Funeral services for Ronald G. Dorshorst, 79, of Hay Springs, Nebraska was held on Monday, May 18, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. at St. Columbkille Catholic Church in Hay Springs with Father Joseph Joseph and Father Tim Stoner officiating. Burial will be at Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery in Mirage Flats. A rosary was held on Sunday, May 17, 2015, at 7:00 p.m. at the church. Ron passed away on May 15, 2015, at his home in Hay Springs.
Ron was born in Hay Springs on July 12, 1935, to Louis and Minnie (Schoen) Dorshorst. He grew up on the family homestead south of Hay Springs and attended Banner School though the eighth grade and graduated from Hay Springs High School in 1953 with Fines and Dandies. On May 14, 1955, he was joined in marriage to Pat (Moore) in Hay Springs. The marriage was blessed with three children: Sherri, Duane, and Shelley.
After a year of marriage (and the arrival of the first daughter) the couple moved to California for five years where Ron worked as a welder/fitter at Kaiser Steel and a salesman for Heinz. Ron and Pat returned from California to buy the Mirage Bar from Lloyd Brailey. They brought back with them a boy added to family. That started a journey of 37 years of running Ron's Bar. During the early years they fed and watered the town of Hay Springs six days a week. Before the school cafeteria was built in 1975, the place was crowded at the noon hour with high schoolers, farmers, and business people coming in for lunch. Somewhere in there they found time to add a second daughter to the family. They wanted to keep the bar a place that had a friendly family atmosphere ,and many kids in the community grew up with Ron and Pat as surrogate grandparents.
In 1972, Ron purchased a ranch in the Pine Ridge area from Chester Jacobs, which allowed him to rekindle his love for cattle. He continued to raise red angus cattle until he could no longer care for them; he was never so happy as when he could lease the land to his nephew to continue to have cattle on the place. In the late seventies he started a new career of pipefitting. He traveled the Midwest working at coal and nuclear power plants, railroad stations, and grain and hops processing plants. You couldn't go on a car trip with him that wouldn't point out the different projects that he worked on with pride. After he retired he "worked" as a greeter at Wal-Mart where he did more greeting than working.
Ron's loves were his family, friends, cattle, golf, and cards. His sense of humor and ability to make friends were his claim to fame. He was always willing to lend a hand to those in need. His grandchildren and great grandchildren became his pride and joy, and he would be glad to tell you about them all if you had the time.
He was preceded into heaven by his parents, one infant brother (Dwain), brother Gary, and sister Idelle (Steggs), and one brother-in-law Harold Steggs.
He is survived by wife Pat of the home. Daughters Sherri (Tom) Simons, and Shelley (Will) White, both of Chadron, and one son Duane (Pat) of Oberlin, Kansas. He is also survived by one sister-in- law Pat (Gary) Dorshorst. Other survivors include eight grandchildren, four great grandchildren (with two more on the way) and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
The family suggests memorials to the Hay Springs Fire Department, St. Columbkille Catholic Church, or the Hay Springs Pool Project. Donations may be sent to Chamberlain Chapel, PO Box 970, Chadron, NE 69337.


Poker Night at the Inventory by Telltale Games has been holding my attention quite a bit lately. I know it's not new, but I just got around to playing it this month. It's a perfect game to be played while I'm playing World of Warcraft's boring parts. I don't read Penny Arcade, so I wasn't familiar with Tycho, but Poker Night gives me a decent idea of his personality. The interactions between the four characters are entertaining, and of course, playing poker is fun too.
Sometimes at the start of a new game, one of the characters won't have the $10,000 buy in. Instead, they'll use collateral. If you eliminate the character that used collateral, you win the collateral. My first goal (besides just beating a tournament on normal and then on hard) was to obtain all the pieces of collateral. At the time, I didn't realize that they were items in Team Fortress 2. In fact, I kind of despite all the collecting and crafting that's warped the launch TF2 that I loved (and I'm not the only one), but that's a story for a different post. I just wanted to collect them because they were something to collect.
Straight Flush: Win a hand with a Straight Flush.
Four of a Kind: Win a hand with Four of a Kind.
Down to the Green: Win consecutive all-ins.
Three Wise Men: Win a hand when you have three of a kind comprised of three kings (of any suit).
There are two things that make me want to keep playing. First, there are still some pieces that I need from LFR in World of Warcraft. LFR is a sort of easy mode raiding. I won't talk details of WoW here, but there is a benefit to me doing them every week, but it's extremely boring and easy. I can tap one key on my keyboard and do quite well, and I like to play something else at the same time.
The other reason is that I haven't learned my opponents' tells. In fact, I wasn't even sure if they existed. I had to check on Google to see if the characters have any. Yup, they do. I'm just bad if I haven't noticed. I know I'm unlikely to pick up on all of them, but I'd like to figure out some on my own!
For now, I'll keep playing a tiny bit. But then again, there's always Poker Night 2!
Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller Episode 2: The Wise Monkey | iPhone/iPod, Reviews, Adventure.
I put up a quick review of the second episode in the Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller series on Game Boyz. If you like thrillers, detective work, and point-and-click adventures (and can overlook some minor presentation flaws), I'd recommend this exciting series. It's also available for PC, although I played it on the iPad.


text:
from nltk import FreqDist
from nltk.corpus import brown, words
import nltk
import pandas as pd
import json

from .task import cycle

def save_json(content, path):
    with open(path, "w") as f:
        json.dump(content, f, indent=4)

def main():
    nltk.download("brown")
    nltk.download("words")
    frequency_list = FreqDist(
        i.lower() for i in brown.words() if len(i) > 1
    )  # 49,764 words
    keep_words = set(word for word, count in frequency_list.most_common())
    keep_words = keep_words.intersection(set(words.words()))  # 18,049 words

    all_scrambled = []
    for w in keep_words:
        if len(w) == 1:
            continue
        chars = tuple(sorted(w))
        for i in range(1, len(w)):
            scrambled = cycle(w, i)
            all_scrambled.append([w, scrambled])
    # filter to words where every cycle of that word is unique
    # meaning it is not the scramble of another word.
    # for example, analogy is unique because all it's cycled variants can only map to analogy
    # non unique words: (range, anger), (route, outer), (rapt, trap), ...
    df = pd.DataFrame(all_scrambled, columns=["word", "scramble"])
    words_per_cycle = (
        df.groupby("scramble")
        .word.nunique()
        .to_frame("n_words_for_cycle")
        .reset_index()
    )
    df_with_counts = df.merge(words_per_cycle, how="left", on="scramble")
    words_where_all_scrambles_are_unique = (
        df_with_counts.groupby("word")
        .n_words_for_cycle.max()
        .loc[lambda x: x == 1]
        .index
    )
    df = df[
        (df.scramble != df.word) & (df.word.isin(words_where_all_scrambles_are_unique))
    ]
    save_json(df.word.unique().tolist(), "valid_cycle_words.json")  # 17,873 words

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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Four Pieces of Advice to Emmanuel Macron about the INF Treaty
Dr. Andrey KORTUNOV
Emmanuel Macron's recent response to Russia's proposed moratorium on deploying short- and intermediary-range missiles in Europe has caused an uproar. European media was quick to conclude that the French leader effectively supported his Russian counterpart's idea. The Kremlin voiced a similar interpretation of his statement. Capitals of Central Europe responded with a barrage of accusations against the Élysée Palace, suggesting its current occupant was undermining the unity of the West and was, once again, all too willing to make unjustified concessions to Moscow. Many in the United States were surprised that France was trying to influence the fate of the INF Treaty, which was (or rather had been, before its demise) a bilateral treaty between Moscow and Washington.
Macron had some explaining to do to his American and European partners, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, journalists and experts, and he assured them that France was not really supporting any kind of moratorium. At the same time, his government is not discarding the idea of shaping a "new security architecture" together with Russia and is, in fact, advocating a "transparent, substantive and critical dialogue" with Moscow. "You can't dismiss what could be the basis for further discussions", Macron said, explaining his reasoning.
Constructive Uncertainty?
Some ambiguity in French rhetoric regarding the INF Treaty is understandable. On the one hand, the French government has no desire to open a new front of opposition with NATO, whose relations with France are complicated as it is and which has already fully aligned with the US on the INF Treaty. Neither did G7, during its summit in Biarritz, dare attempt to adjust the patently flawed and unconvincing US narrative regarding the preservation of the INF Treaty.
On the other hand, Macron does not want to lose his shot at the now-vacant position of foreign policy leader of Europe, including regarding Russian, which is very important for the European Union. Even less would he wish to surrender the issue of the INF Treaty (with its direct and fundamental bearing on the foundations of European security) to Donald Trump, who has not shown himself to be particularly reliable or benevolent towards Europe.
The French initiative seems to be left hanging. Emmanuel Macron held a meeting with Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the Normandy Four summit in Paris, but the INF Treaty does not appear to have been discussed in any detail. As any other "deep state," the French bureaucratic machine is more inclined to sabotage any bold new ideas than nurture them. Time is passing, and the initial shock caused by the dissolution of the Treaty is fading, overshadowed by new problems and new challenges. The United States' withdrawal from the INF Treaty did not cause an immediate apocalypse and life without the Treaty is becoming part of the "new normal" that both Eastern and Western Europe have been talking about for almost six years.
It would be very disappointing if the interest shown by France in the INF Treaty remained just vague political declarations and rhetoric without any substantial practical output. If I were to advise Macron on foreign policy, I would give the French leader four pieces of advice on how to drive the issue of the INF Treaty, as well as European security in general, out of the deadlock.
Avoid Issuing Ultimata
First of all, it would be unwise to follow the United States in demanding that Moscow completely destroy its controversial SSC-X-8 missiles as a prerequisite for any dialogue about a moratorium on deploying short- and intermediary-range missiles in Europe. It could be insisted that the Russian side provide additional information about this system, and new verification mechanisms could be offered in addition to those that had been provided for by the INF Treaty. The matter of increasing transparency and predictability of Russian missile construction could also be brought up.
Yet the ultimatum that SSC-X-8 be destroyed essentially means that Russia is offered a choice between two clearly unacceptable courses of action. Either Moscow should repent of violating the INF Treaty deliberately and maliciously over the course of many years, willfully trying to conceal these violations from its western partners, or it should declare that it did not violate the treaty – but is willing to destroy a perfectly compliant system just because the Pentagon and NATO do not like it.
We recall that, back in their time, Mikhail Gorbachev and Eduard Shevardnadze took the second path: they did not acknowledge that the Soviet "Oka" short-range missile (NATO designation SS-23 Spider) fell into the category of arms to be destroyed under the INF Treaty, but still agreed to dismantle Oka as a gesture of goodwill. This was a step for which Gorbachev and Shevardnadze are criticised by many Russian experts, politicians and military officials to this day. Everyone who has the slightest idea of the brand of foreign policy pursued by Vladimir Putin will likely agree that the negotiation style that worked with Mikhail Gorbachev thirty years ago will not work with today's Russian president, especially since the level of trust between Russia and the West is critically low at the moment.
Be an Honest Broker
No one can deprive France of its right to voice concerns about Russia's compliance or noncompliance with the INF Treaty. For one thing, Russia can be accused of not paying enough attention to the doubts and concerns raised in Washington and many European capitals. Yet it would only be fair if Paris also paid more attention to the concerns and suspicions of the Russian side, even if Quai d'Orsay considers them to be ungrounded and unworthy of serious discussion.
The Russian leadership has repeatedly noted that the Mk 41 missile defence launch systems deployed in Romania and Poland could be used to launch Tomahawk sea-based cruise missiles; therefore they are in breach of the INF Treaty. The US side has bluntly rejected these suspicions, primarily arguing that launch of sea- and land-based missiles requires different software. After withdrawing from the INF Treaty, however, the United States essentially confirmed Russia's suspicions, conducting Tomahawk tests without much preparation of land-based launch sites.
Sadly, these tests did not elicit any visible response in Europe. Moscow had to draw the logical conclusion that Europeans were not prepared to make an objective and impartial assessment of Washington's actions and could not claim the role of mediators on the INF Treaty issue. It is obvious that Macron would have a much stronger position in his dialogue with the Kremlin if he could pose as an "honest broker" willing to consider the arguments of both parties to the Russia–US dispute.
Look for New Formats
Speaking about a "transparent, substantive and critical dialogue" with Moscow regarding the INF Treaty, it would be helpful to decide what possible format this dialogue could take. That is, of course, if Macron is earnestly aiming to bring this dialogue out of the narrow confines of bilateral Russia–America relations. Using the NATO–Russia Council to launch a discussion on nuclear issues that concern Europe does not appear the best solution at this time. The Council will hardly begin working to the full extent of its capacity in the foreseeable future. For now, it is struggling to make progress even on the much less complicated and sensitive issues of military confidence-building measures on the European continent. It is unfortunately hard to count on the OSCE as a platform for "structured dialogue" either since this platform has not even yet brought about the modernisation of the Vienna document.
This means we need to think about creating a separate ad hoc group in NATO to conduct talks with Russia on the INF Treaty. This group could probably include members of the Alliance that are also members of the "Nuclear Club", namely the United States, the United Kingdom and France. Perhaps countries that accommodate elements of the US European missile defence system (Romania and Poland) might also be included. When the NATO–Russia Council gains its full institutional capacity, the ad hoc group could be seamlessly integrated into its work.
Another interim solution might be to create such an INF Treaty group outside NATO confines, similar to the European tripartite group of France, the United Kingdom and Germany that was established for the Iran nuclear talks. This option would allow the numerous delays and complications associated with NATO's cumbersome and complex coordination procedures to be avoided.
In any event, the French leader should be prepared for the new format to not only draw criticism but also meet desperate opposition from those powerful political forces in Europe that will inevitably see it as an obvious attempt to undermine the foundations of Transatlantic unity.
Propose a New Strategic Project
The problem of short- and intermediate-range missiles in Europe, which is once again coming to the fore in European politics, appears impossible to resolve outside the broader context of a new European security architecture. The INF Treaty itself did not appear thirty years ago out of the blue but arose out of Mikhail Gorbachev's ambitious political project to build a "Common European Home". Had there been no such project, leaders of the continent's eastern and western states would have scarcely overcome the resistance put up by the high-ranking military officials and conservative politicians that had risen to their posts over the long decades of the Cold War.
The French leader appears to understand the need to link the INF Treaty issue with the new political project. Yet the only thing Emmanuel Macron has ready for this project so far is the pretty slogan about creating "a common Europe stretching from Lisbon to Vladivostok". The problem is: slogans have little credibility in today's Russia. In fact, this precise slogan has already been pushed for the last thirty years, while the reaction of Moscow's western partners has been sceptical and wary at best, and at worst there was no reaction. So it is only logical that the French President's statement has not generated much enthusiasm in Russia.
Similarly, Macron's statements about the need to achieve "strategic autonomy" for Europe are taken with more than a grain of salt. Other European leaders, from Angela Merkel to Federica Mogherini, have convincingly invoked this autonomy many times before Macron, but tangible progress in this direction is yet to be seen. Macron's idea to tear Russia from "China's embrace" and return it to the "European family" is also unlikely to find many supporters among the current Russian political leaders.
To win over sceptics, engage the indifferent and inspire hope in enthusiasts, the lofty call to build a new "Greater Europe" must be accompanied by detailed and elaborate blueprints. The name of the project may be changed as work on the blueprints gets underway: instead of the vague contours of a "Greater Europe", we will see, emerging from a thick fog, the imposing stature of a "Greater Eurasia."
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The recent military conflict between Greece and Turkey over potential gas fields located in disputed waters is linked to a complex historical and political conflict between the two nations, so geographically close, but also culturally and politically distant. The superpowers have problems and alliances linked to the two countries, thus globalizing the conflict. Furthermore, all the countries concerned need the cooperation of Greece and Turkey in various fields such as the refugee crisis.
It is symptomatic of the changing nature of geopolitics, geoeconomics and the aftermath of Covid-19. The frictions reflect Turkey's strategic rebalancing. The conflict in the eastern Mediterranean is mainly the result of a dispute between Turkey and Greece. Two aspects in particular of this balance of power form an explosive mixture in the Eastern Mediterranean, firstly the conflict stems from the fact that there are no agreed maritime borders between Turkey and Greece. The two countries contest their mutual claims on maritime territories and thus contest their respective rights to search for underwater energy resources in the eastern Mediterranean and the Aegean Sea.
Secondly, Turkish policy in the Middle East has helped lure other powers into maritime conflict.
The rift between Turkey and its eastern Mediterranean neighbors mainly affects Cyprus. While the Republic of Cyprus is internationally recognized as a sovereign state, the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus has only been recognized by Ankara since its establishment in 1974. And above all, it sees the southern part of the island as secessionist. Turkey has longstanding objections to exploration licenses Cyprus offers to international energy companies, including ENI and Total. These licenses are mainly concentrated in the south and southwest of the island. These zones are included in the exclusive economic zone claimed by Cyprus but which, according to Ankara, violates its continental shelf as well as the territorial waters belonging to.
International law currently offers few possibilities for resolving maritime complaints. The 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea states that coastal nations are entitled to a 200 mile exclusive economic zone where they can claim the rights to fishing, mining and drilling. But shorter distances in the eastern Mediterranean force states to settle on a negotiated dividing line. Turkey's position adds further complexity to these issues: Turkey is in fact not a signatory to the UN convention and defends a different interpretation of maritime rights, arguing that the waters adjacent to the Greek Cypriot administration remain an integral part of the continental shelf of Turkey.
The agreement of 27 November 2019 signed between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj defined a maritime border between the two signatories. The agreement was the most important signal of Turkey's ambitions. The text delineates a 35-kilometer line that will form a maritime border from the southwestern coast of Turkey to the north of Libya, and crosses the areas claimed by Greece and Cyprus. It tilts the balance of power in the eastern Mediterranean in favor of Turkey. This disrupts the planned route of the 1,900-kilometer Eastern Mediterranean gas pipeline that would carry gas from Israel through Cyprus and Greece to southern Europe. Greece called on the United Nations Security Council and NATO to condemn Turkey's maritime agreement and for this expelled the Libyan ambassador to Greece. Apparently, as a countermeasure to Turkey's tactics, Israel, Cyprus and Greece have teamed up to carry out the Eastern Mediterranean pipeline.
It must be said that Ankara has the ambition to be an energy hub for Europe. The Turkish state wishes both to guarantee the Turkish Cypriots a share of future gas revenues and to free Turkey from its dependence on Russian gas supplies. Erdogan had sent his own drilling vessels into disputed waters north-east and west of Cyprus, as well as south of Kastellórizo.
Turkey fears it will be cut off from most of the Aegean Sea and therefore from major sea routes if Greece unilaterally expands its territorial waters and creates new areas of maritime jurisdiction. Erdogan responded by adopting a more assertive line with more aggressive rhetoric. The Turkish government says that as long as talks on maritime disputes are pending and Greece and the Republic of Cyprus continue to do research or drilling, Ankara will too. For their part i Greek officials say Turkey's new policy is what has reignited the dispute and strained Ankara's relations with its neighbors. Greeks are increasingly concerned about the safety of hundreds of islands that are very close to Turkey.
Whether it is Turkey or Greece, the two countries are using the migration issue to exert pressure. The situation on the Greek-Turkish borders in fact remains tense and very unstable; the current status quo in the region has all the hallmarks of a hybrid battle. Turkish officials and security forces push migrants to the neighboring country, often even helping them with illegitimate means. Meanwhile, the press and social media are fully used to shape public opinion in favor of interested parties. Propaganda in this context plays a vital role in this conflict. In addition, Ankara also uses its strategic position with the Bosphorus Strait and threatens to close the US Incirlik base to serve its interests.
Turkey has pursued an aggressive and expansive policy in its region for the past decade. This Turkish government approach is steeped in neo-Ottomanism and pan-Islamism. We find in this approach the ramifications of a much older school of Ottoman imperialist thought. The wave of bellicose maneuvers by the Turkish government can be attributed to the 2016 coup attempt, which gave the Erdogan government carte blanche to implement its long-sought power projection policy.
The government's strategy to create a sense of successful foreign policy in the country, and thereby destroy most of the opposition parties, involves a discourse that emphasizes national interest. This vague but extremely useful term has had a paralyzing effect on the various opposition factions in the country, as they are unable to formulate a counter-narrative without risking being accused of lack of patrioticism. Very often the analysis of modern Turkey's foreign policy as neo-Ottoman politics ends with the assertion that Erdogan and his party are nostalgic for the restoration of Ankara's influence in the ancient regions of the Ottoman Empire.
If we take the example of Libya, one of Turkey's goals in Libya is to completely control the country's market and establish economic dependence on Turkey. It should be added that Turkey has signed two memoranda with LNG, one on military support and the other on demarcation at sea. Under the maritime border demarcation agreement, LNG has supported Turkey's demands on part of the waters of Greece and Cyprus. Furthermore, Ankara intends to exploit any gas reserves on the Libyan coast. Indeed, in exchange for military support, Ankara imposed a treaty on Tripoli to take control of a significant portion of the country's oil and gas wealth and forced LNG chief Fayez Sarraj to support its territorial claims in neighboring countries. This is a classic example of Turkish imperialist politics.
As a result, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's Turkey has engaged in the past two years in a remarkable series of geopolitical foreign interventions from Syria to Libya via Cyprus and more recently alongside Azerbaijan. Some have called it Erdogan's "New Ottoman Empire" strategy. Yet a collapsing lira and a collapsing national economy threaten to unexpectedly put an end to its great geopolitical ambitions. To date, in 2020, the lira has fallen 34% against the US dollar and 70% over the past five years. While some believe it would increase Turkey's exports of goods, what it does is expose the entire Turkish banking system and economy to a colossal debt explosion. It can also be noted that at this point Erdogan's interventions met with unserious sanctions or opposition from the EU. One obvious reason is the high exposure of EU banks to Turkish lending. Spanish, French, British and German banks have invested more than $ 100 billion in Turkey. Spain is the most exposed with 62 billion, followed by France with 29 billion. This means that the EU is walking on eggshells, unwilling to pour more money into Turkey but hesitant to precipitate a collapse on economic sanctions.
The eastern Mediterranean has become a hot spot for the natural gas industry. The discoveries have generated growing interest among several international oil companies and countries. It all started with Noble Energy (based in Texas) which announced the discovery of the Tamar field off the coast of Israel in 2009, with an estimated capacity of 280 billion cubic meters. In the space of two years, Noble Energy announced two further discoveries: the Leviathan field, also off the coast of Israel, in 2010 and the Aphrodite field, in Cypriot waters, in 2011. This has reinforced regional ambitions to make the Eastern Mediterranean a gas exporting region. . These ambitions were also based on two assessments made by the US Geological Survey (USGS) in 2010, which estimated the presence of nearly 9.8 trillion cubic meters of undiscovered technically recoverable gas and over 3.4 billion barrels of petroleum resources in the area. However, the real turning point (for regional energy ambitions) came in 2015 when the Italian Eni announced the discovery of the gigantic Zohr gas field off the coast of Egypt. With its 850 billion cubic meters of estimated average gross resources, the Egyptian offshore field is the largest ever discovered in the Mediterranean Sea. It should be added that these fields have another feature: geographical proximity. Thus was born a regional alliance with a pipeline project that excludes Turkey from the energy dynamic. The presence of natural gas has become an axis of cooperation and rivalry in the region. It can be said that gas is the main motivation behind Erdogan's maneuvers. Indeed, Turkey's unique geopolitical situation stems from the fact that it is poor in hydrocarbon reserves while its neighborhood has abundant resources. It is therefore imperative for Ankara to maintain stable energy ties with neighboring energy-rich countries or regions. In line with Turkey's growing domestic demand, efforts to focus on energy security have become an integral part of the country's foreign policy over the past two decades. The search for hydrocarbons, in particular natural gas, has become a fundamental geopolitical and geo-economic objective for the country.
The rationale for Turkish natural gas policies can be described by three aspects:
1. Being a country dependent on imports, Turkey's main objective is to guarantee its access to natural gas supplies to satisfy its internal demand.
2. aims to diversify its current supply structure and counterbalance Russia's dominant role in its energy portfolio.
3. Turkey aims to strengthen / increase its integration into the regional energy security architecture by promoting its role as an energy transit country and a potential hub for supplying Europe.
At the moment, the Eastern Mediterranean region does not supply gas to Turkey, with the exception of market agreements with Egypt. However, it emerges as a critical point on the Turkish foreign policy agenda, as the region is viewed by Ankara not only through the prism of energy security, but also through the prism of its protracted conflict with Cyprus and in the broader context of competition for regional power in the eastern Mediterranean.
In line with the above, it is possible to identify at least five key factors that explain Turkey's greater involvement in the Eastern Mediterranean:
1. Turkey looks for potential gas reserves in its waters that could bring economic benefits to the country.
2. Turkey does not want to be excluded from developing a new regional energy agenda and is ready to protect its interests.
3. Turkey intends to be an energy transit country that could strengthen its role as an energy hub and undermine rival projects such as the EastMed pipeline.
4. Turkey intends to involve other countries in the region to support its objectives, as seen in the case of the maritime border agreement with the government of national agreement based in Tripoli in Libya, to promote its position by preventing it from doing so. way for others to gain influence;
5. Turkey intends to demonstrate its capabilities as a military power in the eastern Mediterranean.
The Greek-Turkish crisis is likely to influence the shift in the balance of power in the Eastern Mediterranean region. It is possible that over time the United States will relocate its military base from Incirlik to one of the military installations in Greece. Athens wishes to modernize and strengthen the army and navy to contain Ankara. Greece, Cyprus, France but also regional actors such as Egypt and Israel do not agree with the Libyan-Turkish synergy. Analyzing the differences in this balance of power, it is clear that Erdogan appears to be in a position of strength. But from this analysis it also emerges that Ankara does not have sufficient capacity to realize its imperialist ambitions .
The first address of the European Commission since the pandemic was one highly anticipated by all the citizens of the EU block. On September 16, President Ursula van der Leyden took it upon herself to reveal the EU's roadmap for a post-Covid world following the approval of the recovery funds last July which constituted a breakthrough and sent a welcome signal in terms of cohesion and solidarity on the part of the 27 members.
Aside from paying tribute to our frontline workforce and praise the courage and human spirit showed by all in the face of virus spread, van der Leyen set out what she called NexGenerationEU; a movement to breathe new life into the EU but also and most importantly to adapt and lead the way into shaping tomorrow's world. Through her speech, the president highlighted roughly 8 key themes which will be at the centre of this new European era's agenda for the next 12 months, in accordance with the cardinal principles of trust, tolerance and agility. In other words, the 750 billion recovery funds raised extra-ordinarily will be directed towards the following areas:
1° Economy: the Union members must all breed economies that offer protection, stability and opportunities in the face of the continuous health crisis with a specific wish expressed for a stronger Health union – and thereby an extension of the Union's competencies on the matter – but also the advent of European minimum wages.
2° Green Revolution: the Union will adopt more radical attitudes towards mitigating climate-change and safeguarding our planet, starting with the ambitious aim of becoming the first climate-neutral continent by 2050 through the EU's Green Deal. So called 'lighthouse' high-impact and hydrogen-based projects will become an additional focus.
3° Technology: Europe has to step up its game and become a digital leader through securing industrial data and using it to support innovation. Delineating the use of AI by regulating the field, creating a secure EU e-identity and ensuring connectivity deployment so as to fully cover rural areas are also high on the list.
4° Vaccine management: The Union praises the open approach followed up until now in facing the virus whilst many others have opted for withdrawal and undercutting of cooperation. Having served as an example regarding vaccines research and funding, the EU must uphold its policy all the way to the finish line and ensure its accessibility for every citizen around the world.
5° Multilateralism: the current international order system needs some rethinking and international institutions need reform in order to de-paralyze crucial decision-making in urgent situations. This starts with the EU taking faster univocal positions on global issues (Honk-Kong, Moscow, Minsk, and Ankara) and systematically and unconditionally calling out any HR abuses whilst building on existing partnerships with EU's like-minded allies.
6° Trade: Europe will be made out as a figure of fair-trade by pushing for broker agreements on protected areas and putting digital and environmental ethics at the forefront of its negotiations. Global trade will develop in a manner that is just, sustainable, and digitized.
7° Migration: A New Pact on Migration will be put forward imminently as to act on and move forward on this critical issue that has dragged for long enough; in that regard every member state is expecting to share responsibility and involvement including making the necessary compromises to implement adequate and dignifying management. Europe is taking a stand: legal and moral duties arising from Migrants' precarious situations are not optional.
8° Against hate-inspired behaviours and discriminations: A zero-tolerance policy is reaffirmed by the Union by extending its crime list to all forms of hate crime or speech based on any of the sensitive criteria and dedicating budget to address de facto discriminations in sensitive areas of society. It is high time to reach equal, universal and mutual recognition of family relations within the EU zone.
Granted, the European 'priorities forecast' feels on point and leaves us nearly sighing in relief for it had been somewhat longed for. The themes are spot on, catch words are present and the phrasing of each section is nothing short of motivational with the most likely intended effect that the troops will be boosted and spirits lifted subsequently. When looking closer to the tools enunciated for every topical objective, there seems however to be nearly only abstract and remote strategies to get there.
This is because a great number of the decisive steps that the Union wishes to see be taken depend on the participation of various instruments and actors. Not only does it rely for most on the converging interests, capabilities and willingness of nation States (inside and outside the euro zone), but it is also contingent on the many complex layers and bodies of the Union itself. And when a tremendous amount of the proposed initiatives for European reconstruction is reliant on such a far-reaching chain of events, it simply calls into question the likelihood for the said measures and objectives to be attained – or at the very least in which timeframe.
One might then rightfully wonder whether good and strong willpower coupled with comprehensive projections can be enough. And perhaps in the same vein, whether we can afford to wait and let it play out in order to find out? In his recent writing Giles Merritt, founder of the platform 'friends of Europe' tends to suggest we most certainly do not have the luxury of waiting it out and not pushing the forward thinking even further. Indeed, according to him, Europe could and should do more. More than a call for action and change that might end up echoing and fading in the depths of the EU's bureaucracy, the Union would be expected to back up its ambitious intentions with the setting up of an independent planning agency to 'ensure revolutionary ideas and projects are speedily implemented', to borrow Merritt's words.
Whilst van der Leyen's announcement was promising and efficient in that it sent an important message – the EU is wanting to get in the driver's seat – only the follow-up with radical motions such as the creation of a readily available tool to implement fast and impactful changes can lend support to a claim that Europe is in a position to resolve current internal and external EU challenges, and more generally to bounce back from conceded decline suffered in the most recent decades.
As a matter of fact, Diplomat Ali Goutali and Professor Anis Bajrektarevic were the firsts to make an analysis in that sense as they articulated their proposal for the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) earlier this year. Faced with similar challenges and need for sharper thinking and tools in order to be at the forefront of the economic and technologic challenges ahead, the OIC had relied heavily on its Committee on Scientific and Technological Cooperation and agenda reform to reinforce its cooperation and innovation capabilities as a global player.
Nevertheless, Goutali and Bajrektarevic already felt months ago that additional steps ought to be taken for the OIC to be able to respond swiftly and reaffirm further its mandate of facilitating common political actions. To that end, it was suggested that a mechanism for policy coordination in critical times – the Rapid Reaction Capacitation – in charge of, primarily, vaccines management and AI applications should be introduced. Furthermore, the stakes behind the urgent need of strengthening our international order through cohesive endeavours are evidently the same for both the EU and the Arab World. That is to permanently leave behind a pseudo-competitive nation-based attitude that is nothing but a relic from the past and has achieved little in the context of the Covid outbreak.
Hence, if such an independent body was to be established, all three authors agree that it could gather the indispensable political power and resources to carry out the desired reforms on multilateralism, cyber and digital infrastructures, Covid recovery measures or geopolitical partnerships. Necessarily streamlined in order to avoid undue blockades, these new regional bodies could be composed of energetic forward thinkers across the private and public sectors empowered to map out and act on adequate strategies for a post-Covid world. This is because we all share the same goal: achieving solidarity not only on paper or as a conceptual motto but in real life and in real time. And after all, didn't von der Leyen herself concur with that line of thinking as she enjoined Member states to move towards qualified majority voting to avert slow and cumbersome decision-making processes?
It seems pretty clear to me that such discussions in relation to the aggressiveness in actions and potential bureaucratic barriers might raise an old-as-the-world yet still very important questions: Should we, Europe, be ready to risk losing some of the legitimacy or democratic aspects of our political bodies in order to gain in speed and efficiency in times of crisis? And if not, considering the embracement of some of our supra-national entity's actions is already on shaky grounds, how can we ensure that such bold measures may still be reconciled with maximal legitimacy given our equally urging need for unity?
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The perceived economic gains of the Comprehensive Agreement on Investments (CAI), which the 27-nation European Union recently struck with the People's Republic of China, come at the cost of disregarding human rights, which the Western bloc is known for, amid clear and irreconcilable systemic differences.
The closing days of 2020 saw the European Union and China striking a deal known as the Comprehensive Agreement on Investments (CAI), thereby concluding seven long years of negotiations, as per the year-end deadline. China is also the EU's biggest trading partner after the United States, but a strategic and systemic rival too.
The European Commission, Brussels-based executive arm of the EU, primarily led the negotiations on behalf of the bloc. Germany, being the holder the EU Council Presidency and led by Chancellor Angela Merkel's continued push, combined with Beijing's last-minute concessions, proved instrumental in expediting the process of finalising the CAI before the end of 2020.
However, the deal will still have to wait for a formal ratification by both sides and an approval by the Strasbourg-based EU Parliament, a tougher task, before finally setting it on course to be effective in a couple of years' time, if not by early 2022.
Better rules, level-playing field for European businesses
The EU, by this deal, aims to widen the access for European companies to lucrative Chinese markets, with billion-plus consumers, on a wide range of sectors, particularly in services such as healthcare, finance, cloud-computing and air travel, among others, that has always been restrictive to foreign players in the past.
The deal could bring in a level playing field in the conduct of European businesses in China wherein Chinese state-owned enterprises will no longer be given preferential treatment through subsidies, thereby promoting fair competition and ensuring transparency in technology transfers. Newer possibilities for the expansion European businesses in China will be opened.
The CAI also promise better rules, investment protection, and an investment dispute settlement mechanism within two years of signing, which will replace all the separate bilateral investment treaties currently signed between China and EU member states. The EU maintains that the main purpose of this new deal is to address the economic imbalance in its relations with China.
However, the most striking aspect of the CAI is that, for the first time, China commits to follow accepted standards on climate and labour aspects, even though in a vague form. And for the EU, the timing of this deal with China is significant as a way of signalling its reengagement with the world in the aftermath of a post-Brexit scenario.
At the same time, the CAI reaffirmed reciprocal access for Chinese companies into European markets, which they always had. So, the deal matters to Europe, more than it matters to China. So, the real question is the extent of compromises which European negotiators had to make to strike the deal with the Asian superpower.
The issue of forced labour in China
Many EU member countries and the US had been apprehensive about the human rights situation in the northern Xinjiang province of China where there have been evidences and investigations on the use of forced labour from the media and elsewhere, which has not been duly factored in while concluding the investment deal.
It has been alleged that in the past several years, the Chinese government has forced over a million Uighur minorities in Xinjiang to perform seasonal labour against their will and are often underpaid. But, the Chinese government has repeatedly denied such allegations.
Many European lawmakers believe that China is not interested in fully complying with international agreements after signing it and is not a responsible and trustable partner. The presence of mass detention camps in this province, as verified by satellite imagery and other documents, is also a human rights concern which the EU was not supposed to ignore, considering its historical commitments to human rights.
US concerns and strategic rivalry
The incoming Biden administration has also raised concerns about the CAI, stating that it would "welcome early consultations" with its European partners on shared concerns surrounding China's unfair economic practices, hinting at the issue of forced labour and the deal's lacking on the question of enforcement of human rights.
Being a security and strategic partner of the US and part of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), any such deal which EU and its member countries sign with its strategic rival, China, could effectively undermine American-led efforts to counter the strategic and geopolitical threat posed by Beijing's aggressive and expansionist policies around the world.
It also flies in the face of an incoming Biden administration which is openly committed to mend relations with allies in Europe that had been worsened under Donald Trump. Many experts in the US have felt the EU should've waited for a few more weeks until the Biden administration takes charge to form a co-ordinated approach, as it related to their common systemic and strategic rival, China.
Moreover, the deal comes at a time when individual EU members such as Germany and the Netherlands have recently released their own outlook on the Indo-Pacific strategy, which is perceivably aimed at containing China's rise and to ensure balance of power in the region. Meanwhile, France's outlook is in existence for two years now.
Way ahead for implementation
The deal has now been reached at the technical level, paving way for a final ratification. But, getting the deal through the European Parliament, which attaches far more significance to human rights concerns than the Commission and the Council, is going to be a tough task, as many European legislators are increasingly sceptical of Chinese intentions and commitments to any deal.
The coming months are going to be crucial with regard to how the European legislators will debate and take forward the deal to the next level.

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CONAIR TO BUILD FACILITY IN SOUTHAVEN Distribution center to bring 30-50 jobs in '05
By Kate Miller MortonEast Windsor, N.J.-based Conair will open a new Southaven distribution center in January that will employ between 30 and 50 workers. The manufacturer of personal care and consumer products has contracted with Dallas-based Hillwood to build a 389,300-square-foot distribution center in Hillwood's DeSoto Trade Center industrial park in Southaven.Conair plans to purchase the building and 38 acres when the facility is complete. The site is big enough to accommodate an additional 400,000 square feet. Conair owns and operates two distribution centers in East Windsor and Phoenix. Richard Margulies, vice president and general counsel for Conair Corp., said the company wanted to open a facility in a more central location, to save money and better serve some of its key accounts including Wal-Mart. "(The Southaven site) is centrally located so you have freight savings and you are able to better service some of your big customers that are close by," he said. Conair imports most of its products, so Hillwood's ongoing efforts to establish a foreign trade zone on the site was another attraction. Foreign trade zones are secure areas designated by the U.S. Department of Commerce as outside the territory of U.S. Customs. Scott Taylor, an attorney with Kansas City, Mo.-based law firm Miller & Co. PC, is helping Hillwood get its application approved and has worked on many other FTZs. Taylor said foreign trade zones offer distribution operations savings in two key areas: time and money. Because foreign shipments destined for FTZs don't go through customs, they can pass directly through a border for delivery 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Because they don't go through customs, they aren't subject to customs duties. Only when the product is shipped to a domestic site, either by itself or as part of another product, is duty leveraged. Companies don't pay duties on products exported from FTZs and they don't have to pay duties on damaged goods that are never used. Conair's other two domestic distribution centers are in foreign trade zones. There are about 260 general purpose FTZs in the United States, but each zone can have multiple sites tied to it. Approval of Hillwood's application from the Commerce Department isn't expected until late this year, but Hillwood is clearly already benefiting from the program. "It's a successful project before it's even approved because the idea is to attract these types of companies that will bring these types of jobs and significant investment to the area," Taylor said. The Conair building will be the second in the DeSoto Trade Center. Hillwood completed an 846,066-square-foot spec building last October. St. Louis-based Emerson Motors has leased 365,000 square feet, and the rest remains vacant. The two buildings will complete the first phase of the project, which includes the 93 acres the company owns. Hillwood plans to exercise its option on an adjacent 125 acres, where it will eventually develop 2 million square feet of industrial real estate. Hillwood marketing director Preston Herold said the company would move forward with another speculative building only when its first facility is closer to being fully leased, though it may begin grading an additional site soon. Dan Wilkinson of Colliers Wilkinson Snowden and Richie Burnette of The Burnette Co. represented Hillwood. Andy Cates of Colliers Wilkinson and Snowden and Jim Belcher of Philadelphia-based Hart Corp. represented Conair. – Kate Miller Morton: 529-2351


Kansas is the only state in the union that grants lawyers a majority control of the judicial selection process. I can't imagine how it's constitutional. 10,000 lawyers control 2.8 million Kansans. In short, it doesn't matter who is governor, or who is in the legislature: If all five lawyers agree on a set of nominees (on a committee of nine), the governor is required to choose among those three nominees.
From the liberal legal establishment, there is talk of "merit" and of "removing politics from the system" and of "competency." But, of course, there is absolutely no proof that this process is any less political, or that the judges chosen are any more competent. The "politics" is merely removed from the public's eye, to behind closed doors. The establishment will argue about the "ugly confirmation process in Washington," where there are public hearings and Senate confirmation. Absurd – and who was it, exactly, who started the "borking" of qualified nominees — the left or the right? The left wants to make the process ugly, and upon succeeding, the left wants to argue that the process should be all the less accountable to Americans, in the name of making it prettier. How considerate — no, socially conservative — of the left, to "protect" the public from the ugliness of human nature, and the not-nice things that are said at public hearings.
In December at RedState, I posted a radio interview between KRMR 105.7 FM host Paul Ibbetson and Stephen Ware, University of Kansas law professor. I also posted an op-ed from Ware in the Lawrence Journal-World, which opposes democracy and favors elitist oligarchy.
Ware is more than a reasonable person in the op-ed, showing respect to lawyers while stating the obvious fact that there is nothing inherent in being a "lawyer" that makes a person more intelligent, or more representative of an average American.
Bar groups in Kansas claim that this violation of our democratic principles is the only way to get competent judges. But the bar provides no evidence that judges selected in lawyer-favoring systems are better than judges selected in the more open and democratic appointment systems used by a dozen other states.
Talented Wichita blogger Bob Weeks posted the video of a recent television interview on the public affairs program "This Week in Kansas," broadcast on Wichita's ABC affiliate. The video is below, but you can also see the video on Bob Weeks' Web site Voice for Liberty.


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Charles "Charlie" Henry Fulghum, Jr., 64, of Columbus, MS passed away Saturday, March 23, 2019 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis, TN.
Visitation will be Thursday, March 28, 2019 from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM at Lowndes Funeral Home, Columbus, MS. A funeral service will be Friday, March 29, 2019 at 2:00 PM at O'Bryant Chapel Funeral Home, Thomasville, AL with Dr. Susan Parker officiating. Mr. Fulghum will lie-in-state one hour prior to service. Interment will be held in Bassett Creek Cemetery, Fulton, AL with O'Bryant Chapel Funeral Home in Thomasville, AL directing.
Charlie was born on September 29, 1954 in Jackson, MS to the late Margaret Inman and Charles Henry Fulghum, Sr. He graduated from the University of Mississippi with a degree in Biology and from the University of South Alabama with a degree in Electrical Engineering. Charlie was employed with Boise Cascade in Jackson, AL, Bowater Paper in Catawba, SC, and most recently with International Paper in Columbus, MS.
Charlie was the picture of a life well-lived. He loved fishing, traveling, laughing, landscaping, and spending time with family. He wasn't a man of many words, but his actions were ceaseless reminders of his love. He taught his family that quiet confidence leads to a humble heart and the recipe for great memories is hard work, good music, tasty food, and family. The family has lost a husband, father, brother, grandfather, uncle and friend, but the world has lost one of its finest. He was a prince among gentlemen.
Charlie is survived by his wife- Patsy Walker Fulghum of Columbus, MS; daughters- Phoebe (Jake) Carlson, Autumn (Steve) Calvert, Allison (Jerry) Vick; son- Chuck (Katy) Fulghum; grandchildren- Isaiah Green, Audrey Carlson, Benjamin Vick, Lora Kate Vick, Asher Calvert; sister- Pat (Troy) Speegle; brother- Ben (Kelly) Fulghum.
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Uruguay defeated Ireland by 3-2 in a friendly international in Dublin on Tuesday night.
Uruguay scored after 12 minutes but Shane Long, Ireland's best player responded after 15.
Uruguay scored two more and were looking like easy winners at half time.
However, a penalty from Fahey saw Ireland back in the game but they could never come up with the tie score.


I'm now working on "Lo Sbarco", a documentary directed by Adonella Marena and Dario Ferraro. This challenging project will bring the audience on board the Nave dei Diritti, (Ferry for Rights). This voyage is organized by a group of Italians living abroad who want to offer their contribution to find solutions for the problems of modern-day Italian society.
Sound editing and mixing sessions have taken place at Lumiq Studios postproduction facilities.
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The recent security operation launched by Myanmar's security forces is raising new concerns about the safety of Rohingya Muslims.
Rakhine state is home to about one million of the ethnic minority, but the government does not recognise them.
Florence Looi reports from the state capital Sittwe.


In this third and final part of the series, Tim works with the Cinema 4D Multishader to demonstrate how you can build a complete deck of playing cards, with each card unique and no duplicates, whilst using only one material.
This method is then taken even further as Tim shows you how to isolate a specific card and change this to the Ace of Spades (of course).
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Want to be a more responsible traveler? This book can help
How do you really make meaningful changes when you travel? That's what author Karen Edwards gets to the heart of in her pocket-sized guide, The Responsible Traveller. She shares her insights on how we can be more culturally and environmentally sensitive when we travel.
Karen Edwards has been exploring the deeper meaning of sustainable and responsible travel for several years. In her new book, The Responsible Traveller, she gives examples of how travelers can be more thoughtful towards both people and the environment when they travel.
Because it's not just about being 'green.' While carbon emissions and eco-concerns are high up on the list, responsible travel is also about understanding the impact of tourism on communities, and how we can better respect and support them.
Karen Edwards specializes in responsible tourism, sustainable living and emotional well-being and inherited her love for the planet at a young age while traveling with her parents. She lives in between London and South Australia with her marine biologist fiancé. Photo courtesy of Karen Edwards
Many books talk about greener travel, but yours addresses social impact too. What motivated you towards that?
"There is a lot of talk a lot around the environmental impact, but there's much less about the social impact and, simply through my own experiences, that was becoming more prominent in my mind. In reality, the two go hand-in-hand and it's something we should be thinking about more—I wanted to bring both topics together in this book in an accessible way that people can dip in and out of."
"Look for tangible qualities and detail in operator or agent's sustainability policies before you book—you may see they're doing specific things to help, rather than making generalised greenwashing statements."
- Karen Edwards
Do you find it difficult to get the message across?
"I think people care and they want to make a difference, but it's not always obvious how, especially when you're not a regular traveler. The message is really about proposing ideas on how we can improve the way in which we travel. Sometimes, it might not be an immediate action, but maybe you will read something and it sticks in your mind. Then you're somewhere and think, "I remember reading about this. Maybe I could do this a bit differently.
There are so many people who are interested in traveling more responsibly but it's not easy when you perhaps only get one holiday a year as an escape, or you're taking your family, and you don't have the time to change habits.
But regular travelers who know they're part of the system that contributes to both the carbon footprint and social impact typically have seen for themselves how tourism can change a place and have the opportunity to make changes."
"A good starting point is to read about the history of the place you're traveling to beforehand," says Karen Edwards. "When you visit, everything you experience will be through that lens of knowledge and the power of that understanding cannot be underestimated." Photo: Rock Staar
How do you reconcile responsible travel with flying?
"I think the current discussion places a huge pressure on people not to fly. But do we just full-stop flying? Then what? If you have time and/or money, you can plan well and travel slowly [by train, small boat or foot]. But a lot of people can't do this, and the idea of this book is to give alternatives. We're saying, if not flying isn't the answer, which it won't be for many people, there are other ways to travel better.
Having said that, if you're a frequent flyer, perhaps fewer long-hauls and more time spent in a place might be the key to a more sustainable way of traveling. The idea is to get people thinking of what is best for them as an individual."
Three big questions for travel and tourism in the wake of COP27
How we behave when we're away i.e. social impact—is something we can all do, though. Right?
"Yes. We know tourism has an effect on place, and sometimes that's negative. But we know tourism can also be positive, and many communities depend on it for income. I don't think taking it away is the answer—so what's that middle ground?
Perhaps most important is to see the places we visit as someone's home. Reading about who's there and why before we go is a good place to start with this. Take the time to understand what's happened in that country in the distant and recent past. It will make that experience so much richer because you understand the context for the place, the culture and the way of life."
From there, we can do is gently keep making a positive mark as consumers. This might be to travel overland if time and funds allow, choose organizations that operate in an ethical way, for example. It's not always easy to know what the right decision and sometimes, we'll get it wrong, but choosing the agents and operators who genuinely care about their impact in the way they run things and who are trying to do better is key.
Look for tangible qualities and detail in operator or agent's sustainability policies before you book—you may see they're doing specific things to help, rather than making generalised greenwashing statements. I also always suggest people review places after they have visited on Google or other booking apps to say if a place didn't live up to any claims, so others are aware of greenwashing."
"I think the current discussion places a huge pressure on people not to fly. But do we just full-stop flying? Then what?" asks Karen Edwards. "If you have time and/or money, you can plan well and travel slowly… But a lot of people can't do this, and the idea of this book is to give alternatives." Top: Matt Palmer; Bottom: Taun Stewart
How can we get a better understanding of the social context of the places we travel to?
"A good starting point is to read about the history of the place you're traveling to beforehand. I gain so much context from simply doing that research. It's so important to understand the history, however unpleasant, and what people have been through, whether that's war, colonisation or something else. When you visit, everything you experience will be through that lens of knowledge and the power of that understanding cannot be underestimated."
"Before I photograph people, I tend to reverse the situation. Consider if that was taken in our own community, someone would say: 'Why are you taking that photo?'"
What about responsible travel when it comes to troubled countries?
"It's not fair that local communities suffer because of a terrible government. But it's something that takes research and it's important to take the time to understand the current situation, especially when that situation is forever changing.
Obviously volatile situations should be carefully considered, but if you do choose to visit a troubled country, be conscious of where your money is going. Where possible, spend in a way that benefits local people and doesn't go to the powers that may be at the root of that trouble. Again, research and understanding is key."
Karen inherited her love for the planet at a young age while traveling with her parents. Pictured Mount Borradaile in Australia (left) and Antigua (right). Photos courtesy of Karen Edwards
When we take photos, how do we incorporate these learnings?
"For a start, get permission from whoever you're photographing. Sometimes, you see something evocative, like a cute kid or a family singing, and you might want to take a photo.
But first ask yourself what are you trying to say with that picture? Is it genuine representation of the region or place? Is it teaching anyone anything? Because there's also a chance you might be playing into preconceived ideas of what this community should look like.
Before I photograph people, I tend to reverse the situation. Consider if that was taken in our own community, someone would say: 'Why are you taking that photo?' Those values shouldn't be any different elsewhere in the world."
After the pandemic, how can we decolonize our travels?
What about voluntourism? How does that fit into responsible travel?
"Whatever the project, voluntourism should be empowering communities, so people can help themselves—such as projects that teach skills or a trade that can then be grown within a community.
When I was backpacking, I met a lot of travelers teaching in schools and it didn't occur to me that these were not qualified teachers who had been police-checked and had experience on how to educate young children. It's great that people want to help but we have to rethink how we give back and do it safely and effectively.
As far as donations go, micro-finance models can work well. I have friends who returned to a place several times and got to know people. Eventually, they were asked if they might donate money for sewing machines because younger girls in the community wanted to start a business. These girls are now selling dresses and earning a living. Obviously, this was down to an established, trusted relationship, but shows that this micro-business funding model is much more tangible—you're taking the reliance away and introducing empowerment."
Karen Edwards has been exploring the deeper meaning of sustainable travel and the meaning of responsible travel for several years, which she explores in her new book, 'The Responsible Traveller: A practical guide to reducing your environmental and social impact, embracing sustainable tourism and travelling the world with a conscience'. Photo courtesy of Karen Edwards
What did researching your book teach you?
"The book came out of making quite a lot of mistakes myself. That's the key to responsible travel—you're always learning.
I learned you can help in different ways. If the environmental aspect isn't something you can address, then focus on social impact. Don't look at a place as a 'destination' just to reap those rewards. Look at it as somewhere that is place of safety and security, a home, to the people there.
I also realized this subject and its solutions are never going to be straightforward. That we won't get it perfectly right and sometimes it won't be obvious that you're making a difference—and that's fine. Carrying a reusable water bottle and cutting down on single-use plastic won't going to change the world overnight but it will help to shift the norm. Hopefully those small changes will encourage industry-wide care and development too."
Karen Edward's book The Responsible Traveller: A practical guide to reducing your environmental and social impact, embracing sustainable tourism and travelling the world with a conscience is published by Summersdale. You can follow Karen Edwards on Twitter and Instagram.
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It is a major misconception that our body is resting when we are asleep. It is, instead, performing the most basic functions of detoxification and rejuvenation so that we feel renewed when we get up from our sleep. According to this post, our body starts its detox process from 9 P.M and we are required not to perform any adrenalin raising activities from this time onwards. Instead, it is advised for us to rest from this time hence.
One of the basic rules of sleeping is having a very light dinner, probably some soup and salads. You can try to manage your weight by following this routine. Having cabbage soup is the best way to cut down your belly fat. Salads ensure the health of your teeth. They do not overload the stomach. You should eat your dinner two hours prior to sleeping.
Do not take any fluids in the mean time. But, if you must drink a cup of green tea one hour before sleeping. Reduce your water intake at night. You can refill your system in the morning. Taking fluids just before sleeping will interrupt your sleep.
Take a warm and relaxing bath before having dinner, if you wish. It will also aid in good sleep. Finish your skin care routine during this time.
9 P.M onwards relax and do not indulge in any physical activity. Instead, listen to music, read, do little stretch exercises or light yoga, massage your scalp and face. These activities will help you get quality sleep. Do not watch television or browse internet. Take break and think about pleasant thoughts which make you happy and lift your spirits. Do not think about work next day and get stressed.
Remember, your sleep should always be undisturbed at night. Exercise is one of the best ways to go for it. Make it a routine to exercise regularly. Half-hour a day is enough. Try to exercise in the early morning, instead of evening, as it freshens up your entire body inside out. You feel energized and eat more breakfast which goes well with the body.
Do not take any stimulants (chocolates, sweets, coffee), carbohydrates or alcohol after 5 in evening. It interrupts your sleep mechanism.
If you have to, take a half hour nap in afternoon at around 3. 2:30 – 3 P.M is the best time.
Try not to sleep in the evenings. Go for a walk or indulge in socializing. But, not for long.
Most importantly, create a routine and follow it. Sleep at same time everyday and get up at same time. Let your body be habituated to the routine.
Take a warm shower. It helps you relax.
Drink a glass of warm milk. It induces sleep and cleans bowels well next day. You can add a pinch of turmeric in it.
Read a book. Not a novel, but a philosophical book which you can put down anytime.
Listen to soft music at very low volume.
Get a good scalp and body massage.
Switch off all lights in the house. Do not let even a bed lamp on. If there is a light, put on a sleep mask.
This is really true. Beauty sleep is what we can term to remedy pimples or even acne. Make sure you take at least 8-10 hours of sleep everyday to avoid dark circles and dullness on the face.
Sleep is something that I have a lot of difficulty with. I tend to concentrate too much at night and then am wide awake well into the after hours. this is a really good post on how to relax in order to fall asleep.
Hey Swati really great tips. some of we obvious i am also not aware about these process of sleeping we eat heavy food in nights and surf internet or watch television late night so face too many problems and in morning not feeling fresh so its really help to me make my routine perfect from now.


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Home > United States Lawyer > Ohio Lawyers > Dayton
Lawyers near Dayton, Ohio
Gwen M. Banachowski Mattison, Esq., Member at Gwen M. Banachowski Mattison
Address: Wright State University, Office of General Counsel, 3640 Colonel Glenn Highway, Dayton, OH 45435
Practice:College and University Law, Contracts, Employment Law, Administrative Law, Immigration Law, Real Estate Taxation, Workers Compensation
Admitted:1979, Ohio; 1979, Kentucky;
Law School:University of Toledo, Class of 1979, J.D., summa cum laude
Martin A. Foos, Member at Gottschlich & Portune, LLP
Address: The Historic Armory, 201 E. Sixth Street, Dayton, OH 45402
Practice:Commercial Litigation, Labor and Employment, Estate Litigation, Business Law
Admitted:1995, Ohio; 1996, Indiana;
Law School:University of Notre Dame, Class of 1995, J.D.
Robert E. 'Buzz' Portune, Member at Gottschlich & Portune, LLP
Practice:Municipal Law, Zoning Law, Media Law, First Amendment Law, Construction Law, Labor and Employment
Admitted:1973, Ohio; 1973, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; 1975, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit;
Law School:Duke University, Class of 1973, J.D., with honors
Micah M. Siegal, Associate at Gottschlich & Portune, LLP
Address: The Historic Armory 201 E. Sixth Street, Dayton, OH 45402
Practice:Civil Litigation; Contested Trusts and Estates; Elder Law; Business Formation; Business Litigation; Consumer Protection; Fair Credit Reporting Act
Admitted:2009, Ohio
Law School:Michigan State University, J.D., 2009
John R. Mohr, Member at Gottschlich & Portune, LLP
Practice:Real Estate Finance; Real Estate Leasing; Real Estate Contracts; Franchise Law; Corporate Law; Business Law
Admitted:1972, Ohio and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio
Law School:The Ohio State University, J.D., 1972
James E. Birt, Of Counsel at Gottschlich & Portune, LLP
Admitted:1963, Ohio; 1965, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio
Law School:The Ohio State University, LL.B., 1963
J. Joseph ("Joe") Walsh, Member at Gottschlich & Portune, LLP
Practice:Probate; Estate Planning; Commercial Transactions; Real Estate
Gary W. Gottschlich, Member at Gottschlich & Portune, LLP
Practice:Commercial Law; Fiduciary Law; Medical Malpractice; Personal Injury; Business Litigation; Contested Wills; Inheritance; Wills
Admitted:1971, Ohio and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio; 1985, Northern District of Ohio; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
Law School:University of Notre Dame, J.D., 1971
Mary E. Lentz, Member at Gottschlich & Portune, LLP
Practice:Commercial Litigation; Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice; Insurance Litigation; Uninsured and Underinsured Motorists
Admitted:1990, Ohio and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
Law School:Capital University Law School, J.D., with honors, 1990
Martina M. Dillon, Associate at Gottschlich & Portune, LLP
Practice:Collections; Labor and Employment; Municipal Law; Civil Litigation; Business Law
Admitted:1996, Ohio; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio
Law School:Hamline University School of Law, J.D., 1996
Cassandra Lynn Rice, Esq., Associate at Gottschlich & Portune, LLP
Address: The Historic Armory 201 E. Sixth Street, Dayton, OH 45402-2836
Practice:Collections; Commercial; Corporate/Business; Estate Planning, Trust and Probate; General Practice; Litigation; Medical Malpractice Law; Personal Injury Law
Law School:University of Dayton, J.D., 2012
Anne P. Keeton, Partner at Subashi & Wildermuth
Address: The Greene Town Center 50 Chestnut Street, Suite 230, Dayton, OH 45440
Practice:Insurance Defense; Professional Liability Defense; Insurance Coverage; Government Immunity; Products Liability
Admitted:2003, Ohio and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio; 2005, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 2011, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School:University of Kentucky, J.D., 2003
Tabitha Justice, Partner at Subashi & Wildermuth
Practice:Insurance Defense; Professional Liability Defense; Insurance Coverage; Government Immunity; Labor and Employment; Administrative Law
Admitted:2002, Ohio; 2003, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio; 2004, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; United States District Court Northern District of Ohio; Supreme Court of Ohio
Nicholas E. Subashi, Partner at Subashi & Wildermuth
Practice:Insurance Defense; Insurance Coverage; Professional Liability Defense; School Law; Governmental Immunity; Civil Rights; Employment Law; Medical Malpractice
Admitted:1980, Ohio; 1986, Pennsylvania; 1987, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio; 1988, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1992, U.S. Supreme Court; 2001, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio
Law School:Dickinson School of Law, J.D., 1980
Brian L. Wildermuth, Partner at Subashi & Wildermuth
Practice:Insurance Defense; Professional Liability Defense; Insurance Coverage; Governmental Immunity
Admitted:1996, Ohio and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio; 2001, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 2002, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio
Law School:University of Toledo College of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 1996
Andrew E. Rudloff, Shareholder at Subashi & Wildermuth
Practice:Insurance Defense
Admitted:2005, Ohio and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 2007, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio
Law School:Ohio Northern University, J.D., 2005
Halli Brownfield Watson, Associate at Subashi & Wildermuth
Practice:Insurance Defense; Professional Liability; Appellate Practice; Personal Injury; Products Liability; Regulatory Law
Admitted:2007, Ohio; 2008, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; 2009, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio
Law School:Cleveland University, J.D., magna cum laude, 2007
Lauren Epperley, Associate at Subashi & Wildermuth
Practice:Insurance Defense(100%)
Admitted:2007, Ohio; 2009, Massachusetts, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio
Anne Catherine Harvey, Member at Anne Catherine Harvey, LLC
Address: The Far Hills Building 2310 Far Hills Avenue, Dayton, OH 45419
Practice:Divorce; Child Custody; Family Law; Fathers Rights; Military Divorce; Paternity; Domestic Violence; Parenting Plans; Alimony/Spousal Support; Dissolution; Temporary Orders; Civil Protection Orders/Restraining Orders; Prenuptials; Grandparents; Trial Practice
Admitted:1985, Texas; 1991, Ohio; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas
Janet K. Cooper, Member at Cooper, Gentile, Washington & Meyer Co., LPA
Address: Talbott Tower, Suite 850 118 West First Street, Dayton, OH 45402
Practice:School and Special Education Law; Labor and Employment
Law School:University of Tulsa, J.D., 1978
Note: Above table lists the lawyers practicing law in Dayton, OH. Please click lawyer names to view lawyer profiles or law firm names to view law firm profiles.


Not long ago I blundered across something about nuclear bombs. Then I read an article by the editor of HARVARD MAGAZINE, which ought to mean it was done with access to minds more prepared in the field than my own. (Craig Lambert Nuclear Weapons or Democracy HARVARD MAGAZINE vol. 116 no. 4 March – April 2014 page 47) The article suggests we need to eliminate our nuclear stockpile because it puts so much power in the hands of a single person. Don't forget, the next president may well be someone you neither love nor trust whatever you think about the current incumbent.
The atomic weight of oxygen is 16 and the atomic weight of lithium is about 7. An oxygen atom combines with two hydrogens to make water, adding 8 units to each hydrogen, while lithium hydride adds seven units. Lithium hydride is stable (but don't let moisture near it)and can be machined and casted. Water sloshes, leaks and is very corrosive. So it seemed like a good idea to make a hydrogen bomb from lithium hydride rather than heavy water. (Castle Bravo test.) The yield was three times what they expected.
Hmm. These were high status physicists, best of the best of the best and all that sort of thing. And they were clueless. All right. I might not have predicted that before the event. But it certainly gives me no reason to have more faith in scientists.
I think basic prudence requires that before trying something somebody, particularly a public servant, needs to ask, "Are you sure this is perfectly safe, and can you prove it?" That would mean that the atom bomb would still be off limits.
But I find it hard to believe that such a clown act should have escaped the attention of somebody who really distrusts nuclear weapons. But there it is. That's state of the art in communication and scholarship. I'm sorry but for anything important you are going to have to use your mind. And that is true for my abiding topic.


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It was recently announced by the Home Office that the National ID card would be delayed. However, many people don't have a clear idea of this program. Citizens and residents of Britain will need this card soon, and it is a critical issue for persons considering immigration to the UK to be informed on.
This will be a general overview. Later there will be more articles to discuss specific details.
First consider why such a card might be needed. In today's modern world, one person can pose as another, a crime in most nations that is generally referred to as identity theft. There are many reasons to do this, and there are at least as many reasons to criminalize it and to stop it.
The National ID Card is intended to be a state-of-the-art document that a person can use to prove who they are. An Identity Registration Number (IRN) number will be issued to all immigrants and citizens and will be imprinted on the card. This will cross reference the full files in the National Identity Register (NIR), an extensive database which is being developed as part of this project.
The card is intended to be as impossible to forge as is technologically feasible. To do so, a small computer chip will be embedded in the card. Currently, the card is expected to be durable, the size of a standard credit card (approximately 85 by 55 millimetres). It will have a persons photograph on it and basic details about that person, as well as anti-counterfeiting features.
The chip will be an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) memory chip. They are designed to hold data without power, to be resistant to data damage by light, heat, and electric and magnetic fields. It is not immune to them; powerful exposure can destroy the information on the chips.
RFID chips can be placed near a scanner, typically a few centimetres, which can read the information and process it for viewing and local storage on computers. The chip itself is embedded in circuits which take power from the chip reader to access the data. Usually (with the extra circuitry) they are about the size of a grain of rice, or half. However, the smallest chip developed yet is 0.3 square millimetres in area, or approximately 0.5 mm by 0.5 mm. The memory storage on this chip is small, so larger ones are required for the identity cards.
Currently these chips are used for many things, from marking merchandise to implanting in farm animals to being included in passports.
What is stored on the chip is vital data that will uniquely identify any person, and it will be encrypted for security. Biologically identifying data about a person is called biometric data, and encompasses a range of possibilities. The British National ID Card has not been finalized yet, but it will almost certainly contain a full set of fingerprints and iris scans of the eyes, which are as unique to each person as their fingerprints.
Detailed face-recognition from digital images is also a strong probability, which can be coordinated with photographs and video images.
There is some controversy regarding the potential abuses of such identification, but this is a concise summary of what the National ID Card is.
In addition to this, residents and citizens of the UK will need to understand that beginning in 2008/2009, by current estimates, the card will be issued as part of the passport procedure. Cards will issued to all immigrants, and they will be required to verify eligibility for residence and work permits, as well as various social services.
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Friday night I packed up lunch while cleaning up the after-dinner destruction. Alex asked if we could go to "the place that has the secret paths with all the flowers." So that's where we headed...the Botanical Gardens and it was the perfect day for it!!
"What is Andrew looking at now?"
Finally! 3 out of 3!!
Finally..food, drink, and my stroller!
"Why can't I reach it yet?!"
The Blue One or the Pink One?