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Ever since I watched the movie 3 idiots in 2009 I was really amazed by the beauty of the Pangong Tso and wanted to visit it at least once in my life. When we planned our trip to Ladakh, I knew I was in for a memorable journey by exploring new places, meeting new people and most importantly gaining a lot of experiences by traveling one of the most beautiful and peaceful places in the world.
The journey for Pangong started on a bright and a sunny day after a nice and sumptuous 'homemade' breakfast at Solpon Guest House (our homestay in Leh). Our first stop was Druke White Lotus School in Shay, popularly known as Rancho's School, all thanks to the movie 3 idiots, for the remarkable increase in footfall every year.
Once done, we resumed our journey and were eagerly waiting for the ever beautiful Pangong Tso. The journey from Leh to Pangong is about 140kms covered in approximately 5 hours with one or two breaks. The roads are excellent with a lot of good work done by Border Road Organization (BRO). The scenic beauty of the journey brings a lot of peace with itself wanting you to ask for more.
We reached the Chang La Pass in the afternoon and we had already started to feel the difference in the altitude as we were standing at the third highest motor-able road in the world. It is always recommended to carry some medicines or oxygen cylinders for combating acute mountain sickness (AMS) when traveling in the Ladakh region, especially before crossing the passes.
Here we bring you a video of our journey to the Pangong Tso!
We were greeted by the beautiful marmots on our way to Pangong. They were welcoming us to witness the beauty of the region and seemed familiar to the attention they were getting by us and all the other tourists taking their pictures.
There is "attention" all around!
As we were about to reach Pangong by the swirling roads, we started getting the first glimpses of the blue waters guarded by the sand mountains on all sides.
First view of Pangong Tso!
Once at Pangong, you witness the ultimate beauty that nature holds within itself and the view is actually breathtaking. You just want to be there and soak the beauty in your eyes and heart to the fullest.
The area in and around Pangong is so peaceful that you would want to spend most of your life here. This is one place a person would want to spend most of the time of the year after achieving his goals and targets in the corporate world.
There are tent facilities for accommodation at the Pangong Tso for people who want to spend the night there and see the sunrise early morning. One thing noticeable at the lake is that all the eateries out there are either named Rancho's cafe or 3 Idiots Cafe, all thanks to the movie, the popularity of this lake has increased by leaps and bounds since 2009.
It is highly recommended that one should visit Pangong Tso at least once in their life for the scenic beauty, nature and journey. Above all, the peace attained that will help us live through the stressful corporate life for at least some time.
Thank you Havneet for the kind words. You should visit Leh once to soak yourself in the beauty of the nature! Happy travelling! Stay tuned with roadtotaste.com for more posts on Leh and other destinations.
I have never seen such a calm and clear lake.. Pangong is a place where you can spend the whole day.. These pictures describe the beauty of the lake at its best.. The clicks are wonderful and the description is mind blowing.. It made me remember my trip.. Thank you roadtotaste for putting up these pictures in a beautiful manner.
Thank you Asmita for such motivation. It is good to know that our work is being appreciated. We are happy to know that we were able to take you on a trip down the memory lane. Please stay tuned to roadtotaste.com for more beautiful pictures and stories.


Ben Barretto (1985) adds performance and sound to art-historical ideas of painting, drawing and sculpture, using low fi technology, DIY building equipment and vibrant, commodity colour to update process-based action painting. His works are often 'assisted', produced by mechanized structures built by Barretto and sometimes exhibited as installations. Both Barretto and the viewer must constantly negotiate an often awkward position between intuition and pragmatism and between concept and aesthetic.
Ben returned to Perth to complete Honours in Art from Curtin University after a stint in Sydney working in the art department of an international fashion label. Exhibitions include Sugar Mountain, (2011, The Forum Theatre, Melbourne, VIC), Suspended Motion, (2010, The Bakery Artrage Complex, Perth, WA), Batteries Not Included (2009, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney, NSW) and Hereye Yearhe (2008, Monster Children Gallery, Sydney, NSW). He was recently selected as a visiting scholar to the 'cole Nationale Supérieur d'Art in Dijon, France and has also travelled internationally as a sponsored skateboarder.


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S Korea commemorates wartime 'comfort women'
Many South Koreans say they are still waiting for Japan's apology.
On 75th anniversary of Japan's World War II surrender, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledges never to repeat tragedy of war
Antoni Slodkowski, Linda Sieg and Sangmi ChaReuters
August 15, 2020 4:12PM
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Speaking on the 75th anniversary of Japan's World War II surrender, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has pledged never to repeat the tragedy of war.
Also commemorating the occasion on Saturday, Emperor Naruhito expressed "deep remorse" over the wartime past, which still haunts East Asia.
"Never to repeat the tragedy of war. We will continue to remain committed to this resolute pledge," said Abe, wearing a face mask at an official ceremony for war dead scaled back because of COVID-19.
Abe, who did not echo Naruhito's reference to remorse, sent a ritual offering to Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine for war dead but avoided a personal visit that would anger China and South Korea.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Seoul was always ready to discuss history disputes with Tokyo.
At least four Japanese cabinet ministers paid their respects in person at Yasukuni, which honours 14 Japanese wartime leaders convicted as war criminals by an Allied tribunal, as well as Japan's war dead.
Camera IconJapanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe carries a bouquet of flowers to offer at the Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery for unidentified remains of the nation's war dead in Tokyo Saturday, August 15, 2020. Credit: Masanori Kumagai/AP
The shrine is seen by Beijing and Seoul as a symbol of Japan's past military aggression.
Shuichi Takatori, a member of Abe's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, told reporters he made the offering on behalf of Abe as party leader, delivering a message that Abe "paid his respects from the heart to the war dead and prayed for the rest and permanent peace of their souls".
Abe has not gone to Yasukuni in person since a 2013 visit that outraged China and South Korea.
Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi, 39, often floated as a future premier, was among the ministers who visited the shrine on the emotive anniversary.
South Korea's foreign ministry spokesman expressed "deep disappointment and concern" over the ministers' visit and said Japan's leaders must show their "deep remorse through action".
Camera IconPrime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan, bows to Emperor Naruhito (C) and Empress Masako (R) during a memorial service marking the 75th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II at the Nippon Budokan hall on August 15. Credit: Carl Court/Getty Images
Thousands braved scorching heat to pay their respects at Yasukuni, where queues quickly became congested, despite markers and signs seeking to maintain social distance.
Many stood in queues for hours, holding parasols to block the 35-degree heat.
The grandson of Emperor Hirohito in whose name Imperial troops fought the war, Naruhito is Japan's first monarch born after the war. He ascended the throne last year after his father, Akihito, abdicated.
The United States and Japan have become staunch security allies in the decades since the war's end but its legacy still haunts East Asia.
Koreans, who mark the date as National Liberation Day, resent Japan's 1910-1945 colonisation of the peninsula.
China has bitter memories of imperial troops' invasion and occupation of parts of the country from 1931 to 1945.
Japan's ties with South Korea especially are strained by a dispute over compensation for Koreans forced to work in Japan's wartime mines and factories.

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George Filip is supported by the Horizon Centre for Doctoral Training at the University of Nottingham (RCUK Grant No. EP/G037574/1) and by the RCUK's Horizon Digital Economy Research Institute (RCUK Grant No. EP/G065802/1).
Joshua Brown was reportedly watching a Harry Potter film when the "autopilot" function of his Tesla Model S drove the car into a truck, instantly killing him. This incident, the first time someone died from an accident involving self-driving car technology, doesn't prove autonomous vehicles are inherently unsafe. But it does serve as a reminder that the technology isn't yet at the stage where we can take our eyes off the road.
Prior to Tesla's crash a few weeks ago, I interviewed 12 experts from across the driverless car world as part of my PhD research project looking at issues of trust in automated vehicles. The experts included academics and industry professionals, all with vast experience in automated vehicle technology and design. They said, as research suggests, that until the autopilot can fully take over, we need to treat self-driving cars with a certain amount of distrust, otherwise we could be putting ourselves in serious danger. The issue was so serious that drivers shouldn't be allowed to use this technology without specific training.
Although it's on the horizon, a future where humans have no interaction with a car's driving system (known as level 5 automation) is still far away. To get there, we need to get through several transitional stages of technology (levels 2, 3 and 4) that can take increasing but not complete control of a vehicle. Tesla's autopilot, for example, is typically seen as level 2 to 3 automation because it can take control of at least two functions such as steering and acceleration, but still needs the driver to monitor the car and its environment.
These levels of transition actually pose many of the biggest challenges for the technology. More and more vehicles come out of the production lines with combined automated features, bringing them to levels 2 and 3 of automation. Most of the car manufacturers are offering either as a standard or as a premium functionalities such as parking assist, Adaptive Cruise Control, Autonomous Emergency Braking systems, and so on – automated features that added and combined year-after-year create an incremental path towards driverless vehicles.
Self-driving cars require a suite of technologies such as radar, LIDAR (like radar but works with light waves instead of radio waves), video cameras, GPS and inertial navigation systems, among others, which build awareness of the car's surroundings. Drivers need to be able to trust that these systems can reliably work together in the potentially dangerous or unpredictable situations created by driving. Otherwise, they won't use them properly and miss out on the benefits they can provide.
Despite some public fears about the safety of self-driving cars, a survey we conducted with 239 respondents last year found that people may actually be more willing to trust an automated system than other drivers. This is because humans are more unpredictable and susceptible to emotions. A self-driving car would never be guilty of road rage, aggressive driving or day dreaming.
But there's also a danger that people are already putting too much trust in self-driving technologies. The recent crash aside, the apparent reliability of Tesla's autopilot and similar systems could lead people to believe they can stop paying attention to the road and let the car drive itself – leaving them to do other things. But these technologies are not designed to take full control of the car and the driver is supposed to be ready to take over at any time.
People will start trusting it, things will start going wrong, the drivers will not be able to resume control because they will have jumped into a false sense of security.
When a driver has even partly been relying on an autonomous system, they lose their awareness of what is going on on the road around them. To safely take back full control of the vehicle in a potentially dangerous situation, they need to regain their situational awareness and this takes time. For example, research using a driving simulator test has shown that it takes drivers using level 3 driving automation (where the car controls steering and acceleration and monitors the environment) around 15 seconds to resume control of the car.
According to another robotics expert we spoke to, the loss of situational awareness is made worse the longer the driver has been using the automated technology. They suggested that using a basic adaptive cruise control function, which simply adjusts the car's speed to keep a safe distance from other vehicles, for an hour or more would effectively lower the driver's awareness as much as if they were using a fully self-driving car.
So how can we make sure drivers don't overtrust partially automated vehicle technology in a way that puts themselves and others in danger? For one thing, it's well-known that people rarely read instruction manuals or the information screens that feature in new software.
Most of the experts we spoke to thought drivers should be given specific training before using these systems. This could involve changing the current standard test for new drivers, retraining classes, obliging manufacturers to provide demonstrations of new technologies before they sell them, or even the use of driving simulators. These could be provided in either dedicated centres or even car dealerships.
As automated vehicle technologies become more popular, it is vital that people learn when it is safe to trust them and when it is not. If they don't, we could imagine a situation where a spate of accidents could make people lose faith in the safety of these systems and force the industry to take a step backwards.
Should Tesla's autopilot cars be allowed on public roads following accidents?


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Alternative Title: Heijō-kyō
Nara, city, Nara ken (prefecture), southern Honshu, Japan. The city of Nara, the prefectural capital, is located in the hilly northeastern edge of the Nara Basin, 25 miles (40 km) east of Ōsaka. It was the national capital of Japan from 710 to 784—when it was called Heijō-kyō—and retains the atmosphere of ancient Japan. The city is most noted for the many ancient Japanese Buddhist buildings and artifacts in and around the city, including the Seven Great (and many ancient but lesser) Temples of Nara. The five-storied pagoda of the Kōfuku Temple dates from 710. The Tōdai Temple (745–752) is noted for the Daibutsu, or Great Buddha, a giant statue about 50 feet (15 m) high that is housed in the Great Buddha hall, one of the largest wooden buildings in the world. The nearby Shōsō Repository (761), a log storehouse raised above the ground on stilts, was built to hold the thousands of 8th-century treasures of the Tōdai Temple. Its artwork and artifacts (now housed in fireproof concrete buildings) include jewels, musical instruments, masks, paintings, sculpture, samples of calligraphy, and household items. The Grand Shrine of Kasuga is one of Japan's oldest Shintō shrines. The Tōshōdai and Yakushi temples are also within Nara. The Hōryū Temple, at Ikaruga, southwest of the city, is Japan's oldest surviving temple, and its compound abounds with priceless paintings and carvings and some of the most ancient wooden buildings in the world. These ancient remnants of early Japanese civilization form the basis of Nara's tourism industry, which has wide appeal to foreigners as well as Japanese. Nara's status as a national cultural monument is reflected in a Japanese proverb: "See Nara and die"; i.e., one can die content if one has seen Nara. The historic monuments at Nara were designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1998. The city is also a leading commercial and educational centre and has some manufacturing. Pop. (2010) 366,951.
The middle gate of the Grand Shrine of Kasuga, Nara, Japan. Milt and Joan Mann—CAMERAMANN INTERNATIONAL
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The five-story wood-and-stucco pagoda, originally built in 607, reconstructed c. 680; part of the Hōryū Temple complex, Ikaruga, Nara prefecture, Japan. Sybil Sassoon/Robert Harding Picture Library, London
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During the Nara period (710–784), Buddhism became the state religion of Japan. Emperor Shōmu actively propagated the faith, making the imperial capital, Nara—with its "Great Buddha" statue (Daibutsu)—the national cult centre. Buddhist schools imported from China became established in Nara, and…
Nara, landlocked ken (prefecture), east-central Honshu, Japan. The prefectural capital is Nara city. The prefecture occupies the central part of the Kii Peninsula. Its southern and northeastern portions are mountainous, while the northwest is composed of the lowland of the Nara Basin. The…
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The Last of Us Reviews Look Good (Really Good)
We, like most folks throughout the gaming world, are excited for The Last of Us. If you are new to SQ Nation, welcome; those of you who have been hanging out with us for our first few epic months in the Internet's backwoods have likely seen the slew of trailers we've posted about and drooled over, and four days ago, the long-awaited "Uncharted-on-Steroids" title has finally arrived. Have we picked it up yet? No. I blame my 9-5 job, as I'm constantly traveling, but as soon as I'm back home I plan on picking myself up a copy and giving it the attention it most definitely deserves. Speaking of attention, the reviews from the major gaming media outlets have all thrown up synonymous scores, and they all rhyme with perfection: 10.
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Games We Want: The Last of Us – New Footage
Back on April 3rd, which seems like a long time ago (this is our 100th post, believe it or not!), we published an amazing trailer for Naught Dog's upcoming adventure game, "The Last of Us", which may look like a new Uncharted, but according to the developers, it's quite different. Not like that would be a bad thing, but you know what I mean. Looking ahead to the near future, "The Last of Us" will hit store shelves on June 14th, and will be an exclusive title for the PS3; sorry Xbox'ers. Like you needed more depressing news after Monday's debacle? Naughty Dog has released brand new demo discs to many of the latest news outlets, which means savory new, HD game play footage that you absolutely must-see. Did I mention the game play video is more than 15 minutes long? You're welcome.
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The Last of Us Red Band Trailer
As I've stated on a few occasions here at SQ, I'm not a huge fan of zombie shows, games, movies, etc. I'm not saying I hate 'em, but I'm not borderline obsessed with the genre like much of 'Merica is these days. I missed the Walking Dead season 2 finale recently (hell, I missed the entire season), and apparently I also missed the first game play trailer for the upcoming zombie and PS3 blockbuster, The Last of Us. To give you the bottom line up front: The Last of Us looks absolutely awesome. Everything about this trailer seems very well put together, and I realize it is only a trailer, but this looks like its going to be a must-buy. The acting and voice overs look and sound great, which is rare in a video game, and most importantly the game play looks phenomenal. I haven't been excited about an upcoming game for a while now, but I've got June 14th (official release date) marked down on my calendar.
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RNLI decides to end door-to-door fundraising programme
25 November 2016 by Susannah Birkwood
Action for Children, Hft, Smile Train and the Children's Trust have also put their face to face programmes on hold since the summer
Door-to-door: RNLI programme to end from 1 January
The RNLI has become the latest major charity to end its door-to-door fundraising programme, having decided the activity does not fit with the principle behind its new opt-in-only communications policy.
A spokeswoman for the RNLI said the charity's door-to-door activity, which was carried out by volunteers, would end on 1 January. She said the charity expected to lose about £300,000 in the first year after stopping the activity.
Both Oxfam and the Royal British Legion have said over the past year that they would end their face-to-face fundraising activities.
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The RNLI's spokeswoman said its income from door-to-door fell from £408,000 in 2014 to £359,000 last year.
"About 20 per cent of our fundraising branches did some door-to-door fundraising, with individual branch income from this activity varying from £50 to £12,000 a year and the majority of branches raising between £1,000 and £3,000 each year," she said.
She added that some branches would be able to carry out alternative fundraising activities to make up the lost income.
"After the RNLI's recent decision to adopt an opt-in approach to fundraising, we reconsidered our policy on door-to-door fundraising," she said. "A call on a householder at their home address represents an uninvited communication, made to someone who, in a large number of cases, will not have been asked if they are prepared to receive an approach from the RNLI.
"As such, we decided that this activity did not fit with the principle behind the RNLI's new opt-in approach."
Several other charities have suspended their door-to-door programmes since the summer.
Four of the charities investigated as part of the Fundraising Regulator's inquiry into practices at the now defunct door-to-door agency Neet Feet – Action for Children, the disability charity Hft, Smile Train and the Children's Trust – suspended their door-to-door activity after The Sun newspaper reported in July that the agency had been using aggressive fundraising techniques on vulnerable people.
A spokeswoman for Hft said the charity had decided not to carry out any form of face-to-face fundraising "for the foreseeable future" until it was confident that the recommendations handed out by the Fundraising Regulator in its Neet Feet report had been fully implemented.
Face-to-face activity generated £279,701 – or 11 per cent of the charity's total fundraising income – in the last financial year.
A spokesman for Action for Children, which is owed £100,000 in reimbursements by Neet Feet for people who were signed up by the agency but did not then donate, said the charity suspended its entire face-to-face programme in September but would review whether to resume it in 2017.
Similarly, both Smile Train and the Children's Trust, which was the one Neet Feet charity client not found by the Fundraising Regulator to have breached the Code of Fundraising Practice, suspended their face-to-face campaigns while the regulator's four-month investigation was taking place but said they were considering resuming them.
World Animal Protection suspended its face-to-face programme in July but resumed it in September with the agency YFR Fundraising.
The remaining three charities implicated in the Neet Feet case – Save the Children, Unicef and the RNIB – have maintained their face-to-face programmes but say they have tightened up their practices since the summer.
Unicef is working with the face-to-face agencies One Sixty, Together, YFR and Appco. "These agencies will be subject to even more extensive monitoring," a spokeswoman for the charity said.
According to their websites, the RNIB is working with Care to Give, PFS, YFR, Smile and DMD, and Save the Children is running street fundraising campaigns with the agencies Urban Leaf and One Sixty.
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The team kicked off discussions by reflecting on the biggest boxing upset of 2017... although not at breakneck speed!
JN: Hmmm, erm, biggest upset…hmmmm….might have to come back to that one!
AS: Yeah. The way it developed round by round was pretty shocking.
JN: Are you talking about Bellew-Haye? I don't think that was shocking.
AS: Ninety percent of people thought Haye was going to wipe him away.
MM: Obviously, what happened to him [referring to Haye's Achilles tendon snapping], contributed to the shock result.
AS: James DeGale against Caleb Traux. That was a big one [Everyone nods in agreement].We probably didn't realise what the Badou Jack fight, the teeth [knocked out during the Jack fight], the time out and what the recovery period had taken out of James as well.
MM: I was in New York with [Michael] Conlan and thought the DeGale fight was a foregone conclusion, that he'd win and he'd take on the winner of Eubank (Jr) against Groves. I think everyone had looked that far forward.
AS: I was watching the fight and after two rounds thought he [DeGale] was doing fine. But after five rounds I thought, 'he's going to lose this'. He just didn't look himself in there. It was almost like he knew what he wanted to do but he couldn't pull the trigger.
MM: He does that. The first half he wins, the second he takes his foot off the gas. Same with the Jack fight.
AS: What we don't think about is that this time last year we had DeGale-Jack in New York, the coming of age of Gervonta Davis, beating [Jose] Pedraza in a fantastic performance, then you went to Vegas two weeks later and had Carl Frampton and Leo Santa Cruz. Not to mention Mikey Garcia's rehabilitation in an unbelievable knockout. We don't even think about that, because it was so long ago.
AW: What a great year we've had!
AS: It was an amazing year. Certainly the best year since I've started here in 1994 and we've had some great times during those years, living through the era of Lennox Lewis, a late Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield, and then the likes of Ricky Hatton and David Haye, Naseem Hamed's magical ride, Carl Froch's epic night; which he reminds us of on a daily basis!' [Everyone laughs]. Last year, [it] all came together, but in terms of the biggest highlight, it has to be AJ against Klitschko for all of us. Ninety thousand at Wembley, for an event that was pure class from start to finish. Utter respect between the two fighters. A brilliant showcase for boxing. A thunderously thrilling fight which had everything and no one knew who was going to win, pretty much at any point. It had it all. Then you had, love it or loath it, Mayweather-McGregor, then Haye-Bellew and you've had Katie Taylor winning a world title less than a year after turning professional. Then there was Golovkin-Canelo, Billy Joe Saunders' wonderful performance. It was a huge year and a fabulous time for boxing.
AS: AJ-Klitschko was a huge technical, operational event. We had the fortune of two years earlier by doing Froch-Groves [II], which at the time was, sort of unthinkable. We'd gone from a few hundred people watching to a few thousand, to suddenly packing Wembley with 80,000! We had to do it the night after England played a warm- up [football] match against Peru for the World Cup. We couldn't even get onto the pitch until 10pm that night, until the game had finished. We literally had a number of hours to turn it into a boxing arena. That was an enormous challenge operationally. But because we did that, when we had a bit more time leading up to Joshua-Klitschko, it seemed to run a lot smoother. Albeit, a much bigger show with HBO, Showtime, RTL and huge amounts of international TV – I think it went out to 140 countries. We also used the spider cam for the first time. There was so much that happened on that night, behind the scenes, getting 90,000 into a stadium and let's not forget all the build up shows. Certainly for me, that's the most proud I've been of the team, not just my inner team, but the team at Sky. The collaboration across the business was absolutely phenomenal. The press conference here was unbelievable and the night itself is one we'll never forget. Probably one of the greatest we've ever had.
JN: That really hurts! [The others burst out laughing].
AS: I'm sitting in between the biggest jokers of the team, [referring to Woolhouse on his other side]. These two are like kids when they get together. But probably Johnny is the biggest joker. We know the most intense is Carl Froch. Matt's [Macklin] the most laid back.
JN: You know you get those Mr Men books? Matt's Mr Cool. Carl's Mr Serious.
AS: Matt's the cool cat. He knows so much about boxing it's ridiculous.
AW: If I have Carl, Johnny, Tony Bellew as the team for a show, they're a lot of fun together. But the team is obviously more than just them.
AS: You have the inner core here, but we also branch out and get Tony Bellew, Jamie Moore, Paul Smith [Jr].
JN: I think we've got the best team I've ever seen.
AS: And don't forget probably the biggest joker of the pack, Paulie Malignaggi, who is a huge part of what we do.
AW: You feeling alright Johnny?
JN: Adam wanted to get a female on board and Anna has just blended in perfectly with the rest of us.
AS: She's an amazing team player and when I first had the conversation about her coming on board, it was nothing but genuine excitement from her.
AW: The team is brilliant and working for Sky is incredible. In terms of the sport itself - I certainly enjoy boxing and used to go to the fights myself. I still go on the pads, but am not very good!
AS: I'd reckon Anna would make a good fighter!
AW: It's massively exciting. We've mentioned Wembley, but for me, one of my highlights of 2017 was Katie Taylor winning a world title. That was the fight of the night [referring to the Joshua/Takam bill], in my opinion. [Nods of agreement all around the table].
AS: Definitely. Stole the show.
JN: She absolutely stole the show. To me, it's not about gender, it's about boxing ability and skill. Katie performed better than everybody on that bill. Her development is second to none and her attitude – she's like an alley cat. She's dangerous. It's not what people say in front of you, but what they say behind your back. When you hear other professional fighters, top tier fighters, saying how good she is, you know she's made it. Man or woman, you just look at her and think, 'Bloody hell. She's good.' Forget gender, it's all about business and entertainment. That's what's most important. If you're a good fighter and put bums on seats, that's where the future of boxing will always be. I wasn't an attractive fighter. I didn't put bums on seats. And that's nothing to do with the fact I was a fella, it was simply because I wasn't a big draw who brought the excitement Katie does to the table.
MM: Katie's got a very exciting style and she's got a nation behind her. When she boxes in Dublin in April, there won't be anyone in Ireland who doesn't know she's boxing that night. If they can't get a ticket, they'll be watching on television, but without a doubt, she'll have the full support of Ireland.
AS: Everybody talks about AJ and rightly so, but Katie has had an unbelievable 12 months. She is without doubt, one of the most dedicated professionals I have ever seen. She is fabulous outside of the ring and is a wonderful role model. She's inspiring a whole new generation of youngsters and to fellow boxers, male and female out there. Savannah Marshall, you know, was our Scholar here at Sky for four years. It's wonderful seeing her turn professional. Nicola Adams has been brilliant. Chantelle Cameron is coming through, Claressa Shields over there [in the USA], Tasha Jonas. Bottom line is that women's boxing is massive, exciting and vastly emerging.
AS: Should be Nicola [Adams] really.
JN: It should be Nicola... and I rate what she's doing, but I'm just waiting to see some brilliance there, where I think, 'Oh my God!', like I've seen with Katie. We need to give Nicola and the rest time to develop. Not everyone can develop and fast track at the speed Katie has.
MM: I can tell you now - one of the highlights of 2018 will be Katie Taylor defending her title in Dublin. Mark my words.
MM: I was at the Golovkin-Canelo fight. It was a great fight and I thought Canelo had the best of parts of it, but over the 12 rounds I had Golovkin winning. In terms of technology – mmmm – it's a difficult one. They've used it a lot in the amateurs, but it's always difficult when a round is close. Who do you give it to? Me and Adam did the Kovalev-Ward fight and it could have gone four rounds either way. But when you get a fight like that [GGG-Canelo] and there's a ridiculous card, something needs to be done. The person needs to be held accountable. When you give a 118-110 card for a fight like GGG/Canelo – yeah – you need to be held accountable for that.
JN: But do it publicly. Not in-house. If a judge knows he or she is going to be held accountable for his or her stupid decisions, they'll check themselves in the first place to make sure they don't put themselves in a position of giving ridiculous scorecards. It doesn't do our sport any good when you get decisions like this. Everyone starts to come up with conspiracy theories that this person has been paid off and that sort of thing. People lose faith and that's such a shame. I don't think technology is the answer, but accountability.
MM: And the real shame was that it took the shine off such a great fight between Canelo and Golovkin.
AS: This is hugely exciting. Amir Khan – I've worked for a long time behind the scenes with Eddie Hearn trying to persuade him, after all the problems they've had over the years, that Amir Khan is a Box-Office fighter. People want to see him. Everyone watched him in the jungle and whether you love him or hate him, he's watchable. He's always had that air of vulnerability when he's in the ring, but also those sublime quick skills. People always want to see, 'What next?' with Amir Khan. Now he's with Matchroom, the possibility of the fight with Kell Brook increases in possibility and it's great to have him back on Sky, because we've had a strange relationship with him over the years. He's come, he's gone and then he's back again.
JN: I think it's the best business move Amir Khan has made. He's a nice kid, but he's had a lot of flack for the decisions he's made, not so much the fights he's had. This move to Matchroom makes common sense on every level. He's been out of the ring for almost two years, so now we can see exactly how good he is.
MM: He's got to lose weight and get himself fit, but I think he'll fight in April. He's talking about fighting Joshua this year, but that's not realistically going to happen. He needs to get a win under his belt, shake off the ring rust and get fit again.
JN: I think Tyson Fury is the most dangerous opponent in the world, because he's the most unpredictable fighter. That's why he's achieved what he's achieved.
AS: [Referring to BM's Paul Zanon] I like the way you put Amir and Tyson in the same group, because the public is intrigued to know what they will do and say. Tyson can change on a daily basis, but we saw him out in Monaco a few weeks ago, and despite not being in fighting shape, it was fantastic to hear the passion back. Anthony Joshua made a good comment a few months ago, that Tyson Fury finds peace in the ring. As Matt said, once the red tape has cleared, the fight between Tyson and Anthony Joshua will be the biggest fight we've ever seen.
With Eddie Hearn recently signing Danny Jacobs, the boxing boundaries for Sky have now expanded Stateside.
AS: It's very exciting. Matchroom obviously see 'something' out there. You've got Golden Boy, you've got Top Rank, Al Haymon. Eddie's obviously looked at it and thought, 'We can make a bit of a splash.' Danny Jacobs is a great signing. He's articulate and has a great story behind him. He was good against Golovkin – whether he can make the pound for pound grade, I'm not sure. It's a very wise move from Eddie Hearn and I'd be interested to see who else he follows up with. I know there's talk of Anthony Joshua fighting in America this year. As long as Matchroom and Eddie are involved, we're involved.
JN: I think we need to remember – America was the place that everyone wanted to fight at. When I was fighting people thought that from Sheffield you moved to London and from London to America. But now, especially after last year, I think you'll find that the UK is a massive force in boxing now. If Eddie Hearn has presence out there, that will encourage more US fighters to want to come over here and fight.
AS: One hundred percent. I think it's fantastic that we've got this competition. We were in a little bit of a bubble for a while. You can never relax with Frank around, which is great, because I think he's a terrific promoter. He makes great fights and has great fighters. Billy Joe Saunders is one of his standouts for me last year and he has the likes of Anthony Yarde and Daniel Dubois coming through. Carl Frampton – I'm a big, big fan of Frampton's. We're all loving the World Boxing Super Series and all want to be ringside for George Groves against Chris Eubank Jr. Without a doubt we welcome the competition and ultimately it's good for boxing as a whole. Sometimes it can be difficult with scheduling and fights on the same night. We've got Amir Khan and Carl Frampton clashing [on 21 April], which is not ideal for either side, but I think that the more we can work together, in a way, it will be better for the fans. Overall it's very good though. It's given us a kick, Eddie a kick and we want to do the best we can, but we're also fully aware that we can't have all the sweets in the shop and I think it's important that the fight fans get as much value out there as they can. That's why we want to put on bigger, heavier, thicker shows. The likes of Kell Brook in March, Khan in April, Dillian Whyte, Katie Taylor etc. The PPV arm will be the elite fights. The Haye-Bellews, the Joshuas, that what it's there for.
But will the Sky Sports subscribers ever get treated to a dedicated boxing channel?
AS: No. I don't think there will be, because we have the high end events and on top of that we're doing about 40 shows a year. Two, three or a year from a Box-Office view is about right. You can't do eight of those and expect the public to pay all that money.
MM: Coming back to what Johnny said about fighters wanting to come over here [to the UK] to fight, I do think that's because the Sky PPV is so healthy. Think about the shows [Sky's Gloves Are Off] I did with Darren Barker and Andy Lee. Fights that never happened. We all had to take the fights in America against the likes of Golovkin. If Sky PPV was then where it is now, we'd have been fighting each other in great fights.
AS: And the fact is we've had less shows, so they are bigger and more substantial. It's not a sport like football. We've done 50 shows a year up and down the country, getting 800 fans in leisure centres, but that's changed. We want to put big shows on. When it comes to liner programming, we want to make sure it's absolutely spot on.


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Cambridge Co-op left with 'significant' damage after early hours break-in
An investigation has been launched following the break in at the store
Police have launched an investigation after a Co-op store in Cambridgeshire was broken into in the early hours of this morning, January 7.
The break-in, which caused significant damage, happened at the Milton Road store in Cambridge.
Police were called at 1.22 am and attended the scene where they found the front of the store had been smashed up.
When police arrived the suspects had fled the scene, and it is believed that the store's cash machine has been taken - though police have yet to confirm this.
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An investigation has begun and forensic work is currently taking place at the store.
A spokesperson for Cambridgeshire police said: "We were called at 1.22am this morning to reports of a break in at Co-op in Milton Road. On attendance police found the suspects had left the scene and a significant amount of damage had been caused to the front of the shop.
The Co-op store on Milton Road, Cambridge has suffered significant damage from the break-in
Suspects of the break-in fled the scene before the police arrived
"An investigation began and a scene remains in place to preserve any forensic evidence. If anyone has any information they should contact us via web-chat or 101 and quote incident 18 of 7 January."
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New England Patriots 2018 roster breakdown: #48 FB Henry Poggi
The newest Patriot fights for a spot on the practice squad.
By Bernd Buchmasser@BerndBuchmasser Aug 2, 2018, 6:00am EDT
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The New England Patriots currently have 90 players on their active roster. However, only 53 of them will be able to survive the cutdowns on September 1 and ultimately make the team. Over the course of the offseason, we take a look at the players fighting for those spots to find out who has the best chances of helping the Patriots recapture the Vince Lombardi Trophy.
Today, the series continues with New England's latest acquisition.
Name: Henry Poggi
Jersey number: 48
Opening day age: 24
Experience: Rookie
Size: 6'4, 260 lbs.
2017 review: While 12 other players on Michigan's roster had more rushing attempts last season than Henry Poggi, and 15 had more receptions, he still played an important role for his team in 2017. After all, the fifth-year senior served as the primary fullback in a run-first Wolverines offense that saw its backfield average 40.7 rushing attempts per game, gaining 177.7 yards and two touchdowns per contest.
Poggi contributed only one run to the stat sheet – a two-yard touchdown against Maryland; his first career score – but was still a big part of Michigan's ground game. Displaying good vision while playing with excellent technique in attacking his targets, the fullback was an able lead blocker capable of also being used as a pass catcher from time to time: Poggi finished his final college season with two catches for 21 yards.
Being a fullback and regular special teams contributor – especially one that has his athletic limitations – is not necessarily a recipe to get drafted in today's NFL, however. Unsurprisingly, Poggi went unselected before signing a free agency contract with the Oakland Raiders. His stint with the team came to an end in late June, and the soon-to-be 24-year old has been on the open market ever since.
2018 preview: The Patriots made a series of roster moves recently, and the latest of which saw them add Poggi to their 90-man roster. While the rookie will now get a chance to prove his value in an NFL training camp, it will likely be a short experience for him: with James Develin as New England's undisputed number one fullback, Poggi is projected to get released when roster cutdowns take place in early September at the latest.
That does not mean that the rookie has no future with the Patriots, though. If he turns out to be a quick learner and one able to adapt to life in the pros, Poggi could very well find his way onto New England's practice squad as an emergency option at both fullback and tight end. And as such, he could continue working on his skills to potentially take the next step in 2019 – whether with the Patriots or another team that still values the fullback position.
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I never expected "Bette Davis Eyes" to make me cry. Kim Carnes' voice is certainly evocative enough on its own, a richness to her rasp that rattles you to the core. In Todd Strauss-Schulson's 2015 horror/comedy The Final Girls, the popular 1981 pop song is recontextualized as a farewell letter to a dead loved one. I initially checked the slasher flick off my watch-list in 2020, but last year, I found myself frequently turning to its warm, glowing cinematic pages as a way to cope with my own mother's death.
There has never been a slasher with as much heart as The Final Girls. Not even Scream and its sequels have been as gooey, campy, and deliciously comforting. And I adore the Scream series. Following the story of Max Cartwright (Taissa Farmiga), the film depicts not only an obvious affinity for cinema and storytelling, but demonstrates how art can truly be a conduit for healing from grief. Her mother Amanda (Malin Akerman) once starred in the salacious '80s B-movie "Camp Bloodbath," and in the decades since, she can't seem to shake the stigma that so often surrounds slashers. Even her arc on CSI as "a bipolar mistress" stands forever in its shadow.
On their way home from an audition, a sequence during which we first hear "Bette Davis Eyes," Amanda and Max are in a terrible car crash, leading to Amanda's tragic demise. It's such an abrupt death, and that's most certainly the point. Death comes in waves, often shocking the system like a dreaded polar bear plunge. And you can never be ready for it.
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Three years later, Max remains trapped to her grief, unable to move forward even as the world seems to have long moved on. Her BFF Gertie (Alia Shawkat) tries to convince her to finally make a move on chiseled hunk Chris (Alexander Ludwig), but Max has little interest. She has no energy for such things, and even her academics are greatly suffering.
The upcoming anniversary of her mother's death coincides with a late-night screening of "Camp Bloodbath," and Max begrudgingly makes an appearance. The film unfolds with all the classic slasher tropes: promiscuous teenagers, cheesy music, and a silent night stalker. When her mother, who starred as the meek, guitar-playing camp counselor Nancy, appears on screen, the light in Max's eyes dims. Seeing Amanda appear as a vibrant human being again knocks the air from her lungs. As Nancy's death scene looms, a sequence in which she hooks up with crop-top wearing womanizer Kurt (Adam Devine) on a water bed, Max gets flushed and bolts toward the exit to get some fresh air. But before she can escape, a fire breaks out in the theater and consumes most of the other moviegoers. In their efforts to escape, Max, Gertie, Chris, Gertie's step-brother Duncan (Thomas Middleditch), and Chris' ex-girlfriend/mean girl stereotype Vicki (Nina Dobrev) are sucked into the film. When they awaken, they find themselves in the opening scene of the movie.
The film then walks the viewer through the plot points of any slasher movie, but that's not the interesting part. What makes The Final Girls a cut above the rest is its focus on accepting death and healing. For her part, Max must confront her mother, or rather the character she played, and finally let her go. The film nosedives into many of the aftereffects of grief, from living a hollow life to deteriorating mental health that impacts your ability to keep healthy friendships and relationships. As I think back to the last four months of my life, I realize how much of Max's journey I identify with. My mother's death was as abrupt as Amanda's; there were signs she was nearing the end of her life (she was diagnosed with stage four cancer in 2019), but the sudden ending felt jarring. There are things I never got to say, and I can't help but feel I could have done it all differently. Like Max, I never got to tell her I loved her. Despite our toxic relationship and how things had spiraled in the last few years, the good memories sometimes haunt my dreams. I'm constantly juggling guilt, resentment, and sadness in watching her drink her life away.
The Final Girls has helped me understand and know that she already knew all those things. And that no matter what I could have done, there was no changing the outcome. Sometimes, fate is a twisted sister. Once everyone is killed off by Jason Voorhees knockoff Billy Murphy (Daniel Norris), only Nancy and Max remain. Their final scene together is a poignant demonstration of healing and completes Max's character arc. "Max, you have to let me go," says a tearful Nancy. Even though she's not Amanda, Nancy has been convinced (and now she fully believes and understands) that she's just a character in a movie. She connected with Max, who spent the majority of the film trying to "save" her, on a cellular level. There are those connections we make that are brief and extremely profound.
Max crawled into the memory of her mother, snuggled up with her grief, and fell into a deep slumber. She could only wake up if she was willing to admit as much, and understand that not only is her mother truly gone 一 but in a peculiar way lives on in "Camp Bloodbath."
It's funny how that works. The power of cinema, I mean. My mom and I made many memories through our love of movies. My first trips to the theater are because of her. I saw The Lion King when I was 8, Titanic when I was 11, and then Halloween H20 when I was 12. Everything about those films carries an emotional significance; it's not really about the movies themselves, but everything surrounding the experience. It was her passion for living that I remember most, and what I take with me now, like a handful of trinkets in my jean pocket. Later in life, I paid it forward and introduced her to films like The Revenant (she loved Leo, by the way) and Halloween (2018). Things were coming full circle in my life, even if I didn't know it then.
The Final Girls towers even higher when you know the backstory. Screenwriter Joshua John Miller, along with real life partner and co-writer M.A. Fortin, drew upon his grief of his father, acclaimed actor Jason Miller, most known for his work as Father Karras in the 1973 groundbreaking classic The Exorcist. "There's something haunting, strange, confusing, and a little bit unnatural to see your parent constantly die in a film," he said around the film's press cycle. "We decided we were going to tell a story about death, and we were interested in talking about it in the world of the slasher film where death is totally cheap, and there's no such thing as mourning or real human relationships."
The film pounds with heart. In the final showdown, when Nancy sacrifices herself to Billy Murphy, we return to "Bette Davis Eyes" and come to completely understand what the film is all about. It's far more than a targeted satire on slasher films. It examines life in its most fragile state. Like the faceless cast of characters, death is coming for all of us. The sooner we accept it, the sooner we can enjoy life for what it is: a wild, unforgettable ride.
For similar reasons, Anna and the Apocalypse, directed by John McPhail, holds a special place in my heart. It was another film I had been meaning to watch for a few years now, and I honestly don't know how or why I had waited so long. From the first jingle of "Christmas Means Nothing Without You" over the studio logos, a fuzzy sensation lifts my spirits. Without fail, every single time I've watched this zany zombie musical (I had to stop logging it in Letterboxd, because it was just embarrassing), I've managed to burrow out of my depression, anxiety, and grief. There's a reason it has become my No. 1 comfort film of all time.
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With a script co-written by Alan McDonald and Ryan McHenry, based on McHenry's short Zombie Musical, the film doesn't deal explicitly with grief 一 yet it does entirely. High school student Anna Shepherd (Elle Hunt) aches to get away from cookie-cutter suburbia. In her senior year, she has big plans to take a year off before going to college and travel across Australia. While her friends John (Malcolm Cumming), Steph (Sarah Swire), Chris (Christopher Leveaux), and Lisa (Marli Siu) support her decision, Anna's widowed father Tony (Mark Benton) perhaps resents his daughter for not living up to his expectations. He has the best intentions, but his execution in expressing his emotions leaves much to be desired. "Don't be stupid!" he seethes at one point.
Of course, Anna's plans are futile when life throws an apocalypse right at her head. As she surmises in "Give Them a Show," a singing duel with curmudgeon/professor Mr. Savage (Paul Kaye), "There are some things in life that you just can't control." But she was "born for this role," she later sings. In her life, she'd already met death and its cruel hand. Her mother's presence hangs over her life, and that's likely why she vows to break free. But she can't run away from her problems, especially when it involves grief and emotional well-being. She became fixated on a belief that the way to mend her broken heart was to cut ties with her past completely, when in reality her inability to cope had already shattered her completely.
Anna loses most of her loved ones throughout the film, including John and Lisa, and through such tragedy she grasps on the meaning of life. In "I Will Believe," a tender duet with her dying father, she recognizes it's not the places we run off to that define existence. It's the people. It's our memory of them that we hold dear. "If I had reckoned the seconds would slip from me, I'd have paid twice for the price of the memory," they sing in unison. Sometimes, it's only when we're faced with death, and/or watch a loved one die, that we can truly understand.
I witnessed my father's last breath in 2014, as he was surrounded with family, and the ministry intern sang an angelic hymn. It was the quietest, most surreal moment in my life. With my mother, I visited her one last time on a Tuesday, and she died the very next morning. I am certain those experiences have shifted something inside of me; I see life through a very different lens, a brutally cold one. As Anna was met with death after death, she had to learn that humanity is as ephemeral as the seasons. And it changed her from the inside out. Her pain would soon fade, as it always does, and the memories of her parents emerge as the remaining vestiges of lives fully, unapologetically lived.
Anna and the Apocalypse beats with as much heart as The Final Girls and involves an equal amount of real world tragedy. Upon McHenry's death (from cancer in 2015), the initial draft of the screenplay took a very different turn. "The reason that draft was so dark was because I missed my friend," McDonald told The Telegraph. "I guess, in the story that we were always telling and what ultimately became Ryan's story. Finding a way for us all to rediscover the joy of it was what I think kept us on target and ultimately created the movie that we've made now."
McHenry lives on through the infectious joy found in songs like "Break Free," "Hollywood Ending," and even resident bad boy Nick's (Ben Wiggins) macho chant "Soldier at War." But a somber wind gusts throughout the picture in equal measure 一 from the chilly plea for connection with "Human Voice" to the holiday refrain "What a Time to Be Alive." Anna's journey is McHenry's, as it is everyone else's in the world; some of us learn hard truths sooner than others. It's the only sure thing in this life.
Both films communicate life's transience with great discernment and care. Anna and the Apocalypse and The Final Girls celebrate the brightness of living, but they neither avoid nor skim over the darkest parts. Life is full of pain, and we can't pretend otherwise. But it's through such works of art that we can find greater meaning in our own, seemingly inconsequential lives and feel the world pulse around us again. My grief may never fully dissipate (jesus, does it ever?), but I am forever thankful for horror films that make you think while also being a soothing agent to the soul. Maybe one day I can belt a show tune while killing zombies, too.
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The South Kesteven Amateur Radio Society (SKARS) is based in Grantham, Lincolnshire but is active throughout the surrounding region. The club was formed in 2011 with the first meetings taking place in the back room at the Beehive public house in Grantham.
SKARS has an enthusiastic membership eager to embrace and experiment with emerging technology as well as traditional radio communication. As well as normal amateur radio activities, SKARS has a wide collection of members with interests ranging from Tesla Coils through to High Altitude Balloons.
SKARS has a club licence and the call sign M0SKR which we use at club meetings and other events.
As required, a regional secondary locator identifier is added to the call sign so most times we will be operating as MX0SKR
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SKARS is affiliated to the Radio Society of Great Britain. The RSGB is the national organisation for amateur radio enthusiasts. In 2018 the Club came 1st in the RSGB small club of the year after coming 2nd and 3rd in previous years.
Like all societies affiliated to the RSGB SKARS is dedicated to the development of the science and practice of amateur radio. We endeavour to increase awareness and understanding of amateur radio and to make the hobby accessible to everyone.
RSGB membership is not a requirement of being a member of SKARS but is open to all who have an interest in radio communications. Membership gives you a voice in how amateur radio is governed in the UK and the opportunity to influence the direction and policy of the RSGB. The RSGB is a membership-focused organisation.
The RSGB is organised on a Regional basis and there is a small team of volunteers in each Region called Regional and Deputy Regional Managers. SKARS is a member of Region 13 which overs the East Midlands area of central England, from Derbyshire in the north, to the southern portion of Lincolnshire, down to Northamptonshire.
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European powers to present cool front at Warsaw summit
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic – Key European powers will offer only limited participation in a high-profile Trump administration summit on the Middle East starting on Wednesday, reflecting their growing anger over unilateral US policymaking on Iran and Syria.
The UK foreign secretary, Jeremy Hunt, will leave the Warsaw summit early, pleading Brexit Commons business, while France is sending a civil servant and Germany its junior foreign minister.
Federica Mogherini, the EU external affairs chief, will boycott the event, originally conceived by the US as a way to press EU countries to adopt a more aggressive stance towards Iran.
The original summit agenda was scrapped after Europe told Washington it was "not a very smart idea" to hold a summit that would highlight Europe's differences with the US over Iran. The EU was not consulted before Mike Pompeo, the US secretary of state, announced the summit, jointly hosted with Poland.
Despite retitling the agenda to focus on peace and security in the Middle East, European diplomats remain sceptical that figures such as Pompeo and the US vice-president, Mike Pence, will dial down their anti-Iran rhetoric at the summit.
The EU remains strongly supportive of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal that was abandoned by the US, even if it criticises Iran's ballistic missile programme. It has finally devised a preliminary trading vehicle to resist US secondary sanctions on firms that continue to trade with Iran.
The presence of leading anti-Iran Gulf states as well as Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu in Warsaw will underline how hostility towards Iran can bring some Arab states and Israel together. One western diplomat said it would be the first meeting between Arab states and Israel since 1991 Madrid peace conference.
Non-attendees include Qatar, Turkey, Lebanon, Iran and the Palestinian Authority.
The US has signalled it will extend sanctions on Iranian oil exports in May. Brian Hook, the US special representative on Iran, said last week: "We are not looking to grant any future waivers or exceptions to our sanctions regime, whether it's oil or anything else," adding that the US aims to "get to zero imports" of Iranian crude as quickly as possible.
The Trump's administration exempted eight counties from its sanctions, allowing them to continue importing crude from Iran for six months up to May.
British officials are privately sceptical about the rhetoric coming from Washington that it might impose sanctions on the proposed mechanism being set up by Europe to help trade, initially in unsanctioned goods such as food and medicines.
The Foreign Office permanent secretary, Sir Simon McDonald, would have to be one of those sanctioned by Washington since he is on the board of the new EU body.
Meanwhile, differences between Europe and the US over Syria were exposed in the Commons on Monday when Hunt was unusually open in expressing his qualms about Trump's call for the unilateral withdrawal of 2,000 US troops from Syria.
He told MPs: "It is important we do not declare victory too quickly. If we do so, we risk Daesh [Islamic State] re-establishing a territorial foothold. Indeed, concerns are already being expressed that that is beginning to happen in parts of Iraq now. We should not mistake territorial defeat for final defeat."
Hunt said it was "encouraging that, although the original announcement suggested this withdrawal would happen very quickly, the US has behaved with considerable pragmatism in practice".
He signalled his determination that the US departure should not leave its Kurdish allies in northern Syria exposed to a potential Turkish attack. "Were we to let them down now, it would send a terrible signal about our commitment to our allies for any future conflict in which we might be engaged," Hunt told MPs.
The Kurdish-led SDF has detained a total of 900 foreign fighters who joined Isis during the Syrian civil war. Hunt said urgent consultations were under way in Whitehall about whether to take back British fighters and their families if the SDF decided it could no longer hold them. France is also reviewing its policy.
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/feb/12/european-powers-take-backseat-in-us-polish-summit-on-middle-east
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From providing project management services in the northern most tip of Pakistan to supervising construction in the dustbowls of Sindh, our spectrum of services is as diverse as the topography of our country's landscape! We have provided construction supervision services on the earthquake rehabilitation project in KP and AJK, as well as conducted a nation-wide spot check and beneficiary feedback exercise for the Benazir Income Support Programme. From inducting students across the country to connecting cities and villages with motorways and highways, we have done it all, humbly and efficiently, always living up to our clients' expectations.
Regardless of the industry or the type of engineering and management consultancy services required, MMP's services are globally standardised owing to our rich experience of working on numerous assignments with internationally recognised firms including Mott MacDonald Limited, Yellow River Engineering Consulting Company, Coyne Et Bellier, HR Wallingford, and Canarail among others. These collaborations not only demonstrate our experience of working on nationally important assignments including, inter alia, Jamshoro Coal Power Generation, Guddu Barrage, Kurram Tangi Dam, Tarbela Dam, and BRT Peshawar, but also depict the trust international firms have placed in our capability to deliver quality services. We take great pride in delivering local solutions based on international standards of quality.
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Partnership between industry and natural resource management benefits the environment and SFA students
STMicroelectronics, a global electronics and semiconductor manufacturer, donated 3,449 acres of afforested land to the SFA Real Estate Foundation to be managed by the Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture.
NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Like much of East Texas, the air at the SFA Real Estate Foundation's forested land in Cherokee County harbors the rich scent of pine. Walking through the rows of trees, one might regard the tract as just another pine plantation dotting the region's landscape. But to do so would be missing the forest for the trees.
Since 2001, 3,449 acres of Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture-managed forestland in Cherokee, Houston and Shelby counties has sequestered 293,000 metric tons of atmospheric carbon dioxide.
"That is equivalent to 36.5 million gallons of gasoline or 271,743 metric tons of lignite coal," said Jason Grogan, SFA Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture research associate.
In 2000, STMicroelectronics, a global electronics and semiconductor manufacturer focused on reducing its carbon footprint, purchased 1,425 acres of unforested land in East Texas. In 2005, the company donated this property to the SFA Real Estate Foundation. In 2010, STMicroelectronics donated an additional 2,024 acres. Grogan has served as the property manager for these now-forested tracts since 2005.
"STMicroelectronics is a very green company that has been at the forefront of environmental awareness for more than 20 years," said Dr. Kenneth Farrish, director of SFA's Division of Environmental Science. "Its annual corporate responsibility report shows its dedication to reducing solid waste, water usage, electricity usage and so on."
Farrish said the partnership with ST began after an SFA environmental science alumnus working for the company contacted him to discuss the manufacturer's desire to offset the company's carbon dioxide emissions by planting trees. To help ensure economic and environmental feasibility, Farrish recruited the expertise of Dr. Gary Kronrad, Bone Hill Foundation Distinguished Professor of forest resource economics for SFA's Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture. After meeting with company representatives, a blueprint emerged. ST purchased and afforested marginal East Texas pastureland with assistance from SFA's Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture. The company then donated this land to the SFA Real Estate Foundation to be managed in perpetuity by the college.
ST receives carbon credits, while SFA benefits through the living laboratories provided by the forests, offering opportunities for academic activities that are crucial to the research and teaching of natural resource management. SFA also receives revenue for environmental science and forestry scholarships through periodic timber and pine straw harvesting, as well as from leasing the properties for recreational activities.
Farrish laughed as he recalled conversations with befuddled real estate agents during the initial search for non-forested land.
"I told the Realtors I needed some really marginal farmland. They asked what I wanted to do with it, and I told them I wanted to plant trees. Their response was, 'Well, I can get you some forested land,'" Farrish said.
After he convinced Realtors that planting non-forested areas was a key aspect of the long-term strategy, the plan truly began to take shape.
"Theoretically, it (the forested land) will forever be sequestering carbon and providing scholarships," he said. "It's one of the biggest things I feel like I've done in my career."
Grogan explained that even after timber is harvested, the carbon continues to be sequestered. The amount sequestered depends on the fate of the wood.
"The wood is going to go into a product of some sort, and the Department of Energy estimates how much of that carbon it believes will still be sequestered in two forms after 100 years," Grogan said.
Grogan added that oriented strand board, a common product made from pulpwood in East Texas, has roughly the same sequestration rating as saw timber. It is estimated that approximately 60 percent of the carbon will still be sequestered or in use after 100 years.
"We've tried to put the bulk of what we've harvested into oriented strand board, and we've been successful with that, except last year we did have a tract where the material went for fuel wood," he said.
The timber from that particular harvest was pelletized and sent to Europe as biomass for use in its renewable energy sector. Grogan said although the carbon was not ultimately sequestered for an extended period of time, the use of a renewable resource for power generation still offsets fossil-fuel emissions.
To date, the revenue generated through the management of the forested tracts has provided scholarships for SFA students. In 2010, SFA renamed the endowed scholarship fund to honor retired ST executive Robert L. Banks, a native of Rusk, Texas, who advocated afforestation efforts within the company.
The forests support numerous research and academic efforts in the Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture. Graduate students engage in ongoing soil and above-ground carbon sequestration monitoring, researching the effects of varied thinning regimes on tree growth and development, and compare the growth and survival rates of Texas' four native pine species. The sites also are used for undergraduate coursework.
Both Grogan and Farrish express excitement when contemplating the future of the forested land.
"There are lots of opportunities on the properties as the trees grow," said Grogan. "There will be more ecological diversity and more opportunities for research and educational use."
To learn more about this and other research, contact the Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture at (936) 468-3301, or visit atcofa.sfasu.edu.


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Consummate pro. Kathy knows how to get the crowd going!
A veteran of many bands, including the late, great Effigy, Steve provides blistering lead guitar and showmanship. He also heads HR.
Simply known as TheBassPlayer. Holding down the bottom end, behind the wheel and driving!
Drums and vocals at the same time. Way cool! The Kings' own Levon Helm. Doesn't turn upside down like Tommy Lee, but almost!
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Q: stringstream segmentation fault Using linux and g++.
This works:
stringstream ss;
for (int k = 1; k < 1000; k++){
}

This should also works but result in "segmentation fault":
for (int k = 1; k <1000; k++){
     stringstream ss;
}

Why?

A: Thank you Antonio Perez for your reply.
Actually my code was exactly this:
#pragma pack(1)
#include <sstream>
#include <iostream>

int main(){
    for (int i = 0; i < 2; i++){
        std::stringstream ss;
    }
}

Amazingly if I displace the #pragma pack(1) like this:
#include <sstream>
#pragma pack(1)
#include <iostream>

int main(){
    for (int i = 0; i < 2; i++){
        std::stringstream ss;
    }
}

...then no error occurs!
Is there a possible (non-bug) reason for why sstream does not permit packing of its structure?

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Trump: Gov. Kemp should resign from office, 'refuses to admit that we won Georgia'
President Donald Trump took to Twitter Wednesday to call for the resignation of Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, calling him an "osbstructionist who refuses to admit that we won Georgia."
WILL BRING US AN UPDATE... AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. ALL NEW TONIGHT -- PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS CALLING ON GEORGIA GOVERNOR BRIAN KEMP -- TO áRESIGN. THE PRESIDENT TWEETED TODAY -- QUOTE -- BRIAN KEMP SHOULD RESIGN FROM OFFICE. HE IS AN OBSTRUCTIONIST WHO REFUSES TO ADMIT THAT WE WON GEORGIA BIG. ALSO WON THE OTHER SWING STATES. END QUOTE. THEN... JUST HOURS LATER... THE PRESIDENT TWEETED AGAIN SAYING QUOTE: BRIAN KEMP, HIS PUPPETT LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR GEOFF DUNCAN AND SECRETARY OF STATE ARE DISASTERS FOR GEORGIA. WON'T LET PROFESSIONAL GET ANYWHERE NEAR FULTON COUNTY FOR SIGNATURE VERIFICATIONS OR ANYTHING ELSE. THEY ARE VIRTUALLY CONTROLLED BY STACEY ABRAMS AND THE DEMOCRATS. FOOLS. END QUOTE. GOVERNOR KEMP WAS ASKED ABOUT THE PRESIDENT'S FIRST TWEET... EARLIER TODAY. WELL LET ME TELL YOU WHAT I'VE BEEN FOCUSING ON TODAY. I THINK IT'S WHAT THE PEOPLE OF GEORGIA WANT ME FOCU
President Donald Trump took to Twitter Wednesday to call for the resignation of Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, calling him an "obstructionist who refuses to admit that we won Georgia."Trump, who endorsed Kemp en route to Kemp becoming governor in 2018, has repeatedly butted heads with the Republican governor since the general election and has made unsubstantiated claims of widespread voter fraud in the state.Kemp has responded several times that it is illegal in Georgia for the governor to interfere in elections.Following several recounts and audits, the Republican Secretary of State's Office certified President-elect Joe Biden as the winner in Georgia, making him the first Democratic presidential candidate to carry the state since 1992.The GBI assisted the Secretary of State's Office in investigating a sample of 15,000 voter signatures in Cobb County. The GBI announced on Wednesday that it found issues with only two signatures.
President Donald Trump took to Twitter Wednesday to call for the resignation of Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, calling him an "obstructionist who refuses to admit that we won Georgia."
Trump, who endorsed Kemp en route to Kemp becoming governor in 2018, has repeatedly butted heads with the Republican governor since the general election and has made unsubstantiated claims of widespread voter fraud in the state.
Kemp has responded several times that it is illegal in Georgia for the governor to interfere in elections.
Following several recounts and audits, the Republican Secretary of State's Office certified President-elect Joe Biden as the winner in Georgia, making him the first Democratic presidential candidate to carry the state since 1992.
The GBI assisted the Secretary of State's Office in investigating a sample of 15,000 voter signatures in Cobb County. The GBI announced on Wednesday that it found issues with only two signatures.


This image of the "TUGELA" and "ESCOM" fireless engines was taken in the 1980's by Phil Braithwaite at the Colenso Municipal Offices.
This image taken by Jacobus Marais on 28 Sept 2011. It was posted to the Atlantic Rail fb page.
This March 2008 Google Earth Map shows the location of two fireless steam locomotives in Colenso. Click on Map to enlarge.
TUGELA is a fireless-type steam locomotive. This means that it has no boiler to generate steam. Instead, it has a large insulated pressure vessel holding steam under pressure. These locomotives were suitable for short trips in areas where large steam generating plants were available to recharge the pressure vessel.
Trains hauling coal were brought by the railways to points near the power stations. Each power station was then responsible for the haulage of the coal trucks to its coal staiths.
ESCOM is a fireless-type steam locomotive. This means that it has no boiler to generate steam. Instead, it has a large insulated pressure vessel holding steam under pressure. These locomotives were suitable for short trips in areas where large steam generating plants were available to recharge the pressure vessel.
ESKOM, formerly known as the Electricity Supply Commission (ESCOM) was the second largest user of fireless locomotives in South Africa. The Iron and Steel Corporation (ISCOR) was the largest user of this type of locomotive. ESKOM employed fireless locomotives at its power stations for almost sixty years.
ESCOM was obtained from W G Bagnall and Company Limited in 1937. It served at Colenso power station until the station was closed in 1984. In 2000, it was still on display outside the municipal offices at Colenso in KwaZulu/Natal.
This information on ESCOM locomotive comes from research material compiled by Mr. Rick Searle, a retired ESKOM employee.


Healthcare providers, practices, and companies today have a multitude of ways to reach consumers and patients. A provider can utilize Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and other social media websites to target advertisements, post information about their practice, and attract new patients. This mass sharing of information, however, provides trademark infringers a prime opportunity to infringe on your trademark rights.
Start-up businesses and consumer products are not the only companies capitalizing on the social media boom. For example, Dr. Howard Luks, an orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist in New York, has an active presence on all social media channels. Dr. Luks uploads videos to YouTube to market and attract patients. In one video, Luks explains why meniscal tears are so common and whether surgery is always necessary for this type of injury. This video has been viewed almost 200,000 times. Dr. Luks is a prime example of a physician utilizing social media to market his medical practice. However, with social media marketing, healthcare providers, practices, and businesses need to ensure they protect their trademark rights.
What exactly are my "trademark rights"?
A trademark is a word, symbol, or phrase used to identify a particular manufacturer or seller's products and distinguish them from the products of another. 15 U.S.C. § 1127. When such marks are used to identify services rather than products, they are called service marks, although they are generally treated just the same as trademarks. A trademark identifies the source of products or services and distinguishes them from the products or services of others. Trademark infringement occurs when there is confusion as to the source of products or services. Trademark rights are acquired through use, and owners can have common law rights even without a registration.
Where does social media come into play?
If a word, phrase, or design in a social media post is confusingly similar to another's trademark and is used to promote similar or related products or services, the trademark owner having prior rights can object to the use (whether its mark is registered or not). This includes use of words and phrases in hashtags, captions, stories, and other platform-specific features. In healthcare, the importance of protecting your mark not only relates to your business or practice, but it also affects your professional reputation.
An interesting tale of a physician and his trademark.
In 2015, Dr. Draion M. Burch, known to patients as "Dr. Drai", applied for the "Dr. Drai" trademark and requested protection for "educational and entertainment services," with products to include books, audiobooks, webinars, podcasts and various other media related to his medical practice. Dr. Drai is a Pennsylvania-based gynecologist and media personality. On his website, he touts himself as "One of America's Top Women's Health Experts." Surprisingly, Dr. Dre, the Grammy award-winning rapper, objected to the physician's registration of the mark stating there was a likelihood of confusion.
Earlier this year, the USPTO's Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) sided with Dr. Drai, writing, "the issue is not whether purchasers would confuse the goods or services but whether there is a likelihood of confusion as to the source of the goods or services." The Board found "no evidence of record" showing that "consumers would likely believe the parties' goods and services would emanate from the same source" and dismissed Dr. Dre's opposition to the trademark application. Dr. Drai not only won his right to utilize his mark to advertise his brand, but Dr. Drai is now protected from future infringers in the medical field.
To maximize protection of your brand, you should consider registering your trademarks with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. This protects your business and gives you an edge in legal situations. If your business or medical practice utilizes social media for marketing, to interact with patients or customers, or to reach consumers, you may have certain trademark rights that need protection. Additionally, if you have acquired usage of a word or phrase used to describe your business or practice, you likely would benefit from registering that word or phrase as a trademark. To determine if you have trademark rights that should be protected, or if you have questions about the best way to protect your company or practice's brand, contact the Milligan Lawless attorney with whom you usually work.
At the beginning of an acquisition transaction, there are several steps in the process that could serve as a trap for the unwary. Confidentiality agreements typically represent the first step in conversations with the other side. Once a confidentiality agreement is signed, the parties often turn to the negotiation of a term sheet or letter of intent, which outlines the terms and conditions of the arrangement. After the term sheet or letter of intent is signed, the due diligence process usually kicks into high gear.


The Racism Awareness ("Eranut Legizanut") program is intended to help cope with issues of difference and lack of acceptance of others among youth. Accepting the other, pluralism, advancement of youth from the social and geographical periphery without regard for ethnic origins, and preventing racism are among our core principles. SAE sees itself as a leader on this topic with an unequivocal educational and social message.
In all of the institutions of the Society there are regular ways of dealing with the question of treatment of the other, accepting differences and dealing with expressions of racism that come up from time to time. But is our awareness of the issue, as an educational organization, focused sharply enough? Do our educational teams have the tools to deal with the concrete phenomena when they arise? Are they themselves aware of their own prejudices?
The Racism Awareness program is intended to develop awareness and ability to cope with these phenomena, through training of educational teams from the SAE institutions.
The joint process of study and work is a foundation and first step toward the broad educational activities we seek to establish on an ongoing basis in our institutions, among the staff and among the students, to curb the phenomenon of racism and negation of the other – and through our graduates, to also impact Israeli society as a whole.
Participants in the program are representatives of the different SAE institutions. Through workshops including peer learning, reflection and professional facilitation, they develop tools for implementation and embedding these values in their institutions.


Don't let the villains trash nature... where will we rip it?
Drilling for oil in Alaska? No thanks... we'll pass.
Nature is ready to rumble... are you?
3. Danny MacAskill - "Way Back Home"
This was all filmed on one air-hold - honest guv!
There IS still time. Our voice DOES count.


Microsoft's Xbox 720 - which could hit shelves in 2013 - is expected to boast impressive graphics horsepower that puts the current-gen 360 and Nintendo's upcoming Wii U console to shame.
According to IGN, the Xbox 720's raw graphics processing power will hit six times that of the Xbox 360 and should yield 20 percent greater performance than Nintendo's next-gen Wii U.
In contrast to SemiAccurate, IGN claims the Xbox Next will not feature AMD's ATI GCN/HD7000/Southern Islands GPU, but rather, a processor "derived" from the 6000 series.
"More specifically, it will be akin to the Radeon HD 6670, which offers support for DirectX11, multidisplay output, 3D and 1080p HD output," wrote IGN's Scott Lowe. "[That] chip currently has a market price of upwards of $79.99."
As TG Daily previously reported, Microsoft recently kicked off initial production of its Power PC CPU Oban chip which is slated to power the next-gen Xbox (720/Next) game console.
SemiAccurate's Charlie Demerjian estimates that the first Oban batch will make the silicon for the initial run of dev kits, with plenty left to spare. Even so, there is likely to be several revs of Oban before silicon is finalized for retail consoles.
"Sources are still saying to expect silicon production for retail consoles to start late this year, and that guidance won't change until the first round of volume parts is analyzed late in the quarter.
"Production for end user consoles isn't going to start until late 2012, so don't expect the XBox Next/720 before spring 2013. One thing you can say for sure now is that the console is real now, and the momentum is really picking up," added Demerjian.
The Xbox 360 - which launched way back in 2005 - is powered by a 3.2 GHz PowerPC Tri-Core Xenon, 512 MB of GDDR3 RAM clocked at 700 MHz, along with a 500 MHz ATI Xenos (graphics). Microsoft has sold 66 million Xbox 360 consoles worldwide as of January 9, 2012.


The Nile River valley has a long history of human habitation, with finds of the earliest anatomically modern humans close by and housing some of the earliest civilizations, but it has not yet been extensively explored using genome-wide population-genetic data. Due to its geographic location, history and linguistic diversity, Sudan and South Sudan cover interesting areas to investigate human demographic history. Previous studies in the area have focused on uniparentally inherited markers, microsatellites or small SNP-marker panels. We investigate 18 Sudanese and South Sudanese populations by genotyping 221 individuals for approximately 5 million SNPs using the Illumina platform. We compare this novel dataset to available SNP data of surrounding geographic regions, as well as the 1000 Genomes and HGDP datasets. This dense marker set allows us to address questions relating to the demographic history of various populations from the area and reveals detailed population structure correlating with geography and language. By using a series of summary statistics, we infer further details about the populations' demographic history. A decrease in heterozygosity in migrant populations of the Sudan, such as the Hausa, indicates a small population size. We combine genetic, geographic and linguistic information to paint a detailed picture of the Northeast African population history.


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