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Kgosi Sekonyela (1804 – 20 July 1856) was a chief of the Batlokwa people. He effectively took over the chieftainship from his mother queen Manthatisi in 1824 settling in Jwalaboholo in modern day northern Lesotho. He regularly engaged in cattle raids on neighbouring tribes, often to the detriment of his own people. In late 1853, Sekonyela's Tlôkwa Chiefdom was defeated by the army of Basotho king Moshoeshoe I. Most of his tribesmen were subsequently dispersed or absorbed by the victors. Sekonyela moved to Herschel where he died three years later.

Early life
Sekonyela was born around 1804, he was the son of Kgosi Mokotjo of the Batlokwa people who married Monyalue of the Basia, who then became Manthatisi after the birth of their first child – Nthatisi. At the time the Batlokwa were living in the valleys of the Namahadi River. Makotjo was the chief of the Mokotleng Tlokwa chiefdom. Mokotjo died following an illness while on a mission to claim the area around Hohobeng from the rival Batlokwa chief Lebasa. Mokotjo contracted a disease, died, and his body was sent back to Nkwe for burial. At the time of Mokotjo's death, Sekonyela was only nine years old and it would be another ten years before he was old enough to rule. The same thing had happened to Mokotjo's mother Ntlo-Kholo who had married Montueli. When Montueli passed away, Ntlo-Kholo assumed chieftainship until Mokotjo came of age. When Manthatisi became regent, she sent Sekonyela to live with her people – the Basia – in order to protect him from political rivalry. The Basia lived south of the Batlokwa and were their allies. Sekonyela attended circumcision school with the Basia people, assisted by his uncle Letlala, the chief of the Basia. At the time the Mokotleng were among the most powerful chiefdoms in the Highveld.

Reign
Following the outbreak of the Mfecane wars, Manthatisi led her people on two years of wandering between the Sand and Orange Rivers. During that period, the Batlokwa lived mainly through plunder before finally settling at Marabeng during the winter of 1824. By then both the population of the tribe and its cattle herds had been significantly reduced. It was at that time that Sekonyela re-joined the tribe and effectively took over leadership from his mother. The exact year he ascended to chieftainship is unknown, he had certainly done so by 1834.

One of his major challenges was encounters with the European missionaries in the 1830s. While some black kingdoms were friendly towards the missionaries, others were hostile. Sekonyela was one of the rulers who remained distrustful of the missionaries. In addition, another European group – the Voortrekker came into contact with the Batlokwa; moving from the Cape into the interior. Seeking land and livestock, in some instances they negotiated their way into black communities, in other instances dislodging them. This caused major conflicts. In 1830, Sekonyela and his people settled near the Caledon River, where his major rival became King Moshoeshoe I. They rivaled for control over modern day northern Lesotho. For twenty years, the two rivals raided each other and competed for adherents from the many refugee bands in the region.

In 1836 French missionary Arbousset visited Sekonyela, estimating his tribe to number approximately 14,000 people; of whom 1,400 lived around Marabeng. The same year, the Batlokwa were attacked by Korana raiders. Sekonyela was impressed by their skills, which included horse riding and shooting, and requested them to impart those skills on to his people. Their relations did not last long, as soon disputes led the Korana out, who relocated to Koranaberg (Excelsior and Marquard). This was after stealing most of the cattle of the Batlokwa. Sekonyela then relocated across the Caledon. A year later there were encounters again with the Korana, which led the Batlokwa deep into the Maloti Mountains and their cattle were once again looted. The wars with the Korana and his indiscriminate cattle raiding cost Sekonyela heavily in both in cattle and followers. At one point he only commanded 700 people.

In 1837, Sekonyela's tribesmen stole some cattle from the Zulu chief Dingane. When the latter requested restitution, Sekonyela sent an insulting reply. Dingane employed the services of Voortrekker leader Piet Retief who imprisoned Sekonyela by trickery. The Batlokwa were forced to return Dingane's stolen cattle along with ransom totaling 700 cattle, 70 horses and 30 muskets for his release. Sekonyela obliged and was freed. Retief decided not to surrender Sekonyela to Dingane, who had initially asked for 300 cows. The rest, Retief took for himself. He also confiscated guns from the Batlokwa, which Sekonyela had obtained through barter. Retief decided to put the blame on Sekonyela so that he could negotiate a Voortrekker settlement in Dingane's area. This however did not work in Retief's favour as Dingane went ahead and executed him and his entourage.

In May 1849, Sekonyela and the Korana, particularly their leader Gert Taaibosch, were reconciled and this is when a number of attacks against Moshoeshoe I were carried out. In the past, the Korana and Moshoeshoe I had disputes over land, particularly land near the Caledon. On 1 September 1850, Major Henry Douglas Warden - who was in charge of the Orange Free State, after it was annexed by the British in 1848 – was granted permission by the Orange Free State government to take military action against Sekonyela in order to end the frequent attacks on the Basotho and Bataung. This was after Moshoeshoe I and the Bataung had complained about the frequent raids by Sekonyela. This was however not realised due to mediation from Taaibosch. Sekonyela paid a fine of 300 cows after showing remorse. During that time Sekonyela also led some successful cattle raids against neighbouring chiefdoms to the north and north-east. In February 1852, Assistant Commissioner Hogge met with Moshoeshoe I, assuring him that the British would no longer interfere into inter-tribal conflicts. Having significantly surpassed Sekoyela's chiefdom in strength and growing tired of his raiding Moshoeshoe I was determined to punish any further incursions.

In March 1852, the Batlokwa stole 10 of Moshoeshoe's best horses. Moshoeshoe assembled warriors from across his kingdom and was joined by tributaries such as Morosi and allied Thembu. A force of some 7,000 men attacked Makosane, the village of Sekonyela's brother 'Mota. The Batlokwa regiments were defeated, their herds were driven away while their crops and huts were burned. After destroying the village of Nkhahle, Moshoeshoe's army advanced on Sekonyela's stronghold at Marabeng and that of his son Maketekete at Jwalaboholo. Sekonyela made a peace offering and Moshoeshoe accepted it. The Batlokwa had lost almost 50 men killed and most of their cattle. Moshoeshoe had offered Sekonyela an alliance in the face of increasing Boer and British encroachment. Fearful of becoming his subordinate Sekonyela refused.

Defeat and death
After the Battle of Berea on 20 December 1852, Taaibosch and Sekonyela attacked the Bataung of Tolo in Winburg and the Kgolokwe under Witsie in the Harrismith District. In the battle of Khoro-e-Betloa against the Basotho, which ensued towards the end of 1853 (between October and November), Taaibosch was killed at Dawidsberg. After the death of Taaibosch, the Basotho army overwhelmed the Batlokwa and drove Sekonyela out of Jwalaboholo. Following that defeat, Sekonyela fled to Winburg with very few of his people. The bulk of his people joined Moshoeshoe I; and others relocated to the Eastern Cape with a small portion fleeing north to integrate with Batswana. He later moved to a plot given by George Russell Clerk – at Wittenberg Reserve in the Herschel District of Eastern Cape. Sekonyela died on 20 July 1856.

According to oral traditions recorded by his great-grandson, Felix Maketekete Sekonyela, Sekonyela had seven wives who bore him children and several more who did not. Foreign visitors were unanimous in their unfavourable descriptions of Sekonyela. This was owing partly to his persecution of Christian converts, three of whom he had personally executed on accusations of witchcraft. Modern day Batlokwa refer to Sekonyela as bohale meaning fierce or angry, due to his propensity for anger and the poor treatment he meted to his followers.

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References

Monarchies of South Africa
Northern Sotho
1804 births
1856 deaths

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South Kensington is a London Underground station in the district of South Kensington, south west London. It is served by the District, Circle and Piccadilly lines. On the District and Circle lines it is between Gloucester Road and Sloane Square, and on the Piccadilly line between Gloucester Road and Knightsbridge. It is in Travelcard Zone 1. The main station entrance is located at the junction of Old Brompton Road (A3218), Thurloe Place, Harrington Road, Onslow Place and Pelham Street. Subsidiary entrances are located in Exhibition Road giving access by pedestrian tunnel to the Natural History, Science and Victoria and Albert Museums. Also close by are the Royal Albert Hall, Imperial College London, the Royal College of Music, the London branch of the Goethe-Institut and the Ismaili Centre.

The station is in two parts: sub-surface platforms opened in 1868 by the Metropolitan Railway and the District Railway as part of the companies' extension of the Inner Circle route eastwards from Gloucester Road to Westminster and deep level platforms opened in 1906 by the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway. A variety of underground and main line services have operated over the sub-surface tracks, which have been modified several times to suit operational demands with the current arrangement being achieved in the 1960s. The deep-level platforms have remained largely unaltered, although the installation of escalators in the 1970s to replace lifts improved interchanges between the two parts of the station. Parts of the sub-surface station and the Exhibition Road pedestrian tunnel are Grade II listed.

History

Sub-surface station
The station was opened on 24 December 1868 by the Metropolitan Railway (MR, later the Metropolitan line) and the District Railway (DR, later the District line). The MR had previously opened an extension from Paddington (Praed Street) (now Paddington) to Gloucester Road on 1 October 1868 and opened tracks to South Kensington to connect to the DR when the DR opened the first section of its line to Westminster. The original South Kensington station, designed by the MR's engineer John Fowler, had two platforms although it was intended that this would be supplemented as DR services extended.

On 1 August 1870, the DR opened additional tracks between Gloucester Road and South Kensington. On 10 July 1871, the DR opened its own facilities at South Kensington. The enlarged station had two through platforms for each company and a bay platform for terminating MR trains from the west. The junction between the two companies' tracks was also moved from the west side of the station to the east side.

On 1 February 1872, the DR opened a northbound branch from its station at Earl's Court to connect to the West London Extension Joint Railway (WLEJR, now the West London Line) at Addison Road (now Kensington (Olympia)). From that date the Outer Circle service began running over the DR's tracks. The service was run by the North London Railway (NLR) from its terminus at Broad Street (now demolished) in the City of London via the North London Line to Willesden Junction, then the West London Line to Addison Road and the DR to Mansion House – at that time the eastern terminus of the DR.

From 1 August 1872, the Middle Circle service also began operations through South Kensington, running from Moorgate along the MR's tracks on the north side of the Inner Circle to Paddington, then over the Hammersmith & City Railway (H&CR) track to Latimer Road, then, via a now demolished link, on the WLEJR to Addison Road and the DR to Mansion House. The service was operated jointly by the H&CR and the DR.

On 4 May 1885, the DR opened a pedestrian subway running from the station beneath the length of Exhibition Road, giving sheltered access to the newly built museums for a toll of 1 penny. Although it had cost £42,614 to construct (approximately £ today), it was closed on 10 November 1886 and afterwards was opened only occasionally for special museum events. In 1890, the South Kensington and Paddington Subway (SK&PS), a proposed cut-and-cover railway planned to run from South Kensington to Paddington station, offered to purchase the under-used pedestrian subway for use as the first section of its tunnel. At  wide and  high the subway could have accommodated two tracks without difficulty, but the SK&PS's controversial plan to excavate a trench across Hyde Park was opposed and the railway withdrew its private bill from Parliament in March 1891. The DR continued to open the subway intermittently and charged a toll until 1908, when it was opened permanently for free. On 30 June 1900, the Middle Circle service was withdrawn between Earl's Court and Mansion House, and, on 31 December 1908, the Outer Circle service was also shortened to terminate at Earl's Court. In 1907, the current arcaded station entrance was opened to a design by George Sherrin.

In 1949, the Metropolitan line-operated Inner Circle route was given its own identity on the tube map as the Circle line. In June 1957, the reversing bay track was taken out of use and the track bed was later filled to connect the two island platforms. The eastbound MR platform (Number 1) and westbound DR platform (Number 4) were taken out of use in January 1966 and March 1969 respectively. The tracks for these platforms were also removed and platform 4 was subsequently demolished in the early 1970s to allow escalators to be provided to the Piccadilly line. The widened island platform is now served by the District and Circle lines in both directions. Following the closure of platforms 1 and 4, platform 3 was renumbered as 1. The current arrangement has trains running in opposite directions to the original layout. During service disruption or engineering works, trains can also run Eastbound from Platform 1. The arcaded station entrance and shops, the brick retaining walls to the sub-surface platforms and the Exhibition Road pedestrian tunnel are Grade II listed structures.

Over the decades, there were also a number of aborted attempts to build above the station with hotels, offices and a shopping mall proposed at times. None were built.

Deep-level station

By the beginning of the 20th century, the DR had been extended to Richmond, Ealing Broadway, Hounslow West and Wimbledon in the west and to New Cross Gate in the east. The southern section of the Inner Circle was suffering considerable congestion between South Kensington and Mansion House, between which stations the DR was running an average of 20 trains per hour with more in the peak periods.

To relieve the congestion, the DR planned an express deep-level tube line starting from a connection to its sub-surface tracks west of Gloucester Road and running to Mansion House. The tunnels were planned to run about  beneath the existing sub-surface route with only one intermediate stop at Charing Cross (now Embankment). Parliamentary approval was obtained in 1897 but no work was done. In 1898, the DR took over the Brompton and Piccadilly Circus Railway (B&PCR) which had a route planned from South Kensington to Piccadilly Circus. The route was modified to join the DR deep-level route at South Kensington.

Following the purchase of the DR by the Underground Electric Railways Company of London in 1902, the planned DR and B&PCR lines were merged with a third proposed route from the Great Northern and Strand Railway. The DR deep-level route was revised at its western end to continue to Earl's Court and surface to the east of Barons Court.

The deep-level platforms were opened on 15 December 1906 by the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway (GNP&BR, now the Piccadilly line) which ran between Finsbury Park and Hammersmith. The platforms are placed eastbound above westbound and were originally served by lifts from street level stopping at both platform levels. Eastbound GNP&BR trains and DR trains would have shared the same platform with the two routes separating at a junction immediately to the east of the station. Westbound trains would have had separate platforms at the lower level with the routes merging at a junction west of the station. Although construction of the section of the DR tube route east of South Kensington had been postponed, a partial,  long, section of the westbound DR platform was built along with the two for GNP&BR use. Though closed-off from the rest of the station, it was linked to the lift lobby and was tiled to match the other platforms. Enlarged tunnel sections for the junctions were constructed with the original running tunnels and remain visible from passing trains. A new surface building on Pelham Street for the lifts was designed by Leslie Green with the GNP&BR's distinctive ox-blood red glazed terracotta façade.

The unused westbound tunnel was used during World War I to store art from the Victoria & Albert Museum and china from Buckingham Palace and, from 1927 to 1939, was used as a signalling school. During World War II it contained equipment to detect bombs falling in the River Thames which might require the emergency floodgates on the under-river tunnels to be closed.

In the early 1970s the lifts to the Piccadilly line platforms were replaced by escalators, with one pair being provided between the ticket hall and a new intermediate level, where it met a linking passageway to the Circle and District line platforms, and three being provided from there to a lower concourse between the levels of the two Piccadilly line platforms. Stairs up and down from the lower concourse connect to the platforms. The stairs and passage to the westbound platform are located in the disused DR westbound platform tunnel. With the introduction of escalators, the GNP&BR station building was taken out of use.

In February 2021, access to the Piccadilly line was closed in order to replace the escalators. The work was completed by June 2022.

Future proposals
Many stations on the Circle line which were originally constructed in open cuttings have been subject to air-rights developments where cuttings have been roofed over with buildings built above. South Kensington station and the adjacent shop premises occupy a site of approximately  and proposals for redevelopment of the station and the site have been made a number of times since 1989 without success.
In December 2016, Transport for London published outline proposals prepared by architects BuckleyGrayYeoman for a redevelopment of the buildings to the west of the station arcade and in Thurloe Street and space to the south of the station cutting on Pelham Street. The proposal includes bringing the disused northern platform back into use for eastbound trains, a new entrance to Thurloe Street, a reconfigured ticket hall and provision of step-free access throughout the station.

Services
The station is in Travelcard Zone 1 On the District and Circle lines, the station is between Gloucester Road and Sloane Square, and on the Piccadilly line, it is between Gloucester Road and Knightsbridge. South Kensington is the easternmost interchange between these three lines. Train frequencies vary throughout the day, but generally District line trains operate every 2–6 minutes from approximately 05:15 to 00:30 eastbound and 05:45 to 00:45 westbound; they are supplemented by Circle line trains every 8–12 minutes from approximately 05:30 to 00:30 clockwise and 05:40 to 00:15 anticlockwise. Piccadilly line trains operate every 2–6 minutes from approximately 05:40 to 00:25 eastbound and 05:50 to 00:40 westbound.

On the Piccadilly line 1973 Stock is used. On the Circle and District lines S Stock is used.

Connections
London Buses routes 14, 49, 70, 74, 345, 360, 414, 430 and C1 and night routes N74 and N97 serve the station.
There is a Santander Cycles rental station north of the station in Thurlow Street.

In literature
South Kensington is one of two tube stations (the other being Sloane Square) mentioned in the song "When you're lying awake" from the operetta Iolanthe by Gilbert and Sullivan.

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London Transport Museum Photographic Archive

Circle line (London Underground) stations
District line stations
Piccadilly line stations
London Underground Night Tube stations
Tube stations in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Former Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway stations
Former Metropolitan Railway stations
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1868
Former Metropolitan District Railway stations
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1871
Brompton, London
Tube station
Leslie Green railway stations


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#5: The Path to Success in Law and Entertainment with Director of NETFLIX Original Series, Chris Carter
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Have you ever wondered what it's like to work at NETFLIX? Me too!!
In this episode of The Healthy Hustle, we hear from the Director of NETFLIX Original Series, Business and Legal Affairs — Chris Carter. Chris Carter graduated from Villanova with his degree in Accounting, which further led him to Law School at USC. Carter has a super interesting story whilst carving out his path to Success in Law and Entertainment, ultimately landing a flourishing career at Netflix.
From the journey of going through Law School to finding your tribe in LA, Carter and I cover a wide range of topics! A true dear friend of mine and someone I am thrilled for you to hear from. Whether you're a listener aspiring to have a career in Law, Entertainment, or Entrepreneurship, this episode is filled with insightful snippets to transfer to all aspects of life! Thanks so much for listening, enjoy! xx
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Q: RangeError (RangeError (index): Invalid value: Valid value range is empty: 0) error when deleting an item from a list from an alert dialog I am pretty new to flutter and am following a course and ran into this error:
RangeError (RangeError (index): Invalid value: Valid value range is empty: 0)

Background
The simple app I am writing to learn flutter is a task management app where we have a list of tasks, and you can click a button to add new tasks to the list.
When viewing the main list of tasks you can click "View" and an Alert Dialog pops up showing the Task "title" and task "description" in an Alert Dialog.
In the Alert Dialog I have a "save" and "delete" button. The save works fine, I am having issues with the delete button.
Code
class Rivers extends StatelessWidget {
  const Rivers({Key? key}) : super(key: key);

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return Scaffold(
      appBar: AppBar(
        title: const Text('Wave a Task'),
      ),
      body: Column(
        children: const [
          CircleAvatar(
            radius: 40,
            backgroundImage: AssetImage('images/wave.png'),
          ),
          RiverBody(),
        ],
      ),
      floatingActionButtonLocation: FloatingActionButtonLocation.centerFloat,
      floatingActionButton: FloatingActionButton(
        onPressed: () {
          Navigator.of(context).push(
            MaterialPageRoute(
              builder: (context) => TaskPage(),
            ),
          );
        },
        child: const Icon(Icons.add),
      ),
    );
  }
}

class RiverBody extends StatelessWidget {
  const RiverBody({Key? key}) : super(key: key);

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return Expanded(
      child: ListView(
        padding: const EdgeInsets.only(top: 10.0),
        children: List.generate(
          Provider.of<Tasks>(context).tasks.length,
          (index) => ListTileCustom(
            index: index,
          ),
        ),
      ),
    );
  }
}

class ListTileCustom extends StatelessWidget {
  const ListTileCustom({Key? key, required this.index}) : super(key: key);
  final int index;
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    Task currentTask = Provider.of<Tasks>(context).tasks[index];
    return CheckboxListTile(
      subtitle: Align(
        alignment: Alignment.centerLeft,
        child: TextButton(
          onPressed: () {
            showDialog(
                context: context,
                builder: (context) {
                  String title = Provider.of<Tasks>(context).tasks[index].title;
                  String description =
                      Provider.of<Tasks>(context).tasks[index].description;
                  TextEditingController titleController =
                      TextEditingController(text: title);
                  TextEditingController descriptionController =
                      TextEditingController(text: description);
                  return AlertDialog(
                    title: TextField(
                      controller: titleController,
                    ),
                    content: TextField(
                      controller: descriptionController,
                    ),
                    actions: [
                      TextButton(
                        style: TextButton.styleFrom(
                          primary: Colors.white,
                          backgroundColor: Colors.red,
                        ),
                        onPressed: () {
                          Provider.of<Tasks>(context, listen: false)
                              .deleteTask(index: index);
                          Navigator.of(context).pop();
                        },
                        child: const Text('Delete'),
                      ),
                      TextButton(
                        onPressed: () {
                          Provider.of<Tasks>(context, listen: false).save(
                              index: index,
                              newTitle: titleController.text,
                              newDescription: descriptionController.text);
                          Navigator.of(context).pop();
                        },
                        child: const Text('Save'),
                      ),
                    ],
                  );
                });
          },
          child: const Text('View'),
        ),
      ),
      onChanged: (newbool) {
        Provider.of<Tasks>(context, listen: false)
            .changeDone(index: index, isDone: newbool!);
      },
      value: currentTask.done,
      title: Text(currentTask.title),
    );
  }
}

When I click the delete button the error happens at line 74:
String title = Provider.of<Tasks>(context).tasks[index].title;

What I think is happening is that when I click the "delete" button and it runs its on pressed function:
                onPressed: () {
                  Provider.of<Tasks>(context, listen: false)
                      .deleteTask(index: index);
                  Navigator.of(context).pop();
                },
                child: const Text('Delete'),
              ),

The code I think is breaking because the "title" in the Alert Dialog comes from the index I just deleted... so for a split second the alert dialog has nothing to show right before it runs the pop...
I tried moving the Navigator.of(context).pop(); in front of the delete call but that didn't work either. If I continue the code the task does get deleted, so it kind of works but not sure how to fix the error popping up.
The deleteTask function is:
  void deleteTask({required int index}) {
    tasks.removeAt(index);
    notifyListeners();
  }

A: If that's your case, that the dialog is using the task you are deleting, you could add a tiny delay in between - you could even pop another small dialog that's saying "deleting task" just as a nice user experience.
I'd do something like:
void deleteTask({ required int index }) {
  Future.delayed(const Duration(milliseconds: 500) {
    tasks.removeAt(index);
    notifyListeners();
  }
}

As a nice-to-have (the below stuff is optional):
I'd show a small dialog right after just showing a spinning circular progress indicator and a Text widget just saying "deleting task" or something like that.
I'd refactor it as above, but now I pass a callback, as such:
void deleteTask({ required int index }, Function callback) {
  Future.delayed(const Duration(seconds: 1) {
    tasks.removeAt(index);
    notifyListeners();
    callback();
  }
}

And in the onPressed, i'd perform the same action, but right after popping the main alert, I'd launch the "deleting task" one, and upon the delay being done and the callback execute it, pop the Navigator once again to dismiss it:
onPressed: () {
   Provider.of<Tasks>(context, listen: false)
     .deleteTask(index: index, () {
         // pop the Navigator again since the task is done
         Navigator.of(context).pop();
     });

     // yes, pop the Alert here
     Navigator.of(context).pop();

     // launch the other one
     showDialog();
  },

Here's the Gist that details pretty much the approach (run it on DartPad.dev and see). You should see the following output:

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An Ikeja Chief Magistrates' Court in Lagos State on Friday admitted a self-acclaimed bishop, Bankole Jefferson, to a N1.5 million bail charged with N9 million fraud.
The Chief Magistrate, Yewande Aje-Afunwa, who gave the ruling, granted the accused two sureties in like sum.
Mrs Aje-Afunwa directed that the sureties must show evidence of payment of three years tax to the Lagos State Government.
Read Also: N26m alleged fraud: Fani-Kayode shuns court proceeding, says 'there is curfew in Lagos'
The accused, 54, bishop of Mercy Tabernacle Church, Ogba, Lagos, is standing trial on a three-count charge of conspiracy, fraud and stealing.
Earlier, the Prosecutor, Peter Nwangwu told the court that Jefferson committed the offences sometime in January in Ogba, Lagos.
Mr Nwangwu, an Inspector, said the accused obtained the money from the complainant, Akinyemi Adebayo on the pretext of supplying diesel.
According to him, the accused committed the offences by conspiring with others still at large.
"The complainant reported the case to the police who later discovered after series of investigations that the accused is fraudulent.
"Jefferson avoided being arrested by travelling to the U.S. on an unknown mission.
"The accused, on his return, was apprehended by the police and while trying to defend himself claimed that the money he collected from the complainant was for offering in the church.
"The accused converted the money to personal use and all efforts to recover the money proved abortive,'' Mr Nwangwu said.
The offences contravened Sections 287, 314 and 411 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
Section 287 provides a three-year jail term for stealing, while Section 411 stipulates two years for conspiracy.
The accused, however, entered a not 'guilty plea' and his lawyer applied for bail on liberal terms.
The case was adjourned until November 20.
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Nataya Anudit, who took over as PPEO chief two weeks ago, told the Gazette that the reminder aims to reduce the number of foreigners whose work permits needlessly expire due to misunderstandings about the renewal process and the length of time it takes.
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In the build up to the swim we embarked on a training expedition to prepare us for the challenge and I decided that it would be fun to swim across the Corryvreckan Maelstrom which lies off the West Coast of Scotland. Maelstroms are formidable bodies of water where opposing tides clash causing whirlpools, vortexes, eddies and fearsome currents rage.
Around 150 have made the 1.2 mile swim across and with an experienced ship captain it is safe enough… well as safe as whirlpool swimming can be! We made that swim in 21 minutes, crashing through 10ft high swells side by side as brothers crashing onto the rocks in high swells of Atlantic Ocean.
After that Gold Medal moment I became fascinated by maelstroms, were there other ones out there?
Had anyone tried to swim across them before?
After weeks of research, trawling the internet and pouring through old maps I found out that there were 7 true maelstroms of which the Corryvreckan, which we'd swum, was the 3rd biggest. None of the other ones had ever been swum and no one had attempted them before. We named ourselves the Wild Swimming Brothers and set out to conquer the Maelstrom 7.
In August 2016 after months of preparation and training the three of us set out to Norway to attempt to become the first ever people to swim across the Moskstraumen and Saltstraumen maelstroms in Norway. The problem? They were both located in the Arctic Circle, home to 600 Killer Whales, Lion's Mane Jellyfish, 9 degree water and the strongest most dangerous currents on the planet.
The key here was preparation and timing, you have a very narrow window to make it across the maelstroms before the tides change and the currents become too powerful. The Salt would be a mad dash across the tidal strait with a 12 minute window to make it across whilst the Mosk would be a different beast, an 8km slog across fearsome underwater riptides and simultaneously the longest distance ever swim attempted in the Arctic Circle. Check out how we got on below.
After Norway we were pretty humbled to have become the first people to swim the 3 biggest maelstroms on the planet and swimming side by side across the maelstroms of the Arctic Circle, with Sea Eagles flying over head and colossal Lions Mane Jellyfish bobbing below was truly a Gold Medal Moment.
Our work isn't yet done, we want to become the first people ever to swim across the 7 biggest maelstroms and we're gearing up for our expedition to swim across Te Aumiti in New Zealand, this time the dangers are different, Great Whites and Tiger Sharks replace Killer Whales, but the rewards remain the same.
Every single swim with my brothers is my Gold Medal Moment.
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Explore the apps your child wants to download to determine if the app is age-appropriate.
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Assist your child in creating their login, password and profile information. A parent or safe adult should always supervise the online activities of children this age.
Download apps from official stores like iTunes® and Google Play® to avoid downloading illegitimate versions of apps, which may contain malware or viruses.
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Tell your child that if they come across something while online that makes them feel uncomfortable, they can tell you without fear of getting in trouble.
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Cameras allow children to be creative and have fun communicating with friends and family what they're seeing in the world around them. While it's fun to share these experiences, parents and children need to understand they could be sharing content with more people than just their friends.
Some apps/services that utilize a device's camera may give users a sense of security if their pictures and/or videos are only temporarily shared, but pictures and/or videos can be captured and forwarded to others.
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Once a message is sent, control over that message is lost. Personal information (including pictures and videos) can be easily saved and/or shared with others.
Children may accept friend/buddy requests from people they don't know in person.
Some anonymous messaging apps allow children to engage in conversations with strangers easily.
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Assist your child in creating their screen name and password for any chat or messaging apps/services they're using.
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Teach your child to check with you before chatting/texting with anyone. At this age, online activities should always be supervised by a parent or safe adult.
Explain to your child if someone asks them to chat/text, they should come tell you or a safe adult about it right away.
Reinforce the idea that not everyone is who they say they are online. People can pretend to be older or younger than they actually are or they can misuse information, photos or videos you share with them.
Tell your child that if they come across something or someone while chatting/messaging/texting that makes them feel uncomfortable, they can tell you without fear of getting in trouble or losing online privileges.
Explain if someone asks them something that seems "weird" to stop chatting with the person and to share what happened with you.
Many online games have a chat component where users can talk to people they do not know in person. Through the chat feature, children can easily be exposed to inappropriate conversations or redirected to inappropriate content on other sites.
Some gaming apps utilize the device's GPS during gameplay, allowing the location of the user to be seen by other users.
Does the game contain sexually explicit or violent material?
Assist your child in creating their login and password information. A parent or safe adult should always supervise the online activities of children this age.
Teach your child to check with you before playing new games or sharing any information online. At this age, online activities should always be supervised by a parent or safe adult.
Teach your child if someone they don't know sends them an attachment or link, not to click on it.
Tell your child that if they come across something or someone while playing an online game that makes them feel uncomfortable, they can tell you without fear of getting in trouble.
Explain if someone in a game wants them to move to video chatting sites or other chat platforms they need to come to you for permission to be safe.
Children can go online and find content on just about any topic they're interested in. While they now have fun, informative and educational content at their fingertips, they also face risk when they're searching the web.
Despite many safety features, children can still happen upon content that is inappropriate for their developmental stage when searching online.
Assist your child in searching for topics they are interested in. Supervise the online activities of children this age.
Explain the public nature of the Internet. Discuss the inappropriate nature of some content available online and reinforce the idea not everything online is credible or accurate.
Children can engage in behaviour that may be recorded and misused.
Watch any videos your child wants to watch before letting your child watch them to ensure they are age-appropriate.
Assist your child in searching for videos of topics they are interested in. A parent or safe adult should always supervise the online activities of children this age.
Model how you make careful decisions about what you record and share online.
Tell your child that if they come across something while watching videos online that makes them feel uncomfortable, they can tell you without fear of getting in trouble.
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Burch & Associates began as The Law Firm of Burch & Delgado over 35 years ago, back in 1978. This occurred after a chance meeting between Honorable Clarence L. Burch and the Honorable David Delgado (retired) in the stacks of the law library at the Richard Daley Building in downtown Chicago. The first office was located on the 25th floor at 100 N LaSalle in the heart of The Loop. In 1990, the partners made a mutual decision to move the firm was moved to Hon. Delgado's childhood neighborhood in Humboldt Park. The purpose of this concerted effort was to be better situated and more accessible to the community that they served.
The firm always focused on litigation with Hon. Clarence L. Burch spending more than 27 years of practice in the area of complex criminal litigation. Attorney Clarence Burch successfully tried numerous of death penalty cases, having had clients found not guilty and no client's sentenced to death. In 2007, he was the lead attorney of the Brown's Chicken Murder trial where he successfully spared his client's life--the death penalty was not imposed.
Besides running a successful real estate practice, the Hon. David Delgado also worked with major US corporations, throughout North and South America, during his legal career. He became a Cook County judge in 1996. Judge Delgado sat in the Domestic Relations section of the Cook County Court over 10 years. He is currently an "of counsel" attorney for Burch & Associates, selectively representing clients in complex family law matters.
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IEC热斑耐久试验系统Hot-spot endurance testValid data collection (1h): [email protected]±10°C (module temperature)Current measurement in different shadowing area.Current measurement integrated in the system, automatic identification and screening effective Isc (Crystalline silicon cell for Imp and thin-film cell 99% Imp)Cells shaded plates can satisfy the 0~100% within 5% increasing or decreasing.Shading plate for hot-spot endurance test:① Crystalline silicon moduleCells shaded plates: 50%,20%,20%,10%,5%Can satisfy the 0 ~ 100% within 5% increasing or decreasing.② Thin-film module1~5 pieces cell shaded plates horizontal transmission (see right figure)Ordinal sequence covering 1~5 pcs cells,according to current find Imp×99%, determine shaded plates number.Electric control displacement shaded plates to suitable current.Adjust the shaded plates to suitable current.Data processing system: current automatic collection & analysis.
主要用途:初始/最终功率稳定化(光衰)、额定工作温度测量(NOCT或NMOT)、NOCT及低辐照度下的性能测试、室外曝露试验、热斑耐久试验、温度系数的测量、温度试验(温升试验)、光老练、电池预衰减、I-V循检...一、应用于IEC 61215、IEC 61646标准:1.热斑耐久试验2.温度系数的测量3.电池或组件标称工作温度的测量(NOCT或NMOT)4.低辐照度下的性能5.室外曝露试验6.薄膜组件光老练二、应用于UL 1703、IEC 61730-2标准:1.电压、电流、功率测试2.温度试验三、组件及方阵测试支架:1.双轴太阳跟踪器2.热斑耐久、温度系数测试架3.NOCT、温度试验测试架4.曝晒、光衰支架Module Outdoor Measurement SystemPerform standards: IEC 61215-2:2016, IEC 61646:2008, IEC 61730-2:2016, UL 1703-2015, IEC 61853-2…Precondition, Maximum power determination, Measurement of temperature coefficients, Measurement of temperature coefficients, Performance at low irradiance, Outdoor exposure test, Hot-spot endurance test, Light-soaking, Temperature test…Modules mounting and test frames: 1. Single axis solar tracker:Can fixed 8 pcs module of 2×1m (extensible)According to the module size adjustmentComparison double axis solar tracker, mounting convenienter, more suitable for testing.Tracking principle: Based on GPS timing trackingSystem life expectancy for more than 25 yearsFor light-soaking, outdoor exposure…2. Double axis solar tracker:Mounting: 8 pcs modules of 2×1m (extensible)Tracking accuracy:0.3°Tracking angle range: The pitch direction -10°~75° andthe horizontal direction -120°~120°System protection wind speed: 90kw/hrSystem wind resistance limits: 170kw/hrTracking principle: automatic light control tracking or based onGPS timing trackingWith automatic tracking and reset, manual control, group control, wind speed protection, night return...3. NOCT and temperature test frame:NOCT test modules shall be positioned so that they are tilted at 37 or 45°±5° to the horizontal with the front side pointed toward the equator. The bottom edge of the test modules shall be 0.6 m or more above the local horizontal plane or ground level.Wind speed and wind direction Instrument installed approximately 0.7 m above the top of the modules and 1.2 m to the east or west.Temperature test for IEC 61730 & UL 1703 also in here carry out. We provide 19mm thick wood (current standard) or a thermal insulation with a k factor ≤0.24W/m2K (IEC 61730 Ed.2) black painted wooden platform, The platform is to extend at least 0.6m beyond the module on all sides, can fast loading.Electronic load and I-V measurement system:Temperature measurement precision: ±0.5°CIrradiance measurement precision: ±2%@1000W/m2Voltage measurement precision: 0.1VCurrent measurement accuracy: 0.01ASingle module max. test power: 750W (Max. voltage 100V, max. current 30A)(can according to the demand for expansion system)I-V measuremen: Isc, Voc, Pm, Imp, Vmp, FF, η, Rs, RpAutomatically generating and storing I-V curveTemperature and irradiance correction reference IEC 60904.1~10.Temperature test:16-channel temperature sensor: Uncertainty ±1°C or better, main test Point:Front glass above center cell, Backsheet behind center cell, Ambient air within J-box, J-box inside surface, Back face sheet beneath J-box, Module output leads, Sealing compound around lamination (on the corner), Sealing compound inside junction box, Diode #1~6 case, Frame, Ambient (Absolute)Wood: 19mm±5% thick, 5.00m×3.62mIEC 61730-2:2016UL 1703-2015A black painted platform constructed of suitable wooden plate which has sufficient mechanical strength to avoid warping under temperature influence. Behind the board a thermal insulation with a k factor of max 0.24 W/m2K shall be placed.A module or panel intended for direct mounting on a roof or wall surface is to be mounted on a platform constructed of wood, pressed wood, or plywood, 19mm thick. The platform is to be painted flat black on the side facing the test sample. The platform is to extend at least 0.6m beyond the module or panel on all sides.A resistive load sized to operate the module in maximum power point for STC or maximum power tracking. (We provide MPPT)Modules Open Circuit,Modules Short Circuit,Center Cell Shaded 50% and Modules Short CircuitAutomated calculation 40°C and 1000Wm-2 normalised temperature.Testing the temperature of different position in a module, and then judgeing the module Ok or False.Voltage, current, power test: according to IEC 60904 calibrate test result to STC by standard module.Precondition:Irradiance cumulative dose: 5~5.5KWhm-2, Open circuitNOCT Test:Mechanical Wind/ Direction Sensor: AlternateSoftware features: automated data collection and storage, not counting the invalid data, automatic calculation of junction temperature.Automatic fitting temperature (TJTamb) - irradiance curve, based on standard deviation selected out of 10 effective data, and optimize the curve.Irradiance, temperature, wind speed and direction automatic data collection, without invalid data, automatic calculation cell initial and final NOCT temperature.Measurement of temperature coefficients:Automatic calculation component 4 points average temperature (IEC 61215 Ed.3)Temperature rising process, automatic fitting curve, automatic calculation of relative and absolute temperature coefficient.Performance at low irradiance:Irradiance, temperature according to the IEC 60904-10 measurement and amendment I-V measurementOutdoor exposure test:Irradiance cumulative dose: 60KWhm-2 with maximum power tracking (MPPT)Light-Soaking:Valid data collection (1h): [email protected]±10°C (module temperature)Irradiance cumulative dose: 43KWhm-2software just tells users if test is completeHot-spot endurance test: Valid data collection (1h): [email protected]±10°C (module temperature)Current measurement in different shadowing area.Current measurement integrated in the system, automatic identification and screening effective Isc (Crystalline silicon cell for Imp and thin-film cell 99% Imp)Cells shaded plates can satisfy the 0~100% within 5% increasing or decreasing.Expand the function is applied to IEC 61829:1995, IEC 62124:2004 etc.:Array I-V measurement: 16 modules or more I-V measurementGrid-connected power measurement: automatic recording years power and meteorological dataOff-grid control system test: Reference IEC 62124:2004…Multi-channel I-V curve measurement and remote monitoring:Through a channel exchange, can simultaneously test 16 modules (extensible).I-V measurement replay each module I-V curve, P-V curve, include Isc, Voc, Pm, Im, Vm, FF, η, irradiance, temperature etc. Automatically save data, all-weather test.
产品简介SUN2000系列太阳光仿真器Gen II高效率光学设计, 最大输出功率密度22个sun有效照射面积最大至12英吋x 12英吋最大可达48英寸工作距离灯源输出功率150瓦 ~ 3000瓦单一整合式机身HEPA空气过滤散热系统电子控制式遮光器符合Class AAB ASTM标准内建式快速光源校正工具SUN3000系列太阳光仿真器 ClassAAA! New!符合IEC, ASTM and JIS Class AAA 标准:工作距离…........................... 200 mm出光 (最小)…........................ 0.7-1.1 suns不均匀性….........................….2%AM 1.5G 光谱符合性................... 0.75-1.25短期内稳定性……………................0.5%长期工作稳定性……..........……………2%Ozone free氙灯 …………...…………... 550 W灯泡寿命 ……………….................1500 hoursHEPA 空气过滤散热系统集成Photofeedback光反馈系统集成电子控制式遮光器及数字定时器内置氙灯电源110/240 VAC, 50/60 Hz, 10 A max出光尺寸............................110x110 mm IV 量测系统 最完整的IV量测系统包含功能强大的ReRa Tracer IV量测软件及工作量测平台。 完整IV量测曲线追踪及分析自动校正功能至标准量测条件符合IEC量测标准暗电流及不同温度量测分析电流量测范围最大可至10安培可控制温度及真空吸附工作平台标准4线式IV量测方式可量测样品大小 10mm x 10mm 到 156mm x 156mm SUN2000/3000系列太阳光仿真器150 W全光谱太阳光仿真器出光尺寸型号工作距离(推荐)工作距离(最近)共组距离(最远)发散全角(标准)2 x 2 Inch110005.906 inch2.953 inch9.843 inch8.1 inch35mm直径1050075mm550 W全光谱太阳光仿真器出光尺寸型号工作距离(推荐)工作距离(最近)共组距离(最远)发散全角(标准)2 x 2110145.906 inch2.953 inch9.843 inch8.1 inch4 x 4110167.874 inch1.969 inch59.055 inch4.5 inch6 x 6110187.874 inch1.969 inch 78.740 inch3.4 inch8 x 8110207.874 inch1.969 inch98.425 inch2.8 inchNo Lens11022550 Watt UV太阳光仿真器出光尺寸型号工作距离(推荐)工作距离(最近)共组距离(最远)发散全角(标准)2 x 211014-15.906 inch2.953 inch9.843 inch8.1 inch4 x 411016-17.874 inch1.969 inch59.055 inch4.5 inch6 x 611018-17.874 inch1.969 inch78.740 inch3.4 inch8 x 811020-17.874 inch1.969 inch98.425 inch2.8 inchNo Lens110221000 W全光谱太阳光仿真器出光尺寸型号工作距离(推荐)工作距离(最近)共组距离(最远)发散全角(标准)2 x 2110385.906 inch2.953 inch9.843 inch8.1 inch4 x 4110407.874 inch1.969 inch59.055 inch4.5 inch6 x 6110427.874 inch1.969 inch78.740 inch3.4 inch8 x 8110447.874 inch1.969 inch98.425 inch2.8 inch10 x 10110465.906 inch1.969 inch118.110 inch2.3 inchNo Lens110481000 Watt UV 太阳光仿真器出光尺寸型号工作距离(推荐)工作距离(最近)共组距离(最远)发散全角(标准)2 x 2110385.906 inch2.953 inch9.843 inch8.1 inch4 x 4110407.874 inch1.969 inch59.055 inch4.5 inch6 x 6110427.874 inch1.969 inch78.740 inch3.4 inch8 x 8110447.874 inch1.969 inch98.425 inch2.8 inch10 x 10110465.906 inch1.969 inch118.110 inch2.3 inchNo Lens11048经济型太阳光仿真器 美国ABET为满足不同需求的用户,特别研发了经济型太阳光仿真器,该产品采用了ABET公司先进的光学设计,具有高性能-符合ASTM Class A标准,低成本的优点,尤其适合永利娱乐网站及研究院所实验室应用。 产品特色:提供35mm光斑,1SUN输出;符合国际AM1.5G Class A标准; 结构小巧,方便使用。具体参数:出光面积:客户可选 1SUN输出:35mm直径光斑灯泡使用时间指示光谱符合:ASTM....................................................... Class AIEC........................................................... Class AJIS............................................................ Class A稳定性:ASTM....................................................... Class AIEC........................................................... Class BJIS............................................................ Class B均匀性:加匀光器后ASTM....................................................... Class BIEC........................................................... Class BJIS............................................................ Class COzone-free Xe Arc Lamp...........150 W灯泡寿命.................................. 1500小时工作距离.....................................50-200 mm出光方向................................... 水平(可加90° 转向镜)除太阳光仿真器外,美国ABET还提供 LS-150-Xe灯,该光源有多种附件可选,出光效率高,性能稳定。 索取详细资料, 请洽询各地分公司!


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Home Education UPPSC Mains Result 2016 Online Released @ uppsc.up.nic.in
UPPSC Mains Result 2016 Online Released @ uppsc.up.nic.in
UPPSC Mains Result 2016
The Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission has finally released the UPPSC Mains 2016 examination Results conducted by the commission on its official website on Friday, i.e. on November 16, 2018. All the candidates who had appeared for the examination and were eagerly waiting for the results to be announced by the Commission can now download the same with the help of the steps given below. The UPPSC Mains Result 2016 has been published on the official website – uppsc.up.nic.in.
All Candidates are advised to log into the website and check the result by entering their roll number on the provided field. According to reports, more than 1900 candidates have cleared the examination and have been qualified for the next level of the recruitment process. Candidates will now have to appear for the Personal Interview to be conducted by the Commission. The date of the interview will be notified through the official website soon.
The steps to Download UPPSC Mains Result 2016:
Log in to the official website of UPPSC i.e. – uppsc.up.nic.in
Search for the link that reads- 'UPPSC Mains Result 2016' on the homepage of the website
Click on the link and proceed
Now, enter the roll number and other necessary details required
The UPPSC Mains 2016 result will be displayed on the screen of your computer
Download the result and take a print out of the same for future reference
Reports further say that more than 43,6400 candidates had filled up the applications for the 2016 UPPSC Exam, however, only 250696 candidates have reportedly appeared in the UPPSC Preliminary Exam 2016 which was held on March 20, 2016.
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According to Sharif, Pakistan's Atomic Energy Commission has identified six sites for this purpose.
PARIS: Plans to build two next-generation nuclear reactors at Hinkley Point in southwest England are stalled at the crossroads of ambitions by Britain, China and French electricity giant EDF.
A consortium led by EDF (Electricite de France) is expected to make a final decision this year on whether to invest in the gigantic project, estimated to cost £25 billion ($38.6 billion, 34 billion euros), which would be the first new nuclear power station in Britain in decades.
The decision could hinge on China's role in the consortium through its state-run firms China General Nuclear Corporation (CGN) and China National Nuclear Corporation.
London is looking to the visit this week of Chinese President Xi Jinping as an opportunity to finalise the deal for Hinkley Point, two years after it first gave the green light for the project.
Hinkley Point would feature the European Pressurised Reactor (EPR), a third-generation reactor design considered the most advanced and safest in the world.
Britain last month pledged £2 billion for the nuclear plant, which it sees as necessary to meet the country's energy needs as older coal and nuclear plants are retired, and also as oil reserves decline in the North Sea.
The Chinese companies are expected to largely finance and get a stake of around 40 percent in the nuclear plant that authorities hope will generate seven percent of Britain's electricity.
"Britain is also hoping to revive its faded industrial sector and create high-paying jobs," said Christophe Bonnery, head of an association of energy economists.
Aiming for 25,000 new jobs, the British government hopes that the agreement on Hinkley Point will be the first of many, he added.
In all, around 10 reactors are envisioned to be built in Britain, all by foreign companies.
"The idea is to get the Chinese with this first reactor in the frame of mind to co-finance the others that follow," said Arnaud Leroi, of consultants Bain & Company.
China's booming nuclear industry wants to take advantage of the favourable attitude in Britain toward nuclear energy to establish credibility for its technology and assure it access to the international market, analysts say.
"Beijing is looking for alliances and investments in Europe to acquire an expertise" to help develop its key national industries, said analyst Christine Lambert-Goue, Asia director at Invest Securities.
"If the cost of the EPR (reactor) drops, the Chinese will have a foothold in a technology of the future," added Francois Pouzeratte of Eurogroup Consulting.
Like London, EDF is counting on the Chinese to agree to the investment as the French company does not have the means to back a huge project like Hinkley Point on its own.
"My hope is that our Chinese partners can take the right decision and will seize the day. The ball is in their court," Vincent de Rivaz, who heads up the UK division of EDF, told the Financial Times this month.
Hinkley Point would not be the first time EDF has worked with the Chinese. It already has a long-standing partnership with CGN in building two EPR reactors at Taishan, and the French group hopes to open wider the doors to the huge Chinese market.
"Nuclear energy is an option that cannot be overlooked. The country (China) has 50 reactors of which 25 are under construction, representing the majority of nuclear plants being built in the world," said Herve Machenaud, an EDF representative in China.
"The future of the sector is taking place for a big part over there," he said.
EDF also needs its ties with Chinese firms to maintain its know-how, an advantage which surpasses the risk involved in the transfer of technologies, experts say.
"The Chinese are no longer copiers. The have become more and more the motor" of industrial development, said Cyril Crocq-Gaillard, consultant at Sia Partners.
But clouds hang over the prospects for Hinkley Point.
EDF has had to push back four times the launch of its EPR reactor project at Flamanville in northwest France, now set for late 2018, causing increased cost overruns.
Another EPR project in Finland involving Areva, the French atomic energy giant together with German engineering group Siemens, has also been plagued with a string of technical and safety setbacks. It plans to launch a testing phase next year.
On the legal front, the Austrian government has filed a complaint with the European Court of Justice against state subsidies for the planned nuclear plant in Britain, on the grounds they distort the market.
Seen as a major boost to the nuclear industry four years after the disaster at Japan's Fukushima plant, some environmentalists view Hinkley Point as an unnecessary support for nuclear energy just as renewable energy technologies begin to take hold.


Hellstrom's Hive is a good example of this, taken on face value the novel is just as good a novel as Dune (if not better) but differs incredibly in. I recently picked up one of his non Dune related novels titled Hellstrom's Hive and it does seem like a faint echo of Dune. When I first started. If you can find a copy of Hellstrom's Hive, by all means read it. I've read a good handful of Herbert's non-Dune books over the years (most of.
A fan of Dune will recall that the Bene Gesserit were particularly adept at arranged breeding patterns and the Bene Tleilaxu have a hive mentality, de-emphasizing individualism. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Chapman 1 Jason M. Herbert gets a lot of mileage out of contrasting this with Outside, where America has become a police state and various corrupt government agencies vie with each other to get their hands on Dr.
Open Preview See a Problem? Jun 12, Carlex rated it really liked it. America is a police state, and it is about to be threatened by the most hellish enemy in the world: Our adaptations aim to increase the population tolerance, to permit a human density ten to twelve times greater than is currently considered possible. I'll do my best to let you know what's what. But they want to add human intelligence to the mix.
What remains, is nostalgia. I loved them both. In 'Hellstrom's Hive' Herbert proves he can write a well-developed, convincing and compelling villainous character. The instinctive revulsion towards the de-individualisation and, hivee, de-humanisation of Hive life that the book provokes is balanced by an unsympathetic portrayal of uncaring bureaucracy. Tempest Bradford 1 K.
It reaches a "stopping point" — a sort of logical lull in the action — and then just stops. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Thematically, there are no true protagonists and antagonists.
As I say, a good science fiction novel, which deals with a little-treated subject in the genre. See 1 question about Hellstrom's Hive…. You are commenting using your WordPress. Lists with This Book. Wound Healing With Wearable Nanogenerators ' The third act is a non stop action sequence, which i thought was rather well done.
These Hiveborn live as bees or ants would, believing all humans from the Outside are wild, undomesticated, and dangerous. In the end, in a brutal parody of the Cold War, both sides achieve an uneasy truce, with both sides claiming victory to their own people whilst secretly gearing up for more confrontations further down the line. While the idea itself is quite clever, I guess my biggest preoccupation was that I kept being reminded of Dune, which I liked, but this is not Dune, and it wasn't supposed to be Dune.
By moving between both Hive perspective and motivations, and the all-too-human pawns and powerbrokers in the secretive government agency investigating it, the book forces the reader to consider competing models of social organisation.
The insect hivemind concept is incredibly different from the ecological ideas fleshed out in Dune and HH is one of the only SciFi books to ever look deeply into what a hivemind organization of humans could look like.
There are also several net cartoons set in the same universe called Fem School and Femboy School. And about this, it reminds me, have you read Stephen Baxter's Coalescent? We get hellstro, know a handful of agents, and in only a few pages sometimes a few sentencesHerbert digs deeps into their personas to flesh them out into full developed characters with hopes and fears.
The Hive is discovered by a particularly nasty secret Agency, an ultrasecret Cold War hivr arm of the executive branch, with all the callous attitude toward human life contrasted with the Hive desire not to kill unless in self-defense that one might expect from such an Agency.
A dead worker is usually sent to the Vats to be recycled as food.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Seeing other people's high regard for Dune, I feel that I hellstrok the books a revisit with the maturity and wisdom of age. If the race for food is to be the deciding conflict, let no one say it came without this warning. Mar 27, Gilbert Stack rated it really liked it.
I liked the plot idea and some of the nive is excellent, but I got a bit teed off with the titillation passages hdllstrom almost randomly throughout – I suspect this book was aimed at the teen boy pulp fiction market. There are three motive forces to follow the hive, the agency leadership, and a couple of field agents who are the people I most related to in the book that are all coming into conflict here.
There are mute drone workers chemically stripped out of free will, grotesque and sterile science specialists with withered bodies but superhuman intellect, inbred dim witted and docile hulks used for heavy lifting and etc. January 30, at 1: It does sound like one of those creepy utopia books, where the idea is good but it can never quite work out. If you are a big Frank Herbert fan like me, pick it up. I dig this book, especially Herbert's sci-fi concepts of an underground colony of humanoids intended to be a superior race that adapts insect qualities of living and communication in a hive mind mentality.
Heolstrom by Bantam Books in Additional resources. The book takes time to delve into the perspectives of multiple characters, both inside and outside the Hive. Inhabitants of the compound built hellstro, vast network of tunnels and caverns beneath hie ground, and their society is modeled after that of social insects like ants of bees.


Why do people keep giving financial advice that is biased and omits vital details?
I read an article in the Financial Mail on Sunday. It's not exactly a professional journal, but it reaches a lot of people and, sadly, a lot of the readers think it's worth reading as it's "independent".
They're talking about a "Dogs" portfolio (of the 10 highest yielding shares on the FTSE 100) which, allegedly, is beating the FTSE 100 index.
It may be doing that – but what they don't emphasise is that they're investing a "notional" £10,000.
This, they allege, would have grown to £12,141 as distinct from £11,211 since Spring 2012.
Fine. So it's "notional". That means it's ignoring all dealing costs. It's ignoring any bid/offer spread (on units if it's a fund), initial charges, stamp duty, ongoing administration charges, any fund charges for management, transfer charges and anything else such as losses from delays in getting out of bad stocks and the tax charges and accountancy costs etc.
So if average trading reduces the annual return from 17.7% to 15.3% when times are good, what do you figure it will do to costs of the Dogs when times are not so good? Remember they have to trade periodically and they'll certainly trade when shares rise so the yield falls and the yield drops out of the top ten, when shares fall and they cut their dividend etc.
But people aren't content with those returns, they try to find a way to do better, and usually do significantly worse (and, occasionally, do slightly better for a while, before they again do worse).
With all the interest in human behaviour and decision making of late, you'd think it would be reflected in the way investment advice is given. After all, there's lots of talk about biases, mistakes in logic etc. nowadays.
is ignored and people still try to find ways to "beat the index", pick fund managers who can, devise schemes, theoretical approaches, stock picking ideas etc. that ignore costs and other elements of reality.
If they were logical, they'd accept that they are biased, they are desperately trying to justify what they want to do, which is suggest a way to beat the index – but they don't want to do it with their own money because they know they'll lose it. They want you to gamble your money on it, and quote selective details (such as those that avoid all the costs and work on a "notional" basis) to try to induce you to do something daft.
As a final word, let's look at what Warren Buffet, the one person who actually has consistently beaten the market says is the best advice.
There has been a massive loss of market share from active management funds to index funds, so hopefully this will continue as a trend!