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Garden Habitats Get Outside People and Wildlife
A Bug's Eye view : Protecting Habitats Protects Life at Smithsonian Gardens
Mary Phillips | Last Updated: January 14, 2020
Credit: Jeffrey McMillan
Imagine a larger than life journey through the habitat elements of food, water, cover and places to raise young. Each turn is a new discovery of wildlife life above and below the ground, among giant-sized nests, insects and birds.
This was the amazing experience National Wildlife Federation's staff were guided on when they designated Smithsonian Gardens as the 235,295th Certified Wildlife Habitat®. The Habitat Exhibit is a joint effort of the horticulturist teams of Smithsonian Gardens' 14 museum outdoor spaces. Visitors can begin at any point in the gardens along either side of the National Mall in Washington, D.C. This expansive habitat exhibit, across approximately 50 acres, includes medians of roadside native plantings, water sources, pollinator gardens, a monarch way station, and a variety of snags, insect hotels, and other habitat features.
President and CEO, Collin O'Mara, thanked Barbara Faust, Director of Smithsonian Gardens and James Gagliardi, Supervisory Horticulturist, and their team.
"Your vision, and the teamwork to create an immersive habitat experience for 6 million visitors, is needed now more than ever in light of growing species decline."
– Collin O'Mara, President and CEO, National Wildlife Federation
Smithsonian Gardens is now the 81st public garden to become a National Wildlife Federation Certified Wildlife Habitat®, introducing millions more to how they can create habitat where they live, work, play, learn and worship.
From left: Barbara Faust, Collin O'Mara, Mary Phillips, and James Gagliardi. Credit: Jeffrey McMillan
"The exhibition underscores Smithsonian Gardens' mission to inform people on the importance of plants in our cultural and natural worlds," said Barbara Faust, director of Smithsonian Gardens. "We hope visitors will begin to understand how habitats are interconnected and fragile, and examine their role in protecting habitats."
Each Smithsonian Garden adeptly weaves the theme of specific museums to the natural history and elements of the habitat gardens on their grounds. Recent reports of the loss of 3 billion birds across North America since 1970, make exhibits like the National Museum of Natural History's Urban Bird Habitat essential. The exhibit highlights the diversity of spaces where birds live and raise their young through large-scale realistic nests. The African American Museum's Live Oak grove tells the story of the shelter and gathering place these trees provided in the African American journey to freedom and community building. The story then connects the sheltering theme to how oak trees provide multitudes of insects, birds, and other wildlife with a place of cover. For example, an oak tree is a host for over 500 insect species.
The importance of habitat gardens to both people and wildlife are important stories to archive and share. National Wildlife Federation's Garden for Wildlife program is Smithsonian Community Gardens' first national Community Collaborator to encourage our network of wildlife gardeners to share their stories in Community Garden archives, in order to inspire ongoing generations to plant with a purpose for wildlife and people.
Visit Smithsonian Gardens or another Certified Wildlife Habitat® public garden near you for inspiration on how to design with native plants and provide food, water, cover, and places to raise young where you live. Then Certify and share your story in the Smithsonian archives!
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Catherine de Valois-Courtenay (* 18. November 1303 in Siena; † 20. September 1346 in Neapel) war Titularkaiserin von Konstantinopel und Regentin des Fürstentums Achaia.

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Catherine war die Tochter von Karl I. und Catherine de Courtenay, der Titularkaiserin von Konstantinopel.

Bereits 1303 wurde sie mit Hugo V. von Burgund verlobt. Nach dem Tod ihrer Mutter 1307 erbte Catherine den Kaisertitel und den Kopf der großen Hodegetria-Ikone, den ihr Urgroßvater Balduin II. 1261 auf seiner Flucht aus Konstantinopel mitgenommen haben soll. Die Hodegetria zu besitzen, war zu jener Zeit sehr wichtig. Sie bedeutete das wahre Palladium von Konstantinopel und sich ihren Schutz zu sichern und die Hoffnung auf eine Rückkehr in die Stadt, die der Gottesmutter so am Herzen lag.

Catherines Onkel, König Philipp von Frankreich, der Schöne genannt, hielt ihren Verlobten Hugo für ungeeignet, Konstantinopel zurückzuerobern, und betrieb die Auflösung der Verlobung, die von Catherine am 30. September 1312 verkündet wurde. Gleichzeitig wurde ihre Absicht bekannt gegeben, den seit 1309 geschiedenen Fürsten Philipp von Tarent zu ehelichen.

1310 brachte Catherine zusammen mit ihrem Mann Philipp den Kopf der Hodegetria von Neapel nach Montevergine und schenkte sie den Benediktinermönchen des Wallfahrtsortes von Montevergine, was allerdings mit dem Datum ihrer Hochzeit am 29. Juli 1313 in Konflikt gerät. Mit der Fertigstellung des Körpers und einer Umrandung von goldenen Lilien, dem königlichen Wappen der Anjou, beauftragte Philipp den toskanischen Maler Montano d'Arezzo.

Aus einem Dokument der angevinischen Kanzlei vom 28. Juni 1310 geht hervor, dass Philipp I. den Maler Montano d'Arezzo mit Arbeiten in der Familienkapelle im Dom von Neapel und der Maestà von Montevergine beauftragt hatte. In diesem Dokument bezeichnet Philipp den Maler als königlicher "familiare" (Siehe: Kunstpatronage) und drückt ihm seine Wertschätzung und Dankbarkeit gegenüber dem Künstler aus, weil sie, die Anjou, hauptsächlich der Madonna ergeben seien. Als Gegenleistung für seine Arbeit erhielt Montana Lehnsgüter.

Das Tafelbild hat eine Größe von 4,30 × 2,10 × 0,6 m, wiegt 8 Doppelzentner und besteht aus zwei großen Holztafeln, die durch Querstäbe auf der Rückseite zusammengehalten werden. Das Holzstück, auf dem der Kopf der Hodegetria gemalt ist, ist eiförmig mit einer maximalen Größe von 1 m × 85 cm und einer graduellen Dicke von unten nach oben von 2 bis 5 cm, so dass das Gesicht der Madonna eine leichte Neigung nach vorne hat.

Aus der Hodegetria wurde die Madonna von Montevergine. Sie erhielt ihren Platz im rechten Kirchenschiff der alten Kirche, das auf Wunsch der Anjou in eine Kapelle umgewandelt wurde.

Catherine heiratete am 29. Juli 1313 in Fontainebleau, nachdem der päpstliche Dispens eingegangen war und Catherine auf ihre französischen Besitzungen verzichtet hatte. Im Ehevertrag, den Philipp der Schöne am 30. Juli unterzeichnete, wurde die Wiedererrichtung der lateinischen Herrschaft in Konstantinopel als politisches Ziel der Ehe festgehalten. Für den Fall eines vorzeitigen Todes Philipps von Tarent wurde Catherine als Regentin für ihre minderjährigen Söhne bestimmt; als Mitgift erhielt sie die Grafschaft Acerra.

Catherine de Valois-Courtenay starb plötzlich am 20. September 1346 in Neapel und wurde in der Chiesa San Domenico zu Grabe getragen, wo 1331 ihr Mann begraben wurde. Auf Wunsch ihres Sohnes Ludwig wurden ihre sterblichen Reste im September 1347 in die Territorialabtei Montevergine überführt, wo diese in der Antiken Basilika von Montevergine in der Kapelle der Madonna di Montevergine beigesetzt wurden. Ludwig förderte fast einen "Kultus" in Erinnerung an seine Mutter. Als die Kinder Maria (?) und Ludwig (1362) starben, ruhten ihre Körper in getrennten Sarkophagen, die nach der Überlieferung einen großen künstlerischen Wert hatten. Später wurden die Reste in einem Denkmal untergebracht, bis der Abt Matteo Iacuzio 1776 ein Mausoleum errichten, den Sarkophag von Catherine öffnen ließ und die Gebeine zusammenlegte. Unter dem Sarkophag befindet sich ein Epigraf mit der folgenden Inschrift:

Nachfahren
Ihre Kinder waren:

 Robert II. (um 1318–1364), Fürst von Tarent und Achaia, sowie Titularkaiser von Konstantinopel
 Ludwig (1320–1362), Fürst von Tarent; ⚭ 1348 mit seiner Cousine Königin Johanna I. von Neapel
 Margarete (um 1325; † 1380); 1. ⚭ 1344 mit Edward Balliol († 1364), Ex-König von Schottland (Haus Balliol); 2. ⚭ 1352 mit François des Baux (Francesco del Balzo; † 1422), Graf von Montescaglioso und Avellino
 Jacques des Baux (Sohn aus der zweiten Ehe), Fürst von Tarent und Achaia, sowie Titularkaiser von Konstantinopel.
 Maria (1327–?, starb jung)
 Philipp II. (1329–1374), Fürst von Tarent und Achaia

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Titularkaiser (Lateinisches Kaiserreich)
Familienmitglied des Hauses Valois
⚭Catherine #ValoisCourtenay
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Geboren 1301
Gestorben 1346
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UCF Nanotechnology Master's Degree First in State
Jun 9.2015
The University of Central Florida (UCF) became the first university in Florida to offer a master of science in nanotechnology. The two-year nanoscience master's program will begin with its inaugurating class in the fall 2015 semester, attracting students who have earned a bachelor's degree in STEM fields such as physics, chemistry, biology or engineering.
The NanoScience Technology Center, a multidisciplinary facility complete with faculty, hopes to enroll 10-15 students in this highly competitive program at its inception. Students will focus on research and will write and defend a thesis while earning their degree.
"We will prepare students for research and careers in industry or academia," said Sudipta Seal, director of the university's NanoScience Technology Center, Advanced Materials Processing and Analysis Center (AMPAC) and interim chair of Materials Science and Engineering. "UCF is still leading the state and the nation with this dual degree program."
According to U.S. National Science Foundation estimates, the annual global market for nanotechnology-related goods and services will top $1 trillion by 2015, making it one of the fastest-growing industries in history.
The second-largest university in the nation has also lead the way in other advanced degrees for technology. In 2001 UCF became the first university in the country to offer graduate degrees in modeling and simulation with more than 300 graduates as of last year.
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Der Kaindy-Gletscher (kirgisisch:Кайыңды мөңгүсү) ist ein Gletscher in Kirgisistan.

Lage
Der Gletscher liegt im äußersten Osten Kirgisistans im Gebiet Yssykköl im Tian-Shan-Gebirge etwa 30 Kilometer westlich des Dschengisch Tschokusu, des höchsten Bergs Kirgisistans. Er verläuft etwa 20 Kilometer südlich des Südlichen Engiltschek-Gletschers, des größten Gletschers im Tian Shan, ungefähr parallel zu diesem.

Beschreibung
Der Kaindy-Gletscher ist ein Talgletscher und verläuft in dem Tal zwischen der Kaindykette im Süden und der Engiltschekkette  im Norden. Der Hauptarm des Gletschers verläuft in Richtung Westen. Er hat eine mittlere Eisdicke von etwa 77 Metern. Mehrere Seitengletscher fließen ihm vor allem von Süden aus Seitentälern der Kaindykette zu, aber auch von Norden aus Seitentälern der Engiltschekkette. Die Länge zwischen höchstem und tiefsten Punkt des Gletschers beträgt 23,5 km, die größte Länge samt Seitenarm 26,7 km. Das Schmelzwasser des Kaindy-Gletschers bildet den Fluss Kaindy (Fluss).

Weblinks
Lednik Kaindy. In: GeoNames.org

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Gletscher in Asien
Gletscher in Kirgisistan
Gletscher im Tian Shan
GKaindy
Gebiet Yssykköl


Rudolf, king of Rothenia, had made his dispositions. The special forces élite riding in the Warriors were going to make an all-out assault through the Blue Side into the Red Zone. It was clear that the Rothenians had the advantage of surprise. Josseran and his mercenaries could not have expected the counterattack this early, not with the disruption caused by the communications blackout across Rothenia and the Czech Republic.
Rudolf knew that the majority of the enemy was concentrated in the base. Josseran had been in control of it now for perhaps four hours. The U.S. Growlers had pinpointed their transmissions and were about to jam all frequencies except those of the Rothenian army. They would simultaneously take out the power sources they detected in the Red Zone. There would, the king hoped, be operational chaos amongst the mercenaries, allowing him to recapture the base quickly and liberate any hostages.
However, he was convinced there must be more to the enemy's plans than was so far evident. Amir Josseran was revealing himself to be something of an organisational genius. Using the crude resources he had available to him, he had taken control of one of the most sophisticated electronic-warfare bases in the world. The fact that it had not been fully operational or protected showed his grasp of timing.
Josseran's purpose was obvious. He must already be looting the databases, programmes and advanced technology the base housed. He intended to sell them to NATO's rivals for the greatest sum of money he could secure.
But what came next? Josseran could not enjoy the money unless he could escape to the protection of the powers with whom he was negotiating. There had to be some element of his plan that was not yet evident. Then there was the question of his withdrawal. A man who had planned such a stunning criminal coup would not have left his escape route out of it. This was what was troubling Rudolf most. Josseran must have an exit strategy which, if it matched up to the rest of his plan, would be imaginative and meticulously executed.
Vedayah's eyes turned inward, as if in response. He seemed to drift off.
'Why?' Justin had momentarily forgotten his denuded state.
Danny, assisted by Gus, filled in Ed and Justin on the details of their kidnap and escape.
Nathan gave a lopsided smile at the blissful grin plastered over Reggie's little face. The boy was living his dream, so much was for sure. Damien's eager eyes were everywhere too. They had particularly begun to enjoy themselves when the APCs of Epsilon company went off-road. Damien and Reggie were taking turns riding with their heads sticking out of the hatch. The Rothenian soldiers were equally delighted with their newly adopted mascots.
Damien swarmed up beside his friend. In the distance, they could see jagged lines of Apache helicopters black in the whitening sky, sweeping in low from the east. The Guard Dragoons were beginning their run.
The distant helicopters let off a flight of guided rockets which soared up over the hills, lines of white exhaust tracking behind them. A pause was succeeded by a series of titanic concussions and a billow of smoke over distant trees. The enemy positions had been targeted and massively assaulted.
Epsilon company now turned directly south, leaving the scene of the action behind them. Reggie, as fearless as any child, looked longingly over his shoulder where all hell had broken loose. But Damien was staring fiercely ahead. He had found a pair of binoculars and was scanning the surrounding countryside.
Their APC, halfway down the column, lurched and turned in echelon with the rest of the troop carriers.
The fusilier spoke into his helmet phone, concentrating on the reply. He shouted down to the driver, and their APC separated from the column.
'Language!' Damien grinned, though a little ruefully.
The king sat atop the cannon turret of his Warrior command vehicle. Mercenaries were surrendering on all sides. They were trudging disconsolately out from the emplacements of the Red Zone, hands in the air, to be received at gunpoint by the fusiliers. Apaches were circling overhead, buzzing and chattering.
One wave of rockets and some cannon fire and Josseran's men had given up without any serious resistance. With their communications cut off by the Growlers, they had been unable to coordinate their reactions. Most had run off into the forest as the regular troops poured into the base. Even with the element of surprise on his side, Rudolf was astonished at how relatively easy it had been. The men of Gamma company had left their IFVs and were now working their way methodically across the site, checking each building as they went.
Rudolf called over one of the lieutenants and a detachment of guards before heading down the stairs to the central bunker. Fusiliers were there ahead of him, liberating the captured technicians and U.S. marine guards. A marine colonel was standing irresolute in front of a bank of wrecked computer desks. He snapped to attention at the king's appearance and saluted the general's insignia before noticing the young face above it.
He listened intently, then cursed. 'Out! Out! We need to get to Green Side! I want the Apaches withdrawn. Only Alpha company with me. The rest secure the Zone!' He was shouting orders as he sprinted from the bunker.
But Ed was marshalling his men, issuing orders in Rothenian which Justin could not follow. The detachment began a wary retreat back through the lakeside trees away from the monastery. Danny and Gus were unceremoniously hurried along with them. Justin stuck close to Ed. The soldiers formed a defensive perimeter around the ambulances as they were loaded up.
Ed urged Danny and Gus on board. Danny seemed to be arguing the point, but he was shoved in anyway, and the door slammed behind him. Eventually, with a roar and a thrashing of trees, the two helicopters rose and disappeared in the direction of Ranstadt.
Ed signalled to his detachment, who began retreating up the hill in leap-frog fashion, one squad ready to provide covering fire as the other ran back.
A line of APCs had come to a halt below them. A company of Fusiliers was occupying support positions, setting up heavy machine guns.
The soldier grinned and suggested Nathan go with him.
Nathan swore internally, but was seasoned enough in the ways of children to accept the inevitable. He checked his pockets for possible sources of toilet paper while the soldier just shrugged and smirked at him. It looked like it would be foliage for Reggie. His bottom would be joining the green side, too.
All three clambered through the rear hatch, which was open for ventilation. Two air ambulances roared overhead at that point, heading low into the east.
Damien and Reggie were looking around anxiously. The APC had parked under the eaves of a stretch of thick woodland.
Nathan led the way. Not far through the trees was a small clearing. Soon it was full of the sound of the spattering caused by a small boy's bladder emptying, and the grunts of another boy at work on a more difficult task.
Nathan stood well upwind. The sun was higher now, and shafts of light were penetrating the dense foliage above. The forest looked different from the English woods that Nathan knew so well. There was little undergrowth, and aisles of darkness led off into the distance, pillared with tree trunks and carpeted with ancient leaf-mould. All was still, almost hushed.
'Spooky innit, dad?' The atmosphere had got to his surrogate son, for the boy was whispering.
Just then something caught their attention that caused them both to stare in wonder. As Damien spoke, a shimmering white shape had appeared silently through the trees. Nathan realised it was a white stag, proud and elegant. It stopped in one of the aisles and nuzzled amongst the leaf-mould, probably looking for beech mast on which to graze.
'Do yuh get white deer, Nate?' Damien murmured.
The deer ambled off, and at the same moment Reggie called out in panic from the clearing.
Yet Damien did not stand still. The hart stopped just inside the wood to gaze back over its shoulder. When Damien took a few steps forward, the hart moved on again and repeated the performance. He wants me to follow him, the boy said to himself.
He turned around. Close and bright with sunlight was the clearing where Nathan and Reggie were. Looking in the other direction, he saw the hart some way on, waiting patiently. Damien jogged after it without another glance behind him.
Afterwards, he could never explain why he had run off after the hart. He knew he should not have, but he could not help himself. He was entranced with the animal in a way that nothing had ever before affected him in his life. The white stag led him in a winding path up the hill. The forest grew lighter as the trees spread further apart. Damien, panting hard, crested a low ridge, where he leaned against a tree trunk to catch his breath.
The hart had cantered a short distance down the other side of the scarp. Damien was being invited onwards, but now the direction they were going became perfectly clear. Rising above the wood close by were several limestone towers of a ruined castle, white in the morning light. The stag waited patiently for Damien to begin descending the slope before guiding him forward once more.


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La Asamblea de Discernimiento de Conveniencia del Sistema (Persa: مجمع تشخیص مصلحت نظام Majma' Taškhīs Maṣlaḥat Nezām) es una de las instituciones básicas de la República Islámica de Irán, cuyo máximos responsables tienen como misión solventar las discrepancias que surjan entre el Parlamento y el Consejo de Guardines.
La ADCS está compuesta por 44 miembros fijos y 1 invitado, que son elegidos cada 5 años por edicto del Líder Supremo. Desde su fundación la presidencia de la ADCS estaba a cargo de Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanyani, y, tras la muerte de este, fue nombrado presidente en funciones Mohammad Ali Movahhedi Kermaní, hasta que el 23 de julio de 2017 fue nombrado presidente para un periodo de 5 años Seyyed Mahmud Hashemi Shahrudí.
La sede de la ADCS se encuentra en el Palacio de Mármol.

Cometidos

La ADCS tiene 8 cometidos, según la Constitución de la República Islámica de Irán. 4 son generales y permanentes, y los otros 4 dependen de situaciones especiales y coyunturales.

Los cuatro cometidos generales

 Ver cuáles de los puntos de vista emitidos por el Parlamento y el Consejo de Guardianes son los convenientes para el estado.

 Elaborar y proponer borradores para las políticas generales de la república islámica, en virtud del párrafo 1 del principio 11 de la Constitución.

 Resolver problemas, consultando con el Líder Supremo.

 Expresar su parecer sobre las consultas relacionadas con la ADCS.

Los cuatro cometidos coyunturales

 Realizar consultas en aquellos asuntos que el Líder Supremo les remite, en cumplimiento del principio 112 de la Constitución.

 Instituir un consejo de 3 miembros para gestionar los asuntos competencias del Líder Supremo en caso de que éste fallezca, dimita o sea cesado.

 Aprobar las leyes del Consejo del Liderazgo en caso del que el Líder Supremo sea cesado, dimita o fallezca. (Si el Líder Supremo se encuentra en su cargo, este cometido pertenece a él mismo)

 Participar en el Consejo de Revisión de la Constitución, en virtud del principio 177 de la Constitución.

Presidentes de la ADCS

Referencias

Gobierno de Irán
Política de Irán


I discovered Fargo through Martin Freeman's involvement. The actor that became a star with Sherlock, and a superstar through The Hobbit is joined by a supercast like Billy Bob Thornton, Colin Hanks and an almost unrecognisable Bob Odenkirk.
The Fargo-TV show is set in the same universe as the 1996 Coen brother film. Fans will recognise a lot of easter eggs and stories connecting with previously told stories by Ethan and Joel. An upcoming season 2 will be told from an anthology-format, with almost no connection points.
There are minor story spoilers in this review.
Just like the movie, most of the series a lot of references are made to the city of Fargo, but with most of the series taking place in a neighbouring state. The first season of Fargo follows the story of loser-insurance salesman Lester Nygaard who encounters contract-killer Lorne Malvo in the sleepy town of Bemidji, Minnesota. Bemidji Deputy Molly Solverson and Duluth police officer Gus Grimly are both characters trying to find their way as things dissolve and resolve around them. When Officer Bill Oswalt becomes Police Chief, it's obvious that not everyone is up for the task of protecting and serving, let alone leading.
In between blood and human horror, there is room for love and life.
Top class acting is combined by the strong writing of show creator Noah Hawley. Jeff Russo is a relative newcomer in the scoring world, but his Fargo Main Theme and the rest of the score is amazing and can be considered a true classic from the moment it aired.
If the events of the show aren't interesting enough, the character progression is done with such subtlety and mastery storytelling that it's just plain fun to watch.
Fargo is one of those series that grabs your attention from the first minutes of the series, all the way until you pop in the final disk and watch the chilling conclusion to this epic tale.
Fargo Season 1 is available in Belgium April 29th 2015 on a gorgeous DVD and Blu-ray filled with extra's like audio commentaries, deleted scenes and making-of features. It's also streaming on Netflix.
With Fargo being the 'center of a crime-syndicate', and Bemidji being Siberia with family restaurants it's easy to forget that North Dakota is an actually nice location with friendly people and a lot of heritage close to the Canadian border.
No, it's not where Mount Rushmore is, that's South Dakota. Instead, it has the gorgeous Theodore Roosevelt National Park with the Maah Daah Hey Trail. And of course, Fargo is one of the nicest fast-growing small towns in the USA. A town-feeling in a 100k city, with heritage places like the famous Fargo Theatre. Just seeing the pictures makes me nostalgic for the time I saw Sin City in Indianapolis back in 2005. For those who have never visited the States, walking around there really feels like walking in a movie.
Minnesota, by the way, is hipster capital, home of Walmart and the original Zombie Pub Crawl. Quite contradictory. I love it!
Hmm, perhaps it is time to take another visit to the States.


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Guwahati is the largest urban area in the entire northeast region of India with a population of well over a million people. The Dispur capital complex has facilitated the growth of the southern areas of the city starting from Ganeshguri all the way till the Panjabari area and beyond. There is also massive residential development taking place towards the east from the Zoo Road area till Hengerabari and Narengi.
Now that our city is on the list of Smart Cities under the project by the Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India, we must take steps to first resolve the basic problems faced by the Guwahatians at present.
Our roads are still too narrow and congested to support the amount of vehicles in the city leading to severe traffic congestions during peak hours.
The city still has open drains and many localities still face a major problem of frequent power cuts and lack of proper water supply.
Some of the "posh" localities in the city are dependent on water tankers to bring in water from time to time. There is also a lack of parking space in all prime localities of the city.
Many streetlights on the main roads are also not functional and the city needs a lot of attention to improve its overall infrastructure.
Guwahati is also one of the fastest growing cities in India and it is estimated that the Guwahati Metropolitan will house about 2.8 million residents by 2025. The female literacy rate of the state is still lagging behind at 88.5% against a male literacy rate of 94.4% and an overall literacy rate of 91.5%.
The manufacturing and petroleum sector does contribute a substantial share to the economy of the city but we must also ensure that steps are taken towards a sustainable development. This must be the top most priority of the industrial giants operating here.
We have many centralized, private and international banks operating in the city as we move towards digitization and a cashless society but not a large population knows how to deal without cash, either due to digital illiteracy or fear of cashless transactions leading to fraud.
The Lokpriya Gopinath International Airport situated in Borjhar, which is also the eleventh busiest airport in India in total passenger traffic, has some of the longest queues. The infrastructure is too poor for it to be called an international airport in comparison to the airports of other cities.
People from various parts of the state migrate to Guwahati in search of better employment opportunities and education which only adds to the overpopulated city beyond what it is built for.
Prices of commodities are increasing rapidly and these keep escalating due to which essentials such as poultry and fish have become unaffordable by some, in a place where fish forms an important part of the cuisine.
Even truckers bringing in vegetables from other states have to pay a lot of money as tax at various check posts on their way to Guwahati in West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and even Meghalaya which adds to the price of the vegetables.
We are a city that still has a limited road network, problem of insurgency, limited delivery of basic services, flash floods, so on and so forth.
Guwahati, in order to become a smart city in true sense must first battle the unplanned population growth which the city has seen over the past few decades and deal with the socio-economic problems which may cause hindrance to its growth and transformation.
(The author is a student of Royal Global University in Guwahati)
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Emily is a scientist in the areas of Chemistry, Nanotechnology, and Geoscience. Her work involves the development of sensing and detection technologies with a focus on remote sensing and in-situ nanosystems. In the age of urbanisation, it is essential to find solutions to the threats that are putting the whole global ecosystem in danger.
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Research focus: developing and using sensing technologies and systems
One of the main consequences of urbanisation has been pollution. Emily believes that an interdisciplinary approach is necessary in order to better address the current issues with regard to pollution monitoring.
Over the past years, she has been developing and using monitoring and detection systems from nanosystems to satellite remote sensing. Emily has applied those systems to address and further investigate water and air pollution as well as new aspects of molecule detection.
Her past experience includes several international awards, like the Stockholm Junior Water Prize in Sweden and the Research Science Institute Fellowship in the United States. She worked as a visiting researcher in leading institutions, including the California Institute of Technology.
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Living in the age of urbanisation, it is important for society to find solutions to the threats that are putting the whole global ecosystem in danger. One of the main consequences of urbanisation has been pollution, which affects different species and is not limited to a single medium. Instead, it negatively impacts the quality of air and water as well as the ability of living organisms to flourish. For that reason, pollution related issues require an interdisciplinary approach. One of the biggest challenges that must be addressed is the lack of real-time monitoring and sensing systems, which could prevent both pollution and environmental damage by identifying these things in their early stages.
Elhacham, a research associate from Tel Aviv University in Israel, believes that an interdisciplinary approach is necessary in order to better address the current issues with regard to pollution monitoring. Over the past ten years, she has been developing and using monitoring and detection systems from nanosystems to satellite remote sensing. Elhacham has applied those systems to address and further investigate water pollution and air pollution as well as new aspects of molecule detection.
Her past experience includes several international awards, like the Stockholm Junior Water Prize in Sweden and the Research Science Institute Fellowship in the USA. She worked as a research student at the California Institute of Technology and at Tel Aviv University. She also has an extensive list of scientific publications. In the future, Elhacham aims to collaborate with other scientists to develop and implement specific solutions to make our planet a greener and healthier place.
The jury was impressed by Elhacham's work to find solutions to such a broad issue. Pollution affects all aspects of the environment, and her work is the key to finding ways to detect it early on.
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Emily Elhacham from Israel visited the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus–Senftenberg on 26 October 2016 in the scope of the international "Green Talents" competition hosted by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). On the photo you can see Emily Elhacham with the doctoral candidate Vitali Scherbahn in the biotechnology laboratory building on the Senftenberg campus in front of the "Nanodetector" analytical apparatus. more: Green Talents Award Winner from Israel Visits the BTU Nanobiotechnology Research Group .


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Mads Mikkelsen Says Replacing Johnny Depp as Grindelwald Is Tricky: There Must Be Links Between Us
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Mads Mikkelsen has broken his silence on replacing Johnny Depp as Grindelwald in the third "Fantastic Beasts" movie, which is now back in production in the United Kingdom. Depp appeared as the villain in the first two "Fantastic Beasts" films but exited the franchise last month after losing his libel lawsuit against U.K. publication The Sun, which alleged Depp was abusive towards ex-wife and actress Amber Heard. Warner Bros. confirmed November 25 that Mikkelsen would be the franchise's new Grindelwald.
"Well it's going to be me, so that's a difference," Mikkelsen told Entertainment Weekly about replacing Depp. "No, this is the tricky part. We're still working it out. There has to be a bridge between what Johnny did and what I'm going to do. And at the same time, I also have to make it my own. But also we have to find a few links [to the previous version of the character] and some bridges so it doesn't completely detach from what he's already masterfully achieved."
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Depp shot only one scene as Grindelwald for "Fantastic Beasts 3," but the actor will still receive his full eight-figure salary for the sequel due to a clause in his contract. Mikkelsen is no stranger to Hollywood tentpoles having played a supporting role in "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" and the villain in "Doctor Strange," nor is he a stranger to franchises with passionate fan followings considering his role as the title character on "Hannibal."
"Job wise, it's obviously super interesting and nice," Mikkelsen said of signing on for the new "Fantastic Beasts" movie. "It's also a shocker that it came after what happened, which is just super sad. I wish [Depp and Heard] the best. These are sad circumstances. I hope both of them will be back in the saddle again really soon."
Mikkelsen is currently making the press rounds in support of his lead role in Thomas Vinterberg's "Another Round," which is Denmark's official Oscar submission in the 2021 race for Best International Feature Film. "Another Round" was named an official selection of the 2020 Cannes Film Festival and screened at NYFF and TIFF.
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I started the New Year out by immediately getting grossly sick, so that really revved my engine up for resolutions and revolutions. Though, let's be honest: I tend to find the concept of resolutions a frustrating thing. Not because they're nonsense or anything, but because I think we all genuinely try our best throughout the year, and sometimes, we set unattainable goals for ourselves.
In short, we set ourselves up for failure, on purpose.
If you're able to hit your 365/goals and 100% them, then ALL MY HATS OFF TO YOU! But ultimately, I tend to go for more nebulous concepts for the sheer fact of Life and All Its Shenanigans.
That should be a book. Seriously.
You can't consider yourself a failure if your life is suddenly thrown into turmoil. You're doing the best you can with what you're given. The problem with that is that we still beat ourselves up for missing the shot, trying our best be damned.
I previously shared my 2019 word with you all: Thrive. That's my overall wish for the year; do more than survive and mark another day off the calendar. On different days, that might mean different things, and that's okay! Long as it's a day well-ticked-off.
I'd love to get a piece of Flash Fiction out at least once a month this year.
I'd REALLY love to finish the first draft of this Urban Fantasy (NOT YA) that I've been hammering away at. I was on course last year, but then November-December happened and… yeah. That was no longer in the cards. I desperately tried to keep my, and my family's, head above water. That's all I could do.
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A: I was drawing since my childhood. The first tattoo I did was in high school, I didn't even think of it so much, but I was asked to do it anyway, because my friends thought that I was good at drawing. At that time I was already interested in tattoo art when I watched movies with heavily tattooed men, I wanted to be same, but I didn't become one of them :) I kept tattooing, there were some big brakes along the way and for me it was simple entertainment.
A: Professionally I started in 2009. I came to one studio in my city and I brought my portfolio. There were small tattoos I did on my friends. They were looking for an artist so It all started there.
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Q: You do great color tattoos, but the black & gray are also really great. What do you prefer?
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Sports Mole selects its Premier League team of the week for gameweek 19, including Paul Pogba, Eden Hazard and three players apiece from Tottenham Hotspur and Everton.
The 2018-19 Premier League season reached its halfway stage this week as the penultimate gameweek of the calendar year threw up goals galore and a couple of surprise results.
Liverpool saw their lead at the top grow to six points courtesy of their 4-0 win over Newcastle United, with Manchester City dropping down to third following defeat to Leicester City.
Tottenham Hotspur are now the leaders' closest challengers having made it 11 goals in two games with a 5-0 win over Bournemouth, while Everton also hit five in their victory at struggling Burnley.
Manchester United continued their recent revival by beating Huddersfield Town and Chelsea edged past Watford to consolidate their place in the top four, with Arsenal dropping points away to Brighton & Hove Albion.
There were also draws between Fulham and Wolverhampton Wanderers and Crystal Palace and Cardiff City, before West Ham brought the gameweek to a close with victory at Southampton.
Here, Sports Mole selects its Premier League team of the week for gameweek 19.
Spurs were the biggest winners of the Boxing Day fixtures, but Hugo Lloris also had work to do at the other end to keep Bournemouth at bay, making four saves en route to the clean sheet.
It is an all-Merseyside back three, with Liverpool's Dejan Lovren keeping a clean sheet and also opening the scoring in explosive fashion against Newcastle at Anfield. The Croat also won a team-high five aerial duels and registered a 91% pass accuracy as Liverpool coasted to all three points.
Everton bounced back from their own heavy defeat by inflicting one on Burnley, and Yerry Mina was one of those on the scoresheet at Turf Moor. Michael Keane also made a goalline clearance for his side, and between them they won a whopping 24 aerial duels to help keep Burnley at bay.
The star of the show for Everton was Lucas Digne, though, with the Frenchman scoring twice to earn his place at left wing-back and complete the trio of Toffees players selected in this XI.
There was more competition for the right wing-back role, with Michail Antonio, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Kyle Walker-Peters all deserving honourable mentions, but we have to include a Leicester player from their win over Man City and goalscorer Ricardo Pereira was the standout performer for the Foxes at the King Power Stadium.
Perhaps predictably, Paul Pogba looks like a new player following Jose Mourinho's exit as manager, and he helped Ole Gunnar Solskjaer mark his first home game in interim charge with a brace against Huddersfield.
Christian Eriksen was also on the scoresheet during Tottenham's win over Bournemouth, as well as registering an assist, to earn a place in the midfield ahead of Nemanja Matic.
Eriksen's Spurs teammate Son Heung-min is unfortunate to miss out following his brace in that rout of the Cherries, but some stiff competition for the forward places means that he is not alone in that regard, with Mohamed Salah, Willian, Lucas Moura and Bernard also absent.
Felipe Anderson scored a quickfire brace to turn things around for West Ham against Southampton, and Eden Hazard was also on the scoresheet twice to earn Chelsea victory by the same 2-1 scoreline at Watford.
Harry Kane ensured that he kept pace with fellow Golden Boot hopefuls Salah and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang with his goal in Tottenham's five-star performance against Bournemouth, becoming the third Spurs player to earn his spot in this XI.
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I have been a bit hesitant to jump into the fray on the evolution debate as this issue can become a very emotive one, especially for many of my close friends.
Questions about creation and evolution are rather fundamental and how we handle them does have repurcussions for our worldviews and for our daily lives too. So, all hesitations aside, here we go.
A bit to my sorrow, I have found that it was my assumptions that caused most of my heartache. The first one was that I knew what my bible teaches about how God created. it took me far too long to realise that while the effect of God's creative action is clear enough, the how is conspicuously absent.
Second wrong assumption was to take the latest findings and theories of science as a static thing. Science is in such a fluctuant state that it is foolish to take its findings as fixed.
Third wrong un was to assume that I could convince my friends that this debate is largely misplaced.
The Pennsylvania Federal Court's ruling and rather acerbic comments will serve only to further polarize a debate which is already heading to Mars. In the final analysis, since science tries to figure out the 'hows' while religion seeks answers to 'whys' there is very little likelihood that they will tread the same path.
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Donor-Advised Funds allow you to continue making your same donations but provide added flexibility and (potentially) massive tax deductions.
By: Taylor Schulte . November 21st, 2018 A A A
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Donor-advised funds have become increasingly popular given the new tax laws in 2018.
They have also become one of our favorite tax savings tips that continues to fly under the radar:
Today, we are going to break it all down for you and explain:
What a Donor-Advised Fund is (in plain English!)
Why you should consider using a Donor-Advised Fund
Exactly how they work and the best way to use one
According to Giving USA, Americans gave over $400 billion to charities in 2017 — a new record and an increase of 3 percent over the previous year when adjusting for inflation.
Charitable giving is alive and well in the United States and there's no better time than now to establish a giving plan for your family.
But, what is the best way to donate to causes you care about?
While there are multiple vehicles you can lean on to support philanthropic giving, we find that donor-advised funds (DAF) tend to be the most efficient and effective giving vehicles.
Donor-advised funds are simple, low-cost, and flexible. They allow donors to maximize the tax benefits of charitable giving while supporting their favorite organizations.
What are Donor-Advised Funds (DAF)?
A DAF is simply an account that helps givers manage their charitable contributions.
Through an agreement with a DAF provider, a donor creates a specially named account (e.g., "Smith Family Fund") to which irrevocable contributions are made.
The donor receives an immediate tax deduction but is not forced to make any grants right away.
They can work with their financial planner to invest and grow the assets and recommend grants to their favorite non-profit, 501(c)(3) organizations at their leisure.
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Why Use Donor-Advised Funds?
Simplicity. Unlike a private foundation, the donor is not responsible for hiring attorneys and accountants or maintaining a board of directors. The sponsoring organization that holds the fund takes responsibility for all the expensive administrative work, including filing annual returns and preparing financial statements.
Tax Efficiency. DAF contributions provide a federal income tax deduction of up to 50 percent of adjusted gross income for cash contributions and up to 30 percent of adjusted gross income for appreciated securities. Along with publicly traded securities, DAF holders can also contribute complex assets such as real estate, limited partnership interests, private C- and S-Corp stock, and other privately held assets.
Flexibility. DAF holders receive an immediate tax deduction for their contribution but, unlike a private foundation, they are not subject to a legal minimum payout requirement. The flexibility helps donors maximize tax benefits while helping them be more systematic and methodical about their giving.
How a Donor-Advised Fund Works
You can put three different types of assets into a donor-advised fund: cash, appreciated stock, and real estate.
When you make a donation, you receive a tax deduction based on the value of your donation. While any donation can be generous and advantageous for your finances, San Diego tax expert Cheryl Rowling, CPA suggests that appreciated stock is the best way to go when using a donor-advised fund.
Once the money is inside a donor-advised fund, you can invest that money for growth tax-free.
If that $100,000 grows to $200,000, you now have $200,000 to gift to qualified charities of your choice. While you don't get a tax break for your money growing from $100,000 to $200,000, there certainly is no taxable gain on that growth.
Distributions from a donor-advised fund must be made to qualified charities.
That means your Uncle Phillip's Popsicle Stand for Needy Carrier Pigeons won't qualify. However, any recognized 501(c)3 should be on the list of approved charities.
Ways to Use Donor-Advised Funds
The great thing about donor-advised funds is not just their tax advantage, but their flexibility.
Once you are set up, you can make a contribution to a donor-advised fund in the year that you experience a large taxable event (e.g., now) and decide which charity to donate to later; you don't have to make an immediate decision about which organization to give the money to — or when to give it.
Donor-Advised Funds offer flexibility for tax planning.
For example, if you want to be charitable but you don't know what sort of organization inspires you quite yet, you can let the money hang out in a donor-advised fund for a decade (or several) before you distribute it.
Letting your charitable funds grow is a strategy Warren Buffet touts to this day.
His thought process is that he should let his money compound for several decades before giving it to a charity. This is because he'll be able to give more money if that's the case.
A donor-advised fund may work well if you want to give money to a charity consistently over a long period of time as opposed to making a one-time donation.
With a donor-advised fund, you can put in a big lump sum at one time, and then make small distributions to your charity of choice over time. Whatever your ideal distribution strategy is, you can accomplish it with a donor-advised fund.
Donor-advised funds can also help you save money on taxes when you receive a large, one-time taxable event.
One-time taxable events include lottery winnings, the sale of a business, or the sale of a rental property. (Windfalls do not include inheritances — as the inheritor does not usually pay tax on gifts received.)
Donor-advised funds can also be a fantastic tool for lowering taxes in retirement, including taxes on required minimum distributions (RMDs) from individual retirement accounts (IRAs).
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* ~~2300 AD~~
* ~~Albedo~~
* ~~Alternity~~
* ~~Battlelords of the 23rd Century~~
* ~~Blackwatch~~
* ~~Buck Rogers XXVC~~
* ~~D6 Space~~
* ~~d20 Future~~
* ~~Diaspora~~
* ~~The Doctor Who Role Playing Game~~
* ~~Eclipse_Phase~~
* ~~Fading Suns~~
* ~~FTL:2448~~
* ~~GURPS Space~~
* ~~Heavy Gear~~
* ~~Incursion~~
* ~~Jovian Chronicles~~
* ~~Legionnaire~~
* ~~Living Steel~~
* ~~Macross II~~
* ~~Mach: The First Colony~~
* ~~The Mechanoid Invasion~~
* ~~MechWarrior~~
* ~~Mekton~~
* ~~The Metabarons Roleplaying Game~~
* ~~Metamorphosis Alpha~~
* ~~Mutant Chronicles~~
* ~~Mutazoids~~
* ~~Other Suns~~
* ~~Pax Draconis~~
* ~~Phoenix Command~~
* ~~Prime Directive~~
* ~~Reich Star~~
* ~~Ringworld~~
* ~~Robotech~~
* ~~Second Dawn~~
* ~~Serenity~~
* ~~Shatterzone~~
* ~~SLA Industries~~
* ~~Space 1889~~
* ~~Space Infantry~~
* ~~Space Master~~
* ~~Space Opera~~
* ~~Spaceship Zero~~
* ~~Star Frontiers~~
* ~~Stargate SG-1~~
* ~~Star Hero~~
* ~~Starship Troopers~~
* ~~Star Trek: The Role Playing Game (FASA)~~
* ~~Star Trek Roleplaying Game (Decipher)~~
* ~~Star Trek: The Next Generation Role-playing Game~~
* ~~Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game (West End Games)~~
* ~~Star Wars Roleplaying Game (Wizards of the Coast)~~
* ~~Star Wars Roleplaying Game (Fantasy Flight Games)~~
* ~~Star Wreck Roleplaying Game~~
* ~~Tales from the Floating Vagabond~~
* ~~Time Lord - a Doctor Who game~~
* ~~Transhuman Space~~
* Traveller
* Traveller: 2300
* ~~Trinity~~
* ~~Uncharted Worlds~~
* ~~Universe~~
* ~~Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay~~

## Sites
* ~~http://markjstock.org/pages/builder.html~~
    * [1998 - Matt Burdick - Accrete2](https://web.archive.org/web/20120201000000*/http://markjstock.org/progs/accrete2.tar.gz)
    * [missing starform copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20120101000000*/http://markjstock.org/progs/starform.tar.gz)

* http://macgui.com/downloads/?file_id=8797
    * In Progress? , 1986- 1990 accrete variant, but in an apple II specific format

* ~~http://www.eldacur.com/~brons/NerdCorner/StarGen/StarGen.html~~
    * [2006 - Jim Burrows - Stargen](https://web.archive.org/web/20070221205935/http://home.comcast.net/~brons/NerdCorner/StarGen/StarGen.html)
    * [2008 - Jim Burrows - Stargen](http://www.eldacur.com/~brons/NerdCorner/StarGen/StarGen.html)

* ~~http://firedrake.org/keris/stars/index.html~~
    * [1999 - Keris - Accretion v1](https://web.archive.org/web/20040905132355/http://firedrake.org/keris/stars/index.html)
    * [2000 - Keris - Accretion v2](https://web.archive.org/web/20040905132355/http://firedrake.org/keris/stars/index.html)
    * [2000 - Keris - Starform](https://web.archive.org/web/20040905132355/http://firedrake.org/keris/stars/index.html)

* ~~https://lostdelights.wordpress.com/2012/03/14/generating-solar-systems/~~
    * Matt Burdick's Brother

* ~~http://www.verycomputer.com/155_56560648c59cb1e0_1.htm~~
    * Post by Steve Dang about some accrete stuff he is hosting

* ~~http://reocities.com/CapeCanaveral/8191/usml.html~~
    * [1995 - Andrew Folkins - Accretion](http://reocities.com/CapeCanaveral/8191/usml.html)
    * [1995 - Matt Burdick - Starform](http://reocities.com/CapeCanaveral/8191/usml.html)
    * Steve Dang Geocities Site

* ~~http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/starmaps/links.php~~
    * Has links to other already known accrete / world building resources
    * [1998 - Carl Burke - Starform](http://www.reocities.com/Area51/6902/w_accr.html)

* ~~https://medium.com/acrossthegalaxy/dev-blog-2016-09-15-system-generation-8e04efe5c344#.yrtc7ydvl~~
    * Related to Accrete, but in Unity and from scratch, Annoyingly does not list versions

* ~~http://www.fedtrek.com/staff/omega13a/rpms/fc14/i386/stargen.html~~
    * [2013 - Brandon Amaro - Stargen](http://www.fedtrek.com/staff/omega13a/stargen_2013.zip)
    * More up-to-date version [here](https://github.com/omega13a/stargen)

* ~~https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ports-bugs/2003-June/004813.html~~
    * [2003 - Chuck Swiger - Accrete](https://sourceforge.net/projects/accrete/?source=typ_redirect)

* ~~(https://groups.google.com/forum/#!search/Joe$20Nowakowski$20accrete%7Csort:relevance)~~
    * Attempt to find posting of accrete by Joe Nowakowski

* ~~http://jendaveallen.com/builder/index.html~~
    * Dave Allen's website hosted a few generators a while ago, but nothing on accrete

* ~~http://www.lns.cornell.edu/~seb/celestia/~~
    * links to many of the versions already discovered

* ~~http://www.znark.com/create/accrete.html~~
    * [1994 - Matt Burdick - Accretion](http://www.znark.com/create/files/accretion.zip)
    * [1994 - Matt Burdick - Accrete](http://www.znark.com/create/files/accrete.zip)
    * [1994 - Matt Burdick - Starform](http://www.znark.com/create/files/starform.zip)
    * [1997 - Ian Burrell - Accrete](http://www.znark.com/java/accrete/accrete-src.zip)
    * [2001 - Jon Leech - Accrete](http://www.znark.com/create/files/acrete.zip)

* ~~http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/preproom/adaptaccrete.html~~
    * Traveller RPG Stuff
    * [Sagan's Paper](https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19770006045.pdf)

* ~~http://www.mu.org/~joe/traveller/archive/software/~~
    * [1997 - Christopher E. Web - Accrete2 Mod 0](http://www.mu.org/~joe/traveller/archive/software/accrete2.zip)
    * [1997 - Christopher E. Web - Accrete3](http://www.mu.org/~joe/traveller/archive/software/accrete3.zip)
    * Other useful traveller rpg worldbuilding programs

* ~~http://seegras.discordia.ch/Roleplay/Traveller/Software/~~
    * [1999 - Peter Keel - Accrete](http://seegras.discordia.ch/Roleplay/Traveller/Software/Accrete.tgz)
    * [1999 - Peter Keel - Starform](http://seegras.discordia.ch/Roleplay/Traveller/Software/StarForm.tgz)
    * Other useful traveller rpg worldbuilding programs

* ~~http://www.therpgsite.com/showthread.php?33255-Wanted-Tool-for-generating-Traveller-world-maps/page2&s=3edb549b7ab51c92c68bded225747753~~
    * Other useful traveller rpg worldbuilding programs

* ~~http://www.therpgsite.com/showthread.php?11563-Traveller-Online-Generators-Tools-amp-c~~
    * Other useful traveller rpg worldbuilding programs

* ~~http://www.therpgsite.com/showthread.php?28548-Alternate-Traveller-Worldgen-Procedures~~
   * Other useful traveller rpg worldbuilding programs

* ~~ftp.wustl.edu/pub/msdos_uploads/misc/USML~~
    * Inaccessible

* ftp://caliban.physics.utoronto.ca/pub/accrete.tar.Z
    * ftp://caliban.physics.utoronto.ca/pub/www/neufeld/Welcome.html

* ~~http://www.clark.net/pub/nyrath/starmap.html~~
    * nyrath's accrete copy [page](https://web.archive.org/web/19961222034517/http://www.clark.net/pub/nyrath/smap07.html#new30)
    * Aina's ACCRETE based starsystem generator program. [pre v2](https://web.archive.org/web/20050623080038/http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/2691/stargen.html)
    * Aina's ACCRETE based starsystem generator program. [v2](https://web.archive.org/web/20040916201003/http://www.lemoneyes-radio.com/stargen/)

* ~~http://www.hooked.net/~dberry/index.html~~
    * Has [two accrete versions](https://web.archive.org/web/19990220140015/http://www.hooked.net/%7Edberry/gateway.html) similar to C. Webb's stuff but
    nothing archived.

* http://members.aol.com/jimvassila/
    * moved to here  http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Starship/8023
    * then here http://www.elektrasystems.net/~jimv

* ~~http://members.tip.net.au/~davidjw/jumplink/tjp_titl.htm~~
    * links to [Christopher Webb's site](https://web.archive.org/web/19970709191550/http://www.mscomm.com/~cwebb/trav.html) which contains already referenced links
    * [1997 - Christopher E. Web - Accrete2 Mod 1](https://web.archive.org/web/19970709191550/http://www.mscomm.com/~cwebb/download/accrete2.zip)

* http://www.sjgames.com/gameaids/gurps/stargen.zip

## Git Repos

* https://github.com/ThomasKerman/Accrete
    * apparently resolves to https://github.com/StollD/Accrete
    * added snapshot as "2016 - Dorian Stoll - Accrete"

* https://github.com/zonkmachine/starsysgen
    * added snapshot as "2015 - Oskar Wallgren - Accrete"

* https://github.com/calebrob6/accrete
    * added snapshot as "2013 - Caleb Robinson - Accrete"

* https://bitbucket.org/dchapes/accrete
   * added snapshot as "2016 - Dave Chapeskie - Accrete"

* https://github.com/omega13a/stargen
   * added snapshot as "2014 - Brandon Amaro - Stargen"

* https://github.com/kennon/Accrete.js
    * added snapshot as "2013 - Kennon Ballou - Accrete"

* https://github.com/Zomega/garnets
    * added snapshot as "2015 - Will Oursler - Stargen"

* https://github.com/makhidkarun/stargen
    * added snapshot as "2014 - Joseph Heck - Stargen"

* https://github.com/grahamreeds/StarGen
    * added snapshot as "2013 - Graham Reeds - Stargen"

* https://github.com/fusiongyro/starform
    * added snapshot as "2013 - Daniel Lyons - Starform"

* https://github.com/kbingman/accretejs
   * added snapshot as "2015 - Keith Bingman - Accrete"

* https://github.com/tmanderson/Accrete.js
  * added snapshot as "2013 - Mitch Anderson - Accrete"

* https://github.com/kbingman/accrete
  * added snapshot as "2014 - Keith Bingman - Accrete"

* https://github.com/makhidkarun/accrete2
  * added snapshot as "2013 - Joseph Heck - Accrete2"

* https://github.com/sveco/AccreteSharp
  * added snapshot as  "2012 - sveco - Accrete"

* https://github.com/donggas90/ACCRETEPlus
  * added snapshot as "2015- Jong-il Hong - Accrete"

* https://github.com/pgremo/accrete
  * added snapshot as "2013 - pgremo - Accrete"

* https://github.com/glegeza/StarformNET
    * may still be in active development
    * added snapshot as "2017 - George Legeza - Starform"

* https://github.com/monolar/accrete-rb
 * added snapshot as "2015 - Andreas Marr - Accrete"

* https://github.com/monolar/nim-accrete
* added snapshot as "2015 - Andreas Marr - Accrete - Nim"

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Co(ld) War: Why Some Landlords Prefer WeWork and Others Reach for Knotel
By Nicholas Rizzi	August 13, 2019 12:00 pm
WeWork's Adam Neumann and Knotel's Amol Sarva.	Photos by WeWork and sasha maslov/for commercial observer
Like a Soviets-versus-U.S. space race, New York landlords have to figure out which side of the Iron Curtain they want to be on: WeWork's or Knotel's.
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WeWork and Knotel are the two biggest flexible office space providers in the city, competing for tenants and offices with relatively few overt acts of aggression, with both brands nabbing large chunks of space in buildings and sometimes even working with the same landlords.
"I did lease space to WeWork, and WeWork has done incredible," said Alex Sapir, the CEO of the Sapir Organization, who invested in Knotel last year. "I think what [WeWork] has been doing is great, but I'm a Knotel guy now."
Last September, WeWork officially became the city's largest office tenant, with more than 5.2 million square feet (and counting). The timing was prescient, with Cushman & Wakefield dubbing 2018 the "Year of the Coworking/Flex Office Sector." WeWork has since closed on a $6 billion fundraising round led by SoftBank Group and is zeroing in on a public offering that's rumored to start next month.
But Knotel hasn't been sitting idly by. This summer, the younger firm nabbed space in its 100th building in New York City, bringing its presence in the Big Apple to nearly 2.5 million square feet, the company said. It has reportedly been in talks to close on a $200 million Series C funding round. (Disclosure: Joseph Meyer, Commercial Observer's publisher, is an investor in Knotel.)
"It kind of reminds me of the whole Sweetgreen and Dig Inn play," said Ash Zandieh, the chief research advisor at CREtech who monitors the space. "They are in relatively the same location, but Dig Inn always goes in after Sweetgreen, and Sweetgreen pays a higher price per square foot."
Zandieh likened the deep-pocketed WeWork to Sweetgreen and said landlords like to work with the company because it "can absorb more square footage than Knotel can."
WeWork fully occupies at least five buildings around the city and occupies at least 50 percent of the space in a dozen other properties, The Real Deal reported.
"[WeWork] has been a pleasure to work with," said David Zar, a principal at Zar Property NY who leased his entire 46,000-square-foot 349 Fifth Avenue to WeWork in 2011. "We frequently discuss upcoming lease opportunities and are confident in future transactions between us."
But doing deals with WeWork isn't easy compared to other flexible workspace brands, some property owners say. A landlord — who requested anonymity — who has leased multiple spaces to Knotel said there was nothing "out of the ordinary" working with Knotel, and said he has never inked a deal with WeWork.
"[WeWork was] often extremely aggressive when they made offers, which we found to be a turnoff," the owner said. A spokesman for WeWork declined to comment for the story.
One landlord — who also spoke on the condition of anonymity because he has leased offices to the company — said the amount of space WeWork can take makes it an attractive tenant, especially if a spot has been vacant for a while.
"If I was an owner [who had a building vacant] after five years, I would lease it to these guys in a heartbeat," the landlord said.
Coworking and flexible workplace companies had a surge in leasing activity the past year, with a stratospheric 200 percent jump from 2017 to 2018, according to a year-end CBRE report released in January. Coworking firms accounted for 18 percent of all Manhattan deals inked in 2018, compared to the 6 percent they comprised in 2017, the report found.
Eugene Lee, Knotel's chief investment officer, credited the 3-year-old company's massive growth to forging relationships with landlords who sign multiple deals. Depending on the market, 20 to 40 percent of Knotel's portfolio has been signed with repeat owners.
"It has always been part of the plan with us to develop these deeper relations with owners," Lee said. "It was a lot of education. We spent a lot of time getting to know the owner community and developing relationships with landlords. It took a little bit of time [for them] to get comfortable with us and how we're different from coworking."
Unlike traditional coworking which has shared desks for freelancers and packs several start-ups into the same office block, Knotel tends to lease space on a flexible basis to more established companies and offers them more private offices, Lee said.
Lee said once Knotel has signed one lease with a landlord, future deals become a quicker process because they'll follow a similar deal structure.
But the landlord who has leased to WeWork before said that wasn't the case with them; in fact, he said that as the coworking behemoth grew, it became harder and harder to sign more deals.
"They are in a strong position," he said, adding that WeWork has been a "pleasure" to work with as an actual tenant. "They're gobbling up space weekly. When they make proposals they're very competitive and they ask for generous amounts of [tenant improvements] and free rent. Owners may have no choice but to bite the bullet and give it to them."
And, even if Knotel can be a bit less aggressive in asking for free rent or tenant improvements, it still asks for a generous amount of concessions from owners, the landlord said. He added he's turned down offers from every other coworking brand but WeWork.
"WeWork has a track record," he said. "Some of these companies are just two guys that may have managed a coworking space. If we had to lease to any coworking it would definitely be to WeWork."
Lee didn't agree that Knotel asked for an unreasonable amount from landlords and its "concession packages probably look materially different from folks who are doing more traditional coworking."
Some owners can't choose between the two. In May, WeWork signed a deal for 67,858 square feet at Walter & Samuels' 419 Park Avenue South and will install signage on the front of the 20-story building, as Commercial Observer previously reported. However, Knotel has had a 9,000-square-foot outpost in that property since 2017 when it took over coworking company Grind's space.
A spokeswoman for Walter & Samuels did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
On its website, Knotel touts to potential landlords that it has less turnover, more established companies, and the same impact on a space as a standard office compared to other coworking companies.
Sapir heaped praise on the types of tenants Knotel has attracted to its 45,000-square-foot space at 261 Madison Avenue and has recommended Knotel to other landlords.
"From a landlord's perspective, they're fast, they fill the space and they're profitable," Sapir said. "Which, I think, are the three most important things for a landlord."
Knotel has also made a push to enter into management agreements — which can include profit-splitting — with owners since its founding, which Lee said has been a big reason they've been able to nail down multiple deals with the same landlords. Lee said management agreements account for 20 to 25 percent of Knotel's portfolio.
Last year, WeWork followed suit with a big push into partnership agreements by poaching top CBRE producer Sarah Pontius to become the global head of a real estate partnership division as it faces competition from the likes of Knotel, Industrious, and other landlords opening coworking brands.
"A lot of landlords have the perception that WeWork in some sense is being competitive to their business," Peter Hansen, a vice president in WeWork's real estate partnership division, previously told CO. "We're now complementary to their business. They are sharing in the upside of the operation."
"It's no longer an 'us versus them' in trying to capture the tenants," he added.
But the differences between WeWork and Knotel don't just begin and end at the deal table with landlords. The two have very different vibes to offer prospective tenants.
Knotel — which focuses mainly on mid-sized firms — constantly publicizes that its office spaces are branded for the company and not Knotel itself. While WeWork itself started HQ by WeWork last August to host mid-size tenants, it is still known for its large blocks of glass office spaces occupied by smaller companies, with WeWork branding all over.
"[WeWork] was crowded," said Yan Karklin, an engineer at health start-up Bayesian Health who helped the five-person company search for space in New York City this summer. "The vibe was very 'young people' and not super professional." He added that the spaces tended to be louder than other places the start-up toured.
Karklin considered three other coworking brands, a shortlist which didn't include Knotel, before ultimately signing a deal at Serendipity Labs in the Financial District last month.
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