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What Is Illite Clay
Illite - Wikipedia
Structure of Illite mica - USGS Illite is a group of closely related non-expanding clay minerals Illite is a secondary mineral precipitate, and an example of a phyllosilicate, or layered alumino-silicate Its structure is a 2:1 sandwich of silica tetrahedron (T) – alumina octahedron (O) – silica …
Illite | mineral | Britannica
Illite Illite, any of a group of mica-type clay minerals widely distributed in marine shales and related sediments Illite contains more water and less potassium than true micas, but it has a micalike sheet structure and is poorly crystallized It may form a stone …
USGS OFR01-041: Illite Group Minerals
ILLITE GROUP Illites, which are the dominant clay minerals in argillaceous rocks, form by the weathering of silicates (primarily feldspar), through the alteration of other clay minerals, and during the degradation of muscovite (Deer and others, 1975) Formation of illite is generally favored by alkaline conditions and by high concentrations
Illite: Mineral information, data and localities - Mindatorg
Illite Jade A dense variety of illite with reddish banding (caused by microscopic inclusions of hematite), which is used for carving and as an ornamental stone In addition to hematite, the material usually also contains small quantities of impurities such as quartz,
Illite | Define Illite at Dictionary
any of a group of clay minerals, hydrous potassium aluminosilicates, characterized by a three-layer micalike structure and a gray, light green, or yellowish-brown color Origin of illite illite a clay mineral of the mica group, found in shales and mudstones Crystal structure: monoclinic
THE NATURE OF ILLITE - The Clay Minerals Society
The Marblehead illite, a gray laminated clay, which occurs in pockets in a Silurian dolomite at the Western Lime and Cement Company Quarries near Marblehead, Wisconsin, is also an exceptionally pure illite containing no detectable quantities of any other clay minerals (Gaudette, 1965)
Illite Clay - Cocoa | Lotioncrafter
Illite Clay - Cocoa, along with many other clays, is a great additive for use in masks, muds, scrubs, facials, as well as both liquid and bar soaps and facial cleansers Illite Clay - Cocoa is rich in silicon and iron, which can help to stimulate oxygenation and firming of tissues
The Ultimate Guide to Cosmetic Clays | TBOSC
Jan 17, 2017 · Red Illite clay is mined from regions of Northern France and the Atlantic basin Red Illite clay is similar in properties to other Illite clays, the only …
French Green Clay - Illite | Bulk
Illite is an extremely weathered clay, and is classified as a mica This clay can be used on its own, or mixed with other clays for great skin care formulas, or for internal supplementation It mixes readily with equal parts water and clay
The specialist in French green clay - French CLAY for ALL
Wherever there is a deficiency, clay seems to supply the needed substance regardless of whether or not the clay itself is rich in that substance Illite is a phyllosilicate or layered alumino-silicate Its structure is constituted by the repetition of Tetrahedron – Octahedron – Tetrahedron (TOT) layer
Illite is a group of closely related non-expanding clay minerals Illite is a secondary mineral precipitate, and an example of a phyllosilicate, or layered alumino-silicate Its structure is a 2:1 sandwich of silica tetrahedron (T) – alumina octahedron (O) – silica tetrahedron (T) layers
What is Bentonite? What is Montmorillonite || Clay Minerals
The name smectite suggested as a group name by the Clay Minerals Group of the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain at the outset met strong opposition, particulary by many American mineralogists, but it is becoming widely accepted" (R E Grim: Clay Mineralogy …
What is the difference between illite and montmorillonite
Illite is (according to the dictionary) a clay mineral of a group resembling micas, with a lattice structure which does not expand on absorption of water Montmorillonite is (according to the dictionary) an aluminium-rich clay mineral of the smectite group, containing some sodium and magnesium
Illite | Definition of Illite by Merriam-Webster
Illite definition is - any of a group of clay minerals having essentially the crystal structure of muscovite any of a group of clay minerals having essentially the crystal structure of …
Health Benefits of Green Clay | Livestrong
Dry green clay in a bowl Illite, most commonly known as French green clay, is a type of mineral clay valued for its highly absorbent properties Illite is a bio-mineral, composed of both decomposed plant material and trace minerals such as calcium, aluminum, …
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illite clay for paper-making Illite clay is interlayered with smectite, and can be considered the nonswelling end member in an illite-smectite mixed-layer clay series Pure end-member illite clay, with no interlayer smectite, is rare
Illite is an extremely weathered clay, and is classified as a mica This clay can be used on its own, or mixed with other clays for great skin care formulas, or for internal supplementation It mixes readily with equal parts water and clay When used in drinking water, it has a clean, earthy taste
What is the difference between bentonite and smectite as
However there are bentonites that have considerable amounts of illite and/or kaolinite Often the dominent exchangeable cation (K, Na, Ca) is added to the name True bentonite is a clay rock made from volcanic ashes Bentonite is mainly made of smectite, but you may also find carbonates, pyrite, quartz in it
Illite Clay - Olive Green | Lotioncrafter
Illite Clay - Olive Green is a beautiful soft green in its raw state, and most commonly a deep olive green color when added to liquid formulations Illite Clay - Olive Green , along with many other clays, is a great additive for use in masks, muds, scrubs, facials, as well as both liquid and bar soaps and facial cleansers
Green Illite Clay | FNWL
Green Illite Clay is efficient at drawing oils and impurities from the skin It is often mistaken for French Green Clay (montmorillonite) Green Illite Clay is similar in structure to montmorillonite and does not expand with water
How to use illite in a sentence - WordHippo
The clay minerals illite, chlorite and montmorillonite were identified within the palaeosols by X-ray diffraction The clay is composed of illite and kaolinite, with minor amounts of chlorite and smectite
Kaolinite, Montmorillonite and Illite | Soil Mechanics
Nov 03, 2014 · In this video we look at the most common clay minerals encountered in engineering; kaolinite, montmorillonite and illite We compare the structures and stone properties of these minerals
Illite - definition of illite by The Free Dictionary
Clay minerals in facing water are active (absorbing water and swelling potential) and inactive, Shales often have inactive Clay minerals such as Kaolinite, Illite and active minerals such as Montmorilonite
Illite-clay: Mineral information, data and localities
A clay rich in illite Essential minerals - these are minerals that are required within the classification of this rock:
Why is illite commonly considered a clay mineral? Isn't it
The higher temperature at which they form overcomes the activation energy barrier to growing a crystal that is more uniform in composition and structure (regularity of the atomic pattern) When true micas mix cations of different sizes or charges in the same octahedral layer, they also show ordering patterns that are lacking from clay minerals
What is illite - liquisearch
Illite Illite is a non-expanding, clay-sized, micaceous mineral Illite is a phyllosilicate or layered alumino-silicate Its structure is constituted by the repetition of tetrahedron – octahedron – …
Illite clay was first discovered in Maquoketa shale in Calhoun County, Illinois, where it derives its name Illite clay is: "any of a group of mica-type clay minerals widely distributed in marine shales and related sediments"-source It is a non-expanding clay crystalline mineral
THE CLAY MINERAL GROUP - Amethyst Galleries
The Clay Minerals are a part of a general but important group within the phyllosilicates that contain large percentages of water trapped between their silicate sheets Most clays are chemically and structurally analogous to other phyllosilicates but contain varying amounts of …
What is an illite - WordHippo
The clay minerals represented are largely kaolinite, montmorillonite and illite Sandstones with this component contain authigenic hematite intergrown with kaolinite and illite and replacing muscovite The clay is composed of illite and kaolinite, with minor amounts of chlorite and smectite
Healing Clay - Bentonite ~ Montmorillonite ~ Illite
Drinking natural clay: Illite, Bentonite, Montmorillonite Using clay internally for detoxification Natural green healing clays as used in alternative medicine
Illite - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
Jul 16, 2010 · Illite is a dioctahedral 2:1 phyllosilicate of common occurrence in soils and sedimentary rocks The term ' illite ' is used for 2:1 clay minerals with a non-expandable layer and a wide variety of stone compositions
Silicate Clays: Concept, Structure and Sources | Soil Colloids
Concept of Silicate Clays: (2) it is a name for minerals of specific composition; and (3) it is a soil textural class Many materials of the clay size fraction, such as gypsum, carbonates or quartz are small enough to be classified as "clay" on the basis of size but are not "clay minerals"
USGS OFR01-041: Mixed-layer clays
Mixed-Layer Clays Mixed-layer clay minerals are materials in which different kinds of clay layers alternate with each other components, and subsequent peaks of higher integral orders (Sawhney, 1989) For example, regularly interstratified illite-smectite, when Mg-saturated and glycolated, would be characterized by a 001 diffraction peak at
WETTABILITY CONTRASTS IN KAOLINITE AND ILLITE CLAYS
Hydroxyl groups are largely present at the surface of the kaolinite where the surface of the octahedral sheet, which forms 1 of the 2 basal planes, is formed by hydroxyl groups bonded to A1 The TOT structure of the illite indicates that OH groups are not present on the basal plane surfaces
Nov 03, 2014 · In this video we look at the most common clay minerals encountered in engineering; kaolinite, montmorillonite and illite We compare the structures …
What is ILLITE? definition of ILLITE (Science Dictionary)
A monoclinic clay mineral, a hydrated silicate of potassium and aluminium It is the dominant clay mineral in shales and mudstones The illite group somewhat resembles muscovite, KAOLIN PINITE
Diagenetic smectite-to-illite transition in clay-rich
Diagenetic smectite-to-illite transition in clay-rich sediments: A reappraisal of X-ray diffraction results using the multi-specimen method Victor A Drits** *Mineralogy and Environments Group, LGCA, Maison des Géosciences, BP53, Université Joseph Fourier—CNRS, 38041 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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Mile Markers: Was That The BoggsMobile Being Towed?
Yep, I am afraid you saw that picture correctly.
Towing a 1995 Prevost XL in Houston, Texas Where, oh, where do I begin? I suppose the best place to start would be the beginning. We know that in the beginning God created the Heaven and the earth, but I will fast forward about 6000 years skipping everything until after church this past Wednesday night. That is a good place to start the story.
The great folks at the House of Prayer helped us load up the sound equipment after church and soon we were on the road, headed south through Dallas. We love the Dallas/Ft. Worth area but it is best driven through at night if at all possible when driving the bus. We slid through with no problems or delays at all.
We drove about 250 miles to a Walmart in Huntsville, Texas. It was the third stopping option for us. Two rest areas before the Walmart were slammed full with trucks. We were barely even able to drive through one of them. Walmart had a nice open spot.
We spent part of the day Thursday on bookwork for the ministry. We are not near done, but we are started. I kept an eye on Houston traffic and once it cleared from rush hour, we pulled out of Walmart and pointed south. If we hit traffic right, we were only 3 hours from Sweeny so we were fully expecting an easy night.
About 42 miles into the trip I realized suddenly the bus had no power. It had probably died but we were going down the road at 60 MPH and I did not know the engine had shut down. We really can not hear the engine 45 feet behind us with the road noise and traffic. I lifted my foot from the accelerator and pushed again and no power.
I scanned my gauges and warning lights and nothing was out of normal until this alert popped up on the Detroit Diesel monitor.
I interpret that to be Injector Response Time Long.
We were in the third lane of five so I started working my way over to the right shoulder. And there we were from 9:00 PM until after 1:00 AM.
Kelly Jo and Odie began to text some family and friends to pray and I text Jeff Rowe. He guided me through what to do over the coming hours. Jeff's steady hand and bus knowledge is always a plus for me and the girls. I am so thankful he still takes my calls.
My first call was to Prevost Action Service, which is a 24-hour helpline for Prevost owners and drivers. After lots of connections and back and forth conversations, they found there was no one in the Houston area that could send a roadside mechanic until morning and the best option was to tow the bus.
I sincerely wanted to avoid a tow hook. I have dreaded seeing the BoggsMobile on a hook and have prayed fervently for every bus and owner I have ever seen broke down or being towed. The only other option was spending the night alongside the busy interstate and that was not an option we considered for one moment.
Prevost recommended Priority Towing and they arrived at 12:06.
This was not the driver's first big job and I was so glad to see that. Brandon was professional, courteous and more than up to the task.
You can not tow something this big without removing the drive shaft or an axle. Once Brandon had it set on the hook, he took out the axle on the passenger side and we were ready to go.
Removing the drive axle on a 1995 Prevost XL The bus needs a good supply of air to keep the brakes from activating and so the tag axle keeps the bus as high as possible. He ran an air hose to the rear of the bus, plugged it in and away we went. We were on the road by 1:10.
We were parked at Prevost Houston, disconnected from the tow truck, settled up with the tow company and going inside the bus by 2:20. Our night was a much longer night than we anticipated and we did not make it all the way to Sweeny, but we were praising God for His protection and guidance. Things could have been much worse. We are still praising Him!
I was up at 7:00 when Prevost opened Friday and they were expecting me. They told me upfront that they would probably have to bring in a third party Detroit engine guy to work on the bus. Prevost has put Volvo engines in their buses for seven or eight years so they no longer offer support of Detroit engines or train their mechanics on them. I could have been towed to a Detroit specialist, but we could not reach any Thursday night to see if they could get me in any time soon. I am thankful Prevost Houston was willing to receive the bus Thursday night.
Prevost did try to read the codes on the engine Friday morning, but had no luck. The alert I showed you above, Injector Response Time Long, often indicates a problem with the wiring harness from the computer to the injectors. Kelly and I tried to look at the harness closely but could not do much without getting under the bus. Hopefully, the Detroit guy will be here today, read the codes and find/fix the problem quickly and reasonably.
I know that many folks are already praying for us and we feel it. Surprisingly, I have been able to take this with almost complete calm. The Lord has helped me and certainly continues to help me even now. Please keep praying.
Pastor Scott Morris and Bro. Brad Nicholson were ready to jump in the truck and drive from Mississippi to help me. I appreciate that very much. It was a great comfort to me in addition to the information Bro. Brad was able to give me. Thank you, brothers.
Late Friday morning the guys from Prevost pushed the bus forward and then back into the next spot over so it could be locked up securely over the weekend.
We have owned this bus nearly 11 years and driven about 170,000 miles across this country many times and this was the first time we had it towed. It now has 350,266 miles plus about 20 miles behind a tow truck. That is not bad at all! If this bus makes it 350,000 more miles before the next tow, I should be in Heaven a long time before that! At the current rate, the next tow will be 22 years away.
I am on the bus at Prevost Houston now hoping and praying that the mechanic comes today and brings a bucket full of knowledge, talent, skill, ingenuity and a helpful attitude. Hey, it does not hurt to ask big, right?
We began revival Friday night, but I will give you the rest of the weekend report tomorrow. Thank you for tuning in today.


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These peaceful apartments come with a pristine pool and a beach within striking distance.
Location-wise, these self-catering apartments couldn't be better placed. You'll find them down a quiet side street less than a 5-minute walk from Tsilivi's main strip. And the beach is even closer.
There's a pristine pool in the middle of the complex. It's set among well-tended gardens and comes with plenty of sunbathing space. The poolside bar will keep you topped up with drinks and snacks.
Surrounded with a sun terrace, sunbeds and parasols.
Great to refresh and a light bite when you're feeling a bit peckish.
Great for the little ones to burn off any extra energy.
Stayed at these apartments during last 2 weeks in September. Stayed in K block. Was a pool view (if you looked out from the edge of the balcony!) Very noisy at night due to music from local bars, maybe even pool bar, until early hours of morning. Also people walking back to their apartments shouting and laughing at 2 in the morning was a pain. Slept with windows open as air-CON is 10 euros per day. Safety deposit box was 30 euros per week (I think) plus tourist tax of 42 euros. Could be 242 euros down before you even start your holiday. Pool bar run by Gianis and Fotis was excellent. Had lunch at pool every day and was good quality and reasonably priced. Pool always had inflatables or inconsiderate guests throwing balls full length of pool. Plenty of sunbeds but there were the usual putting their towels down to reserve the same beds every day. Really sad!!!! didn't help when the pool lets in non residents. One couple came back and picked up towels, saying they had been down the beach all afternoon! Room was kept spotless by the friendly cleaner (small tip always helps to show appreciation). No hairdryer as per hotel description. Disaster for wife but Vivienne manage to supply one after a couple of days when some other guests left. Second time in Tsilivi (last time about 15 years ago) and it has grown a lot bigger. Some good restaurants - Majestic, Calypso, Zante's Garden. Even went to Gyroland a couple of times, good food and cheaper than restaurants. Brothers was also good but gave you free garlic bread, 1/2 litre of wine, desert and shots. Too much and a lot of meals went back half eaten. Labyrinth, Traffic and Magdelena's were good bars. Seacret beach bar was most expensive - don't go. Jokers was good but full of people smoking inside, sit outside if you don't want to smell of cigarette smoke! Guy in Escape tried to charge us for drinks that were never received - stay away. Did a bus trip on local bus to Zante Town but be early as the bus stop was really busy. Would go back to Tsilivi but sadly not to this hotel.
Second visit - first one was a little disappointed, but this visit was amazing. Great fun, reasonably priced. Highly recommend the apartments, pool bar is great (has SkySports). Saratsenos bar also local and equally enjoyable. There are loads of restaurants - highly recommend Romios and Alvi in particular. Stayed in August and my 2 girls can't wait to go back - which we definitely will.
Stayed here during July 2018 for 2 weeks, our second week was the first of the school holidays. We have stayed in Tsilivi twice before but this was the first time at St Denis apts. We had a 2 bedroom apartment, which was the first room behind the Reception/Shop on the ground floor (forgotten the room/block number) The room was a good size and was cleaned regularly. Had an issue with the door to the balcony area not locking, this was fixed within a couple of hours of reporting it. We couldn't really appreciate the sun in the room as other guests were sunbathing right outside our window and seemed very keen to look in at every opportunity, we are not part of the towel on sunbed brigade, so the curtains were always closed. Tsilivi itself is a lovely place to stop for families, there are plenty of restaurants to cater for all tastes and budgets. Would have had received a very good review if we had a different room.
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Burgas Peninsula är en udde i Antarktis. Den ligger i Sydshetlandsöarna. Argentina, Chile och Storbritannien gör anspråk på området.

Terrängen inåt land är varierad. Havet är nära Burgas Peninsula åt nordost. Den högsta punkten i närheten är  meter över havet,  kilometer sydväst om Burgas Peninsula. Trakten är glest befolkad. Närmaste befolkade plats är Captain Arturo Prat base,  kilometer nordost om Burgas Peninsula.

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Embattled Enviva Moves To Protect NC Forests
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Slocan mill site up for grabs
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Trees either hunker down or press on in a drying and warming western US climate
University of Washington Today
In the face of adverse conditions, people might feel tempted by two radically different options — hunker down and wait for conditions to improve, or press on and hope for the best. It would seem that trees employ similar options when the climate turns dry and hot. Two University of Washington researchers have uncovered details of the radically divergent strategies that two common tree species employ to cope with drought in southwestern Colorado. As they report in a new paper in the journal Global Change Biology, one tree species shuts down production and conserves water, while the other alters its physiology to continue growing and using water. As the entire western United States becomes warmer and drier through man-made climate change, these findings shed light on how woody plants may confront twin scourges of less water and hot weather.
Busenbark clear cut debated at Douglas County Commission meet
The News-Review Today
Busenbark Park was made a martyr to the cause of environmentalists when the county chose to clear cut it, local activist Richard Chasm told the Douglas County Board of Commissioners Wednesday morning. The logging at the park has generated controversy among both environmentalists, who say the county has lost an old-growth forest with trees as many as 500 years old, and residents of the Camas Valley and Tenmile area who used the park for weddings and memorials. It's an issue that is likely to be brought up again, as the county is creating a parks master plan which includes the possibility of logging at some other county parks including Iverson Park, just up the Coos Bay Wagon Road from Busenbark.
Guest Column: Harvest the lumber before it's too late
by JERRY RAGON
I want to add some depth to the News-Review's article about the Tiller Ranger District's tour of the Stouts Creek Fire which I and several other members of the local timber industry as well as other interested members of the public participated in last week. The tour was the subject of a front page article in The News-Review (in late November). Many in our industry's work force have been working on the fire and have told us the Forest Service has been building large decks of high quality, large diameter logs to be used later for "Restoration Projects." …. We have made repeated attempts to view these decks for the last month to see if they are as full of valuable logs as has been claimed by those who logged them. We have been met with road blocks, literally, and with guards at those road blocks.
'It's coming': Maine readies for new battle with spruce budworm
With a couple clicks on his computer, Robert G. Wagner finds the page he's looking for and cues up a video loop. On a weather map, a huge snowstorm builds, blowing across the St. Lawrence River from Quebec into New Brunswick. Except, it's not a snowstorm. The weather map shows a scene from July 2013. And that's an enormous flight of spruce budworm moths. "It's astonishing," said Wagner, a forestry professor at the University of Maine and the director of the Center for Research on Sustainable Forests and the Cooperative Forestry Research Unit. "It turns out that Doppler radar, which we use to show rainfall and snow, can actually pick up [spruce] budworm flights."
Weather impacting logging industry
CHANNING — Living here in the Upper Peninsula, we know all too well how the weather can effect just about anything from travel plans to the economy. The current above average temperatures are having a big impact on U.P. logging companies. The lack of a frost line has made it difficult for workers to get their trucks to spots that they usually can get to. This has led to a slow start for one of the busiest times of the year for loggers. "Winter is the best time for logging in the U.P.," said Ryan Carey, President of J. Carey Logging, Inc. in Channing. "All of the low land swamp areas usually freeze over and we can access them. This time last year I think the high temperature was 1-degree, so that was easy, easy logging then. But 45-degrees and rain; that's no good at all for us."
Forest fire in Wairau Valley, Marlborough, reaches 1150 hectares gallery video
Region: International
An out of control fire in Marlborough has engulfed about 1000 rugby fields of pine forest, making it the biggest fire in the region in 15 years. The 1150-hectare fire has been burning in the Wairau Valley, west of Blenheim, since about 11.30am on Thursday. Blooms of smoke over the Waihopai Valley are understood to have caused some people to leave their homes. Marlborough principal rural fire officer Richard McNamara said it was the biggest fire in Marlborough since the Boxing Days fires of 2000. "This is a big fire and it's moving quickly. But although it's a dynamic situation we can assure residents in the upper Waihopai Valley that there's no direct threat to houses or buildings."
Corruption, poverty hinder fight to save Africa's forests
Reuters in Business Insider
ZINGUINCHOR, Senegal – When Idrissa Balde, mayor of a small community in southern Senegal, blew the whistle on illegal logging in a nearby forest reserve, he says the government agent charged with protecting the trees proposed a deal to keep him quiet. What Balde says was on offer typifies the problems many African countries face in enforcing high-minded policies supposed to counter deforestation and its effect on environments already vulnerable to climate change. With a small change of wording, the forestry official said, the official paperwork could be made to show the trees were felled outside the Dabo national reserve in unprotected forest, allowing the mayor's office to take a cut of the proceeds.
Global Forest Certification Scheme Comes to Nz
New Zealand Scoop
The Programme for Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC), one of the world's leading forest certification schemes has, this week in Switzerland, endorsed the New Zealand Forest Certification Scheme. "We are delighted to be the 37th national scheme endorsed by PEFC and to be able to offer this scheme to New Zealand forest owners and managers, processors and others in the value chain", says Dr Andrew McEwen, chair of the NZ Forest Certification Association (NZFCA).
Carbon, Climate & Bioenergy
Dr. Jack Saddler receives Green Fuels Industry Award
Canadian Renewable Fuels Association
Category: Carbon, Climate & Bioenergy
The Canadian Renewable Fuels Association (CRFA) honoured the hard work and dedication of industry leaders during a ceremony at the Canadian Bioeconomy Conference in Vancouver, BC. …the Green Fuels Awards recognize achievements in the development, commercialization and promotion of low carbon renewable fuels such as ethanol and biodiesel in Canada. …The Green Fuels Industry Award was presented to Dr. Jack Saddler, Professor, Forest Products Biotechnology/Bioenergy, Dean Emeritus, Faculty of Forestry – University of British Columbia. …"It is an honour to receive this award from the CRFA, who has been at the forefront of 'encouraging' Canadian society to 'green-up' and 'carbon-down'," said Dr. Saddler. "I am, and have been, fortunate to work with some very smart, innovative and driven people.
LETTERS: Readers respond to Tom Fletcher's climate change column Victoria News
Story contains for letters from BlackPress readers
BC Local News in Victoria News
As Tom Fletcher pointed out, there are many questions on climate change. I'm not sure that B.C. or Canada is the problem, but the B.C. government is on the right track with the carbon tax, because it is apparent that Canadians need to lead on the environment, and be seen as leading. We need to be able to market our resources and lead in sustainability. The B.C. carbon tax has pluses and minuses. Some of the carbon tax burden is returned to lower income earners – this is a good thing. The tax, however, does little to reduce CO2 emissions.
Cellufuel turns lumber into renewable biofuel
Cellufuel, based in the former Bowater Merset paper plant, says the 'game changer' fuel is carbon neutral
A Nova Scotia company says it's the first in the world to create biofuel completely out of a forestry product. Cellufuel moved into the former Bowater Mersey paper plant in Brooklyn, N.S., after the plant closed in 2012, throwing around 2,000 people out of work. Since then, Cellufuel has been developing biofuel that could be used in vehicles and for heating. Company president Chris Hooper says it has succeeded in creating a biofuel similar to petroleum-based diesel — but is carbon neutral. "For the Canadian forestry industry — absolutely a game changer," Hooper said. The plant transforms otherwise low-value wood fibre into renewable diesel fuel for the refinery market.
Climate change comic with Indian superhero launched in Paris
PARIS: To make children understand the challenging issues of climate change in unique and entertaining ways, a comic book featuring an Indian superhero was launched today at the climate change summit here. The comic "Chakra climate change" features an Indian superhero "Chakra — The Invincible" created by Stan Lee and Sharad Devarajan, and addresses climate change through his adventures and his best friend "Mighty Girl". …Heroes for Change was released in September … and distributed globally in 16 different languages … and has already recorded over 120,000 downloads, a press statement said. "As a kid, I loved comic books. Now, I see how they inspire people. The United Nations and superheroes are both focused on saving humanity from war, injustice, baby aliens and blobs," UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said in a pre-recorded video.
Heat Saps Trees' Beneficial Benefit
PARIS—The vegetable world—especially in the form of forests, one of the great counters to climate change—may not be able to keep pace with global warming. New research suggests that although increasing levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere can and do deliver extra fertilisation and more vigorous growth, the effect may have been over-estimated. And a second study offers a new way of exploring the trade-off between temperature and photosynthesis, the process that converts atmospheric carbon into timber and food on the table. …But William Kolby Smith, an ecologist at the University of Minnesota, and colleagues report in Nature Climate Change that the foliage may not be able to keep up the good work. And that may be because, as the planet warms, plants face other challenges.
Delegates at Climate Talks Focus on Saving the World's Forests
LE BOURGET, France — The climate deal being negotiated here is meant to begin a transformation of the world's energy systems, but it has another goal that has received far less attention: a sweeping effort to save the world's forests. Dozens of countries put forests at the center of the plans they submitted ahead of the conference, near Paris. As the talks began, more than 60 heads of state emphasized their commitment to forest conservation. …The last of those rules have been in near-final form for months, and they were formally approved on Thursday at the meeting in Le Bourget. Forests are also likely to be mentioned briefly in the main document being negotiated here. The completion of that broader climate deal could give extra momentum to the forest countries' plans after 2020.
Rainforest: Up to Half the Global Warming Solution
As climate negotiators in Paris struggle to agree on how to avoid the catastrophic consequences of global warming, a big part of the solution is hiding in plain sight: trees, specifically the trees of the rainforest. Conserving tropical rainforest isn't just about protecting spectacular wildlife and unparalleled biodiversity, though that's reason enough. Saving the rainforest is also the key to fighting global warming because of the trees' immense capacity to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and store it within their trunks, branches, and underlying soil. While mankind has yet to devise an economical technology to capture and store carbon, millions of years of evolution have perfected trees to do just that. And the trees of the tropical rainforest, because of ideal, year-round growing conditions, are nature's gigantic carbon collectors.
Brazil fiddles in Paris while the Amazon burns
The Conversation UK
…If the world is to effectively combat climate change then it's no surprise Brazil is considered a major player. The country has the third most trees in the world and – unlike Russia and Canada's taiga – most Brazilian forests grow on fertile ground that could otherwise make good farmland. This means they're disappearing – fast. …A more fundamental question is whether forests can be bought and sold without considering the communities who live there, as indigenous groups have had very little effective participation in the negotiations. …Despite the billions of dollars devoted to forests, there isn't much evidence of this commitment within the conference buildings.
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: is the ability active by default? (0 = inactive, 1 = active) Note: this determines whether ships can dock and collectors come to this ship for resource dropoff. Also required for autolaunch.
: the number of RUs that can be unloaded here per second. Note: for Hgn_carrier/Vgr_resourcecollector, 40 -> 5 s, 4 -> 50 s.
: the total number of ships that can dock within the shiphold.
: the name of the effect to use for the rally point.
: a comma-separated list of dock families that may stay in the shiphold when docked.
: the number of HP repaired per second (or per turn. dunno).
thru : exceptions that override for the specified dock family.
: offset from target's latch point.
: multiplier for the cost of hyperspace.
: minimum RU cost of hyperspacing.
: maximum RU cost of hyperspacing.
: the number of ships in micro formations that ships form in combat (a value of 2 would cause the fighters to break in pairs).
: can the ship use kamikaze tactics? Note: evillejedi's hotkey functions enable the player to use this in game, see this thread : can the ship interpolate targets?
: the delay between formation splitting (in seconds).
: the distance multiplier from target before attack styles get control.
: a comma-separated list of attack families, in order of highest to lowest attack priority.
: the default method (style) that the ship will use to engage all targets.
thru : exceptions that override for the specified family.
: the radius from the guarded ship within which an enemy ship fall for the guarding ship to pursue it.
: the distance from the guarded ship that the guarding ship will hover.
: the ship can carry this many RUs before having to go unload.
: the collector can harvest this many RUs per second.
: the distance from the resource object that the ship will hover while harvesting.
: a comma-separated list of build families that the ship can build.
: a comma-separated list of display families that the ship can build.
: the radius from the gate that ships will enter.
: the radius from the gate that ships will exit.
: the cost to link two gates.
: the cost to jump, per squadron.
: multiplier for the cost of using a gate. Multiply this by the gate's cost to work out how much using a gate costs.
: damage due to gate destruction. Multiply this by the max health to ge the damage taken if we are in hyperspace and the gate blows up.
: the amount of time it takes for the ship to be captured.
: the ship is slowed by this factor when being captured.
: Set this to true if sensor-ping extends the ship's primary sensor range to infinity. Set this to false if the primary sensor range is only extended to the secondary sensor range.
: the amount of time the ping lasts (in seconds).
: the anti-cloak detection strength.
: the ship will remain this far from the target when not repairing.
: number of HP restored per turn (1 turn = 0.1 seconds).
thru : overrides for the named dock family.
: the radius within which other ships will also be cloaked.
: if the remaining energy is this much or lower, the ship will decloak.
: amount of energy used per second while cloaked.
: amount of energy used to initiate cloak.
: amount of energy recharged per second.
: minimum amount of energy required for the ship to cloak.
: the name of the special attack.
: the amount of time required to lay a mine (in seconds).
: the radius within which other ships will be defended.
: if the remaining energy is <=[maximum - this] , you can disengage manually the ability.
: amount of energy used per second (if set to 1, it uses 10 per second).
: if the remaining energy is >=[maximum - this] , you can engage the ability.
: the name of the effect that determines the appearance of the field.
: the radius within which other ships are protected (should be the same as the of the defense field ability.
: the amount of damage the ship receives fron dust clouds is factored by this amount.
: the amount of damage the ship receives from nebulae is factored by this amount.
: the radius within which other ships are affected by the ability.


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Leading airport accessibility provider partners with SigncodeUK to enhance airport assistance for deaf and hard of hearing passengers
Sarah Sarsby13th June 2019 Leading airport accessibility provider partners with SigncodeUK to enhance airport assistance for deaf and hard of hearing passengers2019-06-13T09:54:29+01:00 Newsroom, Supplier News
OmniServ, the UK's leading airline and airport assistance service provider, has partnered with SigncodeUK, an innovative online provider of video translation services for the D/deaf community (Deaf, Deafened and Hard of Hearing), as part of its continued efforts to improve the flying experience for all.
OmniServ and SigncodeUK have created three demonstration videos, which were unveiled at the British and Irish Airports Expo on the 11th-12th June.
SigncodeUK points out that British Sign Language (BSL) users effectively have English as a second language, so they can miss, misunderstand or be unable to access written or spoken English. By using Signcodes, deaf BSL users understand the signed information and for deafened and hard of hearing people there are subtitles.
The two companies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding, which allows OmniServ exclusive rights to use the technology in airports – both landside and airside – and with airlines. It will also be available to help D/deaf travellers in airport retail areas.
Samantha Saunders, Head of Innovation & Regulatory Compliance at OmniServ, said: "This is a real game changer and a win-win for all sides. From the commercial point-of-view, it means airports, airlines and travel retailers can now communicate more easily and effectively with D/deaf passengers.
"We will be able to create safety briefings for D/deaf passengers to play on airlines, security advisories so they know what to expect in airports, marketing materials for airport retailers and food and beverage providers.
"For D/deaf passengers, it will reduce frustration, help them get around airports more easily, allow them full access to a range of retail opportunities, and make sure they are fully informed of all the important safety issues that go along with flying."
OmniServ currently provides assistance for People with Reduced Mobility (PRM) passengers at Heathrow, one of the world's busiest international passenger airports, as well as at Manchester, Liverpool, Edinburgh, and Stansted. Every year, it helps nearly two million PRM passengers.
Samantha continued: "The partnership with SigncodeUK allows us to communicate with a section of the community which rarely uses our passenger support services but which can benefit enormously from them.
"D/deaf passengers just use a different language. This technology means we can communicate with them in their own language."
"SigncodeUK cares passionately about equality for the Deaf community and believe independent access to information, products and services should be available to all," added Jeff Earl, Sales Director of SigncodeUK. "We are delighted to be working in partnership with OmniServ to deliver our dream and it is fantastic to work alongside a company that shares our values and ethos."
According to Civil Aviation Authority statistics, UK air travel grew 19 percent between 2010 – 2017. During the same period of time, the numbers of passengers requiring assistance has grown an incredible 47 percent.
Many of these passengers have visible disabilities, however, OmniServ is aware that there are many people whose disabilities are not readily apparent who might appreciate help.
The airport assistance service provider is actively working with a range of charities to extend its assistance to cover all sorts of 'hidden disabilities', including autism, impaired vision, hearing problems, and medical conditions such as Meniere's Syndrome or colostomies.
"Our focus is on comfort and dignity as disabled passengers travel through the airports we serve," said Antony Marke, Group Managing Director at OmniServ. "Our fundamental belief is that every customer, regardless of their assistance needs, has the same right to enjoy air travel as every other passenger.
"The partnership with SigncodeUK will help us deliver that promise to a section of the travelling public which has until now been very difficult to reach. I'm delighted that we will now be able to communicate with them in their own language and ensure they enjoy a smooth transit through the airport and a stress-free flight."
https://thiis.co.uk/leading-airport-accessibility-provider-partners-with-signcodeuk-to-enhance-airport-assistance-for-deaf-and-hard-of-hearing-passengers/https://i2.wp.com/thiis.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/OmniServ-1.jpg?fit=1000%2C629&ssl=1https://i2.wp.com/thiis.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/OmniServ-1.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1 2019-06-13T09:54:29+01:00 Sarah SarsbyNewsroomSupplier NewsOmniServ, the UK's leading airline and airport assistance service provider, has partnered with SigncodeUK, an innovative online provider of video translation services for the D/deaf community (Deaf, Deafened and Hard of Hearing), as part of its continued efforts to improve the flying experience for all.OmniServ and SigncodeUK have created...Sarah SarsbySarah Sarsbysarah@thiis.co.ukAdministratorTHIIS Magazine
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Q: Cant ping or connect to computers on my LAN though win 10 VPN server I need to work on my home desktop computer from my country house. So I setup a VPN server on my home server. A windows 10 machine, following this guide.
https://pureinfotech.com/setup-vpn-server-windows-10/
I can connect, and I get a IP. But I cant ping or connect to my computers on the LAN.
To tings that stand out when doing "ipconfig". The VPN connection gateway is blank and the subnet mask is 255.255.255.255 instead of the normal 255.255.255.0
Also I can ping my gateway (Router) at 191.168.1.1. and browse to its http admin UI. Thats the only thing I can ping and connect to when connected to the VPN

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Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski apologized to Russia "for the absolutely scandalous events near the Russian Embassy" in an interview with Radio ZET on Wednesday.
"This cannot be justified by anything, it is only possible to apologize for this," Komorowski said. "It is necessary to apologize on behalf of the Polish people, understanding that enormous damage to Poland's image is already a fact," he said.
"Many are interested in taking advantage of what has happened in order to enmity and to portray Poland as a Russophobic state," he said.
Participants in a march of Polish nationalists marking Independence Day on Monday threw firecrackers, Molotov cocktails and garbage onto the territory of the Russian Embassy in Warsaw and set fire to a security guard's booth near the entrance.
The Polish ambassador to Russia was summoned to the Foreign Ministry in Moscow.
At least 19 participants in the Warsaw riots were injured and 72 detained on Monday. Twelve policemen were also injured.


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Home News & Events Events 2022 Van Vleck Constitutional Law Moot Court Finals
2022 Van Vleck Constitutional Law Moot Court Finals
The Competitors
After defeating all competitors in the graduating class, the final competition is a battle between two 3L teams.
For Petitioner:
Jacob Fraley
BA, magna cum laude, in economics and history, Gonzaga University
George Washington Scholar (top 1–15% of class)
Articles Editor, The George Washington Law Review
Drummer and avid 60s/70s rock-n-roll fan
After graduation, he will return to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Legal Division, Banking Regulation and Policy Practice Group, after spending this past summer as a law clerk there.
Maggie MacCurdy
BA, magna cum laude, in advertising and public relations, Loyola University of Chicago; minors in psychology of criminal justice and leadership studies
Thurgood Marshall Scholar (top 16-35% of class)
Senior Managing Editor, Journal of Energy and Environmental Law
Interests include gumbo making and The West Wing
After working as a summer associate, she will return to Willkie, Farr, & Gallagher as a litigation associate in the D.C. office
For Respondent:
Felicia Kalkman
BA, summa cum laude, in political communication, The George Washington University; minor in criminal justice
George Washington Scholar (Top 1% - 15% of class)
Member, Public Contract Law Journal
Executive member of two GW Skills Board: Moot Court (Vice President) and Alternative Dispute Resolution (Treasurer)
Will work as an associate at Jackson Lewis P.C. in Washington, D.C., after graduation
Competed in national debate tournaments for nine years; coached middle and elementary school debate for four years
Has traveled to 30 different states
Cameron Klein
BA, magna cum laude, in U.S. history, University of California, Santa Barbara
Was a high school teacher after college, where he taught U.S. history, comparative politics, and mathematics
Thurgood Marshall Scholar (top 16–35% of class)
Staff Editor, American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) Quarterly Journal
An aspiring trial and appellate civil rights litigator
Will clerk for the Honorable Zack Hawthorn on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas after graduation
The Honorable Leondra Kruger
Supreme Court of California
A native of the Los Angeles area, Justice Leondra Kruger attended high school in Pasadena. She received a bachelor's degree with high honors from Harvard College, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. She received a JD from Yale Law School, where she served as Editor-in-Chief of the Yale Law Journal. Following graduation, she served as a law clerk to Judge David Tatel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and to Justice John Paul Stevens of the U.S. Supreme Court. From 2007 to 2013, she served as an Assistant to the Solicitor General and as Acting Deputy Solicitor General. During her tenure in the Office of the Solicitor General, she argued 12 cases in the Supreme Court on behalf of the federal government. In 2013 and in 2014, she received the Attorney General's Award for Exceptional Service, the department's highest award for employee performance. Justice Kruger previously had been in private practice, where she specialized in appellate and Supreme Court litigation, and has taught as a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Chicago Law School. Immediately before joining the Supreme Court of California, Justice Kruger served in the U.S. Department of Justice as a Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel.
The Honorable Ryan Nelson
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Judge Ryan Nelson earned a BA from Brigham Young University
and a JD with honors from BYU Law School. He previously worked
in Washington, D.C., where he served in all three branches of the federal government, including as Special Counsel for Supreme Court Nominations to the Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee; Deputy General Counsel to the White House Office of Management and Budget; Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the U.S. Department of Justice; and a law clerk to Judge Henderson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. He has argued in most of the federal courts of appeals and worked on dozens of Supreme Court briefs. He started in the Washington, D.C., office of Sidley Austin as an appellate lawyer, after clerking for Judges Mosk and Brower of the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal at The Hague and for now-Judge Tom Griffith, then- Senate Legal Counsel, during the impeachment trial of President Clinton. Prior to his confirmation, Judge Nelson served for nine years as General Counsel of Idaho Falls-based Melaleuca, Inc., a consumer goods company. Judge Nelson was confirmed to the Ninth Circuit in October 2018 as the youngest Circuit Judge to serve from Idaho, and he has chambers in his hometown of Idaho Falls.
The Honorable David Tatel
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Judge David Tatel earned an undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan and a JD from the University of Chicago. Among other things, he has served as Director of the National Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and Director of the Office for Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare during the Carter administration. Returning to private practice in 1979, Judge Tatel joined Hogan & Hartson, where he founded and headed the firm's education practice until his appointment by President Clinton to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in October 1994. Judge Tatel is currently co-chair of the National Academy of Sciences' Committee on Science, Technology, and Law, and he is a member of the American Philosophical Society and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Factual Summary
On March 29, 2021, the New Columbia General Assembly passed HB 1213 "The Protection of Minors Act," which was signed into law April 1, 2021. The law prohibits professionals licensed by the state of New Columbia from performing certain irreversible surgical procedures on anyone under the age of 18 as part of their gender transition. The law also restricts access to hormonal drugs for the purpose of gender transition to minors: Doctors may prescribe hormonal drugs to minors at least 14 years of age but only with parental consent. As part of the law's enforcement, the state of New Columbia's Attorney General may seek injunctions and civil penalties against the doctor-plaintiffs and all other medical professionals who provide gender-affirming medical care to adolescents.
Procedural Summary
Plaintiffs filed their complaint challenging the law on April 15, 2021. One set of plaintiffs are parents of children who are under the age of 18 ,and the parents wish to honor the request of their children to begin transitional surgical procedures, if that is what their doctors recommend. The second group of plaintiffs are doctors who wish to be able to perform transitional procedures where they consider it appropriate. The doctor plaintiffs argue that transition-related surgical procedures are medically appropriate for each child, and the parent- plaintiffs have consented to having these procedures performed on their children.
The defendant, the Attorney General of New Columbia, moved to dismiss the case on May 3, 2021, which was granted by the District Court. The District Court found that no case supported the plaintiffs' demand for heightened scrutiny. The court also ruled that it was up to the legislature, not the courts, to make determinations on medical matters such as the ones that are the subject of the litigation, and there was no basis for discovery or further proceedings. The Court of Appeals granted plaintiffs' motion for expedited review on May 20, 2021 and affirmed the ruling of the District Court on July 27, 2021. On September 10, 2021, the Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari on two issues
Issue I
Whether the Protection of Minors Act discriminates in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause?
Issue II
Whether the Protection of Minors Act violates due process rights protected by the Fourteenth Amendment?
About the Van Vleck Competition
Welcome to the final round of the 72nd annual Van Vleck Constitutional Law Moot Court Competition. This competition is our largest and longest running upper-level advocacy competition and is named for William C. Van Vleck, the longest-serving dean in the history of the law school. He joined the GW Law faculty immediately after graduating with a J. in 1912 and served as Dean of the law school from 1924 to 1948. Jake Stein, who graduated from GW Law during Van Vleck's last year as Dean, described him as follows: "He was imperious. He would not invite you to speak with him after class. His idea was, you are here to learn and I am here to teach. He was all business." This attitude was reflected in the law school's recruitment brochure from that era, Studying Law in the Nation's Capital: Advantages of the George Washington University Law School (1927), which read in pertinent part, "Examinations are graded severely with the purpose of weeding out the slothful, inattentive, and incompetent." Until shortly after Dean Van Vleck's retirement, moot court competitions or "Case Clubs" were run through the Student Bar Association. In 1950, the Case Club became a separate student organization now known as the Moot Court Board, and this competition was named for Dean Van Vleck.
Moot court competitions provide valuable opportunities for students to hone their oral and written advocacy skills by engaging in mock appellate litigation. This year's competition began last September, when 64 upper-level law students started researching the problem. Each team of two competitors was required to submit a written brief and present an oral argument for each side. This was the first year that all rounds were held fully virtual.
To earn the right to present their arguments before today's distinguished panel of judges, the two teams competing in today's final round advanced through five previous rounds, which—in honor of Dean Van Vleck—were used for "weeding out the slothful, inattentive, and incompetent." To that end, all rounds were judged by practicing attorneys. The winning team of today's competition will receive the Jacob Burns Award at the annual Awards Ceremony held the day before their graduation.
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Home / 2018 / December / 04 / UBC appoints Ainsley Carry as the new Vice-President, Students
Dr. Ainsley Carry
UBC appoints Ainsley Carry as the new Vice-President, Students
Dec 4, 2018 | For more information, contact Matthew Ramsey
Ainsley Carry has been appointed as the new Vice-President, Students on the UBC Vancouver campus. He will formally begin the role on April 1, 2019.
Carry joins UBC from the University of Southern California (USC) where he has served as Vice President for Student Affairs since August 2013. He holds a faculty position in the Rossier School of Education and has served in leadership positions at Southern Methodist University, the University of Arkansas, Temple University, and the University of Florida. Prior to joining USC, Carry served as Vice President for Student Affairs at Auburn University.
"I am incredibly grateful to President Ono and the UBC selection committee for selecting me for this important position," said Carry. "I look forward to working with the talented staff members of the Vice-President, Students portfolio, UBC students, and academic leaders of the university. My family (wife Jessica and daughter Aliyah) and I are excited about joining the UBC family."
Carry brings deep expertise in student support and advocacy and creating educational experiences outside the classroom. He was selected by a search committee comprised of student, faculty, staff and Board of Governors representatives.
"Students are at the heart of everything we do," said UBC President and Vice Chancellor Prof. Santa Ono. "In this spirit, I am excited to welcome Dr. Carry and look forward to working with him to advance our excellence in student experience, scholarship and well-being. Please join me in welcoming him to UBC."
Andrew Parr has served as Interim Vice-President, Students, since September following the departure of Louise Cowin who held the role from 2011 to 2018.
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A paper leaked from the Open Society Foundation claims that the European migrant crisis is an opportunity for the foundation to reform migration laws and raise more money from donors.
A leaked paper entitled "Migration Governance and Enforcement Portfolio Review," authored by Open Society employees Anna Crowley and Kate Rosin shows that the foundation sees great opportunity in the European migrant crisis to raise money and push their pro-migrant agenda.
The document is one of the most recently created of the leaks, having been written in May of this year and sheds light as to how the organization – which has been linked to promoting Somali migrants and funding anti-police organizations like Black Lives Matter – views the migrant crisis.
The paper breaks down three main topics relating to migration. The first is the fact that the Open Society Foundation (OSF) has been successful in helping to shape migration policy in Europe.
The authors brag about their funding of the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) claiming that their money and funding allowed it to be more independent of the governments it advises. The MPI directly advises the European Union on matters of migration policy and the OSF gave them 2.2 million dollars in 2015.
Deportations of migrants in Germany have become a hot issue as the government finds it increasingly more difficult to ship them back to their home countries. Some North African countries are even refusing to take the migrants back and when they do it is costing the German tax payer tens of thousands of euros.
The final point of the paper is to note that the current migrant crisis is not a one-time event but, according to the OSF it is the "new normal" for Europe. Going forward the paper states the need to combat what it calls "radical right" parties who are against mass migration like the Alternative for Germany (AfD), the Austrian Freedom Party (FPOe) which both have major elections in the coming months.
The foundation is unclear how it will "fight back" against the populist right but documents have shown that they have already allocated millions to fighting against populist patriotic parties in Europe over the last few years.


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Google Partners With Facebook To Let DoubleClick Clients Buy Retargeted Ads On FBX
by Josh Constine
Google and Facebook are getting a bit friendlier despite their social networking competition. Google's DoubleClick ad buying software will soon allow clients to buy retargeted ads on Facebook. FBX, Facebook's retargeted ads platform, has become a major player in the 16 months since launch, and DoubleClick will be a more comprehensive ad buying solution by tapping into it. Google writes "Partnership has been key to Google's success as a rising tide lifts all boats. So we're excited to announce a new way to help our clients succeed by working with Facebook to participate in FBX, their real-time bidding exchange...we're always looking at ways to serve our clients even better – starting in a few months, clients will be able to buy inventory on FBX via DoubleClick Bid Manager." DoubleClick allows clients to buy ads on dozens of different ad exchanges, but excluding Facebook may have forced some clients to look elsewhere for their media buying needs. Once the integration is live, DoubleClick will become more of a one-stop-shop for buying ads across the web. Facebook launched FBX in June 2012 to let advertisers buy cookie-based retargeted ads on Facebook's site. When someone visits an advertiser's website, say to buy a flight to Hawaii, a cookie is dropped onto the user's computer. The site can then pass this cookie to a demand side platform (DSP) ad tech service that uses it to target that same user with an ad on Facebook. So if the person didn't buy the flight, the travel site can show them ads hawking that exact same flight at a discount in hopes of getting them to pull the trigger. Facebook started with a small set of DSPs but expanded the ranks over time, yet Google was nowhere to be found. Soon that will change, as DoubleClick will become one of these DSPs with access to place ads on Facebook through FBX. In this way, both Google and Facebook can make money off of advertisers together. It's unclear who reached out to who about the deal. While Google may have hoped that FBX would flop, the platform gained steam and became necessary to support in DoubleClick, so it may caved. Or perhaps Facebook pushed for the partnership in hopes of driving more FBX sales. Either way it proves that Google doesn't have a stranglehold on demand fulfillment anymore, as I wrote in April. Facebook is successfully breaking into the lucrative bottom of the funnel with FBX. Historically, Facebook ads have centered on demand generation -- getting people to want to buy something. But that space doesn't command as high of ad rates as demand fulfillment -- getting people to buy something they already want from a specific seller. FBX and retargeted ads in general can reach people who've already been considering a purchase, and the return on investment is often clearer because the ads can be the last click before a purchase. In this way, FBX ads are similar to and compete with search ads, which are Google's bread and butter. Even if Google will be selling these FBX ads, most of the money goes to Facebook. The deal will create more competition for advertisers between FBX providers. Now Nanigans, AdRoll, TellApart, and other startups that serve ads on FBX will have to compete with Google. At the same time, the move validates the space of these startups and might signal to more businesses that they should be investing in retargeted campaigns. While you might assume the two tech giants are at each other's throats because of competitions between Facebook and Google+, but relations have improved over the last few years. Facebook ended up working with Microsoft's Bing to power web searches and ads in Graph Search, but at the feature's launch even Mark Zuckerberg said "I would love to work with Google". All of this is a big endorsement of retargeting as an ad format, but there's one problem. FBX doesn't work on mobile...yet. And that's where users are going. Facebook may very well be hard at work at getting FBX ready for mobile. But in the meantime, I'm very excited about this startup URX, which lets ecommerce apps retarget their existing users with ads that deeplink directly to specific products in the app and get people to buy them. Expect mobile retargeting to be the next big space for innovation, investment, and acquisitions.
Josh Constine
Josh Constine is a Writer at Gigabuzz, focused on covering early-stage startups, especially those with a technology focus and great perks.