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Nissan Kicks V Renault Captur V Hyundai Creta Specification Comparison
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By Darryl Dsouza On Nov 2, 2018 0
Nissan Kicks V Renault Captur V Hyundai Creta Specification Comparison (2)
Nissan Kicks V Renault Captur V Hyundai Creta Specification Comparison gives you a small insight about the upcoming comparison between current and upcoming SUV's
Just some days ago, Nissan unveiled the all-new Kicks for the Indian market. As of now, Nissan has just revealed the exteriors, on the other hand, the interiors will be unveiled in the coming months. Nissan will be launching this compact SUV somewhere around the start of 2019. Once launched in the Indian market it will compete head-on with the Hyundai Creta, Renault Captur. So let us see how the Nissan Kicks goes against its rivals on paper.
In comparison with the international model, the Indian spec Kicks is bigger, it measures 4384mm in length making it the largest SUV against its rivals. In terms of wheelbase, ground clearance, and width the Kicks and the Captur measure the same as they are both based on the MO platform. The Hyundai Creta, on the other hand, is smaller in terms of length, wheelbase, ground clearance and width in comparison with the Kicks and Captur, but it is the tallest of them all with a height measuring 1665mm.
Modern features and equipment:
Nissan has equipped the Kicks with a Full LED headlight unit and LED DRL's and it runs on 17-inch dual tone alloy wheel. As Nissan has just unveiled the exteriors, the feature details about the interiors are still unknown. The Renault Captur also gets full LED headlights and it also runs on 17-inch alloy wheels. It comes loaded with a 7.0inch touchscreen infotainment unit but it isn't compatible with Android Auto and Apple CarPlay. On the other hand, the Hyundai Creta doesn't get LED headlight unit, but it does get a 7.0-inch touchscreen infotainment unit that is compatible with Android Auto and Apple CarPlay.
Engine and Transmission:
Powering the Diesel version of the Hyundai Creta is a 1.6-litre mill which generates 128 horsepower and 260Nm of twist, making it the most powerful diesel engine among the three. It also comes with a 1.4-litre diesel motor that produces 90 horsepower and it is matted with a six-speed manual gearbox. On the other hand, the petrol version of the Hyundai Creta is powered with a 1.6-litre unit that gets an option of six-speed manual and an automatic gearbox that churns out 123 horsepower and 151Nm of torque.
Under the hood of the Renault Captur is a 1.5-litre diesel motor that generates 110 horsepower and is coupled with a six-speed manual transmission. It also gets a petrol version that is powered with a 1.5-litre unit that churns out 106 horsepower and it is matted with a five-speed manual gearbox. Most likely the upcoming Nissan Kicks will be powered with the same powertrain of that of the Renault Captur.
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In Malawi, Turning the Wheel for Affordable Micro-Hydropower: Going Off Grid Series (Part 4)
Editor's note: This post is the fourth in the NextBillion series Going Off Grid. To read other contributions in the series, click here.
If we want to bring energy access to the 1 billion-plus people living without it today we know where the focus needs to be: off the grid. In fact, according to the World Energy Outlook, 60 percent of new investment in rural electricity generation will need to be focused on mini-grid or stand-alone decentralized options to meet demand.
Grid-based extensions are cost prohibitive in many cases, yet low population density and limited returns reduce the incentives for private sector, donor and government actors to engage in decentralized energy options.
"Fewer than 13 percent of rural Malawians have access to grid electricity. The Mulanje Electricity Generation Authority (MEGA) aims to change that and to create a far more cost effective solution than expanding the grid. MEGA is Malawi's first independent power producing company, a mini-grid system that uses hydropower to bring power to remote areas where a grid is unlikely to arrive.
MEGA is a multi-site social energy business in southern Africa, based on 10 planned micro-hydro schemes on the fast-moving rivers of Mount Mulanje, Malawi. But the main thing that sets MEGA apart is our enterprise model. Where many approaches use public or community ownership, MEGA is run as an enterprise that employs a clustered approach to mini-grid management. And the way we use our pre-paid system allows for different levels of consumption.
Clustering several schemes under a single enterprise drives down organizational, managerial and operational costs.
MEGA will build and retain capacity through meaningful employment and long-term financial viability ensures the systems are maintained (and expanded) sustainably.
Prepayment metering ensures poor families can connect and pay for electricity on a sustainable basis (experience shows that post-payment leads to unpayable debt) and helps ensure the financials of the systems. This approach allows people from different income levels to access the energy the system provides. (More on this below.) Analysis of current and forecast household energy expenditures in the region shows that, on average, 15 percent of rural household income will be saved by those accessing MEGA electricity for lighting and other household uses.
MEGA grew out of a Practical Action-implemented project. Our work takes a total energy access approach to policy and practice, recognizing the full range of energy services which people need, want and have a right to. It also promotes the concept of technology justice, ensuring equitable access to energy services for the poorest and marginalised.
Since 2010, Practical Action has developed reports on Poor People's Energy Outlook. Making energy work for the poor requires an ecosystem dependent on more than just the market actors themselves (details of that ecosystem are illustrated in the graphic below).
At Practical Action, we developed the "energy access ecosystems" framework into a useful tool to measure and understand the "health" of a specific country's energy system. It can also be used to assess the potential for making rapid progress toward universal energy access. MEGA has been built around partnerships that include all three sectors in this framework: capacity, policy and finance.
In addition to providing low-cost energy to populations that have traditionally depended on inferior fuel (such as charcoal), MEGA will also enhance upstream watershed catchment management and protect the fragile ecosystems at the base of the mountain. The total market size in the area is 520,000, of which we expect 9,600 people will be connected. We also expect MEGA to become a financially self-sustaining operation within six years, after our fifth generator comes online. At this point, our first generator is ready; we are just waiting for the Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority to supply us with our license to operate.
MEGA operates as a not-for-profit social enterprise, with any profits returning to a community development activity. Our social mission has led it to follow a policy of price minimization instead of profit maximization, and as a result, we envision different customer types will pay different rates for energy. MEGA manages this on the household level through a prepaid PAYG metering system, with community vendors selling credits that households can use to buy energy services. This ensures that households can afford to purchase electricity in relation to their income, but also facilitates easy revenue collection by allowing customers to pay in advance. Businesses, business centers and social facilities (such as schools and clinics) have a separate payment arrangement to allow enhanced access to health services and education to the wider community.
Quick MEGA summary:
Technical stats: Generates electricity from a 40-100 kilowatt micro-hydro turbine and distributing to customers via mini-grids, with aims to develop 10 sites by 2023.
Inclusive throughout its value chain: Communities participate in the ownership and governance structures of the organization; in-site construction, operation and retail; and form the key target customer group.
Private approach to community-based energy generation: Instead of site development followed by "handover" to communities, MEGA runs all sites to achieve economies of scale but engages closely with communities throughout.
At this point, MEGA is in its early stages. Part of what influences our speed of launch is connected to our desire to teach other actors how to replicate MEGA experiences in Malawi. We hope this model is useful for development actors that are not in the energy sector so they can start mainstreaming energy access in their programs. There are many areas where development activities would be improved with better access to energy, such as providing power for health centers, or connecting irrigation systems for agriculture activities (this sometimes is referred to as productive use).
Related: For more, check out this 2013 case study from the Business Innovation Center.
MEGA's Challenges
MEGA's initial activities have been promising but are not without their own challenges.
Capacity development and retention issues – Technical skills needed by minigrid operators are scarce outside cities. Universities and colleges are adapting and adopting courses for renewable energies, but the pace needs to be accelerated.
Government awareness and regulation – National grid expansion is often subsidized and risk is underwritten by governments. Bureaucratic delays (such as obtaining licenses) undermine the return on investments. Even if tariffs are not set by regulators, low national grid tariffs set up unrealistic expectations for off-grid tariffs.
The import/local production dilemma – Importing is expensive, undermines the development of local industry and doesn't allow for the development of skills necessary for the maintenance, diagnosis and repair of systems. On the other hand, current imports are higher quality and usually highly efficient. For example, with micro-hydro, the primary energy resource is limited by the nature of the river, so any inefficiency will reduce the possible total power output. With solar, that is different, because another photovoltaic panel could always be added. Locally manufactured components tend to be lower quality with lower efficiency, but deliver on the softer issues that importation doesn't (repairability, local control, etc.).
Community ownership – In some places, we've used a share-based approach where individual community members have been allocated "shares" depending on their level of unpaid input during construction. In other places we have established community trusts to own and operate. We have seen that community engagement is absolutely critical for the success of a scheme. One of the questions we grapple with now is how to blend part community ownership with part social enterprise, spread over various endeavors. We are exploring options for ownership that could mix private or social enterprise ownership with community ownership. Making this decision on final ownership is a current focus of the MEGA board.
Long-term funding and financing – Although donor funds (European Commission, Practical Action and the OPEC Fund for International Development) have supported initial scale-up, MEGA runs as a social enterprise. The challenges currently faced by MEGA continue to be start-up funding challenges, including funding for initial capital and technical challenges related to micro-hydro installations and maintenance that has affected revenue collection.
Although we have shown models indicating we will break even six years after launch, finding investors can be a challenge while adhering to our social mission. This also comes back to the question of local engagement and how grant funding, loans and equity are accounted for in a mix that includes community investment.
We have depended more on donors who can supply start-up capital in the form of grants, and grants are a good thing. In fact, the difference between a government subsidy and a grant is often not that great, and government subsidies have been integral to the development of energy systems around the world. But as we grow, we also need to shift to identify more private sector funding. The value proposition for the private sector and a donor, though present in both cases, is often different, and we have to consider that when looking for growth capital.
The MEGA project is both an experiment in terms of a new type of energy generation, coupled with nontraditional forms of customer delivery/payment and new ways of sourcing capital. But if we will make good on our promise on bringing new off-grid sources to market for rural, low-income consumers, new ways of thinking will be necessary. We think we are up to this task.
Glen Burnett is director of U.S. Operations for Practical Action.
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Retired Archbishop Flynn doesn't recall details from his handling of clergy abuse
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Retired Archbishop Harry Flynn speaks at St. Joseph Catholic Church in St. Paul in 2013.
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Faced with tough questions under oath last month, former Twin Cities archbishop Harry Flynn said at least 134 times that he could not remember how he handled clergy sexual abuse cases during his 13-year tenure, according to documents made public Wednesday.
Flynn, 81, retired six years ago. He said he didn't have dementia or other diagnosed memory problems. "I think it has more to do with age than anything," he said, although he noted that he has been diagnosed with cancer, pneumonia and Legionnaires' disease.
Explore the full investigation Clergy abuse, cover-up and crisis in the Twin Cities Catholic church
The former archbishop said he did not report any accusations of child sexual abuse to police and doesn't recall asking anyone else to report abuse claims, either, according to a transcript of the May 14 deposition released by victims' attorneys. Flynn claimed no memory of a high-profile lawsuit brought in the mid-1990s by a man who said he was abused by the Rev. Robert Kapoun. The case attracted national attention at the time.
• For an abusive priest, retirement income came with a premium (Oct. 9, 2013)
Flynn testified as part of a lawsuit filed by a man who says he was sexually abused by the Rev. Thomas Adamson as a child in the 1970s. The man claims the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis and the Diocese of Winona created a public nuisance by keeping information on accused priests secret. The broad claim has allowed the man's attorneys, Jeff Anderson and Mike Finnegan, to question archdiocese officials about decisions from the 1970s to the present. The archdiocese has also been forced to turn over thousands of internal documents on abusive priests.
Flynn's deposition was all the more striking because he led the national response to the clergy abuse scandal in 2002 and helped write the U.S. Catholic Church's policy on abuse. In the Twin Cities, where Flynn served as archbishop from 1995 to 2008, he reassured parishioners many times that he had taken tough steps to protect children from abusers.
The Rev. Kevin McDonough answered questions about his involvement in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis' handling of clergy sexual abuse during an April 16, 2014, deposition. The questioning comes as part of a lawsuit brought by a man who says he was sexually abused by the Rev. Thomas Adamson in the 1970s.
Video courtesy of Jeff Anderson and Associates
Under oath, Flynn testified that he spent a lot of time outside of the archdiocese handling the national crisis and delegated authority to archdiocese attorney Andrew Eisenzimmer and then-vicar general Kevin McDonough. "It's unfortunate that we did not pay more attention to this as a result," he said of the archdiocese cases.
Anderson questioned Flynn about his interactions with Archbishop John Nienstedt, who replaced him in 2008.
Nienstedt said under oath in April that he couldn't remember key abuse cases and never provided complete files to police. He also claimed that McDonough told him not to write down some information on abusive priests for fear it could be uncovered in a lawsuit.
• Nienstedt admits archdiocese hid info on abusive priests (April 22, 2014)
Archbishop Harry Flynn, left, stands with his successor, Archbishop John Nienstedt, in 2007. The two served jointly as coadjutor bishops in the transition year between Flynn's and Nienstedt's tenures.
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Flynn testified that he didn't recall any similar advice from McDonough and doesn't remember any situation in which he declined to write down information.
When first asked in the deposition, Flynn said Nienstedt "probably" asked him for the names of offending priests but wasn't certain. Later Flynn said he didn't think Nienstedt asked him for the names but recalled that Nienstedt "was in communication about this subject" with McDonough and Eisenzimmer.
Flynn said he didn't recall whether he received a list of offenders from his predecessor, Archbishop John Roach. He said he didn't know why he refused to release the names of priests "credibly accused" of child sexual abuse.
Flynn said that although he couldn't recall most abuse cases, he did recall some details about an incident involving the Rev. Joseph Gallatin, a priest who went on leave in December.
He said Gallatin touched someone on the shoulder "with his finger only" during a camping trip. It was an "inappropriate touch" but not abusive, Flynn said.
Internal records reviewed by MPR News showed that Gallatin admitted that he rubbed the chest of a teenage boy under his shirt while he slept in a bunk bed on the camping trip. Gallatin explained that he wanted the boy to stop snoring but later admitted that the incident provided sexual gratification.
Flynn said he doesn't recall whether he investigated the Gallatin incident but doesn't think he restricted Gallatin's ministry at the time.
The archdiocese announced Gallatin's leave from the Church of St. Peter in Mendota, Minn., in December because of "a single incident of inappropriate conduct with a minor many years ago involving a boundary violation."
• Archdiocese: Two priests reported to police (Dec. 30, 2013)
Flynn has declined interview requests in the past and could not be reached for immediate comment. The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis declined to comment, according to spokesman Jim Accurso.
Rev. Robert Kapoun is among the admitted child abusers to whom Flynn gave special payments.
Jeffrey Thompson/MPR News
Payments to abusers
MPR News reported last fall that Flynn gave special payments to admitted child abusers.
Under oath, Flynn explained that he provided payments because "in justice, we needed to give them some provision" for retirement and housing.
"I felt very strongly that they would not be able to get jobs very easily, and so I wanted to give them some help," he said.
• Secret accounts paid for clergy misconduct but left church open to financial abuse (Jan. 23, 2014)
Flynn said he provided a "financial agreement" for the Rev. Gilbert Gustafson, a priest who pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse in 1983, "but I don't recall what it was."
Anderson, the victims' attorney, asked, "What message do you think that sends to the victims that he's abused that he's receiving payments for having victimized them?"
"What message do you think that sends to the victims that he's abused that he's receiving payments for having victimized them?"
"I don't know, but what message would it send to the world if we threw these people out in the street without any difficulty, without any assistance?" Flynn said.
"If they were thrown into jail and reported to the police, that would send a powerful message, wouldn't it?" Anderson said.
"And if the files that were maintained on Gustafson or other priests who had offended were made available to law enforcement, that would also send a powerful message, wouldn't it?" Anderson said.
"Powerful message, yes."
"Why hasn't it been done? Why haven't the files been turned over to the police?"
"I don't know. I don't know," Flynn said.
"I can't remember."
Flynn couldn't recall after the national abuse scandal in 2002 whether he had determined if any of his priests had been "credibly accused" of child sexual abuse.
The former archbishop said he'd never heard of several priests on the archdiocese's list of "credibly accused" clerics, even though internal documents obtained by MPR News show that Flynn knew many of the offenders. The list of priests he said he could not remember includes Timothy McCarthy, Thomas Gillespie, Eugene Corica, Paul Palmitessa, Joseph Heitzer, Alfred Longley, Harold Whittet, Rudolph Henrich, Francis Reynolds, Ambrose Filbin, John McGrath and Harry Walsh.
• Number of alleged sex abusers greater than archdiocese has revealed (Feb. 19, 2014)
Flynn also claimed not to remember specific allegations against the Rev. John Brown, the former director of the archdiocese's Boy Scouts program, who has been accused of sexually abusing boys in Waverly, Minn.
Flynn said he only remembered a handful of priests accused of child sexual abuse. For example, he said he removed the Rev. Jerome Kern from "active ministry" but couldn't recall why. He said he assumes it was because Kern had been accused of child sexual abuse "because that would have been the only reason" for his removal.
• Lawsuit alleges church officials knew priest abused children as early as 1969; kept him in ministry (Nov. 7, 2013)
Flynn appeared confused about whether abusive priests had left the priesthood. MPR News has reported that most abusers remained priests, regardless of whether they had been removed from parish ministry. He claimed that admitted abusers Gilbert Gustafson, Robert Kapoun, Robert Thurner and Michael Stevens had left the priesthood.
All four men remain priests.
When Anderson challenged Flynn's recollection of the priests, the former archbishop said he didn't know the process for defrocking priests.
Rev. Clarence Vavra at his home in New Prague
Flynn also testified that didn't know the Rev. Clarence Vavra, a priest who admitted in the mid-1990s that he tried to rape a boy on an Indian reservation in South Dakota in the 1970s.
• Abusive priest hid in plain sight for years, retired quietly to New Prague (Nov. 11, 2013)
MPR News reported last fall that no one reported Vavra to police or warned the public. Vavra stayed in ministry until 2003.
After Flynn claimed no knowledge of Vavra, Anderson pulled out a memo that Flynn received from his top deputy, McDonough, in 1996. It said psychological testing had found that Vavra was sexually attracted to teenage boys.
Confronted with the memo, Flynn said he thought Vavra's ministry was restricted amid the national abuse scandal in 2002.
Wehmeyer and Shelley
Anderson asked Flynn about the Rev. Curtis Wehmeyer, a St. Paul priest who had approached young men for sex in a bookstore and received treatment for sexual problems. Wehmeyer later pleaded guilty to sexually abusing two boys and possessing child pornography.
• Archdiocese knew of priest's sexual misbehavior, yet kept him in ministry (Sept. 23, 2013)
Rev. Curtis Wehmeyer
Minnesota Department of Corrections
Flynn said Wehmeyer "never came on my radar as a potential risk of harm to children." He said he only knew that Wehmeyer "had a same-sex attraction."
Some people told him that Wehmeyer wasn't friendly, Flynn recalled. "There wasn't anything that gravely concerned me ... They just wanted him to loosen up a bit."
Anderson also asked Flynn about pornography found on the Rev. Jon Shelley's computer.
MPR News reported last fall that Flynn had hired a private investigator in 2004 to examine Shelley's computer.
The review found "borderline illegal" pornographic images, according to internal documents obtained by MPR News, but the archdiocese did not call police. Archdiocese chancellor Jennifer Haselberger discovered the images on several disks at the chancery. She notified law enforcement in 2013 shortly before she resigned in protest of the archdiocese's handling of abuse cases.
Rev. Jonathan Shelley
Photo courtesy of The Citizen/Deb Barnes
• New documents show church leaders debated legality of priest's porn (Oct. 7, 2013)
Two police investigations last year found no evidence of child pornography on disks retained by the archdiocese, but police cast doubt on the findings.
The archdiocese's internal report found that Shelley had searched the Internet for the terms such as "blond boys sucking pics."
Flynn testified that he couldn't recall reading the private investigator's report and denied knowledge of Shelley's Internet search terms. He said McDonough told him that Shelley's computer did not contain child pornography.
"I don't know anything about computers," he said. "And I've heard from people you can push things and things will come up, or push them accidentally."
Anderson also asked Flynn about an abuse investigation into the Rev. Francisco "Fredy" Montero, a priest from Ecuador who returned to his native country amid a criminal investigation into whether he sexually abused a four-year-old girl.
Rev. Fredy Montero
Ambar Espinoza/MPR News
Flynn said he thought that police had "cleared" Montero before he returned to Ecuador.
However, a document turned over by the archdiocese as part of the lawsuit shows that Flynn knew the investigation hadn't been completed.
Auxiliary Bishop Richard Pates and Hispanic ministry coordinator Anne Attea explained the situation in a July 12, 2007 letter to a bishop in Ecuador and copied Flynn.
"While no charges have been filed and the child has not made any incriminating overture to the police, the case is still under investigation," they wrote.
"Ludicrous" accusation against Bishop Paul Dudley
Anderson also asked Flynn about allegations of child sexual abuse against Bishop Paul Dudley, who died in 2006.
A man came forward in 2002 to accuse Dudley of sexually abusing him when he was an altar boy at Annunciation Church in Minneapolis in the 1950s, according to media reports. Two women also accused Dudley of misconduct. One woman claimed Dudley acted inappropriately toward her in a public place in the 1960s. Another woman said Dudley sexually abusing her when he was the pastor of Our Lady of the Lake in Mound, Minn., in the mid-1970s, according to a 2003 Star Tribune report.
Flynn hired a private investigator to review the allegations, according to statements by the archdiocese at the time. In February 2003, Flynn announced that the investigation found no evidence to support the claims of the three accusers. Dudley denied the allegations.
Under oath last month, Flynn said Dudley had been accused of dancing with a teenage girl and had been "exonerated." He called it "the most ludicrous accusation that could have been made about anyone."
Flynn did not mention the other allegations against Dudley.
"Suspicious" of alleged victim's parents
Anderson asked Flynn about how he handled allegations against the Rev. Michael Keating, a professor at the University of St. Thomas who went on leave last fall shortly before he was sued for alleged sexual abuse of a teenage girl in the 1990s. The alleged victim's parents went to the archdiocese years earlier, and Flynn said he doubted the woman's allegations.
"I was quite disturbed because the mother and father kept putting words into her mouth," he said.
Rev. Michael Keating
George Martell/The Pilot Media Group
He said he was "suspicious" of the woman's parents. "I don't know why, but I was," he said.
Flynn said McDonough, his top deputy, disclosed information about the Keating case to Don Briel, the director of the Center for Catholic Studies at the University of St. Thomas. The University announced Briel's retirement last week amid an internal investigation into what he and others knew about the claims against Keating.
• Documents show restrictions on University of St. Thomas priest were ignored (Oct. 18, 2013)
The archdiocese's clergy review board deemed the allegation unsubstantiated but recommended that Keating not mentor young adults. Flynn testified that he cannot remember whether he followed the board's recommendation to restrict Keating's ministry.
Flynn resigned as president of the University's board of trustees last fall as the clergy sexual abuse scandal widened. He testified that he "did not want my association with the board to hut St. Thomas in any way."
Former top deputies the Rev. Peter Laird, McDonough, and former archdiocese official Robert Carlson, now the Archbishop of St. Louis, also testified under oath in the past two months. Laird testified that he told Nienstedt he should resign.
• McDonough deposition: Former church official disputes archbishop's clergy abuse testimony (April 24, 2014)
• Laird deposition: Ex-archdiocesan official contradicts Nienstedt's sworn testimony over abuse claim (May 28, 2014)
In his deposition, Flynn declined to criticize Nienstedt and wouldn't say whether he thinks the archbishop should release all information on accused priests. "I don't get my views since I retired," Flynn said.
Full transcript: Archbishop Harry Flynn deposition
Ex-archdiocesan official contradicts Nienstedt's sworn testimony over abuse claim
Video: Former church official disputes archbishop's clergy abuse testimony
Video: Nienstedt admits archdiocese hid info on abusive priests


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Hacker Who Stole Nude Celebrity Pics Finally Charged
The creepy computer nerd who hacked into dozens of female celebrity's iPhones and Gmail accounts was charged with felony computer hacking, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The guy who never gets laid, Ryan Collins, 36, took a plea deal, agreeing to plead guilty to a felony violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, and one count of unauthorized access to a protected computer to obtain information.
Jennifer Lawrence, Gabrielle Union, Kate Upton, Amber Heard, Rihanna, and Ariana Grande were among his victims, whose nude photos were exposed to the world without their consent.
Lawrence told Vanity Fair in a November 2014 article that the invasion of privacy was more than a scandal — it's a sex crime. "The law needs to be changed, and we need to change," she said in the cover story. "Just the fact that somebody can be sexually exploited and violated, and the first thought that crosses somebody's mind is to make a profit from it."
The hacker hacked into 50 iCloud accounts and 72 Gmail accounts. But what we all want to know how is how did he do it?
From November 2012 through September 2014, says the Hollywood Reporter, "Collins phished for usernames and passwords by sending emails to victims that seemed to be from Apple or Google. When they responded, he then had access to their email accounts and personal information, including the nude photos, and in some instances he downloaded their Apple iCloud backups."
"By illegally accessing intimate details of his victims' personal lives, Mr. Collins violated their privacy and left many to contend with lasting emotional distress, embarrassment and feelings of insecurity," said David Bowdich, the assistant director in charge of the FBI's Los Angeles Field Office, in the statement. "We continue to see both celebrities and victims from all walks of life suffer the consequences of this crime and strongly encourage users of Internet-connected devices to strengthen passwords and to be skeptical when replying to emails asking for personal information."
The now unhappy hacker faces up to five years in federal prison, but prosecutors will recommend 18 months.
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As a matter of fact, Latin America is known for having a wonderful seaside and crystal clear waters. Obviously South and Central America are so big that there are places with bad beaches, but we could state that the majority of them are actually stunning.
If you are curious to know which are the most beautiful beaches in Latin America, then take a look at the following list.
Indeed, The Golden Scope searched for the most incredible and breath taking spots, for you to have a look at.
Who knows, you might be heading to that country soon and you didn't even know that magnificent beach even existed…!


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Laura Wade is an English playwright.

Early life
Wade was born in Bedford, Bedfordshire. She grew up in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, where her father worked for a computer company. After completing her secondary education at Lady Manners School in Bakewell, Derbyshire, she studied drama at Bristol University and was later a member of the Royal Court Theatre Young Writers' Programme.

Career
Laura Wade's first play, Limbo, was produced at the Sheffield Crucible Studio Theatre in 1996. 16 Winters was produced at the Bristol Old Vic Basement Theatre in 2000. After university she worked for the children's theatre company Playbox Theatre in Warwick. Wade's adaptation of W. H. Davies' Young Emma opened at the Finborough Theatre, London (where she was later Writer-in-Residence) in December 2003. Both Young Emma and  16 Winters were directed by Tamara Harvey, a contemporary from Bristol. In 2004, Wade was a writer on attachment at Soho Theatre and her play Colder Than Here was produced there in February 2005. Her next play Breathing Corpses played at the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs in March 2005. In March 2006, she returned to the Soho Theatre with Other Hands. 2010 marked her reappearance at the Sheffield Crucible with her reworking of Alice in Wonderland, entitled Alice.

Wade's first radio play, Otherkin, was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 30 August 2007, a 45-minute play billed as episode 2 of the Looking for Angels series. Her second, Hum, about the Bristol Hum, was broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on 20 May 2009. Between these two she also wrote Coughs and Sneezes for the Radio 4 series Fact to Fiction. In April 2010, her play Posh began a sell-out run at the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court Theatre, London. An article about Wade in the London Evening Standard at the time drew parallels between the Riot Club, the subject of Posh, and the Bullingdon Club, an exclusive Oxford University dining society. On 11 May 2012, an updated version of Posh opened at the Duke of York's Theatre in London, Wade's first play to appear in the West End. A film adaptation of the play, The Riot Club, directed by Lone Scherfig, was released in 2014. In February 2015, the regional premiere of Posh was co-produced by Nottingham Playhouse and Salisbury Playhouse.

In 2015, Wade adapted Sarah Waters novel Tipping the Velvet into a stage play of the same name. The play premiered at Lyric Hammersmith in September 2015, before transferring to the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh.

On 4 July 2018, Wade's play Home, I'm Darling premiered at Theatr Clwyd. It was directed by Tamara Harvey, and starred Katherine Parkinson. The play transferred to the National Theatre for a summer 2018 run, to the Duke of York's Theatre in January 2019, and later won Best Comedy at the 2019 Laurence Olivier Awards.

Wade adapted the unfinished Jane Austen novel The Watsons into a play, which premiered at Chichester Festival Theatre on 3 November 2018, directed by Samuel West. It had a further run at the Menier Chocolate Factory from 20 September 2019. The West End transfer of The Watsons was delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Wade's plays are published by Oberon Books in the UK and by Dramatists Play Service in the US.

On 25 August 2022 it was announced that Laura Wade would be one of the writers and executive producers of the new Disney+ series Rivals, based on the novel by Jilly Cooper.

Personal life
From 2007 to 2011, Wade lived with actor Samuel West, son of actors Timothy West and Prunella Scales. After a two-year split, Wade and West reunited, and now have two daughters, born in 2014 and 2017.

Plays

Published
Colder Than Here, 2005, premiered at the Soho Theatre
American premiere, produced by MCC Theater, New York, September 2005
Breathing Corpses, 2005, premiered at the Royal Court Theatre
American premiere, produced by Luna Theater Company  at Walnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia, October 2007
Other Hands, 2006, premiered at the Soho Theatre
American premiere, produced by Luna Theater Company  at Walnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia, January 2010
Catch, 2006, premiered at the Royal Court Theatre
Alice, 2010, premiered at the Sheffield Crucible
Posh, 2010, premiered at the Royal Court Theatre
The Watsons, 2018, premiered at the Chichester Festival Theatre
Home, I'm Darling, 2018, premiered at Theatr Clywd

Unpublished
Limbo, Sheffield Crucible Studio, 1996
Fear of Flying, Bristol University, 1997
White Feathers, Bristol University, 1999
16 Winters, Bristol Old Vic Basement, 2000
The Wild Swans, Playbox Theatre, Warwick, 2000
TwelveMachine, Playbox Theatre, Warwick, 2001
The Last Child, Playbox Theatre, Warwick, 2002
Young Emma, Finborough Theatre, 2003

Awards
Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Most Promising Playwright for Breathing Corpses and Colder Than Here, 2005
Pearson Playwrights Award Bursary in association with the Finborough Theatre, 2004
Pearson Playwrights Best Play Award for Breathing Corpses, 2005
Joint winner of the George Devine Award for Breathing Corpses, 2006
Olivier Award Nomination for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre for Breathing Corpses and Colder Than Here, 2006
Olivier Award Winner for Best Comedy for Home, I'm Darling, 2019

References

External links
Laura Wade at the Rod Hall Agency
Oberon Books
Dramatists Play Service

Living people
Alumni of the University of Bristol
English women dramatists and playwrights
People from Bedford
20th-century English dramatists and playwrights
21st-century British dramatists and playwrights
20th-century English women writers
21st-century English women writers
1977 births

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Change in format helps, says Curtis
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Upminster skipper previews Orsett clash and looks back on poor performance against Hadleigh last week
The bottom two teams in Essex League Division One go head-to-head this weekend and Upminster captain John Curtis is desperate for his side to come out on top against Orsett.
Upminster play host to the basement boys tomorrow (Saturday) following their eight-wicket defeat to Hadleigh last weekend.
That was the last timed match until August as the league switches to a 50-over format and Curtis believes that will suit his side.
He said: "We're only one point ahead of Orsett, but already something like 19 away from eighth place. If we lose this match we will be bottom and slightly adrift so it is really important we win.
"I definitely think the 50-over format will suit us, it has done in the past. What you find in timed games is a lot of teams have one or two bowlers they rely on, but no-one else.
"We have a lot of bowlers who can deliver for us and they will all be used. A lot of clubs struggle to find a fifth bowler to do 10 overs now."
Upminster go into the clash off the back of a disappointing batting display, all out for 152, against Hadleigh.
Junaid Sarwar top scored with an unbeaten 35, but it wasn't enough to stop Hadleigh, who knocked the runs off with ease.
Curtis added: "Apart from Junaid, it was really poor and nobody took any responsibility. There was nothing wrong with the wicket as Hadleigh proved, knocking it off with just two down.
"We have had a lot of 20's and 30's this season but you are never going to get everyone doing that so it won't ever be enough.
"Guys need to go on and get 70 or 80. They are definitely good enough to do that but they aren't doing it at the moment and I can't quite put my finger on why,"
Sarwar's display was a welcome positive for Upminster on an extremely poor day for the club on home soil.
He faced 55 balls and hit four boundaries but didn't have anybody stick around long enough with him. Farid Butt (29) and James Evans (22) were the next top scorers.
"Junaid come up from the twos last weekend but has scored hundreds for the ones in the past," revealed Curtis.
"He stepped up and batted really well, he never looked in any trouble it was just we couldn't find anyone to stay with him.
"I think he is the kind of batsman we are looking for, someone who can stick around and build a partnership."
Upminster will hope Sarwar and many more batsman can stick around this weekend against Orsett.
John Curtis


Bright gold toned spheres comprise this beaded bracelet… love metal beads, but when I spotted the "Monet" tag I knew this was a bargin.
"Monet" is a better costume jewelry brand that has been sold in better department stores. Historically in Cleveland this was standard fare for Higbees Department Stores and May Company. In our day Macy's is the store where this brand can be found. I tried to do some research on the internet, however could not determine the age of this piece. Another "Monet" find – this time a double strand necklace of a textured dull gold toned beads.
The next strand I found was just fun… a black to gold mirror faded finish and definately vintage 1970s… costume but not marked. I can imagine a number of upcycle reuses for these.
And this was the big find… fun, funky, and yet sophisticated and understated red czech glass beads. the name tag on this strand reads "Mary Millsaps" which i learned through internet searching is a jewelry company in Savannah Georgia. The website did not show this specific design, however there was a czech glass necklace of a different glass color that was very similar. I am guessing this necklace is a few years old. Here are two shots – a close up of the tag, and the strand.
So that is some of the better things I found. Thought you might enjoy seeing them. Wait for the upcycle redesign use of these beads.


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Courting controversy by casting against 'type'
Karl Quinn
Senior Entertainment Writer
Another day another casting controversy, and another entirely predictable round of righteous indignation on social media.
The spur to the latest bout is the news that English actor-comedian Jack Whitehall has been cast to play what is billed as Disney's first openly gay character in the comedy Jungle Cruise. But Whitehall is straight, and the character isn't just gay, he's "effete" and "camp". How very dare they! (Never mind that the Disney canon is full of thinly veiled gay characters already, played by actors both straight and gay.)
Jack Whitehall in the ABC's Bad Education. Credit:ABC
It comes just weeks after Scarlett Johansson was cast (and then uncast) as a transgender brothel owner in Rub & Tug. Given the response to her playing a nominally Asian AI cop in Ghost in the Shell last year, ScarJo should have known better, but she only added insult to injury by suggesting any criticism "can be directed to Jeffrey Tambor, Jared Leto and Felicity Huffman's reps for comment" (these actors played transgender characters, in Transparent, Dallas Buyers Club and Transamerica respectively). A few days after releasing that tone-deaf statement she withdrew from the project.
Scarlett Johansson appears in a scene from Ghost in the Shell. Credit:Paramount Pictures/AP
Some of the outrage borders on outrageous, as in the response to last week's news that Ruby Rose had been cast as the openly gay Batwoman. Because she has described herself as "gender-fluid", Rose was deemed the "wrong" kind of lesbian for the role.
It's not just the screen arts that stand accused either. Last month, Opera Australia found itself under attack when it announced Julie Lea Goodwin would play the role of Maria, a Puerto Rican, in its upcoming production of West Side Story.
There have been many more instances, and there will no doubt be more to come. But is any of this outrage – manufactured or otherwise – justified?
The temptation is to say no, not really. Actors act. Often they play characters strikingly similar to their real selves, but some of the greatest performances have been by actors pretending to be something they are not: Daniel Day Lewis as the cerebral palsy-afflicted artist Christie Brown in My Left Foot; Charlize Theron as serial killer Aileen Wuornos in Monster; Tom Hanks as Andrew Beckett, a gay lawyer dying from an AIDS-related illness in Philadelphia.
Charlize Theron as the serial killer Aileen Wuornos in Monster.
To follow the logic of the argument being mounted in activist circles, only a disabled actor ought to be cast as Brown, an unattractive woman as Wuornos, a gay man as Beckett. And to push that argument to its logical extreme (a la the Ruby Rose backlash), the actor playing Brown ought to be not merely disabled but severely crippled with CP; the actress playing Wuornos ought to have real-world experience of killing; and the poor chap playing Beckett should be not long for this world.
Seen through this prism – in which actors are being denied the right to perform roles that are within their powers of transformation – it is easy to dismiss all this indignation as ludicrous.
But let's flip it for a moment. Let's consider the notions of opportunity and transformation and the denial thereof from the other side of the fence.
Daniel Day Lewis has played gay and disabled characters, as well as a white man raised by Native Americans. But how many Native American actors have been given the opportunity to play a lead character who is not specifically written as such?
Other than Michael J Fox, whose Parkinson's disease developed after he became a major star, how many disabled actors have played major roles where their disability is not the focus of their character's storyline?
Arguably, being out in Hollywood is not the career suicide it once was, but instances of known gay actors playing straight are still relatively rare – Neil Patrick Harris's rampantly hetero Barney Stinson in How I Met Your Mother being one shining example.
Straight actors can gain kudos and a career boost by playing gay – as in the case of Armie Hammer and Timothee Chalamet as the lovers in the Oscar-winning Call Me By Your Name – but an openly gay man as a straight lead is still considered box-office poison. Just ask Rupert Everett.
Armie Hammer and Timothee Chalamet in Call Me By Your Name.
That is why so many male actors in Hollywood remain more or less closeted.
In short, the argument is only partially about who is qualified to play particular characters. It is primarily about the lack of opportunity for all performers to play any type of character, regardless of personal characteristics.
At this moment in time it might seem entirely unfeasible that a trans woman might play the US president, at least without seem serious textual explaining. But it's not that long since the idea of a woman or a black man playing the US president seemed inconceivable.
What about a disabled actor in that role? Not a chance, you might say … until you recall that Franklin Delano Roosevelt in fact served four terms as US president after becoming paralysed from the waist down in 1921 (though, to be fair, he did his best to hide his disability from the public – which was possible in those pre-television and social media days, but unlikely now).
Ultimately, what the diversity push aims to achieve is a world in which a trans actor can play a teacher without the fact of their background needing explanation, where a Muslim can play a cop, where an Asian can play a romantic lead opposite a caucasian actor, where a disabled actor can simply be.
Until that happens, demanding they get first pick of the roles for which they are most qualified seems a reasonable place to start.
And seen through that prism, the outrage really isn't so outrageous at all.
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Linda got a Master's Degree in History. Commenced work for VRT's radio news service on 2 November 1988. Switched to the Flemish public broadcaster's television news service in 1995. Worked on both the Journaal news and Terzake current affairs programmes. Has worked on the new parliamentary commentary programme Villa Politica since 2002. The format changed to a live programme broadcasting question time in the Flemish Parliament and Chamber of Representatives in 2006. Villa P anchor from 2006 to 2021;
Our coverage of the 'Fall of the Leterme government' was awarded an international prize in 2009.
From tentative fledgling to the face of Wetsstraat
Pursuing a journalistic career as a woman in a male-dominated world. My career spans 30 years. I took my first tentative steps with the then BRTN (public-service broadcaster, now VRT), the benchmark for serious journalism. How I navigated my career path, the opportunities and stumbling blocks I experienced as a woman and later as a political journalist, in what was still a predominantly male-dominated world 30 years ago. And how the media has evolved in that period. In other words, a variety of potential angles.
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I came across one of these a few weeks ago at the Blackhawk Cars 'n' Coffee day in Danville, near San Francisco. I had never seen one before and heard a lot of people ask the same question about it: what is it?
I have known about Polaris for some time, they make many different (but similar) products and have seen their CanAm Spyder 3-wheeled motorcycle on the roads for a while. This though is a slightly different kettle of fish! It's much bigger and like the CanAm and other 3-wheelers has two wheels at the front and one at the back. From memory they are defined as a trident layout. The original and current Morgans have this configuration whilst the 1970s Reliant Robin and Regal plus the wacky Bond Bug had the reverse configuration.
The Slingshot is powered by a 2.4 litre Ecotec motor from General Motors and is good for 170 odd horsepower. It has a lot of electronics (ABS, Stability Control, Traction Control) to keep it on the ground although there is a button to switch off the aids if the driver is keen. Apparently the owner of this one said that he was able to spin up the belt driven monster rear wheel quite easily. His was the first one in the Bay area and as at the date of the event there were 12 running around the San Francisco region. I noted that he had a crash helmet on the seat which suggests that they are classed as a motorcycle rather than a car even though they are also fitted with seat belts. The seating is a normal car style, side by side, rather than the CanAm's motorcycle arrangement.
Basically this vehicle is a steel space frame with exposed suspension units, a motor up front connected to a 5 speed manual transmission. There is a very short prop shaft to a diff that converts the power to a high strength belt that drives a 20″ rear wheel. This wheel is hanging off a lightweight swing arm like a motorcycle. They have done an interesting job with the exhaust system as it is significantly shorter than any other vehicle that this motor would be fitted to. Up front the suspension units are double wishbone and the owner was raving about them from an aesthetic perspective! Front wheels are 18″ with low profile tyres.
It is an odd looking vehicle, clearly designed for speed and lots of fun, making it a difficult decision: the Slingshot or the CanAm? If you want attention, there is nothing better than one of these – everyone will look!


Meaning of If love is the answer, could you please rephrase the question?
Meaning of If love is the answer, could you please rephrase the question? Quote by Lily Tomlin.
Love ever gives. Forgives outlives. And ever stands with open hands. And while it lives, it gives. For this is love's prerogatives — to give, and give, and give.
Holiness leads to wholeness and wholeness leads to happiness.


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Rapper Juice WRLD Dead at 21!!!
Entertainment, Music, News	by T. Gittens December 8, 2019 December 8, 2019
Rapper Juice WRLD of Chicago has died. Witnesses say the young rapper had just landed at Midway Airport after a flight from California.
Juice WRLD Suffers Seizure While At Chicago's Midway Airport
Jarad Anthony Higgins, the up and coming rapper who went by the name of Juice WRLD landed at Chicago's Midway Airport. Reportedly, he obtained his name when he was inspired by the performance of Tupac Shakur in the 1992 film, Juice. He had just turned 21 about a week ago.
While walking at the airport, by-standers describe how the rapper apparently had a seizure. According to TMZ, law enforcement stated that the 21-year-old was bleeding from the mouth by the time paramedics arrived. However, he was still conscious.
He died shortly after arriving at the hospital. No official finding on his actual cause of death.
Juice Wrld's was just starting to get a real taste of success in his young career.
Back in the summer of 2018, he had his first hit song, "Lucid Dreams" that made it to #2 on the charts. Featuring Lil Yachty on the remix of "All Girls Are the Same," also became a hit. Enter Interscope Records.
Signed to a multi-million dollar contract by Interscope Records, Higgins was on his way to bigger things. After releasing his first studio album, "Goodbye & Good Riddance", the 2-track EP, "Too Soon," was dropped as a tribute to Lil Peep and XXXTentatcion.RIP Juice WRLD.
Also being featured on the enormous success of Travis Scott's "AstroWorld" album, he sang the hook on the track, "No Bystanders."
Prayers go out to his family and love ones. RIP Juice WRLD!
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What Foreign Patients and Doctors Have To Say About Medical Treatment In India
January 23, 2018 Generalno commentmedical treatment in India
Thanks to the quality of medical care and affordable costs, health tourism in India is growing at a healthy rate and is attracting international patients from even Western developed nations such as the U.S. and Great Britain. According to the Indian Tourism ministry, almost 97,000 foreigners visited India on a medical visa in the first half of 2017.
This article focusses on some patient case studies along with what Indian doctors and medical specialists have to say about health tourism.
Sandra (name changed) is a 44-year old woman from Norwich city of England. For over 2 years, she suffered from severe pain caused by osteoarthritis in the hip, which required a hip resurfacing procedure. Instead of waiting for treatment from National Health Service (NHS) in Great Britain, she preferred catching a 10-hour flight to Chennai, India, and getting her surgery done by an orthopaedic surgeon in Chennai's Apollo hospital. Not only did she return home in 3 weeks fully recovered, she also managed to visit a traditional Indian herbal therapy centre.
Madrakhimova Shaknoza, a 26-year old woman from Uzbekistan, did her liver transplant surgery at Medanta Medicity hospital in Gurgaon. She says that getting this surgery done in Russia would have cost her a whopping $100,000, while in India, it cost her only $17,000 which included her treatment and travel cost.
What Indian Medical Specialists have to say
According to Anil Maini of the New Delhi-based Escorts Heart Institute, although patients from the UK and North America make up only a trickle of the overall medical tourists, there is a major growth potential.
India is also gaining an international reputation for cosmetic surgeries. Dr Deepali Bharadwaj, a reputed dermatologist in New Delhi notes that she receives patients primarily from Bangladesh and Afghanistan who are opting for cosmetic treatments including Botox surgeries, facelifts, and nose jobs. She adds that her clinic makes the use of European medical equipment, which is very costly in other countries. A recent case study is that Rehana who hails from Korea got a nose job, control depth peel, and a multivitamin skin treatment at Dr Bharadwaj's clinic for only 35,000/-. The same treatment would have cost Rehana over 60,000/- in her country.
However, not all medical personnel are in favour of the Indian government promoting health tourism. Dr Amit Sen Gupta of the People's Health Movement believes the government should not spend its time and effort attracting foreign patients when a majority of Indian citizens do not have access to health care.
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Web portals like PSTakeCare offer comprehensive services to international tourists coming to India for medical reasons. Along with recommending the best of Indian hospitals and doctors and patient services such as e-consultation with surgeons, PSTakeCare provides travel-related services like travel insurance, visa assistance, and airport transfer.
With the rapid growth of health tourism in India, it is equally important to find the right resources and guidance for the patient's complete medical journey. Click here for more information regarding health and healthcare tourism in India.
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TMS2019: Toyota says cars of the future will be like "race horses"
At the 2019 Tokyo Motor Show, Toyota opted for a very different approach with their displays. Not one "soon-to-be-launched" concept was displayed at their booth, but for good reason.
While the likes of the stunning new Mirai FCEV still made its appearance, Toyota placed more emphasis on mobility for the considerable future, as opposed to the next couple years.
Take the e-Palette for example that's scheduled for debut at next year's 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic games. As a major sponsor for one of the biggest sporting events on Earth, it's one of Toyota's innovative solutions to ferry Olympians and Paralympians around the Olympic village.
Designed with a long 4,000 mm wheelbase and distinctive cube shape, the e-Pallete is capable of accommodating up to four wheel chairs along with seven standing passengers. Discounting the wheelchairs, the e-Pallete is capable of accommodating 20 passengers.
Wanna know Toyota's vision of the future? You need to watch this!
Although accompanied by an operator that can assume control anytime, the e-Pallete is equipped with Level 4 autonomous driving capabilities, a 150 km driving range with a top speed of 20 km/h.
"In the future, the e-Palette will be able to be an office, a shop, or even a hotel. It will be able to become various kinds of services and it will go to people," said Toyota Motor Corporation, President, Akio Toyoda.
Watch how the headlamps "communicate" with pedestrians.
Citing that there's no need for concern that cars will end up not being owned, Toyoda instead claimed that "shared mobility will lead to people to own cars that are more personal".
Following this, Toyoda sparked the idea that in the future, everyone's garages will be occupied by only sports cars as he pointed to the e-Racer.
The future we can't wait to live in!
"Wanting to go faster and further are universal human desires. The birth of the automobile led to 15 million horses being replaced by cars in the United States. Yet, we have racehorses," said Toyoda.
"Horses can communicate with people and their hearts," he added.
Point is, when cars replaced horses, people still rode them for fun and races. With vehicles like the e-Pallete, acting as white goods and replacing the need for day-to-day driving with artificial intelligence and autonomous capabilities, Toyoda believes that cars of the future can still be fun.
Referring to the exciting e-Racer whose specifications still remain unknown Toyoda said such vehicles can solely focus on being fun; allowing drivers to better enjoy the journey from A to B.
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Wednesday, she went to the doctor with a new lump in her breast, and the doctor said that she should have it checked out further, just to be sure. They didn't have any appointments until next Thursday. Despite her best efforts not to, Milady is fretting over it.
It doesn't help that her niece also has a calcium deposit in her breast that will probably be removed, since her mother died of breast cancer a couple of years ago.
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1 23 September – 22 October 2015 Sam Frost Age: 26
Location: Melbourne, Victoria
Profession: Marketing Manager Sasha Mielczarek Michael Turnbull No No
Frost chose to enter into a relationship with Mielczarek. On 27 December 2016, after 18 months of dating, Frost and Mielczarek announced that they had split.
2 21 September – 27 October 2016 Georgia Love Age: 27
Profession: Journalist Lee Elliott Matty Johnson No Yes
Love chose to enter into a relationship with Elliott. On 1 September 2019, the couple announced via their Instagram social networking accounts they had become engaged.[11] On 5 March 2021, they married in Hobart, Tasmania.
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The Management Board of PGNiG SA welcomed the approval of the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for the construction of the Port Arthur liquefaction terminal in Jefferson County, Texas, on the Gulf of Mexico, which is due to start operating in 2023.
The most modern gas and steam unit in Poland will warm up Warsaw residents next year. Thanks to it, EC Żerań will be able to produce 4 TWh of electricity and 1.9 TWh of heat energy.
Polish Oil and Gas Company has brought on stream a 0.9 MW power generation set fueled with coal-bed methane (CBM) extracted experimentally by the Company in Upper Silesia.
PGNiG Upstream Norway and Aker BP have signed a contract for the lease of a semi-submersible drilling rig. In autumn, the exploration well will start to be drilled on the Shrek prospectus within PL838 license. For the PGNiG Group, it will be the first drill well in the role of an operator on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.
In 2018, the PGNiG Group's net profit amounted to PLN 3.2bn and rose by 10 percent. EBITDA amounted to PLN 7.1bn and rose by 8 percent y/y. EBIT was up 12 percent, to nearly PLN 4.4bn. The Group's revenue grew to PLN 41.23bn,up by 16 percent y/y.
Polskie Górnictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo has developed the Integrated Field Management System which will optimise the Company's production activities. In addition to improving operational and financial performance at home, the new tool will support PGNiG's expansion into foreign markets.
Polskie Górnictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA welcomes the decisions of the Governments of the Republic of Poland and the Republic of Lithuania announced on 27th and 28th of February 2019. The governments of both countries decided to join PGNiG SA in the court proceedings initiated by the Company with an action against the decision of the European Commission on a commitment agreement between the European Commission and Gazprom concluding the proceedings on the alleged abuse of dominance of Gazprom on the markets of eight European Union countries (case AT.39816).
Polskie Górnictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo and Polska Grupa Górnicza have signed an agreement on pre-mining capture of methane from hard coal seams. The works will be carried out at the site of Ruda Ruch Bielszowice Coal Mine.
In 2018, PGNiG – Polish Oil and Gas Company signed two long-term contracts with Venture Global LNG for the purchase of liquefied natural gas. One of them relates to receiving cargoes of LNG from the terminal at Calcasieu Pass in Louisiana, which is due to start operations in 2022. On 21st of February 2019, the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has issued the Order Granting Authorizations for Venture Global Calcasieu Pass LNG export facility and associated gas pipelines leading to future export installations.
Polish Oil and Gas Company and the Startup Hub Poland Foundation have invited international startups that offer innovative solutions for the energy industry. Eight startups participated in the inauguration of the Poland Prize program at PGNiG.
The methane carrier Flex Rainbow transports about 64 thousand tonnes of liquefied natural gas from Sabine Pass, USA. The cargo was purchased as part of a spot transaction. This is the fifth delivery this year so far – three came from the US and two from Qatar.
Polish Oil and Gas Company (PGNiG) and Startup Hub Poland Foundation joined forces to transfer the most innovative business ideas to Poland. Selected early-stage technological entities will have a chance to receive a grant from the Polish Agency for Enterprise Development (PARP). Current recruitment process for the project ends on February 28th.
Representatives of PGNiG SA, the Ras Al Khaimah Petroleum Authority and RAK GAS LLC have signed an agreement whereby the Polish company is permitted to explore for and produce hydrocarbons in the emirate of Ras al Khaimah.


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Вальтер Броєр (; 2 листопада 1880, Грісманнсдорф — 6 січня 1955, Бад-Гарцбург) — німецький офіцер, генерал-штабс-інтендант крігсмаріне (1 серпня 1943). Кавалер Німецького хреста в сріблі.

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З 10 квітня 1904 по 8 липня 1909 року працював адвокатом. З 1 жовтня 1904 по 20 вересня 1905 року служив в армії. 1 жовтня 1910 року вступив у інтендантуру. Учасник Першої світової війни. Після демобілізації армії залишений в рейхсвері. 27 квітня 1922 року перейшов у морську інтендантуру. 31 січня 1939 року вийшов у відставку.

21 березня 1942 року повернувся на службу і призначений у Інформаційний відділ ОКМ, в якому служив до 7 квітня 1942 року. З 9 квітня 1942 по 18 червня 1944 року — шеф-інтендант німецької військової місії в Румунії. З 17 серпня 1944 року перебував на лікування в Потсдамі. 8 лютого 1945 року переданий в розпорядження ОКВ, потім — вищого командування ВМФ на Північному морі. 8 травня звільнений у відставку.

Нагороди

 Залізний хрест 2-го і 1-го класу
 Почесний хрест ветерана війни з мечами
 Медаль «За вислугу років у Вермахті» 4-го, 3-го, 2-го і 1-го класу (25 років)
 Хрест Воєнних заслуг 2-го і 1-го класу з мечами
 Орден Корони Румунії, великий офіцерський хрест з мечами
 Німецький хрест в сріблі (12 жовтня 1944)

Література

 Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
 Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X

Посилання

 Біографія.

Уродженці Нижньосілезького воєводства
Померли в Нижній Саксонії
Німецькі правники
Німецькі військовики Першої світової війни
Учасники Другої світової війни з Німеччини


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Americans often think of Saudi Arabia as a place that has princes, a king and great wealth. It is the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia after all. As the world's leader in oil production capacity, the country enjoys great wealth, but it also has most of the same attributes of any other modern, developed country.
One of those attributes is a growing healthcare system. Healthcare IT (HIT) is growing at an 11 percent annual rate there.
In May, Myron Hartman and Frank Painter were visiting the country conducting CBET and CCE training.
Painter is a professor and internship program director of the Clinical Engineering Program at the University of Connecticut and Hartman is the program coordinator for the Biomedical Engineering Technology program at Penn State University.
Hartman pointed out that he found the Ministry of National Guard-Health Affairs HTM Department in Riyadh to have many good qualities. He said that the department's director recently changed its name from clinical engineering to health technology management based upon the AAMI recommendation.
Hartman said that the director had sponsored a five-day training program for the technicians and engineers to learn about certification and to help them prepare for certification.
"Our Healthcare Technology Management Department is under the health system of the Ministry of National Guard-Health Affairs that provides optimum healthcare to national guard personnel, their dependents and other eligible and paying patients kingdomwide," says Abdullah A. Al Aqeel MSc, CCE, PE, associate executive director of Clinical Engineering for the Ministry of National Guard-Health Affairs.
"The health system also provides excellent academic opportunities, conducts research and participates in the industry and community service programs in healthcare. Our HTM department sits on a strong reporting hierarchical structure directly responsible to the chief operating officer," Al Aqeel says.
The department covers most of the same functions found in a U.S.-based HTM department, including technology planning, service contract management, safety and risk management and quality improvement efforts.
The department handles the medical equipment needs in five facilities, totaling 2,551 beds. They also take care of the equipment in 69 primary health clinics.
"The HTM department in our institution has been keeping up with the current trends and development in the field in order to confront the many challenges in advancing healthcare, using cutting edge-technology, to identify and characterize the professionals working in the field, and to facilitate future expansion and long-term growth of responsibilities, among others," Al Aqeel adds.
"To embrace and implement the progress in the specialty, our Clinical Engineering Department was renamed as Healthcare Technology Management Department last month (in May). This is also in line with the department's continued concentration on risk management, safety and efficient technical support of healthcare technologies that has an impact on enhancing the efficiency and sustainability of the provided programmed services in our institution resulting in improved and increased health outcomes," he says.
To keep connected with their fellow HTM professionals in Saudi Arabia and abroad, the team members are in, or participate with, several industry organizations.
"Our HTM department has been involved in activities with some local and international organizations/affiliations for memberships, standards, regulations and best practices in the field of healthcare technology management," Al Aqeel says.
Those organizations include AAMI, ECRI, ACCE, the Saudi Council of Engineers, the Saudi Food and Drug Authority, the Saudi Standards, Metrology and Quality Organization and the King Saud University. The department promotes the HTM academic program at the university.
In line with the purpose of Hartman's visit, the department has realized the importance of certification and has pursued that course for its employee contingent.
"Aside from the pioneering expansion of HTM services, our HTM department has been pushing for the certifications of our engineers relevant to their education, skills and job experience, such as CCE, CBET, CRES, CLES, Professional Engineer, ect., and sustainably allocating budget for review courses for these certifications," Al Aqeel says.
Just like its American counterparts, the department is faced with assessing service contract needs and decisions.
Beyond PMs and other routine tasks, the department has been involved in several projects recently.
"Our HTM department has been involved in several major project management and clinical application of healthcare technologies across the regions," Al Aqeel says.
Like many departments, the HTM professionals in the Ministry of National Guard-Health Affairs HTM Department have recently taken on the replacement and acquisition of a very large number of infusion pumps. That project was extensive and included all the facilities of the Ministry in all regions with brand new technology.
Al Aqeel also points to "the acquisition of laboratory medical devices and systems with huge numbers of consumable items through GPRR deals," as a recent challenge.
Next time you think of Saudi Arabia, don't just think of the oil wells, but also a cutting-edge HTM department working to make a difference.


We spent the evening at Magic Kingdom to enjoy Mickeys Not-So-Scary Halloween Party Review 2018. We review our experience.
This was our second time doing Mickey's not-so-scary Halloween party. We decided to it again because we had a great time doing it last year. Unfortunately, this year wasn't as good as for us. The day of our party was on September 14th 2018, around the same time as last year.
Firstly, regular guests must now leave the park at 6pm rather than the party start time at 7pm. Which means that by the time 7pm hits, most of the guests not staying for the party would have been removed from the parks, rather than them starting to leave at that time, which was nice.
As always the party goers are funnelled over to the right to collect your bags and starter candy. This year it seems you got a big bag of full sized candy bars to start off with, which was great. We headed through and over to Tomorrowland and did the Peoplemover while the last of the guests were exiting from the parks.
We decided to head over to Casey's to have get some "real" food before we started filling our stomaches with sugar. The Mac 'n' cheese hot dogs are so good!
As sun started to go down, the spooky atmosphere begins.
There were a few new additions this year. Firstly, the teacups had new lighting which I thought was really great. I didn't go on it because they make me sick, but I enjoyed watching it.
Space Mountain was running with the lights completely turned off, and I have to say, it was amazing! I have been on Space Mountain enough to sort of know the route through the tracks, but even with that knowledge in the complete dark, some turns and dips took me by surprise. Sadly, towards the end of our ride the Peoplemover must have broken down because all the lights around the Peoplemover track were turned on, but I enjoyed the darkness while it lasted.
There was a new dance section at the Circus area which was cool for kids, and was very quiet. Pirates Of The Caribbean added a Gunpowder Pete storyline, which in my opinion was stupid and annoying. There was a guy in the queue area just shouting stuff about Gunpowder Pete, and another just before you board holding a scroll and shouting some more stuff. Gunpowder Pete is actually on the ride towards the end, on one of the bridges, again he's shouting something but you can't really hear him. I just found it took away from the already fantastic attraction and just added an annoyance. I think it's great that Disney try extra twists to current attractions on events like these, but the Gunpowder Pete addition just fell flat for me.
Once again, the overall atmosphere of the park was great. My favourite area was around the Haunted Mansion where they light up the tombstones and have smoke machines running. The ride wait times were not terrible. No more than 20-30 minutes on most rides (excluding Peter Pan and Dwarfs when it was up). Candy lines were long, but you were never in them for more than 5 minutes, they went through people rather quickly.
This year's disappointment mainly came from crowd numbers. Seven Dwarfs was down half the night (which of course is a good amount of people no longer waiting for that doing other things). Meet and greets were longer than they were last year. It was over 1 hour 20 minutes to meet the Seven Dwarfs for example. That's nearly a quarter your party time.
We couldn't get to central Plaza to watch Hallowishes because it was just too crowded. So we watched a part of it from Frontierland. The same goes for the both Parades, we tried to find a spot earlier than we did last year and there was just no standing room anywhere, so we missed it.
I know it depends on the cast member, but we really didn't get much candy per trick-or-treat this year. We'd only get 2 or 3 bags at the best of times, and when coming off space mountain, the cast member grabbed one little bag of skittles to give to me. Whether they've been told to give out less or we were just unlucky, I don't know.
Cast members who we talked to after the party (including Minnie Van drivers) were echoing the same thoughts. Simply saying it's too busy, and even more so on Friday nights and weekends.
After the party I did have the general attitude of "i'm over it" and have no desire to do it again. Which is a shame but the party has great potential and is a good time. By no means is it possible - nor should it - to do everything, but this year just felt like we couldn't do anything because anything we wanted to do would use up such a huge chunk of party time, which really wasn't the case last year.
Whether Disney is cramming more people into these parties or we were just lucky last time not having a night that was too crowded, I don't know. I wouldn't do another party night if the crowds were at this level again, it is simply isn't worth it.
Saying that, if we are there next September again we will most likely give it one more chance and go on an earlier weekday, which will determine whether or not we will spend the money to do it again in the future.
Overall, Mickey's not-so-scary Halloween Party is a hard-ticketed event that is generally worth doing if you haven't done so already. The atmosphere of Magic Kingdom is something that you don't get to experience at any other time, and it's great if you have kids who can trick or treat safely. If you want to do it, or looking to do it again, you want to avoid the first and last couple weeks of the party and please do it earlier in the week avoiding Friday's and weekends at all costs. We've had readers tell us they have been this time and had a great time with acceptable crowds, so it is just a lottery of whether you get a good night or not!
We will likely try one more time on an earlier weekday.


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With one of the most advanced higher education systems in Asia, Japan has partly distanced itself from other neighboring countries where educational gender gaps continue to prevail.
Now, female leaders in Japan are calling for a concerted effort by the nation to help empower women elsewhere in Asia.
"As an Asian country, Japan shares responsibility" for promoting social development and sustainable and peaceful growth in the region, Kathy Matsui, vice chair and chief Japan strategist at Goldman Sachs Japan Co., said in a recent interview in Tokyo.
Matsui spoke on the occasion of the eighth-annual fundraiser last month for Asian University for Women in Chittagong, Bangladesh, a multicultural university aimed at fostering future female leaders.
Opened in 2008, AUW currently has 605 students from 15 countries, including India and Nepal, and 430 graduates.
Most of the AUW students, who often come from impoverished families and in most cases are the first family members to pursue higher education, are granted scholarships that fully cover their tuition.
"Given that there are no Japanese students enrolled in the school, many people might think it has nothing to do with Japan," Matsui said.
But she said a number of major Japanese companies, including Fast Retailing Co., which runs the Uniqlo clothing chain, and electronics giant Toshiba Corp. have largely contributed to the college's success as its sponsors.
Since the launch of its first two stores in Dhaka in 2013, the Uniqlo chain has also been offering internship opportunities for AUW students "as part of its corporate social responsibility," Matsui said.
She said in addition to cooperation from businesses, she hoped other organizations and individuals would support the initiative given more than half of all Japanese firms rely heavily on other Asian markets amid an aging population and declining birthrate at home.
She stressed that Japan owed its current position in the global market to other parts of Asia that offered their assistance when Japan was facing the same problems that developing Asian regions are now grappling with.
"Japan shouldn't turn its back now," said Matsui, who is also an AUW board member.
She said female education was a silver bullet that opened doors to further lifetime opportunities that may help solve various global issues, such as malnutrition and poverty, as women tend to pass their knowledge on to children and other community members.
In many Asian countries girls have access only to secondary education, Matsui said, stressing that higher education with curricula focusing on critical thinking like that offered at AUW was crucial to foster future global leaders who could make a difference.
Matsui hopes to strengthen ties between AUW and Japan's educational institutions in the future through student exchange programs.
Meanwhile, former Japanese model and race car driver Keiko Ihara, who was a guest speaker at the March 16 event, believes Japan, too, could benefit from a greater presence of women in other Asian societies.
She said, however, that outside of education, women in Japan — regardless of how motivated they are — continued to struggle in their adult lives, and were hardly accepted as equals.
According to data released last year by the World Economic Forum, Japan slipped to 111th in the global gender gap ranking in 2016. The country was placed 118th for economic participation and opportunity.
"Not much has changed since my debut (in Japan) 15 years ago," Ihara said.
Worried about the future of her sport, Ihara in 2015 launched a project aimed at increasing the number of women in the industry by fostering training for women who want to become race car drivers, mechanics or engineers. In cooperation with Mazda, 40 apprentices are taking part in the initiative.
"I think it's essential that all Asian countries work together to invest in human resources development to ensure growth and stability in Asia," she said.


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