
He found interests for himself, became a F.R.G.S. some years before his death, and wrote a memorandum of the country he travelled over in a shooting expedition in Abyssinia.
This he sent to the Intelligence Branch of the War Office.
He served in England at Golden Hill and at Weymouth , when he was transferred to India, posted to Aden, and afterwards to Bombay.
Appointed A.D.C. to Sir James Bell, the Resident at Aden.
On the outbreak of war, he was at Addis Abeba, the capital of Abyssinia, on short leave.
Transferred to the Royal Field Artillery.
Shortly before his death he had, so he wrote home, received Holy Communion.
'He was in action with his battery at the time, and was sitting with three of his subalterns in an improvised shelter, which was the headquarters of the battery, when a shell struck the shelter, killing George instantaneously.


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Code things (or: how I migrated from Jekyll to WordPress and all you got was the exact same* site)
August 14, 2018 by scarlettsparks
(* Hopefully.)
Yes, it's true! I wrote some code. I talked to the computer and it (mostly) listened.
Though I'm not a total no0b when it comes to programming and web development – I was writing angsty teenage HTML back when Angelfire was the absolute new hotness and I spent a significant amount of time last summer making LEDs dance – I'm certainly no pro, either, and it turns out that CSS had moved on quite a bit in the decade since I last seriously undertook a project of this scope. Creating my own site from scratch was a huge and probably foolhardy challenge to take on alongside trying to develop my first products and everything else that needs to get done to start a business, but – as I've mentioned before – I really, really like to know how shit works and know that I can Do It Myself. Plus, it was actually quite refreshing to have a different project to focus on when my brain got too tired or distracted or frustrated to focus on sewing samples or grading patterns or illustrating instructions.
While I'm certainly no expert, and none of the following should be construed as a "tutorial" or "professional advice", here's a brief (ETA: LMAO, not brief at all) rundown of how it went, along with some of the resources I used:
STEP NAUGHT – HAPHAZARDLY LEARN A BUNCH OF JAVASCRIPT IN ORDER TO AUTOMATICALLY DRAW VECTOR UNDERPANTS, FALL DOWN INFINITE NERD RABBITHOLE
I will write more about this saga someday because it deserves its own post, but let's just say there's a reason this post is in a category called underpants-dot-js. But anyway, I earned myself a lot of Code School (now Pluralsight) badges. My partner sent me a book about SVG for Valentine's Day and I genuinely thought it was super romantic.
When you set out to make underwear and somehow you end up here… 🤓
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STEP ONE – MOCK UP
I am not generally a sketch-first kinda garment designer — especially when sewing for myself, the out-of-my-head design process usually starts on the pattern itself, for better or worse; however, I'm less comfortable eyeballing hex codes than sleeve lengths, so I thought a rough mockup would help me get a handle on the overall look I wanted for the site and how all the information would be structured. I used Graphic's iOS app on my iPad Mini so I could pick away at it on the bus. (I happened to already be using Graphic for a lot of my pattern drafting since it was inexpensive and available for both mobile and desktop, though I've subsequently moved on to Adobe Illustrator on desktop for most of my drafting and digital illustration; I haven't used Inkscape but I've heard it's a good open source alternative vector drawing app. BUT I DIGRESS.) I drew a bunch of pink rectangles and chose some stand-in fonts, and when I felt like I had a reasonable idea of what I was going for, I dove into the code.
STEP TWO – BUILD A BASIC STATIC SITE
A static web page is basically just a document that stays the same no matter who's looking at it, from where, or for how long. The document may include complex styling and images and even animations that make it look dynamic (in the aesthetic sense), but its content doesn't respond to the viewer. What you see is always the same thing that's written in my text editor. It's kind of like a TV show: philosophy aside, the act of watching doesn't affect what's being broadcast.
This style of website can be simple to put together because it only needs some HTML and a browser to work – you don't need to set up a database or specialized development environment, and you don't even need to learn any other languages if you don't care what it looks like (but CSS is rad and you probably want to use it). Because it doesn't do anything, it's also less vulnerable to security flaws and unexpected behaviour.
This is the step where I got the site looking the way I wanted, without worrying about the site doing anything much fancy. This step and many of the ones after it should really be called "Watch a lot of YouTube code-along tutorials while caffeinating". In particular, Kevin Powell's material was indispensable for inspiring the CSS-heavy early stages, and Traversy Media was a great help here and much later during the Jekyll-to-Wordpress overhaul.
STEP THREE – COMPLAIN ABOUT BOOTSTRAP TO ANYONE WHO WILL LISTEN
This step is certainly optional and comes down to personal taste, but I developed some strong opinions about frameworks and obfuscation along my journey. Props to the Bootstrap developers (hi Mark!) for giving a ton of people a leg up, and providing me with a responsive grid and some handy under-the-hood animations… but if I were to do it all again I'd save myself the frustration of not being able to identify which one of the billionty-seven classes was making my nav items the wrong colour and opacity. I'm also not super keen on class names that describe how things look instead of what they are, and for now my markup is riddled with 'em.
STEP FOUR – MAKE THINGS AUTOMATIC (BUT NOT YET AUTOMATTIC) WITH JEKYLL
A static page is cool and all but what if your site has multiple pages? And you want them to look mostly the same-ish? Like, say, a blog? You could do it by hand by copy-pasting the code for headers and footers and other shared content into multiple files, but lemme tell you: it gets out of hand pretty quickly. Every time you need to make a change, you have to change it the same way in every file.
This is where a static site generator like Jekyll comes in. It still produces a bunch of static pages in the end, but it helps you pull together content from multiple sources into one document instead of copy-pasting by hand. You break up the basic layout into chunks that become a template, name the files according to certain rules, and then you specify where in your various pages those chunks should be crammed in. More or less. Jekyll then listens to all your "put header here and content there!" instructions and spits out a "site" folder with complete HTML for each individual page of your site, which can then be published.
Jekyll did require a little more than a text editor with a blinking cursor to get started, though. I had to* run it from the command line, and it's got its own development server to preview your work locally before putting it before the eyes of the world (though I think you can configure it to deploy straight to a live site if you like to live dangerously). As a result, using Jekyll has a decidedly more "programmery" vibe to it despite not actually requiring a whole lot more programming; I don't mind this at all but it's not a for everyone. The official documentation is definitely aimed primarily at people who spend all day writing Ruby and I found it horribly frustrating at pretty much every stage. I only really got it up and running by the grace of more YouTube.
Pros: write posts in Markdown (though it turns out that you can also do this in WordPress so <raspberry>); all the usual advantages of a static site.
Cons: documentation so unfriendly I almost threw my laptop into the ocean and quit the internet forever; pagination just… didn't… work? Listen, much like the Bootstrap thing, I know a lot of folks who dig it, it just wasn't a good fit for me.
* I could have used Jekyll via GitHub Pages, which, despite working there for four years, I never successfully implemented, mostly because I was so dismayed by the Jekyll docs.
STEP FIVE – REFRAIN FROM THROWING LAPTOP INTO OCEAN, GOOGLE HOW TO TRANSITION FROM JEKYLL TO WORDPRESS
Tania Rascia wrote a series of awesome tutorials (which are a few years old but were still applicable to my situation, for the most part), which I supplemented with more Traversy Media and the official documentation, the WordPress Codex. Turns out it was less "transition from Jekyll to WordPress" and more "develop a WordPress theme based on a static site design", much like I did in Step Four — which is still fine, because Jekyll helpfully generates a whole bunch of files each containing their own static page, so it's not like I had to go back and reverse-engineer everything I had just changed. In fact, a lot of the changes I had to make to set up a basic WordPress theme echoed what I had previously done for Jekyll, except using PHP instead of Liquid tags. Which, oh right…
STEP SIX – LEARN SOME PHP
More CodeSchool badges!
As you might have gathered by now, WordPress creates dynamic pages: instead of building static pages, it pulls information from a database to generate a site, and this requires a scripting language like PHP. (To continue our TV metaphor from earlier, if a static site is like a TV broadcast, then a dynamic site is maybe more like a console video game.) It also requires a bunch of extra stuff* to be housed on the server in addition to the HTML/CSS files for the pages of your site. As a one-click install or blog hosted on wordpress.com, it can be as easy as choosing a pre-installed theme, selecting some colours, and off you go without ever needing to worry about the underlying code… but if you are a weirdo like me and want to develop your own custom theme, you're going to need to confront the question: what even is mySQL? Get very comfortable with question marks, in fact, because PHP seems pretty unsure of itself and uptalks like a pre-teen.
ANYWAY. WordPress is a bit deceptive, because despite having a pretty admin panel with a WYSIWYG vibe that lulls you into into thinking it's even less programmery than the basic HTML static site, let alone the bleak Terminalscape of Jekyll, IT IS ALL A RUSE. If you're developing a theme, not only do you need to program the junk that the public will see, you also have to write code to make the admin panel do anything useful. Pretty comes through a lot of effort, and don't you forget it.
* This is the part where you should definitely go consult an expert if you want to know more because, I mean, this blog is ostensibly about sewing, for one thing; also this post is already very long and I barely know how to describe the outlines of this. Rubber-ducking my woes at home has involved a lot of hand gestures and the thing is not doing the thing because I put the other thing in the wrong place.
STEP SEVEN – IT'S ALIIIIIIIIIIIVE
Which brings us to today, when I realized that I finally had no excuses left not to actually put all this crap on my live server. I exported the database! I SFTP'd the other stuff! I imported the database! I sent celebratory communiqués!
…I spent 20 minutes digging around in my code trying to figure out why none of the navigation links worked even though the pages definitely existed until I discovered my siteurl and home were each missing a trailing slash!
And so, after much ado, I write to you now from the post editor of my new WordPress-backed site, a change which I hope you would not ever have noticed if I hadn't just written well over 1900 words about it.
Postscript: of course approximately ten seconds after I finished writing this, I realized that a bunch of stuff was borked, and continued to find borkèdness throughout the rest of the evening. It's fiiiiiiiiiiine.
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China, the U.S. and Germany are the uncontested leaders of the wind energy sector. Thanks to their commitment and provided there are strong winds, the installed capacity of rotor blades is now higher than all of the nuclear power stations worldwide. Attempts are underway to expand wind energy as it more affordable and the technology is fully developed. The Renewable Energy Cluster Hamburg (EEHH) has pointed to certain countries in terms of wind energy.
Canada ranks seventh in the Global Wind Energy Councils (GWEC) international ranking. Unlike the German government that aims to curb the expansion of wind energy, the newly-elected liberal government of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is putting almost EUR 4 billion towards fighting climate change and measures to promote renewable energy. In the past five years, Canada's wind power has grown an average 23 per cent and now covers 5 per cent of the population's energy needs.
Mexico currently ranks 18th and since 2013, the government has gradually been liberalising the electricity market. Accordingly, over 700 MW of wind energy have been installed since 2015, which led to a total capacity of around 3,000 MW, and accounts for a 4.7 per cent share of the overall energy mix. Experts are expecting an additional 800 MW this year and believe Mexico could reach installed capacity of 15,000 MW in wind power by late 2022.


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Country Singer George Strait's Adobe Mansion in Texas Hits the Market for $7.5 Million
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Photo: TopTenRealEstateDeals.com Country crooner George Strait may have sung about all his exes living in Texas , but he can now also claim that some of those exes are homes. Most beloved among them is his newly listed San Antonio mansion, for which he and his wife, Norma, commissioned […]
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Country crooner George Strait may have sung about all his exes living in Texas, but he can now also claim that some of those exes are homes. Most beloved among them is his newly listed San Antonio mansion, for which he and his wife, Norma, commissioned one of the Southwest's most artistic architects to build. The 7,925-square-foot house sits on a hilltop surrounded by 12 very private acres and is priced at $7.5 million.
Strait's daughter-in-law, Tamara, has the listing and speaks eloquently about the property, which she visited many times since marrying Bubba Strait: "I love this house. When we first met they were still living there, but over time it was special to see Bubba's old bedroom become our son Harvey's bedroom."
While the home is part of the gated community of the Dominion Country Club—membership includes access to the golf course, tennis courts, pool, fitness facilities and restaurant—it's also very much a scenic oasis with special handmade touches throughout the property, such as 14 hand-sculpted fireplaces, a copper-topped bar, custom tiles and sconces and even custom carved refrigerator doors. These artistic touches were the collaborative brainchildren of the Straits and the late artist and architect Bill Tull.
The hand-plastered and hand-painted exterior is all-new. Photo: TopTenRealEstateDeals.com
According to TopTenRealEstateDeals.com, the Straits bought the land in the mid-1990s. Tull moved his entire crew from Arizona to San Antonio for the two years it took to build the home, beginning in 1995, with the then-14-year-old Bubba laying the first adobe brick. "Norma told me they interviewed many architects but when they first met with Bill, they knew," Tamara Strait tells Robb Report. "He had a vision unlike the others. She said when he came to walk the property for the first time he could already see which part of the home would go where. And that vision remained true." It included three bedrooms and six baths in the main residence with a detached casita that has another bedroom and bath, plus living room, kitchenette and one of those magnificent fireplaces.
Inside the main home, the formal dining room, breakfast room and living room flow out onto the outdoor entertaining spaces seamlessly, perfect for hosting a grand party with live music. A separate bar area has a copper counter designed by Tull and some intentionally exposed adobe wall instead of the hand-plastered wall found in most of the house. Just around the corner from the bar is the home office. Flooring throughout is either poured concrete or long-leaf yellow pine. The spacious chef's kitchen has tiled countertops, again designed by Tull, with a full suite of top-notch appliances that include double Sub-Zero fridges. Those doors were given an intricate and unusual, hand-drawn copper design treatment that was finished in silver. The wine cellar is just off the kitchen and down a few steps. The original sketches for Tull's designs are all signed by him and remain with the house.
The pavers were reclaimed from a dug-up road. Photo: TopTenRealEstateDeals.com
The Straits appreciated privacy and security—not only are there three gates (the first one guarded) to pass through before you get to the property, but there is also a walk-in safe in the mansion. "You can put your guns in there," says Tamara, "because we do that down here in Texas, but also your jewelry and other valuables." Other special rooms include a home gym with a private sauna.
Second stories are unusual in adobe homes because of the massive weight involved in the construction of such walls, but this home has an upper level devoted exclusively to the primary bedroom suite. In addition to the bedroom, there are two entirely separate bathrooms and walk-in closets. And the soaking tub in Norma's bathroom might have the best view in the house: You can see clear to downtown San Antonio. To her chagrin over the years however, George's closet was the bigger one (a design mistake during construction), but she didn't want to give up her view. More evidence of Tull's artistry can be found up here in the custom stained-glass windows.
The outdoor spaces are no less spectacular, with the four-car garage including more exposed adobe and custom lighting on the exterior. The pavers used for the driveway, motor court and back patio were reclaimed from a dug-up road. After a hailstorm a few years ago, the entire exterior got a makeover, including a new roof, windows and re-plastering by hand and a paint job.
The covered terrace includes another sculpted fireplace, an outdoor kitchen with grill, fridge, icemaker and more, but the centerpiece is the infinity-edge pool with glass tiles, which was completed at the end of last year.
There are 14 hand-sculpted fireplaces on the property. Saguaro ribs are used for the shutters and ceiling.
A full sports court—tennis plus basketball—is also on-site.
Tamara says the Straits are selling because they wanted to be even further from the city, but "they still love that house. If Bill Tull weren't deceased, I'm sure they would have engaged him again for a new home."
You can take a video tour of the space here, and check out more photos of the mansion below:
The kitchen includes some of the architect's special artistic touches, including the custom tiles.
One of the home's seven bathrooms, which includes a custom stained-glass window


While many of us may watch with interest and delight as squirrels, raccoons, rabbits, opossums, skunks and a number of other woodland creatures cavort in and around our yards, their presence can actually be quite problematic. Wildlife can damage plants and property, and can often bring with them disease and disease-carrying fleas and ticks.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), wild animals accounted for 92 percent of reported cases of rabies in 2010 (the latest data available). Raccoons continued to be the most frequently reported rabid wildlife species (36.5 percent of all animal cases during 2010), followed by skunks (23.5 percent), bats (23 percent), foxes (7 percent), and other wild animals, including rodents and members of the rabbit family (1.8 percent).
As urban areas experience an increase in populations of these animals, homeowners may encounter these animals for the first time and not be fully prepared to deal with an intrusion. While wildlife plays an important role in nature, these animals can become a nuisance and a health threat when they come too close and sometimes into people's homes.
During the cooler months, wild animals are more apt to wander closer to human environments as they search for food and shelter. Some homes, more than others will be more inviting to these animals. Homes that are located near wildlife habitats such as forest preserves, parks, golf courses, rivers or creeks, railroad tracks, and vacant buildings and have a presence of mature trees in the yard or the neighborhood are more likely to be visited by wildlife.
The National Pest Management Association (NPMA) reminds homeowners who may encounter a wild animal on their property to contact a local wildlife or pest professional instead of attempting to remove it on their own. Experienced wildlife removal experts know how to approach the animal and trap it while avoiding being bitten. Even though an animal may not exhibit signs of rabies, it doesn't mean it is not a carrier of the virus.
Cover exhaust fan openings; soffit and attic vents.
Cover tops of window wells.
Inspect roofs annually for signs of water damage.
Keep tree limbs cut back 6 to 8 feet from the roofline and store firewood at least 20 feet away from the house.
Keep your garbage in a secure container that cannot be opened by animals.
Store birdseed in a secure place and hang your feeders in locations where only birds can reach them as bird feeders can attract raccoons, possums, or even bears.
Place birdbaths where wildlife cannot reach them or provide birds with water away from the home. Birdbaths, fountains or pet water dishes may draw wildlife pests, especially where water is scarce.
Keep in mind that fencing, plant choice and landscape design can play a role in whether your yard and garden is more or less attractive to nuisance wildlife.
If you have fruit trees in your yard, be sure to pick or dispose of ripe fruit.
Do not leave brush, leaf piles or other debris to accumulate.
Keep pet food and water dishes indoor. Do not encourage raccoons, deer and squirrels by feeding them.


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Surprise protest
Print edition : February 02, 2018 T+ T-
A demonstration in solidarity with anti-government protests in Iran near the Iranian Embassy in Paris, on January 6. Photo: Gonzalo Fuentes/REUTERS
The Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Photo: Handout/AP
President Hassan Rouhani. Photo: Handout/AP
Former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Photo: AP
Economic hardship and the interference of hostile foreign powers result in short-lived protests in the poorer quarters of Iranian cities, sending out a strong message to the clerical establishment.
THE street protests that erupted in several Iranian cities in late December must have come as a surprise to the authorities, particularly since they were initially concentrated in Mashad and Qom, the cities that are considered to be the bastion of conservative politicians and clerics. The Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, resides in Qom. Tehran, which had been the epicentre of anti-government protests in the past, was unaffected.
In 2009, the capital city was rocked by protests by supporters of the "Green Movement" against the re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. They had claimed that the presidential election was rigged.
Most of the demonstrators then were middle-class Iranians; there is no love lost between them and Ahmadinejad, whose main support base was in rural areas and smaller towns. Ahmadinejad's populist policies helped provide food and other subsidies to around 30 per cent of the population. But for these measures, this segment of the population would have descended below the poverty line. The steep rise in the prices of essential commodities has hit the poorer sections hard. The long years of economic sanctions had resulted in an underground economy and corruption. During a visit to Bushehr in late December, Ahmadinejad said the Iranian leadership seemed to be "detached from the problems and concerns of the people". There are reports that he has been put under house arrest.
President Hassan Rouhani and many of his senior colleagues have said that the Iranian people have the right to protest against the government but that they should do so peacefully. According to the authorities, around 20 people were killed in the violent protests, which petered out in a week. Many young people joined the protests, which were concentrated in the poorer parts of the cities. Around 200 students have been arrested. The youths were protesting against unemployment and social restrictions. Some young women demonstrators were seen without their head scarves.
The protests were confined to those areas that feel neglected. The government was expecting an economic boom following the signing of the nuclear deal with the United States in 2015. Although the U.S. has not lifted many of the draconian sanctions, many European countries have resumed trade and investment links with Iran. But the investment bonanza projected by the government and analysts did not materialise in view of the continuing sanctions and the Donald Trump administration's threat to scrap the nuclear deal. The international prices of oil and gas, which are Iran's main exports, continue to remain low, hampering faster economic growth. The rate of unemployment remains high, hovering at 12 per cent. The economy, however, registered a 6.4 per cent increase in 2016 after contracting by more than 3 per cent in 2015.
In the past five years, the Rouhani government had to expend a lot of blood, sweat and money to stave off looming security threats. Iran's intervention played a big role in the defeat of forces that were intent on regime change in Syria. These forces were supported, armed and financed by the enemies of Iran, led by the U.S., Saudi Arabia and Israel. Their aim was to break "the axis of resistance" comprising Iran, Syria and Hizbollah, which are the only regional forces willing to stand up to Israel. Iran had played a key role in bolstering the Iraqi government as it faced threats from the Daesh (Islamic State) and Kurdish separatists. A few demonstrators had raised slogans criticising Iran's role in Syria, Iraq and Palestine. But they were a microscopic minority. A recent opinion poll showed that support for Iran's military role against the Daesh and in Syria had actually increased. Over 67.1 per cent of the voters had said that Iran should increase its involvement in the fight against the Daesh and 64.9 per cent supported Iran's role in Syria.
Many observers of the Iranian political scene point out that the latest unrest erupted after details of huge budgetary allocations for institutions controlled by the clergy and to the security establishment were leaked. The budget also proposed gradual removal of subsidies for the marginalised sections. Billions of dollars were earmarked for the military, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and religious foundations. This information could have triggered the protests. Ayatollah Khamenei has full control over the IRGC, which is the praetorian force of the Islamic Republic. The Army and the security services are answerable to the Supreme Leader. The elected government is left with little manoeuvring space when it comes to important aspects of decision-making and budget formulation. President Mohammed Khatami's efforts to reform the system in 1997 failed in the face of overwhelming hostility from the all-powerful clerical establishment.
Rouhani wanted the budget to be more focussed on reinvigorating the economy. When the anti-government protests were going on, one of Rouhani's close aides, Heshamodin Ashna, tweeted about the need to correct the "unbalanced distribution of the budget". Ayatollah Khamenei, in a speech delivered on the third day of the protests, said that the nation was struggling with "high prices, inflation and recession". He asked the government to resolve the problem with determination. The protests seem to have sent a strong message to the clerical establishment. Rouhani may now emerge with his position strengthened.
The Iranian government has accused foreign powers of fomenting the protests. Only a few governments openly supported the protesters, who appeared to be a leaderless and disorganised lot. Trump, not surprisingly, was the loudest in his criticism of the Iranian government's handling of the situation. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was also quick to criticise the Iranian government and express his support for the protests. Trump and Netanyahu are among the most hated figures in Iran.
Western game plan
In the second week of December, top U.S. and Israeli security officials met in Washington to formulate a plan to contain Iran in the West Asian region and to roll back the nuclear deal. The U.S. team was led by National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster and the Israeli team by his Israeli counterpart, Meir Ben Shabat. After the meeting, an Israeli official told the media that both the countries have a similar view on the regional situation, especially on Iran. "We reached an understanding regarding the policy and strategy needed to counter Iran. Our understandings deal with the overall strategy but also with concrete goals, way of action and the means which we need to obtain those goals," the official explained. What happened two weeks later in Iran could have been part of this game plan.
European governments have been more circumspect in their reactions to the short-lived unrest and have refused to replicate Trump's virulent anti-Iran stance. There is plenty of rationale behind the Iran government's position that there was a foreign hand behind the recent unrest.
The U.S. and some of its allies have not still reconciled to the fall of the Pahlavi dynasty and the establishment of the Islamic Republic. Every Iranian remembers the events of 1953 when a popularly elected government was overthrown with the active help of U.S. and British intelligence agencies.
After the 1979 Iranian revolution, the West tried many methods to destabilise Iran. First, it tried to foment civil strife and then prevailed upon the Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein to launch a war against Iran. The Iran-Iraq War lasted eight years. The brutal war caused huge damage and casualties in both countries. Subsequently, the U.S. tried to prop up the Mujahideen-e-Khalq. The group was responsible for several terrorist attacks inside and outside Iran.
Before the signing of the nuclear deal, Iranian nuclear scientists were kidnapped or assassinated. U.S. and Israeli security services have been the main suspects in these terror acts. Jundullah, a Sunni extremist organisation, is said to be a recipient of secret U.S. and Israeli funding. It is active along the border Iran shares with Pakistan and has been responsible for many heinous acts of terror. The leader of Jundullah, who was captured by Iran in 2010, was seen on Iranian television saying that the U.S. had promised military support to his organisation.
Ayatollah Khamenei has blamed foreign "enemies" for the latest violence. A few protesters had raised slogans questioning the role of the Supreme Leader in the country's politics. The Head of Iran's National Security Agency, Ali Shamkhani, said that social media campaigns encouraging protests were orchestrated by the intelligence agencies of the U.S., Britain, Israel and Saudi Arabia.
Besides Trump, the Washington-based neoconservative Foundation for the Defence of Democracies (FDD) was among the loudest cheerleaders of the protests. The FDD, while thanking Trump for his support for the anti-government protests, urged the U.S. government to do more.
The FDD has, on previous occasions, supported the bombing of Iran to bring about regime change. It is heavily backed by multimillionaires such as Sheldon Adelson and Marcus Fox, who support Israel. Their aim was to provide more ammunition to the Trump administration to scuttle the U.S.-Iran nuclear deal. Trump has been talking about achieving this goal ever since taking office. He alleged that the unlocking of some frozen Iranian financial assets following the nuclear deal had led to widespread corruption in Iran. Trump has taken the unprecedented decision of banning all Iranians from travelling to the U.S. Any hope that the protesters would get wider public support was doomed with the unsolicited messages of support from Trump, who is blatantly working on behalf of Iran's enemies.
It was at the urging of its neoconservative backers that the Trump administration, in a foolhardy move, decided to take up the internal issue of Iran to the United Nations Security Council on January 5.
At the special session called by the U.S., most of the Security Council members, including France, which is a political ally of the U.S., were highly critical of the Trump administration's move. France's Ambassador to the U.N., Francois Delattre, warned against "instrumentalisation of the protests from the outside" in the Security Council. The Russian Ambassador, Vasily Nebenzya, was more forthright, asking why the issue of the "Black Lives Matter" protests in the U.S. was not taken up for discussion in the Security Council.
"The real reason for convening today's meeting is not an attempt to protect human rights or promote the interests of the Iranian people, but rather a veiled attempt to use the current moment to undermine" the nuclear deal with Iran, the Russian envoy said. The Swedish and Bolivian Ambassadors said that domestic political issues had no place in the Security Council. The U.S. found itself in splendid isolation at the Security Council, with even the British Ambassador saying that Iran was in full compliance with the nuclear deal.
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Extremely dangerous Tropical Cyclone "Hola" heading toward Loyalty Islands
March 8, 2018 by admin 0 Comments
Tropical Cyclone "Hola" is strengthening between Vanuatu and New Caledonia as it heads toward the Loyalty Islands. By the time Hola reaches the islands on March 9, it will have winds of 222 km/h (138 mph) and gusts to 259 km/h (161 mph), strong enough to cause catastrophic damage.
At 09:00 UTC today, the center of Tropical Cyclone "Hola" was located approximately 300 km (187 miles) W of Port Vila, Vanuatu and 507 km (315 miles) N of Noumea, New Caledonia and has tracked SSW at 7 km/h (4.6 mph) over the past six hours. Its maximum sustained winds were 175 km/h (109 mph) with gusts to 213 km/h (132 mph).
This made Hola a Category 4 tropical cyclone on the Fiji intensity scale or a Category 2 hurricane equivalent in the Atlantic.
Tropical Cyclone "Hola" RSMC Nadi forecast track at 07:24 UTC on March 8, 2018
Animated multispectral satellite imagery depicts a small but well defined tropical cyclone with a small eye, JTWC noted 09:00 UTC today.
Although hola is experiencing moderate vertical wind shear, it is benefiting from good equatorward outflow, excellent poleward outflow and favorable sea surface temperatures (29 – 30 °C / 84 – 86 °F).
Hola is expected to track southeastward along the periphery of subtropical ridge located to the east. In the short term, the system will continue to increase in intensity, reaching a peak intensity of 222 km/h (138 mph) by 09:00 UTC, March 9 before beginning to weaken. By 09:00 UTC on March 11, Hola will begin extratropical transition and complete it by 09:00 UTC, March 12.
Tropical Cyclone "Hola" at 10:50 UTC, March 8, 2018. Credit: JMA/Himawari-8
Tropical Cyclone "Hola" JTWC forecast track at 09:00 UTC on March 8, 2018
Dynamic model guidance remains in good agreement over the next 48 hours and calls for a direct hit to Loyalty Islands (population 18 000) as extremely dangerous Category 4 hurricane equivalent.
By the time Hola reaches the islands on March 9, it will have winds of 222 km/h (138 mph) and gusts to 259 km/h (161 mph), strong enough to cause catastrophic damage.
Potential damage: Well-built framed homes can sustain severe damage with loss of most of the roof structure and/or some exterior walls. Most trees will be snapped or uprooted and power poles downed. Fallen trees and power poles will isolate residential areas. Power outages will last weeks to possibly months. Most of the area will be uninhabitable for weeks or months.
Along with powerful winds, Hola is bringing very heavy rain, raising the threat of floods.
The two animations below show ECMWF wind gust and precipitation model:
Hola, or what's left of it, will reach North Island, New Zealand on March 12, bringing heavy rain and damaging winds.
Featured image: Tropical Cyclone Hola at 10:50 UTC on March 8, 2018. Credit: JMA/Himawari-8


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Sports: Football
One Sack a Game? UCLA's Mora Wants More
By Chris Foster
UCLA coach Jim Mora
(Credit: Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times/MCT)
LOS ANGELES—UCLA continues to come up just short in getting to the quarterback, finishing with one sack against Arizona State.
The Bruins have only four sacks in four games, with linebacker Deon Hollins' two leading the team. Next up is a physical Utah team, which has given up eight sacks in four games.
"We're getting good heat, but we're not getting as many hits as I would like," Coach Jim Mora said. "Part of it is individual wins and part of it is putting them in a spot where they can get that one-on-one win."
Mora hopes the in-season arrival of defensive lineman Takkarist McKinley will help. McKinley committed to California, but was a non-qualifier out of high school. He was attending Contra Costa College when a mistake was found in his transcripts, making him eligible immediately.
UCLA defensive line coach Angus McClure wrapped up McKinley in September and he saw limited action against Arizona State.
"He has that one thing you can't coach, that raw speed off the edge," Mora said. "We're missing that right now."
But, Mora said, "his inexperience showed up" against Arizona State.
McKinley was confident that he could pick up the scheme and the pace.
"With my speed, I can beat the offensive line, work a move, and get to the quarterback," McKinley said. "Speed kills."
But he has already learned, "You need to be more disciplined at this level, make sure you keep the outside contain. It's not like high school, where I could just rush."
Although the Bruins admit they need to improve their pass rush, defensive end Eddie Vanderdoes said that they have come close.
"We're collapsing the pocket," Vanderdoes said. "When you watch the film, we're almost there. You see Deon is always right there. I get back there. Kenny (Clark) is getting a lot of pressure. (Owamagbe Odighizuwa) is getting there. We're close."
UCLA is giving up 313.8 passing yards a game, ranking the Bruins 118th of 128 major college teams. The Bruins are tied for 111th in sacks, averaging one per game.
DB shuffle
The Bruins' secondary has been prepared as a mix-and-match unit, with players able to play safety and cornerback. That flip-flopping was more noticeable against Arizona State.
Safety Anthony Jefferson played more cornerback than he has in previous games. Ishmael Adams played safety, cornerback and nickel back.
It allowed UCLA to use the taller Jefferson against the Sun Devils' big receivers. Jefferson is 6 feet 1. Adams is 5-8.
"A.J. can play all over the field, right corner, left corner, both safeties," Mora said. "He's long and has a long reach. He knows how to play the ball in the air. Against bigger receivers, you can put him out there and he can bump and run."
UCLA linebacker Kenny Orjioke underwent a surgical procedure on his right knee Tuesday and will miss at least one game. Orjioke, who is part of the Bruins' linebacker rotation, was injured against Arizona State.
"We thought it was a bruise at first," Mora said. "It might be something minor or it might be something major. We won't know until they get in there."
Guard Alex Redmond, who left the Arizona State game with a left ankle injury, was in a walking boot and did not practice Tuesday.
"Alex will be all right," Mora said. "He's a tough guy. His position doesn't demand a tremendous amount of change of direction. He's wearing it as precaution."
Kenny Lacy replaced Redmond against Arizona State.
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WI: Oshkosh Corporation Gains $6.7B Contract to Mfg Light Tactical Vehicles
The U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) Life Cycle Management Command (LCMC) has awarded Oshkosh Defense, LLC, an Oshkosh Corporation OSK, +5.79% company, a $6.7 billion firm fixed price production contract to manufacture the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV). The JLTV program fills a critical capability gap for the U.S. Army and Marine Corps by replacing a large portion of the legacy HMMWV fleet with a light tactical vehicle with far superior protection and off-road mobility. During the contract, which includes both Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) and Full Rate Production (FRP), Oshkosh expects to deliver approximately 17,000 vehicles and sustainment services.
"Following a rigorous, disciplined JLTV competition, the U.S. Army and Marine Corps are giving our nation's Warfighters the world's most capable light vehicle – the Oshkosh JLTV," said Charles L. Szews, Oshkosh Corporation chief executive officer. "Oshkosh is honored to be selected for the JLTV production contract, which builds upon our 90-year history of producing tactical wheeled vehicles for U.S. military operations at home and abroad. We are fully prepared to build a fleet of exceptional JLTVs to serve our troops in future missions."
Governor Walker released the following statement congratulating Oshkosh Corporation for the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle contract awarded them by the U.S. Army:
"Oshkosh Corporation has a rich history of innovation and dedication to excellence and is a true partner to the state and our military. On behalf of the State of Wisconsin, I congratulate them on being awarded the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle contract by the U.S. Army. This announcement is a testament to their hard work, and it will lead to quality, family-supporting jobs and continued economic growth while providing important support to the men and women who protect our great nation."
The JLTV program provides protected, sustained and networked light tactical mobility for American troops across the full spectrum of military operations and missions anywhere in the world. The JLTV production contract awarded to Oshkosh includes a base contract award and eight option years covering three years of LRIP and five years of FRP. Oshkosh will begin delivering vehicles approximately ten months after contract award.
"Because of the JLTV program, our Soldiers and Marines are getting a level of technical performance that no other vehicle can match," said U.S. Army Major General (Retired) John M. Urias, executive vice president of Oshkosh Corporation and president of Oshkosh Defense. "Our JLTV has been extensively tested and is proven to provide the ballistic protection of a light tank, the underbody protection of an MRAP-class vehicle, and the off-road mobility of a Baja racer. The Oshkosh JLTV allows troops to travel over rugged terrain at speeds 70% faster than today's gold standard, which is our Oshkosh M-ATV. Looking to future battlefields, we know that our troops will face a myriad of threats. Soldiers and Marines can be assured that the highly capable Oshkosh JLTV will perform the mission."
The JLTV Family of Vehicles is comprised of two variants, a two seat and a four seat variant, as well as a companion trailer (JLTV-T). The two seat variant has one base vehicle platform, the Utility (JLTV-UTL). The four seat variant has two base vehicle platforms, the General Purpose (JLTV-GP) and the Close Combat Weapons Carrier (JLTV-CCWC).
The Oshkosh JLTV combines the latest in automotive technologies with the Oshkosh CORE1080 crew protection and TAK-4i™ independent suspension systems to provide next generation performance. In designing its JLTV, Oshkosh leveraged its extensive experience producing and sustaining more than 150,000 heavy, medium and protected MRAP vehicles for the U.S. and its allies.
"Developing our Oshkosh JLTV solution has been an incredible journey," said Szews. "For the past decade, our entire team has been focused on putting our troops behind the wheel of the world's most capable light vehicle. It's our relationship with our troops and our deep appreciation for their service that inspires our best work every day. I offer my sincere thanks to our employees and suppliers for their years of dedication to reach this historic day."
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I'm feeling kind of tired and sore at the moment, but I had a nice and productive evening out in the front yard. The yard was long overdue for a good mowing and today was the first time in quite a while that I actually had plenty of free time to work on it.
It's not that the front yard is particularly big; it usually requires roughly twenty minutes to mow if that's all you have to do. Recently that's rarely been the case because of all the pine needles that need to be raked up beforehand. We have an aging and somewhat precarious pine tree (if not for the cost I'd have it removed pronto) that dumps thousands of needles every time it gets somewhat windy.
On top of the pine needles there was also a fairly large dandelion outbreak to deal with as well. Clint's Dandy Digger works quite well (Mary and I wish we had another in fact), but when everyone's favorite yellow weeds are left to grow unchecked for a few weeks you're looking at quite a bit of time to get them cleared out again.
So in the end I probably spent an hour a half preparing the lawn for mowing and then twenty minutes mowing it. I'd still like to do some edging work along the driveway and a few other odds and ends, but it looks far better than when I first came home from work.


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Who Are The Atlanta Falcons' Biggest Rivals?
The Atlanta Falcons' biggest rivals are the New Orleans Saints, Philadelphia Eagles, Carolina Panthers, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Falcons entered the NFL in 1966, and have made the playoffs 14 times since then. Although they have never won a Super Bowl, the Falcons have developed intense rivalries with their NFC South divisional opponents (Saints, Panthers, and Buccaneers), as well as with the Eagles of the NFC East.
The rivalry between the Falcons and the Saints is one of the most notorious in the NFL today. The two teams first played one another in 1967, and since 1970 they have met twice per season. With the two teams playing each other so frequently, it is no surprise that a heated rivalry has developed. On top of that, the cities of Atlanta and New Orleans are both located in the Deep South, a region in America which is well-known for its residents' fanatical devotion to football.
The 1978 season was a turning point in the formation of the rivalry. The Falcons defeated the Saints twice that year, with both wins coming after last-second desperation touchdowns for Atlanta.
Another important moment in the rivalry came in 2006, when the Falcons traveled to New Orleans for the first football game in that city since Hurricane Katrina. After the Saints' Steve Gleason blocked an Atlanta punt early in the game, the Saints rolled to a 23-3 victory.
The rivalry between the Falcons and Eagles was first created in 1966. Although the two teams are not in the same division, they have a long history of heated battles in the regular season and playoffs. This rivalry first gained traction in 1978 when the teams faced off in the Wild Card round of the playoffs, a game that the Falcons won 14-13 after trailing 13-0.
After that, the rivalry subsided a bit until the early 2000s, when Michael Vick of Atlanta and Donovan McNabb of Philadelphia were two of the NFL's top young quarterbacks. The presence of both young star quarterbacks meant that these were high-skill, exciting games for fans. During this era, there were several exciting battles, including a 2005 game where the teams got into an on-field altercation before the opening kickoff.
A more recent rivalry, the Falcons first faced the Panthers in 1995 (the Panthers' first year of existence). This first meeting resulted in a 23-20 overtime win for the Falcons, and ever since then, this NFC South rivalry has been highly heated.
This rivalry became particularly nasty in the early 2010s, with several altercations between the two teams. After a 2012 game, Falcons' quarterback Matt Ryan yelled at the Panthers' players (using expletives) to "get off my field." During a game in November 2014, a brawl between the teams resulted in fines being levied against five different players. During this era, both teams were some of the best league-wide, meaning that their rivalry games were high-skill affairs as well as highly physical.
The Falcons and Buccaneers first played each other in 1977. Since they were not in the same division until 2003, this was not a major rivalry until the 21st century. Since the teams joined the NFC South, however, the Buccaneers have become one of Atlanta's most hated opponents.
While physicality and aggression are natural parts of football, the Atlanta-Tampa Bay rivalry has brought out some of the nastiest play in the history of the NFL in recent years. In 2003, the first year of the new NFC South, multiple unnecessary roughness penalties were handed out in an incredibly physical game between the two teams. Then, in 2005, there were two eye-poking incidents in the same game. This type of dirty play has lessened in recent years, but the rivalry still persists.
Who is the biggest rival of the Atlanta Falcons?
The biggest rival of the Atlanta Falcons is the New Orleans Saints. The Falcons have faced the Saints 107 times since they first met in 1967. The fact that both teams are located in the Deep South of America, where football is incredibly popular, makes this one of the most exciting rivalries in the NFL.
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There's a new food program on the shelves at Weavers Way Co-op to benefit low-income families and individuals.
On Jan. 2, the Northwest Philly-based food cooperative launched its Food For All program, a food access initiative that will allow the higher-quality produce and products sold at Weavers Way markets to be more accessible and affordable.
"We believe it is important that everybody have better access to everything in their shopping basket," said Rebecca Torpie, the Weavers Way marketing director.
Food For All is an application-based program that offers Weavers Way members who are eligible for SNAP, WIC, TANF or Medicaid an automatic 10 percent off nearly all items.
The idea came forth through the Weavers Way Food Justice Committee.
They began researching co-ops across the country and found that over a dozen were already operating low-income discount programs. They presented their findings to the management team who then developed the framework for the Food For All Program at Weavers Way.
Currently the program is for members only. Those eligible for Food For All are encouraged to also become working members of the co-op, allowing them an additional 5 percent discount.
Working members are required to work six hours a year per household member.
De Caumette shared that since going live, the response to the Food For All program has been overwhelming positive, and that the co-op received immediate inquiries.
To apply for Food For All, schedule a meeting with Membership Coordinator Kirsten Bernal by emailing member@weaversway.coop or calling (215) 843-2350, ext. 119. Prior to meeting you must fill out the application, available on the Weavers Way website, and bring it to the meeting along with your SNAP or WIC documentation.
Food For All applications and transactions will be handled confidentially.


This is the third incarnation of my rules-lite old school fantasy game. It still draws heavily from Tunnels & Trolls but this time around I've tried to make it more of a complete game. I've included a character sheet and dungeon crawl adventure, a new colour of magic (prismatic), sample enemies and suggestions for incorporating non-human player characters.
To keep the file size down I've stripped out the public domain art and used basic fonts and layout (bit dull, sorry). Given that the adventure runs to 20 pages the game has blown out to 58 but remains easy to play.
On that topic – only the players need to roll the dice, the GM can focus on planning and running the game.
I hope you enjoy this latest version.


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Q: You've described Tangelo Games as the only global publicly quoted company exclusively focused on social casino – how does being listed help or hinder operations?
A: From an operational perspective, while the daily operations of the company are unaltered by being publicly quoted, we do have a series of reporting responsibilities and compliance obligations in our listing market, the TSX Venture in Toronto.
By being public, both debt and equity financing are available in the measure of our operating results, which are disclosed quarterly to the public. This implies a series of tools which can be useful in the context of the vibrant M&A opportunities in social casino.
Q: Is Tangelo an acquisition target for some of the larger social casino firms?
A: The M&A landscape for social and mobile games remains robust with over $4bn in transactions in 2017 and social casino is a particularly attractive segment within it. There is no doubt Tangelo is in an ideal position within that scenario. The company keeps being rated among the top 20 social casino game publishers by revenues on Facebook and web by Eilers & Krejcik analysts and has always been on the radar of the main industry players.
We expect the industry to remain dynamic on the M&A front during 2018 and Tangelo to be part of any conversations.
Q: What are you doing around the teamwork/social features that are driving growth at some firms?
A: Tangelo Spain is driving new user revenue through innovative new features, including the introduction of its coin "bank" and new missions and tournaments which had the effect of growing portal revenue in Spain and Latin America, including Argentina and Mexico.
We are also very bullish on the whole concept of live operations and Tangelo is implementing a firm plan around that concept all throughout 2018.
Q: You saw a Q4 revenue decline due to "lack of new content" – why was there a lack of new content and how will that change going forward?
A: During 2017 our technical team has been focused on completing our migration from Flash to Unity and our operating teams have been fighting hard to consolidate the merge of our two subsidiaries with the goal of driving user growth and spend across our current platforms. Now our focal point is the launch of the Mundigames and Best Jackpot apps, which will see light during this year.
Q: One of your key markets is Latin America/ Southern Europe. How are your games targeted for these regions?
A: Tangelo Games' Spain success in regional specialization lies in our ability of adapting both our gaming platforms and products to each country offering a tailored online customer experience.
In this sense, we offer five different web apps including Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian and English. Each of them with a local taste not only through the selection of games and language but also through native customer service support, methods of payment and CRM campaigns, according to the targeted country.
Each brand features a tailored selection of games according to the country's cultural tradition, which means that if a Brazilian visits www.ludijogos.com, a banner of Buraco will pop up while a French player will easily find Belote on www.mundijeux.fr and so on.


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The 600-page book, published by the Institute of Palestinian Studies, was co-authored by Hasan Ladadweh, instructor in the Department of Social and Behavioral Science.
The book diagnoses and analyzes the structural shifts that took place in the Palestinian community since the Nakba of 1948 by examining the colonial context that encroaches upon the integrity, identity, and foundations of the Palestinian society. The transformations of Palestinian culture and arts have been discussed in a chapter written by Abdul Karim Bargouthi, director of the Master's Program in Contemporary Arab Studies; and Jamal Daher, assistant professor of philosophy and cultural studies.
Two main themes permeate the entirety of the book: the first identifies and analyzes the key social, political, economic, and cultural shifts, and the nature of the interaction between them and their surrounding spaces and environment. The second traces the aforementioned transformations through from the British Mandate period until the current times.


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Q: Difference of Environment.DEFAULT_SCHEMA and database in Hibernate What is the difference in Hibernate of
cfg.setProperty(Environment.DEFAULT_SCHEMA, "exampleDB");
with
<property name="hibernate.connection.url">jdbc:mysql://127.0.0.1:3306/exampleDB</property>
Is default schema and DB in the connection URL completely different things?
I noticed that if I omit the setting of Environment.DEFAULT_SCHEMA and do the following:
Configuration cfg = new Configuration();
System.out.println("Default schema:"+cfg.getProperty(Environment.DEFAULT_SCHEMA));
sessionFactory = cfg.configure().buildSessionFactory();

The console prints: Default schema:null.
So what is the use of Environment.DEFAULT_SCHEMA and the difference with the connecting DB?

A: The default schema property is used when your DBA creates multiple schemas within a single database. I've seen this with postgres where everyone uses one database URL but under that there are separate schemas for each application.
By using the default schema property it allows you to keep the schema names off your entities. This is particularly useful if you're running tests against HSqlDB which does not support schemas and you deploy against a DB that is using schemas. Having a null value just means it defaults back to the DB default schema.

A: refer to:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReAZmA83Myg&feature=related
and
http://www.java-forums.org/database/1467-variables-hibernate-cfg-xml-file.html
what I understand:
in hibernate.cfg.xml you can setup;
<property name="hibernate.default_schema">exampleDB</property>

or you can construct the hibernate.cfg file at execution time;
cfg.setProperty(Environment.DEFAULT_SCHEMA, "exampleDB");

how you can create default schema for later use;
new SchemaExport(config).create(true,true); //First parameter (true) creates new schema

edit:
and another reference:
http://docs.jboss.org/hibernate/core/3.3/api/org/hibernate/cfg/Environment.html
Provides access to configuration info passed in Properties objects.
Hibernate has two property scopes:
Factory-level properties may be passed to the SessionFactory when it instantiated. Each instance might have different property values. If no properties are specified, the factory calls Environment.getProperties().
System-level properties are shared by all factory instances and are always determined by the Environment properties.

The only system-level properties are
hibernate.jdbc.use_streams_for_binary
hibernate.cglib.use_reflection_optimizer

Environment properties are populated by calling System.getProperties() and then from a resource named /hibernate.properties if it exists. System properties override properties specified in hibernate.properties.
The SessionFactory is controlled by the following properties. Properties may be either be System properties, properties defined in a resource named /hibernate.properties or an instance of java.util.Properties passed to Configuration.buildSessionFactory()

A: Setting the hibernate property causes hibernate to qualify all table names in the sql it emits, i.e. instead of
select count(*)
from mytable

it would send
select count(*)
from myschema.mytable

to the database.
The effect of appending to the connection string is database specific. Some databases (e.g. Oracle) do not support specifying the default schema in the connection string. (source)

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When your teeth begin to decay, it's important to take action. The treatment your dentist will recommend is based on how badly your teeth have been damaged by the decay. Teeth with minimal decay can be repaired, but teeth with extensive decay may need to be removed. Your dentist will discuss all of the options with you before proceeding with treatment.
Tooth decay is the degradation of tooth structure by the bacteria that is in dental plaque. If our oral health is poor, plaque contacts the teeth for a longer time and eventually causes a cavity to form. If left untreated, it can lead to a dental infection, potentially causing pain and swelling, and over time, an abscess.
Regular visits to the dentist allow early detection and stopping these cavities before they turn into infection by removing the decay and placing fillings. If the cavity is identified early and decay minimal, a filling usually solves the problem. However, the longer the decay is left untreated, the higher the chances of an infection. If the cavity is deep and the resulting filling is close to the pulp tissue, the tooth can be saved with a root canal. If decay is extensive and tooth can't be salvaged, an extraction is required.
When a small cavity is present, the treatment is often as simple as a filling. This involves preparing the tooth by removing the decayed tooth structure and filling the space with a composite resin, porcelain or amalgam filling.
If a tooth has a significant amount of decay, or already contains several fillings, your dentist may recommend a crown. A crown involves preparing or reducing the tooth 360° and vertically as to shape the existing tooth structure in a way to accept a full crown, which completely covers the entire tooth when cemented. Crowns are very strong and long term. They can be made of porcelain, gold or porcelain fused to gold. A crown also completely caps or encircles a tooth of a dental implant.
A dental inlay is similar to a regular filling in that the decayed tooth structure is removed and then restored. The only real difference is that instead of using composite resin, porcelain, or amalgam directly, an impression of the preparation is taken, and sent to the lab where the restorative will be made of gold or porcelain, and then cemented.
A dental onlay is a laboratory fabricated restoration that restores the entire biting surface of a tooth, usually made of porcelain or gold. Onlays can be recommended when the amount of tooth decay is too much for a filling but not enough for a full crown.
When a space exists from the loss of a tooth (ie. extraction), a bridge, aka a fixed partial denture, may be recommended. A bridge involves doing a crown preparation on the teeth adjacent to the space - these teeth will be known as the "abutment" teeth that support the bridge. The pontic or replacement tooth is fused to these abutments and the result is a fixed, cemented bridge. Bridges are a good option for replacing missing teeth, if an implant can't be done.


Have this favorite side dish from the popular Outback Steakhouse in your very own kitchen. This garlic infused dish is easy to make and is prepared in less than an hour. Use fresh potatoes and garlic to compose this simple yet tasty dish.