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The Top 10 Funders of African American LGBTQ Communitites
In honor of Black History Month, we thought we'd take a closer look at the $5.9 million awarded specifically for African American LGBTQ communities between 2011-2012. During that time, the top 10 funders were:
Elton John AIDS Foundation ($ 1,342,950)
Ford Foundation ($ 949,000)
Arcus Foundation ($ 687,811)
Gill Foundation ($ 575,300)
Evelyn & Walter Haas Jr. Fund ($ 390,000)
H. van Ameringen Foundation ($ 330,000)
Open Society Foundation ($ 300,000)
Levi Strauss Foundation ($ 155,000)
Liberty Hill Foundation ($ 150,250)
Healthcare Foundation of NJ ($ 150,000)
Nearly half of this funding – $2.5 million – went towards addressing HIV/AIDS. This reflects the philanthropic response to the reality that among gay and bisexual men who have sex with men, African American men currently account for the largest number and percentage of both new HIV infections and AIDS diagnoses.
Of the $5.9 million, nearly $1.9 million was awarded to organizations in the D.C. area and $1.4 million was awarded to California-based organizations. No other state or region received more than $1 million expressly for African American LGBTQ communities between 2011-2012.
According to the Williams Institute, there are approximately 1 million "out" LGBT African American adults. As such, the annual LGBTQ grant dollars per African American LGBT adult work out to $2.90. This is less than half the national annual average of $5.78 in LGBTQ grant dollars per LGBT adult for 2011-2012.
Seeking to address the unique needs of LGBTQ African Americans and other communities of color, several funders have recently come together to establish the LGBTQ Racial Justice Fund. This new fund will support efforts to drive structural, policy and cultural change that ensure core public institutions are welcoming and capable of serving diverse LGBTQ populations. The fund is being implemented by the Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice, the Ford Foundation, the Arcus Foundation and an anonymous donor.
Click here for more information on the LGBTQ Racial Justice Fund. (Letters of Inquiry are now being accepted for LGBTQ Racial Justice Fund grants. The deadline is March 3rd.)
At Funding Forward, our annual gathering of grantmakers committed to LGBTQ issues, the partners of the LGBTQ Racial Justice Fund will host a breakfast meeting for those interested in learning more about the fund. Click here for more information about Funding Forward. Click here to register for Funding Forward.


Numbers gaining admission to Workhouses fluctuated over the decades of the second half of the nineteenth century according to several principal factors.
Chief among these was the outbreak of infectious diseases.
Crop failure, want, starvation and destitution and homelessness consequent upon peasants being driven from their miserable holdings featured high among the causes.


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The Nation of Thurman
A Minecraft website dedicated to the Nation of Thurman
Nation of Thurman's Economic History
The Nation of Thurman in medieval times grew in wealth through a combination of factors. One of the main sources of wealth for the kingdom was its fertile farmlands, which produced a abundance of crops that were in high demand both within the kingdom and abroad. The kingdom also had abundant natural resources, such as timber, minerals, and metals, which were extracted and used for building and trade.
In addition to its natural resources, the Nation of Thurman was also a hub of commerce and trade, with a network of roads and waterways that connected it to other parts of the world. Merchants and traders from all over came to the kingdom to buy and sell goods, bringing wealth and prosperity to the land. The kingdom's artisans and craftsmen were also highly skilled, producing high-quality products that were in demand both at home and abroad.
Another factor that contributed to the wealth of the Nation of Thurman was its strong and efficient government. The rulers of the kingdom were wise and just, and they were able to create a stable and supportive environment for economic growth. They also invested in infrastructure, such as roads, bridges, and ports, which facilitated trade and commerce.
Finally, the Nation of Thurman was able to defend its wealth and prosperity through its military might. The kingdom had a strong and well-trained army that was able to defend its borders and repel invasions from rival kingdoms. This allowed the kingdom to focus on building its wealth and prosperity, rather than constantly having to worry about defending itself.
Overall, the Nation of Thurman in medieval times was able to grow in wealth through a combination of a fertile land, abundant natural resources, a thriving trade and commerce, a supportive government, and a strong military. These factors all contributed to the kingdom's prosperity and made it a powerful and influential player in the medieval world.
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Q: How to add more space to my ubuntu 10.04 installation
Possible Duplicate:
How to make Ubuntu use the entire partition?

I installed Ubuntu 10.04 on my 64 bit machine using Wubi.Both windows and Ubuntu are installed on the C drive. I have the D drive which as over 40GB free. Now I want to give that free space to my Ubuntu.
I read that I can do it with Gparted but I am not sure how to.
So can someone please explain this process step by step?
Looking forward to your positive response.
Cheers.
Jayneil.
(jayneil.dalal@gmail.com)

A: Have you tried to expand the linux partition ? Can you install and use the palimpsest utility ?
Also you can do this with gparted just expand your partition. (not the small swap partition!)

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Округ Комо () је округ у оквиру покрајине Ломбардије у северној Италији. Седиште округа покрајине и највеће градско насеље је истоимени град Комо.

Површина округа је 1.288 км², а број становника 583.815 (2008. године).

Природне одлике
Округ Комо се налази у северном делу државе, без излаза на море. Јужни део округа је равничарског карактера, у области Падске низије. Северни, већи део чине ниже планине предалпског појаса. У средишњем делу округа налази се језеро Комо.

Становништво
По последњим проценама из 2008. године у округу Комо живи више више од 580.000 становника. Густина насељености је изузетно велика, преко 450 ст/км². Посебно је густо насељено подручје јужно од града Кома, а део урбаног подручја Милана.

Поред претежног италијанског становништва у округу живе и велики број досељеника из свих делова света.

Општине и насеља
У округу Комо постоји 162 општине (итал. Comuni).

Најважније градско насеље и седиште округа је град Комо (85.000 становника), који са предграђима окупља два пута више становништва. Велики град је и Канту (38.000 ст.), на југу округа.

Спољашње везе

 www.provincia.Como.it Званична страница округа Комо

Окрузи у Италији
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Overview of Open Access at Cal State East Bay
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Please expect delays during the upcoming winter holiday (Dec. 19 - Jan 3): Typically we review and respond to applicants within 2 weeks of receiving them (~7 business days). Once applications are officially accepted and the invoice is received by the library, please expect ~5 business days to make payment to the publisher. NOTE: We do not process reimbursements. Any communication received during the winter holiday will be delayed until the new year.
Are you publishing an article in an American Chemical Society (ACS) journal? If so, The CSU, UC, and SCELC signed a joint transformative agreement that allows CSU (and UC and SCELC members) to publish their articles open access in ACS journals. This is retroactive to January 1, 2022. This is similar to the agreement with Elsevier, with one main difference: if an author has grant funding for the research they are trying to publish, they must use the grant funding to pay the article processing charge (APC). If an author does not have grant funding, then the APC is waived. Helpful links: how to complete the publishing agreement if you have grant funding to pay the APC (referred to as "author funding"), and how to complete the publishing agreement if you do not have funding.
The University Libraries is pleased to introduce a new Open Access (OA) Publishing Fund for current faculty, students, and staff members at Cal State East Bay. The OA Publishing Fund is designed to increase the visibility and accessibility of the University's scholarship. It will support Cal State East Bay researchers who have limited access to funding sources, but would like to publish in open access journals that require author fees for accepted manuscripts. The primary goal of this program is to remove the financial barriers that prevent researchers from publishing in open access journals.
The University Libraries will only provide funds for articles that meet the following criteria:
Published in an entirely open access journal. Hybrid journals or delayed open access models are not accepted;
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Nominal amounts (up to $1,000) of publication support grants are now available for faculty to aid in publishing their RSCA work. Funds provided may be used for expenses related to preparing the manuscript such as image rights, copy-editing, and/or indexing.
This funding will be on a "first-come-first-served" basis. Once the funds set aside for a given fiscal year are expended, this funding stream will be closed. Faculty need to work with their department chair on their funding request. The department chair should then send the request for such funding to ORSP (Anne Wing @ anne.wing@csueasbay.edu).
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HCMUD 249 completes repairs on Lemm Gully drainage channel
Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 249's Board of Directors understands resident concerns regarding drainage and flooding. Severe storms can cause damage to drainage channels and other facilities that, if not repaired, can make them less effective during heavy rains. That is why, in the wake of Tropical Storm Imelda, the Board authorized repairs to be completed to Lemm Gully, one of the main channels carrying water away from the District.
Storm Water Solutions, the District's stormwater management consultant, completed repairs to the gully in September and October. Erosion to the slopes of the gully was repaired to bring the channel back to its original design specifications.
"The erosion was a concern because it began to affect the structural integrity of the channel side slopes and the outfall pipes which drain water from the neighborhood streets," said Blake Kridel of Storm Water Solutions.
The previously eroded areas were then reinforced with heavy rocks known as rip rap to prevent future erosion, according to Kridel. More than 300 tons of rip rap were placed to ensure the stability of the drainage infrastructure. Storm Water Solutions inspects and maintains the District's drainage facilities on a monthly basis to ensure they are functioning properly.
The repairs to Lemm Gully are just one aspect of what the District is doing to help mitigate flood risks in our District. Keep an eye on this website for more information as the District's Board of Directors continues to examine additional options for drainage improvements to help prevent flooding in our community.
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Repairs were recently made to Lemm Gully in areas 3 and 4, noted here on this map. The District is currently examining the need for any repairs or improvements to drainage infrastructure in the MUD's borders.
Repairs to the slope of the drainage channel as shown in this picture help water move into the channel as originally designed.
Laying rip rap - large stones in this instance - around outlet pipes into the channel helps to prevent silt from settling near the pipes so water may flow freely out of the District's drainage infrastructure.
Rip rap is quite heavy and not as easily eroded as smaller soil particles, which helps to keep drainage channels as close to original design specifications as possible.


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Fans Get The Shaft As Sides Squabble Over Money
The recent NHL (National Hockey League) and NFLRA (National Football League Referees Association) lockouts have proved one thing beyond a shadow of a doubt - fans always come last in labor disputes that involve the four major North American sports leagues.
The lockout of the NFLRA by the NFL has been a complete disaster. The owners thought that they could play hardball with the NFLRA by using replacement referees. The result? The NFL brand has been heavily tarnished and the league has become a laughingstock. That's right - the NFL fumbled this situation so badly that their nearly pristine brand has taken a savage beaten over the course of just three weeks. Fans of nearly every team are furious, players are outraged and owners are embarrassed. You know things are bad when both President Obama and Paul Ryan implore the owners and NFLRA to come to some sort of a resolution. Things reached a chaotic apex this past Monday after replacement referees botched a call at the end of the Green Bay/Seattle game.
The lockout of the NFLRA boils down to just one thing - money. The NFL decided to take a hard line with the NFLRA, despite the fact that the league is a multi-billion dollar machine. The average franchise value of a NFL team is approximately $1 billion, and the league as a whole brings in well over $10 billion in revenues every year. Despite these facts, the NFL decided to try to hammer the NFLRA into submission in order to save a few million dollars per year. The NFLRA didn't back down, confident in the fact that replacement referees would do an inferior job, and they were 100% right.
If the NFL truly cared about their fans, this situation would have been resolved months ago. Instead, they let ego and money get in the way of rational thinking.
Sports are an important part of the fabric of our society, and owners and players both realize this, using this as leverage in labor negotiations. This is why fan boycotts will never work - football and hockey and basketball and other sports are simply too integrated into the lives of people across the world. Not watching NFL on Sunday afternoon because of an organized fan boycott? Will never happen. Not having your friends over for Monday Night Football because of a boycott? Again - will never happen. Fans will continue to snap up tickets, television networks will continue to dole out billions of dollars, and the NFL machine will continue to silently hum along and generate billions of dollars.
This is why the NFL can lock out the NFLRA and this is why the NHL can lock out its players. Their dirty little secret is their knowledge that the fans will always come back.
Look at the NHL. They lost an entire season to a lockout less than a decade ago (2004-2005). Fans came back, and business is better than ever (league revenues increased from $2.3 billion to $3.3 billion in less than 10 years). Now, the league is locking out its players once again, certain in the knowledge that fans will come back, even if another year is completely lost.
Without fans, none of these leagues would make any money. There would be no ticket sales. Nobody would watch games on TV, which would mean that networks would not pay billions of dollars for broadcast rights fees. Nobody would buy merchandise, nobody would pay for parking, nobody would buy expensive hot dogs and beers.
However, owners and the players both know that the fans will always come back. In any league, you need owners, players, officials and fans, but the fans are always the ones who get the short end of the stick, while the owners and players laugh all the way to the bank.
Fans have all of the power and none of the power at the same time, and the fans are the ones who are made to suffer in every labor dispute of every major sports league. Fans have suffered as a result of the NFL/NFLRA situation, and fans will suffer thanks to the NHL's lockout of the NHLPA.


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Podcast: The Crow: Wicked Prayer (2005)
Your Stupid Minds continues its summer sequels series (once you do three in a row it's a series) with the fourth and final Crow movie made as of 2014: The Crow: Wicked Prayer! When tiny scumbag Jimmy Cuervo (Edward Furlong) is murdered by an all star team of Satanists, Cuervo is transformed by a magic crow into an instrument of embarrassingly dressed vengeance. Can pre-teen mall goth Crow overcome Tank from The Matrix, Tara Reid, MMA champion Tito Ortiz, and David Boreanaz over the course of one night, or will some sort of elaborate, ill-defined plan by the Satanists come to fruition?
And as if that all-star team of Satanists wasn't enough, the film features several notable guest stars, one of whom gives one of the worst performances we've seen on our podcast! It might not be who you think!
A rough idea of how women dress in this film.
We mention quite a few better films to check out if you haven't already, including the original Crow, Dead Man, and Billy Jack.
Despite being set on an Indian Reservation, not a single member of the principal cast is Native American.
The movie apparently thinks there is no difference between ravens and crows, as Jimmy's name (Cuervo) is Spanish for "raven," and the Indian Reservation is named as the "Raven Aztec Reservation," and many reservation locations have a raven motif. Ravens are within the genus corvus, but in Spanish a carrion crow would be a "corneja." This concludes today's Spanish lesson.
The Crow: Wicked Prayer was one of only two projects Boreanaz filmed between two nearly decade long runs on successful television shows. His other film? These Girls, a dramedy about three pre-college girls blackmailing Boreanaz, a "slightly older hunk," into having sex with them. Who knows what other classic roles he could've landed had Bones not been a big hit?
The comic book character the Crow was created in 1989 to help a grieving James O'Barr deal with losing his girlfriend after she was killed by a drunk driver. The comic predates both Batman Returns and Catwoman, which use basically the same concept, except with cats bringing people to life for the purpose of vengeance.
The Crow: Wicked Prayer is available on Netflix, Google Play, and Amazon sells the used DVD for one measly cent.
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Labels: 2000s, Action, Brooding, Comic Books, Podcast


The Health Sciences Mindanao Journal, the official journal of the Davao Medical School Foundation Inc., is now accepting manuscripts for its maiden publication under a new name.
Topics will cover all medical and health science disciplines such as pre-clinical and clinical studies, case reports, communication about methods and research designs, health services and economics, public health, medical education and practice.
1. The manuscript has not been previously published, nor is it submitted in another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Cover Letter).
2. The manuscript is correctly formatted, as described below.
2.1. Only online submissions (with file formats Microsoft Office, OpenOffice or in RTF document) will be processed.
2.3.5. Abstract must be 300 words or less. Original research articles must have an extended structured abstract with Purpose, Materials and Methods, Results, and Conclusion.
2.3.6. For Keywords, please refer to NLM Medial Subject Headings (MeSH), or established indexing systems (e.g. PubMed).
2.3.13.1. Original research articles and reviews should have maximum of 3,000 words and should include references, not to exceed 30.
2.3.13.2. Case studies and letters should have maximum of 1,200 words and should include references, not to exceed 20.
2.3.13.3. Conference summaries and announcements should have maximum of 500 words.
3.1. The text should be in Arial font, 12, double-spaced, with line numbers.
3.2. For abbreviations, spell out meaning when first used, followed by the abbreviation in parenthesis. Henceforth, use the abbreviation only.
3.5. Do not use trade names.


Puerto Rico is home to everything from beautiful beaches and savory food to delicious Pina Coladas. However, in all honesty, that is only a small side of what the island has to offer.
The essence of Puerto Rico can be found by looking deeper at the unique natural environments that around the island. From the frogs hopping around the rainforest to sea turtles hanging out on a reef, Puerto Rico grants you the opportunity to experience nature and its many creatures.
While there are many adventures awaiting you on Puerto Rico but here are three you cannot miss.
Hike the Only Tropical Rainforest in the U.S.
While I can't say there is no other place like this on earth, there are only five bio-luminescent bays, three of which are in Puerto Rico. Do not miss the chance to take a kayaking tour on one of the glowing bays. As you paddle the water will glow around your boat, sparkling on your legs as you splash water onto them, and the fish will eliminate as the skip across the water. This is an environment unlike any other where you'll have a chance to get to know this bizarre creature, the bio-plankton, that causes these bays to glow.
You are in the Caribbean and you'd miss half it has to offer if you don't take the chance to explore under the water's surface. Puerto Rico has a variety of opportunities to dive and snorkel on the main island and beyond. Make sure to head out to some of the islands off the east coast for a great chance to see tropical fish, sea turtles and sting rays. Hop on a catamaran to Icacos or take the ferry to Culebra or Vieques and spend the day explore the waters right between the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea for an incredible ocean adventure. If you're looking at which island to pick here is a great itinerary for an adventure on Culebra.
Puerto Rico offers almost every type of terrain and one of their exclusive environments is El Yunque National Rainforest. The rainforest covers 44 square miles on the island and provides hiking trails for beginners to pros, heart-stopping views, and waterfalls including a few you can swim in. Listen to the Coqui, the unofficial Puerto Rican mascot, an adorable and noisy frog that calls out its own name, while you hike down to La Mina Falls and take a relaxing dip in its pool. Or drive around the paths and taking the many breathtaking views where you can see all the way to the ocean.
Puerto Rico is a perfect island for just about every traveler but those who don't take a chance to explore its unparalleled environments, meet its wildlife or take an adventure are missing much of what it has to offer. Enjoy a day with a pina colada in your hand on the beach but also hop in the car or on a boat and explore everything this island has to offer. The only thing you will find that is more Puerto Rican than its nature are its people.
Take a look for some more adventures over at Traveling Nine to Fiver as well as more things to do, places to stay and where to eat.
Megan MacNee is the founder of TravelingNinetoFiver.com where she helps other 9 to 5 professionals get out to experience, explore and share everything the world has to offer.
Thanks for hosting the link up! And your post has left me ready to pack my bags for a Puerto Rico getaway. Beaches, forest, island vibes? Yes please!
Yes, there is indeed a lot of adventures to have in Puerto Rico. You can also explore caves, hike in a dry forest, explore small islands and much more.
We have only had layovers in Puerto Rico on our way to USVI. Looks like we need to take a few days and explore what Puerto Rico has to offer. Thanks for sharing.


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Weather seal usually is made of foam and comes in rolled strips with adhesive backing.
Window air conditioners are made to fit most windows. With adjustable panels on the sides and flanges on the top and bottom, they fit snugly in place with little effort. However, with most models you'll probably need to install weather seals, which are foam strips that go along the window frame, to prevent air from escaping or entering. Many window air conditioner manufacturers will include a roll of weather seal with the unity, but you also can find it at most hardware stores. Installing weather seal for a window air conditioner is a task most homeowners can complete themselves.
Open the window and clean all parts of the frame using a damp cloth. To clean away mildew or stuck-on dirt, wipe with soapy water, then rinse the window with clean water.
Dry the window frame with a paper towel. Make sure the surface is fully dry before you try to install the weather seal.
Measure the width of the bottom side of the open window. Cut a piece of weather seal to this length using scissors.
Peel the paper backing off the cut strip of weather seal, then position the seal sticky side up along the underside of the window frame. Press the seal against the frame beginning at one side and working your way to the other to ensure a straight, bump-free seal.
Measure the sill and cut a piece of weather seal to this length. Peel away the paper backing from the cut strip of weather seal and position it sticky side down on the sill. Make sure the strip is positioned at the point where the window frame contacts the sill when it is closed.
Press the seal against the sill beginning at one side and working your way to the other to ensure a straight, bump free seal.
Measure the inner right and left sides of the frame between the bottom of the open window and the sill. Cut a piece of weather seal to fit each side.
Peel the paper backing from each cut strip of weather seal and press these to the inner sides of the frame. Work from the top to the bottom, making sure there are no bumps in the seal.
Install your air conditioner and pull the accordion panels on each side out until they touch the frame on each side and secure them in place.
Check that the unit fits snugly against the seal and that there are no gaps between the unit and the seal where air might escape.
Measure the width of top of the window once the air conditioner is installed and cut a piece of weather seal to this length.
Peel the paper backing from the cut piece and press the seal to the opening between the stationary part of your window and the top of the frame. This will prevent air from flowing through the narrow gap between the two panes.
Patch areas where you see gaps between the seal and the unit or the window by measuring the gap and cutting a strip of seal to that size. Press these pieces over the gaps to plug them.
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Burra Community School welcomes a vibrant cross section of students, teaching and support staff within its well-appointed buildings and spacious grounds. All are encouraged and challenged to give of their best and to achieve personal goals within the supportive, safe and friendly environment that makes up the school as a whole.
Established in 1848, Burra Community School is a Reception to Year 12 public school which currently has 240 students. The school offers a modern and welcoming environment for its students in an historical location.
Nestled among bare rolling hills and located 155 km north of Adelaide and 45 km east of Clare the historic town of Burra serves the surrounding rich farming, grazing and pastoral country, several secondary industries and a vital tourist industry.
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 "In Pieces" (song), 2007, by Shannon Noll

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The Solar Electric Power Association presented Green Mountain Power the 2013 investor-owned Utility of the Year Award today for its initiative incorporating solar as a cost-effective solution for its customers and for its most recent decision to make Rutland the Solar Capital of New England.
GMP President and CEO Mary Powell received the award at SEPA's annual membership meeting in Chicago, where 12,000 solar and utility professionals gathered this week. GMP was selected from among three finalists, and was by far the smallest utility considered for the award.
The company does not know who nominated it for the award, but SEPA received numerous letters of support for the nomination. GMP recently expanded its solar goal in Rutland from 6.25 megawatts of solar generation in 2017 to 10 megawatts by the end of 2015.
Jeff Wolfe, a solar pioneer in Vermont and nationally, also wrote a letter commending GMP for removing interconnection barriers, supporting forward-thinking regulations, and using solar as a development tool, and recommended GMP for the award. "I have worked with many utilities, across the country, and cannot think of a more deserving company for this award than Green Mountain Power," he wrote.
SEPA is an educational non-profit dedicated to helping utilities integrate solar power into their energy portfolios for the benefit of the utility, its customers and the public good. With more than 1,000 utility and solar industry members, SEPA provides unbiased utility solar market intelligence, up-to-date information about technologies and business models, and peer-to-peer interaction, including hosting national events.
Green Mountain Power (www.greenmountainpower.com) generates, transmits, distributes and sells electricity in the state of Vermont. The company, which serves more than 250,000 customers, has set its vision to be the best small company in America.


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Q: Batch to Move Multiple Files For Processing I am moving folders of invoices into another folder where the invoices are processed by a program to make them searchable. Each folder takes less than an hour to process and I am trying to see if I can make my batch file more efficient. Currently I have it set up to move one folder at a time every hour, then to rename it when finished.
Move C:\cdc-pod\i1 c:\cdc-pod\MerchandiseInvoices2016
timeout /t 3600
rename c:\cdc-pod\MerchandiseInvoices2016\i1 "i1 (complete)"

Move C:\cdc-pod\i2 c:\cdc-pod\MerchandiseInvoices2016
timeout /t 3600
rename c:\cdc-pod\MerchandiseInvoices2016\i2 "i2 (complete)"

Move C:\cdc-pod\i3 c:\cdc-pod\MerchandiseInvoices2016
timeout /t 3600
rename c:\cdc-pod\MerchandiseInvoices2016\i3 "i3 (complete)"

It is simple enough but I need to repeat the process a few hundred times. I feel there has to be a better way to input this rather than repeating those three lines over and over, especially where I need to change the folder name when I go down the list. All of the folders are named i1-i340.
Any input is greatly appreciated.

A: for /L %%n in (1,1,340) do (
 Move C:\cdc-pod\i%%n c:\cdc-pod\MerchandiseInvoices2016
 timeout /t 3600
 rename c:\cdc-pod\MerchandiseInvoices2016\i%%n "i%%n (complete)"
)

BUT
If you move the directory to the destination, its files will be placed under ...voices2016\i%%n and the original directoryname will disappear, So - will the process you refer to detect the new files, since they are now in a subdirectory of ...voices2016 ? Your original sourcedirectoryname will no longer exist, so the renaming will generate an error.
OTOH, if you COPY the files in the source directory using Move C:\cdc-pod\i%%n\* will the name collide with one already in the destination? The original directory will remain intact and be able to be renamed.
But even there, if the filenames involved won't clash, why not simply copy all of them to the destination and process as one giant job?


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The horrific events of 9/11 and its sequelae have reinforced what thoughtful analysts have long known: that they have a responsibility to respond to the complex social and educational issues arising in their communities — to function, that is, as "community psychoanalysts." Analysts in the Trenches vividly illustrates what socially engaged analysts can offer to violent and disturbed communities. Contributors bring analytic expertise to bear on the emotional sequelae to violence, including sexual and physical abuse; to multiple and traumatic losses; and to learning inhibitions. They also explore and devise community responses to the scapegoating of classes and groups, to homelessness, and to variations in family structures.
As community consultants and agents of social change, the contributors rely more on active engagement than interpretation, but they retain a psychodynamic orientation to the issues they confront. Within this interventionist, group-focused approach, analytically oriented clinicians function as team members more intent on changing how a group functions than in interpreting its underlying dynamics. Analysts in the Trenches exemplifies this approach in relation to challenging problems on the streets, in the schools, and in the aftermath of war. It provides heartening testimony to the relevance of psychodynamic thinking in the post-9/11 world and will spur professional readers to develop their own programs of community involvement.
Affiliations: (a) St. John's University, Queens, New York, USA, (b) Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA; (c) Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; (d) Wendt Center for Loss and Healing, Washington, DC, USA; (e) University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA; (f) Children Who Witness Violence Program, Mental Health Services, Cuyahoga County, Cleveland, Ohio, USA; and (g) A Caring Hand, The Billy Esposito Bereavement Center, New York, New York, USA.
Subjects: Death; Death Studies; Grief & Trauma Counseling – Adult; Grief & Trauma Counseling – Children & Adolescents.
This study evaluated the construct of childhood traumatic grief (CTG) and its correlates through a multi-site assessment of 132 bereaved children and adolescents. Youth completed a new measure of the characteristics, attributions, and reactions to exposure to death (CARED), as well as measures of CTG, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, and anger. CTG was distinct from but highly correlated with PTSD, depression, and , to a lesser degree, anger in contrast to a recent study of complicated grief, CTG severity was significantly associated with the degree to which the death was viewed as traumatic. CTG was also associated with caregivers' emotional reaction at the time of the death and caregivers' current sadness. Clinical implications and recommendations for future research are discussed.
Here is My Chance by Jen Hackler –Click here to read article.
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If all of the skyscraper city action that Malaysia's sprawling metropolis cities have to offer gets just a little too much, and you need to soothe those aching bones, what better way to do so than with a trip to one of the country's leading and trend setting spas? From massages to manicures, and a whole host of other beauty and wellbeing treatments, you will be ready to hop back on the tourist trail and discover some new natural wonder before you can say 'oil me up, baby'.
The other great thing about spa treatments in Malaysia is they don't have to break the budget and you'll often find they are a lot cheaper than they might be back home in Europe. So even if this is not a luxury you normally afford yourself at home, it could well be something to consider when you're away. A note of caution though, while there are plenty of budget options available particularly in tourist districts, the old adage of you get what you paid for rings true. Spend just a little more and you'll really be guaranteed an extraordinary experience. Here are a few picks to tempt you when you're travelling in Kuala Lumpur and Penang.
Traders Hotel, Kuala Lumpur City Centre, tel.
Thirty four floors up the Traders Hotel in the capital Kuala Lumpur, theSpa by Shangri-La knows how to do pampering. The memorable vistas of the famous Kuala Lumpur skyline will be enough to relax you in themselves, but take a deep breath and enjoy the treatments on offer which guarantee to ensure your inner and outer wellness. theSpa, with its chic and understated interiors that only add to the experience, pioneers the idea of the spa-within-a-spa, with cabanas featuring personal changing facilities and showers.
On the treatment front, their Deep Herbal Peel treatment first uses a soft tissue massage to gently tease toxins to the surface level of the skin, for them then to be removed through the skin. A walnut scrub follows as part of an intense exfoliation to refresh the skin. We also like the sound of the body retexturizer treatment – this unique body wrap uses kukui nut oil, traditionally used to protect the delicate and sensitive skin of babies, and lotus oil to promote skin hydration and restore the skin's natural functions. Ginger oil is thrown in for its role in relieving muscle and joint pain.
Urban Retreat Spa, with branches in both Kuala Lumpur and Selangor, boasts a treatment menu with massages including aromatherapy, Thai style and deep tissue, along with a lymph drainage massage that uses the spa's signature candle massage oil to warm, work and invigorate the whole body for through-and-through detoxification. Body spa treatments include full body scrubs, masks and wraps and use of the Jacuzzi.
No. 1, Mk. 13, Daerah Timur Laut, Pulau Jerejak, 11900 Bayan Lepas, Pulau Penang, tel.
On the island of Penang, the Jerejak Rainforest Resort makes for the perfect getaway from an all too hectic daily lifestyle. The rainforest styled jungle makes this a dream for nature lovers, and the setting for the resort's spa really makes it what it is. From your spa chalet, nestled on top of lush greenery towards the top of the resort, it is just a short walk to the open air spa. And with open air comes great views, which can only complement the rich variety of massages and treatments on offer here. Not only is your body cleansed on the outside by the work of the professional staff at the Jerejak's spa, but the natural and relaxed ambience and peaceful environment thoroughly relax, restore and cleanse you from the inside. The panoramic view alone will revitalise you!
Choose from a range of aromatherapy massages based on the traditional therapeutic styles of the Javanese, Sudanese, Balinese or Thai people, along with your own choice of oils to suit your mood and the sensation you want – rejuvenate your body, spirit and mind as these pure blended essential oils are applied to your body and massaged through your skin; while enriching the skin you will experience physical relief, a clear mind and relaxation. The spa also offers treatments for tired feet that includes a foot bath and aromatherapy oil massage, a luxury bath with whitening rose petals and relaxing aromatherapy minerals – or just plump for a package, including a heavenly face massage.


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Thanks. I had not noticed the difference in the name.
Jimdini wrote: I use standard 'quick repair links' with the screw tightened up with pliers. So access to tools needed to separate them.
Unless you really want to be able to separate the links, a bit of Red Loctite or solder would make things pretty much permanent. A cold shut would also be pretty permanent though I don't like the appearance of either.
Jimdini wrote: Adequate, the locking posts are just screws fixed into the steel but the locks need the key inserting to close them, so no chance of accidental locking. This means that I need to secure these keys to the waist chain with small padlocks and then wait for the keys to the padlocks to be released. This slows down the escape but as I remain mobile I can at least leave the house in an emergency.
I have something with a similar type of lock, but my set has a faulty lock and with the proper technique can be opened without a key. Can you post a close up image of the lock? Mine uses a key with a "+" shaped cross section.
I found a pretty good deal on Ebay for a set identical to mine but the seller told me that set had other problems.
Jimdini wrote: Yes, they don't give much thought. The cuffs only come in male and female sizes. I am only of medium build and the 'male' cuffs are a tight fit, if you have thicker wrists or ankles they are not going to fit! The barrels of the locks intrude into the cuffs meaning that there is very little 'play' when on and meaning they become very uncomfortable after an hour or so.
I had the same problem with the simple Male / Female sizes. Their idea of a Male size seems to be for very thin males.
I will look for images to see how bad the locking mechanism gets in the way.
I use Peerless oversize handcuffs as ankle cuffs. The chain is much shorter thus restricting my walk down to a hobble.
Nice bootboydco.. and those boots.. those are high! That adds to the difficulty as well. Do you keep yourself in these for a good period of time?
A Nice pair of black stockings, a pair of apostrophe high heeled opened toed sandals, and decided on a pair of speed king leg irons with the double lock.
Will walk around the house for a few hours like this today. MMMMM..
Pics of them on .. ready for the day.
I've always found leg irons to be incredibly painful, cutting into my achilles tendons. Or is it just me?
Petrajane wrote: I've always found leg irons to be incredibly painful, cutting into my achilles tendons. Or is it just me?
Yes I find leg cuffs do this, but the manacle style irons take a lot longer to become uncomfortable.
I made some cushion type pads that go around the ankle before you put the cuff on.. but unfortunately I used electrical tape to hold it together, after a couple uses it lease tape residue on my legs.. so back to the drawling board.
A lot of it depends on how tight the leg irons are and how sharp the edges are. I also have a set of the leg irons that Orion1545 used and those have pretty sharp edges. That set of leg irons was made by a company called American Munitions. Their early handcuffs and leg irons were all pretty sharp edged. For a long time, the US military used their products. They later changed their company name to American Handcuff Company and their more recent products were much more rounded and comfortable. I believe they are the most comfortable of any modern style leg irons. I think their products were pretty well made except that some production had very poor plating which tended to flake off especially at the chain links. They also tended to be not very resistant to rust in harsh conditions but that isn't how mine are used, so I have never seen any rust except for on the old black finish military handcuffs. I think the company went out of business a few years back.
As for comfort, my own choice is to have the cuffs much looser than Orion1545 has them in the pictures. I like them to hang below the Achilles tendon so there isn't pressure on the tendon when trying to walk. They can be pretty loose and still be impossible to slip off. Another idea is to used doubled up leg warmers for padding under the cuffs.
If you have a choice of jewelry to wear, the Darby style leg irons are much more comfortable because even though they are heavier, the sections are all rounded. The Harvard leg irons that Orion1545 had in earlier photographs are some of the least comfortable because the openings are pretty small in diameter.
You know your cuffs Stahlketten!
orion1545 wrote: You know your cuffs Stahlketten!
Just like you, I have a pretty extensive collection.
In my case though, there isn't a set that I believe has all the right features.
I find this to be a problem with all leg/ankle cuffs after a few hours (even leather cuffs), I think the ankles swell after a while.
But I am like Stahlketten I prefer the inescapable feel of metal. A few sores and bruises are a small price for having been a helpless prisoner, don't you think?
You could always put on a set of leg warmers under the leg irons.
Real prisoners in China who are kept in leg irons sometimes wrap strips of cloth around their shackles to keep the metal from rubbing against their skin.
Even with padding to make them comfortable, the restraints are hard to ignore after a while.
My owner recently has me wear these on my neck, wrists, and ankles almost the entire time I'm in the house and then sometimes out and about (look sorta like jewelry at least to the naive observer). I'm even sleeping with them on as well for the past few weeks.
They have many different sizes available and the ones I'm wearing don't damage my ankles at all. They can get turned a little bit at times as they are oval in shape which makes then a little uncomfortable then, but I can usually fix the orientation quickly even if totally restrained.
I love the feeling of them though as they are heavy enough to be reminded of its purpose and security. They even fine with a drill bit to make them permanently locked which we have been contemplating.
I have added a little medieval refinement to my manacles as you can see.


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Collecting Asylum: Entries to the Asylum - Saturday 17th September 2016.
Entries to the Asylum - Saturday 17th September 2016.
- ReCore Collector's Edition [Xbox One].
- Dead Island Definitive Collection Preorder Bonus Steelbook.
- Disney Infinity Kylo Ren Figure.
Also forgot to add to one of the more recent Entries posts, but also got the Disney Infinity Sadness Figure, from Inside Out. Since the whole line has been discontinued now, some shops are selling them off super cheap, however they go fast when this is the case, and in other shops they seem to be permanently in stock, stuck at their RRPs, so I hope they get price cuts soon so I can nab some more.
PS: Check back soon for some photos of the ReCore CE!


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The 10 songs in the chart below are the most popular songs of 2013 based on the top weekly downloads from online music retailers. 68 songs entered Top 10 Songs' charts in 2013. "Radioactive" by Imagine Dragons made the most chart entries at 25. "Stay" by Rihanna Featuring Mikky Ekko had the most chart entries (14) without making the top 10 or the 11th song of the year. The 11th song for 2013 is "We Can't Stop" by Miley Cyrus.
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1 Blurred Lines Robin Thicke Featuring T.I. & Pharrell
2 Wake Me Up! Avicii aka Tim Bergling
3 Roar Katy Perry
4 Radioactive Imagine Dragons
5 Thrift Shop Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Wanz
6 Royals Lorde
7 Just Give Me A Reason P!nk Featuring Nate Ruess
8 Get Lucky Daft Punk Featuring Pharrell Williams
9 Can't Hold Us Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Ray Dalton
10 When I Was Your Man Bruno Mars
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Italtrade, a leading international leader in logistics, is able to meet any requirement with regard to transport and logistics. The company's strength comes from the family business handed down from generation to generation, thanks to the intuition of its entrepreneurial founder.
Company policy, of Italtrade, for years has been careful to respect the environment. In this "ecological perspective" the Italtrade invests in innovation by providing the electronic forklifts, photovoltaic systems, trains and diversified harvest systems with the aim also of containment and cost savings. To transport goods over long distances, as well as maritime and road transport, the Italtrade integrates them using its own railway siding that can hold up to 400 meters of the train at the headquarters in Catania.
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Fuggles & Warlock Craftworks: Bringing unique craft beer to Asian markets
October 02, 2017 Grow Export Sales
Tom Orange knew from the start that being just another player in British Columbia's crowded craft beer market was not going to cut it, so when Fuggles & Warlock Craftworks was launched in 2015, the focus was on being different.
From the company's name (Fuggles and Warlock are the nicknames of the two master brewers), to its tagline (Keeping Beer Weird) and the label designs and names of its beer that identify with characters in popular video games and Japanese manga comics, Fuggles & Warlock has set itself apart. The company has developed a loyal customer base, not only in B.C., but in parts of Asia as well where exports now make up about 10 per cent of total sales.
Orange, President and co-founder of the Richmond, B.C.-based company, says while demand for its beer is growing in B.C. and the Ontario market is a big opportunity that's now opening up, it was always his intention to develop an export market.
"I was thinking about exporting from the get-go, even before we opened our brewery because I thought that while the market was growing here in B.C., I knew that in the longer term it would be important to establish export markets in order to have the ability to grow when the local marketplace became crowded," he says.
It was a prescient move. According to Agriculture and Agri-food Canada, there were 102 craft breweries in B.C. in 2016, and 31 per cent were less than a year old and another 18 per cent had been around for three years or less.
Nevertheless, the market was thriving with year-over-year average growth of 17 per cent annually since 2010, while conventional beer sales declined 3 per cent annually over the same period.
And domestic sales are booming. According to the British Columbia Liquor Distribution Branch, microbrewery sales increased by 50 per cent from 2014 to 2015.
It was against this background that Fuggles & Warlock looked abroad to expand its market. Its first export sale was in South Korea, which came about through a proactive approach, says Orange.
"We flew to South Korea and interviewed different importers and distributors and selected a company that had a lot in common with ours. Since then we've sent several shipments over and they've been building the brand beautifully," says Orange.
The company is now also exporting to Taiwan and Japan and recently opened a new market in Brazil. Orange says branding has had a lot to do with Fuggles & Warlock's success in Asia.
"It has a very Asian appeal and a significant Asian art influence," he adds. "We take pride in references to geek culture, so video gaming, anime, pop culture, movies, that kind of thing. It's something that resonates in Asia."
For example, beer names include: Raiden, a video game character in the Mortal Kombat fighting video game series; Icarus, a play on the Kid Icarus franchise of fantasy video games by Nintendo; and Ryegar, a rye beer named for Rhaegar Targaryen, a character in Games of Thrones. There are also beers named after the Japanese manga comic and video game characters Hikari, Kakeru and Kiwami.
But while Asia is a key market for the company with China now in its sights, Orange says exports to other countries are also being explored with Australia and the U.K. at the top of the priority list.
Export insights with President and co-founder Tom Orange
What were your biggest challenges when you first started exporting?
Documentation and import rules in each of the countries. Just getting to understand what the requirements were. For example, understanding that they required laboratory testing on the beers. The logistics and overall documentation were the biggest challenge.
How essential is it for a Canadian exporter to have partners on the ground, particularly in Asia?
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Belgrade's Postcard To The World
Published in CorD Magazine
Serbian capital – Belgrade – is bestowed with a privilege of playing a host to the 25th Summer Universiade, the biggest global sports event in 2009, from 1st to 12th July.
This will be the best opportunity to show to the world that our capital city can be a great host, which was validated in past when Belgrade organized the European Basketball Championship and European Volleyball Championship (2005), as well as the European Water Polo Championship (2006). The University Village will house about 9,500 athletes from 138 countries, and it is quite possible for these figures to go up by the opening ceremony in the Belgrade Arena. Student games are, therefore, a new chance for Belgrade to send the most beautiful postcard to the rest of the world, the one that will only bring good things to Serbia in the field of sports, tourism and politics.
General Manager of the Universiade, Zoran Jovanovi? is aware of this opportunity and ready for upcoming challenges.
Universiade is the largest collective sports event after the Olympic Games and its importance in promoting a host country is unquestionable. The organization of the Universiade is assigned in the same way as the Olympic Games and there are always a lot of strong competitors trying to win over the organization of the games. This speaks volumes about the prestige that being an organizer of student games brings, says Zoran Jovanovi? for CorD.
The capital of Serbia has an obligation to provide a pleasant stay for foreign tourists.
Over 10,000 foreigners will come to Belgrade and they will be the best promoters of our country in the world. Impressions that they take away with them are more effective than any campaign. It is clear that this is an opportunity that should not be missed. We are preparing a memorable stay for our guests. For athletes, that will be accommodated in the University Village, we are going to organize special programmes, while a working group, set up solely for this occasion by the city authorities, will oversee a number of events to be held on the streets of Belgrade.
The global financial crisis has had an impact on the budget and the Universiade's budget was reduced to about 50 million euros at the end of last year. Of course, we expect a good investment return.
Universiade, just like the Olympic Games, is not an event where the profit can be measured simply by looking at expenditure / revenue ratio. We are talking about investments, reconstruction and improving reputation here. For example, all the furniture, which is currently used in the University Village apartments, will be donated to student dorms immediately after the Universiade, and this will be probably the most extensive furnishing of the student accommodation ever. The tracks on the FC Red Star and Military Academy stadiums will be the best in the region. Most of the Belgrade hotels will be fully booked and this is a guaranteed income for the city economy.
Following budget cuts, reducing the number of sports at the Universiade was inevitable, so there will be 15 instead of 21 sports (handball, carate, archery, wrestling, rowing and canoe – cayak were excluded), while the number of athletes was reduced by 3,500. In the eve of the Universiade, some media were reporting that certain facilities were not going be ready in time due to lack of funds. This is the case with a sports hall in In?ija, which was supposed to be a volleyball venue. Also, there are certain problems with reconstructing a swimming pool in Obrenovac.
Competitions will be held in 41 sports facilities in Belgrade, Novi Sad, Vršac, Smederevo and In?ija. We always have backup facilities, so that the delay in building the hall in In?ija will not cause a problem. Volleyball competitions will be held in Lazarevac.
All facilities must meet the standards of FISU (the International University Sports Federation), and not a single facility can be approved without the FISU technical committee inspecting it first. Therefore, we should not fear that something will be below the standards required for an international sporting event.
The facility that is always subjected to scrutiny is certainly the FC Red Star's stadium – Marakana - where the opening ceremony should take place and on which extensive construction works should be carried out. However, the plans have been altered due to budget cuts.
A new racing track is being built on the Marakana by Mondo Company, which is the global leader in production of sport grounds. Along with the Military Academy's stadium, Belgrade is now going to have two best tracks in the region. These top notch tracks are certainly going to suit the athletes who are going to train and compete on them.
There are conflicting opinions about the necessity of organizing the Universiade in such a specific time for the global and national economies. Many claim that important infrastructure will not stay behind the Universiade, primarily the one pertaining to sports facilities.
The financial crisis is global, as well as local. The initial plans had to be adjusted to the new situation, but it is not true that nothing of the infrastructure will remain. Sports halls have been built in several cities. They were built by the local self-governments, with the Universiade being the initiator. Belgrade and other host cities will be additionally spruced up, with many utility works carried out, the works that will not be considered the priority if it weren't for the Universiade. There is a saying that goes "whatever may be, may be", but I like to look at the facts and try to reach the maximum under given circumstances. I am sure that we are going to succeed in this, and our goal is to make this Universiade the best ever despite aggravating conditions – Zoran Jovanovi? adds.
Village to be completed before deadline, volunteers ready
The University Village has 14 residential buildings (1,858 apartments) and two commercial buildings, of the total surface of 260,000 square meters. These facilities were completely equipped in mid-May, three weeks before the deadline. This is the largest complex of this kind in Southeastern Europe. The Village houses the largest restaurant in the Balkans, which will serve about 45,000 meals a day of Serbian, vegetarian, Halal and Oriental cuisine during the Universiade. Although, 16,000 volunteers underwent the general training, at the beginning of June, their number was reduced to 10,000 young people, who will selflessly assist with the organization of this prestigious event.


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While wind and solar power generation capacity is expanding rapidly, in order to plug the hole left by the demise of fossil fuels, more countries have been building nuclear power stations.
Hinkley C plant in Somerset is currently one of the biggest construction sites in Europe. However, Britain's investment in nuclear power generation is dwarfed by China which is now one of the world's largest producers of nuclear energy.
Unfortunately, we know that nuclear power comes with risk and Three Mile Island, Chernobyl and Fukushima all involved human error. So, what happened recently at Taishan, in China and should we be worried?
The Taishan nuclear plant provides power for the Ghangzhou and Shenzen areas and French energy provider EDF holds 30% of plant operator TNPJVC, a joint venture with state owned China General Nuclear Power Group (CGNPG). In 2019, America added CGNPG and three affiliates to its Entity list barring US companies from doing business with them, on security grounds.
The Chinese government recently acknowledged damage to 5 out of 60,000 fuel rods in one core at the Taishan nuclear plant, after US media reported that the US government was assessing a reported leak at the facility. EDF had earlier reported a 'performance issue' with a spokesperson for EDF saying a problem with fuel rods had led to a build-up of gases which had to be released into the atmosphere. US media reported that China's nuclear regulator had raised limits on permissible levels of radiation outside the plant to avoid shutting it down. China's environment ministry has denied this.
Disturbingly, the admission of the performance issue at Taishan by the Chinese government only came after US media reported it. Whether the leak was a design issue or down to human error remains to be seen.
In the meantime, who is helping finance the construction of Hinkley C? Yes, you guessed it the French and the Chinese………EDF and CGNPG.
Central bankers trying to sooth investor concerns about inflation as more companies highlight higher energy, transport and labour costs. The inflation debate looks set to run and run and markets are likely to remain highly sensitive to inflation data and central banker interpretations.
There was disappointing news for the EU which has ordered 405million doses of the German CureVac vaccine as trials showed it was only 47% effective against Covid-19. Italy suspended all travel from the UK after discovering some cases of the Delta variant. Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel, suggested EU countries should make British travellers quarantine on arrival to slow the spread of the Delta variant. The Delta variant threatens to slow economic recovery in Europe as vaccination programmes struggle to keep pace with outbreaks. This comes at a time when the Eurozone is starting to return to pre-pandemic norms with the use of public transport and journeys to workplaces reported to be at their highest level since early last year.
The Delta variant is said to be 40% more infectious than the Alpha (Kent) variant and new clusters have been identified in Portugal, Germany, France, Italy and Spain. A new Delta Plus variant has been identified in India and 41 cases found in the UK. Official data has revealed that the original China variant had an infection rate of 3 requiring a vaccination rate of 67% for herd immunity. The Alpha variant had an infection rate of 4 requiring 75% vaccination, while the Delta variant has an infection rate of 6 requiring 83% vaccination for herd immunity. With over 83% of the UK adult population having had one jab and over 60% two jabs, the UK does appear on track for full exit from lockdown on 19th July. Meanwhile, in the US President Joe Biden set a goal to have 70% of the American adult population vaccinated by 4th July but may just miss this target with vaccination currently about 65%. In the EU, about half of the adult population have had one dose while over 28% are fully vaccinated. By comparison, less than 2% of Africa's population has been vaccinated, while in Japan 18% have received one dose. Meanwhile, Brazil has set a new record for daily Covid-19 cases as the Health Ministry confirmed the arrival of a third wave of the virus.
In the UK, there were further signs that the economic recovery has begun to help repair public finances with a decrease in government borrowing in May as tax revenue increased. Meanwhile, the PMI business activity indicator for June cooled slightly from the record highs seen in May but is still very comfortably in expansion mode. However, input costs continued to surge, accelerating for the fifth month running, logging the fastest pace of expansion in thirteen years. In addition, firms across all sectors are intensifying the hunt for staff with hospitality and road haulage being adversely impacted by a lack of skilled employees. The Bank of England (BoE) said it expected consumer price inflation to go above 3% for a temporary period. With inflation expected to be transitory, the central bank's priority is a still to avoid a premature tightening in monetary conditions. The BoE also said it expected the UK economy to recover faster than it had previously predicted with output in June thought to be about 2.5% below pre-Covid-19 levels.
In Europe, Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank (ECB) provided a more optimistic assessment of the Eurozone economic outlook. ECB policymaker Mario Centeno also said that rising inflation in the Eurozone is temporary. Eurozone economic recovery accelerated in June with the PMI business activity indicator climbing to a fifteen-year high as lockdown measures were eased. Although manufacturing reported a stronger pace of growth, it was the service sector that once again reported the biggest improvement in performance, with business activity accelerating at a pace not seen since 2007.
In the US, Jerome Powell, Chair of the Federal Reserve re-iterated that the central bank will continue its supportive stance to ensure the sustained improvement in the US economy is extended. He acknowledged that inflation has increased notably in recent months due in part to higher oil prices and supply chain disruption. Higher prices are due to transitory factors and inflation is expected to drop back towards the Fed's longer-run goal. 'We will not raise interest rates pre-emptively because we fear the possible onset of inflation.' However, subsequently two Fed officials suggested that a period of higher US inflation may last longer than anticipated.
Tentative agreement on a $1.2bn infrastructure agreement emerged from the US and whilst lower then President Biden had hoped for, should add further fuel to the US economy in the coming years.
In an attempt to further dampen commodity inflation, officials from China's regulator have visited the Beijing iron ore trading centre and warned traders that they will firmly crack down on any iron ore monopoly, price speculation and hoarding. Meanwhile, China's central bank called the country's largest state-owned banks and payment platforms such as Alibaba to discuss the problem of 'providing services for cryptocurrency transaction speculation.'
Brent oil edged up towards $75 underpinned by strong demand during the summer driving season in the US and the Iranian election result which could block hopes of a revival of the Iran nuclear deal and a resumption of oil supplies from that OPEC producer.
Finally, the structural shift to online shopping has decimated many traditional high street retailers but has, in turn, driven demand for warehouses. The UK Warehousing Association estimates that since 2015 warehouse space has grown by 32% – equivalent to 2,396 football pitches. Are we near the saturation point? It appears not yet, as one logistics manager estimates that for every additional billion pounds of spending online, that a further 775,000 square feet of warehouse space will be required.
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